PLANET HOUSEKEEPING SHALL KEEP US DARK … plus … DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES, BUT LAWN SIGNS DO VOTE
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 2023) — THE PLANET opens today with important housekeeping news.
THE WEEKEND EDITION, which normally posts late Thursday night, shall be published earlier, in the late morning or early afternoon. The following week, we shall be on our shutdown. Like the old GE July shutdown, it shall be for two weeks. Consequently, there will be no PLANET for the weeks of Aug. 7 and 14.
The break will accomplish two important tasks. For us, downtime and respite from this board. We shall be far away, in a remote location, de-stressing (not distressing) while typing away at a pressing book deadline.
For THE PLANET itself, our technies shall be doing work backstage, mainly installing new technical parameters and platforms that will enable us to keep up with the blinding speed of all things internet, mostly for security and speed issues. Your experience with this board must be kept up to date with the technical blitz that bombs us in every waking moment.
We plow back our profits into this public service. It’s called putting your money with your mouth is, the opposite of what politicians do in Picklefield. They put your money where their pockets are. Speaking of politicians …
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… let’s look at a different aspect of Picklefield’s Campaign ’23, where municipal offices will be on the ballot, headlined, of course, by the mayor’s race.
Before getting to that, we’ll let you know that THE PLANET is in the middle of the arrangements — a debate — that will culminate on Friday, Sept. 15, prior to the Tuesday, Sept. 19 preliminary election. On that Tuesday, the ballot will be finalized. Of Peter Marchetti, John Krol, and Karen Kalinowsky, two will move on to November and one will stay back to “Nice try. Come again some other time. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”
Now for that something different.
Do you ever think about a campaign’s promotional materials? We speak of the necessary detritus that comprise the sad adjuncts of making a serious bid for public office: signs, cards, stickers, brochures, and so forth. What colors do they choose? What words and slogans? What pictures? What does it all mean?(don’t tell anyone, but THE PLANET secretly yearns for someone to bring back imprinted emory boards. Hey, they worked forever for Peter Arlos).
And before we hear the cliche, “Lawn signs don’t vote,” stuff it. No, they don’t vote, but according to most all the reliable research, they DO influence the vote. In a close election, things like lawn signs, palm cards, and the rest of to can tip the scales. As for candidates who have none of this? Forget them. They’re punching above their weight class.
With that in mind, we present examples of each current handouts from the Marchetti and Krol campaigns. As best as we can determine, Kalinowsky has printed up or sent out anything. If that’s not the case, we shall be glad to be corrected. [NOTE: The second Krol flyer wouldn’t not upload due to formatting issues].
We submit the items without comment, leaving our readers to decipher and parse these mini-billboards. What do they say to you? Consider the words, colors, layout and design, photos — anything that you think provides information. Who has the better presentation?
“I once saw a lawn sign vote; it was for a write-in candidate!” — Sir Donald Turpentine, Knight of the Bath.
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
LOVE TO ALL.
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Krol’s card doesn’t make any BS promises. You look at Marchetti’s card and wonder why he didn’t accomplish any of the stuff listed in his 16 years on the city council. Kalinowsky was late to the dance so my guess is that she’s having something printed.
Regardless of what krol and marchetti say or don’t say they had their chance to help the city’s tax and ratepayers and both are responsible for the dire situation we have here in Pittsfield. They are both failed and incompetent buffoons looking to get on the pension gravy train which would net them over 100k for the rest of their lives on the taxpayers dime. The mayoral candidates have nothing to offer the good people of pittsfield and this is the weakest field ever put together for a municipal election. What can we do about this situation? We could try to recruit several good individuals to run as write in candidates. This might be the only opportunity we have to insure we do not end up with a incompetent failed past or present politician. Any of the present candidates would be a death knell for Pittsfield residents.i withdrew from the mayoral race because I knew I could not beat the gobsig network. I am running against one of the worst councilors ever seated to the CC but this competitor is heavily associated with the gobsig network also so it will remain to be seen how this plays out in the election. In conclusion perhaps we should hope a good write in candidate surfaces and support this candidate heavily and bullet vote this write in candidate for mayor with the hope of saving our city. I know that a write in candidate would be difficult to accomplish but with no other choice available to us we must do our best to try to save our city by giving it our all. Please planet posters give your response to my post and if you have another idea please post it so that we may be able to discuss it. These are desperate times for Pittsfield which require desperate actions by the people
Of pittsfield. Give you opinions. Thanks Craig
Why didn’t you gather signatures to get on the ballot for Ward 6?
Write-ins are not a plan for success.
No effort, no win.
And Dan even gave you an interview….
As I said before, all bluster.
You shall eat those words, Mr. Fritz
According to the Eagle, his signatures have not been verified. Are they wrong?
Is the Eagle likely to be correct?
The Left Winged Parrot?
I signed his papers last week and spoke with him. He said he had more than enough signatures. Just because the local fake news media is slow to report stuff doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. I’ll be hosting a meet and greet for him at my home on lilybrook .
I hope I am wrong.
Valid points here. The Tyer/Marchetti years have not been good for Pittsfield.
Peter Marchetti ran for Mayor in 2011, but he lost to Dan Bianchi. 12 years later, Peter Marchetti is running his second mayoral campaign. He has a lot of valuable financial knowledge, but he will have to always fight the state for adequate local aid and public education funding that is otherwise always underfunded, especially in Western Massachusetts. He has a solid base of supporters. My late maternal grandmother’s (1909 – 2008) maiden name is Marchetti, and Peter Marchetti is her nephew or great-nephew.
John Krol is running for Mayor to make his comeback in Pittsfield politics. His promise to be accessible is rare in state and local politics. He promises to be an activist in the city to make good things happen in Pittsfield. Some of his campaign promises sound similar to Jimmy Ruberto’s campaign promises from 20 years ago, but the “Ruberto Renaissance” ended up failing after a few short years of success and a lot of “Kapanski Ka$h” spent on the downtown arts and cultural venues.
Karen Kalinowsky is running as Mayor Linda Tyer’s biggest critic. Karen promises to be a would-be mayor who would budget by necessity, but it would be her own public pay plus perks that would win. She currently collects a city pension as a retired Pittsfield Police Officer. Her would-be $115,725 per year mayoral salary would be on top of her city pension. Her would-be future city pension would double. That does NOT sound like budgeting by necessity to me. It sounds a lot more like double dipping!
Another Mellefesto
JM you really need to stop say KK is looking to “double dip.” She, like the majority of us, are tired of watching SIGs, race baiters, and race grifters, benefit financially under the Flat Tyer administration, while the rest of us are left at the altar.
Regardless of anyone’s opinion on her policing skills, she still gave 30 years of her life to the City of Picklefield.
Did you even last 30 months in the US Army?
He was in Sgt Pepper’s lonely hearts club band
‘Double dipping’ doesn’t even mean what he thinks it means. It refers to someone taking on a no show type of job with the state to double up the pension their real one. Or, getting a fake job with the state at an inflated pay rate to jack up one’s pension payout (without having paid in.) Corruption.
I’m pretty certain that Kalinowsky won’t be working two jobs as Mayor.
JM:
Marchetti is running his second mayoral campaign. He has a lot of valuable financial
knowledge,
To bad with all his supposed valuable financial knowledge he didn’t use it for taxpayers to get any meaningful relief.
I think that says an awful lot about him huh? Does his bank hold any of the city debt and if so, how much and are they getting a decent interest rate?
No offense to bankers, sincerely, but they are not generally regarded in the financial world as ‘experts.’ More like dentists in the medical field. Important, specialized, but not doctors.
I tend to agree with Gary Wood; also the ‘homey’ emotional approach seems to work better, at least for me.
Karen Kalinowsky came to my door and will be getting all the votes in the house. Unlike the other two, I feel like I can believe her when she speaks.
Neither Krol nor Marchetti (failed city council president) made that real time effort and that pleased me as well. Krol has that phony shit eating grin he can’t seem to get off his face and I really don’t want to see it up close and in person anyway. Marchetti probably could not walk from the street to my house but I don’t trust anything that comes out of his mouth anyway so he saves us both that sad experience.
Marchetti & Krol are cut from the same cloth, the same political alliance. If one wins, the other will be appointed to a high paying position.
Vote Kalinowsky for Mayor!
Looks like Gman failed to certify for Ward 6. All bluster!
Fritz your sources are all wrong.i am fully certified as a ward six candidate. Your post could be detrimental to me but I forgive you because anyone could have a bad day. Please do some research before you post. By the way my competitor in ward six is either Dina guiel or Dina lampiasi or Dina guiel lampiasi or Dina lampiasi guiel. I wish that her and her wife would decide what name they will be known by as it is difficult to have to guess what their names are. My name is Mr. Craig C gaetani. I have nick names but only one surname. As a candidate for ward six that’s the name that will be on the ballot. Let the debates begin but how will I be sure who I am debating? Oh well I’m sure the real person will show up
Krol-
Blue for the win. Blue is the most common, recognized and effective background color in presentations. It instills confidence and authority.
Consistent use of fonts.
Reignite is a tough word to use in a slogan. It probably does not translate well to Spanish speaking voters. It’s clumsy enough for English speakers. As written it looks like it should be on the cover of a boxed wine.
Marchetti-
Swamp green. No bueno.
Way too many fonts. Use of punctuation to end phrases that are not full sentences screams poor grammar.
Check points are stereotypical fluff. Aren’t those the goals of all cities in all places? Where is the substance?
Noticeably missing – any highlighted experience or accomplishments. It’s as if he wishes to hide the fact that he’s been a city councilor for 16 years. 16 years in city government should support a strong resume. “Should”…
In my humble opinion, the award for best flyer goes to Krol based on these two examples above.
Excellent, detailed analysis. You sound like a designer.
Marchetti’s rainbow coalition is out in full force today on the Planet. Not sure how this comment got a bunch of thumb downs.
I think the analysis was spot on.
Krol’s flyer makes me want to look at it and read into a bit more.
Marchetti’s flyer looks like he’s one of those Dr’s, schilling for a penis-enlargement cream ad, that you used to see in the back of various magazines back in the day. It makes me want to toss it in the garbage with the rest of the junk mail.
TSC still has a crate of that cream
I’m sure he does.
Wasn’t smart to never question why his hands wouldn’t grow larger either.
I agree that Kroll’s is better designed. I also agree that ‘reignite’ is a terrific but difficult to visually parse word. By adding the ‘re-’ prefix to ‘ignite’, the spurious and distracting word ‘reign’ is formed.
I miss those imprinted emory boards. I still have one from Pete Arlos although it’s a bit worn out.
One of the last talks I had with Mr. Arlos was he regretted giving all his time to the city instead of his family. He tried to “nudge” Pittsfield in a better direction but just like today they are deaf to everyone but the Special Interests
Lawn signs: they show the public that you are alive and well. They matter huge. Can’t have too many. Can have too few.
The ephemera above has no substance. Too abstract. If they cannot point out a concrete problem and explain how they will fix it, they have no desire to admit it exists. Communicates: want to merely suggest Pittsfield’s problems, but not offer any urgency, sacrifice, or creativity to fix them
Gavel Man’s card :
“Leadership to guide Pittsfield into a new direction”. Why a new direction now? Aren’t you happy with the direction you’ve helped the current mayor steer the city into? Gavel Man didn’t once use his gavel to say to the current mayor that, we are going in the wrong direction with your spending priorities that would be a benefit to the taxpayers in anyway.
All the Marchetti copy is tired but “leadership to guide Pittsfield in a new direction” is my favorite. Can someone tell me what on God’s green earth that means?
Every budget was Marchetti and Krols budget….They want the 120k
Means: New direction is the Old direction if he is elected.
I have a question for Kindergarden, TSC, JM, John Dutton, and every other hard, left-leaning, cheerleader.
Why is it, that every single city run by democRATS has become poorer, dirtier, and less safe. Every single place a democRATS is in charge, life has gotten worse for the people who live there and pay taxes.
My question for you (whatever you ID as now), please name a democRAT policy that has made the average, every day, American, better? I’ll even settle for a city run by a democRAT mayor, that has gotten better under their policies.
Not for race baiters or race grifters. Not illegal aliens either. And No Trump. This isn’t about him. Just the democRAT-led policies that helped the average US citizen.
K let’s see you put that PhD to work. School me on these policies that helped.
My reply is that Pittsfield politics has had a lot of stinkers as Mayor with the exception of Mayor Linda Tyer, who is praised by state and local officials across Massachusetts. Gerry Doyle had millions of dollars go missing that have never been accounted for that sent Pittsfield into state receivership for several fiscal years, he signed the Consent Decree that officially made Pittsfield into GE’s capped toxic waste dump, he began the now 25-year-old polluted PEDA debacle with its millions of dollars in debts and always increasing unfunded liabilities, and he was a notorious Good Old Boy. Sara Hathaway called violent crime in Pittsfield an aberration, and she publicly said that Pittsfield is a junkie for state funds, but she correctly warned us that Jimmy Ruberto was a snake oil salesman. Good Old Boy Jimmy Ruberto spent tens of millions of dollars on his so-called downtown revitalization scam, which failed after a few short years of success, he told common people that they had to sacrifice their hard-earned tax dollars for his nut-ball schemes, and he never owned his own home in Pittsfield, nor did he ever rent his own would-be apartment in Pittsfield, as an adult who lived in Pittsfield (in 2001, he moved into his mother’s Pittsfield home as a man who was in his 50s and then he put his mother into a nursing home for around 6 years until she passed away), but Mayor Jimmy Ruberto didn’t mind spending municipal dollars like a drunken Sailor on leave. Dan Bianchi was a bad placeholder for the next in line Mayor, Linda Tyer, who is part of the Jimmy Ruberto’s political network of spend, spend, spend…. I agree with you, M.A.!
Big whup Mayor Linda Tyer, was praised by state and local
officials
across Massachusetts. Did you expect anything else but praise from all her fellow democrats? You’re cup of BS is over flowing once again.
First off i don’t consider myself left leaning.
The policies and politics on a national level are just a puff piece to fight about, unless you are really into abortion and other big talking points that really don’t affect my daily life..
For full disclosure i can’t stand Biden or Trump the country needs a new direction not the same old retreads.
I will say i follow local and State politics. I’m very sad for Pittsfield, the three Mayoral candidates Have zero chance to turn things around here. The State Reps, Senator past and present are equally to blame for the epic disaster this place has become. No new economic development that will bring good jobs to the area no vision and no future and includes the city council.
The labor pool in the Berkshires as a whole is awful and has been for some time, nobody wants to invest in this place without even somewhat qualified workers. So that leaves us with the everyman for themselves mentality which has permeated the all the local and city offices and services. The family and close friends are in every workplace around here which has created the” I’m going to get mine and collect a paycheck on the taxpayer’s dime. Nobody here really wants change, do they?
Boston looks and has always looked at the Berkshires as the red headed step child just lip service plain and simple. The mayor of Boston is trying to put bike lanes in city with major resistance. Is anybody listening?? Again, we are paralyzed by politics taxed to death by the state and have to deal with polices that never help the working man.
Long answer..
Vote Brown 2024
Understanding the problem is the first step in getting help….you are left leaning
Hello Markus,
Generally speaking, democrats tend to support better funding for K-12 education. This is positive in my view because education is the key to social advancement and economic success.
I’ve given you what you asked for, but I’m sure you and others can think of several counterarguments.
Democrats are in the pockets of teacher’s unions. Teacher’s unions are there for the teachers not the students. More often than not the money is squandered. Hence level 5 schools.
Public education. I actually laughed out loud K.
I agree D’s do support public education. The proof is in the pudding:
Not one single elementary school age child in Baltimore, MD, performed or passed an assessment test at their grade level in mathematics. NOT ONE!! They did know who Jay-Z was.
Remind me the party affiliation of the mayor of Baltimore?
Picklefield Public Schools are a failing, Level 5 performing public education system, as JM has pointed out before.
If you’re not familiar with the MA public education performance levels, 5 is ROCK BOTTOM.
Remind me the party affiliation of the mayor of Picklefield?
Speaking of education, are you going to volunteer your time helping to teach many of these illegal aliens English? Someone’s going to have to teach them. Otherwise, they’ll end up in prison.
You said you spoke a few languages Prof.
Here’s a chance to make a real difference and put that PhD to real use.
Not when you’re getting paid well north of $100,000 a year.
There’s my counter argument.
Not one MAGA Trump supporter ever passed any test except the Trump loves the stupids test.
You can’t pass a urine test.
please take your meds and wait 30 minutes before replying to anyone.
And a fine counterargument it is.
As it turns out, my spouse is engaged in just such volunteer work, and is encouraging me to do the same.
“Generally speaking, democrats tend to support better funding for K-12 education. “
That’s a bold claim, isn’t it? I mean, you have Democrats vs Republican in the Federal Gov. Then you have them in State govs. Then you have them in local govs.
How do they coordinate to make your statement true?
It’s not a bold claim. The statement is true. I never said anything about the different levels coordinating.
I doubt it is true. Since Republicans do not oppose public education, it can’t be true.
It is often claimed “teachers don’t get paid enough.’ That claim is rampant in even solid blue states and localities such as Pittsfield. Just a stereotype, in my opinion.
I’m not saying, K, that Democrats are against public education. I am seeing a potential for that to come up, so let’s nip that off in the bud. It’s a bipartisan issue there as it should be.
I believe that most people are ‘purple’ as Democrat & Republican are the only two real political distinctions in the US. Right and Left apply only to Jacobin France and City Council. I remind you that I am the Left Wing Councilor of Pittsfield. Almost as far extreme Left as you can go, which is kind of appropriate.
Don’t want to complain about teachers but back in our day the class size was 30+ in a room, the teachers knew all kids and their families, they drove second hand cars and had second jobs to support their family. They were part of the neighborhood. Now the teachers have less than 10 kids in the class with a para to help and they complain about the parents and won’t communicate with them let alone know them and they all drive brand new BMWs/Audis/Navigators while living in the gated communities and having country club memberships
Because white rainbow haters got scared and ran to the elite suburbs
Chuck Garivaltis, Thomas Moore, and others who remember the Golden Age will join THE PLANET in acknowledging the passing of Johnny Lujak, the face of Notre Dame football in the late 40s. Heisman winner in 1947 and QB of three national titles for the Fighting Irish. He lettered in football, baseball, basketball, and track. Greatest athlete in ND history. Johnny was 98 when he died in Naples, FL. I never saw him play, but I remember reading all about him when I was a kid, especially in a book I got for Christmas written by the great Bill Stern.
Dan,
I sure do remember Johnny Lujack. It was before we had a TV but Notre Games were always on radio one could access. Notre Dame ruled the football world after World War 2.and their best years were the Johnny Lujack years. If I recall correctly Lujack had Leon Hart, a talented end to throw to Both became pros.
https://youtu.be/7csGhMQoQms
Greatest college “fight song” of all time!
I remember the 1946 game with Army, 0-0. Arnold Tucker, QB, Glenn Davis and Blanchard. I was an avid Army fan at the time. A few short years later I got to see the army first hand. The way it was run I wondered how they won anything, a football game or the war. By the way Dan, Chuck beat me to it, but its LUJACK
Mr Krol loves his Yankee blue as he’s a huge fan!
Mr. Marchetti likes bowling and he likes sex . But he says sex is better because he doesn’t have to wear special shoes.
What does his love for the Yankees have to do with running the city of Pittsfield? You must either be his wife or campaign manager.
He is a pretty face with a psychology degree and little work experience in the real world of finance/business. He interviews witches and crystal gazers on his radio show. Lightweight. Smooth talker. Tries to portray himself as a family man even though he is divorced and remarried to wife number two. Has bad judgement as he was a rabid supporter of both Tyer and Harrington.
I will be voting for Karen Kalinowsky as she has actually shown concern for the taxpayer and questions budgets and spending habits of the administration. Political novice, yes, but to me she is the only logical choice.
Probably as many yankee fans as Red Sox fans in Pittsfield. Neither team would be what it is without the rivalry
It has happened again, this time in the Town of Holden. This time another variation of the spelling on a school crosswalk. SHCOOL. Wonder if its the same painting company.
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/whoops-mass-town-scrambling-take-action-after-typo-painted-road-near-middle-shcool/ASV4BSS4T5DI7F5BS5LH3UNMGI/
Amazing. I mean, AZINGMA. Allen Ludden: “The password is SohocL.”
I blame the bike lanes. driving lanes are now half the usual width. Letters are now these strange elongated rectangles and, in the case of ‘SCHOOL’ those letters all look alike. We need a Bike Lane font. One with serifs.
But why the error? No one writes scohol or shcool. You start with ‘S’. Easy. But you worked so hard. Got the paint buckets out, brushes, scoped out the work space, and you put on your painting hat. Take a break, read a book, drink a beer, smoke a joint or cigarette. Then, where were we? ah yes – time for an ‘H’. Then what? I dunno, move on to ‘C’. Then its easy street from there.
Berkshire Eagle, fortunately, will proof read your work.
Love it, CHAZ.
Me too. I think I’ll print it out and frame it.
In Pittsfield perhaps they could put the number 5 inside one of the Os to denote the level five achievement.
Either we are proud of our 78 million dollar school budget or we aren’t. We gots the bragging rights and we have mayor Tyer to thank for all she has done.
By the way, just how much was the school budget before she took over? Really? And all those extra millions did NOTHING to improve the schools ya say? Too funny.
And what kind of number do we come up with if we divide the number of kids in Pittsfield schools into 78 million?
anybody?
It’s a strange mix of laundering state funds (‘cherry sheets.’) I grew suspicious of those state grants when Kerwood lit up and began to glow when the talks turned to Cherry Sheets. I wondered, “How come he gets an aphrodisiac response to Cherry Sheets, and I feel nothing??”
Then I’m told, “We got $10,000,000 more in state grants than we asked for [wonder why?] so we can stick the extra in Free Cash [the fund that is ‘irresponsible to give back to the taxpayers’].
Now I understand the aphrodisiac quality of Cherry Sheets and why the color red is so important. Grey ‘cherryesque sheets’ are not the real deal.
Or as Rush would say, ‘skrewell.’
SoCool?
Time for Mitch to retire….
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/shocking-video-mitch-mcconnell-stops-speaking-freezes-during/
So many of these elderly politicians will be having heart attacks and strokes while in office because they refuse to retire. Mitch is married to a very tough younger woman who should be encouraging Mitch to slow down and retire, but will she? He doesn’t look well that’s for sure. Not everyone at 81 should keep working at that age because everyone ages differently. Mitch isn’t a young and spry 81 year old just as Biden acts very old and decrepit and will soon also be 81 years old.
This wacko is 89
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the senior United States senator from Iowa, having held the seat since 1981. In 2022, he was reelected to his eighth Senate term, having first been elected in 1980. He is the longest serving Republican in U.S. Senate history, having overtaken Orrin Hatch’s record in January 2023. He is also the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history.
The only way to get rid of an entrenched Senator is to wait for his brain to melt. That’s the only way, Pat. Patience is your friend.
Grassleys brain melted a few years ago but he is able to walk to the halls of congress and talk. He sounds like a frog with throat cancer and makes very little sense but he is their top dog.
Sos there ya go.
As I said, when the brain completely melts and vanishes, they retire.
Don’t look now, but Biden is ticking upward on all relevant measures (except popularity, go figure).
Hunter Biden’s “Sweetheart Deal” hits a major roadblock which is good news considering how corrupt the deal is since it would have given Hunter immunity from any more findings from his overseas business dealings which are highly suspicious and seem to also involve his father Joe Biden. Hunter’s attorneys were trying to push it through, but then the judge started asking questions about it and it all fell apart.
Trump is facing legal woes on the state and federal level. The Republicans are threatening to impeach Joe Biden. Hunter Biden entered a “not guilty” plea in federal court today (Wednesday, July 26th, 2023), which will play out during the 2024 presidential campaigns.
Joe Biden and Hunter Biden are not good examples of leading by example and family values alike. Trump is a moral hypocrite who touts Republican Party values, which – moral hypocrisy – may be a perfect illustration of what the Republican Party really stands for in the Swamp. 2024 will showcase a rematch of Joe Biden versus Donald Trump that nobody wants to see.
Donald Trump should point out that in 2020, Joe Biden criticized Trump for: Arms sales exports to authoritarian regimes, which Joe Biden surpassed Trump along with every other U.S. President in; MBS and the Saudi regime that Joe Biden called an abuser of Human Rights and a Pariah state, and that Joe Biden would seek justice for the families of the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks victims, but Joe Biden visited Saudi Arabia a little over one year ago and Joe Biden fist-bumped MBS on the global stage; Climate change with Joe Biden spending a record amount of federal money on the defense budget (which is the single largest polluter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world), along with Joe Biden approving the permits to drill in Alaska and elsewhere; Joe Biden calling Putin a KILLER and a BUTCHER, along with Joe Biden calling Xi as DICTATOR; the huge increase in the U.S. Government’s national debt; Hunter Biden’s alleged tax and wire fraud case(s), alleged gun form perjury case, child support case in Arkansas, and his Joe Biden’s involvement with his son Hunter Biden in any or all of these legal matters.
Joe Biden has been running for U.S. President since 1988, which next year will be 36 years of Joe Biden campaigning for U.S. President. Joe Biden has been in the Swamp for over 50 years. Joe Biden will be 86 in 2028 at the end of his would-be second presidential term.
Hunter’s lawyer’s tried to scam the court with a lie. That’s what sank the plea deal.
Hunter should get the 5 years mandatory for the firearms felony like any other citizen would.
Hunter has conditions of release:
HUNTER IS REQUIRED TO:
1) NOT possess a firearm
2) NOT use or possess any controlled substances (including marijuana) unless prescribed
3) Submit to full federal supervision
4) NO use of alcohol AT ALL
5) Seek active employment
6) Submit to testing for prohibited substances
7) Participate in substance abuse therapy
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING COULD INCLUDE:
1) Immediate issuance of an arrest warrant
2) Revocation of release
3) Forfeiture of bond
4) Prosecution for contempt of court
CCP will hire him!!!
What about killing endangered species?
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-donald-trump-jr-went-to-mongolia-got-special-treatment-from-the-government-and-killed-an-endangered-sheep
The Biden crime cartel don’t need a court, they need a tribunal for treason.
The real reason is Biden’s lawyers tried to pull a fast one on the court. One of them called the court misrepresenting who she was and tried to get evidence/Amicus briefs dropped. She should be disbarred
“After Julianne filed her brief, the House Oversight Committee filed also filed a brief with the court that included the new allegations of criminal activity by Joe and Hunter Biden that were revealed in testimony and newly released documents last week.
In response to the Amicus briefs, Hunter Biden’s attorney called the court, pretended to work for the Oversight Republicans, and attempted to remove the Amicus briefs from the case. Fortunately, the attorney, Jessica Bengels, got caught. This shows the lawlessness and unethical behavior of Hunter Biden’s attorneys.”
A Courtroom Perspective: GOP Hero Julianne Murray Weighs in On the Hunter Biden Court Fiasco from Inside the Delaware Courtroom (AUDIO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/202…weighs-hunter/
Certainly false story.
I am certain that Donald Trump is not a collector of sheep’s heads. Do you see any sheeps heads or feet in any pictures of his rooms? Would they be gold plated perhaps?
Do you think he is able to take a long distance shot? Only if his rifle were mounted to his hunting limo’s turret and could shoot 1,000 magnums per minute. I just don’t see him slowly squeeezing the trigger, breathing in out slowly, making wind and distance calculations, etc…. For him, it’s ‘lay down some fire’ action.
True or not, I don’t see Trump as caring a rat’s ass about an endangered species, unless it is important to operating a casino. So, that aspect is correct, but really, fake news to support an accepted truth?! Slippery slope there, my friend.
NEVER, a word that can rarely be used in national politics, NEVER has any president been treated to such an all-out media assault as Trump. Unprecedented. It began on 2016 as he knocked off the other 16 GOP candidates, one by one. First the press laughed at him. As he started winning, that’s when the venom began to flow. That’s not when we lost the Republic, but that became the tipping point.
NYT editorial board stated that they would have to drop their editorial standards when reporting on the White House.
“It would also be an abdication of political journalism’s most solemn duty: to ferret out what the candidates will be like [my emphasis] in the most powerful office in the world.
It may not always seem fair to Mr. Trump or his supporters. But journalism shouldn’t measure itself against any one campaign’s definition of fairness. It is journalism’s job to be true to the readers and viewers, and true to the facts, in a way that will stand up to history’s judgment. To do anything less would be untenable.” August 2016.
Written before months beforeTrump was elected, the NYT claimed to ‘know’ what sort of presidency he would produce. Author also says that the NYT doesn’t need to explore Hillary’s numerous ‘gates’ because everyone knows about them.
Well, Mr. Rutenberg (NYT author), history tells us that DJT did not deploy nuclear weapons, destroy NATO (they did that to themselves with 20 years investing in the Soviet Union), or launch a nazi regime. (My cousin, an imbiber of NYT’s, was convinced that Trump would round up all the Jews and murder them in camps. Teaches at some prestigious place in Holyoke, at that.)
It was his son who went hunting and killed the endangered sheep. It happened in 2019.
That also means no crack cocaine for Hunter. Cocaine mysteriously appeared in the White House and nobody could figure out where it came from despite cameras being everywhere. Was this to protect Hunter again from this time breaking the rules of the judge in this case?
Hunter is getting a new job/business modeled after Mike Lindell’s “My Pillow”.
It’s called, “My Kilo”
Most likely someone planted it. Too ridiculous.
I don’t think it is right that the taxpayers have to pay for Don jr and his girlfriends rehab either but maybe they pay that out of the money you guys send to his Dad.
What sank the deal was a broad general blanket immunity from further prosecution covering everything that is still under investigation. Plea deals offer immunity, but usually extremely limited to the charges.
The judge did not ‘reject’ the deal; she suspended it with the intention of digging into it.
Hunter’s lawyer’s tried to scam the court, by misrepresenting themselves as from the House Oversight Committee. To try to get the House’s Amicus brief withdrawn.
Hunter’s lawyer should be disbarred for that.
Yes, that happened too. Defense spoofed the Court Clerk’s office and had the Court remove a prosecutor’s document. The prosecution did notice the absence in the package and called to find out why. They had to refile the document.
I’m certain none of that behavior though, would put a defense on a judge’s radar….
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/courtroom-perspective-gop-hero-julianne-murray-weighs-hunter/
“Julianne told The Gateway Pundit, “What is triggering this Amicus Brief is what has happened since the plea came out, since the details were released on the plea… What has happened is David Weiss has made statements that now contradict earlier statements. ‘I was independent, now I wasn’t so independent.’ The Attorney General himself has made statements that now don’t make sense or are misleading when you take in the IRS whistleblowers that testified.”
“Julianne then told TGP about her Monday filing, “We’re going to actually file a brief tomorrow… What is triggering this amicus brief is what has happened since the plea came out.”
After Julianne filed her brief, the House Oversight Committee filed also filed a brief with the court that included the new allegations of criminal activity by Joe and Hunter Biden that were revealed in testimony and newly released documents last week.
In response to the Amicus briefs, Hunter Biden’s attorney called the court, pretended to work for the Oversight Republicans, and attempted to remove the Amicus briefs from the case. Fortunately, the attorney, Jessica Bengels, got caught. This shows the lawlessness and unethical behavior of Hunter Biden’s attorneys.”
Ivanka getting 2 billion from the Saudi terrorist that brought down the World Trade Center is a sweatheart deal
Dad says he deserves half of it for setting her up. He has got coins coming from every direction. Can you spell Barnum and Bailey without using the letters T-R-U-M-P??? NO you cannot.
Continued TDS, where do you get this information?? In your dreams did blow up Donnie tell you this?
There was a potential terrorist attack that was prevented by the actions of police officers in Fargo,North Dakota, but one officer was killed and several were severely injured. Mohamad Barakat, 37, was loaded for bear with all types of weapons to create a major terror attack. Much of the population of Fargo,North Dakota is now made up of Middle East refugees, some of whom want to assimilate to our culture, but many such as this terrorist who do not want to assimilate. Millions of taxpayers dollars have been spent on refugee resettlement and Fargo, North Dakota is now a very dangerous place thanks to the policies of the Biden administration. Biden is spreading these dangerous people across the country. The liberal globalist media has been keeping this story very low profile to protect Biden and to keep flooding these people into the country.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-dakota-gunman-1800-rounds-ammo-homemade-grenade-launching-attack-officers-police
The FBI must have been too busy monitoring school board meetings to know about this
Yes, because white soccer moms are the number one terrorist threat to our country.
Church going Christians also.
Church going Christians are not allowed to terrorize except in the name of Donny fatso
Satan has a place saved for You TSC. Keep up the BAD work!
The soccer moms were threatening school board members and their families with violence and that is why the FBI was asked to investigate domestic terror
No, they were demanding an explaination, why 6-year olds were exposed to perverted child molesters dressed up as women.
You sure talk a lot about child molesters MT. What is up with that focus?
It’s disgusting and endorsed by leftists.
Biden should serve two more terms, one for treason and the other for pedophilia.
Have you watched, Sound of Freedom, yet?
https://actvid.rs/movie/watch-sound-of-freedom-full-98095
Does Biden and the far left really think that these people will assimilate into our culture when even Americans don’t like what is being taught in our schools? These people are much more strict in their beliefs than even Americans, but we want to teach them about gender transition and LGBT? In Canada, the Muslim population is complaining there about what is being taught in the schools and not very bright Justin Trudeau is blaming Republicans here in the US for their problems with the Muslims. He won’t admit that these very strict religious people will rail against these insane beliefs being taught in the schools and it has nothing to do with American Republicans. Unbelievable!
LGBT. Teach them!!!
Liquor
Guns
Bacon
Titties
Kroll and Marchetti should just say we will raise taxes 10% next year just to keep this monster goverment alive until the collaspe.Pete had no answer to budget.John had no answer to budget and they will both continue the financial abuse of the elderly.PS Trump had a wife who is missing
Free cash use is always the answer from them. Never a straight up tax cut offered. Never mentioning reeling in wasteful spending on the don’t really need this category, but why the VIBE not spend to please special groups, special interest folks, projects that benefit the ones pushing them only.
Shirley Edgerton has resigned from the Pittsfield School District.
Hallelujah!
I’m guessing it was the door or the gun, pick one. Someone should explain to her what “in the weeds” means.
“I think it really gives me an opportunity to get even more in the weeds and the details of understanding the needs in our community when it comes particularly to young women and girls of color,” Edgerton said. “At this point in my life, in terms of time, I want to make sure that I’m using my time wisely and that my work is very intentional and purposeful.”
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/shirley-edgerton-resigns-from-pittsfield-public-schools/article_ed0ab670-2b2a-11ee-980c-93e683781b46.html
Who is in line to replace her? Is the job open or do they already know who will be taking over? Yah they do.
The Pittsfield Gilardi case gains national attention……
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/unsettling-rise-microwave-syndrome
Look what else Biden did. OH MY!!!
The Dow is on pace for its best run in 126 years.
The blue-chip stock index on Wednesday notched its 13th straight day of gains, its best winning streak since 1987 and its highest level since February 2022.
If the Dow closes higher for a 14th consecutive session, that would be its longest run of consecutive gains since May 1897.
Should the Dow end the day higher today, and for a 15th straight day on Friday, that would mark the index’s longest daily winning streak ever.
The Dow, up 7% for the year, was flat Thursday after rallying in recent weeks as cooler-than-expected inflation data has investors more optimistic that a soft landing, or no recession, could be in the cards for the economy.
That, in turn, has spurred investors to snap up shares of cyclical stocks, or shares of companies that are sensitive to the economy.
Gas and groceries are 2X what they were in 2020.
Utility bills are through the roof also. I don’t think there isn’t anything that hasn’t been affected.
Which makes it all the more amazing right?
I still insist on buying high and selling low. Never fails.
Except for Hunter Biden
But! He is coming for our cars, water heaters, laundry machines, ovens, and dishwashers!
“First they came for my neighbor’s car, and I said nothing because I don’t own a car.
Then they came for my neighbor’s water heater, and again I said nothing, I use a laundromat.
Then they came for my neighbors oven and yet again, I said nothing because I eat out.
But then they came for my dishwashers, and when I protested all my neighbors said, ‘go suck an egg, asshole!.'”
-Adolphe Numbskoller
Dan,
All will miss you. I look forward to your daily column as do hundreds of others..Have a good and productive time. I, and hundreds of others, look forward to your return. Have a wonderful time.
Chuck