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Kommie has preceded several campaign rallies with performances by popular groups. People were seen leaving after those performances and before Kommie began yakking.

If anyone's wondering how Ecuatorianos and Chinese ended up together, they may have all come via Ecu. A previous president of Ecu practically sold all of Ecu to China. Of note, however, on my last visit to Ecu in 2019, I saw no Chinese and no evidence of Chinese influence.

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: Got air in T-B.-mobile tyres, months overdue for that man. Gassed T-B.-mobile at Costco, big ES trip man. Went to favorite medium-sized town, always enjoyable man. Lunch (and, it turns out, din-din) was at the Chinese buffet, good prices man. We consumed Many (2+1) plates heaped with beef & chicken, ingest we man. Next door was Dollar-Plus-Half-of-Half-a-Dollar Tree, visit we man. Got stuff for ourself* and for Mama T-B., score we man. *Many (2+2) bags of microwave rice at base price, financially savvy we man The local ES was not far, convenient distance man. We went back through FST, always enjoyable man. Got whole apple pie from favorite FST restaurant, Two Guys week dessert item man. Visited FST supermarket, score on sales deals we man. Returned to casa with pie not re-baked in hot T-B.-mobile, fortunate we man. Serviced demanding miu, indignant miu man. Debated mow-lawning, stand-alone shower, and siesta, opted for the last man. Heard strange noises in midst of siesta, interrupted zzz man. Turned out to be Mini-B. collecting his light-sabers after skool, take to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa wee man man. After siesta, watched national & local TV news, informed we man. Decided then to mow lawn, didn't really need it but supposed to rain all next week man. Lawn was mostly in shadow and there was actually a breeze, rare man. We nevertheless consumed Many (2+2) sweatbands, Many (2+1) job 1 recovery man. During recovery under ceiling fan, watched crime show on strange TV channel with miu in lap, lap-miu miu man. Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man. We have itineraried Many (2+2+2) ESs, Many (2+1) GSs, and 1 MS for Saturday, ambitious we man. All are fortunately what we consider to be local, did our trip-roading today instead man. Insistent miu has been served din-din, service miu we man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, pretty good day report we man.

Friday ES report, see man: We attended both ESs, reliable we man. Nothing found, OK because see Thrilling Friday non-ES report man.

~~~~~~~~~~ Oprah Surprises DNC Attendees With Free Gift Under Each Seat: Their Own Illegal Immigrant CHICAGO, IL — Oprah Winfrey wowed delegates at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night when she asked them to check under their seats to find a free illegal immigrant of their very own. "You get an undocumented immigrant! And you get an undocumented immigrant! You all get undocumented immigrants!" Oprah yelled from the convention stage. The audience erupted with applause and shouts of joy as each attendee discovered the illegal immigrant who had been hiding under their chair the whole time. Men, women, non-binary, and furries alike were overwhelmed with joy — a joy which Oprah promised was but a taste of the great joy to come under a Kamala Harris regime. "Wow! My very own Guatemalan!" said Susan Heins, a single mother from Seattle. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/oprah-surprises-dnc-attendees-with-free-gift-under-each-seat-their-own-illegal-immigrant

With Walz and Harris, It's Not Just What Gun Control They Talk About Both Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are proponents of gun control. They're vocally so. That's not a matter of debate. Yes, so-called fact-checkers might be trying to run cover on things they've said in the past, arguing that they don't want to do them now despite no evidence they've changed their views, but even they acknowledge that both of them want gun control. Yet that's kind of the issue, isn't it? People are saying they don't want to do things they've explicitly called for in the past, arguing they have "other priorities" now, but that doesn't mean they don't want to do them. They're just lower on the list. [...] https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2024/08/21/with-walz-and-harris-its-not-just-what-gun-control-they-talk-about-n1226002

Wow! Comments? ~~~~~~~ USSS Did Not Fire First Shot at Crooks, Preliminary Investigative Report Finds The Secret Service counter sniper who neutralized Thomas Matthew Crooks on July 13 did not fire the first shot against the would-be assassin. According to a preliminary investigative report from Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), a local SWAT operator first "stopped Crooks" and damaged his firearm. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/08/22/rep-higgins-report-local-swat-officer-first-shot-crooks-n2643749

BREAKING: Manhunt Ends for Arizona Man Who Allegedly Wanted to Kill Trump at Border There's breaking news on the story of the Arizona man who allegedly said he sought to kill former President Donald Trump at the U.S.- Mexico border, after a frantic manhunt ensued while the Republican nominee visited Cochise County Thursday. [...] https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/08/22/breaking-manhunt-ends-for-arizona-man-who-allegedly-wanted-to-kill-trump-at-border-n2178430

Cue the Jeopardy Music: DNC Attendees Face Plant When Asked to Name Their Favorite Kamala Policy We've seen a lot of 'enthusiasm' and 'joy' angrily shoved down our throats at the Democratic National Convention this week. With everyone in attendance reminding everyone else every five seconds how 'joyful' they are, you know it has to be genuine, right? Not at all fabricated? Or, you know, maybe not. Last night, The Free Press decided to measure how authentic everyone's 'love' for Kamala Harris was by sending their intern Julia to the United Center in Chicago to quiz the DNC attendees on what their favorite Harris policy was. And it went exactly how you'd imagine it would. Watch: [...] https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/08/22/cue-the-jeopardy-music-dnc-attendees-face-plant-when-asked-to-name-their-favorite-kamala-policy-n2400002

I wanted to see the late TV news but was subjected to Kommie's blathering for an extra half-hour. My question is, if she has all these solutions (with few details) now, what the dickens was she doing for the last almost-four years?

IDF to Determine If Dead Israeli Hostages They Retrieved Were Executed Almost two weeks ago, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) was investigating a horrifying claim by Hamas - mind you, it was Hamas' claim - that it had executed and wounded hostages. [...] THE ISRAELIS MADE US DO IT Naturally. Butchering terrorists who were still holding hostages they'd carried off after a murderous incursion would never think to do anything so vile on their own. The group did say they'd done all this in Gaza. [...] https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/08/22/idf-determines-dead-israeli-hostages-they-retrieved-had-been-executed-n3793525

This article is frustratingly short on specifics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Secret Service Agents Placed on Leave After Trump Assassination Attempt Three weeks ago, Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe angrily pushed back on senators' calls to immediately fire or discipline key agents directly responsible for the security failures that led to the assassination attempt against former President Trump at last month's campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Since that time, Secret Service leaders have placed several members of the Pittsburgh Field Office on administrative leave, according to three sources in the Secret Service community. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/22/secret_service_agents_placed_leave_after_trump_assassination_attempt__151502.html

Matt Taibbi gives some hope. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Worm Turns: House, Senate Investigate TSA Surveillance of Tulsi Gabbard Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan along with Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Chuck Grassley of Iowa are demanding answers about the TSA's "Quiet Skies" program [...] https://www.racket.news/p/the-worm-turns-house-senate-investigate

Comments? ~~~~~~~~~ The US tipping system is teetering In the US these days, everyone has their hand out. Defenders say gratuities inspire good service from waiters, parking valets and manicurists. Others call it a form of extortion. Either way, they cloak an employment system that is nearly unique. In the US, customers, rather than bosses, determine whether service workers make a decent living. Nowhere is this more true than in full-service restaurants, which pay their wait staff as little as $2.13 per hour and rely on tips to make up the difference to the legal minimum for other jobs. Restaurant industry groups say [...] https://www.ft.com/content/3ed3da35-8d02-4d20-968a-7f0a78c64a92?segmentId=b385c2ad-87ed-d8ff-aaec-0f8435cd42d9

This is a longish but readable and very positive report. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vo-Tech Education Is Taking Off, and It's Not Your Dad's Shop Class Anymore Jon Graft is on a mission to reignite the passion for learning by pushing a long-denigrated classroom practice: vocational education. The superintendent of the Butler Tech District of high schools in Ohio is a leader in the growing movement to revive public education, marred by low test scores and high absenteeism, through a hands-on approach to learning that prepares students for careers in today's tech-driven economy. Traditionally a means of funneling disadvantaged kids into outdated shop classes and dead-end jobs, vocational education is being reimagined by Graft and others in sophisticated career and technical education (CTE) programs nationwide, offering high school students of all academic abilities training in healthcare, computer science, engineering, skilled trades, and even the arts. Butler Tech and other state-of-the-art CTE programs strive to keep students engaged with career-relevant coursework, apprenticeships, and internships, giving them direction and excitement about their futures. "We are changing the mindset of our communities," Graft said. "They see that CTE is the way public education should be delivered to all high school students, not just a narrow demographic. It leads to a much higher trajectory in life, whether they go off to university or directly into the workforce." [...] https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/08/22/vo-tech_education_is_taking_off_and_its_not_your_dads_shop_class_anymore_1052992.html

Apparently not super-new, but posted by the source today, so posted here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's Official: Scientists Confirmed What's Inside The Moon Well, the verdict is in. The Moon is not made of green cheese after all. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/official-scientists-confirmed-whats-inside-232852908.html

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man*. *Bad absent Asia! Bad, BAD absent ABSENT Asia! ----- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Surprised to be at lowest weight in some time, svelte we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. reported another in-person phone caucus with Mama T-B., ex-she man coach senior she man man. The exchange that cleared everything up, see man: We man: "Is Mama T-B. happy or still aysheep, huh man?" Ex-she man: "Si, man." Lazed in torpor for most of the day, indolent we man. Lunch was 2 sliced-turkey sandwiches, ingest we man. A siesta was then taken, zzz we man. The following all in the space of one hour, see man: At Many p.m., went to Post Office, mail autographed POTS** to enthusiastic fan man. **buy yours today, si man! Retrieved Rx for Uncle T-B., retrieve we man. Delivered Rx to Uncle T-B., appreciative senior he man. Retrieved Mini-B. from skool, Two Guys eve man. Had Wendy's coupons, rare occasion man. Drove with Mini-B. to one Wendy's, none proximal but 2 equidistant man. Drive-through chica clueless, duh and we man. Ended up going inside, Two Guys man. No other customers, just Two Guys man. Simple order*** took so long that we got monsooned on when leaving, Two Guys man. *** bought WUOCs, financially savvy we man Even with coupons, order cost $Many ($2x2x2x2 +2+2+2) -- si man, $Many ($2x2x2x2 +2+2+2) -- man. At the casa, both burgers in 2 pieces each, sloppy construction man. Mini-B.'s Frosty drink leaking all around lid, sloppy construction man. Receipts have $2 off next order at same location if on-line review left, don't know if it's worth it man. Other equidistant Wendy's so much more competent than this one, for not going there we man. Miu quite excited at Big Brudduh's presence, excited miu man. Watched Kentucky Ballistics on YouTube with Mini-B., quite entertaining man. Mini-B. then played V.R. on his Oculus, involved wee man. We watched a Many (2+1) Stooges episode, saw it before but still pretty good man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. texted to ask when Mini-B. would be returned, helicopterish ex-she man man. We texted, "As soon as you pay the overdue ransom to the malos, si man," hee hee man. Returned Mini-B., end of Two Guys eve man. Found tater tots at supermarket, finally man. Party with the rubias later, cavort we man. We have itineraried 2 ESs and trips to FST and favorite medium-sized town for Friday, itinerary we man. (Many more ESs locally are on Saturday, reason we man.) And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

Oh No! Man At DNC Thinking He Was In Line For Food Truck Accidentally Gets Vasectomy CHICAGO — A 34-year-old male identified as Damien Trevor, an out-of-state attendee at the Democratic National Convention, had his hopes dashed Wednesday when he thought he was waiting in line for a delicious burrito from a food truck but accidentally got a vasectomy instead. "I thought it was weird when they asked me to get on the truck and take off my pants, but I thought, 'eh, this must be a great burrito,'" he recounted. According to sources, it was not worth it. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/oh-no-man-at-dnc-thinking-he-was-in-line-for-food-truck-accidentally-gets-vasectomy

Joe Biden Found In Dumpster Behind DNC Convention Center CHICAGO, IL — With the top personalities of the Democratic Party gathering in the Windy City this week to officially nominate Kamala Harris for president, news broke late last night that President Joe Biden had been found in a dumpster behind the DNC convention center. Following his keynote speech on Monday night, Biden was ushered off of the stage and quickly discarded with other used-up and unwanted items, where he was later discovered by a group of homeless men looking for food. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/joe-biden-found-in-dumpster-behind-dnc-convention-center

Let Us Help You Out: Trump Campaign OWNS Kamala, Launches a New Website With ALL Her Policies [...] Hey, the Democrats want to talk all about 'joy' and 'unity' this week. What's more joyful and unifying than stepping up to the plate and helping out your opponent with a website when they've been unable to create one themselves for more than a month? [...] https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/08/21/let-us-help-you-out-trump-campaign-owns-kamala-launches-a-new-website-with-all-her-policies-n2399940

This is a really thoughtful article about a very real situation. I suspect that it'll be a close race between this guy and Ted Cruz, however. (The headline should say "Wavers" rather than "Waivers.") ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Texas Democrats in Disarray As Colin Allred Waivers on Support for Harris Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) is set to address a Texas delegation breakfast at the DNC later this week, but his tepid support for Vice President Kamala Harris looks to put him and potentially Democrats as a whole in disarray. This comes as Allred faces Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for the November election, with his campaign strategies being criticized as the DNC takes place. The Quorum Report regarded Allred's appearance at the DNC as a "low-key" one and mentioned complaints about the congressman being "weak and timid." Such a piece also highlighted how he wanted to distance himself from Harris. Then there's an article from the Houston Chronicle, not exactly a bastion of conservatism, "Colin Allred is a Democrat, but he hopes you can forgive that." The subheadline also notes that "The Texas congressman and Democratic Senate hopeful is raising eyebrows after keeping his fellow Democrats at arms-length in a tight race against Ted Cruz." The piece begins in a way that's not exactly favorable to either candidate, though it really seems to hit Allred on his campaign: [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/08/21/colin-allred-sure-looks-to-be-in-disarray-over-support-for-harris-n2643743

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: We did not leave the casa all day, party-animal we man. Spent most time on admin stuff for Uncle T-B. and ourself, administrative we man. Miu much more sedate today, non-aysheep miu man. Lunch was 2 sliced-turkey sandwiches, ingest we man. A siesta was taken thereafter, zzz we man. Din-din was Many tablespoons of Costco chicken salad, ingest we man. We hope that we have not snacked ourself above the Mendoza weight-line, fingers crossed man. Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man. Nothing in particular scheduled for Thursday except to itinerary the weekend's ESs, free we man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

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Newsweek: New Poll Shows Harris Leading Zero Battleground States [...] There's so much joy in the air with the DNC going on this week, but Newsweek reports that perhaps that joy isn't being reflected in the polls. According to a new poll, Donald Trump leads Kamala Harris is every battleground state. [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/08/21/newsweek-new-poll-shows-harris-leading-zero-battleground-states-n2399942