I am surprised

Perhaps there is just a bit of lead in the Republican’s pencils after all (apologies to our lady Republicans)

Kevin McCarthy voted OUT as Speaker: Republican becomes first House leader in American history to have his gavel taken away following stunning rebellion from critics led by Matt Gaetz

IF there was a more ineffective and wishy-washy GOP leader I cannot think of who he was. I cannot see how this in any way negatively affects the Republicans, or the country as a whole. Being a tool of the “Establishment” is not a good thing when you are supposed to be Speaker.

And demonstrating for anyone paying attention that you can be bought and influenced by power groups is not good for your career.

Good riddance to bad rubbish and all that.

Fuck this climate shit, it’s too expensive

Sweden Poised to Miss the Long-Term Climate Target It Pioneered

While the “Progressive” folks want to keep the climate goals, those with brains are putting the Swedish citizens welfare first:

“The policy shift comes as governments across Europe are facing a difficult balance between maintaining ambitious goals for reducing emissions while supporting households that are squeezed by rising costs.”

 

The FAFO chronicles part whatever

Moment YouTube prankster Tanner Cook’s stunt goes badly wrong when shopper he is targeting pulls out a gun and shoots him in the chest

Dude kept hassling the guy, even after multiple attempts at de-escalation and deflection….

ETAL Video can be seen here. (sometimes it shows on the Daily Mail link and sometimes not)

At what point is it ok to defend yourself?  I mean,  Tanner Cook is like 6’5″ and he kept getting in Mr. Cole’s face…I’d certainly think at some point that he was a threat….. at some point you gotta think the person up in your face is mental and threat to your safety since he won’t back off and keeps saying weird and irrelevant shit….. (I don’t think I’d have let him get that close, especially not the second time) … The law states “Imminent Danger of Bodily Harm” . Having a 6’5 guy get into your face in a threatening manner for no apparent reason, multiple times, would qualify for that in my opinion.

So far, it looks like Mr. Cole is gonna get a slap on the wrist, if anything. He should sue Cook for all of his legal and other costs as well as hefty punitive damages for causing this as part of a You Tube stunt to make money.

 

The single decent thing about the “Stopgap Spending Bill”

ETA 13:32 CST  (AAANNDD they lied about Ukraine)….How much of our money comes back as bribes such that these men and women are willing to sell out the American citizens? 

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Not one single red cent for Ukraine. (of course, there is no money for Border Security either, so there’s that)

There should be no money for Ukraine in the next (full) budget either, but I think that is too much to ask,

200+ million dollars per day since 2022…..Think about that.  You can buy a LOT of politicians with even a fraction of that kind of money.

IF only we could get a portion of the money they want to give to Zelenskyy spend on Ukraine for our veterans and to secure our southern border…..