Month: December 2020

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media4 Comments

This Didn’t Have to Happen

Allison Hantschel

I talked to Lyz Lenz this week about what really happened to newspapers:  Lyz: For so long, I made “subscribe to your local newspaper” a part of my efforts. And it’s why I took the job that I was fired from. But every once in a while, I hear from people who say, “I would love to subscribe to my local newspaper, but it’s run by literal, like, white supremacist apologists.” And you know what, good point! Allison: I used to subscribe to both the Tribune and the Sun-Times when I was reporting, because I basically felt like I had to. And nine times out … Continue reading This Didn’t Have to Happen

Campaign Notes, Free Republic, JOEY B SHARK, Stupid Republican Tricks, Supreme Court, The Darnold, Tommy T3 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “STOP – in the name of lawve” edition

Tommy T

So, Freepers – how did that that Ken Pax-Man Supreme Court lawsuit that was going to save The Darnold even better than a Sidney Powell Kraken work out for ya?

 

 

 

SCOTUS Denies Texas
legalinsurrection.com ^ | 12/11/2020 | Staff

Posted on 12/11/2020, 5:37:10 PM by jroehl

Fox news:

155, ORIG. TEXAS V. PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL. The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot. Statement of Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins: In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction. See Arizona v. California, 589 U. S. ___ (Feb. 24, 2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting). I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue.

1 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:37:10 PM by jroehl
To: jroehl

That’s it then

2 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:37:58 PM by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)

Pretty much, yeah.
To: jroehl

Damn them!

3 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:38:13 PM by Texan

To: jroehl

Then we no longer have a Constitution.

8 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:39:09 PM by Ben Hecks (Don’t Google it – Duck it!)

Nope – I just had a look – it’s still right there in the Rotunda at the National Archives.  Where were you looking?
Under your bed?
To: PghBaldy

Just elect Perdue and the lovely Kelly Loeffler. That will fix everything.

22 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:41:20 PM by lodi90

To: jroehl

To Hell with these black robed demons. It is time to water the tree of liberty.

24 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:41:33 PM by diplomatic_immunity

With the blood of “patriots”?  I agree completely.  Just lean over the nearest tree and open up your veins.
To: o2bfree

Quite believable, actually. Too many keep denying the impact of the Deep State. People were told Trump would never be allowed to be re-elected by the Deep State. No one should be surprised that’s where we’re headed.

35 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:42:30 PM by CatOwner

Well, it’s official.
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Everyone except The Darnold is now the Derp State.  Took a while, but you finally got there.
To: jroehl
How the heck is this even possible?!?!

Um – one state can’t dictate election terms to any other state? I know it’s a shocker….

 

One thing for certain I will not be voting again, it’s just not worth it!

36 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:42:36 PM by existentially_kuffer

Promises, promises.
To: jroehl

Lawless country. I want a divorce. Irreconcilable differences.

40 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:42:53 PM by rigelkentaurus

Works for me.  Of course, you know she’ll get everything, including your house and car, child support (for all the children torn from their parents’ arms at the border), and a restraining order preventing you from coming any closer than the ten-mile offshore limit…
To: jroehl

The Soap BoxThe Ballot Box

The Jury Box<———you are here

The Cartridge Box<———you are here – fire at will

54 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:44:22 PM by rockrr ( Everything is different now…)

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Which one’s Will?

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To: jroehl

Actually, I predicted that the matter of standing would block this case from consideration.My fellow Freepers, while I acknowledge the moral righteousness here and also acknowledge that “no standing” is a typical judicial dodge to avoid making controversial rulings, we have to ask ourselves if one state really has standing to sue over how another state runs its business.

Common sense and morality are not necessarily the basis on how The Law works.

70 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:45:39 PM by Lysandru
To: Mmogamer

No use following laws Should be open season on Commie Dems

74 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:46:03 PM by Renegade

Feel free to try it, shit-for-brains.  But you’ll do nothing, just like you didn’t do anything the last ten times you threatened to grab a gun and start shooting.
To: jroehl

Civil war… the only solution left. Time to mobilize and resist the criminal US Government.

82 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:46:42 PM by DesertRhino (Dog is man’s best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. …. )

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WOLVERINES !!!! Mount UP!!!
To: jroehl

OK, well, I don’t know about anyone else, but as for me – I’m going to war.- Mike out.

83 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:46:44 PM by grobdriver (BUILD KATE’S WALL!)
You’re not going anywhere, you blithering buffoon – except to bed to cry yourself to sleep.
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To: alternatives?

Sorry, you’re right. It was the three Trump appointees who stabbed us in the back. So now I do believe that “Justice” Kavanaugh, whom we all fought so hard for to less than no avail, did in fact rape that woman.

99 posted on 12/11/2020, 5:48:10 PM by laconic

Welcome to the party, moron.
More after the “more” thingy

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Adrastos, Comedy, Diary, Film, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Television2 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: Watching The Wheels

Peter Adrastos Athas
Wheel by Paul Strand.

December 8, 1980 is another day “which will live in infamy.” It was the day that John Lennon was murdered. I keep meaning to mark the day here at First Draft but somehow keep missing it. This year, it was Athenae Tuesday so at least I have a good reason.

All Beatles fans who were alive and sentient 40 years ago remember where they were when they heard the news. I was a typical college kid: I was doing laundry at my parents’ house and watching Monday Night Football with my father. Howard Cosell made the announcement. I was shocked and saddened. Lou made it worse by saying, “He was probably buying drugs on the street.” My mother shushed him but my aggravation level hit 100. That’s the not terribly interesting story of where I was when John Lennon was killed.

John Lennon wrote Watching The Wheels in the year of his death for the posthumously released Double Fantasy album. He was returning home from a recording session when he was murdered. I should have told my dad that rock stars didn’t score on the street but had their drugs delivered to them in the studio.

We have three versions of this swell song for your listening pleasure: the Lennon original and covers by The Samples and Chris Cornell.

This is the second time this fall that I’ve used a wheelie tune as the Saturday post theme song. Here’s a Kiwi wheelie song before we jump to the break:

Now that we’ve been fortified by the Crowdies, let’s do it. See you on the other side.

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Michael F1 Comment

Sore Loserzombies

mmferry1965

  With their rabid temperaments and tendencies to possess arsenals of weapons, this is like watching someone playing with sparklers in a garage full of greasy rags and open gas cans. Maybe nothing will happen, but if something does, we can’t claim to be surprised. Sadder still is that it’s taken this long to see just how bugfuck crazy the nuttier examples of the wingnut persuasion are, even though it’s really not new at all. Birchers ranted about fluoridation of water. The pro-Vietnam war faction spent decades insisting the Rambo fantasy of unreleased POWs was real. QAnon’s rantings about pedophilia … Continue reading Sore Loserzombies

Campaign Notes, Free Republic, Tommy T2 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Me golden idol is tarnished” redux edition 2

Tommy T

Oh dear.

Every time the Freeperati turn to a new hero, the previous one kicks them in the ass.

I’m loving it!

First, a little reminder of how much Freepers once loved them some Billy Goat Gruff :

William Barr — mic drop moment — BOOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KzSNZVl40E&feature=youtu.be&t=8227 ^ | July 27, 2020 | William Barr

Posted on 7/28/2020, 3:32:11 PM by edwinland

Without a doubt the best and most hilarious answer to a question in the 231 year history of the United States Congress.

1 posted on 7/28/2020, 3:32:11 PM by edwinland

 

To: edwinland

Bill Barr was awesome today. Freakin’ love this guy. And what a scary reminder of what constitutes today’s Democrat party, i.e., race-baiters and insane, foaming-at-the-mouth liberals (e.g., that guy with an Italian name from, I think, Rhode Island).

7 posted on 7/28/2020, 3:38:59 PM by irishjuggler

Ah, memories….

Barr: No evidence of fraud that’d change election outcome AP via Seatle Times ^ | Dec. 1, 2020 | MICHAEL BALSAMO Posted on 12/1/2020, 1:23:07 PM by proust

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

1 posted on 12/1/2020, 1:23:07 PM by proust
To: proust

WTH!!!

6 posted on 12/1/2020, 1:24:59 PM by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, Libs, Progs, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It’s a Godlessness disorder.)

Barr is compromised and scared.

Another spineless waste of oxygen

7 posted on 12/1/2020, 1:25:03 PM by BuckeyeGOP ( )

To: proust
9 posted on 12/1/2020, 1:25:30 PM by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
To: proust

So….I guess that seals the deal. FBI & CIA are enemies of Trump. What’s the point of any of this? 😡

11 posted on 12/1/2020, 1:25:45 PM by Jrabbit

To: proust

Oh THERE he is! Useless POS stays silent during the legal fight of our Republic’s life.

Now driving the nail in the coffin of Trump’s rightful second term.

Beyond disgusted. Knifing Trump in the back.

20 posted on 12/1/2020, 1:27:07 PM by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender! )

Sounded better in the original German.

To: proust

Trump is alone, except for us.

17 posted on 12/1/2020, 1:26:42 PM by libh8er

Not true.
He still has Rudy Giuliani
To: proust

“Trust Sessions. Trust Barr.”

And whoever Pedo Joe selects as attorney general? I’ll trust him as much as I do these two pathetic losers.

37 posted on 12/1/2020, 1:29:06 PM by Responsibility2nd (I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve. DJT 11-07-20)

To: OKSooner

… and Trump picked both Sessions and Barr so there’s that.

49 posted on 12/1/2020, 1:30:02 PM by plain talk

To: proust

What I would post would get me banned!!!!!!!!!!!!

69 posted on 12/1/2020, 1:35:55 PM by Freedom56v2 (Republicans will get the government they deserve if they do nothing :()

That reminds me.  Remember last week when I mentioned saving entire threads instead of just bookmarking them, so I can undo what the moderators do?
Follow me below the fold for the thread that didn’t get away!

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Athenae, Faith, Religion, Uncategorized4 Comments

I Am Running Out Of Patience With People Who Think God Needs Our Defense

Allison Hantschel

This ulcer’s coming along nicely, thanks much: The Assembly GOP plan would also enact several restrictions on state and local governments when it comes to limiting crowds. It would: Restrict the power of local health officers from ordering the closure of a business unless it applies to all types of businesses. Similarly, a local health officer would be barred from restricting capacity at businesses unless those restrictions apply to all businesses. Prohibit state and local health departments from prohibiting gatherings in churches. Okay. Let’s ignore the obvious, which is that this entire bill is BUGBONKERS INSANE, punishing schools for offering … Continue reading I Am Running Out Of Patience With People Who Think God Needs Our Defense

Adrastos, Diary, Elections, Film, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Sports, Television1 Comment

Saturday Odds & Sods: Help On The Way

Peter Adrastos Athas
New York Movie by Edward Hopper.

It’s a been a cold week in New Orleans. Not Minnesota cold but our hundred-year-old raised house is designed to stay coolish in the pre-AC era, not stay warm in the winter. It’s drafty but we love it anyway.

It’s runoff election day in the Gret Stet of Louisiana. I discussed the DA’s race at Bayou Brief but there’s also a local ballot measure that would mess up our public library system, which is one of the few things that works well in New Orleans. I’m voting NO and if you’re in the Crescent City, you should too. If you don’t believe me, read this piece by my friend Kevin Allman.

This week’s theme song was written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter for the Dead’s 1975 album, Blues For Allah. The attached instrumental Slipknot came out of a jam by the whole damn band.

I selected Help On The Way to remind our readers that the Trump regime will only be in power for 46 more days. Help is on the way, y’all.

What’s a Grateful Dead theme song without a live version? It’s not only helpful, it rolls away the dew too:

I’m in a helpful mood right now, so here are songs by The Beatles and Joni Mitchell that should help elevate your mood:

Now that I’ve extended a helping hand, let’s jump to the break.

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Michael F1 Comment

If You Ever Wondered How ‘The Big Lie’ Gets Spread…

mmferry1965

…wonder no more, your question is answered. When Trump first announced, I thought he’d be an amusing sideshow/clownshow, but I also thought, ok, guess it’s good to know if were a nation of petty, narcissistic, racist assholes (or used car salesmen). Turns out, no, but not by nearly the majority I thought (might be a bit more than that if we really did have universal suffrage, but..). Damn. Did Trump get a pretty big boost from an idiot media that ignored or downplayed his massive and obvious lack of qualifications to do much of anything besides cheat at golf? Yeah, … Continue reading If You Ever Wondered How ‘The Big Lie’ Gets Spread…