Largely, because most of what MAGA says is pure, unadulterated bunk, made up by some talking head to attract viewers, I dismiss pretty much everything MAGA says, pretty much all the time. They have absolutely NO credibility with me, whatsoever. But you know the saying, ‘Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.’ Every once in awhile, the cons bitch about something that we should all pay attention to because they’re right. I mean, even then, they don’t quite get to the meat of the matter because they always always, always excuse behavior on the right they condemn on the left. But at least they’re close.
They’ve got a good one going now and they’re right. There’s just no other way to put it, they’re right. The part they get right? Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, sold $500,000 worth of Visa stock – literally months before a DOJ investigation was launched against Visa on antitrust charges. Coincidence? Maybe. I can’t prove otherwise. But tell the truth, when you see that the one-time speaker of the House made up to a million dollars on a stock sale just before the stock dropped because of legal woes the one time Speaker very likely knew about in advance, you DO say, “hmm,” right?
It got worse. When people asked about it, we were treated to weasel words by one of her spokespeople, “Speaker Pelosi does not own any stocks, and she has no prior knowledge or subsequent involvement in any transactions.” Right. It’s all Paul. They never talk about what goes on in Congress. He has no insider information and she doesn’t own stocks. That doesn’t pass the smell test and it really stinks.
The part MAGA misses, of course, is that insider trading is legal for Congress critters – unlike the rest of us – and they ALL do it, party notwithstanding. This isn’t a Pelosi problem, it’s a Congress problem.
Their story? Oh, we have to make laws and regulations about these companies and we have to manage our portfolios so how could we NOT use insider information? But trust us, we won’t – because we said so. And who can you trust more than a politician?
The true story? In my lifetime, it was common practice for Congress critters to put their portfolios into blind trusts, managed by people outside of their sphere who had no idea about pending legislation. Pols could work without regard to their portfolio position because they didn’t KNOW their portfolio position and the investments could happen cleanly because the people managing the funds were not privy to the insider news. See? It CAN be done. It just won’t be because who is going to walk away from all that beautiful, easy-to-get money?
But I’ll tell you this: it’s a practice that very definitely should be stopped, for Pelosi and everybody else…
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“Remember, there’s a hat that’s made that sells like crazy… Oh, there’s a fly, oh. I wonder where the fly came from? See, two years ago, I wouldn’t have had a fly up here. You’re changing rapidly. But we can’t take it any longer…” – Donald J. Trump
No word on who or what was “changing rapidly.” Apparently, he never finished the hat story. The fly distracted him and he was lost. A fly.
And MAGA just sees a genius who can do anything…
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Weird little JD Vance goes into a super market in a campaign event. He wanted to decry the cost of groceries like Harris and Biden are sitting in the Oval Office setting prices and not the corporate C teams in their various suites. He picked up some eggs and bitched about a dozen eggs costing $4.00. Yeah, that would suck.
It’s just my opinion, mind you, but I think he should have had his advance team take down the sign right behind him that showed a dozen eggs selling for $2.99. They ALSO might have pointed out to him that he was holding a flat of eggs (30), not a dozen (12). If the guy can’t tell the difference between twelve and thirty, the accounting of this once-great nation is in deep trouble. Then again, maybe THAT’S why these guys think everything is bad. They take any issue and randomly more than double the size.
So, his advance team sets up a speaking engagement in a restaurant in Pennsylvania. The place has plenty of patrons who came to hear JD speak. When JD showed up, one of the workers told them no cameras were allowed and they didn’t want a campaign event in their restaurant. So JD had to schmooze that crowd outside, in the parking lot. It has shades of Rudy setting up a presser at a landscaping company. You know, the one right next door to the porn shop. JD’s advance team needs a bit of a revamp, I’d say…
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Okay, before I go, big props to Bob Van Dillen this morning. I know, “Who?” Bob. Van Dillen. He’s a weather guy on a local Fox affiliate and he was doing a report, as they do for some reason, outside in the rain. He heard a woman calling for help. His team called 9-1-1 and tried to get back to their broadcast but she was scared, in danger, and still screaming. So? He cut off his report – and went and saved her. It was the right thing to do and he did it…
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Well, the Niners are off to a start. It’s a bad start, but it’s a start. They’re losing players to injury at a precipitous rate. It’s a rough time to be a Niner fan. I know, I know. Three games in is a little early to be raising the white flag, and I’m not. It’s just that this team has been together for awhile and consists of players who have been in the league for awhile and it’s starting to look like age is becoming a factor we fans had hoped wouldn’t start until next season.
At 1-2, the Niners are in dead last in their division. It sounds a bit worse than it is, since most teams in the NFC West are 1-2 as of this morning, but they really need a victory today…
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