Next Up: What Color Is Your Parachute

OK, these sneakers are pink and I think a huge Twitter faction is just saying "grey-green" to spoof the rest of us.

This inspires a 2015 flashback to the controversial dress.

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[matt - deplore me if you must]

yay!

[Captain Hate]

Mueller to testify before House Judiciary Committee May 15.

[Jim Eagle]

Pink & White.

Based on what I saw in that NOVA feature on the Peregrine Falcon, it should be adopted as the official bird of The Ledge.

[Beasts of England]

💥 Mueller to testify before the House on May 15th. Oh, boy!! 💥

[Beasts of England]

I'm really shocked he's considering it, Captain. There's no upside for him. How is he going to answer the question of when he determined no collusion?

[sbwaters]

Who cares? Those sneakers don't go with that dress anyway.

--

where the owner took a whip to a stubborn nag

We ran an article the other day about a man who clubbed a horse to death with a baseball bat on the side of a road.

Guy looked strange in his mug shot. No religion was mentioned.

[Captain Hate]

I've watched a lot of basketball but I've never seen this before

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g7m9HtRDWDk

[MissMarple2]

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

For 10 months, China has been paying Tariffs to the USA of 25% on 50 Billion Dollars of High Tech, and 10% on 200 Billion Dollars of other goods. These payments are partially responsible for our great economic results. The 10% will go up to 25% on Friday. 325 Billions Dollars....

....of additional goods sent to us by China remain untaxed, but will be shortly, at a rate of 25%. The Tariffs paid to the USA have had little impact on product cost, mostly borne by China. The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate. No!

[Captain Hate]

Beasts,

I think there's a lot of downsides for the donks compared to the GOP. Maybe they can bring a genius like Patterico in for Constitutional insight.

[Jane]

They were pink on TV this AM, they are green on this blog. (Didn't we already go thru this once?)

[Captain Hate]

Grey and green. Maybe people really see colors differently.

[Old Lurker]

"You blew it, Bob. You played too cute with those planted words and innuendo and "summaries" and Trump beat you like a drum. Now get up there on the Hill and fix it. Don't make us take you to the gym and use Harry Reid's stretch cords on you. Don't have a gym? OK, we have a Seth Rich solution available too. Take your pick..."

[GUS]

OL, what is a GAS TANK???

[MissMarple2]

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2019/05/03/ny-times-amuses-front-page-no-spies-sent-trump-camp-just-cloaked

Headline:

NY Times Amuses on Front Page: No ‘Spies’ Sent to Trump Camp, Just ‘Cloaked Investigators’

[Old Lurker]

Gus, that's where they put lithium batteries these days, right? The Good Fairy keeps them charged.

[Narciso79]

Carrying over from the last thread

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-winer-5b28ba64

This is who isikoff says was vouching for Steele but we know a whole host gaeta fred ohr who would have gone along. Of course we know winer by reputation in Miami re the Nicaraguan resistance.

[MissMarple2]

Tracybeanz
‏ @tracybeanz
32m32 minutes ago

.@realDonaldTrump has done a really amazing thing, and has retweeted the Daily Caller and Judicial Watch quite a bit. They were on the now retracted censorship list released by a foundation funded via Open Society. Thank you, President Trump! Now please help with censorship!
============================

Sometimes there IS 4D!

I still maintain he is way smarter than many on the left realize, which is a good thing!

[Narciso79]

But further from the thread, who is trustworthy trump thought Bannon because of Llke minda but he was too impatient

[anonamom]

PINK???
They are grey and green (well, aqua), just like the ones at my backdoor.

[Narciso79]

On the question of tariffs largely, mcmaster turned out to knee cap general flynns appointees almost entirely

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuelans-regret-gun-prohibition-we-could-have-defended-ourselves

[Jim Eagle]

Love bugs are out and the resident Hawks are flying all over Place nailing them at warp speed. My Beagles are on the prowl for Geickos as a major thunderstorm sets to move in.

[Beasts of England]

I think any downside for the reps will be totally manufactured, Captain. Doesn't mean it won't happen, but I'm still puzzled by Mueller's decision. Unless he's been threatened with the the rubber band treatment, as OL suggested. :)

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Pink and white.

[henry]

Sneakers look grey and blue to me.

[Buckeye]

look pink and green to me.

[sbwaters]

The sneakers look ugly to me.

[GUS]

Mueller is going to Congress, because he wants to keep the STORY about MUELLER. His letter to BARR makes it clear that his "feeeewings" were hurt.

[Buckeye]

Dems told Mueller to get his ass up there, or he is never getting another social invitation as long as he lives.

And yes, Donna Brazille will be giving him the questions in advance.

[MissMarple2]

https://ricochet.com/619575/group-writing-ab-so-bloomin-lutely-loverly/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I am posting this because I loved Audrey Hepburn, too. I saw "My Fair Lady" in the theater 3 times the year it came out.

[Captain Hate]

Beasts,

We may finally get a definitive hat color. Although pink or aqua may still be points of argument.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Just my opinion but I think FB, Google, etc, are doing the age old hubristic thing of "I am the latest and greatest, what alternative do you have" and sowing the seeds of their own demise.
Instead of serving the broad market they have cast their lot with one portion of it, a thing they would never do without the power they now wield. Thing is, wielding the power is always what sets in motion others to end it or end run it.
The latest and greatest always thinks it's a jagged new impregnable mountain but human nature and markets are water.

[Beasts of England]

Nothing is evah settled at JOM, Captain!! 😂

[MissMarple2]

“Chris I don’t get your point...you are looking at the (@realDonaldTrump) Administration that has been tougher on Russia than any of its predecessors & yet you continue to be fixated on something Robert Mueller wrote down” @SecPompeo
on @FoxNewsSunday
Chris just got #Pompeoed pic.twitter.com/B7ebQCqd6w

— PARIS (@PARISDENNARD) May 5, 2019

Video at link.

[Beasts of England]

Pink and green is not one of the options, Buckeye! Are you trying to start a fight? ;)

[jimmyk]

Mueller testifying is just another "Hail Mary" pass for the Dems. This won't go well once Jim Jordan, Tom McCLintock, Gohmert, and Collins get going.

Does the combined IQ of the Dem members of the House Judiciary Committee hit 3 digits? Sheila Jackson Lee, Hank Johnson, Steve Cohen, Ted Liu? It's a parade of morons with Nadler at the top.

[jimmyk]

won't go well for the Dems, I mean.

[MissMarple2]

Jeff Carlson agrees, jimmyk.

https://twitter.com/themarketswork/status/1125083758799888384

[Jim Eagle]

Gullywasher on steroids and it's not even 3:00 pm yet. Lots of wind, cooling things off.

[jimmyk]

And the sneakers are aquamarine and gray. And ugly.

[Jim Eagle]

Why does Chris Wallace think he is a match for the first of his class at WP. It's really no-contest as far as IQ's and real-world experience go.

[Dave (in MA)]

Laurel.

[Manuel Transmission]

You guys are missing the point on those shoes. Think like a photographer. It’s the light, not the subject. Take a picture out in open sunlight and there would be no haggling over what color they are.

[Beasts of England]

I hope Jim Jordan brings a (sacrificial) lamb to the hearing.

[MissMarple2]

Axios
‏Verified account @axios
44m44 minutes ago

UPDATE: House Judiciary member Rep. David Cicilline has walked back his claim that Mueller has tentatively agreed to testify before the committee on May 15, apologizing for the confusion.

[henry]

Mueller should avoid testifying. He opens himself up to a review of his spotty past (from Bulger onwards).

[Manuel Transmission]

Regarding the handling of horses, my oldest BIL was a 6’6” cowboy and a horse whisperer. I worked for him all through Jr Hi and HS summers. Never saw him punish a horse. Like working with dogs, you sorted out their personality and nudged them as far as you could. Some became great saddle horses, some were decent bucking broncos that thrived at local rodeos, and some won the trip to the dog food plant. In later years before he passed, he would cry at seeing what was happening to the ‘wild mustangs’ starving out in open country because ‘they deserved to be left alone’. Pfft.

[Beasts of England]

I guess the exercise band threat wasn't as powerful as they had hoped... ;)

[MissMarple2]

Beasts,

I am finding this quite amusing. He even stiffed them on the hearing! HA!

[MissMarple2]

Robert Barnes
‏ @Barnes_Law
May 3

The Facebook ban on users saying the name #AlexJones has now been extended to photos, where they want to cover up or blur images to make sure no one can see his image. Welcome to the future.

[Jim Eagle]

I wondered about that claim that Mueller would testify since to me it would be political suicide even for Nadler since the GOP have the Julie Kelly 25 Questions.

[GUS]

That exercise band kept hitting the dirty motherfucker over and over and over again. It's almost as it was the butt of a gun.

[GUS]

So some nancy boy millenial pussies don't want you to see or hear what they don't want you to see or hear.

Don't use their service or product. AT ALL.

The FULL COMMIE will not stop. Stalin didn't.

[Beasts of England]

Link to Julie Kelly's 25 questions!

https://amgreatness.com/2019/04/24/25-questions-for-robert-mueller/

[Gentlejim]

Beasts,

I've been at a stable where the owner took a whip to a stubborn nag who didn't feel like being accommodating that day. Not a pretty picture but it produced a much more reasonable animal.

Mueller to testify in front of House Judiciary Committee May 15.

Posted by: Captain Hate | May 05, 2019 at 12:09 PM

Interesting... I’d be satisfied with the same treatment for Mueller. :)

Beasts,
You should “Mongo” the horse.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O8cDfnQD0ws

[Beasts of England]

lol, Gentlejim!! At one point I thought about reminding him that I was carrying a shotgun... :)

[Gentlejim]

Captain,
I’m no longer a fan of basketball, but that block was incredible.

The shoes are clearly a rainbow of 57 different colors. Don’t they get to decide what color they are?

[Captain Hate]

Gentlejim,

I've never seen anyone block a dunk with both hands cleanly on the ball.

[GUS]

pink

[Gentlejim]

Captain,
Neither have I. That’s some serious strength and body control.

[clarice]

Grey-green, of course.

(Carry over from last thread)Ext, what are the odds that the "trusted" tipster was tipping him off at BJC's instigation?

[Narciso79]

I find that unlikely, what would they gain by thar?

[Jane]

Don't know if this has been posted, but it's very good:

https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/02/leaky-bob-is-desperate-to-slow-the-reckoning/

[Narciso79]

Mueller I remind you took a 52k honoraria from a bank well known for money laundering a year later there was a fine but no indictments

[peter]

Sneaker looked one way on the phone and the other on the desktop. yawn.

[Narciso79]

They had paid another fine to sec (khuzaimi a d mrs atroks shop)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/2DE9D7DA-3F31-11E7-9DF6-8F193AD04D04

[Narciso79]

Oh that's interesting:

https://mobile.twitter.com/CJBdingo25/status/1124946257783525376

[JM Hanes]

Jack:

"Based on what I saw in that NOVA feature on the Peregrine Falcon, it should be adopted as the official bird of The Ledge."

I'm sorry, but if you check the JOM record, you'll find that I called dibs on Peregrines long ago! I believe red tailed hawks are still available, however.

What's amazing to me is not so much hawks moving through woodlands, but larger birds like owls and turkeys negotiating their way through virtual thickets at speed.

[JM Hanes]

BTW, is the NOVA video the one where they strapped a little camera on the peregrine's head for a "you were there" dive experience? If not, I'll have to find that one in my bookmarks and post it. It was unbelievable too.

[henry]

Perhaps dove for the ledge bird. Bacon wrapped, they make a fine snack.

[Narciso79]

The belfer center Nawaf obaids colleagues roost was funded by the ona in at least one instant.

[JM Hanes]

Jim Sunny:

From the last thread: "Can we all, or mostly, agree that that the 4D/Kabuki theory will be resolved one way or the other by about Nov 2020?"

For the life of me, I don't get the attraction of herding everyone into a consensus view. Why on earth would we all want to agree on anything? The more uniform the thinking the duller the interchange.

Sincerely,
Your non-compliant friend,
JM

Now, back to the chores....

[Narciso79]

Khashoggi colleague obaid who also worked with mifsud.

[JM Hanes]

henry:

Why would the Ledge would want to replace its emblematic pigeons anyway? Talk about survivors!

[Jane]

Marie harf just said:

"The democrats are going to make this election a moral contest and an ethical contest"

I almost wet my pants I was laughing so hard.

[Extraneus]

It seems poor sportsmanship on the part of the Country House team to lodge the objection when their horse was not affected.

It wasn't Country House who objected, or the horse that Maximum Security bumped into, but the one *that* horse bumped into.

When he abruptly bolted out of his lane and crashed into War or Will — hard — who then hit Long Range Toddy, the damage was done. Even though Maximum Security went on to win the race, you have to ask this: would War of Will been able to win the race had he not been knocked off stride?

I don't know. Probably not. But he never got the chance. Country House was not going to pass Maximum Security. Long Range Toddy never recovered from the contact and finished 16th.

Tyler Gafflione, who rode War of Will, didn't claim foul after the race. The rider of Long Range Toddy, Jon Court, did. And so did Flavien Prat, who was on Country House, who would be the eventual winner. He was not involved in the brunt of the banging, but Prat said his horse was turned sideways a bit.

Mark Casse, the trainer of War of Will, said his horse almost clipped heels with Maximum Security. If he was really bothered, why didn't his rider call foul?

Gafflione said afterwards that he had to check "pretty hard." And that was that.

https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Was-it-the-right-call-13819969.php

[Extraneus]

what are the odds that the "trusted" tipster was tipping him off at BJC's instigation?

Unless Lynch was in on it, who else would have known about it in advance but Clinton and his people?

[Jim Eagle]

You all need to watch the full video of the Falcons. A brood established themselves, Momma, with 3 chicks, on an outside balcony on a high floor of a tall condo building in Chicago. Look just like a Ledge:)

[Narciso79]

The Blackburn fellow became interested in this matter when the London campus was part of the whitewash of dark doings in Bangladesh in the early 70s

[peter]

You probably think that in my daily commute on the Long Island Expressway through Queens that I don't see much wildlife, but I often see hawks on lampposts near the Flushing Meadow Park/old World's Fair site.

[Extraneus]

Re-link to the NOVA video on Peregrines. 53 minutes, but really well done and it grabs you pretty fast.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/worlds-fastest-animal/

[Buckeye]

Pink and green is not one of the options, Buckeye! Are you trying to start a fight? ;)

I wasn't good about coloring inside the lines either.

Suspect that shocks nobody:)

[Beasts of England]

'The democrats are going to make this election a moral contest and an ethical contest.'

What could possibly go wrong? 😂

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
1h1 hour ago

After spending more than $35,000,000 over a two year period, interviewing 500 people, using 18 Trump Hating Angry Democrats & 49 FBI Agents - all culminating in a more than 400 page Report showing NO COLLUSION - why would the Democrats in Congress now need Robert Mueller.......

....to testify. Are they looking for a redo because they hated seeing the strong NO COLLUSION conclusion? There was no crime, except on the other side (incredibly not covered in the Report), and NO OBSTRUCTION. Bob Mueller should not testify. No redos for the Dems!

[clarice]

exactly, ext.

[Extraneus]

Heh. Trump goading him into testifying?

[MissMarple2]

I knew he would tweet something important as soon as I ran to the grocery store, which I did because we were out of dog food.

Very crowded because it is finally sunny today and people were buying stuff for grilling, as well as patio flowers and hanging baskets.

Took me an hour. While I was gone daughter mowed the front yard, which was mowed on Wednesday!

[hoyden]

Keto cheese cake is in the oven. I put pecans on top. I'll see how that turns out. Thanks, Clarice, for sharing a yummy recipe.

[Extraneus]

Biden says ‘Margaret Thatcher’ called him with concerns about Trump

Biden, who would be 78 on Inauguration Day, told a small group of donors in Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday that “14 heads of state” have contacted him, and “voiced concerns about Trump.”

Bloomberg reports:

That list included Margaret Thatcher, he said, before correcting what he called a “Freudian slip,” that he was actually referring to current British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Biden decried Trump calling his foes names, before the former vice president called him a “clown” and “no good S.O.B.,” according to Bloomberg.

[Extraneus]

I suppose she ok'd him to make that public?

He's a fool. I hope he gets the nomination.

[jimmyk]

Ok, I'd only read that Country House's trainer raised an objection, as in here:

https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/why-2019-kentucky-derby-winner-came-from-riders-objection-maximum-securitys-disqualification/

In any case, I've also read that it's a judgment call. The stewards can decide even if there was a foul whether it would or would not have altered the outcome of the race. Maybe they felt War of Will or Long Range Toddy were adversely affected. But they got no benefit from the ruling, other than being 7th and 16th instead of 8th and 17th.

[MissMarple2]

Extraneus,

I am telling you, Biden cannot compete. If the dems think he appeals to the working class and middle class, they are bonkers.

He will be a gaffe a minute, plus he does not have the stamina. That's not even counting his ties with China through his son, and the Ukraine scandal.

However, I don't mind him running, because it brings up shady stuff he and his son did.

[Beasts of England]

Little doubt about that, Extraneus. And rubbing salt in their wounds.

[Jane]

Biden is, and has always been, dumb as a plug.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--In later years before he passed, he would cry at seeing what was happening to the ‘wild mustangs’ starving out in open country because ‘they deserved to be left alone’. Pfft.--

Saw a decent number through central Nevada and they were all in remarkably good shape, especially since they were just exiting winter. The BLM must be removing enough to make a difference. A goodly number of pronghorns and mule deer also.

Four pronghorn decided to lope along beside the truck out on a gravel road for a half mile or so, which drove Chester nearly mad trying to get at them and give them a real run.

[Extraneus]

Yeah, I guess it was both, but at least one of them was involved in the contact.

[Beasts of England]

Yes, Jane! Can't wait to see how they thread him through the moral and ethical needle!! lol

[Buckeye]

Biden is a self absorbed asshole.

I hope he gets the nomination too.

Trump will have a field day.

[Buckeye]

Jr. is listening to Little Feat.

I'd almost forgotten about them:)

[jimmyk]

Meanwhile, the Palis fire over 650 rockets from Gaza into Israel, killing four Israelis. The NYT story from yesterday (which I won't link) emphasizes the handful of Pali casualties from Israel's response (some of whom Israelis say were killed by friendly Pali fire), including a big photo of wailing Pali women and children.

Well, it's the NYT anti-Israel propaganda machine at work again.

[MissMarple2]

https://100percentfedup.com/the-clinton-pity-party-road-trip-hits-a-speed-bump/

Ticket prices are plummeting. Bill is decrying a double set of standards. LOL!