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  • in reply to: California #6098
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    in reply to: Inflation continues #6090
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    *shrug* I remember when the press kept a running “ticker” of a President’s lies and excuses, and claimed that the President never took responsibility for problems.

    in reply to: Inflation continues #6089
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    https://mobile.twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1525293982133407744

    Huh. Interesting thread from an observer with a complicated history with the US government.

    in reply to: Hannity in cahoots with with President #6075
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    On the afternoon of Election Day, Hannity texted Meadows at 1:36 p.m. to ask about turnout in North Carolina. Two hours later, Meadows responded: “Stress every vote matters. Get out and vote. On radio.”
    “Yes sir,” Hannity replied. “On it. Any place in particular we need a push.”
    “Pennsylvania. NC AZ,” Meadows wrote, adding: “Nevada.”
    “Got it. Everywhere,” Hannity said.
    Are you just cranking out Aaron Rupar takes (taking things out of context and using misleading edits)?  Is Hannity asking for directions to suppress stories, hide facts, or push lies in this context?  No.  He’s being lazy, and asking the obvious (what states are close) and what states Hannity should push turnout.  After reading the CNN article, I’m not sure that this is the dunk that you, or CNN, thought it was.
    As for Cuomo, CNN, consistent with journalistic ethics, put a firewall between Chris Cuomo and Andrew Cuomo.  That firewall was promptly ignored.  Not only ignored, but Chris Cuomo gave Andrew Cuomo advice on how to suppress the truth.  I’ll let cardcrimson defend his own points, but we’ll see how that lawsuit shakes out.  I predict there will be a settlement, because if the discovery starts leaking, it won’t be good for CNN.
    in reply to: Hannity in cahoots with with President #6073
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    https://technofog.substack.com/p/durhams-latest-he-has-hundreds-of?s=w

    How about e-mails between Fusion GPS / Hillary campaign and Slate, ABC News, the NY Times, and the Washington Post?  Included are e-mails where reporters from the Post specifically say their sources in Russia think the Steele Dossier is full of false information… and yet they pushed it for three years.

    in reply to: So, is DeSantis the real deal? #6029
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    The left’s ideology is not popular among the broader community (it is popular among the coastal elites and the media).  Once people heard what was actually in the bill, it was overwhelmingly popular.  I’m less sure about the move to strip Disney of its tax breaks, because I’m not sure how the law of unintended consequences plays out here.

    Of course, this leads us to the unmasking of the LibsofTikTok account, a previously anonymous account that reposted TikToks by (mostly) teachers where they admit attempting to politicize students / teach gender ideology and sexuality to children.  Taylor Lorenz, a “journalist” who two weeks ago went on MSNBC about “online bullying” and broke down in tears.  She then threw MSNBC under the bus when people made fun of her crocodile tears, saying that the MSNBC clip being released resulted in her being cyberbullied.  I use crocodile tears because of how she can dish it out, but can’t take ANY criticism (and she’s constantly been wrong).  Anyhow, Taylor Lorenz outed an anonymous account, including knocking on the doors of relatives, and then the Washington Post lied about exposing personal information.  Brian Stelter, professional narrative launderer, then interviewed her so she could get out her justifications.

    How thin-skinned is she?  She doesn’t allow the Internet Archive Wayback Machine to archive her tweets.  Probably because then there’s no record of her being wrong.

    As for DeSouza, he was convicted of illegal bundling / campaign contributions.  Look closely at how the Democrats / elites protect their own when they finance their campaigns.  Whether “2000 Mules” holds up, we’ll see.  As far as I know, there haven’t been any prosecutions based on the evidence.

    in reply to: So, is DeSantis the real deal? #6026
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    in reply to: American life expectancy shrinks by nearly two years #6009
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    Ms. Hammer is correct.  Dr. Wen, who helped peddle masking, lockdowns, etc., is also correct, but has zero self-awareness of the why, which is plainly obvious.  If you make the cure worse than the disease (especially true during Omicron), this is the result.  We have yet to see the ramifications of how we treated children.

    in reply to: Glad the Justice Department has nothing better to do. . . #6008
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    In this context, the Justice Department represents the client agency.  Unless there is no legal basis / arguments to make, then the Department of Justice must represent the client agency’s legal (and political) position.  There have been cases where the government abandoned a position after the administration changed, and the Court appointed counsel to represent the position.  Blame HHS (Becerra, who first floated the idea of appealing) and the CDC.

    Also, where’s the Department of Transportation in all this?  Wouldn’t this be under their jurisdiction?  Actually, I believe that this was part of the judge’s decision, but let’s be honest, Pete Buttigieg is a disaster as Secretary of Transportation.

    in reply to: Quinnipiac poll has Biden at 33% approval #6006
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    https://mobile.twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1516461120382513153

    Only 8% underwater in this tracking poll. Comeback!

    in reply to: It’s 1981 again #5986
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    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/when-inflation-was-even-worse-212636275.html

    Don’t forget they changed the formula and the basket of goods. Volcker was willing to play the villain. It worked, though, after the pain.

    in reply to: American life expectancy shrinks by nearly two years #5985
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    https://www.addictionpolicy.org/post/the-fentanyl-crisis-is-only-getting-worse

    This is from just about when we went into COVID lockdown.  US life expectancy reversed in 2018, and started trending down.  COVID has accelerated this trend, but the real culprit is despair (and fentanyl).  Suicide and fentanyl / opiod overdoses have increased for those under 55 by so much that it is lowering life expectancy.  There will likely be a bump up after COVID is under control.  I expect life expectancy to start trending downward again after that because 1) the diabetes / obesity wave; 2) if fentanyl / opiods continue flooding into the country, and cities keep pursuing ineffective homelessness policies, there will be more deaths; and 3) let’s keep passing neuroses and mental illness on our children.

    https://nida.nih.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates

    The 2021 and 2022 numbers (so far) are astounding.

    Teen numbers are really bad.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/EWoodhouse7/status/1481491026556694528

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    in reply to: It’s 1981 again #5979
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    in reply to: It’s 1981 again #5974
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    Volker did what he had to, given the circumstances. Our Fed has not over the last decade. Keeping rates artificially low helped the housing market and the stock market, but didn’t help the average American. The pressures have been building, and now that there is an exogenous shock (high oil prices again, plus supply chain from China and incompetence), it’s got no where to go but up.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/nickrmanes/status/1513847059216019457?cxt=HHwWgsC5jab4oYIqAAAA

    Smarter people than myself have figured out what to do.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/JesseLee46/status/1513874750875090957

    Neo, pointing out how bad inflation is means you are lockstep with Putin.

     

     

    in reply to: Elon Musk has an interesting idea to solve SF homelessness #5959
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    Never forget that the Washington Post, showing a total lack of self-awareness, wrote an editorial saying that Elon Musk’s 10% stake in Twitter is a threat to free speech.

    They even put “free speech” in scare quotes.

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