42 thoughts on “It’s THAT Day All Over Again and Again and Again”
and it’s getting to be like every day now in today’s usa
The House GOP is reportedly considering a temporary 90-day speaker, Rep. George Santos refuses to resign, and the former president made a bold prediction for 2024.
so if craziness and chaos in critterville isn’t enough, there’s also this to think about today
Oct 13 (Reuters) – U.S. law enforcement agencies have escalated security measures to safeguard Jewish and Muslim communities ahead of global pro-Palestinian protests expected on Friday but urged members of the public to go about their daily routines.
Police in the two most populous U.S. cities – New York and Los Angeles – said they would step up patrols, especially around synagogues and Jewish community centers, though authorities insisted they were unaware of any specific, or credible threats.
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Another day of republican assholes.
Who will rid us of these meddlesome cockroaches.
sturge, not limited just to the house of magaTs. for instance:
A Parody about Judge Clarence Thomas based on the song Tom Dooley, as made famous by The Kingston Trio. Lyrics by David Cohen. Performance by Don Caron. Executive Producers Don Caron and Jerry Pender
Speaker Jeffries? Time for him to make deals. Only needs four or five Republicans in Biden districts. Offer not to support Democratic challenge to their reelection.
He Alone Can Solve It (just don’t ask him to spell)…
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
THE ATTACK ON ISRAEL WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED, ZERO CHANCE, IF THE ELECTION OF 2020 WAS NOT RIGGED AND STOLLEN. IT SHOWS THE WORLD HOW IMPORTANT ELECTIONS ARE. IRAN WAS BROKE AND TALKING, NOW THEY ARE RICH AND WATCHING, WAITING TO MAKE THEIR MOVE, AND IT WILL BE A BIG ONE! HOW COULD CROOKED JOE BIDEN, THE WORST AND MOST INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN? WE WENT FROM THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS AND PEACE, TO UNPRECEDENTED DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. NEVERTHELESS, THIS BIG AND VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM IS SOLVABLE. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
Oct 13, 2023, 8:41 AM
He’s deranged, demented, delusional, and deviant.
Hakeem, Hakeem, Hakeem. It’s the only thing that makes sense. We need a SOTH. We need to prevent a government shutdown.
Also, we need Tuberville to stop endangering our military, especially now. We have hundreds of spots that need to be filled. That trip down the plane stairs, a taste of the karma to come for us all if he doesn’t stop dragging his feet.
There must be a “we give up” rule in the house that would allow for the GOP to concede to a bipartisan Speaker.
A Plan for “Speaker Jeffries”
Only five Republican House members need to align their speaker votes with the 212 Democrats to break the deadlock and elect Jeffries as Speaker. Eighteen Republican representatives were elected from districts won by President Biden. Two from New York, Marc Molinaro and Mike Lawler, previously sid they would consider working with Democrats to solve the budget deadlock.
To enlist the needed five or more, Jeffries would have to fully embrace and empower any Republicans willing to save the country from gridlock. At least three political “carrots” could be dangled.
First, cooperating Republicans would be promised choice Committee assignments that carry weight with their constituents.
Second, cooperators will be credited as profiles in courage ready to take on political risk to restore a functional government. Democratic leaders would not support challengers to their reelection.
Third, a Speaker Jeffries would involve the aligned Republicans in developing powerful “consensus” legislation with broad bipartisan public support on immigration, Ukraine, voting rights, gun safety.
I had stollen when we went to Germany a few years ago. Tasty.
So it’s Friday the 13th. I’m looking for a mirror to break for good measure.
I’d love to see Jeffries take over TSOH… but I don’t really see why any repug would allow that. It would mean that the Dems have full control over the government.
But… hey… what do I know… I’m sitting here anxiously awaiting the start of the NBA season.
“U.S. and Qatar block Iran from getting $6 billion hostage exchange money following Hamas attack on Israel as Biden punishes Tehran regime for supporting terror group”
Israel is dropping leaflets, warning folks to leave.
Hamas is telling them to stay…because they need human shields.
Craig,
While we are dreaming the impossible.
What is needed is a compromise candidate. For any Republican to vote for Jefferies they either need to plan on leaving office or switching to the Democratic party. I don’t see that happening in mass But if they were to pick some centrist from the Democratic caucus and leave Jefferies as head of the Democratic caucus and let the Republicans pick their party leader. What you want could be doable. It would take power sharing across party lines and whole new set of positions and, and,
Oh never mind
Jack
BiD
Just where are they supposed to go? Israel is already bombing the UN run schools which were considered safe zones. So do they swim out into the Mediterranean?
Jack
Jack – Exactly. It’s a mess.
Could some/enough Republicans stomach Liz Cheney (if she’d return), if they don’t want to back Hakeem?
I don’t see how anybody’s going to be able to locate 7 decent republicans out of those currently in office They have all lost their minds.
“Homemade rockets. Modified AK-47s. Decades-old Soviet machine guns. Cheap, second-hand, and purloined weapons comprised Hamas’ deadly makeshift arsenal that fueled a devastating, multi-pronged attack on Israel over the weekend.”
“Many of the weapons appeared to be altered Russian or Chinese firearms, presumedly left behind on the battlefield in decades past that eventually made their way into the hands of Hamas terrorists, experts say.”
Did the “government” in Gaza not plan for the aftermath of their attacks as thoroughly as they planned the attacks themselves?
…or did they see this all coming and attacked anyway
bink, their plan was/is to start/wage a full-scale war in the middle east.
[…]
His challenger will be Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), who filed to run Friday.
[…]
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) doubled down Friday on her criticism of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), saying if he becomes Speaker, Republicans will lose control of the House in the next election.
“If Rs nominate Jordan to be Speaker, they will be abandoning the Constitution. They’ll lose the House majority and they’ll deserve to,” Cheney wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
Cheney reiterated her concern about Jordan’s close relationship with former President Trump and about his involvement in the efforts to keep Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election.
“Jim Jordan was involved in Trump’s conspiracy to steal the election and seize power,” she wrote. “He urged that Pence refuse to count lawful electoral votes.”
[…]
“I don’t necessarily want to be the Speaker of the House,” Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) said. “I want a House that functions correctly, but the House is not functioning correctly right now.”
Asked if he was running for symbolic reasons, he responded “no,” but acknowledged, “I don’t know if anyone can get to 217 in our conference.”
[…]
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) will nominate Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) for Speaker, Scott told reporters.
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Austin Scott (R-Ga.) has filed to run against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for Speaker.
“We are in Washington to legislate, and I want to lead a House that functions in the best interest of the American people,” Scott wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
The late-stage announcement from Scott — a seventh-term lawmaker who was on few people’s radar as a potential Speaker contender — is an apparent protest against Jordan as House GOP lawmakers are set to hold a Speaker candidate forum Friday afternoon.
“I don’t necessarily want to be the speaker of the House. I want a House that functions correctly, but the House is not functioning correctly right now,” he said.
Scott told reporters he had “no intention” of running for Speaker this morning.
“I care more about the conference and that it’s doing our job than I care about who the Speaker is. I truly do,” Scott said. “When I woke up this morning I had no intention of doing this.”
“I believe is if we as Republicans are gonna be the majority, we have to do the right things the right way. And we’re not doing that right now,” he later added.
[…]
“A couple of days ago when eight Republicans, eight Republicans … with 208 Democrats to take the Speaker of the House out. That’s the wrong thing to do,” he said. “And so we have to stop that type of stuff. If we’re gonna be the majority party we have to act like the majority party.”
[…]
Scott, who represents Georgia’s 8th Congressional District, serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Armed Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee.
Pat
I suspect their goal was the same as Israel’s defense minister’s current goal. Revenge. It is the way you conduct a genocidal war. Hamas may talk about pushing the Israelis into the sea but Israel is doing it. These conflicts are never pretty. This current phase of the conflict is going to get uglier. The Iraqi’s showed how to fight this style of war. IED’s are cheap and smuggle in a few anti tank weapons and it turns deadly for the Israeli fighters too. It is hard to conquer a people who have hit the point where they just don’t give a fuck.
Jack
Today: Saw no jihaddrrs…..Operation Diligent Observation continues.
“One update from September 28 warned, based on multiple streams of intelligence, that the terror group Hamas was poised to escalate rocket-attacks across the border. An October 5 wire from the CIA warned generally of the increasing possibility of violence by Hamas. Then, on October 6, the day before the attack, US officials circulated reporting from Israel indicating unusual activity by Hamas — indications that are now clear: an attack was imminent.”
“None of the American assessments offered any tactical details or indications of the overwhelming scope, scale and sheer brutality of the operation that Hamas carried out on October 7, sources say. It is unclear if any of these US assessments were shared with Israel, which provides much of the intelligence that the US bases its reports on.”
“The problem is that none of this is new,” said one of the sources familiar with the intelligence. “This is something that has historically been the norm between Hamas and Israel. I think what happened is everyone saw these reports and were like, ‘Yeah of course. But we know what this will look like.’”
“A senior official from an Arab country in the region said their country repeatedly raised concerns with US and Israeli officials that Palestinian anger was reaching a dangerous pitch. “But they never listened every time we warned them,” the official said.
“A Middle Eastern diplomat in Washington, DC, also told CNN that their government had repeatedly warned the White House and US intelligence officials of a buildup of Hamas weapons and anger among Palestinians that was set to explode.”
“Hamas likely hid the planning of the operation through old-fashioned counterintelligence measures such as conducting planning meetings in person and staying off digital communications whose signals the Israelis can track. But US officials also believe that Israel had become complacent about the threat Hamas posed and failed to recognize key indicators that the group was planning for a large-scale operation.”
“For example, Israeli officials failed to recognize routine Hamas training exercises as a sign that the group was preparing an imminent attack. The militants trained for the onslaught in at least six sites across Gaza, a CNN investigation found, including at one site less than a mile from Israel’s border.”
“Held by the Ottoman Empire until 1917, it passed from British to Egyptian to Israeli military rule over the last century and is now a fenced-in enclave inhabited by over 2 million Palestinians.”
“In August 2005 Israel evacuated all its troops and settlers from Gaza, which was by then completely fenced off from the outside world by Israel.”
“Palestinians tore down the abandoned buildings and infrastructure for scrap. The settlements’ removal led to greater freedom of movement within Gaza, and a “tunnel economy” boomed as armed groups, smugglers and entrepreneurs quickly dug scores of tunnels into Egypt.”
“In 2006, Hamas scored a surprise victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections and then seized full control of Gaza, overthrowing forces loyal to Arafat’s successor, President Mahmoud Abbas.”
“Much of the international community cut aid to the Palestinians in Hamas-controlled areas because they regarded Hamas as a terrorist organization.”
“Ambitious Hamas plans to refocus Gaza’s economy east, away from Israel, foundered before they even started.”
“Viewing Hamas as a threat, Egypt’s military-backed leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who took power in 2014, closed the border with Gaza and blew up most of the tunnels. Once again isolated, Gaza’s economy went into reverse.”
“Gaza’s economy has suffered repeatedly in the cycle of conflict, attack and retaliation between Israel and Palestinian militant groups.”
“There was only one real winner last Saturday when war broke out in Israel — Russian President Vladimir Putin.”
“Putin also likely saw an opening after Congress passed its 45-day continuing resolution last week that provided no additional funding for Ukraine.”
“Now Israel, a historic and strategic ally in the Middle East, is under attack, facing its own 9/11, just as Russian forces in Ukraine are teetering on the edge of defeat in the Donbas and Crimea. Coincidence?”
best meme ever…
lol 👀
Idiots. Picked Gym as speaker nominee. Scalise had 2 dozen members opposing him. Gym has 50. How’s that math work?
For godsakes, not Jock Strap Jordan!
Trash Day here. I’m so ready for the White Trash Truck to haul them away.
Ivey, I can’t imagine he’ll garner 217 votes. And no way no how would any Democrats pitch in to help him.
Pogo, I hope not. We’re better off with no freaking speaker than with him.
PS: I will be back in the “land of Kay Ivey” next week. I’m anxious to see for myself what’s going on there.
Ivey, Give Grammy my regards. 🖕🏼
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and it’s getting to be like every day now in today’s usa
The House GOP is reportedly considering a temporary 90-day speaker, Rep. George Santos refuses to resign, and the former president made a bold prediction for 2024.
so if craziness and chaos in critterville isn’t enough, there’s also this to think about today
US law enforcement steps up security ahead of expected Mideast protests | Reuters
Another day of republican assholes.
Who will rid us of these meddlesome cockroaches.
sturge, not limited just to the house of magaTs. for instance:
A Parody about Judge Clarence Thomas based on the song Tom Dooley, as made famous by The Kingston Trio. Lyrics by David Cohen. Performance by Don Caron. Executive Producers Don Caron and Jerry Pender
Speaker Jeffries? Time for him to make deals. Only needs four or five Republicans in Biden districts. Offer not to support Democratic challenge to their reelection.
He Alone Can Solve It (just don’t ask him to spell)…
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
THE ATTACK ON ISRAEL WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED, ZERO CHANCE, IF THE ELECTION OF 2020 WAS NOT RIGGED AND STOLLEN. IT SHOWS THE WORLD HOW IMPORTANT ELECTIONS ARE. IRAN WAS BROKE AND TALKING, NOW THEY ARE RICH AND WATCHING, WAITING TO MAKE THEIR MOVE, AND IT WILL BE A BIG ONE! HOW COULD CROOKED JOE BIDEN, THE WORST AND MOST INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN? WE WENT FROM THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS AND PEACE, TO UNPRECEDENTED DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. NEVERTHELESS, THIS BIG AND VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM IS SOLVABLE. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
Oct 13, 2023, 8:41 AM
He’s deranged, demented, delusional, and deviant.
Hakeem, Hakeem, Hakeem. It’s the only thing that makes sense. We need a SOTH. We need to prevent a government shutdown.
Also, we need Tuberville to stop endangering our military, especially now. We have hundreds of spots that need to be filled. That trip down the plane stairs, a taste of the karma to come for us all if he doesn’t stop dragging his feet.
There must be a “we give up” rule in the house that would allow for the GOP to concede to a bipartisan Speaker.
A Plan for “Speaker Jeffries”
Only five Republican House members need to align their speaker votes with the 212 Democrats to break the deadlock and elect Jeffries as Speaker. Eighteen Republican representatives were elected from districts won by President Biden. Two from New York, Marc Molinaro and Mike Lawler, previously sid they would consider working with Democrats to solve the budget deadlock.
To enlist the needed five or more, Jeffries would have to fully embrace and empower any Republicans willing to save the country from gridlock. At least three political “carrots” could be dangled.
First, cooperating Republicans would be promised choice Committee assignments that carry weight with their constituents.
Second, cooperators will be credited as profiles in courage ready to take on political risk to restore a functional government. Democratic leaders would not support challengers to their reelection.
Third, a Speaker Jeffries would involve the aligned Republicans in developing powerful “consensus” legislation with broad bipartisan public support on immigration, Ukraine, voting rights, gun safety.
I had stollen when we went to Germany a few years ago. Tasty.
So it’s Friday the 13th. I’m looking for a mirror to break for good measure.
I’d love to see Jeffries take over TSOH… but I don’t really see why any repug would allow that. It would mean that the Dems have full control over the government.
But… hey… what do I know… I’m sitting here anxiously awaiting the start of the NBA season.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12624251/U-S-Qatar-freeze-6-billion-Iranian-funds-wake-Hamas-attack-Israel-Biden-punishes-Tehran-support-terror-group.html
“U.S. and Qatar block Iran from getting $6 billion hostage exchange money following Hamas attack on Israel as Biden punishes Tehran regime for supporting terror group”
Israel is dropping leaflets, warning folks to leave.
Hamas is telling them to stay…because they need human shields.
Craig,
While we are dreaming the impossible.
What is needed is a compromise candidate. For any Republican to vote for Jefferies they either need to plan on leaving office or switching to the Democratic party. I don’t see that happening in mass But if they were to pick some centrist from the Democratic caucus and leave Jefferies as head of the Democratic caucus and let the Republicans pick their party leader. What you want could be doable. It would take power sharing across party lines and whole new set of positions and, and,
Oh never mind
Jack
BiD
Just where are they supposed to go? Israel is already bombing the UN run schools which were considered safe zones. So do they swim out into the Mediterranean?
Jack
Jack – Exactly. It’s a mess.
Could some/enough Republicans stomach Liz Cheney (if she’d return), if they don’t want to back Hakeem?
I don’t see how anybody’s going to be able to locate 7 decent republicans out of those currently in office They have all lost their minds.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/13/middleeast/hamas-weapons-invs/index.html
“Homemade rockets. Modified AK-47s. Decades-old Soviet machine guns. Cheap, second-hand, and purloined weapons comprised Hamas’ deadly makeshift arsenal that fueled a devastating, multi-pronged attack on Israel over the weekend.”
“Many of the weapons appeared to be altered Russian or Chinese firearms, presumedly left behind on the battlefield in decades past that eventually made their way into the hands of Hamas terrorists, experts say.”
Did the “government” in Gaza not plan for the aftermath of their attacks as thoroughly as they planned the attacks themselves?
…or did they see this all coming and attacked anyway
bink, their plan was/is to start/wage a full-scale war in the middle east.
with a little help from their friends
Hezbollah Says It’s ‘Fully Ready’ to Help Hamas Fight against Israel (msn.com)
Jordan gets challenger for Speaker as House GOP scrambles: Live coverage | The Hill
Austin Scott running for Speaker against Jordan | The Hill
Who is Austin Scott, the Georgia Republican seeking the House speakership? | CNN Politics
Pat
I suspect their goal was the same as Israel’s defense minister’s current goal. Revenge. It is the way you conduct a genocidal war. Hamas may talk about pushing the Israelis into the sea but Israel is doing it. These conflicts are never pretty. This current phase of the conflict is going to get uglier. The Iraqi’s showed how to fight this style of war. IED’s are cheap and smuggle in a few anti tank weapons and it turns deadly for the Israeli fighters too. It is hard to conquer a people who have hit the point where they just don’t give a fuck.
Jack
Today: Saw no jihaddrrs…..Operation Diligent Observation continues.
https://www.rawstory.com/jim-jordan-house-speaker-2665935104/
‘America wants me’: Jim Jordan infuriated GOPers as he undercut Scalise’s speaker bid
America doesn’t want Gym Jordan for anything but treason. Anyone who votes for that traitor is an enemy of the people.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/13/politics/us-intelligence-warnings-potential-gaza-clash-days-before-attack/index.html
“One update from September 28 warned, based on multiple streams of intelligence, that the terror group Hamas was poised to escalate rocket-attacks across the border. An October 5 wire from the CIA warned generally of the increasing possibility of violence by Hamas. Then, on October 6, the day before the attack, US officials circulated reporting from Israel indicating unusual activity by Hamas — indications that are now clear: an attack was imminent.”
“None of the American assessments offered any tactical details or indications of the overwhelming scope, scale and sheer brutality of the operation that Hamas carried out on October 7, sources say. It is unclear if any of these US assessments were shared with Israel, which provides much of the intelligence that the US bases its reports on.”
“The problem is that none of this is new,” said one of the sources familiar with the intelligence. “This is something that has historically been the norm between Hamas and Israel. I think what happened is everyone saw these reports and were like, ‘Yeah of course. But we know what this will look like.’”
“A senior official from an Arab country in the region said their country repeatedly raised concerns with US and Israeli officials that Palestinian anger was reaching a dangerous pitch. “But they never listened every time we warned them,” the official said.
“A Middle Eastern diplomat in Washington, DC, also told CNN that their government had repeatedly warned the White House and US intelligence officials of a buildup of Hamas weapons and anger among Palestinians that was set to explode.”
“Hamas likely hid the planning of the operation through old-fashioned counterintelligence measures such as conducting planning meetings in person and staying off digital communications whose signals the Israelis can track. But US officials also believe that Israel had become complacent about the threat Hamas posed and failed to recognize key indicators that the group was planning for a large-scale operation.”
“For example, Israeli officials failed to recognize routine Hamas training exercises as a sign that the group was preparing an imminent attack. The militants trained for the onslaught in at least six sites across Gaza, a CNN investigation found, including at one site less than a mile from Israel’s border.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/brief-history-gazas-75-years-woe-2023-10-10/
“Held by the Ottoman Empire until 1917, it passed from British to Egyptian to Israeli military rule over the last century and is now a fenced-in enclave inhabited by over 2 million Palestinians.”
“In August 2005 Israel evacuated all its troops and settlers from Gaza, which was by then completely fenced off from the outside world by Israel.”
“Palestinians tore down the abandoned buildings and infrastructure for scrap. The settlements’ removal led to greater freedom of movement within Gaza, and a “tunnel economy” boomed as armed groups, smugglers and entrepreneurs quickly dug scores of tunnels into Egypt.”
“In 2006, Hamas scored a surprise victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections and then seized full control of Gaza, overthrowing forces loyal to Arafat’s successor, President Mahmoud Abbas.”
“Much of the international community cut aid to the Palestinians in Hamas-controlled areas because they regarded Hamas as a terrorist organization.”
“Ambitious Hamas plans to refocus Gaza’s economy east, away from Israel, foundered before they even started.”
“Viewing Hamas as a threat, Egypt’s military-backed leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who took power in 2014, closed the border with Gaza and blew up most of the tunnels. Once again isolated, Gaza’s economy went into reverse.”
“Gaza’s economy has suffered repeatedly in the cycle of conflict, attack and retaliation between Israel and Palestinian militant groups.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4250708-putins-fingerprints-are-on-hamas/
“There was only one real winner last Saturday when war broke out in Israel — Russian President Vladimir Putin.”
“Putin also likely saw an opening after Congress passed its 45-day continuing resolution last week that provided no additional funding for Ukraine.”
“Now Israel, a historic and strategic ally in the Middle East, is under attack, facing its own 9/11, just as Russian forces in Ukraine are teetering on the edge of defeat in the Donbas and Crimea. Coincidence?”
best meme ever…
lol 👀
Idiots. Picked Gym as speaker nominee. Scalise had 2 dozen members opposing him. Gym has 50. How’s that math work?
For godsakes, not Jock Strap Jordan!
Trash Day here. I’m so ready for the White Trash Truck to haul them away.
Ivey, I can’t imagine he’ll garner 217 votes. And no way no how would any Democrats pitch in to help him.
Pogo, I hope not. We’re better off with no freaking speaker than with him.
PS: I will be back in the “land of Kay Ivey” next week. I’m anxious to see for myself what’s going on there.
Ivey, Give Grammy my regards. 🖕🏼
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