Traditional Outrage du Jour Open Thread

If its not one thing its another.

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[MissMarple2]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/search-underway-as-west-point-cadet-and-m4-rifle-go-missing-from-academy

[Captain Hate]

I remember the good ole days when they had to band Styrofoam containers because breaking them caused the release of freon, which is heavier than air, to embiggen the hole in the ozone layer.
Posted by: Sponge at October 22, 2019 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

Allow me to post a bit of double plus ungood anti-social and thoroughly deplorable opinion:

If the science is looked at honestly, it is quite easy to see that the "ozone hole" only "appeared" because a new satellite had been launched allowing measurements to be made in the southern polar regions. A theory was whipped up to explain why it had "just appeared", but in fact the data taken since suggests that it is a natural phenomena that has *always* been present, and that from time to time it grows larger or smaller due to natural conditions that man has nothing to do with.

Couple this observation with the fact that in the 80's, DuPont and other large manufacturers were losing their patents on freon and also on the designs of cheap refrigeration units that used simple coolants like that. Also note that the replacement materials and designs cost triple or quadruple what the original materials cost, and also had triple or quadruple the profit margins.

One might almost conclude that this is a massive con that has been running for over 40 years now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 22, 2019 10:05 AM (Kpl3J)

[henry]

Is this considered a feature or a bug by Beto and the clown car riders?

The Wall Street Journal @WSJ
50s

From @WSJopinion: With a soaring homicide rate and strict gun laws, Mexico proves how deadly gun control can be, writes

[MissMarple2]

Tom R.,

I can get on now, too.

Some people on that thread Melinda posted thought that @jack had locked the entire site so not only the target of O'Keefe but other CNN people could lock or scrub their accounts.

[Tom R]

NBC News, however, reported “Justice Department officials have said [U.S. Attorney John] Durham has found something significant and critics should be careful.”

While there are multiple "something significant" possibilities, the one I think would be the most damaging is confirmation that during the Obama administration the government of Ukraine acted as a money laundering service and disseminated some of the $1+ billion in aid paid for by US taxpayers back into the coffers of Democrats and Deep State personnel.

[MissMarple2]

Captain Hate,

Tom Servo's opinion on the ozone hole is sort of like my sister's curiosity about the sudden discovery that Darvon and Darvocet (non-addictive) coincided with the patenting of opiates.

She wants to know if the same corporation made both medicines.

[Buckeye]

Beto isn't going to get to spring gun confiscation (or anything else) on us.

Probably happen over time anyway as a function of creeping incrementalism, you know, "common sense" gun laws.

Why do I have an intense hatred for anyone who thinks they know what is "good" for me?

[MissMarple2]

Ack! Left out a phrase!

It should read "the sudden discovery that Darvon and Darvocet(non-addictive) caused kidney damage coincided with the patenting of opiates."

[henry]

Tom R, we can all conjure up happy scenarios for "something significant." However we are getting anonymous "Justice Department officials" so it all should be taken with a grain of salt (or silo as preferred).

[Melinda]

Fred Barnes announces his handwringing has not yet begun, but he's really close to it. Then come the pearls:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-great-divide

[MissMarple2]

Tom R.,

I really think that would enrage the most voters. My daughter was ticked off at Biden and his son, even though she's a democrat, because she hates nepotism. Of course, she isn't supporting him but rather Elizabeth Warren, whom she thinks is honest and anti-big business. HA!

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[henry]

Hey Fred, the cruise ship will sail from iceberg to iceberg until morale improves. Enjoy.

[Melinda]

Greg Rubini has another fantastic thread on Schiff's "WhistleBlower":

https://twitter.com/GregRubini/status/1186653904840331264

I highly recommend it.

[Deplorable D]

Kurt Schlichter was entirely too kind to Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney needs to be hogtied, hung from the ceiling, and then savagely beaten like a piñata, pour encourager les autres. Maybe that would teach some of these RINO bastards. Likely not, though.

[Rocco]

Jane, I thought he did a pretty decent job and part of the reason I liked him. And I thought his faith was real until his cowardly tweets exposed the hate his soul harbors I owe Cecil and everyone out here an apology for backing this bum.

And ditto for Paul Ryan.

[Melinda]

You know, suddenly all those Opioid settlements start to make sense when you see the other end of the pipe was getting some long overdue scrutiny:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/owner-pharmacies-convicted-conspiracy-defraud-irs

[MissMarple2]

Melinda,

Maybe we should get the IRS to investigate Schiff and other congressional creeps of both parties. At least the IRS seems to get some results and it would get them off regular taxpayers' backs.

Maybe they ARE investigating. Mnuchin seems to be very smart and has been out of the limelight quite a bit.

[Captain Hate]

Deplorable D,

There's still way too much of a disconnect between the party's base and pols. As much as I despise Mutt, he's far from an isolated phenomenon and is just the latest example of the high handed manner the Tea Party was dealt with. The pols have been given many opportunities to turn it around the easy way but that requires too big of a change to ingrained habits.

[Porchlight]

Kinda sad what's happened to Romney. Even though "gracious loser" still means "loser," at least he could look back at 2012 and take comfort in having run a clean campaign. Now he's just a joke, and for what? A few social media likes?

Anyway, the Trump Curse marches on. I'd far rather Republican opposition take the hit than Republican allies (few as they are).

Speaking of gracious losers, Bob Dole has been a HUGE Trump supporter from the beginning. Reminding us (along with Huckabee) that happy warriors are where it's at.

[Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA]

The Federalist Society has a podcast titled "Fourth Branch" about unelected bureaucrats and regulators. A recent podcast I'm listening to is about the new CA privacy law (CCPA).
According to the presenters a new department will enforce the law. The department will be funded directly from fines imposed by the department. Also, part of the fines will be turned over to "community groups"

Anyone else suspicious of the alignment of priorities for this?

RegProject.org, sponsored by The Federalist Society

[Porchlight]

Cap'n, how was Dale Watson?

[Melinda]

MM-

The IRS is going to do what the IRS is going to do, hopefully, not at the behest of irritated Congresscritters and way away from me.

[Porchlight]

I have read the stories that it’s becoming an attractive nuisance, drawing in the street gangs.

AB, we visit the Mall of America every summer. I haven't noticed street gangs, but I'm not there in the evenings. It still seems pleasant and wholesome. Lots of hijabs though, especially behind the cash registers.

[Porchlight]

Happy birthday narciso!

[James D.]

According to the presenters a new department will enforce the law. The department will be funded directly from fines imposed by the department. Also, part of the fines will be turned over to "community groups"

Because there’s no possibility of warped priorities or corruption from that sort of setup.

[James D.]

Off!

[James D.]

Off now!

[sbwaters]

Melinds: I think she's missing a few items, including isolation of thought.

With "national" news, who owns the TV station masks who provides the news feed. Suppose the local station gets its news from AP, NBC, CBS, ABC, you get their jaundiced view, not a serious thorough examination of news. Classic rip and read.

Expect junk and be surprised if you get something better.

[MissMarple2]

Melinda,

Thanks for the Rubini thread link. I am going to go back and read all of his threads in order, after the plumbing guy leaves this afternoon. I should have plenty of time since he is only giving me an estimate today.

[Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA]

/rant
I'm more on board with the Deplorable version of "d" LOL but I agree with Ig that it seems pretty pointless to argue with maryrose.
She has her opinion and she's sticking to it.

Sure, "I don't agree with that because XYZ" is understandable, but the back and forth? Boring.

I don't intend to spend much time on it, and I'll be scrolling by all the attempts to instruct maryrose on what she "should" believe.

I will say this on the topic though. If given a GOPe candidate, I intend to provide him/her with EXACTLY the same amount of support given by GOPe to my guy-- in other words: ZERO.

I hope Mitt runs again so we can show him graphically how we regard his policies and his person.
/end-rant

[Melinda]

Well this is a bit unexpected:

https://ahvalnews.com/halkbank/ebrd-objects-appointment-former-halkbank-director-istanbul-stock-exchange

[MissMarple2]

sbwaters,

The saddest thing to me is that the Indianapolis Star, which had been a very reliable paper with a conservative editorial outlook, run by Eugene Pulliam, is now pretty much under the thumb of USA Today and some lefty editorial people. Ugh.

[sbwaters]

And also in today's NY Times, Andrew Cuomo has some ideas about government control of local news

More Groupthink in a one party state.

No surprise.

[MissMarple2]

Steven Mnuchin
@stevenmnuchin1
·
2h
Yesterday I was pleased to have a ceremonial swearing in for Thomas
Feddo as Assistant Secretary for Investment Security. His background has uniquely equipped him to serve both @USTreasury
and his country in this important role.
=======================
Melinda, is this anyone important?

[henry]

Miss M, Gannet (USA Today) got woke and was in the process of going broke so they sold themselves to GateHouse Media.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/media/2019/08/14/gannett-gatehouse-parent-new-media-update-merger-sway-investors/2000335001/

[Threadkiller]

From Mel's 11:03

Rao Desu was a 50 percent owner in DVS Pharma Inc., (d/b/a Heights Pharmacy), a retail pharmacy in Piscataway. Darshna Desai was the other 50 percent owner and worked as the lead pharmacist. From April 2004 through November 2013, Desu conspired with Desai to conceal from the IRS the cash income that was earned by the pharmacy as part of a cash-skimming scheme. In particular, Desu’s relative, who assisted at times in the operation of several of Desu’s businesses, instructed Desai to separate the cash earned by Heights Pharmacy from other income received, remove a portion of the cash that was paid to Desai as cash salary, and then split the remainder in two, with one portion given to Desu and the other portion given to Desai.

Doing a job that an American wouldn't do, no doubt.

[sbwaters]

TM Tweet: er Wired, Andrew Yang is right to urge the US to pick up the pace on advanced nuclear power but wrong to focus on unknown, untested thorium.

JiB, TM seems to be dissing Frederick’s thorium reactor work accomplished in your garage.

[MissMarple2]

BOOM
Great catch Karli https://t.co/lfd7eJpfyE

— B's Brain (@Brain1Rn) October 22, 2019

Viceo attached at the link where it sounds to me like they NEVER got those DNC servers and you will get to see some weasely testimony from FBI agents, one of whom is the very definition of a weasel in his voice and appearance.

[henry]

Amazing leftist take on things. I guess whitey (insert Orange Man Bad here for political reasons) can't use the word "lunching" because it is a cultural appropriation of some such claptrap.

Josh Lederman @JoshNBCNews
1h

Graham asked whether he can understand African Americans being offended by the term:

"No, I think lynching is being seen as somebody taking the law in their own hands and out to get somebody for no good reason."

[henry]

autocucumber agrees with NBC. "lynching"

[Melinda]

sbw-

Seems others are totting up the "Sold" column in the media business:

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/billionaire-george-soros-bought-and-paid-americas-media

Quite thorough, and in a collapsing ad environment for many because of their bias, totally explains the easy allure.

[Threadkiller]

Before I struggle to find a non-twitter video(my gadget won't play their vids) is the 11:35 post a legitimate "BOOM!!!!!" or is it another fake out?

My understanding has been that the FBI never had the server.

[henry]

I assume if it says "BOOM!!!!!" the content is a dud. SO i give no clicks.

[sbwaters]

Melinda, my son is working with a group of small newspaper owners convinced of the future of distributing local news by responsible hands.

[Jane]

"Jane, I thought he did a pretty decent job and part of the reason I liked him."

Do you think he's changed or was hiding?

[Narciso]

Kind of important:

https://www.alston.com/en/insights/news/2018/05/alston-thomas-feddo-appointed-us-treasury/

[MissMarple2]

It is a C=SPAN video. What is shows is Congresswoman Debbie Lesko asking 2 agents about those servers. One "couldn't speak to that" and then this weasel guy says that they got what they needed (after Lesko asked him if all he got was an image).

So no, they didn't get the servers but they were sure interested in giving the IMPRESSION that they had gotten them. Weaselly!

So, where ARE the servers?

[Jane]

Very interesting thread Mel.

[Melinda]

Glad to hear that, sbw. I bet I know one of the families involved.

MM- I don't know of him, which means nothing, but his CV has me wondering what Mnuchin's up to...

[Captain Hate]

Cap'n, how was Dale Watson?

Outstanding! I've got some pics up at Zuckerbook including my new aviator (deliberate, not autocucumber). He played for 2 and a half hours and then sprinted to the merch table to shake hands and answer questions (he told me when I saw him as part of a Hightone Records group tour in the 90s it was the second time he'd played in town; the first opening for NRBQ). I had no idea he was such an awesome Fender bender; yow he can play de riffs. His current squeeze was with him so they only had to hide half the wimmenz!

[MissMarple2]

sbwaters,

One of the big mistakes the Indianapolis Star made was getting rid of the Teen Star. (I wrote for it when I was a high school senior.)

The Teen Star was a tabloid insert that carried stories from each of the local high schools, written by local high school students. They carried all sorts of stories except sports, and it was inserted in every Saturday paper through the school year. It probably got too big to manage since at one time we got up to 16 public high schools and 9 parochial and private schools here.

That is an idea that might work for a small town. It might help boost circulation because every parent and grandparent LOVES to see their child in the paper, or at least their names!

[MissMarple2]

HA! Got a text from my friend who is on her way to see grandkids in California, and the plane had Fox on part of the way.

AND, as I predicted, they are all verklempt about President Trump using the word "lynching."

[Threadkiller]

So no, they didn't get the servers but they were sure interested in giving the IMPRESSION that they had gotten them.

Thanks, MM. A "Boom" dud. We have known this since a hearing some time ago. Nothing new.

[henry]

Good. An adult in the room always helps.

Patrick Marley @patrickdmarley
29m

.@SenFitzgerald said he plans to quickly end a special session on gun legislation without holding hearings.

Story coming shortly.

[The Infamous Ignatz]

It's the Democrats so of course "lynching" is entirely appropriate.

[Captain Hate]

Speaking of gracious losers, Bob Dole has been a HUGE Trump supporter from the beginning. Reminding us (along with Huckabee) that happy warriors are where it's at.

Bang spot on. When Huckabee was on Life, Liberty and Levin he looked relaxed and happy talking about his daughter's work at the time doing the pressers. That's the way Steve Hayes used to look before he jumped on the NT highway to perdition; now he looks like a miserable grump. Twitch your goatee if someone's threatening your family, Stevie boy, and we'll work something out.

[Melinda]

I bet Hayes would be happier if he and his family were back in Milwaukee instead of that ill fated attempt to flee to Spain.

[Melinda]

Damn inconvenient facts, if you ask me...
𝔻𝕣. 𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕟𝕋𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕓 @DrSuperElite17
4h
Record breaking campaign donations

Majority states voted red

Lib news outlets doing thousands of layoffs

Lib msm viewership at all time lows

Lib news outlet going OB

95% Republican Support

DNC in debt

But we’re supposed to believe the majority supports impeachment @POTUS

https://twitter.com/DrSuperElite17/status/1186614722105397248

[MissMarple2]

Got a call from my son from Pawley's Island, S.C. He's getting married this afternoon and I am SO happy for him!

[Melinda]

"Lynching" couldn't possibly be referring to older faker news now could it?

Tom Elliott
@tomselliott
Here’s @CoryBooker and @KamalaHarris likening the @JussieSmollett (fake) hate crime to a “lynching” pic.twitter.com/PEnbpRdeZN

10:06am · 22 Oct 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1186660114318745602

There's a thread of Crocodile Tear Outrage, there.

[D]

“I still get the impression he should be untouchable..” per TK.
And you would be wrong sir.
Reread what Iggy posted.
Stop assuming you know me or what my thought process is.
99 percent of the time you are wrong about it.

[Threadkiller]

Stop assuming you know me or what my thought process is.
99 percent of the time you are wrong about it.

I've never tried to figure out or portray your thought process is, MR.

Whatever that process is, I am merely telling you the impression it leaves on me.

[Threadkiller]

...portray what your...

[MissMarple2]

Melinda,

Let's remember that there are other signs, too:

Netflix losing customers after they signed on Obama.

Gilette's fiasco.

Books defending Trump on best-seller lists

Every Trump rally at capacity

Democrat rallies very small, except that one of Bernie's in New York and he is sort of a cult figure.
Anti-Trump books on remainder shelves

[Melinda]

Whassamatter, Chuck? You runnin' outta things to sell? Or is SALT still an issue, like it is for me, by making your homies a little more squirmy from spending scrutiny?

memeorandum
@memeorandum
Schumer: Democrats will try to overturn tax deduction cap (Associated Press)

abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireS…
memeorandum.com/191022/p55#a19…

https://twitter.com/memeorandum/status/1186683957846446080

[henry]

new spin attempt:

MarketWatch @MarketWatch
19s

How Trump came to see Ukraine as adversary rather than ally — a view that aligns with those of Putin and Orbán

https://twitter.com/MarketWatch/status/1186684529500663808

[henry]

The New York Times
@nytimes

Party leaders who are worried about Democrats’ chances in 2020 are wondering about possible late entrants to the race. Sherrod Brown? Michelle Obama? nyti.ms/2qAi6zF

[MissMarple2]

Gov. Mike Huckabee
@GovMikeHuckabee
·
1h
We’re now able to confirm that Sen Pierre Delecto’s perfect hair is brushed daily by Rep Katie Hill.

[KevlarKid]

Man Tran: just sent you a second email with some updated information!

Cha

[Melinda]

Gillette's ad buy fiasco was pretty brutal, but it was an own goal by the advertising firm that designed, and sold to that PG Brand manager that exposed how out of touch the Ad company, and the exec who ok'd the buy, was from PG's consumers.

It's been remedied by PG internalizing it's media campaigns.

Why is that a big deal? PG used to be the largest single advertising buyer for Madison Ave.

Not anymore! Another donor base commits hari kiri.

[MissMarple2]

henry,

They aren't fooling me.

[Tom R]

To go along with Melinda's 12:30, the GOP Establishment/Never Trumpers have to comprehend the reality of what is going on. They have no electoral base anymore. If any of them support impeachment and conviction of Trump, then surely they know they have committed political suicide. That is one reason why I asked what skeletons are in Romney's closet that he is scared Trump will expose. The vibe I'm getting from the GOP Establishment & NeverTrumpers is that they are more scared of what Trump is going to expose than they are of a future where the Progressives gain full control of the US government.

Actions speak louder than words and my confirmation bias is screaming at me that the actions of the Democrats, Uniparty Establishment, Deep State, Swamp etc know that Trump is about to release the Barr/Durham/Horowitz kraken. None of them are acting like they are in a position of power and in control of the situation. Their actions reek of desperation.

[KevlarKid]

isn't part of the coup ruse that it is in Schiff's committee which sets up the "national security" cloak of secrecy?

asshats.

even Lucianne is featuring articles about POTUS resigning himself to impeachment. Goggle is running a story pumping up Justice Roberts as being vigilant about McTurtle not running a quick trial in the Senate.

WTF i hope all of these stains DIAF.

one man's opinion.

[KevlarKid]

Brit Humus: cancel yourself.

Brit Hume
@brithume
·
3m
This is really quite remarkable. Steve Scalise complains about the alleged unfairness of the House impeachment inquiry and this Bloomberg commentator sees the complaint as “moral depravity.” Man, get a grip.

[KevlarKid]

oops. misread that tweet. Bloomberg dude needs to get a grip. not Scalise. yeah. oy!

[KevlarKid]

"The vibe I'm getting from the GOP Establishment & NeverTrumpers is that they are more scared of what Trump is going to expose than they are of a future where the Progressives gain full control of the US government."

i agree about the current vibe point. But until the Reckoning occurs at the hands of Trump, Romney has to protect his own ass from the Progtardo destruction machine. He has a lot to lose--- inside DC and out.

i agree. desperation is in the air and it smells like Pelosi Schiff.

[Marlene]

Happy Birthday Narciso!

[Manuel Transmission]

Cha, noted and passed on. Thx.

[KevlarKid]

i read this morning that Lindsay Graham said he'd vote against Trump in a Senate impeachment trial?

is that disinformation? hard to believe he'd swallow the Schiff menu to that degree before anything takes an official turn.

amazed that Schiff refers to the stoolies he's been interviewing as "witnesses." to what crime(s).

lingo!

[MissMarple2]

Kev,

I posted that Brit Hume thing this morning, but glad to see it again. Hume is one of the few I trust in the news business.

[Captain Hate]

possible late entrants to the race. Sherrod Brown?

LOL. That hoarse voiced goof and his fatassed bigmouth second wife went on the "Dignity of Work" campaign and barely drew flies. I'm sure next time will be much better!

[Marlene]

So,I just returned from an appointment. While in the waiting room,I was treated on the TV screen to something called CBSN. The volume was off,but the captions were scrolling. What is interesting that I didn't need to hear a word the talking heads were saying. The facial expressions,smirks and raised eyebrows said it all. Geez,just when you thought CNN at the airport was bad,there is something else in the waiting rooms of America!

[MissMarple2]

President Trump is well aware of leak dangers and keeps things close to his vest. In addition, he is a master of misdirection when he wants to be, hence certain tweets and comments.

Lindsey knows if he voted against Trump on impeachment that there would be a REAL lynching in South Carolina, and it wouldn't be some poor black guy, it would be one lily-white US senator!

[sbwaters]

Mm, we publish the high school newspaper, when they do it, and insert it in our daily for free.

[Buckeye]

Michelle Obama could run, but she's afraid someone will give her the "Crocodile Dundee" test, and she'll flunk:)

[MissMarple2]

Tom R.,

I agree with you. Romney has had a panicky look on his face whenever I accidentally catch a glimpse of him. (I try to avoid it.) Almost like flop sweat.

[James D.]

KK @ 12:53

You're not the only one with that opinion!

[henry]

When the dictionary becomes woke.

Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster
1m

📈‘Lynch’ is our top search today. Even in a metaphorical context, it still evokes a long and painful history of racist violence

[Neo]

The propaganda machine is set to "11" ..
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/trump-vengeance-john-brennan-russia-053970

[James D.]

Romney has to protect his own ass from the Progtardo destruction machine. He has a lot to lose--- inside DC and out.

I honestly don't think he does.

I think he considers the prog leadership (at least the respectable ones who wear suits, not the dirty rabble who don't know which fork to use with their salad course) to be his peers, and his friends. He sees them as respectable people who just want what's best for the country, who maybe disagree with him about exactly where the tax rate should be set, but other than that he doesn't have any issue with them, or with their desire to run our lives for us.

[MissMarple2]

Neo,

I don't care what Politico tries to pull, no one will ever, ever make Brennan a sympathetic figure to me. The man has "evil" written all over his face. He converted to Islam in Saudi Arabia and voted for a communist for president in the USA!!!

More trying to look like victims so when they get arrested they can pretend they are being persecuted.

[James D.]

MM, by definition anything in Politico should be assumed to be a lie serving the leftist agenda, and everyone who writes for it should be dismissed as a lying sack of garbage.

[Captain Hate]

Still think we live in a free society?

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=383893

[Porchlight]

I had no idea he was such an awesome Fender bender; yow he can play de riffs. His current squeeze was with him so they only had to hide half the wimmenz!

Lol, glad he had "protection," he usually needs it. Yeah, he can play. Always a solid show although it's been awhile since I've seen him.

[MissMarple2]

Brian Cates has some interesting points on this thread:

https://twitter.com/drawandstrike/status/1186693359060041728

[James D.]

That story is horrifying beyond words, CH.

I can't believe a jury in Texas of all places went along with that madness.

[Neo]

Ace is on fire today

[Neo]

Orban says would have to 'use force' if Turkey 'opens gates' to refugees
https://www.euronews.com/2019/10/17/orban-says-would-have-to-use-force-if-turkey-opens-gates-to-refugees

[Neo]

MM, I have been noticing an uptick in the meme about the "Right Wing Propaganda Machine" on multiple networks by multiple reporters and commentators.

It usually has language like ".. have been probing a conspiracy theory for which there is little if any evidence, according to several people with knowledge of the matter".