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Thursday Lefties Losing It Open Comments
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Still getting a little rain here and I mean a little. .60″ overnight and only 1.12″ since Monday. We appreciate it but we need much more.
Mornin’ Gang
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I think Alabamy is a gonna get rinsed today.
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Fingers Crossed. 😉
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Meanwhile over in the Land of Fruits N Nuts, gas is still very expen$ive.
Corner of Main and Cesar Chavez…
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Ten cent spread between regular and premium, here it is usually closer to a buck. Why would anybody use regular at that point?
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Spotted over yonder and someone here needs to see this. 😉
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Thanks for bringing back those memories.
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IF this happened, there are a bunch of people who should never breathe free air again.
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Well, I had a scare. Today is a holy day of obligation, and Hubby is going to drop me off at church early, before he goes to his pre-surgery doctor appointment. I’m skipping my morning routine and exchanging it for breakfast and a shower. I can pray my rosary before mass.
I tried to log into my computer while drinking my coffee, but the screen was black. Off and on, several times, and finally got something other than the void of death. It’s going through some updates, so I’m going to fit in my shower while that’s going on.
I’m just glad it isn’t dead. That would really complicate my day. Today is packing day, since I leave for Grandma heaven tomorrow.
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There is something about Justice John Roberts that just gives me the creeps; like he’s a kiddie diddler creeps. I have no proof that he is bent that way but every time I see him, the same gut-feeling/intuition comes up. Something tells me that he is being blackmailed and that is why he falls on the left side at critical junctures.
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Good morning, C&C, it’s Thursday! Today’s packed roundup includes: Court knocks down all Trump’s tariffs and we tackle the fallout (don’t give up yet); Kennedy body-slams scientific journals and vows their replacement, while technocratic progressives wail; Trump’s DOJ just kicked open the file cabinets on the Whitmer fednapping farce, the COVID origin cover-up, and the Supreme Court’s long-buried Dobbs leaker; Rubio weaponized visa policy to target foreign censors, turning free speech into an instrument of American power; and The Nation, of all places, declared that the Democrat Party is “literally dying” — a phrase that might’ve raised fewer eyebrows if eight jabbed House Dems hadn’t done just that since 2022.
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First – tariff confusion:
This wasn’t the typical court or the typical liberal injunction we’ve grown used to seeing. Eleven progressive states (led by Oregon) filed a lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs in the U.S. Court of International Trade, which is one of a few specialty courts that focus on particularly nettlesome and fouled-up legal areas. The cases are heard by three judges, and in this case, the panel included two Republican appointees (Trump and Reagan), and the 49-page decision was unanimous.
So, Trump is being flogged by the legal system again. The courts not only shot down deals already being made, it tells Trump to repay tariffs collected already.
…It’s like the courts are spending their credibility faster than drunken sailors on shore leave in a Thai brothel.
Even though this isn’t Mr. C’s legal bailiwick, he’s going to try his best. He thinks he’s found one “weak link”.
Constitutionally, Congress is supposed to set tariffs, but since they are congenitally unable to function properly or quickly, they have legislated some of this power to the Executive branch, especially in economic emergencies.
Thus, President Trump has a variety of tariff tools available to him. One of them is a wordily named 1997 statute called IEEPA, which is the one Trump used to build his trade dashboard, and which the three judges in this case found don’t let him set tariffs at all. They wrote a lot, page after mind-numbing page,… but finally got around to the crux, or nub, of their decision, which revolved around interpreting two words.
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Specifically, IEEPA (50 U.S.C. § 1702a1B) gave the President an impressively long list, transitive verb after verb, of powers he may legally deploy to regulate trade. The judges sniffed but it doesn’t say ’levy tariffs.’ …
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Not only did the judges’ parsimonious definition defy the dictionary, but it defied a predecessor statute (TWEA), which included the exact same language and which presidents used then to set tariffs. As Charlie Brown would say, good grief.
The word “regulate” is not equal to “setting” tariffs. Mr. C. thinks this insane decision will get yanked on appeal. Personally, I’m not so sure. It seems there’s a lot of the legal world dead set on violating their principles to stab Trump in the back. Trump’s back is pretty well poked by now, but they’re going to keep coming with those knives…..
…and since the court realized how thin that argument was, they set up a second bolt hole for themselves:
… Even if they were wrong, they wrote, they would still strike the tariffs down under the Supreme Court’s “major questions” doctrine, which is a generalized and rarely-used “non-delegation” prohibition against letting Congress assign its Constitutional powers to other branches.
The “major questions” theory was even more suspect and subject to appellate revision than their obsessive-compulsive definition of “regulate.” Politico drily observed, “Ultimately, the case could end up at the Supreme Court.”
Previous SCOTUS decisions held that
… “Matters relating to the conduct of foreign relations… are so exclusively entrusted to the political branches… as to be largely immune from judicial inquiry or interference.”
Mr. C. points out that there was none of this concern over executive overreach during the WLR “crisis”. Or during the 2020 election debacle.
Trump has other statutory tools at his disposal. For example – revoking student visas for those of the Oriental persuasion.
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After all of the stories about tainted medical “studies,” this next topic should bring some sense of satisfaction to denizens of the Big Comfy Couch:
In much better developments, two days ago, Stat News ran a story headlined, “‘Corrupt’ medical journals have to change, RFK Jr. says, or the NIH will publish in-house.” The sub-headline dug in deeper: “The health secretary said The Lancet, NEJM, and JAMA have been influenced by the pharmaceutical industry.”
I have often quoted the Lancet’s former editor-in-chief, Richard Horton, who in 2015 famously said, “The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue.” And he should know. “Science has taken a turn toward darkness,” Horton added.
So RFK will avoid publishing in those “learned” journals and simply publish in-house. Good for him. “Peer review” means nothing these days. If things improve, he may change his mind. But he’s pretty peeved, so we’ll see.
You’d think that “real” scientists would celebrate these kinds of developments. But it’s crickets from the science community. Cowards.
Tear it all down.
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This is why we no longer need resource-destroying institutions like Harvard and I don’t give a damn if they have to close their doors and rent out buildings to Chick-fil-A.
Garry Tan on X:
One state ***increased*** its reading literacy for the bottom 10% of students while 49 other states let standards keep slipping. It was the poorest state in the country, Mississippi. In 2013 they enacted a rule where at 4th grade if you can’t read, you repeat until you can.
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More Trump pardons in the making? He may pardon the “kidnappers” of Gretchen Whitmer.
President Trump said that he had watched the trial, and that “it looked to me like somewhat of a railroad job.”
And Trump should easily be able to recognize one of those.
We don’t know exactly what is happening. But something is happening in Whitmer’s world of faux heroism fueled by the fake FBI fednapping fracas. A week ago, newly appointed pardon attorney Eric Martin promised, “we’re going to take a hard look at this case.” Is Trump pulling Gretchen’s strings now?
Governor Whitmer, normally a chatty Cathy, sure has been unusually quiet lately.
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Also this on the great state of Mississippi…
From cdr salamander on X:
Your weekly reminder that the poorest State in our Union–and my ancestral homeland–still has a greater per-capita GDP than the United Kingdom.
Oh, and they’re knocking it out of the park in returning to proper teaching.
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Mississippi has a higher GDP than the UK?! I guess that is not really hard to believe but it did catch me off guard. 😉
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Next up: Bongino gets busy…reopening cases on the WH cocaine, J6 pipe bomb, and the Supreme Court leak. Buckle up!
Any of these cases could provide massive potential narrative fuel and political leverage. That’s not even including the Epstein and Trump assassination investigations.
Sally, grab the popcorn and put your phone on speaker, because with Trump’s DOJ aiming the investigatory searchlight at the Whitmer case, the COVID cover-up, the Dobbs leak, and J6 anomalies, there’s a whole cast of D.C. players who just felt the thermostat crank up. Even SCOTUS is in the crosshairs.
SCOTUS being investigated? Unprecedented. But I think it’s necessary. The leaking of Dobbs led to an assassination attempt, for goodness’ sake! The Justices, their clerks, and the Court’s Marshal could all be participants in the leak coverup.
…The possibilities are wild and mind-bending.
And remember: We just endured four long years of media and Democrats sanctimoniously reminding us that “no one is above the law.” Now, that cutesy catchphrase is boomeranging so hard it needs a trigger warning. …
All of those tools and weapons used against conservatives has now been turned on the insiders. I only hope that we have the same courage to pull triggers that the left has had for the last mmmph years.
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Finally: Rubio is restricting visas to those who are “complicit in censoring Americans”.
The story’s sub-headline added, “Trump’s secretary of state says those who undermine Americans’ free speech ‘should not enjoy the privilege’ of US travel.”
I considered including this story earlier, as another example of non-tariff leverage Trump weilds through the State Department. It is fair to say this announcement piles on top of the tariff leverage, potentially applying to foreign officials, NGO members, and even right up to other countries’ leaders themselves. But it could be bigger than that.
Examples are foreign countries restricting media platforms, even arresting Telegram’s founder. The EU is making some speech a criminal offense, even suing major social media platforms. As an American, used to the idea of “free speech,” this is hard for me to fathom. But there ya’ go.
Foreign leaders will be desperate to avoid being put on Rubio’s “list” because it doesn’t just block their access to the United States— it publicly brands them as enemies of American liberty. Being sanctioned under a speech-based visa restriction effectively exiles them from the global stage, cutting off face-to-face diplomacy, high-level trade talks, swanky elite conferences, and media platforms that all flow through Washington, New York, and Silicon Valley.
This embarrasses those diplomatic persons. Persona non grata status weakens them at home, and could end their political (or even personal) lives, depending upon their home country.
This is the first time in U.S. history that foreign officials could face personal diplomatic consequences for participating in the global censorship-industrial complex and collectively violating Americans’ constitutional rights.
The move is part of the bigger theme we’ve been tracking — that the Trump administration is reversing the vectors of power, especially on censorship, lawfare, and institutional corruption. Rubio’s visa ban on foreign censors is the next chess move. It’s early, and it was just an announcement, so I don’t want to speculate too much yet about how hard this geopolitical haymaker could land.
Things are changing. Unprecedented moves are being made.
Pass the popcorn.
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I am as alarmed about our national debt and operating deficit as any reasonable person can be.
However, I have run completely out of patience with Thomas Massie, Chip Roy, Rand Paul and Ron Johnson and their hissy fits over this budget bill from Trump.
In my opinion, they can keep their damned mouths shut until they pass at least one bill codifying at least one executive order from President Donald Trump. They can pass legislation to stop these little district judges from their unconstitutional interference with Trump’s authority.
Every time in my life we get a Republican House and Senate with a Republican president, Congress starts acting like a bunch of lazy, spoiled 8th graders. I am really sick of these people.
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They tend to make the perfect the mortal enemy of the darned good progress.
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Rosie O’Dip$#!t opines on Donald Trump. The cheese has clearly dun slud offa her cracker.
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The automotive industry in America is one of the slowest, if not the slowest, to respond to customer demands. They went from ignoring basic safety features and designs decades ago to adding the absurd distracting bells & whistles in vehicles guaranteed to cause accidents and kill people.
The obvious fact is humans are analog – not digital – despite all the wishes and dreams of Silicon Valley weirdos. Humanoid robots may operate on digital commands, but the actions they take mimic the analog tasks of human beings.
If carmakers’ return to physical controls isn’t evidence enough that screens are distracting, there is also mounting outcry from car buyers, as well as push from safety regulatory bodies like Europe’s NCAP (European New Car Assessment Program) for the return of essential physical controls.
and,
We laud certain manufacturers in 2025 for their commitment to driver-focused ergonomics, blending modern tech with excellent switchgear that makes life behind the wheel simpler and safer. From compact SUVs to versatile pickups, these vehicles strike an ideal balance between innovation and intuitive operation.
Take a look at 6 new models with mostly analog design.
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I just saw this. My iPhone was updated on Tuesday.
Data experts are urging iPhone users to install the new iOS 18.5 update, which includes a fix to prevent hackers from gaining access to personal content.
According to The Mirror, Apple has acknowledged that the most recent software update corrects a significant security gap that could potentially allow hackers to get into personal data such as photos, messages and app information.
and,
Apple claimed it solved the issue by implementing “improved input sanitization” and urged that iOS 18.5 “includes important security fixes and is recommended for all users.”
There have been no reports of users being manipulated so far, but security experts note that these kinds of vulnerabilities tend to be targeted and misused quickly once it becomes more widely known.
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These stories are positively insane. Growing up in Texas, I was around many, many Mexicans and Mexican families. Troubles with the police usually came on a Saturday night at some barrio bar involving a fight over a senorita.
These animals roaming across the land are not even civilized.
Six illegal immigrants, including minors as young as 13, have been charged with the “random” murder of a South Carolina mom — a crime the local sheriff said “defies any sense of decency in a civilized society.”
The five teens and a 21-year-old suspected shooter were busted Monday, 10 days after the body of Larisha Sharrell Thompson, 40, was found fatally shot behind the wheel of her Honda Accord.
The mom of two was gunned down in a “random robbery attempt” as she drove to meet friends in Rock Hill, according to investigators.
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Hopefully the bulk of the D voters (excluding the rabid 20% who would vote for a dead dog if it had a D behind it’s name) will hang the increased crime rate and expense of all these criminal illegals around the neck of the all the Ds and their media mouthpieces.
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I attended mass today and Father was in one of his moods. He barely acknowledged me and even walked away while I was talking to him.
Other days, he’s friendly enough. Not effusive in his greetings, but smiles as he walks by.
I don’t know if I’m just not his cup of tea and he tolerates me, if I’ve done something to wiss him off , or if he’s just way stressed out.
Then Hubby and I ate lunch at Lankfords Grocery. Their breakfast is a better deal, we think. Back home and I just finished prepping some eggs to take with me this weekend, and made a batch of chocolate pudding that has boiled eggs as a base. You’d be surprised.
Gonna make a rosary while I rest my back a bit. Gave away four more before mass. The children told me that they’d dedicate this afternoon’s today prayer to me. So sweet.
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Gaza Anarchy Update:
A. Hamas rejects Witkoff’s latest offer on a ceasefire.
B. The Trump backed humanitarian aid site is attacked by Hamas and American personnel flee
Via Ace.
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Baby Ravid was born by Caesarean section after his mother, Tzeela Gez, was murdered by a terrorist gunman in Israel’s Samaria region. The couple was ambushed as they drove to a nearby hospital to deliver the child
The Jerusalem Post noted that “the couple had been traveling to the hospital for the delivery when a terrorist opened fire from a passing vehicle using an automatic weapon.”
“Tzeela was hit and evacuated unconscious to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, where doctors performed emergency surgery in a bid to save the baby,” the newspaper added.
Baby’s father, 40-year-old Hananel, was also hurt in the attack and tried to stop his wife’s bleeding as she fought for her life.
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Savages
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Every time in my life we get a Republican House and Senate with a Republican president, Congress starts acting like a bunch of lazy, spoiled 8th graders. I am really sick of these people.
how many times do I have to say this about the republicant’s….???
They. Don’t. Wanna. Win. Ever.
Period.
+5000 Exclamation marks.
CORRUPT LOSERS.
Always and forever.
Have they ever even attempted to act like winners for one smidgen of a second in the last 75 years.?
He-double L No.
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Fort Gates Ferry on the St. Johns River in the 1950s
Photo courtesy of Welaka History.
I crossed the St Johns on that Ferry in September of 1961. We were in our 1961 Dodge Dart Phoenix. I was 7.
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