New Book:
 | GOP | DEM |
| Republican +1 | 218 | 217 |
MICHIGAN 2026
US Senate
🟦Abdul El-Sayed 48%
🟥Mike Rogers 47%
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Michigan Governor
🟦Jocelyn Benson 49%
🟥John James 44%
Fabrizio/Impact (AARP) poll | 8/9-8/11 LV
FL-22
🟥Casey Asker 50%
🟦Pia Dandiya 50%
Tavern Research-D poll | 8/10-8/12 LV
MI-7
🟦William Lawrence 49%
🟥Tom Barrett 47% (incumbent)
GSG-D House Majority PAC (Dem)- 8/11-8/13
Hochul must have really pissed the Knicks owner off…not only the Knicks but he owns Madison Square Garden and the Rangers.
“ALBANY, New York — Sports and entertainment mogul James Dolan has emerged as the largest GOP donor in the Empire State this election cycle after backing Gov. Kathy Hochul’s last campaign.
Dolan, his company and family members donated $1.4 million this year to committees supporting Hochul’s GOP foe, Bruce Blakeman, and have put millions more into super PACs that have started to support the Republican. The money represents crucial support after one of the party’s biggest rainmakers stopped giving.
The money stands to have an impact far beyond the gubernatorial campaign: Republicans desperately need Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, to run a competitive race against Hochul in order to win several New York swing House seats that will potentially determine control of Congress and the final years of Donald Trump’s presidency.
The giving also arrives during an advantageous moment for Dolan, the owner of the New York Knicks, Rangers and the arena where they play — iconic Madison Square Garden. Trump, a Blakeman ally, is backing an $8 billion overhaul of New York City’s Penn Station that will leave the Garden in place — potentially sparing Dolan a major headache.
The president and Blakeman were guests in Dolan’s suite during game three of the NBA Finals. Dolan plans to bring his basketball team to the White House, the first time an NBA champion has done so during either Trump presidency.”
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First. I watched The Odyssey last week. It was good but I thought Walt would be a character in the story”
I hope Walt watches it so he can opine here as to its historical accuracy.
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The Knicks are more popular than Mamdani or Hochul. Dolan is making an investment.
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Now that the DSA has openly admitted they plan communism for us (elimination of the SCOTUS, POTUS, Senate, etc.), its not too early to warn everyone that their communism will be retroactive.
Any and all savings and investments you have piled up for retirement will be seized and used for the good of the “people” i.e. the government, while you get to work like a dog just barely getting enough to feed yourself until you drop dead in your old age.
One of the things that kept people going in the Soviet Union was strong family ties, where extended family members worked together to keep everyone fed, and everyone as healthy as possible.
But with leftist individualism/isolation being the norm, where everyone is conditioned to reject family, and live alone with government as your god, father, and spouse, the results will be devastating. With no family to help individuals to cope with life under the oppressive communist government, suicide will be so rampant that there may not even be enough people to work the shovels.
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NORTH CAROLINA
US Senate North Carolina 2026 (Likely voters)
🟦Roy Cooper 50%
🟥Michael Whatley 45%
High Point University poll – 8/3-8/12
Keep in mind that High Point was off by three in favor of Harris in 2024
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But iran is winning and hormuzzle is closed.
Raz Zimmt
@RZimmt
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Significant statements from Tehran today point to a growing recognition among the Iranian leadership of the severity of the economic situation and the erosion of Iran’s ability to use the Strait of Hormuz as leverage in light of U.S. military gains in opening a corridor through
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Lol – I wonder if a free passer writes this shit.
*Walter Bloomberg
@DeItaone
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PRESIDENT PEZESHKIAN SAYS IRAN SHOULD END WAR NOW THAT IT IS IN A POSITION OF STRENGTH AND WORLD ACKNOWLEDGES ITS VICTORY – ISNA
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on Iran, Trump needs to communicate better how he believes we are winning, and doing so without spilling the blood of thousands of young Americans, because he used technology instead of boots on the ground.
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But iran is winning and hormuzzle is closed.
I guess Tina is going to continue to ride this statement that nobody made.
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Pretty obvious.
A senior official with direct knowledge tells me the U.S. has brought over 1,000 ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Amazing. Iran does not control the strait. America does.
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Strangle your little kids? No problem
Kill a state trooper? No problem
Just claim you are nuts and get a free pass.
A South Carolina inmate convicted of killing a state trooper more than 25 years ago cannot be executed due to a mental illness that has him believing he is immortal, a judge ruled.
The judge said Wood believes that he is immortal, has already died three times on death row and will be resurrected again if the state executes him, citing the mental health experts’ testimony during a hearing in March, the South Carolina Daily Gazette reported.
Wood also believes he has already received a pardon from South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster.”
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Since muh $20 burrito and Iran is winning/hormuzzle is closed have failed, the free passers are now going back to Epplestein.
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Lol – I wonder if a free passer writes this shit.
I doubt it. Of course, the mysterious and unidentified “free passers” don’t write anything Tina makes up.
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Seattle Times sports columnist Matt Caulkins has resigned from the newspaper after almost a decaded of writing for them because they refused to publish an article about trans-athletes playing in women’s sports.
The Seattle Times will call it editorial discretion, of course. Writers will say their story was being spiked.
Nah, it was censorship because the Seattle Times is ultra liberal in an ultra liberal city.
BTW-the recall of Mayor Forehead (Katie Wilson) is preceeding nicely.
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My response as a judge to a killer trying to avoid execution by claiming to be immortal..
“Well, there is only one way to find out”
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I read a story about a teenager who killed his girlfriend and then got his mom to try and clean up the blood and hide the body.
I have already told my family I will not be tampering with evidence or hiding bodies for them.
Jason already said he will support his children if they are accused of DUI killings. Not sure how he feels about hiding bodies.
also from that High Point poll:
High Point University pol
8/3-8/12 LV
US President generic ballot 2028 (North Carolina)
🟥Republican 47%
🟦Democratic 45%
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The Hill: Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) says Piker, DSA members “can’t coexist with me” Well, I mean, we’re going to see if we can coexist with them. I mean, they can’t coexist with me.” Moskowitz told Fox Business Network’s Stuart Varney on “Varney & Co.” while discussing Piker and the DSA.
Translation: The Democratic Party is now the DSA party and we cannot stop it.
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Kreate Strategies poll
8/13-8/16 LV
Arizona Governor 2026
🟦Katie Hobbs 45% (incumbent)
🟥Andy Biggs 40%
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Which is more real?
The tooth fairy, the Easter bunny, moderate Democrats, or Tina’s freepassers?
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Not sure how he feels about hiding bodies”
I guess it would depend on the circumstance.
I like my daughter in law so I doubt I will help him bury her.
But if he lived in anti-gun state where if you shoot an armed burglar in your house you still can be accused of murder and he wanted help burying the body, I might help.
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I don’t recognize these pollsters. Did they change names? Seems like random polling firm is dumping poles.
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CLEVELAND (Court TV) — A divorce attorney accused of stabbing his client to death will head to trial after a judge refused to dismiss charges against him.
Gregory Moore, 52, has pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping and conspiracy in the death of his client, Aliza Sherman, 53. Prosecutors have said that Sherman was stabbed to death outside Moore’s law office and have accused Moore of sending her a message that lured her to her death. While Sherman waited for Moore outside the office, she was approached by someone who chased her before stabbing her more than 10 times”
I don’t understand why this lawyer doesn’t get a free pass.
So many legitimate reasons he could have gone hhmmm “temporarily” insane. She could have balked at his bill or called him on his lunch hour for example.
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A headline says that that in MI, Rogers’ pitch to win over concerned Jewish voters may be falling flat.
Why?
a) the article sites polling data showing Jews supporting El-Sayed.
b) the article refers to a focus groups of 20 Jews who expressed reservations about jumping to Rogers.
c) unnamed local “leaders” say the Rogers’ scheme to win Jews may not work.
d) none of the above.
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Looks like a Sc decision is due on the WH Ballroom stoppage by the Marxist judge.
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All. the above.
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Prosecutors say Moore killed Sherman in order to disrupt divorce proceedings.
See, I told ya there was a good reason.
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c. was the correct answer.
A totally fake news story trying to influence public opinion. They find someone they deem a “leader” and that person says the plan may not work, so the headline is written “Mike Rogers’ Pitch to Jewish Democrats May Be Falling Flat”
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As I sagely predicted yesterday, the MSM is no longer enamored with Michael Cohen.
The Guardian has a headline calling him a “Sycophant who has lost his nerve”
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DW, of the given choices, “C” is the most ridiculous, so I’m going with that.
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Too bad Amoral Scumbag is not here.
I would love to see his post about his hero going back to sucking up to Trump.
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I said all the above because a and b will happen too, bet on it.
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Even Bitter has to admit when you kill your client it can disrupt the court proceedings.
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What is amazing is that the lawyer killed this woman in 2013.
She was standing outside his office in downtown Cleveland in broad daylight. Witnesses saw a hooded man approach her from behind, chase her and stab her 12 times.
So it does not seem like a very well planned out murder but he got away with it for 13 years. And depending on the jury, could still get away with it.
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Even Bitter has to admit when you kill your client it can disrupt the court proceedings.
Most lawyers would ask for a continuance or withdraw their appearance. Killing your client is a bit much.
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Bitter is obviously old school.
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https://www.dailymail.com/real-estate/article-16069949/private-island-sale-florida-keys.html
I think Walt will buy this with secret treasure.
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Shmolling TMUS Polling, [Totally Made Up Sh!t]
A majority of American voters support the following:
–a tax on people for every 10 poinds they are overweight (obvious exemptions for pregnant women, no exemption for men whe claim to be pregnant)
–Putting a maximum salary cap on professional sports athletes of no more than $20MM / YEAR
–putting a 20% tax on all tattoos
–allowing the federal government to monitor all social media posts to troll for illegal activity (scams, crimes, etc) and arrest those committing crimes.
–further allowing federal government to regulate all social media to require each post to carry a HEADLINE saying this post is “NOT FACTUAL” or , “FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY”, or “OPINION ONLY” or “TOTALLY MADE UP SH!T” if the post is something other than a some factual statement, or reposting of a weather or news report. [BIG FINES FOR VIOLATIONS, PLUS LIFETIME BAN ING FROM ALL SOCIAL MEDIA
–requiring social media loke FACEBOOK to put the ORIGINAL DATE prominently at the top of all videos and reels, so people will not think that X just happened rather than really happening 6 months ago [PLUS SAME BIG FINE AND LIFETIME BAN AS ABOVE]
–a 1% national sales tax on any and every transaction including things bought by schools, lawyer fees, medical care purchases, insurance premium policies, real estate transactions, food, clothing, rent, mortgage loans, gambling bets made, contracts to pay people to off someone, etc
Any and all revenue from the above will be used to pay down the national debt and will remain in place until the national debt is paid off.
MORE COMING…about the National Debt….and my take
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I wouldn’t buy it because it doesn’t have a shooting range or a jogging track and while it has a helipad it doesn’t come with a helicopter.
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the boat owner/operator in NYC whose tourist boat was overcrowded and he did not have any life jackets on board and a woman and child died just recently in NY harbor …
THE OWNER/OPERATOR WAS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN.
Two more America s to add to the list who died because of illegal aliens flood.
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In 1960 in 9th grade citizenship/civics class, I did an assignment. I researched and wrote a short paper about the atonal debt.
I warned that if we did not change something, we would soon be seeing 10% of the annual federal budget going to just pay interest on the debt. I posited that this could be the downfall of the U.S.
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Flash forward to today.
ANNUAL interest payment on the atonal debt is the 2nd largest spending item in the federal budget
Only cost of Social Security in higher the ND interest costs.
Nat. Debt interest payment is HIGHER that spending for the military.
HIGHER than Medicare.
Dollar amount today on ND interest is over $1.1 TRILLION.
That is @ $3 BILLION a DAY.
So 2 days of Interest on ND is MORE that the entire annual general revenue budget for WV of $5.5 BB.
The total national debt is now over $40 TRILLION.
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ALL STATES require an annual BALANCED BUDGET…. except one….
….VERMONT
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When states want to spend more than they take in they often issue road bonds or other bonds. They gain revenue to build stuff now to pay back later in bond and interest payments. Federal government does the same.
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it seems that a huge and growing national debt does not really have big negative impact on the citizens of the U. S.
I DO have a theory that it subconsciously causes people to internalize the national debt issue with govt taking in less that they spend and Americans take in way more calories that they burn off every year and keep getting more and more pudgy. They subconsciously feel if the U. S. can operate with the income / outflow imbalance, then it is ok for them to operate on a similar imbalance of calorie intake /outflow.
Anyway…
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I have changed my mind since I was in 9th grade. I do not see the National debt issue and big interest payments as being alarming.
First, as a % of GNP, the interest on debt is only about 3%.
Secondly, the U. S. government does have assets. The Federal government ow Ed about 30% of all the land in the U.S. Plus the feds own a lot of buildings worth a lot of combimed value. All of this should be worth trillions.
Plus it has over a TRILLION alone in military hardware (ships, planes, tanks, etc.)
PLUS the government owns all the gold at Fort Knox. And Trillions in mineral rights of things beneath the and it owns.
Plus a lot of things of value like the original U.S. Dec of Ind and Comstitution and lots of things in government museums that would fetch a big price on Antique Roadshow is we ever did have to sell of some things or have a yard sale.
Back in 9th grade, my research said that the harm of a big natonal debt and having to Pay lots of Interest on the ND, the bad impact would be it would drive up Interest rates and hurt everyone borrowing to buy a car, house, go to college, start a business, etc.
THAT SIMPLY IS NOT HAPPENING.
Now if the feds decided to just print $40 trillion and pay off the national debt in one fell swoop with huper inflated dollars of little value, THAT might cause massive inflation.
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So what IS the bad part of a large and growing national debt?
Maybe causing us to spend a lot of Trillions a year that we COULD be spending to provide other things like roads and highways, replace sketchy bridges, etc.
That is all I got.
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#OnThisDay The Battle of Summit Point, also known as Flowing Springs or Cameron’s Depot, was an inconclusive battle of the American Civil War fought on August 21, 1864, near Summit Point, West Virginia.The battle was part of Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign, which took place between August and December 1864. While Sheridan concentrated his army near Charles Town, Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson attacked the Union forces with converging columns on August 21.Anderson struck north against the Union cavalry at Summit Point. The Union forces fought effective delaying actions, withdrawing to near Halltown on the following day. The battle resulted in approximately 1,000 casualties.#Americancivilwarandukhistory #Americancivilwar #PhillipSheridan #RichardAnderson #WestVirginia #CharlesTown
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This battle was only about 10 miles from where I live now
Walt liked the area so much that after the battle, bought a farm.
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SCOTUS allows WH construction to continue.
Tina hardest hit since she hated conservatives Roberts and Barrett.
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where is the link to the SCOTUS decision?
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bombshell ruling? It seems it was just an administrative stay to allow it to continue while the case is being litigated.
Hopefully the construction will be finished before they make any decision.
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They stayed it pending formal opinions from the justices. . I presume it’s 6 to 3. It appears that one of the 3 leftists is still writing her opinion. I believe I know which one (kenjuh). While the other two are Marxists, they at least know what a legal brief is.
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it should be 9-0 as the lady dog walker has no standing. After all, Texas has no standing in 2020 (us voters).
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The 2 Marxists also know how to write opinions. Kenjuh does not.
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https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6044226-navy-doris-miller-trump-aircraft-carrier/amp/
I really hope this is not true. Miller should have received the Medal of Honor AND had a ship named in his honor decades ago.
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Bitter,
on local talk radio pa El they were discussing issues and Trump
They said the navy is building some new class aircraft carriers and Trump likes the old WWII style carriers with the tall command bridge on the side near the ce ter of the carriers. The new carriers have the tall command bridge on the one side but towrd the rear. Trump wants them to redesign and put the command d bridge back toward the center.
Carriers also have a mechanical thingies that helps launch the planes off the deck. Have had thst for decades. Trump wants them to make the launch mechanism be steam drive. Like it was decades ago.
These are the things that drive me crazy about Trump.
He spends time and energy involved with these type things instead of leaving those decisions to the top military people. He also focuses on the reflecting pool, plans to build a huge arch in D.C., put his ba.ebon the Kennedy Center, build a ballroom,…window dressing stuff thst is really far, far down the list of priorities on the American people.
I remain of the belief that Trump is on the autism spectrum somewhere.
If I could be given the chance to pick 40 past presidents and be granted a day or two with each to spend time with and talk to, Trump would not be on my list of presidents to spend a day or two days with.
I find him insufferable as a person. I would be in misery.
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Nixon was quirky, but except for immercing himself in Watergate cover up] pretty much devoted himself and his time to dealing with national and international issues of importance. He rarely got distracted when some squirrel unexpectedly darted across the white house lawn.
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Very cool show on National Geo called Reunited.
It shows people who were saved by someone on 9/11 meeting up with the person who saved them 25 years later.
Some incredible stories.
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Frankly, most of those things on Walt’s list are really important and I doubt they take that much of Trump’s time.
The ballrooms is a very worthwhile and necessary project. I don’t understand the opposition to it. Its funded by private money and its going to be a tremendous asset for the future. WTF is the problem?
The rest the MSM likes to harp on, but I really don’t see a problem in having Trump’s name at the Kennedy Center, or repairing the reflecting pool.
I could do without the arch, but again its not a big deal
I googled the carrier issue. I don’t begrudge Trump the right to choose aesthetic features for the carriers, my reservation concerns the cost of changing the design, not the design itself.
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As for meeting Presidents, I think Trump would be a great guy to meet. It seems most people who meet him enjoy spending time with him. As narcissistic blowhards go, I think he would be more interesting than most.
For Presidents in modern times, say 1940 onwards, my top choice would be Reagan. But I would put Trump in my top 3, with Nixon rounding it out. GWB fourth.
Ford? Not really. GHWB? Too preppy. I would have no interest in meeting Eisenhower who I detest as President.
Democrats? I guess I could sit around and talk about women with Clinton. -=[]
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Pass the popcorn.
Atlanta Mayor Dickens not happy the DNC has eliminated Atlanta from the 2028 convention.
They are afraid to leave their comfort zone and blind to the fact that the South is the answer. They are abandoning Atlanta, abandoning the South, and once again abandoning Black voters.”
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I hate to say it, but Trump is right about the carriers, both in design and the specifics behind the new electric catapults. The Ford Class (to which I am privy as the radar lead for that class and the Zumwalt destroyers) have had awful issues with those things, all because the usual suspects in the defense industry came to Congress by way of their flag officers (both retired and nearing retirement) and sold the Navy a bill of goods (just like they did with that G_d awful LCS class of ships, all of which are useless and will end up being sunk as targets since no one else wants to buy them off of us).
As to the island design, what he’s (as ever, inartfully) referring to is the smaller (though still large) fleet carriers of the past. The current LHAs are comparable to those ships, and can field an impressive arrays of air units. They are cheaper to build, come into service much faster, and working in numbers, can provide decent local air defense without exposing the capital units (CVNs) to more danger than necessary. While I would love nothing more than a 600 ship navy again, that’s just not going to happen. Fifteen carrier strike groups is also not going to happen, so we need to embrace other options for area air defense than ten billion dollar + CVNs.
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I am interested in what GF has to say about Navy ships. Trump? He can, respectfully, F off.
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Yeah, I figured there was more to the carrier story than just run of the mill TDS.
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Rep. Jasmime Crockett (D-TX) says in new interview that the Black community isn’t interested in James Talarico. “I personally don’t feel like the excitement necessarily exists within the Black community … I don’t feel like they’re excited.”
She’s just upset that she isn’t a member of the “big tent” as shown in the cartoon above.
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50% Tariff against Canada is now in force, and in a shocking development, Canada has announced the same dollar for dollar tariff against us.
Wow, nobody could have seen that reaction coming!
I mean when you put a tariff on another nation they are supposed to just pay it and not realize that they can do the same thing back to us.
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Another Democrat outside, yelling at someone inside the “big tent”:
(Axios) “Stop gaslighting me!”: Florida Democrats’ US Senate nominee and party chair have heated call over socialism Florida’s new Democratic Senate nominee, Angie Nixon, and the state party’s chair had a heated conversation Friday which included a yelling match about the impact of socialism and the challenges of campaigning in a red state like Florida. According to two people who spoke with Nixon, both she and Fried yelled at each other over the course of the call.
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Truman would be at the bottom of my list along with Eisenhower. In my view Truman was an accidental president like Ford and Clinton (remember, all the viable candidates in the Dem field bowed out afraid of GHWB’s 80+ approval and they were left with Clinton, Brown and Tsongas, I could probably have prevailed in that field too). Truman was way over his head but at least he got good advice on bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I think he was just a shade above moron.
Bitter’s historical list is excellent, I would make the same choices. Conservatives hate FDR for his huge government expansion, which did happen much to our detriment. But he had the vision to understand the danger Hitler posed and lend-lease was instrumental in defeating the Third Reich. He was an effective President, whether that is good or bad, and got elected 4 times. I would certainly like to have a beer with him.
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50% Tariff against Canada is now in force, and in a shocking development, Canada has announced the same dollar for dollar tariff against us.
Wow, nobody could have seen that reaction coming!”
Nobody wins trade wars. There are only losers.
I don’t care about Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center or the arch.
But I do care about stupid tariffs and trade wars.
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No JFK? He is the only ‘present’ day President I care visit.
PS-LBJ was the only president I’ve seen live and in person. He was celebrating the Marines’ 192nd birthday at Camp Pendleton in 1967. I made the trip with my school.
I did seen Obama take off in Air Force One at Boeing Field (Seattle) and George W. Bush do a flyover in a helicopter on his way to Joint Base Lewis-McCord in Tacoma.
As for the others-don’t care. I do, however, agree with you with Teddy R. His persona did indeed exhibit a ‘man’s man’>
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Of course, higher tariffs on Canada means more inflation and higher prices in the US.
So Trump must care more about his anti-trade and economic isolationism than he does about winning the midterms.
If the Rs lose the House and Senate, Trump will have plenty of time for golf. He won’t get one thing on his agenda done. Nothing. Nada. Zilch.
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I think all the Kennedys are certified sleazebags. So I have no interest in any of them.
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Bitter,
Your list of presidents is eerily similar to what mine would look like.
I would add Madison, Monroe, Cleveland, and Eisenhower to those I would like to spend a day ot two with.
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Aug 21…12:33 post above
I worked hard to stir debate and failed miserably as
nobody took de bait
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Truman’s ego was huge…and he started the trend of presidents leading foreign wars not with overwhelming force to win, but to avoid anything that would damage changes of re-election.
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Same for Aug 21..2:34 post on national debt.
Nobody wants to chime in and tell me why I should b losing sleep on this subject…
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Teddy Roosevelt’s daughter Alice described her dad’s ego and need to be the center of attention.
She that her wanted to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral.
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Teddy Roosevelt was probably the president most like Trump.
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Headline showing the truth of the Homer Hedgehog cartoon above:
Bernie Sanders Throws His Support Behind DSA Member Angie Nixon in Florida
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another headline on the big tent unity:
Atlanta’s Dem Mayor Says DNC Is “Abandoning Black Voters” As South Dropped from 2028 Convention List
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Don’t go over to RRH elections. They have so long ago given up on the elections this fall that they now are already giving up on 2028 and are looking to 2032.
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They keep talking and thinking as though the redistricting war wasn’t won by the GOP. It was. Its going to be hard for Dems to get any sort of sizeable house lead, if they get control at all.
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As far as meeting Presidents, I met Ford, GWB and GHWB. By meeting, I mean shake their hands, all after their terms. I think Ford was like in his late 80’s but still pretty active. I met GWB at an event in PA maybe 15 years ago and actually got to stand around in a group that was talking to him after the event. He told some good stories, unfortunately I can’t remember them.
I have met a lot of other politicians. KBH, Rick Perry, Phil Gramm. Paul Ryan. Tom Corbett. Pat Toomey come to mind.
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Its going to be hard for Dems to get any sort of sizeable house lead, if they get control at all.”
It won’t be hard if its a wave election.
In a wave election 80% + of close races all go the same way.
If its not a wave election, then Rs and Ds will split the swing races and then it would be hard for the Dems to prevail.
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Same with the Senate.
If there is a blue wave Dems will win several of the close races like 52-48.
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I get that jason, but the polling doesn’t suggest such a wave. And the redistricting took many of those races that could have flipped in a wave at 52-48 and put them just out of Dem reach.
Don’t get me wrong, if I start to see a blue wave forming, I will be the first to admit it. Right now I would see a very narrow Dem house majority and a narrow GOP majority in the senate, followed by two years of gridlock where the house spends the next two year impeaching trump over and over to no avail.
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I have never met any president in person, much less a governor. I was once in the same room with Wisconsin US House member James Sensenbrenner, and I once shook hands with Cal Thomas. That’s it.
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I would say Teddy Roosevelt and Trump are the two most interesting personalities as Presidents. Coincidentally, both were very accomplished men outside of politics.
Interestingly enough, Roosevelt was the youngest elected President and Trump the oldest.
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get that jason, but the polling doesn’t suggest such a wave. “
I did say IF there is a blue wave.
Remember, when you were predicting a big Democratic majority, I cautioned that it was unrealistic.
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Bill C. and I would go smoke on the roof of the white house when Hilary would be hosting her witches wiccan meetings
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I keep reading about a site called RRH. What is it?
I check out Freerepublic.com ever so often but don’t think that’s it.
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Starting a list of things we now CAN do but should NOT do.
#####$#$
–do sex change operations
–catfish or scam somebody
–use the internet to stalk someone
–get ride of juries and just use AI instead
–walk up to a wild Buffalo at a national park
–put your hand in lava or geyser water to see if it is hot
–get tattoos
–put on a chunky mask amd run after people asking the. “Are you ready to die?”
–assault ICE when they are doing their job
–watch CNN, the View, etc.
–vote Democrat
–believe there is no election fraud ever
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“when you were predicting a big Democratic majority”
That was back before the GOP won the redistricting war
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Speaking of Presidents-anyone seen the movie about Reagan called “The Brink of War” released last week. Reagan is played by Jeff Daniels. Yep, that Jeff Daniels from the Dumb and Dumber movies.
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Teddy Roosevelt was probably the president most like Trump.
TR was an accomplished politician and a veteran. Also tried to clean up very corrupt New York City as police commissioner. Arrogant but not an a-hole.
Trump? Arrogant AND an a-hole. No military service. No political experience before seeking the White House.
The weeds have not surrendered here, but I an declaring victory and moving on.
gotta clean up and get ready to go out to dinner with some friends this evening.
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My comparison between Teddy Roosevelt and Trump was more along the lines of the bravado. TR once quipped something about hating to work with foreign diplomats from Asia as it was all he could do to not jump up and knock their heads together to get them to understand. Something I can easily see Trump saying.
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Actually, there are some similarities between Teddy R and Trump. Teddy was born in Manhattan while Trump in Queens. Both challenged ‘traditional party establishments’.
Both fought members of their own party….Teddy breaking away and founding the Bull Moose Pary and Trump establishing the MAGA movement.
Both attacked the media. Teddy called the media ‘muckrakers’ while Trump called the ‘fake news’.
Teddy R started the ‘big stick’ approach-peaceful talks back by military force. Trump follows that script.
Both are/were accused of executive overreach.
Both has/had famous words or phrases….Teddy “Bully!” Trump “You’re fired!”
Both were hit with bullets, bled from assassination attempts and continued on.
No winners in stupid tariffs and trade wars.
“A recent survey by Abacus Data suggested that around 36% of Canadians would support retaliating to US tariffs, while a Leger poll indicated that 56% of Canadians want the federal government to take a hard line and make no more concessions.
Canadians frustrated with the US tariffs have already chosen to avoid travelling there. The boycott has meant a loss of about C$3.3bn ($2.35bn; £1.75bn) in travel revenue for the US last year.
A decision by most provinces to remove US alcohol from store shelves has hammered that sector.
Based on US government trade data, US wine exports to Canada fell 78% year over year, a $357m loss in export value. The US distillers association reported similar numbers – saying provincial bans have caused exports of American spirits to drop by more than 70%”
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Teddy breaking away and founding the Bull Moose Pary and Trump establishing the MAGA movement.
And gave the U.S. 2 terms of Woodrow Wilson (or 1 1/2 if the stories of his debilitating stroke and his wife running the country are true).
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Yeah, when I said both were very accomplished before they became President didn’t mean the same accomplishments.
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Around 40 tankers transited in and out of the Strait of Hormuz through the southern deep channel on Friday night. Around 16 million barrels of oil moved out of the strait through the southern channel on Friday night, three U.S. officials told me
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