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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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^^^ 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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^^^ 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!

Who is really the aggressor?


Lloyd Austin To Stress "Open Door To NATO" In Visit To Ukraine & Georgia

https://www.zerohedge.com/mark...isit-ukraine-georgia

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is traveling to eastern Europe this week, where he will reportedly tell countries on the "the front lines of Russian aggression" - in particular Ukraine and Georgia - that there is an "open door to NATO", according to a senior defense official quoted in The Washington Times.

His trip will take him to both countries, after which he'll go to Romania and on to Belgium to participate in a meeting of NATO defense ministers. "We are reassuring and reinforcing the sovereignty of countries that are on the front lines of Russian aggression," the unnamed senior US official said further.

Both Ukraine and Georgia have have seen recent border conflicts and tensions flair up with their large, more powerful neighbor - including the Russo-Georgia War of 2008 centered on the status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

"Against that backdrop, defense officials said Mr. Austin will tell Ukrainian and Georgian leaders that there is an open door to NATO membership and that each country should take steps to qualify for membership," the Washington Times continues.

As for Ukraine, which earlier this year saw President Volodymyr Zelensky provocatively declare that "NATO membership is the only way to end war in Donbass", Austin is expected to underscore "unwavering support" - according to a DOD announcement of the official trip:

Meanwhile, just before Austin's arrival in the region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov took the opportunity to restate Russia's "red line" in an interview with a French TV channel, saying "Ukraine’s accession to NATO would be the worst-case scenario" for which Moscow would respond with necessary "active measures".

"This is a scenario that goes beyond the red lines of Russia’s national interests. This is a scenario that could force Russia to take active measures to ensure its own security," Peskov said. And addressing accusations earlier in the year of Russia threatening Ukraine's sovereignty via a major troop build-up, he pointed out that "before the Russian troops were moved to that region, there were large NATO exercises held near the Russian border. Everyone talks about the concentration of Russian troops all the time, but nobody talks about the concentration of NATO troops."

Austin's trip comes on the heels of a rare visit to Russia of Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, where a US delegation said productive talks were had with the Russian side toward restoring deteriorated communications with Washington.

Hmmm, yes. One side is inviting unity in the name of peace through a peaceful, voluntary process of joining a joint-security organization in the face a threat that is literally centuries old. The other is talking about red lines and trying to justify the perpetual destabilization of its neighbors and a heavy military presence on the basis of an opposing military presence that no one else has mentioned, much less is complaining about.

Whatever the Putin-suckers and crypto-socialists want to insist on, and no matter how shady the intentions of the Biden "Coalition", Russia is unquestionably the aggressor.

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Hmmm, yes. One side is inviting unity in the name of peace through a peaceful, voluntary process of joining a joint-security organization in the face a threat that is literally centuries old. The other is talking about red lines and trying to justify the perpetual destabilization of its neighbors and a heavy military presence on the basis of an opposing military presence that no one else has mentioned, much less is complaining about.

Whatever the Putin-suckers and crypto-socialists want to insist on, and no matter how shady the intentions of the Biden "Coalition", Russia is unquestionably the aggressor.

If Mexico and Canada got all warm and fuzzy with Russia or China and entered into a military alliance with them and were going to allow foreign troops and weapons on our border. I am sure we would be fine with that.

Ronald Regean promised the Russians that Nato would never expand Eastward if the Soviet Union withdrew from Eastern Europe.

I recall the world came close to war when Cuba invited Russian missles onto their soverign territory.

We're no threat to Mexico or Canada, in fact our stability and security depends on theirs. The missiles in Cuba were intentionally put there as a direct threat to our safety rather than to protect Cuba at a time when it had already become clear that doing so was unnecessary for the purpose of protecting the Castro regime from us.

Ronald Reagan made the promise that he did over thirty years (and two Russian governments) ago and at a time when countries in the area had not yet set themselves free only to be perpetually destabilized by 'little green men' campaigns out of Russia. An awful lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then.

Instead of wallowing in a bunch of moral relativism horse manure and sucking up to a vicious pig like Vladimir Putin, why don't we keep this thread more or less focused on the threat to American liberties and America's future known as Joe Biden?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...res-a-catch-n2597665

"President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall on Thursday in Baltimore, where he'll take questions as his administration continues to sell his ambitious legislative agenda to members of Congress and the nation,"

"A CNN spokesperson said an invitation-only audience will be present at the town hall"

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...an invitation-only audience

Yeah. Uh-huh..... Maybe that's the day I have to do my colonoscopy prep.....

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We're no threat to Mexico or Canada, in fact our stability and security depends on theirs. The missiles in Cuba were intentionally put there as a direct threat to our safety rather than to protect Cuba at a time when it had already become clear that doing so was unnecessary for the purpose of protecting the Castro regime from us.

Ronald Reagan made the promise that he did over thirty years (and two Russian governments) ago and at a time when countries in the area had not yet set themselves free only to be perpetually destabilized by 'little green men' campaigns out of Russia. An awful lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then.

Instead of wallowing in a bunch of moral relativism horse manure and sucking up to a vicious pig like Vladimir Putin, why don't we keep this thread more or less focused on the threat to American liberties and America's future known as Joe Biden?

Trump knew better than to put NATO right on Russia's border. A cornered animal is a dangerous animal. This is about Biden's policies and the stability to the world's peace. No one is sucking up to Putin.

President Trump actually tried to have a dialog with Putin and improve relations with Russia but was stymied by the Democrats at every turn. He was even accused of being a puppet of Russia.

The following former Soviet occupied coutries have become Nato members.Poland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,Latvia,Lithuania, Romania,Slovakia, and Slovenia.

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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...res-a-catch-n2597665

"President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall on Thursday in Baltimore, where he'll take questions as his administration continues to sell his ambitious legislative agenda to members of Congress and the nation,"

"A CNN spokesperson said an invitation-only audience will be present at the town hall"

Translated: We are planting the carefully selected "questions" that China Joe already has the "answers" all written down for...

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...food-prices-n2597492

Consumers need to prepare for a permanent increase in food prices, according to Kraft Heinz CEO Miguel Patricio.

Patricio said that inflation is "across the board," leading to a price increase in several countries. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the U.N. marked an increase in the Food Price Index in September, up 1.2% compared to the same month last year.

"We are raising prices, where necessary, around the world," Patricio said in an interview with the BBC. He noted a number of factors in various countries have driven the "necessary" increase.

"Specifically in the U.K., with the lack of truck drivers," Patricio explained. "In [the] U.S. logistic costs also increased substantially, and there's a shortage of labor in certain areas of the economy."

Patricio’s reference to "U.S. logistic costs" could refer to the record backlog of container ships waiting to enter the Port of Los Angeles. The port’s executive director, Gene Seroka, claimed that around 250,000 containers require moving through the port as of Oct. 6.

Where are Americans seeing inflation?

Rental cars +43% over last Sept
Gas 42%
Used cars 24%
Bacon 19%
Hotels 18%
Beef 18%
Pork 13%
Eggs 13%
TVs 13%
Kids' shoes 12%
Furniture 11%
New cars 9%
Chicken 8%
Apples 8%
Restaurant prices: 5%
Electricity 5%
Rent 2.9%

Biden tweet yesterday:

"We’re going to pass my Build Back Better Agenda and ensure the super-wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share."


heating bills set to spike 30-50 percent in some parts of the country

NYC:

Thanks to a citywide shoplifting tsunami, bare necessities are now rare luxuries on drug-store shelves across New York City.

“It looks like the Third World,” bemoaned one Manhattan resident, after eyeing the aisles of a CVS on Sixth Avenue in Soho desperately low of toothpaste, face wash and hand sanitizer, among a long list of other items.

“They’ve all been stolen,” a CVS employee told The Post.

State bail reform laws make shoplifting a promising career option for some New York City crooks. One man, Isaac Rodriguez, 22, of Queens, was arrested for shoplifting 46 times this year alone

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...hain-fiasco-n2597698

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“It looks like the Third World,” bemoaned one Manhattan resident, after eyeing the aisles of a CVS on Sixth Avenue in Soho desperately low of toothpaste, face wash and hand sanitizer, among a long list of other items.

“They’ve all been stolen,” a CVS employee told The Post.

Early bird gets the worm. Whoever stole it is probably hawking it somewhere. Start looking. Be prepared to pay cash (or ass or grass or whatever they else they take up there). Welcome to Bartertown.

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Biden tweet yesterday:

"We’re going to pass my Build Back Better Agenda and ensure the super-wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share."

Oh, that'll help!
Flood the world with $3.5 trillion newly made-up dollars... for blue cities and special interest groups. And make banks report every transaction over $600.
FJB!

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"A CNN spokesperson said an invitation-only audience will be present at the town hall"

Shouldn't that read "a hand selected audience". And even at that, 'all' questions will be fully approved well in advance of the town hall.