JCM 5/10/2022 7:20:46 AM

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Occasional Reader 5/10/2022 8:07:06 AM

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(Reposting)

Meanwhile, it occurred to me, in a Eureka! sort of moment this morning, who the (D) candidate for POTUS should be in 2024 (given Joe's evident, rapid decline).  We as a nation are all-in with this political "dynasty" business, right?  Bush, Clinton, maybe Obama, etc.  So for 2024, Why Not The Best (pace, Jimmy Carter).  Why not... Hunter Biden.  

Think about it!

1) His last name is "Biden".

2) He's a... uh... successful.. businessman!  Yeah, that's the ticket.  Businessman.

3) He's used to the rough-and-tumble of DC politics, having been the target of a VICIOUS, FSB-backed right-wing disinformation/smear/insurrection/treason!!! campaign regarding that so-called laptop!  His struggles were made even more difficult when the whole thing turned out to be true.  He's a fighter!

4) His last name is "Biden". 

5) He's a successful businessman!

6) He'd be super entertaining. 

BONUS 7) He's an accomplished artist!  How cool would it be to have a genuine artist in the White House?! 

buzzsawmonkey 5/10/2022 8:10:00 AM

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In #7 Occasional Reader said: Good morning.  On that list compiled by buzz, I'll say that I'm a least a little sympathetic to that last point, regarding circumcision.   It's a religious tradition/ requirement for some; okay.  But in the US, it's also just widely done because... why?  The reasons seem very slim.   When Little OR was born, we filled out a form in which, among other things, we declined that particular "service".  Nevertheless, not just once but twice (as far as my then sleep-deprived memory records it), the Circumcision Team showed up in our recovery room, all hot to trot, and we had to remind them we'd said "no'. 

I've seen, from time to time, explanations that circumcision can minimize the risk of certain health problems, but I've never bothered to commit them to memory, as it was a moot point as far as I was concerned. 

I agree that there should be no pressure/arm-twisting to funnel people into it---but at the same time, most of the agitation against circumcision is not-so-subtly aimed at trying to suppress the Jewish practice of it. 

buzzsawmonkey 5/10/2022 8:10:44 AM

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Occasional Reader 5/10/2022 8:14:28 AM

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In #4 buzzsawmonkey said: I don't know how I managed to screw up the formatting in #3, but I certainly did a bang-up job.

You're being punished for your hu-bris... 

buzzsawmonkey 5/10/2022 8:20:45 AM

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Occasional Reader 5/10/2022 8:26:27 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 6:

Let's not make a mountain out of... oh, you know.

Kosh's Shadow 5/10/2022 10:16:32 AM

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Well, now I have to tell a joke I heard n grad school. Somewhat crude.

A mohel retired after many years. He went to a leather worker with all the foreskins he had saved over the years.

The leather worker told him to come back in a week.

Then he showed the mohel what he had made. "A wallet?"

"Yes, but if you rub the wallet it turns into a briefcase"

vxbush 5/10/2022 10:20:44 AM

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Oh, man, those pancakes look fabulous. 

Bringing up from the pub: 

Travel back with me, if you will, to early 2017. The news media were outraged to learn that Trump may be a Russian asset. Hillary Clinton's claims that Trump was working with Russia had been a blip on the radar during the 2016 election season, but wasn't mentioned much during the first months of 2017--until that stupid Steele Dossier was grabbed on to as if it were fact. 

What's interesting to learn today is the background maneuvers going on at that time that are coming to light now as a result of the Sussman trial. Link is to the Archive.org page, so it's not behind a firewall. We have confirmation of things we learned in 2019: 

• By September 23, 2016, the FBI’s IT team had disproven the Alfa Bank allegations.
• By March 2017, FBI leadership knew with near-certainty (or I would say certainty) that the Trump-Russia collusion claims were a hoax. 
• On March 4, 2017, Trump claimed on a Twitter that he knew Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower. 
• On March 6, 20107, Andrew McCabe, Tashina Gauhar, Mary McCord, and Scott Schools met to try and understand what did Trump know and how much of it implicated them. And it sounds like they were completely freaked. Remember:
• The FBI leadership told Dana Boente a lot of lies about their investigation, referring to the dossier as if it was official and confirmed (the references to the so-called "Crown reporting"). 
• Peter Stork lied to his DOJ superiors about why Alexander Downer came to the FBI with information about Papapdopolous. 
• The FBI lied to the DOJ about the Carter Page FISA warrant, claiming it was the real deal when in fact the FBI knew nothing was going on. 

So: lie after lie after lie after lie. The speak lies like they are drinking water. Does one lie feed another, or does anyone speak a word of truth and then the lies are just used to push their own power? 

Occasional Reader 5/10/2022 11:41:26 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 8:

Since we're recycle on-topic jokes, I'll relate again that I'd long believed, based on the poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee", that it was Jewish tradition to pay for the bris exclusively in bullion, based on the line in that poem about "the men who mohel for gold". 

Occasional Reader 5/10/2022 11:43:02 AM

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In #9 vxbush said: So: lie after lie after lie after lie.

Well, there are rarely, if ever, any serious consequence for this people for doing so.  Therefore: Of course they continue to do so.

Occasional Reader 5/10/2022 11:43:47 AM

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In #10 Occasional Reader said: Since we're recycl

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JCM 5/10/2022 11:45:27 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 9:

Think about all the lies we've identified around COVID.

Now add in the Biden Ministry of Truth, right before the mid-terms which every sign points to a blood bath.

The Russia hoax and the COVID response hoax are coming to light, and they come up with a agency to combat "disinformation" what have they spent 4 years calling "misinformation" the truth about Trump / Russia and COVID.

What else are the afraid of? The truth about the economy, the truth about the Biden crime syndicate, truth about climate, etc...

buzzsawmonkey 5/10/2022 11:56:19 AM

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In #13 JCM said: truth about climate

Heard something on NPR the other day about some Pacific Islanders who were all upset because of "rising sea levels," because "the sea is higher" where they are.  

Isn't "sea level" definitionally "sea level" wherever it is?  Why would "sea level" rise over there, but not over here?  All the water slops into itself, does it not?

vxbush 5/10/2022 1:12:05 PM

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In #14 buzzsawmonkey said: Isn't "sea level" definitionally "sea level" wherever it is?  Why would "sea level" rise over there, but not over here?  All the water slops into itself, does it not?

Well, keep in mind the variations of high tide and low tide, based on moon position and earth's rotation. I think they typically evaluate this based on mean sea level, but the word "mean" is being dropped in this conversation. 

There is a place in Australia or Tasmania where the sea level is marked on a rock outcropping, and despite the naysayers proclaiming rising sea levels, the sea is actually *below* that mark, made in the 1800's, I believe. I could try to find that image. 

vxbush 5/10/2022 1:13:28 PM

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In #13 JCM said: What else are the afraid of? The truth about the economy, the truth about the Biden crime syndicate, truth about climate, etc...

There is a part of me that is starting to think *everything* is a lie if it comes out of DC. I think just about every family in DC that has even one toe dipped into the federal government waters is seeing gobs and gobs of money taken from taxpayers. 

JCM 5/10/2022 1:46:21 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 14:

Mean Sea Level is the average between high and low tide, but also averaged over time.

The problem with many of the Islands isn't sea level rise but subsidence of the islands due plate tectonics and more significantly pumping out of ground water.

vxbush 5/10/2022 1:51:18 PM

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In #17 JCM said: The problem with many of the Islands isn't sea level rise but subsidence of the islands due plate tectonics and more significantly pumping out of ground water.

Well, and islands tipping over, per a certain Democrat representative talking about Guam. 

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Kosh's Shadow 5/10/2022 5:17:43 PM

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Humorous video about the Russian T-90 tank. Helps explain why Ukraine is blowing up so many of them

in the latest in a long line of turret-launching lunchboxes