Comments on: Open thread 2/10/23

By: Banned Lizard

Banned Lizard — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 19:29:49 +0000

Snow & Om:
Although tangible outcomes from hearings & investigations are extremely unlikely (and Freedom Caucus reps know this), I think they are playing a political long game by raising public awareness. With Dems in control of the Senate and WH, that’s about all they can do at this point.

By: Philip Chancellor

Philip Chancellor — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 18:45:55 +0000

I had never listened to Richard Thompson before, but on my brother’s recommendation I went and saw him in Spokane in the early 2000s. He was alone onstage, with just his acoustic guitar, and gave a riveting performance. His musicianship is exquisite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5V0RkCIaXo

By: om

om — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 15:57:59 +0000

Could be worse, breaking wind on CNN (or C Span).

By: Snow on Pine

Snow on Pine — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 15:49:44 +0000

om–I was hoping for something different but, alas, I didn’t see it.

If anyone needed proof that our government is essentially “broken,” non-functional, this is it; essentially powerless conservative members of Congress, shouting into the wind.

By: om

om — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 14:44:41 +0000

Snow On Pine:

Then why do you like to watch Kabuki Theater?

By: Snow on Pine

Snow on Pine — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 14:28:01 +0000

Well, House Republicans, newly in charge, are holding oversight hearings, looking at things like Twitter’s censorship of conservatives and their ideas.

Lots of rhetorical thunder from the Reps, lots of blank looks, “I dunno nuffin,”’ and I “have no specific memory of that” from the witnesses.

Bottom line, will any of these malefactors or the companies they worked for face any real consequences? Companies much more heavily regulated or, even, broken up, any hefty fines, or jail time?

Based on past experience, no.

It’s all just Kabuki, and Kabuki, I suspect, that not many people are even aware of, or watching.

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 12:32:25 +0000

https://compactmag.com/article/a-black-professor-trapped-in-anti-racist-hell

By: Banned Lizard

Banned Lizard — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 08:21:41 +0000

Dr. Ryan Cole’s Biopsy Results May Explain The Shocking Rise In “Mysterious” Cancers — He Explains There Is Spike Protein “Inside Every Single Cancer Cell” The finding relates to a rise in sudden unexpected and aggressive cancers. Is it significant? Is this the beginning of an unravelling that will lead to truth commissions and Hague trials? As elites watch the rise of damning evidence against them, what might they use to destroy the evidence? Would a WWIII nuclear exchange do the trick?

By: JJ

JJ — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 04:18:10 +0000

Shirehome:
“I do not understand why they had to have the President, any President, approval to shoot down an “object” that is not ours that is in our airspace. It should be SOP.”

That was the SOP BO. (Before Obama.) This is not the military you or I served in. Our senior people are mostly, in the words of Colone David Hackworth, “Perfumed Princes.” They have risen to the top by being butt kissers and not rocking the boat. Obama favored them for promotion. Just one of many things Obama did to fundamentally transform this country.

By: Jon baker

Jon baker — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 01:11:51 +0000

Desantis has been bold against the woke mob, without the rancor you might expect from a Trump on a subject. I do not know how Desantis would be on foreign policy. Whoever is president must recognize that America’s debt prohibits outlandish military spending. I have always supported a strong military, but I suspect that it is time to cut spending on the Army. Not the Navy. Not the Marines. Not the Air and Space Force. And not the Coast Guard. But the Army. Reduce Brigade level strengths by a few companies, while keeping those companies alive on paper, just not active. Either that or bring most forces home from Europe, which might be better.