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Weekend Open Comments

Via NASA

Behold the Pillars of Creation as photographed by the new, enormous James Webb Space Telescope.

We have seen this image before from the Hubble Telescope, but nothing like this clarity and resolution.

” In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.   And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.  And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.  And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. “

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127 responses to “Weekend Open Comments”

  1. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    The corruption of the American Stasi knows no end.

  2. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    We have seen this image before from the Hubble Telescope, but nothing like this clarity and resolution.

    Yup, I remember that one well we tested the Hubble electronics @ Bld 49 along with the “Pair of Glasses” (COSTAR) that was sent up to correct Hubble’s vision. We also tested various parts of the James Webb and some of that stuff was huge.

    From NASA;

    Replacing the mirror was not practical, so the best solution was to build replacement instruments that fixed the flaw much the same way a pair of glasses correct the vision of a near-sighted person. The corrective optics and new instruments were built and installed on Hubble by spacewalking astronauts during a shuttle mission in 1993. The Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) instrument, about the size of a telephone booth, placed into Hubble five pairs of corrective mirrors that countered the effects of the flaw.

    Good memories, I had a good run at the Rocket Ranch. BUTT It’s the weekend to to hit the ground running and I’m sorta’ late.

    Mornin’ Gang

  3. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    The Jan 6 gaggle has subpoenaed Trump.   Heard through my grapevine that the Dems are planning/wanting to arrest Trump before the election.  These are folks in the know.  Man if that happens………………….  I hope they are wrong.

  4. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Oh yeah Good morning y’all.

  5. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    1 Shannon

    I read about it when it first happened and thought surely this can’t sustain.  At least this time good guys prevailed, but what about other individuals and organizations across the country who don’t enjoy the friends these women in Alabama are fortunate to have.  The Left has no problem crushing people and grinding their lives into dust.

  6. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    From Shannon’s #1;

    Judge Burken warned the department about the dire consequences of its misbehavior:

    Administrations change every four years, or at least every eight. Is the new standard going to be that these kind of subpoenas go out in legislation to any advocacy organization, and they want emails to their members, they want social media posts, they want things that the group just considered in their advocacy?…Is that where you think the Department of Justice thinks we need to go in this country? Because I promise you this, at some point this will be aimed at the Southern Poverty Law [Center] and the ACLU, and their efforts, as well. Is this where we need to go?

    It is clear that subpoenas like this one are intended to harass those who are on the conservative side of policy debates in order to chill their speech, deter their active participation in the democratic, legislative process, and discourage citizens from contributing to or otherwise affiliating with organizations like the Eagle Forum.

    Such abusive discovery threatens the First Amendment rights of membership organizations to engage in free speech, associate with others who share their beliefs, and speak to their elected representatives and other government officials about public policy issues that concern them.

    Emphasis mine.

  7. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Folks who block roadways so they can protest and/or throw temper tantrums should be held legally liable for damages – and death.

    Climate protesters in England are being accused of having “blood on their hands” after their protest scaling a bridge caused a traffic jam that reportedly kept first responders from quickly tending to two crash victims who died. 

    “The eco-warriors may have thought it was an innocent protest, but they’ve got blood on their hands,” Mark Heap, 55, told the Daily Mail after suffering a broken back and a broken leg on Monday when he stopped to help a stranded motorist and was struck by a speeding car that was attempting to avoid a traffic jam caused by climate protesters who had scaled England’s Queen Elizabeth II bridge

  8. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Hubby got a little giggly this morning, as he was telling me about his work on his car.  He’s getting closer to getting it painted.

    He’s so cute sometimes.

  9. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Oh, and I’m glad the DOJ got spanked. I hope it happens again.  And again.  Ad infinitum.

  10. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Hamsters, a bright and beautiful good morning to you.

    It seems the Dems are mindlessly set on throwing everything including every kitchen sink they can grab to maximize what power they still have to try to ruin the conservative opposition before the election on Nov. 8th.   Such insanely stupid antics do nothing other than enrage much of the electorate, including former Democrats who have wisely abandoned that ship for good.  Dumb and dumber. Ye gods and little fishes, what are they thinking?

  11. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #8

    Unfortunately it’s a game of whack-a-mole.

  12. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    3 Squawk

    There’s historical precedent for issuing subpoenas to both sitting and former presidents. SCOTUS has ruled several times both sitting and former presidents are subject to subpoenas like any other citizen.  They can assert executive privilege to try and quash the action, but they are not immune to it.

    However, I don’t believe any former president outside of Nixon has been threatened with arrest, especially for contempt of Congress.  There was a quiet deal to let Nixon resign and walk out without being indicted.  Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon much to fury of the Left, but it was the right thing to do.

    I am very concerned about what the reaction will be to an arrest warrant for Trump.  Biden, the DOJ and the fraudulent J6 Committee have been trying to bait the Right into a violent reaction for a year and a half.  They are convinced there are millions of armed Trump supporters out there locked and loaded, ready to unleash wholesale slaughter of Democrats across the nation.  They were sure the Mar-a-Lago raid would do the trick.  The Left’s delusion is the Right will eventually react like the Left did with the George Floyd riots and mayhem because that is the way they think and project it upon their enemies.  Biden & Co. would love to be able to declare martial law, suspend the elections and expand the J6 Committee into a massive Star Chamber trial of half the American people.

  13. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Surprise, surprise, I’m going to make a prediction.

    In 2023, Hunter Biden gets indicted.  At some point, his father will give him a full pardon to try and stanch the eventual exposure of his own criminal acts.  Kamala will resign or vanish for some reason, Newsom will be drafted into VP office and then Joe will be forced out for the pardon making Governor Hairdo the new incumbent for 2024.

  14. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Hubby and I were just discussing Biden-Harris-Speaker succession.

    If Biden (is forced to) step down, I think Harris would pee her pants and resign.  I don’t think she ever wanted to become president and the idea of actually making an important decision is more than she could handle.

  15. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Texpat, I agree, I’ve been thinking about several scenarios to (A) get rid of Biden, (easy) and (B) get rid of Heels-Up (hard). I do think Newsom will be their choice and they have to get him in without an election since he can’t win the general election but might prevail in the next election if he is POTUS. With all the crap about Hunter coming out now, NOT years ago, I think they’ll definitely use it again the Doddering Old Fool. That said; I wonder how they’ll get rid of the first female, check, black, check, VP? Will they buy here off? Not likely. Put her on the Supreme Court or give her a nice Ambassadorship? You know that all the Democrat think tanks are working this 24-7.

  16. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Finally getting to the C&C, and Childers is speaking today:

    For those of you who wanted but were unable to attend the Covid Summit in the Villages today, here is the livestream link: [Florida Summit on Covid II: The Future of Medicine in Post-COVID America](https://rumble.com/v1p5lmn-florida-summit-on-covid-ii-the-future-of-medicine-in-post-covid-america.html)

    If I weren’t planning on hanging out with my sisters today….BCS is hosting a craft show for the sisters at her place.  She tried to poke me emotionally recently (I do recall letting her know I thought she was “emotionally untrustworthy,” and that still stands), but being with my other sisters makes it safer for me to enjoy her company.  She and I really do get along, until she decides we don’t.  I try to love her where she is, forgive her attempts to trample my feelings, and enjoy what moments I can with her.  So, with my other siblings there, she’s not likely to offend.  And I do enjoy my sisters’ company.  

    It doesn’t happen often, so I’ll have to miss hearing Childers’ speech.  Maybe I can catch it later on replay.

  17. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    If Biden (is forced to) step down, I think Harris would pee her pants and resign. I don’t think she ever wanted to become president and the idea of actually making an important decision is more than she could handle.

    I respectably, adamantly disagree. She isn’t near smart enough to be worried about the job and if she gets it and fails she’ll not notice except to blame all problems on the evil Republicans, the media and everything/everybody else.

  18. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    From the C&C, Fauci is going to be deposed!

    In the best news of 2022, and I’m not exaggerating, yesterday a federal court in Louisiana overruled the federal government’s objections, ordered Dr. Fauci and other government officials to sit for depositions under oath, and said “The Court sees the importance of having Dr. Fauci make statements under oath as it relates to the issues of this matter.”

    Finally! That little weasel is going to have to answer some hard questions!

    The lawsuit, filed by the State of Missouri, alleges that Fauci and other government officials engaged in a corrupt scheme to deploy the full might of the U.S. government to illegally suppress Americans’ free speech during the pandemic.

    Missouri’s deposition requests were asking the Court for a lot. First of all, there’s a doctrine protecting public officials from being deposed except under exceptional circumstances. 

    /snip

    But the court found sufficient ‘extraordinary cause’ to overrule BOTH doctrines. So not only will Missouri get to depose Fauci and the others, but Missouri will be allowed to set the depositions at the speed of science.

    Note the Court’s use of the word, “prove,” above. The judge wasn’t just saying Missouri’d “alleged” Fauci was involved in censorship. Instead, the Court said the publicly-available emails “prove” it. That’s a galaxy of difference. [emphasis mine]

    Wow.  Here’s hoping for more public spanking.

    So, here’s the link to the order. I recommend you read it, and I don’t often say that about legal filings. You’re going to love it.

    https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/doc-90—order-regarding-witness-depositions.pdf?sfvrsn=24c99caa_2

  19. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    It appears that the Fetterman campaign is buying influencers to help bolster his flagging poll numbers.

    If you click the ‘NewBlueAction’ link, you’ll see a little form you can fill out for a chance to earn a quick $900 smackers, for trying to ‘influence’ your friends and neighbors into voting for Lumpy.

    /snip

    I tried to find out who’s behind this expenditure of campaign funds. But visiting http://www.newblueaction.org was just more frustration, since the link goes nowhere. Nor can you find any link on the site disclosing its ownership or anything.

    So the whole thing MUST be totally legit.

    So, Childers threw his hat into the ring, for fun:

    Since it must be a lot of hard, boring work slogging through all the applications, I think they’d enjoy receiving some well-crafted humor in their applications this morning.

    I signed up as Joseph Bythen. So.

    The guy cracks me up.

     

  20. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    And then Childers goes into discussion of election polls:

    As the week wound down, the polls favoring democrats tripped and fell down the political stairs. Maybe ‘suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed’ would be a better way to describe it. After weeks and months of cheerful polls that either favored democrats or showed democrats closing with Republicans, all of a sudden, two weeks before the election, the pollsters’ predictions are mysteriously switching sides.

    As are the betting markets: [followed by charts and discussion of the blue/red flip in the polls]

    I heard a discussion on the radio some time ago about how the (liberal) polls lean left until closer to the election, when they suddenly start to get more honest, because the polling companies need to retain some kind of business cred.  If they keep predicting a false red win and then get shown up at the polls, their services are seen as less reliable; but if they start being more honest closer to the election, then they can point to their numbers and say “See, we did get it right(er)!”

    Childers’ discussion of the poll flipping and flopping is, as usual, entertaining to read.  It seems Obama has actually been dragged out the closet (pun intended) to cut an ad for Fetterman.  TBO has been trying to remain the puppet master in the shadows, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

  21. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    And more shenanigans in China:

    You might recall a mysterious story I reported last month about tons of flights being cancelled around Beijing, along with independent video showing military assets headed INTO the capital. Yesterday, former Chinese leader Hu Jintao was mysteriously and publicly escorted out of the Great Hall of the People ahead of an expected speech by President Xi at the end of the annual Communist Party Congress.

    Hu Jintao looked somewhat … unenthusiastic about going along with those two nicely-dressed gentlemen, who probably worked as interviewers for shady influence-buying operations when they were in college.

    What I know about communism suggests we won’t be seeing Mr. Hu again. Not anytime soon. Maybe not ever. Can you say, “purge?”

  22. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Good morning, gang. I had a refreshing night’s sleep and almost got up when the alarm went off. But I stayed where I was for another 30 minutes, while cats trooped by to check on when was breakfast? Now that the hall door is open overnight, they can strut right on in and check on me.

  23. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Texpat @9:15

    With the exception of the history lessons my little conclave of in the know prognosticators said just about the same thing.  They are predicting with high confidence that the fun will begin the Thursday before election day.

  24. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    20 Squawk

    Happy to be in agreement with your conclave.  I was sure I was in the know and now I know I’m in the know.

  25. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Leora Levy’s mother and grandparents fled Lithuania and the Nazis in 1940 to Cuba.  Leora was born there in 1957 and then her family had to flee the communists in Cuba in 1960.  They came to Connecticut and now she is close to beating Danang Dick Blumenthal for the Senate seat in that state.  I just heard her interviewed on Larry Kudlow’s Saturday radio show and she is really impressive.  Fluent in Spanish with her Cuban Jewish heritage, Levy is running very strong among all the Latino voters in the Nutmeg State.  The latest poll has her within a 5 point striking distance and Levy says her internal polling shows it much closer.

  26. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I believe the whole January 6th episode on Capitol Hill was largely a setup.  Trump’s clumsy handling of the situation aside, the bumbling Capitol Police, arrogant DC mayor & PD plus Pelosi’s refusal to allow National Guard deployment around the Capitol was a plan to incite and encourage the chaotic madness.  They wanted it to happen and the crowd played right into their hands.

    The potential arrest of former president Trump is just another tactical step to provoke the Right into doing some really stupid things.  It hasn’t worked so far and I’m hoping it doesn’t now.  The Democrats want some kind of violent, high profile incident(s) by MAGA supporters so they can say, “We told you so, these people are a threat to our democracy and they need to be banished from American life.”

  27. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I think Texas needs to start suing all these folks for misappropriating our state name.  It’s really getting out of hand.  It’s illegal in Europe for anyone to label their sparkling wine as champagne unless it comes from the region of Champagne.  Texas needs something like that to protect it’s reputation.

    ” Californian Phillip White has a problem. He’s been hoodwinked by supposedly misleading labels into buying products he’d otherwise pass on. As a result, the litigious White has filed a class-action lawsuit against a manufacturer claiming damages for its deceptive branding.

    Earlier this month, White made a splash in the headlines with a lawsuit targeting the makers of Texas Pete Hot Sauce for allegedly trying to pass off theirs as an authentic product of the Lone Star State, when, in fact, it’s Louisiana-style hot sauce made in North Carolina.

    Had White known it was from North Carolina, his September lawsuit claims, he would have left it on the shelf at a Los Angeles Ralphs grocery store instead of shelling out $3 for it. Now having learned that “there is nothing ‘Texas’ about Texas Pete,” White is demanding hot sauce maker T.W. Garner Food Company compensate him, and all other similarly deceived consumers, for their ill-gotten gains. “

     

  28. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    In HEB, I complimented a guy on his DeSantis Airlines t-shirt.

    He said he grew up across the street from Beto in El Paso.

    He said Beto was born a privileged, white douchebag and will die a privileged, white douchebag.

    DeSantis Airlines apparel available on FB.

  29. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Good article by Houstonian Charles Blain, colleague of Joel Kotkin, at City Journal.

    ” The governor’s contest may get more press, but the battle for Harris County Judge may be a better indicator of the Lone Star State’s political trajectory.

    National pundits opining on Texas elections say that the governor’s race is the one to watch, pitting incumbent Republican Greg Abbott against his Democratic challenger, former congressman Beto O’Rourke. But Texans themselves are perhaps even more focused on the race for Harris County Judge—an elected office, whose occupant, despite the job title, serves as the de facto mayor of the largest county in Texas (third largest in the nation and home to Houston), which often finds itself in the crosshairs of Republican state lawmakers.

    Thus far, the race has been a tug-of-war between national and local issues. The Democratic incumbent, Lina Hidalgo, has pressed the issue of abortion and gun control, despite her office’s lack of any oversight, legislative capacity, or regulatory authority on these issues. Her Republican opponent, Alexandra Del Moral Mealer, has campaigned on crime and public safety, stressing the county judge’s responsibility for overseeing the area’s criminal-justice system. “

  30. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Our out of town visitors this weekend are from Wichita Falls, they know all about Lina and this election.

  31. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    DeSantis Airlines at amazon

  32. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon
    Katfish’s son was playing around with an app and produced this.
    Not sure how I ended up bald.

    My widow’s peak may be inching along, but I’ll be long gone before I’m bald.
  33. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    A mysterious package just arrived here with a Houston Astros ballcap in it.  I can’t wait for my neighbors to show up.

  34. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    #24

    That Katfish guy cleans up nice. 🙂

  35. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Super Dave

    I just received my Chili Queens At The Alamo print from Copano Bay Press.

    I’m impressed.

  36. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Charlton Heston in The Omega Man is on. Never saw it before.

  37. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

     

     

    Singing one of my favorite tonight.

  38. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I had a lovely time with my sisters this afternoon.  We’ve talked about getting a family get together for next year, since huddling for Christmas has proven unproductive the last few years that I’ve tried.  It looks like we’ll try for October of next year, to avoid major holidays and catch good weather.  Another sister has volunteered her home, or we may rent a beach house.

    We all were lamenting how our family has splintered.  Cousins don’t know cousins.  My nieces and nephews don’t know their second cousins.  I would not recognize at all some of my siblings’ kids.  I’m hoping we can make this happen.

  39. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    yo unck

    unck yo.

  40. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    yo Bruddah Squawk

    bruddah Squawk yo.

  41. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    yo Texpat

    texpat yo.

    MB is calling you.

  42. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    Yo all the rest of you hosers.
    all the rest of you hosers yo.

  43. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    RE Omega Man

    That Heston movie is loosely based on Vincent Price’s 1964 movie The Last Man on Earth. Will Smith’s 2007 I Am Legend is loosely based on the previous two.

    You can find the Vincent Price movie in its entirety on YouTube for free. Will Smith’s movie can currently be streamed on HBO Max for free or rented through Amazon, YouTube, AppleTV+, and others.

    I recommend watching all three.

  44. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    I tried to post the WIP this morning, but it just kept spinning with the word Posting in the box below the comment field. I had to log in with Chrome to post.

  45. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #33

    Dr P.G.

    Well, at least the rest of us got a yo and got called hosers. See, we count, too!!!

     

  46. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    This lucky Astros cap Shannon sent me has put the curse on the Yankees with me sitting over here in New Jersey.  A powerful chapeaux.

  47. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    32 Dr Phil Good

    Uhm, I’m not sure Monica can actually sing, but there’s no doubt she has other talents.

  48. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    35 TexMo

    It’s happened to me too.

  49. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Got my money

    Now you’re gone

    Down the road

  50. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #35 TexMo

    Thanks for posting the WIP for us. I think I understood fewer than HALF of them this week…

     

  51. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Boy, them Skankees really know how to empty a stadium.

  52. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    The Yankees have never had a one hit playoff game in history.  Wow, we’re one out away from that…

    oh well, never mind.

  53. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Overheard at that last big meeting of the Yankees on the mound ….

    ”Who’s hosting SNL tonight?”

    ”I dunno but I’m bringing my bong over.”

    ”Hey, do I have spinach in my teeth?”

    ”So who knocked up the Skipper’s daughter?”

     

  54. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHAW!

  55. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    That is funny right there I do not care who you are

  56. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Yea Astros.  Do it again tomorrow.

  57. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    One more game and it’s the World Series.

    Mornin’ Gang

  58. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Can you say Hypocrisy? My favorite from WIP. 

  59. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Morning gang.  I’m back with some blurred vision, but it still seems to be improving daily.  The eye doc and his staff all report that things are proceeding normally, and the discomfort that I was experiencing in one eye seems to have about gone away.  Knowing what TexMo and others are going through I shouldn’t complain at all, and despite my whining, the recovery process is actually hardly worth mentioning compared to other things I’ve gone through.  My overall advice is to take care of your vision.  We never know just how difficult things can be for those whose vision is impaired.  Pollen is everywhere out here, and the strong winds have returned, so that’s kept me indoors mostly the past few days to try to prevent additional eye irritation.  I was able to watch some football yesterday and there were a couple of good games on.  I’ll stop for now, but you all have a great day.

  60. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Glad to hear your recovery is going well.

    VERY glad to hear the Astros win again. Unfortunately it means parking for church will become more difficult when schedules coincide. And we’ll get a lot more people attending mass in shirts and Astro jerseys. I guess we have to take them where they are and how they come back more respectfully dressed when the season is over.

    Off to get my coffee.

    Good morning everyone!

  61. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    46 El Gordo

    Vision is something we probably all take for granted most of the time.  We are so blessed to live in a time when these cataracts can be corrected.  It’s a good thing your experience has been successful.

  62. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    TexMo mentioned wondering how this whole transgender agenda seemed to have seized the attention of the culture so suddenly.  There are surely numerous reasons because human behavior movements, moral or immoral, are both simple and complex.  Here is one man’s theory.  It is certainly plausible and yet the roots of human depravity and evilness are as ancient as mankind and unfortunately continue to manifest throughout history.

    ” Gnosticism Is the Ancient Heretical Ideology Behind Today’s Transgenderism and Abortion Movements

    The Gnostic belief that the soul is divorced from the body may explain progressive support for both transgenderism and abortion. It’s not a coincidence that those who believe that gender identity is divorced from biological reality are also likely to believe that a human fetus is not a human being. Both are at odds with basic biology and the Judeo-Christian roots of our civilization but congruent with the dogmas of the ancient mystical faith of Gnosticism.

    Gnosticism is an esoteric religious movement with Platonic and Pagan influences that grew out of early Christian and Jewish sects beginning in the 1st century AD. Though regarded as heresy by the majority of Christians and Jews, Gnostic beliefs have influenced various religious sects, ideologies and philosophers over the last 2,000 years. More recently, and relevantly, Gnosticism served as the foundation for the ideas of Hegel, Marx, Marcuse and other neo-Marxists; and by extension, has substantially influenced the current-day mainstream left. “

  63. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    ” The Myth of the Nonviolent Drug Offender

    After President Biden pardoned Americans convicted of federal marijuana possession last week, reform advocates praised his action as a “historic” step away from mass incarceration, while critics lamented it as another blow to public safety. The truth is somewhat less momentous: the pardons affect only about 6,500 people, none of whom is currently in prison, and drug crimes account for only a small portion of America’s prison population.

    The extreme reactions on both sides are consistent with the public’s warped perceptions of the effects of drug enforcement on our criminal-justice system, which activists and the media have propagated through books like Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow and documentaries like 13th. 

    and,

    Even the claim that people imprisoned for “nonviolent” crimes are distinct from the rest of the criminal population is suspect. A 2021 Bureau of Justice Statistics report found that people released from prison for drug crimes were actually more likely to be re-arrested for a violent offense than people released for homicide or sexual assault. “

  64. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    RE: Criminal Justice Reform

    This is a year old related article by the same author in my 8:48 AM comment.  He writes about programs that were promoted by our old LST friend in Austin, Grits For Breakfast, who was very active in getting parole and probation reforms enacted in Texas that were proving to be very effective in reducing recidivism until this last Soros-induced crime wave.

    ” This approach to policy directly aligns the incentives of the government with what is best for the public, and in doing so, it creates space for innovation. Instead of mandating specific programs that may or may not work, performance-based funding systems allow new ideas to bubble from the bottom up and direct resources toward the ideas that achieve the best results.

    Over the last 15 years, state legislators have successfully applied this approach to probation systems in states as diverse as Arizona, California, Illinois, and Texas — and with impressive results. After Arizona started offering incentives to its probation departments, revocations to prison dropped by 31%at the same time as the state’s crime rate fell by more than 25%. Meta-analyses of 17 performance-based probation reforms by the Urban Instituteand the Cicero Instituteboth found that every policy reduced prison populations or slowed prison population growth while improving public safety.

    About 45% of people admitted to prison were already on probation or parole. Therefore, improving outcomes through performance-based funding policies would have a massive impact on incarceration levels and is thereby a viable long-term COVID-19 mitigation strategy. “

  65. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good Morning Hamsters,

    May the Astros have another victorious outing this evening and come home to rest up for the really big contest to come.  And bring home the trophy from that series.

     

  66. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Astros vs Yanks

    Everybody can alter their game day plans. It’s already raining in the Bronx and I don’t see even a slight chance for baseball until Wednesday.  Monday is definitely out and Tuesday looks grim.

  67. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    ” As the Iranian regime violently cracks down on growing nationwide protests, lawmakers’ attention is again on the atrocities committed at the hands of the Iranian regime. Yet not a single House Democrat has lent support to legislation that would sanction Iran’s supreme leader and his inner circle for mass human rights crimes, according to senior congressional sources familiar with the matter.

    The bill, dubbed the Mahsa Amini Act after the 22-year-old Iranian woman who was killed by the regime’s morality police for improperly wearing her head covering, would “impose sanctions on the supreme leader of Iran and the president of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses and support for terrorism,” according to a copy of the measure obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Amini’s murder last month sparked nationwide anti-regime protests that threaten to topple the hardline Iranian government, which has reacted to the demonstrations with more violence, including beating, imprisoning, and shooting protesters.

    The Republican-led bill was circulated to every single Democratic House office, but not a single one has yet to cosponsor the bill, two senior Republican congressional aides told the Free Beacon. “

  68. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Texpat that’s a shame about the weather up there. I really think the Astros taking three games to none has a demoralizing effect on the Yanks. A two or three day delay gives ample time for several pep talks from the coaching staff.

  69. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    We’ll see how much media exposure this gets or whether Fauci and his colleagues try to smother it.

    ” The FDA is in need of structural and cultural changes to bring the agency in line with its original mission of acting as an independent government regulator of the food and drug industries, according to a panel of experts.

    Their call for change rested on the “eroded” reputation of the FDA as the gold standard in evaluating drugs, which has been weakened over recent decades by legislation, regulations, external pressures, and internal practices, argued Sharon Batt, PhD, of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, of Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., in a report released by PharmedOut, a project from Georgetown University’s department of pharmacology and physiology. “

  70. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I’m not looking forward to the Astros playing in Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park.  With all these delays the World Series might end up with sleet and snow.  There is no roof in Philly.

  71. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Well Maybe Mother Nature wants game 4 today?

    Accuweather does show a narrow 6 – 9 pm ‘window’ of possibility…….

    https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/the-bronx/10461/hourly-weather-forecast/2-334650_1_al

  72. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Sigh, Fall is a tricky season with quick weather changes that ruin outdoor plans or make it absolutely miserable if the show must go on.  Rest up, Astros.

    But football goes on regardless of weather it seems,  except for lightning in the area.

  73. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    Prayerfully, the ‘Stros will get their game in and won… Really enjoyed last nite’s version – wouldn’t mind seeing the same outcome tonight.

  74. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Morning, chickadees. I’ve been trying for several days to print a file to send to the Bettencourt company that reviews & protests increases in my Harris County property taxes. It wasn’t getting printed and I couldn’t tell what was wrong. But about the first thing I need to do on Sunday mornings is to use the printer to enlarge the sudoku puzzle clipped from the HouChron. This is done by selecting certain settings on the control panel for the printer itself. Boy, was that eye-opening. Poor old printer complains directly that there is something wrong with the paper tray. I fiddled with it for a bit w/o solving the problem, and I wanted to get going on the puzzle and drink my big coffee. It’s been years since I had to work the itty bitty puzzle on which I would pencil in on a tiny square up to 9 possible values. BUT, I got ‘er done.

  75. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    We’ve talked about this in past seasons but it continues to amaze the MLB long and storied history the most seemingly common streaks/plays make history.

    Altuve entered Game 3 in a 0 for 23 rut — it was the longest hitless streak to begin a postseason in baseball history — and extended it to 0 for 25 before dunking a one-out double to right field with one out in the fifth inning. That was Altuve’s longest hitless streak of 2022, regular season included.

  76. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I had to buy a new, refurb computer.  Setting the danged thing up is the equivalent of a grenade suppository.  It is rather irritating.

     

  77. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Today I actually drove more than just around the neighborhood for the first time in seven months. I drove the 3.5 miles to my in laws house. I even drove back and we are all still alive.

    Progress!

    I drove my Excursion. That thing is a massive tank compared to my cousin’s Challenger I drove a few weeks ago. It takes forever to accelerate and brake.

  78. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Packers game is not going well at all.  Thinking that a change ought to be made and let Aaron Rogers do the play calling, since every so often when he does change the call in the huddle, things work well.  The coach’s calls this season have not been up to par with the last season….  The natives (fans) are becoming very restless.

  79. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Add-on to my #57.  So are the Packers shareholders becoming restless.

  80. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Aaron should have left, I’m sad to say. To a team with top receivers and a better offensive line.

  81. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Yankees vs. Astros weather updates

    4 p.m.: The MLB announces some updates for tonight’s Game 4 — no batting practice on the field and there is to be another update at some point between 5 and 6 p.m.

    (All times Eastern)

  82. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Okay Grandpa.

    Supper is Seasoned Black-eyed peas with onion and green bean snaps, a gigantic salad with spinach, arugula, red Swiss chard, julienned carrots, and grape tomatoes.

    And a thin ribeye on the griddle for two minutes each side.

  83. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Max isn’t around to beg for the fat from the ribeye. So I eat it in his honor. Tough job but somebody’s gotta do it.

  84. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #62 Shannon,

    Max is there, you just can’t see or hear him.

  85. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I even used a real plate tonight.

    Better check my privilege.

  86. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Yankees vs. Astros weather updates

    6:10 p.m.: The league officially announced that the Yankees-Astros game will not start on time. There is a possibility that it is not played at all and will be played tomorrow.

  87. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    H.E.B. had rib eye roasts pretty cheap around Christmas time last year, never got around to do anything with it so I figured I better so last week thawed it out and cut it up in steaks. Not great grade but it’s beef! Grilled them and froze the three we didn’t eat. Warming up a second batch for tonight. And watch the Yankees get rained on I guess.

  88. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I got some more tubs cleared and replanted, compost tea distributed and a new bucket started.   I put up some tulle in an attempt to keep Fatso and his cousins out of my new tubs and away from any seedlings that  I may successfully nurture into above ground existence.

  89. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Just now  – scrolling bottom  screen banner on TBS saying FIRST Pitch 8:30 pm

    I have NO clue if that is 8:30 EST or CST

  90. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #56 TexMo

    Glad to hear you are out and about! That is a sure sign that you are feeling better and doing better. Hope this trend continues for you!

     

     

  91. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Must be 8:30 yankee time cause they warming up! Let’s go Astros!

  92. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Not comparing my situation to yours at all TexMo – I just didn’t trust my legs and reaction time, but first time driving after two months felt very weird.

  93. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    The Game Is On. Sherlock Holmes. - Sherlock - Pin | TeePublic

  94. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    ^^^^^

  95. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    I guess my allergies overloaded the rest of my systems with “guck” – didn’t even make it to church this morning. But here I am, saying “GOOOOOOO ASSSSSSSSTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS”

  96. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    Dusty looks l like he’s doing a root canal on himself with that toothpick, after Yankees drew first blood.

  97. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    SALSA NIGHT!!!

    Ranking H-E-B's new Astros commercials featuring Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Lance McCullers and Jeremy Peña

     

    What Does SMH Mean? Most Popular Internet Acronyms & Slangs

     

     

  98. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    That is the funniest danged commercial Lol.

  99. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Pena sez – ALL TIED UP!!

  100. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    An excellent Primer on the different types of pitches.

    Test tomorrow.

  101. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    ‘Stros wore out one pitcher and workin on the reliever

  102. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #79

    If the batter strikes out, hits home plate hard and asks the umpire to check the ball, it’s a split finger fastball.

    If the batter swings at the pitch two or three times it’s a knuckle ball.

    No charge.

     

  103. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Dang… a test on a Monday. 🙁

  104. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Balnkety BLANK ‘homer’ announcers gotta show Judge’s LOUD OUT several times!

    *spits*

  105. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    My dinner guests just left and now I’m faced with this ?!

    Yokes.

  106. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

  107. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Texpat #83.5

    Dinner guests?

    Salsa Night?

    Dinner guest?

    Salsa Night?

    Oh wait, never mind. You have not seen that HEB commercial.

  108. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    This Yankee pitcher is nasty, nasty, nasty.

  109. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    85 Squawk

    I was tortured day and night with that commercial when I was in Texas in June.

  110. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Yesssirrrrrrr.

  111. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    That’s Mister Bregman to you.

  112. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Mr. and Mrs. Bregman

  113. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Oh, my.

    It’s Pressly.

  114. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    World Serious, Baby!

  115. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WEEEEEP!!

  116. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    I heard tell the Astros got nothin but plastic garbage cans in and around the dugout.

  117. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Who is groaning now?  Back when Dusty took over he was said to be a one year and out couch.  just a fillin that could never get to the series.  WELL GOOD ON DUSTY.  I hope the Astros win more for him than them.

  118. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    And another one gone

    And another one gone

    And another one gone

    Another one bites the dust

  119. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Yea again for the Astros. Now on to the Big Game and come home with the trophy for that one.  Just don’t splatter beer or other beverages on trophies, it’s in very poor taste to do something juvenile like that.

  120. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    93 Squawk

    No, no, no.  Plastic trash cans are so yesterday.

    The Astros have teamed up with Elon Musk and use brain implanted receivers to get instantaneous data feed via Elon Musk’s Starlink about every little thought crossing the Aarons’ minds – Judge and Boone – within milliseconds.

  121. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    My two new coffee mugs are already ordered.

  122. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    And keep those champagne bottles away from McCullers’ elbows for Pete’s sake.

  123. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Peña ALCS MVP.

  124. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Did I get up from my nap on the wrong planet today? I understand virtually NONE of the posts on Hammy’s Couch today…

    Night, y’all.

     

  125. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Watching the post-game show…..it is now raining cats and dogs at Yankee Stadium.

    /smh

  126. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    And Mattress Mac still has a shot at winning the largest sports wager in history.

  127. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

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