Another Day Slipping Away

Let's hit the ground, running or otherwise.

Comments

[Buckeye]

Why talk about Trump's negotiations with the Chinese when you can talk about his good buddy Kraft?

There is a reason I have "journalists" at the top of my "list".

[Jim Eagle]

We are going down to Jupiter/Juno Beach on Monday to play a round of golf at Seminole Club. Be interesting to hear the scuttlebutt at the club since a lot of those old codgers caught in the sting are probably members.

[Old Lurker]

Jack, I know where you can get a manicure.

[Jim Eagle]

OL,

Funny that the manicure/pedicure nail salons are all Chinese or Vietnamese owned.

Dry cleaners are mostly Korean owned.

7/11's and Motels, mostly Indian owned.

Diners, Greek owned.

At least it seems that way to me.

[Captain Hate]

Doesn't Kraft have a significantly younger squeeze since his wife passed? Maybe his wife was the only thing that kept the old goat tethered to reality. Pretty embarrassing if true but still just a gossipy pseudo event for the MFM to fixate on while they ignore the predations of Clenis.

[Buckeye]

I think Clarice's take on the Jupiter "sting" is probably correct.

I also think that there is more to human sex trafficking than meets the eye.

A lot of prostitutes in 3rd world countries go to great lengths to relocate to the West.

Pay is better.

I am sure this comment won't pass the "politically correct" standard.

[clarice]

JIB, nothing funny about it--these are low capital outfits and family and friends from the old country help each other into the business.They know how to open and run them , the suppliers, etc. In DC(and I think NY) this is true of most of the best greengrocers--Korean.Often these people pool money to help one member of the pool open shop, When that becomes profitable the recipient kicks in for the nest one.

[clarice]

s/b neXt one.

[Jim Eagle]

clarice,

I mean't funny as in curious:)

Our dry cleaner in Southampton was started by an Armenian family. They owned it for over 50 years, then about 10 years ago they sold it to a Korean family. At one time there were about 8 in the shop. Then 4 broke off to operate cleaners in Hampton Bays, and East Hampton. Just like you wrote.

[Jane]

Thanks Anonamom. I'm enjoying it quite a bit!

[Narciso79]

Re Russia, I think we're closer to the period after the time of troubles in the early 16th century when even Poland had taken advantage of them, the time of the sienkowitz novel I mentioned early in the week this was when Sweden was a major power.

[Extraneus]

Kraft could have had a high-end call girl visit him at his own place or hotel room whenever he wanted. His main crime was going the seedier route, for whatever reason.

[Extraneus]

And Jane, I wasn't old enough to learn much about the pigeons. That grandfather was kind of estranged from the family and I only saw him a few times.

[Narciso79]

I was referring to this:

https://www.amazon.com/Deluge-2-Volumes-Henryk-Sienkiewicz/dp/0870520040

Yes Putin was able to annex half of the Ukraine and part of Georgia which was more in Catherine's view but still

[Captain Hate]

Have you read that, narc? He's written a gazillion books, the only one I think I've heard of is Quo Vadis.

[Narciso79]

I started on a bit if it, that very perceptive Filipino brought it up.

[Narciso79]

You can kind of see where the polish and Lithuanian enmity begins with Russia

[Captain Hate]

Yep, any time I need a good jolt of understated rooski hate, I dial my Lithuanian friends.

[MissMarple2]

Sorry to disappear. I laid down to listen to a bit of Rush's show (podcast) on YouTube and promptly fell back asleep (had been up since 4AM).

[MissMarple2]

I actually have read Quo Vadis about 3 times. First time in high school, second time when I got it out of the base library in Berlin, and third time about 20 years ago.

You have to get your mind adapted to the flowery language, but it really is a very good book, and amazing when you realize the author was Polish.

[Narciso79]

O joked last night that the Islamic state punk who wants back in the UK, obviously hasn't seen the new dr. Who.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-idUSKCN1QC0BM?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c7163891adf640001ef9abf&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Some democrats are worried about the center.

[Captain Hate]

Maybe I'll suggest Quo Vadis to the book group.

[MissMarple2]

Dr. Paul
‏ @DrPnygard

On this day in 1630, English colonists in the #Massachusetts Bay Colony first sampled #popcorn, when a Native American named Quadequina-brother of the Iroquois chief, Massasoit-brought a deerskin bag of popped popcorn to dinner as a gift.

[henry]

Why are they worried? The Green Leap Foreard will exterminate the center before the election. Illegales will vote for loot.

[Narciso79]

Apparently some dont want to riding the lemming, Obama and Clinton as centrists?

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

"Our dry cleaner in Southampton was started by an Armenian family. They owned it for over 50 years, then about 10 years ago they sold it to a Korean family. At one time there were about 8 in the shop. Then 4 broke off to operate cleaners in Hampton Bays, and East Hampton."

Thomas Sowell wrote a whole book on that phenomenon. He was explaining why each profession did not have tidy racial percentages that matched the ratios in the overall national population.

He did the research, then recounted example after example from various occupations and in various nations as well.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Sowell' point, of course, was that it was not "racism" when the numbers didn't match.

This thoroughly refutes "disproportionate impact" too, if you harbor intellectual honesty, IMO.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/andy-puzder-as-venezuela-is-devastated-by-madura-trump-is-forcefully-confronting-the-evils-of-socialism

[Jim Eagle]

I remember seeing Quo Vadis on TMC or AMC, about 10 years ago.

Robert Taylor, IIRC, and Deberoah Kerr. Never read the book but I did read Ben Hur.

[Narciso79]

The news would have to work to reach garbage level,

https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2019/02/23/chavismos-horror/

Attack an indigenous peoples camp. Well ask the miskitos.

[MissMarple2]

Jacl,

Also Victor Mature as Demetrius, who starred in the sequel movie Demetrius the Gladiator!

Ben Hur was written by the Civil War General Lew Wallace, who was from Indiana.

When the movie came out with Charleton Heston, they took my entire 5th and 6th grade to see it at the Indiana Theater downtown.

[MissMarple2]

President Trump has had Bill Kristol's number for a long time. Here is a short video at the link from 2016:

.@realDonaldTrump in 2016: Bill Kristol is a loser. His magazine is failing, as you know. It's going to be down pic.twitter.com/8i4hFem2dO

— PolishPatriot™️ (@PolishPatriotTM) February 23, 2019

[Jane]

Precedent wise she has to be let back in. The Congress needs to change that. It will be much harder for the SC to do it.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/yellowstone-scientist-explains-why-geysers-are-getting-more-active_2810729.html

NOT the caldera.

[MissMarple2]

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/431261-nevada-governor-to-boycott-trump-meeting?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true

This is about the shipment of plutonium to Yucca Flats.

[Narciso79]

Did never trump Sandoval lose to him or did he decide not to run again?

[Jim Eagle]

Jane,

Who are you referring to in your 10:48?

[Marlene]

Good Morning! When we visited Yellowstone in August,there seemed to be lots of activity of the "lesser" geysers. Of course,everyone was waiting for the Old Faithful show. It was worth the wait. Nature is awesome!

[Narciso79]

I noted how McCabe memoir is tedious in the extreme, its like the blank pages in they live, this is why he has to embellish what he actually wrote.

[Jane]

"Who are you referring to in your 10:48?"

The Isis woman who wants to come home.

[Narciso79]

Miss Muthana who is the daughter of a Yemeni diplomat who did not have that status when she was born

[MissMarple2]

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

Great new book: “The Case For Trump” by Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Senior Fellow.

[Narciso79]

I think it's an open and shut case:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/heavy.com/news/2019/02/hoda-muthana/amp/

[MissMarple2]

#Update: Venezuelan National guards surrender to the people of Pemon who have taken control of Airport landing strip in Santa Elena de Uairén in Bolivar East in #Venezuela #23Feb Video: @NTN24ve pic.twitter.com/yZRW9MGpll

— Sotiri Dimpinoudis (@sotiridi) February 23, 2019

Video at link.

[MissMarple2]

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy O’Brien
‏Verified account @StateSPEHA
22h22 hours ago

We remain concerned about the health and safety of suffering Americans wrongfully detained in Venezuelan prisons and call on their captors to immediately return our citizens to the United States to be reunited with their families. #EstamosUnidosVE
============================

I didn't know there were any Americans imprisoned down there.

[Narciso79]

So this bishop who now says records were destroyed is also one of Franciss rubber stamps on gay marriage and other issues?

[MissMarple2]

daddy,

Murkowski said she's likely to support dems on the Border Emergency fight. BOY, are people mad at her on Twitter!

[jimmyk]

Murkowski said she's likely to support dems on the Border Emergency fight.

Does it matter? They won't have a veto-proof majority.

[MissMarple2]

1.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
‏Verified account @AOC

Leadership starts with our choices.

That’s why I decided that no one on my staff will make less than $52k/year.

It’s likely one of the highest entry-level salaries on the Hill. We pinch pennies elsewhere, but it’s worth every dime to pay a living wage.
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2.
Ari Fleischer
‏Verified account @AriFleischer
57m57 minutes ago

So long as they don’t use their money to eat hamburgers for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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3.
Bradley Scott
‏ @BradleyScott1

More importantly - I love how she calls them "MY STAFF" - when the money to meet the payroll doesn't come out of her pocket and she doesn't have to put a product to market to sell for profit in order to meet a weekly payroll. What a phony!

[Skoot]

I find the Muthana case quite interesting, and think it's falls under a JOM "core competency" as it swerves into US v. Wong Kim Ark waters :)

There's a good write up at American Thinker stating it may be used to argue illegals from southern border are hostile enemies so don't fall under birthright citizenship per US v. Wong Kim Ark decision.

However, I agree with Jane that a lower Ct will probably rule she was considered a citizen at one time, so she is still now. Though, I think taking up arms with ISIS is actively renouncing citizenship.

Like I said, It's a good one.

[MissMarple2]

jimmyk,

No, it doesn't matter but it sure has made people mad!

[Narciso79]

Well was he a citizen at the time, perhaps permanent resident, but glsigning up with Islamic state is definite disqualifier that's why you have cair to muffle the waters.

[Jim Eagle]

I'd let her in, then immediately send her to GITMO. ISIS in Iraq, Syria, and The 'Stan were allied against American forces. They are combatants just like the Taliban. Why is she any different?

[MissMarple2]

This is an interesting discussion of how to win the 2020 election in a landslide. I am not sure I agree with all of it, but there is some interesting thinking within this thread.

https://twitter.com/realikamusume/status/1099249789361885184

[Narciso79]

Well you could render from Kurdistan, how did she get access to a lawyer in the first place.

[Jane]

The problem with putting her in Gitmo for life, is we have to pay for it.

Not one dime!

[Jim Eagle]

Jane,

You'd rather have her free on the streets of America? She is an enemy combatant. You join ISIS, you are fighting American forces. How do we know if didn't learn any terror skills like bomb-making?

[MissMarple2]

https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/12/trump-hud-lynne-patton-nycha-housing-authority-video/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_medium=Social

Lynne Patton is moving into New York Housing Authority apartments for the next 4 weeks. She wants to see what families are dealing with, and why their complaints haven't been addressed for years (since way prior to the Trump Administration).

She thinks the money is being spnt "unwisely" (too diplomatic a term if you ask me) since the Housing Authority receives $30 million per week from the federal government to take care of 400,000 residents!

[Narciso79]

McCabe makes a big point of this fellow spin ghul who was extradited from Italy, had killed two us servicemen In Afghanistan he had fled to Pakistan and somehow ended up in libya until 2011. Who was not tried by military commission but civilian courts

[Narciso79]

He was in contact with two high profile al queda operative al Iraqi and al libi, the one who wasmt blown up

[D]

I agree with Clarice wrt the Kraft kerfuffle.
Anyone who sides with President Trump and has money is fair game to the Dems. They are trying to isolate him and lessen the amount of money he can raise for 2020.
Whoever is the candidate will be the sacrificial lamb.Preident Trump with his record of success is going to bury Them.

[Skoot]

Narc, Her father filed in the US, with help from CAIR.

He was a Yemeni diplomat on the losing side of the civil war so claims his employment terminated in Sept 94.

Pompeo's position is, Obama admin stripped of citizenship because the father was still on the "blue list" in Oct 94 when she was born, Hence, her passport was fraudulent.

[Narciso79]

So he was south Yemeni, wonder where his loyalties with the houthi?

[MissMarple2]

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/annie-piper/2019/02/22/mikes-liberal-son-law-learns-valuable-lesson-about-capitalism

This is from "Last Man Standing," Tim Allen's show.

Be sure you watch the clips. They are really good!

[Narciso79]

You wonder who runs thing in the Rotten apple, whether its Brooklyn jail or the housing authodity.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-hiltzik-john-wayne-oc-airport-20190221-story.html?fbclid=IwAR3C0xNlhy18G20_d0PEy7bKsQZn5sJ3nw5d-GpSNRbCd_QFQSBAQt3sv9U

Now they want to remove John Wayne's name off the Orange County Airport.

[Narciso79]

Hiltzik of the dog trainer, lol.

[Narciso79]

I didnt think Wayne's comments were so outrageous:
https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2019/02/analysis-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-and-hurras-al-din-reach-a-new-accord.php

[Jim Eagle]

Here's more on the "hachimoji" DNA story of how they crafted the new DNA using four additionalmolecules. Hachimoji means eight (8) in Japanese.

https://www.livescience.com/64829-hachimoji-dna.html?utm_source=lst-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190222-lst

[sbwaters]

...or they could remove "Orange County" from John Wayne Airport.

[Jane]

No Jib, I'd rather she stays exactly where she is.

[Jim Eagle]

Don't understand, Jane. You earlier wrote she should be let in because of precedent?

[Narciso79]

Remember those Gitmo detainees umass wanted to admit?

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
34m34 minutes ago

God Bless the people of Venezuela!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
12m12 minutes ago

There is far more ENERGY on the Right than there is on the Left. That’s why we just won the Senate and why we will win big in 2020. The Fake News just doesn’t want to report the facts. Border Security is a big factor. The under construction Wall will stop Gangs, Drugs and Crime!

[MissMarple2]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/suburban-women-want-the-wall-buoying-trump-after-fleeing-in-2018

[Jim Eagle]

Incredible 6 Nations game in Cardiff as Wales goes up 16-13 on England with 10 minutes to go. There will maximum use of Ben-Gay after this game. Punishing is an understatement.

[Marlene]

MM,Trish Regan on Fox Business has been reporting on Venezuela every night in recent weeks and has spoken to the families of six Americans who have been detained.

[MissMarple2]

Marlene,

Thanks! I don't have cable and have to read all of my news, so I didn't know. Glad to know she has it in the spotlight!

[Narciso79]

Shes a gift that keeps on giving:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ClimateDepot/status/1099300138596601858

[JohnH]

Re: Kraft, I would think most males would be sympathetic. I can only imagine how difficult it would be to jerk off while wearing 6 super bowl rings.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/02/an-expose-of-high-ranking-gays-in-the-catholic-church-bears-the-fingerprints-of-the-popes-closest-advisors/amp/

[Jane]

JIb,

What I said that according to SC precedent she would probably be let in, so it was important to update the law which goes back to the 60's, pre 9-11. The Congress has that job. The SC does not like to change laws.

[MissMarple2]

An emotional morning for many this morning, as Tony Foulds, who has looked after a memorial site for US pilots since World War 2, got the flypast he has always dreamed of. ❤️#RememberTheTen #TonyGotAFlypast #BBCBreakfastpic.twitter.com/bd9Lymbm3K

— BBC (@BBC) February 22, 2019

Video at link. This gentleman has kept a memorial site for 10 US flyers killed in a crash near his home. He and his friends were playing and he believes the pilot went into the trees to avoid hitting them. Worth watching.

[Marlene]

Hubby just returned from his Saturday kayak club paddle. He said,I babysat the 93 year old guy,because he was getting tired and it is really hot today. The British couple in the group also babysat the old guy. Hubby,the old guy and the two Brits were separated in the mangroves from the larger group. The mangroves are dense,like being in a tunnel. So,they finally rejoined the group and a couple of airboats flew by them,causing some choice words back and forth. Some guys in the second airboat mooned the kayakers. Hubby then ended the story with,did I mention I stepped in a fire ant nest? I said,sounds like a fun time! :)

[Extraneus]

I didnt think Wayne's comments were so outrageous:

I finally read it, and neither do I. He didn't like gay sex in movies, and probably didn't like gays, either. Big deal. Everyone doesn't have to like everyone else. He didn't approve of race-based preferential treatment. So what? Neither do a lot of people.

Anyway, off with his head, just like the Confederates and the Founding Fathers. After the country splits, maybe he can have another airport named after him.

[Dave (in MA)]

I'd let her in, then immediately send her to GITMO

Or run her over with a rented truck.

[Dave (in MA)]

Trump should put a bust of Wayne in the OO.

[Extraneus]

He actually sounded quite well informed about politics and culture.

[Extraneus]

1971 Playboy interview

[Jane]

Ext,

There are 2 types of gays in this world: Gays that are gay first and people second; and gays that are people first, and gays somewhere down the line.

I've had a lot of gay friends in my lifetime, and all the good ones were in the 2nd group.

[Marlene]

Oh,hubby said the kayakers were mooned by some good old boys in a fishing boat. I guess that makes the story better. :) The airboat guy was just obnoxious.

[Dave (in MA)]

Buck Sexton@BuckSexton
“This is Klobuchar country!” she yelled
while shoveling the arugula into her mouth
with a hairy comb

[Dave (in MA)]

Buck Sexton@BuckSexton
“This is Klobuchar country!” she yelled
while shoveling the arugula into her mouth
with a hairy comb

[Dave (in MA)]

I did NOT hit post twice.

[Extraneus]

I know, Jane. I've had some gay friends, too. As long as they're not throwing it in your face and forcing you to imagine gay sex (which a lot of straight people find revolting), it makes no difference to me either.

[Rocco]

Marlene, I recently learned that the wake your boat leaves is considered part of your boat so if your wake were to tip over a kayak or if someone is injured because of it, that boat owner is liable.

[Jim Eagle]

Jane,

I can't see a Democrat controlled House with all their muzzie members, socialists, etc. ever passing a law like that. That's why she should be treated like an enemy combatant until we can get a House that will have the common sense to pass a law that removes citizenship if you join organizations that sponsor terrorism.

[MissMarple2]

John Bolton
‏Verified account @AmbJohnBolton
13m13 minutes ago

The U.S. has provided critically needed aid for the people of Venezuela. Now is the time for Venezuelan military to allow aid through the border. As Interim President Guaido said today “Those who accompany us to save the lives of Venezuelans are true patriots.”