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First?! Dang, and I got up at late, 7:15.
Beautiful day down here 61, and sunny.
Mornin’ Gang -
Blastoff!
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Good morning again Hamsters. Seems the vital consideration for the pic above is the landing.
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lol, looks like he is piloting a grocery cart 😀
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Thinking about fertilizing my lawn (weed patch) to take advantage of the promised rain later in the week. Is that sort of like washing your car and then having rain? My ongoing cactus and brush project is progressing – it took about a year to cut down most of the stuff I wanted to clear out, and now, since I cannot burn the piles due to city codes and air quality concerns, I’m having to haul it all off to the city dump where they burn it – air quality is obviously not affected when the city burns stuff, you know, but that’s like trying to explain to a smug Pirus owner that his car actually runs on coal. Anyway, after about 8 loads of brush to the dump, I can see the ground for one of the 3 piles that I created. Who knows, if I’m diligent and work hard, I might get it all moved before winter sets in again. About that fertilizer, forget it. If the grass starts growing, I might have to start mowing it.
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A song to motivate me to hit the jogging trail this morning.
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I needed one more.
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Here is a little something to keep you Trump haters entertained.
Cruzzzzzzzzz 2016
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I for one would NEVER engage in such childish game playing.
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If by game playing, you mean your #8, well I clicked the link but backed out. 🙂
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I mowed my back yard today. The grass isn’t growing (up) yet, but the weeds were. About half of the back yard is my reclamation project, so it’s not surprising that it would have a lot of weeds. Until my transplant San Augustine chokes out the weeds.
Weather was perfect for it. Needed the exercise. Woo hoo!
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Drudge Head Line;
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Say Brother Squawk. I liked the Bill Fay album. His voice reminded me of George Harrison.
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Closed races make all the difference.
AoSHQ calls Kansas caucus for Cruz—who currently has nearly twice as many votes as the Butt Wipe.
He’s doing about as good in Maine, too.
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Closed races make all the difference.
Yup and in the general he’ll get carved up like a Bob Dole pineapple.
Clinton Dole 2.0
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Brother Phil
#13I like the unknowns like him. Music back then seemed to have more soul.
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Aha, Sarge and Super Dave are minding the store while the rest of us take advantage of this glorious day to do necessary but largely mindless stuff that’s piled up. In my case it’s getting the last of the winter decorations put away and hauling out springtime stuff along with a few bunnies and Easter eggs.
This switch out chore was delayed by getting tax info organized and hauled off to the tax accountant. Today there was no excuse.
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#18? Very good, obviously everyone has been enjoying this fine day. I washed my bed clothes this morning, including the bed spread/quilt thingy and put them out to dry. I just made up the bed and dang, nothing smells like sheets dried in the sun. Lil’ Bit spent most of the day basking in the sun on the deck and I’ve only let her out/in about a dozen times….Yup, “Life is Good” 😉
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Ode to Trump
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Drudge: CRUZ WINS KANSAS
But oh the details!! This is winner take all, so at 51%, Cruz gets all the Kansas delegates. Yeh, it’s only 21 delegates, but if this is the trend, oh my…
cruz 21,974 51.0% 21
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phil says:
MARCH 5, 2016 AT 4:16 PM
Closed races make all the difference.Yup and in the general he’ll get carved up like a Bob Dole pineapple.
Clinton Dole 2.0
Yah I know.
If Donald wins the Nomination, all the Democrats who are voting for him will vote for Hillary.
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Its starting to look like a bloodbath in kansas:
Ted Cruz 51.0%
Donald Trump 24.4%
Marco Rubio 14.3%
John Kasich 8.9%
Other 1.4%Rubio is inching up, Cruz is increasing his lead, and even Kasich might crack 10%.
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What’s important to understand here, is that before the last debate, Trump was polling 10-15% higher than Cruz. To go from 10-15% in front to 25% behind is a yuge change.
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Aw crap, I failed to notice that the Kansas votes I found under Drudge headline were only 70% complete. Cruz has fallen back a bit.
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76.8% results—Cruz takes all precincts.
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In Maine, with 36.4% in Cruz is stomping Trump’s big fat face in with the other foot now.
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Cruz is still part of the GOeP IMO.
He’s bought and paid for and even if he wins the general, which he won’t, it’ll be bushiness as usual in D.C.
Halloween Conservative values have worked well for the GOeP and King Hussein the last 8 years.
Just ask Rich Lowry of the NeRO.
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The other news right now out of ME is that Rubio probably won’t get any delegates. They have a 10% threshold for recieveing delgates.
OTOH, Kasich won’t get any out of Kansas for the same reason.
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Cruz also wins CPAC Straw Poll–with Trump a distant
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Cruz is still part of the GOeP IMO.
By what calculus?
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I’m waiting with the last student…it seems there is always one parent who decides there is something better to do than pick up her student from a retreat. How embarrassing for this young man. Wanna slap this Mom. She was supposed to be here at six.
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GOPe hates Trump but fears Cruz. As a freshman Senator, he’s called out names as he’s kicking azz – imaging what he could do to them as President. And they can’t figure out whether to go with their worst nightmare or imagine an even worse nightmare. No, I would not consider Cruz a part of the e’s. Remember, he called MBitch McConnell a liar on the Senate floor, and that didn’t set to well with them
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By who funds him.
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The retreat went well today. I had one girl fall to the ground laughing after her turn in the blindfolded obstacle course. One of my really bad attitude girls actually called her work…she was going to leave at one but asked her boss if she could stay longer. She stayed until four! That was quite an unexpected but pleasant surprise. Another girl said she had been afraid to come since her brother told her shed be bored, especially since she was (supposedly) antisocial. She was so excited in the afternoon – and she had made 2 new friends! We had a lot of really good sharing and a lot of spiritual growth. It’s been fun and helpful to us all. The holy spirit was with us today!
Now…I get to unload the crap from my car.
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The propagandist media hasn’t unleashed their dogs from He!! on Cruz yet.
Wait until the general, if he is the nominee.
The will make him out to be the Cuban Hitler.
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Just been called.
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By who funds him.
Who is it that you object to?
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phil says:
MARCH 5, 2016 AT 6:39 PM
The propagandist media hasn’t unleashed their dogs from He!! on Cruz yet.Wait until the general, if he is the nominee.
The will make him out to be the Cuban Hitler.
Well which is it Phil?
He’s a stealth GOPe or he can’t win because the media will treat him just like they have every other Republican for the past 50 years?
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By what calculus?
The one that says Lindsey Graham and John McCain were just funnin.
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Why bother with the dawgs of hell when Beelzebub is their candidate?
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Club for GoeP Growth, Goldman Sachs, lawyers.
He will beholden to the ones who chose/funded him.
On another note, just what are his accomplishments in the Senate?
The only thing I remember about him is his filibuster. Nothing else.
I expect to change no one’s mind here.
Carry on Cruz’ers.
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Amazing Grace on bagpipes – a sound and feeling I’ll never get tired of.
Went to a friends dads’ funeral and this was played at the end. A
very poignant reminder of the magnificence of grace. The story
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As long as I have an opportunity to pick Cruz over Trump as the person who packs the Supreme Court for the next three generations, I’m very comfortable with the fact that Ted Cruz was a test tube baby engineered by doctors bought and paid for by GoldmanSachs.
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#27 phil
bushiness as usual in D.C.
One of your best new concepts, phil.
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musical interlude
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Well which is it Phil?
What do you mean which is it?–You know how the game is played. Once Trump is disposed of their sole objective will be to get the HillyBeast from Arkansas East elected.
Doesn’t matter if he’s GOeP. They’ll munch on the leftovers much like a shark on chum.
They munched on not so conservative McCain and Romney, they’ll get him too.
I’d venture to say that if he was going through the full out assault from all sides that Trump is getting, he’d be getting less votes than Rubio.
Besides the GOeP Media love him, Kristol, Jonah, Rich Lowry. That tells me all I need to know.
Did you tell em the name of the game boys? It’s called riding the GOeP gravy train.
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Club for GoeP Growth, Goldman Sachs, lawyers.
That’s not what the numbers show. Club for Growth has donated a whopping $1500 to Cruz.
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Yeah, I USED TO HAVE A CRUSH on Linda Ronstadt. OOOPPHH
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But I gotta be gentle on Linda. She does have Parkinsons. That is one nasty disease.
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Linda Rondstadt at age 24 was….
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Blame it on Katfish 44.
My all time favorite music video….Because I stumbled into this bar in Racoon Bend Tx one night.
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#47 Squawks
Yeah, I USED TO HAVE A CRUSH on Linda Ronstadt.
Even when you knew she was shacked up with Jerry Moonshine Brown?
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I did not say when the crush got crunched.
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Spent my entire life ignoring the politics and lovers of my favorite artists. Otherwise I’d still be reading Green Eggs & Ham and listening to this:
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…and listening to this
Good thing. He turned out to be a child molester.
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I used to have a crush on her hair.
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Well, I just stumbled in after a mini debacle, involving daughter-in-law, lost key to Association building, pending baby shower. Wife, (Association, master key holder) and her #4 assistant, (key holding, huntin’ Buddy’s wife) were both in Nacogdoches, so after much gnashing of teeth, barking of dogs and pulling of hair, we got-R-done.
Dang, I had a key until, the wife lost hers and borrowed mine, ifin’ I get another one I’ll lock it up in the Gun Safe. -
Spent my entire life ignoring the politics and lovers of my favorite artists. Otherwise I’d still be reading Green Eggs & Ham
Moi dos 🙂
I got into many arguments with people that started with this statement, “You do know that they support ___________________.”
I cannot stand Ted Nugent’s music but like Jackson Brown’s stuff. Now there are two guys that are diametrically opposed politically.
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Cruz is still part of the GOeP IMO.
Not wishing to be rude, but how the HE!! could you come up with that?! He is hated by the establishment, they were pulling for YEB until he fell out and then begrudgingly went with the Cuban Midget since he did stab his constituents in the back when he got to DC…..Now little Lord Fauntleroy says; “Ted Cruz is not my favorite by any means,” Mr. Graham told CBS News late Tuesday, as Mr. Trump was on course to win seven states. But he added, “We may be in a position where we have to rally around Ted Cruz as the only way to stop Donald Trump.”
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Someone needs to tell Phil that Rita is off limits around here. Because Rita leads to Jesse Coulter. Who leads to EmmyLou.
Who leads to Allison.And we all know where Allison leads and it’s not pretty. Old men have early myocardial infarctions.
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Cruz finishes 2 points behind Trump in LA, but they have A 20% threshold for awarding delegates, and they are the only ones who got over that number, so its basically a tie.
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Talk about having a crush on hair, I was into sisters.
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Not called yet, but Cruz only behind a couple points in KY. That state has a 5% threshold for delegegates, so everybody will get a couple and Cruz will splite the remainder with Trump.
No wins for Trump tonite, only losses and ties.
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And we all know where Allison leads and it’s not pretty. Old men have early myocardial infarctions.
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Talk about causing cardiac problems and hair. Crystal
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Well now you have done it.. She road many nights across the country on my radiot.
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I can see I erred in mentioning Jerry Brown in connection with a singin’ woman. Now that I know the rules, I’ll not make that sort of mistake again. Not here anyway.
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Lah Dee Dah
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BINGO
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Cruz: 60
Trump: 38
Puerto Rico votes tomorrow in an open primary for 23 Delegates. Proportional allocation with a 20% threshold unless one candidate gets over 50%, then he gets all of them.
There hasn’t been any polling in PR
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Trump won one closed primary and one caucus that you pretty much thought he couldn’t or wouldn’t win but yet he lost?
Sounds like Jebbuh Common Core, G. Dubya Bush fuzzy math.
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I think it’s high time y’all found out Squawk is a song writer in his spare time…
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Shotgun will open most Association doors if you have enough rounds.
Yabut, I’d be the one with the plastic wood/trowel, etc, repairing the DAYAAM thang.
FWIW; Assn Assistant #2 was 2 miles away, but is 80 years old and I wouldn’t want to bother her, Assistant #3 was 3 miles away BUT isn’t very reliable…… -
Hey Shannon, I love Rita C.–She sang the 2nd best Bond theme of all time.
Probably the worst Bond flick but a great Bond song.
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Dang, I said something earlier about Cruz not being a part of the establishment but the moderator ate it. I thought I was on a Rudio site or something.
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Trump won one closed primary and one caucus that you pretty much thought he couldn’t or wouldn’t win but yet he lost?
Sounds like Jebbuh Common Core, G. Dubya Bush fuzzy math.
No.
Its Delegate math. Delgates are needed to win the nomination. If you don’t count the delegates, you don’t win.
And I never said I expected Ted to win all of them. But delegate wise, he got more tonite than Trump did, beat the ever loving tar out of him in a state Trump was supposed to win, came within 5 points of him in two others. In the States that Ted did lose, he got enough votes to basically tie Trump in delegates.
Rubio will quit after he loses FL. After that, Trump only wins maybe a couple more States—but most of the rest of them are Winner Take All, so it won’t do him much good.
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it just seems to me that the man with the worst hair and the smallest penis is a shoe-in to win Flarda.
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Texpat tried to teach me to dance but he gave up after I only made it this far..
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TexMo says:
MARCH 3, 2016 AT 9:00 AM
#5 Sarge
If Cruz wins 3 out of the 4 contests this Saturday, he will be ahead of Trump in the delegate count.Sarge says:
MARCH 3, 2016 AT 9:15 AM
Wanna bet he wins more than 3?And I do understand that he had no wins, only losses and ties tonight.
Being a Cowboys fan I guess I can compare it to their back to back Super Bowls in the 90s against the Buffalo Bills.
In retrospect, the Bills actually won the 2nd one because instead of getting beat 52-17 they only lost by a score of 30-13. So in getting beat by less points, they actually won.
Who knew?
Thanks for clearing that up Sarge.
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A most satisfying day for Ted. G’night all.
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El Gordo
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Phil:
After the
Jerry Springer ShowRepublican debate this week, I came to a basic conclusion. It is conceivable (just barely) that Donald Trump might actually be the President our country needs. But it is an incontrovertible fact that he is a self-absorbed, egotistical, classless, braggart. His sole response to any substantive question of policy is: “I’ll hire some experts”. His speeches and responses to questions give every indication that he knows nothing about foreign affairs, economics, law or most social issues – he is driven solely by a desire to “make deals” and lower his golf score.I’ve voted in every Presidential election for the last 40 years. And, everytime I’ve voted for the Republican – although it’s sometimes been painful. But if Trump is the Republican nominee, I will be skipping that box on the ballot.
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But if Trump is the Republican nominee, I will be skipping that box on the ballot.
That’s your choice Fat Albert but I look at this way.
So called conservatives ain’t done squat for conservatism for 25 years or so and especially the last 8.
They truly are Halloween Conservatives, Masks on at election time, masks off when the pedal hits the metal, EVERY TIME.
Nothing but a bunch of Sans a belt Slack losers and lackeys for the lobbyists and for feathering their own pockets and understanding they really could give a rat’s derriere about your family or mine, or your future or mine.
Same with all the GOeP media and you/we know who they are. The Kristols, the J. Goldbergs, the Rich Lowrys, The Upskirt Foxes News Network the Red State loser Erick what’s his name and all the rest.
All of them have been OK with the complete dismantling of the country by King Hussein, Boner the Drunk, Ryan the Skunk, and Mitch the Stench. Nary was heard a discouraging word from the stalwarts of “conservative media”.
They’re all phonies IMO, every last one of them. They’ve all the joined the all out assault on Trump but have been complete pipsqueaks for 8 long years.
Phluuck those losers, I’ve had enough of them.
I’m ready and willing to take a chance on someone/something different and now is the time.
For me anyway.
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. Winston Churchill
Carry on Brothers and Sisters.
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Good foggy morning Hamsters. Shrouds of Mirkwood showed up out here way before midnight and still hang around. Everything is dripping so much so it looks like we might have had a light rain but didn’t. No puddles, just big wet spots on the driveway and sidewalk give a clue. Sunrise will usher it out rather quickly.
Interesting that today’s National Weather Service prognostication for the rainy week has fallen in line with what David Paul and cohorts on Channel 11 had been showing a few days ago when the nasty storm system was still in the Pacific. Its rainfall percentages rose to agree with the TV station’s, and the weather advisories also. Does not bode well when they agree.
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[Dave] Ramsey Tweeted, “this Obama rule will kill the Middle Class and below ability to access personal advice.” A war of Tweets then broke out between opponents of the rule, and supporters, the latter of which includes fee-based investment advisers expected to benefit from the new costs the rule will shower on their broker competitors.
because this arrogant bunch of wannabe dictators thinks they can pick winners and losers,
The rule creates a presumption against brokers taking third-party commissions from mutual funds they sell to savers. Because of this, savers who currently pay only a small commission on the execution of an order may have to pay a much larger fee based on a percentage of their assets, which would drive some brokers to simply stop serving middle-income investors. As I note in a new report for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, similar restrictions in Great Britain have caused a “guidance gap” in which brokers have largely stopped serving customers with assets less than £150,000 ($240,000).
The government is going to protect “the little people who are too stupid to inform themselves”, right ? Well, not really, because the game is not about protecting citizens, but about rigging the game in favor of group A against Group B so that Group A will donate money to your campaign and friendly PACs.
This type of racketeering is perfectly suited to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. They will find amazingly creative ways to use it.
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Phil, fat albert is not the same as me, and I’d vote for Trump even though I’m a Cruzer. If Trump would promise that his Presidential aspirations were simply to improve his golf handicap and that he would hire experts to deal with problems, I’d vote for him in a minute. A do nothing government is a good government although there is quite a bit of “progress” that needs to be undone pretty quickly. Thanks Squawk for rescuing my comment – it’s probably the most valuable and inciteful tidbit of information on this thread you know (since I wrote it). With that, let’s get this Sunday business going forward.
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I propose this for the Monday OC pic.
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Cruz would never physically kayo an older man like Trump. Too gentlemanly.
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One ass kicking, one slap in the face and two ties. Final Delegate count from last night.
KY and LA have some additional math to do regarding who wins Congressional Districts.
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Mornin’ Gang
Been busy getting my Crock Pot going to cook some poke chops. Decided to clean my Z-71, Gumby Dammit Stove, then things got out of hand. 😉 -
I posted this over yonder speaking to OleTimerLin;
Makes you wonder where Ted Cruz would be without the Cuban Midget, 295+123=418, not to mention Kasich/Carson. One thing is for certain, Cruz would’ve taken the plurality in Texas, giving him all the delegates, without that little weasel.
And
Oh and if Rubio stays in, he LOSES Florida to Trump, without him, Cruz has a chance BUT, short of the upper gulf coast, it’s a Yankee state and a lot of them are Trump’s people. ~ SPITS -
The very definition of Karma is this:
Trump skipped CPAC because he knew he would get booed there, goes to campaign in Kansas, and loses the Straw Poll to Cruz coming in a distant third.
Then.
When he gets to Kansas he gets booed and loses the election to Cruz by double digits.
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Red State makes these points.
Cruz proved he can turn out voters, which is one of Donald’s key arguments for his candidacy, with Ted taking three thousand more votes in Maine than the entire Republican field combined in 2012.
Cruz proved he can win in the northeast. That’s after proving he can win in heartland and all the way west, too, in Alaska. Trump may have won Kentucky, but only by 4%. Contrast with Ted’s win in Kansas of almost 25%.
Therefore Cruz has undermined another chief argument that Trump makes for his campaign. Trump argues that he should win because he is a winner who wins. Cruz keeps proving that wrong by beating him. Your argument can’t be “I’m the unstoppable winning machine” if, you know, you aren’t.
And Cruz showed he is the clear choice for young conservative and libertarian voters and activists with his domination of CPAC.
There’s really no other way to put it. This week may have had Super Tuesday, but today was definitely Super Cruz Day. Though the spin doctors will try to minimize what it means, the fact is that the Donald not only got trounced, he got hurt. Bad. And even without Florida decided, it’s hard to see Rubio’s numbers today as any sort of mandate for a top of the ticket run.
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I fixed it.
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The Donald has hurt himself by proclaiming that he can be “flexible” in his deal making. He notes that you always start high and try to wind up with what you actually wanted, and that all his high handed bluster may be nothing more than his “starting point.” I think that this is hurting him among those who perceived him to be rock hard on his promises, only to discover that he may be a little more “flexible.” That’s what happens when you don’t have principles. Cruz on the other hand has never offered more than he intends to deliver, and he has demonstrated that he is not “flexible” where core principles are concerned. The Louisiana vote reporting last night was interesting as it seems the early vote totals were reported first showing Trump jumping out to a huge lead, with Cruz catching up as the voting day polls were tallied. This could (and I repeat could) signal a turning point as the firmly committed revolutionary voters begin to again seek out someone they can trust to deliver on their promises. Rudio has joined that other guy whose name I can’t recall in the basement leaving Cruz and Trump to duke it out. I’ve said all along that Cruz was in the perfect position to step up when and if Trump falters, and Trump may be faltering as he tries to explain away some of his more outrageous comments. Or at least I hope so.
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A little more on politics. I’m forced to watch CBSN for poll reporting, etc. and last night’s “team” was the biggest joke of losers I’ve every seen on TV. They may have been auditioning for some new comedy routines or something, but the token conservative (a female Rudio supporter with a hispanic last name) talked about how awful Trump is, and some other young girl who is starting a conservative magazine aimed at millenials who didn’t know anything except how awful Trump is, and probably Cruz too. It was a tremendous disappointment for the entire crew how poorly Rudio has faded, particularly since they all believe that he is clearly the best candidate except for Ksick who doesn’t know the difference between R and D and has no traction.
Who knew, but I heard on the radio this morning a commercial for CNN planning to cover a Democrat debate this evening. Well, I can hardly wait for that to come on. CBSN covered both Shrillary and Barney speeches last night and sent me to the point of trying to stuff pillows in my ears before my head exploded. I used to faithfully listen to Presidential addresses, even if I didn’t particularly care for the President, but I haven’t been able to listen to Zero for 7 years now – I can’;t imagine having to finish out my life not listening to or believing a single word coming out of the President’s mouth as our country speeds up knowing that the cliff is dead ahead.
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We lost a classy lady this morning, Nancy Reagan, RIP
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The Donald has hurt himself by proclaiming that he can be “flexible” in his deal making. He notes that you always start high and try to wind up with what you actually wanted, and that all his high handed bluster may be nothing more than his “starting point.” I think that this is hurting him among those who perceived him to be rock hard on his promises, only to discover that he may be a little more “flexible.”
It ain’t hurting him with the folks who saw thru the bullschizzle from Day One.
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hunnert
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I saw Nancy Davis (Reagan) in what looks to have been her only sci-fi film, Donovan’s Brain. It was sometime in the 80’s that I saw it, and her voice recorded as a young actress was instantly recognizable to me as the then-current FLOTUS. RIP, dear lady.
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Well, my wife and huntin’ buddy’s wife got back from Nacogdoches about 11 AM and then had to get their ducks lined up for daughter-in-laws baby shower @ 1PM. I had to find/print pictures of the boy when he was a youngster. Daughter showed up about 12:30 and headed for the Merlot since she needed a little lubrication before going to an event like this…..Takes after her Dad. 😀
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The author and his colleagues were invited to present their report on nutrition in America to President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
And then they were completely ignored.
Every. Single. Thing. The. US. Government. Has. Told. You. About. Food. Is. A. Lie.
To date, no researchers have published data that challenge or attempt to refute our findings and conclusions. The reason for this fact is simple: our science is strong and our findings irrefutable. Nevertheless, this has not stopped government-funded researchers and officials from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from demonstrating an unscientific intolerance to criticism by using rhetoric and fallacious ad hominems in defense of their pseudoscientific methods. While these attacks do nothing to advance the science of nutrition, the fact that taxpayer-funded NIH officials and researchers are attacking and attempting to bully and censor legitimate scientists serving the public suggests that publicly-funded science is in grave jeopardy.
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Hey Texpat
I reckon this is what we got to look forward to in the future if Trump/Hillary gets elected. We will get farmed out to Mexico to do the work the Mexican won’t do cause they are here doing the work the American won’t do.When you make that final inevitable move to Vlodivostok Russia and your flat is not quite up to your standards you can get professional North Koreans to do the remodel for you.
Hardworking and honest
Oddly enough, but the people are industrious and honest. They will not be a long break from work to go to frequent smoke breaks and shirk their responsibilities. Korean masters , unlike the Russian, do not require you to the all-time money for the repair of apartments . They do the job efficiently and at a reasonable price.North Korea farms out workers to Russia to work and bring cash into the country.
Happy North Korean ‘slaves’ in Vladivostok
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Nobody would write this stuff as fiction for fear of being mocked and ridiculed. The never ending death of irony.
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Michelle Malkin at C-PAC. It worth watching the 17:35 seconds.
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Raymond Nelson, the student support specialist at Memminger Elementary in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, isn’t waiting around for our broken culture to right itself. He works with at-risk children, many of whom come from broken homes with no father figure. Grim statistics bear out what a devastating effect fatherlessness has on boys, who are then more inclined to turn to crime, to take drugs, to drop out of school, and to perpetuate this cycle of failure one day with broken families involving their own children.
fighting the culture war one boy at a time,
For once, a “gentleman’s club” is turning boys into men and not the other way around. Every Wednesday nearly 60 students from the first through the fifth grades at Memminger meet to discuss a new aspect of etiquette and self-presentation such as how to shake hands, make eye contact, open doors for ladies, and address their elders. Their motto is “Look good, feel good, do good.” They are required to wear ties and jackets, and Nelson has a stash of donated jackets, vests, and ties for those boys who don’t have their own. “I was thinking maybe if I have the boys dress for success,” said Nelson, “when was the last time you saw someone fighting in a tuxedo?”
If you have any young boys’ dress clothes (6-11 yrs), you might consider boxing them up and sending them to:
Mr. Raymond Nelson/Gentlemen’s Club
Memminger Elementary School
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Rubio beats the snot out of Trump in Puerto Rico, denying him 23 delegates.
He’s taken 70% of the vote.
Significant here is that when Puerto Ricans move to the States these days, the move to Florida.
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Some self-appointed expert the other day said in an interview Puerto Ricans and Mexican-Americans would never vote for a Cuban candidate. I’ve quit listening to practically everyone who opens their mouth about voters and what they will or won’t do.
In my entire life, I have never seen so many thousands of people both be so wrong about politics and insist on unfounded “facts” in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. It’s as if the entire nation has been consumed by a stupidity epidemic and the most infected are appearing on television and radio to brag about it.
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Phil:
Voting for Trump to fix our problems is the equivalent of amputating at the hip to fix a broken leg. You simply replace one problem with a different one – which is probably even worse.
Nobody hates the establishment Republicans any worse than I, but Trump’s not the answer – he’s part of the problem.
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See, here’s the thing Donald.
If you’re going to base your campaign on the idea that your a Winning Winner Who Always Wins, you need to not lose an election in place where you’re one of the biggest employers to the guy who is a Losing Loser Who Always Loses.
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Heck we’ve had a Kenyan as president the last almost 8 years, guess it could be a Canadians turn next.
I guess being from Canada does make him an outsider after all.
I’d have to overlook that he was GOeP Bush toadie early on until the Dizzy Dunce quit liking him for his brother’s sake.
The TPP Hoser in 2016 to Keep the GOeP Gravy Train running Smooth and Clean.
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The “He’s a Canadian!” birther nutcases are going to be just as easy to marginalize as the “He’s a Kenyan!” birther nutcases were.
Easier, probably. The Dems have prepped that battlefield for us.
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Well since the women folks were out of town and didn’t get back home until around 11 AM this morning and they then they had to go to daughter-in-law’s baby shower @ 1 PM, so I got out the old crock pot and fixed some boneless poke chops, using a recipe that I got from my cousin Linda, over in Alabama. We had poke chops, butter beans, broccoli and cheese, rice and gravy and dinner rolls, good stuff Maynard.
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Today was Mom’s birthday. I haven’t seen her in several days – between my work responsibilities, church responsibilities (I had my retreat yesterday, so there was prep work to do this week), and finding time to sleep, it’s been crazy.
Mom was already wissed off at me after my sister spent weeks whispering in her ear about how badly I’ve supposedly treated her for years. Just walking into her room now sets her fuming at me. I had already special ordered a knock-off of her favorite frangrance, which is no longer made. A scent matching company was able to not only create a bottle of fragrance, but for a few extra bucks, a bottle of body lotion as well. I also fixed a rosary for her; the crucifix had broken off and the links are brass and very brittle. I bought some brass-looking small jump rings and used one of those to make the repair. I had also hand-made for her a rosary with beads that are larger than the ones she has now. She had asked for a larger-bead rosary after she broke her arm, so she could feel them better. I even had it blessed for her.
I sent out an email on Friday, letting everyone know that my workload had taken quite a hit and that I would no longer be able to spend days at a time at Mom’s bedside. Mom is doing much better, her vitals are great, and she is quite able to express her needs if she’d only use the call button. Well, it was worded much more gently than that. I pointed out that I walked in one morning and she looked very uncomfortable, but instead of calling the aides to help her, she waited until someone from the family walked in. Not good. My younger sister has set up such an expectation in Mom’s mind that not only does Mom not call for help, but now she expects her children to be at her side constantly to tend to her. I can’t do it anymore.
I walked in today and wished her a happy birthday in a cheerful tone. She got that set to her jaw and stared at the ceiling. I asked where everyone was, and it turns out that the younger sister had arrived with cheesecake and whipped cream, but had to return back to her job due to a lot of no-shows. I told Mom that I had brought her some birthday presents. “Well, I don’t know where I’m going to put them, if I could even see them,” she grumped. “Well, Mom, first off, I fixed your rosary for you!” I held it up for her and smiled. “Well, okay. I guess you can put it in the basket.” I did that, and then I pulled out her fragrance. “Mom, they don’t make your fragrance anymore, but I got you this!” I pulled out the bottle and the lotion and explained what I did for her. I asked when my Michigan sister was coming down, and Mom said her plane was supposed to be in this afternoon, and she was going to spend all Monday at Mom’s side. “And she has a job, too!” /facepalm
She finally started thawing out. We had an awkward conversation, and I told her I wanted to pray for the little old lady who was coding just a few doors down. Mom started talking. /sigh
Other family started drifting in. I stayed for a bit, then made my exit as gracefully as possible.
It’s getting really hard to be nice, but when I leave, I know that my side of the street is clean. I don’t have to feel guilty or uncomfortable about things I don’t say. I try not to let my emotions be manipulated by her or my other sisters But dang! It gets hard sometimes!
But the retreat was SO. AWESOME! The kids had such a good time, and so much spiritual growth happened, it just really made my day! One problem girl who had told me she had to leave at 1:00 to go to work called her boss to see if she could stay longer. That was impressive, especially for being one of “those kids” that teachers dread. One girl told me she was having a BLAST, especially since she had come in with really poor expectations for the day. Her brother had told she’d be bored and wouldn’t have a good time, especially since she was so antisocial. “And I made TWO new friends today!” she beamed. I thought she was gonna bust with happiness.
I read the evaluations last night while I was icing my back, and about 80% of the kids said the most meaningful moment of the weekend for them was being alone with the Scripture. Even after all these years, that still surprises me. It’s hard to think of teenagers being inspired by sitting alone with a pen and paper for 20-30 minutes at a time, considering the Word and what it means for/to them, but I think it’s such an unusual experience for them that they can’t help but be impressed with themselves.
Yesterday is the kind of day that keeps me motivated.
And I haven’t even touched on the blindfolded obstacle course…body parts musical chairs…heh heh heh.
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The ABC evening news on 13 had a lovely tribute to Nancy Reagan. We mostly watch 11, but on Sundays there’s usually some sporting event going on at the 5:30 local news hour and so we catch it at 10 or whenever it comes on because the network programs are delayed by some sporting event.
Nancy and her beloved Ronnie are one again.
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Channel 11 also had a nice tribute to Nancy Reagan on the 10 pm news.
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