Sunday Afternoon

Another Big Game yesterday although I've heard that some folks lost concentration and were distracted by this.

Comments

[MissMarple2]

I am going to have to go back to bed for a bit. I woke at 3:00 and couldn't get back to sleep for some time.

Maybe henry or one of you guys can keep an eye on Trump's Twitter feed, although I think he's now about to head to the palace to meet the Queen.

[henry]

I assume English is not required. Clearly citizenship or even residency don't matter. They know they gotta cheat bigly to win.

Instead, there would be no requirement “other than spoken or written” proof from someone seeking to register or vote. The resolution would also allow a voter to complete a change of address online or by phone.

https://www.wispolitics.com/2019/dem-activists-approve-resolutions-calling-for-end-of-physical-proof-to-vote/

[henry]

This is taking "opiates of the masses" too seriously. The (Dem) Lt Gov of WI.

Todd Richmond @trichmond1
1d

.@LGMandelaBarnes tells state Democratic convention that legalizing marijuana would bring families closer together. "Think about how much more enjoyable your Thanksgiving dinner would be."

[Captain Hate]

Democrat family values: a stoned family is a happy family. Of deadbeats.

[henry]

CH, a stoned voter is a Dem voter.

[Narciso79]

You look at lowes home depot most fixtures are made in Mexico or china. Yes the Asia society was in part a company front by rockefeller.

[Jane]

IS GINA HASPEL THE NEXT SPYGATE DOMINO TO FALL? Did you know the current CIA Director is a loyalist to former CIA Director John Brennan? Did you know the current CIA Director was the agency’s London station chief in 2016? Did you know that put the current CIA Director at the command center of the U.S. government’s spying on the Trump campaign?

Via Insty: More here: https://spectator.org/who-ran-crossfire-hurricane/?utm_source=American%20Spectator%20Emails&utm_campaign=9dcda91842-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_03_04_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_797a38d487-9dcda91842-104610393

[rse]

https://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2019/06/03/diabetes-doctors-real-world-results/

[clarice]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/census-target-john-roberts-11559510039?fbclid=IwAR08cK7nwBY6mvOGfSMF9KYMGQgBdBUyy52bdy8mBJr6GNSAMQjjfvyDIZc

[rse]

I also highly recommend LI's coverage of the gibson's/oberlin college case https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/06/gibsons-bakery-v-oberlin-college-trial-reflects-higher-ed-disconnect-from-the-lives-of-most-americans/

It should go to the jury this week. The emails the college officials sent out make it clear just how corrupt supposedly elite higher ed has become.

[Narciso79]

Pompeo had brought her on as deputy, when brennan was forced out, recall cord meyer was sent to London after he was ops chief and previous to that head of int organization labor media et al.

[Another Bob]

I thought Haspell was another swampy choice by Trump. But you do need people who know how to operate the organization.

One hopes Pompeo put enough of his people in to assure Haspell couldn’t get too far off the reservation without Trump knowing.

[henry]

Not quite flying cars, but seems more like the 21st century I was promised.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-air-force-f-35s-f-15s-and-f-16s-might-soon-have-laser-weapons-60362

[Momto2]

The Fonz is dead - Henry Winkler 1933-2019 - big Trump supporter. RIP

[Momto2]

Whoops - that may have been a hoax about Henry Winkler...off to check. Sorry!

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Thanks, rse 8:12
What is it called when there is temporary diabetes during pregnancy which goes away after the baby is born? The writer mentions it but doesn't follow up.

[Momto2]

Yes, I've been duped. So sorry! Why do people post lies like that? The part about being a Trump supporter is also apparently not true.

[Jack is Back (Again)!]

Catching up is hard when you keep going back and forth looking for a link someone posted. That would be the latest Yaakov Aplebaum link. I thought it was this thread but could have been the previous one.

Can someone please post it if you have it or know where it is?

Reading Khan's OpEd in El-Gaurdian, he like every journalist over here misrepresents what Trump said after Charlottesville. Once you tell a lie and it is repeated every time the subject is brought up it becomes the truth.

[Narciso79]

Yes among other things hes 14 years younger, interesting his debut was in a small film about the diana oughton story called katherine with sissy spacey

[Momto2]

JIm - I think you mean gestational diabetes.

[Another Bob]

This came up recently mt2...

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/henry-winkler-death/

[clarice]

Thnx for tipping me off to the Insty cite. I had missed it.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Thanks, Momto2, that's it.
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/gestational/

[Jane]

Oh I'm so sad about Fonzi!

[Jane]

Oh, now I'm so glad about Fonzi!

[henry]

Jane, Fonzi is still jumping sharks. Fake news...

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

JiB:

The genius Yaakov Apelbaum exposes a multi billion dollar Ghanian/Nigerian scam--how it works, who are the leaders and offers suggestions on how to impede it. (Interesting side note--these guys regard Obama as the God of scammers) :https://apelbaum.wordpress.com/2019/06/02/military-romanic-scams-the-theory-and-practice/

Posted by: clarice | June 02, 2019 at 10:23 PM

[Narciso79]

This one:

https://apelbaum.wordpress.com/2019/06/02/military-romantic-scams-the-theory-and-practice/

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Ha!
Thanks for posting the non-typoed link, narciso

I just did a copy/paste without checking.

[Narciso79]

The first tipoff was they didnt even have the right age, do they really think the fonz is 86?

[Captain Hate]

rse,

Anything coming out of Oberlin has no credence with me. Except for the music school the entire dump deserves to be closed down.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Huh, my link worked too.
Despite having "romanic" instead of "romantic". And despite a leading ":"

[Tom R]

And then they lost...

https://twitter.com/sirajahashmi/status/1135379074237513729?s=21

[Narciso79]

Tom bosley was 83, when he passed, they really dont know anything.

[Melinda]

That's a lot of "Must have" in that one article from Babbin. I appreciate his speculation, but speculation it remains. And no mention of Rome's role, which, by the way, has me wondering all over again about those notes supplied way back in 2002-03, but that's for another day.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

A nation of pussies. I had most of these and somehow survived.
Incredibly Dangerous Toys From the Past You’ll Be Left Speechless

[rse]

When you are pregnant you have to drink this rather foul orange drink that gives doctors info on who is at risk for developing gestational diabetes so they can follow closely. Because I liked to cook my diet was always healthy enough that I didn't even need prenatal vitamins.

I did however always lose at least 5 pounds in the first trimester because of having to give up wine with dinner and those lovely margaritas at the excellent mexican restaurant near our old house. The doctor would ask why I was losing weight and I always admitted it was the removal of alcohol and she would grin and thank me for being honest about it.

[Narciso79]

Winkler played the Ayers part as well as writing the story.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

-- - only half his height. --

Surely Snopes or Politifact will fact check him on this and add it to his list of "lies".
The Ten Thousand Lies of Doctor T. :/

[henry]

The Wall Street Journal @WSJ
30s

Quest Diagnostics says a data breach may have involved the collection of 11.9 million patients’ financial information, such as credit-card numbers and bank-account information

[Narciso79]

What ever happened to two factor uncription.

[henry]

narciso, Huawei networking equipment?

[MissMarple2]

Ignatz,

We had the Easy-Bake Oven, the Creepy-Crawler Thing Maker, and the Water Wiggle. Nobody got hurt (and there were 5 kids).

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I would be a lot more sanguine about Trump's reelection chances if he were undertaking these policies at the beginning of a business cycle rather than the end of one.
A poorly timed recession was fairly probable anyway and a trade war might make one more likely.
If it does, not only will he have a hard time winning a second term, but the ideas behind him and the "populist" movement he's leading will take a severe shot as well.
A high risk environment, but a risk worth taking since the country is dying anyway unless something drastic is done.

[Melinda]

CFO to IT Dept Head- “But these are 30% cheaper!”

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I know MM.
I left this comment at youtube;

Jeez, I had almost every one of these and somehow survived and I had a lot of fun while surviving. Turning us into a nation of wusses. You should just rename this the "You'll Shoot You Eye Out, Kid" channel.

[henry]

Ig, they didn't even get to the good stuff... model rockets etc.

[Buckeye]

“But these are 30% cheaper!”

"And we are going to shit can it in 5 years when it is obsolete anyway."

[henry]

Oh boy... more sneaky funds for the left:

https://freebeacon.com/politics/soros-wallace-help-bankroll-dark-money-fund-aimed-at-midwestern-voters/

[MissMarple2]

Ignatz,

My dad had a furnace repair company and sheet metal shop, which our house was behind until we moved to the farm.

We used to take scrap gutters and downspouts and make long "obstacle courses" for rolling tennis balls, using some sawhorses to elevate one side. We also had a tree house we made out of a shipping skid and some scrap wood.

When we moved to the farm we used to walk on the barn rafters.

Amazingly, no one ever got a broken bone. The stitches I got were from cracking my head on a corner in the house when I slipped running after one of my sisters (7 stitches) and on the heel of my left hand when falling while holding a toy metal dishpan.

[MissMarple2]

And 💥🇺🇸..there it is! @FLOTUS is channeling Princess Di...she’s sending a message!👇🏻🤔 pic.twitter.com/BNDbDPSjqo

— words.pen.ready.writer (@ready_pen) June 3, 2019

Photos at the link!!

[Melinda]

The business cycle has been transformed since the corporate tax and regulatory cuts. The perception shared by The Street has more to do with the quality of their information sources (what we kvetch about every day here) and their personal circumstances being bombarded by negative news.

Removing excess credit as fuel to markets and a return to “America’s Business is Business.” Is slowly emerging from decades of thumb on the scale governing. If I were to point out one thing as the best indicator of “This time it’s different, it’s the resurgence of the Great Lakes fleet for the first time in nearly 40 years, so much so that mothballed ships are being brought back to service instead of postponed trips to the breakers, and a new order being placed for the first time in 35 years.

If you thought the 25 year economic wave after Reagan’s cuts were great, this is going to be even bigger, once it gets rolling.

[Buckeye]

And I am crazy for saying someone should have put lead is Soros's head long ago.

He has done more damage than if the Soviet Union had invaded with troops.

We wouldn't have thought twice about defending ourselves from that menace.

[Buckeye]

channeling Princess Di

Melania, if you are offered a ride in an S-Class Mercedes, and an Arab guy is sitting in the back seat, DON'T do it:)

[jimmyk]

I didn’t think the Fonz could be that old. His mother lived in the penthouse apartment of the building I first moved into in Manhattan. I’d see him now and then. She passed around 20 years ago.

[James D.]

We wouldn't have thought twice about defending ourselves from that menace.

That "we" only encompasses about half the electorate. A good chunk of the other half would welcome them in, and happily inform on the rest of us so we'd be shipped off to the gulags.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

Hopelessly behind as usual but just had to pop in to say FLOTUS is so classy. And classy doesn't even begin to describe her.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

And I just noticed the resemblance to an outfit Princess Diana had worn. Very much sending a message

[sbwaters]

@GeorgeWill: Trump was elected because many millions of Americans enjoy his boorishness. And he essentially promised to govern as a lout.

@sbwTweet, Replying to @GeorgeWill

Serious misreading of so much. I will ask our editorial page editor to suggest alternatives to your column.

[Momto2]

Lovely photo!

[Jack is Back (Again)!]

That Aplebaum post on the Nigerian/Ghanian scammers made my head hurt like eating your ice cream too fast. And that is what you need to do with any of his posts. Read only 500 words at a time, think about it, re-read if necessary and then move on to the next 500 (plus the photos, graphs, etc.).

The guy reminds me of Harold Finch & his machine from POI but with exhausting detail on every subject he touches. BTW, our own JJ Minor made a cameo appearance in the Comments section.

[JohnH]

Iggy, as one of 7, we had all but two of the toys. We never got hurt from them. We were particularly clumsy however. My poor mom had to make 54 trips to the ER.

They definitely left off some doozies, water pressure rockets, Jarts and caps. We would scrape the powder out of the caps and make “bombs”. A little brother nearly lost a eye when one of the bombs left a 2 inch piece of glass embedded in his forehead just above his eyebrow. “Don’t tell mom”.

[Jack is Back (Again)!]

From that photo at 10:05 it appears that the Queen is fascinated with Trump the Leader who will most likely not be giving her a boxed collection of his speeches on CD.

[JohnH]

JiB,
Sounds like the Governor’s Ball was a disaster. Hope Frederick still had a fun and safe time.

[MissMarple2]

Jack,

She's probably thanking him for saying what she couldn't say about Sadiq Khan, due to protocol.

[JohnH]

Not sure but I think Beasts has been interviewing for 1st Mate on the Subterfuge.

https://imgur.com/gallery/KQBfP0J

SFW

[MissMarple2]

The President’s #UKStateVisit is a powerful demonstration of the tremendous strength and importance of the US UK #SpecialRelationship

The partnership between Great Britain and the United States is the beating heart of the free world—long may it continue. pic.twitter.com/TN48OMbmhK

— Nile Gardiner (@NileGardiner) June 3, 2019

Video at link.

[Dave (in MA)]

Anybody know the URL of the web site where I can go buy a machine gun like the Kendonesian Kommie claims?

[Buckeye]

I was never hurt by any of those toys, but my mom had to run me to the ER a few times.

Once, when I was a 3 oe so I used a high chair to get on the kitchen counter. Got the bottle of baby aspirin out of a cupboard and downed the whole bottle. I still remember the tube going down my nose to pump out my stomach.

Another time I was standing on the rail on the front porch and took a swan dive into some evergreen bushes. Got a chunk part way down my throat that needed extracted.

Never broke any bones however.

[jimmyk]

George Will and Peggy Noonan seem pretty much the same. Anyone ever seen them together?

[MissMarple2]

https://nypost.com/2019/06/03/queen-elizabeth-ii-gifts-trump-a-first-edition-of-churchills-world-war-ii-book/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

[MissMarple2]

jimmyk,

I cannot tell you how infuriated that tweet by Will made me this morning!

[jimmyk]

“A poorly timed recession was fairly probable anyway and a trade war might make one more likely.”

Agree. On the other hand, if Trump manages to wrangle a reasonable agreement out of the Chinese and the Mexicans in the next 9 months or so, there could be a well-timed stock market rally. That’s my hope.

[MissMarple2]

The President and First Lady at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey:

Inscription may be read here:

https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/unknown-warrior

[Jane]

VERY INTERESTING: Game Set and Match

https://humanevents.com/2019/05/01/checkmate/?fbclid=IwAR2--DV-4Gu2yCiesbOQm4HZoBou4YZE8klK01kv_ME_8cVvzipb_nhBSCI&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F

[fdcol63 🇺🇸]

clarice,

Enjoyed your latest American Thinker article! You nailed it.

A Made Man (Mueller) Unmakes Himself

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/06/a_made_man_mueller_unmakes_himself.html?fbclid=IwAR3pfN24Yht8SHGwSewEVe7v9UPlHM9sNosW9sj689HBAE-rwh4oWA0oHFc#ixzz5piUkm3gb

[GUS]

that RODHAM, she's all class all the time. Except when she's drunk or wiping her server, LIKE WITH A CLOTH.

I wonder who George Will thinks he is??
Does he use PERRIER in his bird bath??

[Jane]

Buckeye,

I downed bottles of aspirin twice. One time was the morning of my Aunt Heidi's wedding. My sister, 4 years older was the flower girl and I think I was jealous. That was in Maine. The second time was at home in MA. Don't remember that one, and don't remember my stomach being pumped out twice.

[GUS]

or throwing a lamp, ordering "a hit" or deleting e-mails.

[Jane]

SBW, you are my hero.

[GUS]

George Will has nice tits than Noonan.

[GUS]

Oh my goodness, so TRUMP used an expletive in private once.

"that's a big fucking deal"

[Narciso79]

Well my positronic brain took it in without a problem, lol.

[MissMarple2]

SBW,

My hero, too! Thank you!

[clarice]

Thanks fdcol

[MissMarple2]

Paul Sperry
‏ @paulsperry_
May 28

BREAKING: Ex-FBI Director James Comey never used a grand jury to investigate the Russian interference/collusion "crimes" he said he was investigating, raising suspicions he was more interested in spying on the Trump camp & transition than solving alleged crimes related to Russia.

[MissMarple2]

Paul Sperry
‏ @paulsperry_
May 23

BREAKING: First batch of POTUS declassification said to include FBI docs of recorded conversations exculpating Papapopoulos & Page--prior to FBI going for FISA warrant based on their alleged conspiracy.Papadopoulos says Halper & Downer both tried to record him w their cell phones.

[Narciso79]

Leaks like an old bath tub:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/exclusive-pompeo-delivers-unfiltered-view-of-trumps-middle-east-peace-plan-in-off-the-record-meeting/2019/06/02/94527d80-3a2c-4f04-b8f9-dd3fd78a5a8c_story.html?utm_term=.79c9f2e56cb7

[Narciso79]

Soerry is one who has not gotten ahead of the story, to my recollection he didmt insist that Contreras was part of the hearing panel, I could be wromg.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.today.com/style/melania-trump-wears-black-white-my-fair-lady-ensemble-meet-t155296

They do include a picture of Princess Diana down at the bottom of the article. Othere than the black-and-white color way, I don't think it bears any resemblance to the My Fair Lady outfit.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Ig, they didn't even get to the good stuff... model rockets etc.--

Bows and arrows, BB/pellet guns, firecrackers...
Reminds me of a great Jean Shepherd line;
"My brother Randy, who was deep into his rubber knife stage at the time..."

[Buckeye]

Bows and arrows, BB/pellet guns, firecrackers...

Not to mention gunpowder extracted from 12 gauge shotgun shells:)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--The business cycle has been transformed since the corporate tax and regulatory cuts. --

I hope so Mel. I remember saying a year or so ago that either the economy was coming to the end of its cycle or possibly there was so much pent up activity that had been deferred by Barry's 8 years of stagnation that maybe it would be different this time.
We'll certainly find out soon enough.

[Momto2]

MM - Don't you think the My Fair Lady comparison was an attempt to denigrate our First Lady? They have an incurable disease -- a parasite in their brain that seeks to cast a nasty light on anything and everything related to our President.

In searching for the Applebaum article this morning, I accidentally clicked on Anne Applebaum's Twitter account where she retweeted this awful comment. "My respect for the Queen (which is large despite my republican leanings) will be even greater if she makes sure @realDonaldTrump does not manage to get his ghastly family photographed with hers as part of his effort to project himself and family as some kind of US equivalent"

They are sick!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Or still in the shells, Buckeye.
I shot my first dove when I was 9 with my old bolt action 410.
Now they won't even let a 12 year old play with a plastic gun.

[henry]

Now they won't even let a 12 year old play with a plastic gun.

or a poptart chewed into a gun shape.

[MissMarple2]

Momto2,

That Applebaum comment is terrible. What is wrong with her? Barron doesn't even go on trips like this, and neither did any of the other kids, whom I find charming and well-spoken. The only family member with him is Melania, who looks beautiful.

Possibly the Today Show was trying to denigrate, although comparing her to Audrey Hepburn isn't exactly an insult, and most of their viewers and readers now probably haven't seen the movie.

[Captain Hate]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1135030189858205696

[fdcol63 🇺🇸]

"I shot my first dove when I was 9 with my old bolt action 410."

Ig, similar story. I was 11, with an old break action .410 that my grandfather gave me. Also hunted squirrel and duck with it.

[Narciso79]

How'd this get through;

https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/03/hbos-chernobyl-gives-voice-ordinary-soviets-horror-socialism/