That Nobel Prize Talk Was Fun While It Lasted

The North Korea we have come to know and loathe returns.

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[Old Lurker]

From the other thread (sorry, Tom) regarding immunity which Mueller may or may not have conferred...

IANAL, but if one assumes, as I do, that Mueller is a Member in Good Standing of the Black Hat Gang, 'splain to me why he should have the authority to grant Get Out of Jail Cards to his gang mates? Kings are one thing, but even the Popes got paid in advance for forgiving sins of rich sinners willing to buy indulgences.

[henry]

OL, simple. Rosenstien (also of the black hat team) is running things while Sessions naps (which is generous to Sessions, who looks swampier by the day).

[narciso]

They got risensteins number on ncis new Orleans last night, even though he was a southern wasp, they even threw in the deep state line.

It is terribly familiar, sessions is a traditional law and order republican but some in his circle were future swamp rat corallo (who would go to rep for chehdoury) Dillon who was the latest mole, laufman who checked out in march.

[henry]

Does the NYT name names? Or do they use fictional "Nork official who knows things" sources like they do for fake news in the US?

[Buckeye]

Black hat team needs lined up against a brick wall.

Live, on the 6 o'clock news.

There was a reason the hangman's scaffold was in the town square.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

The difference is this time, I hope, when Kim misbehaves he'll get a bloody nose as opposed to previous admins when he could count on a nice big cookie and the offer of an even bigger one if he just plays nice.

[narciso]

Exactly ignatz, perhaps boltons stache really scared him so he doubled up on the bollinger

[sbwaters]

Fun and Frivolity. Continuous Improvement. Lifelong Learning.

Nope. I’m 70. I’ve decided to stop continuous improvement and lifelong learning.

[henry]

Something tells me Trump may hit a wall in clearing that Chinese phone company to get US components again.

Josh Smith @joshjonsmith
10h

BREAKING: KCNA says North Korea will "reconsider" summit with Trump if U.S. insists on it giving up nuclear program, says it will never give up its nuclear program in exchange for economic trade with the United States

[Jim Eagle]

I don't think Fox News or Fox Business are part of the deal with Comcast. I thought it was only the entertainment parts. Plus it looks like the Sinclairs are going to go nose to nose with Fox News since it has become increasingly #NeverTrump wobbly.

[narciso]

Well that's a deal breaker good luck with the Nokia and Ericsson phones they are the third party vendors.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Wondering what the oenophiles here think of this;
‘Natural wine’ advocates say everything about the modern industry is ethically, ecologically and aesthetically wrong – and have triggered the biggest split in the wine world for a generation.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

There are more than 2 parts to this negotiation. The phone company is needed by China, the Norks need gasoline from China, the South wants an end to the Nork threat, etc. etc. And I haven't even factored in the Japanese.

I am just watching, and I refuse to partake in hand-wringing.

[henry]

Link is to Gateway Pundit, so who knows...

AUDIO: Suspected Obama Spy in Trump Campaign Held Interview with BBC Radio 4 on May 17, 2017 -- The Launch of Mueller Special Counsel

https://twitter.com/sonofliberty357/status/996738699609206789?s=12

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Congratulations to Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania. He will be a great Senator and will represent his people well - like they haven’t been represented in many years. Lou is a friend of mine and a special guy, he will very much help MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2018

[Duda!]

"The difference is this time, I hope, when Kim misbehaves he'll get a bloody nose as opposed to previous admins when he could count on a nice big cookie and the offer of an even bigger one if he just plays nice"

No,moron the cookie is Trump agreeing to meet Kim without any kind of pre-diplomatic negotiations or agreements.Or the President of the united states calling a murderous dictator fat fuck who tortures and rapes his people...."a nice man". That's a fucking cookie. Seriously, if you're Kim that's a fucking cookie.

You have admire kim's ability to negotiate like a real fucking shark on a world stage.

Go back to Queens,Donny and negotiate with your contractors from Long Island,Sal and Marco.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Congratulations to Deb Fischer. The people of Nebraska have seen what a great job she is doing - and it showed up at the ballot box! #MAGA

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2018

[henry]

something to wade through

The Senate Judiciary Committee's Republican chairman on Wednesday released thousands of pages of documents about a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between high-level Trump campaign staff and Russians.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who leads the Senate committee, released a heaving 2,556-page report comprising interview transcripts, evidence and notes from nine witnesses at the center of the meeting.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/16/gop-led-senate-committee-releases-2556-page-report-on-trump-tower-meeting.html

[Beasts of England]

Robert Parker calls it an 'undefined scam', Ig. I concur; but do so without employing Parker's laser-guided prose. :)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Interesting take on AI by some guy named Henry Kissinger who apparently used to be big stuff.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

The Washington Post and CNN have typically written false stories about our trade negotiations with China. Nothing has happened with ZTE except as it pertains to the larger trade deal. Our country has been losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year with China...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2018

...We have not seen China’s demands yet, which should be few in that previous U.S. Administrations have done so poorly in negotiating. China has seen our demands. There has been no folding as the media would love people to believe, the meetings...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2018

...haven’t even started yet! The U.S. has very little to give, because it has given so much over the years. China has much to give!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2018

[henry]

from Chitown for CH:

https://twitter.com/world_wide_wob/status/996510949921214465?s=12

[PD]

Two Meteotsunamis Form on Lake Michigan in One Day

[henry]

Ig, Kissenger conflates massive use of statistics with "Intelligence"

They aren't the same thing. Will the intelligence behind "autocorrect" (exactly the same techniques as the Go player) outsmart humans? Confuse us for sure, but actual intelligence is a long way away.

[Ralph L]

Pin, TOPSIDERS?
With or without duct tape?
Obviously without socks.

[Jim Eagle]

Iggy and Beasts,

BS on the Guardian article. Wishful thinking from the watermelon left.

As long as the Chinese are willing to pay $1,000/a bottle for Le Pin and slightly less for Petreus, those new age wine enthusiasts can keep their 8quid bottles of foggy sour vino.

[rse]

This may be my favorite piece greenfield has written. http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2018/05/how-not-to-get-shot-by-soldier.html

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

My youngest sister is in surgery to hopefully correct her knee, which has been causing her pain and limping. She already had one surgery on it and it is vital that she get it corrected, as she is a surgical nurse who is on her feet all day.

I had thought the surgery was next week but just got a text from my middle sister and they just took her in. I guess they got a cancellation and moved her up.

[Duda!]

"There are more than 2 parts to this negotiation"

Sure,ZTE steals our intellectual property and takes a shit all over the United States.The U.S respondS with Tariffs and bans.

The second part of the deal is that China agrees to loan Trump 500 hundred million dollars and Trump puts his companies profits above the security of the United States by rolling back bans on ZTE.

Nice.

Has anyone considered the fact possibility that Miss Marple,RG and Ingatz might be Russian trolls?

[sbwaters]

Best wishes for her successful surgery, MM.

[henry]

Duda, сидеть на кактусе

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Memorandum asks if Dems just had their 2018 Tea Party moment because far left progs won a bunch of primaries.
That would more accurately be their King George III moment, seems to me.

[henry]

Ig, maybe a "Great Awokening" to paraphrase their hero Mao.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--foggy sour vino--

The only description of an actual natural wine I read was that it was very sweet and tasted like honey, even though most of the article talked about excess acidity.

Guess I'll stick with something I understand like a nice Hawaiian Punch.

[henry]

Vote fraud plus tax fraud in one candidate?

Vicki McKenna @VickiMcKenna
5m

DEM Candidate for D-1 congress Cathy Myers took homestead credit in Illinois while living, voting in Wisconsin jsonl.in/2Ih4FMV

[rse]

Let us know mm. I ended up cancelling pt and switching to egoscue posture therapy as I noticed all the knee rehab was being treated the same, no matter the original injury or surgery. When I asked my I was getting worse, I just got a "it happens".

With the posture shifts I learned it was my hamstrings that needed strengthening to get me more balanced. Not that I am more balanced in my gait the nerves seem to finally be calming down.

Too many PT places these days seem to want to turn injuries into an annuity of income, gamely coming in. O'care really has dramatically changed the healthcare system for almost everyone.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

How many here read the book "The Fourth Turning?"

[Bolt in Neck Frankenstein]

Boltons Neocons got caught with their pants down and this saber rattling could easily have been postponed but they want simultaneos wars and Trump is malleable

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

rse,

This particular problem, as I understand it, was that for some reason her knee joint was getting hung up on cartilage that had floated loose after the first surgery.

I will let you know.

I had my knee realigned about 15 years ago. While the knee doesn't particularly pain me, my calf will swell if I am on my feet too long. This is aggravated by one of my blood pressure meds, and my doctor's answer to my complaint was to tell me to buy surgical stockings.

I am unable to wear a dress due to having these ankles that swell like I am some sort of invalid and it makes me pretty mad. I haven't noticed that the medicine does me that much good, either.

These getting old stuff is sure a trial, let me tell you.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

BREAKING: Senate Intelligence committee recommends that Senate confirm Gina Haspel as CIA director.

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 16, 2018

=========

By a 10-5 vote, I saw on another site.

[henry]

Miss M, I skimmed it. But still have it. The old spring cleaning sorting of too much stuff is ongoing. I decided I didn't need my Case Western files anymore (lots of things with names like Joint Strike Fighter and SDI-- the recycling guys got a thrill there). Books would be next to sort.

[Putin 2020]

Of course, using ex-MI6 officer Steele, for the frothy right, is a heinous crime. But using a Russian billionaire, according to a propagandist who has been regurgitating Trump spin since he was elected, is heroic. Perhaps that’s why a Trump crony, Bryan Lanza, is also trying to help Deripaska’s company beat the sanctions recently imposed on him.

Of course, Solomon doesn’t consider the possibility that FBI and State balked in 2011 because Deripaska himself had proven unreliable. Which would explain a lot of what transpired in the years since. Nor does he consider — nor has the frothy right generally — the possibility that any damning disinformation in the Steele dossier ended up there in part via Deripaska.

Certainly, Deripaska’s own asset, Paul Manafort, seemed prepared to capitalize on that disinformation.

[squaredance]

Really now, Kissinger thinks that the following is true?

"Heretofore, the technological advance that most altered the course of modern history was the invention of the printing press in the 15th century, which allowed the search for empirical knowledge to supplant liturgical doctrine, and the Age of Reason to gradually supersede the Age of Religion. Individual insight and scientific knowledge replaced faith as the principal criterion of human consciousness. Information was stored and systematized in expanding libraries. The Age of Reason originated the thoughts and actions that shaped the contemporary world order."

Pretty sophomoric stuff, and surprisingly unknowledgeable, even in a sense illiterate. He repeats the long debunked progressive notions of the so call Age of Fatih.

This is the sort of claptrap once overheard in campus coffee shops, usually from 19 year olds.

I guess I have to reassess my opinion of Kissinger. NO wonder we are in trouble when people like him have such silly beliefs and such a superficial grasp of Western Civilization, or even the life of mankind through the centuries. Just a gaggle of cliches and shibboleths, really.

(oh, and the classical Greek did just fine without a priinting press, BTW.)

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Just got a text from middle sister. Get this:

The surgeon said he thinks he has corrected the problem but he's not sure.

My sister said this doesn't inspire confidence in him but she is not telling my youngest sister (the patient) what he said.

Hopefully the guy just has poor communication skills.

[sbwaters]

which allowed the search for empirical knowledge to supplant liturgical doctrine

Pfooey! The printing press made empirical knowledge available to a wider circle of people.

Period. The rest of Kissinger’s sentence is hokum.

[sbwaters]

MM, some bp meds make people cough while others give them swollen ankles. Other meds, like irbesartan, are available that do not have those side effects.

And, of course, I don’t smoke anymore.

[narciso]

Raises hand miss marple.

Odd how levinson wasnt a bargaining chip,

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://nypost.com/2018/05/16/25-year-old-posed-as-teen-to-play-high-school-basketball-officials/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter

1. How sad that this guy went through all of this to play high school basketball again. That must have been the high point of his life.

2. The school district is going to review their policies. Ya think?

[narciso]

Yes I rarely found kussinger that impressive a thinker, but he was good at cocktail parties.

[Ben Gurion]

Certainly Boltons fellow Neocons like dropping a turd in the Talks punch bowl Trow.

I think they were caught with their pants down as Kim preempted their war mongering with some putative concessions. They want simultaneous wars on two continents and the Manchild is going along

[PD]

So, do we have any predictions for when McLame will kick the Bucket? Anyone got a pool going?

I will take May 17th!

Integrity demands he should step down, ego keeps him from doing so.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

That also struck me as idiotic, squaredance, but he's always been a CFR/Realpolitick sort, although smarter than most.
I thought some of his ideas regarding how AI will effect society of interest.

[narciso]

Sanctions I've concluded are just a reason for magnates to hire other lawyer take this Taiwanese businessman he contacted kohl and Co to get past the sanctions the EU had imposed in 2012.

[squaredance]

sbw: Exactly. (And one wonders what Kissinger thinks they were mostly printing for the first 140 years after the printing press.)

As for humanity now being in some rational, empirical age, I can only say. witness the Democrat Party or or the religion of Global Warning...err...a..Climate Change.

These view of his are so historically and philosophically off base , shallow and superficial that they amount to a sort of willful illiteracy--they, as they say, not even wrong. Goodness, did he never read Aquinas in his path to "mastery of the Humanities"?

Again, pure sophomoric twaddle--just shameful in a man of his repute. I have to say that I am a little shocked by it. He should know better. It just goes to show the deep vein of mediocrity that runs through our so called "betters".

[Jim Eagle]

4 Dems committed to Haspel negate one McRino staying-alive-vote-no.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Some levity:

The best story of the year doesn't give the proper praise and credit for this painful but understandable story told by a loving wife.......

The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise for answered prayers. Suzie Smith stood and walked to the podium. She said, "I have a praise. Two months ago, my husband, Tom, had a terrible bicycle wreck and his scrotum was completely crushed. The pain was excruciating and the doctors didn't know if they could help him." You could hear a muffled gasp from the men in the congregation as they imagined the pain that poor Tom must have experienced. "Tom was unable to hold me or the children," she went on, "and every move caused him terrible pain."

We prayed as the doctors performed a delicate operation, and it turned out they were able to piece together the crushed remnants of Tom's scrotum, and wrap wire around it to hold it in place."
Again, the men in the congregation cringed and squirmed uncomfortably as they imagined the horrible surgery performed on Tom.

"Now," she announced in a quivering voice, "thank the Lord, Tom is out of the hospital and the doctors say that with time, his scrotum should recover completely."

All the men sighed with unified relief. The pastor rose and tentatively asked if anyone else had something to say. A man stood up and walked slowly to the podium. He said, "I'm Tom Smith." The entire congregation held its breath. "I just want to tell my wife the word is sternum."

[sbwaters]

Kissinger is 94 now, so I cut him some slack.

Met him at a newspaper convention at the Algonquin Hotel in NYC.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

LOL, JiB.

[McChicken Bonespur]

ChickenHawk Hammities must be the sole cannon fodder for Iran/NK fireworks

All those fetuses you saved for military purpose won't be enough to take your places on the list of KIAs.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://twitter.com/LarrySchweikart/status/996744473915764736

This is a thread in which Larry Schweikhart is reviewing a book about the election called "Devil's Bargain." He has uncovered some interesting bits of information from it, and also some errors.

MOST interesting is this part of the thread:

28) Green shifts to Trump doing the "Apprentice," and notes that Trump had EXCEPTIONALLY high ratings across all demos. DT himself had a very high "Q" score among blacks & Hispanics (approval). Indeed his Q w blacks was 3 times HIGHER than with whites.

— Larry Schweikart (@LarrySchweikart) May 16, 2018

====================

Larry says this means that his ability to attract minority voters is not as difficult as the general consensus has been.

I also think this might be part of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

As I have said before, my democrat sister was a HUGE fan of Donald Trump and The Apprentice. She used to watch it every week and recommended that I watch it, because she said you could learn a lot of good business tips.

I am wondering if a lot of liberal democrats had too much invested in the party emotionally and felt betrayed by Trump when he went to the GOP. I think perhaps blacks and Hispanics just sort of voted the way they did because they hadn't thought about it, but were not emotionally invested in the democrat party the way liberal whites are.

It's just a theory, but my dem sister is really a strange case. She stuck with Bill and Hillary, while Bill's behavior caused my teacher sister to switch parties. I think part of this is that my dad was a democrat and she feels like she would be disloyal to his memory.

Seriously, she cried on election night and couldn't understand how Trump won and why we voted for him. She wouldn't talk to me for about a month, even though I had never talked about politics much with her.

[Thomas Collins]

MM at 9:10 AM.

"I am just watching, and I refuse to partake in hand-wringing."

I agree with MM that this is not a hang wringer. Little Red Button is both negotiating and posturing. Sure, the deal could fall through, but not because Little Red Button had a little public temper tantrum.

[Dave (in MA)]

http://ew.com/tv/2018/05/16/murphy-brown-reboot/ Maybe she can have some bastard grandkids.

[narciso]

Yes well josh green has long since removed all doubt, re that Bloomberg piece that tried to male parscale a liar.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Thomas Collins,

That series of teets this morning is a clue and the press is going to take every utterance from Kim and magnify it.

The press would like the negotiations to flop, as they would rather risk nuclear war in Asia (and possibly the US) rather than see Trump win.

The degree of panic from all quarters indicates to me there is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes and many people are in danger of exposure, INCLUDIG members of the pres. I would like to know how many members of the press received money from Fusion GPS or the Clinton Foundation. THAT will be interesting, if it ever gets revealed.

[Davod]

"Raises hand miss marple. Odd how levinson wasnt a bargaining chip,"

Now we know the real reason the Obamites didn't want to roll up the Iranian sponsored Hezbollah drug/extortion ring operating through the US.

They didn't want anything available to trade for Levinson..

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Alert!

Trey Gowdy and Elijah Cummings have sent a letter to Horowitz about the DEA's operation in Haiti. Full letter here:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdSfD2XU0AA7fic.jpg:large

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

By the way, that letter is dated May 14. Someone provided a copy of the full letter including the letterhead and date.

[Total Energy]

uárez also recounts the false-flag terrorism in Egypt designed to win US support for Israel. Famous at the time, but largely forgotten since, Israel’s Unit 131 carried out terrorist bombings against civilian targets in Alexandria and Cairo, mainly cinemas frequented by US and British citizens, in what a Central Intelligence Agency bulletin, declassified in 2005, described as a bungled false-flag operation..

https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-zionist-terrorism-determined-palestines-fate/19871

https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=123885&page=1

[rse]

The story I have always heard is that john d jr's children did not learn how to read well at the prog Lincoln School tied to columbia and that kissinger was brought into family orbit to help nelson as a result.

Since we discussed dishwashers last summer and the repair guy just informed me they no longer make the parts to repair my 23 year old one and I cook every day, usually from scratch as a favored hobby, any insights into cooktops would be appreciated.

I did ask the repair guy what he thought of the best cattura downdraft (I have an island) and he said that thermador is now actively steering people to that instead of theirs because they are tired of downdraft complaints.

After almost 30 years, hubby realizes that good cooking equipment for someone who rarely eats out is a bargain.

[matt - deplorable me]

The biodynamic wines I have tasted have uniformly sucked. We had lunch a few years ago with a raucous table of winemakers in Yountville and they were up in arms about the complete BS the biodynamic crowd has been pushing.

A Copper Sulfate based product is typically used to treat the vines for mold. Has been for many years. Works great and relatively cost effective. The bio correct product is much more expensive, builds up in the soil and is much deadlier over the long run. This is one of the central issues the enviroscammers harp on. The list goes on and on. Making wine is perhaps one of the most natural things we do as humans. It has been going on for over 5,000 years.

And now some Marxist ecoterrorists tel us that we are all wrong. Again. Whether it is sexuality, gender relations, race relations, the issue of life or death, or any of a number of other common sense issues, their aim is to disrupt and destroy society in order to make themselves the arbiters of everything. Screw them.

[Jim Eagle]

This day in 1953, Django Reinhardt passed away at the young age of 43. He was a Roma but but born in Belgium. One of Europe's first jazz musicians.

This is for all the guitar and bass players at JOM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=20&v=PQhTpgicdx4

[henry]

Vise tightens on Iran:

Jordan Schachtel
‏Verified account @JordanSchachtel

French energy giant Total falls in line w/ US policy. Multi-billion $$$ deal w/ Iran regime is canceled.

Will "unwind all related operations before 11/4/18 unless Total is granted a specific project waiver by US authorities."

Don't expect that waiver.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/wow-anti-trump-senate-candidate-questions-point-american-revolution/

This guy Painter, who is running for Senate as a dem in Minnesota, was the former ethics counsel in the George W. Bush administration.

1. It's possible he was a mole.

2. It's also possible he has signed on to run as a dem because he has a better chance in Minnesota. He is calling Trump a traitor and other charming epithets, so I have to conclude that he reflects the feelings of a fair number of Bushies.

[Jim Eagle]

rse,

If your dishwasher is kaput why are you interested in cooktops?

Can't beat a Fisher & Paykel two drawer dishwasher system. Also, Miele. We have both.

[rse]

https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/reports/wealth-gap-plus-debt/introduction is what I came to link. This story is doubly horrifying to those of us told to pay anything a college wants to charge because we have equity in our home so it feels like we are paying for one of the first gen college students or pell grant recipients to go as well.

Almost 30% at p'ton now and I think ralph and my alma mater is bragging they are in the 20 % range. So all these parents with no savings and credit cannot have strong students because those kids get to go to elite and even 2nd tier schools via posse or gates millennium scholars for free.

Both red and the diva though have commented it is the umc kids taking on debt to go to private colleges. Talk about a question to ask a prospective spouse somehow. Some of the most surprising families are just taking on debt as if ed debt has to be beneficial in the long term.

[matt - deplorable me]

Watched a great French film that dramatized Reinhardt's life recently. The Nazi's loved his music but were exterminating the Roma as best they could. Love his stuff.

[art in newport]

MM, have read and reread Strauss and Howe's prescient book.

[rse]

Put in miele dishwasher last summer after helpful confirming advice her. I noticed upon rereading that subject came too late in the sentence.

My family has discussed how easy it is to unload and load and my mom says she would give anything not to have a loud 3 hour cycle. The asko had died with parts no longer available.

[Tonto]

Anyone seen this?

[squaredance]

I know a small social circle of professional, more "traditional" Jazz guitarists, and some of them are relatively young too. They talk about Reinhardt often, so he may be gone, but he is not forgotten by any means, It is an interesting legacy.

[henry]

the itchy nose guy is awesome. He definitely beats the guy on crutches running around.

[Captain Hate]

Levin spent the first half of his show screaming about how the MFM has misreported everything about the Jerusalem embassy. And how DJT is currently revered in Israel.

[Jim Eagle]

tonto,

I thought I saw that a few years back. Is that from the recent clashes on the Gaza border?

[clarice feldman]

rse, I am very happy with my thermador cootop.

[Momto2]

MM's 10:10 post of the 25-year-old high school basketball player, reminded me of other scams. It seems when there is any huge disaster or terrorist attack - it brings scammers out of the woodwork. They seem poised to take advantage of anything without qualms.

I remember stories of people who posed as 9-11 survivors attempting to reap benefits. If those who are trying to help real survivors implement too many safeguards/checks they are attacked for not moving fast enough and lack of compassion.

Not sure what the answer is except to prosecute those who are later outed.

[clarice feldman]

I, too, hace the Fisher Paykel 2 drawer dishwasher and I love it.

[Tonto]

Jack,

Don't know. Someone sent it to H. Always timely, in my opinion!

[Jim Eagle]

An interesting factoid about Django. From today's Daily Torygraph:

"He married at 17, and the following year the English bandleader Jack Hylton came to Paris and signed him up. Before Reinhardt could take up the position, he knocked over a candle in his caravan, igniting the piles of celluloid flowers his wife made for sale. He suffered extensive burns, but refused to let the doctors amputate his legs. He eventually regained the ability to walk, but lost most of the use of the ring and little fingers on his left hand. Undeterred, he picked up a guitar and invented a technique for playing with thumb and two fingers, using the two paralysed fingers only for some supporting chord work on the top two strings. He set out busking in Toulon, but was soon spotted and brought back to Paris, where he once again drew crowds."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/16/day-1953-django-reinhardt-europes-greatest-jazz-musician-dies/

[Janet 🚬 - I wish my family had a poncho]

Anyone seen this?

Yeah, Tonto. I think that is old footage though, not from this most recent 'Show'.

What would they do without the MFM stage?

Propaganda, propaganda, propaganda...& it has been that way for as long as I can remember.

Hell...I guess we have no high ground because our Intel. agencies are doing the same thing with their 'Russia Show' propaganda.

[obama gay and gone]

How's that Obama legacy going troll boy??

Hahahahahahahaha, He's got plenty of time fo gay sex now!!

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

rse,

I regret my old kitchen, having had to trade it in for ancient 70's cabinets, used appliances, and NO DISHWASHER. I do dishes by hand twice a day.

If I ever win the lottery, there is goig to be some remodeling done here.

[rse]

clarice-that is what I had and they no longer make an single integrated unit.

Did you look at wolf at all? I had dacor in house in florida and the repair guy and I got to know each other too well.

[Beasts of England]

Django was one of the greatest innovators on the guitar. He will never be forgotten. I'm glad JiB linked the article about his hand - makes his virtuosity that much more impressive.

[clarice feldman]

https://spectator.org/john-brennans-exceptionally-sensitive-issue/

The thermador was here when I bought the house decades ago. I've replaced a few minor bits over the years. It's electric and would be a pain to run a gas line up there so I left it, It heats quickly and is very reliable. Never looked at a replacement==mine is a 6 burner and nor many companies--if any--make them that size.

[Captain Hate]

Lowell George also suffered major hand injuries, in his case grabbing a hot engine iirc, that led to his slide playing. So did Danny Gatton near the end which may have been a causal factor in his suicide.

[Jim Eagle]

We have the 48" Thermador Professional: 4 gas burners, a grill and a griddle, two electric ovens. Needs a huge 3 speed canopy fan though. The first fan was oversized and strong enough to suck the pancakes off the griddle:) 15 years on and only had to replace the small ovens heating element.

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Here ya go.

The Surprisingly Solid Mathematical Case of the Tin Foil Hat Gun Prepper

https://medium.com/s/story/the-surprisingly-solid-mathematical-case-of-the-tin-foil-hat-gun-prepper-15fce7d10437

Lots of math involved from a stormwater hydrologist but a fun read to get to the next revolution.

[Extraneus]

Just think of all the lefties rooting for North Korea and Iran.

[Extraneus]

And the Palestinians.

[obama gay and gone]

and a gay muslim.

[Eye Doctor]

Joe diGenova and Sidney Powell Discuss The DOJ and FBI Corruption…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/05/16/joe-digenova-and-sidney-powell-discuss-the-doj-and-fbi-corruption/

[Extraneus]

Sundance:

Nunes/Gowdy meeting with
Rosenstein cancelled.

True?