The Long Sought Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Is Announced

Joe Biden and a group of Senators announce they have a deal for a $600 billion infrastructure package. That's a long way from the several trillion dollar package Democrats had been looking for.

Biden insists that this slimmed-down deal will move in tandem with a larger Democrat-only package that will be a reconciliation cramdown:

Mr. Biden’s endorsement marked a breakthrough in his efforts to forge an infrastructure compromise, but it was far from a guarantee that the package would be enacted. Both the president and top Democrats say the plan, which constitutes a fraction of the $4 trillion economic proposal Mr. Biden has put forth, can only move together with a much larger package of spending and tax increases that Democrats are planning to try to push through Congress unilaterally, over the opposition of Republicans.

“If this is the only thing that comes to me, I’m not signing it,” Mr. Biden said during remarks in the East Room of the White House. “It’s in tandem.”

Mickey Kaus tries to game this out and comes away thinking that Biden and his party will be under tremendous pressure to deliver something before the midterms. If the only bill that gets to Biden's desk is this little thing, he'll sign it.

Comments

[Buford Gooch]

You vote for the part you like, and then I'll cram the rest up your rear.

[Neo]

MotherJones: Facebook Doesn’t Want to Talk About Fake Users Created by the Pentagon
Social media platforms have promised to root out similar activity by “foreign” actors.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/facebook-fake-accounts-us/

[Neo]

A heat wave of unprecedented magnitude and duration is forecast to grip the Pacific Northwest this weekend and bring dangerously high temperatures that could make life miserable into next week for a region where air conditioning is not a fixture in most households.

Triple-digit temperatures are forecast throughout parts of Oregon and Washington, which includes the Interstate 5 corridor. Both Portland, Oregon, which could see the mercury crack the 110-degree mark, and Seattle, which is expected to top 100, could experience temperatures around 30 to 40 degrees above normal and challenge daily record highs.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/dangerous-heat-wave-to-roast-portland-seattle-pacific-northwest/968046

I was told Antifa made it a living hell

[Dave (in MA)]

The usual suspects

[matt - deplore me if you must]

So "We're gonna nuke you" Joe added to his creep credentials at his presser today. Not a day seems to go that this a-hole doesn't burnish his credentials as the Idiot in Chief.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

I'm surprised he didn't say "I've got a puppy in my van. Would you like to see it?"

[GUS]

Look Brylcream Man. He's all in with the COMMIES.

[clarice]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4434745576556070&set=p.4434745576556070&type=3&__cft__[0]=AZW9zQmkzUl8v5md8zeW2nbX8SBJ6QWchr26bDRt7QhEO1prK-XOStHNxEQCtrUFfgF_AFMLP47fAuC04VqCQ8hiNBd63EobWs32xdZTL-c55rOR8FXyCUnfoQ1wng76SN_FrH9oCBud8JpquQz9t2f4a13D5UFZotjJr9dNEDHd7A&__tn__=R]-R

[henry]

I hope return of porkulus fails. Absolutely nothing in that bill is needed.

[GUS]

The real insurrection is getting nearer and nearer.
What happens if I spike some trees???

[GUS]

Who is POOPY PANTS von SIPPY CUP threatening now??

[Jack Lillywhite]

Sinema needs to stand out.

[henry]

Gus, he’s threatening latinx with a jab and deportation or something. Vid at link.

@dailycaller

BIDEN: "It's awful hard as well to get Latinx vaccinated... Why? They're worried they'll be vaccinated and deported."

https://twitter.com/dailycaller/status/1408182902978977802?s=21

[GUS]

You need an i.d. to get tested or vaccinated.

[Narciso]

Captain oveur just makes fitting the babelfish in your ear too hard.

[clarice]

HUNTER AND TUCKER ARE CLOSE BUDDIES:https://www.yaacovapelbaum.com/2021/06/18/hi-my-name-i-carlson-tucker-and-im-a-swamp-creature/

[Narciso]

Let me try this

https://tinyurl.com/s27v2rfv

[clarice]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/breaking-exclusive-italian-job-unfolds-behind-trump-haters-rhinos

[Jack Lillywhite]

Will report later but just told by the boss that Frederick go T-boned. She is on her way to the area. I am staying put since I have had a few.

A nice 2004 BMW 321i Cabriolet.

[GUS]

Will keep the young man in my prayers until you get back with us.

[jimmyk]

Yikes, Jack. Is he ok?

[Jack Lillywhite]

No info yet on Frederick but I as I understand it it is minor damage no fataliities or injuries. More later.

[Neo]

Police in Lackawanna County broke up an exorcism in the lumber aisle of a home-improvement store Monday.

Details are scarce on just what was going on inside the Home Depot on Commerce Drive in Dickson City Monday afternoon, but police were called around 3:26 p.m. to escort several people out of the store for “bad behavior,” WBRE/WYOU is reporting.

According to reports, the exorcism was held for the trees that had been turned into lumber.
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/06/police-break-up-exorcism-at-pa-home-depot.html

[Davod]

I don't buy chips often, but today I bought a packet of Salt&Vinegar chips. I put the first chip in my mouth, and my tongue reminded me that I bit it yesterday.

[sbwaters]

@sbwTweet:
Asked on Twitter: "How would you explain Jan6 to your friends?" — Needing to be investigated is whether Pelosi and certain government agencies conspired with others to let it happen ... or encourage it to happen and then encouraged media misreporting of it.

[Davod]

Jack. I hope your son is OK.

[Jack Lillywhite]

Joe Biden is not my President. He is a fake Part of illicit scheme.

I have never said that about others I disagree with: Carter, Clinton, Obama but this guy, hell ya! He is cognitively stretch to zero. He has always been an exaggerator and incompetent liar first degree. We are been governed by the most unqualified person ever to watch over us.

I just hope China, Russia or Iran don't think this is a good time to test us.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Not sure why Yacov is calling him Carlson Tucker but H Biden was widely known to be a scumbag of sublime proportions in 2014, 15 when Carlson Tucker was cozying up to him. And defending him over that Ashley Madison thing was disgusting. Carlson is all worried and upset about some reporter asking his daughter about the AM stuff. Was he equally worried about her father being a sexual addict and pervert and cheating on her mother with other married women? Seems a bit more likely to traumatize the kid.
Carlson was pretty useless back in his bow-tie, Daily Caller days.
Perhaps he has changed.

[bubarooni]

I've never felt that Odummy won the second time around but, it was just a hunch.

Xiden's win?

I'm convinced he's not the Prez and stole it 'fair and square'.

To be honest, I don't think he's the president.

I think Ron Klain is.

Odummy's third term so to say.

[clarice]

Yes, Iggy, I think he changed.

[Davod]

The struggle sessions continue (From InNstapundit):
“DO IT TO JULIA. NOT ME!”: First Capitol Rioter To Be Sentenced Receives Probation After Condemning Fellow Rioters In Court."

https://www.dailywire.com/news/first-capitol-rioter-to-be-sentenced-receives-probation-after-condemning-fellow-rioters-in-court

[Dave (in MA)]

Anybody heard from MM and/or CH lately?

[Narciso]

Was he though journolist fast and furious those are two that come ti mind.

So a friend of my mothers friend is one of those missing in the collaose her name is cassandra i would appreciate some prayers

[Narciso]

Winning the future

https://nypost.com/2021/06/24/biden-says-covid-killed-more-americans-than-us-war-in-iran/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

[Dave (in MA)]

Holy crap.

Oh.... wow, that's how bad it is. pic.twitter.com/DCtM2cBQ12

— Kaitain 🇺🇸 (@Kaitain_US) June 24, 2021

[Neo]

JUST IN: Video I’ve obtained of the building collapse in Surfside, Florida.
https://twitter.com/AndySlater/status/1408051917964595202

[Davod]

" Miss New Jersey Contestant Slams Campus Censorship on Stage

“The mere words ‘I’m offended’ are now being used as an excuse to silence students, fire professors and cancel people simply because they do not know the popular line of thought.”

https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/06/miss-new-jersey-contestant-slams-campus-censorship-on-stage/

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Yeah, that Iran war was really terrible. Sinema is her own LGBTQ Pride Parade every day.

And in other news Brandeis University has banned a whole slew of words including "trigger", They are going to be back to grunts and whistles in no time. The hottest class on campus will be cave painting.

[Davod]

Theodore Roosevelt statue at Museum of Natural History to be relocated.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/23/theodore-roosevelt-statue-at-museum-of-natural-history-to-be-relocated/

[jim nj]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2021/06/24/building-collapse-miami-structure-had-been-sinking-into-earth/7778631002/

Collapsed Miami condo had been sinking into Earth as early as the 1990s, researchers say

It was generalized research unspecific to this building.

[fdcol63 🇺🇸]

Wow. Milley’s CRT, and now this:

Nellis Air Force Base Hosts First-Ever Drag Queen Show: ‘Essential to the Morale, Readiness’

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/21/exclusive-nellis-air-force-base-hosts-first-ever-drag-queen-show-essential-morale-cohesion-readiness/

America is done.

[Narciso]

Theres more

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/06/24/president-biden-mixes-up-tuskegee-airmen-and-tuskegee-syphilis-study-says-latinx-are-worried-theyll-be-vaccinated-and-deported/

[Davod]

fdcol63. Drag is the enemy of flight.

[Davod]

"... General Milley of the Joint Chiefs of Staff turned in a performance that was part gaslighting and part humiliating theater.

It's hard to imagine how his part in the hearing could have gone any worse than defending the imposition of critical race theory by arguing, “I’ve read Mao Zedong. I’ve read Karl Marx. I’ve read Lenin. That doesn’t make me a communist.”

The military does not, as of yet, conduct Communist indoctrination sessions. And while officers might have read Mao and Lenin, they weren't being told to read it because it was "on the right side of history"..."

https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2021/06/chairman-milley-degrades-divides-and-politicizes-daniel-greenfield/

[Melinda]

2 mm per annum is not “sink” for a 1981 building, but just “ settle”.

Total gaslight.

[Melinda]

Jack-

I hope Frederick comes home safe and sound. And soon.

[Narciso]

Thats a little over 3 inches over 40 years

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/senate-confirms-huawei-linked-lobbyist-to-intel-post/

[jim nj]

Mel, agreed, but that's the hype at the moment.

It's kind of hard to reconcile with other known instances of buildings residing like

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Tower_(San_Francisco)

"An examination in 2016 showed the building had sunk 16 inches (41 cm) with a two-inch (5.1 cm) tilt at the base and an approximate six-inch (15 cm) tilt at the top of the tower. The building is leaning toward the northwest, and has caused cracks in the building's basement and the pavement surrounding the tower. As of 2018, the sinking has increased to 18 inches with a lean of 14 inches."

[Pinandpuller]

I wanna be an Airborne Ranger

(I wanna be an Airborne Ranger)

I think the White Race is the biggest danger

(I think the White Race is the biggest danger)

[Narciso]

Those statements arent conpatible pin.

[Melinda]

It’s an infrastructure set up for DeSantis hit. No question.

“He should’ve known and all these people are now at risk, because…”

DC’s the only saving grace with the magic of the bipartisan bill and Florida can’t!

Talk about a telegraphed pitch….

[Narciso]

I think thats a reach

https://www.wwltv.com/mobile/article/news/investigations/hard-rock-criminal-probe-delayed-as-inspector-general-fires-investigator/289-94e61a38-ad6c-45ee-8014-eadcdce1e0a6

[Melinda]

Shelly Manne & Jack Marshall

“All The Things You Are”

https://youtu.be/7UEXSQbRDgM

[Narciso]

Was there an accounting fpr the last porculus of course not.

[Melinda]

There was later, but don’t mind me about that…..

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

I've already seen rumblings of that Mel with the proviso that Florida doesn't do zoning or inspections. LOL

Every damn thing you do down here requires a permit and inspection from fencing to pool heaters to clearing your lot to build and all the usual you'd expect. I suspect they'd require a permit to fart if they could.

[Melinda]

G’night,

[fdcol63 🇺🇸]

Yes, Florida’s crumbling infrastructure needed someone like this to fix it, not that boob DeSantis:

/end sarcasm

[Melinda]

No more sarcasm, people.

https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1408157584088047616

[Narciso]

There isnt enough sarcasm the bee cant cover the whole front its like the gregg alman desk at rolling stone

[Narciso]

The expert said it was build on ancient indian burial ground sorry reclaimed wetland; just as ridoculous.

[Narciso]

This is clearly a sign for the goauld to invade.

[Narciso]

Anyone who is not a knave or a mark in this crew
https://amp.dailycaller.com/2021/06/24/tracy-stone-manning-bureau-of-land-management-joe-biden?__twitter_impression=true

[Narciso]

Now hoft really ought to own up to the neapolitan hacking signature.

[Narciso]

Syndicate.

[Davod]

Stephanie. Sounds like Reston, here in Northern Virginia.

[jim nj]

I'm annoyed and bemused.

AT&T Universal Card, owned by Citi has responded to my complaint that I mailed them a check in full payment of my credit card bill for the month and that payment didn't show on my statement.

"After reviewing the document you sent us [both sides of the cancelled check], we have determined your $154.99 payment was cashed by Keybank not Citi. Please contact your financial institution for any further questions."

"We have reversed the $154.49 conditional credit that was placed on your account while we were reviewing the payment."

Hmm, so I sent a check to a contracted-for drop-box operation that accepted my check on your behalf, but they gave it to another bank instead and it's my problem?

How rude.

And you expect me to pay this month's bill by sending another check to that same PO Box?

Was it Einstein who had some comment on that?

[Narciso]

About the definition of insanity, is keybank even located in the same city as the the citibank affiliate.

[Narciso]

That doesnt make any sense at all

[jim nj]

Narciso,

It's a PO Box # in Philadelphia. Keybank is headquartered in Cleveland.

Drop-box operations typically handle many bank's business payments. It's probably run by a third bank.

[Narciso]

They dont recognize our sovereignty why would they do anything overseas

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-admin-walks-back-u-s-recognition-of-golan-heights-as-israeli-territory/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Biden = nuts.

[Narciso]

Oh

https://mobile.twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1408178479145881601

[Davod]

Narciso. May is just a troublemaker. Look for May to be banned from all social media platforms. She will be lucky to be able to speak in the Commons (Semi-pun. A pun that is close to the truth).

[Narciso]

That doesnt mean shes wrong, now would she do anything about it. Arguable.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

The worst thing is what Biden said not that he said it in the manner of a lunatic.

[Narciso]

What did he say now?

https://mobile.twitter.com/mazemoore/status/1408268369615335427

[Narciso]

What indeed:
https://mobile.twitter.com/pnjaban/status/1408267733255426053

[jim nj]

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/new-prehistoric-human-unknown-to-science-discovered-in-israel-671949

New prehistoric human unknown to science discovered in Israel
Hebrew U and Tel Aviv University researchers found remains of a new type of ‘Homo’ who lived in the region some 130,000 years ago.

[Narciso]

Go figure
https://humanevents.com/2021/06/24/nfac-militia-member-wanted-for-shooting-police-officer-in-the-head-in-florida/?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true

[Narciso]

So between neanderthal and homo erectus

[Davod]

JimNj. They probably found the new type of Homo in the 50s, but the research was banned because of the H word.

[Narciso]

Thats was rank knavery on milley vannilis part

https://mobile.twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1408253840026005505

[jim nj]

https://ny.eater.com/2021/6/24/22547848/nyc-restaurants-takeout-cocktail-program-unsold-wine

NYC Restaurants Stuck With Thousands of Dollars in Unsold Wine as State Ends Takeout Alcohol Program

Some New York City restaurants have been selling bottled alcohol for the last 15 months. Now they have to clear their inventories in a day.

Kind of hard to make business decisions when they get whipsawed like that.

[Dave (in MA)]

The Red Eye Radio guys suggested that reporters covering the WH should whisper their questions.

[Pinandpuller]

mr narciso

You haven’t seen General Miley’s tabs, or flair…whatever they call them these days.

Speaking of:

“I’m pretty well read…I’ve read Marx…”—General Miley

“The Jews have emancipated themselves insofar as the Christians have become Jews.”—Karl Marx

[henry]

Kamala Harris is going to the border.

But not just any part of the border. The destination of choice for Biden's migrant-surge czar in her quest to find all those "root causes" of illegal migration from Central America is...El Paso.

One problem: It's not the destination of choice for Central America's illegal border-crossers. Some do cross there, but most of those apprehended by the lawmen in El Paso come from someplace else.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/why_is_kamala_harris_going_to_a_border_area_where_most_illegal_crossers_arent_central_american.html

[rse]

A report last year revealed that the 12-story condo building that killed one person and left 99 missing when it collapsed on Thursday was sinking and at risk before the horrific event - sparking questions if the tragedy could have been prevented and how to prevent similar collapses in the future. Authorities have not yet determined what caused the building to collapse and Miami-Dade police have opened an investigation - though Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 'there has been no evidence found of foul play.' The Champlain Towers South sea-view condo development was built in 1981 by the late developer Nathan Reiber's company Nattel Construction at 8777 Collins Avenue in the southeast corner of Surfside but hasn't been updated significantly since then. Florida International University professor Shimon Wdowinski said he knew instantly which building had collapsed when he heard news reports because he had studied the building for a report published last year. According to the study, the building was sinking at a rate of about 2 millimeters a year in the 1990s because it sits on reclaimed wetlands - which could have impacted the building's structure. Surfside Mayor Charles W. Burkett said roof renovations were being done on the property. However, Surfside Vice Mayor Tina said the building passed a roof inspection on Wednesday - the day before the collapse. An engineer who specializes in concrete repair projects told the Miami Herald that one potential structural flaw called 'concrete spalling' jumped out at him when he watched video of the collapse. The engineer, Greg Batista, described the flaw as 'concrete cancer.'

From UK overnight.

[Davod]

"“I’m pretty well read…I’ve read Marx…”—General Miley"

Which one?

[Melinda]

rse-

Detail on the "sinking"? It was 2 mm/yr.

That's a gaslight report for something later for DeSantis or pro-DC....

[Melinda]

Catalin Cimpanu
@campuscodi
A Western Digital spokesperson told me those mass-wiping attacks on old NAS models are most likely carried out with CVE-2018-18472 (unauth RCE)

Company working on a solution. In the meantime, they advised taking old My Book Live systems offline.

therecord.media/western-digita…

https://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1408393578192179206

[Melinda]

GnollsPlease
@GnollsPlease
Replying to @Meddle98 @BoldlyBuilding2
The wing that collapsed was an addition to the structure built between 1990-1994. The part that remained standing was built in 1981. Likely the two halves were not connected with substantial amounts of rebar. Minimal rebar can be seen from photos.

https://twitter.com/GnollsPlease/status/1408316810055733248

[Davod]

Here Are The 9 Most Terrifying Criminals From The January 6 Capitol Attack
June 24th, 2021 - BabylonBee.com

https://babylonbee.com/news/here-are-the-7-most-dangerous-criminals-from-the-january-6-capitol-attack

[sbwaters]

one potential structural flaw called 'concrete spalling'

At our office, spalling on a 1970s sidewalk that appeared 20 years later was attributed to poorly mixed concrete — not enough air in the mix. It started to break off in fist-sized slabs because of fissures.

[Davod]

Motorcyclist Who Identifies As Bicyclist Sets Cycling World Record

"The Babylon Bee proudly presents the inspiring true story of the first motorcyclist to identify as a bicyclist. This is... Switching Gears: The Norm Hiccup Story. Please give us awards."

https://babylonbee.com/video/72

[Davod]

I cannot find the Babylon Bee post I included on my Facebook page.

[sbwaters]

Posted on Fcebook:
I read the morning newspaper. ... Well, no I don’t. I don’t trust them for their selective reporting, injected opinions and preconceived narratives. But I take as much time online to carefully read select reporters I have learned by experience to trust, and a few blogs that aggregate pointers to other sites so I can verify what is claimed. — Read or look at national media? You’ve got to be kidding!

[Davod]

This one is worthy of Punch.

Op-Ed: You'll Never Beat A Tyrannical Government With Just Guns - Op-Ed by King George III, Monarch and funny wig collector
June 23rd, 2021 - BabylonBee.com

Starts with "Listen, a lot of people have been suggesting this whole "blood of the patriots" language and suggesting you can just go topple a government using just muskets. It's absurd on its face. You can't go up against a nation that has big ships. Lots of ships. The best ships, really -- some of the best ships of all time. Everyone says so. Ahhh, fantastic ships. Quite so..."

https://babylonbee.com/news/youll-never-beat-a-tyrannical-government-just-using-guns

[Melinda]

Almost as if there was a professional Uniparty for governmental use...

Matt Grossmann
@MattGrossmann
Glenn Beck’s nephew & a former Project Veritas worker infiltrated Wyoming Democratic organizations to gather information on them & their ties to moderate Republicans, with spy training tied to Eric Prince. Doesn’t sound very effective, but quite a story
nytimes.com/2021/06/25/us/…

https://twitter.com/MattGrossmann/status/1408386605728030722

[Davod]

PS. Re the Revolutionary War. I have read that at the end of the war, there were more French forces than Colonials.