Here We Go Again

After all the playoff hoop-la, my Gutless Prediction is that the two top seeds will meet in the Super Bowl. KC will eventually beat Green Bay. Bummer for the Bucs and Bills, and I'm rooting for both.

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[Neo]

So Biden's "big plan" that wasn't disclosed before the election was to proclaim nothing will change covid until summer. Well no kidding - conservatives know that already. Apparently the people that didn't know it and needed to hear it are his voters.
https://news.grabien.com/story-biden-theres-nothing-we-can-do-change-trajectory-pandemic-ne

[Jane]

The Buccs will win.

Of course I’ve been losing a lot lately so perhaps I shouldn’t predict .

[Manuel Transmission]

Just went over to read Amom’s Hoyt link and this popped up:

He pointed out how people are still congratulating themselves on all the judges Trump appointed, even when it’s been proven those judges don’t give a hang about the constitution and let the incredible fraud go by. But he used lists from the Federalist society. Well, yes. Which tells you exactly what has happened to that institution. It also tells you what has happened to our legislative bodies. Yurtle the turtle fought for those judges because they were his kind, not ours.

Sounds like another echo.

If any of you follow Wictor, he came out of hiding without claiming any new insights, but he has not given up on DJT. He also wonders as I have: who called in the NG? No Dems had the authority.

[Jane]

Interesting question MT. So who did have the authority?

[Manuel Transmission]

Caro, who’s the young lady in your nic pic?

Hope you guys have a comfortable stay during your confinement.

[henry]

It only took eight years, but truth is coming out.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/01/24/mark-steyn-files-an-eviscerating-motion-for-summary-judgement-in-the-michael-mann-libel-suit/

[henry]

Jane, do the Buccs like snow? Fresh layer this morning.

[Les Nessman]

From the Pieces
"In sum, I think the administration is already overreaching,..."

If nobody stops them, is anything they do 'overreaching'?

[caro]

MT, she was an art student that was visiting the Fogg Museum at Harvard. I snapped a pic and liked the look.

[Jane]

Brady’s used to snow, although I’m sure his blood has thinned. It will make them move faster.

[Threadkiller]

What is a “nic pic?”

[henry]

Sore loser.

@cnbc

Romney says Senate impeachment trial after Trump has left office is constitutional

[rse]

The Federalist Society was started by the nephew of famous prog US circuit judge whose name escapes me now. Too many downward dogs during online yoga.

Now I remember. Guido Calabresi who was also dean of Yale Law where the Process Theory of the Law was developed in the late 40s.

Although individual members may belong because they actually are conservative, it is difficult to not see the society itself, like heritage or aei, as a right pincer movement to keep the sluice of this country and what the law can do to bring about the Marxist Humanist vision going in the desired direction.

[Jim Eagle]

When Romney says anything it is usually something petty.

[GUS]

Mutt Rumbley is a disgrace. If we can't recognize what a stooge this fool is, we are done.

[Momto2]

The only bright spot about Romney is the hope that his recent experience in the airport will be a permanent one. Imagine having to plan your life around the likelihood that you'll be heckled everywhere you go!

[MissMarple2]

GUS,

If I have energy today I am going to delve into Bain Capital's Cina connections and earlier statements he made about China, prior to his presidential run.

I am positive there is a connection between Romney and China, but I can't seem to remember what caused me to be suspicious.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Maybe my complaint didn’t come across as intended. I don’t care if narciso tries to make his links easier to care about. I don’t care if he changes. I am pointing my own position that I won’t open the majority of what he posts and if allowed I would downvote the ones that are labeled “fish slap.”--

Here are my thoughts;
People have a right to say what they want. People have a right to disagree with or complain about what the other person said or the way they said it. We naturally want people to agree with or at least acknowledge our viewpoint and we would like them to comment in a way most useful and beneficial to all.

One of the problems is, the way people express themselves is largely an extension of their personality which is a relatively fixed thing.
So ideally we should be able to voice a complaint and the other person would respond and adjust accordingly. There are at least two problems with that;
1. People complain about different things which makes it hard to accommodate all complaints.
2. People often don't want to or can't accommodate the complaint.

IMO asking once is fine. Asking more than once usually leads to pointless arguments, hurt feelings, anger etc.
A perfect example is me writing this comment just like I have many times before. It's obvious it's pointless but I seem to think repeating the same thing over and over will cause people who don't agree or who won't change because it's part of their fixed personality will finally do what I want them to do. And it's considerably more important to me that other people adopt my suggestions than I adopt theirs

And there you have human nature, interpersonal conflict, the noble causes, depredations and the road to hell of man's history, and the rise and fall of empires in a nutshell, all thinks to narc's fish slap. :)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Romney isn't eligible to be impeached...and he can't stand it.

[Manuel Transmission]

Jane, as far as I know, it was Miller, who presumably did it on Trump’s orders. Which is why the various anons were claiming it was all part of the grand plan to knock down the coup.

[sbwaters]

The main page for JOM will not load for me. The link Alison provided on the last page works to get to the new thread.

Also, the Twitter buttons on Clarice’s Pieces will not work but it appears to be a problem with twitter.com. It will not load.

[Threadkiller]

My thoughts are: “why is this being brought up on the new thread?”

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Trump showed that the annihilation of the American middle class was not the result of inevitable forces. --

That entire comment was excellent.
But it doesn't address the worst point. The policy decisions taken were not mistakes. They were made KNOWING exactly what effect they would have on the middle class. The Gas Chamber and the Uniparty know that globalization, financialization , illegal immigration, Green Ne Deal crap, etc, all harm the American middle while benefitting them, the ruling class, and they like that. They also know it strengthens the Chinese communists who seek to dominate the world and they don't care so long as the CCP, reversing Lenin, makes the rope to hang them with cheap enough to sell at a profit at Walmart and packaged tidy enough for Bezos to ship free.

[MissMarple2]

sbwaters,

I also have all sorts of trouble. I have to get on JOM by either using my Twitter link or through my history, which takes me back to the lat page I posted to.

I also have noticed that Mozilla "helpfully" informs me that a page is slowing me down and would I like them to stop it. This only happens when it's a President Trump favoring article. (This is when I have multiple tabs open.)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--My thoughts are: “why is this being brought up on the new thread?”--

I'm not sure if that was meant be ironic or if you actually read my comment [I'm guessing you either didn't, or didn't read it very closely] but it's hard to imagine a comment better turned to reinforce the point I was making.
Not only are you complaining about me pointing our your, and more importantly, my, complaining are part of a pointless cycle, you are complaining about a thing you have had people complaining about your doing over and over, which you often agree to change, but end up doing again.
That's your personality. It's my personality. It's pretty much everyone's. So much so we barely notice we're doing it.
Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes to address the basic point.

[MissMarple2]

Randy Quaid
@RandyRRQuaid
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1h
In the 90’s I had an idea for a comedy to star Bill Murray and me about 2 male golfers getting sex changes to play the ladies tour because they weren’t good enough for the mens’ tour. Today if I made that film it would be called not funny, political, and I’d be put in prison.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Randy Quaid was optimistic. You don't even have to have a sex change. Just say you feel like a chick and you're a chick.

[Threadkiller]

I read your post and it to me it looked like a slam disguised as a jovial observation.

[Threadkiller]

you are complaining about a thing you have had people complaining about your doing over and over, which you often agree to change, but end up doing again

Wrong.

I am not telling narciso to change. I am telling him that I don’t like his Schrödinger's Link style and I won’t click for a surprise. I, on the other hand, was told to change.

Big difference.

[Threadkiller]

But, hey.. you are getting the argument you predicted.

Later.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Most of it was directed at myself and was an observation that in the middle of complaining about what you said, I was doing exactly the same thing. In fact I meant to include that your initial observation that I thought my complaining was "preferable" was exactly right, but forgot.

And it was a larger point that I have been thinking about lately; how much of human nature, interaction and human conflict is due to fixed personality issues that dominate free will and the choices we make.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-19/email-furor-leaves-deutsche-bank-s-reputation-at-risk-once-more

This has to do with an email exchange in which a board member pressed an officer to do more to damage the Financial Times for their criticism of Deutsche Bank.

It's behind a paywall which popped up after I got about 2/3 through the article, so now I can't go back to check the names. Sorry.

[clarice]

Judge Calabresi who sat on the 6th Circuit was a dunce. A colleague, far cleverer than I was, once argued a case before a panel he sat on. In the middle of the opponent's argument Calabresi asked a question about social security law, a point that had nothing to do with the matter and was totally irrelevant. The lawyer used up his time trying to disabuse Calabresi of this idiocy and never got to argue his case. My colleague 's turn came up and Calabresi pressed the same point. The lawyer said it was a good point the judge raised and then proceeded to argue the actual case. When he told me about it, I asked why he had done this. He replied,"I know none of his clerks would let that go into the decision, and I got to actually argue my case."

[Narciso]

Well theres this:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-3com-buyout/3com-to-be-acquired-by-bain-huawei-for-2-billion-report-idUSN2837468820070928

The sec accepted huawei wouldnt interferenllol

[Narciso]

Gov kemp says now he'll insist on voter id , stand up hes trying.

[Narciso]

Good grief marco,

https://grabien.com/story.php?id=322269

[Narciso]

Maybe you could have done something more proactive senator cotton

https://grabien.com/story.php?id=322271

[Narciso]

Welcome to the party lauren

https://mobile.twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/1353357615464640514

[Neo]

Jesse Watters: The Way Reagan Was Managed Towards the End Is the Way Biden Is Being Managed from the Beginning

[jimmyk]

My daughter texted me Rand Paul's appearance with Snufflopagus. He was pretty good in pushing back on the runt's declaration that the President "lied" about the election being stolen. The new mantra is to demand that Republicans say the words "The election was not stolen." Rand refused, and just said he thought there should be an investigation and the process should be cleaned up.

Video for those who wish to see it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vub26OEWyV8

[Narciso]

Carried over

http://www.danielgreenfield.org/2021/01/the-dc-occupation-will-continue-until.html?m=1

[Jim Eagle]

Bringing over from AOS:

[Account Deleted]

Althouse posted the transcript of Rand Paul on ABC. I will always prefer to read instead of watch video, if possible. ;)

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2021/01/rand-paul-versus-george-stephanopoulos.html

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

When I woke up this morning I laid [lay? lied? probably lied] in bed and thought about how I would write a new constitution to minimize the ways in which our present one has been undermined and gutted.
It was kind of interesting. Give it a shot.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

One of the most important issues I realized was, minimize "why" any right or power is being recognized or conferred.
That opens things up too easily to dishonest interpretations.

[Tom R]

Narciso,

Thanks for those informative links.

[Narciso]

Misrepresenting the source of our liberties is the problem if one does acknowledge they are god given, then the state is deemed responsible to grant and rescind.

The 1940 cuban constitution proceeded on this notion that there were rights to wage s housing education et al, this was not done by a nine member court but by the luminaries of the era, of course it was as unworkable as the green nude eel.

[Narciso]

It was the same basket that the un charter would collect a few years later.

[jimmyk]

It was kind of interesting. Give it a shot.

I always say to include "The words of this Constitution mean exactly what they say, no more, no less. Any additions, subtractions, emanations, and penumbra are violations of the Constitution."

Of course I'd rewrite the "commerce" and "general welfare" clauses.

Incidentally, the word you wanted was "lay" (past tense of lie), unless you were lying to someone. :)

[Narciso]

So were in e plebnista territory, and many are debating how much this negative liberty can be curtailed in order for thiz positive grant.

[Tom R]

Doh..

https://patriots.win/p/11SJxtkRtI/biden-voters-right-about-now/c/

[Narciso]

Revel dalrymple carlos alberto montaner (before he lost his mind( argued against such a balancing test.

[Narciso]

Hayeks constitution of liberty might be a good starting point. The progs put their opening bid of free speech with the creel committee and then ran with it.

[Narciso]

I had a wry chuckle.

https://news.grabien.com/story-gov-kemp-i-support-voter-id-checks-future-elections

[MissMarple2]

My government teacher, Miss Chandler, would first encourage you to write the Constitution in your own words.

I had to do that in high school when I was 16. It was hard work, let me tell you!

[MissMarple2]

Regarding the snake discussion earlier, link in this goes to a video of an EXTREMELY large boa in a village somewhere NOT here, thankfully! About 30 seconds.

What’s you next move? pic.twitter.com/GNyIxDTzwa

— that terri 🇺🇸 (@terri_____) January 24, 2021

[rse]

Narc--

Having taken out trump and shifting the senate, kemp and the pos sos are up for election in 2022.

I imagine many will be tempted to simply stop voting in this state.

[Narciso]

Yes they tupoleved themselves say hello to the shadow governor.

[MissMarple2]

Fin Gómez
@finnygo
·
1h
President @JoeBiden
's motorcade has arrived at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown for Mass, per Travel pooler Fernando Suarez.

[Manuel Transmission]

A long time ago I worked on some Congressional constraints. No law could be drafted without these constraints:

1) it had to fit on one side of a standard letter sized page, in 12 pt type
2) you could not vote on it unless you took a test and passed above 90 pct.
3) you gave the test to an 8th grade civics class in DC and they had to have a cumulative score over 70.
4) there could not be more than 100 laws on the books, so you had to prove that your new one was better than whichever one you were replacing.
5) of course all laws applied to Congresscritters.
6) add yours as necessary.

[Len]

MM, That's quite the boa.

[jimmyk]

I imagine many will be tempted to simply stop voting in this state.

The main thing is to get rid of mail-in voting. That's where the most bodies are buried.

[MissMarple2]

Manuel Transmission,

I still say that whoever adds those amendments to a bill as we saw with the add-ons going to the Pakistanis and the JFK Center for the Performing Arts in the Covid Relief package, should have to sign their names to the amendment and explain why they were insisting on their insertion.

[Narciso]

So what are you going to do about it

https://mobile.twitter.com/JunkScience/status/1353124885204242438

[Manuel Transmission]

Oh, and of course all laws stand on their own, not padded with 10k pages of regs ginned up by bureaucrats.

[Rocco]

If I were going to write or re-write the constitution, I'd start here.

https://mises.org/library/crusoe-social-philosophy

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2021/01/24/expert-biden-actions-against-american-oil-gas-energy-production-could-kill-many-1-million-jobs/amp/

Frank Macchiarola, senior vice president of Policy, Economics and Regulatory Affairs at the American Petroleum Institute (API), said in an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday with host Matt Boyle that if President Joe Biden puts a permanent ban on oil and gas development on federal waters and land, it could cost 1 million American jobs.
========================
Besides quotes from the interview, the article has examples of other things FICUS is doing to mess up energy production.

[MissMarple2]

Steve Cortes
@CortesSteve
·
9m
Jim Comey says the Republican Party must be “burned to the ground.”

Ponder the power this bitter partisan once yielded, under the pretense of protecting us?

[MissMarple2]

How we know she's a dem in disguise: she goes for the superficial, personal insult.

Washington Examiner
@dcexaminer

· 1h
"Rep. Gaetz can leave his beauty bag at home. In Wyoming, the men don’t wear make-up.”

@Liz_Cheney pushes back after her GOP colleagues call for her removal.
https://washex.am/3qFoiAa

[MissMarple2]

Heh.

[Jim Eagle]

Forget the jobs lost or not created. Biden’s polity means retreating back to dependence on imported oil. Puts a big smile on Putin’s face. But Trump is the Russian mole.....

[MissMarple2]

Jack Posobiec
Flag of United States
@JackPosobiec
·
21h
I don't know who needs to hear this but in 1947 Walt Disney went to Washington DC to testify that Communists were taking over Hollywood

[Jim Eagle]

I am reminded of the bumper sticker you could buy in Colorado:

“Wyoming, where men are men and the sheep run scared”.

[Jane]

Just had a FABULOUS lunch with Mr and Mrs Marlene! Boy can Mr. Marlene cook! I’m very grateful for my JOM friends down here, and the crew is getting larger!

It’s 84 on the lanai while Brady gets ready. You guys should move!

[Jane]

MT,

Re: Miller on Trumps order, really surprises me.

[Marlene]

Good afternoon! MM @ 2:32,ha! I told Jane during lunch that Bernie's mittens look like something hubby's French-Canadian Memere would have knitted.

[Narciso]

Hey jib i tried to send you something.

[Jane]

Touchdown!!!

[jimmyk]

in 1947 Walt Disney went to Washington DC to testify that Communists were taking over Hollywood

And by the year 2021 the Communists had taken over Disney, at least if ABC and ESPN are any indication.

[MissMarple2]

he Spectator Index
@spectatorindex
·
1m
JUST IN: Reuters reports that Biden Administration will re-impose ban on entry of most non-US citizens who have recently travelled to the UK, Ireland, Brazil and and 26 European countries.

[Jim Eagle]

Narc,

Nada!

I know Stephanopolus. He and I conversed once at Pierre's in Bridgehampton. He is very short, not taller than 5'5". As a result, he is very protective of his opinion among taller people like ume:) No, really, an engaging guy but still full of liberal-leftist shit.

[Jane]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/shocking-democrats-first-bill-2021-lock-fraudulent-elections-forever/

The democrats first bill in front of Congress. It assures every election going forward will be stolen!

[Narciso]

But of course

https://mobile.twitter.com/jsiwat/status/1352917871052140544

[Neo]

Sometimes the headline is enough. Not with this one. Read the entire article.

‘You Say We’re All Liars’: Rand Paul Has Fiery Debate With George Stephanopoulos
https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-say-were-all-liars-rand-paul-has-fiery-debate-with-george-stephanopoulos

[Jim Eagle]

So, Slo Joe is going to void the XL pipeline while at the same time pissing off our Saudi friends. I see $5-6/gallon gas in our future.

[GUS]

He doesn't care Jack. He's not in charge.

[Jim Eagle]

Feel good story (with music) of the day. Our future is in good hands.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/teen-honors-fallen-marine-by-playing-patriotic-hymns-outside-home-for-two-weeks_3626882.html?utm_source=news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2021-01-24-3

[Dave (in MA)]

MissMarple2 | January 24, 2021 at 02:32 PM, is that the Gadsden snake?

[Captain Hate]

Jesse Watters: The Way Reagan Was Managed Towards the End Is the Way Biden Is Being Managed from the Beginning

Why is it necessary for people supposedly on "our side" to insult people like Reagan while making a point. Maybe Reagan was as out of it near the end as the blithering idiot who stole the last election, but I saw no sign of it and the eight years he served were the best of my life up until the last four.

[Narciso]

Because waters is a jackass

https://mobile.twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1353430312966115328

[Melinda]

Jane-

Miller probably was ordering in the National Guard, but deployment into DC continued after the Inauguration. I wonder if it had anything to do with Guiliani arguing electoral Fraud in front of SCOTUS last Friday.

[Melinda]

Greg McKenna
@gregorymckenna
He could be talking about #stock #markets and central banks as much as phones and us :$

Jesse Felder @jessefelder
'The training has been going on for years. We’re caught in a Pavlovian game in which we’re the product, not the organizers. Someone else is ringing the bell, and it’s been happening for so long we don’t even realize how deeply the hooks have been set.' seths.blog/2021/01/the-pi…

https://twitter.com/gregorymckenna/status/1353457437764771841

[Narciso]

Stay puft removes all doubt

https://mobile.twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1353455854964649984

[Narciso]

Same fot time magazine and hearst press,

[Narciso]

Rand has a strong stomach

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2021/01/24/abc-us-post-war-germany-antifa-and-blm-violence-morally

[GUS]

Did anyone have a doubt that TUB-O-LARD Crispie/Kreme was a P.O.S.?

[Narciso]

Not since 2010, others bought his ralph kramden act not moi.

[Dave (in MA)]

Plus, Watters was only 10 years old when Reagan left office, so it's not as though he has a first-hand clue.

[Dave (in MA)]

Stay puft removes all doubt

Being jilted for a Trump job must really leave a mark.

[MissMarple2]

Dave (in MA),

Ha! Good one! By golly, I think you are right! *About it being the Gadsen Snake!)