tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40535852024-03-19T02:21:47.442-04:00Viking PunditErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comBlogger17999125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-36678322874771724322024-03-18T18:55:00.004-04:002024-03-18T18:55:41.106-04:00Science can surprise you sometimesNY Post: "‘Woke’ people more likely to be unhappy, anxious and depressed, new study suggests."Don't forget condescending! Greta Thunberg would be unhappy if you left that out.Extra - Outkick: "The Wokes Are Miserable, Study Finds -- I've Never Trusted A Study More Than I Trust This One." Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-55027980133105646752024-03-16T09:16:00.003-04:002024-03-16T09:16:52.285-04:00A perfect example of the government "helping"Reason: "Seattle Law Mandating Higher Delivery Driver Pay Is a Disaster - Just two weeks after the law went into effect, Seattleites had to contend with $26 coffees and $32 sandwiches." In other words, while the ordinance theoretically raises driver earnings to over $26 per hour—a number that ironically far exceeds Seattle's $19.97 standard minimum wage—drivers are barely logging any hours Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-28973307265266245692024-03-16T08:56:00.001-04:002024-03-16T08:56:52.722-04:00So...more taxesHere's the Boston Globe jumping into the fray: "How to fix Social Security."I'll save you the trouble of reading: it's automatic tax increases. And while the article hints at pairing tax increases with benefit cuts to bridge the gap, that latter measure floats away like a feather in the wind.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-18490249797899922082024-03-15T22:23:00.002-04:002024-03-15T22:23:49.902-04:00We simply cannot have an honest discussion about Social SecurityIn today's NY Times, their tendentious resident economist Paul Krugman writes: "Social Security and Medicare Are on the Ballot."If you're accustomed to either Krugman's style or typical discussions on Social Security, you'll be unsurprised to find that this argument is long on emotional appeal and short on numbers:All of this has, I believe, encouraged Biden and his officials to stake out a firm Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-89801962276539703322024-03-14T20:02:00.002-04:002024-03-14T20:02:57.633-04:00And then everyone clappedAce: "Biden: I Can Remember In College A Math Professor Put Up an Equation He Said Was Unsolvable and I Solved It While On Break from My Job as a Janitor."Dementia Joe literally recounted an obviously fake story that resulted in a standing ovation from his classmates. It's like an internet meme come to life. The media is rushing to protect Dementia Joe but anybody who reads the Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-44569584538263837292024-03-14T19:12:00.001-04:002024-03-14T19:12:21.762-04:00Props for the Seinfeld referenceFederalist: "Stuff Your Sorries In A Sack, Janet Yellen." Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-29987703270261445432024-03-13T19:42:00.002-04:002024-03-13T19:42:44.152-04:00The post-SOTU polls are inNewsweek: "Joe Biden's Approval Rating Falls to All-Time Low After SOTU."Red State: "Panic Time for Democrats As Joe Biden Gets No Bump From Terrible State of the Union Speech."I don't understand. Didn't America see the fiery vigor from Old Yeller?Biden has seen no State of the Union poll bump yet. In fact, today's updated approval rating average is a new all-time lowhttps://t.co/hBrpbNmo7Q Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-73992559431825103912024-03-12T22:10:00.000-04:002024-03-12T22:10:10.138-04:00He lies about everything, all the timeFederalist: "Turns Out Biden Lied About Hur, Beau, And Why He Pilfered Classified Documents."Dementia Joe had an $8 million payday coming for his ghostwritten book, so he needed those classified documents for his story. Biden is on tape telling his ghostwriter to check out the classified material:When Hur asked the president about the classified papers in his possession, the president Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-65556626856916567232024-03-12T21:45:00.001-04:002024-03-12T21:45:15.954-04:00Vroom vroom! BrrrrRRRRRRRR!!!!Twitchy: "The Adults Are Back in Charge: Transcript Shows Biden Made CAR NOISES During Interview With Robert Hur."It's not dementia...he's fine.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-81265505945263803882024-03-11T20:54:00.001-04:002024-03-11T20:54:39.733-04:00Unraveling the cover-upNational Review: "Exclusive: Jim Jordan Threatens to Hold FBI Director in Contempt over Hunter Biden Laptop Story."Here's more from the (paywalled) NRO article over at Ace:"During her transcribed interview, Ms. Dehmlow revealed that the same FBI personnel who were warning social media companies about a potential Russian 'hack and leak' operation in the lead-up to the 2020 election knew that the Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-79476764132437263312024-03-10T08:08:00.003-04:002024-03-10T08:08:38.084-04:00Priorities Let me get this straight. The President wants to use American taxpayer dollars to build a port in Gaza, and we won't even be getting back the six American hostages still being held there.I now understand the meaning of Two State Solution.The 2 states are Michigan & Minnesota.— Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) March 8, 2024 Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-89050539820026874652024-03-10T07:51:00.001-04:002024-03-10T07:51:53.070-04:00Because of course they didFederalist: "Exclusive: Liz Cheney, January 6 Committee Suppressed Exonerating Evidence Of Trump’s Push For National Guard." There was plenty of material to criticize Trump that day but when the J6 committee suppressed his "peacefully and patriotically" comment and then highlighted that ridiculous story about him grabbing the steering wheel of the Presidential limo, they committed themselvesErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-8855044368048718062024-03-09T06:50:00.000-05:002024-03-09T06:50:45.384-05:00The 24/7 job of a Biden minderI got a chuckle out of this scene from the NY Post: "Biden blames ‘eavesdropping’ media after Netanyahu needs ‘come to Jesus’ moment hot-mic snafu."The president, 81, made the awkward comment about the Jewish state’s head of government while mingling with lawmakers following his State of the Union address — asking Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) to keep what he said confidential.“I told him, ‘Bibi’Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-41321854189113279522024-03-08T17:52:00.001-05:002024-03-08T17:52:43.740-05:00The lie that cannot dieHot Air: "Biden's Discussion of Billionaire Tax Rates Is a Lie He's Been Telling for Years."Dementia Joe has repeated this false claim dozens of times, including last night, despite being called a falsehood by no less than the New York Times, the Washington Post, FactCheck and even Politifact.For some reason, he's never been confronted with this lie so he just continues on his merry way. I Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-2272136703107729822024-03-07T20:50:00.001-05:002024-03-07T21:18:01.433-05:00Polling from Michigan is inNew Neo: "Tonight’s State of the Union address: Biden to supply Hamas."We can't control the Southern border but we're going to build a port in Gaza. Sure.I’m not edumacated on military matters but I would imagine sticking US troops right on the beaches of Gaza to do construction work smack in the middle of a hot Middle East conflict is A PRETTY BAD IDEA JUST AN AWFUL STUPID RECIPE FOR Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-29223546261858575062024-03-07T20:03:00.004-05:002024-03-07T20:03:59.034-05:00The media is nothing but shameless hacksHot Air: "There's Shameless - Then There's the New York Times and Mara Gay." Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-59975398846097278992024-03-06T19:15:00.000-05:002024-03-06T19:15:26.522-05:00Desperate times call for desperate measuresHot Air: "Are Price Controls Next?"Joe Biden is getting desperate, and when people are desperate they do especially stupid things. In a move that should worry everybody, Biden's war on "shrinkflation" and "corporate greed" has him inching toward a regime of price controls.The American Left is firmly wedded to the idea that everybody is a victim. Sure, you may think you have the free Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-3475959125563977732024-03-05T20:59:00.001-05:002024-03-05T20:59:24.617-05:00We're all trying to find out who did this, JoeReason: "Shrinkflation Is Real—and It's Largely Biden's Fault"The wave of shrinkflation came in response to the rise in inflation the country experienced starting in 2021. I am baffled that the president would make such a big deal out of it now. The administration has been trying to fool voters into conflating the fact that inflation has tempered with the idea that prices are basically back to Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-73765732065761327952024-03-04T19:17:00.000-05:002024-03-04T19:17:41.170-05:00Even SotomayorLegal Insurrection: "Supreme Court Unanimously Reinstates Trump to Colorado Ballot - “Because the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the States, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates, we reverse.”Hot Air: "Meltdowns and Validation: Reactions to SCOTUS Ruling."I have to confess that I was wrong about Sonia Sotomayor who - in my opinion - reaches herErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-62897881538269410592024-03-03T22:06:00.005-05:002024-03-03T22:08:27.167-05:00Here. We. Go.JUST IN: #SCOTUS sets unusual, short-notice opinion release for Monday morning. Appears to signal that ruling on Trump ballot eligibility is looming. Earlier:https://t.co/tWUv8rxpsX— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) March 3, 2024I'm sticking with my original prediction that this will be an 8-1 decision with always-wrong Sonia Sotomayor beclowning herself again. Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-79573746245014615192024-03-02T20:51:00.001-05:002024-03-02T20:51:38.744-05:00Ego and dementiaJohn Podhoretz in Commentary: "How can Biden stay in now?" I might have to buy the Sunday NY Times tomorrow just to read about the poll:If you dig into the crosstabs of the NYT-Siena poll you’ll find that there are a bunch of questions they haven’t yet released the answers to but will (I’m guessing) on subsequent days to keep their poll generating new news. I’m guessing those unreleased Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-81581924384411493452024-03-01T20:43:00.002-05:002024-03-01T20:43:34.485-05:00Excellent articleThe Dispatch: "Ten Myths Sabotaging Social Security Reform - Distorting history and underestimating the severity of the problem only increases the chance of insolvency."What's great about this article is that it doesn't pull any punches: there are no easy fixes (anymore). Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-71606709356326845272024-03-01T20:18:00.001-05:002024-03-01T20:18:54.253-05:00There's a reason for thatHuffington Post: "Why So Many Republicans Believe Biden Won’t Be The Democratic Nominee."Here's the reason why: Democrats keep talking about replacing Biden.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-20620419156241581052024-03-01T19:55:00.000-05:002024-03-01T19:55:00.409-05:00The Left hates free speech, MSNBC editionJonathan Turley: "MSNBC Legal Analyst: Free Speech Could Be America’s “Achilles Heel”Well, the question is what “we want to do related to speech.” If it involves blacklisting, throttling, deplatforming, and bans, it most certainly does raise questions of censorship. Free speech is now portrayed as an existential threat to the country as opposed to the very thing that defines us as a free Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-51909738556846641062024-02-29T21:13:00.004-05:002024-02-29T21:13:58.761-05:00You know the drillReason: "Berkeley Students Violently Shut Down Event Featuring Israeli Attorney." Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.com0