Incumbency

The American political system favors incumbents … mainly due to a natural voter aversion to upstarts’ rhetoric vis-a-vis performance. In other words, trusting what untested aspirants say takes a backseat to what existing office holders have done … however substandard.

If two untested politicians are running against each other in a relatively neutral district, then sincerity and promises might carry the day …. good looks, and boxes-checked also helps.

Which leaves us to comment on what happens when two incumbents run against each other … like Biden vs. Trump … albeit a quire rare circumstance.

Here, it seems to me that this circumstance causes people to completely ignore the two incumbents s rhetoric and vote entirely based upon how they goverrned while in office.

Which is why Donald Trump is the likely winner in November … and why Democrats are using lawfare to try to subvert this unpleasant result.

And maybe a little voter fraud …

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Weak End Update

If you lie down with porn stars, you wake up with fleas.

Afterward: Now we know more about Trump’s private parts than who and what is in Epstein’s client list …

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My stint was the summer of 1954 … milking cows, plowing fields, stacking hay bales, thinning apple and peach trees, picking cherries, mucking the stable, etc. Loved it!

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Headlines

Back to the old way. To read the story, copy and paste the headline into your search engine.

Australia accuses China of unsafe behavior involving fighter jet

Apple is reportedly developing chips to run artificial intelligence software in data centers

Israel begins striking Rafah, the last Hamas stronghold

Holloway: Met gala opulence ‘obscene’ …

U.S. automakers are using 5G to provide lifesaving features to drivers

Abortion bans drive away up to half of young talent, new CNBC/Generation Lab youth survey finds

Witness says Trump did not personally ask him to carry out ‘hush money’ payments

Israeli soldiers seize Rafah border crossing, putting cease-fire talks on knife edge

Economic growth boosts Social Security and Medicare but funding crisis still looms

Putin sworn in as Russian president for the fifth time ahead of government reshuffle, West boycotts ceremony 

FAA launches new investigation into Boeing

Hamas ‘accepts’ proposal — that wasn’t offered …

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Economics 101

Biden’s top economic advisor (Jared Bernstein. Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers) explaining how the Federal Reserve Bank works. (Must have studied under Janet Yellen.)

I won’t sleep well tonight.

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More Cute Animals

 

From Woodsterman blog

Dogs constantly amaze …

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Today’s Poser

Pilgrim, have you ever known a sane psychiatrist?

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Headlines z

Experiment … you can click on the headline to ger the story. I’m still learning …

Poland's President Duda plays whisperer to turn Donald Trump against Russia

Monday’s analyst calls: Micron a top pick, big gains ahead for steel stock after sell-off

Biden Unveils Plans to Dole Out ObamaCare to Illegals

TRUMP BLUFF TO FOX IN JANUARY: I'VE ALREADY PICKED MY RUNNING MATE...

‘Waste of a seat’: Manchin’s succession becomes a magnet for anti-establishment Republicans

Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem suggests Biden’s dog Commander should also be put down

CIA CHIEF TO QATAR AS HOSTAGE DEAL TALKS NEAR ‘COLLAPSE’

6% of six states will decide election?

HomePageRevealed: Hamas Youth ProtestsFunded by Biden’s Biggest Donors

Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended

Israeli military tells Palestinian civilians in parts of Rafah to ‘evacuate immediately’

JOE BIDEN’S BORDER POLICY KILLS HUNDREDS OF ILLEGAL WORKERS

Among likely voters, Biden 49% - Trump 45%...

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From Woodsterman blog

I thought it was supposed to be a “square” meal. (Looks like 33 1/3 RPMs …)

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What exactly are we funding … anti-Americanism?

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Headlines

 

Eric Adams escalates war with City Council

France’s Macron set to press visiting Xi on trade, Ukraine

Joe Biden’s Medal of Freedom ceremony goes exactly as you’d expect

Don likens himself to Al Capone … Calls Jack Smith ‘fucking asshole’ …

Netanyahu’s cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel

Buffet says Berkshire sold entire stake in Paramount, ‘We lost quite a bit of money’

Japanese government responds to Biden calling them xenophobic

Bird flu fears rise …

U.S. greenlights $60 million in military aid to Haiti amid rampant gang violence

Hundreds rescued from Texas floods as forecasts call for more rain and rising waters

Trump campaign and RNC file lawsuit in Nevada to stop counting ballots past Election Day

China buying gold ‘like there’s no tomorrow’ …

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In a Perfect World

Only American citizens would vote on November 5th using paper ballots and having shown a picture ID matching a registered voter… and the ballots would be counted and the elections decided that same night.

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Babylon Wasp

 

Many of the demonstrators on America’s campuses are very health conscious … as they are covering their noes and mouths to avoid spreading any infectious lung viruses by wearing the keffiyeh.

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Rite of Passage?

Rush Limbaugh had an apt description for younger generations … they had “skulls full of mush.” And events of the last month on American college campuses suggests he was right. Many of our half-grown-ups are chanting “death to America,” “Jews go back to Poland,” “we are Hamas” and other dispicable echo chants. And, I would like to believe, that not all of them really believe what them are advocating. Otherwise, they are unforgivable.

It, hopefully, might be that SOME of the students are anxious to feel revelant … and see these protests, however abhorrent, as a rite of passage. I surely hope so … and, if the paid leaders (community organizers?) of these protests were dealt with appropriately, some blind followers may step back into civilization … with crimson faces … before they have sealed their unfortunate destiny.

Afterward:

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Show Trials

 

Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial

Scopes “Monkey” Trial

Leopold-Loeb trial

OJ Simpson murder trial

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Trump “Hush Money” trial

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Headlines

Biden hoped for a big economic story to tell. Now he’s going small.

Dow closes higher by more than 400 points as April jobs report bolsters Fed rate cut hopes

University of Chicago anti-Israel encampment demands HIV tests

Tears of Hope … “I’m sorry” … Hicks takes the stand …

Cuellar and wife charged with accepting $600k in bribes

Russian drones injure 6 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Dnipro regions

Republicans seek to prevent Biden from importing Palestinians to U.S. 

Disturbing first photos of Texas farm worker who caught bird flu shows bleeding in eyeballs …

Canada arrests 3 in killing of Sikh separatist that caused diplomatic spat with India

Apple stock has best day since 2022 after earnings beat, $100 billion stock buyback

NYPD: Funding for pro-Palestinian “encampments” from around the world

China, Russia plotting Taiwan invasion?

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Please Help!

An Iranian university has offered full scholarships to students in American universities who have been expelled for rioting in support of Hamas.

Pilgrim, I would love for some wealthy Republican to offer to pay these kids’ airfare!

Afterward: If I had a nickel for every bad decision I made I could fund this exodus.

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Clear Thinking

And well stated. The Diplomad has his head on straight. I wish I could write this well. See: Elections, Part 2.

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Pi Kappa Phi brothers

The sands of UNC Chapel Hill …

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Babylon Wasp

 

In a White House ceremony yesterday afternoon, President Biden gave his “Freedom of Medal” to John F. Kerry and at least 5 others. In a show of support for Iran and against Israel, Kerry promptly threw his medal over Biden’s Teleprompter.

(Thank God he was never president.)

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Biden’s reward after the SOTU …

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Headlines

Trump makes a post-court visit to bring pizza to firefighters

U.S. job growth totals 175,000 in April, much smaller than expected, while unemployment rose to 3.9%

Biden finally condemns violent anti-Israel protests, but won’t call up National Guard

Turkey halts all trade with Israel …

Boris Johnson barred from voting under his own voter ID laws

Apple’s falling iPhone sales don’t bother Wall Street so long as margins, buybacks are increasing 

Audit: Biden admin funneled $1.3 million to Taliban

Doubts grow over Gaza truce plan …

Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in suit by former Abu Ghraib prisoners

Ukraine war live updates: War reaches day 800, Russia says it curbed Ukraine attacks overnight

Trump crushing Biden by 15-points in key state of Michigan

Second Boeing whistleblower dies suddenly after claiming safety flaws ignored …

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That would buy around 150  drones …

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Data Centers

One of the fastest growing commercial real estate sectors is data centers … or affectionately known as “the cloud.” These data centers contain thousands of computers … stacked in rack after rack … consuming enormous amounts of electricity … usually made by Dell or IBM. Above are two examples for those of you who are curious … like me.

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Q and A

 

Question: Why can Trump denounce the pro-Hamas, anti-Semitic rioters … but Biden must equivocate?

Answer: Because the pro-Hamas anti-Semitic rioters are not part of Trump’s voter base.

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Headlines

 

DeSantis next act: Republican money machine

Oil giant Shell beats first-quarter profit estimate, launches $3.5 billion stock buyback

Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady

Unrest rocks universities … NYC warned of radicalization … 300 arrested on campus …

Activists press for EU-wide abortion right

UnitedHealth CEO estimates one-third of Americans could be impacted by Change Healthcare cyberattack

White House considers accepting Palestinian  “refugees”

Iran university offers scholarships to students expelled over Gaza protests

Appeals court orders youth climate suit dismissed — again

Kremlin responds to US’s chemical weapons allegations; Odesa faces another ballistic missile attack

CDC found evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused deaths

More than 1 in 10 LGBTQ youths say they attempted suicide last year …

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Babylon Wasp

In the latest national Fletcher political poll ing … sampling all of America’s 3,007 counties … Joe Biden carried only one, Wayne County, Michigan … the one containing Dearborn.

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Interesting Factoid

Dwight David Eisenhower was once president of Columbia University (1948-1953).

Afterward: Will Minouche Shafik, the current Columbia University president, also soon be elected our U.S. president … following the Ike precedent?

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Apt Analogy

 

Pilgrim … guess which one is the Biden administration and which one is the Federal Reserve Bank?

Afterward: Biden’s spending $1 trillion we don’t have every 100 days to keep the economy juiced going into the election is causing a rekindling of inflation that the Fed is now afraid to fight with more rate hikes … particularly when they would like to cut rates to do their own juicing. (And besides the economy juicing with deficit spending seems to be working less and less well.)

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Headlines

 

Florida’s 6-week abortion ban is now in effect. Clinics in the state are now scrambling.

Amazon cost cutting drives operating margin into double digits for first time

Emerson poll: Trump leads Biden in every swing state

Showdown Columbia! NYPD clears encampment …

Democrat Tim Kennedy wins special election to replace Higgins

Biden administration forgives $6.3 billion of student loans for 317,000 former Art Institute students

AstraZeneca admits it’s COVID vaccine could cause blood clots for first time ever

Israel preps delegation to Cairo for last-chance Gaza cease-fire

House eyes bipartisan vote on antisemitism plan that divides Dems

The Fed would only cut rates to help the US service its soaring debt, fund manager says

Judge rules Trump can attend son Baron’s high school graduation

Biden admin takes steps to make marijuana use less serious crime …

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