Comments on: Open thread 4/26/23 https://thenewneo.com/2023/04/26/open-thread-4-26-23/ A blog about political change, among other things Thu, 27 Apr 2023 03:04:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2023/04/26/open-thread-4-26-23/#comment-2677503 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 03:04:28 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125501#comment-2677503 HOWEVER, Donaldus Trumpus will suck every molecule of oxygen from the arena and we will end up with an absolute circus where the best candidate will almost certainly not prevail.

Rufus T. Firefly:

I grant Trump was much better as President than I expected. Bless him. But that’s exactly my concern.

]]> By: Bob Wilson https://thenewneo.com/2023/04/26/open-thread-4-26-23/#comment-2677478 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:04:57 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125501#comment-2677478 The house passes the debt ceiling limit increase. Now the lying by the Democrats and their left-wing media will begin. I think this is a major achievement by McCarthy and his team although it was close. They did it by one vote 217-215.

Here are some of the items in the bill. In for a penny, in for a pound.

Rescinding the funding for 87,000 IRS agents
Reallocating unspent COVID-19 relief money
Eliminating Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
Ending tax credits for companies that invest in green energy
Raising the age limit to 56 from 50 on work requirements to receive federal food aid from the >Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP
Blocking the Biden administration from limiting consumer access to gas stoves or ovens

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2023/04/26/open-thread-4-26-23/#comment-2677466 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 23:12:50 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125501#comment-2677466 general flynn actually drew up the plan that mccrystal used for his counterinsurgency strategy (in the movie of his hastings memoir, they had the actor from dexter play him whereas mccrystal was played by brad pit) he went up to dia and produced consistently good intelligence including a prescient memo about islamic state in 2012, why obama dismissed him and put in a second rater like stewart, who gave him happy talk, truth is not rewarded so flynn was smeared in rather sloppy way, by the likes of halper and co, who actually let real russian agents run rampant, flynn could distinguish real intelligence from fake, so of course they had to get him, pence was an easy mark, not for the first time,

then you see what happened what senior chief gallagher, the senior enlisted seal in the navy, framed by ncis, there are no gibbs in the real agency, so you wonder are they interested in fighting the war, who keeps rising over the mud, the likes of general austin and milley,

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2023/04/26/open-thread-4-26-23/#comment-2677458 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:43:18 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125501#comment-2677458 once upon a time, when I was more naive, I believed all these authorities, then the wars got longer more blood was spilled more money spent, we discovered the kingmaker of iraqi politics was general suleimani, he decided which prime minister stayed or went, his militias targeted our military at will, the subject regime allowed islamic state to flourish, the colonels and generals and intel officers oddly rarely mentioned that fact, the current crew targeted karzai who was our ally on the ground, and let the taliban flourish, I used to respect general mccrystal and petraeus, what a fool I was,

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2023/04/26/open-thread-4-26-23/#comment-2677455 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:28:00 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125501#comment-2677455 so it was a china play in part,

https://twitter.com/pepesgrandma/status/1651295224746893312

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2023/04/26/open-thread-4-26-23/#comment-2677452 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:20:30 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125501#comment-2677452 yes they torched their whole product line,

they burned the marvel and star wars franchises to the ground

https://brownstone.org/articles/top-ten-quotes-nyt-fauci-interview/

]]> By: Rufus T. Firefly https://thenewneo.com/2023/04/26/open-thread-4-26-23/#comment-2677451 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:00:46 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125501#comment-2677451 Universals’ two theme parks in Orlando are incredible; as are their hotels and City Walk entertainment area! My family has been going for years (hurray for Florida resident discounts), including the first year Islands of Adventure opened. It was awesome even before they added all the Harry Potter stuff. We’ve stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel and my wife has stayed at the Portofino. Both very enjoyable with good staff, but our favorite is the cheapest; Cabana Bay. Incredible fun and the designers completely nailed the early ’60s vibe. It’s like stepping into a time capsule of an era I really don’t remember.

]]> By: physicsguy https://thenewneo.com/2023/04/26/open-thread-4-26-23/#comment-2677443 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 21:28:17 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125501#comment-2677443 Art Deco,

True, but only partially. Out of the diverse Disney portfolio, it’s WDW that is actually profitable. The other divisions are losing money. And Universal is quickly nipping at their heels.

]]> By: Art Deco https://thenewneo.com/2023/04/26/open-thread-4-26-23/#comment-2677437 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:41:00 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125501#comment-2677437 Like it or not, DeSantis seems to have forgot that WDW is a large portion of the central Florida economy. And WDW needs to understand the competition from Universal and Sea World is ramping up WITHOUT the Reedy Creek advantage.
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DeSantis isn’t ruining their product line, they are. They can contend with state, county, and municipal government like any other business. They had privileges they did not merit. The controversy motivated the state legislature to take them away as it should have done decades ago.

]]> By: Art Deco https://thenewneo.com/2023/04/26/open-thread-4-26-23/#comment-2677436 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:37:25 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=125501#comment-2677436 https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1209713?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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The perpetrators got misdemeanor charges.

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