Still true today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8op1VGu-nvY#t=95
Thursday Open Comments
by
Tags:
Comments
54 responses to “Thursday Open Comments”
-
Every generation thinks the next will be their demise. Our’s is right.
First! -
Tuned.
-
Teed
-
This is so infuriating!
Now some Republicans, especially in the House, are pushing for Republicans in the upper chamber to nuke the rest of the filibuster, clearing the way for a Trump agenda.
But with the GOP holding just a 52-seat majority next year, it would take only two defections to end that threat, and some Senate Republicans already have expressed strong reservations about the idea.
On Wednesday, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) may have put a dagger in the scheme.
Asked by The Huffington Post about ending the filibuster, he was blunt.
“Are you kidding?” he said with some vehemence. “I’m one of the biggest advocates for the filibuster. It’s the only way to protect the minority, and we’ve been in the minority a lot more than we’ve been in the majority. It’s just a great, great protection for the minority.” -
I’ve been aggravated about the various news media outlets running the Permian Basin 20 billion barrel oil reserve story. Headlines like this are misleading and wrong.
The American Interest
The USGS Just Found 20 Billion Barrels of Oil
National Public Radio had a similar headline but changed it this morning. The USGS doesn’t find oil and gas. It takes some government data and a whole lot of private data and confirms what people in the business already know. Even the USGS itself does not claim to discover oil and gas.
Otherwise, companies would not have already drilled 3,000 horizontal/fracking wells in the Permian. They weren’t waiting around for the federal government to tell them where and when to drill. It may seem pedantic, but the ignorance regarding energy and how we produce it in this country is dangerous when it gets to the polls. -
When I was browsing the USGS site, I found this page and thought about Adee.
It’s the continually updated streamgage data for the Brazos River at Richmond.
There are thousands of USA waterflow streamgage points in rivers, creeks and bayous across the nation. -
“Despite the addition of 161,000 jobs in October, the labor-force participation rate fell to its second lowest level in nearly 40 years, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve. More people have joined the ranks of the chronically unemployed, slipping into poverty at alarming rates as their skills decay and dependency on public assistance grows. Considering population growth, America needs at least 325,000 new jobs every month to stanch the growing numbers of discouraged workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.” -WSJ
-
Ed Morrissey, brief and concise:
Why you just can’t fix Obamacare by amending it“Amended” set off alarm bells among conservatives, for whom the repeal of Obamacare had been one of the very few points of unity among the Republican Party’s factions. Not one Republican voted for Obamacare, and its elimination held the party together through four successive victories in the House of Representatives. The disastrous rollout of Obamacare helped drive the GOP to Senate control in 2014, and the rapid escalation in premiums and deductibles played no small part in keeping that control despite long odds on November 8th.
That concern is probably misplaced, for a couple of reasons. First, Trump has good reason for some ambiguity when it comes to working with Obama. The success of that transition depends on building a working relationship with an outgoing administration that sees Obamacare as its key legacy and isn’t likely to cooperate with dismantling it.and,
Those mechanisms can’t be “amended” out of Obamacare; they are Obamacare. The mandate for guaranteed issue and the way in which the federal government forces insurers to handle that risk cannot exist without the other mandates. Eliminate the individual mandate, and especially the limitation requiring comprehensive policies, and you eliminate the wealth transfer necessary to subsidize older and less healthy consumers.
-
“An attempt by several Republicans to resurrect earmarks in the new Congress failed Wednesday after House leadership blocked the measure. Two amendments were withdrawn from a conference rules vote. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan stopped the measure “unilaterally” during the closed conference session.”
-
#11 – You left out the important part about the Reps wanting to restore earmarks (pork spending). One of the leaders of the amendment is Houston’s very own John Culberson. People in his district knew that he was a scorpion when they sent him back to DC, but they did it anyway. Why are the local conservative media outlets not kicking his butt up one side of the Sam Houston Tollway and back down the other? Ryan stopped it which shows that he may be trying real hard to get into President Trump’s good graces.
-
Kathy Kersten in First Things about what happened to a nice little school in Minnesota when a couple enrolled their “gender nonconforming” five year old there.
Hannah Edwards told local media that she first suspected her son was gender nonconforming when, at age two, he saw the pop star Beyoncé perform on television at the Super Bowl. He began to dance like the singer and to convey by his behavior that “I am being Beyoncé; I am being a girl,” she said. Shortly thereafter, he began to show a preference for princess costumes and other “girl things,” according to his mother. “I kind of think of it as life before and after Beyoncé,” she said.
Nova parents—who include many doctors, lawyers and other professionals—have always been a close community, although they span the political spectrum. But factions quickly formed in response to the Edwards’ demands. While all parents agreed the kindergarten boy should be treated kindly, many believed that “gender identity” was an inappropriate classroom topic and objected to school leaders’ end-run around the school’s strict rules for curricular change. Other parents enthusiastically supported the changes. Teachers and students were drawn into the conflict. When the dispute became public, local media treated the Edwards as celebrities. -
Handsome Son went through a brief period where liked to wear my high heels around the house. He’s pretty darn manly now. This kid could just be going through some kind of phase.
I read an article a few years ago that a woman wrote, who was concerned about all this gender defining stuff going on. She was a tomboy as a child: she wore “boy” clothes, wore her hair short because dealing with long hair was a chore, liked doing “boy” things, playing sports, etc. Her parents let her be herself, and as she approached adulthood, she discovered her feminine side. She can still swing a hammer as well as her husband, but she loves being a woman.
She is so grateful that she was a child back then and not now. Today, her parents might have had her transgendered. -
Rand Paul: I Can Find Enough Senate Votes To Block John Bolton As Secretary Of State
-
I figured everyone already knew that Culberson was behind the limited exhumation of earmarks. I just thought it was very interesting that THE EVIL Paul Ryan killed it.
-
Those weasels that have been hiding in the tall grass until the election was over are starting to emerge back into the sunlight, and I guess it’s only natural that they will test the limits again to find where the end of the leash is. Since Trump has made such bold suggestions, and since the Rep leadership has been so weak for so long, the individual weasels will be up to all kinds of mischief to try to get their name in the paper or otherwise try to stand out. Ryan is desperately trying to hold on to the the Speakership, and I think he knows that President Trump holds the key to that executive washroom. While no one wants to admit it, Trump won a landslide, and the Trump voters are feeling their oats and are not in the mood to put up with politics as usual. There will be consequences for their misbehavior. To paraphrase Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit, tar, feathers.
-
13 Texpat
Read the whole thing. What an expose of mass lunacy cloaked in the thinnest of gauzy thinking. If wishes were horses then beggars would ride. This seems to sum it up neatly. People who push this kind of garbage need to found their own safe places and stay out of the mainstream. This is no different than the hippie cults of the 60s regarding self-delusion, and we paid quite a price for that as a society.
See the Obama administration’s unqualified personnel other than for Marxist beliefs. -
There was a time when I had a bit of respect for Rand Paul, that little bit is eroding rapidly. He desperately wants to be a big shot big time, he reminds me of McSwine and his gang of 7 or 12 or whatever. We expect obstructionism from the Ds, to start with this crap from the Rs, NOT TWO FRIGGEN WEEKS AFTER THE ELECTION and two months before Trump has spent the first day in office, is inexcusable.
-
#13 texpat
It always strikes me that medical safety goes straight out the window when dealing with a lefty cause celeb.
A kid can’t take an aspirin without explicit written parental consent, but an abortion is a-ok.
Unproven medical treatments because a four-year old boy likes dolls? Fantastic!!! Even if these treatments will cause irreversible changes. -
The hearing would easily turn into the first must-see TV clash between the White House and Senate. Hours of an aggressive, long-winded Giuliani duking it out over whether he billed New York taxpayers for security for his visits with his mistress and debating just how shady were his list of clients (including Russian oligarchs) would be irresistible. And worst of all from Trump’s perspective, it would divert attention from him and risk an early defeat.
-
Come on Sylvester, you gotta be kidding me.
http://bigjollypolitics.com/anti-gun-nut-art-acevedo-appointed-houston-police-chief/ -
Leepy Brown, Act II
-
How desperate is C-Span for content? They are broadcasting a live feed from a fixed camera watching the elevators at Trump Tower. I’m not making this up.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?418689-1/watch-pool-feed-trump-tower-lobby&live -
#21 Shannon:
It is the Washington COMpost fer crying out loud, you didn’t really expect them to be reasonable did you? -
Much to some folks consternation, it looks like Rand Paul is going to choose the Secretary of State, anyway.
-
The Washington Post is how these guys communicate with each other, especially during transition time. It’s where balloons are floated and balloons are shot down. The paper may be a librag, but foolish to ignore.
-
On my only trip to New York, my friend made sure to take me to this place…
http://www.fox5ny.com/news/216871658-story -
I’m still thinking that President Trump may take a page out of the Reagan playbook and take his case directly to the public if he starts receiving any grief from the congresscritters. Rand Paul is just trying to get a headline, and who knows that McConnell didn’t put him up to it in the first place. These beady eyed weasels are looking for any opportunity to take the spot light away from President Trump, but I think public outrage will crush them when they do try. John Culberson is hopefully already finding that out, and Kevin Brady will as soon as he decides to make a move. Forget the Dems, it’s the eReps that need to be lined up and whipped into shape first. We know where the Dems are coming from and what they will do, but the weasels are always looking for a way to escape.
-
BTW, I still think President Trump made Paul Ryan an offer he couldn’t refuse if he wishes to retain his Speaker position. Ryan will be measured solely on his effectiveness in railroading the Trump agenda through the House. It will be up to Rayn to corral the misfits and renegades in the House. As to McConnell in the Senate, who knows. But I do suspect that Trump holds all the political capital and that McConnell would be wise not to interfere with the Trump agenda.
-
As Hot Air labeled this, “whoa”. From a Dierdre Wkash tweet:
NEWS from @PrestonCNN –Trump meeting with Mitt Romney this weekend to discuss governing and possible Cabinet post #2016
-
I don’t think McConnell or any of those supercilious Senate jackasses are scared of Trump or anyone else.
-
#23 Shannon
Leepy Brown
“Lee period P period”. I had not thought of Jon Matthews for a long while.
-
Trump should appoint Avik Roy as his healthcare hit man.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/#376941da6380 -
So this comment just showed up on one of my backpacking pages:
I am curious as to what you all use for personal hygiene well on an extended trip. I began making my own soap and body oils ( Native Shave Co.)but would love to know what everyone else uses
Two things:
1. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the avatar for this person is a diaper pin.
2. It is surprising that it was a Spam post trying to get folks to click on the embedded Native Shave Co. link. -
I made over $3000 per week making my own soap and body oils!
-
Must have been watching “Fight Club.” Tyler Durden rules and is still able to post about 1,000 articles every day over at Zero Hedge.
-
Ben Shapiro at the University of Wisconsin:
“USA! USA! USA!” the crowd shouted back, reminiscent of the angry shouting contests at Trump rallies – hostile confrontations we now know (thanks to Wikileaks) were often initiated by liberal group plants.
The protesters’ antics were more than one woman could stand.
“I have stood on my feet for 10 fricking hours today. I run a food pantry and a soup kitchen. I’m frickin tired,” she said. “Shut the frick up and listen to the man.” She received a standing ovation from the crowd.
Campus police watched but did nothing to stop the interruptions. At one point, they looked on as the protesters stormed the stage and continued their chants. Shapiro was told by police that they were instructed not to stop the demonstrators, who made their intentions to disrupt clear on Facebook days before the speech.
To the protesters, Shapiro and those who came to listen to him, are “white supremacists.” They shouted as much. They demanded that the University of Wisconsin-Madison was their campus. To which conservative students and taxpayers in the crowd quickly responded, “This is our campus.” -
I had posed the question the other day about how long it would take following fumigation of the White House before it would be safe for human habitation again. Well, according to the radio news, just preparing the Oval Office and airing it out will take about a year. Imagine what it will take to clean out the residence. No wonder President Trump wants to stay in New York. Will they use Oops on the carpet or just replace it all?
-
I just as soon not think about Trump and White House interior decorating.
-
Middle aged hottie attire at local grocery store:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01LZ93S14/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1479420329&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=ipac+t+shirt&dpPl=1&dpID=41Bs2pU6GBL&ref=plSrch -
39 Texpat
Ah, a rerun of the radical locals under the direction of lefty imports 60s protests at UW Madison. Weather Underground, SDS, and other subversive types and their ilk pulling the same tricks, fooling the easily persuaded airhead students into following them, raising hell to a fevered pitch, and then slinking away before the police waded in and started arresting those participating in the melee fisticuffs and rock throwing. But then the UW administration did set limits and so did the Madison police force.
Obviously now not so much. All this does is make more alums snap their pocketbooks shut, the only sound liberal administrators fear. 🙂 -
George Mason University Police and Fairfax County Jailers are a problem.
HEADLINE: The totalitarian impulse flourishes at George Mason University
Of course, the nimrods at GMU took the side of the Jew Murdering palistenians and against those who would dare to point out such things.
-
Come on in. The water’s warm.
Some members of Facebook Nation are taking time off from the social network, or leaving it outright, after a contentious election that has left nerves frayed and tempers short.
-
Come on in. The water’s warm.
I deactivated last Thursday morning after a day of watching people come unhinged. There was no rational discussion to be had. Insane. Freakin’ insane. Hadn’t even thought about it until you mentioned it. They can collectively freak out without my witness. The next large family gathering should be pretty interesting.
-
Children who drink whole milk are leaner and have higher vitamin D levels than those who drink low-fat or skim milk, new research suggests.
Children who drank whole (3.25 per cent fat content) milk had a Body Mass Index score that was 0.72 units lower than those who drank 1 or 2 per cent milk in the study published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
That’s comparable to the difference between having a healthy weight and being overweight, said lead author Dr. Jonathon Maguire, a pediatrician at St. Michael’s Hospital.If governments in the world don’t kill you by execution or deprivation, they kill you with lies. If it were not for the bulls**t promoted by the FDA, dairy companies would never have started foisting skim milk, 1% and 2% milk on the American public. It is outrageous.
-
Don’t miss Mark Steyn today…
http://www.steynonline.com/7598/advice-for-the-loyal-opposition -
Looks like it was a slow day on the Couch.
I did my final orthopedic checkup and X-rays of my bionic knees this morning. All A-Ok.
Went to Greater Inwood Partnership annual meeting tonight. I haven’t been on their board, nor at all active in any of their projects, since I guess 2012, but it was fabulous to see some of my old friends there tonight. The meeting was held on the back courtyard at the former Inwood Country Club and Golf Course clubhouse — now the White Oak Conference Center — in a fine breeze and mellow temperature. GIP is simply a nice bunch of people to snack and chat with. -
George does Leon. So well.
https://youtu.be/i4s9wVRIXeU -
#42 – Dangit – no 2xl or 3 xls?
-
Found this from my man Dan. How *very* cool!
The Huntington Beach Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is bringing back some old-time religion. Really old-time.
A full-scale replica of the tabernacle built by Moses and the Israelites, and described in the Old Testament, was set up by members of the Huntington Beach Mormon stake, or congregation, in the parking lot of the church in Fountain Valley.
It will be open for guided tours from 5 to 8 tonight and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Also scheduled is an interfaith celebration from 11a.m. to 1p.m. today with Catholic, Christian, Islamic and Jewish faith leaders.http://www.ocregister.com/articles/tabernacle-735010-church-johnson.html
Dan’s Patheos site: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2016/11/old-testament-tabernacle-rises-in-fountain-valley.html -
52
I don’t know. Hers was about a 38.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.