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The Summer of Discontent

  

Category:  Op/Ed

By:  vic-eldred  •  2 years ago  •  171 comments

The Summer of Discontent
My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril. Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you’re paying for the product. And do it now.

The suffering & grief is not limited to the average American. Now democrats are anxious about the coming midterms and beyond. More staffers have now left Biden than either Obama or Trump. Remember when the leftist media made a mountain of every staffer leaving Trump?  Democratic candidates are distancing themselves from Biden. Moderate Senate democrats refuse to put themselves on the line for any more wild cash giveaways. Biden says that he intends to run again. The truth is that he is for all intents and purposes a lame duck if he makes it to the end of his term. His handling of events was poor and his cognitive abilities are obviously an issue, but the real problem has been his radical policies.

His dishonest attempts to spin away each and every crisis that those policies created has left him as the most unpopular president in American history. This past week we heard rumblings from democratic strategists. We even saw the first challenge from the governor of what sadly passes for the state of CA. You know, the place every one is fleeing. Gov Newsom wants to give us more of the same in 2024, except he won't need handlers. Newsom you may recall he needed democrats to pull out all the stops to overcome a recall by the citizens of CA.



The Week:

Iran close to Nuclear Bomb: "Iran has appreciably increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and is coming dangerously close to having enough weapons-grade material to produce a nuclear bomb, according to a report on Thursday. ​A confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to its members said Tehran had 33.2 kilograms (73 pounds) of 60 percent enriched material as of Feb. 19. It’s the highest level of enriched uranium ever recorded in Iran, up from the 17.7 kilograms (39 pounds) the agency recorded in early November, the  Wall Street Journal  reported."

https://nypost.com/2022/03/03/un-watchdog-warns-iran-closer-than-ever-to-nuclear-bomb/

Bad news for Israel and Biden. Sixteen democrats led by Sen Bob Menendez oppose any more "deals" with the terrorist state.



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Woke justice in NYC: A thug named Austin Simon tried to rob & harm a 51 year old man working in a bodega in Harlem Friday night. Jose Alba was attacked by an enraged career criminal, Austin Simon, who went behind the counter and choked him over a bag of chips. Alba defended himself, and Simon died. DA Alvin Bragg has charged him with murder. City Councilman Robert Holden showed support for the suspect. On Twitter, he wrote, "Career criminals are let right out of jail without bail, while a store clerk who apparently acted in self defense is on Rikers Island." 

It gets worse - As Alba sits in jail, GoFundMe ( obviously another left leaning organization) has deleted the legal defense fund page for Alba. Last night Tucker Carlson released the names of the three directors of Go Fund Me . Elsewhere in NYC, three young women who were charged for sauce decided to trash the fast food establishment that charged them. No police were seen in the area. The incident has now gone viral on You Tube.



Biden exports 5 Million barrels of oil from the strategic oil reserve: "The Biden administration exported more than 5 million barrels of oil from its emergency reserves that were released in order to  combat sky-high gas prices here at home , according to a report. The US sent the oil, which was taken from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) that the Biden administration tapped into in hopes of getting mounting energy prices under control, to Asia and Europe,  Reuters is reporting."

A great deal for China, but that's what they paid Hunter (and Joe) for, right?  Speaking of Hunter Biden, is being investigated by Joe Biden's own AG will be a supreme test of integrity for the DOJ?   I wonder how it will go?



Director Wray's China warning: "FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday said China poses the  "biggest long-term threat"  to the economic and national security of the United States and Western allies, and warned that Beijing is "trying to shape the world" by interfering in politics, business and more.

Wray’s warning comes just months after the Biden Justice Department, which oversees the FBI, ended the Trump-era  "China Initiative" program  aimed at preventing spying by the Chinese Communist Party. The Biden administration, instead, replaced it with a broader approach to counter "nation-state threats."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/china-poses-biggest-long-term-threat-economic-national-security-fb-director-wray-warns?yptr=yahoo




What have we learned?

Boris Johnson was forced to resign yesterday. It seems that the Conservative elected to lead on Brexit wasn't much of a Conservative after all. Conservatives will elect a new leader, but I'll bet Joe Biden is delighted that the US doesn't have snap elections over votes of confidence. The American people must suffer & wait for 2024!

Oregon's Department of Education allocated nearly $2 million for a fellowship that would train K-12 educators from diverse backgrounds to reject the "eurocentric worldview" of "individualism." Why do we allow it? Will a President DeSantis put an end to it like he did in Florida?

We also learned that we were sold a bill of goods on the case of a drugged up sicko who randomly shot people on the 4th. It turns out that he was very sick and his parents knew it and covered for him. The father is now under criminal investigation.

In the case of Jose Alba we learned that groups whom the left regard as special groups have special rights. Those who childishly demand the last word can't change that fact.




Cartoon of the week:

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Honorable Mention:


Washington congressional candidate Corey Gibson










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Vic Eldred
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1  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

We can now look forward to the GDP numbers for the second quarter coming out at the end of the month. 

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1  devangelical  replied to  Vic Eldred @1    2 years ago

funny cartoon. where does the trumpster brain trust think the oil in the keystone pipeline was headed?

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
1.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  devangelical @1.1    2 years ago

You already know that answer. The Keystone Pipeline would have created thousand of jobs, it would have added $3 Billion to the US economy, it would have supported many other industries and was a safe & cheap way to transport gas. Of course, if you are a green energy zealot or answer to them, you wouldn't want it.

Now for my question: Why is Biden selling oil from the nation's strategic oil reserve to countries like China, when he said he was using it for US gas consumers?

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
Professor Principal
1.1.2  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  devangelical @1.1    2 years ago

To refineries on the Gulf Coast?

 
 
 
Ronin2
Professor Quiet
1.1.3  Ronin2  replied to  devangelical @1.1    2 years ago

Seems Democrats and the left think all overseas. Of course they are wrong.

The Keystone XL pipeline will transport crude oil from Alberta, Canada to Nebraska. The oil will then flow through another pipeline to Gulf Coast refineries, where it will be refined into petroleum products like gasoline.

Gulf Coast refineries export about two-thirds of their products, according to a U.S. Energy Information Administration report in January. The rest is sold in the U.S. That is a marked shift since 2012, when refineries exported about 38 percent of their products.

The Gulf Coast exports of crude oil -- oil that has not been refined into everything from butane to gasoline -- spiked during the same time period. Companies exported about 280,000 barrels of crude oil every day last year, compared to 4,000 in 2012.

When it comes to facts Democrats don't have any.

 
 
 
Thomas
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1.1.4  Thomas  replied to  Vic Eldred @1.1.1    2 years ago
Why is Biden selling oil from the nation's strategic oil reserve to countries like China

He isn't. The capitalists whom you love so much are. Think "Open Market"

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
1.1.5  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Thomas @1.1.4    2 years ago

That's a very revealing comment

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
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1.1.6  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Thomas @1.1.4    2 years ago

you need an open mind to learn Truth, and for some, an open mind allows for theirs, to fall out, but now, they don't mind....or have one.

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
Professor Principal
1.1.7  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Thomas @1.1.4    2 years ago

They can't do that without POTUS authorization can they?

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
1.1.8  Tessylo  replied to  devangelical @1.1    2 years ago

Some folks pretend that whathisname made us energy independent and that was because of the Keystone pipeline.

How does that work??????????????????

 
 
 
Tessylo
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1.1.9  Tessylo  replied to  devangelical @1.1    2 years ago
"funny cartoon. where does the trumpster brain trust think the oil in the keystone pipeline was headed?"

Not for the US.  Only a moron believes otherwise.  

 
 
 
Tessylo
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1.1.10  Tessylo  replied to  devangelical @1.1    2 years ago

It would not have created thousands of jobs.  It would have created very few permanent jobs.

It would not have added $3 billion to the US economy.

It was not a safe and cheap way to transport gas.

Where is the citation I wonder for this nonsense?

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
1.1.11  Tessylo  replied to  Thomas @1.1.4    2 years ago

That's revealing in that it's the truth.  

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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1.1.12  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Tessylo @1.1.9    2 years ago
Not for the US.  Only a moron believes otherwise.  

Exactly, look at the map and see that the proposed pipeline crossed the Pacific to send the oil to China.

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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1.1.13  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @1.1.12    2 years ago

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pat wilson
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1.1.14  pat wilson  replied to  Ronin2 @1.1.3    2 years ago

The largest refinery on the Gulf Coast is owned by the Saudis.

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1.15  devangelical  replied to  Vic Eldred @1.1.1    2 years ago
Now for my question

you didn't answer my question, why would I answer yours?

 
 
 
Thomas
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1.1.16  Thomas  replied to  Vic Eldred @1.1.5    2 years ago

How so?

I am an equal opportunity asshole. Where I see incongruous actions or methods,  I point them out. 

Humankind is brilliant in that it can create devices (money, economies, systems of government,  the internet, et al) which it proudly proclaims, "Humans made that!" but then seems bumfuzzeled when it does not act the way they want.  Then, even though they made the thing from concept to completion,  seem to be held inside of the thing's workings and proclaim helplessness to alter the thing's outcomes... This, to me,  is the most tragically comic of outcomes: We are apparently helpless in the face of our own creations, not realizing that we can, in fact, change the outcome. 

 
 
 
Thomas
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1.1.17  Thomas  replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @1.1.7    2 years ago
Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) gives authority to the President under specified conditions to direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a public sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.  DOE sells SPR oil in a competitive auction to the highest bidder.

The Department may initiate a sale to respond to a severe energy supply interruption, to prevent or address lesser supply shortages or to conduct evaluations of drawdown and sales procedures.  The Statutory Authority for an SPR Drawdown outlines the EPCA requirements for an authorized sale and drawdown.

I am fairly certain that the president or congress would need to specifically state that the oil be used in a certain way.

 
 
 
Thomas
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1.1.18  Thomas  replied to  Thomas @1.1.17    2 years ago

Sorry. Forgot to link.

 
 
 
cjcold
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1.1.19  cjcold  replied to  Vic Eldred @1.1.1    2 years ago

Sorry Vic those are all lies. Keystone was a boondoggle.

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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1.1.20  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  cjcold @1.1.19    2 years ago

Exactly, those silly Canadians in Alberta blew $1.5 billion (US) on that boondoggle. 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

November 7th is now, officially, Victims of Communism Day in Florida.

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More than 650,000 Cubans fled a murderous Communist regime.

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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2.1  Sean Treacy  replied to  Vic Eldred @2    2 years ago
November 7th is now, officially, Victims of Communism Day in Florida.

That should be a global holiday, as  tens of millions have been killed worldwide by Communists.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Sean Treacy @2.1    2 years ago

It's without a doubt the world's greatest evil

 
 
 
Thomas
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2.1.2  Thomas  replied to  Vic Eldred @2.1.1    2 years ago

A-U-T 

Totalitarian rules!

H-O-R

R? Republicans are the New Fascists!

it-ari-an Regime...

Next MD will start an social website, and since "Truth" is already taken, He will call it "Pravda"

 
 
 
cjcold
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2.1.3  cjcold  replied to  Vic Eldred @2.1.1    2 years ago

Pretty sure that far right wing fascism is the world's greatest evil.

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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2.1.4  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  cjcold @2.1.3    2 years ago

What happened to climate change?

 
 
 
afrayedknot
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2.1.5  afrayedknot  replied to  cjcold @2.1.3    2 years ago

“…far right wing fascism is the world's greatest evil.”

Indeed. Europe, South America, and here in the U.S. 

We are at a crossroads…do we embrace the simple fact that we are now a global society, accepting the challenges that that brings, or do we in ignorance deny it and burn it all down rather than adapt to the reality? 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1.6  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  cjcold @2.1.3    2 years ago
Pretty sure that far right wing fascism is the world's greatest evil.

Defeated in 1945, at the same time that nuclear weapons were made available to and protected radical leftist Communism forever thereafter.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1.7  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Thomas @2.1.2    2 years ago

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Thomas
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2.1.8  Thomas  replied to  Vic Eldred @2.1.7    2 years ago

You know I used to follow objectavist ethics, don't you?  

Oh, yes.  I  was a good little Rand-bot. 

That worked until after college,  when confronted with the real world, I began to question everything.  I  saw the rise of Rush  limpballs. WTF was that? This guy makes specious arguments and is lauded for doing so. It took a bit to tear his dislogic down, but I deconstructed it.  Up to that point,I had considered myself mostly republican leaning.  As I said though, I began to question.  

The overreaching arc of republican legislation since the "Contract With America" days has been to deny American Citizens whom the Republican party disagreed with rights and freedoms that, when exercised, have absolutely no impact upon anyone else. This is morally, ethically and humanely wrong.

As a matter of fact,  the quote which you give from Ms. Rand is so ironically apropos in that you, and others with the same mindset, are seeking to control not only things that people say and do, but seeking this through governmental means. 

Pure and unadulterated control of the thoughts and actions of people through governmental controls is exactly what you and your party seek to instill and install in the USA. You can  deny it all that you want. It is categorically obvious from the character and content of your posts.

I heartily say, Fuck Off!

 
 
 
Thrawn 31
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2.1.9  Thrawn 31  replied to  Vic Eldred @2.1.6    2 years ago
Defeated in 1945

Except Nazism is still a thing and the GOP seems to be embracing its supporters. 

at the same time that nuclear weapons were made available to and protected radical leftist Communism forever thereafter.

Ummm, really not sure what the fuck you are trying to say there.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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3  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

Waiting for the President's speech on protecting abortion rights.

We'll have all the stumbling & bumbling right here.

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
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3.1  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Vic Eldred @3    2 years ago
We'll have all the stumbling & bumbling right here.

I thought it was already, at least from what's posted.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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3.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  igknorantzrulz @3.1    2 years ago

Present company excluded of course.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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4  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

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Thomas
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4.1  Thomas  replied to  Vic Eldred @4    2 years ago

Failed in his attempt to alter the constitution to allow Japan to take aggressive military action.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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4.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Thomas @4.1    2 years ago

You want us to that for them?

 
 
 
Thomas
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4.1.2  Thomas  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.1.1    2 years ago

I would prefer it if no one took aggressive military action.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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4.1.3  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Thomas @4.1.2    2 years ago

There is only one reason that Germany and Japan have not restored their own military defense - since 1945 we have done it for them.

 
 
 
Thrawn 31
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4.1.4  Thrawn 31  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.1.3    2 years ago

Not accurate, the main reason is that we wouldn't let them. We have been actively preventing them from rearming since the end of WW2, primarily through our occupations (and yes to a degree we still do considering our military presence in those countries). Additionally, we have a strategic interest in protecting those areas when it comes to dealing with other threats. 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
4.1.5  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Thrawn 31 @4.1.4    2 years ago

1) We shouldn't be paying for their defense. It must be great for first world nations to have 0 defense budget.

2) Our national threats today all come from either Communist nuclear powers or radical Islamist states. We cannot be stationing 40,000 troops in Germany when our main threats are in the Pacific region. Especially when the moron Joe Biden has all branches of the military scratching for volunteers.

3) Japan and South Korea need to be our primary forward bases.

4) We need a beefed up Pacific Fleet and we need Japan to raise a substantial military force. We also need to deploy nuclear missiles in Japan, South Korea and Australia.

 
 
 
afrayedknot
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4.1.6  afrayedknot  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.1.5    2 years ago

“Our national threats today all come from either Communist nuclear powers or radical Islamist states.”

Or perhaps the greatest threat…internally fomented dissent leading to irreparable division and eventual apathy.

The seeds have been planted and plenty of fertilizer being spread. We will reap what we have sown. 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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4.1.7  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  afrayedknot @4.1.6    2 years ago
We will reap what we have sown. 

I think you'll witness a lot or the reaping in about 4 months.

 
 
 
afrayedknot
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4.1.8  afrayedknot  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.1.7    2 years ago

Thus proving the point. 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
4.1.9  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  afrayedknot @4.1.8    2 years ago

The point being that the divisive, dirty democrats will reap what they have sown?

Absolutely!

 
 
 
afrayedknot
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4.1.10  afrayedknot  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.1.9    2 years ago

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devangelical
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4.1.11  devangelical  replied to  afrayedknot @4.1.6    2 years ago

meh, too far to travel to eradicate commies and radical muslims. I'll just be patient and prepare for the coming mass extermination of xtian nationalists, after a few more of them breach the wall. /s

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
4.1.12  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  devangelical @4.1.11    2 years ago
too far to travel

Speaking of travel, Thursday can't arrive fast enough!

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Thomas
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4.1.13  Thomas  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.1.12    2 years ago

Circle jerk in a yurt?

 
 
 
Thomas
Masters Guide
4.1.14  Thomas  replied to  Vic Eldred @4.1.9    2 years ago

You project too much. 

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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5  Jeremy Retired in NC    2 years ago
Woke justice in NYC: A thug named Austin Simon tried to rob & harm a 51 year old man working in a bodega...DA Alvin Bragg has charged him with murder.

This is the result of making criminals out to be victims.  

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
5.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @5    2 years ago

And allowing a Hungarian Currency trader to provide campaign finance for progressive DA's.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
6  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

Biden is giving the Medal of Freedom — America's highest civilian honor — to Megan Rapinoe, a woman who bullied her teammates into kneeling for the national anthem.

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Jeremy Retired in NC
Professor Expert
6.1  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Vic Eldred @6    2 years ago

I lost any respect for that "award" when Biden received it.  

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
6.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @6.1    2 years ago

I keep forgetting that he got an award for something

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
Professor Expert
6.1.2  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Vic Eldred @6.1.1    2 years ago

I think he got it for breathing without being told to.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
6.1.3  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @6.1.2    2 years ago

Then he must have got it about 5 years ago. A good enema would have been a better idea.

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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6.1.4  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Vic Eldred @6.1.3    2 years ago

I don't think the enema would work.  His head is in the way.

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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6.1.5  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @6.1.4    2 years ago

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cjcold
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6.1.6  cjcold  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @6.1    2 years ago

I lost all respect for the reward when Trump gave it to Rush.

 
 
 
Thrawn 31
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6.1.7  Thrawn 31  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @6.1    2 years ago

I never had much respect for it in the first place. 

 
 
 
Hallux
Professor Principal
6.2  Hallux  replied to  Vic Eldred @6    2 years ago

That teammate would be Hope Solo who was no longer playing for the team when Ms Rapinoe first took a knee. Ms. Solo has an 'interesting' arrest history. But hey, Donald didn't like Megan and you are just slumming on the bandwagon.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
6.2.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Hallux @6.2    2 years ago

Sorry, the Post lied one too many times.

 
 
 
Hallux
Professor Principal
6.2.2  Hallux  replied to  Vic Eldred @6.2.1    2 years ago

Unlike the sources you use ... @!@

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
6.2.3  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Hallux @6.2.2    2 years ago

It doesn't matter who it is. Once they lie for 4 solid years, I boot 'em.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
6.2.4  Tessylo  replied to  Hallux @6.2.2    2 years ago

Wonder why one doesn't boot Faux 'news' cause they've lied about everything since George dubya Bush

Easier to count how many times they told he truth

And no, popularity and high ratings don't equal truth

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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6.2.5  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Vic Eldred @6.2.3    2 years ago

Yeah, well I laughed when Subway booted her as their spokesperson!

 
 
 
Dulay
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6.2.6  Dulay  replied to  Vic Eldred @6.2.3    2 years ago

That can't be true since you continue to use Fox as a source. 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
6.2.7  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Dulay @6.2.6    2 years ago

That kind of talk is beneath me.

 
 
 
Dulay
Professor Guide
6.2.8  Dulay  replied to  Vic Eldred @6.2.7    2 years ago

I am well aware of the fact that you avoid addressing the hypocrisy in you posts Vic. 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
7  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

DeSantis Effect: Florida books record $21.8 billion budget surplus 

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Kavika
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7.1  Kavika   replied to  Vic Eldred @7    2 years ago

Instead of bragging about this budget surplus DiSantis could raise teacher pay which is one of the lowest in the country and do something about our teacher shortage which could reach 9,000 by the end of 2022. 

Of course, we have one of the highest uninsured populations in the country. Since Florida would not expand the Medicaid program under the ACA. 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
7.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Kavika @7.1    2 years ago

That's one thing about CA, they pay their teachers well. What is CA now, 46th in education???

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
7.1.2  Kavika   replied to  Vic Eldred @7.1.1    2 years ago
That's one thing about CA, they pay their teachers well. What is CA now, 46th in education???

We're talking about FL, Vic. Nice try at a strawman though.

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Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
7.1.3  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Kavika @7.1.2    2 years ago

My point was very relevant. Pay rates have had little impact on the quality of education.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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7.1.6  Trout Giggles  replied to  Kavika @7.1.2    2 years ago

Nothing like deflecting off topic on your own seed. LOL! I like the Scarecrow

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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7.1.7  Greg Jones  replied to  Kavika @7.1    2 years ago

"Instead of bragging about this budget surplus DiSantis could raise teacher pay which is one of the lowest in the country and do something about our teacher shortage which could reach 9,000 by the end of 2022."

 
 
 
Kavika
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7.1.9  Kavika   replied to  Greg Jones @7.1.7    2 years ago

I'm aware of the increases, but we still have a huge shortage of teachers. 

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
7.1.10  Kavika   replied to    2 years ago

I'm aware of the Florida rankings and I want to keep it that way, and pay increases will, hopefully, help close the gap on our shortage of teachers. 

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
7.1.11  Kavika   replied to  Vic Eldred @7.1.3    2 years ago
Pay rates have had little impact on the quality of education.

If that is true why is Florida increasing teacher pay, if it has little impact why increase it?

It seems  the pay is very low they are unable to attract new qualified teachers (per DeSantis) so they are increasing pay for new teachers.

It seems that pay has a great deal to do with it.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
7.1.12  Tessylo  replied to  Kavika @7.1.2    2 years ago

Some always deflect.  Why won't they just answer the question?

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
7.1.13  Tessylo  replied to  Trout Giggles @7.1.6    2 years ago
"Nothing like deflecting off topic on your own seed. LOL! I like the Scarecrow"
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It's constant!

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
7.1.15  Kavika   replied to    2 years ago

APPARENTLY,  DeSantis thinks it's needed. 

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
7.1.16  Tessylo  replied to  Kavika @7.1.15    2 years ago

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Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
7.1.18  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Kavika @7.1.11    2 years ago

That sounds like your view of things, I gave you the answer that 3 of you are now so irate about.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
7.1.19  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Kavika @7.1.15    2 years ago
APPARENTLY,  DeSantis thinks it's needed. 

Well, apparently you've contradicted yourself. Either DeSantis thinks that it's needed or he doesn't.  Which is it?

Next time you want to take a shot at a superior state & Governor, you'll think twice.

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Right here is where he said:   "DiSantis could raise teacher pay" and over here is where he said: "APPARENTLY,  DeSantis thinks it's needed." 

That doesn't make much sense Perry

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
7.1.20  Tessylo  replied to  Kavika @7.1.15    2 years ago

You didn't contradict yourself Kav.

Nothing to think twice about

 
 
 
Gazoo
Junior Silent
7.1.21  Gazoo  replied to  Greg Jones @7.1.7    2 years ago

26th is teacher pay, out of 50, is one of the lowest? Lol, what a freaking joke that comment was.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
7.1.22  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Tessylo @7.1.20    2 years ago
You didn't contradict yourself Kav.

I trust that many would disagree.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
8  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

Ok, here is the ridiculous idiot in the White House with his un-Constitutional Executive Order on abortion.

He just claimed that his fucking "economic plan" is working !!!!!

 
 
 
Gazoo
Junior Silent
8.1  Gazoo  replied to  Vic Eldred @8    2 years ago

To be fair, maybe his economic plan was to put the middle class through great hardship and destroy the poor? 

If so, it’s working great!

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
8.1.2  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Gazoo @8.1    2 years ago

At the very least he was trying to force the country to move to green energy. You know, the place where we are about 2 decades away from.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
8.1.3  author  Vic Eldred  replied to    2 years ago
Yes it is.

Old Joe should have taken the advice of Frank Lopez:

"Hey, Tony. Remember when I told you when you first started working for me, the guys that last in this business, are the guys who fly straight. Low-key, quiet. But the guys who want it all, chicas, champagne, flash... they don't last."

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
9  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

The broader right to "privacy?" ?????

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
11  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

Listening to clueless Joe, one may recall Voltaire's advice:

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it."

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
12  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

"Ten years old!"

"Was forced to travel to another state...

"Ten years old!"

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
13  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

Biden just asked "what century are we in?"

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
14  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

He said, "looking at the faces in the room, the press probably knows more about what I'm going to sign than I do."

Holy shit!

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
15  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

He now signs some ridiculous executive order supposedly ensuring a woman's health care.

He was now asked a question about what happened in Japan. On cue, he is talking about the weapon used.

What a tool for the left he was.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
16  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

Joe Biden finishes reading a sentence from the teleprompter with "...end of quote. Repeat the line."

Oh, he's running for the door!

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
17  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

Here comes Jonathan Turley on Fox News to clean up.

First : "Biden clearly misunderstood Griswold."

Second: "The President is wrong when he says that the Supreme Court ignored that the history of not criminalizing early abortions. That is not true. The Court discussed the "quickening" issue in early American and English cases."

Finally: ..."As expected, the President is signing an executive order to protect the travel of women across state lines, a right already clearly and completely protected by the Constitution..".

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
PhD Quiet
17.1  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Vic Eldred @17    2 years ago
First : "Biden clearly misunderstood Griswold."

Clarke, is often misunderstood, but Aunt Edna, and Her Lit6tle Dog, Too,    understood him a;; too well

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
17.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  igknorantzrulz @17.1    2 years ago

Misunderstanding is one thing. Getting something completely backwards is another.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
18  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

That press conference was kind of a rip-off. I was laughing so hard and then Joe was gone. Believe it or not, I kind of wanted more.

 
 
 
Snuffy
Professor Participates
19  Snuffy    2 years ago

In listening to Biden's speech this morning, about the only thing I agreed with is that abortion should be codified at the national level.  But to do that, congressional leadership would need to kick the extremists to the side and come up with a compromise that both parties could agree with and I really don't see leadership from either side doing that.  After all this is an election year and they are too afraid they may lose out on some extremist votes if they do that and allowing the use of abortion as a tool to bash the other side is a proven commodity they can and will continue to use.

And once again the American public pays the price...

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
19.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Snuffy @19    2 years ago

The problem has been that activist Courts have taken on what Congress was unable to do. That is wrong and that is why Justice Thomas wants to revisit those decisions.

 
 
 
afrayedknot
Junior Quiet
19.2  afrayedknot  replied to  Snuffy @19    2 years ago

“…congressional leadership…”

…the oxymoron of all morons…

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
20  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes are illegal under Wisconsin law.

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pat wilson
Professor Participates
20.1  pat wilson  replied to  Vic Eldred @20    2 years ago

'cause regular mail is so secure, lol

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
20.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  pat wilson @20.1    2 years ago

'cause voting in person is the most secure.

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
PhD Quiet
20.1.2  igknorantzrulz  replied to  pat wilson @20.1    2 years ago
cause regular mail is so secure, lol

Well, the GOP might disagree. Did they ever finish dismantling that emergency mail separating machinery yet ?, cause the regular "mail/male" are often the opposite of secure, and pure. Cause when 45 wishes to appoint an idiot to head or Post Office during an unprecedented inn present times, world wide shutdown with Scientific EVIDENCE that we should be sending in ballots via the Mail Boxes to avoid spreading KILLer Covid amongst US, it was the ONLY LOGICAL THING TO DO , NO ! ?

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
20.1.3  Tessylo  replied to  igknorantzrulz @20.1.2    2 years ago

Certain folks on this 'article' voted by mail yet claimed that all others who did were lazy.

Ain't that a hoot iggy?

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
PhD Quiet
20.1.4  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Tessylo @20.1.3    2 years ago

bet they even know how many licks it takes, before he or she gives a hoot, about getting to the center of all of these revelations and eventual, proclamations, and of course, the center iof a Tootsie pop...

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
Professor Principal
20.1.5  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  pat wilson @20.1    2 years ago
'cause regular mail is so secure, lol

And yet that was the choice du jour in 2020. And it wasn't the GOP that pushed it and changed laws to facilitate even more with less authentication.

 
 
 
pat wilson
Professor Participates
20.1.6  pat wilson  replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @20.1.5    2 years ago

Was it more secure than dropboxes ?

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
20.1.7  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  pat wilson @20.1.6    2 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg financing and staffing state elections./ S

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
20.1.8  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Vic Eldred @20.1.1    2 years ago

"The statute book says absentee ballots “shall be mailed by the elector, or delivered in person, to the municipal clerk.” As  the majority opinion wryly points out : “An inanimate object, such as a ballot drop box, cannot be the municipal clerk.” Although drop boxes were meant to make voting easy, the majority is correct: “Good intentions never override the law.”

The court also ruled voters must “personally” deliver their ballots to the clerk, which will deter vote harvesting. The majority takes no stance on whether third parties may legally “place an absentee ballot in the mail on the voter’s behalf,” but the writing is on the wall.

The ruling will also probably heighten the Republican appetite to overhaul the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC). The court says the 2020 drop box memos were issued by WEC administrative staff, “who did not cite any statutes whatsoever to support their invention.”

 

 
 
 
pat wilson
Professor Participates
20.1.9  pat wilson  replied to  Vic Eldred @20.1.7    2 years ago

Huh ?

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
21  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

Prayers for Shinzo

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@DanScavino

 
 
 
JohnRussell
Professor Principal
21.1  JohnRussell  replied to  Vic Eldred @21    2 years ago

Couldnt Scavino scrounge up a photo of Abe without Trump in it? 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
21.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  JohnRussell @21.1    2 years ago

Obviously, you don't know Dan.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
Professor Principal
21.1.3  JohnRussell  replied to  Vic Eldred @21.1.1    2 years ago

Oh I do. They had to surgically remove Scavino's tongue from Trumps nether regions. 

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
21.1.4  Tessylo  replied to  JohnRussell @21.1    2 years ago

Yeah, I hate that fat ugly turd next to Abe.

Vomit inducing.  

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
21.1.5  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  JohnRussell @21.1.3    2 years ago
nether regions. 

Who made that phrase famous here on NT?

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
Professor Quiet
21.1.6  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Tessylo @21.1.4    2 years ago

Funny that a lot of people feel the same way about el Presidente Joe Biden.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
22  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

In 1964, Ringo Starr snapped a photo of some high school students who had skipped class to see the Beatles during their first trip to the US. 50 years later, the group reunited and recreated the photo.

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@The EricAlper

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
PhD Quiet
22.1  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Vic Eldred @22    2 years ago

where's the other guy in the back seat ?

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
22.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  igknorantzrulz @22.1    2 years ago

Probably no longer with us.

Do you think he was a victim?

and the rest oppressors?

 
 
 
Hallux
Professor Principal
23  Hallux    2 years ago

               "Boris Johnson was forced to resign yesterday. It seems that the Conservative elected to lead on Brexit wasn't much of a Conservative after all."

How so, did he not lie often enough?

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
PhD Quiet
23.1  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Hallux @23    2 years ago
did he not lie often enough?

can't trump Trump, when it comes to LYING !

 
 
 
Ronin2
Professor Quiet
23.2  Ronin2  replied to  Hallux @23    2 years ago

No one beats Biden for lying.

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
PhD Quiet
23.2.1  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Ronin2 @23.2    2 years ago

Trump BEAT  HIM by a 100 miles. Over 30,000 averaging like 20 + per day. Thats like 17 MORE LIES PER DAY, from     TRUMP!

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
23.2.2  Tessylo  replied to  Ronin2 @23.2    2 years ago

Just saying the opposite of something doesn't make it true.

Childish

Toddlers are more mature than this

 
 
 
Ronin2
Professor Quiet
23.2.4  Ronin2  replied to  igknorantzrulz @23.2.1    2 years ago

I keep forgetting Joe doesn't lie- he just "misremembers" a lot; is "Joe being Joe"; another "Bidenism"; and anything else the media can come up with to explain away his lies.

Biden has been lying for his entire political career- which has been far longer than Trump's.

Leftist alternate reality is getting really damn old. Midterms will hopefully jar your asses back to the real world.

 
 
 
Colour Me Free
Senior Quiet
23.2.5  Colour Me Free  replied to  Ronin2 @23.2.4    2 years ago
I keep forgetting Joe doesn't lie- he just "misremembers" a lot; is "Joe being Joe"

Former President Clinton still remains ranked in the top 20 of presidential popularity [yikes] .. he was accused of rape and sexual misconduct [no one believed the victim back then] and Monica Lewinsky was vilified [by H. Clinton on whatever 'news' program that would let her spout her conspiracy theories] for her part in the blow job lie, all the while Clinton was the victim in some individual's eyes because he was 'seduced'  .. Biden sniffs hair and massages shoulders ..  Trump fits in the middle somewhere, not sure if his lies and exploits top Clinton's or not... could be a tie...

Abraham Lincoln and George Washington rank 1 and 2 respectively ... Obama 10 and George H W Bush at 21 ... so I still have faith in some Americans opinions

Total Scores/Overall Rankings | C-SPAN Survey on Presidents 2021 | C-SPAN.org

 
 

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