We'll Always Have Paris

Diligent and creative posturing by bureaucrats whose careers are tied to climate change negotiations deliver more "progress" on climate change. Whew!

DO LET ME ADD: Good athleticism by Michal Kurtyka. the Polish deputy minister who jump-started these talks. OK, jump-ended them. Whatev.

Comments

[rse]

I was looking at pictures of all the young people at that conference and they have the eyes of idealogues.

[henry]

At least it’s not a thread about Paris Hilton.

[Account Deleted]

from last thread re Gates/Tillerson and BSA:

gentlejim- CHIEF!

sup? was never a Gates fan. when i learned of his relationship to Tillerson after Tillerson's appointment to head State, i saw RT a little bit differently.

these "executives" are political first, and patriots second. Hopefully the Pompeo appointment is having good effect *inside* State.

be safe on those roads now, Chief. :D -Kev

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Recall that the original architecture of the place was a tall ledge hovering over a bunch of sharp rocks at ground level, with diving boards for us to use when and if the final defenses of the castle are breached.--

Are we Masada or America?
Wouldn't the American way be working ones way back down the tower, a gat in each hand, taking out as many of the filthy commies as possible and going out in a blaze of glory?

[Account Deleted]

progress on climate change, eh? what did they order mass deforestation to take them polluting trees "off the road?"

IHTFP.

how many people in that photo realize they will either a) keep their countries in economic backwaters for the foreseeable future; or b) send their industrialized economies into the same "opportunity zone" as (a).

fui.

[Account Deleted]

Morning yoga today. Day 22. i'm hooked. my instructor is a doll too!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
46m46 minutes ago

A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC & Democrat spin machines like Saturday Night Live. It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can’t be legal? Only defame & belittle! Collusion?
===================================
I am positive that there is a trail of money supporting network reporters and SNL writers from the democrats and certain government agencies.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
37m37 minutes ago

So where are all the missing Text messages between fired FBI agents Peter S and the lovely Lisa Page, his lover. Just reported that they have been erased and wiped clean. What an outrage as the totally compromised and conflicted Witch Hunt moves ever so slowly forward. Want them!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
10m10 minutes ago

Remember, Michael Cohen only became a “Rat” after the FBI did something which was absolutely unthinkable & unheard of until the Witch Hunt was illegally started. They BROKE INTO AN ATTORNEY’S OFFICE! Why didn’t they break into the DNC to get the Server, or Crooked’s office?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

As for the pastor who bought the Lamborghini for his wife, he apparently has his own reality show on some cable network and used those proceeds to buy it. And it was a Lambo SUV, not a supercar.

Whether it will fit through the eye of a needle is between him and God.

[Gentlejim]

Clarice,
Fantastic Pieces!!!

KK,
Thanks for your thoughts. I always try to be tactically sound and cringe frequently when I see what poor tactics other officers use personally and on tv. Complacency kills. I’ve always tried to be aware and have become more so as I approach retirement in a few years. A reminder: I’ll be Deputy Chief, #2, not Chief, #1. I know who #2 works for. :)

I’m with Janet on the Lambo purchasing pastor. I figured he would have purchased an Aventador since his wife’s name is Aventer.

[MissMarple2]

https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/15/trump-arlington-cemetery-wreaths/

This has video as well as photos.

[Jim Eagle]

Reposting from the other thread:

Clarice,

Probably after Christmas, so we will miss you.

Kurt Vonnegut lived in Sagaponack (The Hamptons) for years. Sag was the epicenter of the "writers community". E. L. Doctorow, Truman Capote, George Plimpton, et. al. When I would go home for my summer vacations, sometimes it was during the Artist & Writers softball game in East Hampton, and he would one of the players. Also, saw him once at Sip 'n Soda, in Southampton. He was with Robert Caro and Peter Mathieson.

BTW, Slaughterhouse Five was his 6th novel. The 5th novel was "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater".

[Gentlejim]

The President understandably seems a bit upset this morning.

The 29th anniversary of the Romanian wall dance is fast approaching.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
9m9 minutes ago

At the request of many, I will be reviewing the case of a “U.S. Military hero,” Major Matt Golsteyn, who is charged with murder. He could face the death penalty from our own government after he admitted to killing a Terrorist bomb maker while overseas. @PeteHegseth @FoxNews

[GUS]

I'd love to see RODHAM CEAUCESCU dance. Running her filthy lying cake hole as she's filled with lead.

[Momto2]

Great Pieces this morning, Clarice.

Since this is a new thread - here is the link for late risers:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/washingtons_growing_product_line_confected_felonies.html

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Miss Universe Preview: The First Trans Contestant.
Linked primarily for the pictorial coverage of the delightful non tranny contestants.
I will admit that unlike tranny athletes at least this sick puppy is playing on a relatively level playing field, if not actually playing at a disadvantage.
But weirdly he wants to win to thump Trump. Has Trump ever even talked about trannies?

[Gentlejim]

I wish I’d remember to follow Howie Carr more closely. He really seems to enjoy what he’s doing. I know I enjoy it when I pay attention. I suppose I need to up my magnesium intake.

[Jane]

I'm thrilled that the President will review Major Matt Golsteyn's case. Fox has been talking about it endlessly all week, I'm sure to bring Trump's attention to it. Apparently the military exonerated him in 2013 and then said they found new evidence - none of which they have delivered.

[Catsmeat]

Dr.J, thank you so much for that Mog the cat Sainsbury commercial--poor Mog, poor family! We own "Mog the Forgetful Cat," a small classic.

[Gentlejim]

Iggy,
The story of the Japanese contestant is crazy. She has the eyes to match the story.

I’ve never heard Trump discuss trannies. He probably always goes to AAMCO. :)

[jimmyk]

But weirdly he wants to win to thump Trump. Has Trump ever even talked about trannies?

There was some item a couple months ago about a declaration that a person's sex is defined by his or her sex at birth, i.e. what any sane person would have taken for granted until about 10 years ago. (Yes, there have always been hermaphrodites other congenital deformities.)

[Gentlejim]

I wish I hadn’t followed the link to our host’s second linked article. Now I’m worried about polar bears melting. I should have stuck with his “Whatev” commentary.

[JimNorCal]

Nice Boston Tea Party link at Insty for those interested.

George Hewes was a member of the band of "Indians" that boarded the tea ships that evening. His recollection of the event was published some years later. We join his story as the group makes its way to the tea-laden ships:

"It was now evening, and I immediately dressed myself in the costume of an Indian, equipped with a small hatchet, which I and my associates denominated the tomahawk, with which, and a club, after having painted my face and hands with coal dust in the shop of a blacksmith, I repaired to Griffin's wharf, where the ships lay that contained the tea. When I first appeared in the street after being thus disguised, I fell in with many who were dressed, equipped and painted as I was, and who fell in with me and marched in order to the place of our destination.

[MissMarple2]

The left has created an imaginary Trump that has nothing to do with the real one. Then they take "stands" against the imaginary one.

The gay commuity is full of epople who think he hates gays, even as he has appointed the first openly gay ambassador, Richard Grenell, to a very important country, Germany.

He's accused of being racist even though he has lowered black unemployment, started a program with opportunity zones for investment in urban communities (praised by the head of BET who was there at the signing of the EO), and appointed many blacks to positions.

He's accused of being sexist even though he has numerous women cabinet officers.

It just goes on and on. I am sick of it. The press is a disgrace.

[Momto2]

Yes, I meant to thank DrJ, too for the link to Mog the cat. I also watched several older Sainsbury Christmas commercials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWF2JBb1bvM

And this sweet John Lewis oldie:

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

[Account Deleted]

Amen MM at 10:44.
That is SO true.

[clarice]

Thanks.

[Momto2]

The press is a disgrace.

No truer words were ever spoken!

[MissMarple2]

Excepting sbwaters, of course, but he's fighting a lonely battle with the AP.

[pagar]

Jane@10:26 "
I'm thrilled that the President will review Major Matt Golsteyn's case."

IMO, many of the investigators hate anyone who defends other Americans.

[Old Lurker]

The Press is, indeed, a disgrace.

But only one of a number of our institutions (including our families) which are just as responsible. And, frankly, they are as much a disgrace as are the millions who find affirmation for their own twisted, irrational, illogical and ahistorical "feelings" in what the press feeds right back at them.

[Old Lurker]

Pogo had a point.

[Tom Bowler]

"Washington’s Growing Product Line..."

What a great title, Clarice!!

[Jane]

GentleJim, when I was on the radio, Howie was my idol. He's great!

Pagar, hard to imagine what has happened to our country.

[Old Lurker]

Yes, sbw = Diogenes, wandering in the ghetto with his candle.

[James D.]

My bigger point in this post, James D., is this: our adversary wants us to be jaded and disrespectful of ordinary Americans, including our average civil servants. They very much want us to lose faith because that is the one component that *most* distinguishes us from the rest of the world.

Putting aside the current players and debate...we should absolutely NOT have faith in civil servants.

Not because they are Dems or leftists or government employees.

Because they are human beings.

They are fallible, corruptible, subject to groupthink and CUA and mission creep and on and on and on. The genius of our Constitution is the understanding that all those things are inevitable, and so they are guarded against with many checks and balances and hard limits on government power.

Which of course have all been ignored over time, which is why we are where we are.

[pagar]

"There have been more than 260 settlements costing more than $17 million, paid for by you and me, so our elected Members for Congress can avoid being held responsible for things they’re now clutching their pearls over the President having done with his own money."

https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2018/12/16/the-perfectly-legal-corruption-no-one-cares-about-n2537551

Why do so few care?

[henry]

Why doesn’t that list of Congresspervs leak?

[Old Lurker]

James, there is a scene in the first Philbrick book in his trilogy of our founding where a Gov of the Crown in MA, having been in Boston for many years, travelled back to London to confer with the King about the increasing peskiness of the colonists. After a few days there, his number one takeaway was how the entire British government had, during the 10-20 years he had been away representing and fighting for the King, been overwhelmed by hordes of civil servants then in place in 1770, all of whom seemed to him to be draining away the wealth of the Empire and destroying its progress by overwhelming and smothering controls and regulations.

[MissMarple2]

pagar,

Once again, this is on the press and TV reporters, who didn't give a damn when Bill Clinton paid out money to Paula Jones.

I just got done explaining this slush fund to my daughter, who is outraged and thinks we need to move the government to Kansas or something.

I also explained about the missing text messages and the 302's. She thinks that people should not be allowed to manufacture or destroy evidence at will.

I am making progress!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
1h1 hour ago

Judge Ken Starr, former Solicitor Generel & Independent Counsel, just stated that, after two years, “there is no evidence or proof of collusion” & further that “there is no evidence that there was a campaign financing violation involving the President.” Thank you Judge. @FoxNews

[MissMarple2]

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

The Democrats policy of Child Seperation on the Border during the Obama Administration was far worse than the way we handle it now. Remember the 2014 picture of children in cages - the Obama years. However, if you don’t separate, FAR more people will come. Smugglers use the kids!

[MissMarple2]

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2018/12/all-musicals-sound-like-this-to-me.html

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Why doesn’t that list of Congresspervs leak?--

Good question.
An even better one might be why there isn't a $5 million bounty posted for its leak.

[Tom R]

Clarice,

Do you have a link to where you got the information that Flynn had $3 million in legal fees. I had not seen that mentioned anywhere until your article today.

[MissMarple2]

https://freebeacon.com/politics/republican-pac-attacks-gop-bankrolled-liberal-billionaires/

[JimNorCal]

.

[anonamom]

I'm bringing this over, because I did not know this about The Ledge:

Finally, a minor correction to my friend A-mom in her summary of attitudes on the Ledge and lesser hideouts. A-mom, you said that Ledge Dwellers assume it is all over and that all is lost. That is not the case! We think that we are well along on that path but have not jumped off the cliff yet and thus have hope we will not have to. Recall that the original architecture of the place was a tall ledge hovering over a bunch of sharp rocks at ground level, with diving boards for us to use when and if the final defenses of the castle are breached. We all have great hope, but we chose to recognize the direction the tide is taking. Just in case.

:-)

Posted by: Old Lurker

[MissMarple2]

For those who need reminding that things are happening, here is the important schedule for the next 2 weeks:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DujW5tbVYAAc4IS.jpg:large

[JimNorCal]

MissM: "The left has created an imaginary Trump that has nothing to do with the real one. Then they take "stands" against the imaginary one."

It's a nit but they're against us. They've created an imaginary white populace harboring the worst racist (and so on) sentiments. Deplorables, in other words. Then Trump is used to personify the stereotyping. Every Repub presidential candidate, even squishes, become Literally Hitler through this process.

[Momto2]

Amy Mek
@AmyMek

HAMAS-Linked CAIR & Iihan Omar UNITE to Demand Sharia Compliance!

Pro-Sharia Muslim Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar DEMANDS Amazon give Muslim workers longer prayer times & less work

Amazon ALREADY offers prayer mats for workers, prayer space & special accommodations for fasting workers

[JimNorCal]

It's not Trump ... in one image originally posted by MissM, I think

[Jim Eagle]

Clarice, OL, JamesD, Janet, others in the DC environs:

The Bombay Club celebrating 30 years.

When our office was at 16th and Eye, it was our after work drinking spot and ocassional dinner place. For some reason I preferred the Gaylord up past Dupont Circle for the food but it is long gone.

https://freebeacon.com/culture/bombay-club-turns-30/

[Account Deleted]

Election of more Muslim proponents of sharia and more Democratic Socialists is highly disturbing to me. A newly elected female rep is being sworn in wearing a Fakestinian flag patterned get up.

"Never forget!" indeed.

[Account Deleted]

JimNorCal:

i have that pic of Trump, Parks, and Ali with the meme. laminated multiple copies of it for timely distribution during the coming vacation with the ProgTardo clan in Palm Springs (big fans of Babs Boxer, Kamala Harris, The Rat et al).

the Trump bashing will be out of control.

i don't say much if anything. last year i was warned by one of the sons-in-law, a loya, that i should be more careful in my choice of political associations.

of course, if a row were to ensue after that kind of walk-off remarks then it would be the Deplorable's fault for ruining a perfectly good evening.

Kev

[anonamom]

re: the Congressional hush money fund to shut up recipients of sexual harassment.

Why do so few care?

Because NOBODY but a couple hundred thousand of us know about it.
I am certain I am the only person in my extended family of hardworking taxpayers who does.

If Fox isn't screaming about it every day, it may as well not exist. And it looks like they are going prog too, from recent articles.

[Narciso79]

Afternoon all, the short answer is the nation turned against God like the sin of achor in the battle of ai', I don't know exactly when it happened was it after Engel v Vitale purged God from the public realm. That's is probably where the spark became a brushfire did it first manifest itself in vietnam?

[Captain Hate]

If Fox isn't screaming about it every day, it may as well not exist. And it looks like they are going prog too, from recent articles.

I wouldn't be surprised if Life, Liberty and Levin is purged shortly.

[Manuel Transmission]

Re the gummint overstepping it’s purview, the following letter was sent out to our little property rights group.

Dear XXXX,

Just when we thought that this year’s Thanksgiving holiday was behind us, the U.S. Supreme Court gave PLF client Edward Poitevent—and all Americans—another huge reason to give thanks.

For years, Edward fought the federal government’s designation of his private property in Louisiana as a critical habitat for a threatened frog that does not—and cannot—even live on his property. In fact, this species of frog hasn’t even been seen in Louisiana in 50 years, and it couldn’t live on his property even if someone put it there.

Edward’s case, rolled into Weyerhaeuser v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was the very first to be heard by the High Court on the opening Monday of the October term.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced its unanimous decision that the government far exceeded its constitutional authority by stretching the definition of critical habitat. This absurdity rankled Chief Justice John Roberts enough to quip in the opinion, “According to the ordinary understanding of how adjectives work, ‘critical habitat’ must also be ‘habitat.’ Adjectives modify nouns."

Even more, the Court killed a pernicious practice whereby courts refuse to review the decisions of regulatory agencies. The takeaway is a very clear, severe message the Justices sent to government agencies intent on abusing their administrative powers: stop exploiting your power!

On behalf of all of us at PLF, I invite you to join me in celebrating this epic Supreme Court victory—our third win this year alone and 11th overall. (And, we’re awaiting a decision in another property rights case, which will be reargued in front of the Supreme Court in 2019.)

This record of success is unmatched by any other organization of our kind. It speaks volumes about the dedication of our team in defending—and delivering!—liberty and justice for all.

Of course, our success is your success. Thank you for standing with PLF as we empower everyday Americans to fight the goliath of Big Government.

As a reminder, the crusty old lawyer who we paid to represent us actually worked for Perkins Coie.

[Jim Eagle]

CH,

MM's 11:39 tells you all you need to know about where Fox is headed. One of Rupert's DIL is a main donor to those Rino Babes for Hilary faux organizations.

Time for Fox to learn a lesson about viewership loyalties.

[Account Deleted]

that's a big vic for the homies, ManTran. glad to hear it!!!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--last year i was warned by one of the sons-in-law, a loya, that i should be more careful in my choice of political associations--

Not sure if I should applaud your self control or deplore it, KK.
They count on acquiescence to behave as they do. To my mind it is worse when a relative uses others good manners to rudely condescend without repercussions.

[D]

Some comments about yesterday and today’s posts.
Clarice:
Wonderful article!
It always encourages me.
Comments about people not thinking anything is happening:
No RG we dont demand it right now.
A ballpark figure of when we can expect some arrests and some indictments.
When is the IG and the Huber report going to be made public?
Any date for declassification?
We think nothing is going on wrt this information because so far we have NO answers to the above questions.
We have fake news, phony promises, wishful hopes and no action that concretely punished wrongdoing.
We have deleted and destroyed emails,
Conjecture which is ridiculous about Mueller and President Trump working together and a whitewash for maybe I should wear a wire and tape Trump Rosenstein.
TomR:
The sources Clarice uses are impeccable.
No you don’t get a cite of where because your theory is off base

[MissMarple2]

Jack,

Fox has been on a downhill run for the last 3 years. The Shep Smith hour became increasingly leftist, to the point that I would physically turn the TV off when he came on.

Then, Brett Baier bragged about how he and Megyn Kelly were practicing debate questions. Kelly, of course, got to ask the ambush questions to Trump, but Baier knew about it so did not escape my contempt. I quit watching his show. Cavuto started pushing the Chamber of Commerce line and sounding quite a bit like Bill Kristol, and then Dana Perino got snarky.

I had gotten to the point that when we moved here, I only watched Fox and Friends and then Tucker Carlson in the evening. Tucker's been going off the rails from time to time, and I find I don't miss having cable TV.

The best thing would be if someone bought Fox who understood the concept "fair and balanced." I do not hold out hope, though.

[Captain Hate]

To my mind it is worse when a relative uses others good manners to rudely condescend without repercussions.

Agreed. I've given preemptive warnings to my lib family members that all condescension will be recognized and responded to accordingly.

[MissMarple2]

We have a "no politics" rule at large family gatherings. I have made it plain that I won't bring up anything political, but if any of the libs do I will return fire. (I sent this information through an intermediary, in order to keep peace.)

Hopefully this rule will prevail at our Christmas gathering next weekend.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/12/14/lin-wang-charles-barkley

This is a lovely story of the unlikely friendship between Charles Barkley and a Chinese cat litter scientist from Iowa. Highly recommend reading.

[Manuel Transmission]

GentleJim’s reminder about the upcoming anniversary of the Romanian Dance has actually been nagging me for some time. As y’all may recall, we were in Bucharest a year ago last September. We spent an afternoon with a fellow who was badly wounded at the time of the Fearless Leader’s attack along side his pal, another teen who had had his head blown off.

So, is there an inviolate rule that we are forbidden to correct the terminal state of this once great republic with the benefit of our 2nd Amendment until a sufficient number of us are fired upon?

If the proper recourse of the justice system is inop, what may we be allowed to use as a signal to know if now is the time? If not now, when?

[Gentlejim]

Agreed. I've given preemptive warnings to my lib family members that all condescension will be recognized and responded to accordingly.

Posted by: Captain Hate | December 16, 2018 at 12:41 PM

Oh, to be a fly on the wall when that happens. I believe it would be glorious.

Wouldn’t mind being around when MM fires all barrels also.

[Tom R]

The sources Clarice uses are impeccable.
No you don’t get a cite of where because your theory is off base

You sound like a progressive spewing out Fake News. We can say anything we want to back up our opinion and it becomes a fact and we don't have to provide any evidence to back up our claim.

[Narciso79]

No Tom r, clarice has dealt with snot nosed punks like those Mueller has unleashed and won, not only re Watergate but the west Virginia mob slaying

[anonamom]

KK, you cannot let that crap go unaddressed.
Kill them oh so kindly with facts. Because they have none.
And that will make it stop.

None of my Leftist relatives ever bring up politics in my presence now, because for the past five or six years, nearly every time when they'd say some ridiculous thing like it was received wisdom, I'd ask "What makes you say that?"

You know, Like POTUS won't let Muslims in, I'd point out that there were restrictions on six countries, not 126 countries. That the largest Muslim countries had zero restrictions. Stuff like that.

Now, most adults realize it sounds incredibly pathetic to say "Rachel Maddow said so" and if they do quote the fraction of a sentence from POTUS they heard played, I'll ask "Did you pull up the video to listen to his entire statement" or something, and they get that are looking like a child being fed rice cereal.

So they shut up.
Which is at least a start. A good start.

(We are talking mainly the married in "educators" (formerly known as teachers). Most of my blood relatives are too experienced in life in the real world (business owners or professionals) to buy the D line.
All of my sibs are NeverDs, thank God.)

And you know dang well, your relatives are questioning how the great guy they know you to be can support a racist bigoted homophobic misogynist---which makes them realize maybe POTUS may not be that....
They certainly know you aren't a white supremacist.

[jimmyk]

We have a "no politics" rule at large family gatherings.

Same. Or even small ones. My mother, God bless her, can't help herself one-on-one, but I don't engage, for the most part.

[Tom R]

Narciso,

Ditto for you. Where do you get off thinking anyone can make assertions of fact and even state specific values without backing it up with a citation? Clarice stated Flynn’s legal fees surpassed $3 million dollars. How does she know that? There is absolutely nothing wrong whatsoever asking her where she got that information.

[Captain Hate]

The costs of high scale legal defenses are huge and effectively drove Newt and Palin from public life to Uniparty approval. If conservatives ever felt like adopting gutter tactics they could make AOC's benefactors have to pony up more than they anticipated.

[Gentlejim]

I enjoyed the story MM linked at 1248.

[Tom R]

CH @ 1:22

I am not disputing legal fees can get expensive. If I said Flynn's legal fees only amounted to $1000 dollars you know good and well a lot of people here would demand for me to provide a citation backing up that claim. No different for Clarice when in her article she says its over $3 million dollars.

[henry]

$3 million, $300 thousand, $30 million. What difference does it make? Any of those numbers crush someone at Flynn’s pay grade.

[Old Lurker]

TomR cannot let Clarice's $3M figure stand because it would undermine the totality of the Mueller White Hat horseshit he has been selling here since he arrived with that calvary of one. OK two.

And, as the only poster here who has, with her husband, deep professional and social connections with the DC legal community spanning almost her entire adult lifetime, she often knows things she might love to source but cannot.

Deal with it.

[Another Bob]

Tom, take a break from this topic.

For your own good.

[D]

TomR:
You have presented no facts that dispute that this Flynn case has not cost his family dearly.
You keep searching in vain for evidence that Flynn has not been harmed, when in fact he has harmed.
You try to make your puzzle pieces fit and they just really don’t. Sorry I am much more comfortable believing Clarice and other posters than I am you and your out of touch with reality theories.

[D]

TomR:
Resorting to name calling me a prog does nothing to make your argument stronger.
In fact it weakens it.

[Gentlejim]

Whoda thunk a guy serving life would take off given the chance? Was Katshit running Ohio DOC back in the day?
https://apple.news/AhghCZkfsQFiE6qayo6i3Fg

[Captain Hate]

This is a lovely story of the unlikely friendship between Charles Barkley and a Chinese cat litter scientist from Iowa.

Charles is capable of saying some really dumb things at times but he's one of the few high exposure basketball people I find interesting. When he was playing and threw some clown through a plate glass window in the Flats, I figured some drunk deadbeat told his idiot friends to watch him get in Barkley's face and suffered the deserved consequences. I'm glad MM linked that.

[Gentlejim]

Here’s some fun for you amateur astronomers out there: https://apple.news/Amv0MU7g0TcKeWUtVBQefRA
The Christmas comet.

[Account Deleted]

Yeah, anonamom. Questions kill leftists.
They're not used to having to defend their ideas.

Ask a few specific questions & they will shut up.

[Captain Hate]

Tom, I wasn't questioning the justification of getting proof; just making a related point.

[D]

Should be been harmed

[Another Bob]

Henry, thought I recalled reading somewhere that Flynn’s net worth was about $7M. Always wondered how a career gubbmint type generates that kind of coin. Wife a lobbyist or lawyer or somesuch?

[clarice]

Flynn's sister was the source, Tom R, and I figure she knows.

[GUS]

Did someone put ex lax in the little guys juice box.

Little Tom, you crack me up.

[Jane]

Tom,

I think you should start a 4D website. You would probably get lots of hits.

[MissMarple2]

https://twitter.com/STUinSD/status/1074365542335574016

This is a thread explaining the changes in the National Defense strategy. The writer is a retired military intelligence professional.

[henry]

Another Bob, own a house in DC long enough, that explains a lot of it.

[GUS]

Tom R. is a nice little guy.

[D]

No different for Clarice?
Really TomR , you need to review the JOM manual.
You don’t actually know a lot of the posters you are trying to get the best if here.
Doesn’t it surprise you that the majority of posters here disagree with you?
Even I was finally convinced that Flake was in fact a doofus Flake.

[Another Bob]

Good point Henry.

Jane, I think he has. (ahem)

[D]

TomR:
Game, set and match.