Bill deBlasio To The Rescue!

NY Mayor deBlasio brings badly needed height to the Dem nominating process.

Term limits don't let him run for Mayor again so this gives him so nowadays he's running to stay relevant. It's an excuse to buff up his eventual book deal and collect some cash for his campaign coffers. Later, friends and family can be hired as staffers to study how to spend it.

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[MissMarple2]

Fist!!

Bill Mitchell
‏Verified account @mitchellvii
8m8 minutes ago

PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Finally, to promote integration, assimilation, and national unity, future immigrants will be required to learn English and to pass a civics exam prior to admission

[lyle]

We have three or four hummingbirds so far. The food is going down faster each day.

Dang. No hummingbird emoji!

[JM Hanes]

I still wonder how de Blasio got re-elected in the first place. I don't remember ever seeing him with a pleasant expression on his face. I never liked Bloomberg, but I understand that under his management government offices and agencies become far more responsive to citizen concerns. If you called up about a pothole, a pothole got fixed. Di Blasio just coasted on the improvements made by everybody else, spent a bunch of money, enriched his wife and pals. Now he wants to hit the big time in DC before people realize just how much backsliding occurred on his watch in NY.

[Captain Hate]

Maybe New Yorkers hate groundhogs.

[Extraneus]

Flynn wasn't smart enough to realize he was being set up. Probably best that he didn't stay on as NSA.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Does anyone have a workaround for the WaPo registration demands?--

Yes. I don't read it.
Worked every time so far.
Keeping my fingers crossed. :)

[MissMarple2]

I am with you, JM Hanes.

I can only conclude that New Yorkers don't pay attention.

[Threadkiller]

Those gloves look about as stupid as him.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Fist!!--

Is that contempt humor or (Let lightning strike me down!) some ghastly, kinky innuendo? :)

[glasater]

Left a thanks to Extraneus on the last dead thread :-)

I think you nailed it. General Flyn was 'way to trusting of those FBI #bozos.

But agree it was Weissman who was carrying out higher ups orders and who directly tore down Manafort.

[Jane]

That groundhog is still dead! Lock him up!

[MissMarple2]

Ken Jones
⭐️
⭐️
⭐️
‏ @sxdoc
10h10 hours ago

Nunes: FBI 'Insurance Policy' Part of Plot to Get Trump Campaign Emails; Laura Ingraham—highly reliable source FISA DECLASS will happen next week!! Can you imagine how many heads will explode? Comey memos First! #FactsMatter
#PatriotsAwakened

[Jane]

Diblasio is lazy and stupid and collecting mega-millions from Corp donors who get whatever they want with a single phone call. He’s a criminal of the worst sort.

[JimNorCal]

Did DeBlasio get elected strongly or was it like when AOC won with only a small number of voters?
He seems corrupt. A number of donors are pleading guilty recently.

[lyle]

Insty links to a tribute to Warren Phillips, otherwise known as “The Man Who Built the The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page.”

Pretty sure ole Warren wouldn’t recognize his creation these days after they all but explicitly endorsed Hilligula three years ago for prez and recently touted Amy Klobuchar as the remedy for the vulgar Orange Man next election. I dropped my subscription a couple of months ago and don’t miss it.

[MissMarple2]

George Papadopoulos
‏ @GeorgePapa19
5h5 hours ago

The Italian prime minister has suddenly requested resignations from 6 deputy directors of Italian intelligence agencies: DIS, AISI and AISE. This was all after I outed Mifsud in Rome and the president called the Italian prime minister. Italy has flipped and are giving up Brennan.

[Pinandpuller]

What does Feinstein talk to Iran’s foreign minister about, grandkids ?

[MissMarple2]

President Trump's speech on immigration reform:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpS7HkrTTmE

[Threadkiller]

Flynn wasn't smart enough to realize he was being set up.

One of the clowns that was interviewed, according to Mueller's report, said that Trump early on thought that firing Flynn would end the whole witch hunt.

Trump probably had a dim view of Flynn.

[lyle]

Our power is out at the moment. Idaho Power informs me online that it’s due back on at 7pm MDT. The same Idaho Power is running all sorts of media ads every day touting their plans to be 100% “renewable” energy by the year 2045...

I’ll be happily dead by then but this fucking scam is NOT showing any signs of slowing.

[lyle]

The sanctimony in the ads is palpable, of course.

[jimmyk]

Did DeBlasio get elected strongly or was it like when AOC won with only a small number of voters?

The turnout was something like 27%. Of course the NY Republican party is entirely inept. While the two candidates they've run against DeBlasio were competent and likeable, they had no star power. Sadly that's what's necessary to beat a Democrat.

[Narciso79]

How does one spell fitz in italian:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/16/italys-matteo-salvini-investigated-over-use-of-police-aircraft

[MissMarple2]

U.S. Rep. Bob Latta
‏Verified account @boblatta
21m21 minutes ago

For the 45th time, House Republicans asked for a vote on the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.

For the 45th time, House Democrats said no.

[JimNorCal]

Thanks, jimmyk. That's what I expected.
With these low turnout elections, one of these years the GOP should launch a vote harvesting operation.

[lyle]

There’s actually a “NY Republican party”????

What do they do all day? Tiddlywinks?

[lyle]

Now the power is due back on at 8pm MDT. YAY!

[Strawman Cometh]

Hey lyle

[henry]

Tiddlywinks takes two or more players, Lyle. Solitaire is closer to the mark.

[henry]

Pence on twitter:

Great to be at J&D Manufacturing in Eau Claire, Wisconsin! American workers & job creators need Congress to ratify the #USMCA this year. The USMCA will give American businesses like J&D the level playing field they need to compete and WIN!

[henry]

Nice video at link:

@MichaelGalanin

The bottom of the reservoir under the ice of the Arctic
by DarkSaibot/Imgur

https://twitter.com/michaelgalanin/status/1129175763171848192?s=21

[Beasts of England]

glasater!! Woot! :)

[Beasts of England]

And Strawman Cometh and Abadman!! It's like old home week! :)

[Narciso79]

Frau Merkel is trying standup comedy

https://www.businessinsider.com/angela-merkel-europe-should-unite-against-china-russia-and-the-us-2019

Some of these deep state twists remind me of a very nihilistic action film called smoking aces, there is a race to stop an assainatiom plot against a low level mob snitch and cardsharp (hence the title) who had a connection to an old line capo primo esperanza, who had apparently killed a bureau agent freemam Heller some 50 years ago. The twist is much like with anakin and Darth vader If you get the drift.

[Melinda]

F-16 crashes into warehouse, Riverside, CA

https://twitter.com/AgendaFreeTV/status/1129167353474772992

[Narciso79]

The papadopoulos link is to a la repubblica piece about yet another reorganixation of the Italian deep state, the last one was in 07.

[lyle]

Awesome, SC!

[lyle]

Ditto what Beasts said!!

[lyle]

Power is back on!

I credit glasater, abadman, and Strawman Cometh! 👊

[Melinda]

sorry, crapola link. ignore that.

[Narciso79]

So the angle is the deputy bureau chief chooses to keep his underlings out of the loop, because the sperazza case is like the bulger case on steroids

[lyle]

So you’re telling me there’s precisely ONE R in all of NY, henry?

Explains a lot.

[MissMarple2]

Honored to witness former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, a twice-decorated World War II soldier who was wounded in combat, be promoted to the honorary rank of colonel today. Senator Dole's legacy of service has been an inspiration to me and an example to all Americans. pic.twitter.com/1rvzc0s5Vs

— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) May 17, 2019

Photos at the link.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Trump probably had a dim view of Flynn.--

There were reports of Flynn lying to VP
Pence about contacts with Russkies or Turks or some such at the time.
That would quickly produce a dim view.
Were they refuted?

[Narciso79]

Maybe it was pence's chief of staff who planted those reports based on contacts with strzok or others

https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/16/iran-hysteria-new-russia-hysteria/?fbclid=IwAR210_rlHYw7EzaiWdfQ0nbJW0RlqTwvE7KiWF1JR5kTGGl3V_TMc2YITN8#.XN2HDgwV4oE.facebook

[Narciso79]

Oh and in the category of some times good deeds are rewarded Monica crowley joins Steve Mnuchins staff.

[Captain Hate]

I've never had that story adequately explained, Iggy. Why is everyone teeing off on Flynn?

[Jane]

I hope that’s not true about Flynn because I’ve always been a big fan. Can’t remember why, except maybe because he took a bullet for his son.

[Strawman Cometh]

The landscape here is increasingly littered with solar "farms". Is there a powerpoint out there that can explain to the sheeple how the gas, coal or {shudder} nuclear baseload can't just come up in a minute when the clouds come over?

[Catsmeat]

test

[MissMarple2]

Here is Bongino's show today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JUCavbSSyI&t=1942s

[Narciso79]

He humiliated the resi of the deep syaters with his analysis and then challenged McCabe witn thr gritz amici curious

https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2019/05/15/news/servizi_segreti_interrogazione_zanda_a_conte_governo_revochi_richiesta_dimissioni_-226361041/

[Narciso79]

Of course the socialists want the stables as filthy as possible.

[Catsmeat]

Been having trouble posting, but what an interesting day! The Italian shift in the high mountain snows signals perhaps a very interesting avalanche (I sound like Comey, or Libby with his aspens).

[Captain Hate]

While the two candidates they've run against DeBlasio were competent and likeable, they had no star power. Sadly that's what's necessary to beat a Democrat.

They have a star in Trump and hate him. The problem is the party. They think we're gonna just give it back to their stewardship in 2024. LOL get fucked.

[Narciso79]

Starting on a lesser known trollope work framley Parsons which is a precursor to the phineas series.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.dailywire.com/news/47091/snubbed-queen-declines-invite-london-mayor-sadiq-emily-zanotti

The Queen knows what's going on.

[Another Bob]

Strange photos of that F16 crash. Apparently very little or no fire?

[Another Bob]

And pilot is from a Fresno base, but the plane belongs to SD ANG?

[MissMarple2]

Mark Knoller
‏Verified account @markknoller
42s43 seconds ago

Pres Trump spent about 2½ hours at $5-million campaign/GOP fundraiser and then headed to the Trump Tower to spend the night at his residence. By my count, its his 11th time at his NYC residence as president.

[Narciso79]

The interesting thing about dossier sourcing that makes it suspicious is the first named source surkov is Putin's half Chechen media guru the second truibnikov is the conract which halper from the svr

[MissMarple2]

A hit job book on Trump:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/444078-trump-biographer-he-believes-in-genetic-superiority-and-does-not

[Narciso79]

Neither is very likely:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dailycaller.com/2019/05/16/donald-trump-insurrection-act-illegal-immigration

[Threadkiller]

CH, on the last page of the last thread Ext posted a just released memo that sheds light on how the feds approached and intimidated Flynn. I don't think he deserved the any of the treatment he received in the cover-up disguised as an investigation, but if he let himself get wrangled the way it appears, I have to take some points away from him.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

That happens all the time, AB. They're pilots, after all and can usually deadhead. A lot of them leave the regular military and then enter the reserves. Only place you can fly the fun stuff.

[JimNorCal]

I'm the last who should comment on Flynn but I thought the sequence went:
Obama team hated him
Vichy GOP operatives helped trap him

I haven't heard he'd done anything wrong outside of naïveté mentioned today.
OTOH I don't follow that stuff closely.

[Narciso79]

In other news it turns out it was just a blower motor that had to be replaced but my main TV is still on the fritz

[Threadkiller]

That sums it up, Jim.

[Jane]

So, apparently the “media’ are not reporting the walls collapsing on the left - which tells you everything you need to know. Does anyone know what they are reporting on? They must be bored.

[henry]

Narciso, my non HD tube TV still is too heavy to move. But last I looked it worked (even if NHL refs need new glasses).

[MissMarple2]

Dan Bongino
‏Verified account @dbongino
3h3 hours ago

-Biden goes to Ukraine.
-Biden’s son simultaneously gets an enormous contract with a Ukrainian company selling a product he has no expertise with.
-The company is being investigated by a prosecutor Joe Biden wants fired.
-Hapless media sycophants - “Nothing to see here!”

[Narciso79]

This is a link by our janet I think

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2891048480906081&id=100000028723993

[Narciso79]

Carp like this:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-got-the-crisis-he-wanted-in-iran-now-what-173946309.html

[Jane]

Oh it’s worse than that MM. the company Biden jr was working for was under prosecution. Biden threatened to withhold millions Obama sent Ukraine if the prosecutor wasn’t fired, and he was. Very very dirty.

[MissMarple2]

Jane,

I think the entire family is corrupt.

[Catsmeat]

narciso, you will love Framley Parsonage--though those were different days about how debt and bills were handled--when you judge our very faulty hero for being a clergyman who foxhunts and gets caught up with the freespending aristocracy, it's good to remember that Trollope loved fox-hunting and in the season would hunt at least three times a week. Very good exposure of shysters here--and also a terrific heroine who makes a grand dame cave.

Next you can try my favorite outside of the Barchester novels, Can You Forgive Her?

[MissMarple2]

Bedtime for me.

Nytol!

[Narciso79]

Looking forward to it, then, a change of pace from this bad pulp fiction they put forward as news

[Buckeye]

henry,

Put a tarp down and invite GUS Jr. and his buddies over to have fun with a sledge hammer.

Once the "picture tube" is in a million pieces, moving it will be no problem:)

[lurkersusie]

Away we go

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
·
21m
BREAKING: The Horowitz IG report is now in staff review and is being briefed to principals -
@OANN
May explain why Comey et al are now front and center setting their narratives

[Beasts of England]

I.M. Pei, RIP.

And with that... Nytol

[Robin, eff 'em all]

Jane, according to my FB feed, it's the Alabama abortion ban. And Iran.

[henry]

Buckeye, you assume a flat screen that has no rca jacks is an improvement. I have no cable, and FSL so streaming ain’t happening. Plus most of what I care to view is on VHS or DVD. What good is a new TV?

[jimmyk]

I don't even know if they hate Trump, Captain. All I know is that they're not really making an effort in local races. Most Republicans in the city are on Staten Island and the farther reaches of Queens. But we did have at least non-Democrat mayors here for 20 years. It's not impossible.

[Pinandpuller]

Alcee Hastings married Mourning Joe?

Why is it when you successfully impeach a judge they aren’t stripped of all power, privilege and trappings of office?

[henry]

Besides, I have tools. I could part it out and remove it in pieces if I cared to. ;)

[Narciso79]

Well he was stung by the agent who recruited not one but two of bulger's minions, flemmi and Barbosa, who subsequently died in prison

[jimmyk]

And, CH, I missed the Hogan's Heroes discussion earlier. You probably know this, but some may not: A good number of the cast were Jewish and either Holocaust survivors who lost family members, or refugees. Klink, Schultz, LeBeau, and I think at least one of the generals. LeBeau in particular I think lost most of his family. So I figure if that humor is ok with them, it's ok with me.

[Narciso79]

Klemperer, banner clergy and yea one of the generals Hogan was an archetype on the mold of ruchard Blaine from casablanca.

[Buckeye]

Well Henry, hard to argue with that.

You wanna buy some VHS tapes? We got boxes and boxes of kids movies from the 90s:)

[Narciso79]

Leon askin played klinks superior I had to look that up.

[Narciso79]

They really want the fraud dont they

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/16/texas-asserts-sovereign-immunity-against-congress/

[Captain Hate]

So I figure if that humor is ok with them, it's ok with me.

I should be the last person to go snowflake on comedic targets so ok.

[rich]

evening all.

[Narciso79]

How go the tps mines, rich

[rich]

it was another day. did manage to stay all 8 hours so there is that!

still kicking around my idea ... figure it is more coming up with a process and then getting buy-in to actually follow it.

[rich]

ah, and more drag racers.

[Strawman Cometh]

The Dan B. show linked above was great. The worm keeps turning ... This interview of Papadopolus with Mark Steyn tied up some loose ends for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggNWpNZJjNg

[Narciso79]

Could you run it by me again

[Narciso79]

Are they just being bribed:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/16/donald-trumps-effective-ban-huawei-will-not-sway-uk-decision/amp/