Let The Games Begin!

House Republicans began the new year with a ceremonial beclowning:

House Republicans, Under Fire, Back Down on Gutting Ethics Office

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The day after House Republicans voted to eliminate an independent ethics body, members returned to work on Tuesday to find their offices inundated with angry missives from constituents amid a national uproar.

By midmorning, Mr. Trump had weighed in, questioning the members’ priorities on Twitter. Shortly after, lawmakers were summoned to the basement of the Capitol for a hastily convened meeting with Republican leaders.

Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the majority leader — who, along with Speaker Paul D. Ryan, had opposed the proposal — lobbed a pointed question at his fellow Republicans, according to two people present: Had they campaigned on repealing the Affordable Care Act, or tinkering with an ethics office? Minutes later, members emerged to say the changes had been scrapped.

Hard to believe these are the skilled professionals ready to lead this great nation. And one does wonder - how lame must Pelosi and her Dems have been to lose to these guys?

Still, we welcome the Ryan/Trump alliance, however fleeting it may be.

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[Sandy Daze]

Good Morning !

MAGA !

Honk4TRUMP !

[Mike Giles]

Of course, you know Demorats are going to waste the legislature's time bringing bogus ethics charge after bogus ethics charge against the Republicans; while playing them up in their allied media.

[matt, deplore me if you must]

Daddy and JiB are going to be crushed. William Salice, the inventor of the Kinder egg, has died at the age of 83.

[Sandy Daze]

Only sign now in my front yard:

MAGA

Honk4TRUMP

Honk For 1-20-17

[buccaneer morgan]

They do have a taste for shoe leather, John lob I think, and what's with Wendy's website.

[buccaneer morgan]

Carrying over from the last thread, I don't forgive assuage, for his two previous forays.

[Sandy Daze]

If hrc had been elected, I was going to let this old flag on the pole deteriorate to nothingness, a metaphor of the Republic.

MAGA

Fortunately, DJT was elected. Now the challenge was to make the newer flagpole reflective of the optimism and JOY I was feeling.
Part of the challenge is the weather here in 49242 this time of the year, not entirely dissimilar to henry's, MM's GUS', PDinDeroit's... (Who else is local ? Perhaps a meet-up in 49242 one day ? Tony Esolen is graduation guest speaker this eyar, in May... I digress.)

Yesterday was almost spring-like with temps near 40 and wind only about 15, so I was able to effect the finishing bits & pieces to the pole:

OLD GLORY - long may she wave in the land of the once and soon-to-be-free once again.

MAGA

[Sandy Daze]

Close-up, err, the "money-shot"

MAGA

[Jim Eagle]

matt,

Not crushed since I have never liked Kinder Eggs. There is a reason they are banned. Toy inside. And heaven knows where it came from, who touched it and where its been.

Sandy,

I have duplicate Navy "Don't Tread on Me" like yours and fly it when I can. Tony Esolen is worth the trip. Let me look at the schedule. I am currently taking Constitution 101 from Hillsdale.

[DebinNC]

Very spiffy and much-improved, Sandy.

[buccaneer morgan]

Now these games, they playing with volodya was exactly the kind of sleepwalking that led into the crimean war.

[Neo]

The Congressional Black Caucus really wanted to trash this ethics body back in 2010, when they were in the crosshairs.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

I still don't think we should be moving towards a war with Russia over the democrats inept computer security and the release of embarrassing information.

Next time they should hire competent cyber-security people and not spend their time emailing each other with gossip, back-stabbing strategies on members of their own party, racist jokes, anti-Christian slurs, and corrupt dealings with the press.

[Buckeye]

Next time they should hire competent cyber-security people and not spend their time emailing each other with gossip, back-stabbing strategies on members of their own party, racist jokes, anti-Christian slurs, and corrupt dealings with the press.

Who they are.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Buckeye,

True. Such a shame that a lot of people found out.

Let me get out my violin and play a sad song.

[James D]

But, but, but...that would require them to grow up and act like adults, MM! You can't really expect them to do something as difficult as that!

[buccaneer morgan]

remember back in the wayback machine, how Richard Clarke was complaining about cybersecurity in the bush administration, guess who the incoming administration took as their cyberdefense team, three guess.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://www.facebook.com/FoxNews/videos/10154966801051336/

Press conference with Pence and House Leadership. Ryan doesn't do too badly here, although I notice he says "shtruggle" which I had never noticed before. Pence does an impressive job.

Reporters still concerned that people will be without insurance, even though they are told about 5 times that they will not.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2610849/

Obama offers no plans to save Obamacare in meeting with democrats. Gave a "nostalgic" speech.

[Neo]

Assange reveals Podesta's password was 'password'

Julian Assange summed up the shakiness of the claim that Russia "hacked the election" when he told Sean Hannity, "A 14-year-old kid could have hacked Podesta that way."

[the generallyistic deplorable rich]

not him again? YIKES!!!

[buccaneer morgan]

hacks have to hack

https://twitter.com/GlennThrush/status/816624346911404032

yes, he doesn't go away, now he just deserves a nelson muntz,

[the generallyistic deplorable rich]

Miss Marple-

Vox had a SmartTake™ posted up last night and I had a question to the author ... does he get his insurance through his employer or does he get it though one of the exchanges? Nothing so declasse as Medicare ...

[buccaneer morgan]

ah Dylan Matthews, the one who thought free choice was an illusion?

[James D]

Yeah, that Thrush tweet is a beauty, isn't it?

Trump's attack on intel agencies echo his attacks on climate science: Don't believe 'experts' believe me... why does he do it? It. Works.

Why does he do it? Because the experts are, more often than not, self-proclaimed experts who don't actually know what they're talking about.

[the generallyistic deplorable rich]

Medicaid actually. yeah buc it was that piece-couldn't get through all of it though.

[the generallyistic deplorable rich]

knackered?

[Porchlight]

off?

[Porchlight]

Impressive, Sandy. MAGA!

[buccaneer morgan]

it was like anna Karenina, but without the highlights,

[Porchlight]

Reposting from prior thread:

Suppose the Russians hacked the IRS and released Trump's tax return. How would you feel about that?

Appalled,

I don't see how that's a relevant analogy. The Russians didn't release anything at all, let alone a tax return.

There is perhaps some evidence that the Russians may have hacked the DNC. That is not confirmation that they were Wikileaks' source on anything. Given the laxity of security it's probable that many different actors were able to access that data as well as Podesta's email.

Moreover, the evidence of Russian hacking is in some dispute, and its release and amplification is suspect because of obvious political motivations.

Then there is the completely erroneous charge of Russians hacking the actual elections, which is meant to be conflated with Wikileaks, and which the public is consuming in large amounts, as intended by those who are planting the story in the fake news media, which is to say the Democrats.

[the generallyistic deplorable rich]

and thinking back to the last thread ("remarkably scandal free"), I remember back when pofarmer was still he we stayed up one night coming up with a list of things the media wasn't reporting on candidate Obama ... think it stretched to hh or some such.

[the generallyistic deplorable rich]

had tried to find that thread and came up empty.

[buccaneer morgan]

this just gets better and better,

https://twitter.com/MENASTREAM/status/816361297453391872

[Michael (fpa Patriot4Freedom)]

Belated congrats to Captain H, Momto2, and jimmyk for taking first place in the bowl games.

Great news, Iggy on the return of your lovable goofball, Chester.

Back to catch-up mode for me.

[Buckeye]

In other words Appalled, quit being a chump.

[Porchlight]

Don't forget, Podesta's email also helpfully included his Apple ID and password.

That Wiki release led within minutes to this.

In both cases, Podesta didn't actually know his own authentications and was asking his assistant for them. Over email.

But it was the Russians, really.

[the generallyistic deplorable rich]

ha. so are you saying that password isn't a good password from easily accessible accounts?

really, I had no idea.

[buccaneer morgan]

it should be viewed with the theme from doctor zhivago

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/01/fareeds-song-of-love.php

[DebinNC]

Sen. Joe Manchin, up for reelection in 2018, makes me sick. We don't need more opportunistic, sermonizing poseurs like McRINO in either party imo.

[JimNorCal]

Dem overreach continues. Bring on Trump reelect in 2020!

http://www.wcpo.com/news/national/philadelphias-new-soda-tax-causing-sticker-shock
Philadelphia's new soda tax causing sticker shock

While the tax is colloquially known as the "soda tax," the tax applies to other beverages including juices, sports drinks, iced tea and energy drinks.
Selena Zito, a contributor for CNN and the New York Post, shared a photo of a receipt on her Twitter account. The receipt shows that a case of Propel flavored water that sold for $5.99 had a final cost of $9.75 after tax.

[matt, deplore me if you must]

Can we use Podesta's Apple id to load up his iTunes with Mariah Carey songs? How about the Gourds?

[buccaneer morgan]

remember carlos slim's earlier venture into anthropology.

http://therightscoop.com/smug-liberal-journalists-complete-meltdown-john-ekdahls-simple-question/

[the generallyistic deplorable rich]

that is as bad as the tax on cigarettes.
I could load up my car with sugary drinks and sell out of the back of my car and make a few bucks.

making Cosmo's numbers finally work.

[buccaneer morgan]

did he need glasses

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/tim-blair/thursday-noticeboard/news-story/b3fa6e40d64529ddc19482f5cc53595f

[buccaneer morgan]

and in the blanc mange aussie style,

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/tim-blair/todays-daily-telegraph-editorial/news-story/472422ac8bd9e3e29ba4d96019f2519c

[Buckeye]

that is as bad as the tax on cigarettes.
I could load up my car with sugary drinks and sell out of the back of my car and make a few bucks.

Grocers in Camden will see a much higher turnover on those items. They probably bribed the Philly pols.

[buccaneer morgan]

I see another garner case, a year or so down the road, don't they have something constructive to do, rhetorical?

[the generallyistic deplorable rich]

Deb's link to "the scandal free" administration.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/01/03/obamas-scandal-free-administration-was-actually-riddled-with-scandals//?singlepage=true

since so many journalists used similar variations on it, it was probably a Journalist-Admin joint effort.

[windansea]

Donald J. Trump
Verified account
‏@realDonaldTrump
massive increases of ObamaCare will take place this year and Dems are to blame for the mess. It will fall of its own weight - be careful!

hmmmmmm

[Jim Eagle]

Zacarria's love poem to Obama in Buc's 12:14 is a sugar overload. You can get neuropathy just watching the 90 second recap.

It was like watching one of Zombie's Folsom St. BJ's.

[buccaneer morgan]

there are levels of idiocy, that has to be in the eleventy range, however, trying to extort burn notice's producers, and getting stiffed in the process is around a 5,

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

windandsea,

Pence said the tweets were in sync with the Capitol Hill GOP, in that they want to repeal but do not want to pull the rug out from anyone, leaving them with no insurance.

Repeal of Obamacare is first on the docket. They are putting the final plan together right now.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/04/report-fox-news-offered-megyn-kelly-100-million-to-stay-at-network/?utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

If this is true, I would sell stick in Newscorp.

Those Murdoch kids are out of control.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-03/when-america-was-still-land-opportunity

[DebinNC]

Repeal of Obamacare is first on the docket. They are putting the final plan together right now.

I shudder to think who "they" are. Seems foolish to rush out another plan before people fully experience the negative repercussions of BOzocare, including the spiraling premiums and the astronomical costs of invader/refugee freeloaders BOzo has brought in and added on. I hope "first on the docket" means the beginning of lengthy public hearings providing irrefutable truth about the mess BOzo and Dems foisted on an unwilling nation without the vote of a single Republican.

[windansea]

I think Trump is wise to advise caution, this will be a tricky thing to unravel and dems/MSM will be sure to blame GOP how ever they try to do it

[Jim Eagle]

I thought Tom Price had a repeal and replace package to go that meets Trump's criteria of transportability and everyone keeps their insurance status quo?

That Ekdahl tweet proves once in for all how deep and wide the media are nothing more than progressive apologists and have the spine of a jelly fish.

[-peter]

Great point debinnc

[windansea]

Miss Marple the Deplorable | January 04, 2017 at 01:04 PM

from your link "America is a great place to consume, but a difficult place to produce"

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

The stuff being done January 20 is the beginning of the repeal process. I am sure they will have hearings.

However, I don't think a lot of people need further convincing. Repeal was one of Trump's most popular campaign positions. I do agree that hearings for those who are on employer plans would be helpful, since they aren't hit as hard as the people who have to go buy on the exchanges.

There are also many areas of the country which now only have on health insurance company available. That is going to have to be addressed as well.

[Appalled]

Porchlight:

OK, where you are is the Russians are not responsible for getting the info from the DNC or Podesta to wikileaks. Because you trust Assange more than the CIA.

Let's just say we disagree on this one. It would help, though, if the CIA leaked a few more of their cards on the table.

[henry]

Real Housewives of ISIS. Usual suspects take parody seriously.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

The dems had a press conference a while ago. I didn't watch it.

Reports are, however, that they had a big sign up in front of the podium.

It said, "Make America Sick Again."

This is another example of democrat epic fail in slogans and branding. All you will think about when you see that sign is "Democrats want to make me sick."

The Russians didn't make that sign, so they can't be blamed.

[Stephanie despicable me]

PEOTUS has asked that the repeal bill AND THE REPLACE BILL be on his desk by 2/20.

[henry]

alert: lefties trying to flood Ryan's phone on Obamacare survey... here. May want to alert the centipedes or someone to flood it a good direction.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Appalled,

So far I have the following:

The CIA missed the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

They were pretty much wrong about WMD's in Iraq.

A known CIA former employee, Evan McMullen, was photographed with John McCain in Syria hob-nobbing with "freedom fighters" who were actually ISIS people. He then subsequently ran for president and is still on Twitter attacking Trump every chance he gets.

This morning Chuck Schumer threatened Trump about intelligence agencies (probably CIA) getting back at Trump.

The head of the CIA is a shady character who is a Muslim convert and who has politicized the agency more than any time in history.

Meanwhile, Assange has a 100% record for accuracy, whether you like what he releases or not.

So why exactly should I believe the CIA?

[jimmyk]

The Rs do need to get out in front on this propaganda war. The Ds will parade sobbing women and children who claim that the Rs are taking away their "health care." The MSM will be full of such stories. There are plenty of victims of 404Care that the Rs can bring out--people who lost their doctors, their plans, whose premiums have skyrocketed, who are only working part-time, etc.

[Appalled]

OK, am I seeing a conspiracy theory linking McCain, McMullen, the CIA, and ISIS, and our best savior is the anti-american dude with rumored links to the KGB dude?

All that's missing is a pizza parlor, a white slavery ring, and the Mossad. (Bonus points for a conspiracy theory that brings the Mossad and ISIS together...)

[DebinNC]

Pelosi: "You break it, you own it"

I don't know what else Ryan and McConnell have been doing the last few years more than preparing for this BOzoCare battle. I hope Trump and his experts are thoroughly involved in the process of crafting the best alternative long before any bill is put up for a vote. I don't care how long Paul Ryan's bill, or Tom Price's bill, or whoever else's have been moldering in a drawer somewhere. Trump only gets one chance at a first impression, and if the BOzocare replacement is to be center-stage, it needs to be fabulous and the effort to pass it an unqualified success so that Dems will be afraid not to vote for it imo.

[daddy]

Mark Steyn starts off sitting in for Rush this morning by telling that Julian Assange revealed that the password to get into John Podesta's E-mail account was "password." Brilliant, no?

Then Cavuto has on some CIA analyst named Fred Fleitz, who says he worked at the Agency for 19 years before moving to the State Department as a Spokesman. He says this about Trump:

(Cavuto starts by playing a clip of Assange saying to Hannity that a 14 year old kid could have easily hacked Podesta. Then Cavuto plays Trump's tweet: "Julian Assange said "a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta" - why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info!"

Cavuto: Who's right Fred, I'm confused?

Fred Fleitz: Neil, lest start off with I was an Intelligence Analyst for 19 years. US Intelligence Analysis is usually accurate, it's usually based on facts, but it's opinion, it's sometimes wrong, and sometimes horribly wrong. I think Donald Trump is suspicious of Intelligence Analysis because of it's record, and now he sees this assessment that The Russians were behind fixing the Election, but the Intelligence Community won't brief this analysis to Congress, but at the same time the analysis is being leaked to the news media to hurt Trump. So Trump is justified in looking at other sources of information and I also think he's justified in being concerned about the objectivity of US Intelligence Agencies.

Cavuto: ...Is Donald Trump risking going too far the other way?...

Fred Fleitz: I think Donald Trump has to recognize that Russia does represent a serious Security Threat to the US, but let me point something out, the Wall St Journal has reported that Russia has placed software to undermine the US Electrical grid, very serious software that we don't understand. Do you know when that was reported? 2009. And China has done it also. The threat from Cyber Warfare is sever, not just from Russia, and I think we need a reevaluation...

Cavuto: But Fred, who's a bigger (cyber) threat?...

Fred Fleitz: I think between China and Russia I would make China a bigger threat but I think they are both significant threats.

[henry]

Don't confuse fighting the MSM narrative "Russia hacked the election for Trump" with fighting the war "everyone and their grandmother hacked the US govt and critical infrastructure under Obama (and before)."

[Beasts of England]

Who broke health insurance, Nancy?

[Cecil Turner]

Good workout (it helps to be caffeinated and irritable). I'm with Appalled to this extent: I wouldn't bet on the Russians not being involved. We know they have lots of cyber-stuff going on, and it generally fits their MO. Assange's disclaimer means less than nothing: his info could come from a cutout who's a Russki stooge, and he's a known anti-US propagandist. The intel guys apparently believe it's so, and they've got a pretty good vantage point--but they're not going to show their work.

That said, what they've shown so far has been unimpressive. My brother (who's very smart at this sort of thing) says you could find those tools on reddit: they mean nothing. Ditto with the phishing scheme. And perhaps the intel analysts looking at it are reading more into some bit than they should (like they did Colin Powell's famous radio intercept that purportedly pushed authority to launch chem attacks down to the tactical level). But they've got something they think is solid, and it may well be.

[Old Lurker]

MM at 1:37.

MM, you know, don't you, that any post which begins "Appalled..." is not going to be read, right?

[Cecil Turner]

I don't care how long Paul Ryan's bill, or Tom Price's bill, or whoever else's have been moldering in a drawer somewhere.

Yes, but they all campaigned on this, and they have to at least look like they're working on it. (And Trump tapping Price for HHS strongly suggests his bill is at least the starting point.) Besides, the longer they sit on it, the harder it is to fix.

[Appalled]

OL:

You sound like my wife....:)

[DebinNC]

BOzo never said or did anything after the Chinese hacked 21M+ Americans, getting their names, addresses, SS numbers, background checks info, etc. BOzo stood mute because he needed their help to get his venal "Iran Deal".

[DebinNC]

BOzo hosts "lavish state dinner" for China's Pres. Xi ... after he learned the Chinese had stolen personal info from over 21,000,000 Americans.

[daddy]

Laura Ingraham, commenting on the incompetency of the Federal Government, tells us this morning that the Washington Monument will be closed for 2 years in order to fix 1 elevator in the Monument.

2 years.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Old Lurker,

I don't think he reads many of my posts, or he would have seen the link to the actual photos on Conservative Treehouse.

That's ok. It's just a coincidence that McMullen worked for the CIA for 7 years and then went to refugee resettlement with the UN and then got a job as senior advisor to the House Foreign Relations Committee.

And it's just a coincidence that all of the guys in the photo with McCain were identified as ISIS. Just like it was a coincidence that McMullen's area of expertise was to get radical Muslims to work with the US.

And iti's just a coincidence when Trump became the nominee that suddenly McMullen who coincidentally was in the CIA for 7 years, suddenly decided to run for president in an effort to steal Utah's electoral votes so that the election would be thrown to the House. And he is still trying to undermine Trump on Twitter. But hey, what do I know?

Just coincidences. Nothing here.

Has anyone interviewed McMullen about this stuff? Why not?

[daddy]

Laura is repeating her criticism of how terrible the Repub's are at messaging. Says she should quit her Radio Talk Show and she could spend all her time simply devoting herself to helping the Repubs do messaging since they are so awful at playing the messaging game.

Loved this from TM's link:

Kevin McCarthy of California, the majority leader — who, along with Speaker Paul D. Ryan, had opposed the proposal — lobbed a pointed question at his fellow Republicans, according to two people present: Had they campaigned on repealing the Affordable Care Act, or tinkering with an ethics office? Minutes later, members emerged to say the changes had been scrapped.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 25m25 minutes ago

Jackie Evancho's album sales have skyrocketed after announcing her Inauguration performance.Some people just don't understand the "Movement"

----------------

Jack Evancho is the young gal chosen to sing the National Anthem. There is actuallly a point to this Tweet, and it is twofold:

1. To point out that there are more supporters of Trump than people realize.
2. To emphasize that he is the messenger of the movement.

Reading the tea leaves, I really believe he is going to present these policies as a battle plan for reclaiming the country and getting us on the right track both economically and internationally.

That is my OPINION< by the way.

[Appalled]

Miss M:

John McCain, by temperment and history, isn't knowingly going to do business with ISIS. To suggest otherwise really turns somebody you disagree with into a cardboard villain. If he is meeting with these guys, its probably due to some very bad staff work.

I have seen the picture before. It is frankly meaningless to me as I don't have a great sense of what the lead guys in Isis look like.

As for McMullen, I doubt he's some sort of Manchurian candidate (if he is, he is pretty pathetic one), but I do wonder about who is behind him. He gets far more attention than a third party candidate who did well in one state rates.

[Appalled]

Miss M:

There is another narrative associated with that picture. YMMV.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/world/middleeast/try-as-he-may-john-mccain-cant-shake-falsehoods-about-ties-to-isis.html?_r=2

[daddy]

.

President Obama Intentionally Allowed Rise of ISIS…

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Appalled,

Your source for the other narrative is the New York Times. They would deny it if DNA test results confirmed it.

Why NOW is this suddenly a story in the New York Times? They sure weren't very interested 2 years ago, until this suddenly started being pointed out on blogs.

I still want an exlanation of Evin McMullen being in that photo, grinning like a Dheshire cat. I notice that the Times used only one person, not the five who were in the photo on Treehouse. And no mention of McMullen at all. Norfor that matter, did they mention that Adam Kinzinger is also in that group.

[Old Lurker]

Appalled...mine too.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Thanks, daddy! You are quick with the photos, and I thank you.

I also notice in the New York Times report that they are doing the Obama trick, conflating photos in the ISIS magazine, which may have been doctored, with other photos, including those provided by McCain himself.

Appalled says this might have been a staff screw-up. Well, who is the staff who screwed up?

Why look there, it's Evan McMullen, who coincidentally worked for the CIA and was really good at getting cooperation with jihadis.

What are the odds?

[Old Lurker]

I would love to have Trump announce Jan 21 that that elevator will be replaced by the end of the year at the latest. He has certainly bought a lot of elevators over the years and I'd bet he could make it happen with a phone call.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Old Lurker,

Wolfman Skating Rink time, all over the country!!

[Porchlight]

OK, where you are is the Russians are not responsible for getting the info from the DNC or Podesta to wikileaks. Because you trust Assange more than the CIA.

No, because Occam's razor says the Russians weren't necessary. An inside source was always the most logical conclusion, because it's just plain simpler and easier to pull off, and because so many Dems including Dem insiders were pissed off at how Sanders was treated.

Had this not been obvious to nearly all, we would have heard howls about the Russkies much earlier.

It would be interesting if the CIA could supply the first and last known dates of Russian fingerprints on whatever CIA says the Russians accessed, so that we could see if Wikileaks supplied material outside that date range. Somehow I don't think that's forthcoming, and I suspect you don't, either.

[Appalled]

Miss M:

The NYT article is from 9-12-2014. Here are a few moure debunkings from 9-2014.

WaPo:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2014/09/18/four-pinocchios-for-rand-pauls-claim-that-mccain-met-with-the-islamic-state/?utm_term=.4799885f4d4a

Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2762680/Feeding-frenzy-debunks-Rand-Paul-claim-John-McCain-met-ISIS-linked-jihadists-Syria.html

[Beasts of England]

John McCain is a bigger narcissist than Obama - and that's a bell you don't get to ring very often. I don't put anything past Johnny if it serves his ego. Nothing at all.

[Old Lurker]

Yep, MM.

With a single stroke he can repair a monument that the Swamp folks cannot, and which the left likes to shut down every budget cycle.

The entire Pentagon was designed and constructed faster in the 40's that the 2017 Swamp Rats need to fix one elevator in an existing shaft in a moderate height building, hardly a skyscraper.

MAGA

[Dave (in MA)]

that is as bad as the tax on cigarettes. I could load up my car with sugary drinks and sell out of the back of my car and make a few bucks.

Right up until the time that agents of the Democrat-controlled city government choke you to death on the sidewalk.

[Appalled]

One last one:

http://www.azcentral.com/story/azdc/2014/08/24/mccain-photo-isis-terrorists-syria/14475207/

[Dave (in MA)]

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/howie_carr/2017/01/carr_trump_derangement_syndrome_reaches_epidemic_levels

"You may have Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) if:..."

[daddy]

The entire Pentagon was designed and constructed faster in the 40's

They built the 1,387 Mile long AlCan Highway in the middle of WW2 in less time than it'll take to fix 1 Elevator in Washington DC.

And probably at less cost.

[Jim Eagle]

I can get that elevator up and running in less than a year and I have no idea what the issue is about or how bad the problem. You just have to have a procurement strategy and day by day plan everyone is committed to but then you're doing this for the National Park Service who probably no f**k all about urgency and commitment to schedule.

Its the Wollmen Ice Rink by the way. One of Frederick's favorite skating destinations.