It was in the portion of Congressional that now has Buy Buy Baby (obviously just a small chunk of it). It was the best Chinese food I’ve ever had in the area and can’t for the life of me remember what it was called. I was so sad when it closed! Anybody remember it?!
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Former President Donald Trump has issued numerous endorsements for the 2022 elections, seeking to remake swing state governments in his image. Arguably the most important of his endorsements are for the office of secretary of state. As the Chief Elections Officer, secretaries of state are in charge of voter registration, certification of results, investigations into alleged election fraud, and other important elections matters.
This is not, as some have suggested, a “revenge tour.” Across the board, Trump’s choices for secretary of state have indicated unwavering support of overturning the 2020 election and instituting changes that would harm future elections. With his picks in office, 2024 may be the first successful coup in American history.
Today we take a look at these candidates in Arizona, Georgia, and Michigan.
#Arizona
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is running for governor, opening up the critical elections post to a wide range of candidates.
Trump’s choice to replace her is a current state lawmaker who played a key role in the bungled CyberNinja “audit” of the state’s 2020 election. Rep. Mark Finchem was endorsed by Trump in a September statement calling him “a patriot who has fought for our Country right from his earliest moments in government.” More importantly, Trump notes, is Finchem’s “incredibly powerful stance on the massive Voter Fraud that took place in the 2020 Presidential Election Scam.”
Finchem was directly involved in the Jan. 6th insurrection. He was in communication with Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander in the days prior, coordinating their attempts to overturn the election through legal challenges:
>“We are preparing an Amicus Brief right now where a number of Arizona legislators
... keep reading on reddit ➡[Just going to post this over quick. I want to move on to other information soonish.]
This research was initially prompted by seeing the former Chair, Joint Chiefs of Staff, having given up his lucrative positions on the boards of GM and Sprint, not only working for a not-often-discussed investment company but chairing the board of comparatively rinky-dink little Precinmac. As it turned out, that was the first step on what became a long walk.
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ADM Mike Mullen chairs the board of Precinmac. Precinmac is a defense-focused hi-spec parts and components machining company.
Pine Island acquired Precinmac on 1 APR 2020 with two other partners: Bain Capital and Compass Partners. Bain is Mitt Romney's twelve-digit AUM cash firehose. Compass Capital is the product of founder Stephen M. Waters. He has interesting connections to what we see in Pine Island.
Compass Capital's only other major holding is Nautilus Integrated Solutions, a defense-focused hi-spec parts and components machining company. Compass chose VADM John Morgan as President and CEO of NIS. Look them up and Waters and Morgan were directors at the U.S. Naval Institute together c. 2011.
Go further back and Mullen and Morgan were CNO and Deputy CNO together c. 2007. They published the Navy's current strategy "A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower" that year.
Now Mullen and Morgan are each boss of a defense manufacturer owned in whole or in part by Compass Capital.
This is the primary loop in Pine Island.
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Mike Mullen graduated the Naval Academy in 1968. MajGen Charles Bolden, a Pine Island partner, is a classmate of the same graduating year.
LtGen Vincent Stewart was Director of the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity for most of the time Mike Mullen was Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. MCIA is an hour down the highway from the Pentagon in Quantico, VA.
Gen Lloyd Austin, a former Pine Island partner, was made Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2009-2010. Mike Mullen appointed him. "Austin credited the appointment as having jumpstarted his later career, saying: 'People who might not have known Lloyd Austin began to know him.'" [Wikipedia]. Austin is on the board of directors of RTX. So is David Wajsgras, a Pine Island partner.
All the retired flag officers we see, or will see, connected with Pine Island were in the Department of the Navy
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Most Alarming People 2021 (The Daily Beast and the New Yorker used to run a list like this as a year-end feature. This is my humble attempt to keep the tradition alive. A year or so someone said it reads like the rantings of Abe Simpson. I think he may be right.)
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GREG ABBOT, Governor of Texas. Aggravating Factors: First he made loud noises about succession. Next he had his hand out for Federal money to plow the snow. Mitigating Factors: Really it is wrong to focus on Abbot too much. The Texas governor is uniquely powerless. Sentence: Not much. After a few middle schools are named after him nobody will remember him.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD, The strongman of Syria with the weak chin. Aggravating Factors: A decade ago declared war on his own country rather accept democratic reforms. Hundreds of thousands have died. His country is now a patchwork of colonial enclaves controlled by America, Russian Turkey and Iran. The local currency has lost 99% of its value. Mitigating Factors: He has done more to establish a Kurdish state than anyone else. Sentence: An enraged mob.
BB
JOE BIDEN, President of the United States. Aggravating Factors: Hard to say. If you talk about his age and misstatements you sound like a Pro-trump nut. Still, sit down and watch an entire Biden speech. Mitigating Factors: Might have been the only nominee who could have beaten Donald Trump. Sentence: Losing a really divisive primary battle. The nominee then goes on to lose from the Republican.
GERMAN BOSQUE, The worst policeman in Florida. Let that sink in. Aggravating Factors: Charged with battery in 2014, convicted of tampering with evidence, he also beat a handcuffed man, and also some juveniles, he stored drugs in his police car, faked police reports and stole from people he arrested. He has been fired seven times from different Florida police departments. Mitigating Factors: He was convicted the last time we checked. His lawyer says it will not stick. Sentence: 364 days in jail, four years probation, 500 hours picking up trash, unless the appeal works.
STEVEN BRANDERBERG, Retired Wisconsin pharmacist. Aggravating Factors: Just as the Covid vaccine became available, he destroyed more than 250 doses. A flat-earther who believes the sky is a roof that the government uses to keep people from seeing God. Mitigating Factors: Apparently, he was in the middle of a messy divorce, he sure showed her. Sentence: Never having to worry about what to have for breakfast ev
... keep reading on reddit ➡Buenosdillas
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
I won't be doing that today!
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You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
