Sep292024

Episode 961 – Keep On Talking, Lady!

Today, we are going to do an extended version of Dumbass a day because this dumbass has been speaking a lot.

Eric Adams has gotten on the bad side of the Biden administration.

And the Biden administration has found another way to keep Trump off the campaign trail.

Some News

Here’s some news:

  • Kamala Harris is going to the border today. That’s weird.
  • Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting with Donald Trump today.
  • Gavin Newsom of California signed a letter apologizing for slavery.
    • “The State of California accepts responsibility for the role we played in promoting, facilitating, and permitting the institution of slavery, as well as its enduring legacy of persistent racial disparities. Building on decades of work, California is now taking another important step forward in recognizing the grave injustices of the past — and making amends for the harms caused.”
    • “I thank the author for his commitment to redressing past racial injustices. However, this bill tasks a nonexistent state agency to carry out its various provisions and requirements, making it impossible to implement.”
    • California was never a slave state.
      • The banned slavery in 1849.
      • California became a state in 1850.
      • The ban on slavery was in the state constitution.

Somebody Wasn’t a Good Boy

According to Daily Wire:

New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams was indicted on multiple federal corruption charges in an indictment that was unsealed on Thursday.

Adams, whose residence was raided on Thursday morning, was indicted on one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Federal Program Bribery, and to Receive Campaign Contributions By Foreign Nationals; one count of Wire Fraud; one count of Bribery, and two counts of Solicitation of a Contribution by a Foreign National.

The indictment says that Adams began soliciting and accepting improper benefits as a public official dating back to 2014, including luxury international travel from wealthy foreign businesspeople and at least one Turkish government official seeking to gain influence over him.

Adams “not only accepted, but sought illegal campaign contributions to his 2021 mayoral campaign, as well as other things of value, from foreign nationals,” the indictment said.

Prosecutors said that those who had illegally donated to Adams’ campaign sought to cash in on their investment and were rewarded with “favorable treatment.”

Adams “sought and accepted illegal campaign contributions in the form of ‘nominee’ or ‘straw’ contributions, meaning that the true contributors conveyed their money through nominal donors, who falsely certified they were contributing their own money,” the indictment said.

He allegedly compounded his corrupt gains by using them to defraud the city and steal from public funds.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-democrat-mayor-eric-adams-charged-with-bribery-fraud-acting-as-foreign-agent

Dumbass of the Day

Stephanie Rhule of MSNBC

This Is the Plan

According to the Post Millennial:

A whistleblower has come forward alleging that the Secret Service told former President Donald Trump’s team that it didn’t have sufficient resources to secure a rally the campaign wanted to hold in Wisconsin. Senator Josh Hawley revealed that the whistleblower’s account was provided to his office.

In a letter to Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe, Hawley asked if the denial occurred noting that if so, the Secret Service “effectively forced the Trump campaign to cancel an upcoming event in Wisconsin.”

Hawley continued, “Other whistleblowers with knowledge of Secret Service planning protocols allege that failure to provide protection for a major public event is highly unusual and that a sitting president would never be denied resources in this way.”

If the whistleblower’s allegations are accurate, Hawley noted that the claims contradict what Rowe said during a press conference last Friday held to provide an update on the Secret Service’s internal investigation into the first of two assassination attempts on Trump. During the presser, Rowe claimed Trump is “getting everything that the current president has with respect to Secret Service assets.”

Hawley added, “That same night, Secret Service secured a rally for Vice President [Kamala] Harris in Madison, Wisconsin.”

“Yet, according to a whistleblower with direct knowledge of that exchange, Secret Service recently told the Trump campaign that it did not have sufficient assets to secure a potential campaign rally in Wisconsin for the former president.”

Hawley suggested that a “double standard” that may be influencing the presidential campaign security by the Secret Service.

https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-forced-to-cancel-wisconsin-rally-after-secret-service-says-it-did-not-have-sufficient-assets-to-secure-event-whistleblower

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Sep252024

Episode 960 – Think It’s Bad Now? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!

There have ben a lot f questions about how Conservatives can win the culture war. Well, I have one answer: We can start fighting.

If you thought violence and crime were already bad in Chicago, hold on to your shorts. It’s about to get a whole lot worse.

And I am getting pretty sick and tired of hearing about the mental well-being of murderers. I have a story that will make your stomach turn.

How the Culture is Won

According to the Daily Caller:

Two conservative movies have cracked into, and stayed in, the top 10 at the domestic box office in September despite some negative reviews from critics.

The Ronald Reagan biopic “Reagan,” starring conservative actor Dennis Quaid as the former president, has so far grossed over $26 million, nabbing the number eight spot as of Sept. 20, according to the latest numbers. The documentary “Am I Racist?”, starring conservative Matt Walsh, took the number seven spot, having grossed over $9 million since its release Sept. 13.

Several film critics have panned Quaid’s movie, with The Washington Post calling it “shallow hagiography” and New York Magazine describing it as a “disservice” to Reagan the president. The biopic has a 17% critic approval on Rotten Tomatoes, but boosts a 98% Popcornmeter rating and an average of 4.7 stars on Google’s audience ratings.

Meanwhile, “Am I Racist?” has a 73% critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a 98% Popcornmeter rating and a 7.5 out of 10 on IMDB.

During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” earlier in September, Quaid addressed what he called “the largest gap in cinema history between critics and audiences” after host Shannon Bream asked him about the negative reviews.

“Do you get sort of a kick out of the fact that critics really don’t love this movie, but people have gone bananas for it? On the customer side, the viewer side, they’re crazy about this movie. I mean, there’s quite a gulf there.”

“We had the largest gap in cinema history between critics and audiences; 98% of the audience loved the movie. And I think it was 19% or 20% of critics liked the movie. The rest not only panned it, but basically attacked it. So, I guess we must be doing something right,” the actor replied.

Quaid previously told the Daily Caller that his role as the 40th U.S. president was an “enormous challenge” and one of his “most interesting roles” to date.

“Portraying Ronald Reagan was an enormous challenge,” he told the Caller. “I think what’s going to appeal to the audience is you’re getting the whole story. I’ve always been told bits and pieces of the stories from Reagan‘s life. This movie puts the whole story together.”

.https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/two-conservative-movies-pull-off-impressive-feat-at-box-office/ar-AA1r3P3g?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=e5fe335d372a408bbd43a407e08b4487&ei=4

Here It Comes

According to the Daily Wire:

Chicago gang members and ex-convicts are warning of coming violent turf wars with newly arrived Venezuelan migrants who are part of the notorious gang Tren De Aragua, or TDA. 

Not unlike other cities across the country, Chicago has been inundated with migrants as the border crisis rages on. Since 2022, an estimated 48,000 migrants have come to the city, with the majority of new migrant arrivals hailing from Venezuela.

“When the black gangs here get fed up with the illegalities and criminal activities of these migrants or non-citizens, the city of Chicago is going to go up in flames and there will be nothing the National Guard or the government can do about it when the bloodshed hits the streets,” Tyrone Muhammad, an ex-con and former gang member, told the New York Post. “It’ll be blacks against migrants.”

Members of TDA are taking over Chicago turf, residents said. They’re also receiving robust welfare benefits, further angering residents and gang members who say the money should be going to Chicago citizens who are suffering.

“The real issue is that America has allowed gangs to enter our country,” a former gang member told the Post. “They let terrorist groups into our country!”

Residents say TDA gang members and other migrants are flooding their shelters, increasingly taking up apartments, and displacing Chicago residents.

The displacement of residents is happening elsewhere, too, like in Springfield, Ohio. There, Haitian migrants, who are subsidized by taxpayers, are sometimes paying $3,000 a month in rent, which citizens can’t afford to pay.

It’s unclear how many TDA gang members are in the city, though authorities have confirmed that these gang members are present. With Venezuelan immigrants, U.S. officials are not given their criminal history. Cuba, China, and some other countries also don’t share criminal records with the U.S. This makes it impossible for authorities to know who is a criminal.

Just last year, some 330,000 Venezuelans crossed the southern border. During the Biden-Harris regime, thus far, close to a million have tried to enter the U.S.

TDA migrant gang members are causing issues in other parts of the nation, too. As the governor of a border state, Greg Abbott of Texas is on the front lines of dealing with the gang.

“TDA is notorious for their brutal violence and murder, and their kidnapping, extortion, bribery, and trafficking of drugs, weapons, and even humans,” Gov. Abbott said during a press conference last week.

“They’ve been linked to more than 100 law enforcement investigations across the country,” the governor continued. “They were involved in the brutal attack and assault upon New York Police Department law enforcement officers. Reports have also linked TDA to the murder of Laken Riley.”

There have also been reports and shocking footage of alleged migrant TDA gang members in Aurora, Colorado. One man told CNN that condemned buildings he owns in Aurora have been taken over by TDA gang members. There was also shocking video circulating online out of an apartment complex showing armed men walking down hallways and kicking open an apartment door.

Authorities in Aurora, who’ve largely tried to downplay some of these shocking reports, made arrests in connection to that apartment complex incident and have admitted that it’s possible these men are tied to TDA. They noted that it’s hard to confirm the connection since Venezuela doesn’t share criminal background information with the U.S.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/itll-be-blacks-against-migrants-chicagoans-warn-of-coming-violent-turf-wars-with-venezuelans?topStoryPosition=2

Just Sick

According to Fox News:

A federal judge has ruled that it would be unconstitutional for an Indiana prison to deny a transgender inmate sex reassignment surgery following the inmate’s lawsuit against the facility.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the Indiana Department of Corrections last year on behalf of a transgender inmate, Jonathan C. Richardson, also known as Autumn Cordellionè, who was convicted of strangling his 11-month-old stepdaughter to death in 2001.

Indiana law, however, prohibits the Department of Corrections from using taxpayer dollars to fund sex reassignment surgeries for inmates. However, the ACLU argues in the lawsuit, filed on Aug. 28, 2023, that the law is a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishment.”

The surgery for Richardson, who is serving out a 55-year prison sentence for reckless homicide, “is a medical necessity,” according to the ACLU lawsuit.

Judge Richard Young agreed with the ACLU’s claims and ruled in favor of Cordellioné last week.

“Specifically, Ms. Cordellioné has shown that her gender dysphoria is a serious medical need, and that, despite other treatments Defendant has provided her to treat her gender dysphoria, she requires gender-affirming surgery to prevent a risk of serious bodily and psychological harm,” the ruling states.

The DOC must now take “all reasonable actions” to ensure Cordellioné undergoes sex surgery, according to the order.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, a Republican, said in a post on X that his office is still reviewing the judge’s decision, “but you can undoubtedly expect our office to appeal this decision.”

“An Indiana inmate convicted of murder wants our taxpayers to fund their gender-altering surgery! Hoosiers do NOT want thism” Rokita said.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/indiana-judge-rules-prison-must-provide-transgender-surgery-inmate-who-killed-baby

Dumbass of the Day

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Sep242024

Episode 959 – Here Comes the Cheating!

Democrats must know they are in trouble. The cheating has begun.

The Democrats may have another big problem on their hands.

And I am glad we are spending so much money one the homeless problem. Let’s talk about it.

He’s Still a Little Wet Fart

According to the Daily Wire:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was accused of “election interference” on Monday after visiting the swing state of Pennsylvania where he made an appearance with Democrats at an ammunition factory.

His appearance at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant on Sunday comes after he trashed former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) during an interview he gave with New York magazine while he was still in Ukraine.

“My feeling is that Trump doesn’t really know how to stop the war even if he might think he knows how,” he said. “With this war, oftentimes, the deeper you look at it the less you understand.”

Zelensky said that Vance was “too radical” because Vance believes that Ukraine must “make a sacrifice” by losing some of its territory to bring its war with Russia to an end.

He said that he does not take Vance’s words seriously and that his experience with Trump has been different because he says Trump has pledged his support for Ukraine.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/zelensky-accused-of-election-interference-in-swing-state-of-pennsylvania

Dumbass of the Day

Could This Be the End?

According to the Daily Wire:

A looming dock worker strike could throw the economy — and the presidential election — into chaos, an October surprise that would likely hurt Democrats.

The International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents about 85,000 dock workers nationwide, is threatening to strike on October 1 if the union cannot reach an agreement with port ownership. Negotiations broke down in June between the union and the United States Maritime Alliance, which represents port management. The two sides are in a stalemate over both wages and the automation of port operations.

A strike would shut down five of North America’s 10 busiest ports, 36 ports total along the East and Gulf Coasts, and cause massive supply chain issues — which, depending on how long the strike lasts, could impact consumers past Election Day and well into the holiday season. If the supply chain is upended like this causing scarcities, we are also likely to see another nasty bout of inflation just as families are trying to recover from the nearly 20% spike in prices since before the pandemic.

The Biden administration has the power to stop strikes that could threaten national security or severely impact the economy. But the White House has said it will not intervene in a dock worker strike, and is encouraging the two sides to get back to the negotiating table.

The global economic turmoil wrought by a strike of this size cannot be understated.

The ports that would be affected move nearly half of all U.S. imports, and billions of dollars in trade each month. The ripple effects on supply chains in Europe, Asia, and Latin America would also be significant.

None of this is likely good for Democrats.

Folks, what causes inflation? More demand than supply.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-a-dock-worker-strike-could-hurt-the-economy-and-upend-the-election?topStoryPosition=1

Things Just Keep Getting Better

According to the Wall Street Journal:

The number of homeless people in the U.S. continues to grow, putting the country on pace to hit yet another record high this year.

Counts from encampments, streets, and shelters are largely higher than they were in 2023, according to preliminary data collected and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. 

The numbers come from more than 250 homeless-service organizations covering cities, metro areas and vast rural areas. They are meant to reflect homelessness as it existed on a single night early this year. The Journal’s count includes about 550,000 homeless people so far, up about 10% from what these places reported last year. 

The trend thus far means the U.S. is likely to top the roughly 653,000 homeless people estimated in 2023—the highest number since the government started reporting comparable data in 2007.

The final count will depend on outstanding data from places that haven’t yet divulged their 2024 numbers, especially New York City, which reported the highest count last year.

Migrants bused by Texas to Chicago and Denver contributed to the latest increases when they landed in shelters there. Migrants have arrived in significant numbers in New York, which has long had a legal right to shelter, swelling numbers in last year’s count. 

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/homeless-population-grows-putting-u-s-on-track-for-another-record-19ea8fb4?st=RCZEjP

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Sep242024

Episode 958 – Slip Sliding Away!

The new Democratic political strategy for winning this election has been announced. It is a familiar one. Who will fall in line?

The Department of Justice cannot hide the reason the latest Trump shooter tried to kill Trump. The question is will there be more attempts?

And we keep sliding down the slippery slope of the LGBTQ+-/-poop emoji cult.

Here We Go Again

Calls for More!

The DoJ’s memo for detention has been released.

Letter from the shooter’s manifesto:

“This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you,” Routh allegedly wrote. “I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job.”

“Everyone across the globe from the youngest to the oldest know that Trump is unfit to be anything, much less a U.S. president,” the letter continued. “U.S. presidents must at bare minimum embody the moral fabric that is America and be kind, caring and selfless and always stand for humanity.”

The rifle was also shown along with the attempt to scratch off the serial number.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-assassination-suspect-wrote-chilling-letter-months-before-golf-course-plot-i-failed-you

Big Win for Kamala!

Kamala didn’t get the Teamsters Union endorsement, but she did get a big union endorsement! According to Fox News:

Social media users warned that a major IRS-affiliated union’s recent endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris is a serious red flag.

The National Treasury Employees Union, a union that represents various federal agents – including those of the Internal Revenue Service – put out a statement this week praising Harris for increasing the IRS’ budget and endorsing her for president. X users saw it as more proof she should get nowhere near the White House.

“The IRS Agents Union just endorsed Kamala Harris. That should tell you all what her plans are for us. Get ready to be taxed to death. VOTE TRUMP!” conservative commentator Joey Mannarino announced on X on Saturday morning. 

The NTEU explained its reason for endorsing Harris in a Wednesday press release, stating that the Biden/Harris administration “also delivered agency budgets that provide federal employees with additional staffing and resources, including significant new investments to rebuild the IRS under the Inflation Reduction Act.”

NTEU National President Doreen Greenwald was quoted in the statement, saying, “When it comes to treating federal employees with respect, valuing their service and investing in their work, Kamala Harris is the clear choice. She shares our values and our commitment to making sure that the federal government works for all Americans.”

.https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/harris-critics-sound-off-after-vp-is-endorsed-by-irs-affiliated-union-get-ready-to-be-taxed-to-death/ar-AA1qXWZ4

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Sep242024

Episode 957 – He’s Pretty Good at Baseball

The gaslighting continues about why you should vote for Kamala.

The Washington Commanders NFL football team is racist because they got rid of their Indian.

And congrats to Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers for doing something no other player has done!

Some News

Here is some news:

  • The Teamsters Union, which deals with the auto industry, will not endorse Kamala Harris. That is the first time they did not endorse a Democrat since Ronald Reagan.
  • Israel is currently attacking Lebanon again for the forth day in a row.
  • Shohei Ohtani becomes the first player ever to hit 50 homeruns and steal 50 bases in the same season.
    • The Dodgers played the Florida Marlins.
    • Ohtani went 6-6 with a single, 2 doubles and three homeruns with 4 runs scored and 10 RBIs.
    • He is the first Dodger to ever hit 50 homeruns and have 10 RBIs in a game.

Dumbasses of the Day

Who Are the Racists?

According to Fox News:

The family of the Blackfeet chief who served as the face of the Washington Redskins for 48 years want his image back on the fields of the NFL, relatives told Fox News Digital.

The descendants of John Two Guns White Calf also want his incredible life story retold, too, to a new generation of Americans who seek unity and value multiculturalism. 

The White Calf family has support in Washington, D.C. from one of their Montana senators, while the NFL franchise itself, now known as the Washington Commanders, is making new efforts to honor the team’s heritage. 

“The fans want him back and we want him back,” Thomas White Calf, a great nephew of the celebrated early-20th-century native, said this week by phone, hours after the family met with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana. 

Two Guns White Calf’s proud portrait adorned Redskins helmets, T-shirts, playing fields and marketing materials from 1972 until 2020. 

“Our ancestor was the most famous and most photographed native in history,” said White Calf, who was joined on the call by his mother, Delphine White Calf, a niece of the late Blackfeet chief. 

“Two Guns was also the face on the Indian head nickel. I’m proud of him. The Blackfeet are proud of him.”

White Calf’s portrait and the name Redskins were erased from the NFL in 2020 following years of mounting public pressure, much of it fueled by the George Soros-funded cancel-culture group, National Congress of American Indians. ,

The celebrated Blackfeet chief and his life story were canceled even as polls showed that 90% of Native Americans supported the team name and White Calf portrait.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/family-blackfeet-chief-face-nfls-redskins-48-years-wants-his-image-back-nfl?intcmp=tw_fnc

Live Like Animals

According to the New York Post:

Call it perfume-ative hygiene.

Experts say the daily shower has no proven health benefit, dismissing the dousing as a socially accepted practice geared toward staving off accusations of funkiness — as A-listers like Jake Gyllenhaal and Mila Kunis admit they’ve been saying no to the nozzle.

“Why are we washing? Mostly because we’re afraid somebody else will tell us that we’re smelling,” environmentalist Donnachadh McCarthy told the BBC.

The “Prostitute State” author only hoses off once per month to help the environment — a lifestyle choice inspired by spending two weeks in the Amazon with the indigenous Yanomami people, he said.

Every other morning, McCarthy told a reporter, he opts instead for a wash at the sink, using a cloth to give his body a good scrub.

And while abstaining from daily showers might seem like antisocial behavior, medical experts are inclined to lean toward agreeing with earthy types like McCarthy, saying that the modern obsession with cleanliness can actually be hazardous to one’s health.

Manhattan dermatologist Dr. Julie Russak previously told The Post that prolonged and daily showers could strip away the “skin’s microbiome,” which plays a role in protecting the skin and is “also extremely important in overall health of the body.”

Chemist David Whitlock was so adamant about preserving this dermal barrier that the bathing abstainer didn’t shower for 12 years, instead opting to spray himself with good bacteria that he claims neutralizes the body’s smell-making chemicals.

When asked about addressing critics, he told Vice: “Tell anyone who mocks you that they are betraying profound ignorance of the skin microbiome, and then walk away.”

The anti-splash backlash comes as people are actually showering more than ever before.

In 2021, researchers at Harvard Health found that 66% of Americans shower every day, while a 2005 report claims that it is common for Brits to shower once or twice per day.

“We wash our bodies so much more than we did in the past,” said Dale Southerton, a sociology professor at the University of Bristol who co-authored the UK study.

“The change has mostly come about over the past 100 years, and it was not planned,” the School of Management prof said. In fact, it seems to have happened almost by accident.”

Experts have chalked up this phenomenon to the increasing prevalence of showers, which became common in US homes circa the 1920s — and in their across-the-pond counterparts in the 1950s.

“If you go 100 years back, we didn’t shower every day, because the shower was not a normal thing to have,” declared Kirsten Gram-Hanssen, a professor in Denmark at Aalborg university’s Department of the Built Environment.

“We don’t shower because of health. We shower because it’s a normal thing to do.”

Throw in the societal stigma of not showering, and it’s no secret why people are irrigating their epidermises on the reg.

Sally Bloomfield, honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, claimed that people shower every day because it’s “socially acceptable.”

So how much should you really shower? That depends.

“There is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to washing skin and hair,” Seattle dermatologist Joyce Park told the New York Times last year.

“The ideal frequency depends on your skin and hair type, how much you sweat and how dirty you get.”

https://nypost.com/2024/04/25/lifestyle/you-dont-need-to-take-daily-showers-they-could-even-be-harmful/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

F- Around and Find Out

According to the Washington Post:

Palestinian authorities Saturday began gathering testimony from witnesses to the shooting death of a U.S. citizen the day before in the West Bank, residents, officials and a volunteer activist said. Aysenur Eygi, 26, was killed Friday at a protest in Beita, where witnesses said she was shot in the head by Israeli forces who had opened fire.

The White House said it was “deeply disturbed” by her death and that U.S. officials had contacted Israel to request an investigation.

On Saturday, a representative of the Palestinian attorney general took affidavits from Beita residents, medics and international activists who were present when she was killed, according to Hisham Dweikat, a member of the Palestinian National Council who lives in the town, and Rob Sadler, a rights activist from Britain who attended the protest.

Later, Dweikat, who was also there when Eygi was shot, said he was contacted by someone from the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem who “asked him for every detail of what happened.” Israeli forces also returned to the scene, near the West Bank city of Nablus, to take photos and measurements and ask at least one resident, Mahmoud Abdullah, 43, for any video footage or cameras.

In a statement Friday, the Israel Defense Forces acknowledged firing on an individual in the area where the protest took place, but only said it was “looking into reports that a foreign national was killed.” It did not respond to a request for comment Saturday on the status of its review.

Eygi, who recently graduated from the University of Washington, was a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, a pro-Palestinian activist group, and was attending a communal prayer with Beita residents protesting the expansion of a nearby Jewish settlement, her colleagues said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/07/israel-gaza-hamas-west-bank-aysenur-eygi-investigation

Maybe the Predictions are Bad?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/09/08/hurricane-season-forecast-climate-change

The Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/books/review/constitution-secession-democracy-crisis.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

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Sep192024

Episode 956 – Taking Care of Business!

Israel strikes Hezbollah…twice! Let’s talk about why the deaths of dozens is very awesome.

A woman who randomly stabs a child may never say prison time.

And California is going after jokes, further eroding free speech.

What If She Gets Better

According to WKYC:

Bionca Ellis — the 33-year-old woman accused of killing 3-year-old Julian Wood in a double stabbing outside of a Giant Eagle in North Olmsted — has been ruled incompetent to stand trial following a 20-day evaluation at Northcoast Behavioral Health. 

The results of the evaluation were announced during a hearing Friday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. However, the doctor handling Ellis’ case said there was “a substantial probability of restoration to competency within the statutory time frame if provided with a course of treatment.”

Ellis will receive in-patient treatment at Northcoast Behavioral Health. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge John Russo ordered Ellis to cooperate with all prescribed medications and ordered her to be returned to Cuyahoga County Jail once she is either competent to stand trial or “unable to be restored to competency.”

A competency hearing was first ordered for Ellis back on July 16. In August, Russo announced that Ellis would undergo a 20-day evaluation based on the recommendation from a forensic psychiatrist.

https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/bianca-ellis-giant-eagle-north-olmsted-murder-ruled-incompetent-cuyahoga-county-common-pleas-court/95-af024e7b-8176-4ca7-a6fd-4d817eda1ee8

The First Wave

According to the Daily Wire:

Thousands of Hezbollah terrorists were injured on Tuesday during one of the most efficient large-scale military attacks in the history of warfare.

Israel reportedly infiltrated Hezbollah’s supply chain and rigged thousands of pagers with pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), a highly explosive material, which was then remotely detonated simultaneously.

The pagers were programmed to beep for several seconds before exploding, The New York Times reported.

A tiny bit of explosive material was placed in each pager next to the battery and was detonated with a switch that allowed the bomb to be triggered remotely.

The pagers were detonated at 3:30 p.m. in Lebanon when the terrorists received a message that appeared as though it was coming from Hezbollah’s leadership, The Times reported.

Approximately 4,000 were injured, 500 of whom were listed in critical condition, and at least 11 were killed. Among the 11 that have so far been announced as dead, at 10 were Hezbollah terrorists.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-details-emerge-on-how-israel-struck-4000-hezbollah-terrorists-in-mass-pager-bombing

The Second Wave

According to the Daily Wire:

Israel reportedly conducted a second wave of mass precision bombings against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization on Wednesday, detonating “thousands” of walkie-talkies used by the group.

“Israel blew up thousands of personal radios (Walkie-Talkies) which were used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon in a second wave of its intelligence operation which started on Tuesday with the explosions of Hezbollah pager devices, per two sources with knowledge,” said Israeli journalist Barak Ravid.

He added, “The personal radios that were booby-trapped in advance by Israeli intelligence services and then delivered to Hezbollah were part of the militia’s emergency communications system which was supposed to be used during a war with Israel, the sources said.”

The news comes after Israel wounded thousands of Hezbollah terrorists on Tuesday when it detonated pagers that they were using to communicate. The pagers were packed with a small amount of explosives and a switch that allowed them to be remotely detonated.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-detonates-thousands-of-hezbollah-walkie-talkies-in-2nd-strike-report?topStoryPosition=1

Dumbass of the Day

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I’m Right Here, Gavin

According to the New York Times:

California will now require social media companies to moderate the spread of election-related impersonations powered by artificial intelligence, known as “deepfakes,” after Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed three new laws on the subject Tuesday.

The three laws, including a first-of-its kind law that imposes a new requirement on social media platforms, largely deal with banning or labeling the deepfakes.

Only one of the laws will take effect in time to affect the 2024 presidential election, but the trio could offer a road map for regulators across the country who are attempting to slow the spread of the manipulative content powered by artificial intelligence.

The laws are expected to face legal challenges from social media companies or groups focusing on free speech rights.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/technology/california-deepfakes-law-social-media-newsom.html

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Sep172024

Episode 955 – What Makes That Better?

The Navy has just made the seas more secure. Yes, I am kidding.

AOC has some competition for the dumbest person in Congress.

And I know we are worried about trans-ing the kids and gay porn being in schools, but there are more important issues happening around the world.

How Does This Make Thing Better?

According to CBS News:

The United States Navy commissioned its first coed submarine on Saturday, in a ceremonial event that the vessel’s commander called “a truly historic moment.” 

“Today, we commissioned our ship, and she is the fastest, most advanced, fully integrated fast-attack to date,” said Cmdr. Steve Halle, the commanding officer of the USS New Jersey.

“Our superior professionalism is enhanced by our crew integration and our diversity,” Halle continued as he spoke about his crew being the first to be fully integrated on a fast-attack submarine. 

The ceremony marked the conclusion of a years-long process to commission the USS New Jersey, which is the third Navy ship named after the U.S. state, succeeding the BB-62 battleship that sailed in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, according to the Navy. The event for the fast-attack submarine took place at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, New Jersey, the military branch said.

“USS New Jersey (SSN 796) is now commissioned and ready for service!” the Navy said in a social media post unveiling the sub. “The Navy’s latest Virginia-class submarine joins the fleet.”

In a video accompanying that post, the Navy described the USS New Jersey as the “first fully integrated submarine built for male and female sailors” in the history of submarines, which stretches back roughly a century. It said the vessel is “a symbol of progress” that is “breaking barriers as it protects our shores.”

A female crewmember appeared in the video and spoke to the value of this milestone for inclusivity.

“It is an honor that we are the first to have this slice of that particular narrative,” she said. A narrator’ voice added that the USS New Jersey is “a testament to the strength that diversity brings to our Navy.”

Fast-attack submarines are used for various Naval missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-ship warfare, strike warfare, special operations, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, the Navy said. 

Women were first permitted to join the Navy in 1917, and more than 60,000 women are currently enlisted, according to the military. The inclusion of women in Naval submarine crews was initially announced in 2011 and billed as the Navy’s “final, large-scale gender integration,” the U.S. Naval Institute said. As of October 2023, more than 600 women were assigned to operational submarines as officers and sailers, according to the institute.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u-s-navy-makes-history-by-launching-its-first-coed-submarine/ar-AA1qETHH

Dumbass of the Day

This Is Real Shit!

According to the Daily Wire:

Western intelligence officials are reportedly growing increasingly concerned about Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons as new activity has been spotted at facilities that it used in the past when it was working to develop its own nuclear weapons.

The activity comes as G7 Foreign Ministers condemned Iran this week “in the strongest possible terms” for supplying Russia with missiles for its illegal war in Ukraine. The U.S. says that in exchange for the weapons, Russia is giving Iran “secret information and technology that could bring it closer to being able to build nuclear weapons,” Bloomberg News reported.

During recent talks between the U.S. and the U.K., top officials said that Iran’s nuclear program “had never been more advanced.”

Iran has continued to rapidly increase their stockpile of enriched uranium, in direct violation of the the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which would shorten the amount time needed to build a nuclear weapon to about a week if they decided to build one.

The Institute for Science and International Security said in a report last week that Western intelligence officials had provided it with information and satellite images showing new activities that are taking place at two former Amad Plan sites, which were key to Iran’s development of nuclear weapons back in the early 2000s.

“The two sites, Sanjarian and Golab Dareh, were central to the Amad Plan’s development of a sophisticated multipoint initiation (MPI) system to initiate the high explosives for spherical implosion in a nuclear weapon, to develop and test high-speed diagnostic equipment or their subcomponents, and to conduct a range of tests to ensure that the MPI system and diagnostic equipment worked,” the report said.

Officials said that the new activity was being conducted by experts who participated in the Iran’s previous work to develop nuclear weapons.

The new activity at the facility reportedly included “high explosive tests and technical research and development of a sensitive nature.”

Satellite imagery shows a significant increase in activity at the facilities throughout the course of the Biden-Harris administration as the U.S. has reversed course from the Trump administration’s hardline policies toward Iran. Activity at the site has picked up dramatically over the last year and a half, the report said.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/activity-spotted-at-irans-former-nuclear-weapons-facilities

Then There Is Russia…

According to the New York Post:

Russian officials threatened Western nations with an unchecked escalation of war  — including the potential use of nuclear weapons — and the all-out destruction of Kyiv, if Ukraine gets its allies’ permission to use long-range missiles to strike further into Russia. 

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov claimed that Western leaders had already decided whether to allow Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles and had informed Kyiv — forcing Moscow to respond with its own actions.  

“The decision has been made, the carte blanche and all indulgences have been given [to Kyiv], so we are ready for everything,” Ryabkov said, state-owned RIA news agency reported.

“And we will react in a way that will not be pretty.”

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow already had the grounds to unleash its nuclear weapons on Ukraine as a result of its surprise invasion of Russia’s Kursk region last month. 

But Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said that Moscow could also use some of its new, non-nuclear arsenals to wipe Kyiv off the map. 

“And that would be it. A giant, gray, melted spot instead of ‘the mother of Russian cities,’” he wrote on Telegram.

The ominous threats came amid discussions between United States and Britain on whether to relax restrictions surrounding the use of Western supplied weapons.

At a foreign policy summit Friday in Washington, President Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed potentially giving Ukraine the green light to fire long-range Storm Shadow missiles supplied by Britain at targets deep in Russian territory. 

The leaders, however, did not reach a decision on any policy changes regarding the weapons, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky insists are vital to achieving victory in the ongoing war with Russia. 

https://nypost.com/2024/09/14/world-news/russia-threatens-nukes-if-ukraine-uses-long-range-missiles/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

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Sep172024

Episode 954 – I Told You So!

Kamala keeps talking and Democrats realize they have to do something about Trump to keep him out of the White House.

Of course, everything is Trump’s fault.

And Kamala has an interview on Friday and it goes badly.

I Hate Being Right

Trump has been shot at AGAIN!

Here’s what has happened to this poor guy.

  • When he campaigned in 2016, they shamed him.
  • Then, they lied about him being a traitor when it came to Russia, Russia, Russia. They still are.
  • They called him a racist by lying about Charlottesville. They still are.
  • They impeached him twice.
  • The accused him of rape that allegedly happened 40 years ago, with no evidence and a nutjob for an accuser.
  • They tried to confiscate his property in New York and prevent him or his family from doing business in New York. They had no evidence he did anything wrong.
  • They are trying to throw him in jail for what he did during his Presidency because of January 6th.
  • The have convicted him of 34 crimes while not defining the crime.
  • None of it has worked.

Here’s what we know:

https://www.dailywire.com/news/palm-beach-shooter-was-targeting-trump-exchanged-gunfire-with-secret-service-report
https://www.dailywire.com/news/authorities-release-new-info-about-assassination-attempt-on-trump?topStoryPosition=2
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nbcs-lester-holt-off-the-top-rope-blames-trump-vance-for-2nd-assassination-attempt
https://nypost.com/2024/09/15/us-news/alleged-would-be-trump-assassin-ryan-routh-donated-exclusively-to-democrats-since-2019/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

Dumbass of the Day

She Has No Chance

https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-harris-cannot-name-a-single-way-that-she-is-different-than-biden

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Sep162024

Episode 953 – Another Big Win for Israel!

Israel gets another big win.

Once again, police are getting blamed for doing their jobs.

And people in Springfield Ohio are sick of illegal aliens from Haiti.

Another Big Win

According to the Daily Wire:

The Israel Defense Forces have killed a Rafah commander for Hamas who was instrumental in planning the murderous October 7 massacre of more than 1,200 Israelis.

“In a joint operation by the IDF and Shin Bet forces, the fighters of the 401st Brigade identified a number of terrorist squads using drones, the forces directed Air Force aircraft that eliminated the terrorists. In the attack, the commander of the ‘Tel Sultan’ battalion, Mahmoud Hamdan, and three other company commanders from the battalion were killed,” the IDF tweeted.

The IDF added: “In the attack and other attacks, the chain of command of the Tel Sultan battalion was eliminated, as well as dozens of other terrorists from the battalion. The commander of the ‘Tel Sultan’ battalion, Mahmoud Hamdan, took a significant part in planning the raid into Israel on October 7 and promoted the preparation plan of the Rafah Brigade before the entry of IDF forces into the area. In addition, he initiated, led and planned dozens of terrorist plots against the IDF forces and the State of Israel.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-kills-top-hamas-commander-instrumental-in-planning-october-7-massacre

IT WAS HIS FAULT!!

According to ESPN:

A police officer is seeking reinstatement from administrative duty after his involvement in the Sunday detainment of Tyreek Hill, while the Miami Dolphins star’s agent has called for the officers in the incident to be fired.

Attorneys Ignacio Alvarez of ALGO Law Firm and Israel Reyes of The Reyes Law Firm, who are representing the Miami-Dade Police Department officer, issued a statement Monday calling for their client’s “immediate reinstatement.” They also referred to the decision to place their client on administrative duties as “premature,” although they “fully support” Miami-Dade PD director Stephanie Daniels’ call for a thorough review.

The attorneys did not identify the officer they are representing, but on Tuesday the Miami-Dade PD said the officer placed on administrative duties while the Internal Affairs investigation is ongoing is Danny Torres, who has a 27-year tenure.

Neither Alvarez nor Reyes immediately responded when asked whether their statement was crafted before or after the body camera footage from the incident was made public Monday.

“We urge all parties to refrain from making public statements that may misrepresent our client’s actions and mislead the public about Mr. Hill’s detainment,” Alvarez said in the statement.

During an appearance on “The Dan Le Batard Show,” Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, expressed his disgust for the officers’ treatment of his client.

“For me, personally, I believe the police officers that did that to Tyreek shouldn’t be in that position — they should be let go,” Rosenhaus said. “Look at the guy who kicked him — that guy should be fired. That’s out of control. The guy that jumped in and put him in a chokehold? There’s no place for a police officer to have a badge that operates like that, when Tyreek wasn’t being aggressive or violent or fighting back in any capacity.

“That was horrendous how they treated him. They didn’t treat him like a human being.”

Rosenhaus stopped short of saying Hill agreed with his stance but added that he would have a discussion with Hill and his attorney, Julius Collins.

Hill was pulled over on suspicion of speeding while driving to Hard Rock Stadium, roughly three hours before the Dolphins’ season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The South Florida Police Benevolent Association, the police union that works with the Miami-Dade PD, released a statement Monday afternoon saying Hill was “uncooperative” with the responding officers, leading to an escalation of the situation.

Hill received citations for careless driving and a seat belt violation. Hill was cited for allegedly speeding at a “visual estimation of 60 mph,” according to his citation.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41208129/tyreek-hill-agent-calls-police-officers-fired

Expect More of This

According to the Daily Wire:

The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged an illegal immigrant from Guatemala for illegally voting in American elections and stealing the identity of an American citizen.

The Justice Department brought the charges against Angelica Maria Francisco, a 42-year old Guatemalan national illegally residing in Alabama, after it was found that she illegally voted in both the 2016 and 2020 primary and general elections despite not being an American citizen.

The DOJ stated in a press release that Francisco was charged with “false claims of citizenship in connection with voting, false statements in application for a United States passport, use of a United States passport obtained by false statements, and aggravated identity theft.” Francisco has agreed to plead guilty to all charges.

The plea agreement reveals that the Guatemalan national illegally assumed the identity of an American citizen in about 2011 before using that identity to illegally procure a passport and register to vote.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-voting-in-american-elections-impersonating-american-citizen
https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-cruz-warns-that-illegal-immigration-means-democrats-win-every-election-forever

Mo Money, Mo Money, Mo Money!

According to Fox News:

New York City launched a pilot program to help migrants transition out of city shelters by providing them with $4000 for permanent housing, a city official confirmed to Fox News Digital on Friday.

The NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) offered 150 families cash assistance through the Asylee Moveout Assistance (AMA), a pilot created in December last year to help find permanent housing for asylum seekers. The pilot was launched in partnership with some city shelters providing services for asylum seekers.

“The city is using every tool at its disposal to implement innovative and cost-effective solutions to help recently-arrived asylum seekers residing in shelters take the next steps in their journey,” a Department of Social Services (DSS) spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

DHS officials in December started dispensing $4000 to 150 households who live in the city’s emergency DHS shelters. 

“Since December, DSS has been working with a few not-for-profit providers operating emergency sites to pilot a new effort to reduce barriers to obtaining housing by helping asylum-seeking families who have identified permanent housing with the upfront cost of moving into their new home,” the DSS spokesperson said.

“150 households have benefitted from this pilot over the last seven months, and we look forward to supporting more households as we assess the success of the pilot and feasibility of scaling up and expanding access to this form of assistance,” the statement from DSS reads further.

Eligibility for the $4000 grant is solely limited to asylum-seeking families and pregnant women who are residing in select DHS emergency shelters and have already identified permanent housing.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/migrant-families-receive-4000-grants-aid-transition-out-nyc-shelters

People Are Sick of It

According to the Daily Wire:

Residents of Springfield, Ohio, are voicing their outrage after the sudden influx of Haitian immigrants has sparked numerous social issues, overwhelmed services, and worsened the housing crisis. 

Up to 20,000Haitian immigrants have moved to Springfield in the last few years, according to the city’s mayor. The last available Census data shows the city with a population of 58,000 people — meaning the sudden influx was about a third of the town’s population.

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Notably, Springfield residents’ anger bubbled over last August when a Haitian immigrant crossed over the center dividing line and crashed into a school bus. An 11-year-old boy was killed, and more than 20 children were taken to the hospital. The migrant did not have a valid driver’s license and is facing 9 years behind bars for involuntary manslaughter. 

The influx has also worsened the housing crisis, so much so that American citizens in Springfield are actually being displaced from their homes. A New York Times report outlined how Haitian migrants, who are generally on government assistance, are paying up to $3,000 a month in rent. Residents who can’t afford to pay that much have been pushed out.

Senator JD Vance, Trump’s VP pick, pressed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell about this issue, specifically citing Springfield’s troubles. Powell claimed migrants actually help quell inflation. 

Why Springfield

Citing the current turmoil in Haiti, the Biden-Harris administration in June gave 300,000 Haitians temporary legal status, which lasts until at least February 2026. This allows these migrants to remain and work in the U.S. until then, and possibly beyond. This was awarded to any Haitian in the U.S. who was here before or on June 3. 

The increase is also due to the administration launching a controversial border app, CBP One, which allows migrants to apply for asylum right on their phones. Additionally, Biden began allowing up to 30,000 migrants per month from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to fly directly into the U.S. for two years if they have financial sponsors.

As for Springfield, specifically, City Manager Bryan Heck said the town attracted migrants because of its affordable housing and job openings. The city was in turmoil for years, but had a turnaround when manufacturing picked up. 

Notably, numerous residents have said they witnessed “buses” of these migrants being dropped off at gas stations and laundromats.

Citizens are also seeing three-fold increases in health care wait times, schools are overwhelmed with students, and hundreds of thousands of dollars are being spent on translators.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/ohio-residents-small-town-erupt-over-havoc-caused-massive-influx-20000-haitians
https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-ohio-town-overrun-by-haitian-immigrants?topStoryPosition=4

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Sep102024

Episode 951 – Another Big Night Tonight!

The big debate is tonight. What does Donald Trump have to do to win? What does Kamala Harris have to win? Let’s talk about it.

A professional football player is put in handcuffs and he blames the police. The video shows a little something different.

And Congress releases a report on the Afghanistan pullout and it is not good. Guess who Kamala Harris decided to blame for her and her boss’s incompetence.

Not Going to Work

According to the Post Millennial:

In a statement on Saturday, the Kamala Harris campaign blamed 2024 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump for the disastrous 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, which occurred under the first year of the Biden-Harris administration.

Harris-Walz Campaign National Security Spokesperson Morgan Finkelstein wrote, “Trump shamelessly attacks the Vice President because he hopes he can trick the country into forgetting that his own actions undermined US strategy and put our troops and allies in harm’s way. Trump wanted to bring the Taliban to Camp David just days before September 11th—think about that.”

“He cut a bad deal with the very same people who violently took over Afghanistan, leading to the collapse of the Afghan government. Trump’s chaotic actions led to catastrophic consequences in Afghanistan. His own former national security advisor agrees: Trump cannot be trusted to safeguard our national security or serve as the commander-in-chief of our armed forces.”

Trump campaign advisor Jason Miller noted that Harris has bragged about being “the last person in the room” with Biden when the withdrawal order was issued.

In April 2021, Biden announced that would begin pulling troops from Afghanistan on May 1. As the US was attempting to leave, the Taliban took over Kabul. On August 26 that year, 13 US service members were killed in a bombing that took place at Abbey Gate in Kabul. On August 30, 2021, US officials announced that the last military aircraft had left Kabul, but a number of Americans in the “very low hundreds” had remained in the country. 

It was revealed in August 2021 that the Biden administration had paused a Trump-era contingency plan that provided plans for quick evacuations of Americans out of crisis zones just months before the Taliban takeover of Kabul. The “Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau,” was designed to “handle medical, diplomatic, and logistical support concerning Americans overseas.” The State Department, paused the bureau earlier in 2021, with notification being officially signed just months prior to the disastrous withdrawal.

According to Breitbart, Trump had reached a deal with the Taliban after negotiations, but it was not completed by the time he left office in January 2020. Biden decided to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan against the advice of military advisors.

https://thepostmillennial.com/kamala-blames-trump-for-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal-her-administration-conducted?utm_campaign=64466

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