The Frankish Reich

Grassy knoll!

Whatever you think about whether encouraging people to have more children, this type of pro-natalist policy doesn't have an encouraging history in the countries that have tried it.

In which "struggling in the polls" means leading in the polls by anywhere from 1 percentage point to 5 percentage points.

Well if The Old Lady In the Hat says so ...

McFaul is right. Trump badgered Biden about his "basement strategy" while he was out there getting COVID and almost dying for you. Biden's strategy worked. It's like people telling the Chiefs "stop letting Mahomes throw the ball all the time, and try to win like old fashioned teams with 3 yards and a cloud of dust."

Right. Could be the Lo-Fi Internet of 2003 Twitter platform. Could be Trump not willing to use a professional mic. Could be Trump being tired, particularly after the long delay. Or a combination.

It's really easy to say "I had a plan, and I told the Taliban that I would personally kill them if they messed with it, so it would have worked just as I drew it up" but then never actually executed the plan. That's all.

Just poked around the live feed of Asheville. I don't hear any slurring today. Still doing the Greatest Hits.

We saw a lot of tough talk and saber rattling from Trump. Not a whole lot of action. Why not bring them home from Afghanistan if that’s what you wanted? Or N Korea: little rocket man completely undeterred, regardless of who is in the White House.

I have long assumed that my SS number is available out there to anyone who really wants it. So just watch your credit carefully. Free annual credit reports, app notifications every time a card is used, etc. So far my only issue: several fairly minimal bogus charges to credit cards.

The California bar exam, at least back in her day, was a grueling 3 full day affair. I know a lot of smart people who failed it the first time. It is graded anonymously, and passing it, even on the second try, does establish some baseline of smarts and dedication.

Which explains why Trump was able to move all U.S. personnel out of Afghanistan without harm to a single one. I mean, he did complete the withdrawal, right? Oh.

To be perfectly fair, he wasn't sure whether Trump was America's Hitler or whether he was just a cynical a-hole like Nixon. In my adult life people as dumb as George W. Bush and Donald Trump have been President. People as dumb as Dan Quayle have been Vice President People as dumb as Sara Palin have been nominated to be Vice President If you're looking for that Mensa meeting, here's a hint: it's probably not being held in the Oval Office.

Agree. Still the best formal tie knot. Plus a large tie knot isn't a great idea on a man of his neck girth. Overall the poorly tailored suits do the job of hiding his weight issues, which is why the Fat Trump photos are almost always of him in a golf shirt. But of course James Bond was no fan of the RAF official Windsor knot: “It was tied with a Windsor knot. Bond mistrusted anyone who tied his tie with a Windsor knot. It showed too much vanity. It was often the mark of a cad. Bond decided to forget his prejudice.”

From the article: “The new standards will also require only a small portion of models to make modest improvements to their energy efficiency to match the level of efficiency already demonstrated by the majority of the market today,” the agency said in its January press release announcing the rule. “For example, approximately 97 percent of gas stove models and 77 percent of smooth electric stove models on the market already meet these standards.” So they're not banning gas stoves after all. Or even "going after" gas stoves. They may be "going after" a tiny portion of gas (and electric) stoves that are very energy inefficient. But The Daily Caller isn't about to tweet out "Biden Administration Tightens Gas/Electric Stove Standards; New Rule to Affect Only 3% of Gas Stoves."

BS. Kind of incomprehensible BS. "I've always voted in New York even though I haven't lived there is decades" is really his defense? He had claimed that a room in Katonah was his residence. If NY were a battleground state you'd be calling his NYS votes "voter fraud." Dude is a lawyer. He knows better. He shouldn't have picked a Californian as his running mate. You know, the Constitution and all that.

Agreed. That Communist/Marxist crap is about as productive as the Fascist/Nazi thing.

Where? I have never seen anything like that.

Or maybe it was just a comment about tie knots.

There really needs to be a betting market on Trump speeches. Over/Under, Number of Times He Will Deliberately Mispronounce "Kamala" - 3.5 Will Mention Hannibal Lecter - Yes/No Will Refer to "Lyin' Kamala" vs. "Crooked Kamala" vs. "Laffin' Kamala" - 3:1 odds Will Mention Sharks - Even Will Mention Sharks in Relation to Battery-Powered Boats - 2:1

Amusing, but I must disagree about the tie knot. It is classic, not outdated. A nice small knot with the obligatory dimple. Nothing wrong with that. Yes, it's too long, but the knot is actually perfect.

Hoax. I've been to Fresno. No one in Fresno is buying a baguette.

Are you sure you want to improve those reading scores? That would only cut into your Poorly Educated base.

Stolen Valor! https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/politics/sheehy-gunshot-senate-tester-montana-glacier/article_f112e499-9dbd-502f-aaa0-12b0ff18cee5.html

He picked a Californian gold digger as his running mate. Since the constitution says the prez and VP can't be from the same states, Californian RFK said he's a NY resident. It appears the judge called him on his bs. Boo-hoo.