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Blue Bronc
11 months ago

I don’t know how the magats forgot about what happened last year when she told her fans to register to vote.  They did.

blueINdallas
11 months ago

I’m gonna ask, again.   Funding aside, can POTUS Joe just EO the other points in the immigration bill written by the Senate, since MAGAt Mike Johnson is acting as tRUMPskt’s water boy in Hell? 

Then, can POTUS Joe just point a finger at House Republicans for not signing onto the SB, either forcing them to play ball or campaign on Republicans being the obstacle to a secure border?

blueINdallas
11 months ago

Jay-Z was an ungrateful douche, channeling Ye, with his nepo-baby at his side,   bitching about his wife never winning album of the year.  She’s literally won more Grammy’s than anyone, but she just has great singles embedded in so-so albums.  

Waiting for Orange Adolf to claim to be the real “mastermind.”

IvyGreen
11 months ago

I don’t know how to post cartoons like y’all do, but this one made me do a “joni.”
 
https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/friday-february-2nd-grammys-joni

blueINdallas
11 months ago

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/19/us-inflation-caused-by-corporate-profits   “…corporate profits accounted for about 53% of inflation during last year’s second and third quarters.”   So, it wasn’t  folks getting more than Federal minimum wage for the first time in their lives? ~Shocked~   “Profits drove just 11% of price growth in the 40 years prior to the pandemic, according to the report.”   “Prices for consumers rose by 3.4% over the past year, but input costs for producers increased by just 1%…”   “Costs have come down substantially, and while corporations were quick to pass on their increased costs to consumers, they are surprisingly less quick to pass on their savings to consumers…” “Consumers are still paying about 25% more for groceries, the report notes as an example.” “Corporations maintain high prices by exploiting cost shocks caused by events such as the Ukraine war and coordinating price hikes.. “ Price gouging? Collusion? Really, price controls should’ve… Read more »

IvyGreen
11 months ago

“…if they didn’t have this stuff to talk about, they’d have to make shit up.”

 
They’re about to get a swift kick in the ass. 

blueINdallas
11 months ago

Ivy – Sometimes there are folks who are TikTok-famous and I feel the same way when someone starts talking about them.    They may or may not be around very long, but so many have access to these platforms, and they’ll never be Elvis or Prince.   It’s like TV, before cable, and everyone was watching the same three networks; there was more of a shared experience.   

Lol – A “swift” kick, indeed.

Bink
11 months ago

I’m gonna ask, again.   Funding aside, can POTUS Joe just EO the other points in the immigration bill written by the Senate

That awful governor of yours will just undermine anything Biden tries

Bink
11 months ago

i’m all for the GOP mobilizing an entire cohort of Americans that wouldn’t be even thinking about politics right now 👍 

blueINdallas
11 months ago

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/politics/senate-border-bill-takeaways/index.html   Why can’t POTUS Joe EO these things, and force the hand of House Republicans, making them responsible for border issues?  “Here are the key changes included in the bill: — New emergency authority to restrict border crossings if daily average migrant encounters reach 4,000 over a one-week span. If that metric is reached, the Homeland Security secretary could decide to largely bar migrants from seeking asylum if they crossed the border unlawfully. If migrant crossings increase above 5,000 on average per day on a given week, DHS is required to use the authority. If encounters reach 8,500 in one day, the department is required to trigger the authority. But the federal government is limited in how long it can use the authority. In the first year, the government can use it for 270 days, then 225 calendar days in the second year, and 180 days in the third year. The authority… Read more »

blueINdallas
11 months ago

https://apnews.com/article/india-israel-hamas-war-recruitment-jobs-646b684c10a4384213b399fe6c221151 “Thousands of Indians flocked to a recruitment center on Thursday for jobs that would take them to Israel despite the three-month Israeli-Hamas war that is devastating Gaza and threatening to ignite the wider Middle East.”   “The men said they had heard media reports that Israel is facing a labor shortage after barring tens of thousands of Palestinian workers following Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war.”   “The recruitment drive for Israel has also cast a light on the chinks in India’s growth story, championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has focused on investing in big-ticket infrastructure projects to woo businesses and foreign investors.”     “The report says that while unemployment is falling, it is still high — above 15% for university graduates of all ages and around 42% for graduates under 25.” “New Delhi and Jerusalem last year inked an agreement that would allow 40,000… Read more »

blueINdallas
11 months ago

Bink – POTUS Joe needs to do something, though.  Letting the GQP stall so Orange Adolf can campaign on it isn’t the way to go.   Actually doing something and then, if they throw up more political razor wire to keep it from working,  seems a better way to force their hand. 

Agreed. Abbott is awful, as is the Lt. Guuhv and all of the other white nationalists in Austin.

craigcrawford
11 months ago

Congrats to Taylor for breaking Frank Sinatra’s record on most winning albums. To be really effective for Biden I think she’s gonna need to do something major, like what Oprah did for Obama in the 2008 primaries — go on the road and headline several rallies with him. Not sure instagrams and song licensing will be enough.

Bink
11 months ago

yeah people that criticize Biden admin governance never recognize he’s doing it amid a concerted effort by the opposition to collapse the entire government 
 
😬 🇺🇸 ✌️ 

IvyGreen
11 months ago

More Taylor Swift conspiracy theories will be revealed. 

Sturgeone
11 months ago

Mose  Prophetic Slump Song.

Blue Bronc
11 months ago

Former gov Haley is looking like she decided to be an actual candidate for president.  I am sure that sfb is going to end up room temperature or shivering in a cell and not an actual candidate.  So she is going on that path and doing things to win. She does have nothing to lose.
The Dems need to keep pounding on her being a female image of the orange moron. 

Sturgeone
11 months ago

I concur. 

Although I lean to third option:
Government-in-Exile.

Because the only way he can avoid being a Loser (in his own mind) is if …… “The Show Must Go On” …..and also the Russian will be happy with this option.

IvyGreen
11 months ago

These are not normal times (or normal people.)

Normal day, let me be aware
of the treasure that you are.
let me learn from you, love you,
bless you before we depart.
Let me not pass you by in quest
of some rare and perfect tomorrow.
let me hold you while I may,
for it may not be always so. One day
I shall dig my nails into the earth,
or bury my face in the pillow,
or stretch myself tart,
or raise my hands
to the sky and want, more
than all the world, your return. 
— Mary Jean Irion

Nikki Haley’s question of the day: “do you want temper tantrums or normalcy?”

craigcrawford
11 months ago

Haley set a bar of 40% or better in SC to keep going. Hope she makes it, I’d like to see her drive Pumpkin Head nuts all the way to the convention, which he’ll probably be watching from Mar-A-Lago in an ankle bracelet.

IvyGreen
11 months ago

There’s no bad publicity, but maybe there’s such a thing as being too on-brand. Atlanta rapper and activist Killer Mike won three Grammy Awards and got arrested after the ceremony, apparently for shoving a security guard who didn’t get out of his way. This is the song that won him two of the awards, for best rap song and best rap performance. The third was for the album it was released on, “Michael,” his first solo album in 10 years.
 

https://delawareliberal.net/2024/02/05/song-of-the-day-2-5-killer-mike-scientists-and-engineers/

IvyGreen
11 months ago

IvyGreen
11 months ago

Thank you, Pat. 

Mr. Ivy joked we probably won’t know half of them but actually I think we knew two-thirds at least.

blueINdallas
11 months ago

Craig – Taylor Swift has 534 million followers across all platforms; granted, there are some duplicates.  Mother needs only signal what she is doing and why.   Remember, Roe has a big, political  footprint, too, for those outside of her scope of influence. Single, straight men should care about Roe, too, because child support.

blueINdallas
11 months ago

BB – The way to sink Nikki in the general would be to hammer her on Social Security and Medicare, or as she calls them, “entitlements.” But first, the fat fascist must be dispatched. 

Just looking back at her appearance on SNL, it was really difficult to be on her side for the skit, until “tRUMP” really got going. She’s only acceptable when she’s standing next to someone more horrible.

Blue Bronc
11 months ago

patd Ivy – one of the many things I miss about working is the kids and various fads, trends and music.  I was mostly like that cartoon, except there were a few artists I recognize.  And, a couple I have albums and CD’s, I count physical ownership different from casual download or file transfer. Kids are grandchild age types, late teens early twenties.

blueINdallas
11 months ago

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/05/europe/king-charles-cancer-announcement-gbr-intl/index.html

“King Charles III has cancer and will step back from public duties, Buckingham Palace announces”

“The royal source added that the King returned from Sandringham on Monday morning to begin outpatient treatment in London.”

blueINdallas
11 months ago

https://time.com/6618350/meta-stock-shares-first-dividend-facebook-mark-zuckerberg/
“…announced a $50 billion share buyback program that is also expected to benefit investors. Zuckerberg, who owns approximately $350 million in Meta shares, is expected to receive an additional $175 million in dividends this quarter thanks to the new policy. If Meta continues to pay quarterly dividends at the same rate, Zuckerberg could gain an additional $700 million per year.”

“We invested heavily both in AI and the Metaverse for a long time, and will continue to do so,” said Zuckerberg. “I still expect this next generation of AR, VR and MR computing platforms to deliver a realistic sense of presence that will be the foundation of social experiences.”

IvyGreen
11 months ago

God save the King.

blueINdallas
11 months ago

You don’t mean Zuckerberg, right? 

blueINdallas
11 months ago

It’s scary, but he has the best care.  Even if he weren’t the King of England, he’d have national healthcare as a subject of the realm or citizen or whatever they call themselves. I hope it goes well for him.  

blueINdallas
11 months ago

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/this-austrian-heiress-wants-to-redistribute-millions-of-dollars/ “Marlene Engelhorn has committed to giving away 90 percent of her wealth. Will a council of citizens be able to decide how to spend it?” “…heiress had lost patience with the government for not taxing her wealth, and had decided to form an assembly of 50 everyday people to redistribute it for her instead.”   ”Enclosed was a survey, mostly about demographics, but also the question: “Do you think the distribution of wealth in this country is fair?” Recipients who returned the survey became eligible to join the assembly, which would decide over the course of six weekends what to do with €25 million (about $27 million USD).”   ”The heiress, who would have no say in any part of the process, was calling it the Guter Rat für Rückverteilung—the Good Council for Redistribution.” “Either the assembly comes to an agreement in June on a directive for her bank… Read more »

IvyGreen
11 months ago

“You don’t mean Zuckerberg, right?”

 
No, BID, your post button superseded mine. 😀

IvyGreen
11 months ago

“As to the self-checkout, theft may have put an end to that.”

 
BID, your above prescience is duly noted. Got to our local Walmart to discover all self-checkout has been suspended for the foreseeable future. Some mumbo about management wanting customers to receive the benefits of more personal interaction. From the glum faces in the long lines, methinks that might end up a bust. 

IvyGreen
11 months ago

She sang “Both Sides Now,” the classic final track from her 1969 album, Clouds.The song considers how time and experience shift one’s perspective—heavy themes to visit decades after the song was written. The genius of “Both Sides Now” lies partly in its winding cadence, its sensation of tacking to and fro, as Mitchell confronts the most vexing aspects of human existence as dialectical. Last night she delivered the song in a manner so calm that she dipped, sometimes, closer to speech than to singing. She gestured with her hands in the manner of someone explaining something—which she was, except what she was explaining was her own ignorance. When she sang “I really don’t know life at all,” she appeared genuinely at a loss.

 
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/02/joni-mitchell-grammys-2024/677349/
 

Blue Bronc
11 months ago

Well it seems Ms Nikki is upping the visuals.  She is requesting Secret Service protection to be increased.  I do understand that.  But, by asking on Monday, not Friday at 4pm, I instantly think, ‘yeah’.
 
There is a lot going on in Ukraine that is a pain because the U.S. is the BIG supplier of military stuff, and the magats have decided to cut it off.  There is so much pointing to the magats as ruzzia collaborators. At some point there will be a major news release about this.  Right now minor things, but mainly in EU.

blueINdallas
11 months ago

Hope it’s just for visuals and not because lunkhead’s followers are up to their evil shenanigans. 

blueINdallas
11 months ago

The track list is out for Taylor Swift’s next album.  Post Malone and Florence & The Machibe are on it, too.
 
In conspiracy news, the refs have making bad calls all season, in order to get the Chiefs to the Super Bowl, so Kelse’s girlfriend can help Biden win a second term.   Stupidity should be painful.
 

blueINdallas
11 months ago

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/why-is-nevada-holding-both-a-caucus-and-a-primary

“A Nevada GOP rule states that any candidate who participates in the state-run primary may not run in the caucuses. But Republican voters may participate in both contests. In another twist, primary voters will have the option to choose “None of these candidates.” So it’s possible Haley will receive fewer votes than the “none of these” option.

So, Nikki is on the NV primary ballot, but no delegates will be awarded.  

Trump is the only one that the GOP will caucus for and that’s  where all of the delegates will be awarded.

blueINdallas
11 months ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/robert-f-kennedy-jr-i-think-i-can-win-the-white-house-203665477737

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: ‘I think I can win the White House’
 
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is close to picking a candidate for vice president. A new NBC News poll finds a significant number of voters who say they could see themselves supporting him.”

For heaven’s sake, make this roided-up loon go away. Seriously, he’s afraid of vaccines but he looks like he’s on steroids, and those things will make a fella wacky.