Pressing On To New Diplomatic Frontiers

The Battlin' to Make Him Stop Rattlin' between Trump and Rocket Man is lifting off nicely:

Kim on Thursday reacted angrily to Trump's remarks and actions this week, calling the president a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” and Trump's earlier speech at the U.N. “unprecedented rude nonsense.” Kim said he was now thinking hard about how to respond.

“I will make the man holding the prerogative of the supreme command in the U.S. pay dearly for his speech,” Kim said in a statement released by the official Korean Central News Agency, which also published a photo of the North Korean leader sitting at his desk holding a piece of paper.

“I am now thinking hard about what response he could have expected when he allowed such eccentric words to trip off his tongue. Whatever Trump might have expected, he will face results beyond his expectation,” Kim said, adding that he would “tame” Trump “with fire.”

In his latest tweeted barb Friday, Trump called Kim a “madman” who brings famine and death on North Koreans.

“Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before!” Trump wrote.

Clearly this is a prelude to an epic battle rap showdown. Gotta bet Trump on that.

Comments

[Appalled]

First! Really? Too bad I got nuttin to say this afternoon.

[Captain Hate]

That fat tub of kimchi is borderline retarded and used to gelded Presidents pretending not to notice what a dunce he is. New day, son.

[Thomas Collins]

A little mood music for this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVBCG6ThDk

Let's hope President Trump is thinking about this song when considering where to put Kim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k9FMGp7oGU

[Buckeye]

Like I said a few weeks ago, John McCain can't die fast enough.

[Comanche Voter]

Well you do have to hand it to little Pudgy Wudgy sometimes, aka as 'Whoa Fat" over on Ace.

An English paper ran a story on the various insults that Pudgy Wudgy has handed out. He compared Obama to a monkey--said he was barely a member of the human race.

He said Hillary looked like an old age pensioner on a shopping trip. Guess he's not fond of bright colored pantsuits. OTOH Whoa Fat wears a lot of pant suits himself--and it looks like his mother (or barber) uses a bowl to cut his hair.

For my own take, Little Kim looks like the kind of kid who would have been beaten up for his lunch money every doggone day of his school life--if his Daddy wasn't the dictator of North Korea.

So let the good times roll--while they can--for this not so loveable Porky Norky.

[Frau Herbst im Anzug]

"Republicans are the worst at ripping up their own people."

Ever so, Janet. Sad.

[maryrose]

Graham says he might have some Dem votes.

[maryrose]

Janet:
So true and many post here.

[common man]

John Maverick McCain has a long sordid history of stabbing his own caucus in the back. Too bad Graham had to learn the hard way, what we already knew, a grandstanding primadona who can not be trusted.

Just think what we would have gotten with this guy as President.

[Captain Hate]

So true and many post here.

I don't think Janet means what you believe.

[common man]

Maryrose

You will never know for sure as this will not be brought to the floor. I highly doubt he has any Democrat votes btw. He said he would get 50 Republicans too and that was way wrong.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/09/lying-rino-john-mccain-says-cannot-support-graham-cassidy-obamacare-repeal-bill/

Includes re-election ad he ran promising to end Obamacare.

[Captain Hate]

Just think what we would have gotten with this guy as President.

Not having McCain and Romney as Presidents were disguised blessings in retrospect.

[narciso]

I suspected verruca salt would say no, goose uses an abacus to do the count, say hello to 125% premium increase, Arizona,

[DebinGA]

Odd how Armed Services Cmmt Chairman McCain-AZ's conscience didn't kick in while the Phoenix VA Hospital/s earned its "worst in the nation" title.

[common man]

Education Department rescinds the 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter

Betsy DeVos proves her worth right here...

[narciso]

and maverick shows great umbrage to the Grassley statement,

[Captain Hate]

DeVos was an inspired choice. No wonder the libs whined.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 49m49 minutes ago

Thank you to Doug Parker and American Airlines for all of the help you have given to the U.S. with Hurricane flights. Fantastic job!

[Frau Herbst im Anzug]

If I have misinterpreted Janet's statement, I will stand corrected by her. I'm always open to learning from my errors.

[Tom Bowler]

"Not having McCain and Romney as Presidents were disguised blessings in retrospect."

Could any president have done a more thorough job of decimating the Democratic Party Than Zero? And for the best part, it was completely unintentional. I just love it.

[Clarice Feldman]

DeVos new guidelines:https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-issues-new-interim-guidance-campus-sexual-misconduct

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Tom Bowler,

I believe the democrats cannot face how much Obama was disliked, because to their minds he was such a "clean and articulate" black man, as Biden said.

They didn't seem to notice that at every opportunity he tore down the country and lectured the electorate like we were a bunch of misbehaving schoolchildren.

Then they followed him up by attempting to foist Hillary on us, who had the same characteristics except she was an old white woman.

Until they recognize this, they will go nowhere.

[Jim Eagle]

Bringing over from last thread:

All 50 state Medicaid directors are opposing C-G, so I don't think Collins is going to vote for it if she wants to be governor. McCain is no surprise because he is a duplicious,vengeful, spiteful coward who's time in the Hanoi Hilton is more urban myth than legend. I have had his cellmates and some widows in my home under the influence which leads to all kinds of revelations.

Trump will need 3 Dems so Pence can untie it. Actually, 4 if you count Rand Paul. C-G amendment will not even be voted on without those guarantees.

[Captain Hate]

McConnell has to make McCain suffer for this. Strip all committee assignments. Move his office to the basement. Slash his expenses, particularly travel to other countries, as much as possible. Just do it.

[Frau Herbst im Anzug]

"Not having McCain and Romney as Presidents were disguised blessings in retrospect."

CH - I felt the same about algore and John F'n, too, but more out in the open blessings. Both felt predestined for the office.
Remember the Gore maid remaining in the car during travels while the family went in to eat somewhere? Gag me with a hockey stick.

[Captain Hate]

he was such a "clean and articulate" black man, as Biden said.

Not to take that bloviating dunce off the hook but I think that was Reid. Biden mostly talked about Indians running 7-11s

[clara]

Oh please, CH--You know McConnell won't do that--brain tumor and all that-----

[Frau Herbst im Anzug]

CH @ 2:52- "In McCain's best interests."

[Jim Eagle]

One of great devolutions of our Constitution is the purposeful intrusion of the Federal Government in every level of public, and even private, education. Although, I am suspect of an Article 5 convention, If it was only concerned with the 10th amendment, then I am for it. Acknowledge its abuse by the Federal Government, endorse it with unequivocal language and restore to the states and local governments their authority not contained in the Constitution.

In fact, I would love to see Betsy DeVos as the last Secretary of Education.

[DebinGA]

WashTimes: Sen. Ron Johnson, however, said the money would be reallocated to more evenly distribute the Obamacare funds since they disproportionately go to three states.
“It’s primarily taking all the Obamacare funding and turning those into block grants and sending those out to the states in a more equitable fashion. Right now, there are three states — California, New York and Massachusetts — they represent a little bit more than 20 percent of population yet they get about 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It’s simply unfair,” Mr. Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, said on CNN.

Make Trump state senators Manchin, McCaskill, Sherrod Brown, et al up in 2018 defend that.

[JimNorCal]

Oh! That Disney Princess battle rap link is not safe for pre-teens!
Maybe questionable for teens, too...

[Captain Hate]

clara, a member of the Horde suggested that "tumor" is a miniature McCain, just as dumb and full of shit as the original, trying to escape from the host like the Alien.

[Clarice Feldman]

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1OwxWoLekYRxQ

[James D.]

CH @ 2:52

Absolutely. Even if that makes him switch parties, so be it.

[Clarice Feldman]

Link above is to Scott Adams video on the ads..He'd like to see them --also how the claim that Russians tried to influence for Trump which was largekly a Clapper confection with no evidence to support it.

[narciso.]

Good gravy, brookings jumped the megalodon,

[-peter]

I watched 15 seconds of that snow white video and experienced diffuse brain malfunction

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/animals/dogs

Since it's Friday afternoon, here's a harmless diversion on the rise of dog figurine collecting. Of interest are the current prices highlighted on the right side of the screen, everything from jewelry and Staffordshire dogs to Littlest Pet Shop toys.

Always fun to see if you have an unnoticed treasure in your house!

[narciso.]

They calculated 32 million shortfall in enrollment, looking at the carp in memorandum, half of it has to be grishenko grassroots.

[Clarice Feldman]

What, narciso?

[Extraneus]

I was wondering what narciso was talking about, thought it was related to the healthcare bill, but I think this is it:

http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/22/john-mccain-is-not-happy-with-his-republican-colleague-over-fbi-letter/

“Senator McCain has high confidence in Special Counsel Mueller and our intelligence agencies, and trusts they will follow all of the facts surrounding Russia’s brazen attack on our election wherever they lead,” Tarallo said.

She did not address the core of Grassley’s inquiry, that Russia-connected operatives may have attempted to infiltrate the Trump campaign.

McCain could butt heads wth Grassley on another matter.

The 81-year-old McCain is the only known lawmaker to have handled the anti-Trump dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele. Grassley has led the charge on Capitol Hill to find out details about the document, which was published by BuzzFeed in January.

So Grassley's breathing down McCain's neck? I hope so!

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2017/09/attack-enemy-not-each-other.html?spref=tw

[narciso.]

Their abacus run, of graham Cassidy.

[Old Lurker]

Deb "It’s primarily taking all the Obamacare funding and turning those into block grants and sending those out to the states in a more equitable fashion."

That right there is the rub.

Live by this equitable allocation, die by the next definition of "equitable".

[Captain Hate]

Dersh might be a lib but he has principles with which we can agree:

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=371690

[Marlene]

Good afternoon! There is no way that Susan Collins will align with Gov. Lepage on ANY issue. We'll know in a week if she is running for governor.

[narciso.]

Remember valerie wanted to ban trump from Twitter just last week.

[Jane (Stand against the Coup)]

I think McCain's sole motive is to screw Trump, which he has been trying to do since Trump announced he was running. I don't think he could care less about legislation.

[henry]

McCain is a founding member of the Kristol insurgency and their stupid Egg. He does what he is told (provided he gets camera time).

[Jane (Stand against the Coup)]

I posted this on the last thread, but I don't think it came up. I'm trying to get my pix from my Iphone onto my Mac . It used to be pretty automatic if I just plugged the phone into the Mac. But it's not happening. Any ideas?

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201302

Jane, scroll down and there are instructions for importing to a Mac.

[henry]

Jane, check settings. iOS 11 defaults everything to iCloud whatever your prior settings. That is among the ones I had to redo. Spent an hour getting everything back to normal after the upgrade.

[narciso.]

Gillespie thinks more blank mange is the way to go:
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/09/ed-gillespie-unbound.php

[maryrose]

I am certain they listened to Mr Manafort's and many other people's conversations in real time.
James Rosen, Sheryl Attkinsson and Presidrnt Trump as well as Michael Flynn and Cater Page come to mind.
So far Senator Grassley is the only one doing his job.

[Neo]

Clinton said in an interview Friday (9-July-1993) on NBC television: “We would overwhelmingly retaliate if {the North Koreans} were to ever use, to develop and use nuclear weapons. It would mean the end of their country as they know it.”

He added, “North Korea is just one of many renegade nations that would like to have nuclear weapons and be unaccountable for them, and we can’t let it happen.”

[narciso.]

Bad translation:

http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4909172/Putin-reveals-fears-robots-one-day-eat-us.html

[rse]

On the Title IX vision obama created, I have been in meetings where university GC's spoke and they HAD to prove they were propagandizing this to every student. Many would not allow registration for spring classes, for example, unless students could show they had attended mandatory programs.

Unfortunately though a pAC has been created to sue on every ED reversal the bo appointees do not agree with. It was described as follows here:

"OBAMA ALUMS PLAN TO SUE DEVOS: Former Obama administration officials are the force behind a new legal defense fund that's dedicated to taking Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to court. The National Student Legal Defense Network, which launched on Thursday, will bring some legal firepower to defending Barack Obama's education legacy, which President Donald Trump and DeVos have largely sought to dismantle during the past eight months. The new organization plans to file lawsuits aimed at stopping the Trump administration's rollback of Obama-era higher education policies.

- "If DeVos continues to attempt to roll back student loan protections - such as gainful employment, borrower defense to repayment, Title IX protections - in ways that we think are illegal, we'll force her to defend those actions in court," co-founder Aaron Ament told POLITICO. Ament was a former chief of staff and special counsel at the Education Department during the Obama administration.

- The initial funding for the organization will come from the New Leaders Council, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, where it will be housed. But the group is also hoping to attract small-dollar donations through a "Fight Back Against Betsy DeVos" crowdfunding campaign. The legal defense fund will work with state attorneys general, legal aid groups and law firms that may take on cases pro bono. It's also planning to hire two or three full-time litigators in the coming months, Ament said.

- The legal defense fund will be run by an advisory board that includes James Cole Jr., former Education Department general counsel; Catherine Lhamon, Obama's Education civil rights chief who now chairs the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Jacek Pruski, former associate general counsel at the Education Department; Libby Masiuk, former senior adviser at the Education Department; Adam Skaggs, litigation director at the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; Tushar Sheth, former Vice President Joe Biden's deputy policy director; Seth Galanter, former deputy assistant secretary of Education for civil rights; Clay Barkley , former assistant attorney general of Kentucky; Clare McCann, an Obama Education Department official who is now deputy director for federal policy at New America; and Sujeet Rao, former deputy chief of staff at the Education Department."

[Tom Bowler]

Until they recognize this, they will go nowhere.

MM,

To my great delight! They've painted themselves into a corner with identity politics.

[narciso.]

Tofu course thwy are always Anna warfooting like the Arab American committee with the travel. Ban, the bought off Medicare directors and the hospital association. How did llamon end up head ofvthe commission?

[Janet 🚬]

narciso's 3:38 - "In recent weeks Ed has attended Eid prayer services at a local mosque; called for greatly lessening Virginia’s current penalties regarding marijuana possession and advanced a criminal justice reform agenda based on redemption and rehabilitation; and unveiled at an NAACP forum last week his “Striving for Impact” plan to address complex and interrelated social challenges. Ed has said clearly that “dreamers” who came to this country because of the actions of their parents should remain here, while dangerous MS-13 members who terrorize our communities and are here illegally should be deported."

Why I voted for Corey Stewart.

But I'm not gonna bad mouth Gillespie....& I'll vote for him in the election.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--I think McCain's sole motive is to screw Trump, which he has been trying to do since Trump announced he was running.--

I think it's for the things Trump said about McCain in retaliation for McCain's initial sniping.
McCain's skin is so thin you can watch him digesting the crow he is constantly forced to eat.

[narciso.]

Who gives a farthing why he did it, the results are the same, his constituents Luke those in Maine and other states will be burdened with unconscionable premiyn increases and collapse of any remain exchanges

[Davod]

I take issue with the "Fat tub of kimchi" Kimchi is probably available only to a select few in North Korea.

[Old Lurker]

McConnell could have solved the McCain problem back at the beginning of the year. He elected not to, probably because he wanted McCain to damage Trump but did not have the balls to do it himself.

How is that for a Captain Obvious post of the day?

[Davod]

McConnell cannot do anything to McCain. If he does, McCain will cross over to the Dems.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/promise-kept-trump-killed-2-old-regs-for-every-new-1-645-million-saved/article/2634851

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Davod,

Same thing with Murkowski. That is the weapon they use.

Primaries are our only answer. And even then, as we saw with Murkowski, they can get enough money for an independent run.

Saw a comment on Twitter that McCain has been getting funding from Soros since 2001.

[Davod]

Back to not Columbus. I will believe the city of Tulsa is serious when they revoke the city charter, expel everyone, and hand the land back to the original aborigines.

[Momto2]

Robin ~ is this you?

Secretary Ryan Zinke‏Verified account @SecretaryZinke 28m28

These gals from the @NRA are heck of a shot. Robin from Atlanta is an ace. #2A #GalsWithGuns

[Captain Hate]

This picture says it all:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DF-inonUQAA_gnF.jpg

[Momto2]

Oops - left off link to shooters.

https://twitter.com/SecretaryZinke/status/911319233941970947

[common man]

The only crossing over I want Maverick to do is the River Styx. Take Susan with you too, John

[Old Lurker]

Davod, once again it is a question of timing. You are probably right as of now, having gone this long. But had it been done as part of forming the new Congress so that the newly elected president's, mandate and agenda could get off to a flying start, any control of McCain would have been lost in the noise and excitment of that time.

But that was not the GOPe plan so it was allowed to gather steam and fester which pleased the GOPe, and Trump elected not to confront the Congress about it or, well, anything back in those first months.

Reap the whirlwind.

[lyle]

Move his office to the basement.

Will he get to keep the red Swingline stapler?

/movie ref

[Old Lurker]

Mitch Rapp.

[Davod]

OL. I agree with your comments. The Republicans in Congress should have begun positive preparations for a Trump presidency on the day after the election. Instead they took on the role of resistance to many of Trumps programs.

[Davod]

"Primaries are our only answer. And even then, as we saw with Murkowski, they can get enough money for an independent run."

MM. You forgot to add Republican senatorial election funds.

[common man]

My recollection was Senator Hatch had a big hand in Murky get enough funding for an independent run. Correct me if I am wrong.

[narciso.]

Order 6, they are tough but fair, cornyn would have been the head person re the senate fundraising

[rse]

No, mom, but I do know someone who is a world-class ace. Eerie is the word red uses to describe him. red and my husband do conceal carry.

The cops we know say everyone would if they realized just how many stories of crime get suppressed now to avoid affecting tourism.

[Janet 🚬]

Every state is probably different, but the process of nominating & winning a primary election against an incumbent or party candidate has to start really early.

The process was super convoluted here in Virginia to get Cuccinelli nominated.
Ya gotta get delegates & get them plugged into the system. We had a group that walked us through every line on the forms & made sure they made it on time. They offered to come to the house. Then everyone has to show up for the local party election.

The whole process is set up so the old guard runs the show.
Anyway....that's how it was in Virginia.
Over a year of set-up.

Boy, they hated the new tea party people.
It was awful when the old Republicans sold us out in the general election. It was awful.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Janet,

Lugar's people did the same thing when Dick Mourdock beat him in the primaries.

[maryrose]

Common man:
You are correct Hatch publicly endorsed her.
Then some Dems got up in her opponents face Joe Miller and the rest is history. The write in candidate.
In a fair world, Sarah Palin would have finished her term and then run for the Senate.

[Extraneus]

How is that for a Captain Obvious post of the day?

Very good!

I read McCain's statement. He says if it can't be bipartisan, marked up in committee and all that, then it's wrong to vote on it, "in good conscience." The same guy who campaigned for repeal, and knows that no Democrat will vote for any such thing.

In other words, he's an admitted scumbag.

[-peter]

great thread folks, learn so much here.

[Old Lurker]

Janet, if a New Tea Party were organized tomorrow and funded by a George Soros with the one goal of getting winning non GOPe candidates on the ballots in enough states and districts to drain the swamp and get the MAGA agenda through, that would have zero impact on 2018, and probably not enough impact on 2020 to make much difference.

Trump was our one shot.

Taking reservations on the Ledge. Call my 800 number.

[maryrose]

Janet:
I feel for you and what has happened in. If in a politics these last ten years.
I am afraid Ed Gillespie won't win because felons and illegals will be voting thanks to McAuliffe.

[emzed]

From ManTran in the last thread:
I asked our lovely Bulgarian guide about doing the spit test given the 2500 yr history of factions marching back and forth through all the local fiefdoms and she admitted NO WAY! The reality would be too shocking. I'm guessing she had Turk and maybe Indian blood in there somewhere.

I had to laugh at your comment, because you grasped the issue precisely! I was born in Sofia,and had the good fortune of acquiring a genealogical chart going back seven generations from an uncle who kept it fanatically. So I did a DNA test recently, just to test their accuracy,, and it came back right on the button: 39-50% Eastern Europe, 34-50% Italy/Greece. BUT right at the end appeared an additional 4%-17% Caucasus! Your suspicions were correct: Greeks, Romans, Huns, Turks all marched their way through Bulgaria. A friend has said that it is one of the countries where it's almost impossible to definitvely identify as a native, compared to many other places. Gee, I wonder why???

[maryrose]

In Virginia politics..

[henry]

Same in Wisconsin. Ryan isn't going anywhere dammit.

[henry]

On the plus side, I'm seeing the field cleared for Vukmir to run against Baldwin for senate. That is a non Rino, small government move. (Unlike Tommy Thompson and his statism last time).

[narciso.]

What is the doubt of voting Tory:
http://telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/22/theresa-may-puts-brexit-ice-2021-unveils-plans-20bn-two-year

[maryrose]

Henry:
Very good news.
Now we just have to get rid of Sherrod Brown in Ohio.

[maryrose]

Narciso:
Nigel Farage on Cavuto was up in arms about May's betrayal.Which candidate was for Brexit?
I know she was always lukewarm about it.

[maryrose]

Correction from a past post.
I taught 3 years in the Euclid PublicSchool System but was not vested in the state plan.
I worked with At Risk kids.

[narciso.]

I would be dissapointed but not surprised maryrise,

[Extraneus]

Ben Carson Supports Judge Roy Moore for Alabama Senate

[Frau Zwetschgen]

Most things won't be noticed the first time around, so here is the second time for Surber's suggestions for the troops, aka us:

No more purges. Our focus should be on winning, and not on what lefties think of us.

Don't go after Trump. Go after the bad guys. Every freaking time in the movies, something bad would happen, the bad guys would frame Roy Rogers, and the sheriff would say, "I'm sorry, Roy, I have no choice but to arrest you."
Baloney.
Let's stick together. Win first. Win again. Win every time.

http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2017/09/attack-enemy-not-each-other.html?spref=tw

[Jane (Stand against the Coup)]

Thanks Henry and MM, still working on it.