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There's half a dozen significant MSM sources that are declining to endorse anyone this cycle. Bezos claims it's a principled decision to regain the trust of the public by appearing impartial. We'll see. Perhaps the MSM is reading the tea leaves and snapping to the fact that they'll be out of business if they don't regain the trust of the other half of the voters. And credibility with the half that vote Dem, who aren't as stupid as the Dem Elite think they are. There' are just too many alternative sources on the interwebs. Or maybe it's a smokescreen, and they'll keep telling us the border is secure, the jabs are safe and effective, masks are an expression of love, there's no evidence of cheating, and Trump is Hitler. But we're not endorsing anyone... USA Today WaPo LA Times Chicago Tribune Detroit Free Press MN Star Tribune

I've been flying out of BKK each of the past 19 months and the face scanners have been installed for awhile at various chokepoints. All they have to do is turn them on and try them out.

And that's the key. The title is wrong. They're augmenting the boarding passes. Not replacing them. You still need a piece of paper to show the flight attendant if there's any seating faux pas, and to attach your luggage tag. Until they can guaranty that everyone has a smartphone and the battery hasn't died during the long trip.

From Bezos himself: I would also like to be clear that no quid pro quo of any kind is at work here. Neither campaign nor candidate was consulted or informed at any level or in any way about this decision. It was made entirely internally. Dave Limp, the chief executive of one of my companies, Blue Origin, met with former president Donald Trump on the day of our announcement. I sighed when I found out, because I knew it would provide ammunition to those who would like to frame this as anything other than a principled decision. I'll let you Google the quoted above for the rest of his editorial... (WaPo is blocked here) It's an interesting discussion of the loss of credibility on the part of the MSM. I found it on an unapproved source, quoted in its entirety. I'm just quoting a snippet, to stay in bounds.

There's a reason the PR's who can vote left the island. The ones that didn't? Can't vote.

What if that's all they have left?

Especially if you don't want them sticking your luggage tag and your seat assignment on your forehead.

They already do. It's called a boarding pass.

How do I know where to sit on the plane if I don't have a boarding pass? And if I sit in the wrong seat (has happened), how do the flight attendants straighten out the mess?

That's just sad all around. I wonder if there are any cautionary tales about wearing seatbelts? I'm somewhat of a seatbelt Nazi after being spared a tragic death in a VW Bug rollover with the sunroof open. But I had to cajole my Thai co-workers to buckle up when we were in vans on company trips.

I think it's just as likely they didn't fire anyone, but just said they did. Who would know?

That's not a measure of anything. They get approached by publishers offering to write a book for them using a ghost writer, then simply whack their name on it, and then they get a big up-front royalty payment. Nobody turns down those offers. Trump did it himself over 40 years ago! Of course it is. Part of any book deal is to promote the book. Which is done by making headlines.

Sure they did, reporting on the dozens of independent court cases filed by Trump supporters that determined the absence of fraud standing. They didn't rule on the facts or the merit. Fixed it for you.

They awarded her over 40x as much for the mean words, than for the alleged assault. That she didn't even remember what year it happened. $2 million for the alleged assault and over $85 million for the mean words. And women's groups stayed quiet, as long as they "got Trump".

She's going to Hollywood, where she's adored and where her amazing skills at reading scripted lines can be best put to use: Edit: Who knows? They may even get Clooney back to play Batman...

They don't care. The only thing they care about is staying in power, no matter the damage to the country.

She'd fit right in as an MSNBC "Journalist".

You're just switching lipstick brands and shades. Still a pig.

Let me ask you another way. Why would anyone in Georgia spend the time, money and effort to challenge 63,000 voter registrations if there was no fire with that smoke? https://apnews.com/article/georgia-voter-challenges-2024-election-f817bc282ea44e008af74f6bf5793bd1 I mean, other than assuring a fair and clean election... BTW, here's the part that frosts my pumpkin: Thus far, barely 1% of people called into question have been removed from the rolls or placed into challenged status, mostly because counties are disregarding challenges.

So, bottom line... She was installed by the Dem elite, without winning a single primary vote. You can put all the lipstick on it that you want. It's still a pig.

I found out that my smell of BO lingers in my shirts, no matter what conventional detergent/regimen I use. When that happens, I soak my shirts in dilute vinegar for 12-24 hours, then wash them. Works like a charm. (Being a wingnut conspiracy fan, I think that low water usage washing machines are a birth control plan... Less sex if you smell bad.) If you're wondering about your own shirts, try ironing one. Even a T-shirt. That's how I found out mine carried the funk... I was ironing on some reflective safety patches, and the smell was unmistakable. Especially around the pits. Don't get me started on "the garlic people". Asians (mostly) that eat so much garlic that getting into an elevator with them is nauseating. Not so prevalent in Thailand, though.

And let's not forget Twitter. They loved Twitter when they could control the content with a phone call.

I'm forecasting a mad rush of lawfare between Election Day and Inauguration Day, when Trump, as president has to be impeached to send him to jail. They'll pull out all the stops to see him in jail in the interim. With Harris in the background, granting her plausible deniability. I hope I'm wrong, but the Dem Machine isn't going to take the "L", and neither will the career gub'ment employees who are at risk of the cost cutting measures being promised by Trump and Musk. Not to mention standing aside (and even raising bail) for the millions of derangement sufferers who rioted for about a week after Hillary took the L in 2016. They'll be even more destructive, because their 2017 and 2020 big screen TVs are obsolete. It's time for a shopping spree... It's going to get exciting. And not in a good way.

I'd be curious to see a Venn diagram showing the intersection of the US intelligence hacks that made this claim, those who touted Russian collusion in 2016, and the ones who claimed the laptop was a Russian plant.

Adams got a lesson in what happens when you expose the Dem Elite's machinery. In doing his best for the citizens he was elected to serve, he exposed the real cost of the Harris/Biden open borders. It's costing NYC $36K per year to provide the services consumed by each of their 110,000 newcomers. When he exposed that, he drew a target on himself. He went from being a Dem Darling to a public enemy. All for trying to take care of his own constituents. I suspect he no longer feels that warm and fuzzy sense of loyalty to the Dem Machine. Good on him. And on Fetterman, who has also been a pleasant surprise... Mayor Pete, too. Maybe they can take back the party of the people from the Elites who are destroying it. I miss the old Democrat Party, though I don't identify as a Republicrat, nor a Demican.