Offthemat

It’s more entertaining when you get the joke.

He’s probably not tall enough.

Like what?

The most trusted name in news - trusted to do what?

Plain enough.

Not intelligence as in smart, intelligence as in here’s how cheat.

He’s doing another rally in Michigan now. Third event today. Not exhausted. There was a failure of the PA system for a few minutes. https://americasvoice.news

He’s on tv right now if you want to see him. https://americasvoice.news

“Mike v @Doranimated The story of Sinwar's demise is something out of the movies. The soldiers responsible for the greatest achievement on the Gaza front since the war began literally stumbled on Sinwar by chance. They are not frontline combat troops. They come from BISLACH, the Hebrew acroynm for the IDF's Infantry Commanders and Combat Training School. While these guys are certainly officers in the making, they are definitely not the stars of the Israeli military. When you hear about operations to take out high value targets, you usually hear unit names like Sayeret Matkal or Shaldag. The heroes of today's operation, however, don't even belong to a cohesive unit. They are all trainees. During time of war, instead of just sitting in the classroom, they get grouped together as a makeshift unit. They have no clearly defined role. They receive this or that task to perform on the battlefield depending on the needs of the day. Today they were clearing up an area and, purely by chance, boom, they brought down the most wanted man. The funny thing here is that the finest minds in the Israeli military have been working nonstop for the last year to lure Sinwar into a trap. The finest commando units have been chomping on the bit, hoping to get a stab at Sinwar. In the end, however, the people who did the deed were simple, run-of-the-mill soldiers. Even President Joe Biden is trying to get a piece of the credit. "With our intelligence help, the IDF relentlessly pursued Hamas's leaders, flushing them out of their hiding places and forcing them onto the run," says the official statement about Sinwar's death on the White House website. Failure is an orphan, but success has many fathers.“ https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/10/after-sinwar.php

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Harris Complains She Was Not Informed The Interview Would Include Questions POLITICS· Oct 17, 2024 · BabylonBee.com Click here to view this article with reduced ads. WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to her testy interview last night, presidential candidate Kamala Harris has stepped forward to accuse Fox News of journalistic malpractice, claiming that the media company never informed her the interview would include questions. According to Harris, the interview constituted an ambush unlike any she has ever faced in her legal or political career. "Holistically speaking, me and my team, we were holistically not informed that this interview would include questions," Harris said as several journalists from ABC gave her a back massage and worked on editing her next interview. "It's absolutely terrible. Even CNN at least gave us the questions holistically in advance. These chauvinist pigs at Fox are completely taking advantage of a very strong, competent, fragile woman of color. Holistically disgraceful!" 0:53 / 1:28 Law Enforcement Hiring Increased in 2023 Following Years of Decline While several aides have reportedly tried to calm Kamala down with offerings of Jack Daniels and Pinot Grigio, she has remained defiant. "Joe never had to do anything like this! I shouldn't either!" Kamala shouted at Gayle Quare, a purple-haired intern. "Where's my shot glass??" At publishing time, Kamala had demanded that the media atone for their heinous deed by applying some heat to Donald Trump instead of always picking on her like they do all the time

She got an intelligence briefing?

Not ready for prime time applies here.

Imagine the same thing goes for Hamas.

What’s sinister about this is that the ‘change’ wasn’t announced - it was discovered. “When the FBI originally released the “final” crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported that the nation’s violent crime rate fell by 2.1%. This quickly became, and remains, a Democratic Party talking point to counter Donald Trump’s claims of soaring crime. But the FBI has quietly revised those numbers, releasing new data that shows violent crime increased in 2022 by 4.5%. The new data includes thousands more murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults. The Bureau – which has been at the center of partisan storms – made no mention of these revisions in its September 2024 press release. RCI discovered the change through a cryptic reference on the FBI website that states: “The 2022 violent crime rate has been updated for inclusion in CIUS, 2023.” But there is no mention that the numbers increased. One only sees the change by downloading the FBI’s new crime data and comparing it to the file released last year. After the FBI released its new crime data in September, a USA Today headline read: “Violent crime dropped for third straight year in 2023, including murder and rape.” It’s been over three weeks since the FBI released the revised data. The Bureau’s lack of acknowledgment or explanation about the significant change concerns researchers. “I have checked the data on total violent crime from 2004 to 2022,” Carl Moody, a professor at the College of William & Mary who specializes in studying crime, told RealClearInvestigations. “There were no revisions from 2004 to 2015, and from 2016 to 2020, there were small changes of less than one percentage point. The huge changes in 2021 and 2022, especially without an explanation, make it difficult to trust the FBI data.” “It is up to the FBI to explain what they have done, and they haven’t explained these large changes,” Dr. Thomas Marvell, the president of Justec Research, a criminal justice statistical research organization, told RCI.“ https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/10/16/stealth_edit_fbi_quietly_revises_violent_crime_stats_1065396.html

There goes another conspiracy theory.

I’m not coming up with the broadcast network that practices similar tactics for ‘our side.’

Easier access for this one:

Mike Johnson reveals some of the editing of his interview on CBS: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1846029803595383249.html

Do you feel smarter now?