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Archaeologists Discover Sodom And Gomorrah Was Funded By USAID JORDAN — Newly translated clay tablets unearthed near the Dead Sea indicate that Sodom and Gomorrah was originally funded by USAID. The records, which were unearthed and translated by a crack team of archaeologists from the University of Chicago, seem to indicate that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were funded by American tax shekels until God poured fire and brimstone down on their heads, ending the agency's assistance to the cities. "It was pretty standard USAID stuff," says Jackson Haviland, the lead archeologist on the dig. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/archaeologists-discover-sodom-and-gomorrah-was-funded-by-usaid

Bombshell Report Links USAID to Trump's Impeachment You've probably noticed that Democrats are having a huge hissy fit over the dismantling of USAID. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is set to shut down on Friday, with most employees furloughed as it merges into the State Department. This drastic move follows an investigation led by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, which revealed extensive corruption, waste, and fraud within the agency that essentially turned it into a slush fund for leftist causes. One of those causes appears to have been the impeachment of Donald Trump. How, you ask? Well, independent journalists Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag have discovered that USAID [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/02/06/heres-how-usaid-was-behind-trumps-impeachment-n4936726

Thoughts on this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Could We Be Witnessing the End of Liberal Media? For years, the liberal media has been a dominant force in shaping public opinion; whether parroting the Democratic Party's talking points, attacking conservative figures, or downplaying major scandals that could harm their favored candidates, they had a virtual monopoly in the field of journalism. Things have changed. From the rise of conservative networks and independent journalists, people have more choices now, and it could spell the end of the liberal media. It's not just me saying it. Jim VandeHei, the co-founder of the USAID-funded Politico, also believes the heyday of left-wing media might finally be over. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/02/06/could-we-be-witnessing-the-end-of-liberal-media-n4936759

Fascinating article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ America's Air-Traffic Control System: An International Disgrace We still don't know how many mistakes led to the collision of a helicopter with an American Airlines passenger jet making its descent at Reagan National Airport last week. But one thing has been clear for decades: America's air-traffic control system, once the world's most advanced, has become an international disgrace. Long before the Obama and Biden administrations' quest to diversify staff in control towers, the system was already one of the worst in the developed world. The recent rash of near-collisions is the result of chronic mismanagement that has left the system with too few controllers using absurdly antiquated technology. The problems were obvious 20 years ago, when I visited control towers in both Canada and the United States. The Canadians sat in front of sleek computer screens that instantly handled tasks like transferring the oversight of a plane from one controller to another. The Americans were still using pieces of paper called flight strips. After a plane took off, the controller in charge of the local airspace had to carry that plane's flight strip over to the desk of the controller overseeing the regional airspace. [...] https://www.city-journal.org/article/reagan-national-airport-crash-faa-air-traffic-control?skip=1

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: We awoke long before the alarm and even before sunrise, appalling state of affairs man. We gave up re-zzz-ing and eventually got up, surrender we man. We went to Dollar Tree, purchase stuff we man. We were near a Chinese buffet, proximal we man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din was Many (2+1) plates heaped with hibachi steak, ingest we man. Instead of an immediate siesta, we went to check out Uncle T-B.'s swollen leg, check we man senior he man. We then delivered some D. Tree goodies to Mama T-B., deliver we man. Mama T-B. yelled at us for going to D. Tree without first informing her, upset senior she man. She also yelled at us for sharing CDs with Uncle T-B. that she wanted us to share with her, too much for FDIC coverage man. We retrieved 2 desserts earmarked for Mini-B., generous senior she toward wee man man. We managed to get out in time for a siesta, best-laid plans of mice and men man. Yard crews immediately began doing small park across the street, split-earing man. Ex-Mrs. T-B. then texted twice to ensure our incipient de-skooling of Mini-B., man. Siesta was obviously hosed, no zzz for we man man. Convinced Mini-B. to din-din on onecan of S+Ms plus Mama T-B.'s desserts, agree wee man man. Played backyard football, ghastly performances by each of Two Guys man. Movie night was The Mask, quite excellent man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. These will be pre-applied to next week's quota, good start man. We are Many% hopeful of a Friday rendezvous with a FJC (French Junior Chica), hope we man. We will report on the fruition or nonfruition of this event, report we man. Cannot itinerary ESs until Friday morning, addresses concealed till then man. No party with the rubias tonight, exhausted we man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

Two roots of this are: -- with so many broken homes, children have no model to observe and emulate; and -- we get more advice on how to buy a washing machine than we do on picking a mate.

Some groups "qualify" as oppressed minorities, and others do not.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same thing. Socrates died from an overdose of Wedlock.

Wonderful news! You must feel great. And thank you for returning with your update!

Yee-HAAAAA! [Note to T-B.'s self: Jokes worked again... jokes worked again... ]

1. Baseball 2. Football 3. Basketball Hockey = never

Liberals Outraged As Trump Says Men Can't Punch Women In The Face For Sport WASHINGTON, D.C. — Liberals expressed outrage today after President Trump signed an executive order this afternoon that men cannot punch women in the face for sport. The order further states that mediocre male athletes have to hit the gym and try harder if they want to win. "It is a sad day in America when men cannot punch women in the face," said ESPN executive James Pitaro. "We at ESPN are appalled that we cannot televise men kicking the ####### out of women while we cheer. President Trump has gone too far." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-that-mediocre-male-athletes-have-to-try-harder

Quiz: Can You Guess Which Of These Things USAID Actually Funded And Which Ones We Made Up? News of what USAID had been spending money on has caused quite a stir online. But there's still a lot of misinformation out there. That's why we've put together this handy quiz so you can test yourself on what's real and what isn't. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/quiz-can-you-guess-which-of-these-things-usaid-actually-funded-and-which-ones-we-made-up

Sad: With USAID Shut Down, This Ecuadorian Child May Never Know What Gender He Is ECUADOR — In a horrific tragedy caused by USAID's termination, 8-year-old Antonio Gonzalez of Ecuador may never have a chance to find out what gender he is. Gonzalez had enrolled in an USAID-sponsored elementary students' class on how to properly determine his true gender, but will now never have the chance to attend. The devastating funding cuts will also prevent Gonzalez from attending other USAID activities like rainbow fingernail painting, ####### theater day, and furry Saturday. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/sad-with-usaid-shut-down-this-ecuadorian-child-may-never-know-what-gender-he-is

New White Noise Machine Helps Men Sleep By Playing Soothing Sounds Of An M-1 Garand U.S. — Thousands of men across the United States are reporting better sleep after trying a new white noise machine which plays the soothing sounds of an M-1 Garand. The groundbreaking machine, which has already cured men afflicted with sleep apnea, insomnia, and circadian rhythm disorders, has three settings: "Goodnight Garand," "I Dream Of Garand," and "Garand Classic." "This has totally changed my life," said Grant Fowler, who [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/new-white-noise-machine-helps-men-sleep-by-playing-soothing-sounds-of-an-m-1-garand

So much winning! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This Is How You 'Count Coup': Netanyahu Presents Trump With (Inert) Commemorative Pager "Counting coup" is an old Plains Indian custom, broadly describing any act of winning prestige against an enemy in battle. One of the greatest coups one could get was to actually touch an enemy in battle and escape unharmed; the enemy didn't have to be killed or injured; in fact, the prestige was greater if the one counting the coup left the enemy unharmed and escaped unscathed. Israel gained an enormous amount of prestige in their battle with Hamas and Hezbollah with last year's loaded pager/walkie-talkie operation, which had the goblins looking at their personal electronics and seeing grenades. Israel managed to remove a fair number of goblins from the game with this complex and impeccably executed operation, and on his visit to the White House on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted President Trump with a gold-plated pager to commemorate the event. (This pager was not built to explode.) That, folks, is how you count coup in the modern era. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/02/05/this-is-how-you-count-coup-netanyahu-presents-trump-with-commemorative-inert-pager-n2185249

Win Against Antisemites: Judge Rules on Dismissal of Case of Jewish Students Locked in NY College Library Antisemitism may be one of the most, if not the civilized world's most ancient hatreds, and it resurfaces with baffling regularity. Most recently, hatred of the Jewish people is rearing its ugly head on American college campuses, where young skulls full of mush whose grandfathers may well have helped liberate German death camps are wearing kaffiyehs and screaming Hamas slogans. At one school, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan, is being sued by Jewish students who were locked by security personnel into a school library to protect them from their fellow students, who had been whipped into an antisemitic rage, in October 2023. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/02/05/win-against-antisemites-request-for-dismissal-of-jewish-students-vs-cooper-union-denied-n2185255

Finally, justice is pending! I consider it equally significant that the author, a preeminent presidential historian, finally committed to calling Bidementia "by far the worst president in American history." Read his book Rating America's Presidents for a unique and important take on a topic usually dominated by leftist academics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uh-oh: Bondi Just Ordered an Investigation Into Biden's Politicization of DOJ Trump's new Attorney General Pam Bondi has hit the ground running. If she succeeds in implementing her ambitious agenda, America will be a substantially stronger republic. The single aspect of Old Joe Biden's misrule that makes him by far the worst president in American history was his politicization of the Justice Department and his use of it (with Merrick Garland's willing help) to try to ensnare and destroy Trump with an array of bogus charges. Bondi is tackling that corruption head-on: Fox News reported Tuesday that among the new attorney general's first directives are "orders to combat the weaponization of the legal system." She also plans to pause federal funding to sanctuary cities, which is more of the common-sense approach that makes Trump beloved among the American people and hated among the masses. Why should cities that defy the law get federal money? Bondi plans to set up a "Weaponization Working Group," which will work to punish those who administered "politicized justice" during the Biden administration. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/02/05/winning-bondi-tackles-deep-state-orders-investigation-into-bidens-politicization-of-justice-dept-n4936715

Holy mackerel! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The USAID Scandal Is Getting Worse by the Minute The data is coming in so hot and fast today that it's all I can do not to fall behind too much, but the numbers all tell the same story: the Mainstream Legacy Media is a bought-and-paid-for arm of the Deep State. So while I was busy researching how more than $8 million in tax money went to Politico... ...you did see that story, didn't you? If not, here's the gist: [...] https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2025/02/05/youll-never-believe-who-else-is-on-the-usaid-dole-n4936695

These clowns can't keep from flapping their gums. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JONATHAN TURLEY: NJ governor's immigration virtue signaling offers laughable lesson for Dems For years, engineers have cited Murphy’s Law that "anything that can go wrong will go wrong." The law is attributed to aerospace engineer Edward A. Murphy Jr. from the 1940s. However, this week, the law seems to have been re-written by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, who is under fire after suggesting that he may be sheltering an undocumented woman above his garage. Murphy was being interviewed by the liberal group Blue Wave New Jersey and thrilled his Democratic base by indicating that he had given sanctuary to an undocumented person in his home. It was a curious moment when, after promising sanctuary, Murphy not only appeared to out his guest but then taunted ICE to come and try to take her. After seemingly staking out the immigrant like a sacrificial goat in a lion hunt, Murphy's virtue signaling summoned the authorities. And now, the Iceman Cometh. [...] https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-nj-governors-immigration-virtue-signaling-offers-laughable-lesson-dems

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Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Attended uneventful doc caucus, caucus we with MD he man man. Gassed semi-thirsty T-B.-mobile at Costco, such a gas man. Lunch was the Costco hot dog + (diet) Pepsi, ingest financially savvy we man. A siesta was taken thereafter, zzz we man. Set forth to rendezvous place agreed to with WPOR, set forth we man. Gridlocked traffic most of the way, man. We were going to be late regardless, man. Address turned out to be identical, and across town from, the correct address, man. We intrepidly continued to correct locale, persist we man. We stayed in text touch with the WPOR the whole time, seemingly understanding WPOR man. WPOR wasn't even inside restaurant, search we man. We texted, "Here," text we man. WPOR showed up a few minutes later, unsmiling WPOR man. We ordered din-din, si man. "I have to leave in Many minutes for an appointment," said the WPOR. We wondered about this, wonder we man. The whole Many minutes, the WPOR showed no indication of wanting to build rapport, zero man. She didn't smile even once, no man. She did, however, seem to think that we wanted to be her $ugar Daddy, what the dickens man. She even asked for $ for "respecting her time," what the ?!?!? man. She left as promised and without apology, and we felt hosed, finish din-din alone man. (Din-din was hot ziti, quite good ingest we man.) We paid for the whole thing and then left, bye man. We used up half-of-half of a gas tank, lucky we'd filled it man. We lost Many (2+2) hours of our time, lose we man. We had the stress of gridlocked traffic, stressed we man. We had just over half an hour on a bad din-din date, zero rapport man. We paid $Many for din-din and her overpriced beer, pay we man. We consider ourself to have been hosed, overentitled WPOR man. We are down to zero rubias and zero non-rubia prospects, start from scratch we man. At the casa, Mama T-B. called to beef about CDs, just choose one already man. She also demanded to know when we were going to find a wife, demand senior she man. If we'd told her about tonight, she'd have probably considered it our fault, guilt man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. On Thursday, must inspect Uncle T-B.'s swollen leg, complaining senior he man man. Must pick up desserts from Mama T-B. for Mini-B., order senior she man we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

Trump Becomes First Fascist In History To Reduce Size Of Government WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump has just become the first fascist in the history of humankind to use his despotic powers to reduce the size of the government. While most other fascist leaders throughout history have used their power to increase the scope of government influence in their respective countries, Trump has broken with tradition to become the very first fascist with a focus on dismantling his own government's overreaches. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-becomes-first-fascist-in-history-to-reduce-size-of-government

Wednesday! Time for our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== THE UNEXPECTED WINDFALL A woman in her late 40s got out of bed, stood up, and stretched, and a penny fell out of her private parts. She thought that it was odd, but she kept on with her morning routine. She went to put on a pot of coffee, and a nickel fell out of her privates. She was concerned, but she continued her morning routine. She drank her coffee and went to brush her teeth when a dime fell out of her privates. She became really concerned and thought to herself, "If anything else happens, I'm calling the doctor!" She got dressed and started to tidy up the house, and a quarter fell out of her privates. Concerned, she called her doctor. She told him about the penny, nickel, dime,and quarter. "No need to worry," he said. "You're just going through the change."

Eye-opening stuff -- and true. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If Presidents Can't Control Executive Agencies, Elections Are Fake The Department of Justice, FBI, and USAID are posing prominent test cases for how the Trump administration can reform a malignant federal bureaucracy. [...] https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/03/if-presidents-cant-control-executive-agencies-elections-are-fake/