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In Their Prime Time
Attribution: Wendy’s to test surge pricing by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com
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well, before I get blown away* here’s stephen
President Biden’s awkward ice cream moment came one day before some Democrats in Michigan used their primary votes to protest his support of Israel’s actions in Gaza, while Republicans are pushing state-by-state birth control bans and blocked a bill that would have protected access to contraception nationwide.
* tornado watch and ready to dash down to storm room if and when an annoyingly loud alarm goes off announcing a warning.
and here’s jimmy
Two different people are claiming to be chairs of the Michigan Republican Party, Biden and Trump are both scheduled to visit the border in Texas on Thursday, Donny is taking every chance he gets to beat the drum about not having enough water in our faucets and washing machines, a team wearing hazmat suits was dispatched to Donald Jr’s house because he got a letter in the mail that contained an “unidentified” white powder and we play America’s favorite game, Gimme Five!
“I have never seen the Republican Party so unified as it is right now.”
That is what former President Donald Trump said after winning the South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday — an assessment that may be a case of wishful thinking. Yes, Trump won 60% of the vote, but nearly 40% opted for his only remaining rival for the GOP nomination, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. That looks less like unity than deep division.
A recent poll indicates that 25% of Republicans say they will never vote for Trump. Should that turn out to be true and those people vote to reelect President Joe Biden or simply choose not to vote, Trump could find himself far short of a winning margin in November.
As long as Haley continues to contest primaries, she will give these disaffected Republicans a chance to register their disdain for the man from Mar-a-Lago who has turned the GOP into an angry personality cult with an ominous attraction to authoritarianism at home and abroad.
[…]
Whatever it may be that drives Nikki Haley to keep running, we should all be glad that at least one Republican is choosing to stand in the way of Trump’s total domination of the once Grand Old Party.
Wishful thinking? More like, as usual, wishful lying.
Haley should come out with gold brogans. Go for the worker vote.
If it were me, I’d come out with gold penny loafers. And put a DIME in the slot.
almost all clear here but, Pogo, heads up, might be coming your way.
I also predict stormy weather in Moscow this coming friday.
The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s funeral and memorial service will be held on Friday in Moscow, but his allies accused the Kremlin of blocking their attempts to organise a bigger event.
The funeral will be held at the Borisovskoye cemetery in Moscow after a farewell ceremony at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God in the Maryino district of the Russian capital where Navalny used to live,his spokesperson, Kira Yarmish, announced.
“Come in advance,” Yarmish wrote on X.
The memorial service, presided over by a priest and accompanied by choral singing, allows people to walk past the open casket of the deceased to say their farewells.
Ivan Zhdanov, another close Navalny ally, said his team was unable to find a venue where his supporters could publicly bid him farewell later this week. The event was supposed to be separate from the funeral service.
Zhdanov said his team initially found a hall for the 29 February but said they were then put under pressure to hold a closed remembrance service without the public. “Bastards. They won’t give us the date we want. They won’t give us the hall. Everyone will say goodbye to Alexei anyway,” Zhdanov wrote on X.
“To have a chance to say goodbye, it’s best to arrive early,” he added.
Navalny’s family and allies have accused the Kremlin of delaying the handover of his body and “blackmailing” his mother into agreeing to a private funeral without the general public in attendance.
It remains unclear whether the authorities will allow mourners to gather freely at the funeral on Friday.
Speaking at the European parliament in Strasbourg, Navalny’s widow, Yulia, said she was not sure the funeral would be “peaceful or if police would arrest those who came to say bye to my husband”.
Observers believe that the Kremlin appears to be going to great lengths to prevent Navalny’s funeral from turning into a public display of support for the late opposition leader before the country’s presidential elections next month.
Hundreds of people have been detained in Russia while laying flowers at vigils for Navalny across the country.
[…]
Maria Pevchikh, a close ally of the opposition leader, on Monday alleged Putin had the opposition leader killed in jail to sabotage a prisoner swap in which Navalny would have been exchanged for a convicted hitman jailed in Germany.
The Guardian and other western media have reported that Navalny was part of discussions on a prisoner exchange, although details of the deal remain unclear.
lest we forget seth
Seth addresses Trump’s plans to visit the U.S.-Mexico border, a Kentucky couple getting married in a gas station restroom and more in his monologue for Tuesday, February 27.
Be safe out there, Pat 🌪️
patd, the boomers have reached East Bumfuck, and I ain’t talking about people my age. Head down, powder dry. Looks like boomers for the next hour or two then just rain for another 4 or so hours.
Be safe out there, Pogo 🌪️
I heard that Boebert asked he son Tyler to see if he could help her with the black vote.
Outside the U.S. media echo chamber, there’s much less coverage of Trump, but people seem to form a clearer image of what he represents. Here’s what Malcolm Turnbull, the center-right prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018, had to say about Trump and the MAGA Republicans at a televised confab about Ukraine. The quotes begin at 5:20:
Regrettably, the Republican Party under Donald Trump, and particularly the right wing of the Republican Party, are very sympathetic to Vladimir Putin. I mean, I have been with Trump and Putin. Trump is in awe of Putin. When you see Trump with Putin, as I have on a few occasions, he’s like the 12-year-old boy that goes to high school and meets the captain of the football team. ‘My hero.’ It is really creepy. It’s really creepy. …
It struck everybody. It was, it was, like you could touch it. It was creep—the creepiness was palpable. … I’m just telling you what I saw. You saw that in that press conference they did in, I think, in Helsinki. You saw a similar thing. Now the sad thing is that you’ve got the right wing of the Republican Party—you saw this with Tucker Carlson, doing that sycophantic kind of non-interview with Vladimir Putin. I mean, it’s terrifying. It is terrifying. And the scary thing is that countries like Australia or many European countries, uh, we may find ourselves, are we going to find ourselves not dealing just with two autocracies in Russia and China, but what is Trump’s America going to look like? This is a guy leading a party that is no longer committed to democracy as we understand it.
Slump’s America is going to look like a big fat 747 hauling ass over the Atlantic Ocean staying well beneath the radar.
OUR America is going to sit back and nod approvingly.
According to the polls, Trump was meant to win:
Iowa by 53 points (he won by 30)
New Hampshire by 18 points (he won by 11)
South Carolina by 28 points (he won by 20)
Michigan by 62 points (he’s up by 42)
I was just musing about the contrast between Trump’s fate in the public arena vs. courtrooms: 7 grand juries, 3 trial juries and 1 trial judge as finders of fact have found him or his company liable for wrongdoing. Next month the first criminal trial begins. He can get away with lies to the public but in court he faces what Thomas Jefferson called “facts submitted to a candid world”.
So the Deep State controls 197 jurors in 5 jurisdictions. Impressive.
~Yeah, I want to go get french fries and not know how much they cost. Yeah, I want an upcharge on that soda.~
I’m guessing the employees will see zero benefit from any extra revenue generated from surge pricing.
Watching capitalism canibalize itself is such a weird pastime, but here we are.
Someone on the twitter:
The Boeberts are like one big Jerry Springer episode
Thoughts for this morning –
I wonder if Turley is going to pontificate about genetic criminality considering that sfb and family descend from a criminal? Or, BoeBoe’s son, whether he comes by criminalilty naturally or maternally?
Presidents eating ice cream starts way back with our Founding Fathers, no shame in eating it, as long as you do not drop it on your chest. Shame faux snooze needs to attack something as innocent as ice cream. Reminds me of tan suits insults. I suppose if he was to sniff white powder and suck on a bottle of Dr. Beam they would be okay.
Haley is still giving some of her party a place to go. I thought she would be in the thirties, close to forty percent, but the Michigan gqp had a few years to much the voting rules up. She is far from beat, especially if sfb leaves the race.
The version of norovirus hitting the East Coast is nasty. So far four days of weight loss, the hard weigh. At least soft egg stayed down this morning.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
Get well soon, Blue Bronc.
Wait till they find out they won’t be spared the wrath.
Ivy, we’re good – thunder’s passed and it’s just a gentle spring rain at the end of February now.
BB, “Or, BoeBoe’s son, whether he comes by criminalilty naturally or maternally?” I’d say yes, and it could be both. Regardless, he’s been a bad boy. Newsweek:
In a statement on Facebook the Rifle Police Department said they arrested Tyler at 2:30 p.m. “after a recent string of vehicle trespass and property thefts in Rifle.”
They continued: “Boebert is facing the following charges: four felony counts of Criminal Possession ID Documents – Multiple Victims, one felony count of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, and over 15 additional misdemeanor and petty offenses.”
Hmmm, I wonder where he got the idea that he doesn’t have to conform his behavior to our societal norms and can do whatever he wants without consequences?
There has always been surge pricing but most folks are smart enough to point out the antisurge aspects of it. You know, “happy hour” “Senior discount”
If Wendys actually used the term “surge pricing” then they deserve to go bankrupt.
Jack
JUST IN: Full bench of 11th Circuit has *denied* Mark Meadows’ bid to reconsider his effort to remove the Georgia criminal case to federal court. SCOTUS all he’s got left
“* tornado watch and ready to dash down to storm room if and when an annoyingly loud alarm goes off announcing a warning. ”
Pat, living on the edge of the Great Plains, aka tornado alley. We all know the first thing you do when the tornado siren goes off is you go outside and look for the tornado.
Jack
You are so right Jack. When I was in law school in a retirement community, St Petersburg FL, we took full advantage of early bird specials but it never occurred to me to think ‘oh the dinner prices are surging’. That is not how the restaurants marketed it.
As we get President Biden’s full physical results later today it should be noted we know next to nothing about Trump’s health. He has done an even better job of hiding those records than his tax records.
When his longtime doctor died he had his records removed, and they’ve never been seen publicly.
Even while in the White House he only released vitals, no detailed summary other than saying he was the “healthiest president in history”
Mitch has had enough.
A sign he doesn’t think they’ll win back Senate..
BREAKING: Mitch McConnell is stepping down as Senate Republican leader in November. McConnell is the longest serving Senate leader in history.
today’s meme…
Stay safe, Jack. 🌪️
After our early years in Texas and seeing the subdivision next to ours flattened, I refused to move south again solely because of tornadoes. After we got a Radio Shack weather radio, I relented and we moved to Alabama. We survived April 27, 2011 thanks to that radio at 5:30 am, but I will never forget it and the aftermath.
You’re spot on, I did get a look at the green wall of wind before we fled to the basement.
Always keep a fireman’s axe down there in case you have to hack your way out.
I could easily type out something like “rot in hell you SOB”, but I am a nicer person now, I don’t type that out anymore.
Ivy – thanks. I just ate a nice corned beef on English Muffin with cheese sandwich, and it is good. Still don’t know how I gain weight when I am not eating.
Craig – I think we have quite the visual of a fat/obese, mentally cratering, high blood pressure, and for some reason quite pale even after spending hours in the sun or could be a grey, low intelligence, old person. Doctors are talking about danger signs, or as I say, good things can happen to those who wait signs. A good office pool would have things like, stroke, heart attack, trip and fall, wander off (day, night, zoo), hit mirror slice artery, . . . you get the idea.
Trump Offers Court a $100 Million Bond to Pause a $454 Million Judgment
NYT: Unless the appeals court accepts the $100 million bond or grants Mr. Trump additional time, the attorney general can collect at any moment. Under New York law, Ms. James, can seize Mr. Trump’s bank accounts and potentially take control of his New York properties.
Siren going off here now, but then I realized it’s 1pm and the first Wednesday of the month. Stay safe, Jack. I’m headed up this summer. I’ve had enough of Texas.
Waiting for the Russo-Republican MAGAts to start jockeying for position, as Moscow Mitch exits Congress. Will they finish off the Republican Party completely?
Does this mean we’re not getting our Piggly Wiggly in Colorado?
“Are Kroger Co. and Albertsons Companies Inc. titans of the grocery business or actually not so big? A court’s answer to that question will be pivotal to whether a merger of the two supermarket chains is allowed to go through. The Federal Trade Commission, which sued on Monday to block Kroger’s acquisition of Albertsons, says they are indeed huge. “The proposed acquisition is by far the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history,” one that would unite “the No. 1 and No. 2 traditional supermarket chains in the United States,” it says in its complaint. It’s seeking a federal court’s preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order against the merger.” – Peter Coy, NYT
I thought mine was the monthly test, since it’s 1pm in Wednesday, but usually it’s the first Wednesday of the month. Not sure what happened. There’s no weather here.
Who will give tRUMPsky the money? Saudi Arabia, funneled through JarJar?
“Tucker is a showman. He knows it, and he knows I know it,” Letterman said in the video. “So what I’ve decided to do to prove that it’s all an act, is that he and I are going to fight.”
Today’s chuckles – No more do we need to put up or pay the full amount of a fine or penalty. We tell the judge what it is really worth.
We get to tell the judge who we want to testify against us, or if we feel like none.
Thinking about it, no need to pay the fine or penalty, too rich.
For some reason Marlago is not off limits to provide assets to take. It is under one of the LLC’s. Oh yeah, right from the start the good people told sfb it can’t be a residence if it is a club.
Biden says he’s ‘sorry to hear’ that McConnell is stepping down
Joe Biden said he was “sorry to hear” that Mitch McConnell planned to leave his post as the top Senate Republican, remembering him as an antagonist who “never, never misrepresented anything”.
“He and I have trust, we’ve got a great relationship, we fight like hell but he never, never, never misrepresented anything,” the president said at a White House event on his administration’s crime-fighting efforts. “I’m sorry to hear he’s stepping down.”
Biden and McConnell served in the Senate together for 24 years.
[also from same link]
Asked for his thoughts on Mitch McConnell’s plans to depart Senate Republican leadership, Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, said he blamed him for not voting to convict Donald Trump following the January 6 insurrection.
The House impeached Trump after the attack by his supporters on the Capitol, but McConnell voted against convicting him in the Senate. Seven Republicans ultimately broke ranks and voted with Democrats to sustain the charges, but McConnell’s opposition was seen as crucial to discouraging enough Republicans that the two-thirds majority threshold for conviction was not reached.
Raskin makes that point here:
.@RepRaskin on Sen. McConnell: “He didn’t show the ultimate courage which would have been to vote to convict and to find enough other Senators so we that wouldn’t be back in this nightmare again with Donald Trump.” pic.twitter.com/n7gRFtHGwE
Hunter Biden about his business deals overseas, the president’s son turned the question back on his interrogators.
He asked GOP lawmakers about foreign investments secured by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Trump, shortly after he left the White House, according to Democrats participating in the closed-door deposition.
“He drew the distinction between what he has done in a business world with independent businessmen, versus foreign governments, which he did not do any business with — unlike Jared Kushner,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) said during a break in the testimony.
[…]
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said the questioning throughout the morning has been largely cordial, but Hunter Biden became “assertive” when invoking the Kushner episode.
“He may be a little bit frustrated by some of the double standards relating to Jared Kushner and money that’s just been openly pocketed by Donald Trump in office,” Raskin said. “And Jared Kushner of course brought back $2 billion from Saudi Arabia. And all of that has been a part of the conversation, and he was assertive about that.”
[…]
Still, Democrats said there appeared to be agreement among at least some Republicans when Hunter Biden brought up Kushner’s Saudi deal.
“There’s no cameras in there, [so] Donald Trump ain’t watching, right?” said Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida). “For the first time Republicans said they do have a problem with that. But they should do something about it.”
Comer and the other Republicans in the room have largely declined to comment during breaks throughout Wednesday’s deposition, including on the topic of Kushner’s overseas business ventures.
[continues]
Bette Midler just twiXted: “On a sad note, the great Richard Lewis has died”
whatta putz —schmuck is too good a word to waste on him
“Senate Republicans blocked an effort Wednesday to pass legislation that would federally protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF).”
“Republican senators said this week they support access to IVF, but they don’t want to interfere in a state issue and don’t feel there needs to be federal protections for IVF.”
They want every woman of childbearing years, pregnant, out of the job market, and dependent on/subservient to a man. Republicans are going after birth control next. Every unfertilized egg is a potential baby, they will argue.
“Duckworth said Hyde-Smith was misinterpreting the bill.”
“It does not force anyone to see reproductive technology. It does not force anyone to offer it. It does not force anyone to cover it. It simply says you have a statutory right should you choose to pursue assisted reproductive technology,” Duckworth said.
SCOTUS should be careful about protecting Orange Adolf at the expense of democracy.
That means Biden has immunity, too.
A well-worded mention in the SOTU might be in order, to call out the justices in the audience in front of the American people.
Plus, if SCOTUS sides with tRUMPsky, who’s to say that the orange guy and his entire, crime family don’t meet with an unfortunate event before the next election, and hey, immunity.
OK, wait. “…for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.” How was trying to stop the transfer of power an “official act?
If SCOTUS sided with him, were he to have a second term he would be totally immune from anything he did as President? Any POTUS would have total immunity while in office? Who defines what is an official act? Are all acts while in office “official,” even if it is something like trying to overturn the results of an election?
Larry David statement on Richard Lewis death
There is the possibility that the court formerly known as supreme is hoping a certain orange idiot fails to meet the definition of living. Then they do not have to do anything other than stamp “MOOT” on the page.l
Fuck SCROTUS. (Sorry if I offended anyone- OK, I’m not)
if Roberts is an institutionalist who has concerns about the legitimacy of the court, he has one hell of a funny way of showing it.
What is the schedule for SCOTUS hearings? What are they so f-ing busy with the next, two months that they can’t get to deciding if SFB is immune from prosecution for trying to overturn the election because that was part of his “official” duties? Are they waiting until late April to even review it? How long will that take? When will get a decision?
if Roberts is an institutionalist who has concerns about the legitimacy
well, before I get blown away* here’s stephen
President Biden’s awkward ice cream moment came one day before some Democrats in Michigan used their primary votes to protest his support of Israel’s actions in Gaza, while Republicans are pushing state-by-state birth control bans and blocked a bill that would have protected access to contraception nationwide.
* tornado watch and ready to dash down to storm room if and when an annoyingly loud alarm goes off announcing a warning.
and here’s jimmy
Two different people are claiming to be chairs of the Michigan Republican Party, Biden and Trump are both scheduled to visit the border in Texas on Thursday, Donny is taking every chance he gets to beat the drum about not having enough water in our faucets and washing machines, a team wearing hazmat suits was dispatched to Donald Jr’s house because he got a letter in the mail that contained an “unidentified” white powder and we play America’s favorite game, Gimme Five!
nikki ‘toon time
and from David Horsey op ed Haley, undeterred, continues to vex Trump | The Seattle Times
Wishful thinking? More like, as usual, wishful lying.
Haley should come out with gold brogans. Go for the worker vote.
If it were me, I’d come out with gold penny loafers. And put a DIME in the slot.
almost all clear here but, Pogo, heads up, might be coming your way.
I also predict stormy weather in Moscow this coming friday.
Alexei Navalny’s funeral to be held on Friday in Moscow | Alexei Navalny | The Guardian
lest we forget seth
Seth addresses Trump’s plans to visit the U.S.-Mexico border, a Kentucky couple getting married in a gas station restroom and more in his monologue for Tuesday, February 27.
Be safe out there, Pat 🌪️
patd, the boomers have reached East Bumfuck, and I ain’t talking about people my age. Head down, powder dry. Looks like boomers for the next hour or two then just rain for another 4 or so hours.
Be safe out there, Pogo 🌪️
I heard that Boebert asked he son Tyler to see if he could help her with the black vote.
https://delawareliberal.net/2024/02/28/dl-open-thread-wednesday-feb-28-2024/
Sturge, lol
https://kdvr.com/news/colorado/rep-lauren-boeberts-son-arrested-in-string-of-trespassing-thefts/
Slump’s America is going to look like a big fat 747 hauling ass over the Atlantic Ocean staying well beneath the radar.
OUR America is going to sit back and nod approvingly.
According to the polls, Trump was meant to win:
I was just musing about the contrast between Trump’s fate in the public arena vs. courtrooms: 7 grand juries, 3 trial juries and 1 trial judge as finders of fact have found him or his company liable for wrongdoing. Next month the first criminal trial begins. He can get away with lies to the public but in court he faces what Thomas Jefferson called “facts submitted to a candid world”.
So the Deep State controls 197 jurors in 5 jurisdictions. Impressive.
~Yeah, I want to go get french fries and not know how much they cost. Yeah, I want an upcharge on that soda.~
I’m guessing the employees will see zero benefit from any extra revenue generated from surge pricing.
Watching capitalism canibalize itself is such a weird pastime, but here we are.
Someone on the twitter:
The Boeberts are like one big Jerry Springer episode
Thoughts for this morning –
I wonder if Turley is going to pontificate about genetic criminality considering that sfb and family descend from a criminal? Or, BoeBoe’s son, whether he comes by criminalilty naturally or maternally?
Presidents eating ice cream starts way back with our Founding Fathers, no shame in eating it, as long as you do not drop it on your chest. Shame faux snooze needs to attack something as innocent as ice cream. Reminds me of tan suits insults. I suppose if he was to sniff white powder and suck on a bottle of Dr. Beam they would be okay.
Haley is still giving some of her party a place to go. I thought she would be in the thirties, close to forty percent, but the Michigan gqp had a few years to much the voting rules up. She is far from beat, especially if sfb leaves the race.
The version of norovirus hitting the East Coast is nasty. So far four days of weight loss, the hard weigh. At least soft egg stayed down this morning.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
Get well soon, Blue Bronc.
What would you do for a Klondike bar?
Here’s why Taliban Republicans reject Democracy
Two-thirds of Americans reject or are skeptical about Christian nationalism despite its rising influence that’s shaping education, immigration and health care policies, a new survey finds. — https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/poll-christian-nationalism-americans-reject
Christian nationalism’s support is strongest in rural states : NPR — https://www.npr.org/2024/02/28/1234304058/christian-nationalism-survey
Wait till they find out they won’t be spared the wrath.
Ivy, we’re good – thunder’s passed and it’s just a gentle spring rain at the end of February now.
BB, “Or, BoeBoe’s son, whether he comes by criminalilty naturally or maternally?” I’d say yes, and it could be both. Regardless, he’s been a bad boy. Newsweek:
Hmmm, I wonder where he got the idea that he doesn’t have to conform his behavior to our societal norms and can do whatever he wants without consequences?
There has always been surge pricing but most folks are smart enough to point out the antisurge aspects of it. You know, “happy hour” “Senior discount”
If Wendys actually used the term “surge pricing” then they deserve to go bankrupt.
Jack
JUST IN: Full bench of 11th Circuit has *denied* Mark Meadows’ bid to reconsider his effort to remove the Georgia criminal case to federal court. SCOTUS all he’s got left
“* tornado watch and ready to dash down to storm room if and when an annoyingly loud alarm goes off announcing a warning. ”
Pat, living on the edge of the Great Plains, aka tornado alley. We all know the first thing you do when the tornado siren goes off is you go outside and look for the tornado.
Jack
You are so right Jack. When I was in law school in a retirement community, St Petersburg FL, we took full advantage of early bird specials but it never occurred to me to think ‘oh the dinner prices are surging’. That is not how the restaurants marketed it.
As we get President Biden’s full physical results later today it should be noted we know next to nothing about Trump’s health. He has done an even better job of hiding those records than his tax records.
When his longtime doctor died he had his records removed, and they’ve never been seen publicly.
Even while in the White House he only released vitals, no detailed summary other than saying he was the “healthiest president in history”
Mitch has had enough.
A sign he doesn’t think they’ll win back Senate..
BREAKING: Mitch McConnell is stepping down as Senate Republican leader in November. McConnell is the longest serving Senate leader in history.
today’s meme…
Stay safe, Jack. 🌪️
After our early years in Texas and seeing the subdivision next to ours flattened, I refused to move south again solely because of tornadoes. After we got a Radio Shack weather radio, I relented and we moved to Alabama. We survived April 27, 2011 thanks to that radio at 5:30 am, but I will never forget it and the aftermath.
You’re spot on, I did get a look at the green wall of wind before we fled to the basement.
https://www.weather.gov/bmx/event_04272011
We’ve had enough of Mitch.
Always keep a fireman’s axe down there in case you have to hack your way out.
I could easily type out something like “rot in hell you SOB”, but I am a nicer person now, I don’t type that out anymore.
Ivy – thanks. I just ate a nice corned beef on English Muffin with cheese sandwich, and it is good. Still don’t know how I gain weight when I am not eating.
Craig – I think we have quite the visual of a fat/obese, mentally cratering, high blood pressure, and for some reason quite pale even after spending hours in the sun or could be a grey, low intelligence, old person. Doctors are talking about danger signs, or as I say, good things can happen to those who wait signs. A good office pool would have things like, stroke, heart attack, trip and fall, wander off (day, night, zoo), hit mirror slice artery, . . . you get the idea.
Trump Offers Court a $100 Million Bond to Pause a $454 Million Judgment
NYT: Unless the appeals court accepts the $100 million bond or grants Mr. Trump additional time, the attorney general can collect at any moment. Under New York law, Ms. James, can seize Mr. Trump’s bank accounts and potentially take control of his New York properties.
Siren going off here now, but then I realized it’s 1pm and the first Wednesday of the month. Stay safe, Jack. I’m headed up this summer. I’ve had enough of Texas.
Waiting for the Russo-Republican MAGAts to start jockeying for position, as Moscow Mitch exits Congress. Will they finish off the Republican Party completely?
Does this mean we’re not getting our Piggly Wiggly in Colorado?
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/is-piggly-wiggly-returning-to-colorado
Be safe, BID! 🌪️
Are you leaving the Lone Star for good?
https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-seeks-block-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-testimony-hush-money-trial-2024-02-27/
“Donald Trump is seeking to block porn star Stormy Daniels and his former lawyer Michael Cohen from testifying at the former U.S. president’s upcoming criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to Daniels before the 2016 election.”
Back to the beginning.
Yup.
I thought mine was the monthly test, since it’s 1pm in Wednesday, but usually it’s the first Wednesday of the month. Not sure what happened. There’s no weather here.
Who will give tRUMPsky the money? Saudi Arabia, funneled through JarJar?
https://www.pajiba.com/web_culture/david-letterman-has-challenged-tucker-carlson-to-a-fight.php
Letterman challenged Comrade Carlson to a fight.
“Tucker is a showman. He knows it, and he knows I know it,” Letterman said in the video. “So what I’ve decided to do to prove that it’s all an act, is that he and I are going to fight.”
Today’s chuckles – No more do we need to put up or pay the full amount of a fine or penalty. We tell the judge what it is really worth.
We get to tell the judge who we want to testify against us, or if we feel like none.
Thinking about it, no need to pay the fine or penalty, too rich.
For some reason Marlago is not off limits to provide assets to take. It is under one of the LLC’s. Oh yeah, right from the start the good people told sfb it can’t be a residence if it is a club.
Biden says he and McConnell ‘fight like hell’ but he’s ‘sorry to hear’ Republican will step down as leader – live | US elections 2024 | The Guardian
Biden says he’s ‘sorry to hear’ that McConnell is stepping down
Joe Biden said he was “sorry to hear” that Mitch McConnell planned to leave his post as the top Senate Republican, remembering him as an antagonist who “never, never misrepresented anything”.
“He and I have trust, we’ve got a great relationship, we fight like hell but he never, never, never misrepresented anything,” the president said at a White House event on his administration’s crime-fighting efforts. “I’m sorry to hear he’s stepping down.”
Biden and McConnell served in the Senate together for 24 years.
[also from same link]
Asked for his thoughts on Mitch McConnell’s plans to depart Senate Republican leadership, Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, said he blamed him for not voting to convict Donald Trump following the January 6 insurrection.
The House impeached Trump after the attack by his supporters on the Capitol, but McConnell voted against convicting him in the Senate. Seven Republicans ultimately broke ranks and voted with Democrats to sustain the charges, but McConnell’s opposition was seen as crucial to discouraging enough Republicans that the two-thirds majority threshold for conviction was not reached.
Raskin makes that point here:
Wasn’t sure if choke in the clutch is an actual expression, but if it is, it should be chiseled on his tombstone.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/212471/what-is-the-origin-of-choke-in-the-clutch
hunter seems to be holding his own at the hearing. can’t say that about the GOPers.
the hill:
Bette Midler just twiXted: “On a sad note, the great Richard Lewis has died”
whatta putz —schmuck is too good a word to waste on him
Gaetz: ‘We’ve now 86’d McCarthy, McDaniel, McConnell’ | The Hill
A WhatAboutism worth asking:
Hunter Biden asks GOP: What about Jared Kushner
…he wasn’t looking too good on “Curb”
rip
BREAKING: Supreme Court has *granted* cert and will consider presidential immunity.
Argument is set for week of April 22, an expedited timeline.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4494243-republicans-block-bill-to-protect-access-to-ivf/
“Senate Republicans blocked an effort Wednesday to pass legislation that would federally protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF).”
“Republican senators said this week they support access to IVF, but they don’t want to interfere in a state issue and don’t feel there needs to be federal protections for IVF.”
They want every woman of childbearing years, pregnant, out of the job market, and dependent on/subservient to a man. Republicans are going after birth control next. Every unfertilized egg is a potential baby, they will argue.
“Duckworth said Hyde-Smith was misinterpreting the bill.”
“It does not force anyone to see reproductive technology. It does not force anyone to offer it. It does not force anyone to cover it. It simply says you have a statutory right should you choose to pursue assisted reproductive technology,” Duckworth said.
SCOTUS should be careful about protecting Orange Adolf at the expense of democracy.
That means Biden has immunity, too.
A well-worded mention in the SOTU might be in order, to call out the justices in the audience in front of the American people.
Plus, if SCOTUS sides with tRUMPsky, who’s to say that the orange guy and his entire, crime family don’t meet with an unfortunate event before the next election, and hey, immunity.
OK, wait. “…for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.” How was trying to stop the transfer of power an “official act?
If SCOTUS sided with him, were he to have a second term he would be totally immune from anything he did as President? Any POTUS would have total immunity while in office? Who defines what is an official act? Are all acts while in office “official,” even if it is something like trying to overturn the results of an election?
Larry David statement on Richard Lewis death
There is the possibility that the court formerly known as supreme is hoping a certain orange idiot fails to meet the definition of living. Then they do not have to do anything other than stamp “MOOT” on the page.l
Fuck SCROTUS. (Sorry if I offended anyone- OK, I’m not)
SCOTUS is a 4 letter word.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gilbert-gottfrieds-amazing-colossal-podcast/id883308059?i=1000392667405
Richard Lewis spends some time with Gilbert Gottfried’s on Gilbert’s Amazing Colossal Podcast.
Oh, I musta misspelled it. I used 7 letters.
Clarence and Ginny are dancing tonight. (Try to get THAT image out of your head.)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gilbert-gottfrieds-amazing-colossal-podcast/id883308059?i=1000618717007
Another episode of Gilbert’s Podcast with Richard Lewis.
Funny guy.
Bogus SCOTUS has made a big mess of it. Democracy is on life support and they’re pulling the plug to charge their phones.
Illinois: Stump OFF THE BALLOT.
Maddow, on the immunity.
https://twitter.com/allinwithchris/status/1763014265156346205/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1763014265156346205¤tTweetUser=allinwithchris
if Roberts is an institutionalist who has concerns about the legitimacy of the court, he has one hell of a funny way of showing it.
What is the schedule for SCOTUS hearings? What are they so f-ing busy with the next, two months that they can’t get to deciding if SFB is immune from prosecution for trying to overturn the election because that was part of his “official” duties? Are they waiting until late April to even review it? How long will that take? When will get a decision?
that horse left the barn ten cases ago
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