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~~~~~~~~~~~~ Democrats Consider Replacing Kamala Harris With More Coherent Joe Biden [...] Harris's joint interview with running mate Tim Walz was met with poor reviews, with top Democratic officials citing Harris' inability to provide cogent answers or communicate like a person as reasons why the party should turn to the clarity and coherence of Joe Biden. "It may be time to consider a more mentally fit candidate," said one high-ranking Democrat who asked to remain anonymous. "We gave Kamala the good ol' college try, but she just does not display the same mental capacity and clear communication skills as Joe Biden. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-consider-replacing-kamala-harris-with-more-coherent-joe-biden

Israel Defense Forces Finds, Un-Alives Senior Hamas Commander in West Bank On Friday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) located and deleted a senior Hamas commander, Wassem Hazem, along with several of his henchmen. The operation was executed as the IDF pushed further into the West Bank [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/08/30/israel-defense-forces-locate-eliminate-senior-hamas-commander-n2178741

BREAKING: Police Subdue Man Who Tried to Climb Onto Press Riser at PA Trump Rally https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/08/30/breaking-police-subdue-man-who-tried-to-climb-onto-press-riser-at-pa-trump-rally-n2178750

Harris' problem: She's a complete phony If you're a candidate for president of the United States and you avoid the media for a week or two, you can reasonably call it a strategy. If you avoid them for almost six weeks, it's a problem. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, has a problem, even after she was finally shamed into breaking down and talking to CNN. It's not like the difficulties that President Biden had that led his team to keep him away from cameras as much as possible; his problem was clearly his advancing decrepitude. But now that the current holder of the office of president has been shoved out of view, his vice president is seeking a promotion, and her handlers have a different concern: She's a complete phony. And so they conspired to keep her away from the media until her CNN appearance on Thursday with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, 39 days from the day she became the presumed Democratic nominee for president. They likely did this for two main reasons: They needed time to begin to erase her radically leftist record, and they didn't trust her to go out and help build her own new fake persona. It's not that she's liable to pull a literal face-plant the way Mr. Biden was; it's that she has a tendency to get stuck in catchphrase loops when she speaks about subjects with which she is not comfortable or familiar. When she's out of her depth on a topic, she sounds like it, and everyone listening knows that she has no idea what she's talking about. That could happen a lot if you're going to campaign on ideas you opposed only 39 days earlier. [...] https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/29/harris-problem-shes-complete-phony/

Jack Smith Makes Me Think Trump Won in 2020 I used to be agnostic on the victor in the 2020 presidential election. I simply didn't know since our system is so botched and riddled with holes in almost every state it's difficult to determine the winner in any of our elections that are even relatively close. I still remain somewhat agnostic, but the tenacity, resembling monomania, with which our Torquemada-like special prosecutor Jack Smith seeks to indict and convict Donald Trump leads me to believe Mr. Trump actually won. Many may also feel that way because of the manner in which Mr. Trump's poll numbers tend to grow the more he is indicted. I admit my reaction is to some extent psychological/emotional, but it does have a factual basis. [...] https://americanrefugees.substack.com/p/jack-smith-makes-me-think-trump-won

Even if Bud Light continues to repent, will this change your mind? Change the public's mind? Discuss, please. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bud Light smartly tapped Shane Gillis for ads — the latest brand doing post-DEI damage control After a disastrous partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney that reportedly cost the brand over $1 billion in lost sales last year, Bud Light has returned to its roots. The inch toward redemption started with a 2024 Super Bowl commercial featuring Peyton Manning and Post Malone. This week, Bud Light released a new ad starring comedian Shane Gillis — and it's a full-on embrace of the brand's fratty, frivolous ethos that, for decades, turned its ads into pop culture touchstones. And Dilly Dilly to that. If 2023 was peak woke, 2024 will be known as the year that DEI died — with corporations finally admitting it's all a shakedown by lefty activists. Recently, companies like Harley-Davidson, Ford, John Deere and Lowe's have all reversed course on DEI, thanks in large part to the work of people like Robby Starbuck calling them out. And now we get "The Dean's Office," in which Gillis plays a college football coach standing behind a dean, who is trying to extract an admission of plagiarism from a star player. In exchange for the stud athlete's confession, the dean presents him with a bucket of ice-cold Bud Lights. Instead, the coaxing works on Coach Gillis (his jacket reads Coach Herb), a professor and the dean himself, who start singing like canaries. [...] https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/opinion/bud-lite-smartly-tapped-shane-gillis-for-ads-the-latest-brand-doing-post-dei-damage-control/

Why do cats hate closed doors? If you've ever witnessed a cat in front of a closed door, you might notice how much they seem to be annoyed by it. They might poke a furry arm under the crack, begin to paw at the door or even attack it while letting out agitated meows. But why do cats seem to hate closed doors so much? [...] Continues: https://www.livescience.com/animals/domestic-cats/why-do-cats-hate-closed-doors

Not sure how many will find this interesting, but maybe some pilots can comment on possible errors in judgment. ~~~~~~~~~~ Lost plane, passenger's remains found 17 years after plane crash near Mackinac Island MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN) — A private search and recovery company has found the missing wreckage and human remains from a 2007 plane crash in Lake Huron, according to Michigan State Police. The findings give closure to family members, who have waited 17 years with little evidence. The crash happened on the afternoon of August 24, 2007 when a pilot and a passenger left in a SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad, a small single-engine aircraft, from an airport from Mackinac Island to Bad Axe. It was a calm, cloudy day in the 70s with wind picking up to 5-10 mph after noon. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/lost-plane-passenger-remains-found-162507324.html

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: Today was non-Two-Guys eve, just we man and miu man man. Lunch was 2 ham-&-cheese sandwiches, indict all but the cheese and ingest we man. After ES-ing, we siesta'd for a glorious nearly-2-hours, zzz we man. Din-din was toucans of Progresso chicken noodle soup*, ingest we man. *bought just hours ago at Many'rd ES and not even pantried, financially savvy we man After evening TV news, mowed front lawn, in distinct need man. Off-blew debris from pavement, cleanly we man. The instant we went inside, neighbor's lawn Mexicans appeared, noisy they man. Of course, they blew neighbor's detritus onto our clean sidewalk, man. Movie night occurred upon Mini-B.'s return, Two Guys man. Many Everybody Hates Chris episodes were watched, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This makes Many (2x2x2 +1) for the week, only one more needed for official status man. While we were popcorning, we felt a bite on our neck, stinging we man. We slapped at it and a wasp flew away, oh bite us man. Mini-B. went aysheep, aysheep wee man man. We retrieved oversized swatter bought earlier from dollar-plus store, for just such situations man. Wasp promptly met its doom, die miserably man. We flushed its detestable carcass down the toilet, bye man. Went upstairs and put Calamine lotion on our sting, self-medicate we man. Mini-B. put a bandage over that for us, help wee man we man man. It's right at T-shirt collar level, inconvenient man. We conclude that we shall probably survive it, conclude we man. We are not even bothering to look for Saturday GSs/ESs, exhaust inventory of same today we man. We shall try to zzz in, hopefully no early lawn crews man. Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

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Haynes, contact your Congressman's office. The immigration liaison there might be able to grease the skids so that you get your green card expedited. I recommend phoning the office. There will be a routine form to fill out, giving your permission for the office to intercede on your behalf. Look on the Congressman's website for that, and have it ready to submit when you call.

Friday ES report, see man: We attended all Many ESs, reliable we man. The first and Many'rd yielded the take, see man: -- men's suede belt from Uruguay = $1, steal man -- Manycans (toucans + toucans) Progresso soup, onecan Chunky soup, onecan Many-oz. ([2x2x2 +2 +2]-oz.) cured ham, Manypacks (tupacs + onepack) paper snack plates = $1, steal man* *"We don't sell food, no man, but you can take it, si man," whee and man Total = $2

Shouldn't Minnesotans be embarrassed that this clown is their governor? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chinese Dissident Ends Tim Walz's Stupid 'Grammar' Excuse for Stolen Valor ... in Two Sentences Earlier, we shared with you Tim Walz's pathetic excuse for decades of stolen valor. [...] Walz lied. And that claim that he just doesn't understand grammar runs straight into the teeth of just one fact. We will let Chinese defector Xi Van Fleet explain it to the class: [...] https://twitchy.com/aaronwalker/2024/08/30/chinese-dissident-ends-tim-walzs-grammar-excuse-for-stolen-valor-in-two-sentences-n2400321

"Who ya gonna believe -- us, or your lying eyes?"

WATCH: Kamala Harris Gives Disqualifying Answer When Asked About Defense of 'Biden's Capacity to Serve' [...] Kamala Harris is not just going to come right out and say Joe Biden is unfit to serve another four years in office - especially considering she was the beneficiary of his announcement and endorsement. But to sit there and pretend like Biden has been a model of strength, leadership, and intestinal fortitude since Day One? Seriously - does anyone outside of Jill Biden even believe that anymore? [...] https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/08/30/watch-kamala-harris-gives-disqualifying-answer-when-asked-about-defense-of-bidens-capacity-to-serve-n2178707

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Statues in Peril Alert: San Fran Taliban On the Scan [...] The city of San Francisco, awash with excess cash and time as it is, has decided to inventory its complete public statuary holdings in an effort to determine which are appropriate and reflective of today's modern San Francisco. In the city's own words, they'd very much like to eschew traditional public art, which is now offensive to modern tastes and sensibilities, and are asking the general public to weigh in - snitch actually - on those statues that "no longer represent the values that we say the city stands for." The Taliban have come to town in an official capacity. [...] https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/08/29/statues-in-peril-alert-san-fran-taliban-on-the-scan-n3793828

All of your points are excellent, and maybe we'll learn some (weakly) extenuating details.

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Tim Walz Spends Entire CNN Interview Making Balloon Animals To Distract Attention From Kamala Harris SAVANNAH, GA — All three and a half minutes of leaked footage from CNN's pre-recorded interview with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz broke the internet this morning, revealing that Walz spent the entire duration of the interview making balloon animals to distract the interviewer from Kamala Harris. The video showed Walz furiously constructing elaborate animal shapes out of balloons in a desperate attempt to avoid having Harris answer any questions. "Oh, look, here's another one!" Walz desperately shouted around two minutes into the interview. "Hey, eyes on me, eyes on me! I have a balloon! It's an ELEPHANT and it's RED! [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/tim-walz-spends-entire-cnn-interview-making-balloon-animals-to-distract-attention-from-kamala-harris

Biden To Get Away From Pressures And Demands Of Beach With Brief Vacation To White House REHOBOTH BEACH, DE — Sources close to President Joe Biden report that he had recently decided to "take a break" from the pressures and demands of life on the beach by taking a brief vacation to the White House. According to an anonymous staffer, the constant strain of lying on the beach had forced Biden to plan a quick weekend getaway in D.C., if only for the sake of his health. "That's right, Jack! I'm gonna take a vacruiblethahthe in the… you know, the place!" Biden reportedly shouted at a coatrack on his way out of the beach house. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-to-get-away-from-pressures-and-demands-of-beach-with-brief-vacation-to-white-house

Or arguments about long bananas.

Illegal Immigrants Try to Board School Buses in California Maybe this story will catch the interest of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, seeing as it happened in her state, involves school buses (which she loves as much as Venn diagrams), and it reflects poorly on her as being "tough as nails" on illegal immigration in California. FOX 5 San Diego reports that a group of illegal immigrants tried to hijack two school buses along Highway 94 in San Diego County. The Jamul-Dulzura Union School district has issued a warning that if a school bus encounters a group of migrants at a stop, it will keep rolling. This is not comforting. [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/08/29/illegal-immigrants-try-to-board-school-buses-in-california-n2400310

This author has some really heartfelt things to say about this incident, as well as good food for thought. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Woman Dies at Her Desk and Is Found 4 Days Later; It Says Volumes About Our Lack of Connection [...] This tragic story is less about our unhealthy relationship with work and the workplace, and more about our disconnection from face-to-face interaction and community connection. I blame devices for some of this, and I am too often just as guilty as everyone else. We rely on Facebook, texts, and other social media to check in on people, including our family and loved ones. Heck, we don't even know who is running our country, and some of us don't care. This is how disconnected we have become as a country. At one job where I worked for seven years, [...] https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2024/08/29/a-woman-dies-at-her-desk-and-is-found-four-days-later-says-volumes-about-our-society-n2178686

Interesting! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Orchestrated Coup': Chuck Schumer More of a Central Player in Scheme to Force Biden Out Than We Knew [...] Though it has been previously reported that Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had a hand in the negotiations to convince Biden to step to the side, Schumer's role has been portrayed as a reluctant one, as one of someone who really didn't want to get in the middle of the infighting after Biden's disastrous debate performance outside of some sense of loyalty to his (former) longtime Congressional colleague. Except a new report from the New York Times of all places shines more light onto Schumer's role, and as it turns out, he was much more of a central player in twisting the dagger than previously thought: [...] https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/08/29/orchestrated-coup-chuck-schumer-more-of-a-central-player-in-joe-biden-withdrawal-scheme-than-we-knew-n2178692

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff Tries—and Spectacularly Fails—to Get Dem Crowd to Chant 'USA' Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff spoke to a small crowd at the Broadleaf Brewery in Kentwood, Michigan Thursday to try to plug her presidential campaign. Things didn't go well for him, however, when he tried to get the audience to join him in a chant of "USA! USA!" [...] https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/08/29/second-gentleman-doug-emhoff-triesand-spectacularly-failsto-get-dem-crowd-to-chant-usa-n2178703