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Finally official. Read the 2-page letter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zuck Comes Clean, Admits to Jim Jordan That Facebook Censored Americans at Behest of Biden-Harris Admin. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, the parent company that owns Facebook, sent a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, on Monday acknowledging that Meta censored Americans at the behest of the Biden-Harris administration and throttled the Hunter Biden laptop story ahead of the 2020 election. While the news likely doesn't come as a terrible surprise to most reading this article, the forthright acknowledgment — and seeming expression of regret — from Zuck himself is fascinating. [...] https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/08/26/zuck-comes-clean-admits-to-jim-jordan-that-facebook-censored-americans-at-behest-of-biden-harris-admin-n2178573

OH THE FRAGILE WHITE IRONY: Anti-Racist Robin DiAngelo Plagiarized Minority Scholars in 2004 Dissertation Twitchy has written about Robin DiAngelo before. She's the 'anti-racist' knob and author of 'White Fragility' who thinks the Sistine Chapel is not an example of amazing artwork and architecture, but of white supremacy. She also white-splains to Black scholars who dare not toe the woke line. In short, she's a real peach and probably a blast at parties. So it's not really a surprise that she's now being accused of plagiarizing minority scholars in her 2004 dissertation. She's anti-racist, after all, so she probably felt entitled to using their work without proper citation: [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/08/26/robin-diangelo-plagiarized-minority-scholars-free-beacon-n2400139

Yeah, right. ~~~~~~~~ Kamala Harris Campaign Manager: VP Will Do Interviews On Her 'Own Time' It's been more than a month since President Joe Biden was forced out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, and it's been more than a month since she sat down and addressed the American people. Since becoming the presumed Democratic nominee, Harris has dodged the media, only taking a few questions from reporters while being rushed to and from a waiting car. If Harris doesn't sit down for an interview soon, her "honeymoon's inevitably going to end," according to Politico. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/08/23/kamala-harris-campaign-manager-vp-will-do-interviews-on-her-own-time-n2643865

Third anniversary of the 13 Marines who died thanks to Bidementia, and where was Kommie? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Abbey Gate Anniversary: Trump Takes on Duty of President While Biden and Harris Go MIA [...] while Biden and Harris were going MIA, President Donald Trump didn't forget. He did the presidential thing while they were MIA. He went to Arlington National Cemetery and laid wreaths at the ceremony in their honor. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/08/26/trump-is-already-doing-the-duties-of-president-while-biden-and-harris-are-mia-n2178543

I hope that she ends up being the first female U.S. president. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Full Circle: Former Democrat Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Endorses Trump Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has come full circle—although she was a 2020 candidate for president as a Democrat, she has now come out and formally endorsed GOP candidate Donald Trump for commander-in-chief. [...] https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/08/26/full-circle-former-democrat-presidential-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-endorses-trump-n2178556

Five minutes worth listening to. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DNC Volunteer Finally Gets It, Says She Cannot Support Kamala, Not Sure If She Is Still Even a Democrat Most of us on the outside looking in last week knew the Democrat National Convention (DNC) would be nothing more than a giant choreographed circus. Nothing left to chance, nothing left unscripted. Many people, if they are not attending a political convention as delegates, participate as volunteers. It is a great way to see the process up close and personal: the good, the bad, and the ugly. But one young Democrat volunteer did not come away from her convention experience feeling fired up, energized, or ready to go out and campaign for the candidate of her choice. Instead, she feels the exact opposite. [...] https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2024/08/26/dnc-volunteer-finally-gets-it-says-she-cannot-support-kamala-not-sure-if-she-is-still-a-democrat-n2178549

This is a fun article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Masterful shapeshifter' Walz gets pointed message from Minnesota voters at state fair booth The Minnesota State Fair is in full swing this week, with attendees seen lining up outside a popular anti-Tim Walz booth to win "Never Walz" prizes after the Gopher State governor ascended to the second spot on the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket. "Never Walz," reads a massive sign on a booth at the state fair, which has attracted long lines of people waiting to receive "Never Walz" fans and T-shirts, Fox News Digital has learned. The booth was set up by conservative nonprofit Action 4 Liberty MN, which allows attendees of the nation's second-largest state fair to spin a wheel to win "Never Walz" signage and apparel. "Our amazing supporters spin the wheel for a chance at a free T-shirt and a 'Never Walz' fan. We're a nonprofit organization that promotes liberty by exposing the RINOs and Leftists when they betray liberty, and we work to mobilize our grassroots army of supporters and train them on how to wield their individual political power as effectively as possible," Action 4 Liberty leader and former Republican Minnesota state Rep. Erik Mortensen told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. The Minnesota State Fair, which kicked off on Saturday and will run through Labor Day weekend, is anticipated to attract 2 million visitors. The "Never Walz" booth is a hot attraction on the fairgrounds, with Mortensen saying that even though they aren't selling famed fair food, "our lines have been longer than most of the food booths." [...] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/masterful-shapeshifter-walz-gets-pointed-message-from-minnesota-voters-state-fair-booth

This is indeed epic! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump Puts Out New Epic Ad With Kamala Harris Debating...Kamala Harris [...] Trump has put together the perfect ad, using comments Harris made during an event about the economy, saying how expensive everything is now under Biden and Harris. The ad points out how Bidenomics has crushed the wallets of the American people as Harris argues against...Harris. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/08/26/trump-ad-kamala-harris-vs-kamala-harris-n2178557

Perhaps germane (no pun intended) during this influx of "southerners": =============================================================== TEACHING MATH THROUGH THE DECADES 1950s: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? 1960s: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit? 1970s: A logger exchanges a set "L" of lumber for a set "M" of money. The cardinality of set "M" is 100. Each element is worth 1 dollar. Make 100 dots representing the elements of the set "M." The set "C," the cost of production, contains 20 fewer points than set "M" contains. Represent the set "C" as a subset of set "M" and answer the following question: What is the cardinality of the set "P" of profits? 1980s: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Underline the number 20. 1990s: By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the forest birds, owls, and squirrels feel as the logger cut down the trees? There are no wrong answers, and if you feel like crying, it's OK. 2000s: By laying off 40% of its loggers, a company improves its stock price from $80 to $100. How much capital gain per share does the CEO make by exercising his stock options at $80? Assume that capital gains are no longer taxed, because this encourages investment. 2010s: If you have special needs or just feel that you need assistance because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, childhood memories, etc., then don't answer, and the correct answer will be provided for you. There are no wrong answers. 2017: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. How can this action be used to impeach President Trump? 2022: Un inmigrante cruza la frontera sur con contrabando escondido en un camión maderero. ¿Cuál es su beneficio económico de esto?

What a bummer. Gracias... er, thanks for the additional detail.

That Trump Fellow Who's Been President the Last Four Years Sounds AWFUL Everything I know I get from reading the Washington Post and watching the CBS Evening News with whoever hosts that now, and I have to tell you — that Donald Trump fellow doesn't deserve four more years after everything he's done in office since 2020. "Donald Trump fights for billionaires and large corporations," Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris said during her acceptance speech last week. "I will fight to give money back to working and middle-class Americans." [...] https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/08/26/that-trump-fellow-whos-been-president-the-last-four-years-sounds-awful-n4931988

Maybe Boiler has further details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brutal Venezuelan Gangs Spill Over From Sanctuary Cities Into Unprepared Suburbs Of all of the American cities that have experienced waves of illegal migrants showing up on their doorsteps and demanding shelter and services, Denver has been both one of the most popular destinations and one that has experienced the greatest internal turmoil as a result. Debates broke out about how many migrants they should accept, where they would put them, and how long they would be allowed to stay. The city has gone through several iterations of its plans thus far, but debates continue. Today's story isn't about Denver, however. It deals with Aurora, Colorado, a much smaller bedroom community to the east of Denver. There was never any significant debate over the migrants in Aurora. They didn't want them, but the migrants began arriving in significant numbers without an invitation. Unfortunately for Aurora's residents, a significant number of the "new arrivals" were not there for a free bed and a few meals. They turned out to be members of the notorious Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, and they set up shop in Aurora and immediately got to "work." [...] https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2024/08/26/brutal-venezuelan-gangs-spill-over-from-sanctuary-cities-into-unprepared-suburbs-n3793662

German Terror: Knife Attacker Was Asylum Seeker Who Should Have Been Deported [...] Bulgaria was the first EU country he entered so Bulgaria was responsible for handling his asylum case. He was set to be returned to Bulgaria but he filed a lawsuit with the help of a lawyer in Dresden. That case failed but when authorities went to pick up al Hasan to remove him from Germany, he was gone. Six months later, the order of deportation expired. There is an open question about the expiration of the deportation order. In circumstances where the asylum seeker is apparently hiding from authorities, as in this case, they are allowed to extend the order. But for some reason that wasn't done here. [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/08/26/german-terror-knife-attacker-was-asylum-seeker-who-should-have-been-deported-n3793670

Pertinent questions in here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks remains an infuriating enigma weeks after shooting Five weeks since the first attempted assassination of a current or former president in over 40 years, the public still has precious few answers about 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks. Since his identity became known, the FBI and members of Congress have been trying to piece together a motive, scrutinizing every aspect of his life both online and off. Even in his hometown of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, a quiet suburb of Pittsburgh, neighbors say the Crooks family was always an enigma — and continues to be. [...] https://nypost.com/2024/08/26/us-news/why-would-be-trump-assassin-thomas-crooks-remains-an-infuriating-enigma-weeks-after-shooting/

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Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ~~~~~~~ Thrilling Sunday report, see man: We were rudely awakened in the morning, snapped-from-zzz we man. Chinese dude 2 casas down began mow-lawning, man. He uses not a mower, but his weed-whacker, lawn gets very short cut but takes forever man. He began at half-past Many (2+2+2+1) a.m. -- si man, half-past Many (2+2+2+1) a.m. -- on a Sunday, man. Miu lobbied us hard for miu-breakfast, then promptly barfed it up, hot miu-barf man. Miu was eyeing the barf as something good to re-eat when we up-sopped it, fast-moving we man. We did not leave the casa all day, ensconced we man. Lunch was 2 sliced-turkey sandwiches, ingest we man. A siesta was attempted thereafter, interrupted halfway through by unanswered phone call man. Din-din was onebag of nuked mixed vegetables, ingest we man. Laundry was conquered, victorious we man. The warsher was dished & de-dished, dish/de-dish we man. Mini-B. arrived, start of Two Guys week man. Miu is delighted, un-bored miu man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. stayed to watch AFV, watch ex-she man man. Of course, she had forgotten to warsh Mini-B.'s P.E. uniform, dropped it off later ex-she man man. Mini-B. has a before-skool Band sectional, man. This means that we must arise at o'dark-Many -- si man, o'dark-Many -- man. Furthermore, he's coughing & sneezing, began last week but ignored by ex-she man man. We hope that he will survive this busy week, finger-cross we man. Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man. Must grocery for Uncle T-B. & Mama T-B. on Monday, grocery we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Secret Service Told Not to Request Additional Security For Trump's Butler Rally: Whistleblower Secret Service agents detailed to Donald Trump's rally in Butler, PA last month were specifically told by headquarters in Washington not to request any additional security for the outdoor rally where a sniper wounded the former president, and that if they made any request, it would be denied. A whistleblower reported the new information to Missouri Senator Josh Hawley who wrote to acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, asking him to explain the "apparent contradiction" from Rowe's Senate testimony. Rowe told the Senate Judiciary Committee last month that no resources were ever denied. "You must explain this apparent contradiction immediately," the senator wrote. [...] https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/08/25/secret-service-told-not-to-request-additional-security-for-trumps-butler-rally-whistleblower-n4931962

Interesting. Which method would you pick for yourself? I'd go firing squad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ South Carolina Offering Three Options for Death Penalty Next Month "Would you prefer chicken, fish, or perhaps the vegetarian platter?" Freddie Eugene Owens may be facing some choices similar to what you could be offered at one of those all-you-can-eat buffet restaurants in South Carolina next month. But instead of dinner items, Owens will need to choose between lethal injection, a firing squad, or the electric chair. You see, on September 20th, Owens is scheduled to be the first person in South Carolina to be executed in more than a dozen years. Due to process complications that have held up other executions in the past, the state is attempting to offer a variety of terminal services so that the job gets done this time without the courts or other entities intervening. If Owens fails to make a choice, South Carolina will default to the electric chair. Looking at his criminal history, it's hard to muster a lot of sympathy for him. [...] https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2024/08/25/south-carolina-offering-three-options-for-death-penalty-next-month-n3793640

I don't see that we ever had a thread on this. Any strong feelings about the topic? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Most Charges in Breonna Taylor Shooting Dismissed We've devoted plenty of coverage here to the ongoing saga of the police shooting of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky in 2020. Her death immediately became one of those flashpoints of "racial injustice" that led to riots in the streets and several police officers being shot. Taylor was portrayed as another innocent victim of a brutally oppressive criminal justice system where a young Black woman could be gunned down by the cops with no repercussions. Despite increasing evidence that the police probably acted appropriately, local prosecutors wound up bringing charges against four of the officers involved in the incident, including felony counts that could potentially lead to lengthy prison terms. But this week, [...] https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2024/08/25/most-charges-in-breonna-taylor-shooting-dismissed-n3793628

Really interesting story and update. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hezbollah Flops; Netanyahu Warns [...] Just how "pre-emptive" this strike was is a matter of semantics. Hezbollah has been firing missiles at Israel since October 8 in an attempt to divert forces and resources from Gaza and Hamas. That alone made the strike on Fuad Shukr a legitimate act against an aggressor; the humiliation of Israel's success is what prompted this retaliation, not the idea that Shukr's death was an escalation. Still, Israel did a good job of essentially neutering Hezbollah in this instance, and this time all on its own, rather than as part of an alliance as during the attack from Iran. That may be one reason why Hezbollah will call it a success regardless of the lack of any significant damage from their large-scale attack plans. And perhaps also because they may realize that the Israelis have better intelligence on their operations than they realized. Even if Hezbollah's finished, Israel may not be. [...] https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/08/25/hezbollah-flops-netanyahu-warns-n3793643

This clown is a bigger commie than Kommie.

They have to! Sometimes attacking the bully first is the only way to escape comparatively unscathed.

That's the ticket! [pun intended]

They'd be both blocked and shunned.

That would do it! Thanks for elaborating.