#Governor Odious

[pedroam-bang]

The Fall (2006)

[tomorrowusa]

Every year during the Illinois State Fair in Springfield there is Governor's Day (for the party in power) and either Democrats Day or Republican Day for the opposition party.

Democrats currently hold all statewide offices in Illinois and on Governor's Day Gov. J. B. Pritzker on Wednesday spoke at the fair and called Donald Trump "a loser". Not exactly news, but J.B. did it in a great way.

Thursday was Republican Day at the fair and the best Illinois Republicans could do was get Trump's former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. Whitaker served in between Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr. Some of Whitaker's views may be odious but apparently he's not particularly weird by GOP standards.

So Illinois Republicans know they have a major problem with the public perceptions of their candidates – especially at the top of the ballot.

Regardless of state, we need to remind voters that Trump, Vance, and many GOP candidates for Congress and state offices are way out of the mainstream and have views which are far from the norms of American society. In short, Republicans are weird.

[nodynasty4us]

From the April 7, 2023 article:

This week, Arkansas lawmakers approved a bill that would require parental approval for teachers to address their minor students with pronouns that aren’t listed on their birth certificate. The odious legislation, which includes colleges and universities, would also prohibit schools from requiring teachers to respect a student’s pronouns.

The law passed the Republican-dominated state senate by a 19-5 margin. It will now head to Sanders’ desk for her signature where she will most certainly sign it in quick order.

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Dress for success: royal tour vs faux royal tour by u/Mickleborough

Dress for success: royal tour vs faux royal tour Comparisons are odious, but Meghan begs for them.Looking at images of Meghan’s undress on the Sussexes’ faux royal Nigeria tour in May 2024 triggered memories of the (then) Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s actual royal tour of Pakistan in October 2019. There are some high-level similarities between Nigeria and Pakistan: both have distinct traditional garb and - naturally - local designers of note. Nigeria‘s roughly 50-50 Christian and Muslim whilst Pakistan‘s Muslim. Both can be regarded as conservative countries.The temperatures are also similar - Nigeria’s around 31 C / 87.8 F in May, and Pakistan 29 C / 84.2 F. NB I haven’t checked humidity or other temperature factors.And interestingly, the flags of both countries are green and white.I’ve tried to confine this to clothing worn on similar visits and occasions.Visiting the army -Altazurra 2-piece - apparently the blazer and trousers aren’t matching, so not a suit. What’s with the prom wrist corsage?Beulah London jacket.Visiting a school -https://ift.tt/gIXmRpe label Zeen.Touching down -Arriving back in Labos. Carolina Herrera shirt (2 buttons undone, vive la poitrine!), traditional Nigerian skirt by Nigerian label Regalia by Fal (gifted the day before). Badly rolled up sleeves. Gold sandals, really?Arriving in Lahore. Shalwar kameez from Pakistani label Gul Ahmed. The jacket’s embroidered with jasmines, the national flower of Pakistan. Shawl by Pakistani designer Maheen Khan.At dinner -Reception at State Governor’s House, Lagos. Carolina Herrera. Shawl gifted on the occasion by the Governor’s wife. I’m guessing that the shawl had been folded before - I’m clever that way. British High Commission reception at the Pakistan Monument. Jenny Packham with earrings by Pakistani label O’Nitaa. post link: https://ift.tt/Ug9LRAV author: Mickleborough submitted: May 18, 2024 at 10:11PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[qqueenofhades]

WI was less than ONE PERCENT away from getting rid of Ron Johnson FUCK. I mean, it was a lot closer than anyone I knew thought it would be. Same with some of the house elections. At least our governor is still blue :/

I highlighted problems in the Wisconsin Senate race and the kind of campaign Mandela Barnes was running several weeks ago, so... disappointed, especially since Ron Johnson is so odious, but not entirely surprised. Yes, Evers did win re-election, and the massively gerrymandered Wisconsin state legislature failed to secure a Republican supermajority, so they won't be able to override his vetoes of their worst measures. Democrat Josh Kaul also won as AG, both of which means Republican ability to meddle in 2024 Wisconsin elections directly is greatly reduced.

But also like... I will NEVER understand the absolutely brain dead logic where you want to vote for members of each party to "balance each other out," and then complain about gridlock when nothing gets done since Republicans torpedo it. If you vote for someone, don't you WANT them to be able to do their job??? Instead of being like "I'll force you to do your job with both hands tied behind your back, SUCCESS!" So there were definitely some Evers/Johnson voters, just as there were clearly a lot of Kemp/Warnock voters in GA (which. Like. Why.) And I just do not understand it at all.

[the-rainbow-unicorn-reviews]

~The Fall (2006)

Directed by Tarsem Singh and written by Dan Gilroy, Nico Soultanakis and Tarsem Singh, this is an epic tale of a masked bandit, an Indian, an explosives expert, an escaped slave, Charles Darwin and his little companion, Wallace the monkey; in which they embark on a mission to kill the evil Governor Odious.

This movie stars Lee Pace and introduces us to a first time actress, Catinca Untaru, who's performance in this film was so sweet and and very funny at times. Her cheekiness is also something that shines through and really gives her character a relatability.

I quite enjoyed watching the development of her character, Alexandria, and honestly, she melts my heart.

As for Lee pace, I did enjoy his performance as well. His ability to bring characters to life will never cease to amaze me. Yes, I am a fan of his and knowing that this was only his fourth movie, was surprising to me because I couldn't tell. He was that good....at least in my eyes anyway.

All in all, if you are looking for a movie full of epic and artistic adventure, this would be a good one to watch; and if you are anything like me and love films that have stories within stories, again, this is a great one for you.

Personally, I give this movie 9 stars out of 10....No, I actually give it 10 stars out of 10 because of the sweet relationship that Roy and Alexandria develop during the duration of this film.

Hands down, awesome storyline!

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[crimechannels]

By • Olalekan Fagbade Impeachment: Don’t make your Deputy a ‘scapegoat,’ lawyer begs Governor A lawyer, Mr Donald Ayibiowu, has called on Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo not to make his deputy, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, a scapegoat over allegation preferred against him by the state house of assembly. Ayibiowu, an indigene of Okelusi Town in Ondo State, made the call in an open letter he wrote to the governor and a copy made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. The letter titled: “An Open Letter to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, in respect of the Ongoing Needless Charade Called Impeachment of the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa; Request for Leadership, Restraint, Caution and Focus in the Governance of Ondo State,” was dated Sept. 20. The state’s lawmakers, during plenary, had alleged that Aiyedatiwa was involved in gross misconduct while in the office as an acting governor. The assembly wrote a letter to the deputy governor, to respond to the allegation within seven days, signalling the beginning of his impeachment. Ayibiowu congratulated Akeredolu on his quick recovery and return to Nigeria from his medical treatment abroad. The Abuja-based legal practitioner said while Akeredolu was away, the state was left near rudderless by a combination of factors ranging from debilitating politicking, rumor mongering, sycophancy, etc. “One may be tempted to forgive the various dramatis persona in the light of the fact that your unexpected ailment may not have allowed you to give proper directives as to the governance structure type you want in your absence. “Now that you are back and still recuperating in your Ibadan home, but in the light of your communication to the Ondo State House of Assembly that you have resumed work, one expects that you take charge fully of affairs of our dear Ondo, notwithstanding, the Shenanigans of family, friends and close political associates. “The shocking news of the on-going pointless impeachment of your deputy, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, is the least the people expects from our dear state. “I dare say that your deputy should not be made the ‘scape goat’ for what the whole world can see glaringly as ‘fuji house of commotion’ in your absence. “To participate, consent or authorise his removal would mean that you have taken side. “Your Excellency, your approach should be to declare that ‘all have sinned and come short the glory of God’, because I believe you don’t even know who is right, wrong, true, good or bad,” he said. According to him, you cannot be seen to want to adopt one sided narration of wrong doing in your absence. “This move will be misunderstood by most people; it will obstruct proper governance, due administration and it will subject our state to another round of ignoble national odious and negative perception that comes with such exertion'” he advised. He said if some of the power brokers within the state had scores to settle with Aiyedatiwa, they should rather do so privately and not fiddle with the peace and integrity of the state. “I wish to place on record that I have been your ardent supporter from your days as NBA President and I don’t know your deputy in person, I have never met him in person or by proxy, neither do I intend to hold brief for him. “I believe he may have, or harbor gubernatorial ambition after your tenure but I will like to tell you that the deputy governor, as Acting Governor, if he was very desperate, could have sack some of your appointees or could have radically alter the status quo in your absence. “But he didn’t do any of these things, why not imply that he is a saint, no one his either,” he said. The lawyer, however, advised that should the governor intend to proceed with the impeachment of his deputy, he should follow the law and respect the sanctity of court processes. His words: “Mr Governor, the law is settled per the position of the Supreme Court in Inakoju v. Adeleke on the process

and procedures for the removal of persons holding the Office of the Governor/Deputy Governor. “You are a respected law scholar in Nigeria. “Therefore, should it be politically expedient for your team to proceed with their action, counsel them to follow the law. “So far, the public have not seen any cogent misconduct or clear-cut financial misappropriation or embezzlement attributable to the deputy governor to warrant this harassment.” Ayibiowu urged Akeredolu to call the impeachment actors to order, focus on finishing strong, pull his team together, motivate them and concentrate on delivery his campaign promises to the people.(NAN) #DontmakeyourDeputyascapegoatLawyerbegsGovernor

[moragarsia]

The pseudo-elections of the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are another propaganda farce

In order to legitimize the occupation and create the illusion of prosperity of the ideas of the "Russian world", Russia is playing another propaganda spectacle - the so-called elections to "local councils" and "legislative bodies" in the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine. We are talking about the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions captured by the Russian occupation forces. The Russian occupation administration announced the holding of fake elections on September 10. But since the end of August, "early voting" to "parliaments" and "municipal councils" in part of the occupied territories has begun: the so-called early voting will be held until September 8, and from September 8 to 10, elections will already be held at polling stations. Such a scheme is necessary for Russians in order to hide the turnout and the lack of interest of local residents in the so-called expression of will. Since 2014, the Russian Federation has been holding illegal referendums and elections in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The fake referendum of 2022 showed that Ukrainian citizens refuse to take part in such events, so in September 2023, the Russian occupation authorities plan to resort to already proven tactics: hold "exit elections" and stretch the "vote" for several days. The occupation administrations allowed the use of any identity document for registration at the so-called polling stations.

The Kremlin needs elections only as a propaganda picture. Their results are predetermined. This is another propaganda farce that has nothing to do with the expression of will and is a manifestation of the occupiers' violence against the local population. Members of the "election commission" will go from house to house together with machine gunners and stubbornly offer to take part in the vote. The Russians have already worked out a similar scheme in 2022 at a pseudo-referendum. Residents of the temporarily occupied territories understand that this is a forced vote. Because if you refuse to vote or vote "wrong", you can fall under the campaign of deportation of objectionable people deep into Russia. For the forced participation of citizens of Ukraine in pseudo-elections, blackmail, intimidation, violent Certification. Thus, the governor of one of the occupied villages of the Kherson region said that Ukrainian citizens who did not receive Russian passports would not receive medicines, primarily insulin.

The Russian occupiers are resorting to traditional technologies for the Kremlin: they plan to attract extras from the regions of the Russian Federation to create a picture of attendance at pseudo-elections, the Russian authorities plan to bring "guest performers" from the Russian Federation to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to record the turnout at the huts. People from deep Russiashould become the main force for the elections. There can be no question of any implementation of democratic norms and freedoms in the occupied territories, where violence and lawlessness reign. Oneelected body of the Russian Federation, elections to which will be held in the temporarily occupied territories, cannot be recognized as legitimate. The participation of foreign observers in this imitationand "elections" should be recognized as illegal. The Kremlin's holding of the next pseudo-elections will be a kind of "discovery" of odious pro-Russian public figures in Europe. Such individuals actually become accomplices in the crimes of the aggressor state.

The intention of the Russian occupation authorities to hold elections to local "authorities" in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine testifies to the final degradation of the electoral system of the Russian Federation. Any results of the pseudo-elections announced by the occupiers are invalid and will never be recognized either by Ukraine or by the international community. Crimea, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Lugansk - this is Ukraine! The Russian Federation should be subjected to tough sanctions and international isolation for trying to hold “elections" on the territory of Ukraine. Running for office, participating in the preparation and conduct of fake elections and their propaganda coverage is a crime and all those involved in this farce must be held accountable in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine and international law, as happened in the liberated territories with traitors and collaborators.

[worldofwardcraft]

America's most malignant governor.

July 13, 2023

Republicans long ago gave up any pretense of wanting to govern in ways that make people's lives better. Instead, they're now a Party dedicated solely to the destruction of democracy, the defense of Trump's criminality, retribution against perceived enemies and mindless culture war cruelty. And nothing reveals this malice more than the sociopathic governors who rule the nation's red states.

Take, for example, Greg Abbott, who shrugged off the deaths of his fellow Texans last winter when the state's electrical grid failed — and still refuses to do anything about it. Or Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who boasts that Arkansas was the first to overturn its child labor laws and now allows young teens to work at highly dangerous jobs. Or Tate Reeves, who's proud of the fact that Mississippi ranks last in, well, nearly everything.

To be sure, these governors are awful. But the worst of the bunch has got to be Florida's malicious wannabe dictator, Ron DeSantis (pictured above on the lookout for more "wokeness" to oppress). Abetted by a legislature that rivals Vlad Putin's Duma in groveling subservience, DeSantis has turned the Sunshine State into a fascist hellscape where civil rights are extended only to those he deems worthy. And the needs of its citizens matter not at all.

DeSantis's pitiless persecution of gay and trans people is harming thousands. While during the COVID epidemic, his science-denying policies led to approximately 30,000 Floridians dying unnecessarily.

His ongoing attacks on academic freedom — from elementary schools on up to universities — have demolished the state's educational reputation. Nor does he hesitate to use the power of state government to compel Florida's businesses to kowtow to his odious culture war dictates. Just ask Disney.

In the meantime, the state's infrastructure is crumbling, the health of its ecosystem is rapidly declining, housing prices are seeing the highest increase in the nation, rental costs are up 300%, and insurance rates are skyrocketing. Overall, Florida's inflation rate is a staggering 9%.

DeSantis's brutal anti-immigrant laws are also driving thousands of immigrants — who make up 26% of Florida's workforce — to leave the state, costing its economy an estimated $12.6 billion per year. Plus, dozens of massive, high-profile conventions are pulling out of Florida over the “unfriendly political environment” DeSantis has created. Which may prove devastating to the state's $112 billion tourism industry.

But besides being a harsh and callous governor, it's become clear that DeSantis is not a particularly attractive presidential candidate, either. Observes conservative pundit Peggy Noonan, DeSantis gives the impression "that he might unplug your life support to re-charge his cellphone."

[pedroam-bang]

The Fall (2006)

[tomorrowusa]

The “red tsunami” predicted by some pundits turned out to be a “pink trickle”.

Votes are still being counted and results are still coming in. And there may be runoff elections in a few places to determine the final outcomes. But the results tended to be better for Democrats than many dour pollsters and pundits had been prognosticating.

I’ll have more comments over the next few days. But here is a quick take from columnist Moira Donegan at The Guardian.

It was not supposed to be this close. Midterms are always hard for the party in power. In the past, when Democrats have faced a midterm election when they controlled both the White House and Congress, the Republicans had a blowout.

In 1994, during Bill Clinton’s first term, Republicans gained huge margins in the house. In 2010, it was even bigger. Joe Biden has proved to be a president with little of his own constituency and few legislative achievements to show for his first two years of unified government, thanks in no small part to how narrow Democrats’ majorities were in Congress in 2020. Meanwhile, inflation is at roughly 8%. It was supposed to be a blowout night for the Democrats, the kind of humiliation that sent the Biden administration a firm rebuke. It wasn’t.

It’s not that there were no disappointments. There were some painful losses for Democrats: the odious Peter Thiel acolyte JD Vance has won a Senate seat in Ohio; candidates that perennially capture the imagination and hope of national democrats, like Beto O’Rourke and Stacey Abrams, lost.

But Republican margins are narrow, and even when the party had the wind at their back. Trump-backed, election-denying candidates did poorly; so did those who most vocally oppose abortion rights. The Republican party is in disarray, unable to quit Trump, but unable to thrive while anchored to him. If they do end up winning a majority, they will do so weakened and vulnerable.

For now, just one result that I’m particularly happy about. In Pennsylvania a Jewish Democrat defeated a notorious semi-fascist Trump Republican in the race for governor.

Cheers to pro-democracy anti-bigotry voters in the Keystone State! 🍻

[steve-pift]

My November Cuntina of the month is the Moms For Liberty for their contributions to the damage on public education.

My December Cuntina is the woman behind libs of TikTok for posting fallacies and damaging misinformation.

And my pick for January Cuntina of the Month is the Governor of Iowa for signing odious approved bills into law.

What is your February Cuntina of the month?

[collymore]

Stark irony! A religious coronation, for two inured, unapologetic serial adulterers that evidently didn't keep their marital vows?

By Stanley Collymore Self-evidently the UK is no longer a Christian country since the majority of its people have turned away from the Church die to a marked lack of leadership on the part of those who are in control of, run and are closely associated with the various branches of alleged Christianity; caring, the aforementioned, much more about their own pecking order in these said institutions as well as the also highly prized, in their personal evaluation, British class ingrained and distinctly elitist system. Quite clearly the churches leaders have never spoken out openly far less so honestly against evidently myriad and transparent instances of evident injustices even within their own close ranks; and the inevitable results are what we see today; increasing falling Church attendances and similarly too church buildings actually closing. So realistically if Charles: a most self-centred and clearly, unapologetically ingrained serial adulterer who quite incredibly in spite of his odious and additionally egregious behaviour in relation to his wife Diana Spencer is now mind bogglingly, notwithstanding the Seventh Commandment, the most laughably really, implanted Supreme Governor of the Church of England, thought anything about the British people of whom he is their unelected, hereditary and de facto monarichal leader and who he still encouragingly sees as serf subjects, not ever worthy of being definitively, sensibly and in a dignified manner caringly upgraded to the status of equal citizens, his thus discernibly and equally appropriately vainglorious coronation should in all reality be distinctively low key; and, most specifically so, with millions of people desperately struggling to eat and similarly heat their homes. And crucially no literally sensible and discernibly intelligent person blames President Vladimir Putin of Russia for any of this; as the very Tories who're asininely pushing all this outmoded pomp and ceremony and specifically as well at a time of literally egregious austerity and obviously debilitating hardship are the very politicians that without a solitary care in the world regarding their very own economic and similarly privileged circumstances, are the very ones who quite uncaringly and most self-servingly also are effectively the absolute bane in relation to their very dishonest relationship with the United Kingdom. But why bother being any different when they well know that Britain is intensely and endemically infested with a surfeit preponderance of dire, intellectually challenged, very easily brainwashed, similarly and discernibly braindead; obviously sycophantically brownnosing, medievally mindset and avidly kow-towing to their deeply ingrained and unthinkingly perceived as monarchical and other hereditary superiors, morons; who'd rather die starving or freezing than see the likes of Charles Windsor and his discernibly preposterous and rather self-entitled ilk get their long overdue and equally so much deserving comeuppance.   Essentially, literally kicked out of their unworthily, totally unmerited yet quite privileged, arrogantly self-entitled and literally obscenely and wholly clearly unearned wealthy positions; and have Britain plainly instead become the truly democratic, genuinely equality based, and an authentic, progressive and also an enduring meritocracy that is clearly long overdue; and evidently needs to be in situ in this a supposedly modern and also progressive 21st Century for everyone else very apparently except British peasants and quite obviously and thoroughly discernibly naturally their distinctly monarchical and other hereditarily manipulative scum who patently delight in controlling them! (C) Stanley V. Claymore 18 November 2022.   Author's Remarks: We're all of us, whether in the biblical sense or not, sinners in one form or another; that's transparently human nature. However, having said that, it is likewise abundantly clear there're nevertheless amongst us specimens of Homo sapiens who're discernibly far worse than the majority of us others; and redemption if it's to be attained ought really to come from genuinely honest apologies for what has been maliciously, malevolently or equally egregiously done, and earnestly hope that those who have been adversely affected by your actions, or if they're no longer among us and have passed on, that their close offspring and, as well, their descendants depending on the genuine nature or distinctively so otherwise of any such apologies from the perpetrators honestly do pave the way for forgiveness and possibly also a lasting reconciliation. For without seriously embarking on such a truly, personal evaluation of one's actions and misdeeds the entire situation is literally obviously nothing more than arrogant hypocrisy; which is most discernibly and very precisely what evidently both Charles Windsor, Camilla Parker Bowles and also their demonstrably, thoroughly expensive, emphatically likeminded and equally immoral advisors have collectively so earnestly, dishonestly, as well as quite disingenuously, totally patronizingly and condescendingly embarked upon and are similarly ongoingly doing. A state of affairs they rather corruptly and most asininely believe is rather distinctly assured by their arrogantly perceived self-entitled and privileged positions. Apologies? For our miscreant, quite unmistakably immoral and even our criminal behaviour clearly adjudged by plebeian standards and evidently most assuredly and rather insultingly not our patrician ones, and moreover doing so, in terms of quite laughable apologies to the unwashed peasants that literally hero worship us and are firmly and intensely too conditioned from birth to always think of us, their monarchical and hereditary types, in addition to instinctively, unthinkingly believing that our ostentatiously and discernibly privileged positions in life are unquestionably, quite exclusively and similarly also, enduringly ours to unchallengeably have by through the courtesy of Divine approbation and likewise its attendant affirmation! So you obviously can't be serious trying to challenge that or our status in life. Which literally means that you rather intellectually challenged serf morons are well and truly had. And just like the Karen slappers who have rather recurrently cuckolded their husband or partner and individually have him earnestly but so idiotically believing that the children these Karen's have liberally and bastardly spawned and who these Male morons have quite fervently fathered but most distinctly have not actually sired are somehow, nevertheless, quite ludicrously their biological offspring. Just as the quite dim-witted, white xenophobic and as well a totally comprehensive and too irreversible azoospermiac that clearly overtly boasts about his supposed but discernibly, distinctively non-existent manhood and the number of children that in his imaginary world he has so exuberantly produced and similarly like himself are "true white Britons" when unknowingly to himself he is absolutely incapable biologically of ever fathering children of any kind; the ludicrous myths enveloping the sick and utterly delusional minds of such master race Britons is distinctly evidenced in calls for an imperialist type and laughably also a Christian religious coronation for two actually comprehensive adulterers: Charles Windsor and his very longstanding mistress Camilla, not divinely but all the same short-memorised and totally hypocritical, likewise brownnosingly approved, monarchical consort! Absolutely nothing wrong in having aspirational dreams; but delusional fantasies come under the heading of a totally different ball game, whether you’re supposedly a divinely enthroned monarch and his consort or are happily ensconced amongst their surfeit of brainwashed and similarly braindead sycophants.

[anthonybialy]

Oh, No: Hochul

Subway shovings have just begun.  New York’s criminals will continue being treated like victims while actual victims will have whatever isn’t stolen taxed away.  Albany commits quasi-legal theft.

Voters in a state that embraces freedom if opening prison gates counts are apparently eager for more targeting.  New York is full of masochists.  Suffering under Joe Biden wasn’t punishment enough.  Federalism sometimes means extra ruinous policies get enacted closer to home.

The erstwhile Empire State can stop creating bad examples for everyone else to avoid.  A progressive hellhole offers a concentrated dose of the flailing bossiness that’s lamentably become a trend in these oh so enlightened times.  There’s a promising update for any state resident who didn’t feel kicked around enough by inflation.  Plundering is New York’s only thriving industry.

Dodging responsibility will remain a popular Democratic hobby.  Warning about those not in power getting their way as their own policies fail is the classic excuse that does everything but improve the state’s fortune.  They just need more of their brilliant ideas enacted, you see.

Kathy Hochul’s strategy of chasing away anyone who wouldn’t vote for her was the wisest strategy she’s ever pursued.  That had to have been her plan, right?  I wish there could be an easy way to tell what approach is successful like seeing if Blue States lose population to Florida and Texas.  Unlike the miserably grabby way Democrats see the economy, electoral votes are a zero-sum game.

A liberal economy sure is illiberal.  The prototypical tax and spend hive is running out of prey.  I’m sure they’ll attract more successful people who are eager for a pilfering.  Seeing humans the way vampires do is a sure sign politicians respect liberty.  What We Do in the Shadows is a fake documentary about the real scenario of people who gladly enable those who exploit them.  Presuming money earned by taxpayers is hers compensates for Hochul’s thorough lack of personal productivity.  Elect those who know how to spend better than you do.  

Being locked in the state with seething fiends is not as compassionate as billed.  Acting as if posting bail is a crime has allowed actual offenses to increase exponentially.  The parodic take on liberal policies is all too real.

Hochul may as well blame a microphone for the moronic things she spews.  New York is in for another term of blaming guns for crime as criminals disregard gun control.  The state’s restrictions on a constitutional and human right are strict enough to classify them as provincial.  You can be neighborly to Canada without adopting their refusal to trust citizens with basic liberties as your house policy.

The governor has made it virtually impossible for those who obey laws to arm themselves.  Meanwhile, felons who are willing to commit one more will have no problem with paperwork.  She really cares for certain people within the state.

The worst thing about the return to lawlessness is having the precedent of knowing how bad it was and avoidable it is.  We don’t even get authentic ‘70s grit out of the worst throwback possible.  The primitive 2020s will apparently be spent perceiving everyone but lawbreakers as lawbreakers.  Concluding that those arrested have been violated while scoffing at the mugged like their wounds and missing wallets are a conspiracy is how Hochul flaunts compassion.

The only New Yorkers not endangered by crime are killed before being born.  Nobody fretting about ridding themselves of babies at will had to worry, as Hochul is dedicated to preserving the option to discard those in wombs when she’s not preening about how the NRA causes kids to be murdered.  Abortion was a winning issue this week for Democrats just like slavery in the 1850s.

How will your money be spent?  Enough participants within the jurisdiction in question voted away the right to decide.  New York’s particularly odious capital makes corrupt cabals look like benevolent republics by comparison.  Funneling any results of prosperity through arrogant elected idiots means the state is like the mob, only unprofitable.  Those who keep voting for the same miserable predation think it’s the only way politics happens as they reinforce the calcified arrangement.

Unfortunate election lessons are the only benefit.  Jeffrey Dahmer could win because his name stars with a D.  While he’s deceased, he has name recognition from a recent fictional portrayal that could land him on a ballot.  Sticking with harm shows once again that Democrats will vote for their party no matter what.  Trivial matters like consequences and suffering will not deter those who think the party of Hochul helps compassionately despite ho3 rust is winning the war.

Supremely delusional backers who elected an incumbent for the first time display a dedicated refusal to check results can’t be considered steadfast.  It’s no wonder Democrats hate free markets when they reward failure.

As for the man who couldn’t beat a documented failure, Lee Zeldin offers evidence that anyone who has ever smiled at Donald Trump will be unable to contend.  Anyone paying attention to the emptiness behind the chintzy gold could’ve told you those aligned were making a deal with a rather obnoxious devil.  Trump’s going to be much less clever about not honoring its terms.  The only thing worse than falling for him then is continuing to do so now.

A Trump pal was the least worst option compared to giving Democrats another chance.  Elections presently suck even more than usual.  Trying to choose the less rotten option has never been less fun.

Sicko New Yorkers re-hired an all-time dolt with impossibly awful record in a job she inherited from an autocratic scumbag who killed off grandparents when he wasn’t treating women like his property.  Andrew Cuomo’s replacement is a slightly different style of scumbag.  Hochul now gets a full term to inflict woe.  Voters saw just how bad life got, had a chance to halt the agony, and chose to reward her.  The sad state of New York demonstrates how liberalism is about making everyone else suffer, too.

[faithhearted]

She never should have run off in such a blind and scorn filled haze, but Louisa had been so angry with John. The very idea that he’d ever even suggest she consider marrying that odious Major General Tryon was nothing short of appalling . 

Tryon held the title of Governor of New York, but really in name only now that martial law had been declared. If anything, he was more of a glorified hound than a reputable prospect – not to mention the fact that he was significantly older than her, pushing fifty. He practically had one foot in the bloody grave. 

How could John have thought such a man a good match for her, his dearest sister who loved him above all others in this world? Could he truly be so determined in his pursuit of solidifying alliances than he would so quickly sacrifice her as another pawn on the chess board? She could scarcely believe it, and yet they’d just spent the better half of the afternoon arguing over the matter until she’d fled in tears and taken off on horseback. 

Once she'd calmed down and permitted Sweet Pea to transition into a calmer trot for several aimless minutes, Louisa finally possessed enough clarity to admit that she was utterly and hopelessly lost. 

The trickling of a stream down the slope had caught her attention, and after such a strenuous gallop through the woodland terrain, she was certain her mount must be parched, so she elected to dismount And begin carefully leading her down the incline.

That was when she heard the echo of musket shots. 

In a moment of uncertainty, she remained still, softly shushing Sweet Pea's unsettled nickering. Before she could make a decision of action, a ruffian broke through the treeline, easily spotting her and darting toward her with a newfound conviction in his momentum, she hadn't time to mount before he'd caught hold of her and tugged her off.

Sweet Pea panicked, rearing up and sending both people tumbling down the bank. Louisa screamed as he landed atop her and held her down. 

“Let me up!” She struggled. 

“Stop screamin’!” was his only grumbled response as he tried put a dirtied hand over her mouth. She bit him and he yelped. 

“Little bitch!” This time, he hit her before he pinned her arms. 

Then another shot rang out and with a final wheezing and sputtering gurgle, the man went limp, sinking his dead weight atop her. 

Louisa shuddered fearfully. God. Blood was dripping from his slack jawed mouth. 

With a panicked whimper, no sooner had she attempted to rid herself of the deceased when he was pulled off her. Afraid it might be another ruffian, Louisa thrashed and kicked with all her strength to fend them off. 

 "Miss!" The man shouted, catching hold of her wrists. 

“Let go of me!” she sobbed. 

“Madam,” he pressed as he attempted to settle her, “Are you all right? Have you been injured?"

The first thing that she could make out through her tears was his bright blue eyes shining in the afternoon light. Then the glare from the gold trimming of his shako blinded her. She yelped and instinctively struck him across the face. 

“Get your hands off me!” she demanded again, this time with more authority, “How dare you presume to touch me, rebel!”

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The thick scent of g.unpowder filled the air, practically coating Benjamin's lungs as he and Caleb dashed and skidded in between a cluster of trees.

"Only one left?" he called over to B.rewster, to which the whaler nodded.

"Aye," he said in between breaths, "we've got the bastard."

Benjamin increased his pace, his features solemn. Defection was never an offense that was treated lightly in camp, so being s.lain in their skirmish would be considered a kindness in comparison to what fate awaited the man.

Just as he prepared to reach the top of the hilly terrain, a loud, piercing scream filled the woods, and looking to Caleb in alarm, Benjamin's brow creased in bafflement.

A woman? he thought. How was it even possible? The nearest sight of civilization wasn't for dozens of miles, and this p.ositioning was intentional.

Holding his flintlock aloft, Benjamin swung around a tree and peered below, spotting the defector pinning down a woman in the leaf-ridden grass.

Gritting his teeth, Benjamin didn't hesitate and squeezed the t.rigger, sending up a bloom of smoke as the w.eapon discharged.

Bang!

The man jerked, giving a wet, squelching cough, before collapsing over top of the shrieking woman.

Caleb appeared at this side then, and together, the two men skidded down over the embankment.

"Miss?" Benjamin called. Quickly peeling the defector off the woman, he attempted to calm her since she was still wildly swinging her arms back and forth. "Miss!" he shouted, catching hold of her wrists. Concerned, he pressed, "Madam, are you all right? Have you been injured?"

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By • Olalekan Fagbade Group slams Atiku’s aide for accusing Vice-President Shettima of aiding Boko Haram MlThe Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has slammed Mr Phrank Shuaibu, an aide to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for accusing Vice-President Kashim Shettima of aiding and abetting Boko Haram insurgents during his tenure as governor of Borno. Shuaibu had on Sept. 8 accused Shettima of aiding and abetting the insurgents during his tenure as governor of Borno. He specifically accused him of aiding the abduction of the Chibok girls. But, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Executive Director, MURIC said in a statement on Monday in Abuja that the allegations were false, malicious, odious and insidious. “We are confounded both by the weight and intensity of these allegations, particularly against a sitting vice president. They are false, malicious, odious and insidious. They are simply lies from the pit of Jahannam. “Somebody must have locked the medulla oblongata of Shaibu and thrown the key away, otherwise he would not turn the pages of history upside down the way he has just done. How could any rational being accuse VP Shettima of aiding Boko Haram? “It is on record that former President Goodluck Jonathan threatened to withdraw federal troops from Borno when Shettima as the state governor complained of a glaring lackadaisical approach from the federal government to the Boko Haram saga. ‘’He asked if Shettima would be able to stay in the government house if he withdrew federal troops,’’ he said. Akintola added: “Jonathan’s exact words were, ‘I will pull them out for one month whether he (Shettima) will stay in that his Government House. But, if he thinks what he said is correct then I will pull out the armed forces for one month. “Shettima had complained to the visiting president that Boko Haram was gaining the upper hand in the region because Nigerian soldiers are not well armed. But an angry Jonathan gave him the cold response above. ‘’It was more than a response. It was a threat. It was like, ‘Behave, or I will unleash them on you. “We affirm that Shettima’s complaint was meant to attract better equipment for Nigerian soldiers so that they would be able to confront Boko Haram fighters more effectively.’’ ‘’We are of the humble opinion that a governor who is aiding the insurgents would not make such a request, instead, he would have joined the indifferent camp of looters of funds meant for the purchase of weapons for Nigerian soldiers. Shaibu’s allegation against VP Shettima is therefore frivolous, mischievous and lactiferous. “Of course events later proved Shettima right as reports of the 2.1 million dollars arms fund investigation later revealed that indeed Nigerian soldiers were deprived of weapons and money meant to buy them was shared among Jonathan’s party men. “We are equally miffed by Shuaibu’s allegation that Shettima aided the kidnapping of the Chibok girls. It is on record that former President Jonathan refused to act for nineteen (19) days after the abduction of the poor girls’’. ‘’It is therefore the zenith of mischief for Atiku’s aide to accuse Shettima of involvement in the ugly incident. “Official duplicity cannot be totally ignored. For example, in the case of Dapchi where 110 girls were abducted, the governor of Yobe at the time alleged that soldiers were withdrawn a week before the attack “MURIC admonishes Shuaibu to look elsewhere for those responsible for lapses in the attack on the Chibok girls. We have no doubt that he does not have to look far, behind his shoulders, perhaps.”(NAN)