Hilarious...

JP has an enjoyable way of making fun of the absurdity of the regime and its flunkies.

Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.
- GC

"Joe Biden is shrugging off a torrent of new allegations linking him to his family’s allegedly corrupt business practices, calling his son “the smartest guy I know”"

https://nypost.com/2020/10/29/biden-calls-hunter-smartest-guy-i-know-in-virtual-event-with-oprah/ 

Thanks for giving us a benchmark there, Pops.





The grand jury considering evidence in the Hunter Biden tax probe heard nearly five hours of secret testimony from an ex-girlfriend who’s furious she got dumped after urging him to get off drugs, The Post has learned.

Her turn on the witness stand came immediately after an appearance by the former stripper with whom Biden, 52, has an out-of-wedlock child, the source said.

Kestan — a lingerie and textile designer who uses the online handle “weed slut 420” — was asked about Biden’s whereabouts and spending habits during 2018, when they were seen attending art show openings and parties on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the source said.

Specific questions included what hotels Biden stayed at and whether Kestan knew where his money came from, the source said.

Kestan testified about shacking up with Biden at high-priced hotspots including the Four Seasons, Mercer, SIXTY SoHo and Soho Grand hotels in Manhattan and at the Hollywood Roosevelt, NoMad and Jeremy West Hollywood in Los Angeles, the source said.

At one point, the source said, Kestan recalled a month-long stay at LA’s celebrity-friendly Chateau Marmont, the scene of former “Saturday Night Live” star John Belushi’s fatal 1982 overdose.

It’s also the place where Biden admittedly “learned how to cook crack” before being “blacklisted” over complaints tied to his drug use during a five-month period in 2018, as revealed in his 2021 memoir, “Beautiful Things.”

Kestan testified that Biden directed her to withdraw “thousands of dollars at a time” from ATMs and gave her cash to purchase clothing, meals and other items, but said she had no idea how he obtained the money, the source said.

Biden didn’t mention Kestan by name in his memoir, but a 48-minute audio recording of the two of them was posted online in October.

The source of the recording is unclear and it appears to combine two conversations held at different times.

Kestan, who’s around the same age as Biden’s eldest daughter, said in the recording that “one of my flaws, one of my devilish sides, is that I like to talk about things like you because I like to show off. Duh.”

“Do you think that the night that we had sex I wasn’t texting like three people being like: I’m lying in bed with this incredible man?” she said.

Federal agents tracked down Kestan at her apartment in New York City and slapped her with a subpoena to testify before the grand jury, saying her name had surfaced during their investigation, the source said.

Biden revealed that federal prosecutors in Delaware were “investigating my tax affairs” in December 2020 — about a month after his dad, Joe Biden, was elected president but before he took office — and he told CBS News in April that he was “being completely cooperative” but denied seeking a plea deal.

Neither Hunter Biden’s lawyer nor the US Attorney’s Office in Delaware returned requests for comment. Kestan declined to comment.

The probe reportedly involves Hunter Biden’s controversial, overseas business dealings. Last month, a partial copy of a subpoena surfaced that showed JPMorgan Chase Bank was ordered to turn over records related to any transactions involving him and the Bank of China.

On Tuesday, Lunden Roberts — who successfully sued Hunter Biden for paternity of her 3-year-old daughter — was photographed leaving the federal courthouse in Wilmington by the Daily Mail, which said she testified before the grand jury for several hours that morning.

Roberts declined to discuss her closed-door testimony, the Mail said.

The source familiar with Kestan’s testimony said Hunter Biden apparently impregnated Roberts shortly before meeting Kestan, whose 2018 birthday preceded the birth of Roberts’ daughter by two days, and that he never told her anything about Roberts or their child.

In 2019, Page Six exclusively revealed that Roberts was a stripper at a Washington, DC, club that Hunter Biden frequented around the time he was dating his late brother Beau’s widow, sister-in-law Hallie Biden.

In his memoir, Hunter Biden claimed to have “no recollection” of what he called his “encounter” with Roberts, saying, “I was a mess, but a mess I’ve taken responsibility for.”

Kestan also felt “super-crazy” when she found out Hunter Biden married his second wife, Melissa Cohen, following a whirlwind, six-day romance in May 2019, the source said.

Kestan believes she’s responsible for Hunter Biden’s professed sobriety and his new career as a painter because she was “with him at the craziest point of his life” and told him that “art was a great way to see a hopeful future, rather than using drugs,” the source said.

Kestan also feels she got “ditched” after a relationship during which Hunter Biden — whose son with Cohen, Beau Jr., turns 1 next month — was “adamant” that she use birth control, the source said.

https://nypost.com/2022/02/21/ex-girlfriend-tells-hunter-biden-grand-jury-about-lavish-spending/ 

Soooo smaaaaht...makes Fredo look like Sir Issac Newton!

Can you imagine the uprorar if this had been Don Jr.??? CNN would still have ratings! Hunter should be made a permanent a cast member on "Succession" already. Forget about guest appearances. He would make Kendall look competent.

How are the White House staffers expected to greet his woman? Is it Ms. Weed Slut 420? Ms. 420? Ms. Slut 420? And will she be cashing in on his $500k paintings? Pops should be soooo proud of the fine you man he has grown into.

The hypocrisy is GLARING, yet people just overlook it... baffling.

Why is the way online handle a thing now? Pointed out in this article and was brought up in the Rittenhouse fiasco.

Gonna change my Cbid name to angelonearth45 to guard against possible future legal entanglements

This will all get sorted out in about three years, when no one will give a shyte anymore...

I was thinking about how people seem to read the bible a lot more as they get older, and it dawned on me. They're cramming for there final exam.
- GC

On Monday, Vladimir Putin gave a speech in which he recognized the “sovereignty” of two separatist regions in Ukraine, and shortly after, Russian forces began to cross the border under the guise of being peacekeepers. In one cunning move, Putin had managed to get exactly what he wanted without firing a shot, invading Ukraine while being able to deny he was invading Ukraine.

The big question then became what exactly the United States was going to do about the major incursion. Previously, threats of the “greatest” sanctions had been made, most recently by Kamala Harris. As to Joe Biden, he was nowhere to be found publicly, for a full day after Putin’s move, only emerging Tuesday afternoon to finally address the matter.

Showing up an hour-and-a-half late to what was originally described as an urgent news conference, the president took to the podium and drowsily slurring his words in an attempt to deliver a response. Things did not go well.

https://tinyurl.com/yc3m7an5

https://tinyurl.com/3kzvshs2

Watching this man speak is an exercise in discomfort. That he was so late and still showed up mentally unprepared to deliver his remarks is sad — and another signal to US adversaries that they can essentially do whatever they want. Russia has certainly taken that cue, waiting until Biden took the mantle of the presidency to bite off more of Ukraine.

When it came to the content, Biden’s speech was no better. He announced further sanctions on Russia, but stopped short of enacting the full slate his administration had been bragging about for the last month. If this invasion isn’t enough to trigger them, what is? That’s a question Biden and his cohorts have steadfastly refused to answer, likely because they don’t have a good answer.

Past that, on energy prices, the president let it be known that things are about to get much worse for American consumers.

https://tinyurl.com/ywdp52pc

Such damage could have been largely mitigated had Biden allowed the United States to remain energy independent, a mark reached under former President Donald Trump. Instead, this mental invalid meandered into office, canceling federal leases and the Keystone XL pipeline in order to appease his far-left base, without a second thought as to how it would affect the country’s national security. Meanwhile, the stock market is currently crashing, wiping out all the retirement and investment gains made by the middle class over the last year or so.

In the end, Biden reprised the infamous walk-away move that he perfected during the Afghanistan crisis, quickly exiting the room without answering any questions.

https://tinyurl.com/yckjf6fu


Once again, Biden’s backside has become the most iconic part of his presidency.

His speech did nothing to quell fears domestically or abroad, and his physical appearance and mannerisms only made it clear to America’s enemies he’s not up for the job. Where do things go from here? I can confidently state: nowhere good. There is no escaping the consequences of Biden’s ineptness. Rich or poor, agony is coming. That it was largely avoidable should only enrage voters more, as we head toward the midterms.

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/02/22/joe-biden-stumbles-and-slurs-his-way-through-an-embarrassing-response-to-putins-ukraine-invasion-n526356 


Who runs Barter Town?

I asked who runs Barter Town on the previous post of mine...

China.




The White House on Tuesday featured a mining company partially owned by a Chinese mining conglomerate at an event dedicated to strengthening the domestic supply chain.

President Joe Biden announced at the event that the Pentagon would award $35 million to the Las Vegas-based MP Materials in an effort to boost U.S. rare mineral production. But MP Materials has arguably allowed China to tighten its grip on the world’s rare earth minerals supply chain. Shenghe Resources Holding, which is partially owned by the Chinese government, owns 8 percent of the company. Shenge spearheaded the deal in 2017 to help MP Materials purchase a mine at Mountain Pass, Calif., out of bankruptcy. The Chinese company is also MP Materials’s largest customer, accounting for nearly all of its $100 million annual revenue.

MP Materials’s links to China have long concerned American officials. The Department of Energy warned its scientists in 2020 not to collaborate with MP Materials executives because of China’s links to the company, Reuters reported.

"Clearly, the MP Materials ownership structure is an issue," Tom Lograsso, an official with the Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute, told Reuters.

The Pentagon award will subsidize MP Materials's production of heavy rare earth minerals at its mine at Mountain Pass. The minerals are used to produce high-powered magnets used in electric vehicle motors, wind turbines, and defense systems.

James Kennedy, a consultant in the rare earth minerals industry, has raised concerns about other Pentagon grants to MP Materials. Kennedy called Shenghe’s investment in MP Materials a "geopolitical ruse" that helps China maintain a monopoly on the rare earth minerals market.

Those concerns have not deterred the White House. MP Materials chairman James Litinsky spoke at the virtual White House event alongside Biden, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D., Calif.), White House infrastructure czar Mitch Landrieu, and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

Litinsky said MP Materials was "committed to bringing the supply chain home" to the United States but made no mention of his company’s links to Shenghe Resources Holding. He said MP Materials has partnered with General Motors to produce magnets for 500,000 electric vehicle motors.

It is unclear whether the Pentagon has placed any restrictions on MP Materials’s dealings with Shenghe going forward.

Shenghe’s investment in MP Materials is part of an ambitious plan to stabilize China’s supply of rare earth minerals. The company has also partnered with companies in Greenland and Australia to mine rare minerals, Quartz reported. One goal is to "consolidate the achievements of overseas cooperation projects."

MP Materials did not respond to a request for comment.

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-touts-this-chinese-backed-company-at-made-in-america-event/ 

But, hey...don't forget to kick up 10 to the "Big Guy" right Hunter???

Most people with low self esteem deserve it.
- GC

that makes me feel better

And with that, my day has been made

37%.

That's the new headline approval number for President Biden, according to the results of the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, the first to be released since President Vladimir Putin sent Russian forces storming into Ukrainian territory. The poll dropped over the weekend, just in time for President Biden's big State of the Union Address tonight.

To be sure, the disaster in Ukraine is only the latest in a series of seemingly never-ending disasters, including surging inflationary pressures, and the US pullout from Afghanistan, have dogged the president during his first year in office. .

His approval rating has been sliding since last summer, as the headline numbers clearly show.

Here's what that looks like in chart form:

Source: ABC News

But it's not just Biden who should be worrying about the latest results. There's reason for all Democrats to be panicking ahead of the midterms.

The poll showed that if the American people had to pick today, they would hand control of Congress to the Republicans.

Source: ABC News

The poll reveals that the main "weakness” behind Biden’s falling approval rating is the doubts about his personal capacities, with 59% of people saying he wasn’t a strong leader compared to just 36% who said he was a strong leader, according to Summit News.

54% of Americans do not think Biden has the “mental sharpness” to serve as president, compared to 40% who say he does.

The public's confidence in his mental acuity has also fallen drastically over the past year.

“Biden seemed to have lost independents, a critical polling group, on this topic,” reports Breitbart. Some 59% of the independents gave the president’s mental sharpness a negative assessment, a rise of 13 percentage points since May 202

Interestingly, the poll also found that 55% of the public believed Biden had mishandled the Russia situation, with only 36% believing he is doing a good job.

None of that bodes well for the president, as he prepares to lay out his agenda for the coming year, while many rank and file Dems are still mourning the death of 'Build Back Better'.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-approval-rating-hits-record-low-state-union-looms 


Um, if the wish was to make Jimmy Carter appear like an effective leader than consider King Bidas making it come true.

It's the thought that counts...riiight?





According to CBS, Joe Biden will use his State of the Union speech to impress upon Americans the seriousness of his sanctions on Russia. Count at least one of his own Democratic colleagues among the unimpressed, however:

The US has mostly followed the EU in its sanctions, but Biden has left one thing in Vladimir Putin’s pockets — American energy purchases. “It’s ridiculous, totally ridiculous,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) declared yesterday, that “we’re buying over 600,000 barrels a day of crude from Russia.” Manchin wants an immediate end to such purchases — and more importantly, an immediate plan to increase American production to return to self-sufficiency.

Any other policy would be “hypocritical,” Manchin warned:

“The entire world is watching as Vladimir Putin uses energy as a weapon in an attempt to extort and coerce our European allies,” said Mr. Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy Committee. “While Americans decry what is happening in Ukraine, the United States continues to allow the import of more than half a million barrels per day of crude oil and other petroleum products from Russia during this time of war.”

Continued reliance on Russian oil, according to Mr. Manchin, poses a “clear and present danger to our nation’s energy security.”

Instead, the senator urged the White House to incentive domestic energy production and use punitive measures, including tariffs and importation bans, against Russian oil.

“To continue to ask other countries to do what we can do for ourselves in a cleaner way is hypocritical,” Mr. Manchin said. “To continue to rely on Russian energy as they attack Ukraine is senseless.”

Isn’t that obvious? Even Justin Trudeau figured that much out yesterday, although his declaration banning Russian oil imports was entirely performative:

“Today, we are announcing our intention to ban all imports of crude oil from Russia, an industry that has benefited President Putin and his oligarchs greatly,” Trudeau said in French. “While Canada has imported very little amounts in recent years, this measure sends a powerful message.”

Canada hasn’t imported any crude oil from Russia since 2019, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told lawmakers on Monday.

It’s the thought that counts.

Don’t count on Biden to act, even with pressure from Manchin, Mark Warner, and Richard Blumenthal. He’s ignored the strategic argument for robust American oil and natural gas production since taking office, and well before that as well. Remember when he slipped up in the last presidential debate and said he’d curtail American oil production? I reminded readers that one of the key effects of that policy would be to boost fortunes in the places most hostile to the US:

The US has finally become a net exporter of energy by unleashing production through fracking and greater access to federal land. That production level allows prices to remain low, which is an absolute necessity for any economic recovery. Ending fracking and drilling on federal land will make us dependent on imports once again and to the price shocks that result from conflict abroad. The nation experienced a few such shocks during the Obama administration, when both Barack Obama and Joe Biden assured us — falsely — that we couldn’t drill our way to energy independence. The Trump administration quickly showed that we can, and that we did.

Biden’s pledge, if fulfilled, would have a number of secondary effects, and not just to the economy. Our energy independence has made us much less tied to foreign producers, which in turn gives us much more flexibility in foreign policy. A move to destroy American energy production would benefit Russia and Iran tremendously, making their exports much more valuable on the open and black markets. It would reduce our leverage even among allies like Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and recreate more problems in dealing with the collapsed Venezuelan regime. All of those effects make the risk of military conflicts go up substantially.

And here we are, having stuffed Putin’s coffers with high oil prices over the past year, with a new war in Europe. Low oil prices was a cheap form of containment in dealing with Iran and Russia, much less fraught than having to run guns into Ukraine in the middle of a shooting war. Rather than look at the strategic picture, Biden threw in with the radical environmentalists for his own political advantage — and now has to apply much more provocative sanctions against Russia in what will likely be a futile attempt to stop his murderous ambitions for eastern Europe. The ex post facto sanctions might end up putting us in a shooting war too, although the poor performance of Russia’s military in Ukraine probably has even Putin thinking twice about challenging NATO now.

And Biden can’t even stop buying Russian oil. Manchin’s not kidding about Biden’s hypocrisy.

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2022/03/01/manchin-to-biden-stop-buying-russian-oil-and-ramp-up-domestic-production-now-n451969 

I mean the smartest man Biden knows ran a Ukrainian holding company for a group of energy exploration and production companies. He should know a lot about it. Is Biden just stupid or deaf?

Whaddaya mean he's not mentally sharp? He's uniting the country that Trump divided and Buh...Buh..Buh Build Better Backing!

The dolt in the White House can't even build **** with Legos!


UNITY!!!!

One can never know for sure what a deserted area can look like.
- GC