Meanwhile, Back In Iran...

The unexpected protests about a flailing economy are now overshadowed by annual pro-government protests.

Worth keeping in mind - this will almost surely be an internal Iranian affair and the West has few levers to pull or buttons to push. However! The Washington establishment and specifically The Resistance will only exert themselves on behalf of the protestors if a credit for a transition to a calmer, free-er, more market-oriented, less militaristic Iranian government can go to Obama/Clinton rather than Trump.

This suggests that Trump has to find a, hmm, less-often displayed side of himself and remember the wisdom of Ronald Reagan (sounding eerily Trumanesque):

“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”

Comments

[henry]

Make Persia Great Again!

[henry]

Saw a tweet this morning with a vid of Lindsey Graham connecting the dots (almost) on the dossier, the FISA, and it being very bad if this is the "new normal" so a SC is needed to look into FBI/DOJ malfeasance. I guess he saw new evidence from the OIG.

Uniparty, when you've lost Miss Lindsey...

[hoyden]

The year isn't officially done yet, but here's the weekend cheer.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/12/the-year-in-pictures-happy-covfefe-edition.php

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Texas Liberty Gal,

Thank you so much for your kind words at the end of the previous thread.

I am up earlier than I think everyone except anonamom and Gentlejim, but unlike them, I have no work demanding my time, so it is something I can do here to feel productive.

I do wonder why Twitter was very odd this morning. I have never had it freeze on me like that. Maybe just a glitch in their servers, but it did raise my suspicions a little.

[Captain Hate]

The Washington establishment and specifically The Resistance will only exert themselves on behalf of the protestors if a credit for a transition to a calmer, free-er, more market-oriented, less militaristic Iranian government can go to Obama/Clinton rather than Trump.

Sounds like the Farsi Ferret has been throwing back Curb Dive quantities of libations.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Apparently the American Greatness site is also on Typad's banned list. I will go use the url shortener site and be right back!

[narcisoyea]

Cricket, erdbrink makes Friedman seem like Harrison salisbury (he was the one who observed andropovs love of jazz before say budapest

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Roger Kimball: Taking Trump Seriously

https://tinyurl.com/y7os8zku

[narcisoyea]

Why does tm think erdbrink has a clue, even if he paid for it wholesale:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ThomasWictor/status/947015874195611648?p=v

[Extraneus]

After everything Obama did to support the mullahs, including paying them off and betraying peaceful protesters even after Neda was shot, I wouldn't advise Trump to let him or Kerry or any of the scum of the previous administration take credit if things turn out well for the Iranian people.

[hoyden]

Congrats, MM, on subverting the typhuspad skullduggery. Now off to read AmG.

[narcisoyea]

These are the short who would have shipped airframe to the luftwaffe

https://mobile.twitter.com/FitzpatrickIISS/status/946931631666933762

[narcisoyea]

And make no mistake rouhanis presence at the top levels of the regime makes him comparable to andropov. Although some might say gromyko.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

A gal with Iraniian parents posted this picture:

Rita Panahi
‏Verified account @RitaPanahi
13h13 hours ago

This is my mum & her friends in Iran before the Islamic revolution. All were professional, independent & free women.

[jimmyk on iPhone]

The next domino to fall from the normalization of gender dysphoria:

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/becoming-disabled-by-choice-not-chance-transabled-people-feel-like-impostors-in-their-fully-working-bodies

“We define transability as the desire or the need for a person identified as able-bodied by other people to transform his or her body to obtain a physical impairment,” says Alexandre Baril, a Quebec born academic who will present on “transability” at this week’s Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Ottawa.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

jimmyk,

I just read that to my son.

Me: My generation refers to that as laziness.

Son: My generation refers to it as bullshit.

[Extraneus]

Pence neighbors in Aspen hang 'Make America Gay Again' banner

[narcisoyea]

I call it insanity, who would willingly do this to themselves

[Jane]

In the past in Iran, when there are protests the government simply closes off the protest areas to the rest of the public. Sometimes 2 blocks becomes 4 blocks and so on.

The purpose is to make sure most people can't see them.

[Old Lurker]

.BACK!

And to peace and quiet.

Have you any idea what bedlam ensues when grandparents spend the holidays with their kids and a 3 year old and twin 1 year olds? It was wonderful of course but we did miss hosting our own traditional Christmas at our house. Oh well...natural course of things and all that.

I have lurked whenever I could find a quiet corner and have only three observations:

1. Glasater posted a wonderful picture of a guy in a red jacket sitting on a rock outcropping which would indeed be my avatar for Ledge Sitting if I ever saw one.

2. You guys were too tough on Ext for expressing caution about over interpreting what we know-know from what we think we know about various matters related to the coup. Personally I agree with everyone that we know what they were doing...but the bad guys have too many lawyers to just assume that some of them will not skate on the legal nuances on words like "Insurance" and "Andy's". Lucy's football comes to mind, and we at JOM have been known to assume good news about outcomes that never come to be.

3. RG laid out an extensive roadmap of what he and we all hope, hope, hope is going on behind the curtain to get the bad guys. Observation: I wonder why the focus lately is seemingly just on the DoJ and FBI and we do not hear much about the Clappers, Brennans, the use of the Brit's Intelligence guys wink, wink, the "17 Intel Agencies all agree...", and all those dudes in khaki pants in cubicles with earphones listening to anything they like.

Oh. And thanks for the Tax Law, Mayrose. :-)

[narcisoyea]

I didn't see a drink carafe anywhere near there.

[JimNorCal]

re: giving credit to others. Trump did this well for the Tax Bill, no?

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/traditional-entertainment-media-stocks-suffer-2017-959583

This pleases me for a couple of reasons:

1. Investors are noticing that a lot of the entertainment sector is not drawing eyeballs. Virtue signaling to lefties isn't a money-maker.

2. When the companies' stocks are poorly performing, there is less money to fund these BS things like "The Handmaid's Tale". The need to make money is going to produce more mainstream productions.

[narcisoyea]

Btw how did cows fund out about your little burg?

[narcisoyea]

Coes is there a greater aggregator of fake news than memorandum?

[Threadkiller]

I have to admit that America was pretty gay from 2008 to 2016.

Didn't Newsweek devote a cover to His Gayness?

[Threadkiller]

MM, using the Link Under Name(LUN) should be immune to Typepad's censor monkey.

At least I think it is.

[narcisoyea]

I can't stand idiocy, and this guy referred to, is almost as bad as Tommy v:
https://mobile.twitter.com/davereaboi/status/947103016674582528?p=v

[narcisoyea]

I think I'll dub him taqiya erdbrink:

https://mobile.twitter.com/omriceren/status/946969058968301573?p=v

[Janet 🚬]

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/30/breaking-senator-lindsey-graham-just-confirmed-the-steele-dossier-was-used-for-2016-fisa-warrant/

[Jane]

So anyone have any idea on what is going on at Gitmo?

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Jane,

I can only report what I know.
1. Sessions and Rosenstein were there in July. (This seems odd because DoD has jurisdiction)

2. Mattis was there a few days before Christmas.

3. Reports on some of the chan threads that small planes, some with escorts, were headed in that direction and transponders turned off when they got past Florida.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Regarding my post on entertainment stocks plummeting:

Imperator_Rex
‏ @Imperator_Rex3
5h5 hours ago

I had the misfortune of seeing #TheLastJedi with the kids yesterday. Sort of like SJW version of #StarWars with huge plot holes. Difficult to choose the worst bit, but casting Laura Dern as a 7 foot Marge Simpson / Hillary Clinton 'Resistance' leader hybrid was a standout 👇
======================================

Word is getting around. I expect attendance to plummet except for the hard core fans of the genre.

[Tom Maguire]

That Lindsey Graham thing is interesting, but...

From my viewing, I am worried that Graham is speaking very carefully with the hope that we will hear something he is not willing to say.

As to why he is not willing to say outright that the DoJ used the Steele dossier to get a warrant (FISA or otherwise), I don't know. Maybe because he hasn't quite seen that evidence, or maybe he has seen the evidence but his Senatorial oversight duties don't allow him to disclose that.

Troubling.

FWIW, Paul Mirengoff at Powerline notes the careful wording and is careful himself:

Graham didn’t say in so many words that the dossier was used to obtain a surveillance warrant. However, he said that when the Department of Justice presents a document to a court, it has a duty to the court to be “up and up” regarding “what the document is about, who paid for it, and what their motives might be.” Graham added that having looked at the history of the dossier and how it was used by the Department of Justice, he is “really very concerned.”

Putting two and two together, Graham is saying that the DOJ was not “up and up” about the dossier when it presented information contained therein to the FISA court. I don’t see how his statement to Kilmeade can mean anything else.

Well, I can see another interpretation - Graham *might* be offering a general exhortation for DoJ transparency with the courts and does not yet know for certain (one way or another) whether they were candid in seeking FISA warrants (if in fact they did).

IOW, Graham remains troubled because he can't get clarity from DoJ and is worried judges didn't either, not because he knows for a fact how they used the Steele dossier.

That said, I want to believe.

[Extraneus]

Miss Lindsay implies he knows what's in the FISA warrant application, and Sundance puts a good timeline together, no doubt.

What's the crime?

[Davod]

Maybe the DOJ/FBI has a tame judge n the FISA court. which maybe why one application was rejected but the second approved - different judges.

[henry]

Thanks for the 10:51 TM. Somebody is hiding something big.

[Captain Hate]

is there a greater aggregator of fake news than memorandum?

Drudge accepts that challenge.

[Extraneus]

Absolutely, Davod. Isn't the suspicion that the same judge who approved the warrant was the one to take Flynn's guilty plea and then recuse himself from the case? I don't think that's been backed up by evidence but I might have missed it. I do think we know the judge served on the FISA court in the timeframe of interest.

[danoso]

As mentioned before - it would be hard to believe this is the first and only time this rouge group presented less than credible evidence to the FISC, the purpose of which to reverse target their domestic political opponents.

Probably about 99.9% chance they have. And 100% chance Trump knows all the details.

[Threadkiller]

What's the crime?

I'm not sure, but I assume the people who won't answer the questions that Congress keeps asking them in hearings think that a crime exists.

At least their ass-covering word-soup non-answers ghost give that impression.

[Threadkiller]

-ghost

No idea how that snuck into my comment.

[Extraneus]

Here's evidence that Contreras has served on the FISA court since May, 2016.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/08/the-big-ugly-why-u-s-district-court-judge-rudolph-contreras-recusal-from-mike-flynn-case-is-a-big-deal/

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

1. The "Resistance" already makes common cause with our enemies so even if Trump didn’t exist they would not exert themselves at all for the Iranian people. This is especially true since their putative leader Barry, long ago chose sides and he chose the mullahs.

2. What possible good could that plague of Judases do if they did support the Iranian people? They would invariably pay them lip service then stab them in the back when they most needed support.
The only chance the Iranian people have is if the "Resistance" takes no interest in them whatsoever.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://twitter.com/hashtag/IranianProtests?src=tren&data_id=tweet%3A947129475602534400

This is now trending. You can help simply by retweeting one of the posts with the hashtag in it.

Please do so. It's the only way we have to show support since the media is for the most part ignoring them.

[Extraneus]

Sometimes it's not the crime but the cover-up that gets them. Or so they say.

[Jane]

Yeah I read that MM, which is why I asked the question. Thanks

[Jane]

Trump has the power to publish a FISA warrant.

[Jane]

"Sometimes it's not the crime but the cover-up that gets them. Or so they say."

Maybe Trump doesn't want to expose the FISA warrant because it will bring down Mueller's investigation which is now concentrated on the dems.

Yeah right - Fat bloody Chance!

[Extraneus]

Goldman Showers Execs With $100 Million In Early Bonuses To Avoid Trump Tax Hit

[narciso]

Point taken, but drudge does actually try for real news.

The other theory is Contreras was the one who turned down the original warrant.

[Extraneus]

Brett Stephens, "conservative" moron:

Tax cuts. Deregulation. More for the military; less for the United Nations. The Islamic State crushed in its heartland. Assad hit with cruise missiles. Troops to Afghanistan. Arms for Ukraine. A tougher approach to North Korea. Jerusalem recognized as Israel’s capital. The Iran deal decertified. Title IX kangaroo courts on campus condemned. Yes to Keystone. No to Paris. Wall Street roaring and consumer confidence high.

And, of course, Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court. What, for a conservative, is there to dislike about this policy record as the Trump administration rounds out its first year in office?

That’s the question I keep hearing from old friends on the right who voted with misgiving for Donald Trump last year and now find reasons to like him. I admit it gives me pause. I agree with every one of the policy decisions mentioned above. But I still wish Hillary Clinton were president.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/30/nevertrumper-bret-stephens-whines-trumps-policy-victories-dont-matter-because-hes-a-bully/

[henry]

Bret's opinions don't matter because he's a pussy. Stupid logic yields stupid nevertrump results.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

The problem the "we don't know if the dossier was used" argument has is a year and a half later there is still no evidence that there is anything else they could have used and we do seem to know for a fact the eff-ups who would have been the ones applying for a FISA warrant clung to that dossier as their Trump Rosetta stone.
The chance whatever they used was not knowingly false and misled the court is vanishingly small and since the dossier appears to be the only thing that could have backed up whatever they presented to the court it's getting pretty hard to consider any other possibilities.

[Captain Hate]

Lol @ Goldman Showers

[Extraneus]

Trump has the power to publish a FISA warrant.

That's the interesting thing, isn't it? He knows the details but hasn't let them out. All the stonewalling from DoJ and FBI could be handled in an instant, and anyone resisting could be fired for insubordination. Yet, we're still in the dark about the evidence that Trump and Sessions obviously have.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--... I agree with every one of the policy decisions mentioned above. But I still wish Hillary Clinton were president.--

What is the punchline to a Jeff Foxworthy "You might not be a conservative if...." joke, Alex?

[Man Tran]

MM,

Nicolae Ceaușescu did exactly the same thing. He organized a giant rally--and the crowd overthrew him.

The armed forces joined in, and that turned the tables.

We stood in that square and listened to a gentleman who was 15 when it happened and was wounded along side his buddy who had his head blown off. About 1200 killed in the fish/barrel situation, but that was the end of it all.

I had our fave snapshot of the fearless leader and his evil wife mid-fall on my phone and never passed up an opportunity to show it to the locals we were traveling with. They were all happy to see it and remark that the evil wife got many more bullets than he did.

[JimNorCal]

Hah! Love the "Goldman Showers"!

Secretary Pruitt has an amazingly difficult job. Deplorable Don gives him a bit of love.
https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2017/12/scott-pruitt-hero-of-revolution.html
"how about a shout out to the fellow who is winning the war on coal?"

[JimNorCal]

Months ago someone wrote jokingly "Newly elected Pres Trump's job is not that hard! Just read Bret Stephens every morning, then do the opposite".

[Davod]

""how about a shout out to the fellow who is winning the war on coal?"

I bet you thought that all that coal instead of presents was because people were bad.

[Davod]

The Volkoh Conspiracy is posting on Reason

https://reason.com/volokh/2017/12/29/calif-prosecuting-man-for-insulting-post#comment

[lyle]

Hardly a coincidence about Bret Stephen's initials...

In more important news, Larry Carlton is playing in Sun Valley next Sunday. Guess who is getting VIP tickets.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Kurt Schlichter Retweeted
John McCain
‏Verified account @SenJohnMcCain
46m46 minutes ago

For too long, the Iranian people have been oppressed by their government, which cares more about sowing instability abroad than its own citizens. The U.S. stands with the brave protesters who yearn for freedom, peace, and an end to corruption in Iran.
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Daily Mail Online
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Hilarious gallery shows what happens when amorous couples just won't be put off... no matter who's around!
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IrritatedWoman™
‏ @irritatedwoman
8m8 minutes ago

Police arrest alleged 'Nigerian prince' email scammer in Louisiana
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Kurt Schlichter
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Nigerians have changed
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Rita Panahi
‏Verified account @RitaPanahi
15h15 hours ago

Rita Panahi Retweeted Armin Navabi

Courage. Those in the West who fetishise the hijab should wake up. It’s an instrument of oppression.

Rita Panahi added,
0:13
Armin Navabi
@ArminNavabi
This woman in #Iran took off her #Hijab to protest the mandatory Islamic dress code imposed on Iranian women. #IStandWithHer
#IranProtests #Islam
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Laura Winkler Retweeted
The Trump Train
‏ @The_Trump_Train
3h3 hours ago

ZERO coverage of the #IranianProtests from @CNN or @MSNBC.

Perhaps the country’s citizens protesting against oppression doesn’t fit their agenda?
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Wisconservative
‏ @CarterFliptMe
1m1 minute ago

Taking Out the Trash? That’s Still a Man’s Job, Even for the Liberal Coastal Elite
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Smatt
‏ @mdrache
8m8 minutes ago

Smatt Retweeted Dan McLaughlin

In this case, an innocent father of two who had nothing to do with any of it.

Smatt added,
Dan McLaughlin
Verified account @baseballcrank
Swatting is a serious crime that gets people killed https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/946807418809233408 …
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RealMaddog5827
‏ @TheRealMaddog58
22h22 hours ago

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Mattis mixes it up with troops at Gitmo. Tosses out a little humor: “I don’t have stress anymore. I create it.”
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Nick Short
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29s30 seconds ago

Violations of human rights and oppression of minorities and women in #Iran have worsened under President Hassan Rouhani, who took office as a “moderate” promising to improve the lives of Iranians.
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12h12 hours ago

.@cnni did not tweet about #Iranprotests once today. Here’s what they tweeted out instead
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James Brower
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‏ @jbro_1776
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Scoop: Peter Strzok was indeed the one to write up and deliver the FISA warrants which started the spying on Trump officials, he used the Dossier to warrant the need for the FISAs as well.
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DaveinTexas
‏ @DaveinTexas
2m2 minutes ago
Replying to @AceofSpadesHQ @CNN and

I was just angling for a guest spot when I mentioned how many pallets you could get in the back of a white truck (11, would be 12 if you didn't need the pallet jack)

Call me @CNN
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James Brower
🍦
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‏ @jbro_1776
Dec 5

Scoop: The three other members of the Special Counsel who have also shared Anti-Trump sentiments amongst peers are Michael Dreeben, Jeannie Rhee and Aaron Zebley.
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Tom Jones
‏ @1013thom
3m3 minutes ago
Replying to @TheBubbleBubble

.Taleb's book "Fooled by Randomness" (in my opinion by far his best book) somehow comes to mind when reading this post.
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6m6 minutes ago

Oubai Shahbandar Retweeted Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Critical update on the situation unfolding in Iran as #iranprotests spread into their third day

Oubai Shahbandar added,
Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Verified account @SaeedKD
The scale of Iran protests in the past three days appear to me - judging from social media videos - bigger than those in 2009, mainly because it is spreading to provinces in a way that Green movement failed to do.
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Larry Schweikart
‏ @LarrySchweikart
7m7 minutes ago

1) There has been some Q-anon drama about possible action at Gitmo, including high profile new "residents."

My source AT Gitmo, very plugged in, says false. "Business as usual."

2) In fact, Gitmo is a "quagmire" of legal morass
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Larry Schweikart
‏ @LarrySchweikart
3m3 minutes ago

7) Source says once DT was briefed on how much work needs to go into cleaning that place up, it is "unlikely" that he would be sending many people there.

8) So those monitoring plane flights from Gitmo elsewhere are looking for something that isn't there.
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Larry Schweikart
‏ @LarrySchweikart
3m3 minutes ago

9) In short, so far no Cankle-bracelets or Tony Two-toes in custody.
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Lisa 🕆
‏ @greyhound424
3m3 minutes ago

You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.
Psalms 119:114 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.119.114.NKJV …
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😳 Didn’t anyone tell him he’s only allocated one bottle per lifetime? 😱 🤦🏼‍♂️

William Shatner added,
Urban Shocker
@UrbainShockcor
Replying to @RonBaalke @StarTrek @WilliamShatner
Writer @David_Gerrold seemed to be celebrating yesterday with a second bottle of Tabasco sauce.
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Mollie Retweeted Tom Fitton

Absurd spin, yes. And somehow a worse case for spying on an opposing campaign than dossier was.

Mollie added,
Tom Fitton
Verified account @TomFitton
Sad spin in @NYTIMES. Deep State runs from Clinton Dossier used to justify spying on @RealDonaldTrump team? https://nyti.ms/2EiKatO
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You misspelled twitter Jake. https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/947144894677770242 …

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Lucid Hurricane ✘
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1h1 hour ago

#SaturdayMorning
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TheOne&OnlyExpert
‏ @AceofSpadesHQ
4m4 minutes ago

where you see petty insults, I see the crafty building of a resume for employment at @CNN or @MSNBC or even @Slate
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This accident was one bread truck away from a millennial block party.

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About 40,000 pounds of avocados spilled onto a Texas highway after a big rig carrying them crashed and caught fire. http://abcn.ws/2DqXxqz
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1h1 hour ago

Best part of holiday pool duty? @IHOP (and their generosity in letting a dozen hungry, bleary reporters invade their shop every day). Worst part? Everything else.
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4,258 major league hits right here.
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5 ways corruption has hurt democracy in Latin America. http://www.democracyspeaks.org/blog/five-ways-corruption-has-hurt-democracy-latin-america …
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Congrats to everyone at @clustertruck on their profile in the @indystar! Thank you for investing in #Indy, and we look forward to your continued success, shaking up the food-delivery industry.
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6m6 minutes ago

Roseanne Barr threatens to retire in huff over Twitter feuding with liberals https://usat.ly/2ChxZPN via @usatoday
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6m6 minutes ago

Why won't liberals support the Iranian Dreamers?🤔🤷🏼‍♂️🇺🇸
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Vicki Beyer Retweeted
Kevinh07
‏ @kevinh07
9m9 minutes ago
Replying to @DBloom451

Thank you for doing @CNN job..@jaketapper and @brianstelter are preoccupied with a box truck
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Josh Caplan
‏ @joshdcaplan
6m6 minutes ago

#IranProtests: Protesters in Ahvaz chant “Death to the dictator!” in reference Ayatollah Khamenei
Holly Dagres
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TheOne&OnlyExpert
‏ @AceofSpadesHQ
6m6 minutes ago

TheOne&OnlyExpert Retweeted Jonah Goldberg

also important: The White Truck

I notice the only thing these alleged wonks find interesting is various ways they can denigrate Trump supporters.

They don't talk policy much.

TheOne&OnlyExpert added,
Jonah Goldberg
Verified account @JonahNRO
The most interesting question for me remains, How many Trumpists actually believe the president’s false boasts at face value, and how many cynically dismiss it as just Trump being Trump? Seems an important faultline. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/455008/trump-health-care-yuval-levin …
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Nazanin
‏ @NShirazian
1h1 hour ago

خوبه که توی این اعتراضات مطالبه ی مشخصی باشه! مثلا پس گرفتن اقتصاد. یه چیزی که سازنده باشه نه مخرب
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Breitbart News
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6m6 minutes ago

Okay.
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6m6 minutes ago

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texan
‏ @dreamerintexas
37m37 minutes ago
Replying to @KurtSchlichter

He should be worried about all those future taxpayers moving out of New York and being left with illegals on welfare. At some point the math doesn’t work.
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Nazanin
‏ @NShirazian
1h1 hour ago

نظر ترامپ در مورد شلوغی ها جالب بود. مطالبات مردم رو بیان میکرد
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Austin Rutledge
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NYPatriot
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2h2 hours ago

One of the biggest world wide epidemics has been taken on by the Trump Admin from Day 1. Think Saudi Arabia. Think raids all over our country.

And its only gonna escalate. Let the guilty hang.

#SaturdayMorning ##QAnon
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7m7 minutes ago

NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said there were "no direct credible threats to Times Square"
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8m8 minutes ago

Fake News: Daily Mail Uses 4chan Hoax to Accuse White House Intern of Being White Supremacist - Breitbart http://bit.ly/2Ck1mkl via @BreitbartNews
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John McCain‏Verified account @SenJohnMcCain

For too long, the Iranian people have been oppressed by their government, which cares more about sowing instability abroad than its own citizens. The U.S. stands with the brave protesters who yearn for freedom, peace, and an end to corruption in Iran.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Oh my gosh! I am SO sorry! Hopefully we will get to the next page soon!

I am having weird stuff happen with the computer today. I think I will confine myself to commentary and do no copying and pasting for a while.

[henry]

That was a big bite Miss M! ;)

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

henry,

I absolutely have no idea how that happened, just like the double post this morning.

Maybe there is too much static electricity in the air do to the low temperatures. Yes, that sounds scientificy enough, I will go with that!

[Tom Bowler]

Brett Stephens, "conservative" moron:

...I agree with every one of the policy decisions mentioned above. But I still wish Hillary Clinton were president.

An insult to morons everywhere.

[DebinGA]

As his Iranian chickens come home to roost, BOzo offers silence..

[narcisoyea]

I think backfleinich luftmensch is more on point,

[Threadkiller]

Too bad there wasn't an Atkinson link in your 11:55, MM.

:-)

[Captain Hate]

I wouldn't expect anything significant out of Cock Curious other than "I accept the terms of the plea bargain enabling me to avoid incarceration".

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Why the lack of coverage of the Iranian protests by CNN and the networks?

My theory is that Obama sent word to avoid it, hoping that regime change will fail. Why?

I am convinced he and Hillary are afraid of what documents are in the Iranian government's hands, which would then fall into the hands of the pro-US factions in Iran.

I am serious. CNN has even offered the excuse that "Americans aren't interested in international news." I saw that by one of their reporters on Twitter.

I haven't forgotten how they sided with Iraq before the Gulf War. They are terrible people.

[DebinGA]

Speaking of miscreants' docs falling into the wrong hands, CTH links to a doozy today - a September 2016 BOzo National Security Division filing to the FISA court admitting they'd been covertly surveilling Americans (BOzo "enemies") since 2010 - without FISA sanction if I read it right, which is no sure thing.

[Momto2]

MM - I re-tweeted several of them! Good idea!

The Trump Train
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@The_Trump_Train

Hey @CNN

Is there a white truck blocking your view of the #IranianProtests?

[Janet 🚬]

This is good - https://spectator.org/the-prince-and-the-community-organizer/

" For a self-described community organizer, full of the anti-colonial dreams of his father, Obama seems to enjoy inordinately rubbing shoulders with monarchs and princes. The BBC this week hailed his embarrassingly empty chat with Prince Harry as his first post-presidential interview (it was actually conducted last September but released only on Tuesday). The interview allowed two vapid liberals to wallow in their privilege while babbling about a world without privilege. Nothing phrases like “platforms of change” tumbled forth as they both longed for greater egalitarianism. The prince and the community organizer agreed that they are both “passionate” about helping paupers."...

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--My theory is that Obama sent word to avoid it, hoping that regime change will fail. Why?

I am convinced he and Hillary are afraid of what documents are in the Iranian government's hands, which would then fall into the hands of the pro-US factions in Iran.--

William of Occam would argue it's because he prefers the mullahs to the people.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Ignatz,

You are probably right, but I bet there is all sorts of interesting stuff in their archives.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Saeed Kamali Dehghan
‏Verified account @SaeedKD
60m60 minutes ago

Saeed Kamali Dehghan Retweeted Vahid Online

Quite surreal chants in Bandar-Abbas, south Iran. "Reza Shah, may your soul rests in peace"... quite confusing, unprecedented pro-monarchy chants across Iran this evening:

(This is followed by a retweeted post in Farsi.)

[Buckeye]

In more important news, Larry Carlton is playing in Sun Valley next Sunday. Guess who is getting VIP tickets.

Damn lyle!

First I lust after the contents of your wine cellar, now your VIP tickets:)

Carlton has gravitated to the top of my list of favorite Jazz guitarists. Amazing touch/tone, a true master of his craft.

[GUS]

Lyle, where did BEASTS get Larry Carlton tickets??
He should take you as his guest.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I still think Dinesh D'Souza was closest to what motivates Barry. Yeah he's a sanctimonious leftist but as his self indulgent even if not self written book makes clear he's got big time daddy issues. And who was daddy but an oppressed colonized African, ground down by that Churchill guy [explains the peculiar slap in the bust].
He's a knee jerk anti-colonialist to the point he will support any homegrown tyrant so long as he is hostile to the ultimate evil in the world; Western colonial powers, including the US.
Combine that with Shelby Steele's illuminating reflections on Barry's struggle with his detested cracker half and we have what CH always decries; a country that elected a mental case who used the presidency to try and work out his personal demons [unsuccessfully] for eight years.

[Thomas Collins]

Here's to the Trump and Netanyahu Administrations (and perhaps the Saudis, too) if they can pull off assisting in the toppling the mullah regime in Iran. Quite a bold move. Spontaneous protests? There may be an element of that, but this looks to be planned. Clearly whatever help the opposition is getting from outside needs to be kept under wraps.

[Jim Eagle]

Boy, am I enjoying my Apple TV 4K (HDR). By just keeping the basic Opitmum account in Southampton, I can get all the BPL, College and Pro games plus Netflix, news and other shows both there and here in Florida.

The threat to cable companies must be significant as people drop their large bundle accounts and install Apple TV, Roku and/or Fire.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

udy Michigan Mom Retweeted
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‏ @t193931
29m29 minutes ago

UPDATE ON SEALED INDICTMENTS: As you are aware our last count was on 11/22 and we were at 4,289 Sealed Indictments. We are Still counting but as of now we are up to 10,448 Sealed Indictments
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[jimmyk on iPhone]

Bret Stephens is all about the feelz, facts be damned.

That plus an inability to admit he was wrong.

[Old Lurker]

Jack, if we were to retain our big FIOS bundle in Potomac, then reduce Comcast on Nantucket (where we have Apple, Fire & Roku already) to just Internet and Basic cable, would we be good to go?

[Buckeye]

JiB

How much is the service in NY? Is it for both cable and Internet?

What kind of Internet service in Florida?

I am reevaluating my situation, would love to be able to tell Time Warner/Spectrum to get lost.

[narcisoyea]

Why was taqiya erdbrink so wrong
https://mobile.twitter.com/omriceren/status/947154981379067904?p=v

[Jane]

What is the point of sealed indictments?

[Captain Hate on the iPhone]

Iggy gets it 100% right.

[lyle]

I'm grinning ear to ear in anticipation, Buckeye and Gus. VIP tickets get a meet 'n greet. It will actually be the second I've met him. I met him a guitar shop in Reseda, CA in '78. Long story but it involved a mint '59 Les Paul two-piece flame top...

[lyle]

Right effing on, Ig, BTW.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://definitions.uslegal.com/s/sealed-indictment/

Jane,

I had to make sure that I understood this, so I went to a legal site and got the reason.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
4m4 minutes ago

The entire world understands that the good people of Iran want change, and, other than the vast military power of the United States, that Iran’s people are what their leaders fear the most....

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/947180713236934657

Video with excerpt from his UN speech at the link.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
3m3 minutes ago

Oppressive regimes cannot endure forever, and the day will come when the Iranian people will face a choice. The world is watching!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/947181212468203520

Another video excerpt at this link.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

If you ask me, things might be looking up in Iran.

[narcisoyea]

The torygraph is a little better

http://.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/30/iranian-students-clash-police-tehran-protests-enter-third-day

[narcisoyea]

It really is striking their collusion with the regime

https://mobile.twitter.com/omriceren/status/947136063335788544?p=v

[Jane]

Thanks MM, but I am wondering what the point is. Is someone afraid to arrest 100 people? I'm missing something.