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Morning, Bull. It's a roller coaster ride equal to the video you posted (and I was afraid to watch).
Up, down, up down, any way the wind blows, any way the wind blows. (Song lyrics from I can't remember where... Sound of Music???).
All I can do is vote straight Republican and hope for the best. Ay-yi-yi
omg That is hysterical.
I'm especially impressed with the Musk crotch grab.
Thanks, Gmenfan. I needed that.
Social Security COLA 2025: How Much Will Payments Increase Next Year?
With inflation cooling, analysts estimate benefit boost could come in a bit under 3%
By Andy Markowitz, AARP Published August 14, 2024
Maybe. Maybe not. I ran a search on "Nothnagle Log Home in Greenwich, New Jersey."
https://www.bing.com/search?q=Nothnagle+Log+Home+in+Greenwich%2C+New+Jersey&form=ANNTH1&
Found another article of interest. This sets the sale price higher and gives a lot more history of the Nothnagle Home as well as other "oldest" homes.
This may be New Jersey's oldest home, and it recently sold for $262,000.
Story by David M. Zimmer, NorthJersey.com • 3d •
New Jersey is home to some of the oldest and most historically significant buildings in the United States.
There are 58 National Historic Landmarks in the Garden State.
The list includes Boxwood Hall in Elizabeth, the Hermitage in Ho-Ho-Kus and Grover Cleveland's retirement home in Princeton among its many famous old homes. Those structures may be old compared with most of the statewide housing stock, which has an estimated median age of 55, according to U.S. Census Bureau records. Still, they look relatively young compared with the state's oldest standing buildings.
While the title of oldest home in New Jersey remains in dispute, the historic marker on the C.A. Nothnagle Log House in Greenwich Township says it wins the prize, with a claimed date of construction ranging from 1638 to 1643. Gloucester County's resource directory alleges the log house is the oldest standing wooden structure in North America.
The Georgian mansion at 15 Hodge Rd. in Princeton was the retirement home of former President Grover Cleveland. A New Jersey native, Cleveland left office in March 1897 and spent the last 11 years of his life in the home listed for sale in 2024 at nearly $6 million.
Sold in 2023 for $262,000, less than 10% of the asking price, the home was once open for tours by its former owner, Doris Rink. Her late husband, Harry, bought the cabin in 1968 from his relatives, stripped the interior of modern wall finishes and restored its white oak exterior, Harry Rink, who died in 2018, told The New York Times in 2000.
The log house features ax-squared logs 4.5 to 5 inches thick that were dovetailed together in a fashion linked to some of the area's earliest European settlers, says the home's listing in the federal government's 1938 Historic American Buildings Survey. In the decades after the first ships arrived from Sweden in 1638, the settlers gave the name New Stockholm to the area along Raccoon Creek in Gloucester County. It was part of the short-lived colony of New Sweden.
The oldest part of the log house is roughly 16 by 20 feet and includes a low ceiling and a corner fireplace also constructed in the Nordic tradition, the survey says. Historians have speculated that some of the hardware in the fireplace may have been forged in a Nordic country in the late 16th century, Rink told the Times.
The floor was originally dirt. The hardwood, added later, is still nearly three centuries old, Rink said. According to county records, some historians believe the style of construction was introduced in the Delaware Valley by the Finns rather than the Swedes. Many of the 17th-century settlers were Finnish, though they arrived via Sweden, Amandus Johnson detailed in his 1911 book "The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1638-1664..."
The rest is here along with more pictures and an old map of New Sweden (1638-1655):
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/this-may-be-new-jerseys-oldest-home-and-it-recently-sold-for-262000-see-inside/ar-AA1oHGpA?ocid=BingNewsSerp
@Bull_Dolphin
Hi Bull. I was hoping you'd like the house.
I'd like to tour it with someone who could explain the construction and point out the details.
Not sure what its neighborhood is like but the 1.3 acre it sits on could be worth more than the sale price.
I really hope they preserve it even if it means moving it. A true gem.
Chicago Businesses Boarding Up Ahead of Democratic National Convention for Fear of Mass Riots
WARNER TODD HUSTON 16 Aug 2024 3:28
(Let the fun begin. Going to be more interesting to see what happens outside the convention center than in it.)
Chicago businesses are already boarding up their storefronts downtown ahead of Monday’s opening of the Democratic National Convention in anticipation of mass rioting and violence.
Plywood shielding first began showing up Thursday morning as the city’s shopping district opened for business.
“As we know, this city has a poor track record when it comes to protecting businesses,” Scott Shapiro, owner of Syd Jerome, told Chicago’s WLS-TV.
“We felt it was more prudent to board up, since our customers and their employers have told them to stay home throughout the convention for their own safety,” Shapiro added.
It makes perfect sense for Shapiro to take precautions. His store was one of those destroyed during the riots in 2020.
The retailer added that he does not fear peaceful protesters, but is wary of “the people that embed themselves and take advantage of those protests for their own agenda.”
Shapiro is right to worry. News outlets have reported that violent protest groups are organizing. Some expect domestic terror organization Antifa as well as violence-prone pro-Hamas groups to target the Windy City and many worry that members are being bused into the city from outside.
He is far from the only one to board up his business. Plywood barriers are going up all across the Loop area and the rest of Chicago’s downtown retail sector.
One boarding company told the media that they have had 40 calls this week alone to begin boarding up the city’s retail businesses.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) is warning protesters that violence and property damage will not be tolerated.
CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling warned that the First Amendment does not act as cover for “criminal acts.”
ABC7 reported that Snelling told CNN:
There is a distinct difference between the riot and a peaceful protest, or people who are simply actually exercising their first amendment rights. The first amendment for tat [sic] actions does not include rioting, it doesn’t include criminal acts … It doesn’t include breaking the law. It doesn’t include violence, vandalism, those things that we are not going to tolerate in our city. But if people are showing up here to exercise their first amendment rights, they’re doing it peacefully lawfully, we’re going to protect their rights to do that.”
“The minute that starts, we have to put an end to it,” Snelling said of violence and rioting, according to Chicago’s WBEZ radio. “When people become comfortable committing acts of violence and vandalism, that’s when it turns into a riot.”
Still, the CPD has also specified use of force rules, such as restricting use of batons to body and leg strikes and not the head or neck. And many officers have been notified of extended hours for next week, sparking worries of fatigue and overwork.
“We’re going to have to extend hours; there are going to be day-off cancellations,” the superintendent told the media. “But there [are] also wellness plans in place for our officers to make sure that, cognitively, our officers are effective when they’re responding.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/16/chicago-businesses-boarding-up-ahead-democratic-national-convention-fear-mass-riots/
Yep. Unbelievable and still on the ground that was the original site.
Talk about not building them like they used to.
I can't believe there wasn't an historical organization that didn't want to get their hands on it.
Maybe the area isn't zoned for visitors to the site.
lol You beat me to it... won't get fooled again.
I have to stop obsessing over the election.
Not a damn thing I can do about it except cast my vote and pray.
I hope it's preserved, too. It's a living museum piece... property and all.
Hey, Mr. G. The Who said it best...
We weren't fooled the first time. Sadly, there are too many out there liable to be fooled again.
(One of the greatest rock and roll screams ever recorded... JMO)
New Jersey home believed to be the oldest in North America has sold for $135K — but will its history remain?
By Mary K. Jacob Published Aug. 16, 2024, 2:44 p.m. ET
The Nothnagle Log Home in Greenwich, New Jersey, considered the oldest house in North America still in its original position, was sold in 2023 for $135,000, far below its initial $2.9 million asking price.
Courtesy of Andrew Huang
What’s believed to be the oldest home in North America, a New Jersey relic from the 1600s, quietly sold in a 2023 deal — and for a shocking fraction of its original asking price, no less.
Last October, the historic Nothnagle Log Cabin, located in Gibbstown, was scooped up for a mere $135,000 — a price that barely scratches the surface at less than 10% of its initial $2.9 million in 2015.
The now-former owner, Doris Rink, along with her late husband Harry, had tirelessly worked to preserve this slice of a long-ago century — built years before the United States was even a nation.
“As a piece of history, it is worth every penny that we asked for it, but that’s just not reasonable now,” Rink previously told NJ.com when it last listed.
The 1.3-acre property saw its price steadily tumble over the years — from $1.75 million in 2017, to $875,000 in 2020 and then to $750,000 in 2021 before landing at its final, and shockingly low, purchase price.
The home was initially listed back in 2015 for $2.9 million.
Courtesy of Andrew Huang
Built in 1638 by Finnish settlers, the historic 16-by-22 foot cabin was expanded in the 1730s with a Colonial-style addition, bringing the total living space to 1,800 square feet.
Courtesy of Andrew Huang
The property isn’t just a house; it’s a time capsule. It’s also deeply intertwined with the fabric of the local area, which was once part of the short-lived colony of New Sweden.
Built by Finnish settlers in the mid-17th century, the cabin is a stunning example of “full dovetail” construction, a technique that has kept the original 16-by-22-foot log structure standing tall for centuries.
“This cabin was built without a single nail,” said Rink.
The original portion of the house includes a low ceiling and a corner fireplace, which is speculated to contain hardware forged in a Nordic country as far back as the 16th century.
The property also includes a machine shop, a shed and a four-car garage.
Courtesy of Andrew Huang
The Rinks purchased the property in 1968 from Harry’s relatives and transformed it into a museum piece, stripping away modern alterations to reveal its white oak exterior and original logs.
The historic cabin isn’t the only structure on the lot. A two-story Colonial home, added in the 1730s, expanded the living space to 1,800 square feet.
The land also features a machine shop from the 1930s, a shed, a four-car garage, and towering 100-foot redwood trees. “It’s sizable,” Rink told the outlet, hinting that the land could easily accommodate horses or other animals.
Former owner Doris Rink and her late husband, Harry, bought the cabin in 1968 and worked to preserve its historic integrity.
Courtesy of Andrew Huang
Doris, now 82, hoped the new owner will continue to care for the property as they did. The Post has reached out to the new owner for comment.
Courtesy of Andrew Huang
But as the years have rolled on, so has the Rink family’s grip on the property. After Harry passed away in 2018, Doris, now 82, realized it was time for someone new to take up the responsibility of preservation.
“I want to get it into the hands of someone who is capable and loving and willing enough to put as much works into it as my husband and I have over the years,” she said at the time.
Despite its historical significance, efforts to have the property acquired by local or even international organizations have previously fallen flat. “My husband and I endlessly tried everything. We contacted Sweden, Finland, the US, the county, the township, the area colleges,” said Rink.
Good news is that the home finally did land a buyer who is a local and has lived in the town for decades, The Post has learned. The new owner, Stephen Laszczyk, a local real estate investor, has at least nine other properties in the Gibbstown area, records show.
Despite its age, the cabin remains in good condition, with most of its original logs intact and its “full dovetail” construction ensuring its durability.
Courtesy of Andrew Huang
“I grew up working with my father, who built custom homes for a living. .. [I’ve] been building, buying and totally gutting and remodeling these homes to sell,” Laszczyk wrote on his LinkedIn profile.
It is unclear what Laszczyk, 63, plans to do with the property. He didn’t respond to The Post’s request for comment.
The front porch.
Courtesy of Andrew Huang
Christina Huang, the listing agent from Weichert Realtors-East Brunswick, shared her awe of the property in a virtual video tour when the home was on sale.
“This fireplace did it all: boiled the hot water for cooking, for baths, laundry, whatever it took,” she said, describing how it “kept the family warm in winter and helped them survive.”
Huang also did not respond to a request seeking comment.
“There’s got to be someone out there somewhere to save this for the next generations,” Rink hoped at the time, before Laszcyk purchased the historic home. “To live today, you’ve got to know where we were.”
https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/real-estate/north-americas-apparent-oldest-home-sells-for-135k/
@Bull_Dolphin
Oh, cripe. Looks like the kamaltoe beast is angling for just one debate on ABC (big haters of Trump)...
and putting the kibosh on any others.
She and her handlers will stretch this out past the time early ballots start coming in.
I feel sick every time I think about the upcoming election.
Never underestimate the gullibility of voters and their tendency to vote based on libtard media soundbites.
Nor the corrupt demorrhoid machine tactics. They will pull out all the stops to win.
Lord, save us. Please.
A Political Movement—Literally
A nonprofit urges liberals to relocate to swing districts or vote from vacation homes.
By Matthew O. Skrod Aug. 15, 2024 5:36 pm ET
... MoveIndigo encourages Democratic flight to swing districts with Republican congressmen, often in swing states. Its goal is to “reset the balance in our country” and elect a more “representative” government. That’s doublespeak, but the group has also put it plainly: “It only takes a few Democrats moving to crucial toss-up districts . . . to take control of the House”—even to have “a profound impact on the Presidential race.”
... The group’s material sometimes reads like a vacation-home advertisement. All 30 districts “maximize your impact as a voter” while affording “amazing lifestyles,” the group promises. Wealthy liberals could purchase a second home in a swing district and attempt residence hopping: registering to vote there while continuing to live in their current home. They don’t even have to leave the state.
The group makes this idea explicit in its special attention to New York state, which fueled Republicans’ House majority in 2022. MoveIndigo’s “New York Campaign” urges wealthy New York Democrats, including through mailed leaflets, to exploit the state’s lenient residency requirements by registering to vote at their second homes if they’re in swing districts.
... This is a new variation on an old theme. It recalls the Vermont counterculture movement of the late 1960s through early 1970s, in which thousands of young hippies, including Bernie Sanders, poured into the Green Mountain State, in many cases to experiment in communal living.
... MoveIndigo wants to convert a wider spread of districts not with hippies but with wealthy liberals. It’s a calculated effort to rewrite electoral math that, should it catch on, will add a new dimension to partisan politics.
The full op-ed is here:
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-political-movementl-literally-nonprofit-urges-liberals-move-to-swing-districts-ecd6721b?mod=hp_opin_pos_2#cxrecs_s
Nancy Pelosi forced Biden into a ‘come to Jesus’ moment about 2024 run with threat to publicly trash him: report
By Nicholas McEntyre Published Aug. 16, 2024, 6:56 a.m. ET
(Wow. Winning is the only thing. Pelosi is one vicious bitchski. No wonder she was able to get the House Dems to fall in line.)
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had threatened to publicly trash President Biden if he didn’t end his reelection bid — forcing the then-ailing commander in chief into a “come to Jesus” decision to finally call it quits, according to a new report about the final moments of his campaign.
Pelosi sent an urgent message to the 81-year-old president last month while he was still nursing his COVID-19 infection at his Delaware beach house, insiders told the Daily Mail.
Pelosi reportedly threatened to publicly trash her longtime friend and political ally if he continued to ignore thunderous calls to drop out of the 2024 election over fears for his cognitive abilities, four sources close to the campaign told the outlet.
Pelosi threatened to go public with her belief that her fellow Democrat wouldn’t beat the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, in a rematch — and threatened to release humiliating polling data to back it up, the sources alleged.
The demand was reportedly forceful enough for Biden to experience a “come to Jesus” moment where he and his staff began drafting the letter that ended his 2024 political campaign, which was released on July 21.
In his first TV interview since removing himself from the race and subsequently backing Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him, Biden admitted that worried Democrats pushed him out.
“A number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races,” Biden told “CBS News Sunday Morning,” before name-dropping Pelosi.
“I was concerned if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic — you’d be interviewing me about why did Nancy Pelosi say [something] … and I thought it’d be a real distraction,” he added before calling himself a “transition president.”
Pelosi, 84, confirmed that she spoke with Biden and fielded calls from worried Democrats, many of whom were disgruntled about their 2024 election odds before he quit the race.
A former Biden senior advisor turned Harris campaign staffer said Pelosi was “absolutely” to blame for ousting the president.
“You know, clearly there were leaders of the party who decided to go ahead and go very public. And that gave permission to other people to go public,” former White House senior adviser on communications Anita Dunn told Politico.
Dunn also blamed the Democratic Party for ignoring the voters, who had voted for Biden in the primaries, calling it “a very donor-driven thing.”
https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/us-news/nancy-pelosis-ultimatum-to-biden-was-to-publish-polling-between-president-and-trump/
Hiya, cap. I'm looking forward to the aftermath of the debates.
Not sure I'll be able to watch Trump vs. kamaltoe. She's too annoying to have on my TV screen.
Vance vs. Walz should be highly entertaining, but it may be on too late for me.
Stay cool and take care.
Trump won’t choke against a weak Kamala Harris, Dems trying to fake their way to an election win
By Miranda Devine Published Aug. 14, 2024, 10:06 p.m. ET
The one thing people should know about Donald Trump is that he doesn’t choke.
Not on the golf course and not in life.
That much was obvious when he rose to his feet in Butler, Pa., after almost being assassinated and raised his fist in defiance.
Even champion golfers choke.
But not Trump.
Self-doubt is not part of his DNA, and he’s proud of the fact that when the going gets tough, he’s at his best.
So when the bedwetters and Monday morning quarterbacks freak out over Kamala Harris’ honeymoon polls and start leaking stories about “Donald in meltdown,” they’re probably mistaking his real-time retooling and war-gaming for panic.
Case in point: At Trump’s rally Wednesday in Asheville, NC, a liberal enclave in the battleground state, he was razor-focused on the economy, showing an ability to stay on message that some allies had feared he was incapable of doing.
It didn’t hurt that the latest Consumer Price Index data that day had highlighted the pain felt by everyday Americans every time they buy groceries.
The cost of everything is up more than 20% since Biden-Harris took office.
Real average weekly earnings fell in July.
Unemployment is up.
Median household income is down.
Credit card debt has hit a record high.
Can’t fool families
You know that Democrats will pull every economic lever available to fake their way to an election win.
But you can’t fool working families who roll their eyes when they hear the word “Bidenomics.”
The proof that Bidenomics is a disaster lies in how fast Harris is running away from it.
Her campaign is telling reporters that she is “hoping to distance herself from President Biden’s unpopularity on the economy,” according to Axios, and is planning to debut an economy-focused speech Friday in Raleigh, NC, floating ideas to lower the cost of living.
But she’s been in power for almost four years.
Why not implement her great economic plans today, rather than making people suffer for another five months?
Trump hammered all these points in Asheville and offered a vision of a sunny economic future, harking back to a time voters remember fondly from his last stint in office.
“Vote Trump, and your incomes will soar, your savings will grow, young people will be able to afford a home, and we will bring back the American dream, bigger, better and stronger than ever before.”
He offered specific policies: “Under my leadership, the US will commit to the ambitious goal of slashing energy and electricity prices by half, at least half … within 12 months and at a maximum 18 months.”
He gave an effective and relatively unvitriolic critique of Harris’ economic capacity.
“Kamala Harris wants to be in charge of the entire US economy — but neither she nor her running mate [have ever] held a private-sector job in their entire professional careers. It’s no wonder they’re both socialists.”
He reminded voters that Harris and Biden are “a team. She’s trying to throw him overboard. She doesn’t want to know who he is anymore … No, no. They were a team. He appointed her border czar. And she did the worst job in the history of borders.”
He said people should remember that Harris “goes to work every morning in the West Wing. Her desk is 10 steps from the Oval Office. She cast the tie-breaking votes that gave us record inflation. And for nearly four years, Kamala has cackled as the American economy has burned.”
Bidenomics disaster
Over and over, he hammered the cost of living under Bidenomics compared to his presidency.
“Does anyone here feel richer under Kamala Harris and Crooked Joe than you were during the Trump administration. Is anything less expensive?”
The disciplined performance ought to go some way toward placating the naysayers who have been concerned that the campaign — and Trump — have lost their way since the Democrats’ last-minute swap-out of Harris for Biden.
Nikki Haley is right that Republicans — and Trump — need to quit whining and focus on winning instead of trying to belittle Harris.
Complaining that Harris doesn’t do interviews and that the media are giving her a free ride is pointless.
She is getting away with it.
Democrats and their shady partners were never going to let Trump have an easy ride to the Oval Office.
Whatever the moment is, Harris is meeting it.
It’s not AI that is generating big crowds at her rallies, and comparing crowd sizes is a fool’s errand.
So is showing patronizing disrespect to your adversary.
Hillary Clinton made that mistake when she called Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables.”
Harris isn’t leaning into her sex and running a Hillary-style “I’m with her” campaign that is a turnoff to men and women alike.
Instead, she is pitching herself as an Obama-esque “hope and change” candidate for an electorate desperate for positivity.
A New York Times/Siena College poll over the weekend had her 4 points ahead in the crucial swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The Cook Political Report now has Harris leading or tied with Trump in six of the seven battleground states.
It found that 59% of swing-state voters feel Trump “is too focused on personal retribution” and 57% think he is “too erratic and out of control to govern the country effectively.”
His job is to change their minds.
A majority agree Harris is “too liberal” (53%) and “too inexperienced” (52%) to govern the entire country effectively.
Trump comes out ahead on immigration, the economy, inflation, crime and foreign policy while Harris is ahead on abortion, “protect democracy,” Social Security and Medicare.
So that provides an obvious campaign platform and an incentive to stay positive.
Trump’s softer side
To his family and those who know him, Trump’s default is a sunny disposition and a generous spirit, but he has been so demonized, a lot of people don’t see it.
He is not given credit for the fact that he has five well-adjusted adult children he is close to and grandchildren who adore him.
More appearances with his family à la the closing piece of the Republican convention would help reset his image in a positive, reassuring light and paint a contrast with Harris without a negative word about cat ladies.
He can leave the attack lines to JD Vance and showcase his optimistic side.
After all, his campaign is in good shape.
He has the right policies.
They are unifying and road-tested and what most people want.
He has plenty of time to define Harris’ policy deficits and highlight his strengths.
If she steals his policies like “No tax on tips,” chalk it up as a compliment — and a win for the beneficiaries. A confident, magnanimous leader is more appealing than a petty, aggrieved one.
Trump is well ahead of where he was in 2020 in the polls and has the advantage that the electorate is looking to his term in office as the golden years.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/14/opinion/donald-trump-wont-choke-against-weak-kamala-harris/
"And cover up the truth with lies..." Kamala Harris’ campaign team is editing news headlines in her favor — without outlets’ knowledge: report
By Katherine Donlevy Published Aug. 13, 2024, 11:32 p.m. ET
(Samples of the ads are pictured at the link. What a bunch of sleazeball pigs. 1984 has become the playbook for the demorrhoid party.)
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team has been silently editing news headlines in Google search results to make it seem like major news outlets are on her side, according to a report.
The altered headlines — all paired with a “Paid for by Harris for President” banner — were changed without the news outlets’ knowledge, Axios reported Tuesday.
Nearly a dozen publishers were swept up in the faux headline campaign, including major companies like the Guardian, Reuters, CBS News, the Associated Press and PBS.
Even smaller publications like North Dakota’s WDay Radio also saw their headlines changed.
The ads include links to real articles from news outlets, but the headlines and descriptive text had been edited to cast a supportive light on the 59-year-old presidential hopeful.
Calling out Kamala’s ‘tough on the border’ fake history
Rep. Byron Donalds slams Kamala Harris’ campaign: ‘What are her policies?’
For example, one ad that ran alongside an article from the Guardian shows a headline that reads “VP Harris Fights Abortion Bans – Harris Defends Repro Freedom” and includes supporting text underneath the headline that reads, “VP Harris is a champion for reproductive freedom and will stop Trump’s abortion bans.”
Another linking to an NPR story reads, “Harris Will Lower Health Costs,” with supporting text that says, “Kamala Harris will lower the cost of high-quality affordable health care,” Axios reported.
Spokespeople from the affected companies like CNN, USA Today and NPR — all of which have published flattering content about Harris in recent weeks — said they had no idea the companies were tied up in the campaign.
“While we understand why an organization might wish to align itself with the Guardian’s trusted brand, we need to ensure it is being used appropriately and with our permission. We’ll be reaching out to Google for more information about this practice,” a Guardian spokesperson said.
Though misleading, the tactic does not violate Google’s policies because the fake ads are prominently labeled as “sponsored” and “easily distinguishable from search results.”
The shocking report comes as Harris is hiding from the very same press that she is desperately trying to skew in her favor.
The former California attorney general has refused to do significant interviews or news appearances since winning the presidential nomination more than three weeks ago.
The Harris campaign did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/us-news/harris-campaign-editing-news-headlines-in-her-favor-without-outlets-knowledge-report/
lol Idiot Wind is one of my sentimental favorites.
Keep the faith and enjoy the day.
We will prevail one way or the other.
Good Morning, Mr. G. THANK YOU for the day brightener.
Wearing jeans right now waiting for the back yard grass to dry out enough to shove old Motilda through the ridiculous growth.
Part of me is looking forward to it.
I won't be able to sit here obsessing about things I cannot control... like the news.
Hope it doesn't get too cold for shorts in your area.
Take care and enjoy the day.
A Dylan ditty for kamaltoe. Certain lyrics run through my brain whenever I think about her...
Swell... Oh, yeah. A "Snitch-O-Meter.
Just what everyone wants in their car.
Watch Ford's sales plummet.
Morning, Larry. It just gets worse and worse.
Doesn't it?
Howdy, Mr. G. Do these people actually think? Who the hell knows what goes on in the minds of others?
‘Reshaping the Electorate’: Biden-Harris Admin Granting Citizenship at Fastest Rate in a Decade
SIMON KENT 13 Aug 2024 2:38
The federal government is approving U.S. citizenship requests at the quickest rate in a decade, dispensing with a backlog attributed to the coronavirus pandemic and a tighter approval regime that reached its zenith under former President Donald Trump, a report Tuesday sets out.
Naturalization ceremonies typically spike ahead of a an election, the New York Times report makes clear, before detailing the rise in approval numbers for citizenship that also confers with it full voting rights.
Immigration analyst Xiao Wang, chief executive of Boundless, a company that reportedly uses government data to analyze immigration trends while offering services to immigrants who seek professional help in navigating the application process, told the outlet the rush comes with commensurate outcomes:
The surge in naturalization efficiency isn’t just about clearing backlogs; it’s potentially reshaping the electorate, merely months before a pivotal election.
Every citizenship application could be a vote that decides Senate seats or even the presidency.
The NY Times report goes on to set out at under five months, application processing speed is now on a par with 2013 and 2014. About 3.3 million immigrants have become citizens during President Joe Biden’s time in office, with less than two months to go before the close of the 2024 fiscal year.
The change in speed can also be traced back to the last change in occupant for the White House.
After taking office in 2021, Biden issued an executive order that sought to reverse former President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda and “restore faith” in the legal immigration system, the NY Times report outlines.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/13/report-immigrants-gaining-u-s-citizenship-at-fastest-rate-in-a-decade/
The People's Voice...
About us -- : https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/about-us/ -- doesn't name the people behind it.
Wikipedia: Yes I know it leans left, but it was the only source I could find (after a cursory search) that named names.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People%27s_Voice_(website)
Decide for yourself/ves but I'm going with P.T. Barnum's alleged quote.
"There's a sucker born every minute."
GM & YW, possh.
Shelby McEwen is a class act. I hope he wins the gold in 2028.
US high jumper Shelby McEwen defends decision to refuse sharing gold medal before losing as Olympics fans are split: ‘One champion’
By Nicholas McEntyre Published Aug. 11, 2024, 5:19 a.m. ET
Shelby McEwen is an Olympic medalist — whether you call him greedy or competitive.
The 28-year-old American defended his decision to compete in a jumpoff against New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr instead of sharing the gold medal during the men’s high jump final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday.
“If it was meant to be it would’ve been,” McEwen, wearing a silver medal, told reporters at the post-event press conference. “Shout out to Hamish for coming up to me, accepting a jump off and I accepted it and I was all for it.”
McEwen and Kerr cleared 2.36m, which sparked a jumpoff between the two Olympians for the top spot on the podium.
If two or more athletes end at the same height in the men’s high jump, they go to a jump off starting at the next height above where they cleared.
Both athletes missed at 2.38m and 2.36m before the bar was lowered to 2.34m.
They had missed 11 jumps in a row by the time Kerr made his jump at 2.34m, resulting in the “Flying Kiwi’s” first Olympic gold medal.
“I mean, hey, he got the gold and I got the silver. At the end of the day, like he said it’s a sport. I mean I represent my country, just like he’s representing his. I’m representing my family just like he’s representing his,” McEwen said.
“At the end of the day we all want to be champions and the only respectful thing to do is walk away with one champion.”
McEwen was adamant that it was a mutual decision to compete in the jumpoff.
“He said it first, and I agreed to it,” McEwen said, according to the Washington Post. “At some point, I kind of got fatigued. I maybe would have shared it with him, for sure. But I agreed to it, and it was all good.”
McEwen, Kerr and Mutaz Essa Barshim pose for a photo with their medals after the men’s high jump on Aug. 10, 2024.
AFP via Getty Images
Now, McEwen is focused on winning gold at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
“I’m going to take my silver, get back to the drawing board, trust my team, trust my doctors, trust my training and get better,” McEwen said.
China leads the US in gold medals 39 to 38 heading into the final day of the Paris Olympics on Sunday. The countries would be deadlocked in a tie if McEwen and Kerr agreed to share the prestigious honor.
The jumpoff decision has sparked debate online with people arguing whether McEwen made the right choice.
“It makes it very interesting. Fair play to both of them,” one X user commented.
“That’s the competitive spirit between them both,” another said.
“Stupid from Shelby and then he lost the gold…”
“Should have shared the Gold like last Olympics!” a fourth added.
Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim, who took the bronze medal on Saturday, supported his competitors’ jumpoff, saying there has to be some level of greediness.
Barshim famously shared the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics with Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi after the two high jumpers declined to partake in a jumpoff.
“We are sport people, we are very greedy and that’s how it’s supposed to be, we’re all champions,” Barshim said. “If you are a champion you need to be the best.”
“Everybody wants to be the best, we are all greedy and that’s the mentality and that’s the spirit you should have,” he added.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/11/sports/2024-paris-olympics-us-high-jumper-shelby-mcewen-defends-decision-to-refuse-sharing-gold-medal-with-new-zealands-hamish-kerr/
Same here, cap.
But intelligence is rated on a bell curve.
Interesting that the low-end IQs are represented on the left side of the curve.
We'll see what happens.
Gee... I wonder who the CNN staff is obligated to vote for.
Morning, cap.
Very scary times... However, I believe there are a lot of people planning to vote for Trump but are afraid to admit it. I'm basing that on conversations I've had and had it confirmed (in my mind) after I saw this in the WSJ.
Why Trump Voters Fear Speaking Out
Sticker Mule’s Anthony Constantino endorsed the GOP nominee. Boycotts and death threats followed.
Allysia Finley Aug. 11, 2024 3:59 pm ET
Donald Trump likes to say that his opponents are “coming after you” and he’s simply “standing in their way.” That often appears true, which could help explain why his supporters are so steadfast. Consider the viciousness Anthony Constantino faced after he publicly supported Mr. Trump last month.
Mr. Constantino, 41, owns Sticker Mule, a custom printing company in Amsterdam, N.Y. After the failed assassination attempt on July 13, he wrote on social media: “I don’t care what your political views are but the hate for Trump and his supporters has gone too far. People are terrified to admit they support Trump. I’ve been scared myself. Americans shouldn’t live in fear. I support Trump. Many at Sticker Mule do. Many at Sticker Mule also support Biden. The political hate needs to stop.”
A barrage of invective and death threats followed. Some customers vowed to take their business elsewhere. One tweeted that Mr. Constantino was a “pro-trump (Christofascist, transphobic, homophobic, xenophobic, sexist, etc.).” Another tweeted: “Absolutely disgusting. Immediately unsubscirbing [sic] and taking my business elseware [sic] for print needs. I don’t tolerate MAGOTS.” These were the sort of “slanderous” attacks on Trump supporters that Mr. Constantino says prompted him to write his message...
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-trump-voters-fear-speaking-out-politics-election-sticker-mule-cancel-culture-ca40b5da?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
Kamala Harris is being recast as a centrist Dem — but the radical truth is plain to see
By Post Editorial Board Published Aug. 11, 2024, 10:00 p.m. ET
In 2019, the watchdog site GovTrack rated Kamala Harris “the most liberal” member of the Senate.
She was the senator least likely to sign onto bipartisan legislation.
Look for that write-up now, however, and you find a “page not found.” GovTrack deleted it.
It’s just one example of how Kamala Harris, once a hero of progressives, has been, along with a helpful media, hiding all her far-left positions from voters.
A centrist Democrat has a better chance of winning the election, so a centrist she shall be.
But it doesn’t take much searching to find the real politician, not the Kameleon she presents.
Belief system
Here are some of Harris’ beliefs that most Americans disagree with, and the press is so desperate to hide:
Kameleon: “She would not ban fracking,” Harris’ campaign told Politico. “Trump’s false claims about fracking bans are an obvious attempt to distract from his own plans.”
The Truth: Donald Trump’s claims were not false. During the 2020 presidential campaign, Harris said repeatedly she wanted to ban the gas- and oil-extraction method, which has become an economic lifeblood of Pennsylvania and other states.
“There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” she said during a CNN discussion.
Not only that: asked if she also was in favor of banning offshore drilling, she said “yes.”
In 2016, Harris, as California attorney general, even sued the Obama administration over fracking approvals off the West Coast.
Kameleon: “Harris’ campaign also confirmed . . . that the vice president no longer supports a single-payer health care system,” wrote CNN.
The Truth: That’s quite the 180 from the candidate in 2020 who was asked if you would be able to keep the health insurance you have under a Harris presidency.
“Let’s eliminate all of that,” she said. “Let’s move on.”
In 2019, she favored a “Medicare for All” plan, and even co-sponsored legislation to that effect with Bernie Sanders while in the Senate.
Kameleon: “We know that our immigration system is broken, and we know what it takes to fix it,” Harris said in Las Vegas this past weekend.
The Truth: Harris has never wanted to fix it before, she wanted to throw the whole thing out. She favored getting rid of ICE, and even said that crossing the border illegally was no crime. “We’re not going to treat people who are undocumented who cross the border as criminals,” she said.
It’s not even fair to call this one a flip-flop, it’s a straight-up lie. Harris’ one clarification on what was “broken” was that we needed an “earned pathway to citizenship” — which will reward the people who came here illegally.
Made the “Border Czar,” Harris did nothing to either strengthen the border or tackle the “root causes” she spoke so much about.
Kameleon: As far back as 2020, Harris’ press secretary brazenly claimed, “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris do not support defunding the police, and it is a lie to suggest otherwise.”
The Truth: Except she absolutely did. In the summer of 2020, Harris said “we have to take a look at these budgets,” suggesting police were overfunded. She “applauded” Eric Garcetti, the mayor of Los Angeles, for defunding the LAPD.
Kameleon: Last week, a Harris spokesperson told the Washington Examiner that Harris “no longer supports a federal job guarantee, an idea championed by some on the Left and Green New Deal proponents.”
The Truth: She not only backed the Green New Deal, she wanted to break the Senate to get it passed. “I am prepared to get rid of the filibuster to pass a Green New Deal,” she once said.
Kameleon: Harris has claimed now she stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel.
The Truth: Except when she refuses to attend the prime minister’s address to Congress. Or she criticizes how Israel has responded to Hamas’ terror attacks.
Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East peace negotiator, told The Wall Street Journal: “There is the inner Kamala, of a different generation than Biden whose empathy and sensibilities run deeper than the president’s when it comes to Palestinian suffering. Then there is the outer Kamala, the moderate pro-Israel Democrat who for political reasons when it comes to Israel needs to color between the lines.”
Where’s the Kamala who just stands up for principle?
Yet on so many issues, Kamala Harris is a will-o’-the-wisp, alighting on whatever position suits her best at that time.
Flip-flopper
When she was running against Joe Biden, he was the backward white man who opposed busing to end segregation. When she became his running mate, he had an “unmatched legacy.”
Also this past weekend, Harris suddenly endorsed no taxes on tips — only because it was a policy proposed by Trump.
Harris has changed her position on so many topics, the real question is: Does she stand for anything? Or is her only ambition to say and do whatever it takes to get elected, then let the left wing of the party run the nation?
It’s the question the press won’t ask. No, more than that. It’s a question the media works hard to prevent from being asked.
Usually when pundits refer to a “media bubble,” it suggests that a candidate is only reading and watching what he or she wants to hear and see.
But this is a bubble created for Harris, by some of the biggest press outlets in the nation, protecting her not only from hard questions, but also from the truth: She’s too radical to get elected, and she needs to be carefully hidden, a Kameleon to voters.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/11/opinion/kamala-harris-is-being-recast-as-a-centrist-dem-but-the-radical-truth-is-plain-to-see/
JD Vance on the moment he realized Tim Walz is the ‘weird’ one after Dem VP pick’s awkward moment with his wife
By Ryan King Published Aug. 11, 2024, 12:47 p.m. ET
Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance fired back at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over the “weird” attack line against him — saying that it’s the Democrat VP pick who has proved he’s the odd one.
Sen. Vance (R-Ohio), 40, recounted seeing footage of Walz, 60, greeting his wife with a “Midwestern handshake” in an awkward moment on stage at the rally where Kamala Harris introduced him as her running mate.
“I remember when I had just been announced as the VP nominee, I gave my big speech and I saw my wife and I gave her a big hug and a kiss because I love my wife,” Vance told CNN’s “State of the Union” in an interview that aired Sunday. “And I think that’s what a normal person does.”
Totally normal to greet your wife with a firm handshake and a bro hug/back slap. Tim Walz isn't weird at all, guys 🤣🤣🤣pic.twitter.com/PHAKNEUF3H
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 11, 2024
Obama secretly running Kamala Harris campaign: ex-Speaker McCarthy
By Carl Campanile Published Aug. 11, 2024, 2:02 p.m. ET
Former President Barack Obama is secretly running Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, using his people to direct her bid, ex-Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy claimed Sunday.
“If you’re watching the campaign now, some of Obama’s [key people such as] David Plouffe and others are now working on the campaign,” McCarthy said on 770 WABC’s “The Cats Roundtable.”
“You’re getting the Obamas shifting from running the White House to now running this campaign.”
Obama’s former top advisers have had major roles with Team Harris.
Obama’s attorney general, Eric Holder, helped handle the vetting process for Harris’ selection of a running mate for vice president.
Harris also hired Plouffe — Obama’s campaign manager in 2008 and later one of his top White House advisers — as a senior campaign aide. The political operative Plouffe has advised TikTok and Uber, too.
In addition, Harris has tapped Stephanie Cutter, who worked as deputy campaign manager for Obama’s 2012 re-election, as her campaign’s senior adviser for strategy messaging.
The firm of Obama ad-maker Jim Margolis also is supposed to join team Harris, according to Politico. He had worked on Harris’ 2020 campaign.
Harris hired veteran Democratic adviser Jennifer Palmieri as senior adviser to Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, too.
Palmieri served as director of communications for the White House under Obama and held the same post for former Secretary of State and ex-New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s 2016 White House bid.
Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, campaign chairwoman for the 2024 Kamala Harris presidential campaign, also worked on Obama and Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign.
But a former top adviser to the ex-president scoffed at claims that Obama is directing Harris’ campaign.
It is not unusual for veteran Democratic campaign strategists to work for successive candidates running for the White House.
“President Obama will get involved if Harris asks him to,” the source said.
During Sunday’s interview with host John Catsimatidis, McCarthy of California called Harris a “San Francisco liberal.”
He also rapped her selection of Minnsesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
“This is by far … the most liberal ticket in the history of American politics. … We do not want to put San Francisco and Minnesota across this country,” said McCarthy, who was the first speaker ousted in a floor vote, which took place in October.
He claimed that passing over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, as the Dem veep pick was a mistake.
“Any political-science person would tell you it’s all coming down to Pennsylvania and Georgia,” McCarthy said of the 2024 election.
“Why would [Harris] skip Shapiro in picking a VP? Is she not going to stand up to her own party when they want to attack Israel? She wasn’t there when the prime minister of Israel came to speak to Congress. That’s her role and responsibility as president of the Senate,” he said.
McCarthy also railed against Harris’ deciding vote as the presiding officer of the Senate to pass President Biden’s pandemic-related stimulus bills. The vice president votes to break a tie.
“She gave the deciding vote that brought us inflation,” he said. “We’ve watched these families struggle at the grocery store, at the gas station. There’s nothing left for them. They are working so hard just to try to make ends meet.”
https://nypost.com/2024/08/11/us-news/obama-secretly-running-kamala-harris-campaign-ex-speaker-mccarthy/
Biden admits he was pushed out of presidential race, name-drops Pelosi in first interview since exit
By Ryan King Published Aug. 11, 2024, 9:40 a.m. ET
(Let's hope this is the Kiss o'Death. BTW, the NY Post could use a proofreader.
Morning, cap. A big one it is indeed.
One of the worst parts are the kamaltoe commercials.
There's one with pictures of her from childhood to adult.
One of them (preteen?) shows her in stick out pigtails.
She looks like a third world joke.
Reminded me of the National Lampoon yearbook (don't know where I put my copy).
They had a third world exchange student with a similar hairdo nicknamed "Alphabits" (I believe).
I can't stand it.
85 days to doom or salvation...
Morning, Larry.
I'm not sure I can take this.
Good luck to us all.
Parents need to stop crazy-shopping for their kids’ dorm rooms
By Naomi Schaefer Riley Published Aug. 10, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET
“So l do have a serious question . . . When people are taking showers at home, are they re-using the same towel again & again, without washing it?” This was a question recently posted on the Facebook group Dorm Room Mamas. With 192,000 members, it is easy to see how you might get a few people who are a little, well, off, in their expectations about college-age personal hygiene. But at last count 131 people had responded to the idea that an 18-year-old would be washing seven towels a week.
The shower query was only the tip of the iceberg on what might be considered a support group for helicopter parents. These mothers (though there may also be fathers subscribed) have asked about which bathrobes to buy their kids, whether their sons should wear flip-flops in the shower, whether they should send a fire extinguisher or even a carbon monoxide detector to school with their child. Some even post their regrets about sending their older children unprepared.
One mother explained that the towels she purchased last year “weren’t absorbent and didn’t dry him off properly.” Which is worse? That the mother is posting this or that her son who is old enough to serve in the army couldn’t go to Target himself to buy a towel to his liking.
But at least his mother is not the one saying, “No one has mentioned it but let’s add it to the list . . . CONDOMS!!!” To which another poster helpfully added that she would also be buying them for her daughter. (Yay feminism!)
Ladies, if your son is not old enough to buy his own condoms, he may not be mature enough for sex.
On the G-rated front, one contributor posted a bitmoji of herself with a loudspeaker proclaiming that she was “looking for inspiration on how the kids are storing their snacks, ramen and Mac n cheese.” There are also plenty of Pinterest boards posted with matching comforters, pillows, rugs, headboards, etc. But if your child is really concerned with such things, why not just let them loose with your Amazon Prime account and a budget. Do you really need to spend months planning their décor?
Speaking of things your child will not need to bring with them, one post explained, “My daughter didn’t come home for the holiday bbq so I’m taking the bbq to her! This will all fit in her mini fridge.” Underneath is a picture of more than 20 sandwich bags filled with what appear to be hot dogs, chicken and potato salad. Have these people seen college cafeterias recently? They have every kind of cuisine imaginable? If you’re paying astronomical tuition, you might as well get something for your money.
Other posts include a picture of the bathroom drawn with measurements and questions about tension rods, as well as a giant box of every medication imaginable because “not being there when she doesn’t feel good rips my heart out and stomps on it.”
We cannot blame college administrators for the current situation. They’ve worked hard to get parents to leave campus after dropping off their children. They’ve been informed about university policies (and why they shouldn’t call professors to get them to change grades). But these actions are no match for our never-ending coddling culture. It’s also possible that the pandemic made things worse, inhibiting students’ independence and making it even harder for parents to let go.
One might have thought that all the attention focused on helicopter parenting in recent decades — including all the jokes about it — would have had some impact. Maybe it would have caused these mothers to step back and ask whether they’re really doing everything they can to push their kids into responsible adulthood. But they can’t help themselves. When a mother takes her son shopping for “storage” at Target, he tells her he doesn’t need any because the dorm comes with everything. She says she is “taken aback” by this response and needs the support of her online community to convince him otherwise.
There is now only a little more than a month before kids leave for college. Maybe it’s too late, but parents who really want to prepare their children to leave the nest should end the bathrobe hunt, unsubscribe Dorm Room Mamas and tell their kids to figure it all out on their own.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/10/opinion/parents-need-to-stop-shopping-for-their-kids-dorm-rooms/
How politics is getting in the way of teaching kids to read
By Lance Izumi Published Aug. 10, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET
(I hope this becomes universal... next step, take away the calculators and start teaching kids to do math manually.
Part of the problem... ignorant teachers)