Girding For Ginsburg

Per Politico:

Trump White House urging allies to prepare for possible RBG departure

After an ailing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg missed oral arguments, the Trump team began early groundwork for another potential confirmation battle.

I like this detail in their lede:

The White House is reaching out to political allies and conservative activist groups to prepare for an ailing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s possible death or departure from the Supreme Court — an event that would trigger the second bitter confirmation battle of President Donald Trump’s tenure.

"Second" bitter battle? OK, the Kavanaugh brawl dialed it up to Bork-Thomas levels, but the Gorsuch nomination was filibustered and the Republicans went nuclear. Critics later observed that Kavanaugh was sufficiently controversial that Republicans might not have chosen to go nuclear in his defense, but post-Gorsuch the die had been cast. Ah, well, water, bridge... We do have video of the Resistance brainstorming session that led to the Gorsuch filibuster.

Comments

[GUS]

Yes Jim, it's always good to see you.

[GUS]

My Son, is my sounding board for anything beyond the TOUCH TONE PRINCESS phone. He will be 18 on Feb 16, and he is the most precious thing, I could possibly imagine.
He's got an engineering scholarship, and he is a wonderful musician. He's handsome, he's very very smart, he's got a frickin beard at 17, he's 6 ft tall, and he is a LEADER in life, in SCHOOL, as an EAGLE SCOUT, and he BLOWS MY MIND, when he FLIPS the SWITCH and SPEAKS in PUBLIC as necessary.
HE'S MY SON, and I see a LOT of ME in him.

[jim nj]

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/01/11/plan-calls-for-us-troop-pullout-from-syria-to-take-months-bringing-hundreds-more-troops-in-to-assist/

They'll have to bring in more troops to get the ones already there out, raspberries to Syria.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/01/11/troop-withdrawal-from-syria-has-begun-us-official-says/

So far only equipment is being removed. Which makes sense in an ordinary retro move.

It will be interesting to see what doesn't make sense economically to remove. Like large ammo dumps, say. Maybe anti-tank weapons. Know what I mean?

[jim nj]

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/megyn-kelly-nbc-officially-split

I know some here don't like Megyn, but you gotta love that she took NBC to the cleaners for her full contract of $69 million.

[GUS]

We have less than 2000 troops in SYRIA. This whole conversation is a cannard.
The MFM, thought that our TOTAL troop/heheheheh/boots on the ground in Syria, was 500 or less, until POTUS said our ON THE GROUND MILITARY was leaving.

There is no scenario, in which a reasonable, or a reasonably lucid person, would see the withdrawal or The limited number of Troops, mostly "advisers", and none of them ACTIVELY ACTING as COMBAT or INFANTRY, as a bug out, or a stab in the back to our ALLIES. It's CLOWNISH. It is the MFM FULL COMMIE, doing what the FULL COMMIE does.
FRIENDS. We must learn this and understand our own INTERNAL ENEMY.

Obama bugged out TENS OF THOUSANDS of TROOPS from IRAQ, on a moments NOTICE.
zzzzzzzzzzzzz, snore, snorfle, zzzzzzzzzzzz, JERRY RIVERS, shed tears about our BOY'S leaving KUWAIT/IRAQ. They were MEN.
So, what is the MISSION in SYRIA. I'm all for kicking ass, and taking names.
We had less than 200 advisors ETC. What was their mission and end game????
Lastly, AMERICAN AIR FORCES, are still blowing the ISIS (I thought they were ISIL) FORCES to HELL

Did Obama even ATTEMPT THIS???????

[jim nj]

https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/11/researchers-witnessed-birth-black-hole/

They aren't really sure, it might have been a white dwarf getting swallowed by a black hole.

Sure seems to be a lot of astronomy news lately.

[jim nj]

https://www.foxnews.com/health/woman-unable-to-hear-male-voices-due-to-rare-condition-report

Very rare, very strange.

[GUS]

Jim Nj, NBC sucks. So does Megyn Kelly. Me-again, had a meteoric rise, and fall. Megyn Kelly is one the most chameleon peeps, to ever get such fame AND FORTUNE.

NBC, signed the CONTRACT. Megyn Kelly should be paid.

[jim nj]

https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/11/espionage-arrest-poland-raises-questions-huaweis-tie-china-intel/

Huawei executive arrested in Poland for spying. That would seem significant, Huawei owns a third of the Polish market. The logical implication is that if Huawei's executives spy so does their equipment. I wonder if we helped the Poles on this?

[jim nj]

https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-culture/army-should-bring-back-pathfinders?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

I thought we still had Pathfinders. That's still a useful skill.

[jim nj]

http://www.hughhewitt.com/ambassador-john-bolton-on-president-trumps-policies-on-israel-iran-turkey-and-iraq/

Worth reading.

[jim nj]

I've got a programmed tour of the internet that I do every night after reading JOM. I've noticed recently that I'm finding things before Instapundit.

No Biggie. I guess I've been following him for so long that we have similar interests.

I've noticed that JOM posters find stuff at sites I don't normally visit. Sometimes it takes me a long time to catch up because of all the interesting links.

So I post late. I hope the JOMers who read the overnight stuff find my links useful also.

[hoyden]

Hey, Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA, I know you know it's the message, not the messenger that we celebrate. The arrival of the Bringer of Weekend Humor into our lives is always a time for celebration with another cuppa.

I appreciate your posting Tito's contributions. I don't read PL comments as often because there's so many. The comment quantity makes JOM seem tranquil in comparison. While I applaud PL's exodus from FaceBoob comments, the consequence is there are way more comments than I have time to read.

I've just finished pizza and my second cup, so now I'm primed for my third. In the meantime I'm writing software to control the signals on my model train. It's amazing how much I can get wrong when I don't completely understand the task.

[hoyden]

jim nj, I appreciate your link highlights. I also read Instapundit regularly, as well as JOM, for my news content. Even with that level of filtering I can spend 3-4 hours a day reading. I'm a slow reader.

From your earlier link, "Very rare, very strange." Not so rare, and not so strange are husbands who can't hear wives.

[hoyden]

The challenge posed regarding the Hewitt Bolton interview is that when the Presidency goes Democrat then any and all foreign policy positions can go null and void. I hope our allies understand and plan accordingly. The Kurds and Israel can depend on Trump's, and in kind, America's, support and loyalty. When a Democrat takes over then all bets are off. Assume the worst.

[jim nj]

Hoyden, yes, I think that what Trump did with Erdogan was political. We will withdraw our troops from Syria, no problem. Later, now here are our conditions for doing so.

We've met your request. Now meet ours.

Some of this seems to be tied to the upcoming local Turkish elections in March 2019.

I expect Erdogan to talk trash until then.

[jim nj]

I also think the Democrats here are going to be more anti-semetic and anti-Israel over the next two years.

Because Israel is always the problem in the ME.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

hoyden: "I know you know it's the message, not the messenger that we celebrate."

Your modesty is becoming but I assure you that we also, in this case, celebrate the messenger :) :)

But now I'm jealous! My favorite breakfast in the whole world is fresh, hot coffee with leftover pizza!

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Deplorable Don finds significance in this before-and-after.

https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2019/01/star-democrat-freshman-says-shell-vote.html
Katie Hill was a superstar last summer after Democrats nominated her to face Republican Congressman Steve Knight. The Guardian called her "America's most millennial candidate." And she won.

(Before):
"Hill, D-Agua Dulce, said the only way to end the two-week-old shutdown is for the public to urge the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate and White House to support a House-passed budget resolution that doesn’t include the border-wall funding Trump wants."

(After): ... today, five days later, Hill changed sides ... "I mean, I will definitely, I don’t know if it’s steel, I will vote for some money for physical barriers." So no wall. Just physical barriers.

[hoyden]

jim nj, "I expect Erdogan to talk trash until then."

Our DNC MFM, spit, will spin the trash talk as proof of Trump's foreign policy failure. The DNC MFM, spit, doesn't need any incentive at all to trash talk Trump's foreign policy.

Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA, Yep, peeking under the flat rock of modesty, who doesn't enjoy basking in a little bit messenger celebrating?

Agree, coffee and pizza, with extra bacon on top, doesn't get much better.

[jim nj]

I like they way Ron DeSantis, the Florida Governor, installed a black Democrat sheriff in Broward County. Apparently, despite being of different parties, he likes him. And Broward would vote for a Democrat sheriff anyway in the next election, so this guy is the front runner.

If sheriffs are competent and non biased I don't care what party they belong to.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

OMG, extra bacon?
Must.
Try.
Soon.

[jim nj]

Hoyden,

Yes, both sides may call Trump's Syria policy wrong or poorly planned, but if the YPG/SDF has enough tank killer weapons it won't matter.

[hoyden]

It's here! It's here!

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/01/the-week-in-pictures-government-shutdown-edition.php

[anonamom]

jim nj, I am happy that Megyn got all her money from NBC.

What putzes, putting her on a MORNING show! Such clueless exes.
As noted well here at the time, there is NOTHING the least bit warm and fuzzy about that skinny skanky narcissistic (help me out here CH!).

Not just debate question stuff---she didn't even step forward about Ailes til long after it would make any difference to "others," despite her rational.

She'd already alienated any former fans from Fox.
Who did they think her viewers were going to be?
The 80 year olds who watch network TV at nine am didn't know her from Eve.

[Pinandpuller]

GUS: "Amy Barrett is a known GANG RAPIST and even WORSE, she's a CATHOLIC. Thank GOD she's not a KNIGHT OF COLUMBUS."

Does she drink beer?

Posted by: Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA | January 11, 2019 at 05:32 PM

It's worse than that. She drinks the LAST beer.

[hoyden]

Perfect.

[Pinandpuller]

Pin. Do you remember me having some fun, with my ECHO device,

Posted by: GUS | January 11, 2019 at 10:19 PM

I do. I asked SIRI and she remembers also.

[anonamom]

jim nj, your links are always interesting. Finance, international news, science--what's not to like?!

As you note, Instapundit is almost always days late. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. Someone here posts "48 hours" often when "breaking" things get reported. The delay at Insty lends credibility to things, but not always--that link from there to "RBG resignation tomorrow" Thursday was rather misleading, unless I missed that yesterday.

Jonah's momma's site has more current happenings, as her readers pass things on to her, and Powerline is generally on top of the things which interest them as well.

I'm not sure if I am confessing to a venial or mortal sin, but I do go to Drudge a couple of times a day if time permits.

[jim nj]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/us/los-angeles-teachers-strike/index.html

Sorry, no sympathy for the teachers. The kids deserve a vacation from all the proselytiziation.

Autocucumber is driving me nuts about that word.

[Pinandpuller]

Tell that to the WOMAN who was raped.

Posted by: GUS | January 11, 2019 at 10:39 PM

I'll do you one better. A German or Swedish dude got raped by another dude, a refugee. Now he's sad that his rapist is getting deported.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Mr Pin, that was perfect!

If anyone understands this cartoon, pls explain:
a line of people holding plates in front of a red-draped table with food
no line for neighboring table with punch bowl

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Mr Pin, the "last beer" quip was perfect.

[Pinandpuller]

Posted by: Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA | January 12, 2019 at 05:47 AM

It was either the last or all the beer. I learned 'the last' in Spanish when Alex pointed out he was taking "la ultima cerveza." So that's why I made the comment about Ultima Thule. How do they know it's the last?

[anonamom]

?People in line at the empty table are the NeverTrumpers---they got nothing, but they'd prefer to stand in orderly line waiting on nothing
rather than partake of the punch bowl POTUS offers?

?or the EMPTY RED table is what socialism offers, rather than the punch bowl of our government?

[anonamom]

hoyden, you out milking cows?
meditating?? I saw you were awake already. t's nearly 6am here.

Week in Pictures is up--

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/01/the-week-in-pictures-government-shutdown-edition.php

[Pinandpuller]

henry

I left you in the lurch with Carbide Cannons...

My grandpa bought me one in the late 70's. The basic idea is a cast iron barrel with a breech that twist locks in place. There's a small 'coke spoon' and flint striker on the breech. You put water in the barrel in a reservoir and add carbide with the coke spoon. Twist the breech in place. As you know adding carbide to water produces acetylene which ignites when you hit the striker. About like Miss Marple's neighbors.

[jim nj]

Anonamom,l

Yeah, I have no interest in Meygen, one way or the other. When I watched many, many years ago she was really sharp. I didn't have access to FOX to see what others saw after that.

I would applaud anybody who took $69 million from NBC. I'd like to take $69 million from NBC, but I don't have a contract with them.

I suspect they paid the full amount to get her to sign a NDA. I think she learned some more about the NBC shenanigans before she left there.

If I was in charge of her career I'd tell her to retire and enjoy the money, if she wasn't cool with that, I'd turn her into a fire-breathing chastised conservative.

You know, I tried to play nice, but these liberals are evil and sought to strike me down as soon as I left FOX.

As a prodigal daughter, returning to the fold, she could be very powerful if she has learned her lesson.

[anonamom]

oops!*
But so funny this morning!
Worth viewing twice. ;-)

(and jim, svca---I see what you are asking about.
I do NOT get that one at all. Only stinker in the bunch.)

*that's WITH Dry January! ;-)

[MissMarple2]

Good morning!

I appreciate the links overnight, jim!

we gave snow here,but I can't tell how much until the sun comes up.

[hoyden]

anonamom, yes, it bears repeating and doesn't lose its value second time around.

[James D.]

So, instead of calling the police, he called 2 friends, who showed up armed. Instead of warning the perps, when the perps showed up the 3 guys opened fire, killing one, wounding one, and one fled. Police are still looking for the 3rd guy.

The police don’t have a duty to protect you. The Supreme Court said so. What were they supposed to do?

I think those three guys should get an award. If I were the President, I’d invite the. To the White House and praise them to the skies.

[James D.]

I also think the Democrats here are going to be more anti-semetic and anti-Israel over the next two years.

They already are. They’ve been for years now.

[MissMarple2]

https://quodverum.com/2019/01/10/donald-trump-versus-his-enemies-.html

Thomas Wictor has a visual exercise. This is why I always pay attention to him, as I don't notice the things he does.

[jim nj]

Pin posted something funny I missed?

No wonder JIB doesn't like him.

[hoyden]

From the learn something new every day file.

Last year I bought a Nikola Tesla pillowcase on eBay.

When I inserted the pillow the case had a lot of extra length. A few weeks ago, after buying another memory foam pillow, I saw that there were other sizes offered, queen and king. The queen size looks like it would fit perfectly so I've ordered it. Has anyone told Bernie Sanders that we have so many pillow size choices?

[Pinandpuller]

Lettuce killed more than 4,000 people not counting DUI's?

[MissMarple2]

Gov. DeSantis: "The massacre might never have happened had Broward had better leadership in the Sheriff's Department." pic.twitter.com/7gz8OKpinf

— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) January 11, 2019

Short video at link.

[Pinandpuller]

The two jims

I'm old enough to remember when one-liners were quips.

[Pinandpuller]

Here you go, daddy:

OSLO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Rapid shifts in the Earth's north magnetic pole are forcing researchers to make an unprecedented early update to a model that helps navigation by ships, planes and submarines in the Arctic, scientists said.

Compass needles point towards the north magnetic pole, a point that has crept unpredictably from the coast of northern Canada a century ago to the middle of the Arctic Ocean, moving towards Russia.

"It's moving at about 50 kilometres (30 miles) a year. It didn't move much between 1900 and 1980, but it's really accelerated in the past 40 years," Ciaran Beggan, of the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh, told Reuters on Friday.

https://m.ca.investing.com/news/world-news/shifting-north-magnetic-pole-forces-unprecedented-navigation-fix-1372919?ampMode=1

[MissMarple2]

💥Interesting, Below is the batting average @realDonaldTrump hit below <4.0% monthly unemployment. 👏🏼👏🏼👊🏼
Just keeps on winning!🏁Can you imagine the dragons he could slay if there were less in-fighting in the house and they worked together?
Why doesn't media report on this?🤨 pic.twitter.com/i26IBXbZXp

— ⭐️⭐️⭐️III 🦅 (@REALWYHEAD) January 12, 2019

Go to link for screen cap of his statistics and their significance. It is really quite amazing.

[Pinandpuller]

Oh My!

[MissMarple2]

This is a thread explaining the area where Acosta was, by a guy who used to live pretty close to where Acosta was standing.

https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1083535899160399872

[jim nj]

Those three defending an empty house. They may have been within the law by shooting home invaders, but I think a warning shouted before they pulled their triggers would have been a better tactic.

A second or a split-second before firing, after the warning, would justify them.

No warning, beforehand, leaves them open to prosecution.

You should be able to kill home invaders, if it's a surprise, and your options are limited, i. e., kill or be killed.

Waiting, when you think a home invasion is imminent and you are armed, and then you fire first without warning, seems to be a stretch of the law.

But defending what may have been a rental property. Not knowing if the intruders were armed, or not. That's really going to test the laws of self-defense and standing your ground.

No one should rally to their side.

[MissMarple2]

I see we are now forecast to get 8-12 inches of snow.

Map:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwtQb1NWsAEOVMo.jpg

They have named the storm "Gia" and it is to affect 20 million people.

[hoyden]

jim nj, their actions wouldn't meet the self defense standard in MN where you
1. Must be in an immediate and unavoidable threat of death or grave bodily harm,
2. Must be innocent of any criminal activity,
3. Outside the home, must not have the reasonable option for retreat,
4. Must use only the minimum force.

[MissMarple2]

jim nj,

My interest in it was that it was an unusual case and according to what I heard on the radio, your assessment is exactly right. Too many details left unsaid.

[Another Bob]

Jim, the shooters weren’t defending themselves from anything. They were lying-in-wait.

It amounted to premeditated murder.

[jim nj]

MM,

Thanks for that where Acosta was. They never include context in their reporting.

I'm in a location with no protection..., except a fence and multiple Homeland Security bases, and I see no problems.

Acosta is a tool, like we didn't see the video of people trying to crash the border and throwing rocks.

[MissMarple2]

Fort Worth, Texas has a great idea to help end homelessness. Tell me what you think. pic.twitter.com/yh68bqsv1a

— Kevin W (@kwilli1046) January 9, 2019

Video at link explaining the program. Seems like a good idea to me.

[Pinandpuller]

It sounds like Daniel Borden got a raw deal. Four years for participating in a so called beating of DeAndre Harris.

Harris served eight years for attempted murder but was let out by Gov. McAuliffe. Harris was roaming around the riot with a metal flashlight and some guys decided to stop him from beating on people and the DA turned it into a hate crime. That's what it sounds like anyway, because black people are relentless victims of white racism everywhere all the time that explains everything.

[Another Bob]

“They have named the storm”

I hate with white-hot-passion the Weather Channel slicks who started this nonsense of naming snowstorms. They hype perfectly normal events for no reason other than to call attention to themselves, and are making an environment where real warnings will be ignored.

(There’s their globull warming hucksterism too.)

[jim nj]

Yeah, it just disgusts me because I think they took a perverted view of the law.

I support the Second Amendment, the right to stand your ground, to defend your family or home from armed invaders.

None of that seems to apply here.

I'll wait for Gentlejim to weigh in here, because I respect his opinions. but think he'll agree.

[Another Bob]

“woman-unable-to-hear-male-voices”

I can point you to many husbands who’s wives have this affliction.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article224239310.html

DeSantis has asked all members of the water board to resign.

This has to do with algae bloom and sugar farming and Scott trying to get things passed in the lame duck period before DeSantis was sworn in.

[Pinandpuller]

I think those home invaders ping ponged around for sure but Don Pendelton never used that term in any of his Mack Bolan books.

They make bean bag rounds for civilian sale. Some more like those skoosh balls. In that scenario I'd be willing give those thieves the surprise of their lives and some pain they wouldn't soon forget. I'd be prepared to use deadly force though. And I'm losing sleep for my own purposes tonight, not some generic trashy shitheads.

[jim nj]

MM,

Yes, you want to help people who want to transition. Many are willing to work if you provide housing, benefits, etc. that allow them to work for cheap wages.

They are no longer homeless, but the benefits allow them to survive at a low poverty level. A steady work history allows them to apply for better jobs.

A desire for a better life can move them into the mainstream, even if they are working for the DPW.

[henry]

Hoyden, good luck with programming software for model train signals. I started a similar project before deciding to get back to it after I retire and have more time. :)

[pagar]

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/islam_and_congress.html

" Do they need to be reminded that they were elected to represent their districts inside the United States?" IMO, they not care anything about America.

[Captain Hate]

As noted well here at the time, there is NOTHING the least bit warm and fuzzy about that skinny skanky narcissistic (help me out here CH!).

Witch? As should be abundantly evident, I'm no special pleader for MeAgain, but she deserves every penny that the dolts at 30 Rock promised her including any early termination penalties. It's not her fault (welp other than substandard self knowledge) that she was such a poor fit for that trash network and I don't blame her for fleeing the garbage that Rupert's brats are turning Fox into by undoing everything Ailes put in place.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
22m22 minutes ago

Wow, just learned in the Failing New York Times that the corrupt former leaders of the FBI, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me, for no reason & with no proof, after I fired Lyin’ James Comey, a total sleaze!

[jim nj]

Pin,

Less than lethal rounds would have been better.

AB,

Wives not hearing their husbands, sounds like feminism, not hearing loss. With apologies to all of the wonderful women here.

[MissMarple2]

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

...Funny thing about James Comey. Everybody wanted him fired, Republican and Democrat alike. After the rigged & botched Crooked Hillary investigation, where she was interviewed on July 4th Weekend, not recorded or sworn in, and where she said she didn’t know anything (a lie),....

[Captain Hate]

“woman-unable-to-hear-male-voices”

I can point you to many husbands who’s wives have this affliction.

Truthfully, that knife cuts both ways.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
39s39 seconds ago

....the FBI was in complete turmoil (see N.Y. Post) because of Comey’s poor leadership and the way he handled the Clinton mess (not to mention his usurpation of powers from the Justice Department). My firing of James Comey was a great day for America. He was a Crooked Cop......

[Captain Hate]

Wow, just learned in the Failing New York Times that the corrupt former leaders of the FBI, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me, for no reason & with no proof, after I fired Lyin’ James Comey, a total sleaze!

The bolded part was part and parcel of Sleepy Jeff not being as committed to draining the swamp as was necessary.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-11/france-germany-merge-economic-and-defense-policies-create-cross-border

This seems like a poor idea to me.

[jim nj]

“woman-unable-to-hear-male-voices”

I can point you to many husbands who’s wives have this affliction.

Truthfully, that knife cuts both ways.

Posted by: Captain Hate | January 12, 2019 at 07:31 AM
-----

Oh God, my girlfriend reminds me about that on a regular basis. She's right.

[jim nj]

nytol, I've surpassed my expiration date.

[Captain Hate]

Joe Biden's brother tells media that his family all voted for Trump in 2016, because they hate Hillary.

Bwahahahahaha.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 12, 2019 07:41 AM (fqUgw)

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/11/washpost-admits-trumps-economy-aiding-minorities-women/

[MissMarple2]

Here’s a list of the cuts and funding under Trump ‘s first budget.
I heartily approve!
(All this and #tax cuts too!) pic.twitter.com/XSrlgYFNP8

— Ann 🕊 (@Doodisgirl) January 12, 2019

Link goes to a graph showing + or - per cents in budget.

[MissMarple2]

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

.....who is being totally protected by his best friend, Bob Mueller, & the 13 Angry Democrats - leaking machines who have NO interest in going after the Real Collusion (and much more) by Crooked Hillary Clinton, her Campaign, and the Democratic National Committee. Just Watch!
=====================================
He is referring to Comey, mentioned in his last tweet.

[Captain Hate]

Trump's tweets are great and all but where's the fucking DOJ following up on anything he's mentioned?

[henry]

That’s not who DOJ are, CH.

[rse]

On the inquiry earlier in the thread on who Robert P George is, in my world he is a major component, via the American Principles Project and Witherspoon Institute, of the false narrative on education in a most coordinated premeditated fashion. The author of the book to reimagine the constitution in a progressive manner, Sanford Levinson, thanks George in his Acknowledgments.

He regularly does panels with cornel west on their shared visions and he works with communitarian sociologist Amitai Etzioni on a series of books on desired cultural change. Henry will recognize the significance of his being a board member of the Bradley F.

https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=183997 created an Institute on Faith, Ethics, and Public Policy in 2017 and this goes to their program on the 50th anniversary of MLK assasination. https://www.baylor.edu/washington/index.php?id=951374

That AEI Values & Capitalism program works with many of the nation's religious affiliated colleges and universities on what kind of economic system Jesus would have wanted. Fits right into the MH vision unfortunately. Joy Pullmann from The Federalist also works with that AEI group. I get invited to their conferences in case anyone hopes I am exagerating.

I wish.

Had a lovely breakfast with RG and we talked a bit about how I stumbled across the Right and Left Pincer coordination and his interesting work with various groups. He has discovered that staying in this part of town makes it easy to get almost anywhere else when you need to.

[lurkersusie]

Priorities

30 Democrats in Puerto Rico with 109 lobbyists for weekend despite shutdown

Some 30 Democratic lawmakers left the government shutdown behind Friday on a chartered flight to Puerto Rico for a winter retreat with 109 lobbyists and corporate executives during which they planned to see the hit Broadway show “Hamilton” and attend three parties including one with the show’s cast.

Those attending the Congressional Hispanic Caucus BOLD PAC winter retreat in San Juan planned to meet with key officials to discuss the cleanup after Hurricane Maria at a roundtable Saturday.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/30-dems-in-puerto-rico-with-109-lobbyists-for-weekend-despite-shutdown
But the weekend is packed with free time for the members and their families on the trip.

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Got the donating to the wall figured out I hope, and donated more. IMO, Americans who cared could easily do the whole Wall and I'm sure at a much lower cost. Build the WALL.

[Extraneus]

Trump's tweets are great and all but where's the fucking DOJ following up on anything he's mentioned?

It's maddening. There's no evidence that Huber has spoken to anyone, and Horowitz still hasn't completed his FISA investigation. And what has Whitaker done so far, about this or anything else? Maddening I tell you.

[MissMarple2]

lurkersusie,

I saw a mention on Twitter that Bill Clinton is in Puerto Rico, too, representing the CLinton Foundation.

(Visualize me rolling my eyes, here.)

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
28m28 minutes ago

I have been FAR tougher on Russia than Obama, Bush or Clinton. Maybe tougher than any other President. At the same time, & as I have often said, getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. I fully expect that someday we will have good relations with Russia again!

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from Powerline comments:

"I didn't get the buffet line one."

Charliefreak - "There is no punch line. Get it."

[henry]

Thanks Janet

[MissMarple2]

Catturd
‏ @catturd2
16h16 hours ago

Mitt Romney’s daily schedule -

7am - wake up, look in the mirror for an hour.

8am - $200 cup of coffee

9am - apply 20 lbs of hair gel and comb hair exactly 400 strokes per side.

10am - see what Trump tweets so he can take the opposite view.

11am - 10pm - act like a dick.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/11/washpost-another-honduran-caravan-starts-next-week/

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

rse: "Had a lovely breakfast with RG ..."

What did he order? Something keto like steak and eggs? Or comfort food like biscuits and gravy?
He had some medical work done a while back. Is he pretty spry now, or gimping along?

No need to reply if that feels invasive. Miss that guy! Always happy to see him stop by. Also, Sandy Daze. And here's hoping that JiB is lurking and updates us on his fine young man from time to time.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Thanks, Janet!

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"There is no punch line. Get it."

A ha!

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New Dem Talking Point: Wall Is *Luxury* We Can’t Afford

"It’s so hard to keep up with the Dems: from “illegal immigration is wrong,” to “they aren’t illegal, just undocumented,” to “there’s a crisis at the border” to “the so-called crisis is a manufactured one,” to “border walls are ineffective,” to “border walls are immoral,” and now this, from Pelosi:"

https://tammybruce.com/2019/01/new-dem-talking-point-wall-is-luxury-we-cant-afford.html

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
2m2 minutes ago

Lyin’ James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter S and his lover, agent Lisa Page, & more, all disgraced and/or fired and caught in the act. These are just some of the losers that tried to do a number on your President. Part of the Witch Hunt. Remember the “insurance policy?” This is it!