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Me? First?
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Well there y’all are, I’ve already finished off my coffee. Dayaam, WTH is mharper doing up at a reasonable hour? Mercy!
38 and frost on the Punkin’ this morning.
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From Squawkster’s Lighthouse;
Christmas Eve in 1886 a three-masted vessel called Annie C. Maguire shipwrecked @ Portland Head -
Pelosi threatens to delay Senate impeachment trial.
Politico outlined Democrats’ new idea, citing constitutional lawyer Laurence Tribe (but, interestingly, not the Constitution itself). Pelosi hopes to pressure McConnell into holding a “fair trial” — this, after she and her party broke every relevant House rule and precedent, and several Amendments in the Bill of Rights, all in the name of their “sole Power of Impeachment.”
They forget that a “fair trial” applies to the accused, not the accuser, and has since 1215.
Set aside, for the moment, that holding onto the articles of impeachment would contradict everything Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and the Democrats have said for weeks about the “urgency” of impeachment. They needed to stop him before he could “cheat in the next election,” we were told — that’s why the House could not wait for the courts to rule on the White House’s resistance to stop congressional subpoenas.
That would prove they’re lying.
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Well, it’s a balmy 15 degrees here, windy and a chill factor of 3 degrees.
It’s downright warm in Texanadian country – 24 degrees in Calgary, Alberta.
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Then, there’s this; Pollak: Senate Can Acquit Even If House Withholds Articles of Impeachment.
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On camping and Traditions.
On the second afternoon’s hike down from a high lookout point, I twisted my ankle, tripped, and fell ten feet down an incline. I knew immediately that I was hurt, and that it wasn’t just a sprain. After crawling back up to the trail, I called for help. The counselors came with a first-aid kit and wrapped my leg. We were about a mile out from the campsite, so I hobbled back, holding onto my daughter’s shoulders and taking many breaks. I soaked my swollen ankle in icy creek water along the way. I found out later that I had broken a bone in my leg.
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/12/notes-on-summer-camp
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Morning gang. OK, the big build-up to Impeachment Day has come and gone, so what have the Dems got up their sleeves next? You know they are not through yet because as of right now, Donald J. Trump is still President. They are having trouble containing their glee in this somber moment, and you can bet that the party is on as soon as they get out of town for Christmas break.
It’s a travel day for me, so I’m gathering up my stuff to hit the road shortly. It’s cold outside (around 20 degrees) but clear cloudless skies should lead to radiant warming as the day progresses. In today’s modern automobiles, they mostly have heaters, so the cold should not matter too much. I remember as a kid riding in Dad’s old pick-up out to the deer pasture. Driving down those pasture roads which were not much more than deer trails themselves, he would roll his window down and stick his rifle barrel out the window. Those old pick-ups had heaters as an option, so none of his ever had a heater because it cost extra. OK, enough of that.
You all have a great day. I’ll report in later once I get to the city.
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I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.” Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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It’s downright warm in Texanadian country – 24 degrees in Calgary, Alberta
Only 12 where I am, 90 miles north of Calgary. Looking to hit 28 today. Was 36 yesterday, T-shirt weather.
And Epstein didn’t kill himself.
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To the Totalitarian rƎgrƎssivƎcrats I give a hearty FU!
And They Try To Tell Us We Don’t Belong
But That’s Alright We’re 63 MILLION STRONGKAG2020
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Got a question on the Senate can acquit anyway thing:
The Turtle can convene the Senate to hold the trial even if Natzi Pelosi doesn’t send over the flim flam. Does the Senate need a quorum to convene?
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Skid mArk Palooza then
Skid mArk Palooza now.21 years laterSkid mArk Palooza is still there eating HoHos and ding dongs filled with Pastramilosi pancake makeup.
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Don’t know if they need a quorum but they will need an exterminator because I do know that mittens Ben willards will defect.
down to 52.
tom Collins drinker Susan gets drunk and scurries off with willardsdown to 51.
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Hang onto your wallets! The Corp of Engineers and countless developers have known for years what the actual function of the Addicks and Barkers Reservoirs. You know… they were designed to hold back flood waters to protect the distant city of Houston. They were constructed to hold water yet they allowed houses, businesses, and roads to be constructed in an area designed to flood.
The basis of the ruling:
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims held that because the Army Corps built, maintained and operated the two dams to store excess stormwater, the upstream flooding that resulted amounted to a “taking” of private property under the U.S. Constitution. The Fifth Amendment bars the taking of private property for public use without just compensation.
This is just the beginning because we have this too.
A separate case, before Senior Judge Loren Smith, will consider whether downstream property owners are due compensation for flooding caused by the Army Corps’ decision to release water from the dams to prevent them from failing.
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I think I mentioned a contract that one of our better customer’s parent company wanted us to sign. After explaining that we weren’t planning on doing any more work for them, the bureaucrat finally threw up her hands and just warned us that we’d need to sign it if we did more work.
Hubby got a call this morning. They want us to do a commercial 2″ short water tap yesterday. Hubby said we weren’t signing any contract. He heard “they don’t want to sign it either” being said to someone else, and “yeah, you’re not the only ones complaining.”
“Do you want us to do the tap?” Hubby asked. /short convo on the other end/
“Yeah, we do.”We’ve also been called back to a PITA project that’s been dropped by our replacement plumber.
We have a reputation for professionalism. Hubby called me to explain that another tap was coming in and to jump on it asap, and described the phone call. Then he said, “You know, I wondered if we changed our mind about retiring if we’d be able to get our customers back. I don’t think that would be a problem.”
That makes me feel good about us, but my head spins that other companies run their companies so poorly that we are hard to replace. Sad commentary on our industry.
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So I’m here at home convalescing and trying to find entertainment that’s politics-free, because I have a very low threshold for that kind of thing anymore, in particular discussions in a broadcast news setting. I can barely stomach “hard news” stories because it’s become very clear this country has become gravely divided in large part because of the legacy media, but even more so by its bastard child social media.
Prior to the past 15-25 years, political debate was essentially face to face. People didn’t demonize those who disagreed with them because they still had to live/work with them. That non-anonymity tended to moderate these discussions/debates and solutions were found that were acceptable to the broad public.
Now we have the situation where anyone who disagrees with you at all is the devil incarnate and not worthy of consideration. They are not even human.
Back to the start of this comment…
So FoodTV has a Tom Steyer ad many times per day. He’s going on about how “climate change” is our “number one” concern and that We Must Do Something. Neither he nor anyone else attempting to convince us of this ever mention the elephant and gorilla in the room: China & India have CO2 emissions 10-15 times the US & Europe combined and are rapidly increasing, while the US & Europe are falling (US is falling faster, btw) AND nobody – and I do mean absolutely freaking nobody, particularly including Mr. Steyer, the rest of the political class, and the Hollywood crowd – is actually acting like there’s a problem. We could reduce our emissions to zero and develop some exotic technologies to remove CO2 grime the air and the Chinese & Indians will more than completely overwhelm those improvements.
He also says he wants to introduce term limits. Not. Ever. Gonna. Happen. Never mind that it wouldn’t ever get out of Congress as even plain old legislation, but this would require a Constitutional amendment. In this political climate, there’s no way this country would ever get 3/4 of the states to play along.
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You could always just jack your rates WAY up and only deal with those jobs. Let the marketplace decide just like your Econ classes in college said. -
So 200 former Obama officials sign up to support Warren and she falls in the polls.
Look who is rising among Democrats and beats Williamson, Castro, Bennet, Patrick, Delaney, Steyer, Booker, Klobuchar, ties little Mikey Bloomberg and barely trails behind Tulsi Gabbard…why it’s…
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WB
I hear those Steyer ads as well. He seems like one of those no party guys whose issues are all along liberal lines. Term limits? Yeah I’d be for it but like you say, ain’t happenin. And Tom Steyer will not be raising a hand in getting rid of those I think should go I feel confident in saying.
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Steyerstein will save us from this.
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An unknown gunman opened fire near the headquarters of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in Moscow on Thursday evening, Russian media reported.
In a statement, the FSB said that the gunman had been “neutralized” and that authorities are working to identify him, Russian news agency Interfax reported.
At least one FSB officer was killed during the shooting, Russia’s top security agency said.
Five people were wounded in the shooting, the Health Ministry said. Two of the wounded are FSB officers who were “severely injured,” the ministry added.
I thought mass shootings only happened in the USA.
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Does Russia have a second amendment? How’d the guy get a gun? /sarc off
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Because I lived in the states I am considered an expert on all things American up here. I have a question about this whole Pelosie fiasco. Bringing in or voting on the articles of impeachment is not actually impeachment is it? More like bringing charges against someone and sending it to the DA. Until the Senate actually holds a trial and votes for impeachment it doesn’t happen. Presumption of innocence and all that. Is that correct?
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Technically, Impeachment has happened, but that does not automatically mean punishment. A conviction in a trial run by the Senate with the Chief Justice presiding as Judge will bring about punishment, but that doesn’t mean removal from office either. The punishment can run anywhere from censure to removal.
So: Impeachment, Trial, Punishment if convicted
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Think of the House as Grand Jury and Impeachment as an Indictment
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Right. I was indicted for shoplifting, tried and convicted. Thanks for the clarification.
23F here now.
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26 – copy cat shootings because of NRA and other deplorable folks (and Trump did it)..
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We’re in the midst of getting ready for Christmas so just about everything else takes a back seat, and even the political world slows down because all the politicians go home for the Christmas break.
It would be nice if their Trump supporting constituents cross examined them while home about their nutty impeachment scheme and told them to straighten up and act like responsible adults instead of goofy teenagers on a dare from Madame Pelosi. And also let them know some of them won’t be back in DC because of their stupidity. And others who make it back will do so by the thinnest of margins. Let that be a lesson.
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Heh.
Federal judge dismisses Houston ISD lawsuit seeking to avoid state takeover
– Texas Tribune
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Heh.
Midland County officials just found a missing ballot box. It may change the result of a $569 million bond election.
A proposal for a $569 million bond failed, then passed and could fail again after the discovery of missing ballot box from the November election.
– Texas Tribune
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#13 Texanadian
Good to hear from the frozen north and find you’re enjoying above zero temps. Currently 59 just outside Houston and sunny, but we’ve been down to 25 earlier in the week. That’s the lowest thus far this fall/winter. The weather wizards are sure this one will be cold here. We’ve had 4 freezes in the mid-20s so far, and two of those were in late fall.Glad we planted only pansies again for winter flowers, as they are tough and can stand freezes. They are spreading out in the flowerbeds and blooming profusely.
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#34 Shannon
Not a surprise.HISD is in deep doodoo.
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Arrived safely in Big D. Not a bad trip. Tired though. Got my second shingles vaccine shot.
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Whut? You had to drive to Dallas to get that shot?
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Yep, the San Saba CVS ran out yesterday.
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My family and I were Chrismated 10 years ago next week and converted to Orthodoxy.
Today I attended my first Orthodox funeral. As expected there was definitely a Liturgical element with chanting, censing, Epistle reading, Gospel reading, and a eulogy delivered by the priest.
David was an insurance salesman and eventually became an Episcopalian priest. About 16 years ago he and his wife converted to Orthodoxy and he became a Reader and sang in the choir. He was a straight shooter and didn’t have any qualms telling you that you were wrong in a moral or decency sense.
I was impressed by the number of people that took time off from work to attend the funeral this morning. He left behind a wife of 63 years, 3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
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From American Digest, kind of neat
https://twitter.com/chUckbUte/status/1206252680789708800/video/1
And Adee, a couple of times here we’ve been warmer than Conroe this fall. Not looking forward to January.
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Four cold walls against my will
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Discussion of the Boxer engine.
https://www.subaruforester.org/threads/boxer-engine-and-durability.336089/
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#38 El Gordo
Good for you going traveling to get the second shingles vaccination. Have been reading that shingles has had a resurgence because of the wide avoidance of the chicken pox vaccine by the anti-vaxers. Those stupid and selfish people are helping spread both manifestations of the herpes zoster virus by their rejection of something that saves lives and spares the misery of having the diseases.I had chicken pox at age 7 or 8, and the family doctor said if he’d known within the first two days (most contagious time) that I had it he would have brought his daughter over to play at our house in hopes she’d catch it and have it as a youngster. Mind you, this was way before there was a vaccine for it. Childhood chicken pox, and as it turns out also childhood or adult shingles that erupts from the quiescent remains of the chicken pox virus (herpes zoster) that hides in the body, are far milder in the young than in the adult. And in adults either can be serious and even life threatening.
And unfortunately both herpes zoster manifestations that had essentially been declared eradicated several decades ago are now on the prowl thanks to the anti-vaxers’ kids getting it and spreading it through unprotected populations of all ages. For the anti-vaxers have been at it long enough that their kids are now adults out and about in the world.
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I blindly linked to the site which will not be mentioned.
For shame.
I plead dementia.
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I hear the New York Post called Nancy the Swamp Mistress.
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UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Everyone knows impeachment isn’t official until the Marshal of the Supreme Court delivers the papers while riding on Unicorn-back.
Of course, if Trump is re-elected but the Dems take the Senate and keep the House (hey, it could happen), they’ll probably try to deliver the papers then. Pretty sure an impeachment vote expires with the Congress that voted it, but I’m sure they can find some lefty lawprofs to argue that it’s still valid. (Though if they’re dumb enough to try that, which until today I would have doubted, they may get Cromwelled, with Trump simply refusing to treat them as legitimate, and might even deserve it; we’ve seen nothing like this wilful pollution of an American institution, even in the worst periods of American political division.)
– Instapundit
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Wilbur Delco
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Stephen Green is drunk blogging the debate:
Yang: “Special needs is the new normal in this country.”
Whelp, 50 years of progressive control of education can fly the MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner.
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I linked the bad man, here, 2.5 hours ago.
Not a peep out of anybody since.
We’d like the court to consider shock probation.
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Ostracization isn’t for sissies.
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Guitar man.
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So I’m here at home convalescing and trying to find entertainment that’s politics-free.
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53, that link starts with Ernie Ball strings, …never mind, but has this link,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Ziit6GmF8
The red head on bass is very good.
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I’d bet that’s how unca Shanny warms up in the shower before choir practice.
WHOOOOAHHHH!
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Discussion of the Boxer engine.
https://www.subaruforester.org/threads/boxer-engine-and-durability.336089/
Interesting thread, thanks. I just got my first Subaru (Impreza -great little car so far!) a few months ago to replace an EcoBoost F-150 which was an absolute piece of crap. I had the F-150 for less than 3 years and decided to ditch it. Had a new engine in it within the first 5k miles. Main control valve for the automatic transmission crapping out was the last straw for me.
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