Biden's VP Pick

Per Politico there is no obvious pick for Biden's as VP. Instead, its the "Yes, but..." list.

Biden's VP shortlist comes up short

Plenty of the contenders are fine or even good. But all of them come with a “but” attached. “There is no one ideal home run choice,” one adviser says.

I find this insightful:

Many Democrats agree that the running mate decision is so personal that it will be made primarily by Biden himself rather than, like some policy issues, a committee of his closest advisers. That has created a parlor game for many Democrats trying to get inside the candidate’s head.

“Put yourself in the mind of Joe Biden,” said one Democratic strategist. “Who is Joe Biden? He spent his entire adult life in the United States Senate. He’s a foreign policy maven. He really takes it seriously. So when he says I need someone on Day One to take over, that specifically means they can deal with China and Russia on Day One. To me, that means it’s not going to be a mayor. And maybe not even a governor. He has a bias towards senators. But it also has to be next generation. So not Warren, who is 71. She performed significantly under expectations. That would lead you to two senators: Kamala Harris and Tammy Duckworth. Who else meets that mold? Susan Rice: ready on Day One for Russia and China.”

Finding a VP who will back Biden, not start running for the 2024 nomination immediately, will also be a problem.

From another perspective, put yourself in the shoes of Biden's longtime Inner Circle of advisers. An experienced Washington hand will be a rival power center; a charismatic unknown may help boost the ticket in a swing state but will not have the independent power of a Dick Cheney.

Can an unknown be ready from Day One? I like Congressperson Val Demings, former Orlando police chief. Key swing state, Law and Order cred. Sen. Tammy Duckworth may look more prepared to stare down the Russkies. She's a Woman of Color, although Thai not Black,so that may be a problem.

 

 

Comments

[Dave (in MA)]

Ripping down the memorial to the first black Army regiment in Boston because people are morons. https://twitter.com/VBTheWise/status/1288488291986223105

[Captain Hate]

Among his other white trash habits, Slick was perpetually late.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I've always considered tourism an unhealthy industry because it carries a sense of welfarism, and therefore a them-us resentment with it.
There's nothing wrong with the desire to visit nice or interesting places or even to live there. In that sense it carries little or none of the paternalistic baggage government do-gooder welfare does.
But to many of the inhabitants, especially the insecure ones, they resent as table scraps the benefits they receive from the outsiders and it just reinforces the them/outsiders vs us/natives mentality.

The only thing that makes it worse is the 'oh, I love to visit and experience and learn from the amazing native cultures I encounter' crap, which is, often rightly, perceived as a variation on the noble savage theme.
I always thought the healthiest vision of it was 'yeah, tourism is basically a selfish act. Sure I spend money here and people have jobs because of it, but I basically do it not to benefit others, but myself.'
That's not an unhealthy selfishness; it's just enjoying the fruits of ones labor or enlightened self-interest. But other than memories that one takes to the grave and pictures and movies to endlessly bore ones friends with tourism doesn't produce a whole lot on the tourist's end of things.

I've usually noticed a healthier dynamic if interacting with the owners of the accommodations or local businesses, but for those with jobs unrelated to tourism and those merely paid to service the out-of-towners there's often an unspoken and unpleasant subtext.

[jimmyk]

Among his other white trash habits, Slick was perpetually late.

The worst is and always will be Warren Wilhelm. He would show up late for funerals of policemen killed on duty.

[Sammy Small]

The "100 police departments" withdrawing help seems a little far fetched. Has anyone seen some report that confirms that?

And Lyle, you can add my pick, Titania McGrath.

[Narciso]

What a jackass, but it says something about the people who voted for it.

[Melinda]

Something to focus on for today’s hard hitting hearing::

The majority on this committee will be “asking the tough questions” to their largest single donors.

[Extraneus]

White House Submits Petition to FCC Challenging Big Tech

“The petition requests that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) clarify that Section 230 does not permit social media companies that alter or editorialize users’ speech to escape civil liability,” the statement from the White House explained.

The petition also requests “the FCC clarify when an online platform curates content in ‘good faith,’ and requests transparency requirements on their moderation practices.”

...

In May, Trump signed an executive order to check the power of online social media companies to censor conservatives online.

“They’ve had unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter virtually any form of communication between private citizens and large public audiences,” he said. “There’s no precedent in American history for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of human interaction.”

[Narciso]

So who is the master then?

[Melinda]

Gabi Grossbard for Congress (MI-09)
@votegabi
Twitter flagging Donald Trump and not the leader of Iran, tells you everything you need to know about the radical left.

Arsen Ostrovsky @Ostrov_A
I kid you not! At Knesset hearing on Antisemitism, @Twitter rep tells me they flag @realDonaldTrump because it serves ‘public conversation’, but not Iran's @khamenei_ir call for GENOCIDE, which passes for acceptable 'commentary on political issues of the day'. cc. @CotlerWunsh

https://twitter.com/votegabi/status/1288471192836296704

[Melinda]

"To ask the question is to answer it."

I wonder who said that first....now I have to go look...

[Old Lurker]

Iggy, we draw a distinction between "Summer People" and "Tourists".

Summer people often own property, pay taxes, and spend up to half a year on the island.

I count many locals whom I used to hire among my friends - almost all of them now have second homes in FL where they spend "the other half" of the year, just as we do.

So what is the difference?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Was talking to our church secretary yesterday morning.
She and her husband had hiked into a popular mountain lake at about 9,000 feet a week or two ago.
There was a large family by the lake and a piece of litter blew onto the lake. A young guy dove into to retrieve it but the wind kept it just out of reach. After a bit he apparently looked to be in trouble and his family began calling to him. My friend and others tried to encourage him to keep going as he was now about half way across but suddenly he just sank. There were two or three guys there with search and rescue experience and they were able to get him to the surface and onto shore where they did CPR. There was enough cell reception to call 9/11 but because of high winds it took well over an hour for a helicopter to land and he was never revived. The next day would have been his 21st birthday.
Can't imagine being a parent or sibling and having to watch that happen.

[MissMarple2]

henry,

I would like to know if that has been investigated for sabotage, either foreign or domestic. Why?

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/tempe-police-7-arrests-made-during-black-lives-matter-protest

All are white.

For those who don't have a Twitter account, it's a train derailment and as you can see if you look closely at this photo, a section of the bridge has collapsed.

[Captain Hate]

But other than memories that one takes to the grave and pictures and movies to endlessly bore ones friends with tourism doesn't produce a whole lot on the tourist's end of things.

I really disagree with that. Visiting other places expands your knowledge of how to live life in useful ways.

[lyle]

Me: Harris
CH: Rice
jimmyk: Klobuchar
JiB: Whitmer
henry: Hilligula
Marlene: Warren
rich: satan
Clarice: Clarice
TC: Masto
Ignatz: fluke
TK: Romney
joan: Mad Max
MM: Big Mike (heh)
Jane: Bottoms
Steph: F’in Kerry
Buckeye: Birx
Catsmeat: Synema
Momto2: Oprah
TB: Hassan
Boris: Tulsi
Matt: Karen
Jim: Whoopi cushion
Melinda: Katie Throuple
D: Sanders
Kev: Vindman
GUS: George “Pink” Floyd
cindyk: Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
peter: "Jacob" LeMay
Dave: Tank Abrams
James D: JoeMentia
mih: Sparkle Markle
JMH: MR/MS Nobody
Rocco: Tatiana Bernardine Dohrn
Elliot: Amy Chua
1/2aboy&1/2aman: MaligNancy
Caro: Iranian ferret
hrt: Mailman’s Son
TM: Demings
Sammy: Titania McGrath

Another entry before last call! 😉

[Melinda]

That's terrible, Ig. Sad outcome but someone didn't understand hypothermia risks at altitude, at all.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Summer people have made more of a commitment but they're still going to be outsiders to the insecure locals. Perhaps even more so because they're often wealthier than the standard tourist. There's no guilt or wrongdoing on the part of a tourist or summer person. But resentment of outsiders, especially if you're dependent on them is human nature.
When I say it's unhealthy I mean I think for the locals it displaces other industry that doesn't breed that same us-them resentment and envy.
And it plays out much more noticeably in places highly dependent on tourism.

[Melinda]

Lyle-

Looks like you’re going to draw to an inside straight.

[MissMarple2]

I agree with Captain. I gained a lot of knowledge of other cultures, art, historical events, etc. that my schools NEVER covered.

With my family we vacationed in Wisconsin and Florida (and on the way I learned to love grits)and saw Spanish moss. In addition, it helped me understand the Civil Rights Movement because my sister and I, traveling through Georgia with grandparents, were truly shocked by the "No coloreds allowed" signs and sharecropper shacks.

As a young adult I was thrilled to see the Rosetta Stone and Elgin Marbles, as well as Westminster Abbey.

That's just the tip of the iceberg, so I simply disagree with Iggy and agree with Captain.

[Rocco]

I was just thinking that Mel. I would imagine the water's temperature at 9000' is too cold for anyone to survive. We have laws requiring PFD's in the spring and fall when temps fall.

[Narciso]

Yup

https://mobile.twitter.com/HNIJohnMiller/status/1288352994791231489

[Dave (in MA)]

Hoft, but:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/breaking-antifa-terrorist-threw-bomb-federal-agents-portland-identified-grandmother/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=PostTopSharingButtons&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons

Pantifa inadvertently ratted out by Hippie Granny and the auts.

[Melinda]

Awwwww.

Super-Traitor John Brennan Discovered He Was Blocked from Classified Info Access while Working on Book

He writes in his forthcoming book, Undaunted: My Fight Against America’s Enemies, at Home and Abroad, that after months of "haggling" he discovered the CIA was abiding by the directive Trump gave in August 2018 "that purportedly forbids anyone in the intelligence community from sharing classified information with me."

The White House confirmed the directive was being enforced, which is news considering the New York Times reported in May of last year that the president never revoked Brennan's security clearance.

“The President has constitutional authority to control access to classified information, which he exercised here in view of Mr. Brennan’s erratic behavior and the President’s belief that access to classified information should be solely for the benefit of the government and the American people,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-brennan-blocked-from-accessing-classified-information

[Captain Hate]

someone didn't understand hypothermia risks at altitude, at all.

Once we were rafting on the Powder river in Colorado when my cold averse wife decided to jump in. Good thing she had a life jacket.

[Dave (in MA)]

Ladies and gents, the next leader of the free world:

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1288476131088388097

[Narciso]

Yikes

https://mobile.twitter.com/shipwreckedcrew/status/1288442295776206848

[Rocco]

Stolen from Martin_VanNostrand at thedonald.win.

Congressional Hits and Misses: Best of Hank Johnson

Funny

[Dave (in MA)]

One year when I didn't get around to closing the pool until October, for yuks I told my wife 'Press 9-1 and get ready to press the last 1' and jumped in. Dumb. It was all I could do to get out.

[henry]

Sammy Small, I linked to theWTMJ article on more than 100 police departments withdrawing aid from Milwaukee. Local TV in Milwaukee is the source.

[Old Lurker]

Ig "When I say it's unhealthy I mean I think for the locals it displaces other industry that doesn't breed that same us-them resentment and envy."

At the height of the Whaling Industry, Nantucket enjoyed one of the richest communities in the US (fact). Within ten years of oil being discovered in PA, the place was a ghost town for decades. No reason whatsoever for any business to locate here rather than the mainland, so none did and still don't. Eventually mainlanders discovered it was a nice place to summer and that has been the sole source of income for the island since about 1895.

The locals are rich nowadays because work they used to do themselves and trades they passed to their kids, they hire out to Spanish speakers whom they pay $20 per hour but bill to us for $85-$100 per hour, plus travel time. Those employees also return to their countries for the winter and return in May.

One would be hard pressed to find a good ole boy up on a ladder with a hammer. Look for them in the shiny new pickup watching the guy on the ladder.

[Captain Hate]

Damn, Rocco. Take a bow, Georgia, for inflicting that dunce on the nation.

[Narciso]

Didnt he replace cynthia mckinney well known ricjet surgeon

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

AG Barr destroys Jerry Nadler in another House Democrat testimony disaster: Goodwin

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Sad outcome but someone didn't understand hypothermia risks at altitude, at all.--

Many 20 year olds disregard most risks.
The lake is right on the flank of a 10,300+ foot mountain that has perpetual snowbanks that feed the lake.
Can't remember the last time I swam in a mountain lake for just that reason.

[lyle]

Key graf:

If only Barr had been Trump’s first attorney general, the last four years would have been dramatically different. Bob Mueller could have stayed in retirement because there was never real evidence of Russian collusion, not even enough, we now know, to start an FBI investigation.

It was all ginned up to thwart Trump during the campaign, and then upend his presidency. Yet because Trump picked Jeff Sessions to be AG, and because Sessions, in a supreme act of selfishness, took the job knowing he would recuse himself from overseeing the FBI probe, the nation got put through the wringer.

Sure, but there were/are still plenty of asshoe Rs in Congress not doing a damn thing to push back on the traitorous cretin Ds.

[sbwaters]

The agreement with Oregon’s governor is a win-win.

If Oregon State Police do protect the federal Court House, violent demonstrators will have failed.

If the police fail to protect the Federal Courthouse after federal marshals move out, the charade will be exposed.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Lake Winnemucca;

[Threadkiller]

You would have to see the Homer Simpson boxing episode to fully understand that Barr didn’t destroy anyone. Barr was clever, just like we are clever, but he did not make a dent whatsoever in The Stupids and their version of events, which will undoubtedly get more play time.

The hearing was a waste of time with the exception of Jordan’s video.

They will be no “Barr destroys” headlines based in reality until someone is wearing an orange jumpsuit. Until then it is theater of the absurd where both side declare themselves the winner.

[lyle]

Looks like you’re going to draw to an inside straight.

By my pick or by starting the pool in the first place?

[Threadkiller]

...both sides...

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--The locals are rich nowadays because work they used to do themselves and trades they passed to their kids, they hire out to Spanish speakers whom they pay $20 per hour but bill to us for $85-$100 per hour, plus travel time. Those employees also return to their countries for the winter and return in May.--

Sounds like the economy of Saudi Arabia or Dubai.

[Threadkiller]

Harris is not eligible so she really is the perfect pick to start Birther-Racism up again.

[Threadkiller]

Amom, than you for the info. I have a full folder that I need to organize so I can put everything into practice.

[sbwaters]

TK, from our editorial:

...
Democrats pursued Barr as if they were the ones afraid of getting found out.

Collins asked Barr, “Would this body rise up of the capitol was attacked?” Barr answered, “This body? I'm not sure.”

Under Barr, and to the apparent chagrin of House Democrats, provoked federal marshals didn’t take the bait to use excessive violence. In the end, Barr, challenged House Democrats to face up to their political charade.

Barr asked the panel why Democrats had not condemned mob violence: "Violence against Federal courts has to stop. Can we hear something like that?" No Democrat responded.

House Democrats repeatedly misrepresented circumstances, misused statistics, and played to emotions. The leadership of a party that represents half of the country undermined the rule of law, the concept of justice, and any candidate that would keep them in the House majority.

Misguided stunts by Democrat House leaders put every single Democratic seat in Congress at risk in November.

[Threadkiller]

:-(

...thank you...

(Poor typing skills may make my break take longer)

[Threadkiller]

Barr is a smart guy that was dealing with chirping retards, SBW, but to “destroy” them would require quite a deal more than a couple correct observations.

[Thomas Collins]

I must concede, peter, that I still haven't figured out what "willow" means in JOMLand. Thus, I have no idea whether I am swallowing the willowing while sallowing!

[Dave (in MA)]

"TCing" refers to not showing up frequently enough to keep abreast of the insider lingo. ;^)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Bow to the robust science in this column ::eyeroll::
Masks are the new condoms — and Americans need to get on board now!

[Threadkiller]

TK original thought:

I wouldn’t put it past Trump and his skill set at deal making to be highlighting HCQ so vociferously at the moment as a power play against pharmaceutical companies to bring them to the table on drug prices.

“We know you guys suppressed the effectiveness of a cheap drug so you could market high profit shit. We can back off and you can sign the deal, or we can ramp up the pressure.”

The timing of his executive order and the HCQ fanfare does not seem coincidental.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

OTOH I have to admit I would not be heartbroken if the Karens of America put condoms over their heads.

[lyle]

Face burqas.

[Thomas Collins]

Story of my life, Dave (in MA). Never understanding the inside baseball talk. Started when I worked in my aunt's and uncle's deli in Manhattan, and my aunt and mother would start speaking in Armenian just when I knew they were going to start on which cousin was banging which disreputable character.

[Old Lurker]

I am happy to come behind those Karens and seal the condoms tightly around their necks with duct tape.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Interesting column from Sarah Hoyt;
We're Seeing the Death Rattle of the Revolution, Not Its Birth

[lyle]

https://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/2020/07/29/our-summer-of-cultural-suicide-n725570

[Threadkiller]

Supposedly the big tech hearing:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WBFDQvIrWYM

[Threadkiller]

Limbaugh talking about Goodwin’s “destroy” article.

[Jane]

"So what is the difference?"

In Nantucket it's always been time spent. Give it a decade or two and you'll be fine.

[Rocco]

TK,

You might be on to something there. Besides the effort to discredit HCQ, for whatever reason, another seems to be there isn't enough to go around. I know the Lupus Foundation is concerned.

https://www.lupus.org/advocate/state-action-on-hydroxychloroquine-and-chloroquine-access

[Jane]

Lyle,

Looking more and more like "me" wins. A bummer on many levels.

[Dave (in MA)]

I think "willowing" was coined by CH to refer to a user named "Willow" at some other forum who had a propensity to carry discussions over from a prior thread to continue them in the newer one.

[Dave (in MA)]

for whatever reason

for whatever orange reason

[Rocco]

I have a great-niece named Willow. I think it's a common girls name these days also.

[jimmyk]

another seems to be there isn't enough to go around. I know the Lupus Foundation is concerned.

There would be plenty to go around if the FDA would stop mucking around and discouraging its use for COVID. From what I understand, it's not hard to produce large quantities of it, but no one wants to do that if they can't figure out whether doctors will be able or willing to prescribe it. In other words, the market can work, if it's allowed to.

[Thomas Collins]

OK, Dave (in MA), I get it. If I bring up Brady's balls or Minor v. Happersett, is that DEEP WILLOWING???

By the way, TK, speaking of Minor v. Happersett, I hope you and your better half are continuing your recovery. It seems ages ago we were drinking at Brandypeet's with our spouses!

[jimmyk]

I wouldn’t put it past Trump and his skill set at deal making to be highlighting HCQ so vociferously

I'm not sure why he can't call his FDA commissioner on the carpet and ask him why the hell they're still talking dirt about HCQ when there's been boatloads of evidence for its effectiveness.

[Captain Hate]

From Sarah Hoyt:

They have been programmed – indoctrinated, really – from birth via the media, education, entertainment, and – heaven have mercy – even churches and synagogues into believing what amounts to a heretical Christian sect.

Porch can believe whatever she wants but most organized religions sold out their flock to Hoax-19, in effect telling them "you're on your own until Caesar permits us to save your souls". Aided and abetted by Traitor Roberts.

[Manuel Transmission]

Although our rock is nominally similar to Nantucket, the demographics are quite different. We have a fairly large seasonal population, but for many of them this is the home base with the escape down in the CA or AZ desert for the winter. There’s no bias built into that mix. Our ‘tourists’ are mostly weekenders who are tolerated by the locals, but a lot of grumbling under the breath when they treat the place like Disney World where anywhere they step off a curb and wander into the street at their own damn time that causes brake squeals get a stare back at you with a “what the hell, dude?” look.

The regular dudes around here that do all the real work (Mexicans mostly doing landscaping), used to have bumper stickers that said “If it’s tourist season, why can’t we shoot them?”

[Dave (in MA)]

A Norwegian-themed B&B in Michigan had to take down their Norwegian flag because they got complaints from Biden voters that they were flying the Confederate flag. https://apnews.com/ed0d469d2b6d81f7f468a27ce429f74f

Comments in the article seem to indicate that the owners are embracing the stupidity.

[lyle]

Looking more and more like "me" wins. A bummer on many levels.

I take zero pleasure in predicting the bint as veep, either.

[sbwaters]

TK, agreed, “destroy” will never happen.

I weed my garden often because destroying weeds is not possible.

Too many complacent and/or subversive clods let the garden overgrow.

[Extraneus]

Biden Selects Aunt Jemima As Running Mate

"She's a clean, articulate woman of color, she's a self-made businesswoman, and she's a great listener," Biden said as he unveiled his pick for vice president. "We were looking at two criteria for my VP: her race and her gender, and Jemima nailed both qualifications."

"Plus, she smells fantastic. Welcome to Team Joe, toots!"

[rich]

>>>I’ve been amazed at the degree to which they seem genuinely victimized when their victims fight back. The normies are supposed to sit still and take being dragged out of their cars and beaten, let their shops be looted, etc.

Posted by: Another Bob | July 29, 2020 at 07:47 AM<<<

i have been to especially some of the vids out of seattle. a combination of factors like not learning boundaries, a lack of home training, and heavy drug use. add in an education of nothing but entitlement and then some activist training you get people that are dumb enough to stop traffic on I5 and then act shocked and surprised that someone could kill them in a traffic accident or that others might not want to be stopped and will run them over.

it is amazing to me what some of the state and local police forces have allowed to fester in their major cities. more later.

[Dave (in MA)]

That's a storybook, man!

[lyle]

https://spectator.org/elite-establishment-has-no-clothes/

This wasn’t paywalled for me.

[Narciso]

You can get chinchona the active ingredient anyplace from indonesia tp honduras there is no excuse.

[jimmyk]

Tom Wolfe many years ago made similar points to those of Sarah Hoyt regarding the mindset of "the masses." They're not interested in revolution; they have summer houses by lakes with boats, 2-3 automobiles, and take vacations in the tropics. They are not your grandfather's proletariat.

[lyle]

https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2020/07/cases-are-plateauing-because-face-masks-daniel-greenfield/

Now I'll set aside the whole question as to what extent these surges are real and to what extent they're statistically manipulation, but it's not especially surprising that we're not out of the woods yet, or that some places which got off lightly are catching the next wave. That was the inevitable outcome of the lockdown model, even if it had worked.

A lockdown is not a plan. Pretending that masks can fix everything is even less of a plan.

No kidding.

[Dave (in MA)]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288509568578777088

Some circuit judge clamps down in 3... 2...

[Jane]

Okay I have a test for you guys:

Get some peanut butter (or something that smells) and hold it 8 inches away from your face. Can you smell it? Now block the left nostril, and bring the peanut butter up. Can you smell it?

Okay do the same thing blocking your right nostril. Can you smell it?

Failure to smell out of your left nostril is a sign of alzheimer's. (Don't worry, I'm determined to cure it)

[rse]

The Publix had a fluorescent yellow sign by front door on glass this morning that said "No Mask. No Service".

Below that was the county seal with #DEKALBTOGETHER that made me want to puke.

People must OBEY.

People in masks are far less careful about social distancing or one way signs.

People just do not get that the person staying away from everyone is keeping them far safer than anyone with a mask on.

[Dave (in MA)]

Person, woman, man, camera, peanut butter.

[Captain Hate]

There's a member of the Horde who is ordinarily very intelligent who has completely lost his shit over masks. At first I thought he was playing a role because it was so over the top but it's real. I haven't called him out on it because I like him and he doesn't seem open to constructive criticism; plus there are others who've dropped the hammer with no worry about hurt feelings. But it's been odd to observe.

[Dave (in MA)]

https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1288471821394702341

Barr was "disrespectful". The talking points sent out for people who didn't watch.

[Dave (in MA)]

Apparently Gohmert got the WuFlu, detected by screening before traveling with POTUS on AF1.

He has an odd theory that he got it from wearing the mask that he rarely wore.

[MissMarple2]

sbwaters,

I HAVE noticed that the democrats seem to be unpleasant and unattractive people, who do not appeal to a great many people. Their members in Congress seem to be increasingly elderly, overweight, or dim bulbs. Thus, their ranks do not attract young, attractive, and successful people. That's why they end up with the blue-haired commies and crooks.

So, I believe while they won't completely disappear, I do believe they will become a smaller and less-appealing party. Would YOU want to hang around people like Nadler, Pelosi, and Swallwell?

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
54m
I was on Air Force One flying to the Great State of Texas, where I just landed. It is AMAZING in watching @FoxNews how different they are from four years ago. Not even watchable. They totally forgot who got them where they are!

[henry]

Anyone watching sissyline’s tech theater?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

From the AP story;

Several community members have urged the couple to put the Norwegian flag back up, but the Offenbeckers say they won’t until they can figure out a way to make sure it is not mistaken for the the Confederate flag.

Here's a way; put a sign next to it that says "This isn't a confederate flag, dumbshits."

Also from the AP story;

Floyd died after an officer pressed his knew [sic] into Floyd’s neck for nearly eight minutes.

The proposed sign would obviously benefit the writer and editor of the story.

[jimmyk]

But it's been odd to observe.

I've seen a lot of seemingly intelligent and reasonable people lose it over WuFlu. The wannabe dictators really lucked into something that causes people to lose their grip on reality, and become subservient to their leaders. I don't think it was necessarily planned that way, but it was just one in a succession of efforts that for now has paid off for them.

[Captain Hate]

I've had a real heads up on some of my so called peers, jimmyk. Very few have passed the test.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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Just landed in the Great State of Texas!
============================================
White House Rapid Response
@WHRapidResponse

President Trump is visiting TX today to discuss our nation’s world-leading energy industry

No president in history has done more to promote American energy dominance

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/trump-double-eagle-energy-oil-rig-visit-texas

[Jane]

I watched Bezo's opening. He didn't say what I wanted to I made guacamole and went back to Rush.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Barr was "disrespectful". The talking points sent out for people who didn't watch.--

So progs think claiming a guy was disrespectful to the single group held in the most contempt by the largest number of people in the country is the way to clean up the mess they made yesterday?
Who am I to disagree? Have at it progs.

[Jane]

I will watch when it's Jim Jordan's turn.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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If the Federal Government and its brilliant Law Enforcement (Homeland) didn’t go into Portland one week ago, there would be no Portland -- It would be burned and beaten to the ground. If the Mayor and Governor...

...do not stop the Crime and Violence from the Anarchists and Agitators immediately, the Federal Government will go in and do the job that local law enforcement was supposed to do!

[Neo]

Cuomo blames de Blasio’s Rikers releases, anti-cop attitude for NYC crime wave
https://nypost.com/2020/07/28/cuomo-blames-de-blasios-rikers-releases-for-nyc-crime-wave/

[henry]

Cool data use. Tracking drone movement to find hidden Pilot.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/robotics/artificial-intelligence/attention-rogue-drone-pilots-ai-can-see-you