Dialing Back March Madness

For the first time in decades I had already sent in most of my tax stuff. Why bother?

IRS to Delay Tax Deadline to Mid-May After Chaotic Year

 

 

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[Marlene]

First?

[Narciso]

Whats their excuse this time, they cant walk and chew gum at the same time

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-fauci-masks-covid

[Narciso]

Hurrah

https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/03/desantis-florida-exclude-critical-race-theory-from-its-curriculum/

[Dave (in MA)]

Howie Carr reports that Climate Czar Lurch was not using a mask on a commercial flight today.

[henry]

Cant we conscientiously object to taxes? Funding communism and lockdowns is unAmerican.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

John F'ing Kerry flew commercial??? Will wonders never cease??? Was he not wearing two masks or three?

I do believe we should recommend that all Karens instead of masking be recommended to stay in bed and push a pillow into their faces to avoid infection. That should help reduce the infection rate while reducing the number of oxygen thieves.

[Marlene]

Hubby just got a call from our former neighbor in Maine. After we moved from northern Maine, we bought a condo in the Bangor area. Remember the Trump visit to the apple orchard last fall? The small (ten unit) condo property was down the road from the orchard. We moved to the cabin in the woods when we started to come to Florida in the winter. Anyway,he had mail addressed to us (five years later!) and wanted to know if he should forward it. He told hubby, you have an awesome governor!

[Narciso]

Dont forget the fentanyl

https://mobile.twitter.com/MatthewFoldi/status/1372254029326249985

[Narciso]

The wit and wisdom:

https://mobile.twitter.com/johnddavidson/status/1372259778844618754

[Marlene]

Last Saturday morning when we were at the farmer's market at the French bakery vendor, a young couple was in the line in front of us. Hubby elbowed me and said they're social distancing. Meanwhile, the geezers were shoving people out of the way to get in line. :)
Believe me, there are people in Florida who are biking and walking in the breezy fresh air and wearing masks. Sad.

[MissMarple2]

The Washington Times
@WashTimes
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White House: Trump's 'Wuhan Virus' comments hurt Asian Americans https://washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/17/white-house-trumps-wuhan-virus-comments-hurt-asian/
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From Biden's current Chief of Staff, courtesy of Oilfield Rando:

[Narciso]

Wait what

https://mobile.twitter.com/queens_parents/status/1372235782283476994

[Marlene]

OH! Bad grammar? *were in the line*

[matt - deplore me if you must]

I want to pitch a new TV series idea; The Woking Dead

Masses of NYT thinking zombies roaming the streets spouting PC propaganda as free thinking neoclassicists quote The Rights of Man and Adam Smith while blasting them with turd guns.

[MissMarple2]

Here's photo of Kerry flying commercial with no mask:

[Dave (in MA)]

Gropey, from a CNN transcript:

“What do you do with an unaccompanied child that comes to the border? Do you repeat what Trump did, take them from their mothers, to move them away, hold them in cells, et cetera? We're not doing that.”

Glad to hear he's not taking unaccompanied children away from their mothers.

[Narciso]

Well they are more like zombies or reavers

[Narciso]

Those words you are using...

[Narciso]

Also what ever they did in i am legend.

[Narciso]

In broad strokes

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-covid-class-war-heats-up-michael-lind

[Jane]

How old is Kerry? Biden should prompt a maximum age allowed in government. It can be reviewed every 5 years. Also there should be a mandatory cognitive test. And term limits. I can go on and on.

[Narciso]

Hes been a menace to the constitution for 50 years.

[Dave (in MA)]

Jawn is 13mos younger than Gropey.

[Jim Eagle]

Talk about a guy who has lived big off or treasonous conduct. Really, to this Vet, incredible.

[Jim Eagle]

...off of....

[Sammy Small]

Jane,
The deep state dems would be doing all that testing, and you know how that would go.

[henry]

It appears CA hasnt suffered enough.

@WSJ

Rep. Adam Schiff’s allies are promoting him to replace California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, if he is confirmed as HHS secretary

[Narciso]

Whats that line about treason doth prosper because he does in vietnamese spanish arabic and farsi.

[Jane]

Is there a reason Californians haven’t woken up? MA did it perfectly. They hire a republican governor who acts like a democrat, so the population just nods and goes ahead,

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

MT's comment last thread is along the lines of something I was thinking about this morning. Intelligence doesn't seem to have any particular correlation to wisdom or common sense. I'm not sure you might not be able to detect a slight negative correlation.
As a case in point and what I was thinking about this morning is my friend who passed away about a year and a half ago. Good ol boy from Jefferson City Missouri but with a PhD in physics and the smartest guy I ever met. Was worth $90 million+ at the peak of the dot.com boom in 2000.
But he also had Type 1 diabetes and it was, as they call it, "brittle" which means he was prone to rapid hypoglycemic episodes in which he could quickly end up out like a light. His wife had to keep a close eye on him overnight because the span of time between eating could cause an episode and the paramedics knew him by his first name.
The most thoughtful, loving guy you could ever hope to meet. But he was so infernally stubborn, he absolutely refused to get an insulin pump which would have militated all of those problems. He would probably still be alive today had he done so because almost certainly those frequent episodes and the wild swings in his insulin and blood sugar damaged his systems and heart to the point he dropped dead of a heart attack.
His actions made zero sense and there are thousands if not millions of lamebrains walking around with insulin pumps, but brilliant Bob lies moldering in his grave because he wouldn't. Inexplicable.

[MissMarple2]

Steve Herman
@W7VOA
#Tanazania President @MagufuliJP
has died of a "heart condition" at the age of 61, announces the country's vice president, @SuluhuSamia.

#Tanzania President @MagufuliJP dies five months into his second term after a disputed election. He faced heavy criticism for denying the #coronavirus pandemic and there had been wide speculation he was ill with #COVID19.

6:13 PM March 17, 2021

[Melinda]

Bring out the pillows!

Jan Jekielek
@JanJekielek
"Not a single one of them could tell me under oath they had evidence of any kind of collusion."

Exclusive with lead Spygate investigator Kash Patel—up close & personal, with never before revealed parts of the story.

🔥PREMIERING THURSDAY 7pm ET / 4pm PT: ept.ms/ATL

https://twitter.com/JanJekielek/status/1371977358538903557

[MissMarple2]

For those who have cable:

Captain Tim (Rt) I'm So Snarkilicious
@tevan2864
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Tonight, The Quiet man with John Wayne is on TCM. That's my St. Pattys tradition.

[John S]

As far as the correlation between wisdom and IQ, Buckley had the right idea when he said he would rather be ruled by the first 1000 names in the Boston telephone directory than by the arts and sciences faculty of Harvard.

[CCGirl]

Is there a reason Californians haven’t woken up? MA did it perfectly. They hire a republican governor who acts like a democrat, so the population just nods and goes ahead,

Not all of us, Jane!

[CCGirl]

MA is loaded with experts in their field. The expert doctors are such experts that they can’t opine on whether a condition not in their field may be an issue on something in their field. Son saw many docs when young, and one admitted that “we are such experts in our area we don’t know anything about other conditions.” She was the nicest doctor I have ever met. Son and I agree to this day on that.

One man was in the store when I had just started there. He needed a cleaner for his stainless sink, so I handed him a few options. He was insisting none were right, so I gave him silver polish 🙄. My father laughed and said he was a rocket scientist at Raytheon, and he had no clue about anything in the real world. My father had worked with him.

[Narciso]

Indeed

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/03/church-muslim-slayer-hero-targeted-bombing-raymond-ibrahim/

[Jim Eagle]

..and Andrew McLughlen. The greatest fight scene in motion picture histiory. All for a red head lass😀

[MissMarple2]

This was called to my attention by Daniel Horowitz, who thinks this is completely wrong:

Indiana Department of Health
@StateHealthIN
Pregnant women are now eligible to receive the #COVID19 vaccine.

Your doctor must submit your patient information in order for you to receive a unique registration link from the health department.

More info on http://ourshot.in.gov
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Another crap policy by our idiot governor.

[Catsmeat]

Happy St. Patrick's Day, JOM! I thought I was Irish until my thirties because my parents' telling me I was "Scotch-Irish" never clicked in my mind as a term which would actually tell me something rather specific. What can I say, I was a dolt. I come from Huguenot stock, evidently.

[Narciso]

Like groundhog day

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2021/03/al-qaeda-leader-threatens-myanmar-in-new-video.php

Dr. Bostum filled in the backstory

[matt - deplore me if you must]

For some stupid f'ing reason the left is trying to revive Russia. Doubling down on the stupid.

[MissMarple2]

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Catsmeat!

I figured a lot of people were out celebrating, since there over an hour gap from my last post at 7:14.

[CCGirl]

Catsmeat, I come from the “least-Irish” Irish fam - in terms of attitude. On my mother’s side we have Walsh, Flynn, and Rourke. The latter is my middle name (or was until I changed my middle name to my maiden name upon marriage). On my father’s side there is a bit as well, but I don’t feel like digging through the ancestral records that are stuck in a box in my basement (saved by me to read someday). I simply didn’t grow up “knowing” I was Irish, except the few times my mother told me that “No Irish Need Apply” happened. Whatever, that is in the past, and my life is good. And my mother certainly never considered herself a victim. I suspect she was just giving me a history lesson.

My celebration of St Pat’s is due to my husband, who loves it. He being the Irish red-head:-). Now my kids love it. So it’s fun!

[Narciso]

Because most everyone in the bureaucracy is curled up with the dragon. Including the erotic poetry reader that replaced ratcliffe.

[CCGirl]

Noticed that Matt. I don’t understand anything these days. I tried to understand the articles regarding Russia, but it makes no sense.

[Narciso]

Its the same lying by omission, with every debunked thread they have sewn togetherm

[Narciso]

Going more selective

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.eu/article/pablo-iglesias-spain-government-steps-down-madrid-regional-election/amp/

[MissMarple2]

Narciso,

Agree. The media is all controlled by the Dragon, and since they need an enemy (linked in the public's mind with Trump) they have pivoted to the Bear.

[Narciso]

Its the same three chimps set up

https://mobile.twitter.com/JanJekielek/status/1371977358538903557

[Narciso]

Meanwhile real truth tellers

https://mobile.twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1372346517370109954

[MissMarple2]

Heading to bed.

Good night, all!

[Dave (in MA)]

It’s weird because John Kerry has never been a hypocrite about every other aspect of his life. https://t.co/urnjdShizn

— Steve Robinson (@BigSteve207) March 18, 2021

[Narciso]

Thats not creepy at all

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1372336637414367232

[CCGirl]

Dave, it’s not “weird.” He simply lives by different rules.

You and I are not worthy.

Screw him!

[Neo]

Guess they are having problems doing the taxes of the 13,000 minors in “Biden cages”

[Neo]

John Kerry’s mask was busy keeping that hat that the CIA guy gave him

[Narciso]

I didmt know they filed, it was about a month ago, that they started taking returns, the paperwork is all done.

[jim nj]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/ohio-attorney-general-sues-block-part-1-9-trillion-covid-n1261332

Republican Dave Yost argues that the bill unlawfully restricts the state's ability to cut taxes.

I think he's probably correct.

[Dave (in MA)]

Staying focused on the important things,
https://www.thedailybeast.com/georgia-sheriff-spokesman-jay-baker-posted-racist-covid-shirts-on-facebook

[jim nj]

https://amgreatness.com/2021/03/16/cancel-public-school/

Cancel Public School
If we took the future of the nation seriously, we would end public schools tomorrow.

https://www.city-journal.org/what-school-shutdowns-have-wrought

Parents are exploring new educational options for a post-pandemic America.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--..and Andrew McLughlen. The greatest fight scene in motion picture histiory--

The first sentence is incorrect; it's Victor McLaglen.
The second sentence is absolutely correct. No contest.

[MissMarple2]

Good morning, all!

Pouring down rain here. Since they refuse to call the border situation a crisis, the government has refused access to the border through ride-alongs with Border Patrol, aerial photos, etc. and has even prohibited the Border Patrol from talking to reporters.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/mayorkas-says-domestic-terror-largest-threat-wont-call-southern-border-crisis

He repeatedly refused. However, I recommend listening to Bannon's War Room today, 10-12 Eastern, because he has had people like Michael Yon and others reporting from SOUTH of the border and interviewing Mexican officials. I bet there is a lot covered and with pure venom toward the Biden administration,which will get your blood flowing.

Here is the link to his site:
https://pandemic.warroom.org/
Right now the videos to yesterday's episodes are linked, but when it gets closer to 10 you can click on the "listen live" link in the upper left and either listen to the audio or scroll down to the live video feed and watch.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/03/17/vanita-gupta-supports-15-minimum-wage-while-family-business-pays-mexicans-1-30-an-hour/

[MissMarple2]

The Washington Times
@WashTimes
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John Kerry caught maskless on American Airlines flight: 'Being an elite hypocrite is hard work!’ https://washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/
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I am proud to say we scooped the Washington Times with this story!

[MissMarple2]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-18/platinum-giants-get-lifeline-as-greening-economy-boosts-demand

[MissMarple2]

Watch this and it becomes even clearer: Joe Biden and Democrats invited every bit of this border crisis https://t.co/3dajWM1bIo

— Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows) March 17, 2021

Link goes to a short clip from the Democrat primary debates.

[MissMarple2]

Norah O'Donnell
Flag of United States
@NorahODonnell
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Mar 16
BREAKING: CBS News has learned that there are now over 13,000 unaccompanied minors in U.S. custody.

@CBSMireya is on the border tonight for the @CBSEveningNews.
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Note the date. This must be why they clamped down on reporting from the border.

[MissMarple2]

Saw a rumor that Dan Bongino will take over for Rush. Not confirmed.

He would be pretty good. I have listened to his noon podcast for quite some time. Yesterday he thought Trump should announce right after the primaries and go ahead and name his VP candidate then. He thought DeSantis would be good, and with twice as many guys campaigning, it would drive the democrats nuts because they couldn't keep up. LOL!

[MissMarple2]

Bloomberg
@business
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A top Chinese chipmaker will build a $2.35 billion plant with funding from the Shenzhen government, the first major project to emerge from the country's masterplan to take on the U.S. in the sector

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-18/top-china-chipmaker-gets-government-funds-for-2-4-billion-plant

The company is SMIC.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.theblaze.com/news/desantis-florida-lockdown-twitter-reacts

CNN admits Gov. Ron DeSantis succeeded despite refusing to lock down Florida and social media is melting down

[Jim Eagle]

The more interesting story in MM's 7:14 is this one:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-03-18/covid-test-swab-company-puritan-faces-family-feud?srnd=premium

CoVid swabs and dueling cousins:)

[MissMarple2]

Jack,

That is a fascinating story! I don't get full access to a Bloomberg story when I link from Twitter, so missed that story.

I must say, however, that with a lawsuit in play, the government needing the swabs as a national emergency, willing to invest through the Defense Production Act, and the knowledge that we had few swabs, I don't think it was unreasonable for the President to downplay this while negotiations were on-going.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/gavin-newsom-california-recall-fundraising-spending

Newsom recall could ignite fundraising free-for-all in California

[MissMarple2]

Breaking911
@Breaking911

JUST IN: The United Auto Workers union has informed workers that Ford plans to move a major project worth $900 million from Ohio to its plant in Mexico -WSJ

[MissMarple2]

Reuters
@Reuters
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1h
After Tanzania's President John Magufuli announced dead, opposition wants VP sworn in http://reut.rs/2P4sFam

[MissMarple2]

Janice Dean
@JaniceDean

The governors that ordered Covid positive patients into nursing homes: @NYGovCuomo @GovMurphy @TomWolfPA @GovWhitmer @GavinNewsom
5:35 AM · Mar 18, 2021
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Are these not the same states which instituted draconian lockdowns?

[Marlene]

Good Morning! Jack, interesting article about the Puritan Company. I remember hubby telling me that the company was in the middle of a family feud. The article mentions that it is the anchor business in the small town and that is the story of many Maine small towns. Puritan just happened to become famous. They used to known for making wooden tongue depressors and toothpicks and popsicle sticks.

[henry]

Xiden screwing the UAW? Is anyone surprised by that?

[MissMarple2]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-18/rothschild-talks-hint-at-discord-on-binladin-restructuring-plan

[Melinda]

Bo Snerdley
@BoSnerdley
Dan Bongino to take over Rush Limbaugh's radio time slot foxnews.com/media/dan-bong… #FoxNews

https://twitter.com/BoSnerdley/status/1372506249435230210

[MissMarple2]

henry,

No. Of course, the democrats on Twitter leaped to his defense and blamed Trump, "since a company doesn't move a plant like that in a couple of months."

Now that we know how corporations view labor and profits, and how many big corporations wanted Trump to lose so they could get back to business as usual, I imagine they looked at the polls and got info from people like Zuckerberg and decided to plan to move.

[Melinda]

Hunh, another inconvenient data point:

Rasmussen Reports
@Rasmussen_Poll
"Do laws requiring photo identification at the polls discriminate against some voters?"

1000 National Likely Voters - No/Yes%
Democrats - 37/51%
Unaffiliated - 67/21%
Republicans - 79/17%
All Voters - 60/31%

Marked crosstabs & story below - twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll…

https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1372519852242526214

[MissMarple2]

Melinda,

Oh, good! I saw a rumor but had no confirmation.

Bongino is very good at explaining how things operate, especially in law enforcement and certain machinations within the GOP. He also is very good at ranting about the progressives and Rinos.

[henry]

Miss M, it’s been 5 months since the election. Plenty of time to move a plant.

[MissMarple2]

henry,

I thought so, too. However, I don't know enough about what it entails so was crediting Ford with contingency planning over the summer.

[MissMarple2]

John Solomon
@jsolomonReports
·
1h
Former Trump OMB chief says Biden admin would violate law by not spending appropriated funds on border wall | Just The News

https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/vought-says-biden-admin-would-violate-law-not-spending-appropriated-funds

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/17/kamala-harris-keeps-silent-22-days-after-andrew-cuomos-first-sexual-assault-accuser/

[MissMarple2]

Reuters
@Reuters
·
2h
Deutsche Bank first-quarter investment bank revenue up 20% so far this year: board member http://reut.rs/30SSw7I

[MissMarple2]

Daily Mail US
@DailyMail
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2h
American Airlines launches investigation into MASKLESS John Kerry who claims it was 'momentary'

[Melinda]

This HAS to be a first:

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/fcc-slaps-robocaller-with-225-million-fine-as-part-of-broader-crackdown/

[Melinda]

Zap, bye Adam!

Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a proud ‘Never Trumper,’ is in the middle of a massive scandal.

Today’s ‘Daily Intel Brief’ brings the story of Kinzinger, who requested nude photos from a young Russian beauty queen who had applied to work for him as an intern in his office. This story was broken by Patrick Howley, senior reporter at NationalFile.com, who joined Stew Peters on Patriotically Correct. Be sure to watch the second interview below with James Marter, who is running to take Kinzinger’s seat. Watch the interview with Patrick Howley:

https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2021/03/send-nudes-national-file-exposes-congressman-adam-kinzinger-the-never-trump-pervert/

[Narciso]

Thats how you apply for a position (phrasing)

[Narciso]

I wondered about that

https://toresays.com/2021/03/16/fibbing-fbi-or-purposely-overlooking-leftists-at-the-capitol-photo-256b/

[MissMarple2]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-reaction/putin-says-it-takes-one-to-know-one-after-u-s-presidents-killer-remark-idUSKBN2BA0S1

“As he (Biden) said, we know each other personally. What would I reply to him? I would say: I wish you health. I wish you health. I say that without any irony or joke,” Putin added.
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Recommend reading the whole article. Russia has recalled their ambassador.

[MissMarple2]

From Twitter:

[MissMarple2]

Bloomberg Energy
@BloombergNRG
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Fuel pump
Pump prices in the U.S. are closing in on $3 a gallon (about $0.80 a liter) for gasoline. The last time drivers consistently saw $3 fuel was in 2014.

[MissMarple2]

John Solomon
@jsolomonReports
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3m
Away from the negotiating table, Biden has acquiesced to some Iranian demands | Just The News

https://justthenews.com/world/middle-east/hold-away-negotiating-table-biden-has-caved-most-iranian-demands

[Narciso]

Remember with trump, putin knew he didnt have to play these games, thats what the convo with general flynn was about.

Volodya is very strategic about who he kills except when he hires the inbruges crew, they kill everyone but the target.

[Narciso]

A&E just did a whole big buildup about salisbury, where they missed the main point, those two are the laughing stock of bala shika (the svr couterpart to the farm)