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The CBO estimates that the Biden Build Back Better bill is not fully paid for. On the other hand, the key dispute is the likely revenue from enhanced IRS enforcement, and per the (totally non-partisan!) Treasury estimates used by the White House, the CBO estimate is too low. Time may tell, if this bill doesn't perish in the Senate.

Meanwhile, in what seems to have been a surprise to some, House Minority Leader McCarthy staged a one-man filibuster, speaking on the House floor for over eight hours and pushing the BBB vote to Friday.

This could have been predicted since we've seen it before, and recently. Its a quirk of House rules:

McCarthy was able to hold the floor indefinitely under the procedures of the House, which say the majority leader and the minority leader get what's called a "Magic Minute" at the end of floor debate, meaning they can speak for as long as they want. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used a similar tactic as minority leader in 2018, speaking for more than eight hours on the House floor in a speech about young undocumented immigrants, the previous record for a floor speech.

Who knew?

 

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[henry]

Now the Senate RINO Spendasaurus herd stampedes it through.

[henry]

Meanwhile, redistricting headed to the WInSupreme Court. Will Eric Holder’s judge recuse? [narr: dies laughing]

The Dems tried to design “opportunity districts”, Evers vetoed the Legislature’s plan. Total mess.

https://empowerwisconsin.org/dallet-silent-on-redistricting-recusal/

[Neo]

Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNDgcjVGHIw

[Narciso]

carrying over from the last thread

https://twitter.com/davereaboi/status/1461688082281996294

they want to destroy this country, our energy production, our food production, our health and public safety, and yet crickets,

[Narciso]

furthermore if I wanted to know about ivermectin I would go to the one who got a nobel prize for it, dr. robert malone, but nutritional snake oil salesman like feig ling (dingledasher knucklethrasher of ulm) and scott gottlieb have the floor,

[Narciso]

and across the pond

https://melaniephillips.substack.com/p/keir-starmer-and-labours-antisemitism

[Narciso]

nothing to see here,

https://amgreatness.com/2021/11/18/terror-in-the-capitol-tunnel/

[Narciso]

of course brooks hasn't had a clue in a long time,

https://twitter.com/InezFeltscher/status/1461392801644617740

[Narciso]

no mean tweets though,

https://dailycaller.com/2021/11/18/white-house-businesses-move-forward-bidens-vaccine-rule-osha-suspends-enforcement/

[henry]

@mikepompeo

The U.S. is paying the Ayatollah billions again. This is not a strategy. It is capitulation to Iranian nuclear extortion. The Iranians respond to strength (cf. Soleimani). Danger for Israel, the Gulf and America if strength isn't shown.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

So the Chicoms are pushing the Wuhan wet market lie again.

They destroyed the evidence, refused entry to independent and not so independent investigators, but as if by magic their propagandists simply regurgitate the Big Lie.

[MissMarple2]

Question:

Why is the Arbery shooting death getting so much attention?

[Narciso]

arbery was the damp squib that wouldn't light prior to st. floyd, miss marple,

[Narciso]

why was this bug so transmissable yet relatively less fatal, you get the notion of what they were expecting in lawrence wright's vague attempt at andromeda fear mongering, 'the end of october' toxic with russia derangement, in ways never seen during the cold war, a bug arises in indonesia, spreads through the haj to the rest of the world kills 100 million people,

[Neo]

A well-connected Democratic strategist says using terms like "white supremacists" and "systemic racism" only hurts the party as it struggles to combat GOP critical race theory attacks.

Democrats Urged to Air Ads That Combat GOP Critical Race Theory Attacks
https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-race-theory-democrats-strategy-to-counter-republicans-messaging-education-2021-11

[Narciso]

stop doing stupid and counterproductive things, but then they wouldn't be democrats,

[Narciso]

theres a twist at the end of the book, right before a nuclear attack is aimed at russia, which was falsely blamed for the epidemic,

a german researcher with the cdc engineered it, because he was an extinction believer

[Narciso]

carrying over, high noon was supposed to be about mccarthyism, as if a wide ranging network of enemy influence was not a problem

sergio leone's oevre, where corrupt authorities (usually fmr union officers like lee van kleef) are in charge, and quantrill raiders like the man with no name, administer justice, seem more on point,

[Narciso]

this claptrap from shambling man, is accepted as holy writ

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/jobs-economy/os-ne-feds-respond-florida-vaccine-lawsuit-20211119-p2rkpr4mgvd73lrwcutfbn56xu-story.html

[Narciso]

here we go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6sWpPdt7aU

[Jane]

Verdict coming in.

[jimmyk]

Not guilty on all counts!

[DCSCA]

OJ walks...

[Dave (in MA)]

Troll

[MissMarple2]

Haha! Not guilty on all counts!

[clarice]

YEAH!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!!

[DCSCA]

Don't project, Dave. Smile. Ashli Babbitt's killer is free, too.

[Jane]

It’s a just verdict! Amazing with all the shit the jury was put through!

[clarice]

Seriously--with all the crap that's going on, I don't know how I could have handled any other verdict.

[MissMarple2]

Usual bitching by agitators outside courthouse.

[Dave (in MA)]

Keep calling someone who was in each case retreating while under attack a "vigilante".

[DCSCA]

He was, Dave.

'Usual bitching by agitators outside courthouse.'

"There'll be a hot time in the ol' town tonight!"

[Narciso]

hallelujah, same here clarice,

[jimmyk]

Keep calling someone who was in each case retreating while under attack a "vigilante".

He was a vigilante graffiti cleaner.

[Jane]

Time for Rittenhouse to sue Joe Biden - it will at least pay off his legal fees/

[DCSCA]

Leroy Byrd, Kyle Rittenhouse, OJ Simpson... and Vladimir Putin smiled.

[henry]

"There'll be a hot time in the ol' town tonight!"

I hope not. I know people that live in Kenosha (some hunting partners, some employees). There’s not much left to burn - except residences and schools.

[DCSCA]

jimmyk- 'He was a vigilante graffiti cleaner.'

From out of state who worked nights and used full metal jacketed rounds to attack spray paint. But it doesn't remove blood.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

It's getting colder now. I wonder if the anarchists and radicals will come out of their basements to loot and burn?

Will the media act responsibly?

What malarkey will come out of President Uniter's cake hole?

[Narciso]

hunting season may proclude that temptation, henry,

it was patently absurd to try a young adult for defending himself against a mob that was destroying the city,

[henry]

Comforting sound of a high power rifle getting sighted in at the farm next door. The sound of freedom, and venison.

[DCSCA]

Henry- Unfortunately, Americans tend burn their cities even when their sport teams WIN.

[Dave (in MA)]

I see somebody's using Lunchbox terminology.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Manufactured outrage in 3,2,1.....

[henry]

Do not confuse Kenosha for Detroit or LA.

[DCSCA]

Then there's this:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/30/biden-links-kyle-rittenhouse-to-white-supremacists/

Biden links Kyle Rittenhouse to white supremacists; Lin Wood vows to ‘rip Joe into shreds’

Joe got it wrong again.

At least he's consistent.

[DCSCA]

'I hope not. I know people that live in Kenosha (some hunting partners, some employees). There’s not much left to burn - except residences and schools'

Remember that ol'line from a 1970s David Frye/Watergate record-

'...we'll sit around and groove on the rubble.'

[Jane]

If I was suing Biden for Rittenhouse, I’d refuse to settle until I got a video deposition. It would be fun if Rittenhouse brought him down!

[DCSCA]

Jane- well, we know he excels at reading from a teleprompter.

[Narciso]

disco stop being an ass, kyle was well within his rights, in fact he was the only one who did his duty while everyone else stood down, and enabled the violence,

[Dave (in MA)]

Do not confuse Kenosha for Detroit or LA.

Nobody's expecting Kenosha natives to go nuts. It's the usual chaos actors traveling around causing trouble that are of concern.

[Narciso]

yes the reavers ravagers et al, who have come to town,

[jimmyk]

Being legally in possession of a weapon does not turn someone into a vigilante in the event he is attacked and uses the weapon in self-defense. Case closed.

[Jane]

You can’t have a teleprompter at a deposition. Just a lawyer - and he can’t tell you what to say.

[DCSCA]

narciso: see if you can figure out what Orenthal James, Michael Leroy, Vigilante Kyle and Shirtless Vladimir have in common...

and Putin smiled.

[Dave (in MA)]

Just a reminder. The coward in the White House called a heroic 17-year-old kid a white supremacist and a militia member without any evidence. If there is any justice, the civil suit with begin on Pennsylvania Ave.

— Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) November 19, 2021

[Dave (in MA)]

The one thing I notice that those 4 have in common is they're all from the same planet as someone who's being an idiot.

[henry]

The list of people asking to be sued is growing exponentially.

@nycmayor

Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum are victims. They should be alive today.

The only reason they’re not is because a violent, dangerous man chose to take a gun across state lines and start shooting people.

To call this a miscarriage of justice is an understatement.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Well, Joe's under sedation so who knows what he'll say.

But Joe is experiencing epic wind as well, so I can't wait for him to get to the podium a rip a massive one.

[GUS]

DCSCA?? Are you purposely beclowning yourself??

[GUS]

Rittenhouse didn't take a gun across state lines.

[DCSCA]

Jane- as POTUS, he can give a video deposition, no? w/teleprompters off to the side? He keeps telling us he's not allowed to speak off the cuff.

[DCSCA]

GUS- If you can't see the common tread between OJ, Rittenhouse, Byrd and Putin, it's just makes ol' Vlad smile all the more.

[henry]

Pic at link.

I want to live in a country where Colin Kaepernick is seen as a hero and Kyle Rittenhouse is seen as a terrorist.

@cassywearsheels

Hollywood is getting its talking points out.

https://twitter.com/cassywearsheels/status/1461767550153465860?s=21

[henry]

Perhaps you should explain this mysterious “link”.

[Dave (in MA)]

GUS, you're arguing against the Commie Groundhog Killer who took his wife's maiden name.

[Dave (in MA)]

@cassywearsheels, Cuba's not that long a trip.

[GUS]

I can see the common thread between you and a clown.

[DCSCA]

Don't be so hard on yourself, Dave. Emotions differ; OJ waved; Kyle weeped; Leroy hid... and Putin just smiles. Xi, on the other hand, grins.

[Melinda]

Comms have gone out. It’s “mostly peaceful” again, just in time for the holidays, which of course should be canceled at once because cis.

[Pinandpuller]

Mr DCSCA, did you get your tickets for the Pilpul Expo 2021:

BREAKING: Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of the fatal shooting of two, and injury of another, during the protest over the shooting of Jacob Blake by the Kenosha Police Department.

https://twitter.com/aclu/status/1461762952567136259?s=21

[DCSCA]

P&P... and Putin smiled.

[Pinandpuller]

I guess what Mr DCSCA is saying in his convoluted style is that Michael Byrd should face trial, and I agree.

[DCSCA]

Gus 'I can see the common thread between you and a clown.'

... and Putin smiled. Xi is beaming.

[GUS]

Are you having mental issues clown boy??
Rittenhouse is free because he was defending himself.
I am laughing at your ignorance. What the fuck does XI or PUTIN have to do with this????
Clown.

[Pinandpuller]

It’s kind of interesting the various President’s reactions to disasters, manmade or natural. Bush sent the guard into LA to take everyone’s guns and Trump didn’t do anything but tweet about Kenosha, far as I know.

And Hillary Clinton got drunk.

[GUS]

Who here agrees with DCSCA a.k.a. ZOBO the CLOWN?

[DCSCA]

GUS- Now you've got Putin guffawing-- and you've broken Xi into a full-fledged laugh.

[DCSCA]

P&P- 'It’s kind of interesting the various President’s reactions to disasters, manmade or natural. Bush sent the guard into LA to take everyone’s guns and Trump didn’t do anything but tweet about Kenosha, far as I know. And Hillary Clinton got drunk.'

Biden had a colonoscopy.

[henry]

@therealadamjar1

If I’m elected Wisconsin Attorney General, I will open an investigation into the #Rittenhouse prosecution. The nation just watched a political prosecution of young man. It is terrifying that this can happen in America. We must get to the bottom of this so it never happens again.

https://twitter.com/therealadamjar1/status/1461776852746489861?s=21

[clarice]

good for adam jar. The bottom line it seems to me is the mayor was on the hook and his minions decided to deflect. This should be that Kenosha mayor's last time in office, also the DA and the clowns he chose to pursue this even after they learned the case was based on false evidence.

[Dave (in MA)]

Did Biden have any public appearances yesterday?
If so, he finally had good reason for suddenly high-tailing it out of the room like he always does. *flush*

[DCSCA]

Gus: Bringing a AR-15 into a riot zone is an attention getter that may cause people to approach you, run away from you, try to take your gun, or otherwise attack you. So it is understand others see it from different POVs.

Rittenhouse was a vigilante. He was not an authorized law enforcement representative; he was supervised, beholden nor duly deputized by any WI law enforcement entity. No 'citizen arrests' for him: he invited himself to a riot. A 'buttinski.'

Police officers, OTOH, receive training on how to deal with troubled persons….how to try to de-escalate situations…..or wait for backup…..or when and how to employ non-lethal force. Rittenhouse was literally 'winging it' in over his head in a situation he was totally unprepared to manage professionally. If he hadn’t injected himself, it is likely that people wouldn’t have died and he wouldn't have put himself in this mess. But, like Byrd, OJ, Putin and Xi they've gotten away with killing others. That's the common thread.

[DCSCA]

Correction: 'He was not an authorized law enforcement representative; he was UN-supervised, beholden nor duly deputized by any WI law enforcement entity.'

[Dave (in MA)]

That pesky Bill of Rights.

[DCSCA]

Did Biden have any public appearances yesterday?
If so, he finally had good reason for suddenly high-tailing it out of the room like he always does. *flush*

A full day. Then his medical, kept on the QT from the press.

[henry]

And we must bow to the words of an unsupervised, beholden nor duly authorized by MiniTru, commenter.

ROFL

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

You know what's funny?

Knowing that MSNBC had to watch CNN to find out what the Rittenhouse verdict was.

[henry]

Hmmm

@marketwatch

President Joe Biden's first response to the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict: "I stand by what the jury has to say. The jury system works," he told White House pool reporters.

[DCSCA]

P&P- ..'and Trump didn’t do anything but tweet about Kenosha, far as I know.'

He did offer to send in troops to maintain order but WI's gov., rejected the offer.

[DCSCA]

'President Joe Biden's first response to the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict: "I stand by what the jury has to say. The jury system works," he told White House pool reporters.'

So he agrees w/smiling Vlad and beaming Xi.

[Jane]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/madison-cawthorn-joins-matt-gaetz-offering-kyle-rittenhouse-internship-says-people-armed-dangerous/

Two offers so far! Keep em coming!

[Old Lurker]

DCSCA is exactly why JOM2 exists

[henry]

Vid at link. Looks like the Chicago BLM grand poobah talking.

@bgonthescene

“When it’s a state-sanctioned murder, you get to riot” Comments from some opposed to the Rittenhouse acquittal outside the courthouse #RittenhouseVerdict #Kenosha

https://twitter.com/bgonthescene/status/1461792209183911936?s=21

[clarice]

We can reduce the noise by not feeding the troll.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

When the Korean store owners went up on their rooftops with AR's they were very visible and no one dared try anything. In other words, deterrence worked.

Normally, when encountering armed persons it behooves one to be very polite and not make any sudden moves. Just my advice.

[Davod]

pp

"Bush sent the guard into LA to take everyone’s guns and Trump didn’t do anything but tweet about Kenosha, far as I know."

It's called states rights. The offer was made, the state has to ask for federal assistance.

[Old Lurker]

We have tried that for years and years, Clarice. But somebody ALWAYS throws bananas into the cage anyway.

[Davod]

OL. Just think of D as being a click turner. Each comment moves JOM's his numbers up.

[henry]

Jury diving has begun. They started with the juror that “caved” to acquit Kyle.

Not gonna link.