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Open thread 10/1/2024 — 30 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?

  11. Daily Mail reporting that a ballistic missile attack on Israel from Iran is “imminent”.

    Hunker down ladies and gentlemen; it’s about to get real. And we have Mush for Brains and Ms Cackle in charge.

  12. Karmi seems to have taken the Dims claim about a “pregnant women surveillance database” whole. Why?

  13. I get most of my national news from the internet and radio. Both the Fox News Website and the CNN website have been covering the hurricane.
    That being said, it was obvious during Katrina that the media weaponized that against Bush.

  14. I’ve been away a few days. What did I miss?

    ”…and the other offers a Federal Data Collection website designed to turn pregnant women into criminals…”

    Apparently an overreaction of some sort.

    ”Musk was trying to get his StarLink in the areas long before the Hurricane. But was stopped by the Feds.”

    SpaceX has been authorized to install Starlink terminals throughout the entire U. S. for years, including the hurricane areas. The only thing the feds did was refuse to pay for it, as they saw no need to use taxpayer money to subsidize something that was going to happen anyway.

  15. I expect Vance to be debating the so called moderators like every debate.
    Only seen a little bit of the destruction in NC. Leftists do only care a little for their backers and nothing of their opponents.

  16. Grooming is a lifelong vocation and hate crime in Rainbow (i.e. albinophobia) jurisdictions.
    Homicide is a criminal Choice in all 50 states including California, the abortion of human life past 6 weeks (i.e. viable nervous system function) with exception for self-defense through reconciliation. This addresses rape-rape with impregnation without carving exceptions that normalize corruption.

  17. @Michael K:Karmi seems to have taken the Dims claim about a “pregnant women surveillance database” whole. Why?

    He heard the Dem narrative first, and then he did some “digging”. He found that some Republicans do want to create a pregnancy.gov website, where you can put in your contact information just like a million other government websites that Dems approve of. He found that some other Republicans want the CDC (which Dems approve of) to report better on abortion mortality in addition to all the million other things the CDC reports on that Dems approve of. And from those facts he decided that the Dem narrative in its entirety is completely confirmed.

    This is a bit like hearing that Queen Elizabeth ordered the Freemasons to murder JFK, and then deciding that because the Queen and Freemasons are real people and JFK really was murdered, the conspiracy theory must be true.

    If you question Karmi’s narrative he will cheerfully provide links showing that the Queen of England was real and Freemasons are real and that JFK was really murdered, and then demand you prove his conspiracy theory wrong.

  18. https://x.com/Doranimated/status/1841155315246461417

    IDF spokesman:

    A SHORT TIME AGO MISSILES WERE LAUNCHED FROM IRAN INTO THE TERRITORY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL

    You are asked to be vigilant and act exactly according to the instructions of the Home Front Command.

    In the last few minutes, the Home Front Command has distributed life-saving instructions in various areas of the country. The public is asked to obey the directives of the Home Front Command, and when an alarm sounds, you must enter the protected area and wait there until further instructions.

    The IDF is doing and will do everything necessary to protect the citizens of the State of Israel.

  19. I learned a new Greek phrase on the Kristofferson thread — sounds like a nice way to greet the change in calendar pages, so —
    Good month to everyone!

    Xylourgos on October 1, 2024 at 3:43 am said:
    … Kalo Mina to all.

  20. So far, 250-300 ballistic missiles is on par with the strike Iran launched back in April when they launched some 300 missiles and drones.

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