Atherton is the 3rd richest zip code in the country. Obviously, there ain’t much going on there.
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Darn I was just snooping the Weiner site and ran across these hiliary e-mails. Now what should I do? Still in Big D watching the world series. If the cubbies win Obama will take all the credit, so I’m pulling for the Indians (can we still say that word)? Weather note: winter to show up soon, so wrap your pipes.
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Second, and dang I slept til 7:30
It’s the Weekend!!
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Good morning Hamsters. Ground fog is supposed to be creeping in early on but thus far nothing shows on the moors of the Brazos at Richmond. It will again be the only moisture source the drying pastures will get. We need rain out here. But we have a comfy 62 to start off the day.
Hmmm, the Chron actually has a front page above the fold story headlined “New Clinton emails emerge,” and it is probably in larger boldface type than they would like to use but can’t avoid. The article source is Tribune News Service, whoever they are. Bet all the biggie lefty media are handling this latest revelation with tongs and carefully walking on already cracked eggs. -
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Obviously another member of the MormonMafia running amok. -
Re: OC pic
What doesn’t get reported is the reason the El Camino Real area is safe.
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Morning up, everybody! Hey, I slept till 10:15. 🙂
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Sad the only real man projects going on the TV car shows is on All Girls Garage.
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OCTOBER 29, 2016 AT 9:31 AM
Morning up, everybody! Hey, I slept till 10:15.?
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Sitting Bull (1954), is better.
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Always fun to see a jerk Custer get his.
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#2 Super Dave and #6 mharper42
What’s with the time disconnect between the listing of the post in red lettering above the posts and the times referred to in the posts? In both cases the posting time is before the times referred to in the comments.
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My kitchen clock says 10:43.
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Do we have an example of parallel universes stuck in the same stargate ?
I blame the Booooshes due to the stupid concept of Compassionate Conservativism being the mask for more big gov’t, new world order, socialist BS.
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#8 Shannon says:
OCTOBER 29, 2016 AT 9:55 AM
OCTOBER 29, 2016 AT 9:31 AM
Morning up, everybody! Hey, I slept till 10:15.
?So you question my time sense, but not Davey’s????
Super Dave says:
OCTOBER 29, 2016 AT 6:57 AM
Second, and dang I slept til 7:30
It’s the Weekend!!
Mornin’ Gang
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#11 Tom
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#12 Adee gets it, or almost.
Darn, irony is no fun when the audience lets you down.
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You know you’ve lost a step when SuperDave and mharp can pull one on you.
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My ‘puter says 11:02
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Now watching The Big Red One.
Lee Marvin, best tough guy that ever stood in front of a camera.
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My Mac says 11:08.
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Lee Marvin
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I’m actually in a housecleaning mood this morning. My weight and blood sugar are both down this morning. So I guess I’m celebrating by pulling out my favorites $15 garage sale find. I finally found one that works on my floors and doesn’t break my back moving it around.
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Second, and dang I slept til
7:306:30I blame it on the coffee, I hadn’t had my first cup,…don’t know about mharper….
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Reading between the lines in this New Yorker piece on the Drudge banner, I conclude that the info in his hand is so damning that if he does not publicly re-open the case he may be considered guilty of a cover-up. This could be directly tied with the pending Wiki dump that Assange states will cause Hillary to be arrested.
Re-opening this case at this point in the election cycle is so . . . . .out there, that the evidence must be overwhelming. Comey was put in the position to where he had no choice. -
I just love small southern towns. The thermostat @ the Ranch House in Alabama died and I couldn’t remember the guy’s name that installed the new A/C back in 2009. He did a good job and was real reasonable so I wanted to contact him. I left the paperwork in the closet where the AC/Furnace is installed but it of course disappeared. I scrolled through my phone and found a guy with a 334 area code that I didn’t recognize and gave him a call, turns out he and his 70 year old dad put the new chimney on the old farm house. He recommended one of his friends for A/C work and now we’re in business. 😉
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Oh and did I tell you that I have too many houses?
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I’m listening to KSBJ (I know, I know…) while I’m housecleaning and this song came on. I love the music by Mercy Me. You have no idea how this song impacted me during the time I was getting labeled scum of the earth by the Harpies.
The message in it sometimes brings me to tears.
“You are more than what’s hurting you tonight…”
“You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His…”
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It appears the consensus among observers is Comey calculated the public/political blowback from withholding the new email story until after the election would be much worse than anything AG Loretta Lynch could do to him. That implies heavily the revelations are extremely bad and are so on their face. There must be glaring and irrefutable evidence involved and, after all, AG Lynch may be out of a job in a few months anyway.
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Always fun to see a jerk Custer get his.
One of my buddies is Nez Perce Indian. First time I met him he had a shirt on that read “Custer had it coming”.
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#33 TP: That is my opinion as well, is yours different? Is there a twist that you see that hasn’t been mentioned? I am sure that I may be missing something.
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An outstanding essay on sexual fascism by a Rhode Island professor.
Pronouns, Ordinary People, and the War over RealityTo pretend, therefore, that we do not know what we immediately and urgently perceive is to do violence at once to human nature, language, the possibility of a shared life, and the intellect’s capacity to apprehend reality. If I cannot say, “There is a man walking down the street,” then it is hard to see how I can make any reliable judgment about anything at all that bears on human existence. If I cannot say, “Joey is going to grow up to be a fine man someday,” then what in life is left to talk about? Everything else is less certain than sex. We may disagree about whether President Eisenhower was a good leader of men, a loyal husband and father, or a pious Christian; but if we cannot agree that President Eisenhower was a man, then speech itself is but sound and fury, signifying nothing. Or, rather, speech collapses into action, and reason lies prone before appetite. Speech delivers the bribes and threats of people who want what they want and do not care overmuch how they get it.
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The second answer is that ideological rent-seekers benefit. I am thinking especially of certain college professors, directors of the hideously named “human resources,” compliance lawyers, federal bureaucrats, and captains of monoform diversity. They sow the mines and then sell you a map to the field. They poison one well, station a surveillance team around the others, and force you to drink from theirs—levying severe fines on you if you try to dip your pitcher into healthy water. They seek confusion and confrontation, because those bring them money and power.
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First, they came for our pastors….
A new era has come to our shores, a time where government finds it acceptable to suppress the freedom of religion even to the extent of requesting a minister’s sermons,” Caner said. “As an ordained minister, I know that this is not merely an assault on the messenger, but on the very message of our Sacred Scriptures.”
Caner correctly noted that the government seems to exclusively target one faith — biblical Christianity.
“What the government fails to recognize is that ministers of the Gospel are not hirelings of the state, but ambassadors for our Lord,” he said.http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/10/26/state-georgia-demands-pastor-turn-over-sermons.html
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35 Bonecrusher
It’s a pretty obvious and unavoidable conclusion. I can’t think of another way to perceive the situation. And we are all missing something until we know more of the facts. Everything else is pure speculation. -
38 cont’d.
My speculation: What if the FBI found numerous classified emails archived by Huma Abedin she received from HRC that were not turned over in the original investigation violating the multiple subpoenas issued back then, providing incontrovertible proof Clinton deliberately obstructed justice ?
Just one thought.
Second thought:
How stupid does one have to be to store classified email/documents on a personal Yahoo account ? It’s staggering. It’s almost tempting to believe she did it on purpose.
EDIT: I discovered the Paul Sperry post below in #40 about 10 minutes after I posted this. -
Paul Sperry, former Fellow at the Hoover Institution, wrote this on Wednesday, before the new FBI revelations hit the fan.
Another Clinton aide told the FBI that “Abedin may have kept emails that Clinton did not.”
By forwarding classified emails to her personal email account, Abedin appears to have violated a Classified Information NonDisclosure Agreement she signed at the State Department on Jan. 30, 2009, in which she agreed to keep all classified material under the control of the US government.
Even so, the FBI did not search Abedin’s laptop or Yahoo email account at any point in their year-long investigation into possible mishandling of classified information and espionage. Nor did the bureau call Abedin back for additional questioning, despite documentary evidence, as well as the statements from other witnesses, that clearly contradicted her own statements. -
#33 TexPat, I have to agree, and ” Another Clinton aide told the FBI that “Abedin may have kept emails that Clinton did not.” This was the very first thing that I thought about, I figured that Hillary deleted all on he server but didn’t take into account that Abedin may have had a lot of the same ones. Remember the FBI found thousands of deleted E Mails on other people’s computers.
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TP: I find it a bit curious that they did not seize Huma’s, Anthony’s, Cheryl Mills, and all the other co-conspirators electronic devices as a process of the investigation. If it were you or I, we can be almost certain that they would have done exactly that – right? The failure to video and audio records the interviews under oath, particularly Hillary’s is unbelievable. I think Comey is trying to rehabilitate himself and escape possible conflict of interest and corruption charges against himself. I find that he reputation for being beyond politics is manufactured and false, particularly when viewed against the Valerie Plame outing of the already outed, and of the millions he was paid for unknown work by Clinton confidantes.
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#41 SD: Let’s not forget that the emails in question were under subpoena when they were deleted and were absolutely State Dept/Clinton Foundation related. Thier deletion is hard evidence of obstruction of justice.
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That every electronic device belonging to Hillary’s “right arm” wasn’t confiscated is preposterous.
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Well, I got a big ole pot of chili simmering on the stove, made with Bambi sirloin steak and sausage, gonna’ take it up the deer camp next weekend…..now where did I put those pinto’s and kidney beans?……….SCRAAAM!!! 😉
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Obviously the latest move by FBI Director Comey raises more questions than answers. My simple mind just can’t get past this – Hillary could have jumped off this track at any given point in the past however many years richer and more powerful than they could have ever imagined, unscathed. But you zoom out at thirty thousand feet over the past decade and a half and she seemingly has been on a pedal to the floor suicidal mission to it appears complete destruction. Why?
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If you can make a hundred million bucks as Sec of State, how much can you make as president? Not to mention moving forward the Commie agenda.
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Im sure you’ve read that Chelsea was the one pushing the outsider audit of the foundation, pissing off all the rest of the conspirators.
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My take: Chelsea isn’t very bright. Seems not to have noticed she was born into a crime family.
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Married into one, too! 🙂
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#27 Bonecrusher
In the New Yorker piece referenced, the author did lots of tisk-tisking about lack of protocol in keeping criminal stuff secret before elections just because nobody had been convicted yet and cited Attorney General Janet Reno’s compliance. She of the Waco standoff fame, or infamy. Do recall that she was the effective puppet of Eric Holder, second in command of DOJ during her tenure…. -
Mommy and Daddy didn’t tell little Chelsea about the criminal enterprise they were running. When she started whining about being involved, they let her walk in at the Inner Chamber and screw the whole thing up with Doug Band and others having to write confessional memos to justify their existence. Enter Assange. Voila, unintentional state’s evidence.
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#36 Texpat
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Vacuumed the whole downstairs and stairs, including the walls (to get cobwebs) and windows and windowsills. Moved furniture and got underneath stuff. Scrubbed our dining room furniture with Murphy’s and cleaned/polished other wood furniture while I was at it. Washed all of our floor rugs and they’re all out to dry now. Cleaned the back porch, sweeping the accumulation of leaves and throwing out some items for trash. While I was resting and enjoying my back porch, I looked at my denuded dirt pile and thought “I could go out there with my fork and break it up a bit, so later on it will be easier to dig.” Grabbed my fork and traipsed to the top of the hill.
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On June 28, 2016, Abedin said under oath in a sworn deposition that she looked for all devices that she thought contained government work on them so the records could be given to the State Department. (These records were subsequently reviewed by the FBI.)
“How did you go about searching for what records you may have in your possession to be returned to the State Department?” Attorney Ramona Cotca for Judicial Watch asked her.
“I looked for all the devices that may have any of my State Department work on it and returned — returned — gave them to my attorneys for them to review for all relevant documents. And gave them devices and paper,” Abedin answered.I think Abedin is going to hang for this. I see no way Hillary can throw her to the wolves, though, without doing the same to herself.
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If I were to try this on Hamous, I wonder if I could get him to vote for Trump?
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I’m immune to the Vulcan mind meld.
I do endorse drinking Yuengling, though. If you could get it in Texas I’d go buy a 12-pack. -
In other news
Our esteemed DoJ– Department of Jokers? Jaibreakers? Jackals? Jesters?
Pleaded the 5th concerning the Iran ransom deal.
The Hell you say!?
No irony there is there?
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I’m immune to the Vulcan mind meld.
How about after a few Shiner Bocks?:-)
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..through the storm, through the night…
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I don’t know whether the latest revelations of the Lying Succubus’s criminality will have much effect on the election. But here’s what I think it means: On his way out, Bonnie Prince Barry will pardon her for all crimes she may have committed, whether she wins or loses. This will accomplish two things. First, he will have destroyed his legacy, such that it is. He will always be remembered as the man who pardoned Clinton, much like Ford/Nixon. Second, and more important, Clinton will either step into office unimpeachable but illegitimate and be a one-term ineffectual president, or politically toxic to everyone she comes in contact with. Win or lose, it means an end to the Clinton family crime syndicate. They will be pariahs. Cuckoo Chelsea’s political “career” will be worse than Caroline You know Kennedy.
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#62 – Why can’t someone WAIT to process an indictment until the day AFTER Inauguration 2017?
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Almost time to pop the cork on my newly discovered favorite Cab, toast Shannon’s new fridge and mellow out.
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Now, Therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.
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…so you see, grasshopper, Barry could indeed pardon without an impeachment or indictment or a trial on his way out.
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62 Hamous
HRC can’t be pardoned for criminal acts unproven, untried nor adjudicated.
Or not …?
The President’s Broad Power to Pardon and Commute
Personally, if push comes to shove, I believe Obama is far too much a narcissist to sacrifice his lame-ass legacy for Hillary and, ultimately, the Democratic Party. He’s above all that, doncha know ?
If Hillary wins and he pardons her before she takes office, I predict some serious civil unrest and judicial/law enforcement uproar like we haven’t seen.
If Hillary loses and he pardons her, she becomes a pariah.
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We’ve had this discussion. The only thing the president cannot do is pardon someone for future crimes.
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Nixon was never impeached by the House. Never indicted. Nothing.
Yet he received an unconditional and full pardon from the President.
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I believe Obama is far too much a narcissist to sacrifice his lame-ass legacy for Hillary
I think that is precisely why he WILL pardon her. He’s Barack Hussein Obama. His wisdom is unquestionable.
I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth.
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We Are The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For!
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I really don’t see a pardon but I don’t put nothing past these people.
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70 Hamous
But like I said, a pardon from Obama is an implicit and yet broad admission of crimes committed, known and unknown.
She’s supposed to continue a presidential administration from that ? I can’t imagine it. It would be unprecedented and impossible in my opinion.
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Obama pardons Hillary:
Can she then be forced to testify against TBO for his involvement; likely after he leaves office, if at all. If he’s pardoned her, then she can’t plead the Fifth, right, since she can’t incriminate herself?
Obama doesn’t pardon Hillary:
She tries to blackmail TBO to protect her. Does he refuse, thinking he’s too important to be caught? Does his narcissistic bubble make him do stupid things?
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Just saw a new meme:
Picture of James Comey with the caption: “This just in. James Comey died in a traffic accident tomorrow.”
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I went to see Mom tonight. We had a nice conversation. I tried to stay away from certain issues. She suggested I contact one or two of the sisters and made several other uncomfortable comments. I just changed the subject and went on talking.
I mentioned that I’ve had several fairly recent visits to Bryan. “They need to learn to get by….” She still thinks I’m too intrusive in LD and Aggie Beau’s life. I don’t think she’ll ever get over that particular idea. I find her attitude offensive, but then she doesn’t understand that I have a much better relationship with my daughter and son-in-law than she ever did with her kids, or her in-laws, and I try to let it go.
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“She forgot to bleach the Weiner.”
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This is some informative info from former insider, Andrew McCarthy:
I have never been a fan of the notion – at the Justice Department, it is the received wisdom – that the election calendar should factor into criminal investigations.
Law-enforcement people will tell you that taking action too close to Election Day can affect the outcome of the vote; therefore, it should not be done because law-enforcement is supposed to be apolitical. But of course, not taking action one would take but for the political timing is as political as it gets. To my mind, it is more political because the negatively affected candidate is denied any opportunity to rebut the law-enforcement action publicly.
The unavoidable fact of the matter is that, through no fault of law-enforcement, investigations of political corruption are inherently political. Thus, I’ve always thought the best thing to do is bring the case when it’s ready, don’t bring it if it’s not ready, and don’t worry about the calendar any more than is required by the principle of avoiding the appearance of impropriety. -
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I confess that I look forward to times when I can be just plain contrary with ya.She’s supposed to continue a presidential administration from that ? I can’t imagine it. It would be unprecedented and impossible in my opinion.
And then you go a say crap like this
What the hell, I’ve witnessed more than a few firsts in my American life.
Talk about yer truthful buzzkill. Things are so upside down in this country even Lady Liberty is showing her bloomers. Hmmmmm i wonder how this would look in a speedo? (I digress)
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Nice little game broke out with Clemson v Florida State, Seminoles just took a one point lead.
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#62 Thanks Hamous,…I’d, Ya know, forgotten about that and Ya know, it reminds me that,… Ya know, you can’t buy class,..Ya know. 😀
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If he’s pardoned her, then she can’t plead the Fifth, right, since she can’t incriminate herself?
No need. She can just pardon him.
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Karma is a Biotch!
Anger, disbelief in Clinton camp!
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79 Squawk
Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon one month after he resigned. Nixon was toast, gone and beaten, no one thought he was ever coming back, as humiliated as any human being could ever be on a national scale.
The dynamics here are different. We’re talking about the pardon of an incoming president.
For Obama to pardon Clinton after an electoral defeat would rain hell on himself and his legacy. He might do it anyway, as Hamous suggests, but I’m doubtful. I just don’t think he wants to tarnish his vanity for someone he truly despises.
If Obama were to pardon her after winning the election, I think, would plunge this country into chaos in every sense of the word – civilly, legally, legislatively, judicially. I’m even more doubtful Obama would do this and not because he gives a damn anything but himself. I think he would enjoy leaving Hillary twisting in the wind. -
Nixon was toast, gone and beaten, no one thought he was ever coming back, as humiliated as any human being could ever be on a national scale.
But compared to Hussein the Destroyer, who should’ve been toast, impeached, humiliated and put in stripes and bustin’ rocks, what Nixon did…
I again thank the limp toad, GOPee in their pants party for delivering unto us a true Banana Republic.
Too much to ask for the impotent baystards to actually do their freakin’ jobs.
They’re just a bunch of wanna be liked losers, going to a 1984 propagandist press party, banging on the door with the hand they’re holding the beer with, hoping to get in, while beating their puds with the other hand, crying please!! let me in!! I wanna be loved by you, by you and nobody else but you!! -
Good foggy morning Hamsters. The moors are swathed in fog as of late last night, trees drip nonstop, yard lights pierce the cover seemingly hanging in midair, and driving is going to be a challenge for a bit. We have a coolish 62 in all this, and it’s an appropriate setting for Halloween weekend.
Wisconsin Badgers (ranked 11) won over Nebraska Cornhuskers (ranked 7) last night, yea. Poor Rice is having a miserable season. -
Suppose WikiLeaks works on the weekends too. Perhaps another stunner will be revealed today.
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So Hillary’s Chief Eunuch, Robby Mook, is on Chris Wallace’s show and he says Comey owes it to the American people to release the E-Mails. WHAT?!?! First and foremost Hillary owes it to the people to not by a Sleazy, Slimy, Lying Crook. And secondly there are thousands of them and it will take weeks to sift through them. Chris Wallace is blaming Hillary though.
Froggy morning down here by the bay.
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Slept in till 8:45 myself there SD.
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Thanksgiving @ The Old Home Place.
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We’re not getting the Wallace/Fox show due to NFL football in London.
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A froggy morning at Chez Harp, too, Super Dave! I surprised everyone, especially myself, by getting up at 7 a.m. I usually can’t even do that if I want to. But on Sundays, I work the HouChron sudoku before I even turn on the laptop. Thus I can’t “prove” it. 🙁
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We’re not getting the Wallace/Fox show due to NFL football in London
it was on the local Fox 26 @ 7 AM.
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THIS has been floating around over yonder.
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I trudged to the scale this morning and discovered that I lost eight pounds in thirty days on this super low carb regimen. If I hadn’t fallen off the “no beer” wagon three times, who knows how much it would have been.
Now off to eat meat and eggs. Again.
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I did try the Green Giant Mashed Cauliflower with Cheddar and Bacon last night.
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We may have seen these before, but even if so, they are worth another look.
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#55 Tedtam
I’m exhausted just reading it.
Then again I’m feeling a bit achy and tired today, rather like spouse was for a couple of days last week. Whatever it was disappeared quickly. We both got flu shots in September. -
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Tim Kaine was on the Greek Midget Show, Lying as usual.
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…the “no beer” wagon
What is this evil mode of transportation of which you speak??? DO NOT GET ABOARD!!! It’s a bushwhack! They’re fixin’ a ambush!
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And hoping that missing 44lbs will give my back some relief.
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Anthony Weiner has been cooperating with the FBI. Via Instapundit:
Fox News chief political anchor Brett Baier reported Sunday that former Congressman Anthony Weiner voluntarily turned over to the FBI a personal computer that may have thousands of emails related to an investigation of Democratic president nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server while she was secretary of state.
Baier sent an email during Fox News Sunday saying two sources had confirmed to him that Weiner was cooperating with the FBI.He handed over the computer. No warrant needed.
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Well, there’s no question that the e-mails have always been the greatest threat to her candidacy for president, that her conduct in regard to the e-mails is really indefensible and if there was going to be more information that came out, it was the one thing, as I said on the air last night, actually that could really perhaps affect this election.
We don’t know what this means yet except that it’s a real bombshell. And it is unthinkable that the Director of the FBI would take this action lightly, that he would put this letter forth to the Congress of the United States saying there is more information out there about classified e-mails and call it to the attention of congress unless it was something requiring serious investigation. So that’s where we are… -
Cheap Chinese JUNK!! And no. I’m not talking about a ship. OK, so the three way fan switch in one of my ceiling fans just asploded, numerous pieces fell out when I removed the cover. I go down to Lowes and buy one for about $5 bucks. I get it home and its so cheap that I don’t want to use it but I sure as He!! didn’t want to fight the traffic at El Dorado and Gatebrook so I try to make it work. Instead of wires or screws to hold the wires, it has these little spring clips to hold the wire in place,…JUNK, anyway two of the three holes had the clips but the common and speed 3 didn’t, so I had to take it back. Oh and I direct wired it for the lowest speed, (it has a wall switch). I’ve been meaning to replace the whole thing so now I have a reason. Back to JUNK, several years ago my wife replaced all the kitchen light switch plate covers with bright white ones, she was tired of the ivory ones. The plate in the kitchen has three switches, light, dishwasher and garbage disposal and I thought it looked tacky with the switches a different color than the plate so I head off to Lowes and get new switches. After about a year the switch for the garbage disposal failed! The original one lasted over 20 years and was still working when I took it out…. NOW, for years all light switches are rated at 15 amps since the breaker is 15 amps, that way they’ll work with a motor or whatever, lights use with only an amp or so. Come to find out they have 5 and 15 amp switches now! The difference in cost to make them couldn’t be more than a few pennies each! I will say that my Gumby Dammit, ¾ HP heavy duty disposal does draw a lot of current but like I said the original switch still worked after over 20 years.
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Way, way cool. That is one talented dude.
Reminds me of my little Mortimer and his extremely larger cousin, Eddie. Eddie is what drew us into the shop in Fredericksburg. He’s about 8 feet tall, plays a guitar, and everything on him is old car parts. Inside is another figure cracking a whip.
To look at scrap and see the unseen, that’s a gift. Was it Michelango who said the figure was always in the granite, he just had to chip away everything that wasn’t the final piece? These guys look at a pile of scraps and envision their potential.
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Take heart on the low-carb thing, Shannon. It gets easier the longer you stay on it. This is coming from a guy who LOVES bread and pasta (and beer too). Still haven’t kicked the beer habit and probably never will. I just love it too much – so I just exercise moderation and offset it in other ways. Fats are your friend. Bacon is exquisite. Indulge!
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I sent this guy my old fan switch for identification purposes, he returned the new one – already wired – in two days. He’s a Texas local.
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Take heart on the low-carb thing, Shannon. It gets easier the longer you stay on it.
I agree. This coming from the Italian girl who made pasta 3 times a week, loves a good garlic bread, and lived for the Christmas lasagna.
There are recipes for low carb breads, pasta substitutes (eggs and cream cheese, who knew?), and sweets for the sweet tooth. I don’t drool over the idea of ice cream anymore, but there are some low carb items in the stores now, and I have recipes I can make at home, if and when I decide to get off my butt and do ’em.
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Re: Nixon
We will never see this letter from the likes of Hillary.
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My single favorite piece of metal junk in the Western sculptures is the Texas license plate.
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I watched a foreign, English dubbed movie on my Pureflix last night. It was the story of a Romanian woman who was thrown into a Communist prison when they were conquered by Russia. Wow, what a story.
The first prison she was in, she was interrogated and tortured brutally, to try to get her to name other names. Instead, she fell back on the faith that her mother had taught her and that she had wandered away from. She thanked her guards for the moldy bread and water she was given, and saved some pits from some food she was given. She sharpened the pits against her bed rail and then scratched verses that she remembered from the Bible in the soft white plaster with her “pen”. Since the plaster was white and the letters were white, and the lighting was so bad, the guards never noticed what she had done. She did it not only for herself, but for whomever was incarcerated in that cell after her.
She was transferred to a labor camp, and while trying to get food to the prisoners in solitary (who were not fed), she herself ended up in solitary. The camp was an old monastery, and solitary was held in the church. While on work detail there, she discovered a Bible that had been tossed aside as the church was ransacked by the Communists. She managed to smuggle this huge Bible (sans cover) back to the barracks when she left solitary, rejoicing with her sisters in struggle that God can take even the most evil of actions and make something good come from it. They tore the Bible into sections and passed them around, reading joyfully and hiding it carefully each day. They were run out of their rooms one night, terrified that they were going to be shot, but were returned to find their rooms had been torn apart in a search.
But the Bible – the whole huge batch of pages – had not been discovered.
She eventually survived her ordeal and was released. She blessed her time in prison, as it drew her closer to God.
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…call the FBI and say that we wish, for the country, don’t go any further into this case, period…” — Nixon to Haldeman, June 23, 1972.)
Won’t hear that from Hillary either.
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Oh, I forgot to mention that when she was in the labor camp, a newcomer arrived who told her story of torture at the same prison that the first lady had been sent to, but she found those verses inscribed in the wall of her cell. When she was brought before the interrogators, she was calm and resolute, refusing their demands to give in. “You have been talking to someone! Who have you been talking to?!” they demanded of the young woman.
“Jesus,” was her reply.
The first woman asked her which cell she had been in. “24,” was the reply.
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I don’t drool over the idea of ice cream anymore,
That, my dear woman, will never happen.
When I hit the target, I will be indulging occasionally. -
A couple weeks ago I had gone zero carbs for a few days.
Ate two Dove Dark Chocolate Ice Cream Bars.
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Neighborly sign battle.
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Texpat and I grew up eating burgers at the old café on the square in Bellvile.
A week ago the current owners temporarily renamed it Trump Café with gigantic banners. Pretty funny.
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I had to step away a bit. Did the Texans win? They were ahead with minutes left when I checked out of the game..
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Texans won 20-13
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Grilled cheese sammiches.
Lobster grilled cheese?
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An immediate classic. Just outstanding. -
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I watched a program this morning on the world’s only horizontal waterfall at Kimberley, Australia. It’s a thirty-five foot high tide differential. Traversing the tiny straight in a boat at peak tide is pretty impressive.
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Just got this in an email:
THE OLD COW!
Late one evening,while the campaign motorcade proceeded down a lonely rural road in west Texas, a very aged cow that had wandered away from its farm pasture suddenly stepped onto the road directly in the path of the oncoming vehicles.The Secret Service limo driver tried to avoid the aging bovine but just couldn’t stop the car in time. Unfortunately, the old cow was struck and killed.
From the back seat of the limo, Hillary Clinton demanded that her driver to go up to the nearby farmhouse and explain to the owners what had happened. She insisted,however,that the agent should resist any request from the farmer to pay for the animal, and she added, “You killed it, so if they demand money, it will come out of your own pocket!” Meanwhile, Hillary stayed in the car making phone calls on her unsecured cell phone.
About an hour later the driver staggered back to the car with his clothes in disarray. He was holding a half-empty bottle of expensive wine in one hand, a huge Cuban cigar in the other, and was smiling happily, smeared with lipstick.
“What happened to you?” asked Hillary.
“Well,” the driver replied, “the farmer gave me the cigar, his wife gave me the wine, and their beautiful twin daughters made passionate love to me.
“I had just stepped inside the door and said, ‘I’m Hillary Clinton’s driver and I’ve just killed the old cow.’ ”
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WARNING! HOLD ONTO SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL!
HUBBY HAS THE BACKHOE AND IS MOVING MIRKWOOD!
After all these years, a major back injury, going through 2 (now on #3) yard carts, and almost wearing out some yard tools…
It seems he wanted the dirt for a temporary driveway base. I don’t care much, as long as it disappears. -
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Now she’s hallucinatin’.
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Packers 24 to Falcons 19 at the half. It is vintage Aaron Rodgers to Jordy Nelson.
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Dang. Wade Phillips gets creamed by a San Diego player and hauled off to hospital. Suspected broken leg.
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What? Prove it!
Pix.
Now.
Thx.
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Nobody is more fun to watch than Aaron Rodgers.
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Bwa Haha Ha! One guess: WHAT Dim Congresscritter does not know Wikileaks from Wikipedia??
http://americanlookout.com/jpb-democrat-congresswoman-says-she-denounces-wikipedia-for-hillarys-email-leaks/ -
“Don’t be surprised if we see a headline in few days that Huma and Anthony met for dinner to consider a reconciliation and they accidentally drove into a river instead.”
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I’ve seen the Benedictine monks of Norcia on EWTN a few times. They’ve had a best-selling CD of their Gregorian chants. Norcia, in central Italy, is the birthplace of St. Benedict. They even brew beer!
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Hubby is having the crew help with moving and packing the dirt down. I’ll take pics when they’re done.
There’s a small chunk gone, and another chunk loose and ready to go, but the temporary carport covers that Hubby has for his beloved VWs have to be moved first, before they can move much more.
Hence, waiting for the crew tomorrow. He rented a large roller for an asphalt driveway he was working at our river property. It has to be back by Wednesday, so he’s pushing to get as much done tomorrow as he can, so he can return the equipment Monday or Tuesday. He’s got meters scheduled the rest of the week, so it’s a one-day push.
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Wow.
WSJ reports:As federal agents prepare to scour roughly 650,000 emails to see how many relate to a prior probe of Hillary Clinton’s email use, the surprise disclosure that investigators were pursuing the potential new evidence lays bare tensions inside the bureau and the Justice Department over how to investigate the Democratic presidential nominee.
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I get tired of trying to explain the latest political news to Hubby. He was utterly clueless about the latest wiss-storm, which left me speechless. I had to spend all of breakfast explaining what was going on.
I told him to cut off the country music for one or two hours a day and listen to some talk radio.
Please. Having to ‘splain things several times over until he gets it is very tiresome.
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All I can say is the manure has just begun to hit the Westinghouse and the hysterical reaction from the Left and their slaves, the MSM, guarantees this won’t be kept out of the mainstream news feed. They can’t help themselves.
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650,000 emails stored on the Weiner/Abedin computer.
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Sigh, Packers lost by 1 point in the final minute.
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I may need to run to the store for more popcorn.
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That pic of Queen Sheila makes her look as dumb as she really is. Somebody needs to tell her Wikipedia’s headquarters are right next to the American flag on Mars.
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…and we thought Watergate was dramatic…holy crap. Can’t hold a candle.
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I was telling my son today these are once in a lifetime days we are witnessing, just imagine Watergate going on at this very moment.
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Tedtam, I told my hubby the story from #138, Sheila Jackson Lee condemning Wikipedia, and he didn’t get it. Even after I supplied the hint, Wikileaks, it still took him a moment to smile a bit. Just. Not. Interested. AT. ALL.
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I was 15-16 during Watergate. What I remember most is how sick and tired I was of hearing about it. Then my dad died about 10 days after Nixon resigned and I never worried about Watergate again.
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LOL. Scary Harry Reid is saying Comey may have broken federal law. You really cannot make this crap up.
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Wikipedia, Wikileaks, two Vietnams, flag on Mars.
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Let us encourage the LSM to be so drawn to the debacle they can’t resist being drawn into reporting/commenting on it. Let this thing be a tarbaby that holds them in its embrace so they can’t let go. Or, for the ridiculously squeamish PC drones, we can call it quicksand. No difference.
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Well, Harry needs to call Loretta and have her arrest Comey.
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Like the man said, good pitching beats good hitting every time.
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Oh, my word! Podesta says that Hillary stinks… literally.
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I rarely watch it anymore, but baseball is truly a lovely, graceful game. It’s too bad it’s dying.
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The site you linked.LIKE I HAVE TO TELL YOU
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Boiled cabbage, urine, and farts. Throw in pig feces, turpentine, onions, and garnish with a dirty gym sock and you have Durian Fruit.
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Boiled cabbage, urine, and farts. Throw in pig feces, turpentine, onions, and garnish with a dirty gym sock and you have Durian Fruit.
reading the comments and then I came to this. Wondered if you were talking about Queen Sheila or Hillary. Thought Durian Fruit might be some name for stinky women. Then I looked it up. Must say I was a bit disappointed.
Then I read Shannon’s:She’s that woman at a party with that revolting combo of BO and perfume that’ll drive me outside every time.
Without looking I knew it had to be Queen Sheila. Checked and found it was Hillary. Again mildly disappointed. Then I thought…… We have a win win situation here. We may have created a new code name for that fruit cake Queen Sheila.
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SJL simply POLLUTES the Congressional seat that once held the divine Barbara Jordan. Now it’s nothing but racial spoils and gerrymandering.
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Saw someone somewhere commented today we have the very real possibility of impeachment of a president for only the third time in our history. And two of them being husband and wife.
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I saw some video Over Yonder today showing SJL and Jolanda Jones electioneering at some polling place. Jones was recognizable (to me) only because there aren’t a lot of tall thin black women with shaved heads. SJL wasn’t running up to people, but she was easily spotted, looking like a buffalo wearing a bright red blanket.
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I was 12-13 when Watergate happened. There was nothing to watch on TV, all three channels kept showing the same stuff.
Heard this driving back from the bay.
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And this, Desperate times.
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And there is a new Godzilla movie out. Pretty cool in the original style of the movies, for those who like this sort of thing.
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#171 mharper42
LOL
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