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[Bunky is now Savotage!!!]

Friday!!

[Threadkiller]

IIRC Trump called Rubio a "chocker" in a 2016 campaign tweet.

The press went wild even after he corrected it.

My guess is he misspelled it on purpose and highlighted it to cause 4D* media spasms.

*IMO a single spontaneous move that the media doesn't recognize for what it is can be honestly considered 4D just for the amusement value.

[Threadkiller]

Wrong thread. :-/

[narciso]

I blame it on automistake. Did they have the cob do an estimate.

[Threadkiller]

My guess is that the fact-checkers will see that Trump correctly blamed the DC Cabal so the parade subject will be dropped quickly.

[Threadkiller]

Flashback to the previous "chocker" incident:

https://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/02/marco-rubio-donald-trump-con-artist-219843

LOL.

[lurkersusie]

Big if true,

@businessinsider
Turkey is reportedly prepared to release the imprisoned US pastor at the center of their economic crisis

Turkey is reportedly prepared to release the imprisoned US pastor at the center of their economic...

https://www.businessinsider.com/turkey-prisoner-release-economic-crisis-2018-8

[maryrose]

Lurkersusie:
Once again you post the news I am most concerned about.

[Old Lurker]

Just maybe. If Musk had built his company on solid economics and "bidness stuff" instead of upon Stardom, Cronyism, Rent Seeking and Lefty Pals, there might be an underpinning of real, you know, economic value to the company he has which might have carried it through the rough times of one individual.

[lyle]

Crazy talk, OL.

[narciso]

It's like when Tony stark gave up weapons manufacturing, how does it stay in business.

[Jim Eagle]

Is Trump in JiB's neighborhood this morning?

Beasts,

He is at Howard Lorber's place on Halsey Neck Lane for lunch. State Police and Village police had the cattle fence already up on the corner. A mom and her two young sons in MAGA gear and Old Glory were there when I drove down Hill Street to Enstines for gas at 0930. But I also saw some nasties walking down Hill St. with Perry Gershon for Congres signs. He's the billionaire Prog challenging Zeldin.

Lorber is chairman of Douglas Elliman Real Estate. I think they are blocking Halsey Neck off completely. Maybe even Hill Street. If they do that then we will reach traffic hell since its a Friday.

I think the roundtable is on the Opiod crisis. He flies into Grabreski Airport at noon, I believe.

[Tom R]

A study shows Gender/ethnic studies professors make more money than professors of traditional academic disciplines. The irony is that while that discipline is financially advantageous for the professors, unfortunately the students can look forward to a career as a barista at Starbucks.

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11213

[Captain Hate]

This is your Repuke Senate:

Cucks Being Cucks

Cuck-led Senate passes UNANIMOUS resution stating press is not enemy of the people.
Posted by: Soothi at August 17, 2018 07:52 AM (uoqdk)

[DebinGA]

Does "the nonbinding resolution (sponsored by 2 Dems) passed with unanimous consent" mean there was no vote taken, making it a meaningless Dem publicity stunt?

[Tom R]

The Democrat plantation owners are fighting back. #Walkaway must have them scared.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/08/17/no-one-third-of-african-americans-dont-support-trump-not-even-close/?utm_term=.aabfdfaa5e41

As long as Rasmussen has maintained the same methodology and demographic sample since Trump took office then any movement in either direction in Trump's approval rating with minorities can be validly viewed as a trend.

[Captain Hate on the iPhone]

How dare those darkies try to escape our plantation. Get some Hawaiian judge to invoke Dred Scott.

[daddy on iPad]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
7m7 minutes ago

In speaking with some of the world’s top business leaders I asked what it is that would make business (jobs) even better in the U.S. “Stop quarterly reporting & go to a six month system,” said one. That would allow greater flexibility & save money. I have asked the SEC to study!

Very encourageing to read this via a Miss M link. I have to think this is part of the benefit of President Trump meeting with my boss Fred Smith at least twice this month. What an obviously smart thing for an American President to do. The contrast between Trump and the Left couldn't be starker. Trump wants to help business, Liz Waren wants to cripple it. MAGA!

[Dave (in MA)]

Imagine what would happen if a non left-leaning publication had a piece called "Monkey Cage" that discussed AAs.

[Jane]

I went to sleep last night thinking Mueller must feel like a caged rat now that all this stuff is coming out about Ohr and Strozk and everyone else. It's got to be getting a little hard to ignore, since it's all about Russian collusion and he's got nuttin'.

If I were him I'd be thinking about an escape.

[Miss Marple]

daddy,

I thought that was interesting. Charles Payne thinks it's a great idea, and said he has advocated for that for years.

David Martosko of the Daily Mail started fretting about shareholders not being in the know on things (like they are now - ha).

[Buckeye]

Elon Musk is a jiveass con artist.

Reminds me of the pimps on 3rd Street.

Any better lyle?:)

[Miss Marple]

https://www.indystar.com/videos/sports/2018/08/17/watch-rca-dome-implosion/1017658002/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

After they got the new stadium built for the Colts, the city took down the old RCA dome. This is video of the implosion. This happened in December of 2008.

[Threadkiller]

Does "the nonbinding resolution (sponsored by 2 Dems) passed with unanimous consent" mean there was no vote taken, making it a meaningless Dem publicity stunt?

It is a uniparty stunt. Just like before:

S.Res. 511 (110th): A resolution recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.

The resolution was passed in a vote in the Senate. A simple resolution is not voted on in the other chamber and does not have the force of law. The vote was by Unanimous Consent so no record of individual votes was made.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/sres511

[Captain Hate]

The 17th amendment made the Senate completely useless. A GOPe driven stunt.

[jimmyk on iPhone]

Musk is probably trying to wriggle out from possible securities fraud charges over his phony claim that he had funding to take the company private.

[Kevlar Kid]

Here's the pre-booking photo from last night's dine-n-dash caper in Los Gatos:

(Mrs MT; MT; CH and Sir Elliot)

[lurkersusie]

CNN wants this information now regarding the
Manafort trial.

@ShimonPro
The judge will hold a hearing on a motion by CNN and media organizations to unseal the names and addresses of jurors as well as other parts of the trial that are currently secret.

“A thirsty press is essential in a free country,” the Judge said in announcing the hearing.
10:03 AM · Aug 17, 2018

[maryrose]

If the news is fake it is an enemy of my intelligence and therefore I will ignore it.
Congress can’t control our minds.
If they want to accept needless blather that is on their head.
I don’t owe the media anything.
Pagar:
Once again you and I are on the same wavelength.

[Kevlar Kid]

CH took this shot:

[maryrose]

If Mueller really felt the heat he would have called it quits by now and folded this sham of an investigation.
Instead I think he has doubled down in what he sees as a pissing contest with President Trump.
It will not end well.

[narciso]

French's mustard, unexpectedly is for brennan, fancy that.

[maryrose]

Who is the guy in the red hat?

[Miss Marple]

SalenaZito
‏Verified account @SalenaZito
17m17 minutes ago

Devastated to find out Father Maloney who I adored as a young girl at my parish grade school was a serial abuser. It’s not hard to figure out the young classmate who was his victim.

[James D.]

The judge will hold a hearing on a motion by CNN and media organizations to unseal the names and addresses of jurors as well as other parts of the trial that are currently secret.

Why should the names - and far worse, home addresses - of jurors in ANY trial be made public?

[Kevlar Kid]

the red hat was photobombing tables all night :D

[maryrose]

CNN just wants juror information so that they can harass innocent people if they don’t decide this case the way CNN wants.

[Eye Doctor]

COMEY DELETED EVIDENCE OF HACK: More Classified Hillary Emails Found

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/comey-deleted-evidence-of-hack-more-classified-hillary-emails-found/

[Kevlar Kid]

it's on record, isn't it, that the jury had asked for guidelines on "reasonable doubt"? did that get CNN's attention?

[James D.]

OL @ 11:49

But that’s, like, hard and stuff. And no fun.

And anyway, that kid of thing is so 20th century. Which is, like, a hundred years ago.

[Extraneus]

DOJ's Bruce Ohr wrote Christopher Steele was 'very concerned about Comey's firing -- afraid they will be exposed'

Ohr wrote that Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy who wrote the salacious dossier, was "very concerned (abt) about [former FBI Director James] Comey's firing -- afraid they will be exposed."

Since Ohr wrote this about what Steele said, who's "they"? If it were about Steele and Ohr, he'd have written "we".

[narciso]

I see the dr. john resemblance,

[daddy on iPad]

Jane,

I wonder if Mueller has painted himself into a corner by hiring a Team entirely composed of biased Lefty sleazeballs. I can easily see that if Mueller tries to extricate himself by finally coming clean and saying there's nothing there that his hired rats might turn on him.

[Kevlar Kid]

Oh my, Jonah.

"The rinky dinks--like Jonah Goldberg--can only vomit toxin from the sidelines.

He DESERVES to be sidelined. All he did was TALK.
(27) Trump TAKES ACTION to improve everything.

It's the greatest definition of good character that there is..."

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1030232038358437888.html

[Kevlar Kid]

"Since Ohr wrote this about what Steele said, who's "they"? If it were about Steele and Ohr, he'd have written "we"."

Seccrett ASIAN man...they givin you a numbah an takin way ya name...

[Miss Marple]

That's a great take-dowon of Goldberg, isn't it, Kev?

[matt - deplore me if you must]

I think what we really need is one of those connect the dots blackboards with news articles, photos, booking reports, etc sort of like they did in Blacklist or the Sherlock Holmes movie or even Woody Harrellson in "2012".

Start connecting the dots for these idiots who now think McCain and Brennan are destined for sainthood.

BLM was built on lies. #Resistance is built on lies. And #MeToo sort of takes down the whole edifice of hypocrisy. A lot of these clowns were so busy trying to schtupp underlings and co-workers they stepped all over their you know whats.

It was Ohr in the library with the dossier.

[Jane]

Daddy,

The evidence against his team just keeps getting worse. Now we know Strozk was in Boston with h Mueller to help him put all those guys in jail who were innocent.

His entire team was colluding with Russia in an attempt to get Trump. That's all pretty much out there now and Mueller has to know it.

[Beasts of England]

I love seeing photos of JOMers!! Did Elliott share any golf or grammar tips? ;)

[Jane]

Great pix! We want more.

[Kevlar Kid]

Mueller is being paid handsomely to feed the full court press by the Lying Swine media.

There is no consequence to him for when he does fold up his Kangaroo farm. It's a rear guard action that insulates the Cabal so it can fight another day should the Dhimmicrats "take power" again.

btw, i can't recall the R's of any stripe calling Trump's election as having anything to do with "taking power."

[clarice feldman]

Cute meet up pics. Great gang.

[lyle]

👍 Buckeye!

[lyle]

Great pix, BTW.

[Jane]

I think there is consequence for him Kev. His reputation is going to be damaged beyond repair. He will forever be a laughing stock, and every case he ever won will have the outcome questioned.

That would make me sweat.

[Kevlar Kid]

red hat got the recessive Castillian gene from his Maw....hence the self-label "half-breed." :D

[maryrose]

Captain:
You look like I thought you would.

[Miss Marple]

Mark Knoller
‏Verified account @markknoller
57s58 seconds ago

Hot Dog. Trump fundraiser taking place at the Southampton home of Howard Lorber, Chairman of Nathan’s Famous.

[Kevlar Kid]

the action photos have been classified. there are black strips and such.

mostly from the day before in the Cruz. red hat launched himself over the bar when his Pellegrino request turned up warm.

CH documented the episode. :D

[Extraneus]

The Captain looks a lot friendlier than I imagined.

[Tom R]

CNN's attempt to reveal the identity of the Manafort jurors can only be viewed in a malevolent light right?

[daddy on iPad]

Yep, Tom R.

Malevolence clothed in the dishonest excuse of the people's right to know.

[Extraneus]

My first job was at Nathan's. I learned to shuck oysters there.

[Extraneus]

(Made some burgers, dogs and fries, too.)

[Beasts of England]

Thanks for the update, JiB!

~ ~ ~

Exactly right, re: Musk, OL. He's one of the smartest guys I've ever met, but he has some business and personal blind spots that are very uncommon in a person of such reach.

[Kevlar Kid]

Jane-

You're a moral woman. Big diff.

Sure, he might be finished as a loia.

But he lives in the trappings of empire, within an insulated circle who are the only ones who matter to him. I know people he knows (social intros only)throughout Virginia. All of them are former muckty mucks in the Bureau, DOJ, NSA et alia.

Far wealthier than their government careers paid them---- all connected to Big Techs currently running amok. Mueller is a "good soldier."

Let me rephrase "no consequence" to if he has any moral conscience at all he'll ponder WHY he made such a Faustian bargain back when he began guarding the "FBI Stables" a way back when.

Otherwise,i am certain he's styling himself as a patriot--- like the insane Strozk.

I fully take your point on this. You're in that legal universe. I'm not. :D

Kev

[Beasts of England]

'The Captain looks a lot friendlier than I imagined.'

Thread winner. :)

[Old Lurker]

Daddy "I can easily see that if Mueller tries to extricate himself by finally coming clean and saying there's nothing there that his hired rats might turn on him."

Daddy, that is also why even though the law says he only prepares a report for the (D)AG and not for Congress, the People, or the Targets...if he tried to report to Rosenstein that there is no there, there, the news will be filled with leaked stories to the contrary.

[Ralph L]

Captain:
You look like I thought you would.
I was expecting an eyepatch and parrot.

[Kevlar Kid]

MM:

It certainly was a takedown.

I will continue to respect Goldberg for his book: "Liberal Fascism."

But his conduct as a political commentator now seems lost in a zero sum game in a contest he cant win.

POTUS will be judged by history and therefore has not the shelf-life of a mere mortal. i will go so far as to say POTUS may well become the most studied presidency in our very short history--- especially if this Ship of State executes the mutineers and turns away from the Reef of Tyranny.

Jonah not so much.

Kev

[Kevlar Kid]

Elon Musk's fatal flaw (not all flaws are fatal):

GRANDIOSITY fueled by yes men.

[maryrose]

The only way for Mueller to save himself is to admit the truth and admit that
He blew it.
I am not holding my breath waiting for that to happen.

[Beasts of England]

AA baseball news: the name 'Trash Pandas' made the cut and is one of our five finalists!! 🗑🐼

[Kevlar Kid]

CH----> will you mind too terribly if i wax a minute? (tough beeswax, Hermano!)

our beloved Captain Hate will undoubtedly become a close friend through the later chapters of this man's life.

it's been said often to me that my teachers will find me when i'm ready to be found.

not to put some traditional Master-Grasshopper twist to all of this---- Captain shares his mind and his memories freely in a way that i find to be instructive and consoling at the same time. (a first blush response to spending 3 uninterrupted hours with our knees under the same table down in the Cruz).

another "BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS" here at JOM 'warned' me that CH "is a very nice guy."

i'm officially putting the entire JOM family--- whether you like it or not--- on my bucket list. (yes, you can blame Captain Hate for this.)

i be comin fer ya. :D of course, y'all have the Nancy Reagan perogative.

thanks for indulging me, CH. (like ya had a choice! :D )

Kev

PS: to Beasts query re elliot-golf-grammar----> no he didn't but he asked very engaging questions at our table. a very gentile Man. max chill. tradecraft meets essence?

[Kevlar Kid]

"I was expecting an eyepatch and parrot."

must confess...were it not for his long lost avatar (like mine) i was TOO!

[Kevlar Kid]

Beasts--- New Years Eve "Name that Band" contest entry?

[Old Lurker]

The worst thing that happened to Musk was getting deep into free money from taxpayers long before he ever learned how hard it is to get "real" money out of the pockets of "rightful owners" thereof. Add to that the predictable adulation from credentialed morons (who took his grifting as his gift), and you have the making of the ruination of a very bright and creative mind who "coulda been a contender".

[Dave (in MA)]

I enjoy this guy's books.

Author Ben Coes
Yesterday at 10:45 AM ·
I hate to use the word traitor on someone but John Brennan comes close. As CIA director he manipulated the FBI and it’s dumbass director Comey into starting a probe on Trump/Russia after Bill Clinton asked him to and based on Clinton campaign-manufactured BS about Trump. The entire Clinton/Obama circle then used this falsely begun, made up probe to lie to a federal judge and try to steal the election. This is the guy, along with Bill Clinton, who should be investigated and thrown in jail, though I’d be happy to just not have to ever see or read about him ever again.

The most amazing thing in all of this however is not his/their malicious and dishonest behavior- it’s that some people out there still believe him, Comey, and the rest of this vile group of “Americans.”

[stuck on stupid]

Conjecture on my part, but how did they get the OHR Steele e-mails. If Nellie went out of her way to get a ham radio to avoid detection I do not think that Bruce would be stupid enough to use his e-mail address to communicate with Steele especially since Steele's association with the FBI was terminated on November 1, 2016. Thus Steele and OHR were communicating via a personal e-mail account that Ohr set up.

They most probably got these e-mails from monitoring Steele not OHr That will also suggest that other individuals like Senator Warner and Attorney Waldman correspondence were captured in monitoring Steele. That is likely why the Senate Intelligence committee has been silenced and Burr's statement on Brennan.

Also part of the reason of having Mueller and the special counsel was to get the coup plotters and the bad apples in DOJ exposed. Recall that Weissman was conducting briefing sessions with journalist in April 2018 . Why not let this be shipped to special counsel and the back biting exposed for what it is rather than Weissman Comey and Mccabe running loose like they were at beginning of the Trump administration.

[Dave (in MA)]

Mark Knoller
‏Verified account @markknoller
57s58 seconds ago

Hot Dog. Trump fundraiser taking place at the Southampton home of Howard Lorber, Chairman of Nathan’s Famous.
Posted by: Miss Marple | August 17, 2018 at 01:35 PM

The only hot dogs we buy.

[Beasts of England]

I'm sure he's all that, Kev... I've heard a rumor that he's a heck of a good golfer. :)

[stuck on stupid]

On the Lovinger dismissal that resurfaced yesterday, note that it was McMaster that fired him. McMaster was shoved onto Trump because of the firing. Is there any question now that McMaster was part of the deep state as well. Trump has managed to get out a majority of the deep state from his inner circle.

[Frau Krimi]

I see the dr. john resemblance,
Posted by: narciso | August 17, 2018 at 01:19

[Beasts of England]

It's a naming 'contest' for the new AA ball club coming to town, Kev. I laugh every time I hear it mentioned. lol

[Kevlar Kid]

sos ---- who'd you allege remains in the inner circle. thanks for offering your take on things.
-Kev

[Frau Krimi]

The only other photo I can remember of a JOM meetup was the one at Jane's in Sturbridge. MA before she headed south. Any others?

Why is there nothing on the table in front of Elliott?

[Dave (in MA)]

WJOM: Gov't Mule [feat Dr. John]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=737gBahv8Kg

[Miss Marple]

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/08/17/president-trump-impromptu-presser-departing-white-house/

This is from this morning. About 5 minutes in front of the Marine One chopper.

[Dave (in MA)]

The Sox are moving the Pawtucket Red Sox (PawSox) to Worcester. The WooSox sounds stupid.

[Kevlar Kid]

Frau--- the pic was taken just after the entrees ended and the next pour IIRC. elliot had the same salad as Mrs MT.

[Beasts of England]

A current NYT online headline reads 'Embracing Conspiracy Theory, Trump Escalates Attack on Bruce Ohr'. I appreciate them letting us know he's directly over the target!!

[Frau Krimi]

I read that Eon Musk is somewhere on the Asperger's scale. Another article quoted Musk as saying he is bipolar. That would fit his behavior.

At least his Ambien use has not resulted in his insulting the "Honorable" ValJar on Twitter.

[Jane]

The jury should be wrapping up.

[stuck on stupid]

KK I meant that Trump disposes of individuals who are not on the Trump train and only uses the ones who are not for specific purposes. Hence the departure of McMaster, Gary Cohen and Dina Powell. Trump used Cohen beautifully to get corporate America to announce the Christmas bonuses with GOP tax cut. After that Cohen was discarded. Pompeo was doing all the lifting while McMaster was there.

Also surprised that we have not heard Cohen Watnick name pop up lately. Guess what he is national security advisor to Jeff Sessions. How do you think the Ohr Steele correspondences are getting leaked.

[Miss Marple]

Judge in Manafort trial says he's been threatened over case

Judge Ellis revealed he has to travel with US Marshalls after receiving threats..https://t.co/5juOEBj3OR

— Kevin (@kevinh07) August 17, 2018

Link goes to Fox article.

[clarice feldman]

KK, cannot be an Injun--compare his cheekbones with Liawatha's and you'll see what I mean.

[Dave (in MA)]

Who is the guy in the red hat?

All the coolest JOMers wear red hats at JOMborees.

[Jane]

I don't remember that pix Frau. I wish I had it. I bet Caro does.

[Miss Marple]

The judge has also told CNN he's not releasing juror names.

You know what's interesting to me? No one asked the jurors!

[Jane]

Dave,

Where is Worcester?