Beto O'Rourke Launching Pointless Run For Governor Of Texas For Some Reason

 Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke Plans To Skateboard Into The Texas Governor’s Mansion (legalinsurrection.com)

"There are few politicians on either side of the aisle for whom I have more disdain than lily white Irish-American former-Rep. Robert Francis O’Rourke.

"His nickname has long been “Beto,” but I’m not sure the legacy media understands that he is not even 1/1024 Hispanic or Latino (archive link).  Or that they would care if they did know, which is odd given how much race purportedly matters to them.

"Robert Francis O’Rourke skateboarded and grandstanded his way to a failed bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz. Failing to become a U.S. Senator, the unaccomplished, inexperienced, completely unfit to run even a lemonade stand, O’Rourke set his sights on the White House. This is a guy who can barely tie his own shoe laces without adult supervision.  Surreal.". . . 

Mike LaChance

"Far left Democrat Beto O’Rourke ran for Senate in Texas and lost. Then he ran for president and lost. Now he is reportedly going to run for governor of Texas, another race he is likely to lose.

"You may be asking yourself why he is even bothering to run. 

"Well, Beto is one of those people who can’t NOT run for office, no matter how many times the voters say no.

"Running for office is the only thing that gives his life purpose. He married into a very rich family and has nothing else to do.

Axios has the story:

"Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke is preparing to run for governor of Texas in 2022, with an announcement expected later this year, Texas political operatives tell Axios.

" ‘He’s Apologized For Being Born’: Bloomberg Takes On Beto’s Unusual Campaign Approach | The Daily Caller

"One of the prerequisites for running in 2020 is the need to go on an apology tour, Bloomberg said during a Bermuda Executive Forum in New York. The billionaire businessman gave former Vice President Joe Biden and former Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke as examples of politicians willing to prostrate themselves."

Don Surber: Why I don't have faith in John Durham

 Don Surber: Why I don't have faith in John Durham

WHITEY BULGER.

"Thomas Lifson wrote, "I am cautiously optimistic over the indictment handed down yesterday, accusing attorney Michael Sussman, then of Perkins Coie, representing the Hillary Clinton campaign, of lying to the FBI. It has been very easy to despair that anything would ever come of Durham's special counsel probe, especially after the slap on the wrist delivered to Kevin Clinesmith, an FBI lawyer who lied to a court by changing evidence 180 degrees in order to facilitate a FISA warrant extension. For an officer of the court to lie to a court ought to be a career-ending event for, without integrity, the judicial system falters. But Clinesmith never spent a night in jail and has been readmitted to the bar. Durham asked for six months, but Judge James Boasberg thought otherwise."

"Writers whom I respect, such as Don Surber and John Hinderaker, make me look Pollyanna-ish. Surber: 'I am unexcited because none of the co-conspirators — Hillary, Obama, Comey, and the media — were indicted.' Hinderaker: 'Durham harvests more small potatoes.' ". . . 

. . . "But I go by track record, and John Durham's track record shows he is a good investigator and a smart bureaucrat. He will go just deep enough in his prosecutions to satisfy the public but not so far as to endanger the establishment.

"I base this on the Whitey Bulger case. He was a gangster in Boston who was politically connected. His brother Billy became President of the Massachusetts Senate. Upon retirement, he became a well-paid bureaucrat in the state college system." . . .

Bud & Lou Discuss the Pandemic

 

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

Lou: Let me get this straight. Vaccinations work because they protect us from the virus, but unvaccinated people must get vaccinated because they can give the virus to people who are already protected from the virus because they have been vaccinated, but the vaccinated can still catch the virus even though vaccinations work.  Bud: Precisely!

Bud & Lou Discuss the Pandemic | The American Spectator

Bud: I got my vaccination. I am now protected from the virus.

Lou: Not me. No one’s gonna jab a needle in my arm.

Bud: You must.

Lou: Why?

Bud: To protect me.

Lou: From the virus?

Bud: Yes.

Lou: But I thought you said you were vaccinated.

Bud: I am.

Lou: You’re protected?

Bud: Correct.

Lou: From the virus?

Bud: Yes.

Lou: So, I don’t need a vaccination.

Bud: But you do.

Lou: Why?

Bud: To protect me.

Lou: I thought you were vaccinated.

Bud: I am.

Lou: And the vaccination protects you?

Bud: It does.

Lou: So, I don’t need to get vaccinated to protect you because you’re already protected from the virus by the vaccination you already got.

Bud: No, you must get the vaccination to protect me from the virus.

Lou: You mean the vaccination doesn’t work?

Bud: It does work.

Lou: If the vaccination works and you’re protected from the virus because you already got the vaccination then it doesn’t matter if I don’t get vaccinated.

Bud: But it does matter. Because if you don’t vaccinated you can give me the virus.

Lou: Let me see if I have this straight.

Bud: Okay.

Lou: You got the vaccination?

Bud: Yes.

Lou: The vaccination protects you from the virus?

Bud: Correct.

Lou: So, it doesn’t matter if I don’t get the vaccination because you’re already protected from the virus?

Bud: No.

Lou: Are you telling me the vaccination doesn’t work?

Bud: No, I’m telling you the vaccination does work.

Lou: Then why must I get the vaccination?

Bud: To protect me from the virus.

Lou: This doesn’t makes any sense.

Bud: But it does make sense. Why don’t you understand? Besides, you are required to get the vaccination, whether you like it or not.". . .   Read on, there's more

Why does half of America vote for such horrible things?

 "In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes" (Judges 21:25).  My fear is that America may soon want an actual king to fill civilization's incoherent void.  

American Thinker  "My wife and I passed some people relaxing on their porch here in California. I wondered how long their "NO RECALL" sign would grace their railing.  They are happy, I assume, that Gavin Newsom is still in office.

"But why are they happy?  What is so truly scary to those Newsom-supporters that they can't imagine him not being in office?  Is it that without Newsom, the homeless population might go down?  Is it that the tax burden might get reduced?  Is it that too many hardcore felons will remain in prison?  Is it that California forests haven't yet been completely consumed?  Maybe health care needs to be dismantled and defunded, just like the L.A. police, and then rebuilt from the ground up.  Do they like Newsom because he sees illegal immigration as the best way to accomplish that by overwhelming the state's health care resources?  (My wife and I spent nine hours in the emergency room the other night, and we were disappointed that it didn't take longer.)  Or maybe it's just that water shortages need to be more severe?  Whatever the reason, Gavin Newsom needed a second chance to make California worse. 

"Let's leave ballot cheating accusations out of it.  There are too many people who actually voted not to recall Gavin Newsom.  I know California is its own call of the wild, but nationally, too many people also lined up to cast votes for Biden, Pal Joey, that guy from down under, that basement down in Pennsylvania.  What is it about Democrats that they love what their politicians utter but couldn't care less what they do?  It's as Jeremiah said: "Every [m]an's words shall be [h]is own burden," 23:36.  What burden?  Democrats seem not to notice any connection whatsoever between the increasing discomforts of living in America and the policies of their chosen leaders.  I know that Biden's approval rating is way down, but even after that "righteous hit" of General Milley's blew up the truck loaded with terrorist water containers and seven children, Biden still has supporters.". . .  

Case in point: San Francisco's mayor Breed highlights the elite's disdain for their own rules -    ..."Bottom line: Because Breed's important, when she has fun, the rules just don't apply.  Tough luck to all you other losers, because you can bet that you'll get in trouble for flouting London's rules."

My Going Maskless Is Different, Says San Francisco Mayor, Because 'I Was Feeling the Spirit' | National Review
..."Under the current rules, my three-year-old has to wear a mask when traveling on airplanes. Like many children, he, too, likes to dance when he feels the spirit. And, like many children, he, too, is less than fond of the fun police. But do you know who cares about any of that? Nobody, that’s who. As I write, millions of American kids are on their way to school with masks strapped over their faces — a fact of which London Breed’s political party not only approves, but is willing to sue in order to universalize. If, as Breed implies, these rules represent unnecessary and intrusive micromanagement that can’t possibly survive contact with reality, then maybe we should do the obvious thing, and blow them all up?"

Michigan lawmakers to look at what Zuckerberg's millions did in election

WND

Facebook billionaire handed out money to leftists to help them with 2020 ballots

"Lawmakers in Michigan are preparing to look into just exactly what was bought and paid for with the millions of dollars leftist Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook handed out to state and local elections officials for the 2020 presidential race.

"That race, won by Joe Biden by a few thousand votes over a number of swing states, raise suspicions because of the odd circumstances, such as backpacks full of ballots being dumped into ballot boxes late at night.

"One circumstance that could have altered the result is that state and local election officials simply ignored, or changed, state laws regarding mail-in ballots for the election, even though the Constitution allows only state lawmakers to do that.

"Another [suspicious] circumstance that has yet to be full explored is the $350 million that Zuckerberg handed out to mostly leftist vote counters.

"Now, the Starnewsnetwork is explaining that Michigan lawmakers reportedly on planning hearings on that controversy.

"Earlier, the Michigan Star had documented that a group funded by Zuckerberg's millions in Michigan paid $11.8 million to two Democrat political consulting firms for "nonpartisan voter education." . . .

Man's bone-chilling demonstration casts doubt on the safety of hotel rooms: 'Another thing to be paranoid about'

 Man's bone-chilling demonstration casts doubt on the safety of hotel rooms: 'Another thing to be paranoid about' (yahoo.com)  Video at the link.

"If you aren’t already inspecting your hotel room or Airbnb before settling in, you might want to start. 

"Airbnb’s regulations require hosts to inform guests where any cameras are located, but if those hosts had sinister intentions from the start, breaking rules wouldn’t make much of a difference, as various cases have proven in the past. The same goes for many hotels.

"Airbnb’s regulations require hosts to inform guests where any cameras are located, but if those hosts had sinister intentions from the start, breaking rules wouldn’t make much of a difference, as various cases have proven in the past. The same goes for many hotels.

"Former hacker Marcus Hutchins (@malwaretech) shared a video with his TikTok followers in which he demonstrated how to use your own snooping skills to find hidden cameras in a rented room.

"He first recommended looking for devices “conveniently placed where a creeper would want to look,” then pointed out locations where people often move and sleep.

Indictment shows Durham is targeting Hillary’s Russia hoax

Investigative reporter John Solomon pointed out that Durham's indictment, filed Thursday, exposes a "second leg of Hillary Clinton's Russia-collusion dirty trick." 

Tony Branco

Indictment shows Durham is targeting Hillary's Russia hoax (wnd.com)  "The 27-page, detailed indictment of Hillary Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann shows special counsel John Durham is connecting dots in a much bigger scheme, according to a former federal prosecutor.

"Andrew C. McCarthy wrote in the National Review that Durham has a "long game and a short game going on" in an apparent effort to sort out the Clinton campaign's role in the origin of the now debunked Russia-collusion narrative that engulfed Donald Trump's presidency.

"McCarthy explained that Durham might have preferred to wait to indict Sussman, but he was facing a Sept. 19 deadline for the five-year statute of limitations for a federal false-statement crime.

"The former assistant U.S. attorney pointed out that a one-count, false-statement charge can be alleged in a mere paragraph. So the fact that Durham wrote a highly detailed account "tells us far more about his investigation.' ". . . 

. . . "Durham, McCarthy wrote, appears to be in the process of making a case for the following:

The Trump-Russia collusion narrative was essentially a fabrication of the Clinton campaign that was peddled to the FBI (among other government agencies) and to the media by agents of the Clinton campaign — particularly, its lawyers at Perkins Coie — who concealed the fact that they were quite intentionally working on the campaign’s behalf, and that they did not actually believe there was much, if anything, to the collusion narrative. It was serviceable as political dirt but would not amount to anything real for criminal or national-security purposes.. . . 

Durham investigation: President Trump can’t be indicted but Obama can be (Yeah, right)

"With every new revelation about the corrupt attempts to exonerate Hillary Clinton and frame Donald Trump emerges, the trail leads inexorably to Barack Obama’s inner circle."   

Argus Hamilton's Rogue Report has this thought:

• Hillary Clinton's campaign attorney Michael Sussman was indicted Thursday for lying to the FBI in 2016 about her rival Trump colluding with the Russians. It puts Hillary behind the entire Russian hoax. In his own defense, the indicted attorney heatedly denies committing suicide next week.

CAIR's 9/11 Tips to Teachers Whitewash Islamist Role in Attack

  Middle East Forum

They want children to connect 9/11 with white supremacy. Beto O'Rourke, this is in your wheelhouse. TD

"With a new generation of American adults born after 9/11, the simple reminder to "never forget" that dark day in human history remains as urgent as ever. Yet, unknown to most Americans, a campaign is underway that seeks to dramatically alter the way that children learn about 9/11, transforming the United States from victim to villain and rejecting any Islamist links to the massacre.

"Trafficking in this new, revisionist narrative is an ideological cousin of the jihadists who executed the 9/11 attacks. Though they may differ in strategy and tactics — and indeed may swear off violence altogether — Islamists who embrace some of the same anti-Western, supremacist beliefs as al-Qaida are pressuring educators to rethink how they teach 9/11 to young American students.

"The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a self-described civil advocacy group notorious for its origins as a Hamas affiliate, spent years denying Islamic links to the 9/11 attacks, strongly implying that Israeli Jews and other Western conspirators were responsible. Twenty years later, the same radical group is providing resource guides for educators, hoping to absolve Islamists of any responsibility for the attacks, while framing Muslims as the foremost victims of the tragedy.". . . 

CAIR asks teachers to emphasize to students that Muslims universally
 condemned 9/11. ABC News archival footage of Palestinians
 celebrating in the West Bank tells a different story.

..."In its "9/11 Anniversary Response Guide For Educators," CAIR's Ohio chapter implores teachers to avoid discussions on terrorism altogether. Instead, "exact words" such as "white supremacist" are preferred to describe the event."...

To which "young skulls full of mush" will willingly assent, shouting the unoriginal slogans they have been taught by more forceful minds than they possess. TD

Be afraid of Democrats; be very afraid

 The question is, who will stop them? I say keep an eye out for Reps. Gosar, Gohmert, Gaetz and Taylor Greene. They are stirring up mud lately in regard to January 6 detainees, and I don’t expect them to sit back and watch Democrats trade the Constitution for a crown.

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

Daily Dose of Downey: Democrats vs. the Constitution – PJ Media

Critical Race Theory Backers: 'Our Constitution Should Be Burned' – PJ Media

. . . "CRT adherents clearly and openly want to destroy (they use the word “dismantle”) our nation and way of life. They have not said openly what they intend to replace America with.

"If history is any guide, they intend to replace the Constitution with Marxism, and any notion of peaceful life with show trials, struggle sessions, social shunning and imprisonment of all dissenters, and eventually genocide. That may all sound extreme, but it’s no more extreme than casually calling to burn our Constitution, and it’s a logical and proven consequence when hatred based on collective guilt is openly preached and practiced as all three of the CRT practitioners do here and CRT proponents worldwide do as a matter of routine.

"As Rausch notes near the beginning of his video exposing the conversation, “critical race theory is being mainlined into schools, institutions, into corporations.' ”. . . 

Democrats know Constitution 'was violated' but 'don't care' (wnd.com)

All of those entities took actions that directly violated the law, the law that state legislatures enacted and thereby violated the Constitution."

Democrats Loathe Our Constitution | The American Spectator

"A few days ago, a student at a nearby college asked me to discuss with her the The question is, who will stop them? I say keep an eye out for Reps. Gosar, Gohmert, Gaetz and Taylor Greene. They are stirring up mud lately in regard to January 6 detainees, and I don’t expect them to sit back and watch Democrats trade the Constitution for a crown.differences between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. To facilitate the conversation, I wrote down a few thoughts on the subject, which I hereby offer... 

Daily Dose of Downey: Democrats vs. the Constitution – PJ Media  "New York’s pinko mayor, Komrade Warren Wilhelm Bill de Blasio, has decided that New Yorkers will now need a vaccine passport to enjoy the Big Apple’s restaurants, gyms and live shows. Commie scoundrel! Good news: No vax pass is needed to get yourself a subway slashing, and Asian people don’t need one to enjoy one of those popular “unprovoked beatings.”

"Does de Blasio have the right to do all that? Who cares! He is a Democrat, and Democrats don’t fuss over little things like the law. De Blasio had the stones to say we need to get vaccinated to avoid another lockdown. In other words, do what the government says or get punished. What if I say “no” to both? The truth is, I don’t go to NYC anyway. If I want to smell weed and urine, I’ll hang out with Hunter Biden."...

The question is, who will stop them? I say keep an eye out for Reps. Gosar, Gohmert, Gaetz and Taylor Greene. They are stirring up mud lately in regard to January 6 detainees, and I don’t expect them to sit back and watch Democrats trade the Constitution for a crown.

While the Rally for January 6 prisoners was a bust, it still mattered a lot

 American Thinker   "On Saturday, there was a rally in D.C. to bring attention to the plight of those people arrested on January 6 and still held in solitary confinement in D.C. jails. President Trump warned people in advance that the rally was a no-win situation and he was right. It was poorly attended and it seems that many of those who did appear—perhaps intending to act as provocateurs—were law enforcement agents trying to “blend in with the crowd.” Most importantly, though, this failed rally revealed that non-leftists in America are losing their First Amendment right to protest.

"During an interview on Thursday with The Federalist, Trump spelled out precisely why the planned rally was going to fail:

“On Saturday, that’s a setup,” Trump said, referring to the rally. “If people don’t show up they’ll say, ‘Oh, it’s a lack of spirit.’ And if people do show up they’ll be harassed.”

"He proved to have been right on both counts. The Daily Mail (which I usually go to first because it’s more honest than the American media), described the protest as “sparsely attended,” with perhaps 400-450 genuine protesters present. However, said the Daily Mail, the police were out in force:' ". . . 

Armed Person Detained at J6 Rally is Undercover Agent, Pulls Out Badge (VIDEO) (thegatewaypundit.com)  . . . "There were more police, reporters and undercover intelligence agents than protesters in Washington DC.

"The only armed person arrested on Saturday was an undercover agent.

"Reporter Ford Fischer caught the whole thing on video.  

Ford Fischer on Twitter: "Earlier at "Justice for J6" defendants rally: Police surround masked man reportedly armed with a firearm. He tells them where the gun is, and they pull out his badge. He's undercover law enforcement. Without disarming or handcuffing him, police extract him from the event. https://t.co/F1n4PeuXkt" / Twitter

• More: Police Detain Man for Having a Gun at J6 Rally in DC, but There's a Big Twist – RedState
• EXCLUSIVE: Trump Calls Sept. 18 Rally A 'Setup,' Says McConnell Should Be Fired (thefederalist.com)
• “Justice for J6” Entrapment Rally was a Bust (legalinsurrection.com)

ELIJAH SCHAFFER tweeted:

Pockets bulging with nothing in them The same digital watch (non apple) All black sunglasses Athletic builds Dude still wearing his dress socks Well groomed short faded haircuts Suspiciously watching someone record them in a group This is a piece of art

Can You Name a Worst Job Than Javelin Catcher? How About Any Biden Administration Spokesman?

 Diogenes' Middle Finger   "To go along with two horrendously bad Pentagon press briefings and another at the State Department, the White House joined in Monday afternoon with another shellacking at the hands of the press corps on Afghanistan.

"For this installment, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Press Secretary Jen Psaki took fire from all angles, ranging from Fox News to NPR. Led by Fox’s Peter Doocy and Real Clear Politics’ Philip Wegmann, Team Biden was grilled about whether Americans have been “stranded” by their own government, whether Americans outside Kabul will be rescued, and how can the U.S. take to heart anything that emanates from the Taliban.

"Sullivan first stepped to the plate and, after ducking introductory questions from CBS’s Nancy Cordes, CNN’s Phil Mattingly, and two others, NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe fired off a heater about “why didn't the administration prepare the American public” for the “rough” and “very chaotic scenes” inside Afghanistan if such images of death and heartbreak were inevitable, regardless of when the U.S. withdrew. 

"Fast-forward a few minutes to the one-two punch of Doocy and Wegmann, which featured the latter telling Sullivan that Biden “has criticized his predecessor,” “the Afghan army,” and “the Afghan government for all of their failures,” but not the Taliban. Sullivan responded to this humdinger by insisting Biden “has been very clear about his views of the Taliban” in not trusting them (even though they’ve said they need their help to get Americans and Afghan allies out of their clutches)."

[VIDEO] Jen Psaki Just Accidentally Blew Biden's Entire New "Afghanistan Narrative" at Today's Presser (waynedupree.com)

Team Biden is now trying to spin that they’re doing a historically amazing job of evacuating people from Afghanistan…of course, that’s not true, but they’re spinning their wheels like mad to try and make people believe it.

Joe Biden — The Definition of the Peter Principle

History doesn’t lie; his missteps and failures were predictable and are clear evidence of the Peter Principle at work. The question is, what does America do now?

The American Spectator

The Peter Principle warns of the dangers of advancing leaders to positions where they prove to be completely inept.  

"Incompetence personified defines our current leader of the free world. Back in 1969, Peter and Hull wrote what they thought was a half-serious little book, The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong, to poke fun at businesses which were promoting their leaders to levels of incompetence. The Peter Principle warns of the dangers of advancing leaders to positions where they prove to be completely inept. Little did they know, that not only did they nail an actual problem within all hierarchical organizations, but they also predicted its occurrence in politics. We now have the most significant and tragic example of the Peter Principle in modern political history — President Joe Biden.

"How has the Peter Principle tangibly played out in Joe Biden’s life? Well, let’s take a candid look at his track record and his personal acumen.

"In 1972, at the age of 29, after serving two years on the New Castle County Council, Mr. Biden was elected to the U.S Senate from the state of Delaware. He was re-elected to that same position six times. During this extended period of being a professional politician, he had very few noteworthy legislative accomplishments. During the duration of his senatorial career spanning 36 years, his ultimate and only true notoriety was being tagged as the “attack dog” of the Senate. Numerous flares in the night sky provided a warning that Biden had reached his career ceiling and that the Peter Principle had already occurred in his political occupation.

"During his senatorial post, he ran for president two times. He overwhelmingly failed at both. The first run in 1987 proved to be humiliating. It was confirmed that he had plagiarized speeches from four recent political figures. He also provided false information about his family background and his educational achievements. These profound examples of a lack of judgement and character resulted in his dropping out of the race. Twenty years later, Biden threw his hat in the ring again. This campaign, based on his self-proclaimed excellent foreign policy experience, resulted in abysmal showings in the caucuses and the polls. Biden dropped out of the race and emphatically stated that he would never run for president again. Democratic voters continued to see the Peter Principle at play as they voiced their consistent concern regarding Biden’s vision of becoming president.". . . 

Starlifter • a month ago:  And the ‘surrender monkey award’ goes to Joe Biden and his cabal.

Apologies to the French, once the Vichy allies of the Nazis. The French had Marshall Petain and America has the Democrats with Joe Biden. Video  TD