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And for all of you out there being Fox Newsy about this, start thinking about who they'll be coming for next. And then the one after that. Could be you and yours.

In the 1960s I read this book called Morning of the Magicians. Among the strange things mentioned was that the Nazi brain trust (the guys running Germany back when) said that we actually live on the inside surface of the planet, and that when we look "into space" we are actually looking at the frozen core, the stars we see are the crystalized ice. I haven't ever again seen mention of this in the 50+ yrs since I read it. When someone claims to be a flat-earther ask them that if it were possible to dig a hole for an incredible depth what would they expect there to be when they went as far as possible. Pizza crust?

Are you expecting to find Klingons around Uranus?

Makes for a "show of diversity" when the r-word is tossed around. What color are the "check your brains at the door" pills they hand out when entering CPAC? Did Mr Clown ever hear the name Jesse Owens?

But the sob still wins something: he got about six months of delay. Maybe this can be extended to a SCOTUS appeal. Now on to the next blocking move -- unfounded claims, faulty reasoning, ridiculous accusations. Buys more time. Tune in next week for another installment of "The Apprentice: Traitor Edition." But how does this constantly moving things back find it's end? If someone dies before they are brought to justice does that mean they won?

Meanwhile there are GOP congress members who still keep the Republican dream of eradicating Social Security alive. At the risk of sounding somewhat optimistic I think that the MAGA media circus may have shaken up a lot of voters to look more closely at issues. In 2010 when the GOP said health care is Communism in disguise it worked, I don't think it will now. Once Obama was out of office the pollsters said GOP voters are still against Obamacare, but they were in favor of the ACA.

At this point it's about precedent: if they let these guys walk (I'm referring to all these guys, including the one with a perverse liking of orange spray-tan) they are going to try again. What is going on in AZ right now is because the Feds didn't do what was necessary to bring the bozos who tried to finagle the 2020 election results. Two years and counting, looks like it's not going to be settled in time for the 2024 presidential. I don't think by 2028 either. Keep an eye on little Kyle, we're going to be seeing more of him in the future. I still can't believe he got away with the amateur crybaby performance: I have a nephew who does the same thing, and just as poorly (and his parents always give in). He killed (crossing state lines with a weapon and killed and wounded several people) and he got away with it. He'll do it again, he'll be able to cry his way out of that too, he'll think. He was a guest at MAL and supposedly watched the deSouza movie with the proprietor. I think he's going to go to college and have a hard time making friends, and one day it's going to come to a head he's going to load up on ammo and teach them all a lesson. In regard to the second sentence of the quote there is a multi-part podcast called Ultra, by Rachel Maddow. It involves pro-Nazi treachery in the US gov't prior to and during the US involvement in WWII, quite a good piece of work.

Is the "Red Shirt Village" thing still on? That's an automatic consensus right there.

Or would it be worse to go through life with everyone calling you a peter palmer? That's worse than being a peter o' tool.

Aw come on, it was all the staff's fault https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-blasts-trump-staff-over-nick-fuentes-kanye-west-dinner-1762539

I've heard that British mums sometimes give their sons spotted dick. Sounds pretty scary.

I was thinking of the dogfight that will be the Republican Primary. He's a bully, a miltary-type bully, he could intimidate his way to the nomination. Check out vids of these shows he puts on with evangelical preachers, scary stuff. But yeah, he's too extreme to win a legit election. I hope.

Never honk your car's horn. Don't go to Washington DC. Keep away from people with red caps. If you find yourself in a place where a certain five-letter word that begins with T is prominently displayed and people are uppity about it be elsewhere.

He had Rittenhouse visit him down there too, supposedly they watched that DeSouza movie together. I think we haven't seen the last of little Kyle.

Desantis doesn't have the smell of a winner, IMO. More like a New Jersey governor from the bad old days, soon to be publicly shamed. Matt Gaetz had his case dismissed, I guess Matt's dad owes Ronnie a favor or two. A lot of long knives out on the right for the WH run. We'll see lots of conservative carnage in the coming year, but Fox etc will not carry it, there will be 24/7 about a certain laptop. IMO the top dogs of the pack are Pompeo and Flynn.

And why didn't he know?

If nothing else, this provides a little cannabis education -- it talks about buds. I've been places where they try to sell me all parts of the plant, sometimes no buds at all. Usually scrawny, like they harvested as soon as the flowering started. Sometimes male plants. I think they don't really understand, no one taught them how to grow. Buds are sometimes called flowers, and that is what it's all about. We need more hippie volunteers to go into the bush and educate.

I don't see how social media comments are any indication of actual potential votes. I also don't see many white antisemites voting for a you-know-what. If you haven't already figured it out, go back and try to see what Larry David is really getting at in the No Starch, No Crease bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ay4uLhxhKs But I do hope he goes third-party, and then other hip-hop personalities also make a run (4th party, 5th, etc), like Cardi B forming the WAP party. Bernie was a pioneer of small donation fundraising, but it was DT who came along and corrupted it (telling his hordes to send the $$ money to him, not the RNC). Probably a lot of people looking for ways to cash in on that.

I can't wait for Walker to disappear from the news. it's embarrassing to see him in the news babbling like a brain-damaged fool. Maybe, aside from this candidate stuff, it will raise some sort of awareness of the potential for brain damage in American football, but I don't see that affecting the sport as too much money is involved in it. I would like to see the slime that put him up to this taken to task. They tried something like this a few years ago in S. Carolina, they put a guy who was even worse than Walker to run against James Clyburn. Someone on tv tried to interview him, and all he could get was one-word answers. E.g.: Q: So you're running for The Senate? A: Yes. (followed by silence) Chris Rock made a movie called Head of State (a comedy, of course) about a similar situation, I'm surprised no one in the news has made a comparison.

Republican senators in the US are turning green with envy as they read those numbers.

They are just as spooked by the Chinese "synthetic islands" as anyone else in the region. The Marcos family is back in power, no more of the gov't turning up their noses at Uncle Sam's fine green money. No problem that Ferdy Jr is not too bright, he has the guidance of experienced leaders, like Duterte Harry. I just hope Maria Ressa has the sense to go into exile. https://www.rappler.com/ On the other hand these kleptocrats would probably sell China parts of their country if the price was right, no need for either side to waste money (yes, money again) on munitions.

Will they be expected to buy US$25 tents like the homeless in the US use?

Q: why did you think your wife wasn't dead? A: when I tried to have sex with her she didn't move, that's the way she always is

Not about Thailand, but it is about weed. Rats ate over 500 kg seized weed, says Mathura police, court asks for proof Yeah, sure. I haven't been to India since 1981, and I really don't follow what goes on there these days, but it used to be that Uttar Pradesh was one of the states where it is legal, sold in gov't licensed shops. Amusing part of the reporting is that every article states a different amount, maybe the rats were eating it as articles were being written.

The point I was going for is the way the father in the youtube vid seemed somewhat relieved that his son was only a mass murderer, and he'd have been more upset to learn the son had gender issues.