As Much As I Respect David French...

Normally David French does a terrific job at the National Review (I'm a HUGE fan of his Gun Violence Restraining Order piece) but... he is off the rails with his follow-up to this tweet:

By the way, the porn affairs and hush money payments by themselves are enough for me to never, ever vote for Trump. And that’s just one thing, of many. I remember the days, like way back in, say, May 2015, when that would have been a consensus Evangelical position.

That provoked this somewhat off-message response:

The difference is, unlike you, the evangelicals started thinking politically rather than moralistically. Moralism has its place, of course, but prudence must inform it and direct it. Aristotle (or even Aquinas!) should be our guide. You seem to prefer Kant.

Why is this off-message? Because it creates a false dichotomy between "thinking politically rather than moralistically".

Dealing with a lesser of two evils situation is a moral question that, believe it or not, precedes Trump. Here for example, is a Christian minister citing Aquinas and "the moral principle of double effect":

Saint Thomas Aquinas, in his Summa Theologiae, established the moral principle of double effect. (II-II.64.7) Four conditions must be met for someone to act righteously despite bad consequences. First, the act itself must be good or at least amoral. One could argue that voting is a good deed or at least morally indifferent. Secondly, the good effect cannot be achieved by means of the bad effect. The Machiavellian policy that the end justifies the means is wrong; nothing justifies sinful methods. Thirdly, one must intend only the good effect. The other is an involuntary repercussion.

To illustrate, physicians routinely prescribe medicines to patients notwithstanding unfortunate side-effects. Finally, the good effect must be proportionately greater than the evil effect. For instance, driving through a red light when there is no traffic in the middle of the night is better than waiting for it to turn green when rushing someone urgently to a hospital.

Do I need to tell you the station stop for this train? Evangelicals were not casting a 'pro-adultery' vote; they were casting an 'anti-abortion' vote. Can it be morally defensible to choose one bad thing over another?

 

We might be in an even better place if evangelical leaders would pound the table on this point, denouncing Trump's adultery while defending his policies. God sending flawed men to advance His designs is described here.

 

The WaPo went down to Alabama to describe how one congregation dealt with this. A snippet:

There was Terry Drew, who sat in the seventh pew on the left side, who knew and agreed with Trump’s position, and knew that supporting him involved a blatant moral compromise.

“I hate it,” he said. “My wife and I talk about it all the time. We rationalize the immoral things away. We don’t like it, but we look at the alternative, and think it could be worse than this.”

The only way to understand how a Christian like him could support a man who boasted about grabbing women’s crotches, Terry said, was to understand how he felt about the person Trump was still constantly bringing up in his speeches and who loomed large in Terry’s thoughts: Hillary Clinton, whom Terry saw as “sinister” and “evil” and “I’d say, of Satan.”

“She hates me,” Terry said, sitting in Crum’s office one day. “She has contempt for people like me, and Clay, and people who love God and believe in the Second Amendment. I think if she had her way it would be a dangerous country for the likes of me.”

Not a Hillary fan. The minister also wrestled with his support for Trump but settled on the notion that God sometimes uses flawed messengers:

The dilemma was that Trump was an immoral person doing what Crum considered to be moral things. The conservative judges. The antiabortion policies. And something else even more important to a small Southern Baptist congregation worried about their own annihilation.

“It encouraged them that we do still have some political power in this country,” said Crum.

When he prayed about it, that was what the voice of God had told him. The voice reminded Crum that God always had a hand in elections. The voice told him that God used all kinds of people to do his will.

“Nebuchadnezzar,” Crum said, citing the pagan king of Babylon who was advised by godly men to tear down an old corrupt order. “Even sometimes bad leaders are used by God.”

No spoiler on how the minister talked about Trump during the sermon.

 

Comments

[hrtshpdbox]

Numero uno.

[henry]

David French approves (or he would if paid to):

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2019/02/european-parliament-mandates-speed-limiters-on-all-new-cars/

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2019/02/european-parliament-mandates-speed-limiters-on-all-new-cars/

[henry]

Reminder, David French is considered inferior to Egg McMuffin by his fellow cuck cruise admirals.

[Captain Hate]

Buffy and Jody aren't happy with Mr. French.

[GUS]

As much as I respect RECTAL itch............

[rse]

Minnesota resident may want to see this that came out today.

Hey, it's Bipartisan. That always makes it OK.

https://knowledgeworks.org/resources/education-minnesota-cbe/

I covered CBE in chapter 4 of my book, but the shorthand is that it treats the student as a 'system' whose interior can be redesigned by prescribed learning experiences to generate desired future behavior. That is NOT how it will be pitched to Minnesotans.

[Captain Hate]

Here's the thing with what David French said. If he cannot vote for Trump because of Trump's, er, Trumpiness, that's fine. Votes are earned, not owed.

It's the pinch faced scolding of and the rest of you are bad Christians for doing so that makes me reply suck my girl dick, Pharisee.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at February 27, 2019 04:36 PM (mf5HN)

[Narciso79]

I lost respect for French when he went all pinette over zimmerman

[rich]

who could be a fan of David French ... yikes.

>>>Hillary Clinton, whom Terry saw as “sinister” and “evil” and “I’d say, of Satan.”<<<

it's funny because it is true. In David French's world letting Hillary Clinton start WW3 was preferred.

just think about that moral calculus ...

[MissMarple2]

What's interesting to me is that, as far as I can tell, Trump has behaved in an exemplary manner since he has been in the White House.

Of course, his tweets are occasionally a little bit earthy, but we haven't seen him cavorting with interns or pushing for abortion or suggesting we decriminalize sex workers or attempting to restrict the rights of Christians, have we?

Another thing that people like French never consider is that maybe President Trump had a personal conversion. The black pastors and Franklin Graham seem to think President Trump is fine, and there are numerous pictures of Christians praying with him while they lay hands on him.

"By their fruits ye shall know them." I suggest Mr. Holier Than Thou French do a little bit more reading of his Bible.

[sbwaters]

Momto2, get the shingles shot. One I know had it three times ... so far.

[rich]

and i thought the bombshell, such as it is, is that it is somehow illegal to talk about wikileaks?

yeah the clinton foundation (the friends of satan inc) could take tens of millions from foreign governments but the real crime was Trump ever hiring Mr Cohen ...

[MissMarple2]

memeorandum
‏ @memeorandum
7m7 minutes ago

Exclusive: House panel seeks to depose Trump tax, ethics attorneys (@gingergibson / Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-lawyer-exclusive-idUSKCN1QG1WZ …

[MissMarple2]

s Tweets, current page. Tweets & replies Media

memeorandum
‏ @memeorandum
2m2 minutes ago

Netanyahu to Be Charged With Bribery Pending Hearing (Haaretz)

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/netanyahu-to-be-charged-with-bribery-pending-hearing-1.6961872 …

[rich]

... forgot to add in, while hillary (satan's little sister) was secretary of state ...

we can thank roided up ryan and the good ship cuck for the 2018 cockup and their years of failure theater.

[boris]

"By their fruits ye shall know them."

Good point.

Another one that occurs to me is the answer for:

so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Maybe to the GOPe Cohen and Trump are both Samaritans, but Trump is the "good" one.

[rich]

Posted by: MissMarple2 | February 28, 2019 at 11:43 AM

pretty sure that would all be privileged, but that doesn't seem to matter much

[and a passing thought i had to add to some comments {it might have been a back-and-forth with porchlight and old lurker} about why no one from the zero administration is in the dock yet-maybe trump's executive office of the president is in a legal bind-some or most of what obama was doing could be covered under executive privilege and trump doesn't want to essentially sue obama over privilege claims ... anyway that doesn't make sense because my coffee hasn't kicked in yet.]

[Captain Hate]

Does French think the prodigal son is the one who comes home and rails his wife? Ahoy!

[windansea]

Do I need to tell you the station stop for this train? Evangelicals were not casting a 'pro-adultery' vote; they were casting an 'anti-abortion' vote. Can it be morally defensible to choose one bad thing over another?

Gee that's a tough one. One candidate commits adultery and the other sanctions millions of infanticides. I just checked with God and he says vote for the sinner over the baby killer.

[windansea]

God explains, the adulterer can be redeemed and forgiven, the baby killer not so much.

[MissMarple2]

Breaking! North Korean Officials are about to have a rare news conference over the summit!

[D]

Windansea:
So good to see you!
Yes. As a pro-life person the choice for Trump was a given.
Hate the sin , love the sinner.
That is the stance most evangelicals took.

[Narciso79]

Your eyes would glaze over, if you saw how cobvolutex this bribery charge, but they e been trying to take him down for 10 years.

[rich]

they have their own deep state. didn't they charge his wife earlier with something or other?

[Narciso79]

Getting a hot meal, I kid you not.

[Neo]

Neomi Rao's DC Circuit Nomination Clears Senate Panel

[MissMarple2]

Lunchtime intermission!

Ladies, if you have some old Chanel costume jewelry do NOT give it to Goodwill! It is pretty valuable. This article has links to current eBay auction and prices:

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/costume-jewelry/chanel

[Captain Hate]

Yeller was all over the Netanyahu story last night.

[Neo]

Edward Nixon, former President Richard Nixon's youngest and last surviving brother, died Wednesday. He was 88.

[RattlerGator]

I suspect this is somewhat on point with the original topic of TM's post.

For those of us who hover around the creative world, and those of us intensely concerned about the culture war that *must* be won, this 18 minute 20 second video from that enterprising Gator, Bill Whittle, addresses the profound moment we find ourselves in *and* helps to explain why I'm so positive and confident about our American future:

THE POP CULTURE EQUALIZER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3tXoz_lDOU

By the way, some FSU Film School students visited my home yesterday and plan to use it for a "short" they will be shooting over the next few weeks. We live in revolutionary times when it comes to media and I can't help but wonder what these 20-somethings think of this moment.

Do they see the incredible possibilities or do they lament the end of what they likely see as a wonderfully grand era ???

[Neo]

I got to meet Ed Nixon at Richard's 100 year birthday at the Mayflower in DC.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--As Much As I Respect David French...--

You're supposed to save the punch line for the end.

--God sending flawed men to advance His designs is described here.--

At some point in the future a Flawless Man will return to complete His designs. Until then God pretty much has one pool to select from;
For ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. There is NONE who is righteous, no not one.
Not even that holier-than-thou, pecksniffian, towering douchebag David Fucking French.

And it's described rather better here in 1 Corinthians;
"Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast in His presence."

David French and his hypocritical moralizing have much more in common with Donald Trump than he knows and considerably more in common with the Pharisee on the street corner who stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men; swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I receive’ than he lets on.

[henry]

CNBC @CNBC
9m

2020 candidate Cory Booker introduces bill to legalize marijuana nationwide

[jimmyk]

I don't know the NT so well, but the OT always documents the flawed behavior of its heroes. David and Bathsheba of course, but also Abraham for putting Sarah at risk by claiming she was his sister, and so on. Here's a pretty good Christian commentary I ran across:

http://blog.adw.org/2015/07/patriarchs-are-people-too-a-reflection-on-the-fact-that-the-bible-speaks-frankly-about-the-faults-of-our-heroes/

[Comanche Voter]

Given a choice between two lying weasels, I'll always choose the lesser one. And when it comes to whoppers, Hillary is, was, and always will be the Champ.

So far I've not heard credible testimony re The Donald getting blow jobs in the Oval Office. Haven't heard much about covering up past rapes either. And he's not out to corner the chardonnay market and drink it either. However he is death on Diet Cokes, so there is that.

[Account Deleted]

Porchlight - "God chooses very unlikely people to do His work. By definition, He chooses a sinner every time."

[D]

Henry:
It was only a matter of time before a candidate of the Left introduced this.
Beto is rumored to be entering the race so Booker had to act fast and be the first with this new Left idea.
Universal Medicare is dead in the water but this issue has legs as all potheads will vote for it.

[Account Deleted]

People that argue that Christians shouldn't vote for Trump because he is a sinner have no understanding of Christianity.
If we couldn't vote for sinners then we couldn't vote for anyone.
We are ALL sinners. That is what Christianity is ALL about for heaven's sake.

I get to heaven by what Jesus Christ did FOR me.
If we Christians were perfect, we wouldn't need a Savior. Our belief stands on the perfection & truth of Jesus - not ourselves.

[MissMarple2]

RG,

Thanks for that link to Bill Whittle.

I think his assessment of the entertainment industry is right. I have been seeing more original content, podcasts, etc. on YouTube, although I haven't run into the fiction stuff made on i Phones, yet.

MY entertainment is following the Trump presidency, which is far more entertaining to me than the stuff Hollywood puts out, plus it personally affects me and my family.

What has also happened in entertainment is also happening in news. I am very glad to see it!

[D]

Comanche:
Agree completely.
Because the Clintons never experienced any indictment of their evil harmful activities, they will always top the list for venality.

[henry]

Public Skewls, what can't they do:

Vicki McKenna @VickiMcKenna
3m

File this under "reaping and sowing": In "open letter", Madison school superintendent says Madison's (almost exclusively leftwing and unionized) teachers are a bunch of racists!

https://www.nbc15.com/content/news/MMSD-works-on-change-to-address-racial-slur-incidents--506495491.html

[henry]

in other words, more opportunities for graft if all the state privacy laws differ. The use of "escape is hysterical... CA law kicks in Jan 1 (and it is craptastic in it enabled corruption):

Capitol Hill split on preemption will let Facebook, Google escape federal data privacy legislation, analyst says

https://twitter.com/MarketWatch/status/1101176499539980288

[Extraneus]

"By the way, the porn affairs and hush money payments by themselves are enough for me to never, ever vote for Trump."

He'd sooner vote for Hitler or Idi Amin.

I often detect adolescent jealousy in these NeverTrump assholes. Their arguments don't arise from logic or morality, as others here have proven, but from a simple, painful emotion. Envy.

Trump was the big man on campus. Spectacular homes, private jets, Kashoggi's yacht, he bedded the world's most beautiful women, had a hit TV show, and was one of the most popular people in the world. And to top it all off, he got himself elected president! (Son-of-a-BITCH!)

French was probably one of those guys who secretly tried to look down his nose at the high school quarterback or homecoming king.

"Oh yeah? Well I got an 'A' in geography!"

[Uncajohn]

“I don't know the NT so well, but the OT always documents the flawed behavior of its heroes.”

Read the Epistle to the Hebrews in the NT to see why that is. Short version is Jesus is superior to all our heroes.

[Manuel Transmission]

A-mom, with tongue only slightly in cheek, I would offer the standard recommendation that Click &Clack used to offer when the ‘check engine’ light comes on: put a little square of black electrical tape over the light.

My most brilliant measurements prof routinely banged us over the head for suffering from meterosis: the disease of reading meters (without knowing if they should be believed).

The odds of a failing oil pump are orders of magnitude less that a failed level sensor and you check the level like we always did for the last century, so what’s the downside? Now, if it was a Ferrari GTO...

[Neo]

The number of outstanding U.S. $100 bills has doubled since the financial crisis, with more than 12 billion of them across the world, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve. C-notes have passed $1 bills in circulation, Deutsche Bank Chief International Economist Torsten Slok highlighted in a note to clients this week.

[Ralph L]

a man who boasted about grabbing women’s crotches
I once thought that is what he said, too, when I was still dependent on the MSM filter.

[MissMarple2]

Extraneus,

Envy is EXACTLY right, and your description is spot on!

The second, I would suggest, is Pride. French does not want to admit that he was wrong about Trump, so no matter how well the President has done in improving the economy, getting jobs back, defeating ISIS, etc. French cannot admit his judgement was wrong and that the common folk were right.

[Buckeye]

French was probably one of those guys who secretly tried to look down his nose at the high school quarterback or homecoming king.

Couldn't get laid syndrome.

[MissMarple2]

BNL NEWS
‏ @BreakingNLive

JUST IN: 17 states give President Donald Trump a 50% or higher approval rating, up from 12 states in 2017. An additional 17 states give him 40-49% approval

[PDinDetroit]

What Would Jesus Do?

He would throw the moneychangers out of the temple.

What temples are the moneychangers defiling today?

Wombs of women

Minds of young people

Hearts of caring people

Souls of all they come into contact with

What should be done to these moneychangers?

Is any of us capable of casting the first stone?

[Old Lurker]

Henry from the other thread.

The possibilities are boundless for what can be done by Deep State and Deep Insurance Companies once all cars have Data Loggers in them.

[henry]

OL, deep state has nothing on hackers.

[Extraneus]

a man who boasted about grabbing women’s crotches

Another tell. French knows what Trump actually said, which pisses him off even more.

Trump said he could do anything he wanted to some of the most beautiful women in the world. SON-OF-A-BITCH!!!

[MissMarple2]

Please read this father's thread about what will happen if we get Medicare for all. He has a 12-year old son with a heart condition, and he uses that condition to illustrate his point. Also, the Mayo Clinic would be endangered.

https://twitter.com/JoeSilverman7/status/1101134285506072576

[Neo]

Andrew Wheeler is no longer the acting director of the EPA following the Senate's vote Thursday to make him the official head of the environmental regulatory agency.

The Senate narrowly confirmed Wheeler 52-47, largely along party lines with Republicans in support and Democrats against him.

[henry]

Peak Oil files:

CNBC
@CNBC

ExxonMobil announced that it has made the world’s 3rd biggest natural gas discovery in 2 years off the coast of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean.

[Buckeye]

Speaking of Medicare, I met with the Ortho guy today and got the referral for an MRI and got the appointment scheduled.

This couldn't happen until I had jumped through all the appropriate hoops on the Medicare checklist. X number of PT sessions, what were results of coming off Prednisone, etc.

To the Ortho guy and Shandra's (the hot PT gal) credit, they have been very diligent in monitoring for any signs of neuropathy, etc.

MRI appt. is 10 days out, even though the University system has 13 locations in central Ahia where they do these.

How much do those machines cost anonamom?

With all us baby boomers falling apart, demand has to go up.

[Neo]

After nearly 17 years, United States Navy warships will return to flying the Union Jack, replacing the First Navy Jack flown in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.

News outlets report Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson issued an order Thursday calling for the blue banner with 50 white stars to return June 4 to commemorate the World War II Battle of Midway.

[PDinDetroit]

Posted by: MissMarple2 | February 28, 2019 at 01:21 PM

Private Insurance doing the same thing for Cervicogenic Headache utilizing RFA as a treatment.

A little light reading:

https://www.uhcprovider.com/content/dam/provider/docs/public/policies/comm-medical-drug/ablative-treatment-spinal-pain.pdf

https://www.uhcprovider.com/content/dam/provider/docs/public/policies/comm-medical-drug/occipital-neuralgia-headache-treatment.pdf

[Neo]

CBS News:
Steve Bannon backs "gladiator school" to bolster Europe's right wing

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is backing a new academy in Italy that will give students tools to defend "the Judeo-Christian West."

[clarice]

Time for a NR death poll?

[Dave (in MA)]

Acc. to fellow townspeople on FB, the FBI conducted an armed raid on a house in my town early this morning, and loaded up a truck with boxes of evidence, but nobody can find anything about it online.

One guy speculated that maybe somebody copied a Disney movie on their VCR.

[daddy]

Hey,

I just woke up and I see my President is just up the road about 15 miles giving a speech at Elmendorf Air Force Base about how much he and his grandfather love Alaska.

Go Donald!

[daddy]

Now he's praising my Governor, Mike Dunleavy. Yippie!

Great to hear Trump and compare his comments to those of his predecessor, Barrack Obama, who spent his time at some fancy dinner at the DC Billionaire socialites home who owned our local rag at the time, the Lefty ADN, and then spent the next day up toward Kotzebue with Eco-Propagandists from Rolling Stone mag.

[MissMarple2]

Dave,

ChiTown wants to know if the house belonged to anyone named "Stone." (LOL)

[henry]

Zoe Tillman @ZoeTillman
1h

The name of the mystery foreign company at the center of a Mueller grand jury subpoena fight is still redacted in these newly unsealed opinions and orders: dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/file… These are from the original district court case, where the docket itself remains sealed

https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1101179597503299585

[henry]

Emerald Robinson
@EmeraldRobinson

Folks, it's official: #nevertrumpism is over. The Weekly Standard closed. @NRO got rid of Jonah Goldberg. Fox's @SpecialReport got rid of @stephenfhayes. Bill Kristol shills for the Left. George Will is a Democrat. These people are no longer "conservative intellectual" leaders.

[MissMarple2]

H/T to ChiTown Lurker for finding this:

https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273010/clinton-judge-orders-texas-stop-removing-non-daniel-greenfield#.XHgdM5e7grM.twitter

Clinton-appointed judge orders Texas to stop removing non-citizens from the voter rolls.

[Buckeye]

Folks, it's official: #nevertrumpism is over.

Until a couple are found floating face down in the Potomac.....

[Buckeye]

I'm not buying it.

[Neo]

None of these 3 chemicals (dioxin, TCE and formaldehyde) is actually “known” to cause cancer in humans, because there is no epidemiological evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship. Nevertheless, ever since EPA redefined the word “known” to mean whatever the Agency wants it to mean, evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship has become unnecessary.
https://www.science20.com/frank_schnell/modus_operandi_the_methods_by_which_epa_atsdr_keep_the_fear_alive-235123

[Gentlejim]

Not even that holier-than-thou, pecksniffian, towering douchebag David Fucking French.
I love this very Captainesque comment from Iggy.

Pin,
Not much difference between public/private coppers. All cops, public and private, in IN are certified through the Law Enforcement Training Board. The main difference I know of is that private cops, university, hospital, etc., are limited in their enforcement abilities geographically by policy. A hospital cop’s authority stops at the property line. That policy restriction is similar to enforcing local ordinance. I can’t go to South Bend and enforce my town’s parking ordinance. On the other hand, I am limited by the borders of Indiana. I can technically enforce statute in Evansville, which is almost 300 miles away. As an example, if I’m on my way to see Miss Marple at Shapiro’s I can issue a ticket to the asshat hanging out in the passing lane on I-65 south of Lebanon. I just have to get the utt to the proper court.

[henry]

Nice, a Dem keeping honest press out of press conferences:

MacIver Institute
@MacIverWisc

And thus ends the Open Government Era of the Walker years ... @MacIverWisc not allowed to attend @GovEvers capitol press corps budget briefing this hour despite MacIver's multiple requests and its capitol credentials. MacIver turned away at the East Wing door #wiright #wipolitics

https://twitter.com/MacIverWisc/status/1101200374692687872

[daddy]

David French? We're looking at him as some arbiter of morality and ethics? National Review Self-Destructs Over Covington Catholic

...Then there is David French, senior writer at National Review. Here is a religious man who spent “days of prayer, reflection, and serious study of the possibilities” of himself as President of the United States. If there was anyone at National Review who was going to step up and protect the innocent boys who had just attended the March for Life, it should have been French.

But he didn’t. When the story was breaking, and someone had to slow the mob down, French was nowhere to be seen.

The initial pushback against the anti-Covington boys lies came from independent minded thinkers on Twitter, people who French may look down upon. It was people like Mike Cernovich, Jack Posobiec, Will Chamberlain, and American Greatness senior contributor Julie Kelly, among others. They doubted the initial narrative, investigated, and helped spread awareness to protect the kids.

After it became clear and easy for pundits to follow along, French tweeted that, “Malicious people act on partial information… It’s disgusting. It’s evil.”

French should clarify. Does he feel Lowry is disgusting? Is Frankovich evil? Will he disavow Goldberg?

French thought about leading America, but it turns out, he can’t even lead a publication away from destruction.

If I need morality, ethics, or wisdom from National Review I'll get it from Dennis Prager and VDH. The rest of the weasels are as close to embodying morality as Michael Cohen is to embodying truth.

[D]

Henry:
The election for governor was so close.
Sure there wasn’t any fraud involved?
I cringe every time a Dem Governor prevails.I know what is next on the agenda.

[henry]

maryrose, fraud? we'll never find out.

[Extraneus]

So when Acosta is booted from Labor, will he be replaced by Walker? Walker's pretty good with unions.

[anonamom]

Momto2, all I can say is that my mom too had a case of Shingles five years ago, and her doc had her get Shingrix.

I would never practice medicine online!

[anonamom]

TK---thank you for your explanation of your thoughts! When can I bring my car out??? ;-)

I had (of course) tried to diagnose it online, and it sounded to me quite likely to be what you are proposing/diagnosing.

Now, to find that " trusted mechanic."

[anonamom]

TK--sorry you are sick. Hope that Tamiflu helps.

And yes, liquids.

If somebody can pick up some ginger and tumeric roots for you, make a tea out of them and two cloves of garlic--like 4C water to coins made from an inch of each root. Let all that steep for fifteen minutes. Add some lemon juice--4T or the amount in one lemon, and then add either some orange juice or maple syrup to make it palatable.

Good immune booster.

[D]

Daddy:
Agree 100 percent.

[pagar]

Aren't these two a little old for it?

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/kamala-harris-wants-to-decriminalize-prostitution/

“Make no mistake, California: This is the legalization of child prostitution,” Officer Tony Herrera writes at Washington Examiner. For his safety, his department and jurisdiction are not provided."

[MissMarple2]

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2019/02/28/from-woke-to-nope-at-cpac-van-jones-tells-conservatives-to-take-some-dadgum-credit-for-this-and-these-lefties-are-pissed-video/

[James D.]

I should care one bit what David French says why, exactly?

[Pinandpuller]

I've heard the buzz about Bill Kristol getting his so called conservative rankings propped up by corporations. James Allsup is saying the same thing about National Review. And maybe this former National Review editor doing his Prager U video.

Google gave money to the National Review 'Foundation' and the immigrant editor shills for more immigration.

I already posted the Bill Kristol 'Replace Lazy Americans' tweet.

https://youtu.be/Kr1zXPINY9I

[daddy]

Folks, it's official: #nevertrumpism is over. The Weekly Standard closed. @NRO got rid of Jonah Goldberg....

Clicking on NRO I see that shit-hook's latest column is posted at Nat review as of 19 hours ago. I haven't started catch-up, but from a quick google query it looks to me like Jonah G is still on board that sinking ship. Maybe I'll learn something different during catch-up.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

Momto2 - My hubby has gotten shingles twice so I'd advise you to get whatever vacinnation your doctor recommends. I never have gotten chicken pox so I've always refused to get the vacinnation. I've heard of too many people who got the shingles shot and then got shingles!

[Pinandpuller]

Aren't all these so called conservatives loss leading propagandists for hire?

[Jim Eagle]

All you Nationals fans, Bryce Harper goes to your competitor the Phillies.

Mrs. JiB on her way to Southampton to pack up stuff.

Trump walks like he tells us he will do to save a deal in "Art of the Deal". Obama never learned to even crawl.

[jimmyk]

I would never practice medicine online!

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If somebody can pick up some ginger and tumeric roots for you, make a tea out of them and two cloves of garlic--like 4C water to coins made from an inch of each root.

Hmm. Ok, I guess that's not medicine. :)

Good thing TK practices automobile diagnosis online.

[Pinandpuller]

The Hate Trump market has been flooded with low skill workers, who could possibly afford to compete?

[Narciso79]

We know who the company is, it's a swiss subsidiary of zamels psy group, now Mueller should have to present reasons for the sanction he has demanded.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--I love this very Captainesque comment from Iggy.--

A guy has to be a pretty hefty crapweasel to get me to employ the F word.
It's dubious crapweasels wear shoes of course, but just in case they do, if the crapweasel shoe fits...

[Old Lurker]

Jack "Mrs. JiB on her way to Southampton to pack up stuff."

I saw your post the other night about escaping NY for low tax FL. And selling the family house to boot.

Boy is Mrs. OL jealous.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

James D - I am not worried one bit about impeachment proceedings against Trump! Trump supporters will rise up against the evil Dems and make them sorry they even mentioned impeachment word. I know that my friends and I would be out on the streets protesting and raising hell all the way to DC. I'm pretty sure the Dems know it too. All talk and no hat (or cattle)!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Van Jones is very far left, BUT, he has consistently shown himself to be several steps above a great many progs who do not seem to be nearly so far left.
I don't know if he'll ever swallow the red pill but he definitely is more open to at least listening to rationality and actually having a conversation than most progs, which I recognize is very faint praise indeed, but still...

[Narciso79]

How does this happen, rhetorical:

https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/germany-probes-apparent-payment-to-deported-9-11-convict-1.570755

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--I saw your post the other night about escaping NY for low tax FL. And selling the family house to boot.--

Wait, what? I musta missed that.
Hasn't that house been in your family a long time, JiB?

[Pinandpuller]

Gentlejim

It's a good thing I don't have the power to ticket left lane lurkers.

Also I'd imagine sovereign immunity would be different if you were acting outside your jurisdiction.