That Went Well

Democrats keep the Senate, may even keep the House.

One of the many things that will make 2024 interesting - Republicans probably know by now that they have a problem and may even try to fix it. Democrats, on the other hand, may think their party has it all worked out.

IMHO (and that of George Will) someone has to thank Joe and Kamala for their service and push them out the door. That's harder after this recent Dem success in which neither was on the ballot.

Comments

[Barbara]

From Trump's "Art of the Deal."

"Trump always owns the downside.

When things go south, you are prepared and have a plan in place to take advantage of the situation."

You may come to depend on President Trump's plan.

Things have gone south in this nation. What do you suppose the Nero minded democrats intend to do except light more matches and fiddle?

[jimmyk]

Republicans probably know by now that they have a problem and may even try to fix it.

To fix it they have to understand what the problem is. It's not Trump. It's that they don't have the ballot harvesting and ballot manufacturing capabilities that the Democrats have. If blue and purple states are going to insist on mail-in voting, the Republicans are going to have to beat the Democrats at their own game. Otherwise those states are lost, no matter who the candidates are.

[Narciso]

well danny ocean would never have been that brazen (either lawford or clooney) exactly what do you think will happen,

George will is one of those characters out of hogarth or perhaps voltaire work, they actually exist

[clarice]

45% of the votes in 7 cal districts have not yet been counted. I think Kari will win the governorship and Master may get the elected in Az yet.

In the meantime the FTX scandal looks worse than Teapot Dome.

[Narciso]

I hope so clarice, but hope is not a strategy, harneet is one of the best knife fighters we got,

did I say danny ocean, auric goldfinger tips his hat,

[clarice]

Looks like money we went to Ukr was "invested" in FTX which had 1b$ in assets and $9b in liabilities and nevertheless made higs contributions to Dem candidates and ballot harveting operations.

[clarice]

FTX also made contributions to those charged with oversight of crypto

[Narciso]

of course they did, see bcci see countrywide et al,

I mean they nearly locked up that san diego city manager for a check from itt, such small fry,

[Narciso]

consider the difference between how martin shkreli was treated and bank freed will be,

[Narciso]

sure why not,

https://social.quodverum.com/interact/109337928054830403?type=favourite

[MJW]

jimmyk: If blue and purple states are going to insist on mail-in voting, the Republicans are going to have to beat the Democrats at their own game.

That's so true. There's still an attitude among lots of Republicans that since the new voting procedures are bad, they won't participate in them. But Republicans need to play by the rules they have, not the ones they wish they had. The rules will never change as long as they're advantageous to Democrats.

[MJW]

The House result, win or lose, is surely a huge disappointment. The Republicans should have won at least twenty new seats. But until very recently hardly anyone expected the Republicans to take the Senate. The Senatorial election map was just too unfavorable.

[Narciso]

thats an interesting way of describing a stolen slate of elections,

[Barbara]

jimmyk and MJW,

I agree completely. It seems to me that when you're fighting a war you have to get down in the trenches and get a little dirty.

[clarice]

From an email from a friend: "On November 8, Democrats controlled two of the three branches of government - the executive and legislative. Now, the picture is brighter because come January 3, Republicans will likely lead at least half of Congress, as they are projected to hold a slim House majority. (In addition, as to the third branch of government, the judiciary, 6 of the 9 justices on the Supreme Court were appointed by Republican presidents.) Further, Republicans flipped four House seats in New York, did well in Virginia, further solidified Florida, Iowa, Ohio, and Texas as red states, and continued to make gains among Latinos in key battleground states. And of course, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp again defeated election denier Stacey Abrams. As such, despite the disappointing results, Republicans are better off today than before the election.
There is more good news. Republicans continue to have more power in statehouses than Democrats do, controlling 28 out of 50 governorships"

[clarice]

Via Insty:https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/11/13/heres-where-the-house-race-stands-with-yet-another-gop-flip-n658281

[MJW]

Unfortunately, it looks like the Dems flipped another House race since this morning. I don't know which one yet.

[MJW]

I wish the Boebert race in Colorado would be called. It's still undecided for both RCP and DDHQ. Boebert's up about 1,100 with, according to RCB, 99% of the vote counted, but as it's Colorado, there's probably some rule allowing votes to come in for who knows how long.

[MJW]

...according to RCP...

[henry]

When was the last Dem held accountable for anything? The guy with the cash in his freezer?

They will laugh off their corruption as it’s now Chicagos all the way down.

[clarice]

https://www.commonsense.news/p/the-32-billion-crypto-scammer

[clarice]

NBC projects R's take House majority with 219 seats

[jimmyk]

That's too close for comfort, Clarice.

[Narciso]

so people in new york want to keep the rats, the people in pennsylvania, want to keep larry krasner and the open air markets in philly, these are literally unbelievable things

[Narciso]

yes henry, who was cold cash jeffersons' lawyer, none other then amy berman jackson when she worked for williams and connolly,

[Narciso]

we're expected to believe the people of alaska want no further mineral exploitation, want their guns taken away and love moloch,

[henry]

narciso, plus that elected offices are hereditary.

[Dave (in MA)]

Gerry Callahan@GerryCallahan·
Such strength
TheBlaze@theblaze·
Joe Biden:

"I'm having trouble reading this"
https://twitter.com/i/status/1592177793844269056

[Narciso]

oh

https://twitter.com/RonColeman/status/1592145714817404929?cxt=HHwWgsDQpfKFuJgsAAAA

[Narciso]

its in mandarin, get your son's secretary to translate it for you,

[jimmyk]

If the Rs have 218 or 219, which of them will pull a Jeffords and hand control over to the Ds?

[henry]

jimmyk, two or three will vote with Ds and make Liz Cheney the speaker.

[Narciso]

bank freedman, the new pretender to keating, mozilo? greased a lot of palms, including a few red staters, like boozman,

[Narciso]

much like equifax covered their tracks

https://twitter.com/wyattreed13/status/1591971877320536064?cxt=HHwWgMDRgZz_6JcsAAAA

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--"On November 8, Democrats controlled two of the three branches of government - the executive and legislative. Now, the picture is brighter--

That's like a guy at The Alamo picking off a Mexican and telling Davey and the guys things are looking up.

[jimmyk]

two or three will vote with Ds and make Liz Cheney the speaker.

Yes, just trying to anticipate who. I recall that two Rs who voted to impeach Trump got reelected.

[jimmyk]

Just a flesh wound, Ig.

[Narciso]

inconceivable,

https://twitter.com/TimOnPoint/status/1592008628063842306

[Narciso]

e pleb nista

https://jonathanturley.org/2022/11/13/erin-go-britain-ireland-considers-enacting-a-bill-criminalizing-the-possession-of-hateful-material/

[Narciso]

yes its totel legit,

@Debradelai While working in AK this summer I had residents lecture me on how “Fair” ranked choice would be. Begich is the son of a former Dem senator who decided to run as a Republican. Nothing fishy here! Will never be an election DAY ever again. Election season. Morons.

[MJW]

That's like a guy at The Alamo picking off a Mexican and telling Davey and the guys things are looking up.

I think it's more like having one gear from a clock: you may not be able to do much with it, but it sure slows down the clock.

[MJW]

DDHQ now has the Republicans at 215 House seats.

[Narciso]

sure it is, like I say goldfinger doffs his hat,

[MJW]

DDHQ (DecisionDesk HQ) also now has R +9, so two of the added three seats were pickups. RCP (RealClear Politics) is still at 212.

I read on Gateway Pundit that the CO Boebert race is still uncalled because there are still some possibly-curable Dem ballots. These new election rules are really crazy.

[Narciso]

its triple fizbin rules, come on now, what does it take for you to realize they are stealing this blind,

[clarice]

8th Circuit enjoins student loan giveaway nationwide.

[clarice]

Covid giveaway --as much as $40 billion lost--investigation https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/ig-reports-historic-covid-unemployment-funds-lost-congress-investigates/article_1c0e33ea-6112-11ed-a629-97942a47b2ed.html

[Narciso]

oh really

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2022/11/14/pope-francis-denounces-exploitative-sirens-populism/

[Narciso]

the band plays on

https://truthsocial.com/@tracybeanz/posts/109276181085716355

[clarice]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/us/politics/fbi-informants-proud-boys-jan-6.html
8 informants for FBI inside Proud Boys some of whom had exculpatory evidence the prosecution kept from defense, defense attys claim

[Narciso]

of couer fuer and goldman can't read things right, even upside down

[Narciso]

oh really

https://twitter.com/TPC4USA/status/1592231478481633282?cxt=HHwWhIC-sf-F35gsAAAA

[Narciso]

well good news for once,

https://babalublog.com/2022/11/14/spains-offensive-commmunist-postage-stamp-axed-by-judge-legal-battle-begins

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Liz was ousted in the primary. Dec 31 is her last day, I believe. Kinziger is bye bye as well and several of the rest were dumped. So the pool of turncoats is shrinking.

1 - stop Dems from voting in R primaries.
2 - in person voting
3 ID
4 - No harvesting. The added advantage of harvesting is getting a bunch of invalids in a room at the senior center or home, which costs a lot less than having to give them a $10 bill and bottle of Old Frothingslosh.

[Pinandpuller]

God didn't need 6 days to create 150,000 votes ex nihilo.

[MJW]

DDHQ now 216 (+9) R. RCP still 212 (+7).

[MJW]

DDHQ now 217 (+9) R. RCP still 212 (+7).

[MJW]

RCP now 214 (+8) R.

[MJW]

RCP now 214 (+9) R.

[MJW]

Meant 215 (+9) R.

[MJW]

RCP 216 (+7)

Like the increase 216; not so fond of the drop to +7.

[Melinda]

Ezra Levant 🍁🚛
@ezralevant
Why are Klaus Schwab (and Bill Gates) at the G20 Summit? Why are they participants on the same level as leaders of sovereign countries?

https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1592365073615376384

[MJW]

RCP ...... D 206(-8) R 217(+8) [12 uncalled]
DDHQ ... D 203(-9) R 217(+9) [15 uncalled]

According to both, the Republicans will take the House unless the Dems win every uncalled race.

[henry]

According to both, the Republicans will take the House unless the Dems win every uncalled race.

so the Bobert CO race is among the uncalled? With national ballot curing sealing the steal as we breathe? What is McCarthy doing?

[MJW]

Boebert is still uncalled, and unchanged, with Bobert up by 1,122 votes. According to RCP, 99% of the vote is counted. Kevin McCarthy won by a 2 to 1 margin.

[MJW]

I should say Kevin McCarthy is winning by a 2 to 1 margin, since only about half the votes have been counted. Still, the race was called long ago.

[henry]

thew question "What is McCarthy doing" referred to the open seats in the face of DNC sending people to "cure" ballots. Sadly, I come up with nothing there as well.

[MJW]

DecisionDesk HQ 218 House Republicans!

I hesitated adding the exclamation point because I won't feel comfortable at until both DDHQ and RCP are at least 219.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

And of the 218, more than half are limp dick pussies who just elected some former Soros waterboy to be party whip; the very dumbass in charge of getting house Reps reelected. He does a historically bad job and gets a promotion.
I expect less than nothing from this congeries of Deep State congressional concubines.
Allow me to take that back. I expect betrayal. Lots of betrayal. And incompetence. Oodles of that. I would add broken promises, but the useless maggots don't even bother with the charade of making those anymore.

[Narciso]

yes it's a travesty of a mockery of a sham

://tinyurl.com/mryer4zx

excluding the likes of chris kent, we saw maria salazar, knuckle under and blackball mtg from the committees over a waterbuffalo jamboree gone wrong,

[Narciso]

who saw world war 3 in their bingo card

https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/about-the-missilerocket-landing-in

[Dave (in MA)]

who saw world war 3 in their bingo card

Aside from everybody, I can't think of anyone.

[Narciso]

an illustration of igs point,

https://t.me/The_Library_II/90286

[Narciso]

silly rabbit,

https://www.uncoverdc.com/2022/11/12/maricopa-county-door-3-ballots-where-did-they-go/

[Narciso]

but of course

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/11/15/within-minutes-of-arizona-gov-election-call-twitter-dhs-and-big-tech-begin-blocking-discussion-of-difference-between-ballots-and-votes/comment-page-3/#comment-9342304

[MJW]

You can be as pessimistic as you want, Iggy. I count the House takeover as a big step in the right direction.

[Narciso]

meanwhile

https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1592633606606061568

[MJW]

Maine District 2 is an odd race. The Dem leads by about 3.5% with well over 90% of the vote in, but it still hasn't been called by DDHQ or RCP. I wonder if there's something particular about, like the Alabama 50% requirement. There is a 3rd party candidate that's taken over 7%.

[Davod]

Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest), Milan

Video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSUPEdhEjUE

Picture here http://ace.mu.nu/archives/arborium.jpg

[Davod]

Sometimes you have expectations from the wrong people...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1592458162720112641

[Davod]

Sometimes you have expectations from the wrong people...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1592458162720112641

[MJW]

Now 219(+9) on DDHQ. Still 217(+8) on RCP.

[Davod]

OMG Cats are awesome! ❤️😂

https://twitter.com/i/status/1592529985784664073

[Davod]

OMG Cats are awesome! ❤️😂.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1592529985784664073

[MJW]

I wonder if the Alaskan Republicans who voted for Begich over Palin did so because they just prefer Begich, or because they hate Palin. I sure hope it's the former, so they voted for Palin as their second choice. If most did, Palin might eventually win in the crazy ranked-choice House contest.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I would be more receptive to the label pessimistic if we didn't all sport dozens of knife wounds in our backs from these useless, turncoat, bait and switch, candyass wretches.
The Dems are now open communists. "Not quite as bad as actual communists" means the thrill is gone for me.
The Reps made the House competitive for the first time in decades in 1994 and they held until 2006. They took it back in 2010 and held it until 2018.
That's 20 years out of the last 28. What do we have to show for it? The country went to hell a great deal less when the damned Dems owned the house for forty years than the last thirty the Reps have.

[Davod]

Strange ride

https://twitter.com/i/status/1586692298728955906

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Well, Trump wants to run. But I think his time has passed. he has just been too much for too many and is the dog whistle for Dems.

One of the big jobs ahead is rebuilding the integrity of the vote. Trump is not that banner carrier. He's a big excuse for the system to unite against him.

Unfortunately he's had bad performance reviews from most of the people he has worked with. It may be politics. It is certainly his personality. But he is also getting older.

I fear for our country in the next 2 years. Our enemies know we are weak willed at the top.

By the way, did anyone catch the announcement that Biden on his own (or his handlers) cancelled our SLBM upgrade program? I think I read about in a foreign newspaper. Every single one of the leaders in defense and fp recommended that we replace our current nuclear cruise missile inventory, but good ole Joe f'd it up again.

The Heritage Foundation report on our defense posture was abominable in its conclusions and there goes Joe rambling on about CO2. CO2 is good for plants. Nuff said.

[MJW]

I wonder if there's something particular about, like the Alabama Georgia 50% requirement.

[Dave (in MA)]

Dementia Joe, closed-captioned for the thinking-impaired...
https://twitter.com/drspago/status/1592705848198905856

[jim nj]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/world/denmark-brain-collection-scn-spc-intl/index.html
10,000 brains in a basement: The dark and mysterious origins of Denmark’s psychiatric brain collection

Rather long, but interesting.

As a child, I remember visiting the Army Medical Museum and Library in Washington, D. C.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Medical_Museum_and_Library

Probably not the kind of thing you would take a kid to today. I think my parents thought it was part of the Smithsonian. They had all kinds of medical specimens on display in formaldehyde in jars both large and small.

I was fascinated with the exhibits, rather than grossed out, so my parents let me continue looking.

I particularly remember a couple of examples of elephantiasis. Lots of weird things to see there.

[jim nj]

I'm not sure if this is real.

https://interestingengineering.com/culture/elon-musk-rehires-ligma-and-johnson-who-never-worked-there
Elon Musk rehires Ligma and Johnson, who never worked there
Ligma and Johnson went from claiming to be fired from Twitter to being rehired in a Musk publicity stunt

"But that is not the end of the story, Ligma, who has said he worked for Web 2.0 and FTX, as well as Twitter actually didn't work for any of them."

[jim nj]

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ftx-leaked-balance-sheet-visualized/
Visualized: FTX’s Leaked Balance Sheet

"This graphic visualizes FTX’s leaked balance sheet dated to November 10th, and published by the Financial Times on November 12th. The spreadsheet shows nearly $9 billion in liabilities and not nearly enough illiquid cryptocurrency assets to cover the hole."

"The balance sheet he sent around to prospective investors was leaked by the Financial Times, and reveals the exchange had nearly $9 billion in liabilities while only having just over $1 billion in liquid assets. Alongside the liquid assets were $5.4 billion in assets labeled as “less liquid” and $3.2 billion labeled as “illiquid”.

When examining the assets listed, FTX’s accounting appears to be poorly done at best, and fraudulently deceptive at worst.

Of those “less liquid” assets, many of the largest sums were in assets like FTX’s own exchange token and cryptocurrencies of the Solana ecosystem, which were heavily supported by FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried. On top of this, for many of these coins the liquidity simply wouldn’t have been there if FTX had attempted to redeem these cryptocurrencies for U.S. dollars or stablecoin equivalents.

While the liquid and less liquid assets on the balance sheet amounted to $6.3 billion (still not enough to equal the $8.9 billion in liabilities), many of these “less liquid” assets may as well have been completely illiquid."

You don't need to understand finance or balance sheets when you see the graphic presentation of FTX's health to grasp what a shitshow this thing was.

[Narciso]

people trusted their life savings with this discount jack black, with a bahamas po box,

[Narciso]

come on matt, they stole it exactly to destroy, and they didn't forget to steal enough seats this time around to make reform impossible,

I think palin is owed for everything she has given up, everything she was put through as much as her identity as what she warned again, but I trust that begich spawn as much I could throw him,

[Narciso]

as I pointed out elsewhere ligma and johson, reminded me of penn and teller on that babylon 5 episode,

[clarice]

Emmitt Sullivan, the judge who just opened the border was the same jusge who presided over the Ted Stevens and General Flynn cases in case you missed that.

[Narciso]

yes indeed clarice, all he is missing in the hump
(from the traitor in 300)

https://www.frontpagemag.com/judge-overturns-georgia-abortion-ban-based-on-constitutional-interpretation-that-no-longer-exists/

[Narciso]

so discount jack black banked 25 mill with turtle, but the senate audit is aimed at rick scott, cue mel brooks,

[Narciso]

so discount jack black was following the privat bank model, the kyev bank that collapsed to the tune of 6 billion,

who was the accounting firm, bialystok or bloom?