Flotsam and Jetsam - Kamala Koronated, Hostages Freed, KSM still on the Hook

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.02.24, American Greatness: The Looming Kamala Calamity, also, The Fallacies of Kamala Harris, The Geller Reports, The Ministry Of Disinformation Is Proud To Present: ‘Kamala Harris’ For President,  The Federalist: If Kamala Harris Is Normal, Make America Weird Again,  Da Mail notes Kamala Harris is officially crowned as the Democratic nominee to take on Donald Trump, without a single primary vote. Ben Whedon at JTN, Harris earns enough votes in virtual roll call to clinch nomination: DNC chair. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair adds "So Democrats are stuck with her. Or are they? Depends on what transpires, right? We thought they were stuck with Biden, too, before they decided to "defend democracy" by negating 50 state primaries and caucuses and preventing delegates from having any real choice at the convention." BeeGe Welborn at Hat Hair, Caught on Camera: Current Kamala Claptrap Is Still Craptastic. Angry.net notes Right on schedule, the MSM is moving to support Kackling Kamala. Mike LaChance at LI, Media Completely Ignores ‘Blacks Against Harris’ Zoom Call Event "If Democrats and their media allies want to live in this divisive world of identity politics, they should not be allowed to pick and choose which groups deserve attention and praise." At Rumble, Election Showdown Begins: Media covers up Kamala’s Stupidity and Exclusive Guest Tommy Robinson. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Res Ipsa Loquitur: Dems Damn Kamala With Faint GOP Praise. Ace, Keep It Low: Kamala Harris Is an Authoritarian Marxist "Plus: Biden Bumbles, and the Rumor Mill Turns" "David Harsany rebuts claims by the leftwing Marxist media that Kamala Harris is a "moderate" and even a "small-c conservative."" Mickey Kaus@kausmickey "There’s time!" Quote Byron York@ByronYork "One takeaway from this Axios piece is that some Democrats hope the candidate switcheroo was done so late that there just isn't time for Kamala Harris to mess up the campaign, causing it to unravel amid recriminations and bad feelings." Becca Lower at RedState, WATCH, Tulsi Gabbard Is Back Haunting Harris, This Time Over MSNBC Deceptively Editing Joe Rogan Video. Drew Hernandez@DrewHLive, "Here is @donlemon " back in the day on CNN when he was somewhat relevant arguing that Kamala Harris is not African American." 🇺🇸Kimmie🇺🇸@kimmagagal2, "Yesterday's event was not a “rally” for Kamala. This was a trashy vile concert for a twerking Meghan Thee Stallion that Kamala was invited to speak at. Most of the attendees received a $150 incentive bonus and left halfway into her speech. She is WEIRD😈"

BIDEN: “You’re stuck with me as president for awhile, kid. There’s no way out. You got me for at least 90 days or so.”

Uhhh…? 😳
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The big news of the week is that somebody negotiated a complicated hostage swap between Russia, the US, Germany, and a host of other countries holding Russian spies and terrorists, resulting in the return of several US hostages, and the return of a number of extremely dangerous people to Russia. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris attended the landing of the hostages in the US, and Kamala spun out a word salad about, well, nothing really. RNC Research@RNCResearch "KAMALA — UNSCRIPTED FOR THE FIRST TIME: "This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy." WHAT?" From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.02.24, Legal Insurrection: Kamala Harris HQ Rewrites Her Word Salad When Addressing Prisoner Release to Sound Coherent, and This Ain’t Hell, Paul Whelan finally released from Russian custody, and KSM Plea Deal Revoked! Moscow Times, Lukashenko Says Biden Had ‘Nothing to Do With’ Historic Prisoner Exchange Althouse read the NYT on the The perverse incentive of prisoner deals. ""Prisoner Deals Stoke Fears of Perverse ‘Incentive’ to Grab Americans/Hostile governments like Russia and Iran are often involved, and practical alternatives are hard to come by, experts say" (yesterday, in the NYT)." 

In another story, the DOJ had previously announced plea deals with 9/11 mastermind in Gitmo, to get guilty pleas allowing them to avoid the death penalty, in exchange for not having to go to trial, where the DOD would probably be forced to reveal a number of irregularities in their capture, treatment and disposition. Almost a soon as it was announced, Defense Secretary Revokes Plea Deal for Accused 9/11 Mastermind, Accomplices (NRO). Mary Chastain at LI, Defense Sec. Austin Revokes Plea Deal for 9/11 Masterminds "The plea deal was met with outrage." Insty, OLD AND BUSTED: "President Ash Carter. The New Hotness: President Lloyd Austin: Defense Secretary Revokes Plea Deal for Accused 9/11 Mastermind, Accomplices." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.02.24 Twitchy, Friday Eve's News Dumps AGAIN Make Everybody Wonder Who's REALLY In Charge of the Country. At Hat Hair, Dave Strom hears Kirby Talks War With Iran, Maybe Soon. The Free Bacon reports Taliban Lawyer Tony West Has a New Client: His Sister-in-Law Kamala Harris "West said 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh was 'not a terrorist'" Time, How Joe Biden Is Positioning Himself as a Modern FDR. At the Free Bacon, Who Is Kamala’s Dr. Phil? "As Harris’s national security adviser, Phil Gordon brings a ton of experience to the job—and none of it good." Breitbart has a Report: Kamala Harris Has Extensive Past Ties to Radical CAIR. 

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.02.24, American Conservative: Can Pennsylvania’s Shapiro Survive Woke Scrutiny? Lisa De Pasquale wonders Does Anyone Want to Be Kamala’s Vice President? Capt. Ed, House Dem: 'These Progressives Don't Want a Jew' for VP. From ABC, Ex-aide to Josh Shapiro allegedly invoked Pennsylvania governor's name in threat that left woman 'weeping' "Mike Vereb later resigned after unrelated allegations of sexual harassment." Capt. Ed notes "Seems interesting that these incidents are emerging now. Who's oppo shop is getting these to media outlets? Maybe Andy Beshear's? Or just progressives who have other reasons to kneecap a potential Jewish running mate?" Sundance at CTH, Oh Dear, Philly Mayor Mayor Cherelle Parker Accidentally Posts Video Celebrating Kamala Choosing PA Governor Josh Shapiro as VP. "This is a little awkward." From Althouse, "Democrats need a dad?" "Says Meade, when I read this headline out loud "Is Tim Walz the Midwestern Dad Democrats Need?" (NYT)," and A dark-horse contender in the VP race offers a new — better? — concept than weird: Bewildered! "Out with Tim Walz and his "weird." It's JB Pritzer and he's got a new word to sell you: "bewildered." I'm reading: "Pritzker says Trump 'bewildered' by Harris, new Dem excitement" (The Hill)."

Capt. Ed, Panic At the Demsco: Biden-Harris Admin Suspends Fraud-Ridden Mass-Migration Program. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Biden's Illegal Alien Flight Program Halted Due to Rampant Fraud. 

At Reason, What's the Sahm Rule? Alarming Jobs Report Raises Recession Risk. "A key indicator has predicted every recession since 1970, and the alarm just sounded." Matt Margolis at PJM, Welcome to the Harris-Biden Recession. Ace, Unemployment Surges, Economists Warn of the "Border Czar Kamala Harris Recession. . . . "The Harris-Biden economy is a disaster, a bloodbath, the worst economy in history, people can't even believe how bad it is. It stinks!" Becky Noble at RedState, Blue County Spent Millions on One of Kamala Harris' Favorite Things. It Didn't Go Well. Comfortably Smug @ComfortablySmug "Kamala Harris Touted a $5B Electric School Bus Program. Three Years Later, It's Produced Just 60 Buses." The money wasn't wasted, it went to Democrat sycophants. WSJ, Wisconsin Voters Seethe Over Out-of-Control Housing Prices "Affordable housing is a growing concern with voters in the battleground state, new WSJ poll finds." Capt. Ed, "It's Harris' record now. Some of this results from local and state policies too, especially in zoning and regulatory environments for construction. But since Democrats run things in Wisconsin and Milwaukee, that's not going to help Harris much to deflect blame away from the ticket."

Stephen Kruiser at PJM, Trump Derangement Syndrome Meltdown of the Week—Never Trumpers Miss the GOP That Loses Edition. Ace, The Party of Weidoes, Groomers, Degenerates, and Criminals Has a Weird Fixation on JD Vance. Insty, ME: At least by August 2024 can’t get any weirder. August 2024: Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok "Childless cat ladies for Kamala. I saw it so now you have to." Herr Professor Jacobson at LI warns Don’t Fall For ‘Operation Demoralize’. “It happens every single election. They create a narrative that it’s over, that the Democrat’s going to win, that it’s hopeless for Republicans to do anything…. All I can say is, I warn you, this is Operation Demoralize and they’re very good at it, and it seems to be working.” From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.02.24, The Federalist reports Alabama Democrat Arrested For Allegedly Casting 7 Fraudulent Absentee Ballots, Here We Go Again: ‘Zuckbucks’ Group Announces Plans To Dump More Cash Into Election Offices. Matt Margolis claims an Appeals Court Paves the Way for Illegals to Potentially Steal the Election in Arizona. 

Matt Vespa at TownHall, A Whistleblower Has Come Forward and Now We Have Even More Questions for Acting USSS Director Rowe. Dave Strom, Director Rowe Personally Crippled Trump's Secret Service Team. Althouse, "A whistleblower alleged that Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe personally cut security resources and 'retaliated'..." ""... against agents with security concerns leading up to former President Donald Trump’s rally on July 13, according to a letter released Thursday." From "Acting Secret Service Chief ‘Retaliated Against’ Agents Who Had Security Concerns At Trump Event, Whistleblower Claims" (Daily Caller)." Ace, Whistleblower: Acting Director Rowe Personally Slashed Trump's Protective Detail, "I don't want him fired, I want him impeached, with Congress taking away his pension. Let him fucking beg progressive lunatics for rent-money on GoFundMe for the rest of his miserable assassin-coddling life. And throw him in prison for 30 years for repeatedly lying to Congress. This lying saboteur is a one-man insurrection and needs to be treated as such." Dave Strom documents the Media Burying Trump Assassination Attempt. From Reason, Secret Service May Get Even More Money After Failing To Protect Trump. "Government agencies are expensive, incompetent, and overreaching. The Secret Service is no exception."

Ace, Surprise! Judge Merchan's Daughter Made $12.7 Million Fundraising Off Anti-Trump Politicking in the First Half of This Year Alone. "No conflict of interest here!"

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.02.24, Behind The Black, Charges against pro-Hamas rioters have routinely been dropped nationwide.

At VDARE.com PETER BRIMELOW: Why We've Suspended VDARE and I've Resigned After 25 Years. Read the whole thing. 

Paula Bolyard at PJM, I'm Sorry You Have a Horrible Medical Condition. Now Stop Punching Women in the Face. Hat Hair cites Lloyd Billingsley at Power Line, The Sir Bedevire Olympics Test. From the Freep, Hospital Reviews Gender Care After Therapist Blows the Whistle.

Campus Reform reports 70 percent of students 'believe that speech can be as damaging as physical violence,' survey finds.

Linked at Pirates Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: A Sight Not Seen For Quite Some Time up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.