Off To A Slow Start

I've been distracted by our booming economy. Or to be more accurate, our booming stock market and steadily-recovering economy.

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[henry]

No worries. Nothing is going on. Nobody indicted (except Howie Rubin).

[Frau Eile mit Weile]

Slow? Slow down and enjoy the best election ever!

[JimNorCal]

Looking fwd to The Election Anniversary!!!

[Extraneus]

Speaking of which, would one of our Boston friends kindly record the wailing and howling that's set to take place next week? I don't know if we have any folks from Philly or Seattle, but if so I make the same humble request.

[-peter from my phone]

What was that military judge thinking? Bergdahl's action caused six American deaths

[GUS]

Zero jail time for Bergdahl.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 33m33 minutes ago

The rigged Dem Primary, one of the biggest political stories in years, got ZERO coverage on Fake News Network TV last night. Disgraceful!

[Kevlar Kid]

Hey GUS! Sorry I fell asleep on the couch last nite. My guitar question: (Going out to the doctor in two seconds)

I have a Dickens, custom made Spanish guitar (brazilian rosewood)....limited edition...one of 250...i own two.

Want to sell one of them. Can you recommend an online source to either broker a sale or buy it from me outright?

No rush. Wanting to buy a nice electric. Looking for a price in the 3500-4000 range for the Dickens.

Any thoughts?

Kev Segovia

[danoso]

If this judge really wanted to wash his hands of this, he should have got 20 years. Let the next D Prez commute the sentence. Honestly, with all going on this is the most sickening.

[Dave (in MA)]

Sad!

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 21m21 minutes ago

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!

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Graphic is simply the Fox graphic of the increase in jobs.

[Jane - not "in"]

So what was Bergdahl's penalty?

[henry]

dishonorable discharge and reduction in rank to private.

they might have given him a cookie and balloon on the way out.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-whats-terrifying-about-the-twitter-employee-who-temporarily-disabled-trumps-account-2017-11

[Captain Hate]

What was that military judge thinking? Bergdahl's action caused six American deaths

I can't think of a more disgusting way to insult the survivors of the troops killed trying to rescue his worthless carcass or the people disabled doing the same. It's like Ass Carter is still driving the clowncar.

[Captain Hate]

The Twitter CEO in the Business Insider link looks like he just read a-mom's link from yesterday and is concerned about anal leakage.

[Jane - not "in"]

That's pathetic about Bergdahl.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 15m15 minutes ago

The decision on Sergeant Bergdahl is a complete and total disgrace to our Country and to our Military.

[2 minute duda]

"I've been distracted by our booming economy"

The Economy added 2.36 million over the first 10 months of 2014(Obama)

2.19 million over the first 10 months of 2015(Obama)

1.92 million over the first 10 months of 2016(Obama)

1.68 million over the first 10 months of 2017(Drumpf)

Yet it's the lowest number that Maguire wants to celebrate. Just like a dopey Republican to get excited over diminishing jobs numbers and wage stagnation.

[2 minute duda]

sorry...the Economy added 2.36 million jobs....

[matt, deplore me if you must]

I am going to say that the judges made a determination and that Bergdahl will have to live with it for the rest of his life. A dishonorable discharge is in itself life changing.

Unless he hooks up with some Dem/Marxist antifa group or something similar, he will not be welcome in most of our society. We all know that he betrayed his oath and his comrades. He is already dead to the military.

[jimmyk]

The only problem with the election anniversary is that the day before we are likely to reelect Mayor Bane to four more years. Sad!

[jimmyk]

In the first 10 months of Trump's administration, more jobs were added (1.68 million) than in the first FOUR YEARS of Obama's maladministration (1.23 million).

[2 minute duda]

"In the first 10 months of Trump's administration, more jobs were added (1.68 million) than in the first FOUR YEARS of Obama's maladministration (1.23 million)"

Oh well then keep up the good work.

[Clarice Feldman]

http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2017/11/republicans-cutting-23-billion-gift-to.html?spref=tw

Would cut out income credit for illegals.

[narcisoyea]

Seriously is there something in the water in gotham.

[Extraneus]

Some seriously disgusting people out there.

Actress Mila Kunis set up a monthly donation to Planned Parenthood in Mike Pence’s name

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

matt,

You know, the wife of the brain-damaged paraplegic soldier will serve a sentence for the rest of her life.

The relatives of those killed looking for him will never see their loved ones again.

I understand what you are saying, but his future suffering for not being able to get a good job seems rather paltry in comparison.

[narcisoyea]

Here kramer kramer

http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/02/mccain-aide-who-handled-trump-dossier-is-accused-of-dodging-subpoena-in-buzzfeed-lawsuit

[2 minute duda]

CONGRESS INTERVIEWS JEFF SESSIONS -a short play by duda

CONGRESS:Welcome Attorney General Sessions-

JEFF SESSIONS: I'm not the Attorney General.

CONGRESS:Excuse me?

JS:I'm not the Attorney General.And my name is not Sessions,it's Bob...(looks at cup on desk)cup.

CNG:Bob Cup?

JS:Yeah, good ole Bob cup,that's me.

CNG:Well......thank you for being here Mr....cup.

JS:Oh I'm not here.

CNG:You're not...here?

JS:God no,too much work to do no the cup family farm.

CNG:You're...on the cup family farm?

JS:Cups don't have a family farm. I'm in downtown Manhattan drinking Marguerites in my favorite bar.

CNG:Mr.cup,please-

JS:Who's this Mr.Cup Ya'll keep calling me.My name is Strawberry cake the 4th.

THE END!

[Beasts of England]

From the 'Who didn't know that?' files:

There were rumors about the owner of my favorite dive bar at the lake looking to sell out and retire - and like the Remington guy, I bought the company. Heh.

Anyhoo, when I was for the first time headed out of the office door earlier this week, there was a huge sign taped to the back informing its viewers that sexual harassment is illegal. Thankfully I've already banged the snot out of the two bartenders who were on my radar, so I got that out of the way. Kinda like a pre-nup, I guess. :)

[JimNorCal]

There's a spate of nuanced examinations of uber-liberal Reed College in Leftie articles similar to the one Appalled linked to yesterday. Starting to get religion, I imagine.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/11/the-surprising-revolt-at-reed/544682/
When a few professors get into a heated exchange with RAR leaders, an African American freshman in the front row stands up and raises his arms: “This is a classroom! This is not the place! Right now we are trying to learn! We’re the freshman students!” The room erupts with applause.

I caught up with that student, whose name is Pax. “This is a weird year to be a freshman,” he sighed. Pax is very mild-mannered, so I asked what made him snap into action that morning. “It felt like both sides [RAR and faculty] weren’t paying attention to the freshmen class, as it being our class,” he replied. “They started yelling over the freshmen. It was very much like we weren’t people to them—that we were just a body to use.”

[JimNorCal]

Heh.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/38511/
The aggressive sit-in has resulted in the finance office being closed for three days and prompted officials to quickly relocate sensitive financial documents so they could not be absconded with.

AND

Student protesters have been occupying Reed College’s administrative building, Eliot Hall, for about 10 days demanding the university cut ties with Wells Fargo.

[Threadkiller]

Congrats, BoE!

[boatbuilder]

I wonder if Ms. Kunis checked with the Jim Beam people who pay her to sell their whiskey before she pulled this stunt.

Seems like their sales are going to be seriously affected and lawsuits will ensue.

[glasater]

Beasts..

You heard the old saying that a female bartender is every drunks girlfriend..

I keed the Beasts ;-)

[James D.]

Unless he hooks up with some Dem/Marxist antifa group or something similar

"unless" ?

I'd say him hooking up with that rabble is a dead certainty, if he hasn't already.

[Davod]

Kunis has probably been paid for the Jim Beam ad.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Larry Schweikart on DOJ, length of time for investigation, and similarities to Gotti

https://www.tttthreads.com/thread/926476072245280768

h/t to ChiTown Lurker

[Jack is Back!]

AntiFa? More likely he would hook up with ISIA - Islamic State in America. Remember, it is Bergdahl who said the Taliban treated him better than the Army was during his pretrail detention.

Then there is his Dad and Mom: Poster couple for the long distance Stockholm syndrome.

[Jack is Back!]

...pretrial....

[Rocco]

Is anyone following the 8chan God-Tier Larp thread suggesting something big happening today?

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Rocco,

No. Do you have a link? I don't know how to navigate there.

[Appalled]

someone tell RG his article made the real clear politics list of links...

[henry]

The "Podesta today and Huma on Tuesday" LARP thread?

[Rocco]

I'm not sure how to navigate the threads out there but here's the topic of the thread. Again, anonymous sources?

https://8ch.net/pol/res/10841828.html

[Rocco]

I think that's the one henry

[joan]

RG: Loved your article. When I finished it, I looked closely at your picture -- it's a little clearer at AG than here for me (my vision has gone to hell this past year). I was already impressed, thinking, 'yes, this is great' and when I saw your face, this feeling of joy swept over me -- your expression is sweet -- just like the emotion about our country that you share here.

[Dave (in MA)]

Who the hell can even follow those threads? It looks like a bunch of line noise with stupid Jap cartoons mixed in.

[derwill]

One thing occurred to me while catching up yesterday . . .

The players in the Dems' three scandals are all interconnected and overlapping--the Podestas and Hillary, Fusion and the dirty Russian dossier, the failed Russian sting against Trump, involving Papadopolous, Uranium One and the Russian bribe, Holder and Lynch and Obama's wiretapping maybe using the dirty Russian dossier, Comey's FBI paying for the Russian dossier, Comey covering for Clinton over the email scandal, FBI's cover-up of the investigations into both Uranium One and the Russian bribery and spying and Manafort's activities at the direction of Holder, Manafort was working for the Podesta Group during the Uranium One scandal. All interconnected with the same players involved across the board.

So who got indicted? Manafort and Papdopolous--who were players, at least in part, with the Dem scandals. Maybe their arrest wasn't to get them to flip on Trump. Maybe it was to flip on the Podestas. And the Podestas are involved all over the place with the all the Dem scandals.

[Jack is Back!]

Am I the only one over 25 that will ask his 14 year old son to figure out how to navigate that 8chan.net site? I can't find anything of substance but I am sure if I had an Enigma machine and Alan Turing at my side I would find something about the weather in Bournemouth.

[Jack is Back!]

derwil,

Don't forget McRino. You can bet your pension he is up to his brain tumor in this.

[Clarice Feldman]

"why are so many Republicans afraid to accept victory?" http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/11/the_lefts_long_goodbye.html

[Rocco]

I was hesitant to post the link with my first post because of the nazi stuff and i'm not so sure there's some adult content but their speculation that Obama is in NK today because the U1 deal yellowcake went to NK. I should know better!

[Porchlight]

I saw that chan thread, Rocco. It was entertaining and may have some truth but I didn't expect much re: the predicted indictments.

[Porchlight]

The chans are full of noise and junk and generally offensive stuff mostly to keep out newbies ("normies") like us.

[Threadkiller]

Hannity, even when charitable, is intolerable.

[derwill]

can't figure out how to read that /pol stuff either.

In any event IF Manafort is the lever, and IF Mueller is investigating the Podesta Group and the other related Dem scandals, it is way too soon for indictments.

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I love Trump's tweets on DNC rigging the nomination for Hillary. Stirring up blue on blue internecine warfare.

[boris]

Kev Segovia, you might try this link ...

https://reverb.com/item/6466186-rogerio-santos-hand-made-classical-brazilian-rosewood-guitar-2015-brazilian-rosewood

No Dicken's there but the Taylor and Martin classical brazilian-rosewood-guitars go for 15k to 5k.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

OK. I found the thread and the auxiliary one with all of the questions.

We will just have to wait and see.

My son, who is home early (forgot if I told you he moved in with us, too) has never heard of either of those cites. Ol' grandma is way ahead of Generation X around here!

(Also, Edgar the cat has moved in, too!)

[Jack is Back!]

In case you are interested in great "casual" writing that bings some nostaligia a smile while educating, then this piece by Sadie Stein is for you.

tonto and Harry's daughter:)

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/01/goodbye-gem-room/?utm_source=Weekly+Daily+20171103&utm_medium=Weekly+Daily+20171103&utm_campaign=Weekly+Daily+20171103&utm_term=Weekly+Daily+20171103&utm_content=Weekly+Daily+20171103&bt_ee=xXMGxXqwPGJ3s5BqrOhH13LhCrGyycUYkAlv4VQxLqHWVyxFRGfw2cymMp76iJ0s&bt_ts=1509729628981

[The Infamous Ignatz]

From the last thread;

If the Clintons or Soros is indicted for any reason, can the DOJ seize the money that is under the control of the two foundations?

Civil asset forfeiture, I believe, does not require a person be criminally indicted. That is the original purpose of it; to seize assets from those beyond the reach of the criminal law.
The gov seizes assets and files a complaint maintaining the assets are the proceeds of criminal activity or were used in criminal activity. The asset owner may then answer, at which point there is a hearing where the government must show by the preponderance of the evidence their claim is true and the asset owner can present evidence to the contrary.

Note, I am merely describing the process, not endorsing it nor denying there are grave abuses.

[Frau Zieht Euch warm an]

It sounds like the heating bill may go down now that the house has filled up, Miss M. You can hope.
Right after the Civil War, extended family members from Georgia moved in with brothers who had settled in Indiana. After having to dig a tunnel to the barn during the first severe winter, the newbies retreated to Georgia, Alabama and Texas.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

By the way, anyone trying to contact me by email won't get an answer for a bit. It's been temporarily disabled.

[Clarice Feldman]

h/t:Instapundit:
JUDICIAL WATCH: New Documents Show FBI Deputy Director McCabe Did Not Recuse Himself from the Clinton Email Scandal Investigation until Week Before Presidential Election.

The news that Clinton used a private email server broke March 2, 2015. Five days later, former Clinton Foundation board member and Democrat party fundraiser, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe met with the McCabes to recruit her for a run for the state Senate. She announced her candidacy on March 12. Soon afterward, McAuliffe-aligned political groups donated nearly $700,000 (40% of the campaign’s total funds) to McCabe’s wife for her campaign. Around that time, Gov. McAuliffe would also come under criminal investigation by the FBI.

An April 29, 2015, document titled “Protocol regarding Potential Conflicts of Interest” sent from the Washington Field Office to various FBI officials – and self-approved by McCabe – indicates that he was “consulting with individuals within the Washington Field Office and [FBI headquarters]” prior to the announcement of his wife’s political campaign:

In March 2015, Dr. Jill McCabe announced her candidacy for Virginia State Senate. Dr. McCabe is the wife of Washington Field Office ADIC Andrew McCabe. Prior to Dr. McCabe’s official announcement, the [assistant director] consulted with individuals within [Washington Field Office] and [FBI headquarters] to identify limitations on his participation in her campaign and to identify areas where Dr. McCabe’s campaign may present potential conflicts of interest for the ADIC in WFO investigations and operations. [Emphasis added]

While this same document advises against McCabe’s involvement in “all public corruption investigations” concerning the state of Virginia during the campaign, no restrictions are advised in his involvement in Virginia cases following the campaign or his involvement with the Clinton email investigation. Also, it advises with respect to other conflicts of interest the Washington Field Office “will assess all other matters on a case-by-case basis,” and provide a “protocol” for their examination, which would be reviewed by a subordinate of McCabe’s, the Chief Division Counsel.

“The FBI is compromised. Mr. McCabe should have been nowhere near the Hillary Clinton investigations,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “That he saw fit to recuse himself only days before the election further demonstrates the FBI’s Clinton email investigation was a sham. No wonder it took a year and a federal lawsuit to get these records. It is well past time for the Justice Department to reopen the Clinton email investigation.”

[Jack is Back!]

We are truly nuts.

Heating the pool so our Euro relatives and friends can take advantage while here for Frederick's Confirmation. Its a a nice 82F and when I went in the air temp was 69F. Problem is too many leaves. But I will have my French BIL and Frederick's English god father clean them up.

You want to swim, you clean the pool. BTW, in the low 70's I al week.

His confirmation gift is a 3D printer and I think I know what he will make first. He has been designing a football receivers glove that is reinforced to prevent finger disjointments and sprains. Based on the anatomy of Alligators.

[2 minute duda]

Drumpf telling his justice department who to arrest has got to be one of the funniest overtures toward authoritarianism we've ever seen.

He's so fucking clumsy and stupid you kind of almost pity the big dope. Ha ha ha...he literally doesn't understand who he is,what job he has and who he's surrounded by.

It's like he's a political retard ...roflmao

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

David Martosko‏Verified account @dmartosko 22m22 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) - NYC police say they have a credible rape allegation against Harvey Weinstein, are gathering evidence for possible arrest.
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This is the UK Daily Mail guy. I also saw a slip about this from ABC along with a statement by the police.

[Porchlight]

What do you all think about the supposed Antifa violence tomorrow? "November 4th is coming" has been making the rounds for several weeks.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/03/antifa-apocalypse-anarchist-groups-plan-to-overthrow-trump-regime-starts-saturday.html

Austin is on the list - surprise.

[GUS]

Kev, I'll cut right to the chase. You have a couple of nice guitars. Allessandro Marseglia is the best Classical guitar that I've played.
GOYETTE is the best bang for the buck. I have one.
I also have a vintage YAMAHA.
To broker or buy....OF COURSE ...Gruhn Guitars Nashville or Daves in La Crosse Wisconsin.

[Clarice Feldman]

DC isn't on the list--probably cause when they tried it they were rounded up and arrested.

[JimNorCal]

According to Google translate "drumpf" is not a word. However, "trumpf" is German for "trump card".

Quick question for Appalled if he stops by. What's your reaction to the Awan Bros stories, if any?

[henry]

Only an imbecile would go anywhere near those Antifa events. Hope the police have scoop trucks handy, the Soylent green is running low.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

None in Indiana, Porchlight, so I chalked it up to the Antifa people trying to look more important than they are. Is this the same day as the screaming thing?

[Porchlight]

No, MM, the screaming is scheduled for the Magnificent Anniversary of the Glorious Ascension.
:)

[Ralph L]

The poisoned Indian milk was added to yogurt which went into a dish that the guests ate. Must have been a powerful poison, considering what Indians eat everyday would kill me.

[Tom R]

The reason I asked the civil asset forfeiture question was because even if Hillary or George Soros was to get indicted I doubt either of them would ever get convicted in the state of New York because you know good and well there will be at least one Democrat on the jury who would ignore all the evidence and vote for acquittal.

I was just curious if this was a way to punish the Clintons/Soros for years of quid pro quo corruption without having to get a conviction.

[daddy]

Just landed and I see that Bergdahl goes totally free and unpunished. He should be receiving the exact same punishment as what George Washington ordered for Major Andre. I am amazingly pissed off.

What a g** Damned slap in the face to the US Military.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hamilton-fish-new-republic-resigns_us_59fccfc8e4b04cdbeb333476?gpc

Fish resigns.

[Porchlight]

Yes, daddy. Shameful.

I think the prosecution has an appeal process - is that correct?

[Kevlar Kid]

Thanks, Boris!

[jim nj]

I'm about to toss my cookies up

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/03/climate-change-report-2017-trump-244525

Every freaking climate change lie is in the above US government report. Quotes the usual suspects.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/
Hasn't commented on it yet

[Extraneus]

Hamilton Fish V, huh? Tsk tsk.

His father and possibly grandfather used to be my congressmen. Other famous, probably better, men begat them.

In a letter to McCormack, Fish acknowledged complaints from employees that his presence in the office “had led them to feel uncomfortable at the New Republic.”

Guess he ended up the first guy in that Tom Brady skit.

[Porchlight]

Someone posted RattlerGator's excellent AmGreatness essay on The_Donald!

https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/7amafp/powerful_essay_by_black_american_patriot_jb_white/

[Kevlar Kid]

GUS!

Thanks for the background and the referrals, Hombre.

Want to make sure she gets a good home.

Kev

[Extraneus]

And that's the way his famous family tree ends?

Accused of being a doofus with the babes. Tsk tsk.

[henry]

I bet that climate change report has authors who approved grants to themselves. They just signed evidence against themselves.

[GUS]

Jim nj, as the SWAMP drains, the SIERRA CLUB will blame GLOW BULL warming.

[Kevlar Kid]

Porch---

Here's a story about the Safe Streets group that's been showing up to confront Antifa. They are going to be in Austin "in force." Pretty serious bunch.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/safe-streets-project-vows-disrupt-antifa-black-bloc-domestic-terror-riots-nov-4/

[Extraneus]

I was thinking #MeToo was strictly women of the left, but I heard today that Sonny Bono's congresswoman wife made a harassment claim against a not-yet-named congressman.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/03/gop-reps-introduce-resolution-pulling-mueller-from-russia-probe/?utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

[Porchlight]

Thanks, KK. That is pretty cool.

[jim nj]

A link from Instapundit

http://washingtonbabylon.com/hack-list/

Wherein author whacks Hacks
(Me trying poorly to imitate a "Variety" headline)

[jim nj]

Here's a taste of one I liked

http://washingtonbabylon.com/hack-list-2017-why-the-new-yorker-sucks-in-one-annotated-story/

[Clarice Feldman]

Don't remember if this has been posted.http://dailysignal.com/2017/10/31/election-fraud-database-proves-skeptics-wrong/?utm_

[GUS]

Have I ever mentioned that Mila Kunis is a WHORE?

[Davod]

"I think the prosecution has an appeal process - is that correct?"

No. The higher chain of command has a review function, but can only reduce the sentence.

[Extraneus]

Nothing they did would dissuade another serviceman from deserting. Just the opposite.

But seriously, who the hell deserts?

[Kevlar Kid]

Have I ever mentioned that Mila Kunis is a WHORE?

Posted by: GUS | November 03, 2017 at 06:44 PM

Why no, GUS. Thanks for clearing that up. Pass the puhtayduz pleez. :D

[Kevlar Kid]

Ever seen Mila Kunis without her facial paint?

Lawdee. Not purdy.