In Congress, It’s Time To Use the Dems Against Themselves
Speaker Johnson failed to get the debt limit extended with his “negotiated” Continuing Resolution. … Count on it: Elon didn’t read the entire bill. He had his AI do it for him, and in less time than it takes to say, “You’ve got to be kidding,” Grok found dozens of giveaways to leftists. As soon as America heard of the Speaker’s crime, that steaming pile of paper found its way to the shredder. Sunshine to the rescue! It’s time to keep that principle working.
On January 3, there will be a new House, Senate, and Leadership. Assuming Mike Johnson has even a third-grade reading skill, the tea leaves will tell him to step out of the way. …
On his way out, Johnson should tell the Republican conference that unity is far more important than any personal or parochial interests. If they follow that advice, it’s likely that Jim Jordan will receive the gavel.
Naturally, getting Republicans to agree on anything is like herding cats, so anything I suggest from here on may just be a fever dream…. let’s assume that Trump’s nominees are confirmed and in place before this comedy starts.
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If Majority Leader Thune won’t play along, then VP Vance… can tell them to stand up and start talking. …
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The Democrats don’t care one whit about the debt limit. This is all about theater. So, let’s raise the curtain. As the Dems talk, Conservatives hit every camera and microphone about how the Dems are shutting down the government. They want optics? We’ll give them optics. They just won’t be the optics the Dems want. Of course, because the debt limit is stuck, the Democrats have just given us more ammunition.
If we can’t spend more than a set amount, we can’t spend. OMG! What a F——G nightmare! So the House sends over only the bills that fit under the debt limit. That would be the NDAA. It might include parts of the DOJ and Homeland Security. But it would definitely not include the Department of Education, most of the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior,… all foreign aid.
Dems hate balanced budgets, but if they actually filibuster the debt limit, they will be imposing a hard balanced budget, right now. And it will be obvious who’s doing it. So, they may be smart enough to dodge this bullet. But what about the next departmental bill they block?
Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder, a little bit worse. ….
Fund the parts that lease out oil and gas drilling spots. But stop the research. …Forget to fund NIH….
I could rant for several more pages, but it’s simple. Never give in to the left. If they don’t like the way we fund a department they love, then don’t negotiate. If they filibuster, make them keep talking and let America see how much they hate us.
In the meantime, America will be just fine,…All it takes is a Speaker who understands the word “No,” and a President of the Senate who tells the Dems to put their mouth in front of the microphone in the Senate chamber.
No biggie.
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I know that my interests are different that some of us here but did anyone see the 57 Packard in my @12:39 PM? That is a fine looking machine IMHO.
I’m just gonna’ need a minute here. 😉
See ya tomorrow. . Bed Time for Bonzo
RIP to the man who was elected president the first time I was old enough to vote – Squawk had been transfer to West Germany, and I was staying with my folks waiting for him to find housing so I could join him. I drove Mama to the polls, so we could vote, and when we were on the way home, I asked who she voted for – and got a sermon about how many military men like my husband had fought and died for her right to vote in secret… I smirked and said “I knew you voted for… Read more »
You betcha! 😀
Texpat Reprising some great discussions between you and me about Turkey. Watch this video (BELOW) for some really hairy info on Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He is on a trajectory to invade Syria and then move into Israel. This guy is dead set on restoring the Ottoman Empire and he be the head hancho. the Speaker is a man named John Haller. John is an uber smart lawyer and personal friend. He does look at the world through the googles of Bible prophecy but he does not spin. The info he presents here is spot on and i have following this… Read more »
They may drag a few back into their camp, but once it becomes socially and culturally acceptable to be a conservative and a Republican, the Democrats have lost them for a very long time. It never goes back to the old ways. Democratic strategist Jeffrey Pollock was aghast when speaking with Hispanic voters from South Texas. Sitting in on focus groups, these voters would sound like cranky white guys from red states on immigration. The old assumptions Democrats held about certain voter groups got obliterated this election cycle: Hispanic voters shifted more toward the GOP and Trump, and women voters… Read more »
I am going to give a preliminary report on my new battery powered lawn equipment. I have 2 4amp hour, 80 volt batteries and 1 2amp hour 80 volt battery, 1 21″ mower, a string trimmer and a blower. Easy to use and quiet for the trimmer and blower. I didn’t have the batteries fully charged but did get the trimming and blowing done with only one battery swap. Charging time is .89 hours per the manual. I was pleasantly surprised when I left one on the charger and the charger turned its self off when the battery was full.… Read more »
Hey, remember when lots of people, Right and Left, were saying last spring the whole election was going to be about abortion and pro-abortion women were going to swing the votes to the Democrats ? Just asking…
Fighter jets struck a Hamas position in an abandoned Gaza hospital compound on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces said.The IDF said the squad, part of Hamas’s Shejaya Battalion, maintained a command and control center inside the former Al-Wafa Hospital in Gaza City. The army added that Hamas also operated an air defense system from the grounds of the former medical center.“The complex was used by the terrorists to plan and execute terrorist plots against IDF forces in the immediate future,” the army said. and then a second hospital was attacked and… “This is another example of the systematic violation of… Read more »
The largest city and capitol of Yemen is Sana’a. The Houthis took it over and the original shell of a government is in Aden. So Sana’a airport has been busy with freighter flights from I ran to keep the Houthis supplied with arms and ammo. Until now…
Jimmy Carter passed away at 100.
Malone’s Sunday Strip: “The End of an Error”
So Judge Juan Merchan still has not given the sentencing in Trump’s case. They are speculating that he could hold it over Trump’s head for 4 years. There are numerous reversible errors in the trial and a delay in sentencing prevents Trump from making an appeal. This judge along with Engoron and Chutkan need to be disbarred.
Who knew there’s a Bahamas Bowl on Jan 4, 2025?
what a beautiful beach, here.
The 1957 Packard Patrician A true automotive masterpiece, the 1957 Packard Patrician was a groundbreaking design for its time. Its sleek lines, powerful engine, and innovative features made it a standout even compared to European sports cars.
The 1957 Packard Patrician Born from a daring project by Studebaker’s president, the Avanti was a last-ditch effort to save the struggling automaker. Though production was short-lived, its impact on automotive design is undeniable.
I put a bunch of seasoned beef short ribs in the huge Dutch oven yesterday around 4 at 275F. At about 0230 this morning I stirred the pot and reduced the heat to 250. Around 0830 the huge Dutch oven came out and the meat was falling off the bone, there was no water left in the pot, but because there was so much fat on the ribs, I wound up with about a quart of tan colored tallow. I ran it through a fine mesh strainer and put the sealed, upside down jar in a pot of hot water… Read more »
What a fine day! 73, bright and sunny and we’ve not topped out yet.
I’m off to check on the hens and make sure they have enough water to get them through the first of next week. We’re spending New Years at the beach and Heather will look after the chickens but I don’t want her to have to water them.
Spotted over yonder; A woman decides to have a face lift for her 50th birthday. She spends $15,000 and looks sensational. On her way home, she stops at a news stand to buy a newspaper. Before leaving, she says to the clerk, ‘I hope you don’t mind my asking, but how old do you think I am?”.’About 32,’ is the reply.’‘Nope! I’m exactly 50,’ the woman says happily.A little while later she goes into McDonald’s and asks the counter girl the very same question.The girl replies, ‘I’d guess about 29.’ With a big smile, the woman replies, ‘Nope, I’m 50.’Now… Read more »
I’ve thought that too.
The Coop circa 1969.
Mornin y’all
If you insist on acting like a foolish imbecile in public, don’t cry when Matt Taibbi points out to the world what an idiot you are. The most ignored real stories of 2024, a year in which national media made the mass production of “pseudo-events” a stand-in for news That a sociopathic rich kid who’s too lazy to write a real manifesto (262 words is the insane diarist’s version of premature ejaculation) might skip the woods-and-privation part of the Unabomber story and jump straight to the American cheat code for fame isn’t surprising. That everyone from Amy Goodman at Democracy Now! to Michael Moore to… Read more »
Beware of the phony wars rising out of the internet. It’s BS.
The campaign to pit one conservative against another over foreign worker visas is well funded and versatile. This explosion of internecine warfare with right wing supporters using racial and ethnic slurs against one another is being fueled and stoked by left wing bot mills churning out millions of fake comments.
I watched some of the FOX Sunday show for the first time in a long while.
Cal Thomas was a panel member.
I didn’t even know the guy was still alive.
Looks pretty good for 82.
On March 5, 1919, the British tabloid The Mirror published this comic strip titled, “The Pocket Telephone: When Will It Ring”.
Well, Y’all’s weather finally made here about 2:15 AM and it arrived with much gusto, rain, wind and thunder boomers. It didn’t last long thoughand was pretty much gone by 5 AM. We only got 1.18″ of rain and most of that came in about 20 minutes. The wind wasn’t too bad and I’m not seeing any big limbs on the ground so we’re good.
I’m fixin’ breakfast so i better get back in the kitchen.
Oh and Mornin’ Gang
/peeking
We had a power outage late this afternoon, no idea why. It was fixed in about 45 minutes, and the phone call telling us power was back on indicated the problem was because some of their machinery was at fault.
In the meantime, spouse had our battery hooked up and going outside. It is worth every penny we paid for it, lo these years ago. Take care of it and it takes care of us.
Ann Coulter looks like an anorexic blonde Alice Cooper
The musicians of the Titanic,…only one survived. 😉
Texpat 7:26
Preach it, bro,
I am typing one-left-handed. managed to give myself a pretty good grease burn on my right hand. I have been keeping the burned area cold and I’m dreading bedtime. I’ll wrap it of course, but removing the cold ain’t gonna be fun.
Who said this and what are you talking about ? Links and context count.
Since when was Anne Coulter a “MAGA diehard”…
This whole stupid fight over H1-B visas is beyond stupid. There is a difference between hiring tech scabs to come in and do coding at cheap rates and attracting the best talent we can in the world. Like most government projects it has amounted to good intentions…road to hell…you know the rest. I suspect a lot of these firms hiring these low rent tech people don’t really care about skills and they are looking to fill mid or low level tech positions as employment contractors or “consultants.” There is no doubt greedy bastards have abused the system, but I would… Read more »
Well, y’alls weather should be at my doorstep about 5 AM in the morning. A little of it is in western Alabama already.
Dang GjT
i think I need the Heimlich
Since when was Anne Coulter a “MAGA diehard” ????????
I stand to be corrected, but my memory says she was the first so-called conservative media power to abandon Trump.
SNL does Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric.
I do believe that the gumbo is ready.
Later.
Re: Greg Gumble
He was one of the better football play-by-play guys ever. But not Top Five.
Unlike his less talented younger brother, he generally kept his politics to himself.
His younger brother Bryant is perhaps the most annoying broadcaster asshole I’ve ever seen.
What a bunch of drama queens we have to put up with at this stage of our Republic.
Thank you, Lord, for DJT.
Sorry, not sorry. I haven’t had so much fun watching politics in years. Elon Musk said, “Take a big step back and F–K YOURSELF in the face. I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend,” he added, paragraphing a memorable line from the 2008 comedy “Tropic Thunder.”The tech billionaire has been criticized by MAGA diehards including Laura Loomer and Ann Coulter — who say the H-1B visa program has been abused and needs to be sharply curtailed.And influential voices around Trump have publicly begun turning on Musk as well.“Someone please notify ‘Child… Read more »
As weird as it is, this painting of Stephen F. Austin hangs in the chamber of the Texas House of Representatives.
I have to watch this: Carnivore Potato Chips
Maybe I can have some crunchy stuff after all!
Just gritted my way through a mile at reduced speed on the treadmill. Spent a good portion of the time leaning on the sidebars, stretching out the back.
Exercise is necessary for the blood sugar numbers. Yesterday I couldn’t even conceive of trying to work out. I got some good hang time this morning, so braved it this afternoon. May go hang again.
And then painkillers.
This has to end at some point. Right? Right?!
The Pop Tarts Bowl?
RIP Greg Gumbel. i did not realize he was 78