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Rule 5 Sunday: USS McCall

Posted on | November 20, 2022 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Named for War of 1812 naval hero Edward McCall, this destroyer was part of the Gridley class, laid down in 1936, launched in 1937, and heavily involved in the Pacific War at Guadalcanal, Eniwetok, Yap, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, finishing the war with nine battle stars. In the game Azur Lane, she has the Double Torpedo skill, which makes her more like a Sakura Empire (IJN) destroyer than the rest of the Eagle Union (USN) DDs, which tend to be more optimized toward guns. Laconic and prone to daydreaming, McCall is nonetheless my favorite Eagle Union destroyer, because her torpedoes just don’t quit.
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Torpedoes away, aye aye!

NINETY MILES FROM TYRANNY: Hot Pick of the Late Night, The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #1904, Morning Mistress, and Girls With Guns.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five America Suffering Friday, and the Saturday Gingermageddon.

EBL: MAGA Trump Announcement Speech, Lauren Boebert Wins In CO-3, Bond Girls: Tomorrow Never Dies, Goldeneye, License To Kill, The Living Daylights, and Casino Royale (1967); The Inventor, Yellowstone Season 5, and The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent. 

A VIEW FROM THE BEACH: Lili Simmons, Fish Pic Friday – Outdoors with Paige Bauer, Chesapeake Dolphins on the Move, Trump STILL In, Ivanka Bails, Warnock Demands More Time, Bittersweet, The Wednesday Wetness, House Nears GOP Control, Dem Mega-Donor Goes Down, Lake Loses, Tattoo Tuesday, A (Conservative) Star Is Born, The Monday Morning Stimulus, It Happens Every Year, Palm Sunday, and Birds of a Feather

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Category: Rule 5

Payback Time: McCarthy Will Boot Infamous Jew-Hater From Committee

Posted on | November 20, 2022 | Comments Off on Payback Time: McCarthy Will Boot Infamous Jew-Hater From Committee

Sweet, sweet justice!

Incoming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy repeatedly promised over the past couple of years that, when the GOP regains control of the House, he would remove Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from their respective committees.
It looks like he intends to follow through on that promise.
On Saturday, McCarthy spoke at a Republican Jewish Coalition event in Las Vegas, during which he announced he would follow through on his promise to boot the notorious anti-Semite, Rep. Omar, off the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
“I’m keeping that promise,” he told them.
Sources close to McCarthy told The Washington Times that Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell can expect to be kicked off the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as well. Schiff falsely claimed to have seen intelligence that Trump colluded with Russia, and he heavily promoted the debunked Steele Dossier. Swalwell’s relationship with a Chinese spy had many in the GOP calling for him to be removed, but the Democrat-led House refused.
Last year, House Democrats removed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) from their committees. It was an unprecedented move, as the House majority had never before meddled with the minority party’s committee assignments.

Force them to play by their own rules.

(Hat-tip: Ed Driscoll at Instapundit.)




 

Category: Congress, Democrats

FMJRA 2.0: If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)

Posted on | November 20, 2022 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

A winning week for the Senators! We lost two of three to the Cardinals in St. Louis (the middle game was a 4-1 win with Marichal outdueling Bob Gibson) but beat the Red Sox in two games straight at Fenway, overcoming Jack Billingsley (we NEVER beat Jack Billingsley) and Phil Niekro. Jim Kaat won that second game thanks to the hitters, who pounded poor Phil and the Red Sox bullpen for ten runs en route to a 10-4 win. We’re still 20 games behind the Red Sox in the standings at 50-90, but the rosters have expanded and I think we’re going to win some more close ones over the remaining 22 games.
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Fly the Curly W flag!

In The Mailbox: 11.16.22
Vulture Of Critique
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

The CEO Was a Tumblrina? How Did Somebody Overlook This Gigantic Red Flag in the FTX Catastrophe?
Nebraska Energy Observer
The DaleyGator
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

Crazy People Are Dangerous: ‘Transgender Influencer’ Arrested After Getting Naked, Causing Disturbance at Miami Hotel
The DaleyGator
EBL

‘… After Receiving a Call About a Suspicious Man in the Area …’
357 Magnum
EBL

FMJRA 2.0: Ludwig II Von Bayern
A View From The Beach
EBL

Sam Bankman-Fried: MIT-Educated Crypto Swindler Scammed Billions, Donated Millions to Democrats
357 Magnum
EBL

Why Vote-By-Mail Is The End Of The Republic
357 Magnum
EBL

Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: IJN Uranami
Animal Magnetism
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
A View From The Beach
EBL

Further Proof the Washington Post Copy Desk Is Staffed by Incompetent Idiots
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 11.14.22
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

Our Long National Nightmare Is Over: Republicans Win House Majority
The DaleyGator
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

DOJ to Rudy Giuliani: ‘Oops!’
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 11.15.22
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

The Ka-Bar Killer? ‘Edged Weapon’ Used to Kill 4 Idaho Students, Police Say
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 11.17.22
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

Heckuva Job, Nancy Pelosi: Manager of the Decline of the Democratic Party
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 11.18.22
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach
EBL
Proof Positive

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Orange Man (Still) Bad: Anti-Trump Witch Hunt Must Continue, Says Garland

Posted on | November 19, 2022 | 1 Comment

“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime,” said Stalin’s notorious secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria, summarizing the method by which totalitarianism destroys its chosen enemies. Specious accusations of “Trotskyism” were enough to justify arrest and prosecution and, as Beria said, the NKVD could always discover (or rather, invent) “crimes” used to justify the summary execution of whatever “enemy of the people” (vrag naroda) had aroused Stalin’s paranoid fears. Likewise, with Merrick Garland in charge of the Department of Justice, the more or less permanent “investigation” of former President Donald Trump (who is, in the minds of Democrats, what Trotsky was in Stalin’s mind) must continue until the threat is completely destroyed:

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday announced plans to name a special counsel to oversee two criminal investigations into former president Donald Trump.
The special counsel, Jack Smith, will take over investigations surrounding the extent of Trump’s involvement in the events leading to the January 6 Capitol riot and his alleged mishandling of sensitive government documents, Garland said at a press conference.
Smith is a longtime Justice Department prosecutor who has served as chief prosecutor for the special court in The Hague since 2018, where he has investigated war crimes in Kosovo.

(I’ll have a thing or two to say about this.)

He will now be tasked with determining whether criminal charges should be filed against the former president. Garland said Smith will begin work right away and the appointment “will not slow” the investigations.

(Spoiler alert: Criminal charges will be filed.)

The announcement comes three days after Trump formally announced his plans to run for president again in 2024, complicating the investigations into the former president, who is now President Biden’s top political rival.
Garland cited Trump’s announcement and Biden’s “stated intention” to run in 2024 as reasons for the special counsel, saying he has “concluded that it is in the public interest.”

(Garland has a very flexible view of “the public interest.”)

The appointment of a semi-independent prosecutor allows the Justice Department to address concerns about potential conflicts of interest.
In July, Garland said the DOJ will prosecute anyone who was “criminally responsible for interfering with the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another,” not ruling out the possibility of charging Trump in the department’s January 6 investigation.

(“January 6 now! January 6 tomorrow! January 6 forever!”)

Garland’s comments came during an interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt, in which the news anchor asked the attorney general if he would consider prosecuting Trump even if it could “tear the country apart.”
“Look, we pursue justice without fear or favor,” Garland said. “We intend to hold everyone, anyone who was criminally responsible for the events surrounding January 6, for any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another, accountable, that’s what we do.”
Law enforcement is also investigating Trump for removal or destruction of records, obstruction of an investigation, and violating the Espionage Act, according to the search warrant for Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago from August.

(That case appears to be unraveling.)

After federal agents raided Trump’s home, Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) said in August that Garland “must resign or be impeached.”
“The raid by Joe Biden’s FBI on the home of a former president who is also Biden’s chief political opponent is an unprecedented assault on democratic norms and the rule of law,” Hawley tweeted. “Biden has taken our republic into dangerous waters.”
“At a minimum, Garland must resign or be impeached,” he added. “The search warrant must be published. [FBI Director] Christoper Wray must be removed. And the FBI reformed top to bottom.”

Well, I promised you that I’d have a thing or two to say about the special counsel Jack Smith, and actually, it’s just two tweets by somebody else:

Do you see how this works? The endless “investigation” of Trump is not occurring in a vacuum, isolated from other events. It all goes back to the “Russian collusion” smear that Team Hillary launched against Trump in 2016 and “Crossfire Hurricane” as the “insurance policy,” as FBI agent Peter Strzok called it. From that point onward, Democrats seized on the idea that Trump must be guilty of some malfeasance, and therefore “investigation” was the method by which Trump would be destroyed in a Watergate-style scandal. This led to two impeachments of Trump — first for the ridiculous Vindman/Ukraine nonsense, and then for Trump’s alleged complicity in the J6 “insurrection.” Having devoted so much effort to demonizing Trump, and exploiting this demonized figure as their Emmanuel Goldstein — the “Two Minutes Hate” extended to six years — Democrats couldn’t simply let it go once Biden was installed in the White House, or once the the midterms had passed. No, the “investigation” of Trump must go on forever, like “The Song That Never Ends.”

And so, Republicans take control of the House of Representatives and immediately announce an investigation of the Biden family’s corrupt foreign “business” (i.e., bribery) misadventures, a key element of which was suppressed on orders of federal intelligence agents prior to the 2020 election. The White House denounces the congressional investigation as a “conspiracy theory,” and hey, let’s admit Democrats arre experts on the promotion of conspiracy theories, which are perfectly acceptable to them so long as Trump is the center of the conspiracy.




 

Category: Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump

Lauren Boebert Reelected

Posted on | November 19, 2022 | 3 Comments

For some reason — I don’t know, I barely pay attention to this kind of stuff — Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert is the one Republican that Democrats most hoped to beat this year. And . . . nope:

Democrat Adam Frisch announced Friday that he had called GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert and conceded the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.
Although there will be an automatic recount done by the Colorado secretary of state’s office, Frisch said in a live Facebook speech that he did not ask for a recount, does not expect the results to change and does not want there to be fundraising done for an essentially fruitless cause.
“The likelihood of this recount changing more than a handful of votes is very small. Very, very small. It’d be disingenuous and unethical for us or any other group to continue to raise false hope and encourage fundraising for a recount,” Frisch said. “Colorado elections are safe, accurate, and secure. Please save your money for your groceries, your rent, your children, and for other important causes and organizations. I just got off the phone with Rep. Boebert. I called her to formally concede this election.”
Boebert acknowledged Friday that she had received Frisch’s concession call, tweeting, “I look forward to getting past election season and focusing on conservative governance in the House majority. Time to get to work!”
As of Friday morning, with almost all the votes tallied, Boebert led Frisch by only 551 votes in what had been considered a safely Republican western Colorado district. In Colorado, any race decided by a margin that’s 0.5% or less of the votes earned by the top finisher is automatically recounted.

Frisch was in a hard place because one of the reasons Democrats hate Boebert is that she’s an “election denier,” which is what they call anyone who doubts that Democrats got an 81-million-vote landslide for a brain-addled septuagenarian who never left his basement during the 2020 presidential campaign. So it would have been difficult for Frisch to claim he’d been cheated in a fraudulent election — pot, meet kettle.

Revenge is a dish best served cold, they say.




 

Category: Colorado, Congress, Election

In The Mailbox: 11.18.22

Posted on | November 19, 2022 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts.
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OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Wargaming A Red Chinese Invasion of Taiwan
Twitchy: Elon Musk’s “Picture Of The Day” Mocks Democrat Investigative Priorities, also, Journalist Calls Elon Musk’s Purchase Of Twitter “An Act Of War”, Everybody Laughs
Louder With Crowder: It’s finally happened – Elon Musk has REINSTATED the Babylon Bee’s Twitter account
Vox Popoli: An Easy Decision, They Think They Don’t Like it NOW, Yes, the Deck is Stacked, and The Hero of Free Speech
According To Hoyt: Ain’t Gonna Work Today, ThERe iS ABsoLuTeLY nO fRAud!, and Beyond the Red Rage Horizon
Monster Hunter Nation: WriterDojo S3 E19: Third Person Narrative

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: The Elon Musk Freakout
American Greatness: I Cannot Vote for Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker, Biden’s EPA Holds Up Major Oil Refinery Despite Looming Fuel Crisis, and Lauren Boebert’s Democrat Opponent Concedes in Tight Colorado House Race
American Power: Twitter Workers Say Farewell After Musk Ultimatum Over Terms of Employment Passes, also, Another Post-Election Surprise!
American Thinker: Election Fraud 2.0! O.K., So What Are You Gonna Do About It?, How the Game is Fixed, and Madame Secretary, Your Woke Policies are Killing the Army
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five America Suffering Friday
Babalu Blog: Donations of flour allow Catholic nuns in Cuba to bake Communion hosts once again, Former U.S. congressman Joe Garcia lies while promoting business partnerships with Cuban dictatorship, Cuba’s new ‘entrepreneurs’, and On day 23,348 of the ‘Revolution,’ Cubans scramble to scoop up broken eggs from roadway
BattleSwarm: LinkSwarm for November 18, 2022
Behind The Black: SpaceX cancels launch after reviewing static fire test data, 1st suborbital launch by Indian private company, Boeing announces major reorganization, and Pushback – Court orders school board to stop censoring and banning parents
Cafe Hayek: Generosity Is Admirable, But It’s Wasteful When Poorly Aimed, also, DeMuth Stumbles
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
Da Tech Guy: Reality Doesn’t Care What Twitter Employees Think
Don Surber: Khashoggi’s death was an outrage until we needed oil, also, It is the painting they protest, not the oil
First Street Journal: They all looked scared, Do the Editorial Board of The Philadelphia Inquirer have no mirrors in their homes?, and Let ’em Loose Larry wants to lock up police officers
Gates Of Vienna: Father of Saman Abbas Arrested in Pakistan, Truckers’ Strike in Brazil?, and Do-Over in Berlin
The Geller Report: Arizona GOP Gubernatorial Favorite Kari Lake REFUSES TO CONCEDE, Hires Lawyers to Contest Result
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of the Day, A Dense Cloud, and Raaaaacism!
Hollywood In Toto: ‘Spirited’ Can’t Escape ‘Elf’s’ Shadow, Bruce Springsteen Kisses Blue-Collar Brand Goodbye, and CNN’s Licht Embraces Fake News, Denies ‘Gutfeld!’s Late Night Supremacy
The Lid: School Board Gets Conservative Majority, Fires Woke Superintendent, Bans Critical Race Theory, also, White House Attempts to Shame GOP Over Coming Hunter Biden Probe
Legal Insurrection: Merrick Garland Appoints Special Counsel for DOJ Trump Investigations, Northeastern U. School of Law Brags That it’s the ‘Queerest Law School in the Nation’, Survey Finds Majority of College Students Know Little About Thanksgiving, and NBC News Paints ‘Moms for Liberty’ as Racist After a SC School Board Fired Its Black Superintendent
Nebraska Energy Observer: Scattershot Friday
Outkick: ESPN Deletes Tweet Implying US Men’s National Team Isn’t Good Enough, Blacklisted Basketball Player Enes Kanter Freedom Wins ‘Most Valuable Patriot’ Award, Rob Manfred & MLB, Making Over $1 Billion On Sports Betting, Not Budging On Pete Rose Ban, Qatar Bans Beer Sales At World Cup Stadiums, Reversing Course At The Final Hour Before Tournament Begins, and Auburn In Contact With Dabo Swinney’s Reps?
Power Line: Nancy, We Knew Ye Too Damn Well, Thoughts from the ammo line, and The Daily Chart – Silicon Valley’s Political Leanings
Protein Wisdom Reborn: Brave New Whirled
Shark Tank: Florida Marks 30th Straight Month Of Job Growth In October
Shot In The Dark: Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen, #Unexpectedly, and Whatever Happened To Monkeypox?
STUMP: Read the News with Meep: On Suicide Trends by Race (and Sex) in 2021 (and Earlier)
The Political Hat: Election Aftermath — A Snapshot Of Politics In Flux
This Ain’t Hell: Planes unable to fly, VA suicide prevention efforts need more focus on gun safety training, Reduction of US defense stockpiles in support of Ukraine, Valor Friday, and What’s the Deel? Follow-up
Transterrestrial Musings: The Corporate Media Jihad, Gen Z, and Freedom
Victory Girls: Jan 6 Committee’s Last Desperate Gamble, also, Chuck Schumer Hates Americans
Volokh Conspiracy: A Pivotal Pick for the Ohio Supreme Court
Watts Up With That: Climate Summit Boasts Opulent Beef, Seafood Menu Despite Spearheading Anti-Meat Initiatives, also, Celebrating War as Climate Win Makes Red True Color of “Greens”
Weasel Zippers:Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) Claims Slavery Reparations Would Have Stopped Covid From Spreading, Texas Sends Another Busload Of Illegal Immigrants To Kamala Harris’ Home In DC, and Biden’s Frequent Delaware Trips Have Cost Taxpayers At Least $11 Million
The Federalist: Buckle Up For Lame-Duck Congressional Democrats’ Holiday Spending Spree, Why Is The Government Arming More Federal Bureaucrats Than US Marines?, Therapist: Yes, Post-Abortive Women Suffer From ‘Trauma’ and ‘Complicated Grief’, Georgia Democrats Cry ‘Voter Suppression’ Over A Law That Will Restrict Ballot Harvesting Plans, and How Joe Biden Used Taxpayer Money To Buy Young Voters In The 2022 Midterms
Mark Steyn: The Presumption of Guilt, Reckoning Upon a Dervish, and Live Around the Planet: Friday November 18th

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Heckuva Job, Nancy Pelosi: Manager of the Decline of the Democratic Party

Posted on | November 18, 2022 | Comments Off on Heckuva Job, Nancy Pelosi: Manager of the Decline of the Democratic Party

It was perhaps predictable, once it became clear that Republicans had won a majority in the House of Representatives, that Nancy Pelosi would resign from the Democratic leadership in the House. She’s 82 years old, after all, but if Democrats had managed to keep their majority, she probably wouldn’t have turned over the Speaker’s gavel. The difference between being Speaker and House Minority Leader is night and day. Unlike the Senate, where the filibuster grants a certain amount of power to the minority, the majority in the House calls all the shots, and the minority gets zero, zilch, nada. Pelosi has served two separate four-year terms as House Speaker, first after the 2006 midterms, before losing the majority in the 2010 midterms. Republicans then held the House majority for eight years before Democrats recaptured the Speaker’s gavel for Pelosi in the 2018 midterms, only to have it slip from their grasp again this year. Democrats would have been smart to dump Pelosi after 2010, when she was already a septuagenarian, but despite her general ineptitude, she’s good at one thing, i.e., bossing around her fellow Democrats, and that was enough to keep her in power another 12 years.

How did she get there? How did this woman, the daughter of a Baltimore party boss, who became the epitome of a “San Francisco liberal,” end up with so much power? Well, does the name David Bonior ring a bell? How about Dick Gephardt? And does anyone still remember Tom Foley?

Tom Foley, a Democrat from Washington State, became Speaker of the House in 1989 because his predecessor, Jim Wright of Texas, had resigned amid an ethics scandal. At the time, Foley had already been in Congress more than 20 years, during which time Democrats had always been in the majority. In fact, a Republican hadn’t been Speaker of the House since Joseph Martin turned the gavel over to Sam Rayburn after the 1954 midterms. Democrats losing their majority was simply unthinkable, and hubris certainly played a role in the Democrats’ 1994 midterm wipeout that not only saw Newt Gingrich lead the GOP to a historic victory, but also saw Foley defeated in his own reelection bid, as he lost to Republican challenger George Nethercutt by a 4,000-vote margin. Before the 1994 midterms, Washington State’s House delegation was eight Democrats and one Republican; after 1994, it was seven Republicans and two Democrats. Heckuva job, Tom!

Taking over as leader of congressional Democrats was Dick Gephardt of Missouri, who had much higher ambitions. First elected to Congress in 1976, he sought the 1988 presidential nomination, but ultimately lost to Mike Dukakis. However, the campaign raised Gephardt’s national profile and helped him become the No. 2 man in the House Democratic leadership under Foley. When Foley got beat, Gephardt became the minority leader, a position he held for the next nine years, as Republicans maintained their majority control. After 2002, however, Gephardt decided to try another run for the White House, ultimately losing to John Kerry. (It says a lot about Gephardt that he lost to a couple of losers like Dukakis and Kerry.) Gephardt didn’t seek reelection to Congress in 2004. When he was first elected in 1976, Missouri’s congressional delegation was eight Democrats and two Republicans. When Gephart left office, Missouri’s congressional delegation was five Republicans and four Democrats. Are you noticing a trend here?

Say hello to David Bonior, a Michigan Democrat who was first elected to Congress in 1976, the same year Gephardt was elected. In 1987, Bonior became deputy whip of the Democratic caucus, and became whip in 1990. When Republicans won the majority in 1994, Bonior decided to make himself a full-time nuisance, filing 75 ethics charges against Speaker Newt Gingrich. This did nothing to help Democrats win back the House, however, and after the 2000 census, redistricting put Bonior into a new district where his reelection was uncertain. Bonior decided to throw his hat in the ring as a candidate for governor of Michigan, but lost the Democratic primary to Jennifer Granholm by a 20-point margin. When Bonior was first elected to Congress in 1976, Michigan had 19 House seats, 11 Democrats and eight Republicans. When Bonior left office, Michigan had 15 House seats, nine Republicans and six Democrats.

Could the trend be any clearer? All of these Democratic leaders saw their party’s fortunes decline during their tenure in Congress, and it was this general trend of decline that led to Nancy Pelosi becoming speaker. She was first elected to Congress in 1986 — way back when Tip O’Neill was still Speaker of the House — and in 2002, when Bonior resigned the post of Democratic whip, Pelosi got that job. Pelosi was catapulted to minority leader a year later, when Gephardt, contemplating his 2004 presidential bid, stepped aside. For nearly 20 years, then, Pelosi has been the top Democrat in the House, and with what result?

When she was first elected in 1986, there were 258 Democrats and 177 Republicans in the House. The results of this month’s midterms are still not final, but when Congress convenes again in January, it appears there will be 221 Republicans and 214 Democrats in the House. Democrats will be right back to the minority status they were in when Gephardt resigned as leader in 2003 and Pelosi took over. Heckuva job, Nancy!




 

Category: Congress, Nancy Pelosi

In The Mailbox: 11.17.22

Posted on | November 17, 2022 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 11.17.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley delenda est.
OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum:  Crypto – A House of Cards
EBL: Robert Clary, RIP, also, Confirmed – The Mar-A-Lago Raid Was A Politically Motivated Witch Hunt
Twitchy: Sen. Hawley Grills FBI Director Wray On That Hearing He Needed To Cut Short To “Catch A Plane”, also, Educator Explains Why Parents Should Trust Experts Like Her To Teach Gender & Identity
Louder With Crowder:  Critics lash out at Tim Allen’s alleged right-wing Santa Claus in The Santa Clauses, also, Ron DeSantis shuts down reporter, explains where people can stick their ‘GOP civil war’ nonsense
Vox Popoli: Bolsonaro Crosses the Rubicon, Dark Lord News, and Once is an Accident
Stoic Observations: The Destiny Question – Gardener vs. Winnower

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: All Bets Are Off
American Conservative: The Suicide-By-Synod Of The German Catholic Church, also, Stop Invading Haiti
American Greatness: The Fake Trump-DeSantis War and the 2022 Non-Election, Another Brick in the Blue Wall of Fraud, and New Democrat Group Led By David Brock to Mount Multi-Million Dollar Campaign to Undermine GOP Investigations
American Thinker: Why the Red Tsunami Turned into a Ripple
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Comeback News
Babalu Blog: Cuban dictatorship orders another interrogation of Catholic news network reporter, Recently arrived Cuban refugee gets emotional after his first American paycheck, and Four flowers for 1,000 pesos: Exorbitant costs of grieving for the dead in Cuba
BattleSwarm: FTXed Up, also, Fired Twitter Employee Applies For A Real Job
Behind The Black: Ten cubesats released by SLS on way to Moon; one has problems, Ispace announces new launch date and landing site on Moon for Hakuto-R lander, Slowly the Ukrainians continue to regain their country, and Today’s blacklisted Americans – Anti-Semitic attacks skyrocket on college campuses
Cafe Hayek: On Tax Cuts and Private Enterprise
CDR Salamander: Happy Talk and Arrogance to China Isn’t Helpful
Chicago Boyz: Nihilism — Really?
Da Tech Guy: Five Assorted Thoughts Under the Fedora, also, No matter how disheartened we are we patriots must never give up the good fight
Don Surber: Judge junks lawsuit against Trump, also, Hi. Remember Trump the Press?
First Street Journal: Good News: China Suckers Biden Admin Into Restarting Climate Talks, What Are The Democrats Three Main Economy/Inflation Plans Now That They Kept The Senate?, and NIMBY!
Gates Of Vienna: A Call to Annul the 2022 Elections, We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Passports!, France Sends a Few of ’em Back, and The Children of Men
The Geller Report: CNN Mass Layoffs Coming As ABC News and NBC Universal Go on Firing Spree, Pennsylvania Democrat Political Consultant Arrested For Massive Ballot Fraud, and House GOP Launches Far-Reaching Investigation Into Biden Including Human Trafficking and Fraud
Hogewash:  Team Kimberlin Post of the Day, JWST Looks at a Protostar, and Nothing To See Here. Move Along!
Hollywood In Toto: The Menu Deliciously Skewers the Rich and Pampered
The Lid: Secret Democrat Campaign Cash Broke Biden’s Rules Over Illicit Foreign Donations
Legal Insurrection: FBI and Air Force Raid Area 51 Researcher’s Homes, U. Arizona Black Student Activists Demand Removal of Queer Latina Diversity Chief, Molotov Cocktail Lawyers Disbarred, Election Denier Hakeem Jeffries is the New House Democratic Leader, and De-Transitioned Transgendered Teen Suing Doctors Who Provided “Gender Affirming” Treatments
Nebraska Energy Observer: Everybody’s got one
Outkick: ‘No Fun League’ Strikes Again As NFL Ruins Detroit Carnival With Bills-Browns, Raiders Can’t Afford to Fire Head Coach Josh McDaniels, Forecasted Snowmageddon In Buffalo Could Force NFL To Move Browns At Bills, Saquon Barkley Crowns Giants QB Daniel Jones With Unforgettable Nickname: ‘Vanilla Vick’, and Brittney Griner’s Russian Prison Status Gets Big Update
Power Line: “Green” Energy Circles the Drain, The Daily Chart – Greenies Need to Take More Lithium, and Ryan Girdusky on the midterms
Shark Tank: Florida’s Congressional Democrats Praise Pelosi’s Leadership
Shot In The Dark: Expectations, also, Deja Vu
STUMP: Lesson from Chester PA – Don’t Count Assets You Don’t Actually Have, Public Pension Plans
This Ain’t Hell: Quick updates: Dem election spending against Reps, Poland missiles, Hunt, Retired Marine Generals Attempt to Include Beirut Bombing Victims in Legislation, DoD fails audit, sees Ukraine as ‘teachable moment’ in accountability, and Can the Air Force train new pilots without planes?
Transterrestrial Musings: Lab-Grown Chicken, Gravitics, Things We Learned Only After The Election, and Reason On Space
Victory Girls: Tax And Spend California Has A $25 Billion Deficit
Volokh Conspiracy: Verdict Against Auburn University in Economics Professor’s First Amendment Retaliation Lawsuit
Watts Up With That: Canada’s Green New Deal – “To Hell with That”, also, Unrealistic Net Zero Policies Cost Families Dearly
Weasel Zippers: Texas Gov. Declares Southern Border Crisis An “Invasion”, Sen. Hawley (R-MO) Roasts FBI Director For Leaving Committee Hearing To Go On Vacation, Oregon Sheriffs Say They Won’t Enforce New Gun Law, and Occasional Cortex Proclaims Abortion Is A “Class Struggle”
The Federalist: Here’s How Democrats Broke Congress And How Republicans Can Fix It, Kevin McCarthy Should Follow Through On His Promise To Kick Dems Off Congressional Committees, Senate Republicans Keep Showing Us Why They Never Deserved A Majority, Boy Scout Troops Still Do Good, Though The National Organization Is Forever Stained, and Here’s Everything Republicans Should Do Now That They Control The House
Mark Steyn: Trump in His Pomp, Mandated to Death, “When Mark Steyn Struck Back”, and Digital Fentanyl

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