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Originally posted by darthfuster:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
^^^ That quote is masterfully devoid of any substance whatsoever. Absolutely incredible how anyone can string those words together with a straight face.

There was a comedian I heard back in the 80's who, while pretending to be a politician, could speak for minutes on end answering an interviewer's questions without actually saying anything.......but it sounded as if he did say something. You just couldn't put your finger on what it was. He was masterful. I wish I could remember his name.

Jonathon Winters?

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:

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Originally posted by darthfuster:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
^^^ That quote is masterfully devoid of any substance whatsoever. Absolutely incredible how anyone can string those words together with a straight face.

There was a comedian I heard back in the 80's who, while pretending to be a politician, could speak for minutes on end answering an interviewer's questions without actually saying anything.......but it sounded as if he did say something. You just couldn't put your finger on what it was. He was masterful. I wish I could remember his name.

Jonathon Winters?

No, JW may have done that too, but this guy was young maybe in his 30s back then.

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Originally posted by sdy:
Having watched the Buttigieg snap-n-pop candidacy, it was obvious his terms involved getting an innocuous job that would provide him and his husband enough graft to facilitate their lifestyle.

I'm a bit confused. How does Mr. Buttgig get a month off paid for 'paternity' leave, when he's apparently the woman in his marriage? Beyond that, why pick on Buttgig? He's no more incompetent than any number of other Biden cabinet heads. They're all totally unqualified for the positions they hold.

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Buttigieg:

“What I can tell you is that we are doing everything for the short term and the long term and we will work through the factors that present themselves as challenges in the terms that we encounter on everything. … The significant problems are not problem of insignificance because they are not important problems, they are significant challenges because of the importance of their significance and we are addressing them in both long and short term solutions. … This is important, not just morally but also economically, because the challenges are what we need to recognize as important maintenance issue challenges.”

I can picture a statement like this being said in almost any corporate meeting when some manager is talking.

In fact, it could be a Dilbert cartoon.

To borrow from Blazing Saddles, what we have here is authentic political gibberish.

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The significant problems are not problem of insignificance because they are not important problems, they are significant challenges because of the importance of their significance and we are addressing them in both long and short term solutions.

That's gonna be my new signature line for a while.

Hedley Lamarr : My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.

Taggart : God darnit, Mr. Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
There was a comedian I heard back in the 80's who, while pretending to be a politician, could speak for minutes on end answering an interviewer's questions without actually saying anything.......but it sounded as if he did say something. You just couldn't put your finger on what it was. He was masterful. I wish I could remember his name.

Is this what you're remembering???

Pete Buttigieg reminds me of the old Oswald Bates sketches on In Living Color, lots of big words strung together by an idiot with absolutely no clue what he's saying:





Oswald Bates : First of all, we must internalize the "flatulation" of the matter by transmitting the effervescence of the "Indianisian" proximity in order to further segregate the crux of my venereal infection. Now, if I may retain my liquids here for one moment. I'd like to continue the "redundance" of my quote, unquote "intestinal tract", you see because to preclude on the issue of world domination would only circumvent - excuse me, circumcise the revelation that reflects the "Afro-disiatic" symptoms which now perpetrates the jheri curis activation. See, so by the -...

Narrator : Give to The United Negro Scholarship Fund. Because a mind is a terrible thing to develop without help.

Oswald Bates : Allow me to expose my colon once again. The ramification inflicted on the incision placed within the Fallopian cavities serves to be holistic taken from the Latin word "jalapeno".

Buttigieg to get some "help" sorting out the port problems

Under the Transportation Dept is the "Maritime Administration"

it needed a new leader

Biden appointed a retired Admiral - Ann Philips

The White House's announcement of Philips' nomination is more of the woke nonsense that's typified the Biden administration's priorities — much ado about equity and future climate terror — without any sort of information about why she's qualified to handle shipping issues:

Ann Phillips is a leader in the field of coastal resilience and climate impact on national security at the regional, national and international level. In her current appointment as the first Special Assistant to the Governor of Virginia for Coastal Adaptation and Protection, she is building a collaborative, whole of government and community approach to address the impact of coastal flooding across the Commonwealth, including the development of Virginia’s first Coastal Resilience Master Plan. In particular, she coordinates across Federal, State, local and other partners to create equitable strategies to address rising waters and climate impact to federal, maritime, and other critical coastal infrastructure assets in Virginia.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...urse-he-did-n2597594

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Buttigieg to get some "help" sorting out the port problems

Time to get on it, Pete.



Somebody wake up Pete with smelling salts. He fainted.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...edule-today-n2597601

There are more than 250,000 shipping containers floating off the coast of California. Americans everywhere are experiencing shortages and inflation is through the roof with no signs of slowing down.

"Uncomfortably high inflation will grip the U.S. economy well into 2022, as constrained supply chains keep upward pressure on prices and, increasingly, curb output, according to economists surveyed this month by The Wall Street Journal.

"Concerns about limited supply are the main cloud over the outlook. Around half of respondents cited supply-chain bottlenecks as the biggest threat to growth in the next 12 to 18 months, while nearly one-fifth pointed to labor shortages. They also expect supply-chain woes to weigh on the economy through much of next year. Some 45% estimate that it will take until the second half of 2022 for bottlenecks to have mostly receded, compared with two-fifths expecting major improvement before then."

Today, Biden has no public events scheduled and no plans to answer questions. By the end of the week, 100 days will have gone by since his last press conference in July.

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— without any sort of information about why she's qualified to handle shipping issues:

Ann Phillips is a leader in the field of coastal resilience and climate impact on national security at the regional, national and international level. In her current appointment as the first Special Assistant to the Governor of Virginia for Coastal Adaptation and Protection, she is building a collaborative, whole of government and community approach to address the impact of coastal flooding across the Commonwealth, including the development of Virginia’s first Coastal Resilience Master Plan. In particular, she coordinates across Federal, State, local and other partners to create equitable strategies to address rising waters and climate impact to federal, maritime, and other critical coastal infrastructure assets in Virginia.

There could be a vaguely plausible reason for this - 'environmental' concerns constitute the main non-labor hangups in increasing the flow through Pacific Coast ports, and sending a woman (at least in Biden & Co.s world) would eliminate any objections on the basis of identity politics. As for the rest of it, the DOT has plenty of technical specialists to provide all the information she'd need. I'm sure CNN and the New York Times will be thrilled.

Sadly, there's no reason to believe that any of that will be brought to bear in an effective way given that all the talks are between the Bidenites and Biden's California analogue, Gavin Newsom, who's desperate to have the 'Biden Coalition' (pause for sniggering and howls of laughter) elevate him to the White House in some form or fashion. That can't happen if environmental "advocates" are given an excuse to engage in fundraising hysteria.

What gives it away? As someone here pointed out, California's problem has to do with diesel particulates in the air, not rising sea levels or coastal erosion.

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Today, Biden has no public events scheduled and no plans to answer questions. By the end of the week, 100 days will have gone by since his last press conference in July.

Imagine if Orange Man had done this. I hate double standards.

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:

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Originally posted by darthfuster:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
^^^ That quote is masterfully devoid of any substance whatsoever. Absolutely incredible how anyone can string those words together with a straight face.

There was a comedian I heard back in the 80's who, while pretending to be a politician, could speak for minutes on end answering an interviewer's questions without actually saying anything.......but it sounded as if he did say something. You just couldn't put your finger on what it was. He was masterful. I wish I could remember his name.

Jonathon Winters?

No, JW may have done that too, but this guy was young maybe in his 30s back then.

This guy? Durwood Fincher...

Regis used him during a practical joke with Kelly back in the day...


Tony

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Originally posted by benny6:

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Originally posted by darthfuster:

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:

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Originally posted by darthfuster:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
^^^ That quote is masterfully devoid of any substance whatsoever. Absolutely incredible how anyone can string those words together with a straight face.

There was a comedian I heard back in the 80's who, while pretending to be a politician, could speak for minutes on end answering an interviewer's questions without actually saying anything.......but it sounded as if he did say something. You just couldn't put your finger on what it was. He was masterful. I wish I could remember his name.

Jonathon Winters?

No, JW may have done that too, but this guy was young maybe in his 30s back then.

This guy? Durwood Fincher...

Regis used him during a practical joke with Kelly back in the day...


Tony

May have been him. The political talk was so fluid with no mushy slurred words. He was hilarious. No matter how closely you listened to him he just made no sense. The callers he answered were just as funny as they tried to respond lol. It took me about three calls in to get what was happening.

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Censorship at its best, I guess new are outsourcing our censorship to Chinese companies now?

TikTok rapper says his account was frozen for 'bullying' after 'Let's go Brandon' video went viral

'Let's Go Brandon!' goes from social media meme to the top of the iTunes charts


That's outstanding!

If I had an iTunes, I'd download it just to add to his numbers.

https://www.breitbart.com/econ...-go-up-tremendously/

Gristedes grocery chain owner John Catsimatidis warned that food prices will continue to soar as President Joe Biden’s administration struggles to contain rising inflation.

MARIA BARTIROMO: We’re talking about the disruptions in the supply chain and inflation being real issues, what are you seeing from your stand point in regards to both of those issues?

JOHN CATSIMATIDIS: We’re both in the oil business and food business, so I see all the ends of the chain. We’re at almost 84 dollars for oil this morning. We’re going to see $100 oil, it looks like. There’s no sign of it stopping.

You know how how CEOs are on Wall Street, they live quarter by quarter. If they are off by a penny in earnings, Wall Street is not forgiving. So what are the CEOs doing?

They’re raising prices. They want to be ahead of the curve. I see food prices going up tremendously, they want to be ahead of the curve and the way we are doing it is they are dropping all promotions, they are dropping low-moving items.

Did Kamala Harris Just Violate Federal Law To Boost Terry McAuliffe In Virginia?

https://jonathanturley.org/202...auliffe-in-virginia/

Democratic leaders have pulled out the stops to try to help Terry McAuliffe in his struggling campaign for governor in Virginia. Figures from Barack Obama to Stacey Abrams have stumped for McAuliffe who is in a tight race with businessman Glenn Youngkin. The key for McAuliffe is black voters, and to spur turnout Vice President Kamala Harris has taped an endorsement of McAuliffe that is reportedly being played at hundreds of African American churches around the state. The problem is the “Johnson Amendment” makes such political pitches in churches a violation of federal law. Making matters worse, this knowing violation occurred just days after the filing of a complaint against White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki for clearly violating the Hatch Act in using the White House press room to support McAuliffe.

The video was aired last Sunday and will air again next Sunday. It was also quoted and aired by CNN. As Harris said in her much maligned “space video,” you can see the violation of federal law “with your own eyes.”

It is part of McAuliffe’s push called “Souls to the Polls” and is a full-throated endorsement of McAuliffe that calls on black churches to turn out for his election. Harris declares “I believe that my friend Terry McAuliffe is the leader Virginia needs at this moment.”

The problem is that such direct politicking in tax-exempt churches has been unlawful for decades. Section 501(c)3 states:

Corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition (but only if no part of its activities involve the provision of athletic facilities or equipment), or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided in subsection (h)), and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.

That bolded language is the “Johnson Amendment” prohibition.

The IRS makes clear that such violations will not be tolerated. The agency warns that tax-exempt groups “are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.” It further stresses:

“Contributions to political campaign funds or public statements of position (verbal or written) made on behalf of the organization in favor of or in opposition to any candidate for public office clearly violate the prohibition against political campaign activity. Violating this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of certain excise taxes.”

This was a direct political pitch reportedly played in hundreds of churches. Of course, the White House could claim that any violation was committed by the churches if they played the video in prohibited areas. That assumes that this was not created for that purpose, but it would effectively throw the churches under the bus. The ultimate penalty is the loss of their tax exempt status, though that is unlikely given the lax enforcement in past cases. Nevertheless, there is a legitimate interest in whether the White House knowingly participated in an effort to campaign in churches in violation of their federal obligations.

What is most hypocritical is that the Democrats used the opposition to the Johnson Amendment by former President Donald Trump as a rallying cry in the last election. Trump boasted that he got rid of the Johnson Amendment. That was not true. Here is the critical language in the Trump executive order:

In particular, the Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure, to the extent permitted by law, that the Department of the Treasury does not take any adverse action against any individual, house of worship, or other religious organization on the basis that such individual or organization speaks or has spoken about moral or political issues from a religious perspective, where speech of similar character has, consistent with law, not ordinarily been treated as participation or intervention in a political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) a candidate for public office by the Department of the Treasury.

The order expressly requires adherence to federal law and only states that “moral or political issues” may be discussed “from a religious perspective.” Harris is calling souls to the polls in a straight political speech. So even under Trump’s order, this would be a violation.

Putting aside any federal violation in such pitches, Trump’s desire to get the vote out through evangelical churches was widely denounced as an attack on the separation of Church and State. That was before McAuliffe ran into trouble in what was viewed as a reliably blue state that Biden won by a wide margin. Now the same media and legal figures are silent.

If this is indeed played in churches (as opposed to simply posted on Internet sites), it does appear a premeditated and unambiguous violation of the federal law governing churches as non-for-profit institutions.

^^^^^ In a word, Yes!