Peter Pan For President

The WaPo puzzles over the popularity of Mayor Pete, now third in polling behind Biden and Sanders; Ann Althouse summarizes.

My take: Democrats always pine for the next JFK. They want a candidate who is young, charismatic, smart, and unburdened by a legacy of policy decisions that might antagonize one faction or another. The attractive blank slate! Past players in this role include Gary Hart, Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, John Edwards, and of course Barack Obama. (John Kerry sort of fits the template as well. As the war hero who turned war against the war and did nothing thereafter, Kerry induced a 60's flashback that made everyone else feel young again, so he had that going for him.)

What I find more interesting is whether Mayor Pete and Beto can survive each other's presence in the same lane.

Comments

[Pinandpuller]

It's a weasel. Or a fisher cat. Or something.

Posted by: Porchlight | April 17, 2019 at 06:18 PM

I could swear when I first read that it said "fisher king."

[jim nj]

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/a-reckoning-is-in-store-for-democrats-in-2020/

Conrad Black

[jim nj]

via Insty

https://othjournal.com/2019/04/15/a-bomber-for-the-navy/

Abstract: Rather than sending the B-1 Lancer into early retirement, the Department of Defense could transfer it to the Navy for duty as a land-based ship-killer. Considering its speed, range, payload, and flexibility to employ the new Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), the B-1 is an ideal candidate for rebirth as a Sea Control Bomber.

Interesting article, weighs the pros and cons.

It could carry 24 long range anti-ship missiles with the ability to strike the South China Sea from Guam.

[jim nj]

https://www.businessinsider.com/uss-mini-carrier-strike-groups-are-proving-their-worth-in-combat-2019-4?utm_source=hearst&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=allverticals#comments

The F-35B is allowing the Marines to turn amphibious landing craft into mini-caeeier task forces.

[henry]

Miss M, the Governor wants to renegotiate... not Foxconn. The Dems here ran their campaign based on doing to Foxconn what AOC did to Amazon,

[anonamom]

I am counting on you all to cover the press conference today.
Busy 'saving lives and stamping out disease' during this school vacation week so my partners can spend time with their kiddos.

[MissMarple2]

Chuck Ross
‏Verified account @ChuckRossDC

I've never seen so many journalists pissed off about a press conference

[jim nj]

Henry,

That's correct and not really needed. Foxconn has to hit way points, if not, it loses part of the incentive payments.

Economic development contracts usually have explicit rules. Do this, get that. No do, no get.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/bea0cg/webcam_catches_person_on_roof_and_a_flash_just/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app''

Webcam catches figure on roof and a flash just before the Notre Dame fire.

This will be hard, if not impossible to see, on a phone. I am on a PC with a large screen and had trouble.

[jim nj]

Oh G-d, Barr gets to explain first. How unfair.

And DAG Rosenstein will be with him.

Reporters will be reduced to asking questions based on what they relate. Hard to spin that with no preconceptions.

No wonder the DEMs are pissed they have lost the narrative and anything they say later will sound like teenagers debating adults.

[MissMarple2]

POTUS Press ★
🇺🇸
‏ @POTUSPress
13h13 hours ago

Press conference by AG Barr tomorrow morning, Thursday at 930 EST. President Trump may follow with one of his own. Besides the Mueller report, there may be additional news. Tune in!

[jim nj]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/celebrity/kim-kardashian-aces-her-torts-test-and-explains-those-weird-sinks-plus-more-news/ss-BBW2Fw0?li=BBnb4R7

I wouldn't normally post on a celebrity, but many years ago this is how you learned to practice law, by apprenticeship.

[henry]

Jim_nj, the problem with Foxconn is the usual suspects are cut out (unions, enviro grifters, etc).

[jim nj]

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/04/a-major-test-case-for-campus-free-speech.php

Shout down protesters arrested after encounter with Border Patrol recruiting efforts on campus.

Worth a read.

[jim nj]

Henry,

The same problem with Amazon in Queens. It was a "no-graft" agreement. Nobody had a chance to extort Amazon.

Amazon was smart to walk away.

[MissMarple2]

https://magamedia.org/2019/04/17/twitter-suspends-100k-accounts/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

This is why I read Twitter but seldom comment there.

[MissMarple2]

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/court-docs-prosecutors-ask-to-present-evidence-that-nxivm-sex-cult-leaders-illegally-bundled-money-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/

This has gotten little coverage, but there is a democrat and Clinton connection to this cult.

[Buckeye]

Webcam catches figure on roof and a flash just before the Notre Dame fire.

The French Gummint is very busy with their whitewash buckets.

No muzzie involvement will ever be found, because that is not "who they are".

[MissMarple2]

Mark Meadows
‏Verified account @RepMarkMeadows

This point is critical: Mueller has assisted Bill Barr with the redaction process. To believe there is a cover-up would require also believing that the special counsel, who Democrats treated as a hero for 2 years, is directly involved and complicit.

It is nonsense. Don't buy it.

[MissMarple2]

.@DevinNunes tells @IngrahamAngle he's interested in the origins of three specific areas of the Mueller Investigation.

"If Mueller can't get to the bottom of this and answers this for the American people, I don't know what the report was really worth." pic.twitter.com/nKbKeeg7XR

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) April 17, 2019

Video at the link.

[Buckeye]

This has gotten little coverage, but there is a democrat and Clinton connection to this cult.

Of course not. No coverage that Bill is into sex with little girls either.

[Jim Eagle]

Good morning.

Up early with the Beagles. Jazz and Lady are knackered. They are sore, limping, lethargic and can hardly move. Going to the Vet today. Now I need to do one more combing for ticks.

Still can’t get over them walking over the toll bridge.

[MissMarple2]

Jack,

I am just so thankful they are home!

[MissMarple2]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1118643987487887361.html

This is a formatted thread about the machinations the SC office got into on obstruction of justice, the laws involved, and who was behind it (Weinstein).

[MissMarple2]

https://amgreatness.com/2019/04/17/adam-schiff-the-medias-pin-up-doll/

Julie Kelly does a nice run-down of Schiff's posing and preening.

[henry]

Jay Weber @JayWeber3
47m

Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced as Fox News’ next town hall following Sanders high ratings - go.shr.lc/2VdWWVw - @WashTimes

[Another Bob]

That’s the thing that bothers me most about this crap.

One throwaway line from Trump to Comey is massive crime befitting removal.

Hillary’s crew destroying 30K emails that were under subpoena? Nothing. And all involved get immunity. This isn’t even touching on the security-related crimes involved.

The system is busted. That’s what I want Trump to fix.

[henry]

Jay Weber @JayWeber3
10h

From a member of the initial Foxconn negotiating team: "It is clear that Gov Evers has not actually read the Foxconn deal. If he had, he wouldn't be talking like he is."
It would be a great question for Evers, No?
Have. You. Read. It?

[henry]

BNL NEWS
@BreakingNLive

BREAKING: Facebook says it ‘accidentally’ uploaded the email contacts of 1.5 million users without consent, promises to delete them.

[MissMarple2]

http://dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/3866/Notre-Dame-What-Happened.aspx

[clarice]

Good morning, JOM! A great day in the morning--the Beagle criminals are home and Barr outfoxed the weasels.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/victor_davis_hanson_weighs_in_on_the_notre_dame_cathedral_fire_brilliantly.html

[MissMarple2]

The Gormogons
‏ @Gormogons
54s55 seconds ago

GP Every time media unfairly attacks or embellishes facts in an attempt to make Trump look bad, outsider Americans are reminded of Hillary calling them deplorables or Obama calling them bitter clingers.

[Captain Hate]

If they found out that muslims torched Notre Dame, would anything change?

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/left-continue-believe-russia-collusion-trump-mueller

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
5m5 minutes ago

The Greatest Political Hoax of all time! Crimes were committed by Crooked, Dirty Cops and DNC/The Democrats.

[Porchlight]

Today's the day. Hope you like salt!

[henry]

Miss M, the left is immune to facts on AGW, why would this be different?

[MissMarple2]

henry,

Probably they won't, as Byron York said.

Trials might do some good.

[Another Bob]

We don’t need to worry about that CH. A more suitable perp is being constructed.

[MissMarple2]

Captain Hate,

Here's another possibility:

Wyatt
‏ @SayWhenLA
11m11 minutes ago

Everyone forgets about #yellowvest protest. That was the goal. France United by tragedy. And of course it has to be an "accident" that destroys a symbolic landmark of Christianity with no deaths to be investigated. No crime scene. And $1 billion dollar slush fund for globalists.

[Captain Hate]

The demonization continues:

https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/hollywood-war-fox-news-ailes/

[Captain Hate]

The yellow vests won't forget.

[henry]

The Mueller Report rdactions will become the Millenial Generation's version of the grassy knoll.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/04/17/pete-buttigieg-christianity-does-not-belong-to-the-right-scripture-is-progressive/

[Tom R]

New thread

[Captain Hate]

Can anyone do anything right?

https://pjmedia.com/trending/court-throws-out-years-of-rulings-from-military-judge-in-uss-cole-trial/

[henry]

McCarthy on the press conference:

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/andrew-mccarthy-media-democrat-barrs-press-conference-mueller-report-release

[Jane]

I'm so excited!!! I'm so excited! I just wish I was texting Daddy all day in Singapore to keep him up to date. But I'm sure he's celebrating in Heaven!

[Jane]

So, the French are giving the radical Muslims a pass to blow up every church in France.

That is pathetic.

[Porchlight]

New thread

[JimNorCal]

New

[Davod]

Harnessing the power of the earth [To improve farmland and remove CO2]

I know the link is to Facebook, but you can watch the video without joining Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/CREDO/videos/399263787560820/?from=bookmark

PS. I rarely use Facebook. So rarely that the E-mail address listed was one I used many years ago. When I looked on Facebook today to view a link to an organization's Facebook account, I noticed that my last entry was in 2014.

PPS. I originally joined Facebook because I wanted to respond to someone who listed Facebook as their POC.

Soon after I joined I received an E-mail from the wife of a Canadian friend I knew in Washington DC in the late 80s. She saw my name on Facebook and wanted to know if I was the same person she knew in Washington. She was writing from Victoria, BC. So if it wasn't for Facebook she would probably have never found me.

[Davod]

Pinandpuller | April 18, 2019 at 02:34 AM.

Re. The Steele dossier. I read some time ago that there is one line of thinking that the dossier was actually prepared by either Simpson's people or someone connected to them, then fed to Steele. Steele's input was to provide the requisite gravitas and distance the memo from the US.

Maybe that was the real reason Ohr's wife was at Steele's company.

[Davod]

jim nj | April 18, 2019 at 04:45 AM.
Re. the BI bomber for the navy. Early in WWII the B17 Flying Fortress was used to hunt submarines off Hawaii and the West coast.

[Davod]

2nd moved from the previous subject.

Pinandpuller | April 18, 2019 at 02:34 AM.

Re. The Steele dossier. I read some time ago that there is one line of thinking that the dossier was actually prepared by either Simpson's people or someone connected to them, then fed to Steele. Steele's input was to provide the requisite gravitas and distance the memo from the US.

Maybe that was the real reason Ohr's wife was at Steele's company.