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I liked what Jeff Spurgeon said on WQXR this morning: "There was a ball game last night. Good fun." I bet on Taylor Swift, of course. Whoever she is. I have never dated her or heard her music.

Spain sets up ranger patrol to protect villages from massive bears that were once nearly extinct

Vox Gets Roasted for Pushing Idea “Americans are Obsessed with Protein”. Vox earns a spectacular X-ratio, and we get reminded that dietary science is perhaps the most unsettled science of all.

Double euthanasia growing in popularity in Holland

UCLA prof suspended after refusing lenient grading for black students demands $19 million-plus in damages

New York's Oldest Gun Manufacturer Shuts Down

I have a Remington 12-ga. semi-auto, I guess you'd call it. For ducks.

Do you want to be a wife?

Kling: Rob Henderson and Lorenzo Warby on Elite Beliefs - How did the elites go wrong? And why is my mindset not elite?

BILL ACKMAN LEARNS THE HARD WAY

Cognitive dissonance is a path to enlightenment

What Next? Woke State Now Coming After Car Tires

Remember When Women Were Calming Influences on Society? NYC Doesn't Either

71% of UK men have experienced some form of sexual victimization by a woman

Huh?

So why is Biden so unpopular?

Donald Trump is the Victim of Selective Prosecution. Trump is the victim of political witch hunts by Democrats suffering from Trump derangement syndrome

Shocker! DNC Wants a Federal Probe Into RFK Jr

Thousands of migrants in NY quietly collecting ‘welfare’ through Hochul rule change

Incentives matter

Assaults on NYPD escalate to record-breaking totals in latest anti-cop sentiment: ‘Full-blown epidemic’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom sends prosecutors to Oakland over raging crime blamed on woke DA

Unhinged progressives are a gift to Trump. The woke zealotry of the Biden administration is turning vast numbers of Americans into reluctant Trumpers.

Examining the Controversy Surrounding Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Putin - A leitmotif in Putin’s remarks to Tucker in that marathon interview was, as he saw it, the serial betrayal of Russia by the West.

Genocide? In South Africa, a great evil is growing fast

Biden, Egypt Warn Israel Not to Finish Off Hamas

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They got the history wrong in the article about South Africa, The popular belief is that those mean white South Africans were killing black Africans because of racism or something. It was almost the exact opposite. Most of the deaths of blacks in South Africa back in the day was by other blacks who were simply practicing tribalism (i.e racism/discrimination). The black tribalism also spilled over into killing whites. Most of the blacks in South Africa were not South Africans they were illegal aliens escaping tribalism in surrounding all black countries. The government was in the unenviable position of defending their citizens from illegal aliens who just happened to be the preferred race of the UN and liberal governments all over the world. So eventually the government gave up and surrendered to the invasion.

Take note! This is exactly what your government is doing to you. Setting you up to fight the invaders or give up and be raped and murdered in your home after they are the majority.

I know! More wild ass conspiracy theories. And that is exactly what all those dead South African farmers thought too!

#1 OneGuy on 2024-02-12 09:29 (Reply)

Cannibalism is openly practiced in Liberia.

#1.1 Sixtyville on 2024-02-12 13:06 (Reply)

If only the British had not done those two Boer wars, how much better would South Africa be today?
Never mind all those war crimes the Brits committed against the Boer families. Some nerve of them prosecuting the Germans after WWII!

#1.2 Mark Matis on 2024-02-12 15:21 (Reply)

Nikki Haley has been bought by billionaires on the left and the right. At this point she is nothing more than a hired gun whose job is to destroy Trump. Same is true for Chris Christie but very likely he gets paid far less now that no one wants to listen to him. Trump is the threat to the swamp and the bureaucracy and they will do anything to stop him. As the election draws closer the will become more desperate and tip their hand.

#2 Anon on 2024-02-12 10:15 (Reply)

Filthy Koch-sucking Rove Republican swill gonna suck Koch.
Same now as it ever was. And THAT is the identity of the eGOP!

#2.1 Mark Matis on 2024-02-13 06:48 (Reply)

QUOTE:

Bill Ackman Learns the Hard Way . . . Most veteran reporters are very skilled at getting “sources” to provide the exact quote they are looking for to fill out their copy and validate the pre-conceived story line.

Newspapers sell stories. Reporters are troublesome busybodies. None of that is new.

#3 Zachriel on 2024-02-12 10:48 (Reply)

"Unhinged progressives are a gift to Trump. The woke zealotry of the Biden administration is turning vast numbers of Americans into reluctant Trumpers."

Quite so.

#4 JJM on 2024-02-12 10:49 (Reply)

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So why is Biden so unpopular?

Because many people want simple answers to complex problems.

QUOTE:

So why is Biden so unpopular? This is partly down to inflation – undoubtedly made worse by Biden’s economic agenda.

U.S. inflation was largely due to global supply chain effects from the pandemic. The U.S. recovery is among the strongest of developed countries.

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In office, he has relentlessly championed transgender issues, despite trans people accounting for less than two per cent of the US population.

That's the story of America. Fighting for minority rights is often a losing battle politically. People want normalcy. Businesses want stability. And minorities are, well, a minority (even if they are allowed to vote).

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{Biden} has unilaterally cancelled student debt, pursued a phaseout of petrol cars and imposed vaccine mandates – all without congressional approval.

To be fair, Congress is dysfunctional. They can barely elect a Speaker, and they reneged on their own border bill.

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But, among the broader public, just 20 per cent say they doing better than before Biden arrived in the White House, while 40 per cent say they are doing worse.

The typical cycle is Republicans run up deficits, the Democrats take the necessary actions to fix the economy. But the latter takes time and sacrifice. Just wait till it comes time to address the burgeoning federal debt.

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This economic pessimism opens the door for Trump.

Sure, because a dictator on day one who encourages Russia to attack U.S. allies is just the cure America needs.

#4.1 Zachriel on 2024-02-12 11:18 (Reply)

Damn, Biden's come off senile, incompetent, and damaging to the point that Zach has felt it necessary to preemptively 'rally' in support of him! Maybe he'll link some 'Dark Brandon' memes as well!

Thanks for the laughs (Trump is begging Russia to attack NATO - they will after they get done finding Hillary's emails!) and the super high signal-to-noise!

#4.1.1 Bill Carson on 2024-02-12 12:04 (Reply)

Bill Carson: Biden's come off senile, incompetent, and damaging

While Biden is certainly old, he is mentally competent and effective. Notably, you failed to address any of the points in our comment.

Concerning a dictator on day one who encourages Russia to attack: What could a little out-of-the-way country few can find on the map have to do with American security?

Bill Carson: Maybe he'll link some 'Dark Brandon' memes as well!

Hey by the way, Biden just joined TikTok

#4.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2024-02-12 12:21 (Reply)

SO you agree he should be charged with numerous felonies for stealing classified documents and making them available to the Chinese and face trial? Right? Right???

#4.1.1.1.1 OneGuy on 2024-02-12 13:12 (Reply)

OneGuy: SO you agree he should be charged with numerous felonies for stealing classified documents

Presumably, you are referring to the Special Counsel report. The report did not say Biden was not competent to stand trial. Rather, it found that a jury was likely to find reasonable doubt if Biden were to argue that the records were mixed with personal records or he simply forgot to return them. Of note, Biden cooperated with the return of the records once they were discovered by his staff.

#4.1.1.1.2 Zachriel on 2024-02-12 13:19 (Reply)

"Of note, Biden cooperated with the return of the records once they were discovered by his staff."

Are you saying Biden didn't even remember he had those files?

Of note, Biden didn't have a legal right to have those files AND he could not have declassified them to insure that he could retain them after he left office.

#4.1.1.1.2.1 OneGuy on 2024-02-12 14:27 (Reply)

OneGuy: Are you saying Biden didn't even remember he had those files?

Many of the documents were his personal notes. Others were marked classified but could have been mixed up in his personal records. That would create reasonable doubt in any potential prosecution.

OneGuy: Of note, Biden didn't have a legal right to have those files AND he could not have declassified them to insure that he could retain them after he left office.

Vice President Biden had original classification authority under Executive Order #13526. But no, he couldn't declassify them 'in his mind'. Of note, Biden cooperated with the return of the records once they were discovered by his staff, which also undercuts any potential prosecution.

#4.1.1.1.2.2 Zachriel on 2024-02-12 14:33 (Reply)

They haven't charged his book ghostwriter even though the ghostwriter destroyed evidence. Why destroy evidence if its all on the up and up.

#4.1.1.1.2.2.1 indyjonesouthere on 2024-02-12 14:46 (Reply)

He didn't cooperate after they were "discovered."

When someone pointed out to his lawyers that he was guilty of the same things Trump was being accused of, they rushed to disclose in order to pretend he hadn't done the same things. The timing of his "disclosures" was more than suspicious.

They wouldn't have even looked if Trump's legal problems didn't look contagious.

#4.1.1.1.2.2.2 ruralcounsel on 2024-02-13 15:18 (Reply)

ruralcounsel: When someone pointed out to his lawyers that he was guilty of the same things Trump was being accused of, they rushed to disclose in order to pretend he hadn't done the same things.

The Special Counsel states that Biden's attorney found the initial documents while reviewing boxes at his office at the Penn Center, which Biden was vacating. That explains why they were found when they were.

ruralcounsel: He didn't cooperate after they were "discovered."

The documents found by Biden's attorney were immediately surrendered to the National Archive. Pence also had classified documents, and he also immediately surrendered them. The distinction with Trump's case is that he allegedly sought to conceal the documents, even in the face of a court order.

#4.1.1.1.2.2.3 Zachriel on 2024-02-13 16:55 (Reply)

And he told everyone else to stay off TikTok

#4.1.1.1.3 indyjonesouthere on 2024-02-12 14:00 (Reply)

Inflation was and is due to the government printing and spending vast sums of money without the corresponding production of goods or services. It was the lockdown stupid. The spending continues at an accelerating rate.
Transgender genderbending is just another marxist sex and race victimology promoted by Gramsci, Marcuse, and company and extended to pure perversion. Throw in a side order of perversion promoted in the military services, vaxx mandates, and a new improved abortion 'benefit'.
Democrats fixing the economy. We saw the creation of insane and illegal home mortgage rules during the Clinton administration assisted by Barney Frank and Franklin Raines. The collapse of those derivatives have driven endless bailouts to banks and government mortgage creators which started our horrendous deficit spending trying to prevent a complete financial collapse. Banks are still weak, consolidating into monopolies, and failing.

#4.1.2 indyjonesouthere on 2024-02-12 14:29 (Reply)

Remington leaving is another nail in the NYS's coffin. Welfare for illegal aliens? Why not just roll out the red carpet?

#5 Don on 2024-02-12 10:50 (Reply)

The northeast is like France. They think liberty and equality are compatible. As they push the equality program, liberty is left in the dust. Rather than sucking dust, Remington went to Georgia.

#5.1 indyjonesouthere on 2024-02-12 14:36 (Reply)

Former Dutch Prime Minister and Wife Die in Double Euthanasia

tsk tsk

The former Christian Democrat adopted increasingly Left-wing views later in life

you don't say!

Van Agt was especially vocal on the Israel-Palestine conflict, writing books on the topic and branding Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, “a war criminal” in 2016.

Oh well in that case...

#6 Ben David on 2024-02-12 12:36 (Reply)

"Former Dutch Prime Minister and Wife Die in Double Euthanasia"

Note the weasel-wording of that headline too.

A more honest report would bluntly state:

Former Dutch Prime Minister and Wife Voluntarily Put to Death

#6.1 JJM on 2024-02-12 13:25 (Reply)

Spain sets up ranger patrol to protect villages from massive bears that were once nearly extinct

RTWT. These Spanish "luxury bears," are proving to be a tourist attraction. Hilarity and tragedy are bound to ensue.

#7 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2024-02-12 12:46 (Reply)

If you can pet the Elk, and pet the Buffalo, why not the bears? The education system has failed.

#7.1 indyjonesouthere on 2024-02-12 14:40 (Reply)

Hey! The BlueAnons, Those Who Know Better than We Do, have had Pet Monkeys for decades!

#7.1.1 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2024-02-12 16:00 (Reply)

I think whites should get out of South Africa (and possibly the whole continent) while they can. Before long, we'll start hearing stories about how the Africans are eating each other again.

#8 RebeccaH on 2024-02-12 12:55 (Reply)

There are about 4 million native whites living in South Africa. Some billionaire should buy 4 million AK 47's and a boatload of ammo and distribute it to every white person and tell them to take their country back.

#8.1 JustMe on 2024-02-12 13:14 (Reply)

Democratic congressman hits Super Bowl fans for not standing for 'Negro National Anthem'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/democratic-congressman-hits-super-bowl-fans-not-standing-negro-national-anthem

#9 feeblemind on 2024-02-12 15:10 (Reply)

Migrants collecting welfare through Hochul rule change... When you want more of it then subsidize it so help NY out and bus your illegals to them.

#10 indyjonesouthere on 2024-02-12 16:19 (Reply)

" 71% of UK men have experienced some form of sexual victimization by a woman."

And the rest never married.

#11 ruralcounsel on 2024-02-13 15:13 (Reply)

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