Lucifer is preparing an entrance for Putin to use when he goes to his final destination. I hope they seal it up so he can't come back.

The bid-rigging scheme was a classic of the genre. A small Rust Belt city needed new garbage trucks. Its mayor and two of his donors needed money. The mayor, a struggling mortgage lender, owed years' worth of back taxes; the donors were two brothers desperate to save the truck dealership they'd spent the past few years running into the ground. So the mayor fixed things to steer the garbage-truck contracts to the brothers, a million-dollar cushion under their failing dealership. Thankful for this good turn, they cut the mayor a check for $13,000 ostensibly for some consulting work, the substance of which was never clear.

"The feds caught on to this arrangement, and in 2021, the mayor, Jim Snyder, was tried and convicted on corruption charges. On Wednesday, in Snyder v. United States, the Supreme Court threw out the verdict in a 6"3 vote, with the three liberal justices dissenting. The majority cut in half the federal law Snyder was convicted of violating. That law, the Court held, applies to bribes promised or dispensed before any official action is taken but not to "gratuities""rewards, as the majority put it, "given as a token of appreciation after the official act." The majority reached its conclusion by pointing to various indicators that, in its view, showed Congress never intended the law to dictate whether state and local officials can or can't accept gratuities. As far as federal law is concerned, state and local officials are now generally free to accept gifts small and large"$13,000 checks, lavish vacations, cash-stuffed valises"from the beneficiaries of their actions in office. (State and local laws still apply to them, but only a small fraction of corruption cases are brought

"Gore didn't have the votes in Florida and he knew it."eir petition that continuing the recount

Absolutely not true. Katherine Harris and Jeb Bush were conniving to steal that election and brought the case to the Supreme Court to stop the recount and even said in th petition that continuing the recount would harm George W, Bush, which if he, in fact, had the votes a recount would only have confirmed his victory. Nut instead the corrupt Supreme Court decided to arbitrarily declare Bush the winner with the partially counted recount vecause no doins so could resukt in irreperable harm to George Bush; never mind that their decision did irreparable harm to Al Gore. the fact that the Roberts court is corrupt which lhas now been clearly demonstrated on other issues. Hell Clarece Thomas nd Samuel Aliti prove that

Whi has the power to meddle ib national elections and punish his opponents with prison? Answer: Putin.

So how much would it cost to create new faciities for thousabds of Federal jobs in these red states abd then to these workers would have to sell homes and move which would have to be compensated, Dobak Trump's need for revenged just be too expenxive and disruptuve to the operation of rge government not to mention federal employees wirg homes, chilren inschool etc. all because his ego got bruised? And the sheep on the right would still vote for this egomaniac? MAGA really is a cult. No other explanation for people conyinuing to support such a childish person for Ptrsident.

So how much would it cost to create new faciities for thousabds of Federal jobs in these red states abd then to these workers would have to sell homes and move which would have to be compensated, Dobak Trump's need for revenged just be too expenxive and disruptuve to the operation of rge government not to mention federal employees wirg homes, chilren inschool etc. all because his ego got bruised? And the sheep on the right would still vote for this egomaniac? MAGA really is a cult. No other explanation for people conyinuing to support such a childish person for Ptrsident.

I'd just love to see what would result if Ronald Trump let his thoughts be transcribed.

" it's weird for me to be dating the chief of police and our wives told us it was time to stop."

so, if she has a wife too then I guess she's a lesbian? Not that there is anything wrong wity it but if it was more than friendship then your views on marriage must be interesting though questiobable. NOMB though!

I've been up most of the night surfing the web and just reading all sorts of things. One tid bit I stumbled upon was J.D. ance's opinion that Labor Day shouldn't be about the Labor movement but about women, in labor, having babies. I thought someone should whisper in his ear that we celebrate Mother's Day every year and try to show our Mothers how much we appreciate them but apparently J.D, is unaware of that and thinks we should forget the real reason for making Labor Day a national holiday, probably because him and his running mate do not support organised labor even, apparently, if some of the members of unions are mothers or even fathers. Never mind that the unions help parents earn more money to raise their families with.
So then, couldn't we make a case that J.D. and Trump really don't support parents earning more money so that they can take better care of their families? It would be a fair case because it's true. They don't support unions and unions do enable families to live better so you could easily construe that to say Trump and Vance don't support working class families. When Kamala destroys Trump in their debate and when J.D, meets Tim Walz I hope both Kamala and Tim make that point. Not just Donald and J.zd. but thr entit=re Republican Party is anti-organised labor whether they admit it or not. They believe all the power in an employment relationship should belong to the employer. Example ;if you fecide to change jobs they expect a notice of anywhere between one week to one month or even longer as they look for a replacement. However when they want to fire you they purposely give you no warning; on that I am sure because they did it to me on a job I held for 20b years.
Unions lrvrl the playing field between employer and employee and many employers think that is just wrong that an employees should never have any power in an employment squabble.
zso it stands to reason that SCABs like Trump and Vance would want to change the basic neaning of Labor Day to anything that doesn't celebrate ubions.

When enough people get vaccinated it creates "herd immunity" which id what Republicans are depending on to prevent themselves from being blamed for a repeat Pandemic and the associated death toll just like the previou round

"What they found: 28% of respondents to Annenberg's survey incorrectly believe that COVID-19 vaccines have been responsible for thousands of deaths, up from 22% in June 2021. The percentage who know this is false declined to 55% from 66%."

Misinformation is the intentional spreading of false information snd it wotks because we have so many stupid people in this country. COVID reduces the number of them but many survive despite their stupidity, and that;a good. I really don't want them to die just because they are stupid. I guess, it's not their fault thst they are stupid and I don't enjoy watching them get sick and die.
i didn'y lsugh when Herman Cain got sick and died and he was one of those denying that vaccines are importantm thought masks were stupid, eyc. Turned out he was wrong but I was not happyhe goy sick. I kind of liked him.

But, not to worry, Trump told his "beautiful Christians" that this the last election they will have to vote in because he's going to fix it so voting will no longer be necessary. Hmmm? Wonder what he meant by that "beautiful Christians"?

Zed is right, they still hold pretend elections in Russia and, amazingly, Vladimir Putin always wins!

Doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. Someone stands to make money from this I hsve two suspects; the private prison industru and the pharmsceutical companies wfo make Oxycontin and other prescription drugs. Oh but, we must not leave out the lawyers who have seen a dramatic loss of income fdue to decriminalization.

"Guns make us safer!: I recently saw that on a young man's T-shirt. I told him it was b.s. but I figure I'm luvky he didn't open fire on me,

I don't know if Vance has said it yet but he is expressing ideas that will eventually end in one place. i.e; outlawing oral contraceptives which literally changed the lives of millions of women, allowing them to have careers even after marriage and even after having a family planned usually two or three childre instead of 8 very which was common before birth control pills.My own mother was pregnant 14 times though only seven were born and survived. That precluded any thought of a career for her though she never complained about it but she was a very intelligent person awo could have been quite successful had she had the opportunity. Being a good Catholic wife her life was dominated by pregnancies and babies whilr my father was free to pursue his career as a Naval officer which took him for nine months of sea duty most years. He got to see the world; she got to cook, clean, and raise all those kids. Then he decided to retire and asked her for a divorce so he could marry a girlfriend none of us ever even suspected existed. And that's what he did after all those years. That's the MAGA world when America was great! So don't let them fool you ladies, they want you barefoot and pregnant and J,D, Vance is trying to sell it as the key to happiness but he really is just full of crap! Just know this, the very same people who want a nationwide ban on abortion will be pushing for a ban on birth conytol next!

What kimd of pstriotic American would vote for a defender of Assad or Putin? Are Gabbard supporters just so pootly informed or do theyjust think dictatorships are superior to democracies?

Really have to wonder, if Fox News became as they ptrtend it is; i.e: "fair and balancwd" what would happen to this coumtry? Enoughimagining things that will never happen,

From Nixon yill today, when Republicans are desperate they reach out to the worst scum in America and take get a con man advantage of white resentments against blscks, gays, women, immigrants, etc. who they feel got moved up in society due to DEI and feel that their own situation isn't because of qualifications or hard wotk by others but by our "woke" culture that disadvantages straifgtm white men. J.D. Vance is the poster boy for that; he just needs a white robe and a pointy white hat and he'll fit right in at Klan rallies. Maybe yhat's why Trump pivked him and at these rallies in the nost racist cities he'll be very popular! Nixon's Southern Strategy might still get a con man elected by capitalizing on the resentments of white men.

Yeah Effete, which state do you suggest we evacuate for this new Jewish theocracy to br created in the United States violatibgour Constitution in so many ways I can't list them all. That anyonw would suggest such an ybAmerican concept demonstrates a total lack of underatanding about wgat the United States if and what the Bill of Rights guarantees in every single state with no exceptions for any religion to declareposession of or control over. You really beed a Civics Lesson or two.
Instead our policies towards Israel should emphasize that if Israel will not rein in the Zionist crazies we will discontinue our support for them. Kamala Harris needs to speak out and tell AIPAC they cannot control her. Probably AIPAC should be investigated as foreign sgents infiltrating our government. Isralis in Israel and Jews in the Unitrf States need to learn we do not owe Israel anything. We certainly don'y have to support the IDF rampage in Gaza.

Biblical history is all writtrn they aren't adding any new chapters.

The Palestinian people should stop and at least consider the reaction these murders will bring and who will suffer because HAMAS terrorists executed these hostages; one day the Palestinians are going to see HAMAS as the enemy of the people just as are the IDF. What has HAMAS accomplished for the Palestinian people since the attacks on Oct. 7 but terrorists don't care about ibbocebt lives any more than the ZIONists in Israel do. One thing is certain; no peace agreement will happrn as long as hamas is executubg hostages so it would be in the best interests of the Palestinian people to have leadership that is not murdering terrorists.

Having one of these units in your home will be like having the FBI living with yo 24/7/365. Recording every conversation orobably programmed to alert authpt[rities if certain words are spoken but wait, I just read that new thought reading technology is capable of listening and transcribing your thpights onto paper. I have an ALEXA now nut I think it may soon be eliminated but WTF? I also have a Google TV that can hear everything said and transcribe iy; evev this conputer can record every conversatiion near it if I turn on the microphone. We really are alreasy surrounded by recording devices with the power to transmit information to anyone that knows how to hack into it especially if er use WIFI. I've read that newer cars are virtually recording devices too as well as our smart phones. I'm not paranoid but I'm not having one of these AI Alexas in my house evem if it's only $10.00 per month. Oh s**t!m now Bezos will think I'm his enemy but hey I don;t want to work at Amazon anyway.

I don't have an ounce of sympathy for him.

Here's the recording of JD Vance telling libs where to go and what to do

A stupid child is posting here? Skipping class in 4th grade is not a good idea.

"During the American Moment interview, Vance also discussed Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Vance had written in September 2021 that "Alex Jones is a far more reputable source of information than Rachel Maddow. One of them is censored by the regime. The other promoted by it."

The absurdit.D. Vancey of that comment puts J.D. Vance into the lunatic categoty right akong with Alex Jones Let me ask you Trumpers is that the kind of man
As I recall Alez Jones referred tofamily members of children murdered at Sandy Hook as actors. Let me ask you Trumpers, is that who you want to be Vice President?