The Frankish Reich

Yes. That's what I just said. But you do know that his search history may not have been preserved on the device? That's why you need a subpoena to Google or whatever alternative search engine he may have used. Plus a lot of weirdos pick up this stuff off the sketchier parts of the internet rather than googling it.

You mean it was in his shoe? "Let me get my shoes." Hmm....

We don't know if his search history has been disclosed (would have required a response to a formal request to Google, etc.), and even if disclosed to the government whether it would be made public yet. So as with so many things here, like "why can't they hack his phone" (they did, just not as fast as apparently you could) this may be resolved in due course.

Vance enlisted in the Corps as a combat correspondent, or 4341 military occupational specialty, according to his service record, which was provided to Military.com by the service on Monday. He served for four years, from 2003 to 2007. During that time, he deployed to Iraq for six months. The last enlisted vice president was Al Gore, who similarly deployed to Vietnam for six months as an Army correspondent. Vance earned the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, and some conventional honors awarded during the Global War on Terror. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/07/16/jd-vances-marine-corps-service-would-set-him-apart-most-vice-presidents.html No doubt that's true. Again, I'm not arguing about any of that other than the descriptor "fought" in a war. Served in a war theater? Even in a combat zone? Sure.

None. But what did I say that was wrong? Vance enlisted in the Marine Corps, served honorably including in Iraq, but there is no indication that he "fought in a war." If I'm wrong, well, please point to something that corrects me.

Vance was a Marine Corps journalist/correspondent. He was deployed to Iraq, basically as an in-house reporter, for I think 6 months. So yes, he was in an active war theater, much like Al Gore's service in the Vietnam era. I'm not in any way belittling his service - he was obviously bright and worked his way into that assignment - but I'm not sure it's accurate to say he fought in a war.

I suspect internal polling is telling him that the vaccine itself - even apart from any mandate - is unpopular with his base. That's where we are with the distrust of everything from the government. Even the "Trump Vaccine." Seriously, to me the Trump Administration had two notable accomplishments: the Paul Ryan-led tax cut (we can argue about whether it was good for America, but Trump and Ryan pushed this part of the Trump agenda through), and Operation Warp Speed. The RNC so far hasn't focused on either one.

First, note the date of the indictment of these Chrisley characters: August 13, 2019. Yep, Trump's DOJ brought the charges. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-chrisley-knows-best-stars-todd-and-julie-chrisley Then look at what they did. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/television-personalities-sentenced-years-federal-prison-fraud-and-tax-evasion Why should I feel sorry for them? According to U.S. Attorney Buchanan, the charges and other information presented in court: Todd and Julie Chrisley conspired to defraud community banks in the Atlanta area to obtain more than $36 million in personal loans. The Chrisleys, with the help of their former business partner, submitted false bank statements, audit reports, and personal financial statements to Georgia community banks to obtain the loans. The Chrisleys spent the money on luxury cars, designer clothes, real estate, and travel – and used new fraudulent loans to pay back old ones. After spending all the money, Todd Chrisley filed for bankruptcy and walked away from more than $20 million of these fraudulently obtained loans. Later, while earning millions from their TV show, Todd and Julie Chrisley, along with their accountant, Peter Tarantino, conspired to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. Throughout the conspiracy, the Chrisleys operated a loan-out company. To evade collection of half a million dollars in delinquent taxes owed by Todd Chrisley, the Chrisleys opened and kept the corporate bank accounts only in Julie Chrisley’s name. But after the IRS requested information about bank accounts in Julie Chrisley’s name, the Chrisleys transferred ownership of the corporate bank account to a relative to further conceal their income from the IRS. In addition, the Chrisleys failed to file tax returns or pay any taxes for the 2013, 2014, 2015, or 2016 tax years. As a part of the tax evasion scheme, Tarantino was convicted of filing two false corporate tax returns for the loan-out company, which falsely claimed that the company earned no money and made no distributions in 2015 and 2016.

Not watching. But how does this woman whining about her tax cheats convicted parents fit in with the anti-crime theme? Seems like they're pro-crime to me.

Not watching right now, but still ... what could have been ...

She praised the Satanic Temple for its role in facilitating abortions all of 4 months ago.

Hah, RFK Jr Jr recording Trump sounding like a moron. “They give these babies vaccines for a horse.” The best 10 days of the Trump campaign were when he stayed hidden and let Biden have the demented fool stage all to himself.

^ someone needs help on interpreting topics here.

Ahh, that’s been my crusade for several years here. Good luck!

David McCormick, PA candidate talking. Squeaky girl voice. Ouch. Oh, I’m much more the insult comic than he’ll ever be. He said that right out loud on Bill Maher.

As I warned you, I’ll be here all week. And as the Brits used to say in their special way, here applied to Tulsi: “nice legs; shame about the face.” Agreement! At last. Nice!

A whole host of losing presidential/vice presidential candidates tonight, from Ted Cruz to Marco Rubio (double loser) to Nikki Haley to Vivek (did you know JD Vance has a very Christian son named Vivek?). It's MASOA (Make America Safe Once Again) night, so no Girlfriends to Deportable Violent Criminal Aliens allowed on stage, unlike yesterday. Tonight is themed more toward South Asians, who I'v been told (hat tip: Doc) have a very low crime rate in America.

We don't just throw their ballots away; we print our own and stuff the drop-off boxes with them!

I love this debate where everyone is trying to get inside the mind of a sick loser killer.

Now that Trump has completely taken over the Republican Party we get to see his true colors. As in "I have no core beliefs at all; I just want power" Pre-2016: abortion is baby murder! Last month: let the states decide whether they think baby murder is good or bad; none of my business. Now: hey, look at our Prime Time Convention speaker! She's black and she thanks the Satanists for helping kill babies! Oh, and did I mention she's black?

Did you read that Jason Whitlock tweet? It all amounts to the Power of the Black P*ssy Over the Black Male Voter. Proudly cut and pasted by our very own Blitzy, who has his finger on the pulse (or maybe something a little lower) of Black America. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your 2024 Republican Party.

Let's just say I'm really glad on clicked on that tweet from Jason Whitlock. Spoiler Alert: it's kind of a rambling version of this. Trashification. Idiocracy. Trump.

Of course it makes a difference! That's why we give doses based on human tests. The point is that neither Trump nor RFK Jr. has any basis for suggesting that current approved doses are wrong.

WTF, changed my mind. Bring on the Full Idiocracy Convention! Dana White has taken this wimpy interim step of Face Slapping when he should've gone straight to Ow! My Balls!

I wasn't aware of Babydog. I'll be looking forward to that. https://doitforbabydog.wv.gov/ Still, the return of old style cornball Republicans will be reassuring to my aging psyche. I don't think I can handle any more normalization of porn stars and face-slapper promoters.