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Showing posts with label hacking. Show all posts

Monday, October 7, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Biden Old and In the Way

First, on the state of the race, Dick Morris to Newsmax: We're Headed for 'a Landslide Like Reagan'. Kevin McCullough at TownHall says Shhhh, Trump Is Winning! (Part 2). Duane Patterson at Hat Hair claims Kamala and the Knucklehead Open Up a Commanding Lead in Floundering, Four Weeks Out, with lots of charts and graphs. Don't get cocky! At RCP, NBC's Kornacki detects a Major Shift Towards Trump In "Latino Belt Of Pennsylvania". Hat Hair highlights an Arab-American Ad Against Kamala. From the Telegraph, Why hasn’t Warren Buffett backed Kamala Harris yet in district that could decide the election? "While senior Democrats in Nebraska have been desperate for the businessman to endorse Ms. Harris, his silence remains a mystery."

At Althouse, Meade sends his first photo from the Trump rally today at the Dodge County Airport in Juneau, Wisconsin, I don't know what was your favorite part of Trump's Butler rally yesterday, "Perhaps it was the moment of silence for Corey Comperatore, a silence broken by an opera voice, singing live, "Ave Maria"....," and SNL takes on the VP debate... and, yes, we get to see Dana Carvey as Joe Biden again." "And I love Jim Gaffigan as Tim Walz..." Francis Menton at the Manhattan Contrarian, sees the "Bias" Of Debate Moderators In Their Own Words. Margot Cleveland at Da Fed notices J.D. Vance’s ‘Mansplaining’ Sends Feminists To The Fainting Couch. How dare he fact-check the moderators!

From John Lucas at Bravo Blue, Fall In Line, You Proles! "Your betters have spoken: True patriots must vote for Kamala." Insty, HOW IT STARTED: "Biden is planning for a Great Society 2.0. —Headline, the Washington Post, March 17th, 2021. How it’s going: Horrifying moment protestor self-immolates outside White House . . " CNN claims Harris weighs more breaks with Biden as he keeps injecting himself into the campaign. Just Old and in the way. At Anxious, anxiously Harris vouches for Biden's mental fitness, stamina. At Hat Hair Beege Welborn says "The laugh lines write themselves." At the Free Bacon, WATCH: Kamala Won't Say Whether Bibi Is 'Real Close Ally' of US. From Twitchy, WATCH: On Eve of October 7th, Kamala Harris Refuses to Call Israel Our Ally During '60 Minutes' Interview and OMG, They Went There! SNL Roasts Kamala for DRINKING, Mocks Tim Walz's Debate, and SOOO Much More (Watch). Bob Hoge at RedState sees Karma Is a Female Dog: Trump Hater Gets His Just Rewards in Hysterical Video, quite possibly staged.

Twitchy, After Getting Bodied Over Abortion on Fox News, Tim Walz Repeats Gross Lie About GA Abortion Laws and FLAWLESS Victory! Tim Walz Just CRUMBLES During Shannon Bream's VICIOUS Fact-Check/Interview (Watch). At NewsBusters, 'Fact Checkers' Didn't Flag Tim Walz's 'Very Bad Answer' on Social-Media Censorship. Ryan King at NYPo, Tim Walz fesses up to ‘misspeaking’ on ‘shooters,’ China, IVF but doubts ‘people care’. It's certainly true for Democrats. Fox, Walz tries to downplay laws he signed granting benefits to illegals in Minnesota: 'Not the VP's position'. "Walz played defense on abortion, illegal immigration and his gaffes." Power Line's John Hinderacker says Walz a Laughingstock? Yes, But He’s Much Worse. "I don’t suppose Walz is actually the Manchurian Candidate, but his admiration for Communist China is both obvious and bizarre. Who, after all, would choose the China of 1994 as a honeymoon destination? And go there another 30 times? Walz now says he “misspoke” when he said he had been to China 30 times, and it wasn’t actually that many. Walz “misspeaks” a lot."

Leslie Eastman at LI, offers an Analysis: Response to Helene “Orders of Magnitude Worse” Than Katrina, "A former Army Logistics officer: “Don’t let any Democrat voter tell you Biden and Harris have responded to Helene appropriately because the Katrina response tells an entirely different story.” Sundance at CTH on Day #10 – Franklin Graham Gives Update on Hurricane – Two Critical Needs: Hope and Volunteers. Herschel Smith at the Captain's Journal sees the feds Slow Walking and Impeding Rescue and Recovery After Hurricane Helene. From Twitchy, Your Government, Ladies and Gentlemen! FEMA Tells NC Town It Can't Help Because of 'Road Closed' Signs, the LOOK On Kamala's Face As Helene Victim Explains How BAD the Fed's Response Has Been is PRICELESS (Watch) and DO YOUR JOBS: FEMA Head Says Criticizing the Org's TERRIBLE Response to Hurricane Helen Is 'Dangerous'. Althouse claims "The Post headline is needlessly inflammatory" "FEMA called me and told me they wanted to inspect my house then called me back to say they couldn’t drive around the ‘road closed’ sign. They weren’t allowed." "Said Chelsea Atkins, 38, of Bat Cave, North Carolina, quoted in "FEMA abandons devastated NC town residents because they can’t drive around ‘road closed’ sign: ‘Nobody’s been bringing in supplies except civilians'" (NY Post)." 

'Becca Downs at TownHall, KJP Claims It's 'False' FEMA Used Funds for Illegal Immigrants. That's Not What She Was Saying in 2022. Insty, THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS: Yes, Democrats spent FEMA money on illegal immigrants:   

At Hat Hair, 'Illegals' Explain How the Feds Take Care of Them Comfortably Smug @ComfortablySmug, "Watch this and think about the American citizens in western North Carolina who have lost everything and are being told by the media and this administration to shut up." Matt Vespa at TownHall, Former Obama Adviser Pretty Much Says NC Trump Supporters Are Too Dumb to Vote Post-Helene. At this point, I expect the North Carolinians in the hurricane struck area to crawl through mud and broken glass to vote against the Democrats. Hat Hair cites Florida Voice, Boss: DeSantis - State Break Into Dump Allowing Emergency Storm Debris Removal. Twitchy, Orlando Sentinel CRIES Because Ron DeSantis Won't Suspend Our Second Amendment Rights During a Hurricane. Hat Hair, Why Americans Are Exceptional: NC Family Vows to Rebuild Campground.

NewsMax, Chinese Hackers Breached US Court Wiretap Systems, WSJ Reports.

Hat Hair says Tom Cotton Has Been a One-Man Sunday Host Wrecking MachineBrent Baker@BrentHBaker, "After @TomCottonAR cited in 2020 “you had networks, to include this network, conspiring with big tech to suppress evidence of Biden family corruption” and other examples of election irregularities which did happen, @kwelkernbc asserted: “There’s no proof that that happened.” #MTP". Sundance hosts Sunday Talks: Senator Tom Cotton vs NBC Host Kristen Welker. "Seriously, in this Meet the Press segment Ms. Welker takes antagonistic questioning to new levels of insufferable falsehood. Tom Cotton swats away the effort, but good grief she doesn’t stop trying. Susie Moore at RedState, Stephanopoulos Repeatedly Tries to Play 'Gotcha' - Speaker Mike Johnson Refuses DeliveryThis Week@ThisWeekABC, "Pressed by @GStephanopoulos about Trump’s rhetoric, Speaker Mike Johnson says, "The leading Democrats in this country, the highest elected officials and the current nominee for president, have gone out and said that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy.” Twitchy, Instead of Doing Their Jobs, NY Times Whines About 'Conspiracy Theories' Concerning Hurricane Helene Aid. Jonathan Turley, “We Lose Total Control”: Clinton Continues Her Censorship Campaign on CNN. Beege Welborn adds "She is evil personified. Denying this power-mad harpy the White House is probably the greatest service Donald Trump has ever performed and one of the wisest choices the people of this country have ever made."

Charles Murray@charlesmurray "This has got to be a parody account. This cannot be a real quote. Surely." Quote The Heretical Liberal@Rob_ThaBuilder, ""There are no biological differences between men and women that account for the universal trend of male athletes outperforming female athletes in just about every single athletic sport/event that exists. Its actually because men aren't allowed to be pacesetters in women's endurance races" This absolute woke idiocy from @sciam  doesn't even require a rebuttal, it rebuts itself. Do they have anybody with a scientific background at Sci Am anymore, or is it all trans zealots now?" Spiked tells The grisly truth about kids transitioning. "Helen Joyce on how the trans movement sold the lie of ‘gender-affirming care’."

Happy Birthday to Stacy McCain, Happy Birthday to Me. You think 65 is a shock? Just wait until they start with 7's.


The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Annual Admiral Of The Ocean Sea Appreciation Post up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Secret Service Encountered Routh at 10 Ft!

Darn, I really thought we were past the worst on the 2nd Trump assassination attempt. I seem to have misjudged. Sundance at CTH has an Interesting Detail – U.S. Secret Service Agent Was Less Than 10 feet Away When He Shot at Ryan Routh. 10 feet and he missed? At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.18.24 (Morning Edition), Dana Loesch: Of Course He Was On The FBI’s Radar.  Dave Strom, Routh Was a 'Known Wolf' Too. Yeah, he sure seems to have gotten a lot of lucky breaks from the US justice system before he decided to assassinate Trump. At TownHall, Ann Coulter looks at the Feds,  Agent 00-Zero. "Although there are plenty of impressive individuals within these agencies -- like Ken Williams, blown off by his superiors -- they're trapped in the maw of a criminally incompetent federal government. After two assassination attempts on Trump within three months, it's time to stop believing in Hollywood fantasies and get Trump some real security. He should hire Blackwater today." At LifeZette, Even Cat Eating Haitians Are Looking At The Trump Shooter Like An Inside Job. Brianna Lyman at Da Fed notices the Alleged Trump Attacker Praised NBC’s Lester Holt, Who Blamed Trump For Latest Assassination Attempt. Ace, The DHS's Evasiveness and Incompetence Is Too Much Even for Leftwing Democrat Partisan Senator Richard "Danang Dick" Blumenthal, Who Accuses the Agency of "Stonewalling" About Its Botched Protection of Trump. "Before that: The report about a bomb being found near a Trump rally is claimed to have been a false report." At Da Fetched, Rep. Crane Warns Trump: ‘There May Be a Mole in the Secret Service’. Take with the Alex Jones salt tab, Alex Jones@RealAlexJones "BREAKING: Reports Indicate There May Have Been A Third Attempt On Trump’s Life  Approximately 20 patriots who attended Trump’s high-energy rally in Tucson are now reporting having to go to the ER immediately after the rally. The attendees all suffered from symptoms like blurry vision and swelling — serious, concerning reactions that all came on shortly after the rally ended." ET, Secret Service Must Shift From Reactive to Readiness Model: Acting Director; "The head of the Secret Service said that following the assassination attempt during the rally in Butler, he had ‘ordered a paradigm shift.’" I confess I'm not sure what that means. At the Pop Times, DeSantis’ Probe of 2nd Trump Assassination Attempt Explained. At this point, why should we trust the FBI? Austin Bay, The US Election's Dirty Issue: Undisciplined and Corrupted Security Agencies. NewsMax reports Heightened Security for Trump in N.Y. One would hope. 

JD Vance@JDVance ". . . How do you think the Democrats and their media allies would respond if a 19-time Republican donor tried to kill a Democratic official? It's a question that answers itself. For years, Kamala Harris's campaign surrogates have said things like "Trump has to be eliminated." And how have their media allies responded to the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump in as many months?"  At PJM Matt Margolis finds A Disturbing Number of Democrats Think America Would Be Better Off If Trump Were Assassinated "Only 48% of Democrats could definitively say that the country would not be better off if Trump had been killed," and Kevin Downey says Hey Democrats, Stop Trying to Kill Our Guy. Sundance is outraged that Fox News Cuts Off Pundit for Outlining Opinion, “Democrat Party Want’s Trump Dead”   From Reason, Trump Targeted Again Amidst Rising Tide of Political Violence "Politicians and partisan fanatics spur each other to extremes in what they see as a struggle against evil." At First Things, RR Reno explores The Rhetoric of Assassination. "Two assassination attempts in sixty days. Our political culture ought to be in shock. But it seems otherwise." Reason TV, Media BLAMES Trump for assassination attempts. Hat Hair's John Sexton finds the NY Times: Trump is Seizing on These Assassination Attempts. At least he didn't pounce. Vicky Taft at PJM, Rubicon Crossed: White House Doubles Down on Trump Being a 'Threat' After Latest Brush With Death. NewsMax reports Harris Calls Trump as Assassination Scare Sparks Tensions. "I checked on him to see if he was OK. And I told him what I have said publicly -- there's no place for political violence in our country." Did she ask him not to retaliate in kind? Stacy McCain sees it as The Only Trick in Their Bag
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Da Fetched reports Secret Service Investigating Elon Musk Over Trump Assassination Post. "“And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” Musk wrote on X." "“The US Secret Service is aware of the social media post made by Elon Musk and as a matter of practice,” an agency spokesperson told the Independent." Dan Chaitin at Da Wire reports House Republican Says Her Office Received ‘Very Serious Shooting Threat’, Ana Paulina Luna. "The announcement comes after a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump." At Da Caller, Hart, Trump Survives Slanted Roof And Slanted Debate "Note: This is a satirical piece. . . . Just a reminder to Democrats: It is almost Halloween. Time flies, so keep in mind there are only 20 assassination attempt weekend days left until Christmas."

In what is clearly an attempt to juice the economy just before the election, the Fed cut the interest rate 50 basis points. The market reacted with a bump initially, but ended down, as they thought about it more. The Peacock crows The Federal Reserve just cut interest rates by a half point. "Here’s what that means for your wallet." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Go Big Or (Don't) Go Home: Fed Cuts Prime Rate By 50 Basis Points "Looks like the Federal Reserve doesn't like the latest jobs reports any better than others do -- at least others outside the White House." Ace, Despite Inflation Still Raging, Fed Chairman Powell Slashes Interest Rates by a Big Half Point. "He has given up on fighting inflation, and in fact is now putting us on the path for more inflation, to forestall the Biden-Harris Recession by a couple of months until we're safely past the election." zerohedge@zerohedge "The economy is so great, it needs an crisis-level rate cut 2 months before the election." Alt-Markets wonders about Smoke And Mirrors: What Happens After Biden’s Economic Manipulations Disappear? "Trump’s arrival in the Oval Office will result in a hailstorm of bad economic data, and most of this will be due to the sudden end of statistical manipulations that have been in place for the last four years. We are currently in the midst of a tone-shift in which recessionary forces are pressuring markets more than inflation. But don’t be fooled…"

Stephen Kruiser at PJM sees Teamsters' Rank and File Favors Trump, but Union Announces 'No Endorsement' for President. Still, the union has backed the Democrats in every election since 1996. Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks The Teamsters Just Delivered a Body Blow to Kamala. At Hat Hair, Beege Welborn calls it Great Moments in 'D'Oh!': And the Teamsters Union Presidential Research Poll Says? Sundance, Teamsters Union Leadership Announce Member Polling for Presidential Endorsement. Ace,
Teamsters Union Makes No Endorsement in Presidential Race; First Time They Haven't Endorsed a Democrat Since 1996. "Now, some of you will say the union members greatly preferred Trump, so they should have endorsed Trump! Right you are, I'm getting to that. Gimme a quick second. First, the non-endorsement: . . "

Stephen Kruiser again, Sci-Fi Fans Rejoice: Dems Have Discovered Proof of a Parallel Universe. "On Alt Kamala Earth (AKE), Madame Veep is a cool, collected, and capable woman, instead of the cackling village idiot we've been forced to endure since 2021. Over there, her political career has been nothing but one resounding victory after another. I'm waiting for Paul Krugman to write a column explaining why it's a foregone conclusion that Harris's tax plan will cure cancer. The most surprising dispatch from AKE is that Bidenomics is working. No, really, The New York Times Editorial Board unicorn said so!" At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.18.24 (Morning Edition), Twitchy, New Polls Show Dem Efforts To Make Kamala Likeable Are Backfiring BIG Time. At LifeZette, CBS Reporter Shocked by What Nevada Diners Are Really Saying About Harris in 2024. Matt Vespa hears Michigan Dem Has a Warning for Harris, Debbie Dingle, "said she was still “worried” about Harris’ standing: “We’re a purple state,” she told us. “We’re tied. I don’t care what anybody else says.” From the Free Bacon, WATCH: Kamala Harris Delivers Word Salad on Israel, Spars With Black Journalists During Panel Discussion. Capt. Ed adds "I had heard that the panel appearance didn't go well for Harris, but this seems more like her run-of-the-mill substance avoidance rather than disaster. This was the only real contentious exchange with the NABJ, I believe, except for a response on gun control."  Alex Thompson@AlexThomp "Axios asked Harris' campaign whether she was available for a five- to 10-minute interview to discuss her position on immigration. A campaign spokesperson declined." At Bearing Arms Cam Edwards sees Harris Makes False Claim About 'Gun Dealers' and Background Checks. Mary Chastain at LI, Harris in 2007: We Could ‘Walk’ Into Legal Gun Owners’ Homes for Storage Checks, “We’re going to require responsible behaviors among everybody in the community…” Althouse, "As is the case for many people who grew up in the Deep South but have lived somewhere else for many years, the Southern accent I once had..." ""... has given way to the 'nowhere man' accent that I think of as generically American. But it comes roaring back when I visit my family in central Alabama, and even lingers for a few days after I have returned to Brooklyn. It’s also a little more pronounced after a martini (or two). No one gets offended when my Southern accent comes and goes. For Kamala Harris, it’s a different story. Figures on the political right, including JD Vance, Donald Trump and various conservative internet celebrities, have accused Ms. Harris of affecting a Southern accent on the campaign trail, and implied that it was a kind of deception. Ms. Harris, who is not from the South, wasn’t using a Southern accent, though. As John McWhorter has recently pointed out, what Ms. Harris was slipping into was Black English. There’s nothing unusual about her using Black English because to state the obvious (to everyone except Donald Trump, apparently) Ms. Harris is Black...." She grew up in Berkeley and Montreal. Her ebonics is faux. The Babylon Bee snarks 'I Was Born Into A Middle Class Family,' Explains Wife When Husband Asks Why The Car Is On Fire. Beege Welborn again, I Want to Be Perfectly Clear Here: Kamala Harris Is a Monster "We ll know she's an inarticulate puddle of goo when she's let off the scripted hook. But her instincts are so base, so vile, and so authoritarian that sometimes it doesn't matter what argle-bargle dribbles out in the end. What she's done or is planning to do is so ghastly that you barely hear the words. And then she has the unmitigated gall to pretend none of it happened. Or, as Bernie said, she's playing the pragmatic politician to win. Lying with a sincere and empathetic straight face." At WaEx, ABC’s David Muir takes hit to ratings after performance as debate moderator

Mary Chastain, FBI: Iranian Hackers Sent Unsolicited Stolen Material From Trump Campaign to Biden Campaign "As far as we can tell, the Biden campaign did not ask for the information or respond to the hackers. Atop Da Hill, Iran attempted to pass hacked Trump campaign info to Biden campaign, making their preference clear.


Mary Chastain again, Tim Walz Spreads Lie That Trump Wants to ‘Monitor All Pregnancies’ "LIE: “Trump is trying to create this new government entity that will monitor all pregnancies to enforce their abortion bans.”"


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Jazz Shaw, Now Melania Has to Defend Her Nude Modeling? "Former first lady Melania Trump defended her nude modeling work in her latest promotional push for her upcoming memoir. The former model, 54, took to Instagram to discuss her previous career on Wednesday. “Why do I stand proudly behind my nude modeling work?” the mom of one asked in a voice-over. “The more pressing question is, why has the media chosen to scrutinize my celebration of the human form in a fashion photo shoot?” she said."

A great thread on the Springfield mess, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜@718Tv "The mayor of Springfield, Ohio is making millions by replacing a third of the population of his town with Haitian immigrants Let's take a look at such an impressive abuse of power and bag chasing:"  At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.18.24 (Morning Edition), Louder With Crowder, Ohio Gov blows up anti-Trump media narrative, exposes who’s REALLY behind Springfield “bomb threats” Brad Slager at RedState, You Don't Say? In March City Council Meeting, Springfield Residents Complained of Haitians Attacking Pets. At Stream, I Will Not Eat Grilled Haitian Cat, maybe jerked, though. At NewsMax, Patty Morin: No Remorse From Biden, Harris Over Slain Daughter by illegal alien. Da Caller, Illegal Immigrants Charged With Kidnapping And Ransoming Other Illegals. Beege is taking Election Year Odds: Taking Bets on How Far Newsom Is Prepared to Push Illegal Bennies. Never-Trump NRO admits Trump Is Right on Crime. Capt. Ed adds "You can read the full report from the US Commission on Civil Rights here. Not only is crime increasing in the US, blacks and Hispanics are bearing the brunt of the increases."


Bob Hoge at RedState, CA Gov. Newsom Signs Ban Against Political Deepfakes; Elon Musk Mercilessly Trolls Him With… Deepfakes. Dave Strom, California Bans Parody Videos. VodkaPundit, ARREST ME: I Just Broke Election Law in California With this AI Image. At NewsBusters, IT NEVER ENDS! Soros-Funded Group Doubling Down on Censorship Efforts Ahead of 2024 Election. Sarah Isgur@whignewtons, "Disinformation isn’t just a problem on the right. Here’s 20,000 likes for a quote he didn’t say. I don’t like Trump but you HELP HIM when you mislead people or get fact checks wrong. It allows folks to dismiss all the true stuff." Hollywood in Toto, CNN’s ‘News’ Mocks Trumps, Joke Implodes on Cast "Far-Left comic Michael Ian Black apologizes, then does something odd." NewsMax, reports CNN's Jennings Slams Network for Misrepresenting Trump's Comments. At Racket Matt Taibbi has a Note On Smears. "Like everyone else in media, I have to take even crazy people seriously now. . . . Six weeks before the lancing of the boil that is the Trump-Harris election, officialdom has never been antsier. There’s desperation up there and the more bureaucratically thuggish tactics employed by agencies like GEC have not scratched their itch of uncertainty. Arbitrary removals of content aren’t cutting it. New overreaches are coming, but what?" Also, House Committee Rips State Department Over Censorship "The House Committee on Small Business prints a blistering report on the Global Engagement Center, a State Department "counter-messaging" entity at the center of the Twitter Files." At the Eternally Radical Idea, Yes, when it comes to using violence to stop speech, even 'rarely' is too much. "People can hand-wave this rising trend against free speech on campus, but they do so at their own peril."

Anxious whines Musk says SpaceX will sue FAA for "regulatory overreach  "SpaceX is facing upwards of $630,000 in fines after the FAA alleged Tuesday that the company violated launch requirements during two 2023 missions. In a post on X, Musk slammed the proposed penalty as "more lawfare.""

Stacy McCain is amused by the  Message From the Mossad. "Apparently, Mossad agents penetrated the supply chain by which Hezbollah was obtaining its electronic communications devices, but there’s a lot of finger-point between the Taiwanese manufacturer and the Hungarian middleman about how this could have happened. At any rate, the Mossad reportedly inserted pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), “a highly explosive material,” inside the batteries of the devices, which “were then detonated by an external signal that caused the batteries inside to overheat.” That was Tuesday’s pager attack. The second wave of explosions on Wednesday were reportedly a result of the Mossad fearing that Hezbollah would figure out that their Japanese-made walkie-talkies were also rigged, so they faced a “use-it-or-lose it” choice and BOOM!"

Campus Reform, Anti-Israel activists vandalize Ben Franklin statue at UPenn, call it ‘symbol of imperial violence and colonialism’ Hat Hair, Ted Cruz: Thanks for Proving My Point! (NSFW) Eitan Fischberger@EFischberger, "Someone just yelled "Fu*king Jews" in the Senate. Because anti-Zionism." Zoe Strimple at Spec World on The rise of the Keffiyeh Karen, "The new generation of activists are workplace terrors."


The Tax Prof reports 11th Circuit Joins 5th Circuit In Dismissing Complaint Against Judges For Refusing To Hire Columbia Law Clerks. "The Complaint fails to present a basis for a finding of misconduct. Federal judges routinely hire law clerks and must consider applicants’ educational backgrounds in determining whether an applicant is qualified for, and will succeed in, the job. As part of that consideration, judges are permitted to make reasonable conclusions regarding the value and quality of a school’s educational program."

Steve Hayward at Power Line presents The Daily Chart: “Latinx” Still Not Catching On.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Moving Indoors and FMJRA 2.0: One Last Series up on time and under budget.

Saturday, August 17, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Even WaPoo Doubts Kamala's Kost Kontrols

Stacy McCain, BREAKING NEWS: Washington Post Columnist Understands Economics! "The Pulitzer Prize committee hasn’t solicited any suggestions from me, but maybe they should consider Catherine Rampell of the Washington Post for a special award, because I can’t remember the last time anyone at the Post exhibited any real comprehension of how markets work. Greg Price@greg_price11 "Here's your summary of Kamala's speech on the economy: 1) "Our country has come a long way since Biden and I took office" 2) "The price of food is up 50% today than it was four years ago." 3) "Home ownership is out of reach for far too many American families." 4) "I will chart a new way forward." Everything sucks and is too expensive but you should vote for me anyway." WaPoo, Kamala Harris unveils populist policy agenda, with $6,000 credit for newborns, adopting a JD Vance proposal. Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Washington Post's Editorial Board Just Decimated Kamala Harris and Even This Washington Post Columnist Knows Harris Screwed Up Here. Matt Margolis at PJM, Even The Washington Post Destroyed Kamala's ‘Price Controls’ Plan. Althouse, The Washington Post Editorial Board says Kamala Harris has failed to offer "serious economic ideas" — her big speech supplied only "gimmicks." "I'm reading "The times demand serious economic ideas. Harris supplies gimmicks. ‘Price gouging’ is not causing inflation. So why is the vice president promising to stamp it out?" (free access link)." Hat Hair's Dave Strom, Even the Media Isn't Buying Kamalanomics, But the Democrats Are Josh Barro at the Slantic thinks Harris’s Plan Is Economically Dumb but Politically Smart "The vice president’s campaign promises make no sense to people acquainted with supply and demand—but they might win elections." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair disagrees, "Economically dumb, and politically dumb too, as I wrote earlier today. Biden spent three years beating his bongos on these same themes. How popular did that make him, and how popular did that make Bidenomics?" At NewsMax, Study: Harris Economic Agenda Could Add $2T to Deficit. Almost certainly an underestimate. PJM's VodkaPundit says Kamala's Latest Stupid Idea Might Be Her Stupidest—Plus Stealth Reparations! "So on the one hand, Democrats tell you Bidenflation is over already. On the other, they tell you it's so bad that we need Cuban-style price controls on grocery stores. We know how those work out, too, don't we?" The Babylon Bee quips Kamala Proposes $6K Aborted Baby Tax Credit. Capt. Ed responds "Is this even satire?" Althouse asks How much will you give me if I just get a cat? ""Kamala Harris unveils populist policy agenda, with $6,000 credit for newborns" (WaPo)."

From the Wombat's  In The Mailbox: 08.16.24  American Greatness: Theater of the Absurd, Harris-Walz Edition, Kamala to Unveil Economic Plan, and In Touting Soviet-Like Price Control Plan, Kamala Harris Vows to Fight Price…Gauging?, Babalu Blog, Kamalanomics and Castronomics: Identical twins?, Cafe Hayek: Belief In The Righteousness of Price-Controls Belongs in the Dark Ages, The Geller Report: Biden-Harris Regime Using Taxpayer Money to Mask Medicare Premium Hikes Doubling Even Tripling Before Election, Legal Insurrection, Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Kamala Harris is an Empty Suit’ Candidate Who Will ‘Say Anything’, STUMP: Interest Rate Cut? Wanna Bet?, Victory Girls: Another Reinvention of Kamala – How About Hopeless, The Federalist: There Is Nothing ‘Joyful’ About Harris’ and Walz’s Grimly Anti-American AgendaEverything The Biden-Harris Administration Doesn’t Want You To Know About Its Drug Price Controls.

Chris Queen at PJM thinks Kamala Has the Weirdest Campaign Strategy Ever. What's so weird about offering "free" stuff? RedState's Bob Hoge finds a Kamala Harris Tyrannical 2019 Video that Resurfaces: 'I Will Snatch Their Patent So That We Will Take Over'. John Sexton at Hat Hair VIP, Jacob Hacker is Hoping Kamala Harris Will Revive the Public Option Path to Single Payer. Ace, among other things, notes Kamala Harris Again Pushes the "Very Fine People" Lie; Media Continues Its Complicity. "Kamala: If you vote me into office, I will fix what I am currently breaking in office." The Federalist staff is Tracking Kamala Harris’ Biggest And Baddest Lies: 20 And Counting. From Da Caller, Tim Walz’s Dog Gets Media Interview Before Kamala Harris and Harris Wrote Entire Blog Post Encouraging People To Donate To Bail Fund That Freed Future Murderers. Harris wrote? I doubt it. Twitchy, Embrace the Agitprop: Artist Shepard Fairey Copies Himself With New Kamala 'Forward' Poster. WUWT, Biden Admin Cements Gas Stove Rule After Insisting It Isn’t Going After Gas Stoves. Dave Strom cites Stephen A Smith: Conservatives Are Right to Demand Kamala Talk to Press. Capt. Ed, Kamala's Radical 'Jewish Community Liaison' Sets Off Alarms in Israel. Twitchy, RRREEEEEEE! CNN Panel Goes Stark Raving Insane on Nancy Mace Over Kamala's Name (Watch)Defiant Baptist@DefiantBaptist, "Hey @MichaelEDyson, I found another racist that mispronounced Kamala Harris’ first name, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Time to go to work, buddy!"

Nicole Silvero at Da Caller, CNN’s Harry Enten Reveals Demographic Responsible For Kamala Harris’ Growing Momentum, women. Dave Strom, Don't Buy the Propaganda. Nate Silver cited at Hat Hair, Kamalamentum Slowing Down? Da Caller,  ‘This Is A Communist Ticket’: Former Trump Advisor Stephen Miller Predicts Public Will Turn On Kamala In Three Weeks. Kevin Downey at PJM, Adios, Kamalamania, We Barely Knew Ye. From the Wombat's  In The Mailbox: 08.16.24  Twitchy wonders Where's the Momentum? Kamala Harris' North Carolina Campaign Event Is Light on Attendees and Kamala Helped Create “The Shortest Political Ad I’ve Ever Seen”, American Conservative, It’s Kamala’s to Lose,

PJM's Bob Spencer hears a Retired Minnesota Cop Makes Shocking Charge Against Tim Walz "He is not a moderate, he has never been a moderate and here in Minnesota he has been anti-police, he has raised taxes, he is nowhere near being a moderate." Even worse, "he’s anti-police, defund the police, when you have police families, and we have an officer killed in the line of duty, when that family looks at the governor and says we don't want you at the funeral. That should tell you a great deal of how law enforcement in general feels about Walz." WaEx, Vance keeps up stolen valor pressure on Walz with veteran-filled event. Izengabe@Izengabe_ "This is Gov Tim Walz claiming to have stood "on the tarmac at Bagram Air Base in Iraq" in the "Minnesotans In The Global War On Terrorism Post-9/11 Profiles" published in 2023 by the Minnesota Military Veterans Museum. Tim Walz was never deployed to Iraq & Bagram is in Afghanistan. Walz was never there either. https://lrl.mn.gov/docs/2023/mand" Gabe Kaminsky at WaEx, Walz administration awarded $2 million to Muslim group fundraising for al Qaeda-linked charity. Capt. Ed, "Gee, that seems to be a problem, no? Walz and his administration have been clueless about the nuances of the Muslim community in Minnesota; this is likely incompetence rather than malice. But either way, it should be disqualifying for someone on a presidential ticket." At Hat Hair Dave Strom finds More Walz Ties to Islamist Terrorists and John Sexton, Politico: It Was For the Best that Walz Retired When He Did. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.16.24, This Ain’t Hell, Wikipedia lists Tim Walz as Command Sergeant Major and Afghanistan Veteran Come Walz with me, Valor Friday The Taliban celebrates three years in power, JD Vance keeping the stolen valor heat on Tim Walz, and Pin-Ups For Vets 2025.

Insty: YEAH, PRETTY MUCH
Da Mail tells The untold story of how Nancy Pelosi forced Biden to quit with a brutal phone call and humiliating ultimatum that ruined 50 years of friendship... and has left Jill and Joe furious. Capt. Ed, "The NYT article yesterday left that out and didn't offer any other rational reason for Biden's reversal. But this explanation doesn't make much more sense either. Most polling is already public, and both Anita Dunn and I both have noted, polling had rebounded after the debate. Worth noting: all sides deny Pelosi and Biden spoke over the weekend." Well, politicians lie. Matt Vespa outlines The October Surprise That Could Lead to Another Major 2024 Shake-Up, Joe "resigns." It would be a bad look, unless he really takes a public turn for the worst. Da Fetched, Joe Biden Resorts to Violent Rhetoric Against Republicans: ‘Beat the Hell out of Them, I Mean it!’ Jason Cohen at Da Caller, CNN Political Director Says Biden’s Maryland Speech Exemplifies Why Dems ‘So Thrilled’ He’s ‘Not Their Candidate’

John Sexton notes a NY Times Opinion: Hunter Biden Should Be Charged with FARA Violations. I think FARA is a violation of the 1st Amendment, but if it's enforced, it should be enforced evenly. 

Capt. Ed cites ABC, Democrats Try Pushing Greens Off Ballot in WI, comments "So much for "defending democracy," eh?" Straight Arrow News reports House Republicans investigating fraud in migrant parole program. Jazz Shaw, CBP Found Discriminating Against Pregnant Employees





From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.16.24, The Lid: Secret Service Failures Mount: Local Police Sniper Killed Trump Assassin, NOT Feds, Feds Quickly Cremated Killer’s Body. Nick Arama at RedState, Latest Wild Secret Service News Involves What Biden Just Did for Former Director Kim Cheatle, gave her a Secret Service detail. I hope she gets all the short, fat girls. Althouse, 
"The Secret Service plans to surround Trump's podium with bulletproof glass.... While this measure is typically used to protect sitting presidents..." ""... the Secret Service is making an exception after the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13, when the gunman took several shots at Trump, grazing his ear before a Secret Service sniper killed him.... The Secret Service typically pre-positions personnel around the country in battleground states so they can be within driving distance of campaign rallies, which enables faster transportation of the ballistic glass to events...." From "Trump to resume outdoor rallies with bulletproof glass" (CBS News)." Basically admitting they can't won't protect him.

Bob Hoge at RedState warns Legal Pundits Warn of 'October Surprise' for Trump—in September  "McCarthy opined in an op-ed Wednesday that he thinks Merchan's going to order time behind bars, even though the former president wouldn’t necessarily be immediately thrown in the slammer"

Ace, Mueller Investigation Tapped Unimpeachable Researchers as Part of Its Attempt to Blame Trump for the DNC Hack -- Hillary Clinton's Fraudsters and George Soros "Remains in the Driver Seat" After Getting His Marxist Prosecutors Elected, Telling Them What to Prosecute and What Not to Prosecute. The Free Beacon, He Stormed a Campus Building at Columbia. He Also Has an Active New York Law License, and He's Poised To Keep It. "Trust fund baby James Carlson only faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge." Capt. Ed kibitzes "Bragg won't press serious charges against actual Leftist insurrectionists, but will spin an NDA payment into 34 felonies against a Republican presidential candidate. Good to know."

Ace reports Iranian Hackers Stole Emails and Reports from the Trump Campaign. The Media Is Waiting to Publish That Material For a Short Time. "The media can't rush to publish this information, hacked by an enemy foreign regime, after they refused to publish information from Hunter Biden's laptop, pretending that that was hacked by Russia." At NYPo, NY Times reporter leaked Jewish WhatsApp group data that fell into hands of anti-Israel activists who harassed members. Jonathan Turley sees CNN Loses Another Motion in Defamation Case as Court Orders Tapper to Appear. "CNN recently lost a recent major ruling when the court found that there was evidence of malice by CNN to support the higher standard needed for defamation. The evidence in the case is remarkably bad for the network after discovery of internal memoranda and emails." WUWT, Every Leading Large Language Model Leans Left Politically, following the ancient compute maxim, GIGO (garbage in, garbage out). 

Sam Ponder
From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.16.24, OutKick, Riley Gaines Says 'ESPN Is A Joke' After Network Fired Sam Ponder.  "They said this was for budget cuts," Gaines said. "But it should be no surprise that Sam Ponder was the only current employee — the only current female employee — at ESPN who was willing to publicly declare that men do not belong in women's sports." Via Hat Hair, Riley Gaines is stoked as NEW: SCOTUS Denies Stay Request from Biden Admin in Title IX Case

Gratuitous Riley Gaines 








SCOTUS Blog, Supreme Court blocks temporary enforcement of expanded protections for transgender students. Ace, Breaking: Supreme Court Turns Down Biden's Request to Reinstate Their Title IX Rewrite. "The Supreme Court had previously struck down parts of Biden's Title IX rewrite as unconstitutional. Biden, for example, rewrote Congressionally-passed law to redefine women as including boys. The Court ruled, rightly, that the president cannot change the meaning of the law on his own whim. Biden, in a purely political move to appease his leftwing lunatic base, appealed and asked the Supreme Court to pretty please allow him the powers of a tyrant. The Supreme Court says no." Stream, Al’s Afternoon Tea: Let’s Ask 12-Year-Old Boys If They Are Pregnant Before Giving Them X-Rays. From WaEx, Ken Paxton sues Biden administration for including misgendering someone as workplace harassment. VodkaPundit at Insty, sees CHANGE: Biden Recession + Wokeness + Streaming + Strikes = Extinction Event For Hollywood. “This is why Deadline has a regular Hollywood Contraction section. Things are so bad that they’re even laying off executives (I know, world’s smallest violin), and many don’t expect to ever be employed in the industry again.” John Sexton reports DEI Offices Continue to Close on UNC Campuses.

Beege Weborn has one for the Whacky Immigrant File: Did I Tell You the One About the Jordanian, the Solar Farm and the Hammer?

Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Sydney Sweeney IS Black Cat! and FMJRA 2.0: No Relief In September up and pining for attention at The Other McCain. 

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Election 2020: No Special Counsel

And they'll stay "unfounded" unless some one looks. Capt Ed at Hot Air, Barr: There’s No Reason To Appoint A Special Counsel To Investigate Hunter Biden — Or To Seize Election Machines One of the Bulwark Boyz, Biden Should Call for a Commission to Investigate the 2020 Election. Yeah, he should, but he won't. It's your fault; you trusted him. Sophie Mann at JTN, Ken Starr to Senate: Pennsylvania 'flagrantly violated' laws ahead of presidential election. But the Supreme Court told us to mind our own business, and let Pennsylvania mind their own. Mica Soellner at WaEx, Trump campaign independently filing with Supreme Court over election results
The Trump campaign issued its first independent filing with the Supreme Court on Sunday, in hopes of reversing actions taken by Pennsylvania's high court.

The campaign aims to reverse three Pennsylvania Supreme Court cases that changed the state's mail balloting law immediately before and after this year's election.

"This petition follows a related Pennsylvania case where Justice Alito and two other justices observed ‘the constitutionality of the [Pennsylvania] Supreme Court’s decision," President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said in a statement, referring to extending the deadline of mail-in ballots from 8 p.m. on Election Day to 5 p.m. three days later.

Trump's team claims there is a "strong likelihood" Pennsylvania's high court violates the Constitution and says decisions by the Pennsylvania Legislature on mail-in ballots led to fraud.

Sundance at CTH, Sean Spicer Interviews Rudy Giuliani on Latest Developments and Legal Election Processes, Two Groups Have Distinct Approaches

PBS, An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica Florida state website in under 10 minutes, which is quite an accomplishment, but not the same as actually changing the results.

With Dominion and Smartmatic threatening to sue for defamation, AllahPundit crows Newsmax: We Need To “Clarify” Some Of The Things We’ve Said About Dominion And Smartmatic, Mediaite, Seb Gorka Quickly Interrupts MyPillow CEO’s Dominion Conspiracy Rant on Newsmax — After Network Runs Fact-Checks Over Legal Threat, and from Herr Professor Jacobson at Legal Insurrection, Sidney Powell May Get To Try To Prove Her ‘Kraken’ Case – As a Defendant in Civil Lawsuits by Smartmatic and Dominion

WaPoo continues to whine, How Trump drove the lie that the election was stolen, undermining voter trust in the outcome and Trump assembles a ragtag crew of conspiracy-minded allies in a flailing bid to reverse election loss. Please bend the knee politely, deplorables. AllaPundit crows Trump Lives In An “Alternate Reality” And He Needs To Move On, Says … Pat Robertson? Wait, so now we're supposed to listen to Pat Robertson? I didn't get the memo.

NYPo, Chris Krebs takes blame for massive hack: ‘It happened on my watch’ and yet, he assures us there was no foreign interference in the election? 

In a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was asked by host Jake Tapper who was at fault for the breach.

“So, the way I look at it is, yes, it happened on my watch at CISA. And we missed it. A bunch of other folks missed it,” he responded.

Krebs, who was fired by President Trump last month for contradicting him over whether there was fraud during the 2020 election, said he didn’t become aware of the hack that was launched in March until it became public last week.

“This came out in the public after I was terminated,” he said.

But Trump has not blamed Krebs for the attack.

During the interview, Krebs said he trusts the “intelligence community” that Russia was behind the hack, a stand contrary to the president, who has claimed it was China.

Woohoo!  Tenney Expands Lead To 19 Votes After Vote Totals In 3 Counties Are Updated (John Sexton at Hot Air). 

Plenty more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.21.20, Lawrence Person's Battleswarm Blog's Election Fraud Update for December 21, 2020 and  JJ Seftons The Morning Report - 12/22/20 at Aces.