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Tuesday shorts

| November 12, 2024 | 30 Comments
Tuesday shorts

OK, folks. Holiday’s over, those of you who glom onto freebies should be well stuffed – back to the grind. In a big, and welcome, win, Judge Stephen McGlynn, a Federal District Court a lower court and declared the Illinois “assault weapons” ban unconstitutional.  He banned enforcement of the law as well, but allowed 30 […]

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Trump won! Call a WAAHmbulance! and Soros loses

| November 11, 2024 | 43 Comments
Trump won! Call a WAAHmbulance! and Soros loses

Jeff LPH sends me the following info – nice to see someone put it all in one easy to cheat from  to get information spot. Andrew Tate, the Brit/US ‘on-line influencer’ who said he would move back to the States amid a sexual-misconduct allegation in August, bills himself as the ‘misogynist influencer’. A four-time kickboxing […]

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Tim Sheehy wins his Senate race

| November 8, 2024 | 25 Comments
Tim Sheehy wins his Senate race

Tim Sheehy was up against Jon Tester, the Democratic Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman. Stories about the inconsistencies related to Sheehy’s claims of being shot in Afghanistan did not appear to deter his chances to win this race. Tester was a prominent Democrat voice for Veterans issues in the Senate. From Military.com: “I’ve been serving […]

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Malcolm Nance loses it, has a persecution fetish

| November 7, 2024 | 65 Comments
Malcolm Nance loses it, has a persecution fetish

Malcolm Nance is a retired US Navy senior chief petty officer, who was a naval cryptologist in his active duty days. He retired in 2001, and didn’t return to duty after 9/11 like so many recent retirees felt the call to when the country was attacked, he instead went to work for organizations such as […]

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Midweek Open Thread

| November 6, 2024 | 149 Comments
Midweek Open Thread

Election aftermath! As of the scheduling of this posting, Kamala Harris has yet to concede. The tone of the voice of those who have spoken on behalf of her campaign, either campaign staff or media, indicate that they know that Donald Trump won reelection. They may be considering their options going forward, possibly to stall […]

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Trump wins – Republicans take the Senate

| November 6, 2024 | 158 Comments
Trump wins – Republicans take the Senate

Trump has done it! Maybe the biggest political comeback of all time. He’s once again the President-elect. And Republicans have taken the Senate (albeit by a slim margin), and it’s looking like they’ll retain the House. Now, I fully expect history to repeat and Republicans to completely squander the next two years of being in […]

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Random Open Thread – Election Day

| November 5, 2024 | 177 Comments
Random Open Thread – Election Day

We haven’t had one of these in a long time, but today justifies dropping a ROT. There’s a good possibility that election coverage is going to run long into the night… Unless the GOP side voted in large enough numbers for a winner to be declared sooner. If past elections are an indicator, expect a […]

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Records do not support Tim Sheehy’s ‘shot in Afghanistan’ claim

| November 5, 2024 | 55 Comments
Records do not support Tim Sheehy’s ‘shot in Afghanistan’ claim

Tim Sheehy is one of the Republican candidates for the US Senate. Sheehy claimed that he was shot in the arm in Afghanistan during combat. However, a former park ranger said that that Sheehy shot himself at Glacier national park. When asked if there were any military records backing his claims of being shot in […]

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