How Do You Like Them Apples?

Apple reduces their revenue guidance and we are all doomed.

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[rse]

henry-this is what ryan did on his way out that I was referring to yesterday. https://e-pluribusunum.org/2018/12/20/senate-passes-evidence-based-policymaking-bill-setting-up-historic-win-for-open-government-data/

The false analysis of it by the ed lobby makes it appear it will be used as another effort to tout gdpr as the solution. As usual the right and left pincers are coordinating the panopticon function.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.dailywire.com/news/39931/breaking-democrats-introduce-bill-eliminate-ryan-saavedra

A bill to eliminate the electoral college.

[henry]

I’ll use whichever fork I want. Do need no stinkin’ Mitt Rumblys.

[Account Deleted]

Trump 3. Mitt -50 (after 1 day)

"Like many, I thought Donald Trump was a joke when he announced his presidential campaign.

Through most of the primaries, I was surprised that his campaign didn’t collapse.

I voted for him enthusiastically, given the alternative, but had only moderate hopes for his administration.

As it has turned out, Trump is fighting for the good, in a way we have rarely seen modern Republicans fight, 90% of the time, while the Democrats are fighting for evil in about the same proportion.

So call me a convert.

And oh, by the way–freshman Senator Mitt Romney, to whose losing campaign I donated, should sit down and shut up."

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/01/trump-trolls-the-democrats-2.php

[henry]

Don’t need no. — autocucumber thinks I need Rumbly.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.dailywire.com/news/39898/democrats-take-over-house-massive-government-joseph-curl

Higher taxes, government expansion, more "free" stuff.

I trust Mitch McConnell will hold the line on this crap.

[henry]

rse, it is clear to me the privacy train has sailed. All that bill does is make govt data slightly more convenient for hackers.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34277960

Nobel secretary regrets Obama Peace Prize

[Account Deleted]

OPTIMISM ALERT--- OPTIMISM ALERT--- OPTIMISM ALERT

you and i--- we get a brand new year to receive our hearts' desires.

As Hillary Clinton enters 2019, does she reflect on how she blew through $1,200,000,000 and lost the 2016 presidential election?

I'm going into 2019 giddy over that historical fact, the likes of which no Hyena Media can spin.

And, i'm giddy over Peter Strozk and Andy McCabe having FAILED to deliver the goods to make that all that cash a winning fix.

Sure, they still need to get hung by their necks, along with the rest of them, for me to be ecstatic in vindication. but as i wait for justice to grind their bones, i think about what those three people spend their days enduring, the *LOSS* of their status and prestige.

it's shortening their lives. still walking around and not in jail, i want them to at least turn ashen gray eating prison chow, groveling for prison power and privileges, incessant meetings with their lawyers trying to get out.

enduring until the end: they lost.

IHTFP.

[Account Deleted]

MM: i was delighted to read the Nobel regrets yesterday. the link is repost worthy!

are you feeling better?

Kev

[rse]

Here's one more article. https://e-pluribusunum.org/2018/12/21/congress-made-open-government-data-the-default-in-the-united-states/

If the fact that france and germany have already done this is not a red flag of the real intent, how about the fact that an open data executive order was bo's very first act on his inauguration day in 2009.

[Account Deleted]

the only way i'd associate a fork with MittRo is if it were to declare him DONE, arriving in the Senate DOA.

what a putz. he slurs the leader of the GOP, the POTUS; and now, as new accomplishments roll of the conveyor belt, he'll be forced to enjoy one more shitake sando after another.

didja think it through, MittRo?

who's advising you, Debbie Schultz? (haven't heard a peep outta her mug, have we?)

what was the price of that committee seat MittRo?

Will you be voting for removal, Mitt?

You're going to lose, Mitt. You ALWAYS do. Even when you win. You're on the down escalator and don't even know it.

[Account Deleted]

Chords for today.

Blue on Black

Hope your days are golden.

[Account Deleted]

One last crumb.

Yesterday, Dr. Savage referred to the Crooklyn Pinata as "Occasional Cortex."

:D

[MissMarple2]

Kev,

Yes, feeling better. Must have picked up a bug somewhere.

Of course, now I have to get caught up on stuff I meant to do yesterday!

[MissMarple2]

Kurt Schlichter Retweeted
Bernard B. Kerik
‏Verified account @BernardKerik
9h9 hours ago

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump called #Newman Police Officer #RonilSingh's widow, his chief, and @StanSheriff Adam Christianson to express his condolences. Has @SpeakerPelosi and @BradSherman?

[MissMarple2]

PolishPatriot
™️
‏ @PolishPatriotTM

Rick Wilson🤢about the wall and Trump supporters: "The wall has always been a con for Donald Trump’s credulous rube ten-toothed base. The wall has always been a scam. It has always been a lie. Nothing about the wall has ever been real."
===========================
Romney supporter.

[Buckeye]

I had a pleasant thought this morning.

Not likely we will ever hear another thing that comes outta Bob Corker's mouth.

[pagar]

Has @SpeakerPelosi and @BradSherman?Check the Jail records, they probably called their friend.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-alderman-ed-burke-charges-kass-20190103-story.html

This is a scandal in the Chicago mayoral race due to the alderman facing federal charges being closely associated with a couple of the candidates.

[pagar]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-03/house-defies-trump-votes-reopen-government-no-wall-funding.

So they haven't voted to reopen the government, They just wasted their time on anti American BS.

[Momto2]

Good morning - raining here in West Tennessee where I've been for 4 days. My sweet mother-in-law passed away at age 88 and we are cleaning out 88 years of saved things. Amazingly, she lived a very frugal life - working at Walmart until well into her 80's - is leaving each of her 4 children a substantial inheritance. So she not only saved cool whip containers and sugar packets, she saved a,great deal of her $.
A wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother, she will be greatly missed.

[MissMarple2]

Momto2,

I am so sorry. How wonderful to leave such a legacy of love!

[Another Bob]

Ran into references to this “International Crisis Group” outfit. (One of their people was arrested by the Chinese recently.)

They’ve been around for years, injecting themselves into situations where they have little to no effect but garnering some publicity for themselves and thumping the globalist drums.

Decided to see who was running the outfit. All the usual kinds of international prog suspects, including a 30-something white woman with a title “Special Adviser on Gender” (rolls eyes). https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/our-people

Their list of trustees is a bit of a whos-who: https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/board

Completely useless sink of resources. Pure exercise of egos.

[MissMarple2]

https://considerable.com/filming-the-epic-movie-ben-hur/

This caught my eye because my entire school was taken to see this movie, which probably wouldn't be allowed today because of its religious theme.

The author of the book was a Hoosier, General Lew Wallace, who had been a Civil War general.
Some fascinating pictures in this article.

[Marlene]

Momto2,my condolences.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
11m11 minutes ago

As I have stated many times, if the Democrats take over the House or Senate, there will be disruption to the Financial Markets. We won the Senate, they won the House. Things will settle down. They only want to impeach me because they know they can’t win in 2020, too much success!

[MissMarple2]

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

How do you impeach a president who has won perhaps the greatest election of all time, done nothing wrong (no Collusion with Russia, it was the Dems that Colluded), had the most successful first two years of any president, and is the most popular Republican in party history 93%?

[henry]

Buckeye, might want Irish coffee this morning.

Corker opens pie hole:

CNBC @CNBC
7m

Republican Sen. Bob Corker said yesterday that the ongoing partial government shutdown is a "made up fight." He added that the Democrats and Republicans debating the border wall issue are "purposely there to create a fight."

https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1081176671275884544

[pagar]

"'Domestic Islamist Threat Set to Rise'"

https://clarionproject.org/obamas-anti-terror-chief-domestic-islamists-pose-greater-threat/

When they are being elected to Congress and threatening the President of the USA: how could the threat not be increasing?

[Captain Hate]

Speaking of violent series, I'm about to start Season 5 of Ray Donovan.

Posted by: Captain Hate | January 03, 2019 at 08:15 PM

Don't get me started on how much I hate his family.

Every really bad situation from which he has to extricate himself is caused by a family member, mostly his father.

[Jane]

Sheesh Momto2 you sure have been thru a hell of a lot in the last year. And you are always positive and upbeat. You deserve a really good 2019!

[pagar]

https://www.facebook.com/whitehousebrief/videos/371158930334530/UzpfSTE0NDY5OTM4MjIxODExODoyMDk0MzIwNDk3MjU1OTg3/

Well it is an emergency IMO, build the Wall now.
Don't let the leftists win.

[Marlene]

Good Morning! Ha,the newbie Dem ME-2 congressman (Jared Golden) voted against Pelosi for Speaker. He'll probably get an assignment on the coveted toilet cleaning committee.

[MissMarple2]

Geraldo Rivera
‏Verified account @GeraldoRivera
2m2 minutes ago

HUGE JOB NUMBERS-312,000 Jobs Added. 400,000 discouraged folks returned to the work force looking for jobs. Unemployment 3.9%. Hope the stock market & the Democrats notice good news. 50G healthcare jobs; 38G in construction; 32G manufacturing. @realDonaldTrump take a victory lap.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/economy-added-whopping-312-000-jobs-december-n954606?cid=ed_npd_bn_tw_bn

[Captain Hate]

Condolences, Momto2. Is Darby helping with the inventory?

[MissMarple2]

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/davos-beckons_brazilian-president-chooses-wef-for-first-overseas-trip/44658576

President Trump is also going so I think the two will probably have a meeting there.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/whitaker-prosecutor-fbi/index.html

Apparently Whitaker told Ed Meese that Huber is still investigating the FBI and the CLinton Foundation.

[Marlene]

Ugh,horrible crash on I-75 near Gainesville (FL). Seven people dead.

[Buckeye]

damn Henry,

You would think that POS would get a clue.

[Narciso79]

Prayers for her momto2,

Yes the icg is Hamas fanboi (and khashoggi colleague) Robert malleys outfit, they should be registered as an enemy agent for iran.

[henry]

sanity has left the solar system:

Vicki McKenna @VickiMcKenna
2m

Wha?! MSNBC's Deutsch claims Trump tells his Base That Black, Brown or Jewish Men 'Coming to Take Your Wife'.

https://twitter.com/VickiMcKenna/status/1081195682445316097

[MissMarple2]

Steve Herman
‏Verified account @W7VOA
11s12 seconds ago

#DJIA surges 1.5% at market open.

[Narciso79]

So rashida tlaib thinks Palestine includes cairo.

[Captain Hate]

Deutsch is confusing the Rear Admiral's fantasy. Maybe he was blinded by the tv lights reflecting off Deliverance Joe's massive forehead.

[JimNorCal]

Very interesting article at Surber.
The Syria decision may pay dividends electorally beyond being the right thing for the US.
https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2019/01/war-cost-hillary-white-house.html
They argue that her support of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as her bombing of Libya, tipped enough voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin to allow Donald John Trump to score the biggest upset in American history.

[clarice]

Momto2, sorry about your loss. A few years ago I cleaned out my very frugal mother's apt..took days. She had saved every penny which now isb eing spent on her care.

[MissMarple2]

Cpl. Ronil Singh's brother & #Newman Police Chief Randy Richardson speak out on how family is coping after police officer's death. @Tunnel2Towers is coming to the aid of Singh's wife and baby son, raising money to pay off their mortgage. To donate go to https://t.co/J6VPvy70JT. pic.twitter.com/L7EPb5Cycz

— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) January 4, 2019

Video interview with the brother and the police chief as well as the Tunnels to Towers head at the link.

[Jim Eagle]

marlene,

What happens when trucks collide with a church van and they spill 50 gallons of diesel. I have seen I-95 shut down a few times and it can create unbelievable havoc. They shut down I-75 for hours. Open now but restricted lanes. Prayers for all.

[henry]

odd timing:

Henry Rodgers
‏ @henryrodgersdc

SCOOP: Sen. Pat Roberts WILL announce his retirement this afternoon.
6:39 AM - 4 Jan 2019 from Washington, DC

https://twitter.com/comfortablysmug/status/1081198981810667520?s=12

[Jim Eagle]

henry,

Probably a terminal health issue. Don't see him as a #meetoo type.

[Narciso79]

There were some glass jaw issues that came up in the last primary, against dr. Wolfe:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/01/decoding-trump.php

[clarice]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/03/nolte-mitt-romney-is-an-idiot/

[Captain Hate]

Another RINO gone. MOAR PLEEZE!

[henry]

JiB, on searching a bit... it seems he's deciding to not run in 2020. (by term limit sanity he should have not run in 2000).

[JimNorCal]

Momto2, lovely to read about a balanced person and a well spent life.
She sounds exemplary.

[JohnH]

Clarice, re: your son’s house, did they laugh when you asked about the sea shells in the bathroom?

[Ralph L]

We've got 4 floors of my parents' and grandparents' stuff, plus 2 floors of a large chicken house in the back yard. There are a dozen old steamer trunks in the upstairs, most of the furniture from the 4 bedroom lake cottage and my great aunt's apt. downstairs. It depresses me just to walk over there where I used to love to visit and investigate.

[Narciso79]

Now hes gope, so caveat emptor:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/shutdown-could-last-months-and-months-says-senate-republican

[Marlene]

Jack,that accident is being called a homicide. Does the FHP already know something about driver fault or something else?
The traffic here is terrible,not complaining,just a fact. When an area starts to be heavily built,the state of Florida just builds a new road! A new road is being built a few miles from here on US 41 to access the new Atlanta Braves spring training facility,due to open this spring.

[rich]

my condolences Momto2.

[rich]

i see that the GOPe is looking for an Oscar worthy performance in this edition of Failure Theater ... the last of the young bubble guns walking around with a sandwich board saying "we'll cave,we'll cave".

and where would we be without the Mittster ...

[rich]

Posted by: Marlene | January 04, 2019 at 10:31 AM

iirc all fatal car wrecks are investigated as such ... given the scale that is unsurprising.

[JimNorCal]

From BJG blog

Sweden intensifies prosecution and sentencing of people critical of migration:
https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/01/sweden-invests-big-in-sentencing-people-who-criticise-migration-convictions-increase-tenfold/#.XC4NqQkYUbA.twitter

Sweden blazing new trails in the “contributions of migrants” category:
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/04/patient-placed-in-quarantine-after-suspected-ebola-case-in-sweden/

[Captain Hate]

rich, we need to have the GOPe Failure Theater Academy Awards concurrent with the Oscars.

Think of the categories:

Most campaign promises broken.
Frequency of crossing the aisle.
Stabbing the President in the back.

Entertainment by ugly people.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/bill-donohue/new-york-times-astonishing-series-abortion

[MissMarple2]

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

GREAT JOBS NUMBERS JUST ANNOUNCED!

[henry]

CH adding on:

Most tours of duty at sea.
Greatest declaration of who we aren't.
Strange new respect rookie of the year.

[Jim Eagle]

marlene,

All fatal car accidents are investigated as homicide.

RalphL,

We have so many steamer trunks from my great-granfather, grandfater, and great aunt, that we use them as night tables in our bedrooms, and for the TV in our living room. When we renovated the family home in Southampton, Mrs. JiB and friends spent 2 weeks rummaging through those trunks, and came up a full library of books, magazines, newspapers, etc. Not exactly a treasure trove but one of amazing lives lived.

[Captain Hate]

Excellent, henry; we can have some real entertainment.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Had never heard these creepy #metoo tales about SPLC's uber creepy Morris Dees.
It is from a divorce proceeding so salt shaker recommended but it is the testimony of his adult step daughter not his ex. Besides he's a nutcase, greedy, unscrupulous prog and an obvious creep so the tie does not go to the creeper.

[rich]

greatest cuckmoot ensemble
best media groveling

[henry]

rich, that reminds me:

the all important glammer prize:

the 10 foot sprint to the microphones (with obstacles)

[rich]

ha, good one.

[sbwaters]

-- The best denial of denying what you said.

-- Best projective identification

[henry]

I think the Rear Admiral's Sea Isle cuckmoot of '16 will be tough to top.

[Narciso79]

Wait these allegations are from 40 years ago, so he has a rotten son of a gun dark then.

[sbwaters]

Put a microphone and video camera at the top of a wrestling cage, file the contenders onto the mat below, lock the door, and turn on the red recording light.

Talk of huge manatees!

[Dave (in MA)]

Greetings from my blue town.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/01/03/american-flags-vandalized-graffiti-veterans-canton-overpass/

A Comrade Bernie fan, no doubt. I was going to say voter, but I can't imagine someone of this ilk having the forethought to actually 1. register and 2. figure out where to vote and 3. vote, so I'll go with fan.

[henry]

excellent sbw! the winner is King Cuck for the year!

[henry]

Good grief:

The Wall Street Journal @WSJ
5m

American detained in Russia also holds Canadian, British and Irish citizenship, a revelation that heightens the mystery surrounding the case

[henry]

as seen at Althouse, reminiscent of Hollywood NK child foreskin facials:

Priests worshipped Xipe Totec by skinning human victims and then donning their skins. The ritual was seen as a way to ensure fertility and regeneration

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/02/681799426/mexican-archaeologists-discover-pre-hispanic-temple-of-the-flayed-lord

[jimmyk]

Condolences, momto2.

On catchup, I have to disagree with GUS:

Paul Ryan accomplished far more than MITCH McCakeHole.

Ryan accomplished zilch. Turtle at least got the SCOTUS appointments through as well as a bunch of judges.

[Captain Hate]

Too bad the Rear Admiral couldn't get Dees for family entertainment on the Lido deck. Ahoy!

[jimmyk]

And to Clarice, anyone who still has a living parent gets automatic membership in the youngster club. Which is not to say those whose parents have passed aren’t members too.

[henry]

thread:

Stacy Mitchell
@stacyfmitchell

The scope of Amazon’s ambitions with regard to our government are breathtaking when you begin to put all the pieces together. 1/
7:13am · 4 Jan 2019 · TweetDeck

https://twitter.com/stacyfmitchell/status/1081176811659243520

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

SMART ARSED ANSWER OF THE YEAR
A teacher at a polytechnic college reminded her pupils of tomorrow's final exam.
'Now listen to me, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow.
I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury, illness, or a death in your immediate family, but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!'
A smart-arsed guy at the back of the room raised his hand and asked,
'What would happen if I came in tomorrow suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?'
The entire class was reduced to laughter and sniggering.
When silence was restored, the teacher smiled knowingly at the student, shook her head and sweetly said,
'Well, I suppose you'd have to write with your other hand'

[pagar]

What a sad story! Thank you Janet. I can't figure out how to shorten it.

Janet Shagam
3 hrs ·
Stanford College Republicans: Today, the 116th Congress was sworn in, and all day long, the media was salivating and fawning over the “remarkable diversity” of the new Democrat members. It was a day of “firsts,” we were told incessantly. It was indeed a day of many firsts. While the new Democrat majority offers many members of note, we wanted to highlight a few “firsts” who are examples of the “diversity” that was sworn in today. Here are our Top Most “Diverse” (Ridiculous) House Freshmen.

#1. Ilhan Omar: the first person who married her brother to commit immigration fraud ever to be elected to Congress. Omar is also the first open supporter of female genital mutilation to ever be elected to Congress. Such amazing diversity!

#2. Rashida Tlaib: One of the first Muslim Brotherhood-linked and anti-Semitic candidates to be elected to Congress. She also claims to be a “Palestinian.” Wonders never cease.

#3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Where do we even begin? Let’s just say she is the first person elected to Congress who lied about being from the Bronx, and thus, made up her life story. She’s also an overt Marxist, in case you forgot.

#4. Abigail Spanberger: The first substitute teacher from an Islamist school (nicknamed ‘terror high’) ever to be elected to Congress.

#5. Donna Shalala: Rep. Shalala was HHS Secretary from 1993 to 2001 under Bill Clinton and worked from 2015 to 2017 at the Clinton Foundation, and in 2016 she admitted in an interview that some significant Clinton Foundation donors received “courtesy appointments” in the Clinton State Department. To top it off, apparently she can’t let go of politics: at 78, she’s the oldest female House freshman in history.

These are just a few examples of the “firsts” that the media has been celebrating today. If you are looking for corrupt politicians who show an open disdain and animosity for American principles and values, you can always count on the Democrat Party.

[Ralph L]

at 78, she’s the oldest female House freshman in history.

Does that mean a male started later (assuming binary sexes)?

[henry]

Ralph, only non-males matter. It's a diversity thing.

[henry]

Maybe she's older than this dude was:

after winning a special election at the age of 78, James B. Bowler of Illinois became the oldest known freshman Member to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He surpassed his freshman colleague Dr. William Neal of West Virginia, 77, who had held the title for the previous seven months.

https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/15032400044?ret=True

[Jim Eagle]

#5. Donna Shalala:

What the hell has happened to the conservative Cuban-American community in Miami, to have Shalala win that district? Perhaps narciso79 knows.

[jimmyk]

Ilhan Omar: the first person who married her brother to commit immigration fraud ever to be elected to Congress.

Could she be deported if this were proven true? And who would investigate? That would be popcorn-worthy.

[jimmyk]

Back to ballot harvesting: The only reason that NC Republican is in trouble is that harvesting is illegal in NC. California Democrats did the same thing but it's legal there.

[Narciso79]

It's become less Cuban American, the younger generation is just as prone as any other cohort.

[Narciso79]

Hollary carried that district by 20 points

[Manuel Transmission]

Tim Eyman, the conservative gadfly who has been sued into oblivion by our Commie AG, just delivered 352,000 signatures (240,000 required) to place a referendum on the fall ballot. This is his signature quest of forcing a $30 limit for our state license tabs. Not bad for a disgusting Blue Hell. The tags were knocked down by him years ago when we had outrageous fees that forced a lot of people to drive crappy fume spewing junk to avoid multi hundred dollar fees. Of course, the blue slugs found numerous schemes to circumvent the first version. I suspect this one has a few additional caveats to reduce their options next time.

[henry]

via Insty:

This is a reminder that the current trade war with the United States favors the Americans for many reasons that Chinese leaders cannot ignore.

https://strategypage.com/qnd/china/articles/20190103.aspx

[Dave (in MA)]

That would be popcorn-worthy.

Popcorn with bacon salt.