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| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.0 | -13.0 |
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The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
185 responses to “Trump wins in SCOTUS. Per curium, SCOTUS tells Colorado to suck it.”
We know stoner is hitting the drugs.
-Tina
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9-0 in result. Libs don’t want to shut down other cases. Barrett says SCOTUS did not need to say more than, “Suck it” in opinion.
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Easy case.
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Probably the easiest ever unanimous SCOTUS prediction in a high profile case.
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Funny how that traffic judge in Chicago got in at the last minute to share in the humiliation.
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so trump wins the Colorado ballot case in a (thankfully) 9-0 ruling. I am having a hard time finding the actual ruling and the reporting on it is so biased and horribke
I will Link a cnbc article where they call it the “deadly insurrection” where seven people were killed – implying trump supporters killer people and were armed.
the only person killed was an unarmed woman by police. Others AT the protest/riot died from heart attacks or other medical conditions. Just goes to show how far the media will go to sell their narraritive
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/04/supreme-court-rules-in-trump-colorado-ballot-case.html
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The traffic judge is probably in needs of funds for a campaign run in the future. She should not have even gotten involved an stick to speed limits, cameras, and stop signs
-Tina
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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/supreme-court-rules-trump-remain-presidential-ballots
full decision is in the article. I posted it to the wrong thread.
-Tina
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Vic – the press has been learning illogical extrapolation skills from the Philly A-holes!
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Probably this ruling will accelerate the need to push Biden out the door. No way to get rid of Trump through lawfare, so they will have to try to beat Trump with new candidate…maybe someone who can remember his own name and doesn’t need to be led by the hand to the microphone.
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Beotchy has a concurring opinion. I think this is why stoners box dox and j6 case may be in twubble. She wants to tone rhetoric down. Reding between the lines hear.
-Tina
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Luttig and Conway were wrong in their opinions. They go down hard on this Dqing candidates.
-Tina
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And don’t forget Mute 43 interviewed Luttiq for the sc opening,
-Tina
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To me, this should have been (and was) a slam dunk 9-0 decision.
The slim majority on the CO supreme court that made the unconstitutional decision should all be defeated when they come up for reelection.
Same for the two other states who threw Trump off the 2024 ballot.
I dislike Trump immensely, but not allowing him on the ballot is blatant underhanded politics at its worst.
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Tina calls a highly educated Justice, wife and a mother of seven children (including adopted children) a bitch even though she does not understand the concurring opinion. Says a lot about Tina.
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Walt hasn’t been this worked up about a decision since Solomon was ready to cut a baby in 2 pieces. It was Walt’s idea but Solomon got the credit.
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I read it and as expected the three anti-constitution Liberals found a way to call Trump an “oath-breaking insurrectionist” over and over again as they complained that the court went too far.
it’s truly sad to see them injecting their politics into a unanimous decision.
But typical
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Finally, Rome is built. I have the Other States grid finished. Those with links have at least one poll in the last six months. The unlinked states have no recent polls.
The highlighting is dark red or dark blue for the states that are solid and completely out of play. A lighter shade is used for states where the polling gap is closer, but still very likely to remain red or blue.
If a state in the battleground grid moves to being out of play it will be moved to the Other States grid, and if a state in Other States becomes competitive it will move to the battleground states grid.
I don’t know of any other page on the internet that has this sort of simple to read grid, comparing the polling gap against the EVs needed to win.
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I should have added something to my above comment concerning th3e 9-0 SCOTUS decision.
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…Now America can choose which president they want:
1–an egotistical, corrupt, self-serving, immoral, personally flawed, can’t communicate effectively, lying, flaming a$$hole with no philosophical ideology or rudder, who had a moderately successful presidency in spite of himself
or
2–an egotistical, corrupt, INFLUENCE ($$$ to play) PEDDLING, self-serving, immoral, personally flawed, can’t communicate effectively, lying, flaming INCOMPETENT a$$hole with a far-left ideology/rudder who has presided over a presidency that has FAILED in every way imaginable.
The choice is clear.
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Do we want a president who peddles $400 brand sneakers who really does not understand complex world issues or how government works or how to be effective as president.
or one who takes millions is financial deals from his son’s and brother’s peddling influence pay to pay business schemes involving government policy and who really does not understand complex world issues or how government works or how to be effective as president.
As I said THE CHOICE IS CLEAR
(as mud)
…sigh…
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General Election: Trump vs. Biden FOX News
Trump 49, Biden 47
General Election: Trump vs. Biden vs. Kennedy vs. West vs. Stein FOX Trump 41, Biden 38, Kennedy 13, West 3, Stein 2
General Election: Trump vs. Biden Wall Street Journal
Trump 47, Biden 45
General Election: Trump vs. Biden vs. Kennedy vs. Stein vs. Mapstead vs. West Wall Street Journal
Trump 40, Biden 35, Kennedy 9, West 2, Stein 1, Mapstead 1
General Election: Trump vs. Biden CBS News
Trump 52, Biden 48
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I’ve always wondered why GWB is called Mute 43? What is the basis of his nickname?
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Paul, 43 never bothered to defend himself against partisan attacks (much less media representations), hence why all of them stuck and damaged his brand and the party vice just some of them. He thought he needed to be above the fray or something.
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Mike Davis
@mrddmia
Today’s 9-0 Supreme Court decision reversing the Colorado Supreme Court was a major bodyblow to the Democrats’ lawfare and election interference against Trump. And it’s just starting. Remember, the Supreme Court will likely reverse the obstruction convictions of many January 6th defendants by the end of June. Because the Biden Justice Department intentionally misapplied and weaponized a post-Enron obstruction statute aimed at corporate fraud to destroy political enemies. That’s half of Jack Smith’s bogus January 6th case against Trump. And by the end of June, the Court will likely hold the President—any President—is immune from criminal prosecution for his official acts. Just like federal judges and Members of Congress. Then remand the case to DC Obama Judge Tanya Chutkan to hold an evidentiary hearing. She will likely have to determine what Jack Smith alleges Trump did in his official capacity (i.e., wanted to fire acting AG) verses in his personal capacity. That decision is subject to immediate appeal. There is very little chance DC Obama Judge Tanya Chutkan and Jack Smith can railroad Trump before a DC jury and convict him before November 5, 2024. And 80% of Jack Smith’s case will be gone before the trial even begins. And the other 20% will get reversed on appeal. Because it’s not a crime to object to a presidential election. It’s specifically allowed by the Electoral Count Act of 1887. And the First Amendment. That’s why Democrats—like Al Gore, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton—aren’t in prison for objecting to Republican wins in 1968, 2000, 2004, and 2016. Jack Smith is used to getting reversed—unanimously—by the Supreme Court after he brings bogus political charges against likely Republican presidential contenders. Such as the Supreme Court’s unanimous 2016 reversal of Jack Smith’s bogus conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. But it was too late: Jack Smith destroyed McDonnell political career and life. At
@Article3Project
, we’ve fought like hell for nearly 2 years to ensure this doesn’t happen to Trump. And we will prevail.
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Last post was mine.
-Tina
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I think Tina’s stupid nickname for GWB was because he did not criticize Obama.
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Good stuff, Tina.
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Also fat Fani may get removed. If the judge approves it there is no way that the Fulton county das office should be in charge of that case. Fani utilized that offices resources to go after everyone and threatened Wades ex wife.
-Tina
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if you read MIke Davis or Turley, there is likely a middle ground about immunity over official acts and Marburys decision that the president has final say/actions cannot be questioned.
Thus the dc commies erred in their opinion that the president has no immunity period. It is easy to get caught up with the seal team 6 from judge commie pun.
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after all judges and congress critters have immunity for official acts.
-Tina.
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I have to say I don’t know how the SC will rule on blanket immunity for the President. I do not believe there is, or can be, blanket immunity for all crimes committed while President, even factoring the impeachment argument. Earlier it was posted that some believe he is “immune from criminal prosecution for his official acts” … and this has merit I believe, but was Trump performing an “official act.” Hardly, so this is where it gets murky. I don’t think the SC will rule on blanket immunity, and may not even rule in favor of Trump here because he was not acting/performing an “official act.”
Would like to get Bitter and others take on it.
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“In Major Blow To Democracy, Supreme Court Rules Voters Can Vote For Favorite Candidate” https://babylonbee.com/news/in-shocking-blow-to-democracy-supreme-court-affirms-voters-can-vote-for-candidate-they-want
@TheBabylonBee
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Its getting very difficult for BabylonBee. There are Democrats out there saying essentially the same thing, and they are not using satire.
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Hey tina, how about a new nickname for Fani Willis?
Phoney Willis?
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Great site… needs to go mega viral
https://www.bidenomics.com/
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Tina – Are you ever going to show me the courtesy of answering my question of why you think somebody’s weight is relevant in your posts? I don’t delete your posts unless you ask me to. I have tried to make it easier to post. I don’t give you 1/10 the GFYs I could.
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Vic – the press has been learning illogical extrapolation skills from the Philly A-holes!
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Hey Bitter, our influence is growing by leaps and bounds!
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Vic you are describing the middle ground on presidential immunity.
The issue here is the commies court saying no presidential immunity period even for official acts.
-Tina
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Trump just said if we get the price of oil down to $40 Putin won’t be able to fund the war in Ukraine. He said $100 oil is one reason Putin has money to fight the war/
It is not a bad argument.
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As much as the evidence shows Fani Willis and her boyfriend defied the legal perimeters of their office, I think there is a good chance Judge McAfee will find a way to excuse them. The reasons are mainly political as McAfee was appointed to his judicial role by the GA governor (who hates Trump) after first working in the same DA office with Willis and even donating to her campaign. In May McAfee comes up for election in an area that has primarily a democrat constituency. So, if his ruling is against her he may be jeopardizing his own election chances.
https://spectator.org/why-ga-judge-wont-disqualify-fani-willis/
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In my view, Putin would still fund the war, but the cost to the internal standard of living could cause him political problems.
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Oh come on bl get real. Your stupid questions have been answered multiple times. Re check the posta
Also one could have a fat Fani and be skinny.
plus you hate all nicknames
if I can access your site without registering through so let me know
-Tina
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He also contributed to Fani.
I wonder if that decision can be appealed.
or if the legislature and the useless ag get involved. Hee haw is a lost cause and maybe a “witness”. If so he should recuse himself and allow the lt ga to get involved. Hee Haw is a disaster
-Tina
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actually $40 oil would force him to create more international “enemies” in order to distract the populace. Russia’s foreign policy is directly tied to discord, whether it be financial or political, at home. When times are bad in Russia, especially economically, Russian leadership (I don’t even want to write his name), will engage in foreign controversies, incursions, and in this case war, to divert the attention of a very nationalistic population away from the hardships they face.
I would venture to say $100 oil might/could cause the Ukraine to fade because there will be good economic conditions within the Russian populace/borders. Then he won’t have to gin up some scurrilous excuse for invading foreign countries.
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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwis-NWmmduEAxXLwskDHUanAq4QglR6BAglEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FPhilHollowayEsq%2Fstatus%2F1764682794922373234%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Etweet&usg=AOvVaw1JALRHwJvR-0ETLs52JLJd&opi=89978449
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“Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons has commuted the DUI sentence of former Kansas City Chiefs Assistant Coach Britt Reid.
Britt is the son of head coach Andy Reid. Britt plead guilty to driving while intoxicated in a 2021 crash that severely injured a five-year-old, CNN previously reported. He was sentenced to three years in prison.
In a statement, Parsons’ office said, “Mr. Reid has completed his alcohol abuse treatment program and has served more prison time than most individuals convicted of similar offenses. Mr. Reid will be under house arrest until October 31, 2025, with strict conditions of probation, including weekly meetings with a parole officer, weekly behavioral counseling attendance, weekly meetings with a peer support sponsor, and stringent community service and employment requirements.”
What do you think Bitter?
His alcohol level was way over the limit and he was driving at 80 miles an hour when he plowed into cars parked on the shoulder of the interstate.
The child has lasting consequences from the accident, will probably never make a full recovery. So I don’t think a 3 year sentence was draconian.
At the same time, he will still be under house arrest and on probation.
I guess one question is whether someone not associated with the winning SB team would be granted such a commutation.
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Reposting – new plot twist to the corruption involving fani.
Phil Holloway
@PhilHollowayEsq
BREAKING
The #FaniWillis saga takes on a new twist Sources have confirmed that the GA Senate committee looking into the Fulton DA have subpoenaed Attorney Ashleigh Merchant to testify Wednesday, 3-6-24 The hearing will be live streamed and is open to the public
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I know some of you might thing this is racist, but it is really not.
What is it with Black DAs?
The one in Baltimore went to jail for scamming lots of Covid money for her personal use to buy houses and such.
You have the one in NYC who prosecuted Trump on an obscure law that has never been used to prosecute anyone before. And Trump is hit with $385 MM fine for a victimless crime.
Then you have Phoney Willis and her lover who are prosecuting Trump.
I know, it is not all Black DAs who are bat$hit crazy and corrupt because you have Gascone out there in LALA land in Caliphonia. But it seems to be a Black DA thing, mostly.
I guess like having tens of thousands of dollars in cash at your home is a “Black thing”.
It seems to me that when a Black mayor or DA gets elected, they then begin to do things, establish programs, that are specifically targeted to benefit/throw money to Blacks–whether it is “judicial reforms like no bail, defund the police, decriminalize weed, make carjacking a misdemeanor, pass resolutions requiring reparation payments to descendants of slaves, etc.
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My second point is this:
With the Phoney Willis involved case…
IMO, evidence shows she and her lover lied through their teeth during the trial, and both should be removed from the case. I know she is the epitome of a strong Black woman, but even strong Black women can be both incompetent, inept, corrupt and wrong.
But the BIGGER picture is that she and her lover were coordinating with the Biden White House and other DAs, etc. bringing charges against Trump in various trials.
My fear is that Willis and lover boy are removed from the case and that no more light will be shined on the connection with the Biden White House of collusion to bring lawfare against Trump for political purposes. to bring down Trump and reassure Goofy Joe reelection. They need to follow the money more…
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“Dems Begin to Panic as Biden Not Dead Yet”
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You have a lot of black DA’s because a lot of these urban areas have large black populations. I don’t think it is a “black” thing, it is an ideological thing. Black or white, they all follow a Marxist agenda.
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You don’t answer it. You just claim you answer it.
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I am consistent. DUI should be prosecuted as attempted murder. DUI is the most avoidable crime of all. These criminals should serve the full sentence.
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@TrumpWarRoom
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President Trump: “President Biden… Fight your fight yourself. Don’t use prosecutors and judges to go after your opponent… our country is much bigger than that.”
Good and succinct advice for Joe Biden, which will not be followed by administration minions.
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US to Sell Off Entire Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve (msn.com)
This is in the funding bill for the U.S. Dept. of Energy that congress is expected to pass. Money from the sale will be put in U.S. Treasury.
Who says Congress never does anything?
This has been costing us taxpayers $16 MM a year since created in 2012.
Thanks Obama.
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“The Obama administration established the NGSR following the destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, which left many in the northeast without gasoline.
While the reserve is intended to provide a short-term supply to the region in the event of a similar natural disaster, in an October 2023 report, the DOE noted that it had never been used, would provide “minimal relief to a shortage condition,” and cost around $16 million a year to maintain.
A May 2022 report by the Government Accountability Office found that the DOE’s reserves in the northeast were “not well suited to address the risks of supply disruptions” in the region, with the NGSR containing less than two days of consumption.”
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It is a 1 million barrel facility.
At$80/barrel, that would be $80 million going into the U.S. Treaury.
Plus, a $16 MM per year reduction in government cost of operation.
Wonder what government a$$hole will throw a monkey wrench in this going through?
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US considers selling Northeast gasoline reserve in 2024 in draft bill (msn.com)
This is a picture of the big a$$ed facility.
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IMO, DJT’s rising poll numbers may be more than the populace sympathizing with his indictment plight. It may actually be a reflection of Trump refining his messaging, along with showing himself as less of a novice and more experienced in handling the DC environment —- aka “the swamp.” I don’t know how SCOTUS will render future rulings, such as civil/criminal immunity, which both Congress and jurists enjoy. However, he has already set a precedent in adapting and prevailing in a political minefield that few others have ever experienced.
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Speaking of federal money, I have not seen any news articles about the federal contractor who managed to steal $108 Million of federal funds to buy multiple homes, 678 motorcycles, etc., etc. When they seized their assets, they also had $14 Million in the bank. The radio spot I heard about it indicated the government was considering selling the assets of the federal contractor who managed to do this.
A shame how they treat my and your tax dollars.
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I also don’t see the “choice” of president being so muddied.
One man is so addled, incompetent, sucking on ice creams and raking in foreign monies for access to him, rather than doing anything positive for the working and middle classes in this country.
The other may be considered classless by some, overly abrasive, but raised incomes and job opportunities for the working and middle classes, while taking no foreign bribes and developing foreign and domestic policies that actually favored the populace n this country. He also did not jail his opponents, only used cutting nicknames and mean tweets to chastise them.
Where is the mud obscuring differentiating these men?
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Breaking: “Illinois traffic judge who threw Trump off ballot orders the arrest of the 9 US Supreme Court Justices.”
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Just trying to help out the Babylon Bee.
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Trump has not refined his message. I wasted 5 minutes listening to him speak after the SCOTUS opinion. That time is lost to me forever – especially the minute he spent making fun of Fani Willis’ name.
Why can’t he just say, “I want to thank my legal team for presenting a very effective and compelling argument based upon the law. I look forward to campaigning on the issues facing the American people in every state and DC. Thank you.”
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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/supreme-court-rules-trump-remain-presidential-ballots
-Tina
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Now congressional democrats are working on legislation that would throw Trump off ballot.
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The Gigachad’s stock is doing well today. Trump should make him VP
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MSTR
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Are there enough RINO’s in the house to join with democrats to try to ban Trump from the ballot?
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but what this new congressional action clearly reveals is the Dem’s plan to defeat Trump this year was always going to be lawfare. They know Biden cannot defeat him in a fair election. So now that lawfare has failed, they will have to replace Biden.
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With Congressional Democrats scheming to keep Trump off the ballot and the very narrow Republican majority, it’s critical that we dumped the likes of Cheney, Jolly, and Kinzinger, otherwise there would be the RINO votes to help the Dems do it.
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There is no way they will even keep all House Democrats on board…in an election year, some of them are endangered as it is…join legislation to throw Trump off ballot when the SCOTUS just said 9-0 that he stays on ballot? No way. This is just sophistry on the part of the most leftist congresscritters in deeply blue safe seats. They just want to signal the Dem base that they are doing something.
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And the Co sos remains defiant. The commies won’t end this. It will continue.
-Tina
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Not so sure, DW; aside from the random Dem like Cuellar, their caucus is full of nutters. I could see them going full bore since their only hope is to juice turnout with the nutter base (at least 40% of the country nowadays). Just like this Gaza ceasefire nonsense and student loan “fogrgiveness” i.e. student debt transfer to the taxpayers; it’s all about their base turnout.
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Commiezinger aka the Cryer is long gone.
-Tina
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“Trump has not refined his message. “
I think he has refined his message, not perfected it. Your rendition, Bitter, however,, would have been better.
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Has anyone done a welfare check on the Clinton groupie, Rottie, Luttig, Conway, and David French Fry?
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Just checked on gold and it’s up to a high of $2,126.30!
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DC_Draino
@DC_Draino
They banned a sitting US President from all social media Raided his house w/the FBI Forced masks on children & vaccines into bodies Indicted him 4x Arrested his top advisors & supporters Removed him from election ballots And they have the nerve to call us “fascists” Thankfully the Supreme Court ruled that Americans can now freely vote for President Trump in 2024 Insane how fascist the Left has become but we will defeat fascism today just as we defeated the Nazis in 1945
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Keith Overbite wants the SC to be dissolved.
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Harmeet K. Dhillon
@pnjaban
Our firm
@dhillonlaw
serves as the chief litigation firm for the Trump campaign on the 14th Amendment issues (& others). So proud of David Warrington, who congratulated President Trump this morning shortly after we got the opinion. This is our firm’s statement. Onward!
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DC Draino’s summation describes the political gauntlet Trump has had to weave his way through for years. Few would have stayed with it, and simply exited a long time ago. I think what I find fascinating about DJT is not only his tenacity, but also his unflinching energy which competes with both the young and old. On Saturday, for instance he gave two speeches, each over an hour long, first in NC and then in Virginia, looking no worse for the wear afterwards. This Thursday Biden will be giving the State of the Union speech. Propped up on the latest meds, aided by teleprompters, it will be interesting to evaluate his performance, as he usually looks disoriented after giving a 10 minute speech.
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The last several posts were mine.
-Tina
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Might not be bad if all politicians were a little more mute.
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Fiat currency is increasingly becoming a joke.
The USA is printing 1 trillion in new debt every 100 days. Soon it will be 1 trillion every 50 days.
The reason we aren’t in recession at the moment is purely because of government spending the dems smartly programmed in advance while they still had congress in order to try to preprogram the demented Joe reelection even if the GOP took control of congress.
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Janz,
Trump has not refined his message.
He still is his on worst enemy when he is before a microphone.
He is woefully inept at speaking.
“they (newest illegal aliens coming into U.S.) speak unheard of languages that nobody else speaks or knows.”
smh
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Jan. Please don’t feed the Moron with talk of gold. That’s a Pauliac trigger. Next thing he’ll be railing on the fed, Rothschild s and CFR
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Vic, I’ve been interested in numismatic gold for a long time. So, the prices are of interest to me, not meant as a political trigger point. I’m not even aware of a Pauliac involvement with this metal. Sometimes Pauliac references, that may be innocently used here, remind me of the inadvertent pronoun usage condemned by advocates of appropriate gender applications.
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Is she one of the Axis of Fuglies?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/just-maines-democrat-secretary-state-withdraws-trump-ballot/
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”He is woefully inept at speaking.”
You may feel Trump is his worst enemy on a microphone. However, thousands wait in line to hear words they find supportive and speak to them. It just magnifies the point there is a big divide between people who as a group want the same things, but don’t agree on the spokesperson delivering this message.
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I own physical gold.
It’s just that you only want to own so much physical gold, and once you own to much of it, it kind of becomes a risk.
The ETF’s are just more counterparty risk, and you’re going to assume that risk, at that point you’re much better off buying a bitcoin ETF’s, crypto or or tech stocks.
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Bitcoin looks to surpass silver in market cap today; next up gold soon
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janzam
Lyn Alden’s new book explains the problem with gold as a settlement layer. It stopped being money with the invention of the telegraph.
Gold used to settle instantaneously before this. For instance you rode a horse w a small amount of gold to the bank or a country. Or you took a ship across the ocean and had gold bars with you.
Once transactions became light speed, the banks had to issue IOUs for gold and settle later on, and eventually quit bothering with it entirely.
So at this point in society gold can no longer function as a settlement layer. You can try and regigger the financial system with great reset type things, but it inevitably will become corrupt again since it can’t actually serve as a settlement layer.
This is where bitcoin comes to replace the fiat currency system that is currently breaking down.
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So, Deadender Haley won the Swamp Primary. I’m sure this will springboard her to victory.
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Jan – hence the reason I made the tongue in cheek reference to the Pauliacs when you mentioned the price of Gold. It’s actually quite interesting that it went up today that much as I have an associate who is purchasing a large amount overseas and he couldn’t close the deal Friday…it cost him a SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT…over $250K. such is the commodities industry, especially when buying physical gold.
Anyway, the Paul’s always pushed Gold to their anti-semitic followers as a way to get back at the “jjjjeeeewwwww bankers” and the Fed. The real reason they pushed it…they were heavily invested in it and wanted it to rise to cash out.
One day we will put a whole dictionary of Pauliac sayings and words 😉
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Jan – I was listening to the radio and Trump came on. Thankfully, it was only a few minutes. If Trump gave speech in my living room, I would not come downstairs to listen. He will get my vote in November but not my time or respect.
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Damm…. Olbermann not taking it well is an understatement.
@KeithOlbermann
The Supreme Court has betrayed democracy. Its members including Jackson, Kagan and Sotomayor have proved themselves inept at reading comprehension. And collectively the “court” has shown itself to be corrupt and illegitimate. It must be dissolved.”
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I was driving today and Trump was interviewed on Hannity. Actually was quite cogent and reasonable, he talked about the border and the economy and did not go off on any tangents. Maybe was having an off day.
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Thune announces a run for (hopefully) Majority Leader.
Good. Hope he wins.
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If he wins he wouldn’t be a rubber stamp for Trump, which is good.
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Whoops…
Wade’s former law partner Terrence Bradley testified last week that he did “not recall” the answers to most questions posed by defense attorneys, including when the relationship between Willis and Wade began. However, Trump co-defendant David Shafer’s attorneys informed the judge Monday that they planned to submit the testimony of a new witness that would seemingly contradict Bradley’s testimony, should the court re-open the evidence on the motion to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
The witness, Co-Chief Deputy for the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office Cindi Lee Yeager, says she spoke with Bradley on a number of occasions between August 2023 and January 2024 about Willis and Wade, according to a proposed testimony.
““Ms. Yeager watched Mr. Bradley’s testimony before the Court and became concerned as a result of the fact that what Mr. Bradley testified to on the witness stand was directly contrary to what Mr. Bradley had told Ms. Yeager in person,” the filing states.”
The judge knows Bradley was lying. But he now cannot pretend he doesn’t know.
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Thune is a strong proponent of aid to Ukraine, a must for any R leader in the Senate.
“Withdrawing American support for Ukraine could very well end up with a victorious and newly emboldened Putin on the doorstep of four former Soviet satellite states – now NATO members whom we are bound by treaty to protect.
“If Putin wins in Ukraine, it’s not hard to imagine him viewing incursions into one or more of those former Soviet states as a good idea.
“And given our treaty obligations – and the imperative to prevent a Soviet Union 2.0 – it’s not hard to imagine American troops being drawn into the resulting conflict.
“Supporting Ukrainians’ efforts to defend themselves against Putin’s war of aggression is a way of preventing a conflict that would require a far greater commitment from the United States.
“Not to mention warding off a likely catastrophic economic fallout in Europe from a wider war, which would take a heavy toll on American businesses and consumers.
“Furthermore, there’s little question that a Russian victory in Ukraine would embolden not just Putin but other malign actors – notably China.
“If Russia is successful at taking over part or all of Ukraine, why shouldn’t China think it can successfully take over Taiwan?
“We should be supporting Ukraine – not just because peoples fighting for freedom against tyranny are worthy of support, but because supporting Ukraine, like supporting Taiwan and Israel and other free countries, is in our national interest.“
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Bears repeating. Supporting Ukraine IS IN OUR NATIONAL INTEREST!
“We should be supporting Ukraine – not just because peoples fighting for freedom against tyranny are worthy of support, but because supporting Ukraine, like supporting Taiwan and Israel and other free countries, is in our national interest.“
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/huge-just-trump-co-defendant-michael-romans-attorney/
-Tina
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Nolte (Breitbart) also praised his speech and he was critical of Trump.
I am glad though that Trump is ignoring Nikita and just focusing on inflation, illegals and the economy.
Didn’t realize that Demented has a 59 percent disapproval rate.
-Tina
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I would be ok with the Thune of 2004, not the Bufoon of 2024.
-Tina
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To add to what Jason stated, if someone is concerned about what the aid to Ukraine is costing (and its not actual dollars going over), then they should be reminded of how much the cold war cost…and how much more a new one would cost.
Additionally, this will be a two front cold war because we can be assured that if the US pulls aid from the Ukraine, China will be emboldened to attack Taiwan, since they will (correctly) presume we won’t help.
So now, the USA will be fighting a two front cold war that will blow the cost of the first one out of the water.
Just sayin…
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saw the Colorado SOS complaining about the SC and how Democracy is in peril (she doesn’t realize we don’t live in a Democracy, but thats a point for another day).
She used the new Dem talking point “Oathbreaking Insurectionist” that the ultra-liberal SC justices used in their whiny writings today.
Let this sink in for a moment. Those Justices knew that what they were writing would be seen by millions upon millions, and reported widely, and in it, they chose to label Trump an “oathbreaking insurectionist.” They will claim, of course, that they were not talking about Trump, but anyone this “pertains” to, but we all know what they meant, and in doing so, they tried and convicted Trump without a hearing, motions, evidence, or trial by peers. To leftists, even if re-elected, he will now always be known as the “Oathbreaking Insurectionist”
What a sad world we live in with these people in power
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People listen to Hannity? Why?
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Vic – And Jan and Tina would be the first to oppose aid to Taiwan.
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/03/04/fox_news_people_tangentially_tied_to_haley_campaign_are_talking_about_canceling_ad_buys_appearances_after_today.html
-Tina
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Another thing…
In the last several years there has been a marked increase in the number ob biracial families and couple on TV ads.
Two little kids on bikes–guarantee on in be Black and one is white.
Family situation at home? Guarantee one of the spouses in Hispanic or Black and the other white. Now, you NEVER see an all white family on a TV commercial.
I remember hearing/seeing Biden say something about a year or two ago saying that there was going to be big changes coming in TV commercials and who is in them. But I did not pay too much attention to that then, other than to wonder WTF is he talking about.
Did the federal government have anything to do with this marked change in TV advertising?
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“
@KeithOlbermann
The Supreme Court has betrayed democracy. Its members including Jackson, Kagan and Sotomayor have proved themselves inept at reading comprehension. And collectively the “court” has shown itself to be corrupt and illegitimate. It must be dissolved.”
Sounds like Olbermann wants to overthrow the government of the U.S.
snark
LOL
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Walt – I noticed that and was immediately filled with an overwhelming sense of indifference.
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indifference destroys
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Destroys what? White bicycle riding?
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And another thing,
Why do they say Trump attempted to commit “election interference”?
What he was trying to do was to ascertain that all the ballots in GA were cast and counted correctly (they weren’t), the count was correct (it wasn’t), current State laws on the books and procedures were followed (they weren’t).
What is a better term for Trump’s involvement in the GA vote other than “election interference”?
Involvement to ascertain “election accuracy”?
Involvement to ensure accuracy of the results as to “State law and procedures”?
And Trump has actually gained factual support (long after the 2020 election) for his questioning of the election outcome in various states as to the violation of state law in WI (as to the use of unsecured drop boxes) and PA (counting of ballots received after the deadline established in Stat code.
I do not remember hearing Trump wax eloquently about the various specific issues he was concerned about concerning the voting process in various states. I am sure Janz has kept audio tapes of Trump logically explaining what his concerns were in the days and weeks after the election and that she will soon share those with me and everyone.
All I remember Trump saying was, numerous times, was “we were way ahead, then the counting paused for a while, then in the middle of the night in multiple states, here comes hundreds of thousands of votes for Biden and suddenly we were behind everywhere. I tell you they stole the election.”
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Does running HHR turn Republicans into Lincoln Project zealots?
Chicon
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Come on Bitter – a. you know that its a lot broader than that. The commercial thing is social indoctrination – pushing the liberal agenda and war against “whiteness” in the USA. Indifference is what got us here. It starts here and then spreads to the next, to the next, to the next and then before you know it, society as we know it changes. If you don’t think Drag Queens hosting kids reading hours didn’t start with indifference then you’re being disingenuous .
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Today was a good day.
I got a lot of things I have been thinking about off my chest and posted here.
Plus, the missus came back from her get-a-way ‘vaca’ with her gal pals in Turks and Caicos with a bad sinus infection, so since she is feeling poorly, she had me clean off some of the flower beds this afternoon. I was exhausted.
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Chicon – to Bitter’s defense, he will always vote Republican, so he’s a valued member of the “big Tent” and Northeast Republicans are very different than in the rest of the country (see MD and Dave as examples). Think more Rockefeller than DeSantis
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Good stuff from Walt today.
Chicon
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In watching TV for the last 2 hours, I have yet to see an ad that had an all white family in it.
I have seen many ads with multiple races and the children are obviously bi-racial (not that there is anything wrong with that)
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I want each of you to text me when you see your next TV with an all-white family
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Walt, you will hear crickets
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Bitter is a very good man in real life. My own read is that he’s becoming more disenchanted with his party by the day. I hope he finds a reason to remain a Republican – it is true that there are big shifts afoot.
Chicon
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In the last 2 hours, the vast majority of people in the commercials were in the “other than Caucasian” category.
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BTW, when I taught high school, I would sometimes have the students write down what % of the U.S. population they thought was African American (Black). Our student population of 1200 included about 7 Blacks. Our county of 100,000 population then and included maybe 15% Black population.
The overwhelming majority of the students thought that the % of AA in the U.S. was WAY over 50% of the total U.S. population. I explained that the real number was 11%, and they were STUNNED. That led to a discussion of why so many of the students thought the % of AAs was MUCH higher than it really was.
They figured it was due to:
–the large % of AAs on professional sports teams (and they watch a lot of pro sports on TV)
–the fact that their news comes out of the DC/Baltimore TV area where the majority of the news/sports/weather casters are Black and how 80% of the people they see on the TV news stories on the street are AAs.
–the fact that there saw so many Blacks on various TV shows they watch.
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I am in advertising. Most of my clients prefer diversity. I have a client that is a church denomination that almost always pushes for non-white subjects in photos. The Banks I worked for also always wanted diversity.
About 20 years ago, I used to do a lot of design/advertising for an Italian restaurant chain. I recall that they complained about “a little too much” diversity in my image selection. But they were the exception.
Overall, I have noticed the trend for the past 20 years. Nothing particular has changed with Biden. And it certainly has nothing to do with any regulation. It’s just preference of the business world.
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Vic – I could not not care less less about “whiteness.” I think Drag Queen story hour is stupid but if some parents want it for their children. Zzzzzzz.
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I had a large document for an insurance agency that I worked on in the fall with about a hundred stock photos of people. In the end the client wanted me to go through and make sure the percentages of people in photos reflected the actual percentages of the US population. And make any changes. I found that blacks were over represented and needed to be reduced. But Hispanics and Asians were under represented and so I had to increase the number of Hispanics and Asians. Whites ended up needing reduced a little. That was the first client that wanted a precise percentage.
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Fani did not do nuffin.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/another-twist-paranoid-fani-willis-warned-her-lovers/
-Tina
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Vic/Chi-con – Respectfully, GFYs. I have always been and remain a conservative Republican. I am not going anywhere.
I do not define conservatism by blind loyalty and worship of Trump. If I was not Catholic, I would list my religion as Reaganism. I could not care less about somebody’s race, religion, or sexual orientation. Most people suck to some extent anyway. I would rather hang out with a bi-racial lesbian Republican couple than straight white Democrats.
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Paul – we did a photo shoot for one of my products a few years ago. They gave me a bunch of people to choose from, and literally only one of the females and males was halfway decent looking. They were furious that I didn’t choose the heroin chic or the minority candidates, but it did not fit my customer base. Eventually I won, since I was paying, but advertising people have a LOT TO SAY about how a commercial looks, and use their best to apply “social pressure” to choose the message and actors they want.
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Many times you need to think about expanding your customer base as well as reflecting the current customer base. Heroin chic may be a mean a new market for you. 🙂
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edit: I meant to delete “mean a”
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LOL – never overlook market share
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Ron Paul will always be the GOAT politician in the USA
https://twitter.com/LibertyCappy/status/1764833213245985008?s=20
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if by goat you mean biggest con man piece of excrement, then yeah
seriously, these Pauliacs have a serious mental disorder. It’s all the time in their moms basement
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I agree on the ads. There has to be a minority person in every ad. Or a gay person. Or a bi-racial couple.
It’s stupid. But its the world we live in.
In the past, ads targeted the audience most likely to purchase that product. Expensive cars had rich white guys, the target audience. If white women were the audience, the ads featured white women.
Blacks are 12% of the population and probably 50% of the ads. Whites are 70% of the population and 20% of the ads. Bud lite uses a transgender person in an ad, when their target audience is working class straight men. Mercedes has young black guys driving their most expensive model, which few young black guys can afford.
Should anyone care, as Bitter asks?
I care only in the sense that failing to maximize advertising dollars to get the biggest bang for the buck is a symbol of the woke business culture we are experiencing today. Shareholders and investors are seeing their returns diminished by woke business practices, which in effect is just socialism in disguise.
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Ron Paul will always be the GOAT politician in the USA”
I think HORSESASS is more appropriate.
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I realized that stereotypes were worthless when I started coaching basketball. I remember that one of the coaches (who skipped player evaluations) made his first draft pick a black girl because he thought she would be a great player. Only when we started playing games did he find out she sucked – one of the worst players I ever saw. Maybe because her parents were black Canadians.
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She did grow up to be a good lacrosse player.
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Oldest is starting lacrosse tomorrow. Problem is his penchant for broken bones (from a childhood illness…he’s kind of fragile). I am hoping that he doesn’t get checked and break an arm…
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LOL
“Michael Moore tells Israel to stop fighting Hamas, demands Jews focus on fighting white Christians instead because of the Spanish Inquisition”
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Zzzzzzzzzz
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You’re wrong.
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The Oscars will start an hour earlier.
So instead of not watching the Oscars at 8 I won’t be watching the Oscars at 7.
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Who is wrong?
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Fake Flapper of cn and n says that trump participated in an “errction” while interviewing Nikita.
-Tina.
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Lacrosse has taken over as the “cool” sport. My children did not play it. I think the checking comes in the higher grades. Tripping is probably a bigger risk than physical contact.
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yes, it is becoming cool, but down here, in the town we live in, baseball is king. Only about 5,500 in the town (its an enclave inside a bigger city) and over 1,000 kids in the local little league. They have spring ball and fall ball. Boys played for two seasons with sweet left handed swings. Sadly, they don’t play anymore…I still keep Mets games on in the background when they are home 😉
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Maybe Michael Moore should tell Jason to fight the Spanish.
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The Trump Base has now entered the “there aren’t enough white people on television” stage.
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They better hope Nikki Haley never runs an ad featuring her family
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Watching the Mets could drive a lot of people away from baseball.
I know you are contacted to the professional sports world. Please thank the Mets for giving up on Zach Wheeler. The Phillies just signed him to a 3 year extension.
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Hey Walt, we are now part of the “Trump base”!
It’s not a question of “not enough” white people.
It is the fact that wokeness now mandates a disproportionate amount of “diversity” in ads because somehow not doing so is “racist”.
I think it is stupid. Others are free to disagree.
But since I don’t believe Trump is a racist nor the vast majority of his supporters, the comment about “Trump’s Base” is idiotic too.
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According to this story form early last year, commercials are becoming whiter.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaredcouncil/2023/01/26/after-vows-of-more-diversity-tv-commercials-and-digital-ads-are-getting-whiter-survey-says/
I happen to think that if you are watching commercial after commercials and paying very close attention to them, you are probably very, very old.
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mets gave away wheeler while picking up a woke starter who has already fizzled out. Phillies gained.
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And of course, it’s obviously Jewish executives “replacing” all the white folk.
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Jake from State Farm is the downfall of America.
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I saw that, and suffered reading the entire article as we have a pitching staff headed by…No one. even the one bright spot is out, and I would put money on heading for surgery.
The rest are cast offs and rookies not quite ready. Going to be a long year
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lying AOC won’t call the Gaza genocide a genocide when confronted by activists https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1764855791893270691?s=20
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Since the only TV I watch is a few reality shows and occasionally golf, maybe what I see is not representative.
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So you have this Jack P fellow, who is an admitted Holocaust denier, upset at AOC, because she will not agree with the radical Palestinian activists about a “genocide” they think is being committed by Jews
All of that may be consistent for the bunu brand, but there are a couple of other people here who sure love themselves some Jack Posobiec and feature his stuff here all the time. Why should they be held to a different standard than bunu?
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Walt is very very old.
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AOC doesn’t agree with the Palestinian activists?
That certainly is news to me.
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In all seriousness, if you dig into the actual data, it appears that white people are represented more in ads than than they are in the American population in general. Yes, ads are more “diverse” than they were 20 years ago but so is the country. There is no empirical evidence to suggest that white people are underrepresented in tv commercials. Perhaps so if you are watching BET or Telemundo.
Some of you probably live in areas where a vast majority of people are white and you may just not realize that it is not representative of the country anymore.
That bothers some people. Some people do not care. You are either in one camp or another.
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Who is Jack Posoviek?
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Trump defeats Nikita in the North Dakota caucus. He wins all 29 delegates.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Posobiec
He recently was a big draw at C-PAC. Tina has a poster of him over her bed.
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Ok I google him…
“Jack Posobiec is a former Navy intelligence officer who specialized in the Communist Chinese Party and is now a Senior Editor for Human Events – a leading outlet of populist conservative thought.”
No wonder I haven’t heard of him. I am not a real fan of “populist conservative thought”.
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Some of you probably live in areas where a vast majority of people are white and you may just not realize that it is not representative of the country anymore.”
LOL
Yes, I live in PA where the vast majority of people are white.
The 5 largest ethnic groups in Pennsylvania are White (Non-Hispanic) (75%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (10.5%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (3.53%), White (Hispanic) (3.23%), and Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (2.65%).
I also realize that my ethnic group is only 3.23% in PA.
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I was waiting for the Babylon Bee Headline
IN MAJOR BLOW TO DEMOCRACY, SUPREME COURT RULES VOTERS CAN VOTE FOR FAVORITE CANDIDATE
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I think its Liberals who don’t understand American demographics. They think NYC, Chicago, LA and SF (i.e. big cities) are representative of America…they are not. They are representative of the Urban areas of the USA, the rest of America is still overwhelmingly White Christian.
I think what people are objecting to is this force feeding of wokeness on people
btw – drag queen library hour is bad for kids. Its confusing, and promotes an agenda to push kids towards the LGBTDQIABCDEFG agenda. Kids are VERY easily influenced, and like to be different because it attracts attention, especially from those disaffected at home.
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Where is there data suggesting that less than 59 percent of people portrayed in all commercials are non-white? 59 percent is the white population. All the data that can be found seems to suggest that the number of white people across all commercials is around 70 percent.
Now, we get a further complaint that the white people somehow being excluded from ads should also be “White Christian” (in caps). Aren’t there white people who are not Christian? How do you know when you see an ad?
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Jason. Glad to see you like golf. So you play?
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so should be do
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I am actually watching commercials and trying to determine the race of the people in the commercials. It seems to easily be about 2/3 white people. The ads geared towards senior citizens are whiter.
There are a bunch of dogs in commercials too. I do not know which race they identify with.
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Biden pushing a fake ceasefire for the fake news to report on; planning on sending even more weapons for the genocide to Israel
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Any commercial featuring a mixed-breed mutt is part of the Woke Agenda, clearly.
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By disseminating these fake images featuring Trump chilling with black people, some of those supporting him are not respecting those of you who feel alienated and isolated in America because of your whiteness.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68440150
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….troll posts again.
stop it robbie
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Anonymous moron has written like 30 posts on TV ads while I think Walt wrote one and I wrote like 2.
I think people obsessed with TV ads must be really, really, stupid.
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As far as I know, there are only 3 Trump supporters here. Janzam, Tina and Bunu.
Everyone else here supported other candidates.
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Jason, I think you are right.
But…those of us who supported other candidates seem to say they will vote Trump in the general (in your case as long as his VP choice isnt Haley).
I do hope he chooses Scott. I really don’t see anyone else who will move the needle. I would have said Haley, but she’s clearly positioning for 2028. There is no woman candidate who will help him win votes, so, Scott seems to be the obvious pick.
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It’s not about “moving the needle.”
It’s about not having deepstate replacement sitting at #2 in charge.
We saw what happened when Reagan sentenced the party to 40 years of the Bush crime family, and it almost got extended with Jeb!
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9-0
good day.
see you when I see you. NHL Playoffs start soon
Egg cremes on me.
Cheers!
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Forget to say – Bitterlaw, great job on the website!
And Cheers to DW for his work as well!
Stay healthy!
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NYC?
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