DEAR MAGA: TGIF Open Thread 20230630

Americano

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 ounces Campari
  • 1 1/2 ounces sweet vermouth
  • Soda water, chilled, to top
  • Garnish: orange twist

Steps

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice, then add the Campari and sweet vermouth.
  2. Top with the soda water and stir gently to combine.
  3. Garnish with an orange twist.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hosts Former Acting CIA Director Mike Morrell for Discussion to Help Multinational Corporations Engage with Fourth Branch of Government

mirror of no-consequence

Badlands News Brief – June 29, 2023

Russian IMF Official Says The United States Is Driving Other Nations From The Dollar

Trump’s Stance On Birthright Citizenship Puts Him Decisively To The Right Of Any Other Candidate On Immigration – And It’s Not Even Close

Corporate America Doesn’t Hear Anybody

The Controlled Demolition of Nation-States

Fewer Than One in Seven House Republicans Have a Good Liberty Score Grade

Latest Leaks Don’t Incriminate Trump, They Incriminate Democrats

The Post-Cold War Consensus Is Dead. What Will Take Its Place?

The term “American System” was coined by the statesman Henry Clay in the early 19th century, but it refers to something as old as the republic itself—the use of public policy to support domestic manufacturing and develop emerging industries. You wouldn’t know it from today’s market-liberal economists, but this has been the preferred approach of virtually every major leader in our country’s history.

DP – Uh, Marco, when push comes to shove, are you going to be the one sponsoring the bills to get such policies in place?

National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers

Sad. We still have a box of the maps that came in the various issues back in the day.

Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action

Dr McCullough showcases a shocking study that could mean 200 million people worldwide have myocarditis (13 million Americans) – Myocarditis is just one serious adverse event from C19 injections

Q1 GDP Unexpectedly Revised Sharply Higher On Bizarre Surge In Net Exports

AI-Generated Books of Nonsense Are All Over Amazon’s Bestseller Lists

This is NOT a good development for those of us who write.

We’re Being Regulated Out of Business, New England Fishermen Say

Tweety Tweets:

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674411062647562240
https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1674429543279628292
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674428628023787520

With just a pinch of arson.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674442645181956096

Boo effing who.

https://twitter.com/SamuelDSamson/status/1674440697020022784

LANGUAGE WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just pull the plug already.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1674441338421407744

MEME STASH:

It’s true.

July, for the record.

https://twitter.com/contextdogs/status/1674097196231282689

And now for the business portion of the post borrowed from Tuesday:

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Fellow tree dweller the late Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:

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PSALMS 128:1-5

1Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways! 2You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. 3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD. 5The LORD bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life!

MATTHEW 8:1-4

1When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him; 2and behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” 3And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.”

SATIRE!

Have a good weekend!