'He had an army of misfits to aid him. An aging MI6 agent fighting for each quarter of his pension. An AI, which believed it was a hausfrau and mother of two. A wannabe Russian who didn't know what to believe. Robots, some built in checkist factories, some in a Maryland garage! All of them insane, fascists. Hateful of liberty, equality, globo... globality. A rip-roaring read by the world's friskiest geriatric after Hefner!'
Limited edition pre coffee stained cover on pre-orders!
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Martin and Alexander Burns?
Jonathan Martin is a national political correspondent for the New York Times who co-authored The End of the Line: Romney vs. Obama: The 34 Days That Decided the Election.
He previously worked for Politico and National Review and often appears as a CNN commentator.
Alexander Burns is also a national political correspondent for the New York Times and a political analyst for CNN.
He was one of the main reporters covering the Trump presidency.
Their book covers 18 months in the White House detailing the 2020 election, the Covid pandemic, the Capitol riots and Biden's presidency.
As New York Times reporters, the pair had access to the White House and the book offers in-the-room accounts of the Trump and Biden administrations.
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LOL as if this old-fashioned blog with 40 readers even gets noticed
Precisely why we mere forty find it absolutely fascinating that so many international trolls influencers so urgently need to bully us into agreeing with them on their variety of opinions.
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And. Well. I still think the USA has no dog in this fight. Most of the people who feel the Russians are the root of all evil are anti-Trump gerbilists I have no use for. As for Ukraine, I have no problem with that country (that I know of - those Fauxi run bio labs bother me) Hollywood and the left is all in on Ukraine. Sorry guys, that's a problem for me. People I think are out to kill the USA are anti-Russian. That does not make me pro-Russian. It does make me skeptical.
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Losing arguments makes you feel like someone is bullying you?
Wow, really?
Typically it's the bullies who are doing a pile-on with numbers and profanity and the underdog is the brave one who is fighting back with facts and logic.
[MRC] Along with CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today, ABC’s Good Morning America decided it wouldn’t do its job on Monday of covering the latest layer of the Hunter Biden saga as a new report said the Secret Service is spending "more than $30,000 a month to rent out a swanky Malibu, California, mansion" to protect the First Son.
The outlet that reported this in a 1,433-word story, posted at 4:54 a.m. Eastern? ABCNews.com!
So, yes, ABC made the decision to ignore the work from three of its own reporters (Josh Margolin, John Santucci, and Soo Rin Kim) in favor of stories such recapping The Grammy’s from the night before, which they combined with CBS and NBC for 19 minutes and 48 seconds of coverage.
The trio began their piece "Secret Service paying over $30K per month for Malibu mansion to protect Hunter Biden" by explaining the hefty monthly bill has been shelled out "for nearly a year" to house Secret Service agents in order to keep "the president's controversial son" safe.
[NYPOST] President Biden believes his son Hunter did nothing illegal while involved in controversial and highly lucrative business dealings in Ukraine and China and is allowing the Justice Department to carry out its investigation unimpeded, the White House chief of staff said Sunday.
"Of course the president’s confident that his son didn’t break the law. But, most importantly, as I said, that’s a matter that’s going to be decided by the Justice Department, by the legal process," Ron Klain said on ABC News’ "This Week."
"It’s something that no one at the White House has involvement in."
But ABC’s George Stephanopoulos pressed Klain on a report in the Washington Post last week that said a Chinese energy conglomerate paid Hunter Biden and the president’s brother, James, $4.8 million over a 14-month period
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Should the DOJ allow Hunter Biden to be prosecuted, then latter Joe Biden, it will be a precursor for them to prosecute Trump. Since Biden is known as a disposable President, the Deep State will eventually turn on him, then use the precedent to go after Trump and his family.
[Breitbart] President Joe Biden bent down on one knee for a photo with Navy sailors after commissioning the USS Delaware submarine.
The president and his wife First Lady Jill Biden appeared at the commissioning ceremony in Delaware on Saturday.
"It’s always a good day when I get to celebrate Delaware or spend time with service members and their families or introduce Jill," Biden cracked after taking the stage during his remarks, introducing himself as "Jill Biden’s husband."
But during the class photo, the president bent down on one knee next to the First Lady who remained standing. "Kamala told me dropping to your knees made a great impression"
All of the sailors also stood during the photo.
It is unclear why Biden keeps taking a knee during formal photos.
The president took a knee during a photo with the Seattle Storms team as he welcomed them to the White House to celebrate their WNBA championship.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki indicated afterward that Biden taking a knee was not part of a protest, but something he had done in the past with other sports teams.
In July, Biden also took a knee while taking a photo with the Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House after celebrating their World Series victory.
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The entire point of the American Revolution could be distilled down to this: I don't have to kneel before anyone but God. I don't have to kneel for any man or any man's ideas.
Anyone who does not get this is not an American.
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Senile imbecile.
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Maybe the doddering old bastard totally forgot where he was? All those white summer uniforms, maybe he confused it with a baseball game or something?
[NYPOST] Sen. Roy Blunt ...A Missouri political oligarch. As a member of Congress he was reelected six times without significant opposition. He married Roseann Ray in May 1967 and had three children with her: Matt (the former Governor of Missouri), Amy Blunt Mosby and Andrew Blunt, both lawyers and lobbyists. Blunt and Ray divorced after 35 years of marriage. Afterward, he married Abigail Perlman, a lobbyist for Kraft Foods. In April 2006, he and his wife adopted an 18-month old boy from Russia, whom they renamed Alexander Charles Charlie Blunt. He will be either a politician or a lobbyist or both when he grows up.
on Sunday became the latest Republican to come out in opposition to Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, saying he disagrees with her judicial stance.
"My sense is that the president certainly had every good intention and every, every right in the campaign to talk about putting the first black woman on the court. I think it’s time for that to happen," the Missouri Republican said on ABC’s "This Week." "I was hoping that I could be a part of that."
But he said he found in conversations he had with Jackson on Capitol Hill last week that while the DC federal circuit court judge was "certainly qualified" and has a "great personality," her judicial views gave him pause.
"The judicial philosophy seems to be not the philosophy of looking at what the law says and the Constitution says and applying that, but going through some method that allows you to try to look at the Constitution as a more flexible document and even the law, and there are cases that show that that’sher view," Blunt said.
[NYPOST] Former President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... has endorsed former Alaska Gov. Sarah Mama Grizzly Palin ... the babe libs love to hate ... in her bid for Alaska’s congressional seat just days after she announced her candidacy.
"Sarah Palin is tough and smart and will never back down, and I am proud to give her my Complete and Total Endorsement," Trump said in a Sunday night statement, Fox News reported.
Trump also encouraged "all Republicans to unite behind this wonderful person and her campaign to put America First."
Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, is looking to make a political comeback after more than a decade out of office.
She will run in a crowded special election for Alaska’s only seat in the US House of Representatives, left vacant when longtime Rep. Don Young died two in March after representing the state in Washington for 49 years.
"I’m in this race to win it and join the fight for freedom alongside other patriots willing to sacrifice all to save our country," Palin said in announcing her candidacy on Friday.
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Problem is Alaska has approve full mail in ballots so we know where this swamp election is going.
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Former President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... offered his endorsement to Utah Sen. Mike Lee on Friday, prompting the immediate backlash of the incumbent’s top challenger, Evan McMullin.
Nominal Mormon, CIA 10 year man, Republican policy wonk, professional NeverTrumper. He fronted a failed NeverTrump presidential campaign in 2016, since then has earnt his daily caviar and champagne as a policy wonk for “Conservative” organizations funded by sympathetic far left billionaires like George Soros and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. It looks like he’s now sucking up dollars for another failure in practical politics...
In a tweet Friday, McMullin released a new attack ad questioning the Utah senator’s involvement in Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In the video, McMullin calls on Lee to "come clean" about the extent of his involvement on Jan. 6 and to cooperate with the House committee investigating the riot at the Capitol.
"Sen. Mike Lee, once a constitutional conservative, now has the endorsement of a wicked man who tried to dismantle our republic and stay in power against the people’s will," McMullin said. "Lee sacrificed his honor and values to serve him at the expense of Utah and our nation. I will not."
That, dear Reader, is because Mr. McMullin had no honour or values left by 2016, so he has nothing now to sacrifice.
However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... it’s not entirely clear whether Trump’s endorsement will offer much standing among Utah voters. Although it’s a reliably red state, Republicans there remain hesitant to back the former president, which may complicate Lee’s reelection bid because he is seen as one of Trump’s strong allies.
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Gregory Wayne Abbott is attempting what only one other governor in Texas has done: win a third term.
But the 64-year-old incumbent, previously the longest-serving attorney general in state history, must first convince voters that he deserves another shot. To do that, Abbott is painting his state as a bulwark against national Democrats' agenda on border enforcement and economic policy as well as school curricula and child sacrifice abortion restrictions. It's this approach he hopes will help him beat out Democratic contender Robert Francis "Beto" O’Rourke; ...Kennedyeque businessman, musician, skateboard artiste, and politician who represented Texas' 16th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. Beto is a Latino nickname for people whose names end in "erto," like "Roberto" or "Alberto." He is seeking the Dem nomination for President in 2020 because he has nice hair and lots of teeth. He was born into a local political family in El Paso, Texas and is a graduate of a prep school and Columbia University, which is not in Texas. In 2005, he was elected to the El Paso City Council. He was elected to Congress in 2012 after defeating eight-term incumbent Silvestre Reyes in the Democratic primary. He declined to seek re-election in 2018, instead running for the Senate against Republican Ted Cruz, running a campaign that drew national attention because of his skateboarding skills. A few months after he lost, he announced his campaign for President... in November.
Speaking with the Washington Examiner at his office inside the Texas state Capitol in March, Abbott first emphasized the need to maintain Texas's economy, which would be the ninth-largest in the world by GDP if it were an independent country.
"There's obviously so many issues," Abbott said when asked about his priorities. "You address the issues that are before you at the time. And one thing that we want to focus on is Texas has pretty much the leading economy of any state in the United States. Goal No. 1 is to continue that process because that brings prosperity to everybody in this state."
The state's booming economy and the "Don’t Mess with Texas" individualism responsible for it are, in fact, drawing people from other states. The 2021 Texas Relocation Report, which tracked the arrival of new residents in 2019, found more than 500,000 people moved to Texas in each of the last seven years. That was before the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men... pandemic, which led even greater numbers of West and East Coast residents to migrate down south. Texas was among the first states to ban vaccine requirements and oppose mask mandates. Texas was the second-most moved-to state in 2020, after Florida, according to Move.org. Despite being the second-most moved-to and moved-from state in 2021, it gained more people than it lost and is expected to surpass 30 million residents in 2022.
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz; ...US Senator from Texas. Republican contender for president in 2016, his stiff and abrasive manner earned him the title most hated man in the Senate. After a close win over Beto O'Rourke, who tried to out-Latino him, he grew a beard and let his biting wit shine through. Cruz's comments have been known to leave life-threatening wounds at better than forty feet... endorsed Josh Mandel in the highly competitive Ohio Senate Republican primary on Monday.
Cruz hailed Mandel as a "proven fighter" against the Democrats and a champion of conservative causes, issuing a highly coveted endorsement in a primary that has often been dominated by forceful appeals to the Republican base.
"As our nation faces crisis after crisis under Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. S I'm not working for you. Don't be such a horse's ass.... , our country needs conservative fighters to stand up to the radical Democrats who want to exploit these problems to deliver socialism to America. That's why I am supporting Josh Mandel for U.S. Senate," Cruz said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.
The endorsement comes at a time when polls have tightened between Mandel, a former state treasurer who was once the clear front-runner, and Mike Gibbons, a businessman. A RealClearPolitics polling aggregate of the race has Gibbons up by 1.3 percentage points over Mandel. The primary is currently slated to take place on May 3.
"Having Senator Cruz's support shows that he believes I am the only candidate in this U.S. Senate race who will have the backbone and courage to stand up alongside him in Washington and take on the party bosses, left-wing media, and powerful lobbyists," Mandel said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. "When I get to the Senate, I look forward to serving as a reinforcement for Senator Cruz as we stand up to Joe Biden and work to defeat the far-left's radical agenda."
[PopSci] On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that he was issuing a directive to use the Defense Production Act to boost the production and processing of critical minerals and other materials such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, and manganese. These are substances needed to make batteries, which can in turn power electric vehicles and store renewable energy. This will also allow for other industries to advance corresponding tools and technologies that will decrease the country's reliance on fossil fuels, the president said in an address to the public.
To accomplish this, Biden directed the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, to fund feasibility studies for new projects, decrease waste at existing sites, and modernize domestic mines so they can amp up production of critical minerals, The New York Times reported.
The president can use the Defense Production Act of 1950 to speedily expand the supply of essential materials and services for domestic industries to promote national defense. Civil transportation and energy are only two of the areas that are covered under this act. The act was originally passed in response to the Korean War by the Truman administration, and was later used during the Cold War. Last year, Biden also used the DPA to bolster the health supply chain for COVID vaccines, testing, and protective equipment.
"Through the DPA, the President can, among other activities, prioritize government contracts for goods and services over competing customers, and offer incentives within the domestic market to enhance the production and supply of critical materials and technologies when necessary for national defense," according to a report from the Congressional Research Service. "The DPA has been amended and reauthorized numerous times since its original enactment." The Greens have been fighting this for years. What oh what will they do now? Popcorn please.
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From the "energy secretary" on down, electric car people act like it's free and no impact to the environment. Ask anyone who has had a neighbor steal their electricity to recharge an EV.
Question: If you are an EV driving lefty who is anti-nuclear energy, why don't you demand a "no nuke" charging station, much like unleaded gas?
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More than likely to reduce his personal lithium prescription costs.
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The mining is not any dirtier than any other mining. The processing of the ore is problematic, from health and environmental standpoints.
Thus China.
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^Pretty normal. We ship ore like that out of the US to places like China and Mexico/South America. Processing ore is dirty, takes toxic chemicals and is usually a environmental pain in the ass to do here in the US.
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The health chemistry of "rare earth metals" will make your hair fall out. Literally.
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How much cadmium do you want in your Big Mac?
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From a health chemistry standpoint, there's pretty much no metal you want more of in your bloodstream than is appropriate, and some metals, the appropriate level is basically zero.
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It sort of sounds like ceding control of our uranium to Russia might not have been in our interest.
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All that stuff is just so much paper. The uranium is still in the ground here.
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Oh, oh, but it's a contracttreaty. Yeah. look how those work out,
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To accomplish this, Biden directed the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, to fund feasibility studies for new projects, decrease waste at existing sites, and modernize domestic mines so they can amp up production of critical minerals, The New York Times reported.
I wanted to ask "Where is the graft in that?" until I read this part.
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Pretty sure making glorified golf carts wasn't the intention, but whatever. And that was my first thought too when I heard it on the radio the other day; gets mined, sent to china where it sits until whenever they feel like selling it back. What a scam.
Lunch Vader in charge huh. Bungling Bros and Drown'n Bailey's.
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"We lost the war because a 9th circuit judge said we could not recharge the electric tanks from nukes..."
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There isn't enough lithium in the earth to do what the Greennuts want.
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^ Physics is rayciss.
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The president can use the Defense Production Act of 1950 to speedily expand the supply of essential materials and services for domestic industries to promote national defense.
Hmmm - having more Priuses and Teslas on US roads 'promotes national defense'? I learn something new every day.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
[MRC] Along with CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today, ABC’s Good Morning America decided it wouldn’t do its job on Monday of covering the latest layer of the Hunter Biden saga as a new report said the Secret Service is spending "more than $30,000 a month to rent out a swanky Malibu, California, mansion" to protect the First Son. 
[NYPOST] President Biden believes his son Hunter did nothing illegal while involved in controversial and highly lucrative business dealings in Ukraine and China and is allowing the Justice Department to carry out its investigation unimpeded, the White House chief of staff said Sunday. 
[NYPOST] Sen. 
Sarah 
...Kennedyeque businessman, musician, skateboard artiste, and politician who represented Texas' 16th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. 
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Texas GOP Sen. 
...46th president of the U.S. S 
[PopSci] On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that he was issuing a directive to use the Defense Production Act to boost the production and processing of critical minerals and other materials such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, and manganese. These are substances needed to make batteries, which can in turn power electric vehicles and store renewable energy. This will also allow for other industries to advance corresponding tools and technologies that will decrease the country's reliance on fossil fuels, the president said in an address to the public. 
