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Readers Speak Out! (January 2023)

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  2. The 4 years of the Trump administration increased the debt we have accrued over 240 years by 25%. That doesn’t seem possible, but it is. That’s what happens when you cut taxes to the rich and then have to face a global pandemic.

    Now don’t think that the Republicans haven’t given this a lot of thought. One of the ways they decided to punish themselves for their own irresponsibility is to refuse to raise the debt ceiling until the Democrats agree to cut Social Security and Medicare.

    Think about that for a minute.

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  3. So let me get this straight…

    One of the feds that spearheaded the Trump Russia Russia Russia hoax was just indicted on guess what….

    Russian collusion with kremlin/Putin linked individuals, you can’t make this stuff up.

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  4. Does everyone in the AV hate transgender men? Everywhere I go I feel like a less than human. Its rough out here, I wish I had just not gone through with the transition.

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    • There’s a lot of haters, but not everyone. The AV is unfortunately more tolerant towards haters than a lot of places so they get loud and run amok more than usual. Don’t let them get you down.

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          • Hi Tweedledumb, or are you Tweedledumber? The use of misspelling to break the rules, which will no doubt be followed by braying about censorship is a dead giveaway.

            Meanwhile, do you have sex with everyone you meet? Every bar needs someone like that on staff. Is that why your husband keeps you around?

          • My husband is much more honorable then your husband,

            your out here bout to meet with a transformer, lol.

            How would he feel about that,
            Huh Will, how does that make you feel.

        • I can verify that, irrespective of your political striping, you will find Tim to be good conversational company… as well as the other of our fellow posters here that have had the mucho macho huevos to show up for some face to face coffee klatch time. Much more enjoyable than these gladiator games style threads for any real discussion with real people.

          I encourage you in reaching out. I may be able to join an upcoming klatch, too – been rather busy on other political endeavors, of late.

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          • No Tweedledumber, the only one that seems to think meeting someone always means sex is you. No wonder you can’t get your husband to beat me up…if you are having sex with everyone you meet he probably has a long list of people he thinks are higher priority. What does he think of your relations with Tweedledumb?

  5. “When a clown moves into a palace he doesn’t become king,
    The palace becomes a circus” Turkish proverb #KevinMcCarthy.

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  6. My wife showed up at the front door wearing a sexy lingerie and holding a glass of champagne.

    She was coming home.

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    • Rodney Dangerfield,
      Oliver Twist,
      Alfred Hitchcock…
      What’s next? Porkys?

      Good god, tell us your age without ever telling us your age, lol.

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      • I’ve been dead for years and I’n still funny and you’re not ever. Never have been.

        Oh, don’t bother trying. With you, it’s hopeless.

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  9. If George Santos ran in this district instead of Mike Garcia, the same people would have voted for him.

    That’s how bad the Republican Party has gotten.

    Who is going to deny that?

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  10. Trump’s former Chief of Staff John Kelly wrote a book about him. In it he stated that Trump was “ignormant and impulsive” and said “I didn’t know they made people like that.”.

    Anyone here voted for Trump or is it too hard to admit?

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          • The lame one off screen name and pointless post suggests Tweedledumb or Tweedledumber, but I don’t think either of them cam count to fifty-five. Curious.

          • ANYWAY, I had one defendant come in and there he was with his attorneys and all and he really never said or did anything, and the entire experience was really just a formality to him. We went through years of delays, continuances, and motions, but in the end, the slow wheels of justice did in fact levy punishment upon the guilty defendant.
            Attorneys and DA’s all made out, all built reputations and careers upon those machinations. It was a huge push up, coasting taxpayers and the defendant $$$, but the result was as I expected all along.

            Then, I had another defendant who just sort of rolled over, copped a plea, said he was sorry and got his punishment, and – since it was a first offense – we suspended the sentence and issued probation.

      • The OED, M-W, and many other lexicon catalogues are adding images of the once president as illustrations for the words ignoramus, buffoon, liar, and grifter.

        It was a big deal at one time, but becoming normalized in our modern language.

        I will keep you informed of other developments as they arise.

        Regards,

        Marion

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  11. So the house Republicans reveal who they have been talking about all along…the first bill they bring to a vote and pass with (with no support from democrats) increases the deficit and defunds police.

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    • Drumpf didn’t say which swamp was going to be drained.

      We should support free speech, and hope that all the creatures in hiding are soon exposed.

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  12. Bolsonaro is now called “The Trump of the Tropics”.

    Funny now that Fox and the Republicans have sidelined Trump, he’s taking off in Brazil.

    When I heard of Trump and a “Brazilian”, I thought they were referring to Melania’s bikini line.

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  13. Biden: don’t believe your eyes, things don’t suck.

    The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

    -George Orwell 1984

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    • You mean like 1/6 was a “tour of the Capital” amd mpt a bog deal?

      Was that you and the Republicans?

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    • Doggone it.

      Just when I thought I’d figgered it out.

      Well, off to the savage reservation, to visit yet another dystopia.

      Have a great day

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      • LOL…it’s always hilarious when a post that’s obviously from Tweedledumb or Tweedledumber using some one of user name makes accusations about someone else using multiple usernames.

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        • No… Credit where credit is due: This one has a few more brain cells active, showing a little wit… The twins o’tribbing don’t have enough wit between them to even make a half-wit.

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          • Yeah, their post that I responded to got deleted. Winston Smith is clearly far beyond the scissor twins.

      • The lady doth protest too much

        May I explain myself?

        It is you who, whilst responding, is evidencing your ardor and consternation.

        Or odor and constipation.

        The queen has spoken.

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  14. It’s a good thing the riots in Brasillia that stormed the capital buildings protesting a stolen election didn’t happen on January 6.

    Therefore, there are absolutely no similarities between that and our very own 1/6/21 “peaceful tour through the Capital”.

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    • The United States defaulting on the debt (most of which is held by its own citizens which makes it the ultimate in ‘shooting yourself in the foot) touching off a worldwide economic cataclysm. That would be pretty exciting, eh?

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      • The non-stop rolling out of crises is analogous to Lucy and Ether in the candy factory.

        There is a conveyer belt rolling out politcal stunts, not all at once, mind you but one after another conveyer fashion.

        Sometimes the events start speeding up and the politicians and the news media and SNL have a hard time keeping up with the onslaught.

        Hilarity ensues. Or disaster.

        Apparently, God enjoys the show, or she’d do something about it.

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        • I spoke too soon. The next day, it was revealed that Biden had some classified documents in an office he had used as Vice President.

          Fox news went wild, wild I tell ya.

          Of course,they aren’t the same thing but that doesn’t matter to the Republicans.

          Monica = Watergate breakin = Iran/Contra = Trump on 1/6 = Teapot Dome

          Looks like they turned up the speed on the conveyer at the candy factory.

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          • “Of course,they aren’t the same thing but that doesn’t matter to the Republicans”

            Correct, and here are the differences…

            Trump: had declassification authority

            Biden: zero declassification authority

            Trump: one secure location (secret service)

            Biden: multiple unsecured locations

            Trump: national archives was aware

            Biden: national archives wasn’t aware

            It is lovely to see your own party actively trying to expel the corrupt POS though.

          • LOL…so let me get this straight.

            You are saying that Biden has found documents that no one, including the national archives, even knew were missing, which implies they were most likely ‘use and destroy’ copies to begin with that somehow slipped through the cracks in some staffer’s workload and didn’t get destroyed.
            You are also recognizing that the national archives had been trying for the better part of two years to get Trump to return documents that he had taken with no legal authority, ultimately having to have the FBI retrieve them by force.
            And your conclusion from this is that “Trump was doing better because the national archives knew he had them.”

            I have to ask, are you Tweedledumb or Tweedledumber? It is scary to think that any third person could take such a ridiculous position.

          • Here is an example of Tim trying to stuff as many words and thoughts into my mouth as possible. So he can shape his own retort/answer.

            When ever you get a ‘So your trying to say’ from Tim, beware.

            It’s his standard go to tactic.

            Speak for yourself, not others.

          • LOL…sorry Tweedle-whichever, but anyone seeing your nonsensical position differently than I presented it is welcome to point out how they differ. YOU, of course, will do nothing but double down on your own foolishness.

          • So I had this one defendant who exercised the #$*& out of the justice system. Hired attorneys who only sought to delay and continue the argument. After years of rabbling, and nary a word in court from the defendant himself, we was found guilty, charged and a sentence rendered.
            It made careers and $$$ for the defendant’s attorneys and for the DAs involved. Some thought it a circus.

            Then there was another defendant who admitted the error, made it known he was remorseful, and sought only swift conclusion. We gave him a suspended sentence and probation.

  16. “Jesus was a radical nonviolent revolutionary who hung around with lepers hookers and crooks; wasn’t American and never spoke English; was anti-wealth, anti-death penalty, anti-public prayer (M 6:5); was never anti-gay, never mentioned abortion or birth control, never called the poor lazy, never justified torture, never fought for tax cuts for the wealthiest Nazarenes, never asked a leper for a co-pay; and was a long-haired, brown-skinned, homeless, community-organizing, anti-slut-shaming, Middle Eastern Jew.” – John Fugelsang

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    • EVIL SAYERS AND DOERS LIKE THIS SEEK ONLY TO DESTROY GOODNESS…

      BY DESTROYING OUR LOVING SAVIOR…

      THE ACTUAL SON OF GOD…

      WITH THEIR DEEPLY CHERISHED RATIONALIZATIONS FOR THEIR EMPTY, HARMFUL AND EVIL LIVES…

      ***

      ENJOY YOUR REWARD FOR ALL ETERNITY IN SATAN’S LAKE OF FIRE…

      LOSER…

      ***

      FOUL DAMNED CREATURE THAT YOUR POST HAS SHOWN YOU TO BE…

      WHO THEN WILL SAVE YOU IN YOUR SINS..?

      ***

      JOHN FUGELSANG IS A FAILED COMEDIAN…

      ***

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      • um, what you are ALLCAP ranting about is far from what the guy I know would be saying.

        you better check with your pastor, preacher, priest, or monsignor, because you are far off the path.

        Jesus still loves you, though, as do I.

        As he said, “…forgive them, for they know not what they do”.

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        • I DID CHECK…

          WITH A SEMINARY GRADUATE AND ORDAINED PRIEST…

          SOMEONE WHO HAS STUDIED THE BIBLE AND THE LIVE OF THE SAVIOR ALL THEIR LIFE…

          AND TRIED THEIR BEST TO BE A FAITHFUL FOLLOWER…

          ***

          I ASKED MYSELF…

          ***

          AND YOU..?

          ***

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          • Well, ace.

            What did he tell you?

            Did you show him the Fugelsang quote and your reply?

            I doubt it. You told him your “version” of events and we know how that works.

            One of the features of current Christians is HYPOCRISY and you are an example.

            Anyway, your reply is why the Christian brand is in decline like the Trump brand. Decades and more of the hypocrisy and lying by Christians has ruined the brand.

            Church attendance is down and that’s good. Too much tax-exempt money funneled into politics in the name of religion.

          • Just so you know this, ace.

            “In a 1797 treaty with Tripoli, in fact, the United States specifically pronounced that it was not a Christian nation, so that religion would not present a barrier in American-North African relations.”

            If you think otherwise as some misguided Christians are now doing, you are way, way incorrect.

            You are a sinner but calling others sinners is a non-starter and is why your Christian brand is in decline.

            Of course, your posts could simply be sarcasm and that’s fine. They work for that.

      • ace (you don’t derserve any caps)

        You are exactly what Fugelsang was addressing.

        He was holding a mirror up to your hypocritical mug.

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      • I welcomed Him into my heart.
        I merely took his message of love and deliver it to all his children, without judgement.
        His father will be the only judge, not I – nor you.
        He died for you, while forgiving those who persecuted him.
        He forgives you.
        Where in that example is your ALLCAP rant against the Random Thought perspective gaining any credence?
        Christ actually did all those acts of charity. It’s all from the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.

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        • What would be the best outcome is for Chirst to return in exchangee for the Rapture taking away all the so-called Christians.

          It’s a win/win.

          Face it. If the current American Christians were around when Christ returnes they would crucify him again. That’s how they roll.

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        • As it is written, so shall it be.
          We all will eventually be united with Him.
          Even His judgement will be compassionate and hopeful.
          Not one of His children will suffer more than their hearts can bear.
          There is no vengeance in the true savior’s heart. Only love.

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        • One thing is certain. If Jesus came and saw Rex’s so called Christian Community he would weep and kick over a few tables. There is nothing Christian in constantly scapegoating the homeless, nepotism, insider deals, destroying lives, and hypocricy.

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    • All strictly correct, and so much more, too! All this, yet takes absolutely nothing away from Jesus. His message was such that nothing could diminish it.

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      • Exactly Grest message bastardized by Christians over millennia.

        They have dimished it. The loudest Chrisitans, see ace, rarely mention the message.

        In a way, they use Jesus Christ as a weapon. Or, rather their faith in Jesus Christ.

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  17. In closing tonight, McCarthy said, “I never give up.”.

    Oh, he gave up a lot the last few days. How do you think he won those final votes.

    Republican thinking.

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    • He did have a moment of honesty though. He said he was representing the people of the central valley of California. At least after promising away the economy of the Antelope Valley he didn’t claim that he “did it for us.”

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      • While I think airplanes are cool, I’d take the private industry in the Central Valley over Aerospace in the AV.

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        • “Take” in what way? The “private industry” in the central valley is agriculture and the rawest of raw material production in the energy sector. The ONLY good job in agriculture is owning the farm. The ONLY good job in oil drilling is owning the well. Like it or hate it, defense is the last bastion of American manufacturing jobs, and the people who are always yammering about how manufacturing jobs are the greatest don’t have all that many places to look other than here.

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  18. It’s interesting that in his desperate bid to become speaker of the house one of the things Kevin McCarthy horsetraded away was a commitment to stand for a reduction in defense spending that would throw the Antelope Valley portion of his district into a catastrophic localized recession. Despite this trade off, he is backed by Mike Garcia, the other ‘representative of the Antelope Valley’s interests.’

    There was a time when the AV electorate was 90% republican, even though probably half of them where ‘hold your nose’ republicans. A hold your nose republican was someone who voted faithfully for Buck McKeon not because the GOP’s ‘southern strategy’ of openly playing to racists (which was just plain gross), but because McKeon was on the house defense appropriations committee and would trade a vote for anything anyone in congress wanted to do if they would support a project that dumped money into the AV like it was being printed in Gorman and released onto the wind.

    Now we have these two clowns out to destroy our economy for…I dunno even what they are trying to get for it. And they are supported by local voters because…well, I honestly can’t explain that either.

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  19. The house republicans appear to be healing their “great divide.” The question of how great the divide really is comes cleared on the twelfth vote for speaker. The leader of the resistance, an election denier who supported the attempt, two years ago today, to overturn the election and appoint Donald Trump president, who yesterday nominated Donald Trump to be speaker of the house, lost a lot of his supporters to the “establishment Republican” who is also an election denier who supported that attempt to abandon our constitutional republic, who had his name put into nomination by an election denier that supported the attempt to overthrow the government but shamelessly included in his nomination remarks a ‘salute’ to those who helped prevent his own efforts from succeeding on that day.

    United in their insurrectionist scumbaggery, the GOP carries on.

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    • “The leader of the resistance, an election denier who supported the attempt“

      Yet the democrats are throwing all of their votes at a known election denier in Jeffries.

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      • Just because you are trying to re-define “election denier” doesn’t make Jefferies one, and the attempt makes you look ridiculous. But if it makes you feel better, go with the “supported the attempt, two years ago today, to overturn the election and appoint Donald Trump president” part. We all know that Jefferies didn’t do that, even ridiculous republican’ts like yourself.

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        • Here are 13 times Jeffries denied election results.

          Jeffries said, “there is a cloud of illegitimacy around the election of Donald Trump

          “because of the “fake news industry.”
          Jeffries said the “legitimacy” of the 2016 presidential election was “in doubt.”

          Jeffries claimed there is “a cloud of illegitimacy…hanging over” the Trump White House.

          Jeffries tweeted “the more we learn about 2016 election the more ILLEGITIMATE it becomes.”

          Jeffries said “there is clearly a cloud of illegitimacy hanging over 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue that’s growing bigger by the day.”

          Jeffries claimed Republicans “cheat[ed]” in the 2016 presidential election.

          Jeffries suggested multiple congressional seats were “stolen by rogue Republican operatives.”

          Jeffries suggested Trump was an “illegitimate president” or a “Russian asset.”

          Jeffries claimed Russia “artificially” put Trump in the White House.

          Jeffries said there was a “cloud of illegitimacy that continues to hang over” the Trump presidency.

          Jeffries tweeted “the cloud of illegitimacy hanging over 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. grows stronger by the day.”

          Jeffries accused Republicans of “trying to steal the [2020] election.”

          Jeffries said “history will never accept” Trump “as a legitimate President.”

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          • Jeffries pointed out that a foreign power interfered with the election. That was true.
            Jeffries pointed out that the Trump campaign coordinated with that foreign power after hiring an agent of that power as campaign manager. That was also true.

            Jeffries did NOT claim that “the vote count was fraudulent.” Trump did, McCarthy did, Garcia did.

            Those are just plain facts.

          • If you have evidence to contradict those facts, bring it. Otherwise shove your sarcasm where so many men have gone before.

          • LOL…keep whining. It is so much more entertaining than your usual repetitious postings where you try to use misspelling to squeak past the rules that you clearly know exist.

            Once again, it doesn’t take anyone “crying” when you constantly break the site rules…you are the one getting your posts removed, not me or anyone else.

          • What facts are you talking about.

            You claim somebody as an election denier, I show you proof of democrats denying past elections….

            End of story.

          • Ehhh, whatever it was up long enough to get the intended laughs a lot of folk come here for.

            The beatings will continue until moral improves, lol. We ain’t going nowhere.

            Tim’s a waste of time anyways, he accuses folks of denying elections, you show him repeated proof of his side denying elections. And he still doubles down believing his own lies, it’s truly pathetic.

            Folks, if they are accusing you of doing something it’s cause they are actively doing themselves. Similar to the news just breaking that Joe Biden improperly stored top-secret classified documents while VP.

            Didn’t they just create a special council to investigate that same issue with trump….

            It never ends folks.

          • This is Beecee’s brain >>>>>> 0

            This is Beecee’s brain on the AV Times >>>>>> _

            Don’t worry about it. The frying pan is alright. It’s non-stick.

          • Tweedledumber and “proof”:

            “Look, this guy pointed to actual interference in an election by a foreign power. That’s EXACTLY the same as saying there was “fraud in the count” when there is not any evidence of any such fraud in the count.”

            “Look, this guy said we should take action to make sure future elections aren’t interfered with in the same way. That’s EXACTLY the same as trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a completed election.”

            What a ditz.

          • LOLOLOL…talks about Washington Post, provides link to one of her favorite bloggers. What a lying sack of excrement.

          • The idiots still hung up on the Russia, Russia, Russia conspiracy are the dredges of our liberal population.

          • Hey look,
            We understand,
            We’d be mad right now too if we were wack democrats like you.

            This current news cycle is sure to make you take a walk around the block a few times,

            And you need it.

          • LOL…do you think people don’t notice that the sky is falling only on Republicans? Look right here in the comments section…constant stream of “don’t believe Biden, things are just all terrible” from…well, probably from you actually. I go out and see businesses thriving just about everywhere…except on my explorations of 50th West. Over there, crickets. Apparently all the Qultists have convinced each other they can’t afford to shop. Congratulations.

          • LOL…successful part of WHAT town? It’s a county island, just like Desert View Highlands, for the same reasons. It would cost too much to bring the run down infrastructure up to standards. Ratty old buildings make for low rents, but they are hardly a sign of “success.”

  20. Our very own Mike Garcia just nominated Kevin McCarthy for Speaker.

    When he was done, McCarthy popped a treat into his mouth and then he sat down. McCarthy was heard to say, “Who’s a good boy?”

    He certainly is. That’s what makes a good token.

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  21. For any babies born on New Year’s Day 2023, they’ve spent most of their lives waiting for the House Republicans to elect a Speaker.

    For the boy babies, crccisns were less painful than watching Kevin McCarthy see his sorry life flashing before his eyes.

    If the tables were turned, the little boys would only have a few days’ worth flashing by while Kevin would be at the mercy of mohel Lauren Boebert.

    Don’t mess with Republican women. Look at what they’ve done to their men who fall on their knees for their idol Donald Trump. He’s got to be the worst possible person on earth to worship but they do.

    While Boebert would do a little snipping, the rest of the Republican women have already hacked off the jewels.

    No kidding.

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    • Once in a bantering sesh with a vapid Republi-can’t we mused about MTG.

      He said ” I wouldn’t that horsefaced wench with your .

      Women? Hardly.

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  22. Today I was elected as speaker of the house by a huge margin. The biggliest margin ever. I have a very busy schedule though and declined the office.

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  23. Do Trump got nominated to be speaker of the house and lost the ensuing vote 433 to one. In before his screams of “rigged election” start.

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  25. Republicans have shown themselves to have no ethics, morals or integrity. Without integrity, things just don’t work as designed.

    That’s why they are having such a hard time of it electing a Speaker of the House.

    No integrity. No workability.

    Whatever faults the Democrats have, they know how to make the system work the past couple years with obstruction by the GOP. The Republicans can’t govern. Why that isn’t more obvious is part of the problem.

    Rep. Kakeem Jeffires has “won” the counts 8 times in a row with 212 votes. In a rational universe, the Republicans should give it up and elect him with 6 Republican votes.

    Oh, they might finally elect someone, anyone to get it done. But the unworkability of the Republican Party will be a prominant feature the next 2 years.

    You can quote me.

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  26. Watched me some Hannity interviewing Lauren Boebert and trying to get a word in. Then, he had on Trey Gowdy to commiserate with him regarding Boebert and the 20 Never Kevins in the House.

    Gowdy was outraged that 15% of the party is trying to run the show.

    Now these fools know what it’s like for the Democrats having to deal with Republicans. As for running the show, A number of presidential elections were won with the winner losing the popular vote.

    It’s so interesting how lacking in self-awareness these guys are. They’re not quite adults yet.

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    • Well, with a congressional approval of 15-20%

      Maybe that’s cause 80-85% of the members aren’t doing work on behalf of their constituents, only for the lobbyist and special interests groups.

      Businesses as usual/status quo
      is obviously not as popular as you think.

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      • LOL…you are supporting the members of congress who are pushing for there to be no work done at all. The “let’s be done with the pretenses and appoint Trump king and commence the executions” crowd is not doing work for anyone, least of all you.

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        • Their intentions aren’t to not get work done. Their intentions are to represent the folks that elected them. 80% of Americans seem to want just that.

          And it’s quite sad that only 10% of the Republican house members are willing to do so, and to no surprise zero democrats.

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          • LOL…there is NO ONE being represented other than anarchists. These goobers ‘represent’ the same movement that primaried up candidates all over the board who LOST despite republicans winning the turnout battle. If it were not for them and people like them the GOP would have a commanding majority in the house and would likely have flipped the senate.

            America DOES NOT want this dysfunction. That’s what the last election showed.

  27. Happy New Year. As we enter 2023, we still have Corruptus Magnum running or ruining? the show in Lancaster. Many questions persist. Why is Lancaster so desperate for Palmdale taxpayer money?

    Check out the State of California’s Local Government High Risk page.
    (Link: https://www.auditor.ca.gov/bsa/cities_risk_all )

    Lancaster was 229th out of 471 cities, with the higher the score, the better the fiscal condition. Two areas came up problematic for Lancaster: Pension Funding and OPEB (Other Post-Employment Benefits) Funding. Both were high risk. As a comparison, Palmdale came in at 405 out of 471, with no areas of high risk.

    Is this why Palmdale taxpayers are having $7.6 million dollars sent to Lancaster?

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    • Short answer: yes. With the real problem being that the money being siphoned to Lancaster is not actually even going to address the city’s financial problems, it is mostly just going to the same looters that caused the problem in the first place.

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      • Huffbower helped open the money flow to Lancaster. Then they dumped him like a sack of trash and the money still is going to Rex’s administration. Loa and Bishop need to go and if the new council doesn’t stop this madness, they need to go too.

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      • Lancaster will always feel we should write them a check to help pay for their stupid self-serving ventures and with Hufblower they found their sellout to give them 3 votes. Bishop is already totally owed by Marvin and Rex and then there is Loa who has always been eager to please those same bully’s. they are stealing 7.6 million and getting away with it.

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        • Speaking of Lancaster, did you know the city council voted to disband code enforcement at the December 13th council meeting. Its CC23 on the city council agenda on the city website.

          They’re doing some kind of social experiment.

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          • Lancaster has never put community based policing as a priority. Having the highest crime rate in North Los Angeles makes them the anti-public safety way to do things but I exspect in typical Lancaster fashion to go the cheap route to higher crime rate and a unsafe city for the people that elect them.

    • Just saw an interview with Chris Pronger, who collapsed in a very similar way in an NHL game after taking a slap shot to the chest that caused what was diagnosed as commotio cordis. While the situations aren’t exactly the same, and there hasn’t been any public statements on a diagnosis for Damar Hamlin, there may be some comfort in knowing that Pronger fully recovered and played another ten years plus in the NHL.

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    • In case anyone is under a rock and the AVTimes is your only source of information; medical team just held a press conference and #3 is awake and aware and communicating, shows no indications of damage to brain functions or spinal cord function. Next step is to improve breathing and get him off the tube. Basically, it was the best report that you could get for a guy who has been in ICU for two days after their heart stopped and had to be restarted.

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      • About 2 days late on your first post, and 3 hours late on your last post.

        What a crap attitude thinking nobody knows anything but yourself, get bent jerk.

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        • I watched the press conference live, so your “three hours late” is a flat out lie. As to my first post, Chris Pronger got hit with that puck in 1998, so technically that ‘news’ was 24 years “late.” It was intended to provide hope, and you apparently disapprove of that intention…which qualifies you for a fond ‘fornicate off.’

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          • Woweee. Lauren Burr’s comments sound like the writing of Beecee.

            “…crap attitude…”

            “…get bent jerk…”

            Sick minds think alike.

      • Lol,

        If AV Times was your only source of news, you would think the sheriffs are out to get you and your gonna die from COVID tomorrow.

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      • LOL…that was an acknowledgement that a whole lot of people probably also saw the same press conference, or at least heard about it since it was on every major news source. That’s actually the exact opposite of arrogance. Get over your hate, it’s burning out your brain cells.

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  29. Well day one of the Republican house majority circus and comedy review lived up to the hype. I have to question Kevin McCarthy…look at John Boehner, look at Paul Ryan, look at the circus today; why in the world would you WANT to be speaker of the house? In the history of the congress this is going to be the most renowned failure ever, and as speaker your name goes down in history with it.

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    • It’s not fair, not fair I tell ya.

      Y’see, I wanted to be Speaker real bad. Real bad*. Trump taught me that “wanting” is what’s it’a all about.

      wanting
      [ˈwän(t)iNG]
      ADJECTIVE
      lacking in a certain required or necessary quality:

      Well, that defines the Republican Party better than any other word in the English language.

      * McCarthy would have been a “real bad” Speaker no doubt.

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    • Yeah, as speaker you become the leader of the corrupt crime syndicate also known as the United States federal government…doesn’t sound like an appealing job.

      It to no surprise that a handful of brave souls would vote against the same ol’ business as usual.

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      • Too bad there aren’t at least 6 (that’s all he’d need) sane, moderate House Republicans who just won in tight races that could vote for Rep. Hakeen Jeffries to win 218 votes.

        It would neutralze the crazies like Taylor Greene and allow the moderate wing of the party to get some things done at least and forego the investigations unless appropriate.

        That could start the rehab of the Republican Party but so far, except for Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, there’s been no one with the courage to do that.

        Anyone else will simply have a difficult time and it won’t be good.

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      • It cracks me up when people make comments about “bring down the federal government” while their lifestyle is totally dependent on the federal government.

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          • No, I don’t mean anything of the kind, because your statement is stupid.

            This is the Antelope Valley. If you live and work here this is a fact:

            Nine out of every ten dollars you spend, no matter how many hands they passed through in between, those dollars arrived here in a government check.

          • “Nine out of every ten dollars you spend, no matter how many hands they passed through in between, those dollars arrived here in a government check”

            Thanks for pointing g out the actual problem.

          • Admittedly, but that has nothing to do with the substance here. If you don’t like living on that ‘war machine’ money pack your bags and GTFO.

    • Well…
      in case you haven’t noticed, the Repugnicans utilize a bug/feature of news that centers upon outrage and controversy.
      ANYthing to stay relevant.

      Desperation

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      • Close. The bug is that there exists a sphere of “news” where they actually don’t have to be relevant. Emp Tee Green isn’t relevant. She’s a junior member of a congressional delegation and sits on ZERO committees. No one in congress is saying “gosh to move this legislation forward what we really need is to get Emp Tee Green on board.” Total irrelevance, but in the “news” world represented by appearing on Hannity or Clownerson, being invited onto podcasts by convicted criminal Steve Bannon, having bloggers write glowing reviews on Tweedledumb’s Treehouse Blog, the outrage factor is all that matters.

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      • still, MSM plays into the ruse.
        MSM reports the outrageous behavior, playing into the hands of the ourtragers.
        its a mistake.
        if only the MSM effectively would press the ‘ignore’ button, the whackomedia cult and news ecosystem would become the isolated fantasyland it truly is.
        they would lose relevance gained by mere attention and go back to the supermarket news racks by the checkout stand they al originally spawned from…you know, the tabloids where Cher had an alien baby and a baby eating death cult was lurking somewhere.

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  31. Some republican says that their inability to choose a house speaker is a “democrat plot to make them look like they can’t govern.” The reality is that no one is trying to make them look like it, they just actually can’t govern, and the reason they can’t is because a chunk of them don’t want to.

    The GOP includes a large faction that represent petulant children. They are committed to “if we can’t have everything our way then the government may as well not exist.” There is NO question that spineless Kevin McCarthy will give anyone everything they want to get their vote so he can be speaker, but they will demand things that he cannot actually give them because, no, he has no way to make the senate and the white house bow to the whims of a fifty member extremist group in the congress. Since they cannot get absolute power they will just throw a tantrum instead.

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    • “Well…
      in case you haven’t noticed, the Repugnicans utilize a bug/feature of news that centers upon outrage and controversy.
      ANYthing to stay relevant.

      Desperation”

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  32. Does anyone think it is a coincidence that as a first order of business the incoming house republican majority plans to destroy the investigative ability of the office of congressional ethics? This couldn’t have anything to do with Kevin McCarthy and other prominent congressional republicans having just been referred to that panel for investigation, do you think?

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