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Friday, September 30, 2022

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

The 90s called Senator. They want their cheap talking points back.

How do you know when a sitting Democrat member of congress is in big reelection trouble? Well of course, they drag out the same old "Republicans are gonna kill Grandma"

Senator Patty Murray and her tennis shoes are in a tight race for reelection. In yet another tired example in which Democrats strain to conjure up a nonexistent GOP plan regarding Social Security and Medicare to save their sorry asses, Murray tweeted that if Senate Republicans win control of the Senate, they plan to end Social Security and Medicare.

Republicans plan to end Social Security and Medicare if they take back the Senate.

Washington seniors who have spent their lives paying into these programs deserve better—and I’ll keep fighting to make sure they get it.
— Senator Patty Murray (@MurrayCampaign) September 25, 2022

But as evidence, her staff can only point to statements by a pair of Senate Republicans that have earned little support among their colleagues. The presumptive Senate Republican leader explicitly rejected the idea. Moreover, in both cases, the senators insisted that they were not trying to eliminate the programs but instead bolster their financial underpinnings and eliminate the double-tax on Social Security benefits.

The bullshit tweet earned Murray Four Pinocchios from The Washington Post.

"When Social Security was established in 1935, most Republican lawmakers supported it — but more Republicans than Democrats opposed it. When Medicare was created in 1965, slightly more Republicans opposed the new program as written than supported it because they knew it would explode the cost of medical care (which it did almost immediately) and proposed congress look at other options. In campaign attacks, Democrats often conjure up nonexistent plans by Republicans to terminate or somehow undermine the programs. In 2011, then-Vice President Biden accused House Republicans of proposing a plan “eliminating Medicare in the next 10 years.” That wasn’t true, either....."

Now comes the latest iteration of this campaign attack. But it’s just as empty as the previous ones. That smoke Washington State residents smell regionally is not from forest fires, its from Patty Murray's pants catching fire.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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J6 Democracy Saving Kabuki Theater Postponed Because Can't Compete with Hurricane.

Bennie & Liz announced the postponement of today's scheduled Jan 6th committee televised hearing due to Hurricane Ian. Wait, Wait! The super-urgent work of saving Democracy must be postponed because of a hurricane a thousand miles away? Well, Yeah.

It turns out it was more than just optics about holding an overtly political committee hearing while parts of the country face a natural disaster. PBS NewsHour Correspondent Lisa Desjardins reported the January 6 Committee did not like the fact cable news coverage would be mainly focused on the hurricane.

Heaven forbid you have to share airtime with a hurricane https://t.co/Efhv4jS1Vp
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 27, 2022

Guess we can't much blame them for their decision. The committee have had a tough enough time competing for an audience with "The Days of Our Lives" and reruns of 'Jeopardy'. Bless their Hearts, their main audience are mainly liberal 'blue check' pundits, over excitable soft skull MSNBC conspiracy freaks, and late night comedy writers.

As they say in show biz, "The Show Must Go On!" But for now they will revel in their own self-importance, and the search for the truth can wait for better ratings.....

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Monday, September 26, 2022

Are Democrats in the Midst of an Epic Stupid Comment Contest??

I don't know if the panic of their impending loss in the mid-terms, or maybe the 'Roe' decision has pushed them over the cliff, but a quick glance at recent headlines make you wonder if they're having a stupid comment contest to divert their mass psychosis, or we should seriously give pause concerning their mental well being and grasp of reality. Here is a quick list of just a few of this weekends headlines .....

John 'Frankenstein' Fetterman: I’m “Happy” To Release A Murderer Who Stabbed A Guy 26 Times With Garden Shears.

Dem Rep. Al 'Caveman' Green: "Hiring 87,000 IRS Agents Will Bring Down Inflation…Will Bring Down Gas Prices”.

Biden advisor Keisha Lance Bottoms: "MAGA Republican agenda" is an effort to "essentially destroy the United States of America".

Alleged Vice President, Kamala Harris: "You Don’t Have To “Abandon” Faith To Agree With Abortion-On-Demand Until Birth"

AOC: Women In America Oppressed Like Iranian Women

DHS Chief Alejandro Mayorkas Claims “We Are Doing So Much” To Secure The Border. We're following the law"

Creepy WH Spox Karen Jong-Perrier- “This Hurricane Season” Will Be “Helped” By Investment In Climate Change.

Tank Abrams: "Baby Heartbeat At Six Weeks “Manufactured Sound Designed To Convince People”

AOC: "Because Of “Burdens Of Capitalism” People Can’t Have Kids"

Donna Brazile: "Biden Has Done a Fabulous Job on Economy."

I could go on, but I must go lie down now......

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A Good Monday Morning

Saturday, September 24, 2022

A Quick Glance In The Rear View Mirror

For a little background noise Thursday night, a documentary from 2015 was on television while I was reading and ~~enjoying a nice bottle of wine~~ having a spot of tea. The upshot to the program was that a dinosaur hunter found not one, but two civilizations in the same burial ground area; one from around 10,000 years ago and the other from 5,000 years ago. Forgive me for not paying closer attention.

The gist of the documentary was a group of scientists proposed the one civilization that originated around 10,000 years ago was driven from their lush homes in Africa after a couple thousand years due to drought and climatic change that caused the sand of the Sahara to encroach into the area they were living in. The little fishes and hippos moved on as well as all the other life that was flourishing. Signs of their existence are unmistakable as is their abrupt departure.

Fast forward a few thousand years and the Sahara again retreated and life again returned to the region. A new people moved in and the animals returned. But then again the desert moved into their territory thousands of years later pushing them out, leaving only graves and small traces of human life. History repeated.

The point. The people ten thousand years ago and five thousand years ago had nothing to do with the climate. They lived and died much like the animals they hunted. No cars, no planes, no carbon footprint of note. Yet the climate first provided and then took away their living space, twice in spans of five thousand years. Worldwide you will find similar stories, such as Sumeria. The Earth and climate giveth and taketh away. Our climate similarly has had some variation in the past few thousand years to present times, but it is nothing that we can control. We are less than fleas on the dog of the Earth. Otherwise you would have to believe that these prehistoric people could have, if they were only as wise as us, altered the climate five and then ten thousand years ago to control the Earth’s temperature and weather patterns.

To believe that is the height of arrogance, the acme of ignorance and the apex of audacity.

But, now comes the loony left that unless they are the truly brainless (which many are) understand climate as a tool to push for a socialist agenda for power and control; nothing more. I am sad that so many are fooled, especially the young who fall for this insanity and have lost the ability to reason.

The climate has and always will change. But only the fool thinks that mankind* has mastery over it.

* This word was not intentional used to trigger the more sensitive of readers. But, in the event it does, Good. FU!

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