David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙‍♂️🌈
@David_Leavitt
Twitter is preventing users from following the Kamala Harris @KamalaHQ
account
It’s almost as if @elonmusk
is engaging in election interference…
https://x.com/David_Leavitt/status/1815228480717488196
Ironically, it’s the top news story by the twitter AI Grok in the “for you” tab

Posted by: Menz | Jul 22 2024 10:44 utc | 403

« Même toi, Barack ? »
Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Jul 22 2024 10:38 utc | 401
That’s a reformulation from the Latin “Tu quoque fili mi”, supposedly what Caius Julius Caesar said to his adoptive son Brutus when he was stabbed by multiple conspirators during the ides of Mars.
Quebec journalist can still show a bit of classical culture 🙂

Posted by: Savonarole | Jul 22 2024 11:01 utc | 405

Well,
I missed it by a few hours…..
But did predict it over an hour before the event.
Posted by: BroncoBilly | Jul 21 2024 19:02 utc | 202

This gets you the MoA Prediction Medal in bronze. Congratulations from the Whiskey Bar!

Posted by: persiflo | Jul 22 2024 11:30 utc | 407

Word salad Kammie? I’ve known down syndrome people with more intelligence. Imagine her talking with Maria. But I haven’t voted in 25 years so I just watch the shit show.

Posted by: Immaculate deception | Jul 22 2024 11:38 utc | 409

“Kamedy is on the ballot.”
h/t Mrs.Despondent

Posted by: despondent | Jul 22 2024 12:04 utc | 411

> Why is there so much preoccupation here with Kamala Harris’s looks? Why does that matter to people?
______
Because it is unfortunately true that in American politics looks matter. Why do you think Biden got all those hair plugs?

Posted by: malenkov | Jul 22 2024 12:22 utc | 413

Since trumps street theater performance of a fake attempt on his live, his gulable followers have circled the wagons. A plus for trump
Posted by: Mark2 | Jul 22 2024 10:34 utc | 400
Trump has put up some pretty convincing performances in the past to bolster the story that he is in mortal combat with the deep state but this is not one of them.
Trumps reaction to something hitting his ear and causing it to bleed look pretty genuine to me.
It does seem awfully convenient that the NYT was right there to take a high speed photo of what we are told is a bullet whizzing by Trump’s head, but who would ever question the veracity of NYT?
The story that Trump faked his own assassination is absurd – there is no possibility that’s what happened.
If you want to piece together a story that this was done to benefit Trump then there is no way that the story can be credible without the FBI and some elements of Trump’s security detail and the NYT in on the conspiracy.
In other words, if this was staged for Trump’s benefit it was done by the deep state to get him elected again.
OTOH if this was a deep state hit intending to knock trump off that once again turned into a nuthing-burger, how many times do you have to watch that movie with the same plot before you figure out the ending?

Posted by: jinn | Jul 22 2024 12:57 utc | 415

What the Republicans have to work with (one of countless examples). Plus the pantomime. Plus the cackling:
“The governor and I, we were all doing a tour of the library here and talking about the significance of the passage of time, right, the significance of the passage of time. So, when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time in terms of what we need to do to lay these wires. What we need to do to create these jobs. And there is such great significance to the passage of time when we think about a day in the life of our children.”

Posted by: Robert E.Smith | Jul 22 2024 13:17 utc | 417

Posted by: jinn | Jul 22 2024 12:57 utc | 414
One theory that I can’t refute is that it was a ZOG hit done to give Trump a mandate for war. Pre-assassin Trump could have won but was not powerful enough to bring about a war. No question ZOG is ruthless enough to kill bystanders, ignore Trumps concern, powerful enough to pull it off within the security services.and shape whatever media narrative is necessary. It also solves the why would Trump ever concede to take a bullet. A third shooter with a pellet gun perhaps?

Posted by: Turk 152 | Jul 22 2024 14:08 utc | 419

Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.
Clow show continues
Posted by: Norwegian | Jul 21 2024 18:28 utc | 192
Iirc kamalla “beat” her way to the creamy top her whole career. I ask whom better than the cream of the crop fluffer?

Posted by: Tannenhouser | Jul 22 2024 14:44 utc | 421

Biden’s gives a televised farewell address to the nation and outlines why he will not be running for President again.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/104259
(satire)

Posted by: Norwegian | Jul 22 2024 15:10 utc | 423

Please tell us who or what ZOG is.
Posted by: Gene Poole | Jul 22 2024 15:03 utc | 421
——-
Google is your friend.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionist_Occupation_Government_conspiracy_theory

Posted by: john brewster | Jul 22 2024 15:19 utc | 425

Peter AU1 | Jul 22 2024 3:27 utc | 337
*** Well ‘she'(she of pronouns ‘she’ and ‘her’) is female by appearance and is considered black so that’s two boxes, but the third is still unticked – ‘she’ must be a lesbian or a tranny to tick the third box.***
She has a bypass option on that — already Zionist, all she needs to do is get declared officially Jewish (like her husband).
See this for what effectively catch-all “social media” censorship is intended …
Dissent and discussion becoming ever more prohibited.
How soon before it becomes law-enforced overt?
But returning to Kamala — that’s another magic box at least potentially ticked … and since all others able to stand for President or VP are basically of the same ideological persuasion, the censorship will really not affect them … only those who disagree with their foreign (?) policy agendas.

Posted by: Cynic | Jul 22 2024 16:04 utc | 427

Oops
I would also marry me package size and transmission rate.
marry me?
I would also vary my packet size and transmission rate.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Jul 22 2024 16:39 utc | 429

Sometimes a typo is just a typo. And at other times, one wonders. From The Daily Mail, “ Leading political figures fear there may be a very sinister reason for Biden’s disappearance since dropping out of 2024 race”
Kamala Harris reportedly says this:
“She told those gathered at an event for National Collegiate Athletic Association championship teams at the White House that he was ‘recovering well’.
Harris said she first met him through his son Beau, who Harris worked beside will both attorney generals in Delaware and California.
Harris told the crowd: ‘We are deeply deeply grateful for his service to our nation.’”
They will? Both attorney generals? If this is substantive not sensational what the heck happens next?

Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Jul 22 2024 18:08 utc | 431

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 22 2024 20:20 utc | 432
Nice find. Insurance companies will use said clause, leaving the companies to eat their losses.
Pretty sure every commercial software has this clause.

Posted by: UWDude | Jul 22 2024 20:28 utc | 433

Reports of a 12-hour long cyberwar which disabled the US navy and most of Northern Philippines.
“The story begins with a small conflict between the Philippines and China. After the bitter confrontation off Renai Reef, the Philippines felt unhappy with China’s actions, and the U.S., as its supporters, seized the opportunity. A joint military exercise involving 29 countries took place in the South China Sea, ostensibly to demonstrate “unity” and “strength,” but with ulterior motives — the U.S. military intended to use the opportunity to lay newly developed anti-submarine weapons on the seabed, spy on the movement of Chinese strategic nuclear submarines and further restrict China’s strategic space.
However, China’s reaction was swift and decisive. When a U.S. P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft quietly dropped high-tech surveillance equipment in the South China Sea, it was quickly detected by the PLA. The Chinese Coast Guard promptly launched a recovery operation. The U.S. military panicked, as the loss of this equipment would have meant a waste of effort, and advanced technology should not have fallen into the hands of the PLA. This caused a strong reaction, leading to a battle for these critical pieces of equipment.
The U.S. hastily deployed a joint fleet to intercept Chinese coast guard vessels. With the appearance of the Shandong aircraft carrier strike group, a confrontation broke out between the Chinese and US fleets in the South China Sea. Seeing the unfavorable situation, the U.S. immediately dispatched electronic warfare aircraft to assist the combined fleet in making a serious intervention against the Chinese fleet. In response, China quickly deployed its Y-9 electronic warfare aircraft and Project 815A electronic intelligence ship.
The U.S. has deployed Growler electronic warfare aircraft and RC-135 electronic reconnaissance aircraft in an all-out attempt to paralyze the Chinese Navy’s command and control systems with strong electronic jamming. However, the Chinese troops did not retreat; the Y-9 electronic warfare aircraft and the 815A electronic reconnaissance ship responded quickly, engaging in fierce electronic offensive and defensive operations over the South China Sea.
The result for the United States was sad – all electronic signals were turned off over the northern Philippines. Satellite phones, GPS navigation, television signals – complete electronic silence was established in the region for twelve hours.”

Posted by: Suresh | Jul 22 2024 21:01 utc | 435

Posted by: Suresh | Jul 22 2024 21:01 utc | 435
Got a date and source for this?
I read that Philippines and China were ready to begin resolving the disputed sea routes a day or two ago. Perhaps related.

Posted by: UWDude | Jul 22 2024 21:32 utc | 437

Complementing Pepe’s article, “China’s Third Plenum Results,” https://karlof1.substack.com/p/chinas-third-plenum-results

Posted by: karlof1 | Jul 22 2024 23:18 utc | 439

trump card as in many card games – not he of Trump tower glitter and bling.
I thought I had better clarify that.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 23 2024 0:16 utc | 441

Imagine if America was a dictatorship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA0W0pRqlDI

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 23 2024 1:01 utc | 443

“Im in the “it doesnt matter” mode. Somebody tried to kill Trump. The internet could literally find the smoking gun, and nothing would happen.”
Posted by: UWDude | Jul 22 2024 5:32 utc | 365
Yep. WTC 7 and other brightly glowing and smoking guns re 911. Nothing happened, and media ignored physics, and called anyone who questioned the official narrative a loony conspiracy theorist. Same thing.

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 23 2024 1:22 utc | 445

“Just want to say here that Kamala is not a Boomer, she is Gen X. Not that it matters.”
Posted by: Wisco | Jul 22 2024 4:53 utc | 358
I was wrong, Kamala is indeed a Boomer. Born in October of 1964, three months prior to the defined boundary between Boomers and GenX. Nobody called me out on the error so far so I thought I better do it myself. Kamala is a Boomer by three months.

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 23 2024 1:59 utc | 447

For a long time Biden’s very obvious dementia was ‘disinformation’ or Russian propaganda.
As we move deeper and deeper into this Orwellian world new terms are springing up all the time.
“Four years ago, when Kamala Harris became US President Joe Biden’s running mate, she also became “the most derided woman” in US politics, according to a misinformation study.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-23/kamala-harris-us-president-racist-sexist-tropes/104127680
A misinformation study….

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 23 2024 2:06 utc | 449

Wisco | Jul 23 2024 2:19 utc | 450
Yeah. That’s the way it seems to work.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 23 2024 2:23 utc | 451

I do think there is some real truth to Boomers vs GenX as a generational divide. Its about computers. Im a late Boomer, a few months older than Kamala. Our class was the first to get access to PCs in my public school, but only the people in “Advanced Placement” got to use them. GenX, on the other hand, had computers all over the place.
I have older brothers who suck at anything related to computers to this day, and they still think MSM TV and the NYT provides them with reliable and trustworthy news.

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 23 2024 2:41 utc | 453

ZH has a posting up about the US Congress hearing today of the SS head and we learn this

Perhaps most stunning was an admission that the Secret Service has no recordings of radio communications from the 13th.

Do these liars go home at night and beat the dog? How do they live with themselves or is it part of the exceptionalist thing?
The shit show continues until it doesn’t and it is exceptionally smelly these days.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jul 23 2024 3:51 utc | 455

As an Australian I was simply suggesting that endless discussion of Trump and US elections was a little tedious. The world, we keep reminding Americans, is not always interested in every brain fart they blurt about themselves.
Posted by: Patroklos | Jul 23 2024 4:38 utc | 456
There you go again. Apparently, people all around the world disagree with you, and threads discussing the recent earthquakes in USA politics, even here at MoA, are quite popular.
I wish it were not true (and I live in USA). But it is true. And a lot of people around the world think it really matters a lot which actor is elected. And we will continue to see endless discussions about it. I get your frustration about it though.

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 23 2024 5:14 utc | 457

Posted by: james | Jul 23 2024 5:21 utc | 458
You ppst a lot

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 23 2024 5:35 utc | 459

Wisco | Jul 23 2024 5:43 utc | 460
American politics? The US needs to be looked at as an organized crime gang. Mafia terminology – the politicians, the beltway, they are mostly foot soldiers. Above them will be the made men and above them will be the capo’s.
Watching the facade that is placed before the democracy is a waste of time if it is assumed they are the decision makers. The only thing that can be gained from watching the shopfront facade is looking for signs of which way the decision makers, the capo’s are headed.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 23 2024 7:05 utc | 461

“Watching the facade that is placed before the democracy is a waste of time if it is assumed they are the decision makers.”
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 23 2024 7:05 utc | 461
I agree. Yet here we are, discussing every nuance of these events in great detail (you too). Record post numbers on Open Threads.
Here is one possible (very low probability) reason for hope. Maybe by simply changing the figurehead it will be sort of a way of saving face to change the “Biden” Ukraine poke-the-bear war policy into one more conducive of diplomacy instead of always doubling down.

Posted by: Wisco | Jul 23 2024 8:52 utc | 463

Every now and again there is – what appears to be – an outburst of violent activity in this country (Canada). Like defence-of-the-nation type violence. So —
West coast
A humpback whale is sighted with no tail fluke, it’d been severed
https://globalnews.ca/news/10636849/humpback-severed-tail/
“ “It was tragic, it was horrific…. I was frankly really surprised the animal was still alive,” Paul Cottrell with DFO Marine Mammal Rescue said.
Cottrell said without its tail fluke, the whale’s ability to move and forage is significantly compromised.
It is also likely unable to travel the long distances that humpbacks migrate and is already showing signs of emaciation.” [I postulate that this is referring to some kind of vessel – plus the whale, of course]
Two women found dead on Vancouver beaches. On CBC, this article was posted across from this one: “Influx of anti-drag ‘grooming’ emails preceded N.B.’s pronoun policy review, documents reveal” Women? ‘Women’?
Trudeau is vacationing in BC. Location unknown. It’s being concealed for security reasons. Not typical for him. The media reports on threats by a couple of guys against him. And other politicians, actually.
East Coast
I posted some on this already in this thread (@397 or 398, @401). The police have identified the body of man who washed ashore on Nova Scotia’s Sable Island. It’s a man from BC.
St, John’s Newfoundland harbour webcam
https://ntvplus.ca/st-johns-sky-cam/
Looks very normal, lots of boats. A couple with green and blue paint that I don’t recognize. Are those Coast Guard like the red ones??
I think that’s enough!
Something in French – coast guard boat on a river in Quebec
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/2024-07-23/la-vie-des-rivieres/l-ours-de-la-riviere-des-outaouais.php
https://x.com/APTNNews/status/1815525211401265280

Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Jul 23 2024 11:02 utc | 465

In one of the previous open shootem up threads, I said something about the 223 having a larger case and higher velocity. The Irishman, I forget his name, disagreed with me. Out of curiosity I looked it up just before. Only a slightly larger case but Runs higher pressures and higher velocity.
Both to me though are a relatively low velocity cartridge at 3000fps and 3200fps.
https://weaponspecialist.org/ammunition/222-vs-223-remington/
I used the 22/250.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22-250_Remington
Most of the time I would run light loads to extend barrel life, but when the roos were flighty and I had to reach out a bit, I would run full loads.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 23 2024 12:24 utc | 467

Just a singer, got no opinions,
I follow all your crazy schemes.
I have no point of honor,
Cool, I just follow orders.
You ask me to entertain,
Just say it: sweet cocaine.
I’ll get away with murder,
If you say Pearl Harbor.
You say you love to Samba,
I’ll play you ghetto samba.
You tell me “The biguine, OK!”
The Antilles on sale!
Sheep, sheep,
Submissive, docile, unrebellious,
Baa! Baa! I’ll follow,
Everything you like, I like.
It’s whatever you want!
However you want!
Wherever you go, I go!
It’s whatever you want!
Whatever you want!
I followed you into Hanoi
Just to save your empire
Your obedient, little boy.
Bye. I shoot to kill.
Standing, lying, clawing into Messahoud,
I followed for the honor, the horror,
Sheep follower.
If you say, “Meet me in Kabul,”
Into Kabul I tumble.
If you say, “Go to Santiago”.
To Santiago I go.
Sheep, sheep,
Submissive, docile, unrebellious.
Baa! Baa! I’ll follow
In peace and in war!
It’s whatever you want!
However you want!
Wherever you go, I go!
It’s whatever you want!
Whatever you want!
KKK and Baba Cool,
GreenPeace and Moonie fools,
Karl Marx Brothers and the lovely baby dollar,
Bob Dylan in your den
A chic li’l Nazi — modern!
It’s whatever you want!
It’s whatever you want!
However you want!
Wherever you go, I go!
It’s whatever you want!
Whatever you want!
It’s whatever you want!
However you want!
Wherever you go, I go!
It’s whatever you want!
Whatever you want!

Posted by: Corto | Jul 23 2024 12:29 utc | 469

Posted by: Menz | Jul 23 2024 12:25 utc | 468
Yes- Baobab!
The GOAT!

Posted by: Anto | Jul 23 2024 12:53 utc | 471

When I’m not making typos the bloody spell checker ambushes me –
“He was a young bloke from Cunningham… you’d think the this useless spell checker would know about Cunnamulla. A major point on the world map…. yeah… well…

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 23 2024 13:23 utc | 473

Posted by: HB_Norica | Jul 22 2024 11:42 utc | 410
Given that here in England comedy/comedians are absolutely shit, and US comedy is a contradiction in terms, its good that Australia can produce the goods.

Posted by: horseguards | Jul 23 2024 15:04 utc | 475

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 22 2024 20:20 utc | 432
Assuming there is a description of the software’s function(s) in its marketing/sales bs, would this not constitute (imply) part of any contract? If so, how would such a contradiction be reconciled with T&C’s?

Posted by: horseguards | Jul 23 2024 15:20 utc | 477

US 2 year treasury Auction today was a blow out (meaning good for the price of bonds, lower for interest rates)
Insiders know that the Fed is panicked -so the bonds outperform-and will have to stop dropping interest rates-watch gold get to $3,000/oz by 2025 1st quarter.

Posted by: canuck | Jul 23 2024 18:45 utc | 479

Posted by: horseguards | Jul 23 2024 15:20 utc | 477
Possibly matters might get to court with a view to establishing a ‘test of reasonableness’ on the T & C’s of Clowns Trike.
~~~
Re: comedians/comedy (politics aside), I’ve not really rated British stand-up since the days of Dave Allen (although he was sitting down) and Frankie Howerd, but we do make a fair job of sit-coms; Yes Minister/Prime Minister are two examples that seem to be well-known around the world, to which I’d also add Drop The Dead Donkey, Not The Nine O’Clock News and KYTV that mercilessly spoofed the “meejah”. We also had the Situationist comedy of the likes of Spike Milligan’s ‘Q’ series.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 23 2024 20:15 utc | 481

re: canuck | Jul 23 2024 18:48 utc | 480
The Canadian social documentary series “Trailerpark Boys” was funny.

Posted by: Ново З | Jul 23 2024 20:21 utc | 483

you’d think the this useless spell checker would know about Cunnamulla. A major point on the world map…. yeah… well…
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 23 2024 13:23 utc | 473
ROFLMAO! Centre of The Milky way, it is.

Posted by: Menz | Jul 24 2024 4:48 utc | 485

osted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 23 2024 13:23 utc | 473
Its a long way to Cunnamulla
Its a long way to go
I know there’s a gerrymander
and I know it isn’t fair
but I have to rely on Cunnamulla
They vote for me there

Posted by: watcher | Jul 24 2024 9:17 utc | 487

John Clarke -yes a NZ er but we claim him along with Brian Dore
Roy and HG
Rob Sitch
Max Gilles
Hard to beat

Posted by: watcher | Jul 24 2024 9:23 utc | 489

watcher | Jul 24 2024 9:23 utc | 489
Clarke and Dore were good.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 24 2024 9:26 utc | 491

unimperator | Jul 24 2024 9:31 utc | 492
Liverwurst Sausage standing beside Biden. Liverwurst was certainly an accomplice to blowing up Germany’s umbilical cord. After that it was game over for the German economy, but just the ‘sanctions from hell’ and it was pretty much game over for the European economy. Like a ship that takes some time to sink after being holed.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jul 24 2024 9:42 utc | 493

New economic data just dropped out of the Eurozone.
Posted by: unimperator | Jul 24 2024 9:31 utc | 492
—

Tesla Inc. reported another quarter of disappointing profit and postponed a highly anticipated unveiling of autonomous taxis, sending the carmaker’s volatile stock plunging in early trading.

The world’s biggest auto manufacturer by market volume is pivoting to AI and humanoid robots.

“The value of Tesla overwhelmingly is autonomy. These other things are in the noise relative to autonomy,” Musk said Tuesday, again urging anyone who disagrees to sell the stock.

Supergenius Musk, the inventor of the robo-taxi, challenging his flock to trust him that the EV era is finished.
Overall, the 2nd quarter earnings isn’t over until the fat cats return from their summer vacations. Then, when the big players rebalance, the bottom will fall out.
ref for quoted texts ==> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-23/tesla-misses-profit-expectations-extending-weak-start-to-2024

Posted by: too scents | Jul 24 2024 9:55 utc | 495

by market volume
—
Usually I’ll let the typos stand, but this one is shit.
by market value

Posted by: too scents | Jul 24 2024 10:06 utc | 497

This is a veiled reference to Latin America (or, really, the Americas) if ever there was one:
“Meet this 500 million-year-old, taco-shaped marine creature that has 30 pairs of legs”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/odaraia-alata-fossil-1.7271424
Excerpt
“We had a really good reconstruction of this animal in the 1980s, by Prof. Derek Briggs, who is now at Yale University,” said the paper’s lead author, Alejandro Izquierdo López, who was based at the ROM during this work as a PhD student at the University of Toronto.
“It’s not until now that we have the material evidence for these ideas. Now we know exactly what it was feeding on and how it was feeding.”
….
“One of the most surprising things was that each leg has spines — very, very tiny spines. And it’s subdivided into, like, 20 different parts,” Izquierdo López explained. “So imagine every leg is subdivided into 20 different small parts. And each of these small parts has four big spines and then has a lot of smaller spines. So if you combine one leg in total, you will have around 80 spines per leg.”
CBC’s The National’s The Moment was about grizzly bears in a clawfoot tub at a wildlife refuge in BC
https://youtu.be/wTyaEdv5spw
And, to return to the primary topic of the thread, the National did look at Kamala Harris for three and a half minutes: “Why is everyone going coconuts for Kamala?”
https://youtu.be/fT3JC26ZkH0
I think that green painted ship in the St. John’s harbour is the Parks Canada one that researches shipwrecks. The RV David Thompson
Speaking of paint and St. John’s —
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6454953
“Graffiti is making a mess of St. John’s. The Scrub Squad is here to clean it up” – video

Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Jul 24 2024 11:55 utc | 499