He is not going to be there and they are not going to lock him up.

Mixed feelings on this. I have had to fight tooth and nail to correct medical billing errors, so I am glad that the next time a collector calls about a particular bill that is incorrect, I can tell them to pack sand without it showing up on my credit report. On the other hand, if we take away all consequences for not paying medical bills, some folks who can pay just won't bother, and that will ultimately raise costs for the rest of us who do pay our bills.

I don't know the details, but almost EVERY government agency EVERYWHERE is loaded with waste and mismanagement. It takes a lot of courage to reduce budgets, few politicians can bear the onslaught of this type of cherry picking attack. That is why government budgets rise, and rise, and rise. I'm sure she "took food from the mouths of babies" also. I don't envy her having to deal with this disaster and I don't blame her one bit for walking off the stage when he was asked about the budget cuts.

"But guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level." - Biden

Unless the dude is really, really really bad. - Biden

So I caught the headline and looked for the "rest of the story" to try to figure out why this generated about 500 news stories.

My first impression is that he looked very uncomfortable being up in front of people and cameras. The fact that his wife had to physically position him to face the cameras and his hanging head made me think he could be suffering from dementia or other mental impairment. Of course maybe he just doesn't like her and didn't want to shake her hand. Slow news day I guess.

#33 Chuffy,
I do care about you and your family. And I do reject DJT and elements of BOTH parties. I believe a multi-party system is essential for balance. I am not a Republican, but I can't "join you" when you post the kind of hyperbolic, over the top rhetoric like this:

Repubicans support, if not enthusiastically cheer, the following, openly:

Rape, sexual assault and men beating up women.
Six year olds getting shot in the face.
Adultery.
Child abuse.
Treason.
Fascism.
White Supremacists.
Religious theocracy.
Anti-science stupidity.

It's a longer list, but all of those things are the core beliefs of Repubicans. They love all of it.

I really don't see the point of piling on to the endless threads here that are filled with that kind of divisive content to prove some sort of fealty. I prefer to stick with factual posts from my area of expertise, and call out false or misleading stories. Disrupting false narratives makes people uncomfortable. Is it more comfortable for you to believe that roughly 50% of Americans support (if not enthusiastically cheer) six year olds getting shot in the face?

So that was my response to your "if you really cared about my family" comment. My work has exposed me to a very diverse population and my concern for other people is not conditional on political beliefs. I sincerely believe that most people are decent and caring, they just disagree on how to make the world a better place. I hope you and your family continue to stay safe. My family members are between the Sunset and Eaton fires and keeping watch. Air quality is terrible, but they are essential workers and can't leave. They feel very fortunate to be safe.

You too OCU.

Chuffy,
Prayers to you and your family. One of my kids is a mile outside of the evac zone for the Eaton fire, so we are all watching closely. They had 50-60 mph winds last night They are packed and ready to leave at a moments notice, but now there is another fire in the Hollywood Hills threatening their intended destination. There is really no safe direction. Scary stuff.

I'm hearing folks scoff and say this is no different from what we go through in hurricanes. There is no comparison.. In a hurricane you can hunker down in relative safety inside a well built structure. There is no escaping fire when it comes for you.

Please check in and let us know how you are doing.

Hmmmm? Where did I ever do that?

Very likely you are all at least partly right. A CHS is not an employee or a 1099 contractor. A CHS is basically a registered snitch, part of the general population who associates with criminals. Sometimes they are given nominal cash payments, but most of them seem to thrive on the attention and information they get from law enforcement. Per policy, they are NEVER authorized to break the law or encourage others to do so, but if they do, they are likely to receive leniency in recognition of whatever assistance they have provided. Their presence in the crowd should not be surprising or controversial.

I don't believe FBI Agents infiltrated these groups and directed the incursion, or that agents committed cries. I also don't believe the FBI didn't at least have a plainclothes presence in the crowd that day. If they didn't they failed us. In my DC days the FBI (and other Feds) popped up all over the place in protest activities. Sometimes we took them to jail to protect their cover. In all cases we were not permitted to include any information about their presence in our reports, something we took umbrage with.

The FBI is secretive to a fault, and the careful phrasing of the Inspector General reflects that. "We found no evidence in the materials we reviewed or the testimony we received showing or suggesting that the FBI had undercover employees in the various protest crowds, or at the Capitol, on January 6". Note they limited their analysis to materials and testimony they "reviewed". The FBI could have withheld or redacted materials and restricted certain personnel from testifying for a myriad of reasons the IG would have found acceptable. Transparency is not one of the FBI's core values. Secondly, FBI personnel would only be considered "undercover" if they had established fictitious identities and developed relationships with conspirators. Anonymous personnel mixing with the crow would be considered "plainclothes" not "undercover".

Never mind, I googled it. Apparently it means you think I'm crying like a child.. LOL no., you've got that backwards. I'm suggesting that YOU act like grown men instead of 12 year old boys.

They ya go JPW, well done. I have no objection to criticism of women, it is HOW it is done. It is childish and lazy to lead with insults that go to a persons immutable physical characteristics, rather than criticizing their actions. Certainly I expect a bit more effort from the DEI crowd. What is puling, BTW?

Oh look, this guy has a compelling reason,

"Rep. Gerald Connolly, Va., the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, criticized Cannon's decision on Tuesday.

"DOJ must release its report on Trump's mishandling of classified documents by January 20 so that the American people can understand the full extent of the President-elect's unlawful possession of hundreds of the government's most sensitive documents," he said in a statement. "The public's right to know is paramount."

So yeah, Politics., disguised as the public's right to know BEFORE the inauguration? As if he thinks there is still a chance to stop it somehow?

Some folks actually read the order. Charges were dropped against Trump,but are still pending against codefendants. Walter Naura for example. Jack Smiths draft report lays out the case against Nauta ( the prosecutions side only) Nauta's defense is prohibited by existing gag orders from rebutting against the allegations publicly. Therefore releasing the report unfairlly prejudices any potential jury pool against defendant Nauta.

Now, class, that is the reason why the report should not be released at this particular time, and Cannons ruling merely postpones release pending an appeals court determination.

So, Can you give a MORE compelling reason why it should be released at this particular moment? Didn't think so.

"How ISIS radicalized the New Orleans suspect but spent little time on how MAGA rhetoric radicalized the Las Vegas suspect."

They were both ------- crazy, and now they are both dead. Why are we making this a competition?

Damn auto correct, whores, not whites ... ..though NFL players do seem to prefer Becky.

It's very sexist and misogynistic of you to assume that gold bricking whores can only be women.

#31 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY AT 2025-01-07 07:10 PM

#31 brought to you by the guy who invokes the NFL as an axample of "not myspgny". Google Keywords, NFL player murder woman and see how many hits you get. Or take the light route and just try rapes or assaults women. But maybe they were all gold bricking whites too.

My contempt for Melania has nothing to do with her gender.

#14 | POSTED BY TFDNIHILIST AT 2025-01-07 09:47 AM | FLAG:

Is that why your post was about lesbian porn ... ... because it has nothing to do with gender? Hmmmmm ... ...

And how is it hatred to paraphrase her ascension over the years?

#16 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-01-07 11:13 AM | R

I didn't say it was hatred. It's just not not particularly liberal or progressive to refer to a woman as a "gold-bricking whore". Is that just "locker room talk"?

Neatly EVERY "assessment" of her above is steeped in misogynistic terms. If your contempt for her has nothing to do with gender, then let's hear it. Put on your big boy pants boy and express contempt for her without making it gender based and misogynistic. Too difficult?

"Misogyny is a form of sexism that is the hatred, contempt, or prejudice against women or girls. It can also refer to social systems or environments where women face hostility and hatred.
Misogyny can manifest in many ways, including:
Objectifying women
Belittling women or girls
Seeking to control women's behavior
Discriminating against women
Having double standards
Treating women differently from men
Threatening, aggressive, intimidating, or violent behavior
Pursuing unwanted sexual comments or advances
Misogyny has been practiced for thousands of years and is reflected in art, literature, philosophy, and religion. The term comes from the Greek words misos, meaning "hatred," and gun", meaning "woman". Second-wave feminists popularized the use of the term in the 1970s. Misogyny is not a crime, but harmful conduct that has its roots in misogyny should have consequences."

Unless the woman is a Republican, then it's all good.

Yes, the Trumpnsupporting election deniers, but also the Bideniers. You know, the folks that deny Biden is responsible for anything at all. It is almost as if his presidency never happened.

There are 38,000 people in the FBI. If the agency is "ineffective" and "rudderless", without one guy, I think there are bigger issues.

Shhhh, Some folks think Trump has been president for the last 10 years, don't tell them about Biden.

Redial,
I have never bought anything from Temu, nor have I ever clicked on a Temu ad, or any other ads that pops up on this site. I most certainly have never bought Trump merch, and find the man so revolting that I avoid any content about him.

Quite obviously, the ads are watching this site, and considering more than half the content is about Trump, the bots probably believe the Drudge Retort is a MAGA den. Ad Bots follow keywords, they don't analyze.

What kind of ads are you getting? ED products?

I'm always puzzled about the ads that seem to land on. This most August site, Lampy. Lately I've been getting mostly Temu ads, but I got lots of Trump type merch offered to me here also. I suppose it is because the algorithms see his name over and over in the content.