Some brilliant person put up a bunch of Missing Person flyers around downtown DC. The flyers describe 84-year-old Senator Mitch McConnell – last seen actually alive, for sure – back in June – as “turtle like” – along with a picture that makes the point. Well, an AI-generated image (probably) of the Dirty Old Turtle, as he is unaffectionately known.
The whole thing reached a level of absurdity – and criminality – weeks ago. It is coming up on two months since the Dirty Old Turtle disappeared from public view and going on two weeks now since the AI generated image of him sitting up in bed, looking like a healthy Dirty Old Turtle with his cheerful looking wife by his side was issued as proof of life. If that image weren’t AI-generated, the Dirty Old Turtle ought to have been out of bed by now – or at least in front of a camera. We’re told – and they actually think we’ll believe it – that the Dirty Old Turtle is just recovering from a mild fall and a bout of not-so-serious pneumonia.
There’s this wonderful scene in the film Rob Roy, in which the Marquess of Montrose, played by John Hurt, is being bullshitted by his henchman Archie, played by Tim Roth. The henchman tries to account for his new suit of fancy clothes by claiming he won at cards. The Marquess isn’t buying it – and neither should we.
The state isn’t merely corrupt; it is insolently corrupt. Of course. Did you expect otherwise? Insolent corruption is the natural result when there are no meaningful consequences for corruption. Most parents understand that a child who is allowed to get away with bad behavior will continue to behave badly – and worse. But parents do have the ability to correct their children. We have lost that power – as far as correcting the state. It cannot be corrected via the ballot box. That is a childish notion. The ballot box – which is a touchscreen in many areas – is merely a device for ratifying the insolent corruption. We are only permitted to chose a different color of insolent corruption, red or blue (which is a shame, because both are the same color – brown – as in shit).
This coming week is probably when the “sudden” and “unexpected” death of the Dirty Old Turtle will be announced. That is, his death (or brain death) of a month or more ago will be officially acknowledged once the clock has run out on the ballot box; i.e., the special election that won’t be held in order to assure that the “anti-Semitic” Rep. Thomas Massie cannot take the Dirty Old Turtle’s vacated seat.
The really interesting thing about this is that Beshear is a Democrat and so (putatively) represents the opposition party. In other words, he has a fine opportunity to embarrass the other party by demanding proof of life. The problem, though, is that might result in someone who is not insolently corrupt – Massie – being elected to replace the Dirty Old Turtle. Beshear prefers that the Dirty Old Turtle’s seat remain vacant.
It is not that Massie is a Republican that’s the problem. It is that he isn’t a younger iteration of the Dirty Old Turtle.
Once again, there will be no consequences for this insolent corruption. “The people” (of Kentucky, in this case) can feel the warm piss running down their backs but are assured it’s just a late summer rain. They know otherwise. So also the people of the country as regards Fauci, who shit in our laps as well as pissed down our backs. The old rat-faced bastard looked right at us – via the TeeVee – and refused to answer questions about his involvement in matters he’s already been preemptively pardoned for by the hair-plugged old bastard, “Joe Biden.” This is supposed to constitute contempt of Congress, nominally a crime. Some people believed this would compel Fauci to answer questions. The poor children! Some of them actually believe that sort of thing. No wonder time-shares still sell and Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity are multi-millionaires.
One day, though, it will have been enough.
That day could be tomorrow or it could be next year or perhaps five years from now. That cannot be known with precision. What can be known for certain is that it is coming – for the same reason that a pot left on a hot stove will eventually boil over.
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I cannot wait till the old turtle is declared dead. Big smiles and laughs will cross my face. this turtle has done more damage to the US than dozens of Iranian missiles.
“What can be known for certain is that it is coming”
I hope so, Eric, but I’m not at all sanguine about it. I am afraid that we have not enough citizens who understand and who care.
I very much fear that, as a society, we’re simply going to go silently into that good night.
I rage against it, you rage against it, but what the fuck good that does I have yet to see.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Who cares where “Waldo” is? How ridiculous is it to paper the streets of D.C. with posters asking about the whereabouts of some useless politician? This makes me wonder if perhaps McConnell and his team deliberately dreamed up this disappearing act to see how many people would actually notice he’s “missing.” (You just know he’s loving the fact that everyone is talking about him right now.) It just goes to show how stuck some people are in the left/right paradigm…including those who think they aren’t.
It’ll be a closed coffin funeral. That way no will be able to ask about the freezer burns on the turtle’s body.
Personally, I’d prefer if all went missing, or at least enough so they don’t have a quorum. No ability to pass anything, most importantly appropriations bills or continuing resolutions. Assuming the deep state is not on autopilot, it would not be long before the Praetorians and bureaucrats decided they need to get a job with a paycheck.
Jew controlled congress is already carrying out your wishes, Steve (merge the Israeli military into the US; pass a $2 TRILLION ISRAEL WAR budget; defeat War Powers Resolution and take the rest of the year off while getting paid $174K]: “Waiting for y’all to discover Republican leaders in DC have also scheduled an October recess. There are only 8 full work days and 8 half-days before the midterm elections. It looks like we’re intent on squandering a majority, until you understand Uniparty IS always the majority.”
https://www.facebook.com/RepThomasMassie/posts/waiting-for-yall-to-discover-republican-leaders-in-dc-have-also-scheduled-an-oct/1596455155170472/
The October recess is all about going home to the district to campaign for re-election, while totally ignoring the nation’s business.
Effectively, they’re going on strike against their constituents.
If I learned anything from the passing of my father, it’s that the time to worry about McConnell’s health was 5 years ago, when he started having those “senior moment” pauses.
Unfortunately no one, not even his family, was willing to sit him down and explain reality to him. Now we all have to watch as he’s ultimately humiliated on international media.
It reminds me of the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The Politburo was made up of the revolutionaries, who refused to step aside and let new blood in. This was most obvious by the leaders between Brezhnev (who stayed in power far longer than his faculties) and Gorbachev, who became fodder for Carson’s and Letterman’s monologue writers.
And we see how that turned out…
That didn’t read quite the way I intended. The leaders between Brezhnev and Gorbachev were the fodder for late night monologues, not Gorbachev (although Carson did use him and Reagan as material for most of the decade).
As Joe Biden’s obvious cognitive lapses became more flagrant and frequent, I wondered why his wife, “Doctor” Jill, would allow him to continue in office and thus continue to embarrass her and the whole country. But after pondering that question for a few seconds I realized that she probably had little or no say in the matter.
There are several potential explanations.
Cosplaying Edith Wilson?
Maintain cover/immunity for the family grift–keep self and Hunter out of jail? (or too much dinero coming in to give it up — in debt to someone?)
Particularly disliked Kamala?
Trying (futilely) to salvage a disastrous presidential legacy?
Too addicted to the spotlight/privileges that came with the office?
Hey Eric: What do you mean bout the special election and Massie? Would not Beshear just appoint a new Senator to finish out McConnell’s term? Must be different, then. Curious.
As with the death of Graham, SC is having a special election with 10 Rs vying for his seat. This includes Graham’s sister who has been endorsed by Trump. One wag even went so far as to wonder how she could organize a campaign and get donations on such short notice. He obviously never heard of Aipac or Madam Miriam.
The same election must be held IF a candidate cannot run while still time to put on an election. KY pols are trying to run out the clock on Tooter.
What I’ve read is that August 3rd, just a couple days away, is the magic date beyond which the seat will remain vacant until the regular election in November. Probably a good thing, one less vote for Israhell wars. Watch for an announcement later next week that dear Senator McTurtle is no longer among the living.
One of those 10 Republicans vying for Graham’s US Senate seat is Mark Lynch, the owner of a large appliance store in the Upcountry. Lynch finished second behind Graham in the Republican primary in June of this year.
In his latest campaign literature, Lynch promises that he will “fight to ban Flock and all ALPR surveillance technologies.”
When Andy Beshear won the Governor’s Mansion — like his father before him … cough — The Dirty Turtle and the Republicans pushed a bill through the KY Legislature to require a special election to replace a deceased or incapacitated US Senator.
Beshear has either been bought off or he’s working on a legal strategy to get the law overturned in court before January 1.
Probably the former. Beshear is a nepo baby Dem in a Republican state. Daddy was popular, and the Dem bench was empty.
And Beshear’s opponent had the temerity to primary Mitch years ago and put a decent scare into him.
Yeah. Beshear is Mitch’s butt boy despite having a D after his name.
‘One day, though, it will have been enough.’ — eric
Is this enough?
‘The mystery surrounding Mitch McConnell deepened on Friday after his office refused to say whether a letter sent to President Donald Trump this week was personally signed by the missing Republican—or by autopen.
‘The July 28 letter, signed by McConnell and every member of Kentucky’s congressional delegation, urged Trump to approve a request from Kentucky governor Andy Beshear for a major disaster declaration following devastating flooding in the state.
‘But when The Daily Beast asked McConnell’s office if the signature was handwritten or produced using an autopen, his aides, led by the Senator’s $226,000-a-year chief of staff, Terry Carmack, declined to answer.’
https://archive.ph/L9qcF#selection-795.0-795.211
You are not authorized to receive an answer to this impertinent question, serf.
Monsieur Turtelle will confirm his existence, or lack thereof, at a time and place of his choosing.
Papiere, bitte.
Rabbit, Buzzard and Turtle were going down a road when they came across a farm. The farmer had his goods packed up and was driving away. He told the trio the farm was barren for years, and he was giving up. They could have the deed for free if they wanted to try their luck at growing crops.
The three accepted the offer. They surmised the farmer was not fertilizing the crops as he should. They drew straws as to who would go into town to get fertilizer. Rabbit lost, and so off he went.
Meanwhile, Buzzard and Turtle start digging and strike oil. Suddenly, they are rich and proceed to build a plantation house. Quite some time has passed since Rabbit left. He returns to the farm and discovers an imposing mansion. He knocks on the door, the butler answers.
Rabbit asks, ‘Where is Buzzard?’
Butler: Monsieur Buzzard? Why, he is out in the yard.
Rabbit: How about ol’ Turtle?
Butler: Monsieur Turtelle? He is down at the well.
Rabbit: Well, you tell them critters that Mr. Rabbit is here with the shit!
Re: Lindsey Graham’s net worth. Your inclusion of McConnell’s chief of staff’s salary which is higher than the senator’s salary caused me to wonder who pays congressional staff salaries. And guess what: US Taxpayer does: $4-7 million per senator. (AI:”Each member of the U.S. House of Representatives receives an official taxpayer-funded budget averaging between $1.8 million and $2 million annually to operate their office”)
(AI): Each U.S. Senator receives an official annual budget between $4.29 million and $6.62 million funded by taxpayers to operate their office. This money is provided through the Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account (SOPOEA).The vast majority of this total budget goes directly toward paying their staff’s salaries.
Budget Limits & Allowances. The total budget varies depending on the state’s population size and distance from Washington, D.C. According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the budget breaks down into three distinct taxpayer-funded buckets:
Administrative and Clerical Allowance: Ranges from $3.49 million for smaller states (under 5 million residents) to $5.49 million for larger states (28 million+ residents).
Legislative Assistance Allowance: A flat $677,100 awarded equally to every single Senator.
Official Office Expense Allowance: Ranges from $129,284 to $449,243 to cover office travel, mail, and utilities.
Individual Staff Pay Caps
While Senators have the authority to decide how to distribute these funds among their staff, the federal government enforces strict limits on how much a single staffer can make.
The Salary Cap: In 2026, the maximum salary for any individual House or Senate staffer is $228,000. The Rule: No staff member is allowed to be paid more than the lawmakers themselves, whose rank-and-file salary is frozen at $174,000, unless they hold specific senior leadership roles like Chief of Staff.
What Staffers Actually Make
Because the budget is a finite pool, higher salaries for top staff mean lower wages for entry-level workers. According to Senate Employment Records, the median taxpayer-funded salaries for common roles include:
Chief of Staff: $219,928
Legislative Director: $167,164
Communications Director: $158,231
Press Secretary: $90,677
Legislative Assistant: $89,860
Legislative Correspondent: $60,195
Staff Assistant (Entry Level): $55,891″