Good morning one and all to another splendid day!
Rand Paul drops Fauci bombshell, says more record destruction and gain-of-function research found
Judge Orders Trump to Temporarily Restore CNN, MS NOW, and Politico Access to White House
Trump DOJ Ramps Up Voter Fraud Enforcement Ahead of Midterms
Marco Rubio Blocks Visas for Birth Tourism Operators Ahead of Xi Visit
Judge Tosses Trump Suit Over Iowa Newspaper’s 2024 Poll That Showed Harris Leading
Trump Admin Weighs Diesel Export Ban
U.S. Business Continues to Boom as Factory Activity Surges
Bank of America to hire 1,000 more apprentices, invest $150M in workforce development
How Socialist Democrats Use The Soros Strategy To Fill Local Courts With Woke Judges
New York taxes and spends more than any other state, watchdog says
That’s all I got for today. I’ll leave you with a song and move along with my day.
Rand Paul drops Fauci bombshell, says more record destruction and gain-of-function research found
And nothing else happened.
I second this.
A huge revelation, just in time for the Dems to win and sweep it all under the rug.
You don’t believe in the secret October surprise coming this year?
It’s alright, neither do I.
Ditto.
Not only will nothing else happen, most people won’t even know about this.
Jack Smith Violated Constitution To Spy On Republicans In Lawless ‘Arctic Frost’ Investigation, Committee Alleges
And nothing else happened.
“Committee Alleges Stuff Everybody Has Known for Years”
/alternate headline
You know, that’s an interesting formulation – violated the Constitution, but not apparently any actual law.
Trump DOJ Ramps Up Voter Fraud Enforcement Ahead of Midterms
And nothing else happened.
Florida history teacher Liz Ballard ‘deliberately tried to cancel’ 8th grader ‘for his conservative views’
And nothing else happened.
Agreed on the above but Florida, something else might happen on this one.
DeSantis, unlike Trump, delivers. So something might actually happen.
Florida Teacher is like Florida Man?
Team Red needs to remind people of this the next time there is a millage vote.
“Judge Orders Trump to Temporarily Restore CNN, MS NOW, and Politico Access to White House”
Another stupid and meaningless gesture on behalf of the Trump administration that everyone knew was an overreach but it allowed him to pretend he did something meaningful. Whoever’s advising Trump is worthless: this makes him look thinskinned and weak which he is.
And it allows for the credentialed classes to portray themselves as important protectors of democracy.
It wasn’t over reach at all. There is zero right to be front and center in the press room. This judge overstepped, will probably rule for CNN. The appeal will overturn and establish a precedent that the press room functions at the will of the president.
Don’t stop believing, hold onto that feeling but I don’t see it happening. We’ll see I suppose.
Stinky:
Do you have a list of which news organizations cannot be barred from White House briefings? How do I get this publication added to the list?
It’s right there in one of the penumbras and emanations Neph. I don’t see it but some judge will whether it’s there or not.
The move should have just been to move to back of press pool and never call on them.
The judge will rule that nobody can be excluded, and logic will follow that the press pool will follow a rotation schedule to let every independent news organization under the sun in, greatly diluting the power of the big organizations. That is what I think will happen.
Not a lawyer and whatnot but, rightly or wrongly, Trump can’t wipe his ass without getting an injunction slapped on him at which point he either gives up or loses the case. There are exceptions of course but that’s his MO.
I’m going a pin a piece of notebook paper on my chest reading “PrEsS” and waltz into the next White House press conference. It’s my right, yes?
Should be actually.
Disagree – the WHCA believes they own the process and are the sole arbiters of “who” gets a seat. Part of their argument is they have resources to ensure coverage and share with the pool. This provided an opportunity for alternate news outlets to challenge the WHCA and also show they have the resources and capabilities to provide coverage. RAV did a fantastic job highlighting that fact.
Kick them all out and turn the Press Room back into a swimming pool. Fill the pool with piranha, then invite the press back in.
Nothing new under the sun
Locally, the journalos now all claim that they thought it was funny and went along with the joke. Pepperidge Farms remembers though. They were all outraged at the time. Sacred institution and all that.
If anyone off the street is supposed to be allowed in, why do they need “credentials” at all?
Iran hardliners said the quiet part out loud that their goal is keep oil prices high.
So oil dropped in price with Sauid news and now Iran threatens to expand to the Indian Ocean, driving oil back up.
If we had any halfway competent stateman in the government, why they might be able to use that info to finally get the rest of the world on board.
On board with what, getting their ships sunk? Invading? It’s a hard sell when we’re the ones who fucked up the former uneasy but perfectly functional situation.
Has any naval war vessel except Iranian been sunk?
Perfectly functional is a stretch. I know we are the idiot servants of the demon Israel attacking the peace loving Iranians whose only crime is opposing the colonizer Jews and all, but the peace loving Iranian opposition to colonizer Jews did occasionally cause turmoil before this happened.
Starting the war while unwilling to go in and finish it was likely a mistake, but casting us as the villains of the piece is getting old.
I’m criticizing US policy, not Israeli policy but continue to set up those diversions in order to distract from the worst foreign policy move since Vietnam. Even if this war was a good idea it’s been waged incompetently.
Not villains <<<Jar – dupes. I’m perfectly good with us stopping the dup-i-tude at the earliest opportunity.
“the worst foreign policy move since Vietnam”
*Laughs in Iraqi*
Yup, we are stacking up our dead, trying to put out the fires in all our cities, and weeping for our sunk ships.
How do you narrow your gaze in Iraqi?
Lots of tankers and cargo ships have need hit by Iran and the American Navy. At some of those sunk.
We have not lost any manned naval vessels. We have evacuated and effectively lost the Fifth Fleet headquarters at Bahrain.
We are talking about Euroweenies, right? They won’t ever help us.
Also I imagine there is laughing in Iraqi at the presumption that would be welcomed for liberating the Iranian people from the tyranny of the mullahs.
The Iraqi War was stupid and costly. It didn’t cost us access to the Persian Gulf and endanger the world economy.
Fifth Fleet headquarters at Bahrain
Who knew that Bahrain was a U.S. possession?
Killing people is easy Swiss, winning a war isn’t.
Has any naval war vessel except Iranian been sunk?
Haven’t you seen the videos released by Iran of US ships burning?
“The Iraqi War was stupid and costly. It didn’t cost us access to the Persian Gulf and endanger the world economy.”
Peace in our time, right Drake?
I was on the first big war since Vietnam. It went too well so the neocons decided to keep on doing it.
Drake, you’ve got to remember that neo-cons were former proggies – failure would be no detriment to their beliefs.
The rest of the world being rational is almost as unlikely as the statesmanship thing.
I’m not sure what the point of keeping oil prices high is, when you can’t sell any oil.
Well, I guess damaging the economies of the Satanic West is its own reward.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright opposed a blanket ban Wednesday, warning that it could ultimately reduce domestic refining.
“The blunt tool of banning diesel exports definitely doesn’t work because the U.S. exports a lot of diesel,” Wright said.
Wright said refiners unable to export excess diesel could be forced to cut production, putting upward pressure on gasoline and jet fuel prices.
Wright separately suggested that changes in where U.S. diesel is shipped were more likely.
Sanity. He’ll be ignored.
If we have an abundance of diesel as the producers say they do, then why are the prices so high (ignoring our own retarded regulations that is and that it isn’t a true free market operating on basic economics)
It’s a global market. Supply is constrained elsewhere due to the war.
Due to war and lack of refining capacity due to the climate boogy man.
I believe the “ultra-low” sulfur restrictions add to the problem. Makes refining more complex/difficult and makes some of the abundance exist in fuel that can’t be used here.
Don’t we import Canadian oil and sell it back as diesel?
If we stopped selling them diesel, wouldn’t they stop selling us oil?
Sven and Ole worked together and both were laid off, so off they went to the unemployment office. Asked his occupation, Ole said, “Panty stitcher; I sew the elastic onto cotton panties.”
The clerk looked up panty stitcher. Finding it classified as unskilled labor, she gave him $300 a week unemployment pay.
Sven was asked his occupation. “Diesel fitter,” he replied. Since diesel fitter was a skilled job, the clerk gave Sven $600 a week.
When Ole found out, he was furious. He stormed back into the unemployment office to find out why his friend and co-worker was collecting twice his pay.
The clerk explained that panty stitchers were unskilled labor and diesel fitters were skilled labor.
“What skill?” yelled Ole. “I sew the elastic on, Sven pulls it over his head and says,
…”Yep, diesel fitter.”
I’ve heard that punchline with a different setup before. Fun joke
That is quite the specific number you came up with.
They need to up their fear game if they want to be taken serious.
Reading the article, that’s a world wide number.
That’s a rookie number compared to US cardiovascular disease deaths.
Nigeria, Indonesia and Sudan are expected to have the most additional heat deaths, tens of thousands in each country, according to the report.
Interesting selection of countries – I wonder what else might be common about them?
I wonder what else might be common about them?
Majority Islamic? Nigeria has lots of Christians but has actually has a slight (54% of the population I think) Muslim majority.
as many as is doing the real work there.
So is “could”.
451,000 will die WITH El Nino, not FROM El Nino.
So much heavy lifting there will be GAINS from that sciencing!
Gains of function?
SCIENCE has spoken!
As is my custom, I’d like a list of their earlier predictions that turned out to be accurate.
Same as with any climate model. Before I agree that it has merit, you should have to start it at 1800 and have it accurately predict what did happen.
If it doesn’t match what we know happened, maybe it isn’t going to do very well at predicting the future?
Remember, “as many as” means the same thing as “no more than”.
China is asshole, vol. ∞:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/solomons-pm-survives-attempt-to-oust-government/ar-AA2bHHzy
Long story short: Solomon Islands are trying to hedge their bets by being friendly with multiple countries and China responded with the sort of move — getting its allies in the SI parliament to start a no confidence motion — that would have people shrieking color revolution if the US tried this.
Did I hear Pooh claiming the other day that China has no further designs in the South Pacific? I fell out of my chair from that whopper.
They’re done designing, now it’s just executing the plan.
The motion against him was withdrawn Sunday by Manasseh Maelanga, its instigator who was sacked as home affairs minister as more lawmakers crossed over to Wale’s coalition.
PM with an unstable coalition? Who ever heard of such a thing?
Andy Burnham?
Friedrich Merz?
Now, now, Merz’s coalition is in absolute lock-step, on one subject.
The Mechanical Reasoning test from Project Talent, the 1960 study that tested some 440,000 American high-school students, about 5% of everyone then in grades 9–12. Twenty questions about drawings of boats, gears, pulleys, levers and valves, reproduced as they were. Read each question, study the picture, and pick the answer. As in 1960, you have 11 minutes; you can skip and go back.
https://taketest.xyz/mechanical-reasoning
Goddamnit i rushed ot and only got 17. Had 4.5 min left
20 for 20. It reminds me of the mechanical portion of the ASVAB.
18/20, which is profoundly disappointing.
20 out of 20. I guess that degree was useful after all.
20 out of 20, 99.6%. I am on cold medicine and it slowed me up.
18/20. I’m not as disappointed as Sheldon, I’m not getting that knowledge reinforce very often. I went through it pretty quickly and most of it was intuitive.
18 of 20. I’m good with that, considering I have zero cycles in on these kind of things.
first time I did something like this really 0 experience… still
YOU BASTARDS THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN ME!!!!!!!
Given that I tend to be mechanically declined, I am happy with my 15 out of 20.
Yay 20. Now I feel validated, and I can fuck off the rest of the day.
Although I will say, I kind of guessed on the boat question, and I’m not positive my reasoning for the answer I picked is correct.
The greater the surface area of the boat touching the water, the more drag it has. Hence hydrofoils.
I stopped at around 10. That was the boat with some tiny gear/gizmo at water level that was completely impossible for me to guess what it was doing.
Trump’s new anti-cartel policy: we’re gonna lawyer ’em out of existence!
Here I thought maybe he’d realistically attack the intractable issue of demand instead of once again chasing after supply.
Sic the Karens on them.
Solves a lot of problems.
Drop lawyers into cartel territory without parachutes?
Now that has merit.
Serious question: How would Trump or anybody “realistically attack the intractable issue of demand”?
Build a society that normal people don’t constantly want to escape from?
I have some ideas on how to make that happen, too…
That’s the absurdity about all of our drug policy, nothing really unique to Trump.
They could of course look at how smoking was handled which was far more cultural than carceral.
Homple — fully legalize the use, manufacture, and sale of drugs. All drugs. No ‘schedules’, minimal prescription requirement, if any. The cartels will be gone, or so radically transformed as to make no difference, in under 18 months.
“But people will die!” Everyone dies.
“But, but, but people will do things they shouldn’t.” Like they aren’t already?
Okay, probably not ‘realistic’ but it’s the only real solution.
There are two solutions to the drug problem: 1) absolute tolerance — legalize everything; 2) absolute intolerance — authorize the police to execute everyone in possession of any amount on the spot. Of course, people will still use under solution (2), but they get eliminated eventually.
absolute tolerance — legalize everything
And watch people die!
Which is true, it will be just as bad as it is now, possibly even a little worse. Though not as bad as option 2.
Beau:
I am sympathetic to total legalization. My reluctance to wholeheartedly endorse this solution in real life is the examples that we have now of the junkies infesting big cities. LA and San Fran have decriminalized drug use for the most part and have hordes of homeless junkies infesting the streets. That is a problem that needs to be solved.
I’d be OK with locking anyone under the influence out in public (for some reasonable amount of time). You want to do drugs? Fine, but you better have somewhere private to crash.
The idea that the cartels will be ‘gone’ under total legalization is one that needs further examination. The cartels aren’t stupid or particularly hidebound – they have been diversifying into other rackets and businesses for decades now. Think other kinds of smuggling, prostitution, counterfeit medications, waste disposal, various types of electronic crime…the list goes on. The window for shutting down the south American cartel model by cutting off their dope profits, closed back in the late 80’s.
None of that is to say that legalization isn’t a good idea in its own right…
I don’t have any libertarian objections to tweaking the laws in favor of people who can behave like responsible adults.
At some point in/around the 40’s or 50’s, we got away from vagrancy laws and work camps, and I don’t think that it’s been to our benefit.
Jimbo, I agree with you. Enforce the laws against vagrancy, et. al., including those against ‘public intoxication.
Everything’s connected, you can’t just pull out one thing and leave the rest ‘as is’.
But the only solution to “the demand problem” is supply. Just as with all else.
Isn’t pot legal in Cali, but the cartels are still in the pot business because their weed is cheaper than the legal stuff (because of taxes)?
I doubt that cartels won’t find some other business venture once drugs went away.
Legalization.
Oh wait, you said realistically.
Have
NancyMelania lecture school kids?@Beau Knott I came here to make the same point. There are already laws against being intoxicated in public, and most of them are of the “lock ’em up ’til they sober up, write ’em a ticket” sort of thing. And the citations are generally small, so the worst case scenario for the bums would be a few days in jail until they’re let out for time served. Kinda win-win, I’d say.
Legalization will lead to less deaths because fentanyl can’t compete against heroin in a free market.
No idea what’s really going on.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-909499
Say what you will about Iranians, their beards are top notch.
Or else?
A report out of Jerusalem is almost as reliable as a report out of Tehran.
If you scrolled down, you might notice a section with the header “IRGC confirms Zarifi’s death”.
You know about Mr. Dean’s razor – who is telling me this and why do they want me to believe it?
Why would any of us care about the death of any Iranian general? Why would the IRGC want us to know?
Interesting. Nobody is saying who the group that IRGC attacked, and which killed a Brigadier General, actually was.
I’m curious why a Brigadier General is participating in an attack on a five man cell, myself.
How do you say “what difference does it make at this point” in Farsi?
Is this like the No 2 Al Queda guy who gets offed every couple of months?
Daily Ray of Sunshine
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President Trump apparently didn’t get the memo … CNN and POLITICO say their reporters are still being denied access to the White House despite a judge ordering the administration to restore access.
As you know, the judge threw his support behind CNN, POLITICO and MS NOW by ruling Thursday that their journalists should immediately have their press credentials returned so they could enter the White House and cover the commander-in-chief.
The ruling came in early Thursday, but when CNN and POLITICO reporters showed up to the White House to do their jobs, they reportedly were turned away.”
https://www.tmz.com/2026/09/24/cnn-and-politico-still-barred-from-entering-white-house/
Good.
Apparently, there are a couple of cases out there that (can be read to?) say that, yes, the President can control who can come to White House press events, but he can’t bar somebody for the “wrong reasons”, namely, because they are too mean to him.
So Trump, of course, had to go yap on the socials about how he was barring those organizations because they are too mean to him.
The great thing about this interpretation of the law is that you can bar anyone as long as you lie about why.
Just another day in the magic kingdom.
We have fake lynchings, fake lesbians, and now fake sand niggers.
Is anything real?
Real
As you know, the judge threw his support behind CNN, POLITICO and MS NOW by ruling
I realize this is how most people see the world, but there is always some miniscule chance the judge merely found the legal arguments of one side more compelling than that of the other, while doing his best to conceal his loathing for everyone concerned.
Caught a clip on FB about David Axelrod representing CNN in a defamation case (that CNN lost) and that was pretty much the attitude of the judge – both counsels were admonished.
“Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s ex-bodyguard turned lover allegedly trashed her Arizona home while she was out of town — causing more than $200,000 in damage as he tossed dozens of valuable paintings into her pool.
Sinema (I-Ariz.) accused her “former boyfriend” Matthew Ammel of launching his destructive rampage through her Cave Creek home on Aug. 30, according to KPNX.
Ammel, 39, allegedly threatened to destroy the former senator’s artwork every 10 minutes if she didn’t concede to his demands and make a post to X, the outlet reported, citing court documents.”
https://nypost.com/2026/09/24/us-news/kyrsten-sinemas-ex-bodyguard-in-homewrecker-case-trashes-her-arizona-home-causes-200k-in-damage/
CWAA
“An initial court appearance was held for Ammel’s felony charge, but the suspect never physically stood before a judge because he was allegedly fighting in the hallway.”
Is there life on Mars?
Does this feel like an elaborate insurance scam to anyone else? ‘Oh boo hoo, my valuable $200k paintings got thrown into the pool by my unhinged broke-ass (subornation-proof) ex-boyfriend!’
Accurate map of Massachusetts and surrounding areas
Not seeing a map?
There is a map in the tweet.
Morning all. I haven’t had much time on my hands lately. The same is true today. Much gardening today.
Trying to keep up with three kids and old man type doc visits.
From the links: The moral depravity, power mongering and corruption of the left knows no bounds.
The right is mostly made up of squishes. So, another day that ends in Y.
They say the good thing about age/retirement is you get to travel more. They don’t tell you that most of that travel is to doctor appointments.
Zeron’s storm troopers didn’t take Netanyahu directly to jail when he got off the plane?
Sad.
Waiting for him to meet up with Trump so they can get both at once?
““The investigation into Tyler Robinson revealed that he was living with a man, his lover, who is a gender-confused [individual] and was going by the pronouns of ‘she/her.’ Tyler himself was involved in transgender, furry culture — a bizarre subset of transgenderism where people are sexually attracted and frequently dress up as animals,” he said….
“What’s more concerning is that this [mentally unwell] furry community touts the fact that many — listen to this — that many airline pilots, flight attendants and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community. Lord help us,” he said.
“It’s terrifying when you think about this. When you walk on to a commercial flight, it’s possible that the pilot flying your plane could have a deranged fetish of dressing up like an animal. You can’t make this up.””
https://nypost.com/2026/09/24/us-news/sen-tommy-tuberville-claims-many-airline-pilots-air-traffic-controllers-part-of-the-furry-community/
This is like listening to a Democrat talk about guns.