Traditional Snow Day Open Thread

I've got gas for the snow-toy so bring it on!

Comments

[narciso]

Un

https://babalublog.com/2018/01/03/isnt-it-romantic-paris-honoring-mass-murderer-che-guevara/#comments

[narciso]

Interesting details two of the heads of the gcc which may be sub Rosa assisting the protests khalifa and maktoum were trained at the same British military prep school mons cadet college.

[narciso]

Things you might have said earlier for a hundred leon

https://pjmedia.com/trending/leon-panetta-obama-should-have-helped-2009-iran-protesters-thats-what-the-u-s-is-all-about/

[Neo]

CBS News fires political director amid allegations of 'inappropriate behavior'

[daddy]

TM's link to his December 2016 column has this beauty from Clarice:

For NR fans:National Review in 1980: “Reagan’s image remains inchoate.… At the outset of his campaign, his image is largely that of the role-playing actor — pleasant on stage, but ill-equipped for the real world beyond the footlights. Reagan does not yet project the presidential image. He is not seen as a serious man.”

Posted by: clarice | January 24, 2016 at 04:12 PM

[Ralph L]

I don't think snow was on our local forecast until it started falling. I'm right on its western edge, about an inch fell.

[Ralph L]

Part of one theory bites the dust:
Bannon loses support of a Mercer

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Good morning, and a special thanks to Ralph for finding the article about Mercer!

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/3/donald-trump-dissolves-voter-fraud-commission/

The important quote:

Democrats and liberal activists claimed victory, saying they stopped a threat to democracy by derailing the panel, known officially as the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.

But Kris Kobach, who was vice chairman of the panel, said Democrats come out behind because the commission’s work will continue but will be completed without any input from Democrats, who had been part of the commission but won’t have a say in Homeland Security’s work.

“It will get done faster, but the Democrats no longer have a seat at the table,” Mr. Kobach said. “If they think this is a victory for the left, they are wrong.”

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/367369-trump-lawyer-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-bannon-report

[anonamom]

No snow on the western edge of the Piedmont Ralph L, but it looks like whatever is going on in Greenville/Spartanburg may come up this way to dust us.

That eastern seaboard looks to be getting whacked hard from my radar.
Working from home seems to be the way to roll if possible.

It's warming up too! 21 right now.

[-peter]

So far only a dusting here in Port Washington

[Thomas Collins]

It's January in New England. There may be snow falling and gusty winds blowing. Who'd a thunk it? Must be climate change!

[Davod]

Climate change? Well it is really warm here at 24.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/03/grassley-says-comey-appears-to-have-leaked-classified-memo-to-friend/?utm_source=site-share

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/01/02/1_year_in_office_trump_keeps_defying_his_critics_135896.html

[hoyden]

-3F. Could use some climate change in MN right now.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Ran into this amusing comment at AmSpec. For our engineer friends, MT especially;

My engineer boss had a favorite saying framed behind his desk that read, "There comes a time with every project when it is time to shoot the engineers and build the damn thing anyway." It is the time.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/04/understanding-the-context-of-devin-nunes-requests-obamas-2016-doj-fbi-spying-operation/

With the caveat that there may be some conclusions drawn that aren't justified, this article does have a good timeline, and I am pretty sure he is right that Admiral Rogers alerted Trump, since he moved everything from Trump Tower to Bedminster the very next day.

[hoyden]

The GooRoos in MM's RCP article got pwn'd by The Donald. Good Times.

[daddy]

Yippee, Miss Marple!

Comey gave four memos of his conversations with Trump to a friend, Columbia law professor Daniel Richman.

“If it’s true that Professor Richman had four of the seven memos, then in light of the fact that four of the seven memos the Committee reviewed are classified, it would appear that at least one memo the former FBI director gave Professor Richman contained classified information,” Grassley writes.

Book 'em, Danno!

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Grassley doesn't miss a trick, does he, daddy?

[Bubarooni]

2 degrees here in southern Indiana.

[JimNorCal]

A good rattler of a quake, easily felt in Silicon Valley, centered near Berkeley. Only 4.7 but strong enough to wake me and Mrs NorCal.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/03/north-korea-calls-the-south-for-first-time-in-two-years/?utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
36s36 seconds ago

Many mostly Democrat States refused to hand over data from the 2016 Election to the Commission On Voter Fraud. They fought hard that the Commission not see their records or methods because they know that many people are voting illegally. System is rigged, must go to Voter I.D.

[henry]

-3 here. Supposed to get cold by tomorrow.

Today is one of the forecast big event days (1/4, 1/10, 1/20) from the chans. Plus Trump did a "MAGA" tweet. If qanon forecasts enough days,the stopped clock method will work for him.

[daddy]

He's great Miss M.

For starters I can think that Comey is potentially guilty of 2 crimes:

1) Passing Classified information to those not authorized to have it

2) Lying under Oath that what he did pass on was not Classified

Hopefully JOM Lawyers in the morning will find another dozen or so charges to bury this creep under Leavenworth for the rest of his sorry life.

Jim,

I'm much obliged to you for keeping those earthquakes down your way:)

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-time-we-will-not-be-silent-on-iran/2018/01/03/d1cfc34e-f0cc-11e7-97bf-bba379b809ab_story.html?utm_term=.83ebbd04d751

Op ed by Vice President Pence.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-02/arizona-national-guard-deployed-cuba-support-guantanamo-bay

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

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

As Americans, you need identification, sometimes in a very strong and accurate form, for almost everything you do.....except when it comes to the most important thing, VOTING for the people that run your country. Push hard for Voter Identification!

[JimNorCal]

Bah. USGS display has auto adjusted the magnitude down to 4.4 over the past 20 minutes. No follow on, so back to bed.
The map shows it centered not far from the UC Berkeley campus.

[JimNorCal]

When I say "not far" the map is showing the epicenter perhaps 1500 meters from People's Park.

OK,really back to sleep.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
29s29 seconds ago

With all of the failed “experts” weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between North and South Korea right now if I wasn’t firm, strong and willing to commit our total “might” against the North. Fools, but talks are a good thing!

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://twitter.com/CoreyLMJones/status/909204313045655552

President Trump retweeted this post with the comment that it should be shown to all the NFL players who still kneel.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

ᴄʜɪʟʟ
‏ @chiIIum
2m2 minutes ago

Michael Wolff has tapes of Katie Walsh and Steve Bannon conversations.

[daddy]

Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch was just on with Maria Bartiromo discussing the "Deal" struck last night to get the Subpoenaed Documents released: He is a "Ledge" guy, meaning he is generally not optimistic and today was no exception for the following reason:

Chris Farrell: ...With respect to the show yesterday, and yes this was a show, this was really incredibly disrespectful to Mister Nunes. Look, he's the Chairman of the Intelligence Committee. He's the one who subpoenaed the Documents and the Testimony. The fact that he was excluded from the meeting, and the FBI Director and Mr Rosenstein go to talk to the Speaker. In my opinion that is not a good sign. They may have reached some sort of an agreement about production or testimony, but when they deliberately exclude the Chairman of the Intelligence Committee that is asking the questions, guess what, there's a real problem, and it speaks not only about the problem with the DOJ and the FBI, but frankly that the Speaker would do that to Mr Nunes very publicly, uhh, it's not a confidence builder.

[daddy]

Miss Marple,

Your 05:35 is eye opening on Nunes and Admiral Mike Rogers and their timeline, which I read immediately after I finished transcribing Chris Farrell.

OL, I'm back on the Ledge:(

G'nite.

[Davod]

The Speaker was just showing his presidential credentials.

[pagar, a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

Vile!

https://www.weaselzippers.us/369831-somali-immigrant-allegedly-tried-to-rape-woman-in-labor/

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

So, reading chIIum's tweets it looks like people were interviewed in Lafayette Park as well as certain areas within the White House.

Here are my questions:

1. Why was Wolff allowed such access. (General Kelly wouldn't have allowed this, which is why Priebus is gone, if you ask me.)

2. At the time these interviews took lpace, Bannon was a member of the staff. This is extremely disloyal, and makes me wonder if he deliberately took the job so as to sabotage the President.

3. I would like to know if Cruz was aware of any of this.

Disgusting people that cannot be loyal to someone who risked all in order to get the GOP back in the White House. I am not on the Ledge; I am on the parapets, armed and dangerous.

[maryrose]

Nunes will get the information however which was the original goal.
Of course Ralph , Cruz will not be challenging President Trump.
I feel like every month I have to assert that neither Ryan or Cruz will make a run at him.
President Trump won and he will win again because of his economic policies.
Everything else in my opinion including this Bannon kerfuffle is just noise.

[Neo]

Grassley noted that he and his staff recently reviewed seven memos that Comey wrote after his meetings with Trump. Four of those documents contained information classified as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "SECRET."

Grassley also pointed to past reporting that Comey gave four memos of his conversations with Trump to a friend, Columbia law professor Daniel Richman."

If it's true that Professor Richman had four of the seven memos, then in light of the fact that four of the seven memos the Committee reviewed are classified, it would appear that at least one memo the former FBI director gave Professor Richman contained classified information," Grassley writes.

... I see this as a possible SAT question

[James D.]

Daddy @ 1:53

They just never get tired of being wrong, do they?

[maryrose]

MM:
The parapets can be cold and icy.
We both need to work to ensure a Republican candidate from our respective states is elected in 2018 for the Senate.
We need to get rid of Sherri’s Brown and you need to place Donnelly who surprisingly did not vote for the tax cut bill.
This is where I will focus my energies.
I don’t fashionysrlf a Don Quixote type tilting at windmills that could threaten President Trump.
He can take care of himself.

[maryrose]

Should be replace and myself

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

maryrose,

I don't think Ryan will challenge either.

Bannon is another story. I do not trust that guy and I am glad President Trump's lawyers are going after him. I do not think he took the staff position with good intentions, and it absolutely infuriates me that he is shooting his mouth off about stuff over which he could not possibly have any idea.

And if Priebus is the one who okayed Wolff doing all those interviews, he is a moron.

[anonamom]

Desperation.
Total, complete desperation.
Comey's tweets, NYT revision of the dossier origin, Wolf's book.

Mike Rogers is a patriot.
Everybody else comes after him.

Who cares what Wolf wrote? He's just a shill, like they all are, except Sharyl Attkinson and James Rosen and Greta, I guess.
(Hmmm--all unemployed/independent. Interesting.)

All the "Hollywood journalists" who didn't risk exposing HW, and all the DC/NY ones who do the same with the favored politicians.

[maryrose]

Neo:
What a great observation.
Wrt Comey, I see him escaping via the Sandy Berger route.
He will be brought down a few pegs and maybe lose his law license if he has one and not jailed.
He can quote Scripture doncha know?

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Neo,

That was a really good comment! HA!

[James D.]

Anonamom, at first glance, I read your comment as “he’s just a shit@ rather than “shill”.

Which I think applies equally well.

[anonamom]

Bannon doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell, for exactly the same reason MM repeatedly told us Cruz couldn't win--her sisters will not vote for somebody who looks like Steve Bannon.

Yes, voters are that superficial.
And he's got a face for radio, as they say. At least til he clears up that rosacia, gets a hair cut, and drops twenty or thirty pounds.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://apnews.com/cc6c3dc0ab7c475bae8f728f536ba3aa/Snatched-by-hungry-eagle,-little-dog-lives-to-bark-the-tale

Hawks almost got my daughter's small dog a couple of years ago. If you have a small dog, keep an eye on them if you live in an area with predatory birds, especially in this weather when food is scarce.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

anonamom,

I agree, but I don't discount the "pain in the ass" factor. He's going to get air time on places like CNN and MSNBC since they suddenly have strange new respect for him.

I have an intense dislike for disloyalty. That is what this is .

[Porchlight]

Priebus was an ally of Katie Walsh who was fired for leaking. Later Priebus himself was fired for leaking. I never thought of Bannon as a leaker, but of course he was accused of it at the time.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Porchlight,

Seems to be that Vannon was the source for all of the hysteria about McMasters, Jared and Ivanka, etc.

[Jim Eagle]

Woke up to 30F on the First Coast. Mrs.JiB sent me photo of snow in Southampton. Just an inch or two so far but she says the wind is howling.

Stay warm and off the roads.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

I am heading back to bed for a while. I have been up since 3 AM.

[Buckeye]

Not everyone thinks Trumps's foreign policy is off the rails.

http://www.atimes.com/?p=181667

[Threadkiller]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/04/stephen-k-bannon-calling-trump-a-great-man-says-he-still-supports-him-in-first-comments-after-eruption/

[Buckeye]

... I see this as a possible SAT question

Unfortunately Neo, 90% of the country are Kardashian watchers and wouldn't give the correct answer.

[Porchlight]

I think Bannon is attractive in that kind of rumpled Irish way. It's discouraging that he would turn against Trump. There ought to be another way. It seemed like they were effectively playing good cop bad cop until Moore lost.

However, Trump benefits from cutting him loose.

[Porchlight]

Seems to be that Vannon was the source for all of the hysteria about McMasters, Jared and Ivanka, etc.

Maybe. Some of that concern was/is justified.

If Bannon holds firm in Trump support I will be relieved. I like the guy when he is disciplined. I absolutely could see him working with Trump as part of a psyops going into the election.

[Buckeye]

I think Bannon is attractive in that kind of rumpled Irish way.

Careful Porch, don't give Duda another reason to show up and start slobbering over the guy:)

[Threadkiller]

The quotes, as far as I have seen, portrayed Bannon turning against Trump's children.

[henry]

The more I see of the candidates Bannon pushes, the less respect I have for him. He is a Rove wannabe.

[Jane]

35 degrees in sunny Florida.

There oughtta be a law.

[Porchlight]

The quotes, as far as I have seen, portrayed Bannon turning against Trump's children.

Right. Maybe that's all it is or will be. I was reacting to the possibility of him going on the lefty circuit to bash Trump. That would be bad.

Bannon is no Rove in my opinion. He is a populist through and through and Rove is just about the opposite of that, politically anyway.

[Threadkiller]

Who is on that list?

[Threadkiller]

35 degrees in sunny Florida.

There oughtta be a law.

http://www.katc.com/story/37173508/slidell-police-issue-warrant-for-queen-elsa-due-to-frozen-temperatures-in-louisiana

[Marlene]

Good Morning! The storm is supposed to intensify in wind strength like the October wind storm in northern New England. This time with snow and bitter cold. Power outages are expected.

I questioned Bannon's judgement when he asked Ann LePage to run for the Senate against Angus King. She's a great lady,but I don't think she has any interest in elective office. When she was asked by the media about it,she just laughed.

[Old Lurker]

To repeat re Bannon: I DO NOT CARE.

Trump is our only hope, warts and all.

[Threadkiller]

Would you vote for LePage over King?

[Old Lurker]

Nantucket expects winds gusting to 76 and temps at or below zero.

Harbors are iced in so no ferry service and with those winds the puddle jumpers won't fly either. I was going to visit for a few days but decided against it since I would have been stuck there, and then I would miss our trip to NZ & AU next weekend. And then Mrs. L would kill me.

[Threadkiller]

Cashill:

“Russian Collusion”? Dems First Used It Under Clinton

An excerpt:

On Oct. 16, 2006, the FBI raided the homes of Weldon’s daughter and a friend, allegedly for fear that documents would be destroyed if they did not do so sooner.

Here is how the Washington Post blithely justified the raid, “The search warrants were executed, in part, because of news reports over the weekend exposing the investigation, according to a senior Justice Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing inquiry. Typically, such searches are sped up to prevent any evidence from being destroyed.”

Here is another part of the pattern: the “on condition of anonymity” part. Although the raid happened under Bush’s watch, the DOJ official managing it was a Democratic contributor named Howard Sklamberg.

This was the same official who allowed Sandy Berger to plea his 11 admitted felonies down to one misdemeanor. Sklamberg recommended a $10,000 fine for Berger, no jail time and an agreed upon polygraph that was never administered.

http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/russian-collusion-dems-1st-used-it-under-clinton/

[narciso]

So when they fired Cohen ratnick, Ellis lovinger townley Harvey et al what was that about

[Man Tran]

Iggy, There comes a time with every project when it is time to shoot the engineers and build the damn thing anyway.

In our shop, that was stated on a regular basis by a certain Mrs MT who ran the front office. Actually a shorter version: "Just shoot the engineer and ship the product." :)

[Janet 🚬]

Who cares what Wolf wrote? He's just a shill,

Yes. Only certain writers & books get amplified as news, News, NEWS!!!

Screaming headlines, quotes, TV appearances!!!
Look at this!!! LOOK.AT.THIS!!!

No such luck for other writers.

[anonamom]

porch, Bannon was a good looking guy, and can be again, if he wanted to be.

I'm paying just about zilch attention to this, as my initial "wait, what???" yesterday morning turned in to: "they're probably staging this." Guess RG turned me in to an 11th dimension chess believer.
With a good dash of OL's: I.DON'T. CARE.

We'll see...

I had to read Grassley's statement a second time, I am embarrassed to say, to understand why he is correct in charging Comey with leaking a classified document.
I blame skimming on the internet.

[Beasts of England]

No snow, but my pipes froze while I was in the big city watching the Sugar Bowl. I tried to thaw them using a variety of heat implements, but I decided to turn off the water at the street, shut off the water heater and take a staycation at our newly-refurbished lakeside Wyndham.

The water pressure is quite strong, unlimited hot water, and a fabulous shower head. Endless clean towels, someone makes my bed, and it has a Kuerig thingy for hot tea. Maybe it won't thaw out for a few more weeks... :)

[James D.]

Exactly, Janet.

In a sane and just world, Wolff would be eating out of MM's garbage cans, but our own rse would be a hugely best-selling author and a regular guest on the Sunday morning shows.

Oh, and an expert witness for the prosecution at the treason trials against the education bureaucrats who've been damaging our kids for the past 50+ years.

[Beasts of England]

Oh, and there were almost a dozen Pelicans on the water outside my room this morning. Very, very cool. They've been coming here in the winter for five years or so, but don't make it down to my slice of the water...

[narcisoyea]

The grassley letter tells us that they dolt actually have the memos so its like the story about the three blind men and the elephant.

[GUS]

8 below in Oconomowoc. It's called WINTER.

Question. Why would Ryan or Nunes have to NEGOTIATE for SUBPOENA'D DOCUMENTS.

They're fuckin' subpoena'd, they don't belong to ROSENSTEIN or WRAY. How is it okay for the LAW ENFORCEMENT depts of the EXECUTIVE BRANCH to disobey the law when LIBTARDS AGREE??

[Janet 🚬]

That Cashill link is interesting.

You KNOW the Dems & the MFM have been doing the same crap for decades.
I don't know how it changes while we have the big MFM in cahoots with the Dems.

[cathyf]

It was -13° on the drive in Tuesday, +17° yesterday, -9° this morning. It's like spring when the temps go from 55° to 85° to 60°!

[Buckeye]

Beasts, you will get tired of the three different types of eggs for breakfast soon:)

[henry]

dow over 25,000. daddy's gonna need bigger critters.

[sbw]

Why would Ryan or Nunes have to NEGOTIATE for SUBPOENA'D DOCUMENTS

Suppose the FBI/DOJ wanted to deliver after release of the IG report that may go public next week.

[GUS]

Suppose they NEVER want to deliver.
They weren't ASKED to deliver. They were ordered to.

[cathyf]

Don't get too far out in front with the classified memos -- if Comey deleted the parts that were classified before sending them, then we are back to a less serious crime...

[Captain Hate]

Why didn't Sessions get involved in Nunes request since he's the one ultimately responsible for delivering them? I understand that he's sitting on a nest of vipers but this is nothing more than adhering to the org chart's reporting chain.

[rich]

it might be becasue of an overly broad interpretation of his recusal by the DoJ?

don't know.

[rse]

Thanks james. iNACOL this morning released a paper https://www.inacol.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CompetencyWorks-FitForPurpose-TakingTheLongView.pdf that details just how correct I was in what I laid out in my book, which would be why I remain the person who must not be mentioned on many sites.

Looking at the back of that paper makes it crystal clear how jeb's org entity, that betsy devos was on the board of, is working hand in hand on that prog vision with the various admitted entities on the Left.

I had already surmised that Portrait of a Graduate was just a rename of what the book described as Tranzi OBE and again that paper confirms that.

Notice that it is the state of Virginia, which boycotted the Common Core because they already had the needed 'learning standards' in place just like texas, whose Portrait of a Graduate is used to illustrate what 'evidence-based practices really mean. That would be in your neighborhood I believe.

[henry]

Sessions was too busy deciding to enforce federal laws on marijuana in legal pot states.

[Old Lurker]

Cathy, I caution not getting out in front of any of this stuff.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Trump is the chief executive officer of the country. Nunes et al are trying to get to the bottom of the plot to overthrow him.
Why do they have to subpoena docs he should already have ordered his flunkies to release?
Especially since doing so is precisely the opposite of a cover up?

[Tom Bowler]

It's snowing and +15 in Jackson, New Hampshire. Between now and tomorrow we are expecting 6" to 11" of snow. In a few minutes we'll head out for some XC skiing. It's like living in a Christmas card when we're out on the Wildcat Meadow trails.

On another topic, I think my decision on ledge vs. terrace depends on whether or not there are any significant indictments in 2018. Trump has managed the drip-drip of information very well up to now, as American anxiety slowly builds that the swamp will win a final victory.

During Christmas Eve dinner my liberal nephew stunned me by expressing outrage at Obama for shutting down investigations into Hezbollah to preserve his Iran deal. Maybe we're getting closer to indictments than thought, but I don't believe the country is ready for them yet. When we are I believe Obama will remain untouchable. Meanwhile I'm mildly optimistic that indictments will come, but they better be big.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Trump is allowing a situation to exist in which his enemies posses the ammunition but his allies do not.
That is not winning.

[rse]

This is also why I warn that school choice does not lead where people assume http://www.aei.org/events/education-savings-accounts-jeb-bush-on-the-future-of-educational-choice-2/?utm_source=paramount&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=malkus&utm_content=invitation and is actually a means of making sure there is no avenue where the change the student neurally template does not reign.

Lindsey burke from heritage was actually at a unesco home schooling conference in rome italy a few years ago to make sure that the desired template invaded homeschooling as well.