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02 Saturday Jul 2022

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Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

Yesterday, late afternoon:

Eric Greitens @EricGreitens
Liberal World Order is $5 gas.

America First is $1.89 gas.

For Missourians, the choice is easy.
3:54 PM · Jul 1, 2022

One of the responses:

What are you gonna do to gas prices, Eric? Tie them up and take blackmail pictures of them?

Campaign supplies.

Previously:

Oh, my. (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 2 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 3 (January 11, 2018)

אַ שאַנדע פֿאַר די גוים and *IOKIYAR (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 4 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 5 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 6 (January 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): not exactly a ringing endorsement (January 12, 2018)

Gov. Eric Greitens (r): piping (January 16, 2018)

Oh, my – part 7 (January 16, 2018)

Waiting… (January 19, 2018)

Oh, my – part 8 (January 29, 2018)

The unanswered question (February 8, 2018)

RSMo § 565.252 (February 22, 2018)

Well, you were the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 22, 2018)

Well, he was the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 23, 2018)

A few words of advice (February 26, 2018)

Eric Greitens (r) and the House – pass the popcorn (March 6, 2018)

Oh, my – part 9 (March 6, 2018)

“That’s not how you spell bare.” (March 7, 2018)

It’s their world, the rest of us only get to live in it (April 8, 2018)

The popcorn is ready (April 10, 2018)

The Report (April 11, 2018)

Call it what it is (April 11, 2018)

Go away, asshole. (April 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r-21): impeach Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Getting ironical about Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Standing ovation (April 14, 2018)

Quid pro quo (April 16, 2018)

It’s a fine mess he’s gotten himself into… (April 17, 2018)

Really, just go away… (April 17, 2018)

HR 6783: Impeachment (April 18, 2018)

Unhinged (April 19, 2018)

Really unhinged (April 19, 2019)

Seriously, just go away already… (April 20, 2018)

He doth protest too much, methinks… (April 20, 2018)

No, Chuck Raasch, nobody’s giving Eric Greitens’ scandals short shrift (April 22, 2018)

Does somebody want to tell them? (April 25, 2018)

Our life on the “D List” (April 30, 2018)

The Report – supplement (May 1, 2018)

HR 7432: Impeachment (May 1, 2018)

The second report (May 2, 2018)

Rep. Gina Mitten (D): shining a light in the dark money campaign finance neighborhood (May 2, 2018)

The process begins (May 4, 2018)

The Petition for a Special Session of the General Assembly to consider “disciplinary actions against Governor Eric R. Greitens” (May 4, 2018)

Campaign Finance: in the news (May 6, 2018)

Oxford coma (May 7, 2018)

A definition (May 13, 2018)

Felony invasion of privacy case against Eric Greitens (r) dropped (May 14, 2018)

“So far, so good…” (May 14, 2018)

Jean Peters Baker appointed as special prosecutor in Greitens (r) case (May 21, 2018)

Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight – transcript of witness deposition – cross examination (May 23, 2018)

Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight – transcript of witness deposition – on Koster and Greitens (May 22, 2018)

HR 2: Special Investigative Committee on Oversight – the process for impeachment (May 22, 2018)

Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight – Scott Faughn (May 23, 2018)

Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight – not going to allow “cherry picking” (May 25, 2018)

Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight – Michael Hafner (May 29, 2018)

Eric Greitens (r) resigns as Governor of Missouri (May 29, 2018)

State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D) on the resignation of Eric Greitens (r) as Governor of Missouri (May 29, 2018)

Senator Jill Schupp (D) on the resignation of Eric Greitens (r) as Governor of Missouri (May 29, 2018)

Statement by Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on the resignation of Eric Greitens (r) as Governor of Missouri (May 29, 2018)

Representative Stacey Newman (D) on the resignation of Eric Greitens (r) as Governor of Missouri (May 29, 2018)

State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D): about those legal bills for Eric Greitens (r) submitted to the state… (June 9, 2018)

Eric Greitens (r) – quarterly campaign finance report – July 2018 (July 16, 2018)

Final Report of the Special Investigative Committee on Oversight in the matter of Governor Eric R. Greitens (January 2, 2019)

Eric Greitens (r): Were they stored in the basement? (March 31, 2020)

Eric Greitens (r): there’s always 2024 (June 10, 2020)

Eric Greitens (r) is having another one of those days (March 21, 2022)

Piling on (March 21, 2022)

Statement from Sheena Greitens (March 22, 2022)

They want to believe they’re winning, but know they’re losing again

01 Friday Jul 2022

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“Stupidity may be inherited. Ignorance is a personal choice.”

“…We don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we do occasionally present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit…”

We see fit.

Pro-choice demonstration – Sedalia, Missouri – June 30, 2022

A post on yesterday’s pro-choice demonstration in Sedalia, Missouri went viral. Of course, that attractes right wingnuts who attempt to assert their perceived intellectual dominance:

What idiots. They sound retarded it’s not about it’s about the millions of babies they are murdering each day. Ban viagra that’s ok because it still won’t stop God from planting the seed of life ( a baby) in a woman’s uterus. Sure some pregnancies are horrendous in the way they happened but don’t give the baby the death penalty give the rapist instead

Uh, where to start?

“…They sound retarded…” As, say, opposed to illiterate and ignorant? What’s our troll’s excuse?

“…it’s about the millions of babies they are murdering each day…” However you count it – sperm, zygote, fetus, actual baby – that’s a lot at an annual rate. Our troll also appears to have issues with math literacy. That’s not a surprise.

“…it still won’t stop God from planting the seed of life ( a baby) in a woman’s uterus…” Ah, magic. That explains a lot, just not what our troll thinks it does.

They’re so insecure. Why show up here if they believe that they’ve got what they’ve always wanted?

And finally: When someone submits a comment here their email address and I.P. address are linked to the comment.

Previously:

What gives you the mistaken impression we give a shit about what you think? (June 10, 2022)

Doing the same thing as everyone else and expecting a different result (June 11, 2022)

It’s a cult (June 19, 2022)

Once again, for the people who just got here (June 22, 2022)

Pro-choice Demonstration – Sedalia, Missouri – June 30, 2022

30 Thursday Jun 2022

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Early this afternoon approximately fifty individuals gathered in 90 degree heat along Broadway (Highway 50) in Sedalia, Missouri to demonstrate in support of reproductive rights.

They were greeted with supportive car horn honking, hostile stares, and at least one extended middle finger.

There are a number of such demonstrations scheduled across Missouri over the next few days.

“Girls Just Wanna Have FUNdamental Human Rights”

“Ban Viagra…”

“…We were free”

“…Cannibalism”

“…Zip it!”

“I will not…”

“He who hath no uterus…”

“Don’t like Abortions?…”

Campaign Finance: It’s all in a name

30 Thursday Jun 2022

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From one PAC to another.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C222163 06/29/2022 RightDirection PAC RightPath PAC PO Box 1865 Jefferson City MO 65102 6/29/2022 $100,000.00

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It’s a new PAC:

Just another startup.

And who contributed to the source [RightPath PAC] since it was created on January 24, 2022?:

C221800 02/08/2022 RightPath PAC Sandy Loewentheil 6 Beverly Rd Purchase NY 10577 Retired 2/7/2022 $50,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC George Bauer 499 Silvermine Road New Canaan CT 06840 Retired 2/14/2022 $200,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC Blackford Brauer c/o John M. Hillhouse 424 S. Woodsmill Road, Suite 325 St Louis MO 63017 Hunter Engineering Company 2/14/2022 $200,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC Joyce Buchheit PO Box 18 Bonne Terre MO 63628 Retired 2/14/2022 $200,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC Andrew Bursky 325 Stanwich Road Greenwich CT 06830 Atlas Holdings LLC 2/14/2022 $200,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC George Couch III 1502 Viscaino Road Pebble Beach CA 93953 Couch Distributing Company, Inc. 2/14/2022 $200,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC David Farrell 1220 Log Cabin Lane St Louis MO 63124 Retired 2/14/2022 $50,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC Hunter Engineering Company 11250 Hunter Dr. Bridgeton MO 63044 2/14/2022 $200,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC David Kemper 2101 S. Warson Rd. St Louis MO 63124 Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 2/14/2022 $50,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC Alicia McDonnell 1034 S. Brentwood Blvd. Suite 1860 St Louis MO 63117 Retired 2/14/2022 $200,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC John McDonnell 1034 S. Brentwood Blvd. Suite 1860 St Louis MO 63117 Retired 2/14/2022 $200,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC Anna Ntenta 2645 South Bayshore Dr., Apt. 802 Miami FL 33133 Retired 2/14/2022 $150,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC Andrew Taylor 1147 Log Cabin Ln. St Louis MO 63124 Crawford Group Inc. 2/14/2022 $100,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC Lawrence Thomas 11204 Tri Lane St Louis MO 63141 Retired 2/14/2022 $50,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC Henry Warshaw 63 Lake Forest Drive St Louis MO 63117 Virtual Realty Enterprises LLC 2/14/2022 $25,000.00

C221800 02/14/2022 RightPath PAC Susan Warshaw 63 Lake Forest Drive St Louis MO 63117 Retired 2/14/2022 $25,000.00

C221800 02/28/2022 RightPath PAC Lew Jacobs IV 74 Whitefish Drive PO Box 160158 Big Sky MT 59716 Self-Employed: Consultant 2/28/2022 $200,000.00

C221800 02/28/2022 RightPath PAC Howard Cayne 7308 Helmsdale Rd Bethesda MD 20817 Arnold & Porter 2/28/2022 $50,000.00

C221800 02/28/2022 RightPath PAC Steven Cash Nickerson 2300 Wolf Street, Apt. 4C Dallas TX 75201 PDS Defense, Inc. 2/28/2022 $50,000.00

C221800 03/28/2022 RightPath PAC Eric Upin 21 Presidio Avenue San Francisco CA 94115 Point Olema Capital Partners San Francisco 3/28/2022 $50,000.00

So much money.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Purchase (February 8, 2022)

Somehow this is supposed to be reassuring? (February 13, 2022)

Campaign Finance: They ain’t Union organizers (February 14, 2022)

Campaign Finance: The Out of Towners (February 28, 2022)

Campaign Finance: because they can (March 28, 2022)

Campaign Finance: oxymoron

29 Wednesday Jun 2022

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Again.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C222144 06/29/2022 Missouri Conservatives for Truth Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 6/29/2022 $55,000.00

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So, what else is new?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: sure, go ahead, name your new PAC after a Roman sword (June 24, 2022)

Campaign Finance: Why bother? They’ve never worked before. (June 29, 2022)

Campaign Finance: Why bother? They’ve never worked before.

29 Wednesday Jun 2022

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Yesterday at the Misoouri Ethics Commission:

C190817 06/28/2022 Conservative Solutions for Missouri PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 None Retired 6/27/2022 $25,000.00

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Conservative solutions? Oxymoron.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: sure, go ahead, name your new PAC after a Roman sword (June 24, 2022)

Grab that wheel, pass the ketchup

28 Tuesday Jun 2022

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

This afternoon:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
Another reminder — the January 6 committee is a joke and nothing more than a smoke screen for Joe Biden’s failures.
12:13 PM · Jun 28, 2022

Eric Schmitt (r) should have waited an hour and a half. Not that it would have made any difference to him.

Just another member of the cult.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

Campaign Finance: What’s that?

28 Tuesday Jun 2022

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A brand new PAC.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C222170 06/27/2022 Shield PAC LLC Alliance for Progress LLC 230 W McCarty St Jefferson City MO 65101 6/27/2022 $7,600.00

C222170 06/27/2022 Shield PAC LLC Conservative Justice PAC 222 W Columbia St Farmington MO 63640 6/27/2022 $30,000.00

C222170 06/27/2022 Shield PAC LLC Homesafe LLC 9100 E Panorama Dr STE 150 Centennial CO 80112 6/27/2022 $20,000.00

C222170 06/27/2022 Shield PAC LLC NRRM LLC 339 Mid Rivers Mall Dr St Peters MO 63376 6/27/2022 $50,000.00

C222170 06/27/2022 Shield PAC LLC Triangle Real Estate 339 Mid Rivers Mall Dr St Peters MO 63376 6/27/2022 $50,000.00

C222170 06/27/2022 Shield PAC LLC NRRM LLC 339 Mid Rivers Mall Dr St Peters MO 63376 6/27/2022 $100,000.00

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$257,600.00 is quite a one day haul.

Yep, they’re new:

Actual facts are no longer inconvenient, just ignored

27 Monday Jun 2022

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“…He offered his prayers quietly while his students were otherwise occupied…”

KENNEDY v. BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT [pdf], June 27, 2022.

Justice Gorsuch delivered the opinion:

…Joseph Kennedy lost his job as a high school football coach because he knelt at midfield after games to offer a quiet prayer of thanks. Mr. Kennedy prayed during a period when school employees were free to speak with a friend, call for a reservation at a restaurant, check email, or attend to other personal matters. He offered his prayers quietly while his students were otherwise occupied. Still, the Bremerton School District disciplined him anyway…

In Justice Sotomayor’s dissent:

…Photograph of J. Kennedy standing in group of kneeling players…

A footnote in the dissent:

…The Court recounts that Kennedy was “willing to say his ‘prayer while the players were walking to the locker room’ or ‘bus,’ and then catch up with his team.” Ante, at 4 (quoting App. 280–282); see also ante, at 5. Kennedy made the quoted remarks, however, only during his deposition in the underlying litigation, stating in response to a question that such timing would have been “physically possible” and “possibly” have been acceptable to him, but that he had never “discuss[ed] with the District whether that was a possibility for [him] to do” and had “no idea” whether his lawyers raised it with the District. App. 280….

America as a Fascist theocracy in the 21st Century. Who would have thought?

Previously:

Apparently, it’s all in how one kneels (June 27, 2022)