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Happy Satiddy Hamoustonians™ !!
Suitin up to head north for more HEROs
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Great good morning Hamsters. Now it feels like Fall, at last. How nice it is to be chilly again and need an extra layer. Weathervane is stuck at N, crisp air and 55 at 6:30, easy to step faster on the way to the barn and out for the paper, and wonderful to see Dawn’s rosy fingered embrace of the horizon through scattered clouds. And best of all it’s Morning in America.
Cameo’s recovery from pneumonia seems complete, her tracheostomy is healing nicely, and it is easily cleaned twice a day now. Will get the vet surgeon out next week to see it in person and find out what the routine care for it will be from now on. He’s seen cellphone pics of it several times when his associates have come to check on her. Her stomach discomfort is gone thanks to almost 3 weeks of meds for that, and she’s slowly gaining back the weight she lost.
Have not heard any voice when she obviously intended to extend a greeting, just heard a soft exhale through the third nostril and saw her nostrils move as they would have normally. There is some air moving through them but not much. Her face shows what she means, her eyes are bright, and she is obviously comfortable again. We’re planting pansies in the bed St. Francis occupies. 🙂 -
In 2018 Dems must defend a whopping 10 senate seats in states won by Trump
WV +42
ND +36
MT +22
MO +19
IN +19
OH +8
FL +1
PA +1
WI +1
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It’s up to President Trump (that is so pleasing to be able to put the title on again after 8 years of just writing Zero or something) to not screw this deal up. You’ve got to know that the pressure to “moderate” his message is coming from all sides. To quote Reagan, hopefully he will stay the course – that’s what real leaders do. I hear that Pelosi is not under fire from the Dems – they’ve got a female Presidential candidate, a female DNC leader, a female minority leader – what could possibly go wrong (short of everything)?
Dems are calling for unity – that always means we go to them, not the other way around. Screw that – to paraphrase Zero – we won, elections have consequences. His silence on the ongoing riots is not really doing his legacy any favors that I can tell. He could put a stop to it with a simple statement, so the absence of that statement is all we need to know about who’s behind all this. Dem dirty tricksters must be exposed once and for all. -
Say what you want about McConnell but he did us a solid by not even considering Garland for the SCOTUS. We could be sitting here with a “progressive” court, waiting for that old hag to melt, just to bring it back to nominally constitutionalist.
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Our last dog passed away about a year ago. The wife talked about getting some sort of mini dog like her niece and her friend have. Anything that can be carried off and eaten by a bird is not a dog. She did it. Two of them. Me; ‘How big will they be when they grow up’? Her;’They’re two years old’. The cat probably weighs more than the two combined, hope they are quick enough to not get stepped on.
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I honestly don’t know how “progressives” manage to even brush their teeth every morning without killing themselves. Jon Lovett was one of the better SNL alums but boy is he stupid.
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This rag has to die, and soon:
It was a shock on arriving at the New York Times in 2004, as the paper’s movie editor, to realize that its editorial dynamic was essentially the reverse. By and large, talented reporters scrambled to match stories with what internally was often called “the narrative.” We were occasionally asked to map a narrative for our various beats a year in advance, square the plan with editors, then generate stories that fit the pre-designated line.
Reality usually had a way of intervening. But I knew one senior reporter who would play solitaire on his computer in the mornings, waiting for his editors to come through with marching orders. Once, in the Los Angeles bureau, I listened to a visiting National staff reporter tell a contact, more or less: “My editor needs someone to say such-and-such, could you say that?”
The bigger shock came on being told, at least twice, by Times editors who were describing the paper’s daily Page One meeting: “We set the agenda for the country in that room.” -
Everyone needs to read this column by Megan McArdle on Obamacare. It is probably the best, plainly written article I’ve seen recently on the state of American medical insurance and Obamacare.
Overturning Obamacare is not as simple as passing a bill nor is it a simple Republicans against Democrats issue anymore. What if what takes its place is even worse ? It could be.
McArdle has some suggestions.Repeal will involve getting rid of the unpopular bits. But it will also involve getting rid of the popular bits. Republicans will be under enormous pressure to repeal just the unpopular parts, which would, of course, make the individual market even more dysfunctional than it is now. I wish good luck to President Trump or to any member of Congress who explains to voters that if they want the popular parts, they need the unpopular parts too. Believe me, I’ve tried.
So I suspect that “Repeal Obamacare” will meet the same fate as Social Security reform. Legislators were gung ho. Even the base was sort of theoretically in favor of it. President George W. Bush made it his signature initiative for his second term. But the more that Bush talked about what Social Security reform would actually involve, the more he spooked voters. Even though his party had control of both the House and the Senate, Bush eventually had to admit he couldn’t get it done. His own party would not back him in the face of voter resistance.and in closing,
Because I strenuously opposed Obamacare, you might think that I’d be giddy at the prospect. The problem is that for this to become possible, things have to get much worse before they get better. Moreover, the disaster of Obama’s experiment will have tainted health-care reform. No politician will want to touch it for a good long while. Meaning that we will, at best, manage to return to the situation we had before Obamacare — a situation that no one was satisfied with. That’s nothing to celebrate on either side of the aisle.
Actually, almost 75% of Americans were pretty satisfied with their medical insurance according to poll after poll taken in the leadup to passage of Obamacare.
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Yesterday’s Rhymes With Orange cartoon in the Chron was hysterical. It featured Noah’s Ark towing a rowboat at a bit of a distance containing a pair of skunks. One said to the other “I couldn’t help it. I got scared.” I realize there are some possibilities for this to transfer to the current political situation, but I shall leave that to others.
I witnessed another hysterical event yesterday afternoon demonstrating that squirrels can’t climb downspouts. When I approached, one was in the greenery bed under the kitchen window that’s in a small alcove, and he (generic he) jumped out of it and tried to scale the downspout in the alcove to get on the roof. One leap about a third of the way up resulted in a quick backflip almost to where he started. Quick recovery and a second leap halfway up had the same result, just faster. He reversed course and ran headlong into—not onto—the trunk of a ligustrum. Rang his bell rather soundly and stunned him for a moment. Gathered his wits and ran up the ligustrum and onto the roof. I crack up every time I think of that scene. -
From the elite scientists: Trump voters are an indication of an emerging species of subhuman
We’ve always said it, but this is some serious Mengele stuff right here. The sniveling little coward has already removed her musings from the “science” blog with the byline: “Diverse perspectives on science and medicine”. -
RE: #9
Even the most hardcore right wingers don’t want to give up these 2 things:
A) “Shall Issue” medical insurance regardless of precondition
B) Pricing regardless of the enormous future costs of your precondition
Most people don’t really understand how insurance pools function to mitigate collective and individual risks so there isn’t a broad understanding of why we can’t have everything we want. -
I witnessed another hysterical event yesterday afternoon demonstrating that squirrels can’t climb downspouts.
It took about two months before the squirrels realized they can no longer scamper across my roof after I installed a metal one. I heard quite a few furious clawings as the little buggers slid off. One night, shortly after the roof had been installed, a raccoon climbed off a pecan limb onto the roof right over my bedroom. That thing sliding off scared the hell out of me from a very deep sleep at 3AM.
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For a Saturday Like this, I need a song like this and I can just imagine how great it would’ve been if Tom Jones would’ve recorded it.
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Yes. You are. Very wrong.
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Can just imagine what a jolt that was. 🙂 -
Brother Phil
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#1 Katfish
Kinda nice to choose a few warm layer configurations from all my various cool weather gear!
Yes, me too, I’m looking forward to bringing out my extensive collection of sweat suits, and bandannas to keep my neck warm.
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#2 Adee
Good to hear that Cameo is on the mend, and it was a pleasure to read your description of it. So clear how much you love that girl! -
Heh Brother Squawk–great pic.
I also like this one.
Young day memories, ya know.:)
C’mon it’s good.–Like Bill Murray asked in the movie Stripes–Bet you cried when Old Yeller died, didn’t you? -
Actually, almost 75% of Americans were pretty satisfied with their medical insurance according to poll after poll taken in the leadup to passage of Obamacare.
I agree, and a good part of the 25% not satisfied only were because they were constantly told how horrible the system was.
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Is a Muslim from the Midwest set to take over the Democratic National Committee?
Do it! Do it! Even if he wears a suit and tie…
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-updates-trail-guide-is-a-muslim-from-the-midwest-set-to-1478901281-htmlstory.html -
The New York Post has an interesting read on the election:
HEADLINE: Scenes from the liberal meltdown
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Anarchist-fueled violence and destruction can’t be tolerated. Nor should corporate (or anti-corporate) temper tantrums that blatantly violate free-speech rights.
Collegiate sobbing and wailing, on the other hand, shouldn’t be tolerated — especially not by the parents who are shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to pay for it.
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I don’t pretend to be smart enough to know the answers to repairing our healthcare system but I think most agree that if everyone has skin in the game, we are well on our way to a true insurance program, with all costs spread across the board. I just believe there has to be a way to incentivize everyone to have insurance, not by forcing full participation but there being a pretty uncomfortable cost when needing healthcare without insurance. We have to get tough.
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Brother Phil
C’mon it’s good.
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Oh for sureLike Bill Murray asked in the movie Stripes–Bet you cried when Old Yeller died, didn’t you?
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To solve the health insurance problem, get government out of it. That simple. Insurance companies can write whatever policies they want, people can buy whatever policies they want (or can afford). Insurance is supposed to be for catastrophic events, not every day colds and sore throats. Like most other things, all it needs is a good leaving alone.
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#7 Hammy
That Jon Lovett-on-Twitter made me want to see the responses. And that was from Nov 7 before these morons knew they’ve lost!
https://twitter.com/jonlovett/status/795812217941692416
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If I recall, Old Yeller didn’t just die. He was shot by his owner. Sometimes we have to make tough decisions and do tough things that we would rather not do in life.
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I came here to post the following. After rading other posts here, it’ll pretty mych serve as a follow yp to texpat’s #9 post. After that “hopeful” meeting with President Obama, Trump has now said that amnending Obamacare, instead of repealing and replacing it, is a possibility. (He seemed to have failed saying that on the campaign trail.)
Let’s be fair. Many Republican pols, not just Trump, have said over the years that they’d like to keep the “good parts” of ObamaCare — although that usually involves including them in whatever replaces O-Care after it’s repealed, not keeping the law in place and amending it. Like it or not, as a matter of pure symbolism, righties would chafe at the idea of amending it even if that approach is more likely to win Democratic support. They want Obama’s legacy obliterated and that starts with repeal, even if some ideas driving the current law end up being reinstituted in the new program. The two “good parts” of the law worth keeping that are typically named by Republicans are the two Trump identified, compulsory coverage for preexisting conditions and the right of young adults to stay on their parents’ insurance until they’re 26. Not coincidentally, both are popular with the public. The sick get covered and the young, who might be struggling to find work, get covered. Like the man said, he’s not gonna let people just die in the street.
But … what if I told you that policies involve trade-offs, and that the “good parts” require “bad parts” to pay for them? That’s been the left’s defense of ObamaCare since day one. You like coverage for preexisting conditions? That’s nice — but if you want to pay for it, you need the individual mandate. Only by forcing people to buy insurance, especially healthy young people who won’t cost much to insure, will you generate the revenue stream needed to pay for treatment for the very sick. Gotta take the bitter with the sweet. Relatedly, one of the reasons ObamaCare’s costs are soaring is because there are too many under-26ers using mom’s insurance instead of being forced into the marketplace to buy their own. That lost revenue forces insurers to make up the difference somewhere, which means higher premiums for everyone else. If you want to stabilize the law fiscally, kicking the under-26 crowd off their parents’ insurance and into the pool with the rest of us would help do that. But that’s unpopular, so we haven’t and probably won’t.The popular portion if Obamacare does connect directly with the unpopular. America cannit have one without the other. It’s repeal and replace or it’s leave it fundamentally the same as it is.
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A) “Shall Issue” medical insurance regardless of precondition
B) Pricing regardless of the enormous future costs of your preconditionI have a pre-existing condition, I have RA. I am fine with my costs being higher than, say my 25 yr old son. I am supposed to take an Enbrel injection once a week, I get by taking it a couple weeks and then I’m good for a couple months, so I had some stocked up. I had to get it refilled for the first time a while back on this years insurance plan, they said it was $1,600 for a months worth. I declined, said I would just have to make do without. They got back with me and said they had some kind of program I could enroll in, if I qualified I could get assistance. I did and it ended up costing me nothing.
So, the new system is not promoting shared costs by everyone, I should have to pay something. Instead, those that can are paying my share. -
Yes, Old Yeller was shot in the end resulting in his death.
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Word from our friends in Occupied St. Paul is that while Minnesota didn’t quite make it into the Trump column on Tuesday, Republicans did succeed in also taking control of the state Senate so they now have both houses. And I think they might have gained a Republican seat or two in Congress. Not sure of that at the moment. They are in search of a good candidate to unseat the idiot Governor Dayton the next time he’s up for re-election. Even the dimwit that he is he recognized Obamacare is a disaster. Our friends say it is at death’s door in MN. -
#10 Adee
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My youngest was in a pretty good wreck last night, lady basically T-Boned him on 249 just before it turns into 1774 in Pinehurst. She was in a little import and his truck is lifted a little bit so she went under him. His left rear went over her hood, his rear axle got wiped out. Looks totaled to me but the tow truck driver/impound lot/body shop owner didn’t think so. We’ll see, he is ok. Lady was taken away by ambulance but is supposed to be ok. Her car was destroyed.
I feel bad for him, he loves this truck. 2015 Chevy Silverado 4WD. I hope they total it, I don’t think it will ever be the same. -
Lib Brother is really going nuts. Normally he’s pretty cool. He posted something about ‘those Anglo-Americans really aren’t sending us their best’.
I hate to tell him, but I think he may qualify. He lived overseas for many years, starting in Bangkok from what I heard, then moved to the Middle East and ended up in Prague for some years before returning to New York. He got married to a MINO, as he describes her (Muslim in name only), and they moved to San Diego.
Maybe he doesn’t realize that his German/Italian ancestry puts him in with the group he despises so much.
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I heard the unhinged HillyB-Progs had the balloons, the champagne,the party hats and the kazoos all ready to go on election night.
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Thanks for finding that. It’s funny no matter what slant you take on it. -
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Good grief, what an awful accident. Glad the other driver wasn’t seriously hurt.
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I just rechecked the electoral prediction thread and it was MHarper who predicted 306 Trump to 232 Clinton.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/11/12/electoral-college-landslide-donald-trump-pummels-clinton-306232-n2243962 -
I don’t think it will ever be the same.
Back in the ’80s I had a similar accident in my Chevy truck. Rear axle was knocked out. Insurance didn’t total it but the truck was never the same again. Alignment was never right and tires always wore uneven and never lasted long. While they never admitted it the frame had to be bent. Let’s hope they total it.
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From #42
Pollster Frank Luntz had tweeted on Election Night that there was higher than projected working lass turnout in Michigan
Who knew Michigan was such a hotbed for the world’s oldest profession?
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Someone on the innerwebs noted that after election night the oceans actually are now rising … because of liberal tears.
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The Human Marshmallow lied. Color me shocked.
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#37 Tim
Part of any accident report, after you tell us your family member is Ok, and the condition of his damaged vehicle, is LIABILITY. Does the careless hospitalized driver have insurance, and is she liable for causing the accident? My previous Toyota pickup (not the one I drove for 22 years and just sold) was smashed up by a foreigner here on a student visa, and with no insurance at all. First and only time in my life so far that I used my uninsured motorist insurance. The foreigner, when he heard me discussing my uninsured motorist coverage, with the policeman who was looking into the wreck, perked up a bit because he thought that meant my insurance would cover his car, since he was an uninsured motorist. His hopes were soon dashed.
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Pulled my Roku into the living room. I have to shop online for frig parts, so I may as well be watching what I want to watch while I’m bouncing ’round the net.
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Oh, and very, very glad there were no serious injuries in the accident. Too bad for the beloved truck, though.
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One of the more interesting results of the shocking 2016 election is that Dems have lost control of so many state legislatures that we’re within just ONE more of being able to start a “Convention of States” unopposed.
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#46 Hamous says:
The Human Marshmallow lied. Color me shocked.
Well, I thought that would be Christie. 🙂 And I thought the lie would be about whether he knew ahead of time about BridgeGate. I have seen some claims that he did.
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It is now even more vital that an Article V Convention of States be called while we have Trump in the White House and a Republican Congress. Strike while the iron is hot. -
And now the Ds are starting to eat their own. I hope they have a hearty appetite.
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Feeling more like myself musically speaking.
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I thought the world was going to end when I found myself agreeing with Michael Moore that this election will end up being the biggest FU in American political history.
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The Badgers are having a good day in Madison, 34-3 over Illinois in the 3rd quarter. Either Illinois has a deplorable defense or the Badgers finally woke up their offense at long last.
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#44 Hamous
Lotsa working lasses in Michigan?
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It would appear that the popcorn concession for watching the Democrats’ attempt at creating a similar Tea Party Movement for the lefties will be most lucrative. They tried it once, from the top down, with Occupy Wall Street. And that went over like a lead balloon because they didn’t comprehend how a grassroots anything comes to life and grows.
Ummm dummies, it starts with the people, the country class, not your ruling elite class. You must have a concept that is attractive to the Deplorable Little People, you know the ones who make this nation work, the ones you disdain until it’s election time. You have seen how it grew until it was the mainstream majority movement that knocked you flat on November 8. Trump did not do it alone, he focused and agreed with what the grassroots thought and demanded throughout the 8 abominable years of Obama/Biden rule and ruination.
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“I will go many places in my lifetime, surrounded by kindreds on a mission to spread justice and light,” she wrote.
“I can’t wait for all of this, and for the change to come, as we use what we’ve been given to protect those who can’t protect themselves. What are you living for?” she added. – Lena DumhamHuh?
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The proglodytes are really melting down like the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz.
Poor snowflakes must be feeling completely -
I’m watching episodes of “Highway to Heaven”. Just had a scene where some smart alecky high school jock types parked in a handicapped zone. “Jonathan” (the angel) asked them to move their car to which they responded with “wanna make me?” He said no and they smart mouthed him again and walked away laughing derisively.
Jonathan looked up at the sky and said “It’s not easy sometimes.” Then he followed the guys into the book store. A cop came in and got the boys to come outside because there was a problem with the car. It turns out the car was upside down, AND the cop was going to write a ticket for parking in a handicapped spot. The young driver was complaining that the cop should be “finding out who did this! Who flips a car upside down, anyway?”
Jonathan, now grinning, walked by him and quietly said, “God knows.”
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Badgers now 41-3 in the 4th quarter over Illinois. Scoring opportunities have been delivered on a silver platter the whole game. This must be dreadful for the Illinois team and fans.
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Sooo…this is what Squawk was doing down in Brazil when we thought he was out coon hunting.
Setting up the first…Miss Granny Bum Bum ! -
Pitt defeated the mighty Clemson.
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The protests continue in Houston and elsewhere, and Ole Georgie must be spending a few $ millions on all his rent-a-mobs that advertise for employees on Craig’s List.
The media of course never look into things like that. Or if they do they bury it.
Regarding Hamous’s #8, the Chron was delivered this morning in a NYT newspaper sleeve with a thank you for subscribing on it. I believe the Chron distributes out of town bigtime newspapers, and perhaps the NYT has more sleeves than subscribers around here. Or around there these days. -
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3493469/posts
Chicago Cubs are being forced to give up their World Series title
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Posted on 11/12/2016, 8:37:35 PM by rey
Cleveland Indians fans have rioted across the country in protest of the 2016 World Series. Despite knowing the rules of the game prior to playing, they were unhappy they lost and demanded the outcome to be changed.
They could be heard chanting #NotOurWorldSeriesChampion all across America. Even though the Cubs won 4 games and the Indians only won 3, since both teams scored 27 total runs throughout all 7 games, they are being declared co-world champions.
When questioned, Commissioner Manfred stated, “We felt as though it was the right thing to do for the nation. What kind of example would Major League Baseball be setting if we expected the adults who play this game, and their fans, to gracefully accept defeat? Instead of creating a bigger divide between the Cubs and Indians, MLB is confident that the Cubs will gladly share their victory with the Indians.” -
Mrs Trump visits Mooch in the White House. Hope this is the last time I ever post a pic of Mooch. 8 years in the W.H. and she never did learn how to sit like a lady. She still can’t figure out where to put her feet.
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Say, does anyone know what that head displayed on the wall is? Was that where all the other presidents had the bust of Churchill? Hope Trump asks the British Embassy to bring it back over on Jan 20, 2017.
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Watched a Sturgill Simpson concert this evening on PBS.
This is no “beer and pickups” country act.
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Good morning Hamsters. Overcast and 60 at 6, but the weather folks say the high today should only be in the low 70s. We can manage that.
Waiting for today’s lunacy from the frazzled lefties to emerge. They seem to have an unending supply, don’t they? -
After the election I posted a commentary from Will Rahn on the smugness of the media. What I didn’t know is that Rahn is the son of Peggy Noonan.
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Now they’ve dug up Hoover.
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Blumenthal, a former journalist who has been nicknamed “Grassy Knoll” by some in Clintonworld because of his tendency to latch on to conspiracy theories, made the charge in an interview on Dutch television after Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump.
“It was the result of a cabal of right-wing agents of the FBI in the New York office attached to Rudy Giuliani, who was a member of Trump’s campaign,” said Blumenthal, who emailed frequently with Clinton while she was secretary of state.
“I think it’s not unfair to call it a coup,” added Blumenthal, who served in the Bill Clinton White House aide and was said to be an informal adviser to Hillary Clinton. -
Mr. Blumenthal,
At this point, what difference does it make? -
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I’m hoping the legislative branch can keep Trump from starting some lunatic trade war.
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I’m curious. Why no trade war? First, we’ve got nothing to trade except agricultural products just like every other third world country. Hopefully petroleum and LNG products can be added to that list. We have basically no factories to manufacture goods, so trying to rebuild a manufacturing base will take some time, provided of course, we want to do that at all. Boeing may have to ramp up. Meanwhile, I see no downside to a full blown trade war with the Asian countries whose militarizes we are paying to beef up and whose human rights activities are atrocious. To embark on a re-industrialization program, we’re going to have to eliminate government regulation top to bottom and get government out of the private sector. Open up the blighted slums, build productive plants, hire locals, pay good wages, and turn them loose. Trade wars are good for the economy.
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The arrogant slimes up at SMU exposed their azzes again by insulting the daughter of one of the policemen slain by the BLM/hiliary voters. I’m just amazed how much hatred these smug college administrators are able to conceal before allowing it to finally leak out. Go to hell SMU.
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Leon Russell has died.
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I think I woke up in the Twilight Zone.
Coulda sworn my #72 was 71 last night.
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First, we’ve got nothing to trade except agricultural products just like every other third world country.
American Exports Jan-Sep 2016
$1,074,854,000,000
Non-food products
$982,025,000,000
Food, Grain, Beverages Products (less than 10% of total exports)
$92,829,000,000
Capital Goods & Industrial Equipment
$685,917,000,000
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I challenge anyone to provide here on this site factual, historical proof that any tariff/trade war ever resulted in anything but negative consequences since 1776.
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I demand a hanging chad recount.
phil, that can happen if someone posted a hairball that Granny Hamous choked on. Later on, someone with the keys to the Executive Litter Box can give Granny a Heimlich maneuver. At which point everything entered after the hairball gets renumbered. I scanned through a ways before #71, #72 and didn’t see anything I didn’t recall from last night.
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R.I.P. Leon
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I was having a conversation with a good friend at a party last night who is in the LBG community, she has always been a strong conservative on all issues except that one. Fine by me, the whole big tent thing you know. She and her partner were planning on getting hitched in February but she is moving it up to before the end of the year since Trump got elected because he’s going to take away their rights. I asked her how much power does she think the prez has? How is he going to enact, repeal anything by February? She says its not Trump she’s worried about its Pence, he hates gays and that they will get it done next year and make it retroactive!
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MSM is spreading fear, apprehension, distrust, hatred.
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The Heritage Foundation is a good source for anyone needing to brush up on the benefits of free trade, as are any number of treatises on the devastation wrought by Smoot-Hawley in 1930.
This article in Imprimus might be a good place to start:
https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/free-trade-under-attack-what-america-can-do/
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Seen or heard anything about wearing a safety pin on your lapel the last few days? Seen pix of people wearing safety pins? The HuffPo link does a great job of explaining the safety pin movement.
Then take a gander at Brett Rogers’ retort to the movement. If you don’t know Brett, he is a local conservative gadfly and motivational force. -
Something’s going on out there I don’t get.
So if the preezy can’t do anything how does she think the VP is going to strip them of their rights? Unless there’s a tie vote in the Senate on a bill to start throwing homosexuals off the Empire State Building, he’s basically just a heyboy. What their problem with Pence is he signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana. The law only allowed a defendant to invoke the law as a defense when teh ghey mafia threatened their religious freedom. He will be a target from now on.
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“(Expletive) you, (expletive) you, (expletive) you,” Sykes said to the audience members who were booing her set at the country’s longest-running comedy fundraiser.
The booing began about five minutes into Sykes’ performance and she stayed on stage to finish her set, also delivering jokes on topics outside of the political realm.
But before she left the stage, Sykes flipped the three-quarters capacity crowd the finger when the boo-birds came back out to send her off the stage. -
Prayers up for our brethren in New Zealand after the tsunami
http://news.trust.org/item/20161113113702-re5f9 -
Time for some Sunday afternoon Van
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There are a couple of people around here interested in aviation. A friend of mine that has served for decades on the Board of the rural water system here in Austin County was a bomber mechanic on the last B-47 ever made. James Villa contributed a personal history of his life experiences in aviation and with this particular aircraft.
The Saga of B-47E 53-6244
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From my #97…
Interesting story surrounds the delivery of this aircraft, since it was the last one built at Wichita, the plant workers organized a charity drive to raise money for a good cause somewhere, the workers taped or glued coins and paper money to every surface of the aircraft. The crew could not preflight or fly the bird until all the loot was cleared from the entire aircraft. It took nearly two days to do so… Needless to say we looked at every nook and cranny in preflight to insure that the entire aircraft had been cleared (literally thousands of dollars of money had to be removed before we could fly it). The flight home to Smokey Hill AFB was uneventful. Upon landing the maintenance crews received the bird to do their thing. When they removed the side panel from the C/P ejection seat, they found it was still chained and locked to the floor boards! Oh boy, so much for meticulous preflights !
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#s 82 & 88 – Dangit hate to hear this news! – Leon played with just about everyone (and wrote songs for many many as well)
I was lucky enough to see Him live back on 2005 at a TINY little bar that held MAYBE 120 – 130 people in Malone TX. FANTASTIC 3 hour or so show
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Trump is already waffling. Don’t count on him rolling back obamacare. In fact he could make it worse if it is possible to make it worse.
Donald Trump is about to face a rude awakening over Obamacare
If he keeps anything near making the insurance companies insure anyone no matter what prices are gonna sky rocket or the companies are going to stop offering health care insurance completely. -
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Well, I’m not surprised that the Chron and all the lefty media are crammed full of anything and everything they can do to stir up their defeated allies into rioting or at least protesting everything that flattened them on Tuesday. Their smugness hasn’t begun to fade yet because reality hasn’t sunk in.
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Packers are off to a flying stop so far in the Titans game. Texans were doing well the last time I checked on them.
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Word on the street is that my Congressman Michael McCaul is in talks with the transition team to serve as Secretary Of Homeland Security.
Hate to lose him.
And the resulting fight for his seat will be a bloody war.
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Texpat says:
101 Squawk
Yes.
See my #9 and #12Iron sharpening iron. I think way back when, you and discussed how if Obamacare got instituted it would never go away and why. We (you and me) were way ahead of the curve back then.
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@ the car wash. Well I made it back from the woods, and we had a great trip, the weather was good, 45 yesterday and 40 this morning. The deer still aren’t moving much but I did see a nice 6 pointer and a spastic 5 pointer. About 7:10 Saturday morning I saw a nice 6 point, decent body weight for his 2 and half years. He eased out of the thick brush to smell the Doe-P I had put out. I could tell right off he was a nice buck but his antlers went to his ears, but they have to be 13 1/2″ or just past the ears to be legal. He milled about for maybe 2 minutes and then wandered off. I grunted a couple of times and he froze, then took off. FWIW; I’ve killed several 6 pointers just like this when it was legal, it very disappointing to not be able to bag a nice deer just because the horn hunters wanted huge racks. Don’t get my wrong, I like large racks but I’m a meat hunter first and foremost.
About 10 minutes later a young buck came out at the same spot an started grazing, he had one real tall antler with a tiny brow tine and a small fork at the top and a tall forked antler on the other side that wasn’t as tall and was deformed. He was not legal because even though his antlers were about 16″ tall they weren’t past his ears. This is a cull deer and shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce but I can’t break the law. I watched him for 15 minutes and like the other one, he never saw me.
All in all, I did enjoy the encounter and it took a while for the adrenalin to wear down.
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Well since Shannon beat me this is my second favorite love song
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Some critics didn’t like that album. I did. He was married to that beautiful black chick, Mary McCreary, during that period.
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…“This has been a great relief to me because, of all the things I feared upon entering the Army three years ago, it was this issue: Will I be forced to pray in a way that goes against my conscience? You see, a little about the background of my German Lutheran ancestors.
“In 1817 Frederick William III of Prussia made several decrees uniting the Lutheran Church and the Reformed Churches of Prussia. On church governance, sacraments, worship, and practice the Lutheran and Reformed churches were forced to unite. A small body of Lutherans could not water down their faith. They could not just sacrifice for the sake of political expediency what they believed were essential truths based on the Word of God himself.
“So Germany was no longer safe for them. Was there a place somewhere in the world where they could believe according to the dictates of conscience? Was there a place governed by principles of religious freedom, where their religious beliefs were not privileges granted them by the hand of a sovereign political figure, but were embedded in the very bedrock of its constitution?
“Well, you might be familiar with that place. It’s the place which has in its charters these words: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
“That place is the United States of America. Within its borders, within every acre of land, within the lines of sands around its every beachhead, those who live there enjoy the protections of religious freedom as well as all the freedoms we enjoy in our land. That image is the image I set before you today, a line in the sand. If my forefathers, those persecuted Germans, could just get into that land, if they could just get on the right side of that line in the sand, it could literally mean their life as opposed to their death, freedom as opposed to prison, happiness as opposed to persecution.
“For me, fellow citizens of these cherished liberties, that is my line in the sand. One of the most personal and intimate rights—the right to worship God according to one’s conscience, which is what prayer is, an act of worship—is something I cannot just give up for the sake of being politically expedient.
“That is why I joined the Army. That is why I’m willing to die for my country, because of lines like those, because the beachhead is worth securing, worth even my life, to know that my children will be able to worship my Lord Jesus freely. This is why America is a sacred place for me, and why any blood shed for these God-given liberties has a sanctifying effect on her grounds.”http://thefederalist.com/2016/11/11/like-veterans-americans-ones-draw-line-sand/
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When the Civil War commenced, the Central Texas Germans were opposed to slavery. When they began to meet to solidify their opposition, following secession the Governor declared Marshall Law in six counties in this area and sent patrols out to round them up for conscription. But not before quite a few ran off to Mexico.
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112 Shannon
And if it had been up to the German Freethinkers of the Hill Country, Texas would never have seceded and endorsed slavery.
It’s never been clear, and we’ll never know, just how that secession vote went down in the backrooms of the Legislature or if there really was a true majority on that vote. It made the passage of Obamacare look like child’s play. -
There were deferrals for those that could get a job driving cotton to Mexican ports, so we could continue exports to Europe.
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I like Leon’s music no matter which it is. In fact I am thinkin I have never based my likes on what “the critics” had to say. -
one way we could improve the world
”The first thing we do, let’s kill all thelawyerscritics”
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Hey Phil
I like looking at the hottie sideline reporters.
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105 Shannon
Yes he likely will. Right now I’m blanking out on his name too. He and his staff started putting out a fancy newsletter from Austin the fall before primary season and made it look like something a legislator would produce. He was running for RR Commissioner that time, after he lost the senate race to Lois Kolkhorst before that, and assorted Fort Bend County offices before that. -
Sigh, Packers lost to the Titans (!) 47-25 One would have expected the scores to be the reverse. No joy in Mudville….
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105 Shannon
So many names are flying around for this and that in a Trump executive branch. The LSM (alias the Smuglies) always float names of weak-kneed Republicans in hopes people start cheering for them and rails against anyone of substance.
As if they should have any say in the matter. They’ve been trying to convince everyone that Ted Cruz is toast since the convention and has no future in national politics. That says how much they fear him. -
The Mephistopheles Streamed Media desperately needs to join Propagandists Anonymous.
Until they admit they have and are the problem, they’ll continue to lie, distort, propagandize, encourage and incite violence.
I’m sick of this popular vote whine.
Trump won 31 states–go F yourselves Mephers.
According to them, if one state had 20 million people living in it and they all voted for the HBeast and the 49 other states had 18 million combined and they all voted Trump, then HBeast should be the winner.
That’s why we have the EC you rope a doping dopers.
Try educating people Mephistophelers instead of being Joseph Goebbels Gobblers.
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One nice thing about the outsider is that he owes very little to the usual suspects who might feel entitled to one of the 4000 positions to be filled. I might be naive, but I trust Pence to be a solid advisor on these choices. As well as Newt.
Let us rejoice that Karl Rove won’t be getting any calls for his input……https://youtu.be/IUZEtVbJT5c -
If you had told me a month ago I’d be defending Trump I would have said you need to go join the Alex Jones team. But here goes:
On this supposed waffling on Obamacare – If you’re out shopping for a new car there are a lot of choices. You can buy a Kia or you can buy a Rolls Royce. Both automobiles can be purchased with radios and windshield wipers. If you choose a Kia, and it has a radio and windshield wipers, that doesn’t make it a Rolls Royce. Trump has said throughout the campaign that he likes the pre-existing condition and carrying adult children until 26. So he told Obama he’ll consider keeping some portions of Obamacare. That doesn’t constitute waffling in my opinion. Sounds like the media spin we’re always complaining about. In fact, this line of reasoning is exactly what I heard from all the talking heads today.
Further, Trump can suggest legislation, but Congress has to pass it. The House already has legislation ready. I expect that to be a starting point. For pete’s sake, he hasn’t even taken the oath of office. We don’t have to “pass it to see what’s in it”, but can we at least wait for the inauguration and some actual legislation? -
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Let us rejoice that Karl Rove won’t be getting any calls for his
Unless they need some canned ham for lunch meetings.
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What? You mean they actually talk or something?
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Well stated, Hamous.
I may have to buy you a beer.:)
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Guess no one here can tell I really like(d) this band
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I went to a birthday party for one of LD’s best friend’s baby boy, who just turned one. He’s a cutie pie, and he let me eat his tummy and tickle him. It made me happy that I was able to make him laugh. LD and Aggie Beau showed up with Sunshine and L’il Darlin’. I got to play with them for several hours. When it came time for them to leave, Sunshine, who was in my arms, asked if I was coming home with them. I smiled and told her that I had to to back to my house. She pouted for a minute, and then she asked if I could go to dinner with them.
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It’s official…
Priebus – Chief of Staff
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Hamous
Watch this
HamousIf you had told me a month ago I’d be defending Trump I would have said you need to go join the Alex Jones team. But here goes:
On this supposed waffling on Obamacare –AHEM…………. from the beginning Trump said he was going to roll back Obamacare lock stock and barrel. Yes I know Congress writes law but Trump said what he said. And I watched him months later start waffling.
Oh he started his waffling early and the waffling has gotten worse as he adds things he likes about “O’care”.
Early on, JUL 31, 2015, FORBES …….. Trump said that the Affordable Care Act has “gotta go” and that he would repeal the law and replace it with “something terrific.”
From his own Twitter
Donald J. TrumpVerified account 12:28 PM – 19 Feb 2016
@realDonaldTrump
I was asked about healthcare by Anderson Cooper & have been consistent- I will repeal all of #ObamaCare, including the mandate, period.
One of the things I keyed on because he was saying ALL the right things conservatives wanted to hear was rolling back O’Care. I could not understand the backlash here in this little corner of blogdom. Frankly i think Trump at best will be another GW Bush and that is going to make me wanna puke. -
Wonder where Ole Karl will go to lick the wounds.
I’m sure he’ll manage to suck a little more out of the political system and media – for a while.
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Maybe Karl can join Squawk as a model for Big Man Speedo.
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My point is Trump sold us a bill of goods of repeal and replace. Get back to free markets etc. I can recall about midway in the process he began to expand to “well there are some things we will keep”, But hey yanno people hear what they want to hear. -
Hey, if comedienne Wanda Sykes can get booed off the stage for an anti-Trump rant – IN BOSTON – there may be hope yet.
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I wonder if Pruneface Ginsberg will go ahead and retire, let Bronco try to appoint a youthful liberal. Although I guess if he couldn’t get his Merrick Garland through, not likely he could come up with anyone acceptable to the R’s. Heck, don’t you just love that??
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AHEM…………. from the beginning Trump said he was going to roll back Obamacare lock stock and barrel.
So what you are saying is that whatever he replaces Obamacare with it cannot contain ANY provision that was also in Obamacare, otherwise it’s a “bill of goods”. Not much point in continuing this discussion.
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I am just saying what he said. Trump set the bar originally not me.
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I don’t think the wall will be finished.
I don’t think Obamacare will be completely replaced.
I don’t think there will be a trade war.
Hillary Clinton is a pathetic, old has-been.
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The one thing I think will happen is that he’s going to rip the VA a new one.
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The VA may be irreparable.
I actually think the guy Barry sent in there was a quality guy and determined to fix it.
I figure it is the quintessential bureaucratic black hole nightmare.
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Apparently, the Trustafarians are the only group who made gains for the Democrat Party this election.
trustafarian – privileged white kids who subscribe to the hippie lifestyle (because they can) since they have no worries about money, a job etc. They can then devote their lives to eating organic, following Phish, and wearing dreadlocks (no need for job interviews). -
#135 Squawk:
A President cannot “repeal” any legislation. Trump made a lot of general statements. I know that you don’t expect him to specifically make good on each of those statements in every nit-pick aspect, you’re way too smart for that. -
Fat Albert
If you would go back and read my response to Hamous you would have noted this:Yes I know Congress writes law but Trump said what he said.
And when you read and hear the general Trumpian they have expectations that Trump ran on. They are expecting absolutes. Me on the other hand…… I expect nothing. In fact I have said time and again Trump will have to deal with a lot of the old guard. The two swamps he cannot drain is the two houses.
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There may be some of the same words used in the “replace” part after the “repeal” part. Does that constitute a lie? Me may build a “fence” rather than a “wall.” Obviously another lie I guess (anyone with a brain understands that the objective is to secure the border, regardless of the means). He’s going to deport 3 million gangsters, drugsters, and other misfits – guess that’s not a humanitarian position ripping these families apart, etc. The families are free to follow their man home if they want to I would think. No matter what, everybody is not going to be satisfied. Red State can’t seem to find anything good about any of this Trump business, and as soon as cabinet appointments and the like start coming out I’m sure there will be more wailing and gnashing of teeth. Let’s see what the results are, and if they aren’t good, I’ll be chiming in with the critics, but so far, my outlook is positive.
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Trump said and began with repeal, replace, Obamacare is a disaster. That is what he said. Now what kind of expectations does that set up, huh?
About midway he began changing his tune that there may be parts to keep. He started out saying that those that can’t afford insurance would be put in a medicare type program. He has hinted recently that the indigent may be subsidized, MY MONEY given to others to pay for their insurance. Now he is saying that insurance companies cannot turn anyone down. See my story above that started this discussion. So much for cheap insurance it will necessarily have to increase exponentially to cover the super sick. So much for free enterprise. -
Did anyone ever hit the clickbait and find out why Trump doesn’t talk about his moon-faced daughter?
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Now what kind of expectations does that set up, huh?
Obamacare has vision and dental coverage. If Obamacare is repealed and it’s replacement Trumpcare has vision and dental coverage that means Trump’s a liar.
I’ll be happy if Trumpcare doesn’t require me (or Nuns) to subsidize baby-killing. A sort of, “If you like your abortion coverage you you can keep your abortion coverage, but you have to pay for your abortion coverage.” -
Hillary Clinton and Loretta Lynch aren’t going to be in there.
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I’m trying…but I got nothing.
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Now this is some pretzel logic but bear with me: Obama will pardon the Suborning Succubus, not to help her out (because we know he hates the Clintons) but to imply guilt (why would she need pardoned if she’s not guilty?) thereby salvaging some shred of his legacy. Hey, it was Clinton that shattered the Democrat Party, not me!
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Did anyone ever hit the clickbait and find out why Trump doesn’t talk about his moon-faced daughter?
I’m not allowed talk about it.
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Hamous
Obamacare has vision and dental coverage. If Obamacare is repealed and it’s replacement Trumpcare has vision and dental coverage that means Trump’s a liar.
I can expect that from people like Bob. but not you. So yeah you are right, there is no need to further this discussion.
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If Trump ends up being a waffle, I’ll be the first to pour syrup all over him–Metaphorically speaking of course.
I want no compromise with the lunatic lefty proglodytes.
I want no reaching across the aisle because all that ends up happening is we reach and they grab our arm and bend us over.
But right now, he ain’t even sworn in and I know the enemies of truth, justice and the America way, The Mephistopheles Streamed Media, is going to do everything in their power to discredit, distort, incite, divide and antagonize.
We’ll get no thrilling tingles in the scrotum jingles from these clowns. Ever!
My #123 rant is in response to me trying to watch a Chris Wallace interview with Kellyanne Conway on another website. I about blew a cork.–After an 8 year slumber, they’re now rabid pit bulls, that won’t let go.
But during the 8 year reign of the hedonistic, lawbreaking, border busting, health care destroying, criminal releasing, serial lying, serial abuser of power administration they were belly up, begging for their tummies to be scratched.
Once they don their Henry Kissinger signature style eyeglasses, they think they’re Einstein, Gandhi, Genghis Khan and Aristotle all rolled into one when it comes to their game of ‘gotcha’ questions and interview tactics with our candidates.
In reality, they’re just a bunch of Waldos, lost in their local mall, looking for the bathroom with the Metro-Sexual sign on the door. -
Shame about Leon Russell real downer.
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Phil
Growing up in this part of Texas, I saw the Triumphs more than a few times.
http://originaltriumphs.com/history.asp
I don’t know who the hell that is you keep talking about.
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Oh no! I’m Bobolicious!
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My #123 rant is in response to me trying to watch a Chris Wallace interview with Kellyanne Conway on another website.
That’s the exact one that set me off today.
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If you go UU, we’ll be very disappointed.
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How many Unitarians does it take to change a light bulb?
We choose not to make a statement either in favor of or against the need for a light bulb. However, if in your own journey, you have found that light bulbs work for you, that is wonderful. You are invited to write a poem or compose a modern dance about your personal relationship with your light bulb. Present it next month at our annual Light Bulb Sunday Service, in which we will explore a number of light bulb traditions, including incandescent, fluorescent, 3-way, long-life, and tinted, all of which are equally valid paths to luminescence. -
“I know my humor is outrageous when it makes the Unitarians so mad they burn a question mark on my front lawn.” – Lenny Bruce
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I don’t know what’s wrong with Tiffany Trump, but if you ever have a photo taken and your face looks like this, and it seems to be makeup and intentional — yeah, there is something wrong with you.
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There’s one in every family…
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The religious left…
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Shannon says:
NOVEMBER 13, 2016 AT 5:48 PM
I don’t think the wall will be finished.
I don’t think Obamacare will be completely replaced.
I don’t think there will be a trade war.
Hillary Clinton is a pathetic, old has-been.
I’m good.And with Rinse Penis as his Chief of Staff, the promised demolition of the GOPe—-the one thing his followers really wanted, ain’t gonna happen.
Mitch McConnel will remain Majority Leader.
Paul Ryan will remain as Speaker.
And Trump and the GOPe (but I repeat myself) will support a challenger to Ted Cruz and any other Conservative threat. -
Sister Moon is absolutely gorgeous tonight. The clouds around here have fled so she is in her glory, bright and beautiful in the chilly night air that seems to magnify her serene face even more than this rare event alone can do. Currently 56 on the moors of the Brazos, and we shall see the upper 40s before daylight tomorrow.
Got spouse’s long-sleeved shirts swapped out for the summer ones this afternoon. Checking the sweater drawers and coats and will be bringing my winter duds out tomorrow. It is nice to be cold again. Might want to modify that if winter turns out to be as proportionately cold here as forecast for points north. -
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You’re going to have to refresh my memory. Who promised the demolition of the GOPe?
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Shannon says:
NOVEMBER 13, 2016 AT 8:51 PM
You’re going to have to refresh my memory. Who promised the demolition of the GOPe?Are you new here?
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Just stepped outside to see the moon.
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SargeAnd with Rinse Penis as his Chief of Staff, the promised demolition of the GOPe—-the one thing his followers really wanted, ain’t gonna happen.
Didn’t you also predict a HillyB landslide?
I got through enough of Kellyanne Conway’s interview with Chris Wallace to hear her say something like the GOPee, same old same old, business as usual gravy train is about to have its wheels blown off and its engine completely ripped from its bearings.
I say let’s wait and see. -
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I had to go drag Texpat out of that place all the time.
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I just watched the 60 minutes interview on you tube (actually just over 39 minutes). I thought Trump and family did very well. Some old hag who must have been drunk when she applied her lipstick was doing the questioning, and all the traps that she set did not lead to anything, so that’s why the news is again making stuff up. That’s the first time I’ve watched that show in at least 25 years, and frankly, I didn’t even know it was still on. Trump did let them know that he intends to bypass the media with social media platforms if he has to – at least that’s what I heard as a warning shot across the bow. Among Trump, McConnell and Ryan, who has who by the short hair? I think Trump has them both and the only way he will turn loose is to get a better grip. In other words, if they want to retain their positions of power, they will fall in line. Remains to be seen of course.
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Nothing beats a fine moon on a clear, cool night.
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Nothing beats a fine moon on a clear, cool night.
Nothing beats a fine moon on a clear, cool night along with a glass of Cab in hand.
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One more Leon Russell.
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Come on Sarge.
The most evil SOB in our lifetime has been vanquished to a life of diapers, low salt diet, and misery, instead of spotting the oval office carpet and giving this nation the final push off the cliff.
Give it a break for five weeks. And then we’ll gladly join you again on the battlements. -
Shannon says:
NOVEMBER 13, 2016 AT 8:51 PM
You’re going to have to refresh my memory. Who promised the demolition of the GOPe?Texpat says:
NOVEMBER 13, 2016 AT 9:08 PM
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Sarge did.phil says:
NOVEMBER 13, 2016 AT 9:10 PM
I got through enough of Kellyanne Conway’s interview with Chris Wallace to hear her say something like the GOPee, same old same old, business as usual gravy train is about to have its wheels blown off and its engine completely ripped from its bearings.
I say let’s wait and see.Like I said. The main operative premise of the Trump campaign was that he would dismantle the GOPe.
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A toast to the moon.
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Big changes were going to be made. Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan would be gone. Obamacare would be repealed lock, stock, and barrel. A wall will be built
Yada yada yada
Trump has never been one for turning the other cheek. “Always hit back against critics and adversaries, even if it looks bad,” he wrote in “The Art of the Deal.” His vindictive streak was on display throughout the presidential campaign, and prominent Trump advocates have repeatedly vowed payback for anyone who opposed them. “Mr. Trump has a long memory, and we’re keeping a list,” his surrogate Omarosa Manigault said on election night. Broadcaster Sean Hannity, accusing Trump’s conservative detractors of “sabotage,” let it be known that they would face a “day of reckoning” after the election. Ryan, declared Hannity, “is not going to be speaker of the House in January.”
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Yet while Republicans never really marched in lockstep to a conservative drummer, most of them came to see the GOP as the natural home for Reaganite values and the most reliable defender of conservative governance.
That will change under Trump. He is the new head of the Republican Party, and his influence will be felt throughout the ranks. Many on the right were dismayed by the stream of conservatives, both in and out of government, who set aside their philosophical objections and embraced Trump during the campaign. Now, as he prepares to move into the White House, that stream will become a torrent. In a page 1 subheadline on Thursday, The Wall Street Journal summarized the tectonic shift now underway: “Party members across the country move toward adopting positions held by the president-elect that they previously opposed.”
And for conservative Republicans who decline to cut their conscience to fit this year’s fashions? They won’t be in the wilderness, exactly, but political life for them is about to become more uncomfortable. -
It appears the Euroweiners are in need of a few baby wipes, too.
https://www.ft.com/content/bd74b6de-a9ba-11e6-809d-c9f98a0cf216 -
#188, a master piece of brevity.
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Remember people, we’re veterans here. We’ve been through this for decades and it’s nothing to get excited about. Politicians – old ones, rookies, and brand new ones – lie, exaggerate, get over excited, hyperventilate and say just about anything to please others and get elected. That’s who and what they are. The Donald is no different than the rest.
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I may be misinformed, but I always thought the Speaker and the Majority Leader served at the behest of their respective members, not the president.
Exactly how does a president replace them with someone more to his liking? -
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Sarge,
Good heavens man, the election is less than a week old, he’s not made a single cabinet selection and you’ve already written him off. As for Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan, he can’t do a single thing about them – last time I read the Constitution they were part of a different branch of government.
For the rest, try to be just the least bit patient. At least let him get sworn in.
(and, given your recent track record, I’d lay off making a lot of predictions. . . ) 🙂 -
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Big changes were going to be made. Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan would be gone. Obamacare would be repealed lock, stock, and barrel. A wall will be built.
There might be two or three people around here who actually believed that, maybe.
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Well tomorrow’s a new day with new stuff likely tumbling out. Presume WikiLeaks will continue publishing as promised, and anything under the sun can pop up from them.
Then there’s the revolt of longtime FBI agents over Hildebeast and the Clinton Foundation morass that will not go away quietly or even loudly.
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Had to push it to 200. G’night all.
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