The Last Hurrah of the man who created modern “conservatism.”

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/rush-limbaugh-donald-trump-right-wing-media.html

A look back at the career of Rush Limbaugh. Of local interest, Rush is identified as the source of some of the fizzling “bombshells” that have been aired on this forum.

I will resist the temptation to editorialize about the corrosive role that Rush has played in the civic and political life of our country. His career speaks for itself.

The long, insightful and very interesting retrospective end with this . . .

“This is the right wing we’re stuck with, even if Trump loses, even after Limbaugh dies. And a Biden victory can only make it worse, for there is nothing conservative media like more than playing the victim. Spinning spurious grievances into bullshit extending beyond the horizon is the quintessential talk-radio trick. Limbaugh pioneered it. Trump perfected it. It’s a potent, brilliant idea that will outlive them both.”

Yet another massive Trump scandal!

For those who do not subscribe or have used up your free quota, the story is that Turkey’s state-owned bank was funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to Iran in violation of American sanctions. The Southern District of New York was in the process of investigating and prosecuting the individuals behind this crime when AG Barr tweeted that SDNY Prosecutor Geoffrey Berman had abruptly resigned. You may recall that Berman threw the bullshit flag on that tweet and that he had no intention of resigning. So Barr fired him.

This report reveals the reason for that firing. Trump buddy Erdogan had been pressing Trump to quash this investigation because members of his own family were making millions with these Iran transactions. Berman would not go along. It is noteworthy that the SDNY investigation pre-dated Trump and that Erdogan directly asked Biden and Obama to remove the prosecutor who was then running the case. They politely, but firmly, refused to interfere.

Why is Trump so eager to please the Turkish dictator? That is anyone’s guess, but we do know that Trump has extensive business interests in Turkey generating millions in profits. Is there something more?

In a normal Presidency this would be a massive “October Surprise” that would destroy Trump’s chances – working with criminals to funnel money to Iran. Good grief. But this is not a normal Presidency. What is another scandal among so many.

In case you missed it.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/ossoff-blames-sen-perdue-for-insider-trading-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-94914629603

This piece of video from the recent Senatorial debate between Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff and Republican Senator David Perdue has gone viral. In it, Ossoff very sharply calls out Senator Perdue for his votes to end the ACA and its protections for pre-existing conditions and neatly puts it in a frame consisting of Republican lies about Covid-19 and personal profiteering with insider knowledge of how serious the pandemic was going to be. Perdue’s response paraphrased – “You are a socialist.”

By way of background, Ossoff is referring to the scandal where several GOP Senators – including Perdue – were caught making stock transactions based on private security briefings about the pandemic while still soft-pedaling the danger to the public.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Congressional_insider_trading_scandal

Breaking news : Perdue has pulled out of the final scheduled debate.

Told you so

HCQ coctail works when used early and on outpatient basis

A peer reviewed study confirms that the HCQ cocktail used early on an outpatient basis reduced hospitalizations by 80%.

The failure in other studies was the result of testing it on patients already sick enough to need hospitalization when it was too late for antiviral intervention.

So, how many thousands have died needlessly because of the reflexive political rejection of the treatment because President Trump endorsed it.

The Bobulinski Interview

Source: American Thinker.

Last Night Tucker Carlson devoted his entire show to a single interview of Tony Bobulinski, an international businessman who worked for the Biden family trying to set up a business venture with a state-supported Chinese company. The interview is significant for a number of reasons, but primarily for the allegation that Joe Biden has been lying repeatedly about his own personal involvement in business deals set up by his son, Hunter, and brother, James. The article contains extended clips from the show, and summarizes the interview as follows:

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