May 23, 2025
Trump Wins at Court
Timothy Birdnow
Big win at SCOTUS
COTUS Upholds Trump's Removal of Biden Appointees on Federal Boards
Big win at SCOTUS
COTUS Upholds Trump's Removal of Biden Appointees on Federal Boards
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Paper Dragon
Timothy Birdnow
Like I've been saying all along...
China Is Hardly the Economic Juggernaut That Many Western Analysts Believe
Like I've been saying all along...
China Is Hardly the Economic Juggernaut That Many Western Analysts Believe
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Little Willie Won't - Go Home
Timothy Birdnow
There's no lech like an old lech...
Bill Clinton Faced With New Sexual Misconduct Allegation From Inside His Own Team
We all knew Lewinsky and Jones were just the tip of the iceberg (sorty to mention tips and Bill Clinton in the same sentence; I know that hurts my mind's eye too). But now other stories are coming out.
In this case it was a stewardess on an air force flight.
From the Lifezette article:
Notice that last; Clinton often seemed to go for sweet women. Makes perfect sense given the Gila Monster he cohabitated with (as little as he could get away with, of course, but he still was married to the beast.)
But let's face it; Clinton had a real problem. I don't know if he got too little attentioin when he was a child or what, but there are deep psychological problems plaguing the former President. Nobody is led by their willies like Slick Willie.
There's no lech like an old lech...
Bill Clinton Faced With New Sexual Misconduct Allegation From Inside His Own Team
We all knew Lewinsky and Jones were just the tip of the iceberg (sorty to mention tips and Bill Clinton in the same sentence; I know that hurts my mind's eye too). But now other stories are coming out.
In this case it was a stewardess on an air force flight.
From the Lifezette article:
Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson, who served as the senior military aide responsible for carrying the "nuclear football” during the Clinton administration, shared the account in a post on X.
The incident, he says, occurred while returning from a trip on Air Force One and involved inappropriate conduct by the then-president toward a young female member of the military staff.
"We landed on the South Lawn at about midnight,” Patterson wrote.
"And, after ensuring the president was on his way to his residence upstairs, I headed to my bedroom in the East Wing. Shortly thereafter, my phone rang and it was the AF-1 presidential pilot. ‘Buzz, we have a problem,’ he said.”
Patterson stated that the pilot informed him of an incident in which President Clinton had allegedly "cornered a female AF-1 steward in the galley and molested her.”
The stewardess, a married Air Force staff sergeant with children, was described by Patterson as someone he knew personally and considered "super sweet.
The incident, he says, occurred while returning from a trip on Air Force One and involved inappropriate conduct by the then-president toward a young female member of the military staff.
"We landed on the South Lawn at about midnight,” Patterson wrote.
"And, after ensuring the president was on his way to his residence upstairs, I headed to my bedroom in the East Wing. Shortly thereafter, my phone rang and it was the AF-1 presidential pilot. ‘Buzz, we have a problem,’ he said.”
Patterson stated that the pilot informed him of an incident in which President Clinton had allegedly "cornered a female AF-1 steward in the galley and molested her.”
The stewardess, a married Air Force staff sergeant with children, was described by Patterson as someone he knew personally and considered "super sweet.
Notice that last; Clinton often seemed to go for sweet women. Makes perfect sense given the Gila Monster he cohabitated with (as little as he could get away with, of course, but he still was married to the beast.)
But let's face it; Clinton had a real problem. I don't know if he got too little attentioin when he was a child or what, but there are deep psychological problems plaguing the former President. Nobody is led by their willies like Slick Willie.
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Leftist Judge to Preside Over Trial
Timothy Birdnow
Meet the judge who is going to preside over the trial of Judge Hannah Dugan, the woman who interfered with ICE by schlepping an illegal criminal alien out her back door (no, that's not a ribald comment.)
Turns out the guy who drew the lucky straw is a radical leftist Trump-hating activist named Lynn Adelman.
Adelman was a Bill Clinton appointtee known for his radicalism. Jonathan Turley observed:
So we have one radical judging another radical. What could go wrong?
Meet the judge who is going to preside over the trial of Judge Hannah Dugan, the woman who interfered with ICE by schlepping an illegal criminal alien out her back door (no, that's not a ribald comment.)
Turns out the guy who drew the lucky straw is a radical leftist Trump-hating activist named Lynn Adelman.
Adelman was a Bill Clinton appointtee known for his radicalism. Jonathan Turley observed:
…Judge Adelman attacked Chief Justice Roberts as lying in his confirmation hearing and described Trump as "an autocrat” who is "disinclined to buck the wealthy individuals and corporations who control his party.”…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 20, 2025
"He was previously reversed and rebuked in a voter ID case after largely ignoring controlling precedent. For many conservatives, they may see little difference between the two judges in the case in terms of their demeanor and detachment,” Turley continued.
"Judge Alderman’s public commentary is another example of how extrajudicial statements undermine the judiciary. This history should not be added to a controversial case and raise questions over the objectivity and neutrality of the court.”
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 20, 2025
"He was previously reversed and rebuked in a voter ID case after largely ignoring controlling precedent. For many conservatives, they may see little difference between the two judges in the case in terms of their demeanor and detachment,” Turley continued.
"Judge Alderman’s public commentary is another example of how extrajudicial statements undermine the judiciary. This history should not be added to a controversial case and raise questions over the objectivity and neutrality of the court.”
So we have one radical judging another radical. What could go wrong?
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The Whole Abortion Enchilada?
Timothy Birdnow
Here is a piece at Western Journalism about how the GOOP is making a huge mistake in their handling of abortion in Missouri.
The author here is wrong; Missouri is not a "deep red state" but rather a pink state with the GOP holding a supermajority. That is not because Missourians are ultra conservative (though many of us are) but because the state Democrats are so over-the-top and leaderless they haven't been able to offer any reason for Missourians to vote for them.
But the state GOP is RINO, not conservative, and while we have some great guys from here like Josh Hawley or Eric Schmidt we are also the state that gave America John Danforth and Roy Blunt. And we elected Claire McCaskill TWICE. I would also point out Corey Bush was from Missouri and she was a squad member.
Missourians recently approved a constitutional amendment enshring abortion and the state GOP, in a moment of backbone, wants to annul that vote.
Voters approved the amendment 51.6% to 48.4%.
The state legislature has introduced House Joint Resolution 73, which seeks to put abortion back on the ballot.
The House Republicans left in the weasel clauses, omitting "fetal anomalies" and exempting rape and incsts.
I get the author's complaint; he sees abortion (as do I) as murder plain and simple, and argues this will enshrien abortion into the Constitution. I get his problem here. But it is fruitless to tilt at windmills and overturning abortion in the state without those exemptions is impossible, meaning many more children will die simply because some people are determined to stand on principle and cut off their own noses to spite their faces.
A huge part of why Missourians voted for the amendment enshrining abortion into the constitituion in the first place was because the state GOP had been discussing banning abortion with no exceptions. Polls show clearly Missourians want certain situations exempted.
He doesn't like that and I get it. But if we can repeal abortion first, we can update the constitution later and eliminate the loopholes. But there is nothing to be gained by obstinacy.
Missouri Right to Life favors the bill, which should tell us it's the best we can do. They are not compromisers. (My mother was big in Missouri Right to Life when I was a kid, by the way.)
The author of this piece doesn't understand that the amendment that made abortion the law of the land passed by narrow margins in a wave election for the GOP, and going into an off-year election will likely fail as voters traditionally favor the party out of power - and their policies. It would be a much harder fight to get this out than to stop it last time. If we couldn't stop it during a wave of conservatism, how do we roll it back without that wave?
I get his viewpoint and largely share it; I'm not known as a great compromiser. I believe that we should LEAD, that in leading people will follow. The GOP for decades has not wanted to lead, but merely wetted a finger and poked it in the air. I've long argued for boldness in politics, that you get people on board by bold colors and not pastels. But this is an instance where I think slow and steady wins the race. I've disagreed with many Conservatives over this idea we should eliminate abortion quickly and decisively because I am pretty certain this will only lead to a backlash. The abortionists had 52 years to win the hearts and minds of Americans; we should at least be willing to take a few years to win them back. I know children are dying, but losing out on restrictions because we go for the whole enchilada will only lead to more children dying needlessly. It's rather like Zelensky being unwilling to negotiate a settlement in Ukraine; he could wind up president of an empty country. Obstinacy can be quite foolish sometimes.
Here is a piece at Western Journalism about how the GOOP is making a huge mistake in their handling of abortion in Missouri.
The author here is wrong; Missouri is not a "deep red state" but rather a pink state with the GOP holding a supermajority. That is not because Missourians are ultra conservative (though many of us are) but because the state Democrats are so over-the-top and leaderless they haven't been able to offer any reason for Missourians to vote for them.
But the state GOP is RINO, not conservative, and while we have some great guys from here like Josh Hawley or Eric Schmidt we are also the state that gave America John Danforth and Roy Blunt. And we elected Claire McCaskill TWICE. I would also point out Corey Bush was from Missouri and she was a squad member.
Missourians recently approved a constitutional amendment enshring abortion and the state GOP, in a moment of backbone, wants to annul that vote.
Voters approved the amendment 51.6% to 48.4%.
The state legislature has introduced House Joint Resolution 73, which seeks to put abortion back on the ballot.
The House Republicans left in the weasel clauses, omitting "fetal anomalies" and exempting rape and incsts.
I get the author's complaint; he sees abortion (as do I) as murder plain and simple, and argues this will enshrien abortion into the Constitution. I get his problem here. But it is fruitless to tilt at windmills and overturning abortion in the state without those exemptions is impossible, meaning many more children will die simply because some people are determined to stand on principle and cut off their own noses to spite their faces.
A huge part of why Missourians voted for the amendment enshrining abortion into the constitituion in the first place was because the state GOP had been discussing banning abortion with no exceptions. Polls show clearly Missourians want certain situations exempted.
He doesn't like that and I get it. But if we can repeal abortion first, we can update the constitution later and eliminate the loopholes. But there is nothing to be gained by obstinacy.
Missouri Right to Life favors the bill, which should tell us it's the best we can do. They are not compromisers. (My mother was big in Missouri Right to Life when I was a kid, by the way.)
The author of this piece doesn't understand that the amendment that made abortion the law of the land passed by narrow margins in a wave election for the GOP, and going into an off-year election will likely fail as voters traditionally favor the party out of power - and their policies. It would be a much harder fight to get this out than to stop it last time. If we couldn't stop it during a wave of conservatism, how do we roll it back without that wave?
I get his viewpoint and largely share it; I'm not known as a great compromiser. I believe that we should LEAD, that in leading people will follow. The GOP for decades has not wanted to lead, but merely wetted a finger and poked it in the air. I've long argued for boldness in politics, that you get people on board by bold colors and not pastels. But this is an instance where I think slow and steady wins the race. I've disagreed with many Conservatives over this idea we should eliminate abortion quickly and decisively because I am pretty certain this will only lead to a backlash. The abortionists had 52 years to win the hearts and minds of Americans; we should at least be willing to take a few years to win them back. I know children are dying, but losing out on restrictions because we go for the whole enchilada will only lead to more children dying needlessly. It's rather like Zelensky being unwilling to negotiate a settlement in Ukraine; he could wind up president of an empty country. Obstinacy can be quite foolish sometimes.
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Poison Ivy League
Timothy Birdnow
Kristi Noam has banned Harvard from accepting foreign students for abusing their privilege.
This ban was instituted because Harvard failed to rein in anti-semitic student activity and allowed the abuse of Jewish students, as well as their complicity with the Chinese government and accepting large cash donations from an enemy power.
Noem had demanded Harvard "provide information about the criminality and misconduct of foreign students on its campus,” with the threat of losing their SEVP approval. Harvard declined and so now is being blocked from accepting foreign students.
Harvard had 6,793 international students as of the current academic year - 27% of the college's enrollment.
Harvard has also been stripped of government contracts and funding to the tune of two and a half billion dollars for these same misdeeds.
That Harvard is willing to continue to resist the Trump Administration proves they were seriously overfunded for decades and also that they have wealthy foreign powers aiding and abetting them. China alone contributed 12.9% ($5.6 billion) of all Harvard funding, for instance. And probably more that was laundered through third parties. Qatar too is a major donor at $894 million last year alone.
In fact foreign donations are so good Harvard has a reserve of $53.2 billion just sitting there making money for the top brass. They can last a while without foreign money, it seems. This while they charge $57,328 in yearly tuition (not countinf multiple fees).
If there ever was an entity that deserved to be defunded by the U.S. taxpayer it was Harvard. It's one of the citadels of Satan.
The Ivy League is the core of America's problems and in fact the core of the whole world's problems. It is there that every bad and evil idea is generated. We conservatives often complain bitterly about the media,but they ultimately take their cue from academia. Michael Crichton noted this in his novel State of Fear, that the root of everything is the Ivy League. He was right.
The Ivy League is where everyone who runs anything in America is trained. It is rare to find anyone in the top echelon of any corporation or in any boardroom or runing any foundation or NGO or at the top of government who didn't receive an Ivy League education, despite the fact that said education is no better than at many universities, perhaps worse since so much time is wasted on political correctness and DEI. But they have prestige and they take care of their own.You won't find a graduate of St. Louis University or the University of Nebraska or Georgia Tech at the top of any major entity. It's always Ivy League.
And all they do in the Ivy League is teach people not to think. They are brainwashing factories, rather like viruses that take over the machinery in the cells and replicate themselves until the host cell dies.
So I hope this is just the beginning of efforts to break the iron grip of the major universities over American life at taxpayer expense. America cannot be revitalized as long as the Ivy League continues to run everything.
Kristi Noam has banned Harvard from accepting foreign students for abusing their privilege.
This ban was instituted because Harvard failed to rein in anti-semitic student activity and allowed the abuse of Jewish students, as well as their complicity with the Chinese government and accepting large cash donations from an enemy power.
Noem had demanded Harvard "provide information about the criminality and misconduct of foreign students on its campus,” with the threat of losing their SEVP approval. Harvard declined and so now is being blocked from accepting foreign students.
Harvard had 6,793 international students as of the current academic year - 27% of the college's enrollment.
Harvard has also been stripped of government contracts and funding to the tune of two and a half billion dollars for these same misdeeds.
That Harvard is willing to continue to resist the Trump Administration proves they were seriously overfunded for decades and also that they have wealthy foreign powers aiding and abetting them. China alone contributed 12.9% ($5.6 billion) of all Harvard funding, for instance. And probably more that was laundered through third parties. Qatar too is a major donor at $894 million last year alone.
In fact foreign donations are so good Harvard has a reserve of $53.2 billion just sitting there making money for the top brass. They can last a while without foreign money, it seems. This while they charge $57,328 in yearly tuition (not countinf multiple fees).
If there ever was an entity that deserved to be defunded by the U.S. taxpayer it was Harvard. It's one of the citadels of Satan.
The Ivy League is the core of America's problems and in fact the core of the whole world's problems. It is there that every bad and evil idea is generated. We conservatives often complain bitterly about the media,but they ultimately take their cue from academia. Michael Crichton noted this in his novel State of Fear, that the root of everything is the Ivy League. He was right.
The Ivy League is where everyone who runs anything in America is trained. It is rare to find anyone in the top echelon of any corporation or in any boardroom or runing any foundation or NGO or at the top of government who didn't receive an Ivy League education, despite the fact that said education is no better than at many universities, perhaps worse since so much time is wasted on political correctness and DEI. But they have prestige and they take care of their own.You won't find a graduate of St. Louis University or the University of Nebraska or Georgia Tech at the top of any major entity. It's always Ivy League.
And all they do in the Ivy League is teach people not to think. They are brainwashing factories, rather like viruses that take over the machinery in the cells and replicate themselves until the host cell dies.
So I hope this is just the beginning of efforts to break the iron grip of the major universities over American life at taxpayer expense. America cannot be revitalized as long as the Ivy League continues to run everything.
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Sounding the Warning
Timothy Birdnow
For the last four years St.Louis has been run by Tishuara Jones, whose father Virvus had been an alderman and went to prison for corruption. Tishuara was better than some - she was NOT a BLM activist, like Corey Bush, but she was wholly incompetent. We have solid proof of that now.
City's Emergency Chief Blasted as DEI Hire After 'They/Them' Left Tornado Siren Off During Deadly St. Louis Storms
The deadly tornado that rolled through north and central-western St. Louis came as a surprise to city residents because the sirens failed. Nobody had bothered to check them to make sure they were working properly.
I know for a fact; I never heard them, and I live in south city.
Granted, you can't blaem everything on Jones, the board of Aldermen also failed spectacularly. Of course, four of the leaders of the board, including the President, went to prison for corruption not long ago.
At any rate Jones was clearly an affirmative action candidate, and the North Side all voted for her (she was the first woman Mayor and black too.) She ran against Lewis Reed, a black man, who happened to be the same president of the Board of Alderman mentioned above.
That's St. Louis for you. Run entirely by Democrats since the last Republican mayor served in 1948 and corrupt to it's very core.
Cara Spencer, the new mayor, is at least making a show of horror at this and has ordered reviews of all emergency systems. I doubt Spencer's capabilities; she's a rich white woman from a gated community looking for something to give her life meaning, a true limousine liberal. But she has to be better than Jones.
All the blame appears to be falling on Sara Russell, the head of the city's Emergency Management Agency. Russell was no doubt a patronage hire for that job. I have little doubt she's politically connected to the city machine. But it was Jones who was at the helm all along and should have made sure her subordinates were doing their jobs. The buck stops there.
This article says the sirens were not sounded, and asks why not,but that's old news; equipment tests showed they weren't working. Nobody had bothered to test them or do proper maintenance.
Oh, it turns out Russell describes herself as "non-binary" and lists her pronouns on the city's contact page.
Whose fault is that though? She was hired because she checked off the diversity boxes. Ultimately the fault was Mayor Jones's.
This little bit of political correctness caused the death of five people.
Russell and other top officials at CEMA were attending a workshop elsewhere when this happened. I would point out that it probably was a free vacation paid by the taxpayers of St. Louis.
this is the kind of incompetence we've seen in St. Louis for decades. Mayor Spencer won the last election because of kitchen table issues involving the city. The public was very angry at the way the city handled the big snowstorm we had this winter; many people were simply trapped in their sidestreets for weeks because the city does nothing to prevent snow buildup or keep city streets clear. (They don't plow because city streets are one-way and narrow and they would bury cars if they plowed. Plus hit many of them. But they could at least lay some salt in advance.) Right now the gas company - Spire - has torn up the entire area where I live, with multiple detours and lane closures all over. It's infuriating. I was trying to go to a doctor's appointment and a ten minute drive turned into something like forty minutes. The City Street Department wasn't doing this, granted, but they let Spire simply tear up all the roads at once, causing a huge logjam. Tishuara Jones should have told them they couldn't do that, that they had to do one section at a time.
Also last winter we had multiple water main breaks, all over the place. Interestinglly enough there was a bill before the voters to replace many water lines. Coincidence? The city owns the water company in St. Louis; it's not a private corporation.
Increasingly St. Louis looks like a Third World city. There are large swaths of it that are simply ruins, or vacant lots. Packs of wild dogs roam the north side, living in abandoned buildings. Basic services are degrading. The forestry department doesn't prune the trees along the streets, and whenever there is a storm large limbs fall on peoples cars and otherwise block roads and do damage. And don't get me started on street conditions; potholes are as common as holes in chunks of swiss cheese. Recently the city installed speed bumps on many side streets; they needn't have bothered as the potholes force drivers to go slow.
And while violent crime SUPPOSEDLY dropped I seriously doubt it; I believe they just aren't reporting the crimes to the FBI. Every day there are shootings.
Increasingly St. Louis seems like Kinshasa, or San Salvador,or Tijuana, or some other desolate place.
And it will never change. St. Louis takes on big projects to try to rejuvenate the city but in the end the plans fail (even if they succeed for a time) because the city is structurally incapable of rejuvenating or of growth thanks to the Democratic stranglehold. The City Earnings tax, which must be paid if you are a resident or even just work in the city, drives businesses out. A business can simply set up just outside the city limits and not pay the onerous tax. (Sports franchises that play here have to pay it too, which is why St. Louis never gets any big sporting events and why sports franchises are slow to relocate here. It's part of why St. Louis lost the Rams football team, for instance, as they did the Cardinals before them.)
There is a lot to be proud of here, but St. Louis will never be a world class city again, and that's because it is being run into the ground and has been for over 75 years now. This failure to sound the tornado warnings is just one more example of why nobody wants to live or work in St. Louis anymore.
For the last four years St.Louis has been run by Tishuara Jones, whose father Virvus had been an alderman and went to prison for corruption. Tishuara was better than some - she was NOT a BLM activist, like Corey Bush, but she was wholly incompetent. We have solid proof of that now.
City's Emergency Chief Blasted as DEI Hire After 'They/Them' Left Tornado Siren Off During Deadly St. Louis Storms
The deadly tornado that rolled through north and central-western St. Louis came as a surprise to city residents because the sirens failed. Nobody had bothered to check them to make sure they were working properly.
I know for a fact; I never heard them, and I live in south city.
Granted, you can't blaem everything on Jones, the board of Aldermen also failed spectacularly. Of course, four of the leaders of the board, including the President, went to prison for corruption not long ago.
At any rate Jones was clearly an affirmative action candidate, and the North Side all voted for her (she was the first woman Mayor and black too.) She ran against Lewis Reed, a black man, who happened to be the same president of the Board of Alderman mentioned above.
That's St. Louis for you. Run entirely by Democrats since the last Republican mayor served in 1948 and corrupt to it's very core.
Cara Spencer, the new mayor, is at least making a show of horror at this and has ordered reviews of all emergency systems. I doubt Spencer's capabilities; she's a rich white woman from a gated community looking for something to give her life meaning, a true limousine liberal. But she has to be better than Jones.
All the blame appears to be falling on Sara Russell, the head of the city's Emergency Management Agency. Russell was no doubt a patronage hire for that job. I have little doubt she's politically connected to the city machine. But it was Jones who was at the helm all along and should have made sure her subordinates were doing their jobs. The buck stops there.
This article says the sirens were not sounded, and asks why not,but that's old news; equipment tests showed they weren't working. Nobody had bothered to test them or do proper maintenance.
Oh, it turns out Russell describes herself as "non-binary" and lists her pronouns on the city's contact page.
Whose fault is that though? She was hired because she checked off the diversity boxes. Ultimately the fault was Mayor Jones's.
This little bit of political correctness caused the death of five people.
Russell and other top officials at CEMA were attending a workshop elsewhere when this happened. I would point out that it probably was a free vacation paid by the taxpayers of St. Louis.
this is the kind of incompetence we've seen in St. Louis for decades. Mayor Spencer won the last election because of kitchen table issues involving the city. The public was very angry at the way the city handled the big snowstorm we had this winter; many people were simply trapped in their sidestreets for weeks because the city does nothing to prevent snow buildup or keep city streets clear. (They don't plow because city streets are one-way and narrow and they would bury cars if they plowed. Plus hit many of them. But they could at least lay some salt in advance.) Right now the gas company - Spire - has torn up the entire area where I live, with multiple detours and lane closures all over. It's infuriating. I was trying to go to a doctor's appointment and a ten minute drive turned into something like forty minutes. The City Street Department wasn't doing this, granted, but they let Spire simply tear up all the roads at once, causing a huge logjam. Tishuara Jones should have told them they couldn't do that, that they had to do one section at a time.
Also last winter we had multiple water main breaks, all over the place. Interestinglly enough there was a bill before the voters to replace many water lines. Coincidence? The city owns the water company in St. Louis; it's not a private corporation.
Increasingly St. Louis looks like a Third World city. There are large swaths of it that are simply ruins, or vacant lots. Packs of wild dogs roam the north side, living in abandoned buildings. Basic services are degrading. The forestry department doesn't prune the trees along the streets, and whenever there is a storm large limbs fall on peoples cars and otherwise block roads and do damage. And don't get me started on street conditions; potholes are as common as holes in chunks of swiss cheese. Recently the city installed speed bumps on many side streets; they needn't have bothered as the potholes force drivers to go slow.
And while violent crime SUPPOSEDLY dropped I seriously doubt it; I believe they just aren't reporting the crimes to the FBI. Every day there are shootings.
Increasingly St. Louis seems like Kinshasa, or San Salvador,or Tijuana, or some other desolate place.
And it will never change. St. Louis takes on big projects to try to rejuvenate the city but in the end the plans fail (even if they succeed for a time) because the city is structurally incapable of rejuvenating or of growth thanks to the Democratic stranglehold. The City Earnings tax, which must be paid if you are a resident or even just work in the city, drives businesses out. A business can simply set up just outside the city limits and not pay the onerous tax. (Sports franchises that play here have to pay it too, which is why St. Louis never gets any big sporting events and why sports franchises are slow to relocate here. It's part of why St. Louis lost the Rams football team, for instance, as they did the Cardinals before them.)
There is a lot to be proud of here, but St. Louis will never be a world class city again, and that's because it is being run into the ground and has been for over 75 years now. This failure to sound the tornado warnings is just one more example of why nobody wants to live or work in St. Louis anymore.
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Covid-19 mRNA Vaccines Likely Role In Historic Excess Mortality Rates Must Be Explored Revisited
Timothy Birdnow
I thought I'd recycle this from 2023 so we can compare it to what we now know.
Covid19 mRNA Vaccines Likely Rolein Historic Excesse Mortality Rates Must be Explored
James Doogue,a master statistician, penned this post showing how heart issues are tied to the Covid vaccine.
I know it's old hat, but I thought it fun to see what he was saying in '23 and compare it withthe present.
BTW while I had a host of heart problems I developed a new one -Afib -about a year after getting the shot. Coincidence? Maybe, but I had a TIA which is caused by clots. The vax is well documented to cause clots.
I thought I'd recycle this from 2023 so we can compare it to what we now know.
Covid19 mRNA Vaccines Likely Rolein Historic Excesse Mortality Rates Must be Explored
James Doogue,a master statistician, penned this post showing how heart issues are tied to the Covid vaccine.
I know it's old hat, but I thought it fun to see what he was saying in '23 and compare it withthe present.
BTW while I had a host of heart problems I developed a new one -Afib -about a year after getting the shot. Coincidence? Maybe, but I had a TIA which is caused by clots. The vax is well documented to cause clots.
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May 22, 2025
The Craven ACB
Timothy Birdnow
Amy Conehead-Barely shows again she's the reincarnation of David Souter.
Breaking | Supreme Court issues ruling in Oklahoma religious school case — Barrett recuses in 4-4 decision
Amy Conehead-Barely shows again she's the reincarnation of David Souter.
Breaking | Supreme Court issues ruling in Oklahoma religious school case — Barrett recuses in 4-4 decision
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The Bitter End - Not a Bang but a Whimper
Timothy Birdnow
Great Briain is not so great now. In fact I would call it Mediocre Britain these days. Utterly determined to divest themselves of what they perceive in their liberal minds as the "sin" of colonialism, the British government has done a deal with the Chinese-allied Mauritus to hand over the Indian Ocean island chain The Chago Archipelago which includes the critical base at Diego Garcia.
The sun has finally set on the British empire. Britain owned this island group, for instance. They also own a few niggling Pacific islands, including primarily the Pitcairn group, of which only one is inhabited (by the mutineers of the Bounty). The British gave independence to all her other Pacific colonies and protectorates. Britain still owns (probably not for long) the Faulkland Islands, which Argentina ahs long coveted and will probably get in time. Other than that they own a few uninhabited islands (like South Georgia) in the south Atlantic, and they own a few other islands in the Atlantic, primarily the small colony of Tristan Da Cunha (the most isolated inhabited place on Earth) Also Ascension Island, an uninhabited rock, is British. Britain also owns St. Helena, and a number of Carribean islands, notably Turks and Caicos, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Anguilla, and of course Bermuda. Lastly they own Gibralter.
Now they have one less piece of empire. As empires go Britain has become a pathetic doddering old coot.
So now they are completely out of business in the Indian Ocean. The sun has truly set over the empire.
So if war breaks out the British aren't coming. They would prefer to sit on their drizzly little island chain and pretend men are women and Arab and Moorish Muslims are British.
Farewell old friend. We'll miss you.
Great Briain is not so great now. In fact I would call it Mediocre Britain these days. Utterly determined to divest themselves of what they perceive in their liberal minds as the "sin" of colonialism, the British government has done a deal with the Chinese-allied Mauritus to hand over the Indian Ocean island chain The Chago Archipelago which includes the critical base at Diego Garcia.
The sun has finally set on the British empire. Britain owned this island group, for instance. They also own a few niggling Pacific islands, including primarily the Pitcairn group, of which only one is inhabited (by the mutineers of the Bounty). The British gave independence to all her other Pacific colonies and protectorates. Britain still owns (probably not for long) the Faulkland Islands, which Argentina ahs long coveted and will probably get in time. Other than that they own a few uninhabited islands (like South Georgia) in the south Atlantic, and they own a few other islands in the Atlantic, primarily the small colony of Tristan Da Cunha (the most isolated inhabited place on Earth) Also Ascension Island, an uninhabited rock, is British. Britain also owns St. Helena, and a number of Carribean islands, notably Turks and Caicos, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Anguilla, and of course Bermuda. Lastly they own Gibralter.
Now they have one less piece of empire. As empires go Britain has become a pathetic doddering old coot.
So now they are completely out of business in the Indian Ocean. The sun has truly set over the empire.
So if war breaks out the British aren't coming. They would prefer to sit on their drizzly little island chain and pretend men are women and Arab and Moorish Muslims are British.
Farewell old friend. We'll miss you.
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Admiral Convicted
Timothy Birdnow
This is your new Navy at work! Thanks Biden and Obama!
Retired Navy Admiral Found Guilty in Bribery Scheme Involving Executive Training Firm
This is what happens when political ideology and identity politics matter more than merit and a will to fight for and serve one's country.
Retired Admiral Robert Burke was found guilty of steering contracts to companies that gave him lucrative kickbacks. Three guesses why those companies were getting training contracts in the first place. Can you say DEI? I knew you could.
We just experienced the most corrupt period in our history, methinks. It's what you get when you put the Left in charge.
This is your new Navy at work! Thanks Biden and Obama!
Retired Navy Admiral Found Guilty in Bribery Scheme Involving Executive Training Firm
This is what happens when political ideology and identity politics matter more than merit and a will to fight for and serve one's country.
Retired Admiral Robert Burke was found guilty of steering contracts to companies that gave him lucrative kickbacks. Three guesses why those companies were getting training contracts in the first place. Can you say DEI? I knew you could.
We just experienced the most corrupt period in our history, methinks. It's what you get when you put the Left in charge.
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Smartmatic Destroyed Evidence
Timothy Birdnow
Did anyone think otherwise?
Fox News Accuses Smartmatic Executives Of Deleting Evidence Amid 2020 Defamation Lawsuit
OF COURSE Smart(ass)matics destroyed evidence; this was a grift from the very beginning. And Fox fell for i8t and settled - and in the process fired their top show host.
They have to cover their tracks now lest they be caught in their lies.
Did anyone think otherwise?
Fox News Accuses Smartmatic Executives Of Deleting Evidence Amid 2020 Defamation Lawsuit
OF COURSE Smart(ass)matics destroyed evidence; this was a grift from the very beginning. And Fox fell for i8t and settled - and in the process fired their top show host.
They have to cover their tracks now lest they be caught in their lies.
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Old Pennywise
Timothy Birdnow
How stupid do they think we are?
CBS News is actually saying Biden didn't get a prostate screening because he didn't want to spend the money![/linbk]
Like spending money stopped him at any time!
Let us remember some of the extreme waste he had in his budgets,prompting The Hill to call him the the most wasteful President in history from transgenderism to Green Energy.to freebies for colleges and research to see if mice could be turned trans, Biden never met a cost he didn't love.
So claims he worried about spending the money is beyond ridiculous.
How stupid do they think we are?
CBS News is actually saying Biden didn't get a prostate screening because he didn't want to spend the money![/linbk]
Like spending money stopped him at any time!
Let us remember some of the extreme waste he had in his budgets,prompting The Hill to call him the the most wasteful President in history from transgenderism to Green Energy.to freebies for colleges and research to see if mice could be turned trans, Biden never met a cost he didn't love.
So claims he worried about spending the money is beyond ridiculous.
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Biden (and Fauci) Lied, People Died
Timothy Birdnow
This has got to be a violation of some Federal law.
Biden admin covered up potentially deadly COVID vaccine side effects for months: Senate report
Hmm...maybe this is why Biden just announced he has prostate cancer and will likely die soon? Maybe he is trying to hide behind the "sick old man" shibboleth he used to slither out of trouble with Robert Hur.
From the article:
So Biden and the CDC and Anthony Fu Chi Fauci lied and people died. A lie of omission is still a lie.
If nothing else this should open everyone involved to massive lawsuits that will ruin them. Trump should allow these suits to go against the Federal government as well.
The Covid shot was a massive crime, on a scale the Nazis would have been quite proud to have achieved.
This has got to be a violation of some Federal law.
Biden admin covered up potentially deadly COVID vaccine side effects for months: Senate report
Hmm...maybe this is why Biden just announced he has prostate cancer and will likely die soon? Maybe he is trying to hide behind the "sick old man" shibboleth he used to slither out of trouble with Robert Hur.
From the article:
A report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said government officials knew as early as February 2021 about the harmful side effects but waited until June to inform the public of the inherent dangers.
'The federal government was very well aware of the myocarditis signal, particularly in young men.'
The report revealed that U.S. health officials "knew about the risks" the vaccines carried related to myocarditis, inflammation of heart muscle, and pericarditis, inflammation of the fibrous sac surrounding the heart, but "downplayed the health concern" and "delayed informing the public about the risk."
RELATED: HHS scrapping COVID jab recommendations for pregnant moms and kids: Report
The report, first obtained by the Daily Wire, showed that the U.S. government ignored warnings from several sources.
In February 2021, U.S. entities were notified of adverse effects by the Israeli Ministry of Health, as the country rolled out vaccines faster than America did. Still, CDC officials declined to make public the "large reports of myocarditis, particularly in young people, following the administration of the Pfizer vaccine."
It is unclear whether the Israeli government made an effort to notify the public, either.
That same month, a CDC official who co-led the Vaccine Safety Technical Work Group emailed her colleagues about 19,536 vaccine adverse event reports (through the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) that included 980 deaths after vaccination.
"Where known, the cause of death was often cardiovascular," the report read.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told the Daily Wire that the Biden administration did not want to increase "vaccine hesitancy" by reporting the side effects openly.
'The federal government was very well aware of the myocarditis signal, particularly in young men.'
The report revealed that U.S. health officials "knew about the risks" the vaccines carried related to myocarditis, inflammation of heart muscle, and pericarditis, inflammation of the fibrous sac surrounding the heart, but "downplayed the health concern" and "delayed informing the public about the risk."
RELATED: HHS scrapping COVID jab recommendations for pregnant moms and kids: Report
The report, first obtained by the Daily Wire, showed that the U.S. government ignored warnings from several sources.
In February 2021, U.S. entities were notified of adverse effects by the Israeli Ministry of Health, as the country rolled out vaccines faster than America did. Still, CDC officials declined to make public the "large reports of myocarditis, particularly in young people, following the administration of the Pfizer vaccine."
It is unclear whether the Israeli government made an effort to notify the public, either.
That same month, a CDC official who co-led the Vaccine Safety Technical Work Group emailed her colleagues about 19,536 vaccine adverse event reports (through the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) that included 980 deaths after vaccination.
"Where known, the cause of death was often cardiovascular," the report read.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told the Daily Wire that the Biden administration did not want to increase "vaccine hesitancy" by reporting the side effects openly.
So Biden and the CDC and Anthony Fu Chi Fauci lied and people died. A lie of omission is still a lie.
If nothing else this should open everyone involved to massive lawsuits that will ruin them. Trump should allow these suits to go against the Federal government as well.
The Covid shot was a massive crime, on a scale the Nazis would have been quite proud to have achieved.
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The Prostate Ploy
Timothy Birdnow
Apparently Screwless Joe threatened to quit the Obama Administrtion with claims of prostate cnacer way back when.
Biden Joked About Getting Prostate Cancer As a Reason to Resign from the Obama Administration – Back in 2015
Either Karma is one helluva bitch or Biden is lying even now.
Apparently Screwless Joe threatened to quit the Obama Administrtion with claims of prostate cnacer way back when.
Biden Joked About Getting Prostate Cancer As a Reason to Resign from the Obama Administration – Back in 2015
Either Karma is one helluva bitch or Biden is lying even now.
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OB Cubed Breaks the Plain of the Endzone
Timothy Birndow
One big beautiful law (assuming it passes in the Senate, of course)!
House Passes One Big Beutiful Bill
The Bill passed 215 to 214 and 1, with Thomas Massie and Warren Davisson of Ohio being the two turncoats.And Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris voted "present".
Not sure what Massie thinks he was going to accomplish by killing this bill. All that would do is raise taxes on everyone.
Now it's up to John Thune and his merry crash of Rinosceri to put this thing on Mr. Trump's desk and in short order.
One Big Beautiful Billi (OBcubed) isn't that much of a victory as it enshrines much of the Biden spending, but it's a start anyway.
Here are some of the goodies in the bill, as chronicled by the Daily Caller News Foundation:
One big beautiful law (assuming it passes in the Senate, of course)!
House Passes One Big Beutiful Bill
The Bill passed 215 to 214 and 1, with Thomas Massie and Warren Davisson of Ohio being the two turncoats.And Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris voted "present".
Not sure what Massie thinks he was going to accomplish by killing this bill. All that would do is raise taxes on everyone.
Now it's up to John Thune and his merry crash of Rinosceri to put this thing on Mr. Trump's desk and in short order.
One Big Beautiful Billi (OBcubed) isn't that much of a victory as it enshrines much of the Biden spending, but it's a start anyway.
Here are some of the goodies in the bill, as chronicled by the Daily Caller News Foundation:
Congressional Republicans are aiming to get the bill to the president’s desk by July 4. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has saidGOP lawmakers must act quickly to avoid a scenario where the U.S. government could default on its debt, which could come as soon as mid-July. The massive piece of legislation includes a $4 trillion increase in the debt limit.
The bill’s passage followed eleventh-hour changes to the sprawling package to get the conference’s holdouts on board.
Last-minute reforms to the bill include the accelerated implementation of Medicaid work requirements to Dec. 31, 2026, moving up the phase out of tax breaks for wind, solar and battery storage to 2028 and raising the state and local tax deduction cap to $40,000 from $10,000 for households earning up to $500,000 annually, which primarily benefits individuals living in high-tax blue states.
The budget reconciliation bill also extends the expiring provisions of the president’s 2017 tax cuts and delivers on several Trump campaign promisesby including provisions eliminating taxes on tips and overtime pay while enacting a larger tax break available to Americans age 65 or older. The spending package will also devote more than $100 billion in new funding for border security and immigration enforcement and boost defense spending by nearly $150 billion.
House Republicans notably exceeded their target to slash spending by $1.5 trillion over a ten-year period in the budget bill.
A majority of the savings come from reducing federal spending on Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program while phasing out green energy tax credits.
Johnson gave a special shoutout to House Rules Committee chairman Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, dubbing her the "iron lady of the House,” after she presided over a 22-hour long session to advance the bill from the rules panel with just two short breaks.
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Rolls to be SAVED
Timothy Birdnow
Not so sure this can't be hijacked by the Democrats. The system is online and thus they may well make legal citizens show up as aliens to suppress their vote.
Trump Admin Rolls Out new Tool to Stop non-citizens from Jijacking U.S. Elections
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility actt(SAVE) is an online system run by USCIS. As such it is vulnerable to hacks, or abuse. It uses social security numbers rather than Homeland Security numbers to track aliens.
Of course this is powerless if the aliens simply steal someone's social security number, as illegal aliens are want to do.
Still, it's an attempt and in combination with other things may make our elections more secure. The bill was sponsored by Chip Roy of Texas.
Not so sure this can't be hijacked by the Democrats. The system is online and thus they may well make legal citizens show up as aliens to suppress their vote.
Trump Admin Rolls Out new Tool to Stop non-citizens from Jijacking U.S. Elections
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility actt(SAVE) is an online system run by USCIS. As such it is vulnerable to hacks, or abuse. It uses social security numbers rather than Homeland Security numbers to track aliens.
Of course this is powerless if the aliens simply steal someone's social security number, as illegal aliens are want to do.
Still, it's an attempt and in combination with other things may make our elections more secure. The bill was sponsored by Chip Roy of Texas.
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May 21, 2025
GOP Losing Confidence
Timothy Birdnow
Is it any wonder when the GOP cannot even pass a tax cut and are squabbling like naughty children?
Democrats lead 45-42 in generic congressional ballot.
The road to success for the GOP is to move Trump's agenda forward legislatively. Thus far they don't seem much inclined to do so. Just like last time.
I've long argued Congress is nothing but a show; they WANT to keep things close, not win. The GOP in particular is eager to remain a minority so they can fundraise off that fact. Winning and doing things are not really helpful to them.
Certainly what has been happening with the tax bill illustrates the stupidity of the Republicans. They aren't elephants; elephants are smart. More like Brontosauruses; brains the size of walnuts.
Is it any wonder when the GOP cannot even pass a tax cut and are squabbling like naughty children?
Democrats lead 45-42 in generic congressional ballot.
The road to success for the GOP is to move Trump's agenda forward legislatively. Thus far they don't seem much inclined to do so. Just like last time.
I've long argued Congress is nothing but a show; they WANT to keep things close, not win. The GOP in particular is eager to remain a minority so they can fundraise off that fact. Winning and doing things are not really helpful to them.
Certainly what has been happening with the tax bill illustrates the stupidity of the Republicans. They aren't elephants; elephants are smart. More like Brontosauruses; brains the size of walnuts.
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George Wendt RIP
Timothy Birdnow
Last call for Norm at Cheers.
Actor George Wendt Passes Away
Last call for Norm at Cheers.
Actor George Wendt Passes Away
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Wrayofication
Timothy Birdnow
Dan Bongino appears to have sold out (much like Christopher Wray did previously); the former Fox host and conservative has announced "case closed" over the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler PA, saying "there is nothing there", no conspiracy involved. He apparently just took the word of those who were undoubtedly involved in the coverup.
There is zero chance this was a lone wolf attack. There are multiple warning signs it was a plot. This kid was walking around with a rifle at a secure event. He got onto the roof of the building which was within shooting distance and yet unsecured. There were police on lower floors and NOBODY on the roof. There were no drones in the air. A cop went to the roof, saw the kid with a gun, and promptly left. Then the kid was happily shot by secret service, and his body was cremated before the medical examiner had a chance to give it a proper examination.
Anyone thinks this is all a comedy of errors has their heads inserted in a most dark, bad smelling place.
Former Trump infobabe Liz Harrington was dumbfounded. She tweeted:
Apparently Bongino thinks investigations into J6 are a waste of time as well.
Bongino was a former Secret Service agent, and I suspect he's gone native. His subordinates may well have convinced him to spike these investigations "for the good of the bureau".
I'm losing confidence in many Trump appointees. We've had Pam Bondi who keeps sitting on her hands. We had the claim the Jersey drones were just hobbiest drones, exactly what Biden said and what people who actually saw them and know drones say cannot possibly be the case. And now this.
They're lying to us folks. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!
Dan Bongino appears to have sold out (much like Christopher Wray did previously); the former Fox host and conservative has announced "case closed" over the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler PA, saying "there is nothing there", no conspiracy involved. He apparently just took the word of those who were undoubtedly involved in the coverup.
There is zero chance this was a lone wolf attack. There are multiple warning signs it was a plot. This kid was walking around with a rifle at a secure event. He got onto the roof of the building which was within shooting distance and yet unsecured. There were police on lower floors and NOBODY on the roof. There were no drones in the air. A cop went to the roof, saw the kid with a gun, and promptly left. Then the kid was happily shot by secret service, and his body was cremated before the medical examiner had a chance to give it a proper examination.
Anyone thinks this is all a comedy of errors has their heads inserted in a most dark, bad smelling place.
Former Trump infobabe Liz Harrington was dumbfounded. She tweeted:
"I’m sorry, the investigation into J13 is closed? Who were you briefed by? The people who came in, hosed down the crime scene, cremated the body, stonewalled congressional investigators, and lawyered up the family?
There is a "there” there because we know NOTHING about Crooks, or who he was talking to.
If this is true, they need to come out with everything they know about why and HOW a 20 year old pulled that off.
The former FBI director just called for ANOTHER hit on President Trump. We must get serious about what is going on.
Liz Harrington
There is a "there” there because we know NOTHING about Crooks, or who he was talking to.
If this is true, they need to come out with everything they know about why and HOW a 20 year old pulled that off.
The former FBI director just called for ANOTHER hit on President Trump. We must get serious about what is going on.
Liz Harrington
Apparently Bongino thinks investigations into J6 are a waste of time as well.
Bongino was a former Secret Service agent, and I suspect he's gone native. His subordinates may well have convinced him to spike these investigations "for the good of the bureau".
I'm losing confidence in many Trump appointees. We've had Pam Bondi who keeps sitting on her hands. We had the claim the Jersey drones were just hobbiest drones, exactly what Biden said and what people who actually saw them and know drones say cannot possibly be the case. And now this.
They're lying to us folks. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!
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