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Open thread 10/1/2024 — 11 Comments

  1. OCTOBER!!
    OK, don’t keep me waiting, what is the big Surprise this month.

    Anyone watching the “debate” tonight. Looks like they are trying to paint Tim as being nervous, which is a load of Horse Puckey. I just hope that Vance isn’t too over confident.

  2. Looking again at the destruction caused by the hurricane, it seems to me that National News would be covering this non stop if it happened in CA or some foreign country (but I repeated myself). Very slow response coming from the US Govt. As has been pointed out, Musk was trying to get his StarLink in the areas long before the Hurricane. But was stopped by the Feds.
    They Hate Us, don’t they.

  3. So, it’s just a “stenographer’s report” as opposed to an event. Nevertheless, if in fact such an attack occurs it holds great potential as a trigger to alter the strategic equilibrium of the middle-east:

    Daily Mail, “Iran is ‘preparing imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel’ after IDF’s Lebanon invasion, US reveals as it warns Tehran of ‘severe consequences’ with Middle East on the brink of all-out war
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13911787/Iran-preparing-imminent-ballistic-missile-attack-against-Israel.html

    Barak Ravid, an Israeli journalist and political reporter for Axios, claimed the official said Iran is planning to attack ‘in the immediate time frame’.

    In a sense such an attack would constitute “just the ticket” for a series of decapitation strikes on the MadMullahs and their nuclear-weapons systems development sites should Israel see fit. But we’ll have to wait and see.

  4. Anyone watching the “debate” tonight.

    Not me. Have already seen enough of what the Democratic and Republican parties have to offer, e.g., one offers Child Grooming, and the other offers a Federal Data Collection website designed to turn pregnant women into criminals—Walz and Vance are both perfect examples of those two examples.

  5. SHIREHOME

    Looking again at the destruction caused by the hurricane, it seems to me that National News would be covering this non stop if it happened in CA or some foreign country (but I repeated myself)

    Judging by what happened in 2005 and this year, the MSM approach to hurricane disasters is to report them nonstop if the incumbent President is Republican(GW Bush), but to downplay them if the incumbent President is Democrat.

  6. I thought today was the day… (sigh)

    “I’d gladly pay you Tuesday, for a hamburger today.”
    -Wimpy

    Let’s turn that around.
    I’d gladly pay you today, for a book of Gerard’s essays in November!
    -tallowpot

  7. I’m having trouble guessing what Walz’ approach will be tonight. He must know Vance is a more talented debater, and Vance is very quick on his feet and fairly unflappable. Vance will almost certainly have a larger database of facts, policy and past statements by Walz in his memory bank.

    So what does Walz do? I guess he has to go emotional. Just try to hammer home the notion that Trump/Vance are mean, bullies and Harris/Walz are joyful uniters?

  8. Gringo has it right on the MSM response to NC.

    I’m watching the debate. I just read from a commentator that the best strategy for Vance would be to answer Walz, and then immediately pivot to Harris. As VP debates don’t matter too much, it’s still a chance to showcase Harris’ poor record as VP.

    Interesting analysis of Harris by Kelly and VDH:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ8H3huAvz0

  9. “…..Looking again at the destruction caused by the hurricane, it seems to me that National News would be covering this non stop if it happened in CA or some foreign country………..”

    If the president was a republican, the media would be all over Ashville, NC , 24/7 reporting on the ineptitude and negligence of the president’s response to the disaster regardless of how well relief efforts were conducted.
    The media does not care about anything at all – and I really do mean anything – other than promoting their own political agenda and promoting those politicians that are in accordance with their political views.

    The media are the epitome of “useful idiots.”

  10. OCTOBER!!
    OK, don’t keep me waiting, what is the big Surprise this month.

    Does a Longshoreman strike that hampers the economy count?

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