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Monday Citizen Journo Open Thread

The New York Times

Peter Baker‏Verified account @peterbakernyt

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A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they call an aggressive operation to discredit news organizations deemed hostile to Trump by publicizing damaging information about journalists. @kenvogel @jwpetersNYT

Oh, My God ! No !  Individual citizens are actually collecting the public statements of media celebrities and editors and publicizing them.  These out of control free speech fanatics must be stopped !  They don’t even have a license to practice journalism.

New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger issued a lengthy statement on Sunday afternoon to newsroom staff, a statement published in a release by the Times and quoted in a longer article by the newspaper on efforts by allies of President Donald Trump to combat the media through exposing racism and antisemitism inside the establishment media, including the Times.

It would be a good idea to put that coffee cup down now.  NYT publisher Pinch Sulzberger wants you to know…

This represents an escalation of an ongoing campaign against the free press. For years the president has used terms like “fake news” and “enemy of the people” to demonize journalists and journalism. Now, the political operatives behind this campaign will argue that they are “reporting” on news organizations in the same way that news organizations report on elected officials and other public figures. They are not. They are using insinuation and exaggeration to manipulate the facts for political gain.

This was the best of the responses on Twitter.

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92 responses to “Monday Citizen Journo Open Thread”

  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Second!
    There y’all are, thanks Texpat.
    Mornin’ Gang

  2. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Before I hit the trail, literally, I thought I’d link to Sarge’s Jeep that the Squwakster posted over yonder, dang I’d love to have that thing. The 20 MM ammo can is a nice touch, I have one mounted on the front of the Beast, that I use for a tool box. It’s missing the folding shovel on the side though. 😉

  3. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Driving around rural Mexico, I’ve seen this work being done first hand.  Appreciate the hard work that goes into making that margarita you’re drinking.

    Via Instapundit – How Is Mezcal Made ?

  4. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Ummmmmmmmmmm er uh……………exactly WHERE would one find an actual JOURNALIST to look up dirt on??

  5. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I find it most amusing that the lying scum-bag “journalists” squeal like pigs when they have to take their own medicine. The more corruption of the left that is exposed, the louder the Journalists of the Slimes will scream that only they get to determine what is news and relevant.
    They daily beclown themselves.

  6. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Morning gang.  Another hot, dry, crystal clear day out here.  I thought fall might be on the way with the rain a couple of days ago, but alas, it’s been into the 100’s ever since.  My lawn may have sprouted just a tinge of green, but it’s certainly not going from dormant to growing yet.  More rain would always help.  I haven’t been keeping up with the G7 very closely, but I get the feeling that Trump is winning over there too.  The little French weasel tried to run in a ringer by bringing in an Iranian representative, but I’ve heard no more follow-up on that.  I’m of the opinion that once Britain leaves the EU, Trump may just tell the rest of them that they are on their on to deal with Putin however they see fit.  That might get the attention of some of those arrogant idiots, but probably not.  We may start to see an outline of a China deal sooner rather than later too – the stress this trade war is putting on China is much worse than whatever pain we may be feeling.  Meanwhile, you all have a great day.

  7. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Michael Berry is now talking about Pete Olsen.  I’m simply saying good riddance.

  8. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    We’ve reached peak commode

    I’m thinking this will be a useful term in our recent and foreseeable history.

  9. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I must admit, with retirement age in sight, I cringe every time the Dow drops over 600 in one day.

  10. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Contradicting claims by Rep. Rashida Tlaib about supposed Israeli oppression, poverty and racism, images from the community in which her grandmother and other family members live shows it full of luxury items. In fact, they’re just plain rich.

    One would be forgiven for thinking that Tlaib’s grandmother is suffering a life of poverty in a small dusty Arab village in Samaria given the congresswomen’s charges of Israeli “racism, oppression and injustice,” but the truth appears to be very different, the  newspaper Israel Hayom reports.

    and,

    One of the family, Achiam Tlaib, drives a new BMW and lives in a three-story home.

    Another, Raja Tlaib, can be seen on Facebook “posing next to his new Mercedes, wearing an expensive suit. He also has pictures showing him working out in a gym that has the latest equipment,” the paper says.

    Mawaid Tlaib vacations in Italy. Anas Tlaib enjoys a fancy Mercedes.

    plus this,

    Statistics back up the anecdotal evidence of the communities wealth. The paper cites the World Bank, which reported “in 2014 that the village is one of the richest in the region. The poverty rate in the village stood at 7.4 % in 2014, compared to the overall rate of 21% in the Palestinian Authority.”

  11. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #8 GJT

    We haven’t yet reached peak commode at Chez Harp. I’ll ring a bell when we do.

     

  12. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    9 Hamous

    All the Trump haters and leftists on Wall Street keep trying to talk themselves and everybody else into a recession, but the rest of America is refusing to cooperate.

  13. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I think I’ve discovered a convergence of situations that will affect millions of Texans. If I was still publishing The Millheim Digest, the next issue would have some kind of screaming headline.

    * The recent Legislature shut down the Texas Driver Responsibility Program, effective September 1st. 600,000 drivers will immediately become eligible to have their driver’s licenses reinstated.

    * On Friday, the Feds reminded everyone that they must present an Updated driver’s license to board any domestic commercial airliner, effective one year from now. Updated Texas licenses feature a gold star in the upper right hand corner. As many as half of all Texas licenses still need this national security Update.

    A fierce double tsunami is relentlessly headed for an already straining Department Of Public Safety Driver’s License Office near you.

    You just thought it was bad right now.

    Pass the word, and
    Good luck, all.

  14. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    BROTHERS IN ARMS: A former Marine carries his fellow veteran, who lost both his legs in combat, to the peak of Mt. Timpanogos in Utah.

  15. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    13 Shannon

    What happens this spring?

    The MVC is scheduled to start issuing Real ID licenses, similar to the one shown above, at agencies in spring 2019, officials said. A start date hasn’t been set.

    If you don’t need to get a Real ID license before your license expires, don’t make an additional trip to the agency, officials said.

    At the moment, state issued driver’s licenses and ID cards are valid for identification at airports and federal buildings until Oct. 10, 2019, due to an extension granted to N.J. on Oct. 5, said DHS officials.

    New Jersey will be able to apply for another extension next year, so it is possible, but not definite, that N.J. drivers will not need a Real ID for another two years, officials said.

    The final federal deadline for all states to be in compliance is October 2020.

    Now I have to go down and get a new license or I won’t be able to get on the plane to Texas.

  16. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I’m assuming a valid US passport will suffice?

  17. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Just in case you missed this…

    The USCRN has eliminated the need to rely on, and adjust the data from, outdated temperature stations. Strikingly, as shown in the graph below, USCRN temperature stations show no warming since 2005 when the network went online. If anything, U.S. temperatures are now slightly cooler than they were 14 years ago.

    plus,

    There is also good reason to believe U.S. temperatures have not warmed at all since the 1930s. Raw temperature readings at the preexisting stations indicate temperatures are the same now as 80 years ago. All of the asserted U.S. warming since 1930 is the product of the controversial adjustments made to the raw data. Skeptics point out that as the American population has grown, so has the artificial warming signal generated by growing cities, more asphalt, more automobiles, and more machinery.

  18. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Mine was renewed by mail last September and has the gold lone star.

  19. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    16 Hamous

    I’m sure it will.  I have to renew my passport also.

  20. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Mine was issued in 2017 and has the star in a gold circle in the upper right hand corner.

  21. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I finally checked my license.
    No gold star.
    Supposed to renew in ‘22.

  22. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Texas began issuing REAL ID compliant cards on October 10, 2016, and these cards are marked with a gold circle with an inset star located in the upper right-hand corner…

  23. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Wait a minute. Isn’t it wayciss to require a real ID? Evil Republicans are suppressing minority travel!

  24. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    22 Hammie

    That figures. I did a six year renewal just three month earlier.

  25. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Y’all just reminded me I haven’t seen my new DL yet. Could be one of two things, our horrible mail carrier put it in the wrong box or my wife has it buried in one of several one foot stacks of stuff. Could be just not sent yet I guess. Should be enough time from 8/3, no?

  26. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    A rare photo of a mother wrench feeding her young.

  27. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Ding! Ding! Ding!!

    Peak Commode has been reached at Chez Harp!

    It was done with the small hack saw that Texpat recommended.

    Thanks for all the suggestions offered during this critical time.

     

  28. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Are we gonna be in the cone of certain death for superbloodwolf tropical vortex category 11 tropical storm Dorian?

  29. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Is this the same Philip Magness known as Phil_M with the muscley arms from the LST days?

  30. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #16 Hamous

    Yes,  your passport works fine.  Mine did when I renewed my DL in late July for an early August birthdate.   Ya needs to have a birth certificate to get a passport, and the passport is a whole lot easier to cart around for ID.  And most folks, us included, keep the birth certificates in a safe deposit box at the bank.

    Recommend that when your DL is due for renewal you take care of it at least a week before your birthday, maybe 10 days before would be better given the surely increased stampede at the DL offices thanks to the latest info from Texpat.  That on top of already crowded places.  You get a temporary printed license good for I think 6 or so weeks until the permanent one comes in the mail.  Got mine within a couple of weeks.

    We first went down to the DL office near Wharton thinking it would be less crowded one morning, and it had a line out the door.  However it’s a much smaller office and so had not a whole lot of room inside.  Discouraged by that we came back to the Rosenberg DL emporium that had a full parking lot with a whole lot of spaces to the front and sides of it with waiting lines out the front door stretching down the thankfully covered walkway in front of the other stores in the shopping center (some of those are empty).

    Recommend arriving at the Rosenberg emporium before it opens at 7:30 am and get in line (for there will be one) under cover of the walkway.  That was not very crowded compared to later in the morning as we were on the way out.  When it opened up there was seating for everyone and lots of empty chairs, but they filled up fast.

    When the renewal notice came by mail I saw renewal instructions were quite detailed, and I could not renew by mail/phone this time around because the previous two renewals were by mail.  Was sort of surprised to see a passport or a birth certificate in the acceptable ID docs.  Now we know why….

    Must say the staff at the Rosenberg office is superb, great at managing the crowds and very courteous.  While waiting to come forward to the desk to get started, one lady came to me in line and told us to be seated, and she would bring me the slip directing us to the appropriate service station.  It was next to the seating area. (There are 40 or so stations in the place, and it takes up a lot of space.)  She had seen me standing with my cane, and she kindly took care of the difficult situation. First class service.

     

  31. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Peak commode. Sounds painful.

  32. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    The last 30 seconds of the toilet/hacksaw operation occurred right after I had sliced off a piece of the pipe + a piece of the ringnut. What was left of the nut easily unscrewed off of what was left of the pipe.

    If you look at the bits and pieces that I was able to cut off — never once being able to see what any tool was being wielded against — Well, it looked like the first suggestion yesterday — DYNAMITE — had been employed.

  33. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    29 Hamous

    Yes.  Magness is a controversial, but widely recognized economic historian working now at this think tank.  He’s good at what he does even if “he doesn’t play well with others.”

  34. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I have my gold star. The teacher was very pleased with me that day.

    First day all alone in the office. It’s been a strain, cleaning up some of my reference files. We keep a spreadsheet of our jobs, aka “Master List,” on which I record the current status of our open work orders. Supposedly, I should be able to scan the list and, at a glance, be able to tell Hubby if we are missing a permit or waiting on a signed proposal.

    OH was STILL in the office at 10:10 pm on Friday, when I returned from my conference and a meeting at church. She was spending that day updating the ML and making notes for me. The woman was supposed to leave at 1:00 each day, though she often worked into the late afternoon; I sometimes had to hold making dinner until I could push her out of the door. She was just. that. slow. Awesomely great on the phone with customers and really good at picking up problems with some detail problems, but her normal speed on paperwork was like going backwards through molasses in January. Blindfolded. After she learned a few basics, I quit trying to teach her anything beyond that. Because it was (1) easier for me to do those tasks, (2) less frustrating for me to do those tasks, and (3) I wouldn’t want to hit her with blunt objects as I attempted to teach her new tasks. PS: We also have a communal “To Do” list where we could look at the tasks we were doing and see the status, so if I was out of office, she could tell Hubby that “Tedtam called them and we’re waiting on a response,” etc.

    I opened up the ML and tried to glance through it.

    Why so big? I wondered. There were jobs there from 2017 and 2018. Jobs that were marked closed but left in the list. These jobs are supposed to be moved to the appropriate spreadsheets for jobs done in those past years. It’s a simple cut and paste thing, but obviously my past OHers back burnered that small task instead of taking the 5 seconds it would’ve taken to do it.

    It took me an hour to clean that sucker up this morning. Now, I can glance through the list without being sidetracked by closed jobs.

    The To Do list – she spent Friday putting in a lot of notes, which I appreciate, but that’s my next task: did she overload it with a ton of useless details that I’ll have to clear?

    It’s kinda like being an air traffic controller coming on after a break – it’ll take a bit of time for me to get a mental picture in my head of all the jobs we have floating around.

    I haven’t handled the work orders/permitting/scheduling on my own for years. It’s gonna take me a while to get back in the groove.

    And on top of that, Crazy Tenants had another visit from the police yesterday. We are now in the process of getting a lawyer on retainer to cut the pain of evicting them from (hopefully) months to weeks. BIL had a tenant that took him 6 months to evict. He got all his back rent, but it took him six months. We’re hoping that having a lawyer might intimidate them into moving sooner rather than dragging out the pain for months.

    Lawyer was very interested in the fact that Crazy Tenants lied on their appeal documents to the district court. Very interested. This may be a quick process after all. I’m hoping.

  35. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I became a believer in the reality of an actual spiritual evil realm after my teenage encounter through a Ouija board.

    I still get the shivers when I think of it.

    Something I’ve told only a few folks in my life: One night, when I was mother to two small children (4,2 years old), Hubby was working very late and I and the kids were all in our beds, lights out. It wasn’t abnormal for Hubby to work until 2:00 am during this job, so I expected to be asleep when he returned.

    I was dozing and woke suddenly to an overwhelming feeling of evil. That’s the only way to describe it. I don’t know what woke me up. I heard nothing unusual, but I had the certitude that something was outside of my house, waiting to come in, and that whatever it was meant to destroy us. Ever heard the phrase “paralyzed with fear”? I thought it was BS until that night. I could hardly breathe, and I couldn’t move. I. Couldn’t. Move. Not even a finger; I could only blink. Every nerve was taut, and I was seeking out any sensation that would tell me it was all in my head. No noises. No house creaks. No kid crying out. Nothing. I laid there trying to figure out some scenario where I could get to both of my kids to protect them. Nada. Even if I could get out of bed, I could only reach one of them. Don’t ask me how I thought I was going to protect them. I think the only time I’ve ever been more terrified was the vivid nightmare where an intruder had slashed my husband to death and was trying to kill me as I fought him off, laying on the floor, with a kitchen chair being held over me to keep him from reaching me with the blade. (Yes, I remember that one, too, like it was yesterday. I woke up with my heart beating so hard I could feel it banging my sternum and hear it in the bedroom. Fortunately, that’s only happened once.)

    Anyway, I was laying there, just feeling the almost physical presence of ominous evil, and realizing I was helpless. All I could do was pray: “Father, fear is a work of Satan and I reject Satan and all his works. I pray that you place two angels at each window and entrance to my home to protect us, and remove this fear from me.”

    And my fear left. I thought again, “This is all in my head” as I could feel it flowing out of my fingertips. I thought, “NO WAY!” and tried to get anxious again. As soon as I tried to work myself up, it leaked out again. God would not let me feel fear. I felt protected and despite my overwhelming terror of only moments earlier, I was easily able to go back to sleep feeling safe.

    PS: I peeked out the windows, hoping, but I wasn’t able to see any angelic protectors. I would’ve loved that.

    BCS shared a similar story way back when we were on really good terms. She could actually see the evil presence enter her home. It was like a dark pillar of smoke that progressed about six feet at a time down her hallway. She also, was terrified into paralysis. Again, prayer sent it away.

  36. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Oh, and btw – I had some heavy whipping cream nearing expiration, so while I cooked my lunch I made butter.

    😀

  37. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Ouija boards, evil spirits, and now witchcraft.

    /backing away slowly

  38. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    https://youtu.be/NWkMMXgQohc

  39. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    About the Drivers Licenses, my Texas License renewed in February of 2017, I think, and I was told that to get a new one, I’d need a certified, Birth Certificate, old license, two proofs of my address, copy of parents marriage license, proof of insurance on truck and a partridge in a Pear tree. When I showed up with my all American, red hair, they just wanted my birth Certificate. A few weeks ago, I got my Alabama License and they wanted my birth Certificate and two utility bills showing my home address. So I had the Gold Star on my Texas License and now on my Alabamy one.

  40. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Michael Berry is now talking about Pete Olsen. I’m simply saying good riddance.

    Sad isn’t it. I donated to him in the primary, twice and then in the general election. I voted for him since He was my congress critter. He was good the first couple of years but started waffling in his second term and when the Tea party was going strong, I helped to primary him out, but no luck. ~SIGH~ Ted Poe was the same, they must get some sort of inside the Beltway, Washington DC, virus that can’t be cured….Well except at the ballot Box and that is very hard to accomplish.

  41. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Shaving company Gillette says it is “shifting the spotlight from social issues to local heroes,” after the company’s brief foray into the SJW-style demonization of masculinity drew a massive backlash from customers. -Breibart

  42. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #37

    Ouija boards, evil spirits, and now witchcraft.

    /backing away slowly

    LOL!

    The butter involved the magic of electricity, my Kitchen Aid mixer, and time. No wands nor incantations involved.

  43. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    You may or may not have guessed but my trail work was rained out this morning….Sorta’…This morning my wife said “you’re not going to work the trail with all this rain coming are you?” I told that I’d go as far as I could, but after an hour it started raining so I decided to make a trip to Sam’s in Dothan, since I’ve been putting it off. Of course, it stopped raining about the time I got into the shower and started back when I drove up in the driveway at 2 PM, just in case I got any ideas. It’s sunny now with a 80% chance of rain about 4 PM, so I’ll just find something else to do around here.

  44. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Let me just say that I believe that Satan is real. He’s alive and well and inhabiting a certain state rep that lives at the end of my street, among others.

    I’ve always considered Ouija boards to be an open invitation for darkness to enter so I never messed with them. My mother and aunt went through this period where the would go to this little town between Orlando and Daytona called Cassadega for “spiritual readings”. It is a well-known coven of witches and charlatans. I worried about them but thank God they quit going over there.

    I’ve had a few instances of what Tedtam describes. They’re not uncommon and are known as night terrors. Having a naturally analytical mind I lean more towards a physiological explanation for what happens. They are terrifying nonetheless. It’s probably been 25 years since I woke up paralyzed and unable to speak, with that feeling of dread, but I remember it very clearly.

  45. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Tedtam turned me into a newt!
    .
    .
    .
    .
    I got better.

  46. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Having a naturally analytical mind I lean more towards a physiological explanation for what happens.

    That’s what I tried to think, too. But despite my trying to convince myself that it was psychological, and to relieve my fears with rational thought…I still had that fear of a physical presence outside the house. Even when I realized I was wide awake and feeling it.

    And the images of destruction weren’t of murder of me and my children. It was the threat of being dragged down into an abyss. Those images were thrust into my head. Again, I tried to convince myself it wasn’t real. But it didn’t go away, despite the wide-wakefulness state I was in.

    Maybe it was night terrors, but I thought those were experienced in a state of light dozing or full sleep, not full-out HOLY CRAP WHAT’S GOING ON wakeful states.

    Either way, never wanna go through that again.

  47. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    The few times it happened to me I remember being wide awake but paralyzed. Scary.

  48. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Trump may have to give Sleepy Joe a new nickname – Tank

  49. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    How Elon Musk Fooled Investors, Bilked Taxpayers, and Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity.

    It was a Saturday night last March in Buffalo, and Dennis Scott was sitting at home. A stocky veteran with salt-and-pepper hair and a close-cropped beard, Scott had been laid off from Tesla’s factory in Buffalo two months earlier as part of a global reduction in the company’s workforce. Since then, he had taken to sending Elon Musk emails and point-blank tweets, describing the pain the layoffs were causing.

    Ten days after Scott was let go, Musk had tweeted a goofy picture of himself posing with what looked like a machine gun. Scott retweeted the image and called Musk a clown. “If I were CEO and someone told me my company wasn’t working right,” he explains, “I wouldn’t be clowning around. I’ve got people counting on me for their livelihood.”

    Now, around 10 p.m., his phone rang. The call was from an unmarked number. Scott answered.

    “It’s the clown,” the person at the other end informed him.

    Scott, unfazed, figured that Musk must have gotten his number from the company. For the next 20 minutes, he recalls, he and his former employer had a civil conversation. “When are you going to fix your company?” Scott asked.

    Musk was pleasant but offered no specifics about the Buffalo plant. Scott continued to ask frank questions. “You took $750 million from New York,” he told Musk, referring to the taxpayer money that the state handed Tesla as part of its Buffalo Billion program to revitalize upstate New York. “You gave us hope that you were going to do something.”

    Musk’s responses left Scott unimpressed. “Musk is a nice guy when you talk to him,” he says. “But I think he’s full of sh!+. He’ll tell you whatever you want to hear.”

  50. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    When I was looking for images for today’s headline story,  I tried using Google search.  It became a hilarious game.  Every single combination of derogatory words with “New York Times” became twisted by Google in the results.  It was impossible to turn up a negative link or image of the NYT.  If I entered something like “New York Times is a biased newspaper”, Google would provide a list of NYT links to their stories criticizing Fox News or conservative websites.

  51. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    When the Lovely Mrs. Bonecrusher were still newly married, we were able to go on a cruise, courtesy of her employer. We went to the Caribbean islands. When we were on St. Martin or some such, we wandered into a store and I felt the creepiness of evil all over me. After about 5 minutes I figured out why . . . . .we were in a voodoo store. I walked over to my wife and said firmly but calmly, “we have to get the hell out of here right now”. After we were out of the store I told her what kind of a store it was and how I felt. She has never questioned me about when I tell her I feel the creeps; she simply believes it and we make an adjustment. This is a mutual trust issue; we protect each other.

  52. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I almost hate to see Tank fade away.

  53. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    https://youtu.be/nnWGDATFKIs

  54. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Yeah, I felt like that right before I re-took the ‘C’ Wastewater test.

  55. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Hey, let’s blame the coke score on the poor black kid whose on a full scholarship.  A kid from the ‘hood always knows where to get the best dope.

    Derrick Evans sued the Huffington Post and Feinberg for a story they ran days after Christine Blasey Ford went public with her now-debunked claim that, while in high school, Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her.

    In her September 20, 2018, article entitled, “Former Student: Brett Kavanaugh’s Prep School Party Scene Was a ‘Free-For-All,’” Feinberg (now at Slate), claimed an anonymous former Georgetown Preparatory School student had identified the overdose death of David Kennedy—the son of the late senator Robert Kennedy—as the “catalyst for changes in Georgetown Prep culture” and in the marking of “the end of the school’s free-for-all party scene” that dominated in the 1980s when Kavanaugh and Evans both attended the Bethesda, Maryland high school.

    and,

    Most shocking, as Evans explained in his complaint, “Had Ms. Feinberg or her editors at HuffPost undertaken even the most basic internet search of publicly available articles concerning the investigation into David Kennedy’s death, they would have learned, if they did not already know, that Mr. Evans actively assisted law enforcement in identifying and prosecuting the individuals who actually sold the illegal narcotics to David Kennedy.”

  56. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    https://youtu.be/PwXai-sgM-s

  57. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Robin Ella Tipton

  58. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Nice song from Robin Ella

  59. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #52 Hamous

    Likewise.  There is a strangely compelling fascination with Joe Biden’s ongoing deterioration before our eyes,  mixed with flashbacks of earlier episodes brought to our attention by pundits who seem to be equally fascinated.  It seems to have transitioned into “What next???”

    For sure a person with such a questionable mental state can’t be entrusted with the football containing the nuclear launch codes the President has available at all times.  🙁

     

  60. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    I’ve seen several grey foxes come by my watering station over the past few years, but I just was a red fox drop by.  I went for my camera, but he was too fast for me.  Those foxes don’t stand in one place very long, they are always on the move at a fast trot.  Now that I know that he’s hanging around, maybe I can get a picture one of these days.

  61. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    I saw somewhere that as soon as Ruth croaks and Trump names the new SCOTUS nominee the Dems already have a rape accusation prepared, complete with witnesses, a live victim, and the whole bit.  Doesn’t matter who the nominee will be, the Dems story is rehearsed and ready to go. Sounds about right to me.

  62. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    61

    That’ll be hard if he chooses Amy Coney Barrett.

  63. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    60 EG

    I’m surprised you don’t have a trail cam set up by your watering hole. I bet you’d catch a few surprises.

  64. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    57 Hamous

    A relative ?

  65. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Trail cams. 

    It’s just amazing you can buy a waterproof, night vision, motion activated camera for 50 bucks these days.

  66. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Rice engineer in the news…

    https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science-environment/article/Cancer-treatment-developed-at-Rice-cures-disease-14374120.php

  67. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    64 Texpat

    Probably back 100 or so years. She’s from Tennessee which is where my first Tipton ancestor settled in the 1700s in what was then North Carolina. In the early 1800s my line settled in SW Georgia.

    But I don’t get free concert tickets.

  68. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Great story about some Italian guys who came to Virginia to grow grapes and make fine wine in the 1970s.  Everybody told them they were crazy. (Via Stephen Green @ Instapundit)

    “I remember studying Jefferson’s attempts to cultivate vinifera in Virginia,” says Zonin. “I was fascinated by the idea of a president being a viticultural pioneer.”

    Touring Monticello and the mountainous countryside surrounding Charlottesville, Zonin was reminded of his home in northern Italy. “It was so beautiful and somehow familiar. I was falling in love with the area,” he muses. He began to ask questions about soil, rainfall, and climate.

    Then he learned of Jefferson’s enlistment of one of the 18th century’s most prestigious wine personalities, Philip Mazzei, an Italian, to manage his experimental vineyard. He also learned of Jefferson’s assertions that the venture would have succeeded if Mazzei’s vines had not been trampled by horses during the American Revolution. Says Zonin, “I began to think, ‘Maybe they chose this place for a reason.’”

    and,

    Op-eds criticized them as buffoons. Locals cracked jokes about them being in the Mafia. An arsonist burned down the barn housing their winery. Farmers who had planted French-hybrid vines spoke out against them. Officials viewed them with suspicion—as if the endeavor were actually a ruse to undermine the East Coast’s so-called wine industry or mislead local farmers.

  69. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I could live to 120, but my bones and muscles may not hold up for the ride.

    I think you’re about to be a big fan of this study done by UC Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders.

    The 90+ Study was started all the way back in 2003, and a new major finding stated “people who drank moderate amounts of alcohol or coffee lived longer than those who abstained.”

  70. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Jefferson was the most interesting man.

    I’ve never understood how a man of such varied interests and accomplishments found the time to torture his slaves.

  71. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    If you haven’t done so, do make every effort to visit Monticello.

    Before it’s razed and sold to Disney.

  72. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    #66 – I remember when they came out with their optimistic plans for using gold nanoparticles to congregate in a cancer tumor and then heat the particles without damaging the surrounding tissue.  I can’t believe that it’s been 20 years since they first started that.  This particular study does not appear to be very large, so I’m assuming there is little statistical result to rely on, but it certainly does look promising.  Wishing them the best in this exercise.

  73. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Talk around of McCabe being indicted.  Any bets?  I’m betting “no” just based on historical corrupt officials protecting each other.  He knows too much, so they can’t afford to let him be deposed under oath.

  74. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Can someone out there please explain to me why spending government school money on this  is any business of the school?  Seems to me to be far beyond the realm of readin, riting, and rithmetic. https://www.kxan.com/news/round-rock-isd-launches-mental-health-centers-at-2-schools-plans-expansion/ Wait until one of these guys or girls goes into the sporting goods store 10 or 15 years later and tries to buy a gun. And I’ll promise you that any of the boys who are acting up will get sent for mental evaluation and medication. This is a terrible idea.

  75. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Define moderate amounts of coffee and alcohol.

  76. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Enough to git you a buzz?

  77. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Moderation. Pphhhttttt.

  78. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    https://youtu.be/J74ttSR8lEg

  79. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I still drink an occasional morning coffee, and on most other mornings I get a tidbit of caffeine from a Crystal Lite mix I like. But it’s prolly been at least 10 years since I last had a beer. I drank (mostly beer) in Austin, but quit when I moved to Houston in 1981.

     

  80. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Who knew there was a Nederland, Colorado?
    Not me.

    That’s where these folks are from. Pretty tight bluegrass band.

    https://youtu.be/pSg5NNgHkXQ

  81. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Honeymooners do Grateful Dead.

    https://youtu.be/2nENlcXIipE

  82. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    I see where Officer Goines, who is now charged with murder in the botched drug raid on Harding Street several weeks ago, is at home with an ankle bracelet monitor.  Now I think most cops realize that they do not fare very well in prison, and I think there is no doubt the raid was hoaxed up from the beginning and the two people murdered were entirely innocent citizens sitting at home minding their own business.  Therefore, I have concluded that Goines will run.  Just remember that you heard it here first when his attorney stands in front of a judge somewhere and announces that he is unable to locate his client.  Probably sooner rather than later too.

  83. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I didn’t catch this one when it came out last week. Good stuff from Coulter!

    https://vdare.com/articles/ann-coulter-why-the-new-york-times-is-unreformable-and-must-die

  84. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Bland is Abbott’s third appointee to the court where he launched his own political career. His most recent appointee, Justice Brett Busby, had also recently come off an election loss in a Houston appeals court. In the wake of a 2018 election that was punishing for Republican judges, Abbott has appointed to the bench many GOP judges who were rejected by voters.

    https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/26/greg-abbott-appoints-jane-bland-texas-supreme-court/

  85. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    It seems to me that there’s a shooting in Houston almost every night.

  86. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    #84 – You may recall that at the last election, we allowed straight ticket voting, and since Baytoe was heading the ticket as a Dem for Senate, all the Republicans were swept out of office in Harris County, which included all the judges as well as the County Judge who is now a little Hispanic girl who lives in her mother’s basement.   Harris County had a number of respected judges in various courts until this debacle.  So I’ve got no problem with Abbott appointing former Harris Co judges to state benches.

    #85 – “almost?” If you count the police murders it’s probably more than that.

     

  87. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’m not clear as to when we’re all supposed to die from the burning Amazon so I just want to say it’s been real fun.

  88. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    the County Judge who is now a little Hispanic girl who lives in her mother’s basement.

    /Very close to a spew event.

  89. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    A perfect choice to top off today’s spooky journey….brought to you by the new non-fiction book, My Strange Dreams, written by that hot, new author Tedtam Smith.

    https://youtu.be/4BYzRmiBwRE

  90. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Everything and more than you wanted to know about crime in Houston.

    The HPD blotter in Excel.

    2019 HERE.

  91. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    I’m pretty sure that you can’t trust anything that comes out of HPD.  They tend to try to soften the numbers by charging lesser offenses and so forth.

  92. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Ninety Two? No Hunnerd?
    Mornin’ Gang

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