Sunday Morning

Here we go again.

I gave up on my Thunder when they were flat on their backs and playing no defense in the third. Don't stop believing!

On a more serious topic, polling from Virginia on whether Governor Northam should moonwalk down shows that voters aren't nearly as woke as the posturing politicians. And the obvious partisan divides (Democrats, African-Americans favor him staying, Republicans say "out") does not reassure us that this is first and foremost a moral issue.

Comments

[Narciso79]

Primero:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/virginia_when_identity_groups_collide.html?fbclid=IwAR2N_BkEgthDsMLOaU99aB64E2AUVkPjONVENmTOqnIv-BfOcb6Y_VTTCm4

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Somebody here mentioned her by name and linked an article about her.--

If nobody answered Jim on the last thread I will here;
Stephanie Kelton and it is not her alone; she's just the most photogenic proponent of it.
It being MMT; Modern Monetary Theory. It's decidedly questionable just how modern robbing Peter to pay Paul is however.

[D]

I knew that Northam was staying after last Saturdsy’s Presser.
He has plausible deniability wrt the photo in the yearbook.
That was all he needed.
He lied during the campaign.
He won’t leave voluntarily.
The Richmond newspaper sees the handwriting on the wall.
What do these Virginia pols care about the Dem national ticket in 2020.
Fairfax’s fate is less certain.
Of course Herring stays because Northam remains.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

There is less than zero chance the Dems would can all three of those dopes and put a Rep in charge of Virginny.
Were the party rolls reversed on the other hand...

[MissMarple2]

https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/10/liz-cheney-trump-calls-warren-laughingstock/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=atdailycaller

[MissMarple2]

I posted thia at the end of the last thread. Jane answered and said Lisa had heard it correctly.

Lisa Mei Crowley
‏ @LisaMei62
12m12 minutes ago

WTH?! @LindseyGrahamSC told @MariaBartiromo that part of the negotiations for border wall funding is Dems want to reduce the number of beds in ICE detention centers for violent criminals. Is this so they can release them into our cities? This makes us safer how exactly?!
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Assuming Lisa heard this correctly, I would like to know the rationale behind this, too.

[Jane]

I agree with Liz.

[Jane]

BTW, In the very beginning of her speech last night, Faixahauntis said something like:

"We all know President Trump is the most corrupt President in history"

To raging applause.

[henry]

the Dems gotta have some red meat soy for their base. I guess a cap on detention of criminals is the hill they die on.

[Rocco]

And then John Solomon was on after Graham, with his latest.

The case for Russia collusion … against the Democrats

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/429292-the-case-for-russia-collusion-against-the-democrats

Prayers for your friend maryrose

[sbwaters]

Waiting for the MSM to report Warren this way:

"“We all know President Trump is the most corrupt President in history,’ Warren claimed without providing evidence."

[MissMarple2]

CSPAN
‏Verified account @cspan
8m8 minutes ago

Road to the White House: @amyklobuchar announcement in Minneapolis, MN – LIVE at 2:30pm ET on C-SPAN https://cs.pn/2tlBqip

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

And another six inches of snow this morning.
Church cancelled.
You ought to see Californians drive in snow.
Actually even people from back East seem to take a bit of time adjusting to our relatively heavy wet stuff.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Why don't Democrats just post a list of all those Dems NOT running for pres?
Save a lot of ink.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

So the whole Northam crisis revolves around his blackface rather than his call for the mass murder of infants. This guy is worse than Herod and the press snoozes.

That the Church (all of us of faith) as a whole has not called for his and Cuomo's excommunications and shunning is indicative of the moral weakness at the top.

These people are monsters. The NY Post reported that a man who brutally murdered his pregnant girlfriend, repeatedly stabbing the infant, had the charges dropped for the infants homicide because of Cuomo's new law.

Infants are now unpersons. Under the new rules soon enough it will be the elderly, the halt and the lame as well. Margaret Sanger's vision will be achieved. Only right thinking drones and their overlords will remain. This is what it means now to be a Democrat.

[MissMarple2]

The last time I remember this many democrat candidates was the 1960 primary. I watched the convention at night while I was at a journalism conference for junior high kids at IU.

[peter]

Why should Northram, Fairfax and the third schmuck resign when Liz Warren can run for President with impunity. Shame is such an outdated concept.

Regarding Hate's beer reference in the early pre-dawn hours on the previous thread, "Evil Twin Brewing" has listed as its address an apartment on the 14th floor of a high rise near the old Brooklyn Navy Yard. Are they really brewing in an apartment?

Lastly, is anyone else bothered by the redundancy of "Don't stop believing?" Wouldn't it be more concise to just state, "Believe?"

Also, how did the Duke basketball team shoot 61% from beyond the three, when all season they averaged 29% from that distance?

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
4m4 minutes ago

I don’t think the Dems on the Border Committee are being allowed by their leaders to make a deal. They are offering very little money for the desperately needed Border Wall & now, out of the blue, want a cap on convicted violent felons to be held in detention!

[henry]

Trump:

It was a very bad week for the Democrats, with the GREAT economic numbers, The Virginia disaster and the State of the Union address. Now, with the terrible offers being made by them to the Border Committee, I actually believe they want a Shutdown. They want a new subject!

[pagar]

IMO, there was never any intention of progress in that committee on the wall. Whenever you see Sen Durbin appointed to anything, IMO you can be sure nothing good for America is going to happen.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
14m14 minutes ago

It was a very bad week for the Democrats, with the GREAT economic numbers, The Virginia disaster and the State of the Union address. Now, with the terrible offers being made by them to the Border Committee, I actually believe they want a Shutdown. They want a new subject!

[Tom Bowler]

One thing that has struck me is how President Trump has citizen investigators and citizen reporters, who seem to have sprung up out of nowhere, and are willing to devote countless hours to helping him and defending him from attack.

We never saw that before, even when Bush 43 was wildly popular and we were reeling from the 9/11 attacks.

It's really quite inspiring to see all of these people from widely different backgrounds come together.

Posted by: MissMarple2 | February 10, 2019 at 10:29 AM

I agree. I think Trump won his legion of defenders because he was willing to defend himself. That was something neither Bush 43 nor Bush 41 were willing to do, and Trump learned from their experiences.

Remember how quickly the Democrats turned from voting to invade Iraq to unanimously opposing the War. Whiplash. But the Dems had a plan. They ignored all other points in that resolution, and said their vote was on the danger from Iraq's WMD. In retrospect I wonder if the Dems had CIA help in formulating their argument. Then with lots of media help it was all about Bush lying about WMD. Bush did a lousy job pushing back on that.

Trump learned from Bush, but he already knew he had to fight the Dems. And he did by pushing back on Dems PC narrative in the most obnoxious way possible. Early on it seemed he always picked the most insulting, in your face way to retaliate against an attack. Since then he's moderated a bit.

But he fights, he knows how to win, and he knows what stance is most likely to help him win. I also think he knows he has to win, and we know he has to win. And that's why he gets the help that Bush didn't get or the help that Bush wouldn't take. You don't hear much about the Army of Davids that Glenn Reynolds used to talk about, but they, we, were there. Still are.

Hmmm. Another tangent.

[MissMarple2]

Tom Bowler,

I enjoy your tangents. Keep 'em coming!

[MissMarple2]

It is snowing here again. Pretty heavy right now - haven't seen the forecast yet to see how much we are supposed to get.

[Tom Bowler]

Thanks MM!

[D]

TomBowler:
An excellent post.
I agree 100 percent.
Matt:
You have once again given great insight.
Clarice:
Your “Pieces” has put all the parts of this Virginia disaster together and reflected on how nationally it affects each and every one of us.
Excommunication could still be in the cards for Cuomo and any other Catholic , like Pelosi and others in the public eye.It is a moment of weakness in the Virginia Democrat Party that needs to be exploited by the Republicans if they have the nerve to pursue it.
Rocco, Jimmyk and others :
Thank you for your prayers.
Will attend the wake and funeral Mass for my friend who dedicated his life to teaching young people up until this past December.

[MissMarple2]

Will Bunch
‏Verified account @Will_Bunch
19m19 minutes ago

Between Jill Abramson imploding right now on live TV to the amazing Bezos-AMI-Saudi-Khashoggi connection, this may be the most eventful episode of CNN's "Reliable Sources" ever.

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I don't watch CNN, but I will keep an eye out for video.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--The NY Post reported that a man who brutally murdered his pregnant girlfriend, repeatedly stabbing the infant, had the charges dropped for the infants homicide because of Cuomo's new law.--

Stop and think about that for a minute.
Now not only does the mother have control of "her own body", but apparently a boyfriend, or some violent stranger, can come along, stab a woman and kill the baby presumably even on the way to the delivery room and the mother who wanted her new little son or daughter apparently will receive no legal relief for having her child murdered. Nor will her husband or family and, most importantly, the child himself.
Is there some way for NY Dems to correct this obviously insane consequence? Does the baby magically become a human being with rights if it is a third party killing it rather than mom? They can never admit that, because even a toadstool, or Joe Biden, can recognize the irrationality of that. If it is magically a human being when a stranger kills it, clearly it is a human being when mom does too, and so as pro lifers have always maintained abortion is simply a legalized form of slavery and ownership of another human being.

[D]

Pagar:
Leave it to Durbin to insert a poison pill when on the brink of a deal.
I still think they get there.
Shelby doesn’t seem to want to give the win to the Dems
Remember back in the day, it was originally Durbin’s Dreamer Act that passes the Senate but was then stopped in the Repub House of either Boehner or Ryan.
Somehow they never get credit for stopping that amnesty deal cold.

[Extraneus]

Willie Brown Throws Shade at Ex-Girlfriend Kamala Harris: Can’t Beat Trump

Make no mistake, President Trump’s State of the Union address was the kickoff for his 2020 re-election campaign, and so far I’ve yet to see a Democrat who can beat him.

…

[T]he overnight polling after the speech showed that once again, he connected with voters, at least enough voters to make him a 2020 favorite.

You can’t say the same for the Democratic contenders. They all have impressive credentials, winning personalities and positive messages, but none displays the “people personality” that our media-savvy president has mastered.

[Extraneus]

Georgetown University Students May Face Student Fee to Pay Slavery Reparations

According to a report from The College Fix, students at Georgetown University will soon be voting on a referendum that would create a fund to pay slavery reparations. The fund would grow each year based on a $27.20 fee for each student at the university.

The New York Times published a column on Georgetown University’s connection to slavery in 2016. According to the column, Georgetown sold 272 slaves in 1838 to help pay off their debts. The sale was worth $3.3 million in today’s dollars.

The amount, $27.20, was chosen as a tribute to the 272 slaves that were sold by the university in the 19th century.

The Georgetown student government approved the referendum in a resolution this week. “The proceeds of the GU272 Reconciliation Contributions will be allocated for charitable purposes directly benefiting the descendants of the GU272 and other persons once enslaved by the Maryland Jesuits — with special consideration given to causes and proposals directly benefiting those descendants still residing in proud and underprivileged communities,” the resolution reads.

Georgetown University spokesperson Matt Hill defended the student referendum in a statement. Hill argued that Georgetown is long overdue with regards to fixing the mistakes that the university made in the 1800s.

[Comanche Voter]

Sad to say violent boyfriends or "baby daddies" are not that uncommon. A friend who was a DA out here in Los Angeles County prosecuted several cases where a "boyfriend" beat and stomped a pregnant woman carrying a child.

Now if I were Joe Biden ("in high school we'd take a guy like that out behind the gym and beat the tar out of him") I'd try to do that, i.e. beat the tar out of him. But Joe, being Joe, couldn't get the job done. Now if I were a high school version of Trump, the fellow would be left a bloody pulp. Trump gets the job done.

[D]

Iggy:
Bingo!
I wish you would take that post and send it to all Republicans and the leadership of the RNC as well as the Trump administration.
This is crucial and is the logical result to this legislation which the Dems never considered as an unintentional consequence.
There are persons in prison now who can appeal their sentences since this is the law in New York,
My prediction:
New York becomes San Francisco in the next 5 years if they don’t get some decent leadership in power.

[MissMarple2]

his popped up on Twitter:

"No president in my lifetime has defended the Christian faith like Donald Trump."
------Franklin Graham

I would like to point something out that is my personal belief. President Trump is from a generation who doesn't share deep personal beliefs in public. He did go to Norman Vincent Peale's church, however.

I think he is sincere in his faith, and I think it has deepened since his campaign and election. People like Mike and Karen Pence have to have influenced him, as well as the black pastors who supported him.

Yes, he sometimes cusses. Yes, he has two marriages and dated Playboy Bunnies. However, the great Defender of the Faith, Emperor Constantine, also had a pretty checkered background.

I am fascinated with this aspect of his presidency, because I think we are seeing God's hand influencing events.

Maybe that's why I stay on the Verandah.

[Tom Bowler]

Pagar, I share your opinion of Durbin. He's as low as they get.

[boris]

As a youngun who spent several summers visiting grandparents in Berlin NH I remember seeing
a number of times.

Now fallen sad to say.

[Narciso79]

Georgetown has an endowment pay it from that fund, frankly they should change the name because it has nothing to do with the founders or anything to do with Xhristianity.

[henry]

Oh my... with video at link.

CBS:

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam: "We are now at the 400-year anniversary — just 90 miles from here in 1619. The first indentured servants from Africa landed on our shores in Old Point Comfort, what we call now Fort Monroe, and while—"

@GayleKing: "Also known as slavery"

https://twitter.com/cbsthismorning/status/1094625695345577985?s=21

[lyle]

Am I the only one who grimaces at the new phrase, “throwin’ shade”? I simply can’t be.

(No offense, Ext. I didn’t hit your link so I don’t know if that’s your usage of this annoying phrase or the link’s.)

[Rocco]

Some other memories I have from NH.

Lone Star Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvv7MI3cwhs
(No sound)

Polar Caves
https://www.polarcaves.com/

Six Gun City (Long Gone I think)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HTiiYfCilk

Santa's Village
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrxxzKnX1BY

Off to a party, later

[joan]

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1094644702576631814

Gayle King, Democrat contributor, cuddling Northam on Face The Nation:

Posobiec:
"What the WHAT is CBS doing??
King:
"“I know this has been a very difficult week for you”
Posobiec:
"Our media is a joke. A sick joke. This is a complete disgrace."

[Jane]

So sorry Maryrose.

[GUS]

How did the FULL COMMIE PARTY decide that it is OK to kill babies at 40 weeks??
What kind of thinking or strategy went into that?
Nancy Pelosi calls and considers herself a CATHOLIC, and yet for 12 pieces of silver, she supports murdering full term CHILDREN. WHY?
Has the FULL COMMIE PARTY come to believe that there is a POLITICAL GAIN?

Both my SON and I were born just before 33 weeks. The entire FULL COMMIE LEFT believes that my SON and I were fair "GAME" for 50 more days.

And the WALL is immoral?????

[Neo]

The New Horizon space probe is so far away that it now transmits data at about the same rate as a Baudot TTY dialup used in the 70's

[MissMarple2]

https://twitter.com/BarbaraKemery/status/1094635972241833984

Anticipatory thread of Klobuchar's announcement. Note the weather photo.

[henry]

Thread about Klobuchar being mean to staff, mental instability:

https://twitter.com/rmc031/status/1094417410738831360?s=21

[pagar]

https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/02/johns-hopkins-u-students-protest-to-sever-ties-with-ice-school-just-says-no/

I'm real sorry that any school above kindergarden takes these youngsters seriously.

[GUS]

TRUMP IS HITLER.
GAYLE KING is felating a BABY KILLING RACIST.

NICE.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--The fund would grow each year based on a $27.20 fee for each student at the university.--

Even the black ones?
What about the many white indentured servants who were shipped to the colonies?
It would be funny in an Orwellian sense if an immigrant from present day Africa who was the descendant of black African slave traders didn't have to pay the fee while the descendants of white indentured servants did.

[D]

Ext:
Not one of those descendants of slaves was enslaved during their lifetime.
Why should they get the money?
Give it to the border patrol to stop human trafficking today.
How do we know who exactly is a descendent of a slsve.
Do we use word of mouth logic proposed by Elizabeth Warren in her defense of calling herself a Cherokee.
All this does is victimize the current people experiencing hard times.

[jimmyk]

the most eventful episode of CNN's "Reliable Sources" ever.

Well, I'm sure we can count on Brian Stelter for some really hard-driving questions--not. I won't watch either because I might not be able to resist punching the TV when he's on screen.

And speaking of backpfeifengesicht, we haven't heard from Frau recently. Hope all is well, and if you're lurking, that you'll check in.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/show-of-force-100-vehicles-line-one-mile-of-texas-border-to-deter-caravan-on-other-side

Pictures and video at the link.

[Manuel Transmission]

Is this a small sample of preference cascade?

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/voters-said-yes-to-tough-new-gun-law-at-least-12-county-sheriffs-say-they-wont-enforce-it/

The fact that this pathetic bill was passed by a super majority of the slugs in this state has me longing for either the big tsunami, or a small nuke from the Norks to take out the brainless progs in King Cty.

[clarice]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6688053/British-spies-MI6-smuggled-defecting-Iranian-nuclear-scientist-UK-dinghy.html?fbclid=IwAR26H3N-spIbSPXhe7HmI8sYdAvg0xa9NzLa4HaZH23p8JOnL_UuIZ398GM

Notice the careful avoidance of any EU country in this operation.

[D]

No need for people to be without a job in Virginia as there are now many entry level occupations available.
These free handout stuff has to stop.
People need to work their way through and then they appreciate the gift of education and hard work more.
Pigford took care of the bulk of reparations.Better to have the Georgetown students do some inner city volunteer work or an immersion program and make a real difference in the lives of these people.

[Captain Hate]

We cheered when Old Yeller died.
Posted by: The Democrat Party at February 10, 2019 12:44 PM (Tyii7)<'I>

[boris]

Italiacto!

[Tom Bowler]

Rocco, I've been living here in New Hampshire for about 20 years and I love it. The Old Man collapsed on May 3, 2003, which as I recall was right around the time the New Hampshire began turning purple. The Old Man is gone, but I have some hope that New Hampshire will regain its "Live Free or Die" spirit. I won't hold my breath. We have a Republican governor at the moment, but our congressional delegation is Democrat, and I expect they'll hang on like leeches.

[MissMarple2]

AppSame
‏ @AppSame
2h2 hours ago

Can you explain @AOC why 71% of your followers are from overseas accounts
84% have less then 100 followers and have sent an average of 3 tweets
She's is scamming you @SpeakerPelosi

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This is interesting. I wonder where those overseas accounts are from.

[D]

Jane:
Thank you for your support.We started out in teaching together at a co-Ed catholic high school.Eventually he taught at an all boys high school and I counseled and taught at an all girls school.
There was a group that bonded from that initial experience and we have remained friends for 45 years.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Manny T, I love how the progs suddenly believe in the rule of law when it's grabbing guns.
Now if it was some sheriff defying Jim Crow back in the day they'd rightly celebrate that defiance [after they wiped the blackface off].

[D]

TomBowler:
In our travels we visited Old Man many times and I was sad to see it had fallen.
We love to canoe the Connecticut River.
My husband and his brother used to hike in the White Mountains.
I did some hiking as well.
Also love the outlet stores for real bargains.
Pinkerton Notch and Franconia Notch are some favorite places.

[hoyden]

Tom Bowler, I lived in North Weare, NH (short for No Weare) for ten years; '87-97 when I worked for DEC. I can appreciate your NH enthusiasm. I felt it too. I would like to hold out hope that NH would restore the spirit of Live Free or Die from the Liberal infestation fleeing MA taxes.

[Captain Hate]

The Old Man collapsed on May 3, 2003

The only time I saw it was in the summer of 82. I figured there were scads of fissures that water could seep into and freeze and eventually bad things would happen.

[JimNorCal]

Sorry if already posted. Destruction of ballots in a challenged election does not rise to the level needed for prosecution?

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/why_didnt_doj_prosecute_fl_election_official_for_destroying_ballots_in_2016.html
Why didn't DoJ prosecute FL election official for destroying ballots in 2016?
By Rick Moran
Broward County, FL election head Brenda Snipes is back in the news, as a former candidate who ran against Debbie Wasserman Schultz in the 2016 Democratic primary wondered aloud in a tweet why the Department of Justice never prosecuted her for illegally destroying paper ballots from the race.

Tim Canova got only 43% of the vote in that primary, but he challenged the results in court. While the case was being decided, Canova requested that Broward County hand over the thousands of paper ballots that had been cast. When Brenda Snipes' office refused, he sued - only to find out later that Snipes.
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It doesn't matter if the destruction of the ballots were intentional or not. But both the county and the feds refused to prosecute. Why?

Assistant United States Attorney for the US Attorney's Office is none other than Debbie Wasserman-Schultz's brother, Steven. And Canova found out from the local district attorney, who was considering prosecuting Snipes, who was involved in the decision not to prosecute Snipes:

I’ve been told it was Rod Rosenstein, the Deputy AG, along with his assistant Steven Wasserman no doubt, who stopped a Federal investigation into Broward’s illegal destruction of all ballots cast in our 2016 primary against Debbie What’sHerRig Schultz.
https://t.co/9WNEd5JL9a
— Tim Canova (@Tim_Canova) February 6, 2019

[henry]

Trump:

The media was able to get my work schedule, something very easy to do, but it should have been reported as a positive, not negative. When the term Executive Time is used, I am generally working, not relaxing. In fact, I probably work more hours than almost any past President.....

....The fact is, when I took over as President, our Country was a mess. Depleted Military, Endless Wars, a potential War with North Korea, V.A., High Taxes & too many Regulations, Border, Immigration & HealthCare problems, & much more. I had no choice but to work very long hours!

[D]

Jimmyin sunnyvale:
That is appalling!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Well, that didn't take long; I'm already breaking my pledge not to link anymore zerohedge articles. But this one is hard to resist as it punches just about every button I mentioned;
Paul Craig Roberts cheering our enemies on, China and Russia, in Venezuela.

Nothing better illustrates Washington’s opposition to democracy and self-determination than the blatantly public coup Washington has organized against the properly elected president of Venezuela.Washington has been trying to overthrow the Venezuelan government for years. Washington wants the state owned oil company to be privatized so that it can fall into the hands of US oil companies. That would ensure Washington’s control over Venezuela. Transferring the wealth out of the country would prevent any economic development from inside the country. Every aspect of the economy would end up in the hands of US corporations. The exploitation would be ruthless and brutal.
Venezuelans understand this, which is why Washington, despite wrecking the Venezuelan economy and offering enormous bribes to the Venezuelan military, has not yet been able to turn the people and the troops against Maduro.

The degradation that has taken place in his formerly superb mind for explaining free market economics to now apologizing for communist dictators and supporting our enemies is stunning and sad.
And now I retake the pledge. If anyone wants to yell at me please do. :)

[James D.]

MaryRose @ 2:03

“Appalling” doesn’t even begin to describe it.

[jimmyk]

It’s the “properly elected” in that PCR quote that would make me stop reading right there. On what planet?

[Captain Hate]

That ZH article is brutal. Not that I have any interest in defending the COC/Koch suckers who have turned the GOP into an ideologically incoherent band of retarded chimps, but blaming the US for the economic shithole of starving people called Venezuela is one of the stupidest things I've read not written by Patterico.

[Jim Eagle]

Their singing "Sweet Chariot" already in Twickenham, and they have 8 minutes to go in the first half. Watching England V. France on delay, so radio silence please. Roses 23, Frogs 3.

[Jim Eagle]

...their s/b they're....

[Ralph L]

Google+ will likely remove most of my previous comments in April, so you should begin archiving now.

[Narciso79]

Ay dios mio, the brainslug has chewed right through Craig Roberts cerebellum. In defense of criminally managed state monopolies,

[Captain Hate]

Then there's this wonderful country which our do-gooders helped put the current idiots in charge:

South African rescuers said Friday that they had been forced to halt an operation to rescue about 20 people trapped in a disused mine, blaming disruption from workers who had not been paid. Six people died after trespassing into the Gloria coal mine near the town of Middelburg in the eastern province of Mpumalanga, police told AFP, updating the earlier death toll of five.

The group went underground between Sunday and Wednesday to allegedly steal copper cables in the mine, which had been closed for several months.

“We have been prevented from continuing with the recovery operations by a disgruntled group of people who have not been paid their salaries,” Mike Elliot, who represents the administrators of the mine, told local media.

“They refuse to allow us to continue with the recovery operations and that includes repairing the power to the mine, restoring the power to the fans so that we can put fresh air underground.” He said some locals had attempted their own rescue operations.

[MissMarple2]

Captain Hate,

My nurse sister has a friend whose father is a doctor from Venezuela. They saw the handwriting on the wall when Chavez got elected and moved up here almost immediately.

Monica has nothing but contempt for the Chavez/Maduro crowd. She calls them thieves and gangsters.

Roberts would probably be praising Trump's policy if Romney were enacting it. I would bet cash money on it.

[Ralph L]

I believe English indentured servants arrived before the African slaves. The title "Ancient Planter" applies only to those who didn't have someone else pay their way here before 1619, and you know there was no free ride, though there were small land grants to people who paid for others. There's an org like the DAR for their descendants, but they do less.

[MissMarple2]

https://twitter.com/Anna_Giaritelli

This is the Washington Examiner reporter who is down on the border at Eagle Pass, Texas. Lots of good information on police, Border Patrol, and military presence as well as actions by Mexican authorities.

[Narciso79]

9/11 denialism was sign the brainslug had planted itself:
https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2019/02/trump-wins-so-bigly-critics-dont-see-it.html?spref=fb&fbclid=IwAR1uyoITKeMKdaEkuBsTQhvhc-mazwTKxVHG-w2C2a-KdQBNGZ_B-77W1qI&m=1

[Narciso79]

McIntyre is almost as obtuse:

https://babalublog.com/2019/02/10/venezuelan-military-colonel-abandon-maduros-dictatorship-pledges-allegiance-to-legitimate-president/

[jimmyk]

South Florida is full of wealthy Venezuelans. It's also full of wealthy New Yorkers fleeing the Cuomo regime.

[Narciso79]

Many of the former voted for the Democrats having learned no lesson from the exercise,

[Captain Hate]

Surber is a DJT cheerleader who accomplishes his tasks without irritating me.

[Jane]

Love Surber's article, Narc.

[Narciso79]

The regime shipped 120 tons of supplies to their masters in havana.

[Narciso79]

Meanwhile of the other brinks car robbers, cheryl dalton, died quietly in her sanctuary this week.

[MissMarple2]

https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/10/mark-johnson-miracle-on-ice-wisconsin-jersey-retirement/

This has a Periscope link to the ceremony on video.

I firmly believe the Miracle on Ice was the beginning of the fall of the Soviet Union.

[lyle]

Peggy Noonan has never recovered from her boy crush on Zippy. The fact that the WSJ still has her write a weekly column is embarrassing.

[clarice]

Surber is closer to the ground and therefore a better weathervane.

[Captain Hate]

I firmly believe the Miracle on Ice was the beginning of the fall of the Soviet Union.

There are good reasons to believe that but if Carter had remained as President it would've been more helicopters crashing in the desert.

[Captain Hate]

Dame Peggy must have all the details of how badly Rupert got cucked by his Asian spitfire ex wife.

[Jim Eagle]

RalphL,

The first African slaves arrived in New York in 1626 when it was New Amsterdam. We had slaves in New York until 1827. In fact, over 44% of households/manors in New York had slaves. The highest amount next to Charleston, SC.

Our local ex-slave hero, Pyrrhus Concer, was the first African-American to enter Japan's waters at Edo (Tokyo) in 1845 on my great-great-grand uncle, Mercator Cooper's whaling ship Manhattan. They were a whaling ship out of Sag Harbor that rescued a bunch of japanese fisherman who got stranded around the Bonin Islands.

Old Mercator, without Pyrrhus, also was the first to navigate into Antarctica.

[pagar]

Thanks for the twitter from Anna_Giaritelli,
Miss Marple. I hope you and every legal American strolled far enough down to see the work horse of the fallen Border Patrol Donna Doss bought up to her casket to say good bye.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/border-patrol-agents-from-across-the-country-honor-fallen-member-donna-doss

[Narciso79]

That's fascinating, so quilted northam is Vmi village idiot.

[Jim Eagle]

Miracle on Ice was to me the greatest single sporting event I have ever watched. There may be some Olympic heroics, World Series games, Super Bowls, etc. But nothing that brought a country together like the 1980 semi-final Olympic hockey game agains the Soviet empire. They were considered unbeatable and invincible by every hockey pundit in the world.

Were they wrong.

[Catsmeat]

Ralph L, you'd think all that arcane bell-ringing info would have something to do with the murder and the solution, but it doesn't--just ordinary physics. Won't spoil it for those who have yet to read it!

[henry]

“UVM lake walk photos”

For a yankee take on blackface. (hat tip Kevlar).

[Ralph L]

Old Mercator...also was the first to navigate into Antarctica.
Is that why he became a projection, so he'd know where he went?

The AG is VMI too.

[henry]

Lake should be “kake” for your search term