Posted On: Wednesday - August 5th 2026 7:09PM MST
In Topics: Elections '16 - '26
South Carolina, where all but one of 7 Congressmen* is a Republican and they win the Senate generally these days, is replacing the late favored incumbent Lindsey Graham. Someone's got to be Lindsey Graham, and Peak Stupidity hopes it's not his sister.
I spent the hour to watch the following video of a alleged debate among 5 candidates running in the upcoming GOP special Primary election for US Senate from South Carolina. It was hosted by some fairly congenial* host and WIS Channel 10 (the NBC affiliate) from Columbia. I had to write "alleged" because, though it was well and mostly fairly run, it's hard for any real debating to go on when candidates are given 45 seconds to talk each turn.
The reader may want to check this out, keeping in mind that one can skip youtube ads and then skip the music bits that I believe are there for that antiquated TV viewing audience. (What a concept!) That might get you down to well under 50 minutes - I cut off a minute of fancy newsey music off the beginning to help. The format was a series of questions asked by S. Carolina newsmen (and women), many of whom were weirdly overdramatic. (It isn't a news report from Neek-ahh-raque-wah!. Just ask your question.)
It was somewhat humorous too that the host told the candidates she was starting with the guy with the lowest polling numbers and going up! That was Mark Sanford, ex-Governor of the State (2 terms, '03 - '11). He'd been a US Congressman from the State's District 1 (almost all but the northern part of the Low Country) both before and after being Governor. There too were one Russell Fry, current District 7 Congressman (NE part of the State), Ralph Norman, current District 5 Congressman (South of Charlotte, NC - big north-central chunk), Mark Lynch, an Upstate businessman (big appliance sales business), and then instant-Grahmnesty-replacement Darline. (She has worked for the State government for years.)
A week ago, well before this debate, Peak Stupidity endorsed Mark Lynch. Our main reasoning was that he was the 2nd to Lindsey in votes in the original Primary, 29% vs 57%.*** After watching this, we see that he is by far the best of these 5 candidates. This could serve as a 2nd and more heartfelt endorsement.
Peak Stupidity will comment below the video. If you want to be unbiased and check whether you agree, watch first. Or not, cause not all of us have most of an hour to put into some random State election.
Let me start with the worst. I don't want to see another woman that will turn into one of those worthless tennis-shoe wearing Maine or Washington State ladies. No. Darline Graham answered the first question - how much she would ally with President Trump, truthfully, and she gave that same answer for EVERY question. It all boiled down to whatever Trump wants (fair enough, as that was the deal, or she wouldn't have been there.) However, Trump will only be around a while. Then, what?
That Darline cannot think for herself could be seen when she mentioned the $39 Trillion debt. Ralph Norman had just brought the number up, albeit off by a few trillion, 45 seconds earlier. Why not link your answer to his? Because she was reading a script in her memory, that's why. I don't think she heard a word he'd just said!
I just watched some of this again, and Darline Graham ALREADY looks the part of the worthless Maine/Washington women. (I know there are others elsewhere. Mental block here - that's a good thing.)
The 2 current US Congressmen, as Mark Lynch duly noted late in this debate ("Career Politicians", he called them at just under 39 mins. in), are just talking-points spouting standard-issue politicians. I was not impressed with either of them, and all they said was forgettable.
Mark Sanford was not too bad. He was one of the 2 that didn't answer that he would basically never disagree with Trump. He has his own ideas. He WAS Governor, you know, which he reminded us often.
With one very minor exception - Mark Sanford cutting on Russell Fry about spending - Mark Lynch was the only candidate to criticize anyone else there. Granted, the whole thing was fairly friendly, as I guess the pollsters told their candidates that being argumentative wouldn't be a good look. I think it looked pretty good though on Mark Lynch.
Being all about immigration here, above and beyond the basic questions and answers, Mr. Lynch pointed out Rep. Fry's support of Lindsey Graham on this point. (It would have been too much, I guess to add "You know why he was called 'Lindsey Grahamnesty', right?" Too soon? Not soon enough, IMO!)
In his concluding remarks (stupidly combined in this format with some Medicaid question), Lynch proceeded to talk about the lies out of the old Graham in the original campaign. Better still, he talked for the second time about Ralph Norman's support of some bill (Allies Act?) that allowed 8,000 Afghans (I LUV how he said it) to come in.
Mark Lynch was the ONLY candidate to mention specifics, such as H1B visas (before he was cut off), legal immigrants on welfare, police involvement in deportations, the odious deal of connecting the SAVE act to the NDAA with combined intelligence with Israel, price fixing in our Socialist healthcare (just ran into that personally), what's not good about data centers, and the Flock cameras - yes, nobody else has put a thought into that bit of Orwellianism. as he himself noted. This is a good guy.
It's not something we knew last endorsement, but Peak Stupidity has learned that Mark Lynch is far, away, and well above the other 4 of this group of S. Carolinians trying to be Lindsey Graham.
PS: Why in the world would youtube show me ads for James Talerico during a GOP debate? Even if I were a DSA nutcase from Texas, I'd have still turned him off at "This is a small ask." "Ask" is a verb, asshole! Go back to school.
* The exception would be "the black guy" long-worthless Jim Clyburne. The other Senator is black but Republican... I dunno...
** ... but she was VERY rigid in holding the candidates to their alloted times, I mean within half a second! I guess you have to do that to keep on schedule and leave time for the commercials.
*** A slightly unfair deal was that Mr. Lynch's TV blurb at one point read "Lost to Lindsey Graham". Sure, but the other 4 weren't even in it.
Comments:
Moderator
Saturday - August 8th 2026 7:03AM MST
PS: Yes, I remember TX Senator Hutchison too. I looked her up - a long-term Texan and establishment politician.
After 2 minutes of reading, I went to the one paragraph on immigration. It starts off good, but it doesn't end well. It sounds like she was trying to please everyone:
In a letter dated December 9, 2010, Hutchison told some Republicans that she would not support the DREAM Act. [better source needed] Hutchison co-sponsored legislation with Senator Jon Kyl from Arizona to introduce the ACHIEVE Act which they intended to be a compromise proposal. The ACHIEVE Act would not grant a pathway to citizenship; instead it would offer renewable visas to some undocumented immigrants who are Dreamers. Senator Hutchison voted to discontinue funding to 'sanctuary cities,' voted against comprehensive immigration reform, and voted to make English the official language of the United States; she voted against eliminating the 'Y' guest worker visas and voted 'yes' to allowing more foreign workers to work on farms. The American Immigration Lawyers Association, which supports immigration reform, gave her an 80% rating in 2008, and the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which opposes illegal immigration and seeks to reduce legal immigration levels, gave her a 100% rating. Numbers USA, which also opposes illegal and legal immigration, gave her a 76% score.
I'd rather have seen more Jesse Helmses.
After 2 minutes of reading, I went to the one paragraph on immigration. It starts off good, but it doesn't end well. It sounds like she was trying to please everyone:
In a letter dated December 9, 2010, Hutchison told some Republicans that she would not support the DREAM Act. [better source needed] Hutchison co-sponsored legislation with Senator Jon Kyl from Arizona to introduce the ACHIEVE Act which they intended to be a compromise proposal. The ACHIEVE Act would not grant a pathway to citizenship; instead it would offer renewable visas to some undocumented immigrants who are Dreamers. Senator Hutchison voted to discontinue funding to 'sanctuary cities,' voted against comprehensive immigration reform, and voted to make English the official language of the United States; she voted against eliminating the 'Y' guest worker visas and voted 'yes' to allowing more foreign workers to work on farms. The American Immigration Lawyers Association, which supports immigration reform, gave her an 80% rating in 2008, and the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which opposes illegal immigration and seeks to reduce legal immigration levels, gave her a 100% rating. Numbers USA, which also opposes illegal and legal immigration, gave her a 76% score.
I'd rather have seen more Jesse Helmses.
Moderator
Saturday - August 8th 2026 6:57AM MST
PS: Sorry for the late replies, Pitchfork Ben. I'm glad to hear from you here.
"Every one of those bodies was lifeless because of human error, if not human malice." Yep.
"The focus on 'lockdowns,' by conservatives and liberals alike, recasts the Covid pandemic experience as one of unwonted panic and human error, rather than one of an unchecked virus filling mass graves and refrigerator trucks with bodies."
See if you take this literally, the guy wrote the truth. Maybe that one-word "recast" should be changed to "told the truth about" to clear it up.
"Every one of those bodies was lifeless because of human error, if not human malice." Yep.
"The focus on 'lockdowns,' by conservatives and liberals alike, recasts the Covid pandemic experience as one of unwonted panic and human error, rather than one of an unchecked virus filling mass graves and refrigerator trucks with bodies."
See if you take this literally, the guy wrote the truth. Maybe that one-word "recast" should be changed to "told the truth about" to clear it up.
Hail
Friday - August 7th 2026 9:20PM MST
PS
Re: Ben Tillman
What does it mean to be "a good brother"?
Re: Ben Tillman
What does it mean to be "a good brother"?
Ben Tillman
Friday - August 7th 2026 4:23PM MST
PS
"'And so the spotlight turns back to Darline. Would South Carolina Republican-voting women go for her? Or would it be more likely men? Or no difference?'
"It's too bad it's not big enough of an election, as far as I know, to have exit polls for that."
I could do a poll now on my Facebook page. Shit, I could ask people who know her. It has finally occurred to me that the two girls from Central whom I met in 7th grade life science class (three elementary schools fed into the junior high) were just a year older than Darlene and must have known her well all their lives and were probably friends with her. The first time I criticized Lindsey on Facebook 12 years ago, one of them responded, "He's a good brother, uncle, and friend."
"'And so the spotlight turns back to Darline. Would South Carolina Republican-voting women go for her? Or would it be more likely men? Or no difference?'
"It's too bad it's not big enough of an election, as far as I know, to have exit polls for that."
I could do a poll now on my Facebook page. Shit, I could ask people who know her. It has finally occurred to me that the two girls from Central whom I met in 7th grade life science class (three elementary schools fed into the junior high) were just a year older than Darlene and must have known her well all their lives and were probably friends with her. The first time I criticized Lindsey on Facebook 12 years ago, one of them responded, "He's a good brother, uncle, and friend."
Ben Tillman
Friday - August 7th 2026 3:51PM MST
PS
"The focus on 'lockdowns,' by conservatives and liberals alike, recasts the Covid pandemic experience as one of unwonted panic and human error, rather than one of an unchecked virus filling mass graves and refrigerator trucks with bodies."
Every one of those bodies was lifeless because of human error, if not human malice.
"The focus on 'lockdowns,' by conservatives and liberals alike, recasts the Covid pandemic experience as one of unwonted panic and human error, rather than one of an unchecked virus filling mass graves and refrigerator trucks with bodies."
Every one of those bodies was lifeless because of human error, if not human malice.
Ben Tillman
Friday - August 7th 2026 3:49PM MST
PS
"Is there a case of a good woman Senator? Who was it?"
I liked Kay Bailey Hutchinson because her husband gave me their Cowboys tickets one game when we were both at Vinson & ELkins, and my date was thrilled to see Willie Nelson walking up the aisle past us.
That's the best I can do.
"Is there a case of a good woman Senator? Who was it?"
I liked Kay Bailey Hutchinson because her husband gave me their Cowboys tickets one game when we were both at Vinson & ELkins, and my date was thrilled to see Willie Nelson walking up the aisle past us.
That's the best I can do.
Moderator
Friday - August 7th 2026 9:00AM MST
PS: As for the Ulysses movie, no, you didn't miss anything here, Mr. Hail.
I'm not just not a modern movie buff, but I'm an anti-modern-movie buff. You might have seen a couple of movie review posts here that started off with my saying I switched another one off after 10 minutes or 1/2 an hour, or even that I got sick of the very movie I was reviewing due to the agenda. There aren't many I end up watching all the way through now, because I'm not paying anything at lest.
I realize the big controversy about Ulysses is about the agenda, in this case the pushing of non-White cast members.
To me, not only is it all boring - I mean, I know what they're up to, and they've been doing this the whole century - but also, I'm not about to go see it, on streaming (which I don't have) or youtube, much less at any theater. I would probably agree with Steve Sailer's and others' reviews and criticisms, but it's all still very boring to me.
Plus I haven't read the story since 10th grade, so I don't remember much - I might enjoy reading these old Greek classics - my kid might, but it's hard to get him to do things like that right now.. teenagers!
I'm not just not a modern movie buff, but I'm an anti-modern-movie buff. You might have seen a couple of movie review posts here that started off with my saying I switched another one off after 10 minutes or 1/2 an hour, or even that I got sick of the very movie I was reviewing due to the agenda. There aren't many I end up watching all the way through now, because I'm not paying anything at lest.
I realize the big controversy about Ulysses is about the agenda, in this case the pushing of non-White cast members.
To me, not only is it all boring - I mean, I know what they're up to, and they've been doing this the whole century - but also, I'm not about to go see it, on streaming (which I don't have) or youtube, much less at any theater. I would probably agree with Steve Sailer's and others' reviews and criticisms, but it's all still very boring to me.
Plus I haven't read the story since 10th grade, so I don't remember much - I might enjoy reading these old Greek classics - my kid might, but it's hard to get him to do things like that right now.. teenagers!
Moderator
Friday - August 7th 2026 8:53AM MST
PS: "Will the Fauci storm scare away the leaders of the next national crisis response?"
I never answered this. I think it would take his being hung or draw and quartered for the Globalists wanting another excuse to take power to think twice.
I never answered this. I think it would take his being hung or draw and quartered for the Globalists wanting another excuse to take power to think twice.
Adam Smith
Thursday - August 6th 2026 11:23AM MST
PS: Forgot this part...
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine originally required storage at an ultra-cold -70°C (-94°F), a temperature often compared in news reports to a bitter winter day in Antarctica. This extreme cold was necessary because fragile mRNA molecules break down easily at warmer temperatures.
Regulators later allowed the vaccine to be stored at standard pharmacy freezer temperatures (-25°C to -15°C) for weeks.
(Because it was all a scam all along.) ☮️
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine originally required storage at an ultra-cold -70°C (-94°F), a temperature often compared in news reports to a bitter winter day in Antarctica. This extreme cold was necessary because fragile mRNA molecules break down easily at warmer temperatures.
Regulators later allowed the vaccine to be stored at standard pharmacy freezer temperatures (-25°C to -15°C) for weeks.
(Because it was all a scam all along.) ☮️
Adam Smith
Thursday - August 6th 2026 11:20AM MST
PS: 25
https://i.ibb.co/wZFqktfq/freeze-the-vaccine-colder-than-Antarctica.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/gZtS5XPM/adult-film-star-sworn-in-as-a-senator.jpg
☮️
https://i.ibb.co/wZFqktfq/freeze-the-vaccine-colder-than-Antarctica.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/gZtS5XPM/adult-film-star-sworn-in-as-a-senator.jpg
☮️
Adam Smith
Thursday - August 6th 2026 11:07AM MST
PS: Just noticed this...
Darlene Lettie Graham... Lindsey—who was nine years her senior—became Graham's legal guardian. He taught her to spell her first name "Darline", a spelling she continues to use in adulthood...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darline_Graham
(Wowsers.)
☮️
Darlene Lettie Graham... Lindsey—who was nine years her senior—became Graham's legal guardian. He taught her to spell her first name "Darline", a spelling she continues to use in adulthood...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darline_Graham
(Wowsers.)
☮️
Hail
Thursday - August 6th 2026 10:32AM MST
PS
"Which Do You Prefer?"
https://sideofculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Photo-6-Women_s-suffrage-e1777641105742.jpg
(That is not Darline on the right. But on the spectrum of things...)
"Which Do You Prefer?"
https://sideofculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Photo-6-Women_s-suffrage-e1777641105742.jpg
(That is not Darline on the right. But on the spectrum of things...)
Moderator
Thursday - August 6th 2026 10:08AM MST
PS: You remembered, Adam, but I didn't or maybe didn't ever pay attention at the time to that "freeze the vaccine colder than Antarctica" bit.
"One of the front-runners in the vaccine race — the one made by Pfizer — needs to be kept extremely cold: minus 70 degrees Celsius, which is colder than winter in Antarctica. Moderna has said that its vaccine needs to be frozen too, but only at minus 20 Celsius, more like a regular freezer."
That's the kind of thing that keeps certain bloggers up at night. Haha.
"One of the front-runners in the vaccine race — the one made by Pfizer — needs to be kept extremely cold: minus 70 degrees Celsius, which is colder than winter in Antarctica. Moderna has said that its vaccine needs to be frozen too, but only at minus 20 Celsius, more like a regular freezer."
That's the kind of thing that keeps certain bloggers up at night. Haha.
Moderator
Thursday - August 6th 2026 10:05AM MST
PS: I read the rest of your more artsy than usual comment, Mr. Hail and enjoyed that. I glance at the 95% (now) paywalled posts at SteveSailer.net, or at least the headlines, and I have not seen anything about the SC Senate election.
I'm sure you're right that he wouldn't have voted for Darline were he a S. Carolinian.
We did have a short discussion on this election on the iSteve Community UR blog. You were there though, of course.
I'm sure you're right that he wouldn't have voted for Darline were he a S. Carolinian.
We did have a short discussion on this election on the iSteve Community UR blog. You were there though, of course.
Moderator
Thursday - August 6th 2026 9:53AM MST
PS: No, I didn't mean to imply that Steve Sailer wrote that, Mr. Hail. I was making a joke about his "Are you afraid of needles?" needling that he used to do tp us anti-madatory-vaxxers.
Hail
Thursday - August 6th 2026 9:41AM MST
PS
"he hounding the latest Black academic mega-fraud"
My apologies for thiz typo that sounds like Black dialect. (Ironic, when talking about the Black academic who was "axed" this week; that is, fired, "to get the axe," not the alt pronunciation of "ask".
"he hounding the latest Black academic mega-fraud"
My apologies for thiz typo that sounds like Black dialect. (Ironic, when talking about the Black academic who was "axed" this week; that is, fired, "to get the axe," not the alt pronunciation of "ask".
Hail
Thursday - August 6th 2026 9:38AM MST
PS
Steve Sailer didn't actually write that, on Fauci, right?!
As far as I know, the S-man has been nuch too busy to give air-time to the F-man, and would unlikely make a jabbing joke.
What has Steve has been occupied with? No surprise there: he hounding the latest Black academic mega-fraud. (The Cambridge University professor who claims he could not read until well into his teens; and who claimed to run 30 full marathons in about 35 days to protest racism. Forced out, this week, due to mass plagiarism and a pesky habit of lying even in the spoken word. And now even his resignation letter has gotten a "100% AI written" score. Some people, thry just can't win.)
My hiatus from the Sailer-sphere lasted longer than expected and I've missed if he commented on Darline Graham, U.S. Senatoress.
I am guessing that if Steve had a secret second residence in South Carolina and were to vote, he would NOT vote for Darline. Not even if a series of lightning strikes knocked out the other major candidates; and probably not even if Darline said she has been reading NOTICING, cinematographic lightning illuminating the skies just after she said it, that being a sure sign from God, or the gods, that Steve Sailer Was Right.
But we live in reality: Sailer is a reasonable man even if not without vanity; there are eleven to choose from in the Darline race; and lightning isn't THAT powerful. (Yes, I know, except when wielded by Zeus. Hey --- speaking of which, why no PS commentary on The Odyssey movie controversy? Or did I miss it.)
Steve Sailer didn't actually write that, on Fauci, right?!
As far as I know, the S-man has been nuch too busy to give air-time to the F-man, and would unlikely make a jabbing joke.
What has Steve has been occupied with? No surprise there: he hounding the latest Black academic mega-fraud. (The Cambridge University professor who claims he could not read until well into his teens; and who claimed to run 30 full marathons in about 35 days to protest racism. Forced out, this week, due to mass plagiarism and a pesky habit of lying even in the spoken word. And now even his resignation letter has gotten a "100% AI written" score. Some people, thry just can't win.)
My hiatus from the Sailer-sphere lasted longer than expected and I've missed if he commented on Darline Graham, U.S. Senatoress.
I am guessing that if Steve had a secret second residence in South Carolina and were to vote, he would NOT vote for Darline. Not even if a series of lightning strikes knocked out the other major candidates; and probably not even if Darline said she has been reading NOTICING, cinematographic lightning illuminating the skies just after she said it, that being a sure sign from God, or the gods, that Steve Sailer Was Right.
But we live in reality: Sailer is a reasonable man even if not without vanity; there are eleven to choose from in the Darline race; and lightning isn't THAT powerful. (Yes, I know, except when wielded by Zeus. Hey --- speaking of which, why no PS commentary on The Odyssey movie controversy? Or did I miss it.)
Moderator
Thursday - August 6th 2026 8:21AM MST
PS: "And so the spotlight turns back to Darline. Would South Carolina Republican-voting women go for her? Or would it be more likely men? Or no difference?"
It's too bad it's not big enough of an election, as far as I know, to have exit polls for that.
It's too bad it's not big enough of an election, as far as I know, to have exit polls for that.
Moderator
Thursday - August 6th 2026 8:18AM MST
PS: "Congress votes to hold Fauci in contempt, pointing to possible jail time:"
If Mr. Fauci had opened his mouth and confessed and then gotten the death sentence by lethal injection or electric chair for treason against the US Constitution, the big question would be, would he take the jab? Or, is he afraid of needles? / Steve Sailer
If Mr. Fauci had opened his mouth and confessed and then gotten the death sentence by lethal injection or electric chair for treason against the US Constitution, the big question would be, would he take the jab? Or, is he afraid of needles? / Steve Sailer
Hail
Thursday - August 6th 2026 7:46AM MST
PS
-- Senator Sinema vs Senator Darline --
Elected in November 2018, snuck past the finish line because it was a wave year for the D-party. Retired from the Senate at end of only term, Jan 2025.
"In December 2022, Sinema announced that she had left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent."
"On March 5, 2024, Sinema announced that she would retire from Congress at the end of her term and not seek reelection, saying that her approach to fostering compromise seemed to be "a model of the past"."
"In late 2025, an alienation of affection lawsuit was filed against Sinema for pursuing a relationship with her married bodyguard, Matthew Ammel, which became broader public knowledge in January 2026, when the case was moved to federal court. In March 2026, Sinema acknowledged that she had an affair with her bodyguard while she was in office."
"In January 2025 (after leaving the Senate), Sinema joined Coinbase's Global Advisory Council to advocate for the cryptocurrency industry and help it coordinate with US lawmakers."
"In March 2025, Sinema joined the law and lobbying firm Hogan Lovells as a senior advisor."
"In October 2025, Sinema failed in an attempt to lobby the city council of the Phoenix suburb Chandler, Arizona to allow the development of an AI data center, revealing her alignment with the Trump Administration in developing AI infrastructure. Earlier in the year she founded and became the co-chair of the AI Infrastructure Coalition."
"Sinema has (in 2025-26) become a strong advocate for the Make America Healthy Again Movement and ibogaine."
COMMENT: It seems Sinema is all over the place, and the D-team thought they were getting a loyal person but instead got someone who flits from thing to thing, disloyal to party or principle (I mean stated principle), and the affair with her bodyguard.
Her political life-story here is a little ridiculous, almost getting to be a caricature of what an anti-feminist man might come up with to warn against women in high elected office.
And so the spotlight turns back to Darline. Would South Carolina Republican-voting women go for her? Or would it be more likely men? Or no difference?
-- Senator Sinema vs Senator Darline --
Elected in November 2018, snuck past the finish line because it was a wave year for the D-party. Retired from the Senate at end of only term, Jan 2025.
"In December 2022, Sinema announced that she had left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent."
"On March 5, 2024, Sinema announced that she would retire from Congress at the end of her term and not seek reelection, saying that her approach to fostering compromise seemed to be "a model of the past"."
"In late 2025, an alienation of affection lawsuit was filed against Sinema for pursuing a relationship with her married bodyguard, Matthew Ammel, which became broader public knowledge in January 2026, when the case was moved to federal court. In March 2026, Sinema acknowledged that she had an affair with her bodyguard while she was in office."
"In January 2025 (after leaving the Senate), Sinema joined Coinbase's Global Advisory Council to advocate for the cryptocurrency industry and help it coordinate with US lawmakers."
"In March 2025, Sinema joined the law and lobbying firm Hogan Lovells as a senior advisor."
"In October 2025, Sinema failed in an attempt to lobby the city council of the Phoenix suburb Chandler, Arizona to allow the development of an AI data center, revealing her alignment with the Trump Administration in developing AI infrastructure. Earlier in the year she founded and became the co-chair of the AI Infrastructure Coalition."
"Sinema has (in 2025-26) become a strong advocate for the Make America Healthy Again Movement and ibogaine."
COMMENT: It seems Sinema is all over the place, and the D-team thought they were getting a loyal person but instead got someone who flits from thing to thing, disloyal to party or principle (I mean stated principle), and the affair with her bodyguard.
Her political life-story here is a little ridiculous, almost getting to be a caricature of what an anti-feminist man might come up with to warn against women in high elected office.
And so the spotlight turns back to Darline. Would South Carolina Republican-voting women go for her? Or would it be more likely men? Or no difference?
Hail
Thursday - August 6th 2026 7:33AM MST
PS
Ahead of the expected Fauci "contempt" vote, the news was on a theme today:
________
US unready for next apocalyptic pandemic:
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/08/06/politics/fauci-contempt-vote-covid-pandemic-rand-paul
Also: the push against Fauci in 2026 is really just the Republicans "seeking to whitewash the erratic and sometimes politically self-serving first-term crisis leadership by Trump that contributed to his loss to Biden in 2020."
As for the other team: "Democrats are welcoming a chance to remind the public of Trump’s Covid-19 failures and — notwithstanding his first administration’s swift efforts to deploy a vaccine — to link them to the president’s second-term assault on public health guidelines, vaccine schedules and academic research."
______
Congress votes to hold Fauci in contempt, pointing to possible jail time:
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/08/06/politics/fauci-contempt-vote-covid-pandemic-rand-paul
_______
The question now is, quote:
"Will the Fauci storm scare away the leaders of the next national crisis response?"
Ahead of the expected Fauci "contempt" vote, the news was on a theme today:
________
US unready for next apocalyptic pandemic:
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/08/06/politics/fauci-contempt-vote-covid-pandemic-rand-paul
Also: the push against Fauci in 2026 is really just the Republicans "seeking to whitewash the erratic and sometimes politically self-serving first-term crisis leadership by Trump that contributed to his loss to Biden in 2020."
As for the other team: "Democrats are welcoming a chance to remind the public of Trump’s Covid-19 failures and — notwithstanding his first administration’s swift efforts to deploy a vaccine — to link them to the president’s second-term assault on public health guidelines, vaccine schedules and academic research."
______
Congress votes to hold Fauci in contempt, pointing to possible jail time:
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/08/06/politics/fauci-contempt-vote-covid-pandemic-rand-paul
_______
The question now is, quote:
"Will the Fauci storm scare away the leaders of the next national crisis response?"
Adam Smith
Thursday - August 6th 2026 6:10AM MST
PS: One moar...
https://archive.ph/0OhVM
𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑’𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎...
Obviously. (No discussion needed.)
Petteri is a male name of Finnish origin.
(As far as I know.)
Cheers! ☮️
https://archive.ph/0OhVM
𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑’𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎...
Obviously. (No discussion needed.)
Petteri is a male name of Finnish origin.
(As far as I know.)
Cheers! ☮️
Moderator
Thursday - August 6th 2026 6:08AM MST
PS: Back to the first comment, PS did have a post about "Sexy* Senator Sinema S-AZ" in January of '19. The "S" stood for slut.
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=942
I pasted in 9 UR comments there, from under an iSteve post.
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JimDandy says:
January 29, 2019 at 7:58 am GMT
First senator who is openly bi. Polar.
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Very prescient - if that Hong piece of work gets in office in Wisconsin(?) Got a post coming. Also this guy was a blast:
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the one they call Desanex says:
January 29, 2019 at 12:12 pm GMT
With senators like Kyrsten Sinema
Our land will soon be one with Nineveh.
This Babylon sister
Will run from a clyster;
What’s left of her after an enema?
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The other comments there are even better.
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=942
I pasted in 9 UR comments there, from under an iSteve post.
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JimDandy says:
January 29, 2019 at 7:58 am GMT
First senator who is openly bi. Polar.
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Very prescient - if that Hong piece of work gets in office in Wisconsin(?) Got a post coming. Also this guy was a blast:
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the one they call Desanex says:
January 29, 2019 at 12:12 pm GMT
With senators like Kyrsten Sinema
Our land will soon be one with Nineveh.
This Babylon sister
Will run from a clyster;
What’s left of her after an enema?
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The other comments there are even better.
Adam Smith
Thursday - August 6th 2026 6:02AM MST
PS: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑆 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 (𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜) 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠...
Remember how early in the covid psyop there were news stories about how the new magic vaccines needed these new magic deep freezers to keep the science juice deeply frozen. And then, as they started jabbing people the magic deep freezers stories just disappeared from the narrative...
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/17/935563377/why-does-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-need-to-be-kept-colder-than-antarctica
(I remember.) ☮️
Remember how early in the covid psyop there were news stories about how the new magic vaccines needed these new magic deep freezers to keep the science juice deeply frozen. And then, as they started jabbing people the magic deep freezers stories just disappeared from the narrative...
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/17/935563377/why-does-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-need-to-be-kept-colder-than-antarctica
(I remember.) ☮️
Moderator
Thursday - August 6th 2026 6:00AM MST
PS: You must have mashed [SUBMIT] within seconds of my doing so, Mr. Smith.
I do remember that gal in Finland. From your article, somewhere in there .." sure we would’ve achieved world peace already if most world leaders were as chill as sanna,” wrote one.
Another agreed: “A politician having fun and looking really cool. This gives a really good example to young people and you give Finland great PR.”
Marin officially left her post as Finland’s prime minister three weeks earlier, when the National Coalition Party’s Petteri Orpo took office."
Your country might just be going to hell, but how about those shoes?! I refer you all, yet again, to The Eagles:
"Tell us what you're gonna do tonight to mama.
There must be someplace you can go.
In the middle of the tall drinks and the drama,
there must be someone you know.
God knows you're looking good enough,
but you're so smooth and the world's so rough.
You might have something to lose.
Oh no, pretty mama,
what you gonna do in those shoes?
Got those pretty little straps around your ankles.
Got those shiny little chains around your heart.
You got to have your independence,
but you don't know just where to start.
Desperation in the singles bars,
all those jerkoffs in their fancy cars.
You can't believe your reviews.
Oh no, you can't do that
once you started wearing those shoes."
I have no idea yet whether Petteri is a man or woman.
I do remember that gal in Finland. From your article, somewhere in there .." sure we would’ve achieved world peace already if most world leaders were as chill as sanna,” wrote one.
Another agreed: “A politician having fun and looking really cool. This gives a really good example to young people and you give Finland great PR.”
Marin officially left her post as Finland’s prime minister three weeks earlier, when the National Coalition Party’s Petteri Orpo took office."
Your country might just be going to hell, but how about those shoes?! I refer you all, yet again, to The Eagles:
"Tell us what you're gonna do tonight to mama.
There must be someplace you can go.
In the middle of the tall drinks and the drama,
there must be someone you know.
God knows you're looking good enough,
but you're so smooth and the world's so rough.
You might have something to lose.
Oh no, pretty mama,
what you gonna do in those shoes?
Got those pretty little straps around your ankles.
Got those shiny little chains around your heart.
You got to have your independence,
but you don't know just where to start.
Desperation in the singles bars,
all those jerkoffs in their fancy cars.
You can't believe your reviews.
Oh no, you can't do that
once you started wearing those shoes."
I have no idea yet whether Petteri is a man or woman.
Adam Smith
Thursday - August 6th 2026 5:56AM MST
PS: 𝑊𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔...
Were we talking...
Were you talking...
(or something like that)
(dammit)
(smile) ☮️
Were we talking...
Were you talking...
(or something like that)
(dammit)
(smile) ☮️
Adam Smith
Thursday - August 6th 2026 5:53AM MST
PS: Good morning, Mr. Hail!
https://i.ibb.co/tMn7DxMJ/Nauru.jpg
A good woman who also happens to be a "government" employee?
https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/ex-finnish-pm-sanna-marin-having-hot-girl-summer-after-divorce/
(I kid...)
The internet tells me there is no "best" female senator.
(Apparently, they're all great!)
https://info.cq.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/PowerfulWomen_ebook.pdf
(Again, I kid...)
Price fixing and artificial rate-setting in the U.S. healthcare system typically manifest through corporate collusion, algorithmic fee-coordination, and market consolidation rather than open handshake deals. Major examples involve algorithmic reimbursement manipulation, provider monopolies, and generic drug price-matching conspiracies.
Or... Were talking about price fixing in the more standard, communist sense?
https://chir.georgetown.edu/a-menu-for-health-care-affordability-how-states-are-delivering-savings-through-hospital-price-regulation/
Harmeet Kaur, eh? Why is this filthy monster even in America?
(Not kidding this time.)
(For Achmed...)
https://trumpetheroes.com/trumpet-mutes/
Happy Thursday! ☮️
https://i.ibb.co/tMn7DxMJ/Nauru.jpg
A good woman who also happens to be a "government" employee?
https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/ex-finnish-pm-sanna-marin-having-hot-girl-summer-after-divorce/
(I kid...)
The internet tells me there is no "best" female senator.
(Apparently, they're all great!)
https://info.cq.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/PowerfulWomen_ebook.pdf
(Again, I kid...)
Price fixing and artificial rate-setting in the U.S. healthcare system typically manifest through corporate collusion, algorithmic fee-coordination, and market consolidation rather than open handshake deals. Major examples involve algorithmic reimbursement manipulation, provider monopolies, and generic drug price-matching conspiracies.
Or... Were talking about price fixing in the more standard, communist sense?
https://chir.georgetown.edu/a-menu-for-health-care-affordability-how-states-are-delivering-savings-through-hospital-price-regulation/
Harmeet Kaur, eh? Why is this filthy monster even in America?
(Not kidding this time.)
(For Achmed...)
https://trumpetheroes.com/trumpet-mutes/
Happy Thursday! ☮️
Moderator
Thursday - August 6th 2026 5:53AM MST
PS: Interesting... about 1/2 way into your article, Mr. Hail:
"If “lockdowns” could be understood as severe restrictions on movement, the US did not “lock down” on an organized, national scale — the country’s pandemic response instead manifested as a patchwork of state and local decision-making, the stringency of which typically broke down along partisan lines."
There's a big point here. I, for one, as much as I was against ALL of the PanicFest, did appreciate that Federalism was exercised. Florida did its thing under the leadership of Meatball Ron, while New York went nutso, but I'm not a New Yorker, so maybe I shouldn't care. (Well, the fact that much of it violated the US, not just New York Constitution, IS a problem! Now, if NY were out of the Union, different story)
However, the admirers of China in general, but (somehow!) particularly that country's handling of the Covid one-niner, don't appreciate Federalism. They all are sorry and envious of China's "great job". One of those people is named Ron Unz.
Well, I'll continue reading from this Harmeet Kaur of CNN.
"If “lockdowns” could be understood as severe restrictions on movement, the US did not “lock down” on an organized, national scale — the country’s pandemic response instead manifested as a patchwork of state and local decision-making, the stringency of which typically broke down along partisan lines."
There's a big point here. I, for one, as much as I was against ALL of the PanicFest, did appreciate that Federalism was exercised. Florida did its thing under the leadership of Meatball Ron, while New York went nutso, but I'm not a New Yorker, so maybe I shouldn't care. (Well, the fact that much of it violated the US, not just New York Constitution, IS a problem! Now, if NY were out of the Union, different story)
However, the admirers of China in general, but (somehow!) particularly that country's handling of the Covid one-niner, don't appreciate Federalism. They all are sorry and envious of China's "great job". One of those people is named Ron Unz.
Well, I'll continue reading from this Harmeet Kaur of CNN.
Moderator
Thursday - August 6th 2026 5:46AM MST
PS: QUOTE: "The focus on 'lockdowns,' by conservatives and liberals alike, recasts the Covid pandemic experience as one of unwonted panic and human error, rather than one of an unchecked virus filling mass graves and refrigerator trucks with bodies.".
Well, he's right, you know. /Instapundit
I'll have to take a gander at it. The guy has some guts, I'll give him that. Reefer trucks, you say? Full of bodies. Boys, looks like we got us a convoy.
Well, he's right, you know. /Instapundit
I'll have to take a gander at it. The guy has some guts, I'll give him that. Reefer trucks, you say? Full of bodies. Boys, looks like we got us a convoy.
Moderator
Thursday - August 6th 2026 5:40AM MST
PS: Regarding price fixing. It's a shame Mr. Lynch didn't have something like 3 minutes (at least!), so start at 35:30, but his mention of no competition in pricing for the healthcare insurance for his company is at ~ 35:45.
As for me, the Dentist's assistant told me there was no "wiggle room". I'm playing hardball, as the price was extreme. Something tells me when the other office send the records, they'll pass along the info. on how much I should be paying.
As for me, the Dentist's assistant told me there was no "wiggle room". I'm playing hardball, as the price was extreme. Something tells me when the other office send the records, they'll pass along the info. on how much I should be paying.
Moderator
Thursday - August 6th 2026 5:35AM MST
PS: According to wiki here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Senate
There have only be 65 women Senators so far. Amazingly low. However, over 41% of them, 27, are in office now! I tried to think about the names from when I already followed politics. This excerpt does not help me provide a good answer to your question, Mr. Hail:
"The trend of few women in the Senate began to change in the wake of the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings and the subsequent election of the 103rd United States Congress in 1992, which was dubbed the "Year of the Woman." Barbara Mikulski was reelected and four new Democratic women were elected to the Senate. They were Patty Murray of Washington, Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois, Dianne Feinstein of California, and Barbara Boxer of California."
If you think that was bad, you can move forward 8 years to the time of the Hildabeast in New York State.
There are and have been a few Republicans, but they don't stand out as "good" to me.
There was MTG in the House.
Good questions. A long essay is needed, with some research from YOU. I notice it's been a year since your last Hail To You post. I hope you will have more.
There have only be 65 women Senators so far. Amazingly low. However, over 41% of them, 27, are in office now! I tried to think about the names from when I already followed politics. This excerpt does not help me provide a good answer to your question, Mr. Hail:
"The trend of few women in the Senate began to change in the wake of the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings and the subsequent election of the 103rd United States Congress in 1992, which was dubbed the "Year of the Woman." Barbara Mikulski was reelected and four new Democratic women were elected to the Senate. They were Patty Murray of Washington, Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois, Dianne Feinstein of California, and Barbara Boxer of California."
If you think that was bad, you can move forward 8 years to the time of the Hildabeast in New York State.
There are and have been a few Republicans, but they don't stand out as "good" to me.
There was MTG in the House.
Good questions. A long essay is needed, with some research from YOU. I notice it's been a year since your last Hail To You post. I hope you will have more.
Hail
Thursday - August 6th 2026 5:04AM MST
PS
-- In defense of the lockdowns --
The PS tradition of posting (or at least referring to) comments on past items in the most recent post:
I'm amazed to see a white knight emerge to defend the honor of the Lockdowns (which, at least in this one case, contradicts the point I was trying to make in the earlier PS post a few days ago on the Covid Lockdowns and how the Pro-Panic side all has hone quiet and wants 5o forget it):
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/08/06/us/word-of-week-lockdowns-covid-cec
QUOTE: "The focus on 'lockdowns,' by conservatives and liberals alike, recasts the Covid pandemic experience as one of unwonted panic and human error, rather than one of an unchecked virus filling mass graves and refrigerator trucks with bodies."
Harmeet Kaur is author of this editorial-like explainer "What WERE the Covid 'lockdowns,' really?"
-- In defense of the lockdowns --
The PS tradition of posting (or at least referring to) comments on past items in the most recent post:
I'm amazed to see a white knight emerge to defend the honor of the Lockdowns (which, at least in this one case, contradicts the point I was trying to make in the earlier PS post a few days ago on the Covid Lockdowns and how the Pro-Panic side all has hone quiet and wants 5o forget it):
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/08/06/us/word-of-week-lockdowns-covid-cec
QUOTE: "The focus on 'lockdowns,' by conservatives and liberals alike, recasts the Covid pandemic experience as one of unwonted panic and human error, rather than one of an unchecked virus filling mass graves and refrigerator trucks with bodies."
Harmeet Kaur is author of this editorial-like explainer "What WERE the Covid 'lockdowns,' really?"
Hail
Thursday - August 6th 2026 4:57AM MST
PS
Price fixing in US health system: Examples?
Price fixing in US health system: Examples?
Hail
Thursday - August 6th 2026 4:55AM MST
PS
Is there a case of a good woman Senator? Who was it?
How about women House of Representatives members?
Or how about beyond the US to any serious national legislature? (Countries on the scale of Nauru, now Naoereo, don't count.)
Is there a case of a good woman Senator? Who was it?
How about women House of Representatives members?
Or how about beyond the US to any serious national legislature? (Countries on the scale of Nauru, now Naoereo, don't count.)
Yes, well when some other Facebook friend gets raped by or run into drunkenly by some illegal alien, they can all get on there an recall how she was a good sister (until somebody missed her*), niece, and friend, while forgetting that Lindsey Grahamnesty - true to his name - tried to push mass amnesty to have them all stay forever, and... may very well do it again, once Trump is gone.
Trump only made a deal to support the guy for his SAVE votes and I suppose support (possibly his instigation) of the Iran War. Trump wouldn't have cared what Miss Lindsey - or maybe his sister too - woul have done once Trump's out of office. "It's not on me. See everything was the BEST when I was President!"
* Classical before-hell-froze-over Eagles reference there.