Tonio sent word at 2am this morning informing me he is currently attending some biker cock fest out in the hills. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I can’t get mad, I’d pick dick over you schlubs too…
…besides, it gives me a chance to tell a story about Kissinger. He flew me out to some Dacha at the Soviet Consulate in Panama City back in 1978. It was terribly demeaning. He dressed me up as some Egyptian broad and insisted I answer to name “Anwar Sadat.” Whoever the fuck that is. The two Aye-Rab boys tied up and gagged with the gaggle of goats in the kitchen. The candles circumscribing a circle in the den. The sword. The overflowing toilet. He had me repeat the phrase, “let my people go.”
I am not comfortable sharing details, even now. I will however say the worst thing he did, was pay me with a check.
Enough of that shit.
Gee lets think about this for a minute, who predicted Obamacare was going to result in more competition in the healthcare markets?
Let me tell you something about Red Lobster: FUCK red lobster.
His name was Seth Rich.
What happened to the Irish? seriously.
Same bullshit playbook. I hope you’re paying attention and investing in SEMTEX.
…and finally!
What happened to that cock tease, Gilmore? He had this ersaTz joke about being so wrong, its not even on the same level as 1+1 not equaling 3, because at least 3 is a number. This is 1+1 equaling sticking your dick in pineapple and pepperoni hotpockets.
Before or After you microwave it you ask? Whatever you find more uncomfortable.
This is like Batwoman filling in for Bruce Wayne?
More like Poison Ivy filling in for Killer Croc — a whole different atmosphere, but in the end you’re still probably going to be eaten.
I know almost nothing about comic books, except the women in Mexican Spider-Man had bigger asses.
“in the end you’re still probably going to be eaten”
What you did there was seen. Bravo.
Was too busy to link today, but am taking a brief break from the “festivities” to drop in on you fine people. A beautiful and unseasonably warm day here in the mid-Atlantic.
Thanks, WM, for catching my links.
Sure thing.
This is like Batwoman filling in for Bruce Wayne?
Are you like a turd filling in for the bulge in your pants?
Holy Moses – what a story!
I bet she was glad when she parted waves with him.
She’s still in denile about the whole thing.
LOL
Is it fair to assume that the story also contains the origin of the burning bush?
“I will however say the worst thing he did, was pay me with a check.”
Did it bounce?
It was autocorrect — Kissenger payed with a Czechoslovakian orphan.
He only bounced on the slide down to the monocle mines.
He put a lot of “company” checks into circulations.
“What happened to that cock tease, Gilmore? He had this ersaTz joke about being so wrong, its not even on the same level as 1+1 not equaling 3, because at least 3 is a number. This is 1+1 equaling sticking your dick in pineapple and pepperoni hotpockets.”
Do they actually make those?
I heard he isn’t here because of his job. I also suspect that’s related to why many people are no longer here.
Given his diametrical opposition to economic truths, I’m assuming Krugman?
“I will however say the worst thing he did, was pay me with a check.”
MONSTEROUS.
That bitch
And the next politician to do that?
Jerry Springer.
If I wasn’t married, maybe Lobster Girl….. (yeah yeah, I know… get in line round these parts…)
But yeah — an “unlimited” menu item in the days of Bidenomics is probably not the wisest of ideas. I presume they hoped for the “salty peanuts at the bar” effect to drive folks to drink but skimming the article it doesn’t seem like that panned out either and profits were just too scampi to continue.
Whale of a tail, for sure, once you peel off the top layer
Ha! This guy kills me.
Hell. I’ve seen some bars/restaurants have chicken wings listed at “Market Price”.
That’s just sad.
Unlimited biscuits too, what could go wrong?
After decades on the market, the FDA declared that the active ingredient in popular cold medicines like Dayquil, Mucinex, Sudafed, and Theraflu is ineffective. CVS and other pharmacies are pulling the products from store shelves.
The day the first news reports posted, I bought about a 5 year supply on Amazon.
To be fair — isn’t the active ingredient these days pseudo-ephenephrine or whatever they tried to put in to keep the meth brewing down… and studies have shown it actually doesn’t do shit?
Bring back the real stuff, let the meth heads do what they want. Sick of reshaping society because some people might do some things people don’t approve of.
Pseudo ephedrine is the meth precursor. There was a non-PE alternative that is the ineffective one.
Still have a purchase registry for PE containing pseudo OTC drugs, even though that isn’t stopping squat.
They also put restrictions on iodine. Which did nothing to stop meth, but made things worse for backpack campers and salt-water aquarists.
In the end they would rather see a thousand grandmas die screaming in pain from cancer than risk one opiod (opiate?) pill being diverted for recreational use. These people are objectively evil.
True. Although in most cases Grandma with cancer can still get pills. Her granddaughter? Nope.
Phenylephrine
The FDA report was that phenylephrine breaks down in the digestive system, therefore it doesn’t work.
Except I can feel a real difference when I take it.
So, my take is:
It’s a shit replacement for the real sudafed.
The fact that it is only moderately effective is probably because of the reasons that the FDA says.
It’s not totally ineffective, so the FDA is being a jackass for pulling it off the market.
Yep, and it’s never been worth bothering with. If you want a decongestant that works, just give them your license and get the real stuff.
ust give them your license and get the real stuff.
Bullshit.
There were actual arrests in Iowa for buying too much sudafed from multiple stores in the same month.
So exactly what is the active ingredient that is supposedly ineffective? I notice it doesn’t say in that “sponsored content.” The sponsor just wants you to buy their prepper kit. 🙄
Phenylephrine
See above.
When I talked with my doctor about switching to phenylephrine he said you could still make meth from it, but the government wasn’t smart enough to figure that out.
Phenylephrine is over the counter without any restrictions here in Iowa. Amazon sells it as well.
This story escaped my attention.
Is it bullshit? Why would they do this?
Is it bullshit?
Phenylephrine is a shit replacement for Pseudoephedrine . This has been known for a long. Supposedly it is effective as a nasal spray. But the recent study is that it breaks down in the digestive system. So it has no effect as a systemic treatment.
The results of the study are not that surprising considering how lousy Phenylephrine works compared to Pseudoephedrine.
Why would they do this?
Because Fuck You That’s Why.
“Police suspected he had been the victim of an attempted robbery but none of his possessions were taken.”
That’s some fine police work, Lou.
““There had been a struggle.
“His hands were bruised, his knees are bruised, his face is bruised, and yet he had two shots to his back, and yet they never took anything …
“They didn’t finish robbing him, they just took his life.””
That doesn’t make much sense either.
“If Russia didn’t supply emails to WikiLeaks, then the Russian collusion story was built on a lie.”
It was built on a lie regardless. Anyway, if I recall, the data showed it was someone in the U.S.
Uh oh… hope that judge doesn’t have one of those magic “suicide by shot in the back of the head” guns. Perilously close to having evidence leading to the conviction of Hillary Clinton there.
Sadly… There is no way that any evidence exists, even if it once did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxZUFzGWzkY
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
Way to represent the Religion of Peace there, jackass.
Said it before (as have several around here) – if these assholes were trying to provoke a race war by pushing the Western non-elites to the brink, no idea what they’d be doing differently about now. And given how much people have been willing to take so far — if that explodes, I’m suspecting we’ll be talking ethnic cleansing levels of violence.
Great job, everyone. Yay. (sigh)
Relevant piece by Mark Steyn.
https://www.steynonline.com/13939/diversity-stabbing-of-the-day
The ironic thing is the Irish remember how badly they were treated by their English overlords; must make them wonder how the Irish turned English?
Remember… like how the battered wife hooks up with a new boyfriend that likes to slap around also?
Ha, just saw the image – well, he does have black hair and tan skin.
Why bother with that Seth Rich laptop? They’ve had it for year. 100% chance one of these things will happen.
1. Oops, can’t seem to find the laptop.
2. Oops, somebody accidentally wiped it with a cloth.
3. Why no, we didn’t tamper with it, it always only had just Christmas cookie recipes on it.
Right.
If the Feds are already corrupt enough to cover this shit up, then why would there be anything left?
It would require the perfect combination of corruption and stupidity. Which I guess is possible. But amazing.
I’m going with their usual #2.
Our experts looked it over and we didn’t find anything, so we deleted everything on it using BitBleach, as is standard procedure with such evidence.
Damn those American Pie sequels got weird fast…
Heh
After decades on the market, the FDA declared that the active ingredient in popular cold medicines like Dayquil, Mucinex, Sudafed, and Theraflu is ineffective. CVS and other pharmacies are pulling the products from store shelves.
They’re trying so hard.
The decision was made long before this recent China virus.
Except for Breitbart that is. Note the date. The Breitbart post of a Wellness Company ad is dated today.
Is it really though? I haven’t been following.
Not as effective. I got actual effective Robotussin with my license a week ago, anticipating such a shortage.
““I strongly believe that this is not the face of Ireland. “”
I strongly believe you are not the face of Ireland.
Tucker Carlson is on both Dave Smith’s POTP and the Roseanne Barr podcast.
There’s a Roseanne Barr podcast?
My word.
It’s good too.
If it doesn’t open with the National Anthem, I’ll be very disappointed.
Hell yeah. That bitch is crazier than me.
This is a Thursday and the disturbing programming is reserved for Wednesday. I find it very disturbing that Tales of a Man in Lycra is followed by Winston’s Mom.
Movie post guy says “hold my beer…”
GODDAMN YOU PEOPLE. FUCK THESE CUNTS
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/vaginal-tightening-gel-seized-msp-airport/
DAMNIT GILMORE
Saving the world, one box of giraffe feces at a time.
Banning cough medicine to combat meth sure worked out well. Now all the meth is made in super labs in Mexico with bland, uniform ingredients and is much more powerful.
I miss the days of locally sourced and cooked, artisanal, hand crafted, fair trade, conflict free, straight from shoplifter to pipe meth. Those were better days.
In the U.S. manufacture has gone back to P2P biker meth.
Were they safe but ineffective? Maybe a booster would have helped or double up on the recommended quantity.
Schools are neither safe nor effective, should be “pulled from the shelves”
“The government of Iceland has taken decisive action and banned Covid mRNA shots from the island nation as excess deaths, strokes, blood clots, sudden cardiac arrests, and other “unexplained” health issues continue to soar around the world.”
https://slaynews.com/news/iceland-bans-covid-mrna-shots-sudden-deaths-skyrocket/
Guess you have to be more careful when you only have 400K people.
“What? Senile Biden Tells Random Worker ‘My Marine Has A Code To Blow Up The World’”
https://www.infowars.com/posts/what-senile-biden-tells-random-worker-my-marine-has-a-code-to-blow-up-the-world/
That’s reassuring.
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210108-pelosi-calls-us-army-chief-about-keeping-nuclear-codes-from-unhinged-trump
If Trump said anything like that it would have made headlines, followed by weeks of editorials.
They spent weeks talking about Trump walking up a fucking ramp.
Also, the supposed nuclear codes at Mar-a-Lago. As if they never change those.
They only change the presidents key daily.
pay me with a check.
A company check?
Cashier’s. I had to go to goddamn bank. You know what they do in banks? Ask for an Id.
Just because you didn’t have Anwar Sadat’s ID…
Did they ask for an Ego, too?
What?
It was a Freudian slip.
Are you fucking with me tater tot?
That’s when you say one thing, but mean your mother.
Music, in honor Winston’s mom’s story….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2VDICtw1uM
I suppose this would have been too obvious.
“New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office responded to testimony by a Deutsche Bank executive that could have torpedoed her civil fraud case against Trump.
Radical Marxist New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking $250 million in ‘damages’ when there is no victim in this fraud case and she is also seeking to ban Trump and his sons from operating any businesses in New York. She accused Trump of inflating his assets and defrauding lenders and insurance companies.
A Deutsche Bank executive who worked to approve at least one of Trump’s loans testified on Tuesday that it is “atypical, but not entirely unusual” to reduce a client’s asset values and still approve a loan….
Williams testified that Trump’s stated assets are merely an opinion and a difference of opinion in asset values does not disqualify the potential borrower from a loan…
Kevin Wallace, a lawyer from Letitia James’s office hit back at the defense lawyer.
“I think the idea that you can’t lie to a bank is pretty well established,” Wallace said.
Judge Arthur Engoron sided with the attorney in Letitia James’ office and said, “that the mere fact that lenders were happy doesn’t mean that the statute wasn’t violated.””
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/letitia-jamess-office-hits-back-after-deutsche-bank/
The total absence of a fraud doesn’t mean a fraud wasn’t committed! The judge -senile, insane or both?
Evil.
Partisan.
Evil AND Partisan!
Politically biased. Also, attention whore and general shameless sack of shit.
It is a show trial. The verdict was decided long before the court convened.
That corrupt fraud losing this case will be worth a year of sunshine rays.
The real Moses was black.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8gxvelJTr-I&list=OLAK5uy_ndEsgO_3LlgXCDbrVqJW_BzfrpCNTDo8w
Yes, he was.
And the Egyptian kings of the Muhammad Ali dynasty were Albanian.
Ready to roll on Saturday
https://ibb.co/wKXgms4
👍
Looks nice and secure. And you were worried!
“Rep. Clay Higgins: The FBI was not only involved in the actions on January 6 from within, they had, I suspect, over 200 agents embedded within the crowd, including agents or as they would call, human assets inside the Capitol dressed as Trump supporters before the doors were opened. Beyond that, the FBI had embedded themselves and infiltrated online chat groups and websites, and social media accounts across the country with any group that was discussing objections to COVID oppression. And the FBI effectively infiltrated those groups.
And when you track the text threads and the communications within those groups and find the origins of suggestions of potential violence or an active occupation of the Capitol on January 6, you’ll find that those messages were led by members of the groups that ended up to be the FBI agents that had infiltrated the group. So the FBI’s involvement was deep, not just on J6, but on the days and weeks and months prior.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/rep-clay-higgins-drops-bomb-newsmax-200-fbi/
The whole thing was staged.
Not staged, orchestrated.
Just like a lot of things…
That’s a better way to put it. Those people did what they did but were manipulated by the feds into doing it, for the most part anyway. Kind of a much larger and nefarious version of trapping 16 year old Muslims with learning disabilities into joining “ISIS.”
Greetings, fellow Feds!
I, for one, am decidedly NOT a Fed.
That’s just what a fed would say.
I’m old enough to remember when entrapment wasn’t allowed.
ROT cappella.
Is there anyone who didn’t know this 5 minutes after it started?
Or when Ray Epps was featured in the NYT as an instigator, and then suddenly no one cared about him?
‘Federal Judge Gives FBI 14 Days to Hand Over Evidence on Seth Rich’s Murder Case’
Just 14 more days to see if all details about this case were on hard drives that ‘crashed’.
How could I forget that one?
4. The hard drive crashed, we took it out to try and fix it and couldn’t. That’s why there’s no hard drive.
Ban suicide.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/health/suicide-guns-cdc.html
If only we’d been warned that shutting down all of society for 2-3 years would have negative consequences.
And also the rate not involving guns, right?
The CDC played a role in shutting the country down for 18 months. Businesses and life savings were ruined. People were isolated. Surgeries and treatments were foregone. Loved ones died alone in facilities. Nobody learned a goddamn thing at Zoomschool.
Perk up, everyone!
My older daughter graduated in spring of 2020. Graduation was held outdoors and we had to stay in our vehicle. My younger daughter graduates in spring of 2024. If they fuck around with this one I swear I will make them pay.
Didn’t read the article but I’d like to counter with Japan. If people want to snuff themselves they’re going to snuff themselves.
Is suicide illegal?
No, then fuck off.
The Irish: Hopefully they’re drunken and violent enough to actually do something about their problem. Yet another nation with supposed leadership so out of touch they may as well be living on another goddamn planet.
They are not the French. Irish riots result in politicians tarred and feathered, and government offices blown up. That is simmering right now.
I dunno man. One immigrant stabs 3 people?
lol. How soft are Americans? That happens like 10 times a day and we don’t do shit.
We are pretty damn soft. Well, I am soft. I need to lay off the Thanksgiving leftovers.
Shit, now I have to get one even though I had little interest.
Golly, the engineers never thought of that when did all the finite element design and crash testing. I wish Ryan spoke up sooner about this.
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2023-11-30-tesla-cybertruck-dumbest-thing/
Keep in mind, that’s a union rag that has clear biases. Only time will tell.
Are you for or against it?
It’s cool. If I can get a test drive I will find you and pick you up.
Welp. Dude has a high-grade rotator cuff tear. That pretty much blows up Christmas.
Oooo! Sorry to hear it.
Sorry.
Oh shit…sorry to The Dude and you!
Not sure who Dude is, but sorry 🙁
Husband. He objects to “Mr. Mojeaux” and since I’ve referred to him as Dude since I started marketing my books, he didn’t know why I called him Mr. Mojeaux here.
Yikes. Sorry.
He will abide.
Mrs. TOK finally met the owner of the gun shop next to our gym. This guy’s a trouble maker. During COVID the department of health tried to shut him down three times and he successfully stayed open the whole time. He supplies the local cops so he knew they wouldn’t arrest him. We’re having a hard time finding an affordable sign, he says just get an old car and put a vinyl wrap on it and park it out front. It’s not fixed so it doesn’t fall under the town sign ordinance. He’s planning on putting a howitzer outside his place.
So which one of you is this guy?
I like the sound of your community.
Been meaning to ask if you’re gym is a 24 hr thing or if you’re planning on working towards that.
The little local 24 hr place I go to is surprisingly dog-friendly (haven’t asked if just during staffed hours) but the owner, a couple other staffers and a number of different patrons bring their dogs pretty regularly and they all seem pretty well-behaved.
I am sorry, but I have a sinus infection currently kicking my ass.
I am dealing with it stoically, but there will be no Stoic Friday article tomorrow.
Maybe try a neti pot?
Just don’t get a brain eating amoeba.
Sorry.
I need to whip out some emergency posts.
BY WHIP OUT MEAN…
I put in an article that is sure to disappoint Suthen as I don’t get into the philosophy side
Good man! I just got off work 30 minutes ago. Barely time to eat before the 7:00 post.
To be fair, I wrote it at 3am yesterday morning. So I already had the text.
Heh. Once you open the gate you no longer have control.
This part of the article was ignored?
For Swiss:
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/my-left-kidney
I hope to donate anything that makes the cut. I’m thinking most of the stuff is rather worn but it may be useful to someone.
RE: Sudafed
There was a great chemistry paper published 15 or so years back about how to create psuedo-ephedrine at home starting from meth.
Step 1 was find your neighborhood meth dealer to get the source materials.
The rest was the process, I assume accurate, to reverse the process.
The point being it was more convenient to buy meth and make your own than to go thru the hassle at the pharmacy.
I remember that.
Seth Rich: He leaked the emails and was Hillaried for it.
Most of the time things just are what they look like.
Probably.
“Chairman of the Florida Republican Party Christian Ziegler is under criminal investigation after a woman claiming to be part of a three-way relationship with Zeigler’s wife alleged he raped her.
Ziegler’s wife is Bridget Ziegler, a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a right-wing parental rights group and Sarasota County School board member. Together, the couple holds powerful influence in Florida GOP politics.
A heavily redacted police complaint, which was obtained by the Florida Trident, was submitted on October 4 and alleged the rape occurred in her Sarasota home. The words ‘rape’ and ‘sexual battery’ remained unredacted, according to the Trident.
According to the outlet, the woman alleged she and both Zieglers had been involved in a longstanding, consensual, three-way sexual relationship prior to the incident.
The alleged assault happened when Bridget was away from the home, according to the report.
No criminal charges have been filed in the case and Christian Ziegler’s lawyer denied the allegations saying the chairman would be ‘completely exonerated.'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12811153/Florida-GOP-rape-threeway-Christian-Zeigler-Ron-DeSantis.html
Why does that smell like bullshit?
It hits all the right buttons doesn’t it?
Because it’s the Dems go-to smear play?
Because it is bullshit. We have seen these absurd accusations over and over again as political hit jobs. I dont remember any before Thomas is the first high-profile case I remember. Once the cockroaches on the left figure out that it could do damage like that they have ramped it up.
I am of the opinion now that all of these accusations are lies.
The complainant isn’t Christine Blasey Ford by any chance?
“A Native American tribe has distanced itself from a nine-year-old member who wore a headdress and black paint on his face during a Kansas City Chiefs game.
The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians issued a statement on Wednesday – after Holden Armenta’s mom claimed the boy wore the headdress and paint because of his own native American heritage, in response to a Deadspin journalist accusing the kid of racism.
‘We are aware that a young member of our community attended a Kansas City Chiefs game in a headdress and face paint in his way of supporting his favorite team,’ said tribal chairman Kenneth Kahn.
‘As a federally recognized tribe, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians does not endorse wearing regalia as part of a costume or participating in any other type of cultural appropriation.'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-12811113/Native-American-tribe-nine-year-old-Kansas-City-fan-belongs-distances-kid-wearing-headdress-black-paint-face.html
CWATOA
Chumash is the tribe from my hometown, in California!
Way to stand up for a kid who shares blood by the way. Chief Sitting Pussy should shut the fuck up.
So now it’s cultural appropriation for a member of the culture to wear something emblematic of the culture? Or were the Chumash not a headdress-wearing tribe, and this little monster appropriated it from another tribe? The story says headdresses have been banned at Arrowhead Stadium since 2020, so I guess enforcement isn’t airtight. Which leads us to…
“…and there is pressure on them to also ban the chopping motion – said to resemble a tomahawk blow – with which the fans show their appreciation.”
Good luck telling 80K fans not to do that. Also, are all of these assholes aware that we’re talking about a 9-year-old boy?
That was not at Arrowhead. It was at the Toilet Bowl (Raiders). The OTHER pic of the kid without face paint was at the Superbowl, also not Arrowhead.
Ah.
Does this mean Chumash need to stop wearing jeans because “cultural appropriation?’
I want to know what this fight was about. NOBODY is saying what the “disagreement” is about and these kids’ history with each other, or their behavior history. I’m going on the probability they’re both problem children. A fight like that in a suburban school does not happen in a (racist) vacuum. Too much anger.
The story so perfectly advances The Narrative™️ that we will probably never find out.
Regardless of what the disagreement was about or what the kid’s history with each other is, the real crime is that the dude fights like a girl. When did we stop teaching our young men how to throw a punch? FFS, kids these days are weak.
I noticed that and you are not wrong.
On the flip side, the girl sort of throws down.
Well, that makes me think maybe she poked at him till he snapped.
Third and perhaps most importantly, stainless steel
The new anti-Musk talking point, apparently.
Maybe somebody will be along to tell us stainless steel is more toxic and badder for the environment than mild steel.
That would be hard.
It violates the natural coloration of trucks in West Virginia.
Put an LS in it. Forever truck achievement unlocked.
It actually is.
I’m triggered by the fact it uses electricity.
Gross.
Needs to run directly on coal without any intermediary.
Rand Paul did the Heimlich Maneuver on Joni Ernst?
Has he been charged with sexual assault yet?
She will wait about 30 years to file a complaint.
*Golf clap
That would be a real Blasey move.
Animal sighted in Allamakee County
They’re pretty resilient animals. I remember the one shot years ago in not-so-rural Chicago:
https://ksj.mit.edu/tracker-archive/chicago-sun-times-yep-stray-shot-dead-co/
I expected electrical issues, but hadn’t we figured out basic manufacturing?
Tesla Model 3 was a hot mess when it first rolled out. Don’t know about now.
Heh. One thought. An awful lot of Karens buy EVs.
Both issues IMHO.
But they have fixed most of it, but any flaw will be jumped on by the haters.
Coming from my Jeep JK my Model 3 is like a Swiss watch.
Small, fiddly, and hard to maintain?
I don’t think I can stomach the Seahawks vs Cowboys tonight.
Come wallow in trash with me! I swear it’s a good movie this time!
Betrayal!
You will enjoy it. A suspenseful thriller.
You people with your Prime privilege.
I use it for the shipping.
I have considered it but I just order the minimum
$25$35 and wait an extra day or two instead.I listen on Westwood One.
Fantastic movie tonight. Full of suspense. Filmed entirely in a porta potty in Germany.
“Holy Shit”
See you all in 15.
The Bee folks found an authoritarianism they can get behind.
A lot of ugly stuff coming from conservative websites recently.