Democrats Admit Hiding Details of Their Plan To Raise Taxes by $3,000,000,000,000
Explaining a newly leaked House Ways and Means Committee plan to raise taxes by $3,000,000,000,000, a Wall Street Journal news article reports, “Rep. Richard Neal (D., Mass.), the committee chairman, has said that detailing tax-increase plans too soon can give too much time for opposition to build.” Legislators with more respect for the deliberative process than Mr. Neal has may want to dash for the chapel exit before it’s too late. What does it tell you about the Democratic leadership’s view of the American public that they need to keep their plans secret until the last minute, for fear that the public might figure out what they are doing?
So basically they are lying when they say that they will not raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 dollars a year. First and foremost there are usage fees and sin taxes that always affect the lower income people. Tobacco and Vape products are in line for a tax increase in the Democratic plan. That will not go over very well with many Americans, including 75 million or so who regularly smoke or vape and lord knows how many who do this occasionally. Only a matter or time till they get their hands on THC.
Secondly, the concept of $400,000 is a loose interpretation. A married couple who makes $450,000/year (or $225,000 a piece) will get hit with new taxes. Might still seem like a lot of money for most people ($450,000), but that doesn't make it any less of a lie. Why not just say nobody under $225,000 rather than $400,000? Would be more honest.
But at the end of the day, they want to allow everyone to understand how much free stuff everyone will be getting for as long as they can. You can have this! You will get that! Just wait!! But they don't want anyone to know how they intend to pay for it (or how they intend for Americans to pay for it). Wait till the last split second to let that cat out of the bag. Of course, that is a great political strategy, but not a very honest one.
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Traitor Joe has no clue .
"American households continue to expect rising inflation: NY Fed survey
Brian Cheung
September 13, 2021, 10:09 am"
Inflation is firmly in Bidenomics.
Denny, Alky and James are wrong, and have been.
It was never "Transitory ".
It won't be transitory if his policies are permanent. Even the three stooge here should know that.
...detailing tax-increase plans too soon can give too much time for opposition to build.”
SOP for a democrat. Pass the fucker in the dead of night before anyone can read it, find out what's in it, and get a chance to read it before finding out how badly they just got FUCKED.
All they know how to do is buy votes with everyone else's money.
Agreed. Schumer tried it with a unanimous consent attempt on the shitty. Federalize the elections bill at 4 am one night. Luckily, Ted Cruz was awake and objected.
We are being fed bullshit.
from the right wing Atlantic
Our Most Reliable Pandemic Number Is Losing Meaning
A new study suggests that almost half of those hospitalized with COVID-19 have mild or asymptomatic cases.
Researchers have tried to get at similar questions before. For two separate studies published in May, doctors in California read through several hundred charts of pediatric patients, one by one, to figure out why, exactly, each COVID-positive child had been admitted to the hospital. Did they need treatment for COVID, or was there some other reason for admission, like cancer treatment or a psychiatric episode, and the COVID diagnosis was merely incidental? According to the researchers, 40 to 45 percent of the hospitalizations that they examined were for patients in the latter group.
The authors of the paper out this week took a different tack to answer a similar question, this time for adults. Instead of meticulously looking at why a few hundred patients were admitted to a pair of hospitals, they analyzed the electronic records for nearly 50,000 COVID hospital admissions at the more than 100 VA hospitals across the country. Then they checked to see whether each patient required supplemental oxygen or had a blood oxygen level below 94 percent. (The latter criterion is based on the National Institutes of Health definition of “severe COVID.”) If either of these conditions was met, the authors classified that patient as having moderate to severe disease; otherwise, the case was considered mild or asymptomatic.
The study found that from March 2020 through early January 2021—before vaccination was widespread, and before the Delta variant had arrived—the proportion of patients with mild or asymptomatic disease was 36 percent. From mid-January through the end of June 2021, however, that number rose to 48 percent. In other words, the study suggests that roughly half of all the hospitalized patients showing up on COVID-data dashboards in 2021 may have been admitted for another reason entirely, or had only a mild presentation of disease.
This increase was even bigger for vaccinated hospital patients, of whom 57 percent had mild or asymptomatic disease. But unvaccinated patients have also been showing up with less severe symptoms, on average, than earlier in the pandemic: The study found that 45 percent of their cases were mild or asymptomatic since January 21. According to Shira Doron, an infectious-disease physician and hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in Boston, and one of the study’s co-authors, the latter finding may be explained by the fact that unvaccinated patients in the vaccine era tend to be a younger cohort who are less vulnerable to COVID and may be more likely to have been infected in the past.
Blogger Caliphate4vr said...
We are being fed bullshit.
BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! While the GOP and short losers like you are still pushing the big lie and are now pushing BS that Ca recall is crooked even before the official election day
Boy that gibberish didn’t make sense at all fatboy
Like all of your posts
Republicans Settle on a Strategy for Election Losses
Eric Lutz, writing for Vanity Fair:
“One of the frightening things about all this is how easily these lies go down, how little effort is required of the people selling these fictions to get the base to buy them.
A CNN poll released Sunday found that 59% of Republicans say believing Trump won the 2020 election is at least a somewhat important part of being a Republican. It’s not just that Trump has never provided evidence in court to support his fraud claims; it’s that he’s never even defined what the fraud is supposed to be.
“But this is what makes the conspiracy theories so durable:
By never fully nailing down what, precisely, he’s accusing his opponents of doing,
their efforts to disprove his allegations can never quite extinguish them.
"Those lies may not have helped Trump against Biden in 2020—despite the efforts of 139 House Republicans, who, notably didn’t challenge their own victories last November—and they may not help Elder and his fellow GOP hopefuls against Newsom now in 2021.
"But the more Republicans invest in these insidious lies now, perhaps, the more likely is that they will pay off for them down the road.”
I'm beginning to doubt it will, though.
That all you can muster shorty??????? Can't follow the fact your side is pushing the big lie and declaring CA recall crooked?????? BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!! Try to keep up, I know that is tough for someone in a delicate condition like you are!!!!!! Se ya....BTW....heading back eo my cabin this weekend while you sit in your shit hole condo in the city!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOL
The government is still working hard to get people out of Afghanistan
Specifics remain guarded, but reports indicate the CIA contributed to the evacuation of American citizens who remained in Kabul after the Taliban takeover. The Washington Post details the escape of one Afghan-American woman, who was working on a USAID project, from the city.
Shaqaiq Birashk was contacted by a man claiming, honestly it turns out, to work for the U.S. government who set up transportation from her apartment. The "white-knuckle" drive was successful, and Birashk was taken to a CIA compound known as Eagle Base. From there she was transferred to Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport, and the Hungarian military subsequently flew her to Uzbekistan. After that she went on to Budapest before finally reuniting with her family in Colorado.
A spokeswoman for the CIA told the Post only that the agency supported the broader evacuation in "various ways," but five current and former U.S. officials familiar with the missions, which were separate from other aerial rescues conducted by the U.S. military, shed a little more light on how things unfolded. The CIA rescues reportedly relied in part on Afghan counterterrorism forces still in operation after the fall of the central government. The forces reportedly worked with U.S. troops to "help pluck people from the crowd at the airport" and pick people up at their homes or prearranged street corners.
They also have tunnels like the Mexican people and gangster have used
KansasDemocrat said...
Traitor Joe has no clue
PICTURE: https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1437233705404219392
Considering it has nothing to do with Covid admissions , I’d as usual you came away stupid and morbidly obese
Just like everyday
and
https://twitter.com/DefiantLs/status/1437450035021680640
Robert J. O'Neill
https://twitter.com/mchooyah/status/1437135375978352640
20 years after 9/11. The Taliban controls Afghanistan. The guy who killed bin Laden is on a no-fly list.
FJB
Jesse Kelly
RESIGNATION LETTER:
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1437164255875420164
Pause for a moment and consider the expertise we’re costing this nation with these mandates. Warriors. Pilots. Healthcare workers.
Not that those are important jobs or anything.
Things are about to get a lot worse
Almost like it's intentional
China is beaming
FJB
Caliphate4vr said...
We are being fed bullshit.
from the right wing Atlantic
Our Most Reliable Pandemic Number Is Losing Meaning
A new study suggests that almost half of those hospitalized with COVID-19 have mild or asymptomatic cases.
And vaccinated people are being told not to get tested unless they show Covid signs
While people without symptoms are still being tested
As are those going to the hospitals for other reasons
The numbers are now complete bullshit
"science"
* While unvaccinated people without symptoms are still being tested
"The vaccines really work"
No, they don't!!!
"New charts from the CDC show a bump in breakthrough infections among the vaccinated,
but hospitalization and deaths are really only rising for the unvaccinated,
Fast Company reports.
LIES, LIES,AND MORE LIES!!!
The Wall Street journal reports that the Democrats are negotiating within their own members.
House Democrats spelled out their proposed tax increases on Monday, pushing higher rates on corporations, investors and high-income business owners as they try to piece together enough votes for legislation to expand the social safety net and combat climate change.
The plan would increase the corporate tax rate to 26.5% from 21%, impose a 3-percentage-point surtax on people making over $5 million and raise capital-gains taxes—but without the changes to taxation at death sought by the Biden administration. The tax increase details were the last major missing piece in the Democratic agenda, and their release will accelerate lawmakers’ negotiations over which new spending to give priority to and which tax increases they find acceptable.
Democrats have few votes to spare in the House and none in the Senate, and moderate Democrats, such as Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), have called for a narrower proposal with smaller tax hikes than the ones outlined Monday. Republicans are expected to mount unanimous opposition to the proposal, which would reverse many of the GOP tax cuts from 2017.
The Death Tax is very unpopular with the moderate Democrats. Bernie Sanders is probably pissed off.
But if you get super rich, you can pass it to your children without taxes.
I don't agree but I think it will give it a chance.
Sen. Joe Manchin is the most powerful Democrat right now..
https://twitter.com/rlamick/status/1437551549824192513?s=19
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-release-details-of-tax-increase-11631539532?st=eqwlhutwn4rbaon&reflink=share_mobilewebshare
The CDC truly has become a FAKE SCIENCE agency
totally political
as is Fauci
FJB
and the lying POS "pastor"
Jack Posobiec
PHOTO:
https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1437221788937826305
This is even more humiliating than him getting booed at the WTC memorial
clueless, angry and demented
FJB
Unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die for the covid-19 virus
Carl Higbie
Before and After PICTURES:
Before the cameras arrived vs after… COVID theater. This is why we don’t trust these people
FRAUDS
"science"
fear mongers
FJB
Why are so many PhD's and medical professionals refusing to get vaccinated?
Definitely not because they are "misinformed"
Maybe the opposite is true
Joe Biden's America
FAKE NEWS
Fake "science"
Why do people with natural immunity need to get vaccinated?
How many people have died "with vaccination" kind of like "with Covid" ?
Why is data and testing so suspect ???
FJB
Faux news
Fox
☰
CDC: Unvaccinated nearly 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19
By Stephanie Weaver
Published 1 day ago
FOX 10 Phoenix
"COVID is not a game" Biden urges vaccination of school children | LiveNOW from FOX
Presiden & Dr. Biden deliver remarks on how "the Admin is keeping students safe in the classrooms."
WASHINGTON - As coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to surge in the United States, a new study shows unvaccinated people are nearly 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19, and about as likely to be hospitalized with the coronavirus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study, released by the CDC, looked at more than 600,000 COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in 13 states between April and July.
During the studied time period, a total of 92% of COVID-19 cases, 92% of hospitalizations and 91% of COVID-19–associated deaths were reported among persons not fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, 8% of cases, 8% of hospitalizations and 9% of deaths were reported among fully vaccinated persons in the 13 jurisdictions.
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/cdc-unvaccinated-nearly-11-times-more-likely-to-die-from-covid-19?taid=613bb49afadcb8000127fa29
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/cdc-unvaccinated-nearly-11-times-more-likely-to-die-from-covid-19?taid=613bb49afadcb8000127fa29
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/cdc-unvaccinated-nearly-11-times-more-likely-to-die-from-covid-19?taid=613bb49afadcb8000127fa29
Roger Amick said...
Fox:
WASHINGTON - As coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to surge in the United States
The CDC says:
Deaths
The current 7-day moving average of new deaths (1,077) has decreased 11.3% compared with the previous 7-day moving average (1,214). The current 7-day moving average is 11.1% lower compared to the peak observed on July 31, 2020 (1,211). The current 7-day moving average is 70.5% lower than the peak observed on January 13, 2021 (3,644)
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html
So you say we should believe Fox who say deaths are surging over the CDC who say they are declining ?
You are also then saying we would have something like 10,000 deaths a day now without the Trump vaccine ? (would be higher but deaths have been trending down recently)
How many with natural immunity died ?
How many were in the hospital from before vaccines were available ?
How many died from Covid vs with Covid ?
How many had other morbidity factors ?
Why is good information so hard to get ?
Why do you think I would trust Fox News ?
Especially if they are getting their "information" from the political CDC who nonetheless are characterizing it different than Fox ?
Thanks for a list of answers
Though I know you will be unable to supply
Scott, you might be correct because the last paragraph matters..
Senior House Democrats on Monday unveiled legislation that would represent the most significant tax increases on the rich and certain corporations in decades, reflecting President Biden’s pledge to confront a dramatic surge in U.S. inequality.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) proposed more than $2 trillion in new revenue that would overwhelmingly hit the richest 1 percent of Americans with a number of new taxes and tax changes affecting their incomes, investments, businesses, estates, retirement funds and other assets.
[House Democrats circulate new tax plan as party seeks unity on key economic package]
Neal’s plan pares back some of the ambitions in the Biden administration’s initial $3.5 trillion budget plan, rejecting a key White House proposal to tax the inheritances of the very wealthy and offering less aggressive changes for both domestic and multinational firms. And Democrats have not completely rallied behind the package, with some members studying the details as votes are expected in the coming days.
But economists and tax experts say the proposal — which has White House support — amounts to the first major effort in Congress to address the populist political fervor over the gap between America’s ultrarich and its middle-class that has widened to levels unseen in nearly a century. The fears of a tax system unduly weighted to the rich have only intensified during the pandemic. Since 2019 alone, the wealth controlled by the top 400 people in America increased by $1.4 trillion, according to Gabriel Zucman, an economist at the University of California at Berkeley.
Democrats face numerous hurdles in enacting the legislation, which is entangled with broader negotiations over the $3.5 trillion spending package. They also face amplifying GOP attacks alleging that the tax increases will hurt middle-class families, drain investment and strain economic growth. And there are signs Republicans could try to hammer Democrats over the tax proposal in midterm election campaigns.
“This reckless bill will hurt working-class Americans at a time when they need support the most,” said T.W. Arrighi, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
House Democrats tried to blunt some of these criticisms by designing the proposal to put the lion’s share of tax increases on wealth earned by the most rich. The White House’s vocal support for the measure and the lack of any immediate objections from party centrists are signs that Democrats could try to advance the tax plan in the coming weeks as part of Biden’s broader economic agenda. The tax component and new spending measures are essentially intertwined because of the way Democrats are attempting to move the changes through Congress.
Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper on Monday suggested Neal’s tax plan would raise roughly $2.2 trillion over 10 years, but Democrats say their $3.5 trillion spending package is fully offset. They argue that they recoup more savings by cutting costs on prescription drugs and from “dynamic scoring,” or assuming higher economic growth leads to more government tax revenue.
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If it is used to rebuild the infrastructure that was built during the end of the Second World War..
Truman initiated it but Eisenhower built the Interstate highway system and built dams on the Missouri River from Montana to Missouri.
My father Ivan worked on the Missouri River dam near Yankton South Dakota where I was born.. the lake is named after Lewis and Clark..They camped there one winter.
I have been to the dams from Montana to Yankton South Dakota.
By Jeff Stein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/09/13/democrats-tax-biden-budget/
Chapter 11
My father Ivan worked on the Missouri River dam near Yankton South Dakota where I was born.. the lake is named after Lewis and Clark..They camped there one winter.
I have been to the dams from Montana to Yankton South Dakota.
dear diary...
*Roger Amick said...
Scott, you might be correct because the last paragraph matters.
highlighted above
ROFLMFAO !!!
So you say we should believe Fox who say deaths are surging over the CDC who say they are declining ?
* a local Fox affiliate, not national
Shaqaiq Birashk was contacted by a man claiming, honestly it turns out, to work for the U.S. government who set up transportation from her apartment.
Meanwhile several hundred were rescued by Glenn Beck.
Jewish Deplorable
VIDEO:
https://mobile.twitter.com/TrumpJew2/status/1436868194342428672
Biden on what he’s thinking about on 9/11:
“What would the people who died be thinking? They think it makes sense to be doing this kinda thing where you ride down the street and see a sign that says ‘F so-and-so’?”
FJB
Meanwhile several hundred were rescued by Glenn Beck.
Would be more but Blinken and state dept stopped them
He admitted to at least 100 stranded Americans today
though he didn't giver an exact number
Though we all know it's much higher
Suburban Black Man
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/goodblackdude/status/1437155114557399041
BREAKING: Actress and activist Rose McGowan says she is no longer a Hollywood Democrat, endorses Larry Elder for California Governor, and calls out the elitist establishment that has been DESTROYING the United States from coast to coast and everywhere in between. #YesOnRecall
The study, released by the CDC, looked at more than 600,000 COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in 13 states between April and July.
I'd much prefer a study from Aug to present, now that the Delta variant has been making it's breakthrough with the vaccinated. From the most recent numbers, the reality appears to be that the unvaccinated are about two to three time (not eleven) more likely to be hospitalized and eventually killed by the virus.
Still means that people should be vaccinated, but if the CDC is telling the truth, there is no way that the unvaccinated alone can be making up this many cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. The fact that these numbers are worse than they were a year ago (when nobody was vaccinated) would preclude the idea that this is all about the unvaccinated.
Again... every tangible set of numbers coming out of hospitals at the local level are showing anything but this being only about the unvaccinated. But that is the Administration "talking point" at this point, so it's not surprising that the CDC is marching to the same drum as the Administration.
It might also be curious to know why so many other countries are having issues with the new variant and that they are admitting that it is hitting even the vaccinated hard. Apparently there is no political again to keep that vaccination narrative going.
Mark Meadows
https://twitter.com/MarkMeadows/status/1437536757839507463
Hundreds of Americans hostage with the Taliban, and instead of rescuing them, Joe Biden is trying to rescue a failed governor in California
maybe he can take some time and finally visit the border ???
Senior House Democrats on Monday unveiled legislation that would represent the most significant tax increases on the rich and certain corporations in decades, reflecting President Biden’s pledge to confront a dramatic surge in U.S. inequality.
But it won't.
The rich will find new ways to move their money and every time we raise the capital gains tax, less and less businesses and investments are sold. Because why would you sell an asset and pay 40% when you can wait till Biden is gone and pay 25% instead (as it is always the first thing a Republican does in office). People just stop selling and buying (which slows down new business ventures and the economy).
We will never actually "see" the amount of new revenues that these tax cuts are projected by the CBO to provide.
FDA experts among group opposing US booster shot plan
The average person doesn’t need a COVID-19 booster yet, an international group of scientists — including two top U.S. regulators — wrote Monday in a scientific journal.
The experts reviewed studies of the vaccines’ performance and concluded the shots are working well despite the extra-contagious delta variant, especially against severe disease.
“Even in populations with fairly high vaccination rates, the unvaccinated are still the major drivers of transmission” at this stage of the pandemic, they concluded.
The opinion piece, published in The Lancet, illustrates the intense scientific debate about who needs booster doses and when, a decision the U.S. and other countries are grappling with.
After revelations of political meddling in the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, President Joe Biden has promised to “follow the science.” But the review raises the question of whether his administration is moving faster than the experts.
The authors include two leading vaccine reviewers at the Food and Drug Administration, Drs. Phil Krause and Marion Gruber, who recently announced they will be stepping down this fall. Among the other 16 authors are leading vaccine researchers in the U.S., Britain, France, South Africa and India, plus scientists with the World Health Organization, which already has urged a moratorium on boosters until poor countries are better vaccinated.
In the U.S., the White House has begun planning for boosters later this month, if both the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agree. Advisers to the FDA will weigh evidence about an extra Pfizer shot Friday at a key public meeting.
Georgetown University’s Larry Gostin said the paper “throws gasoline on the fire” in the debate about whether most Americans truly need boosters and whether the White House got ahead of scientists.
“It’s always a fundamental error of process to make a scientific announcement before the public health agencies have acted and that’s exactly what happened here,” said Gostin, a lawyer and public health specialist.
The FDA did not respond to requests for comment Monday morning.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-coronavirus-pandemic-science--38544e89b9dba06d49a800189c3ed42d
In the Biden administration the politics leads the science
C.H. Truth said...
But it won't.
The rich will find new ways to move their money and every time we raise the capital gains tax, less and less businesses and investments are sold. Because why would you sell an asset and pay 40% when you can wait till Biden is gone and pay 25% instead (as it is always the first thing a Republican does in office). People just stop selling and buying (which slows down new business ventures and the economy).
We will never actually "see" the amount of new revenues that these tax cuts are projected by the CBO to provide.
No group has distanced themselves further from other Americans recently than the leading billionaires.
Democrats
And you are right they always avoid paying taxes and have large staffs of lobbyists and tax lawyers to see to that
They always make out like bandits
Like the "big guy"
whoever that is
Disclose.tv
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1437566054805524482
NEW - Democrat Rep. AOC wears a "Tax The Rich" dress at #MetGala, where a ticket costs $30,000 to attend.
wonder how long it will take for her to amass a $150 million dollar fortune like Pelosi ?
let them eat ice cream
Disclose.tv
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1437559312222724103
NOW - Protesters against mandatory vaccinations chant "F*** Joe Biden" on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
FJB
It's growing
and a very diverse crowd
Richard Grenell
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1437525476986085376
Joe Biden and @ABlinken left 10% of the Americans behind - and they think they did a good job.
No apologies, no firings.
This is DC.
and brought in over 60,000 random Afghans without any linkage to helping Americans
Over the weekend, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) declared on Twitter that there should be “NO VACCINE MANDATES.”
In second or third degree I got chickenpox. It was terrible. I had spots all over my body for weeks.
You have to get a shot to go to school in almost every single place
This is fucking murder for political purposes.
You have lost your fucking mind and heart.
But the proposal, while substantial in scope, stopped well short of changes needed to dent the vast fortunes of tycoons like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, or to thoroughly close the most egregious loopholes exploited by high-flying captains of finance. It aimed to go after the merely rich more than the fabulously rich.
The super rich might be a factor
House Democrats’ Plan to Tax the Rich Leaves Vast Fortunes Unscathed https://nyti.ms/3tCp9Ep
"I never understood wind.
You know, I know
windmills very much.
I have studied it
better than anybody
else. It’s very expensive.
They are made in China
and Germany mostly.
—Very few made here, almost none,
but they are manufactured, tremendous
—if you are into this—
tremendous fumes. Gases are
spewing into the atmosphere. You know
we have a world
right?
So the world
is tiny
compared to the universe.
So tremendous, tremendous
amount of fumes and everything.
You talk about
the carbon footprint
— fumes are spewing into the air.
Right? Spewing.
Whether it’s in China,
Germany, it’s going into the air.
It’s our air
their air
everything — right?
A windmill will kill many bald eagles.
After a certain number
they make you turn the windmill off.
That is true.
—By the way
they make you turn it off.
And yet, if you killed one
they put you in jail.
That is OK.
You want to see a bird graveyard?
You just go.
Take a look.
A bird graveyard.
Go under a windmill someday,
you’ll see
more birds
than you’ve ever seen
in your life."
~ D. Trump
12/21/2019
Asheville Poetry Review
**Thanks Holly Paquette for this most needed laugh today.
Roger is dependent upon the State and Federal government for his living space, health insurance and daily bread.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared in public wearing a long white dress with the words “TAX THE RICH” scrawled in large red letters across the back.
She has a point. Even Trump said the wealthy SHOULD be paying more in taxes.
September 14, 2021
'Nothing Can Stop What is Coming.' What If Nothing is Coming?
By Brian C. Joondeph
A popular catch-phrase among pro-Trump patriots is: “Nothing can stop what is coming.”
This is based on the theory that there are things quietly going on behind the scenes, that President Trump still has a hand in what is happening today.
Perhaps he is laying a giant trap for Democrats and the deep state establishment. Or perhaps the military is in control under the theory of devolution.
Or perhaps, this is all delusional wishful
Devolution is an interesting concept of continuity of government plans. Its purpose is to maintain government leadership in the event that constitutional successors are incapable or incapacitated. A small and select group of military leaders would be in charge, running a shadow government behind the scenes in the event of some
This scenario would have kicked in if the military believed that the COVID pandemic and electoral fraud were acts of war against the U.S. by foreign and domestic actors. Some have written extensively about devolution, telling a compelling story, but that is all it is, a wishful thinking story in contradiction to what we are seeing around us. If it turns out to be true, this past year will have been the greatest show of all time. But I’m not holding my breath.
We have also seen predictions about President Trump being reinstated after the 2020 election was to be proven fraudulent. Trump was going to be reinstated as president on inauguration day, then in March, then in August, and probably many days in between.
The dream team of Sidney Powell, Mike Lindell, and Lin Wood were going to produce proof of a stolen election with grand predictions and more bravado than evidence, going from Trump’s holy trinity to the three stooges when they produced little more than sound bites and hype.
Attorney Sidney Powell was going to “release the Kraken” on electoral fraud but instead is fighting her own lawsuits over her electoral fraud claims. Mike Lindell’s August symposium left many viewers confused, discussing obscure concepts like PCAPS, but no solid evidence of a stolen election. Lin Wood leveled bizarre accusations against former Vice President Mike Pence and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, with nothing to back up his assertions, casting doubt on him and others rallying to Trump’s defense post-election.
Arizona’s election audit is dragging on, and “any day now” sufficient evidence of fraud will supposedly be released to overturn that state’s election results, triggering similar results in other states. Yet after ten months there is no end in sight, just pleas to be patient and wait.
And what if evidence of fraud or outside interference is produced? Then what? The media will ignore it and anyone who dares to discuss it will be labeled a QAnon domestic terrorist and attacked with the ferocity of someone recommending ivermectin for COVID.
Will state legislatures decertify their electoral college votes? Will Congress decertify the presidential election? Will the Supreme Court get involved? No, no and no, based on common sense and their past performance.
There is much wishful thinking in the belief that “nothing can stop what is coming.” Maybe nothing is coming.
Was the election on the up and up? Did COVID provide the ideal excuse to change election laws at the last minute, against Constitutional provisions and the law, to facilitate fraud? If Biden really won 12 million more votes than Obama in 2012, why are we hearing chants of “F*** you Biden” at college football games, from college students who “turned out in droves” for Biden?
There were too many coincidences in late night vote-counting, stopping and starting, to say the election was fair and proper, but so what? This probably wasn’t the first dodgy election in America and certainly won’t be the last.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but until such evidence can be produced and acted upon, it’s all “hopium.”
There is no evidence of a Trump-led shadow government pulling the strings. Yet there are shadow websites like Real Raw News, telling us of arrests, tribunals, and executions of prominent people like James Comey, Tom Hanks, Susan Rice, and Hillary Clinton, people who appear in public days after their supposed execution.
'Nothing Can Stop What is Coming.'
On September 11, 2001, Flight 93 reportedly was headed for Washington, D.C. when Americans attempted but failed to overcome Islamic terrorists who planned to use the hijacked plane as a missile against the U.S. Capitol building. The plane crashed in a field outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Twenty years later, George W. Bush stood on that same ground and compared patriotic Americans at the U.S. Capitol protesting a hijacked presidential election to the Islamic terrorists who murdered nearly 3,000 innocent people on 9/11. Bush’s “War on Terror” came full circle, realizing the worst fears of his legion of haters from the time—the same people now praising his “courage” in confronting imaginary domestic terrorists.
“[W]e have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders but from violence that gathers within,” Bush said Saturday. “There’s little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But in their disdain for pluralism, in their disregard of human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit, and it is our continuing duty to confront them.”
Now, one might reasonably assume Bush was addressing leftist protesters who burned down cities, tore down monuments, and brutally attacked innocents in the summer of 2020. Perhaps Bush’s condemnation of those who “disregard . . . human life” was meant for the thugs who murdered retired police captain David Dorn last summer?
Nope. The former president wasn’t talking about Antifa or Black Lives Matter. Bush, in fact, attempted to justify the summer 2020 riots: “Looting is not liberation, and destruction is not progress,” he said in a June 2, 2020 statement. “But we also know that lasting peace in our communities requires truly equal justice. The rule of law ultimately depends on the fairness and legitimacy of the legal system. And achieving justice for all is the duty of all.”
The term Bush used on 9/11—“violent extremist”—applies to Americans who were in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. Don’t take my word for it. Take the word of Avril Haines, Joe Biden’s director of national intelligence.
In March, Haines issued an urgent bulletin warning “domestic violent extremists” pose a heightened threat to the homeland. “Newer sociopolitical developments—such as narratives of fraud in the recent general election, the emboldening impact of the violent breach of the US Capitol, conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and conspiracy theories promoting violence—will almost certainly spur some DVEs to try to engage in violence this year.”
A sketch of the U.S. Capitol building was included in the document.
“Domestic violent extremist” is code for Donald Trump and his supporters, particularly those who were involved in the January 6 protest on Capitol Hill. It is the official position of the Biden regime. In addition to Haines’ missive, FBI Director Christopher Wray designated January 6 as an act of “domestic terror” and Attorney General Merrick Garland compared January 6 to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Bush has echoed the Democrats’ carefully-constructed narrative about the events of January 6 from the start. “The violent assault on the Capitol—and disruption of a Constitutionally-mandated meeting of Congress—was undertaken by people whose passions have been inflamed by falsehoods and false hopes,” George and Laura Bush wrote in a statement released around 6:00 p.m. on January 6. “Insurrection could do grave damage to our Nation and reputation.”
He will be joined with James Comey, Tom Hanks, Susan Rice, and Hillary Clinton, as we hang them on the Capitol building steps.
Another Republican bites the dust!!!!!!!
Veronica Wolski, QAnon supporter at center of ivermectin firestorm, dies of COVID-related pneumonia at Chicago hospital
John Keilman, Chicago Tribune
Mon, September 13, 2021, 10:42 AM
Veronica Wolski, the QAnon adherent whose recent hospitalization made her a cause celebre for the controversial medication ivermectin, died in the intensive care unit of Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center early Monday, a hospital spokeswoman said. She was 64.
Wolski’s cause of death was pneumonia due to covid....
Probably a good friend of the goat fucker!!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAA!!!
The rich will find new ways to move their money and every time we raise the capital gains tax, less and less businesses and investments are sold.
...
We will never actually "see" the amount of new revenues that these tax cuts are projected by the CBO to provide.
The fundamental issue is that we tax income, not wealth. The rich have a million different ways to defer income until the tax climate improves. And you'll never have a wealth tax with so many wealthy members of congress.
The reason you never see tax revenues meet estimates under democrat tax plans is because it's so regressive, and harmful to the overall economy. If you promise me that I'll be taxed at a crushing rate for each dollar I ear over X, then do my best to stop earning as close to X as possible. If an exponential amount of $$$ get's taken from me for each dollar I earn above X, I've lost interest in pursuing more earnings. What's the fucking point? Human nature does not respond well to punishment as an incentive, and all the democrats know is how to punish.
Larry Elder Preemptively Concedes Defeat
September 14, 2021 at 7:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Before the results of the California recall election are even tabulated, Larry Elder (R) appeared to be already conceding defeat by blaming his loss on false claims of voter fraud, the Sacramento Bee reports.
If that is true, and I subcerely hope it's not (after all, who can trust Taeggan GODdard to tell the truth?), I guess it's something Elder deserves, because even I have to admit he is, as someone has said, "a white supremacist with a black face."
The Republican party is never going to get anywhere by pandering to such Uncle Toms as Elder.
Another Anti-Vax Radio Host Dies of Covid-19
Conservative radio host Bob Enyart became the latest vocal opponent of Covid-19 precautions to die of the virus, the Denver Post reports.
Enyart accused the “fake news” of exaggerating the severity of the virus and refused to get the vaccine, falsely claiming that it used “cells of aborted babies.”
Oh, this is just SO embarrassing! Will we conservatives never again come to our senses?
DON'T READ THIS BOOK!
Out today:
Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury by Evan Osnos.
Osnos told Axios: “The moment I knew I had to write this book was August 6, 2015 — the night of the first Republican presidential debate, which I watched at the home of some Trump supporters in Ohio. The host was drinking from a coffee cup with a swastika on it. I had absolutely no expectation that Trump would win, but I decided that a pre-history of Trump would be vitally necessary someday, to understand how he became remotely possible in American politics.”
The host was drinking from a cup with a swastika on it.
That's MY kind of people!
Racist CA democrats hate uppity blacks like Larry Elder. I am appalled at all the racism directed at him by white democrats.
We are seeing the real racists. And Indy voters are seeing it to and they are disgusted.
Marie Oakes
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/TheMarieOakes/status/1437595477927673856
Joe Biden’s motorcade gets booed at in Long Beach, California.
FJB
and fuck "pastor" james boswell, normal illinois
ROFLMFAO !!!
The people will not let Joe put us back in chains
NOW - Protesters against mandatory vaccinations chant "F*** Joe Biden" on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1437559312222724103
FJB
REMEMBER:
EVERY time you see mt name
It's Fuck Joe Biden
FJB
even if I don't say it
and Fuck James Boswell, the POS
ROFLMFAO !!!
this has been a public service announcement !
James Woods
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1437586000172118022
A gaggle of hypocrites, yammering away without their masks. You, however, will have your livelihoods destroyed while trying to live up to their phony “mandates.”
Dear Lord, what insufferable vermin they are.
but they managed to get their picture taken wearing masks...
the backlash to all this is going to get very ugly
VERY
FJB
The host was drinking from a cup with a swastika on it.
That's MY kind of people!
We know "pastor"
You don't have to hide behind someones else's moniker
We know you are a racist Nazi
You probably cheered the race crime against Larry Elder.
It's you and your party's brand
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose a lower-than-expected 0.3% last month, the smallest increase in seven months and a hopeful sign that inflation pressures may be cooling.
The August gain fell from a 0.5% increase in July and a 0.9% surge in June, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. It was the smallest increase since a similar 0.3% rise in January.
The August slowdown in prices was seen as offering some hope that Americans were finally starting to see some relief from a price surge earlier in the year.
Over the past 12 months, prices are up 5.3% a slight improvement after two months of gains of 5.4%, which had been the highest 12-month gains since 2008.
Core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs, rose a tiny 0.1% in August and are up 4% over the past year.
Republicans have attacked the Biden administration for this year's surge in prices but administration officials have insisted that the price jump will be temporary and pries will begin to return to more normal levels as numerous supply chain problems are resolved.
Tim Young
VIDEO before and after:
https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1437630861973860357
Democrats are phonies and hypocrites when it comes to mask wearing.
FJB
(fuck joe biden)
Anonymous Not kputz said...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose a lower-than-expected 0.3% last month, the smallest increase in seven months and a hopeful sign that inflation pressures may be cooling.
LMAO.
The only good news coming out of the Traitor Joe regime is slightly less BAD news than expected.
Captain of the Titanic: "Re-arrange those fucking deck chairs NOW!!!"
thebradfordfile
https://twitter.com/thebradfordfile/status/1437591617901322241
If AOC cared about taxing the rich she would have protested the Met Gala, instead she joined the party.
$30,000 for a ticket ?
probably didn't even tip the help
(who were the only people wearing masks)
democrat elitists
Prices for an array of consumer goods rose less than expected in August in a sign that inflation may be starting to cool, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.
The consumer price index, which measures a basket of common products as well as various energy goods, increased 5.3% from a year earlier and 0.3% from July. A month ago, prices rose 0.5% from June.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting a 5.4% annual rise and 0.4% on the month.
Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, the CPI rose just 0.1% for the month vs. the 0.3% estimate, and 4% on the year against the expectation of 4.2%.
The 5.3% annual increase still keeps inflation at its hottest level in about 13 years, though the August numbers indicate the pace may be abating.
Markets rallied following the release, with stock index futures well off their morning lows.
Energy prices accounted for much of inflation increase for the month, with the broad index up 2% and gasoline prices rising 2.8%. Food prices were up 0.4%. Energy is up 25% from a year ago and gasoline has surged 42% during the period.
However, excluding those two categories resulted in the slowest monthly CPI increase since February.
Used car and truck prices, which had been a major feeder of the headline inflation gains, fell 1.5% in August but are still up 31.9% year on year. New vehicle prices, though, rose 1.2%.
Transportation services declined 2.3% for the month.
Federal Reserve officials have been watching inflation closely but have largely said they believe this year’s burst will be temporary and due to factors that will soon fade. They cite supply chain bottlenecks, shortages of critical products like semiconductors and heightened pandemic-related demand for goods as major contributors that at some point will drift back to normal levels.
Markets largely expect the Fed to start pulling back on some of the unprecedented monetary policy help the central bank has provided during the pandemic. Fed policymakers themselves have indicated that they probably will start slowing the pace of their monthly bond purchases before the end of the year.
Investor fears about inflation have calmed as well. The Bank of America Fund Manager Survey for September indicated that a net level of respondents now expect inflation to fall over the next 12 months. As recently as April, a net 93% were expecting it to increase.
Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, the CPI rose just 0.1% for the month vs. the 0.3% estimate, and 4% on the year against the expectation of 4.2%.
Yes, strip the parts out where we spend our money.
Just like I said a month ago. In regards to Afghanistan. The attention span of the public is very short.
Jonathan Bernstein: “President Joe Biden’s approval rating took a bit of a tumble in August and early September, although it appears that it’s stabilized and possibly recovered a bit. The slump began before the collapse of the Afghan government, but after that he dropped from 50% approval down to a low point of 45%, according to the polling average estimate at FiveThirtyEight.”
“Since then, he’s moved back up to 46.1% approval. Overall, the numbers show about a 7-percentage-point drop (and a single point recovery), with about a 5-percentage-point dip that appeared to be associated with the news from Afghanistan.”
veritastips@protonmail.com
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/EricSpracklen/status/1437608634779832324
I don’t know about you but I can’t get enough of these “f*ck @JoeBiden” videos
and FJB gear
Maybe AOC will start wearing that
Americans are fuming and pessimistic at this time, that’s for sure.
A new CNN poll finds that 74% of U.S. adults now say they are “very or somewhat angry” about the way things are going in the U.S. today — that includes 88% of Republicans, 70% of independents and even 67% of Democrats. But wait, there’s more.
Another 69% of U.S. adults now say that things are going “pretty or very badly” in the country these days — that includes 91% of Republicans, 72% of independents and 49% of Democrats.
And by the way, illegal immigration is still a concern for many in this nation. The CNN survey also found that 77% of U.S. adults say that it is important that the federal government “stops the movement of undocumented immigrants into the United States.” And the partisan breakdown: 95% of Republicans, 76% of independents and 52% of Democrats agreed.
“The tentatively positive public outlook that marked the first months of the Biden administration has faded, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The survey, released Friday, finds a rising share of Americans who say things in the US are going badly and that the economy is in poor shape, with increased worries about the coronavirus, the economy and crime,” wrote CNN analysts Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/sep/12/inside-beltway-cnn-poll-has-america-turning-irate-/
Benny
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1437603547449757697
If AOC wanted to actually scare the shit out of the attendees at the Met Gala she would wear a dress that says “VAX THE RICH”
for some reason attendees were excluded from the city mandate...
strange
A new CNN poll finds that 74% of U.S. adults now say they are “very or somewhat angry” about the way things are going in the U.S. today — that includes 88% of Republicans, 70% of independents and even 67% of Democrats. But wait, there’s more.
Another 69% of U.S. adults now say that things are going “pretty or very badly” in the country these days — that includes 91% of Republicans, 72% of independents and 49% of Democrats.
democrats are blind
only 49% think things are going bad ?
I hate to think what they think bad is
probably ending up in an assisted living room
without a tv
or wifi
Blogger Roger Amick said...
Just like I said a month ago. In regards to Afghanistan. The attention span of the public is very short.
You desperately NEED it to be short.
In effect you've admitted that the best you can hope for out of this regime is to make the bad news go away quickly, while the bad news hits just keep on coming.
Up here we call that - trying to pick up a turd by the CLEAN end.
LOL.
Consumer prices in August rose 5.3% from a year ago and 0.3% from July, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.
Both totals were slightly below market expectations, sending stock futures higher.
Stripping out food and energy, the consumer price index was up just 0.1% for the month.
As the economy continues to grow and again as the food and energy prices decline as the system continues to improve, the pressure on prices will decline.
Stripping out food and energy...
Only LIARS strip out life's necessities to make their bad news shitshow seem less bad.
And we all know that you're the most prolific liar here, alky.
LOL. Fucking tool.
Scott Adams
https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1437754207260463109
If you don't think I'll be talking about Nicki Minaj's cousin's swollen balls today, you don't know anything about me.
FAKE NEWS minions will be going "what ???"
no idea of what that is all about
ROFLMFAO !!!
I saw twitter finally figured out what FJB meant after 2 days and dropped it from "trending".
Though it obviously still is and is on fire
From zippers to glass, shortages of basic goods hobble U.S. economy
Along with the shortages come hefty price increases, which has fueled fears of a wave of sustained inflation.
There’s growing tension among Federal Reserve policymakers over how to gauge the long-term impact on prices. Some Fed policymakers are more convinced than others that price pressures will recede after some of the supply chain disruptions are resolved. How this debate evolves could influence how quickly the Fed moves to reduce the pace of asset purchases launched at the start of the pandemic, and how soon it lifts the policy interest rate from its current level near zero.
Rash and other local producers were part of a wide ranging forum recently with Richmond Fed president Tom Barkin that focused on the challenges to the U.S. recovery posed by supply chain issues that are not getting resolved as fast as policymakers had hoped.
Shortages are hitting everything from bulldozers to bourbon. Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc warned https://www.reuters.com/business/caterpillar-adjusted-profit-rises-economic-growth-drives-demand-2021-07-30 in July that its profits would suffer in the current quarter in part because of rising prices on hard-to-get components. The company said, among other things, it is looking for ways to get supplies from non-traditional sources to deal with shortages of plastic resin and semiconductors.
Lawson Whiting, chief executive of spirits producer Brown-Forman Corp , told investors earlier this month that shortages of “key packaging materials, most notably glass” continue to create problems for the maker of brands such as Jack Daniel’s and Woodford Reserve.
New challenges continue to arise, including hurricane disruptions to U.S. oil refineries which is again threatening supplies of plastics and other basic materials.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/zippers-glass-shortages-basic-goods-102433269.html
So other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?
LOL.
Someone needs to tell the alky that supplies of turd polish are at an all time low as well. Darn the luck.
I watched the game last night and I was amazed by him. He's 6'7" and about 275!
Carl Nassib started his Monday night by making history as the first openly gay athlete to play in a regular-season NFL contest.
He ended it hours later by making the game’s most important defensive play, forcing an overtime fumble that led to his Las Vegas Raiders scoring a thrilling 33-27 victory over the visiting Baltimore Ravens.
With the score tied, 27-27, and his team reeling from an end zone interception that appeared to cost Las Vegas a win, Nassib sacked Lamar Jackson and knocked the ball out of the star Ravens quarterback’s hands.
Following the stunning play, the Raiders, from the team’s official Twitter account, said “Carl Nassib’s forced fumble puts us back in business.”
If rrb watched it he would have been shouting alky.
Because the announcers told the story about one of them is a recovering alcoholic, and another member is on the same path forward without alcohol.
I don't like The Raiders but that was one of the best Monday night football games in history.
Harmeet K. Dhillon
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/pnjaban/status/1437595878571737090
Taliban chic already hitting the runways.
See it live for just $30,000 ($60,000 per couple)
no masks required for attendees paying
Stripping out food and energy, the consumer price index was up just 0.1% for the month.
As the economy continues to grow and again as the food and energy prices decline as the system continues to improve, the pressure on prices will decline.
CHAPTER 12:
Roger Amick said...
I watched the game last night and I was amazed by him. He's 6'7" and about 275!
If rrb watched it he would have been shouting alky.
Because the announcers told the story about one of them is a recovering alcoholic, and another member is on the same path forward without alcohol.
I don't like The Raiders but that was one of the best Monday night football games in history.
more "teasers" coming !!!
I will go to vote today against the attack on our democracy by the Republican party now.
Roger AmickSeptember 14, 2021 at 9:16 AM
I will go to vote today against the attack on our democracy by the Republican party now
LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO
Roger Amick said...
Stripping out food and energy, the consumer price index was up just 0.1% for the month.
In other words
The price of going out for dinner was real reasonable
If you stripped off the cost of the food and the transportation getting to the restaurant
As the economy continues to grow and again as the food and energy prices decline as the system continues to improve, the pressure on prices will decline.
Waiter, I believe I'll have the Thousand Island dressing on this word salad today. Hold the croutons, please. It's a keto thing. LOL.
What will cause the decline in food and energy prices, alky?
Or is your economic expertise limited to that of an Underpants Gnome?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5sxLapAts
Roger Amick said...
I will go to vote today against the attack on our democracy by the Republican party now.
The only "attack" was against the black candidate by racist democrats
A black candidate endorsed by the former female Democrat and Hispanic state senate leader.
And also a survivor of Weinstein, despite the current governors wife attempt to make it just go away
But go support the racist candidate who has created an environment of wildfires, power shortages, homelessness and despair.
You democrats are all in this together
Roger Amick said...
I will go to vote today against the attack on our democracy by the Republican party now.
I guess that was just a small side salad
ROFLMFAO !!!
You democrats are all in this together
I predict Newsom will survive the recall effort. And I sincerely hope he does. He's a fucking failure as governor by every objective measure, and the assholes who insist upon driving California into third-world shithole status deserve him at the helm.
The best part of the effort was watching democrat RACISM on full display.
Pelting Elder with eggs while wearing a fucking GORILLA mask?
PRICELESS.
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The chief U.S. diplomat on Monday defended the military withdrawal from Afghanistan, telling a House committee that the Biden administration was bound to former President Donald Trump’s agreement with the Taliban and that remaining would have risked more American lives.
“The Taliban made abundantly clear…that it was going to hold us to the deadline that the previous administration negotiated in terms of withdrawing American forces,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Short version:
Blame TRUMP.
LOL.
Just like the halcyon days of 0linsky.
The Taliban made abundantly clear…that it was going to hold us to the deadline that the previous administration negotiated in terms of withdrawing American forces,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
A more gutsy administration would have said "Stuff it" to the Taliban since they broke the treaty already.
Noah Rothman
@NoahCRothman
A deadline they renegotiated deliberately, while also failing to formulate a plan.
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Rick Klein
@rickklein
· 20h
“We inherited a deadline; we did not inherit a plan,” Secretary Blinken says.
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1437492638450655237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1437492638450655237%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdirectorblue.blogspot.com%2F
And you know we're being led by a powerful individual when his staff cuts him off mid sentence.
50 fucking years of ZERO fucking accomplishments.
LOL.
RNC Research
@RNCResearch
BIDEN: “Can I ask you a question?”
*White House feed cuts out”
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1437490555454427143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1437490555454427143%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fwhite-house-cuts-feed-biden-wildfires-briefing
I predict Newsom will survive the recall effort.
REALLY GOING OUT ON A LIMB THERE SPORT!!!!!! BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!! A major waste of money and effort which will result in another black eye from Trumpism!!!!!!! That elder guy is satan in a suit of stupidity!!!!
Trump left behind a weak Afghanistan army.
He had been the President for four years and again why did the Afghanistan army collapse in 11 days?
Biden had been in office for a few months!
Bidenomics is doing the best job since the Great Depression.
U.S. poverty fell overall in 2020, a surprising decline that is largely a result of the swift and large federal aid that Congress enacted at the start of the pandemic to try to prevent widespread financial hardship as the nation experienced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
The U.S. Census reported that the official poverty rate rose slightly in 2020 to 11.4 percent, up from a record low 10.5 percent in 2019, but that figure mostly reflects cash payments to Americans. After accounting for all the government aid payments, the so-called supplemental poverty measure declined to 9.1 percent in 2020 from 11.8 percent in 2019.
The decline in the poverty rate means that millions of Americans were lifted out of severe financial hardship last year, the U.S. Census said. Poverty is defined as having an income of less than $26,200 a year for a family of four.
Extensive federal relief assistance passed during the coronavirus pandemic is widely credited by economists and policy experts for preventing another Great Depression. The stimulus payments provided $1,200 cash payments to most low-income and middle-class Americans last year, moving 11.7 million people out of poverty, the Census said. Another 5.5 million people were prevented from falling into poverty by the enhanced unemployment insurance aid.
Remember when you said that Trump had reduced poverty among African Americans better than before!
By Heather Long and Amy Goldstein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/14/us-census-poverty-health-insurance-2020/
Most most low-income and middle-class Americans last year, moving 11.7 million people out of poverty are people of color.
Beaners and Olinski Obama
Trump-Era Corruption Eclipses Even Teapot Dome
That legendary scandal, which originated 100 years ago, involved Americans paying off Americans. Trump’s corruption is transnational.
by CASEY MICHEL
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
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Exactly a century ago, a scandal began gurgling in the White House that would eventually consume the nation’s attention, the administration’s fortunes, and the president’s legacy. The scandal’s name became a byword for corruption of a scale not surpassed until our own era.
The Teapot Dome saga began in 1921, in the first months of Warren Harding’s administration. At the center of the scandal loomed Albert Fall, a lawyer from New Mexico who was in his second term in the U.S. Senate when his close friend Harding tapped him to be secretary of the interior. Harding’s first choice for the job—the oilman whose money had done much to win Harding the Republican nomination—died after being shot by his mistress. Harding knew Fall, an anti-conservationist, would be amenable to using the office to pay back the oil interests.
Fall knew he could use the office to line his pockets. Accepting bribes from a range of leading oil companies, Fall granted access to reserves in California and Wyoming, including the eponymous Teapot Dome field—so called because of a distinctive teapot-shaped rock nearby. These reserves, bearing hundreds of millions of barrels of oil, were supposed to be held for the U.S. Navy. In doling out these reserves, Fall grew stupendously wealthy, receiving overnight the equivalent of millions of dollars.
Trump left behind a weak Afghanistan army.
He had been the President for four years and again why did the Afghanistan army collapse in 11 days?
Biden had been in office for a few months!
And Obama had been in office 8 years and the Afghan army still couldn't function without US support. Trump was the first president to say enough.
Biden didn't do a control withdrawal like Trump envision. He bugged out without a plan.
The great negotiator
Until, that is, Donald Trump. A century on, it’s clear that Teapot Dome is no longer the lodestar of presidential larceny, the shorthand for shortchanging the public, the metric against which all other corruption scandals are compared. Thanks to the reign of Donald Trump, the United States now has a new yardstick against which all future administrations will be measured—and an insight into just how much corruption has changed over the past century.
Scan over the past few years and the stench of corruption wafting from Trump’s orbit is staggering. Campaign chairmen who secretly worked for foreign officials while skimming millions on the side. Presidential lawyers defrauding banks and taxpayers alike, or ushering in whichever foreign patron they could find. All of this while Trump tossed open the doors of his business to any and all comers, regardless of sources of their funds, regardless of whether Americans ever learned any details of their payments. (In a depressing bit of historic resonance, Trump’s first interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, resigned in disgrace under a cloud of his own corruption allegations—a move that few will remember, given the cascade of ethics violations and conflicts of interest deluging the administration throughout Trump’s four years.)
We’re still just scratching the surface of the depths of Trump’s and his administration’s rank corruption. Only just this summer, we learned that one of Trump’s former foreign policy and economic advisers, Tom Barrack, was indicted for allegedly working at the behest of a foreign dictatorship in the United Arab Emirates, secretly whispering policy advice in the president’s ears, all while his private equity firm received $1.5 billion from the UAE and their Saudi allies. It was a breathtaking revelation of a successful foreign espionage case, predicated on gobsmacking financial flows—and it barely cracked the news cycle.
Against the past few years, Teapot Dome appears almost quaint—a relic of a bygone, back-slapping era, a time when Americans paid off Americans, all for other Americans’ benefits, all in a neat, tidy circle of domestic graft. It’s not just the magnitude of the Trump-era corruption that challenges our notion of what an American president dedicated to financial misconduct can accomplish. It’s that now, the players are transnational in scope—crossing borders, crossing boundaries, taking full advantage of the financial secrecy tools wherever they may be, and the fecund opportunities that a president like Trump can provide.
This makes a certain sense. Not only has the rise in transnational corruption and money laundering—this kind of modern kleptocracy, in which regimes dedicated to pilfering and pillaging look to Western jurisdictions for all their financial secrecy needs—exploded in the past few decades, but Trump, as the overlord of a sprawling luxury real estate empire, was perfectly positioned to watch this large-scale laundering and larceny bloom. It’s no surprise that Trump was the first global leader to emerge from one of these pro-kleptocracy industries; the exact number of oligarchs, despots, and their cronies who used Trump properties, and the luxury American real estate market writ large, to launder their money is impossible to know. According a New York Times estimate, “over 200 companies, special-interest groups and foreign governments . . . patronized Mr. Trump’s properties while reaping benefits from him and his administration.” But given the number of anonymous shell companies involved, any picture we have is woefully incomplete. We’re still only looking through a keyhole at a kingdom of illicit finance.
Presidential corruption is no longer limited to a roster of crooked Americans swiping oil reserves in distant states or sliding duffel bags of cash to members of the executive branch. Now anyone with a bit of dirty money—anyone who’s looted national treasuries, or who’s blended their organized criminal racket into a formal state apparatus—has a way directly into the White House. No matter the national security concerns. No matter the links to malign regimes, or malignant kleptocrats. Thanks to Trump, we know that the White House can be transformed into a node in the sprawling transnational networks of illicit finance—and the latest tool in these oligarchic arsenals, bent on pillaging local populations as long as they can.
If Donald Trump, then, has replaced Teapot Dome as the benchmark for presidential corruption, one logical question follows: What now? After Teapot Dome, a number of court rulings took aim at preventing another similar scandal, allowing Congress to compel witness testimony and demand tax returns. And after Trump, we’re already seeing momentum toward preventing the rise of a similar figure in the future. Congress earlier this year passed legislation effectively eliminating anonymous American shell companies, but that’s just a start. Real estate, hedge fund, and private equity industries should all face similar legislation, requiring basic due diligence to learn more about how they’ve turned into sieves of suspect money. And Congress must continue digging into as much of Trump’s personal financing as it can.
If there’s one lesson from Trump-era corruption—and one distinguishing factor from Teapot Dome—it’s that this corruption is no longer just a domestic concern. It no longer remains confined to national borders, or to national polities. Which is why, in a century’s time, when future American students think of presidential corruption, they’ll immediately think of Donald Trump—and how he illustrated how presidential corruption stopped being an American concern, but something for all the kleptocrats of the world to enjoy.
Actually, it is working because no body cares anymore because the economy created more jobs in nine months in history.
The depth of the GOP being stupid is now being propagated for all to see......BWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! And you slurpers keep wondering why people are not taking the shot.....assholes like this making shit up!!!!
Mike Huckabee Blames COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy On Biden ‘Boring Us To Death’ With Science
Lee Moran
Tue, September 14, 2021, 4:51 AM
Mike Huckabee spun COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy into an attack on President Joe Biden on Monday.
Biden is “boring us to death” with science, the Republican former Arkansas governor, now a contributor on Fox News, griped to prime-time personality
https://www.thebulwark.com/trump-era-corruption-eclipses-even-teapot-dome/
Biden didn't do a control withdrawal like Trump envision. He bugged out without a plan.
The Taliban feared Trump like Biden's staff fears him going off-script. LOL.
Seriously, Trump dropped a fucking MOAB on ISIS in Afghanistan once in 2017 and knew he could and WOULD do it again.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
Trump-Era Corruption Eclipses Even Teapot Dome
All that was spewed was an unfounded accusation of corruption followed by a short history of the Teapot Dome affair.
This is meaningless word salid.
This is meaningless word salid.
It's spelled salad
Put down the PBR
Inflation is firmly in Bidenomics.
Denny, Alky and James are wrong, and have been.
It was never "Transitory ".
Tick up again.
All that was spewed was an unfounded accusation of corruption followed by a short history of the Teapot Dome affair.
This is meaningless word salid.
Yep. But this is what liberals are left with to console themselves these days.
Go for the oil and vinegar on this word salad.
"The Taliban feared Trump like Biden's staff fears him going off-script. LOL."
RRB
😆
Inflation is firmly in Bidenomics.
Denny, Alky and James are wrong, and have been.
It was never "Transitory ".
Tick up again.
Hey now. The alky is a graduate of the "Underpants Gnome School of Economics" so he knows what he's talking about.
Traitor Joe and Secretary of State Antony Blinken trashed the US Military and US Intelligence Agencies.
They blame everyone.
f there’s one lesson from Trump-era corruption—and one distinguishing factor from Teapot Dome—it’s that this corruption is no longer just a domestic concern.
In all this there's no credible accusation on the part of Trump or anyone in his administration of wrongdoing. In other word another Blaze hit piece.
I watched his testimony. He summed it up. We had accomplished our mission and it was time to withdraw.
Mr. Blinken told the House committee that the U.S. military had long ago achieved its objectives by striking back at the perpetrators of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and killing Osama bin Laden. Remaining in the country would have risked further U.S. casualties without improving the political or security situation there.
“One of the lessons is while we are very effective in dealing with terrorist threats to our country and eliminating them, which we did very successfully in Afghanistan, the idea of using military force to remake a society is something that is beyond our means and capacity,”
We are not colonizers like Great Britain and again the Soviet Union were.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/antony-blinken-continues-defense-of-afghanistan-drawdown-before-senate-panel-11631631702
Pretty obvious the Democrats strategy is to cover-up for the Biden administration by blaming Trump.
They are real Republicans not Trumpets
https://www.thebulwark.com/trump-era-corruption-eclipses-even-teapot-dome/
There is not enough white washing that the Nedia can do to cover up the blatant corruption of Traitor Joe.
Joe gave away the US Energy Strategic Advantages to China and Russia.
His failed Policies matter.
MOCK ROGER IS SO EASY.
Roger , did you give notice to the 4th Street Medicaid Land lord that you are moving out?
This is humorous but unfortunately it's Thecoldheartedtruth about Trump..
PALM BEACH (The Borowitz Report)—In a blistering attack on another former Commander-in-Chief, Donald J. Trump called George W. Bush “ungrateful,” telling reporters, “I kept him from being the worst President in history.”
“When he left office, he was at the bottom of the list of Presidents—I mean, the very, very bottom,” he said. “Then I got into office and changed all that.”
“I worked hard, day in, day out, to keep Bush from being the worst,” he said. “He’s given me no credit for that whatsoever. This should never be allowed to happen in this country.”
Despite doing Bush “this incredible favor,” Trump said, “I have never got so much as a thank-you note from that ungrateful bastard. I don’t know, maybe he’s too busy with his so-called paintings to write.”
Trump called Bush’s warnings about domestic terrorism during a speech on the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 “totally out of line.” He added, “When he was President, there were terrorists all over the world. I brought terrorism jobs back to the U.S.A.”.
RRB , Thank You.
Truly Alky-stupid
"Chapter 4: How to post your bank account information on Twitter and get your identity stolen."
Was this part of the scam that lead to.your 2nd wife dumping you into the gutter when she threw you out?
Or was this a 2nd dumb ass financial move?
I HATE this Taeggan GODdard!!!!
Republicans Headed for Embarrassing Loss
September 14, 2021 at 11:52 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Aaron Blake:
“It’s recall day in California, and by just about all accounts — including their own — Republicans are headed for defeat.”
“Top GOP contender Larry Elder’s campaign is already bogusly blaming his loss (which hasn’t actually happened yet) on voter fraud. Former president Donald Trump has also preemptively and wrongly blamed the loss on fraud, apparently having learned no lessons from the Georgia Senate runoffs about what message that might send to would-be GOP voters.
“The idea that Republicans would fall short in California, of course, isn’t terribly surprising. It’s a blue state.
"But it’s also a blue state in which they proactively picked this fight. And the margin by which they lose could wind up being historically significant (with the caveat that polls can be unreliable, especially in unusual races like this.)”
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Oh dear! Oh dear! If we lose this fucking race, and if Trump and Elder keep trying to claim it was stolen when there's not one shred of evidence for that -- what are people going to start thinking?
People are getting sick and tired of Trump and his "Wolf! Wolf" cries.
Pretty soon people will believe us even less than they believe the mainstream media!
How could we have been SO STUPID?
“I don’t think we’ve ever been at a point that’s been quite this tenuous for the democracy. I think it’s a huge danger because it’s the first time that I’ve seen it being undermined — our democracy being undermined from within.”
— Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R), quoted by CNN.
Godammit! Too many fucking Republicans are starting to talk like that! STOP it!!!
Roger Amick said...
This is meaningless word salid.
It's spelled salad
for you it's normally "spoiled salad"
no need to thank me
and go fuck yourself "pastor" Boswell
anybody who posts
"The host was drinking from a cup with a swastika on it.
That's MY kind of people!"
is not fooling anybody
quite the "Christian" that "pastor"
Well he does worship GODdard
religiously
Godammit! Too many fucking Republicans are starting to talk like that! STOP it!!!
sure sounds like more from the "pastor"
FJB
and fraud "pastors"
foaming from the mouth
ROFLMFAO!!!
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
September 14, 2021 at 12:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 19 Comments
“I don’t think we’ve ever been at a point that’s been quite this tenuous for the democracy. I think it’s a huge danger because it’s the first time that I’ve seen it being undermined — our democracy being undermined from within.”
— Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R), quoted by CNN.
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Godammit! Too many fucking Republicans are starting to talk like that! STOP it!!!
- "Pastor" James Boswell Normal, Illinois
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
September 14, 2021 at 12:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 19 Comments
“I don’t think we’ve ever been at a point that’s been quite this tenuous for the democracy. I think it’s a huge danger because it’s the first time that I’ve seen it being undermined — our democracy being undermined from within.”
— Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R), quoted by CNN.
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Godammit! Too many fucking Republicans are starting to talk like that! STOP it!!!
- "Pastor" James Boswell Normal, Illinois
well if he can repeat so can I
what a fucking turd
and an embarrassment to any religion
*spit*
James Boswell
Normal Illinois
hoax pastor
defender of racists and Nazis
like himself
Glenn Greenwald
VIDEO of continuing Pentagon Lies from Biden Administration:
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1437543862034108421
Everyone knows that the Biden Administration blatantly lied about the last drone strike it launched in Afghanistan.
It claimed it killed ISIS plotters and no civilians. The opposite is true: they killed only civilians, no ISIS.
What how they still evade and lie about it:
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1437543862034108421
a pile of horseshit
Glenn Greenwald
Four Tweets say it all:
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1437545051731673088
Regarding that drone strike: a play in 4 acts, starring NYT reporter @charlie_savage, author of the CIA's "Russian bounty" fairy tale:
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1437545051731673088
FAKE NEWS New York Times
state media
Joe Biden's America
1984
FJB
Omg
""The host was drinking from a cup with a swastika on it." James
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