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There are likely some heartbroken family members out there distraught at the notion of not being blessed to hear these folks pontificate on the righteousness of believing in the One True Path as they have divined it. The W Bush angle was pretty interesting, too. I thought I remembered some horrible things said about his character and status as a war criminal, but maybe I’m mixing him up with someone else.

To answer your question, no, it’s not something that bothers me. I tend to stay away from criticism of presidents golfing, on vacation, etc. I do criticize hypocrisy on issues for climate change warriors and massive carbon footprints, and I can understand your perspective here as it relates to AF1 and govt inefficiency. A reasonable compromise between “A president can never travel for personal reasons” and “Abuse of system” is probably fair.

INteresting take, though viewed from your consistently liberal spin. How long did you wear the “I VOTED 4 HARRIS” sticker?

McConnell republican, wanted to serve as majority leader and seems he felt entitled to it. Probably bitter as a result. On the bright side, you can add him to your Barney-themed Birthday party with Dick and Liz Cheney.

If there wasn't much in it, or it vindicated Gaetz, why would he feel compelled to release it? It's treated politically either way. Best to leave it all alone since the FBI has flynndicated....flynndicated...flynndic....darn it! Vindicated him. Stupid auto correct.

I know, right? The typical liberal grabs a glass of Momma's Sweet Tea, extends a hand and a smile, and goes scorched ****ing earth looking to imprison the opposition for the duration of his/her natural life.

I understand that, or at least I did after reading up a bit on the issue. I understand that the SV virus was only in some vaccines from 1955-1963, and the debate (to the extent there is debate) about the link between the virus and cancer. I don't see any attempt by him, here anyway, at applying scientific rigor to the question. I see a guy asking questions about the relationship between a known carcinogen and a vaccine delivered from 1955-1963. I've already shared my feelings on vaccines, but it would not surprise me in the least to discover I had soft tissue cancer and one of the potential causes was a vaccine administered in 1962. I really don't think I'm in the minority there, and taking it one step further, my thought today would probably be, "Oh, well". Settle down, Harvey Specter.

Yeah but let’s not forget that can create issues with the Netflix account. Next thing you know Melania is on the hot line from Mara Lago trying to watch Lincoln Lawyer, Zelensky on line 2 and sh8t can go south fast.

Hey Chi, I’m not a vaccine skeptic. I was in line with my arm out early with COVID (though in retrospect I probably would have passed on it), but get the flu shot, got half a dose of the Shingles shot before procrastinating the season away. My children were vaccinated and I think risk/reward is a reasonable consideration. I think RFK Jr was a bad pick here and we’ll see what happens. However, I did a quick search on this polio vaccine controversy and this is what I found: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/11/scicheck-rfk-jr-incorrectly-denies-past-remarks-on-vaccine-safety-and-effectiveness/ Kennedy: The polio vaccine contained a virus called simian virus 40, SV40. It’s one of the most carcinogenic materials that is known to man. In fact, it’s used now by scientists around the world to induce tumors in rats and guinea pigs in labs. But it was in that vaccine — 98 million people who got that vaccine, and my generation got it, and now you’ve had this explosion of soft tissue cancers in our generation that killed many, many, many, many more people than polio ever did. So if you say to me, “The polio vaccine, was it effective against polio?” I’m going to say, Yes. And if you say to me, “Did it kill more people … did it caused more death than averted?” I would say, “I don’t know, because we don’t have the data on that.” As we’ve explained before, a portion — but not all — of the approximately 100 million Americans vaccinated between 1955 and 1963 for polio received vaccines that were contaminated with SV40. But the virus, which causes cancer in rodents, has not been shown to cause cancer in humans. And there isn’t evidence that people who were vaccinated developed cancer at a higher rate than those who were not. Then, this on SV40: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC452549/ Persuasive evidence now indicates that SV40 is causing infections in humans today and represents an emerging pathogen. A meta-analysis of molecular, pathological, and clinical data from 1,793 cancer patients indicates that there is a significant excess risk of SV40 associated with human primary brain cancers, primary bone cancers, malignant mesothelioma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. What are you seeing on Kennedy’s anti-polio vaxx stance in addition to this? Ironically, my father had polio as a young man and survived, I’m quite grateful he did.

4th doesn’t care about anything but he cares about everything while not caring about anything.

I understand what you’re saying, but I think to most people, “experience” boils down to name recognition. AG Barr had experience and was reviled by the liberal left. AG Garland had experience and most on the right (and apparently more than a few indies and moderate Dems) saw an abuse of power on his watch. I treat these appointments like the draft and the Bills, you’ll know how they do when they get there.

Frank coming in hot after a 7 day bender with a blender. Nice!

Tibsy, square this please with the anti-gun message you mentioned yesterday?

She has a stain on her sweatshirt. Speaking only from my experience, this is the area usually impacted when eating a saucy dish prone to dripping while watching tv later in the day. Could be something else, of course, maybe she spilled coffee. I can understand the stain, but don’t you think you pop in front of a mirror before going live in this format? And seriously, the extension cord dangling in the back looks like a fire hazard.

He doesn’t care, he’s just here for the yuks!

Vivek walks into a Key Bank and asks for $20,000,000 in pennies…. I know I may be a bit naive but this all seems a bit preposterous.

His programs on his watch, will yield his outcome (assuming of course unelected bureaucrats don’t block the efforts along the way). Obviously, I’m hoping for a positive outcome, generally happy Americans and perhaps a Vance presidency in the future if warranted. If things go sideways as badly as they did for Harris/Biden, well, we deal with that then.

Ugh Tibsy. Not his beer, the bottle. Give him his nickel and get back to work. How many times do we have to go through this?

I would not put it past any party, or key members of any party, to attempt to defraud the country in any election. Power corrupts, etc. However, absent clear and convincing evidence, the President is the President. I do believe that it worked so well in 2016, we were guaranteed to see it in 2020.

It seems like the Dems have become insufferable and out of touch, and not just because they got their taints handed to them last week. Oh, wait, that is why. Remember Frank, our discussion of all the little things that no one cares about and thoughts shared on the relative dangers of a thousand paper cuts. I don’t remember who said that? Oh wait, yes I do. It was me.

I'm named after my great-grandfather. My screen name was chosen because one of the first albums I ever purchased was released by the rock and roll band you have referenced. I'm not a gun owner and figure there has to be some sensible compromise between the rights of lawful gun owners and those who seek to disarm them, but that's a discussion for another day. I prefer this song, today and generally: Oh, take your time, don't live too fast Troubles will come and they will pass You'll find a woman, yeah, and you'll find love And don't forget son there is someone up above And be a simple kind of man Oh, be something you love and understand Baby, be a simple kind of man Oh, won't you do this for me son, if you can?

I think he's addressed at least part of this, no?

Whistleblowers are what they are. Some are credible. Some are political. Happens to both parties, and people believe what they believe based on political affiliation. Time to leave the past in the past.

The world is changing, Kay, and bigotry is bigotry. If you don’t like what you’re seeing in midtown, consider that you’re not at all unlike a 1960s business man not liking the changes coming to his version of midtown. Or, that you likely would have been on the wrong side of the Stonewall raids in 1969. Then again, it’s entirely possible you’re just ridiculously inebriated.

No way. Someone always gets the first package in the mail from the manifesto guy.