Is Anyone On The Fence About This?

Trump wants $5 billion for a border wall and a symbolic win. Pelosi and Schumer will give him a fence, or a partial government shutdown. Resist!

I love Schumer's soundbite: "The public expects us to be even smaller and less reasonable than Trump and we won't disappoint them."

I may have misheard that. Probably not.

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[Account Deleted]

Tom R's 533p: Schumer admits Trump peed on him.

Pelosi plays the "woman card" and that lame-assed bumpersticker that is all around these parts "Because i am the mommy."

Yeah, yeah, yeah, GFU you ol'bat.

[MissMarple2]

daddy,

I agree, Much as I like Meadows, we cannot afford to lose him.

I favor David Bosse. He's a bulldog and understands who the enemies are.

[Extraneus]

I like Mulvaney for Chief of Staff. He seems ideologically solid and may be even smarter than Trump, IQ wise. I don't think Priebus or Kelly were anywhere close.

Just a matter if ideology and loyalty in his case. If I were Trump and were convinced he had both boxes checked, I'd go with him. His energy level would compliment Trump's.

[Account Deleted]

I agree about Meadows. i dont want ANY member of congress within 450 yards of the WH, let alone the Oval Office inner sanctum.

Nominate Barr and bring in Whitaker. That should frost some gonads in Congress. Whitaker would cross-serve as a spotter for POTUS' counter-offensive.

Take out Feinstein. Force a slew of Dem retirements in the House and Senate. Launch Barr. Hello special elections. No ramp up to cheat mode. Payback using the proper channels and the Rule of Law.

if the Dems truly believe what Chuck and Nancy and Mueller are spewing then they are vulnerable to counterattack. they think they have Trump cornered and that he fears them.

yo. not a superior psychology to read your own press clippings, and then, believe them to be true.

let's go.

MAGA!

[Account Deleted]

sorry... my 5:40p s/b GFY

[MissMarple2]

Extraneus,

I would agree with you about Mulvaney but I think he took himself out of the running.

[MissMarple2]

Why am I in bold?

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ny-times-paul-krugman-says-us-part-of-new-axis-of-evil-with-russia-saudi-arabia

Paul Krugman can go to hell.

[Account Deleted]

i think Mick is too valuable runnin that chain saw.

[Account Deleted]

off

[Pinandpuller]

the easier route would be to sequester her in a hospital for observation as she awaits extradition.

she can afford the bill.

Posted by: Kevlar Kid | December 11, 2018 at 05:10 PM

Are you saying she can see a doctor in less than three months?

[MissMarple2]

Joel B. Pollak
Joel B. Pollak
@joelpollak
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4h
Trump saying he would shut down the government for border security is the last thing Schumer and Pelosi expected to hear. Other Republicans run from the word "shutdown." But the wall is Trump's bottom line and he won't -- and can't -- retreat. That's why the Democrats lost today.

[Account Deleted]

May Krugman perish to an unstoppable fungus.

[Account Deleted]

MM: be BOLD. Looks good onya.

[Account Deleted]

Hey, Pin. No. She wanno jail, the pay for a hospital, an ankle bracelet, security, and stay chained to a comfy hospito bed. Thass all.

[Pinandpuller]

That's why so far we haven't elected a mommy for president.

[Account Deleted]

a mommy with pinholes in her cerebral fat mass. not a good look on Pelosi Galore.

[Threadkiller]

Speaking of body language, Pence looked like he could've quit on the spot.

Probably gaming Twitter Sleuths while they set a trap for the Dems.

Or, he is exhausted.

[daddy]

The Huawei gal is granted Bail by the Canadian Court, comprising 7 Million in Canadian Cash and 10 Million in equity.

[Account Deleted]

is this Wall confrontation a diversion from what's going to slap the Cabal and Co. upside the head just before Christmas?

this much theater suggest such to me.

will Huber be releasing some information that would make Chuck and Nancy's recalcitrance come January look like petty partisan reprisal because the Red Queen's lard arse couldn't make it out the bathroom window in time?

of course, a number of things might be true. :D

[MissMarple2]

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/39624420/travelers-at-nashvilles-airport-sing-the-star-spangled-banner-for-children-of-fallen-soldiers

Gary Sinese's kids, on their way to Disney World.

Sound isn't too good on the video, but you can see the soldiers saluting

[Account Deleted]

and then there is the Dead Cat Bounce in the polls that comes with the SOTU address.

there is yardage ahead. and when is the Mueller anal probe supposed to go tits up?

[Account Deleted]

Huawei Mung Bean Strokes Out after Bail Granted...film at 11.

[D]

First and most importantly, I want to add my voice of admiration for Momto2
Who I consider a real treasure here at JOM.
After your accident you were areal example of fortitude and perseverance.
Congratulations to you and your husband in your anniversary.
All my best wishes and prayers for you both.
Anonamom, I loved Sedona when we visited and I was delighted that you agree less medicine or drugs for surgery is a good idea.
Cathyf:
I had pitocin to

induce labor with my first child and it made me loopy.

Have never taken other drugs.
My son was natural, no drugs and I felt great.
I agree with OL and Jimmyk.
I no longer get involved with sarcastic comments directed at one another but I would be remiss not to weigh in on a comment by TomR.

TomR:
I believe you overstepped in your comment wrt OL

[Tom R]

I hope Trump selects another general/admiral to replace GEN Kelly. A 3 or 4 star should possess all the required skills to advise the president and maintain control of the WH staff. I can imagine a lot of heads exploding if Trump hires a hopefully soon to be exonerated LTG Flynn to be CoS.

[sbwaters]

Pelosi & Schumer planned to tar Trump with owning a shutdown.

Trump ducked the label of plain old shutdown by turning it into a battlecry: “shutdown for border security”.

With nowhere to hide, Pelosi showed herself to be foul-mouthed and sexist.

Trump “stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni.”

See if you find that in any #MSM lede tomorrow.

[henry]

Some old woman and Pelosi talk to the press:

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1072631145626521600?s=21

[Captain Hate]

In a much less severe medical event than James went through:

I've had floaters in my eyes for a long time. I first noticed how many there were a couple years ago when I was walking Teddy on a cloudy snowy day when against a white background I saw all these weird grey shapes moving around. A subsequent trip to the ophthalmologist after I was diagnosed with type two diabetes revealed "yeah you've got floaters; are they overly bothersome?" "Not really; against most backgrounds I don't even notice them." "Well ok, they're normal for people your age."

Then this past summer on a foggy day I noticed these dots in the field of vision of my right eye that moved around like floaters but were different. I didn't panic and figured I'd mention it to my primary physician during my annual physical, which I did and she referred me to Dr. Huang at the Retina Center. The techie who did most of the work was really good at giving me feedback immediately after my dilated pupils looked at this bright green light while a red line went slowly up and down and gave two images per eye; showing me that the lack of red in the green and yellow color of the first one indicated no problem and the indentation instead of a bump on the second one likewise.

Then Dr. Huang, a thoroughly westernized Asian, gave me a quick look and explained in detail how I was in excellent shape for my age, why the floaters happen and why I shouldn't worry about them. He was professional and personable (he asked me about "The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks" which Porch recommended).

It was a very good experience.

[Pinandpuller]

"My child, France is in a very critical position, which is understood only by the King and a few superior minds. But the King is a head without arms; the great nobles, who are in the secret of the danger, have no authority over the men whose co-operation is needful in order to bring about a happy result. These men, cast up by popular election, refuse to lend themselves as instruments. Even the able men among them carry on the work of pulling down society, instead of helping us to strengthen the edifice...

..."Shall I tell you, my child, which is the most destructive of all the consequences entailed by the Revolution? You would never guess. In Louis XVI. the Revolution has decapitated every head of a family. The family has ceased to exist; we have only individuals. In their desire to become a nation, Frenchmen have abandoned the idea of empire; in proclaiming the equal rights of all children to their father's inheritance, they have killed the family spirit and created the State treasury. But all this has paved the way for weakened authority, for the blind force of the masses, for the decay of art and the supremacy of individual interests, and has left the road open to the foreign invader.

http://www.hotfreebooks.com/book/Letters-of-Two-Brides-Honore-de-Balzac--2.html

[sbwaters]

OL on VDH: His unique and penetrating ability to tie our present with comparable scenes from history is of great interest to me, but of zero interest to Progs.

History is of zero interest to Progs because any narrative they call “history” is only a fable to bludgeon unthinking masses into line.

Theirs is a particular sadness, to be so sure of themselves, that experience is of no value.

Rota Fortuna can be particularly unkind and capricious to them. Moar popcorn!

[henry]

So they went to deliver terms of surrender but got bushwhacked. Hahahahaha!!!

Mark Knoller

Schumer says the meeting with Trump "was supposed to be no press," but he called in the press "and went on a 10-15 minute diatribe." Says he and Pelosi went to the WH to give Trump two options to keep the Government funded and open.

[Jane]

It seems that Meadows could certainly add some insight into Congress, and also use his friendships there.

OL,

I forget what the insult was but IMO you are one of the most logical people at JOM. I love reading your posts. You bring a hell of a lot to the table!

My nose started bleeding again so I'm back to looking like Hitler. I demand salutes.

[Extraneus]

One more day of work!

[D]

Jane:
I hope you feel better soon.Can you breathe through your nose and how long does it need to heal?
JamesD :
You are a real trooper.
I hope all these messages make you feel better.

[D]

Ext:
Tomorrow will not really be a work day as people will be talking to you all day and wishing you well.
You might get some surprises and maybe even a lunch.
Congratulations on your retirement.
I know you will be missed.
If not retirement , then for the change of scenery.

[Extraneus]

Schmidt: Russian Interference and Possible Collusion Could Be ‘Greatest Crime in American History’

"We're at this moment in time right now where we have enough information to sit and wonder. Might this be the greatest crime in American history? The subversion of an American election by a foreign power, colluding with and conspiracy with the president's campaign," Schmidt said. "It's extraordinary to consider it."

Schmidt invoked George Washington's farewell address to the country at the end of his second term in the 1790's, warning about such a thing.

"It's extraordinary to consider at this moment in time, as we get ready to see a new Democratic Congress begin its oversight of this administration, as all of the details are filled in, to ponder what may have happened here," he said. "It is an extraordinary moment, I suspect, that's coming in the history of our constitutional republic."

I guess the new word is cuck, but lapdog seems more appropriate to me. Imagine trying to say this stuff just to be accepted on Twitter and make a few bucks on TV?

[Captain Hate]

Gary Sinese's kids, on their way to Disney World.

Sinise was on a Life, Liberty and Levin show about a year ago. It wasn't one of the best LL&Ls because Gary's a pretty modest guy and it gets repetitive saying "we try to help people out" multiple times but this is an example of what he does.

[henry]

Hey Schmidt, it cost Vlad less than your last bar tab (~$4,500).

[daddy]

The gunman in Strasbourg France was wounded but is still on the loose. My guess is he is hold up in one of the famous old residences surrounding the market and he has hostages. Listening to France24 on and off these last few hours I understand that he has been identified (by the authorities). I think all the public knows is that he is a 29 year old man who has been "radicalized" and was on the terror watch list, yet already I have already heard calls from authorities to not take it out on any particular ethnic/religious group.

[Captain Hate]

Schmidt is the type of trash the GOPe inflicted on us, probably by Rove. Good riddance, punk.

[clarice]

Stop bleeding, Jane. I'll cook you anything you like..just stop it! XOXO

[Threadkiller]

Did Schmidt quote the part of Washington's farewell that covered ineligible dual citizens tricking their way into The Executive and undermining the USA from within?

[D]

Schumer really showed how he sees Midwestern people.
President Trump always seems able to push people like Schumer to reveal who they really are.
Hurt on Fox News says he will regret the Indiana North Dakota statement.
Al DAmatto was right all those years ago.
Schumer really is a Putz

[MissMarple2]

D.,

Speaking as one from Indiana, I am pretty steamed at Schumer. The arrogance was off-putting.

[Captain Hate]

Shecky should really lose those dorky glasses unless he wants to add a bow tie and be in his fatassed cousin's standup act.

[Jim Eagle]

Damn, Strausborg is onemy favorite Cities in France. Totally different cuisine and wines. No car traffic in the city. Park outside and take Janet's light rail in and around the city. Great and famous cathedral. If you like French cooking with a little German thrown in, then Strausborg is your destination.

[James D.]

Maryrose, the good wishes here do make me feel better! I truly appreciate them!

Just trying to stay awake to watch part 3 of the big superhero Elseworlds crossover tonight at 8 pm before I crash and go to sleep.

[Jim Eagle]

James D.

Good lord, I am so remiss to not have wished you Godspeed in your operation. Good to know you are doing well. Wish you the best for recovery. See you back here soon.

Cheers,

[clarice]

Strausborg is in Alsace Lorraine which pre WWII had a substantial Jewish population.https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/History_of_Jews_in_Alsace.html

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

So Kamala Toe wants the US to look more like a monarchy ruled by a guy and his daddy in goofy panther suits and whose economy is based entirely on a fictional compound left by a meteorite?

Willie Brown musta humped her brains out.

[Narciso79]

Schmidt co founded mercury partners which not only represents Russian interests but qatari and Turkish ones

[Narciso79]

The interesting parts of elsewhere was the Kent farm in the first part and the confrontation with the monitor, the ones shot in the day time.

[MissMarple2]

Jeff Mason
Jeff Mason
@jeffmason1
EXCLUSIVE - @realDonaldTrump
tells @Reuters
in interview that he would consider intervening in case of Huawei CFO if it would serve national security and help with a China trade deal

[Jim Eagle]

The Chinese are like the Dems, they haven't met a guy who knows how to negotiate. Its always been done accordding the Globilist Hoyle rules. No longer.

[D]

Bret Baier showing the DisneyWorld tape of Sinise’s kids heading to Florida.

[D]

JamesD:
And the icing on the cake is that your Giants keep winning!

[GUS]

Look at the little man, sniveling. As usual.

[daddy]

History is of zero interest to Progs because any narrative they call “history” is only a fable to bludgeon unthinking masses into line.

Theirs is a particular sadness, to be so sure of themselves, that experience is of no value.

SBW,

When I heard Macron yesterday, just before he completely capitulated to the Protesters, he touted France's ability to always try new methods and unexplored ways to accomplish things:

Macron:...If I have fought in order to be able to shape the political system in place, it is precisely because I believe in this country that I love. And my legitimacy, I don't take it out of any title or any party. I get my legitimacy and my rights from you. I want to find a way to get out of this together. I want this for France because this is our pact. Through history we have always opened unexplored ways and unexplored methods. I don't want to be divided. I don't want the french people to be divided. This is a country of Law. Friendship is what must unite this country.

That had me thinking, "What new unexplored ways, what new unexplored methods," are you talking about?

And then 3 sentences later he declared money grows on trees and blasted an astronomical hole in the budget.

[D]

Schumer and Pelosi and Leahy are 3 good reasons why term limits must be instituted.
I will vote for any candidate that promises to deliver only 2 terms for Senators and 3 terms for representatives.

[D]

JamesD:
I am watching it also and really enjoy the characters that play Tje Flash, the Arrow , Supergirl and Superman. I was an avid fan of Smallville.

[Captain Hate]

Newt tried to include term limits in the Contract With America until the RINOs refused to honor their promises, which began a new trend...

[Captain Hate]

The Democracy Fund?

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=378627

[daddy]

Damn, Strausborg is enemy favorite Cities in France.

A point reiterated multiple times on the French24 link I'm listening to is that Security was already out in full force before the shooting in Strasbourg, so people are doubly concerned that even with all that extra Security this identified perp was still able to do all that killing and remains on the loose.

[Narciso79]

Spoiling the canonization:

https://spectator.us/jamal-khashoggi-time-person-year/

[Extraneus]

So what's the best voice assistant? I want Kirk's and Picard's computers. (Kirk's coputer voice was Nurse Chapel's, who was Roddenberry's squeeze-to-wife.)

[Narciso79]

Unlike in eagle eye, where julianne Moore was the voice of the panopticon.

The fellow they have doing the superman part is even more bland than Henry cavill.

[Extraneus]

I was very hot for Nurse Chapel at one point, btw.

[Narciso79]

The thing is Rubin has been obtuse for a long time, back to the tea party era, was omidyar financing her back then

[DrJ]

Allow me to begin KJOM early. Matt mentioned Puccini the other day -- Boheme is great! -- so I'll post one from his countryman, Rossini:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pap0PrkASLQ

Overture to "An Italian in Algiers," Chicago, Solti. Short light-hearted fun.

[Captain Hate]

Spoiling the canonization

Speaking truth to stupidity. It's embarrassing to contemplate the number of people in this country outraged by the death of a totalitarian apologist like Khashoggi.

[henry]

Omydar keeps Rubin supplies with throwable cats.

[James D.]

I was an avid fan of Smallville.

At AwesomeCon this past spring, we ran into a woman who was a mega fan of that show and especially Tom Welling (who was a guest at the con). She was also head of a security consulting company that got hired to break into facilities to test the security and find the holes.

She had made a totally professional Daily Planet office ID and dressed as a picture-perfect Lois Lane for her photo op with Welling. It was really cool to see.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

TM: "I may have misheard that."

That's what I heard too :) :)

[Jane]

D,

The stints, or whatever they are come out in a week. Maybe my nose won't run like a marathoner as it always does tomorrow. Assuming I make it thru tonite after having 1 drink after anesthesia I'll probably make it.

Clarice I'm good, probably ugly but good except for Tuesday and Sunday.. I eat lots of fat and no carbs pretty much. Whatever it is, make it with a thermonix.

Has James checked in? I expected to be a lot more groggy after 2 hours under, butI recovered pretty fast.

[henry]

Jane, glad you are ok. Don’t forget to feed Kiwi. ;)

[daddy]

So what's the best voice assistant? I want Kirk's and Picard's computers. (Kirk's coputer voice was Nurse Chapel's, who was Roddenberry's squeeze-to-wife.)

On the plane we have 2 sets of robotic voices besides all the lights, bells, and whistles. One we call "The Bitch", which is a bossy woman's voice that barks stuff like "Tire Failure, Tire Failure" and calls out the altitudes on descent, (ie: "50, 40, 30, 20, 10.")

We also have a robotic guy, like an overly emphatic Steven Hawking" who speaks up less frequently, but who says stop like "Terrain, Terrain," followed by 2 electronic "Whoop, whoop" carnival style sounds, followed by him hollering "Pull up, Pull up."

Each of those 2 have about 20 to 30 phrases.

Now they have decided, since they gave the Captain a HUD (Heads Up Display) a few years ago, that some of the crap we see in that overly clustered display will now have its own set of babbling robot voices. I listened to it a few days back and it seemed to be a less human version of either of the previous 2, sort of like Hal from 2001 saying "Angle of Attack, Angle of Attack."

There's hardly room for the human anymore in the cockpit, and I think that's their ultimate intention:(

[Narciso79]

The first of these crossovers had plenty of action and wit the previous one was dreary with some interesting elements, and this one has some bright spots

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Sorry daddy, pet peeve time; it's Head Up Display, not headS.

[sbwaters]

Ig, ... maybe in YOUR cockpit.

[DrJ]

Best wishes to those who have been under the knife!

daddy, have you watched the film "Sully?" Were the cockpit voices accurate? (note that Mnuchin was executive producer!).

[daddy]

You are correct Iggy!

The head-up display (HUD) system for the MD-11/MD-10 generates and displays symbols in the pilot's forward field of view.

But regardless I'm still calling it "a Heads Up Display," and may Chester poop in your cheerios:)

[sbwaters]

I thought it was a head’s up display.

[Narciso79]

Speaking of things no one wanted a whole new raft of avatar films,

[Narciso79]

Russian stooge then as now:

https://amp.dailycaller.com/2018/12/11/strobe-talbott-steele-dossier-clinton#click=

[daddy]

DrJ,

Never saw the movie. I'm trying to do a DuckDuckGo search for a link of the babbling cockpit voices, but so far all I can find is one in German from the Lufthansa guys, since they still fly the MD-11. I'll keep trying.

[DrJ]

daddy,

"Sully" is worth watching. I do like Clint Eastwood movies, so there's that.

[daddy]

Here's about 30 seconds of The Bitch to give you an idea.

[Gentlejim]

I thought it was Housing and Urban Development. :)

[Gentlejim]

Daddy,
Is that Rosie from The Jetsons?

[jim nj]

Jane, if you feel a sneeze coming on please remember to open your mouth so the sneeze has somewhere to go.

Learned the hard way after a rhinoplasty.

[daddy]

Here's a bigger dose of her, and half way through when her voice changes is where I believe we have our robot guy talking.

Now you know why we call her The Bitch:)

[clarice]

Jane, I don't have a TM in Fla. I'll contact you later once we have our sea legs there and we'll set the date.

[daddy]

I liked Rosie, and I loved their house, and I loved George Jetson's space car and I thought his wife Jane was very hot.

That's the future I was promised and instead all I got was "The Bitch"@#$%

[Dave (in MA)]

I'm gettin' punchy from punching all these buttons.

[Dave (in MA)]

...and I thought his wife Jane was very hot

[daddy]

Dave,

Are we allowed to call your 09:03 a "Heads Up" display?

[Jane]

Jim,

Already happened but thankfully I was Forewarned .

[Dave (in MA)]

I've heard both Head Up and Heads Up.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
4h
Thanks to Leader McConnell for agreeing to bring a Senate vote on Criminal Justice this week! These historic changes will make communities SAFER and SAVE tremendous taxpayers dollars. It brings much needed hope to many families during the Holiday Season.

[lyle]

Heal up quickly, James D and Jane!