Good morning one and all to another glorious day!
Some take aways from yesterday. The country didn’t in just two years turn super gay woke Marxist. This was an absolute punishment by the rightwing base to the Republican Party and to Trump. Long term, it will be painful with so many states now under Democrat control. There will be gerrymandering and other long term negative side effects. But there are silver linings, after the 2010 wipeout, the Democrat party lost all their moderates. The party took a far left lurch afterward with the remaining Democrats with political power being from the deepest of blue areas. This election wiped out a lot of moderate Republicans. A lot of moderates who worked hand in hand with Democrats to stop any agenda the right wing base wanted. The remaining Republicans to hold power are from deep red areas. They will be the ones setting the future agenda. Another takeaway is that the public soundly rejected woke Marxism and badly wants economic relief. They will only get misery from their new Marxist overlords. If Republicans can get their act together and put up a populist in 2028, the country will lurch back to the right. But with a new Republican Party. If all that fails, I’ll see you in the gulags. I claim top bunk!
Leaving you with a song. Moving along with my day.
whaddup doh’
Heya Banjos- how YOU doin?
Not bad, Tres, not bad.
I’d say it was the economic effects of the war.
I would like to believe there are still voters who believe and are willing to vote on “starting was is bad, m’kay?”
Starting was
There it is.
There are, but foreign policy isn’t a priority for most people.
I read somewhere R support from Hispanic men dropped 57 points. Don’t know if that’s true, but $7 diesel was huge.
The Trump economy is so bad I can’t afford a working kybard!
You know I always bring the best music links!
I’d say it was economic stuff mostly before the war.
True food prices were up before the war, but the world runs on diesel.
I think Trump breaking his promise of “No new wars” played out pretty much the way Bush Sr. breaking his promise of “No new taxes” did.
It sort of crystallized all the frustration with “I’m going to do Good Thing X” followed by Good Thing X not happening. By giving fuel prices a bump, it also revived the Dem’s fading “affordability” push.
Otoh, he was saying he would take out Iran since he first came down the escalator.
He did do most of the things he promised. He lowered taxes. Closing the border was huge.
Oh, and if he was bound and determined to jump Iran (and he’s been saying it needs doing for years), why the fuck couldn’t he wait until after the midterms? Leaving aside whether it was a good idea (and I think there are some points in its favor), the timing could not have been worse.
Also the way he carries himself about everything.
No plan in Iran given really. Let’s just talk about renaming bodies of water to “America” instead.
Seems to have gotten less cute.
Even Wilson was smart enough to wait until after he won on a “He kept us out of war” platform to get us into WWI.
I think that right there is an indictment of Trump’s enormous ego. He is genuinely convinced he can do anything at all and everyone will still love him and follow along.
Hopefully the Dems are still too stupid to stroke his ego, otherwise they might cajole him into signing a bunch of their bullshit into law.
They were crystal clear on their objectives when it started. They made two massive mistakes, though:
(1) Once again, in an unbroken streak since WWI, we see that air power alone doesn’t win wars.
(2) The economic warfare started weak and took way too long to ramp up. It should have been a Day One thing.
With 56 senators plus who knows how many fake elephants, they might not have to.
The renaming stuff was stupid and annoying. So was going on and on about the ballroom, reflecting pool, etc.
Conquering Persia would have required years of planning he didn’t do. Just securing the Straight of Hormuz is a massive undertaking.
With 56 senators plus who knows how many fake elephants, they might not have to.
They would need 11 Republicans to defect to override a veto. Still seems unlikely.
“In sharp contrast to the dignidad backers, GOP Rep. Brandon Gill — a leading opponent of mass migration — won his Texas district, even as his voters also supported far-left James Talarico for governor.”
Well, that’s one good thing.
GOP Rep. Brandon Gill — a leading opponent of mass migration — won his Texas district, even as his voters also supported far-left James Talarico
The average voter is functionally retarded.
Gill is one of the few Republicans willing to go full beast mode. The way he handled the PP witness, “what’s your favorite method of abortion,” was masterful.
He’s funny, he’s good looking. maybe be President someday.
I’ll be the judge of that… lol he’s channeling Clark Kent.
JD Vance Reacts to Midterm Defeat: ‘The Reason We Lost Is the War’
It’s a reason, it’s not the reason. Thune and the feckless Republican senate are another big reason, and they got the punishment they deserved. Thune now wants to be the senate minority leader; let’s see if the Republicans learned anything.
My bet is that they haven’t.
Safe bet.
It was a whole cocktail of fuckups by Trump and Congressional Republicans.
Boils down to none of them keeping the campaign promises that got them elected.
Trump kept two of his promises:
He closed the border, and he is rolling back DEI. Unfortunately, the Epstein clown show sort of set the tone of much of the rest of his administration.
Guess what Trump was also polling the best on? Those two things.
The strategy for a better midterms was clear but ignored.
Some news on the Texas front, the state senate stayed super majority red. It’ll be gridlock for four years. And from what I’m understanding, they’re working to limit some of the powers the state executive has on their way out the door.
Well, it’s good that you’re not completely behind enemy lines now.
This is good news. Although I question how red those repubs are sometimes.
The Texas GOP is rotten with RINOs. Hell, the House speaker, one of the most powerful people in Austin, was a de facto Dem, lining up with them on a bunch of issues.
This is an opportunity then.
Texas GOP had gotten fat and corrupt with never losing.
The issue in TX is likely to be what it is now in AZ:
With a Democrat Governor, AG, and SecState, the voting machinery is in the hands of the Dems who have shown that they know how to use it in Deep Blue urban areas (and they have them in TX) to ensure they never lose a statewide seat. And there’s no way for the legislature to fix it, with a Dem Governor.
Now, TX may have a big enough margin of Red voters to overcome that, but we may find out the hard way that they do not.
Eh.
We will see about this. Seems very pessimistic.
Agree with Urthona. Historically Texas was a dem state since inception, it was only in recent history that things changed. There is a robust power dynamic now. If anything I think all the lazy a-hole repubs who agree with dems all the time are in jeopardy in the coming years.
That is exactly the worry.
I witnessed the reverse here in Florida. The urban counties in South Florida ran their elections like the people who moved here from New York ran their elections. They *always* waited until all of the votes in the redt of the state had been reported to begin reporting their results (so the rest of the state would be at 97% to 99% in, while Broward and Palm Beach were at 3% to 8%). And the results often favored democrats… but it was always very close.
Then Rick Scott removed the election officials and replaced them. Magically the next election and every election since, the results have been reported within an hour or two of the polls closing.
And the state-wide results have not been razor thin since. (Although they have been closer than I can explain sometimes).
Arizona definitely saw shennanigans, as did Minnesota (not this election, but in all elections for a couple decades)
Texas is ripe for shenanigans if dems control the machinery. They have many huge cities. The dems have increasingly efficient and effective ways of exploiting that to their advantage.
They had best move quickly to fix any issues they have, because they may not get another chance. See California for a proof of concept.
“Another takeaway is that the public soundly rejected woke Marxism and badly wants economic relief.”
That’s half true. A bunch of DSA candidates won.
As a punishment to Rs. Not because they support them. The proposition measures are telling a different story
To me, “soundly rejected woke Marxism” wouldn’t be electing people such as Talarico and El Sayad.
So they punish the Rs by voting into power people who will wreck the economy and happily load them in trains and ship them off to gulags if they had the chance.
Like I said, the average voter is functionally retarded.
When you’re voting anti-(R), does it matter if the (D) on the ballot is endorsed by the DSA? If so, how would you know? AFAIK, none of the candidates were running on a DSA party line.
The alternative was for R’s to get involved in primaries and put up better candidates. Mike Rogers, Darlene Graham, etc. were a bunch of neocons.
Of course not. Spanberger proved (yet again) that you can tell the most obvious lies about how moderate ‘n’ shit you are, and enough voters will lap it up. Even though a modicum of research or thought will show that they are lying their faces off.
How stupid would you have to be to believe that Talarico, for example, somehow sincerely converted from anti-oil, anti-beef, and pro-transing children, to the opposite? Not too stupid to vote, that’s for sure.
Brandon Herrera was as good of a candidate as you could get, and he got drwnned in the blue wave.
DSA candidates underperformed all democrats across the board.
People were mainly voting to punish maga but don’t love the DSA.
https://x.com/LillianneMoo/status/2118173678278160526
Yep.
Lets not forget the stupid tariffs, which have directly affected several aspects of daily life in both price and availability, none of it in a positive way. High gasoline prices due to the war just magnify those costs. The republicans deserved to get trounced, it’s just unfortunate the only club to be found to hit them over the head with was a democrat branded club. Has anyone ever taxed their way out of a bad economic situation? Because that’s the only trick the dems know.
The Dems also know that adding more regulations improve a bad economic situation.
“California man, 97, dies at his own birthday party moments after dancing to Bee Gees’ ‘Stayin’ Alive’”
https://nypost.com/2026/11/05/us-news/california-man-vito-97-dies-at-birthday-party-moments-after-dancing-to-bee-gees-stayin-alive/
STIJLTH
Had to check to see if that was the Bee.
No, it’s was the Bee Gees.
LOL!
My father went the same way.
Obligatory:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JnI30mIKW2k&pp=ygUiTmFrZWQgZ3VuIGZhdGhlciB3ZW50IHRoZSBzYW1lIHdheQ%3D%3D
Yes haha
Your father died at that guy’s birthday party?
Condolences, man….
DAD? Disco Assisted Death
My cousin decided to give her mom a surprise party for her 86th birthday and the poor woman wound up in the hospital after passing out.
Before you ask, yes, my cousin is retarded.
“Mom Jessica Lenhardt drove five and a half hours and spent around $5,000 on VIP tickets, travel and outfits for her daughters.”
https://pagesix.com/2026/11/05/entertainment/katseye-sparks-fan-backlash-after-canceling-detroit-concert-30-minutes-before-showtime/
OFFS!
Another fatcat the Dems would like to tax the shit out of.
“Disgraced YouTuber Bryant Moreland, also known as EDP445, was arrested after he sensationally admitted to journalist Chris Hansen that he tried to meet up with a 13-year-old girl for sex during a sting operation.
Moreland, 35, was busted outside a Las Vegas dialysis clinic on Wednesday for child sex crimes relating to an incident in Bakersfield, Calif., that happened on April 17, 2021, involving a “child under 14,” Kern County prosecutors said.”
https://nypost.com/2026/11/05/us-news/youtube-star-edp445-arrested-in-las-vegas-after-admitting-to-trying-to-meet-up-with-girl-13-for-sex/
Why don’t you have an extra large seat right over there?
And naturally the (bomb them more) WSJ is unhappy with Vance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-vance-iran-war-2026-midterms-e3509fe1?st=P5SC4Q&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
They are true to form.
To be fair. Vance did misrepresent a few things. For instance, Israel was in his top 4. It didn’t even break the top 15 in reality.
Remember how I said the money won’t stop flowing to Israel yesterday…
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/the-billions-of-dollars-in-orders-complicating-an-end-to-u-s-aid-to-israel-7e0b5fba?st=U6ymfe&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
We have to pay it, right?
Look, any aid that will be used to buy american products must be spent. Duh. How else is Raytheon supposed to turn a profit?
On the plus side.
U.S. stock indexes surge on hope that legislative gridlock, an AI slowdown and checks on presidential power will mark the start of a new era for the economy
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/the-winners-and-losers-on-wall-street-from-the-election-earthquake-55ff9cd4?st=5tHb3q&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Not sure how 2 years of impeachment hearings is good for business… but there ya go…
It’s the gridlock – no legislation getting signed into law, which provides a bit of regulatory certainty, which is good for the stock market.
Exactly. Markets like certainty.
Even with suboptimal solutions they will try to find the best possible suboptimal solution.
It’s something the MSM repeatedly fails to explain.
Regulatory uncertainty will still come from executive orders and state agencies.
Yes, US stocks were totally stoked about the slowdown in AI. Makes perfect sense.
Korea was down something like 5% today.
Goal today is at least 300 titles processed, 400 would be ideal. Should be good to go.
Hoop? Taketh thou to it.
I had no idea you were doing mammograms. Oh wait, you said titles.
GOP Voters
Hahaha!
My little brother actually did that at about the same age. Actually probably a year or two younger. He grabbed a huge Samsonite suitcase and dragged it to the door. Mom helped him open the door and then watched him drag it all the way down the street. (It was empty, but also about the same height as him).
He made it all the way to the neighbors shop had kids we played with – about 5 houses down.
Mom just waved and wished him luck.
We still have fun telling that story.
Daily Ray of Sunshine
“Melania furiously turned Trump against his own deportation chief Stephen Miller after her own friends were removed by ICE”
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16268297/melania-trump-stephen-miller-ice-deportation.html
Who knows?
Hi everyone! I made it to southern Utah, anything happen while I was gone?
Let me introduce you to this thing called a “blue wave”.
https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-16267553/chanel-sydney-cruise-margot-robbie-nicole-kidman-barangaroo.html
Margot Robbie looked way better with more weight.