Weaker But Not Yet Weak

The Squawk Box consensus of the disappointing jobs report is that it shows a weaker economy but not a weak one. That said, I share their belief that Team Trump will want to re-think their trade wars in order to keep the economy perking until the fall of 2020.

Do let me add, last Christmas Trump had a valid point that the Fed was on the wrong path; they have since become more accommodating, as they indicated at the end of January.

Comments

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

narciso, 11:32
Sure, maybe but that article is from 3017.
Has it held up?

Note this skepticism at the time:
Retired anthropologist and author Dr Peter Andrews, formerly at the Natural History Museum in London, said: "It is possible that the human lineage originated in Europe, but very substantial fossil evidence places the origin in Africa, including several partial skeletons and skulls.

"I would be hesitant about using a single character from an isolated fossil to set against the evidence from Africa."

[Narciso]

Didnt see that:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/george-clooney-interview-second-world-war-changed-america-better/#comments

First George thanks for that, and itz ironic the way the film portrays the war as being handled with criminal incompetence

[jim nj]

Grain of salt.

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/06/russia-thinking-idlib-syria-turkey-us.html

[Narciso]

They want to wipe out all militants in Idlib if you've seen running man set in this year you get thr idea

[Pinandpuller]

Did Donna Brazile take over for Huwan Huwilliams or am I having a nightmare?

[Narciso]

I don't know pin, I only see CNN between old movies on Pluto TV

[Narciso]

Syria is a proxy war between Russia and Iran on one side and Turkey and Saudi arabia and Qatar on the other. Like the Ukraine was in the 1780s and the Balkans were a century later.

[Pinandpuller]

Have you checked out politicalbullpen.com mr narcissi?

[Narciso]

But they pretend about a lot of things that klimnik was a Russian spy, that made was an honorable instead of some out of the blacklist that trumps atty somehow incriminated himself with flynn.

[Pinandpuller]

National Public Radio uncovered dramatically incorrect data on school shootings published by the U.S. Department of Education. We posted this in August, but it’s timely now as we hear the President talk about banning suppressors.

https://www.independentsentinel.com/nprs-definitive-study-on-school-shootings-might-shock-you/

[Narciso]

That Zimmerman was a white Hispanic that the Orlando shooting was a self hating Arab on the down low, that Michael brown did put his hands up, that Hillary Clinton was not a defective replicant stuff like that.

[Narciso]

The last is reasonable inference.

[Pinandpuller]

https://artvoice.com/2018/06/23/nxivm-love-story-kirsten-gillibrands-father-and-stepmother-fell-in-love-because-of-sex-slaver-cult/

[Narciso]

Apparently chloe from smallville starved Catherine icebergs daughter like I say the real hellfire club that would have been a much better plot fit dark phoenix

[Narciso]

Anyways the reminiscence of the glomar explorer reminded Me of the craziest angle in the Jennifer morgue, the Russian sub had actually encountered an old one in 1968 and the glomar tried to recover it and failed thirty years a billionaire like Willard white tries again.

[Narciso]

Also theres a half mermaid femme fatales to save our hero the it magician

[jim nj]

Idlib was all over the news last year when attacks looked imminent. So the attacks finally get started and we don't hear much about them at all in the news.

It's no longer as important as it was before? Or because the US isn't involved in it and they can't use Trump as a foil.

I'm still interested. It's still going to be a bloodbath.

[Narciso]

There was reports of her another chemical attack in British papers ostensibly by the Russians but nothing came of it. The first bomber from the same mosque as the pulse shooter went to Idlib, al queda has its base there.

[jim nj]

https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/more-than-100-fighters-killed-in-rebel-counterattack-near-syria-s-idlib-1.871803

Apparently the rebels aren't content with just being bombed and are fighting back trying to re-take territory.

Makes sense, why sit around being bombed when you can close with the loyalists who probably lack accurate close air support.

[jim nj]

https://babylonbee.com/news/obama-says-it-way-too-easy-for-americans-to-get-hands-on-constitution
A little humor.

[Another Bob]

If there are any MMA fans, I’d recommend not watching what happens to Cowboy Cerrone’s face when he blows his nose.

You’re welcome.

[Pinandpuller]

Did you ever dip tobacco jim? They built a nice apartment building next to Bruton Snuff but I don’t think I could live there.

I thought I was tobacco free my whole life but now I realize I did snuff in study hall. We got a tobacco shop at the mall and kids were bringing little cans to school. I thought of it like getting dared to drink hot sauce.

[Another Bob]

And IMO MMA/UFC is the closest thing to the Roman Coliseum since.

Another sign of society’s devolution if you ask me.

[Pinandpuller]

“Migrant Workers” left unsaid:

https://www.rt.com/usa/461256-coca-cola-farm-abuse/

[Pinandpuller]

John McCain had a principled opposition to anything that competed with Budweiser.

Did you know Heineken owns Dos Equis? The Fresno Grizzlies lost their sponsorship in a spot of bother.

[Manuel Transmission]

Rich, thanks for the lead on the Prime documentary. I remember the guy I met say they actually heard the sub break in half and therefore had a rough idea where to find it. Then they laid out one mile grids and finally found both halves with sonar probes. Microscopic differences in the echo times given the depths.

[Pinandpuller]

For the girl at the bar tonight with the big tiddays and the muffin top:

https://youtu.be/SP8xx_vq9Cc

Ban the Tube Top

[Pinandpuller]

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/mohenjo-daro-massacre-00819

In the 1920s, the discovery of ancient cities at Mohenjo Daro and Harappa in Pakistan gave the first clue to the existence more than 4,000 years ago of a civilization in the Indus Valley to rival those known in Egypt and Mesopotamia

[DrJ]

Your weekly Clarice:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/06/arrogant_conceit_and_pratfalls.html

[Pinandpuller]

Oberlin College gets the hammer, we’re gonna need more chisels:

https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/06/verdict-jury-awards-gibsons-bakery-11-million-against-oberlin-college/

[jim nj]

Emily Shugerman, Gender Reporter, at the Daily Beast is reporting on the NYTimes story that the Mexican agreements were from months ago. No new reporting just re-hashing the Times.

What the hell is a gender reporter? And why is she(?) reporting on politics?

CNN is repeating the same story with no additional reporting.

Sputnik International also reported the story based on the NYTimes.

What a cast of characters. It's like, "round up the usual suspects," for an attack on Trump. The Times, CNN, Daily Beast and Sputnik International? Are you kidding me? The Democrats will cite these sources to counter-attack. Losers.

[jim nj]

Clarice,

Excellent as always. Two things.

From my reading of Jacobsen at Legal Insurrection, he was not sure that the Gibson's would prevail. He disliked the Oberlin defense immensely. He wanted the Gibson's to win, but was unsure of the outcome. I have no doubt that he loved the verdict.

The other thing is Mexico. Trump scored a win, but the media and the Democrats (I repeat myself) are not going to let it be a win. They are going to claim like the NYTimes, that Trump created a crisis that had already been resolved.

I don't buy that.

[rse]

jim-my reading of jacobson's concerns had to do with what the jury instructions would read like. He seemed to worry the judge would bind the jury into a corner on certain issues despite the atrocious cache of emails in the case, absurd position on damages, and raimondo's deceit in court when on the stand.

[anonamom]

This is just an attempt to provide ammo to people that want to argue that Trump created a crisis where one didn't exist.

it's definitely what they were told to say--official take of NPR yesterday as well.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/08/daily-beast-pushes-fake-news-about-trump-sons-skipping-out-on-irish-pub-tab/

[MissMarple2]

anonamom,

Maggie Halberman of the New York Times wrote the article, which has no named sources. (I am gleaning this from other comments on Twitter because I don't subscribe to the NYT.)

Apparently she also says he did it because Republicans were getting mad at him for not fiing things on the border. She also says that he "falsely called it an invasion."

Despicable people.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/09/exclusive-trump-will-win-a-second-term-and-left-better-get-used-to-it-says-hungarian-mep/

Well, the Hungarians like him.

[MissMarple2]

😂! Dogs hear Trump on TV telling a reporter to sit down, so like good dogs they listen! pic.twitter.com/cirqei0R66

— Conservative Pets 🐶 (@ConservativePTZ) August 4, 2018

Video at link.

[MissMarple2]

https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/447446-ex-dhs-secretary-im-not-quite-sure-trumps-tariffs-on-mexico-will-solve

Says tyhe issue has become "overly politicized" and offers NO alternative.

Thanks a lot, Tom.

[Pinandpuller]

Forget the gender reporters it’s time to open a Gyno King:

https://www.newsweek.com/new-jersey-restaurant-males-only-hiring-sign-fined-1442503

[Captain Hate]

Ridge sounds like a typical Bush operative that never did a damn thing to make things better. The Repukes have really shown their asses on this one. We need a new party now.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ex-clinton-aide-vexed-by-lack-of-impeachment-action-eyes-primary-takedown-of-jerry-nadler

Peter Daou is the guy's name.

[MissMarple2]

Some tweets were posted by the President last night after I went to bed. Here's the first set of 2:

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
7h7 hours ago

Little @DonnyDeutsch, whose show, like his previous shoebiz tries, is a disaster, has been saying that I had been a friend of his. This is false. He, & separately @ErinBurnett, used to BEG me to be on episodes of the Apprentice (both were bad), but that was it. Hardly knew him,..

....other than to know he was, and is, a total Loser. When he makes statements about me, they are made up, he knows nothing!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
6h6 hours ago

I know it is not at all “Presidential” to hit back at the Corrupt Media, or people who work for the Corrupt Media, when they make false statements about me or the Trump Administration. Problem is, if you don’t hit back, people believe the Fake News is true. So we’ll hit back!

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/08/2020-frontrunner-joe-biden-missing-action-iowa-democrats-big-weekend/

[jim nj]

rse and anonamom,

Agreed, on both issues.

I'm no internet sleuther, but it's not hard to construct a better timeline on the Mexico talks.

I am sure we have been talking to the Mexicans for some time and we have reached some interim agreements. I don't know if they were fully implemented though.

I think the threat of a tariff imposition was cover for AMLO and his government.

We didn't willingly agree to this. We were forced to. Note that AMLO publicly announced that he was pleased that the agreement was reached. He didn't bitch about it. He thanked Trump for the resolution of the issue.

Why would he do this? Because it's in his best interests and that of his nation.

He knows there is a huge problem and he needs our help. We gave it to him. We gave him a reason to cooperate to save real businesses but not the cartels.

[MissMarple2]

Steven Mnuchin
‏Verified account @stevenmnuchin1
6m6 minutes ago

Good discussion with German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister @OlafScholz on international taxation and other economic issues.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-hits-trumps-deal-with-mexico-accuses-him-of-threats-and-temper-tantrums

Again, they argue against the caricature they created.

[anonamom]

An opportunity for us to put our money where our mouths are---

Discrimination suit against Google, originally brought by white man James Dramore who dared to speak the truth as to why there are not as many women as guys around there and got fired for that. He's opted out, for arbitration, but other plaintiffs remain, and judge in CA just decide to allow them to proceed to discovery. Firm is requesting financial help. Not sure if we help now, we get some of the settlement (kidding--of course we won't)

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/california_judge_throws_out_googles_motion_to_dismiss_allows_political_discrimination_lawsuit_to_proceed_to_discovery_phase.html

https://www.dhillonlaw.com/lawsuits/google-discrimination/

[MissMarple2]

A poster on Twitter answered the President,"It's ok to hit back" and posted this graphic:

If you can't right click:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8l4INTXYAA2UvQ.jpg

[hoyden]

MM2's PDJT tweet, "... Problem is, if you don’t hit back, people believe the Fake News is true. So we’ll hit back!"

Yes! Moar, please!

Can there be victory without skulls and lamentations?

[hoyden]

Woah!

England Forced To Crown Donald Trump As King After Strange Woman Lying In Pond Lobs A Sword At Him

[jim nj]

In other words, AMLO is not a traitor to Mexico, he is a savior. He didn't want to do this, but he had to, in order to save "real" Mexican jobs.

So the people will support him as he takes action. It's in their best interests. Not so much the cartels, but it sets up a dichotomy.

Trump mentioned something to the effect that we have an agreement, but Mexico may need to do more.

What if Mexico itself doesn't meed to do more? What if Mexico just needs to agree to our boots on the ground in a clandestine fashion? I'm sure we have made the offer of assistance.

[hoyden]

Here's a better fit.

[MissMarple2]

ttps://cbs4indy.com/2019/06/08/baby-girl-found-alive-in-plastic-bag-near-georgia-woods/

Forsyth, Georgia. Baby seems to be in stable condition.

[MissMarple2]

Corrected link:

https://cbs4indy.com/2019/06/08/baby-girl-found-alive-in-plastic-bag-near-georgia-woods/

[jim nj]

I guess I'm not willing to accept a simplistic Trump did this, the Mexicans did that to appease him argument.

I'm not willing to accept that either AMLO or Trump is a simpleton. I'm convinced that a lot more was discussed, but not yet agreed to.

Does this make sense?

[MissMarple2]

jim nj,

I believe these were serious talks. Those involved included VP Pence, Secretary Pompeo, Lighthizer, and Secretary Ross. I saw no mention of anyone from Defense.

Now, Pompeo could have offered military assistance under the table, I suppose. Time will tell. However, it's important to realize those tariffs would have been devastating to the Mexican economy.

[MissMarple2]

These are hilarious! Photos at the link.

1970s: Men's hair-style guide
_
Ever seen one of these styles in the wild? Bonus points if it was in the 70s. Extra bonus points if it was also in the mirror.
_
For more like this follow @RetronautHQ pic.twitter.com/QTgcX9AaOk

— Retronaut (@RetronautHQ) June 9, 2019

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/alyssa-milano-joe-biden-campaign-hyde-amendment

If it is true that she had any influence, she will become even more insufferable.

[Jim Eagle]

Jim nj,

Of course, it makes sense. What do journalists, citizens, and politicians think the embassy in Mexico does all day? Plus the ones in the Central American countries. Just visa's and other mundane paperwork?

That said, only POTUS or Pompeo has the stature to sit down and finalize agreements and set up further negotiations.

It's almost as if they all believe that Trump is an administration of one; him.

[jim nj]

The big thing we haven't gotten from Mexico is heir willingness to declare themselves a "safe" country. If Mexico was a "safe" nation anyone who traveled through Mexico to reach the US would not have a valid asylum claim. Their asylum claim would only be valid in Mexico.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.thestar.com/business/2012/07/17/hsbc_laundered_billions_of_dollars_for_mexican_drug_cartels_senate_investigation_finds.html

HSBC released a statement saying its executives will offer a formal apology at the Senate hearing.

WASHINGTON—Lax controls at Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through its U.S. operations, a Senate investigation has found.

[Captain Hate]

They're not used to reporting on a true executive who efficiently delegates to people they can depend on to get things done. Remember how they initially reported on The Beast being so hands on with this wowie zowie health care plan that promptly went in the shitter for being so terrible? That's the type of garbage those clowns look up to.

[jim nj]

JIB,

Exactly. I don't care what subsidiary departments of government have talked to Mexican officials and what they may have agreed to, or not, without the SOS or the President agreeing to them.

[anonamom]

OK class---what do you think a two year study of low carb eating by Type 2 diabetics showed?

HbgA1C?
Triglycerides?
HDL?
LDL?
Weight?
Abdominal fat?
Insulin use?
Oral agent use?

https://www.dietdoctor.com/virta-health-publishes-two-year-data-on-low-carb-diet-for-type-2-diabetes

Please print and share with your doctor if he/she is not telling you to can the carbs.

[MissMarple2]

My sister and my nephews are in Normandy this weekend. I hope they got to see this. Video at link.

Incredible. Just witnessed hundreds of paratroopers re-enact the Allied Forces’ #DDay airborne operations in Normandy. An awe-inspiring tribute to the brave men who made the real jump into Nazi-held territory 75 years ago. #DDay75 @USArmyEurope pic.twitter.com/7ykIIRv232

— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) June 9, 2019

[jim nj]

nytol,

I'd like to beat this Mexican dead horse a little more, but I'm tired.

[Jim Eagle]

Interesting. Never heard of this phobia before.

Why This Image of a Woodpecker Is Creeping People Out

https://www.livescience.com/65667-woodpecker-image-trypophobia.html?utm_source=ls-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190608-ls

[Jim Eagle]

Like all of MM's twitter posts, only read the original tweet then move on as far as can get from the comments.

[clarice]

Good morning, JOM! Thanks.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-long-road-to-the-student-debt-crisis-11559923730?mod=e2tw

Fascinating how apparently a huge number of people in the government couldn't foresee this problem, because apparently they cannot do math nor did they realize how much tuitions would go up with an unlimited money supply.

[Gentlejim]

I agree with this 100 bazillion percent:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5509140b2cbf5d39a2c946eab3c3b09c8bcbeb0b2162210715f82003aee9d03c.jpg

[MissMarple2]

.@realDonaldTrump stops by for an impromptu photo with local school kids in Ireland, who were hoping to catch a glimpse of him in Doonbeg.🇺🇸🇮🇪☘️ pic.twitter.com/qdqZpVPBIw

— Dan Scavino (@DanScavino) June 9, 2019

Video at link.

[Narciso]

Amlo is a progressive, but hes more pragmatic than an american one he hired guiliani as a consultant for instance, that being said he strikes me like obregon who suppresses the cristero rebellion in the 20s so I don't trust him, Mexico has been redacted to my people, considering the irony that they served like the German general staff and shipped Fidel back in 56,

[James D.]

Great Pieces, Clarice!

One thing I’d quibble with:

Perhaps, for those of us who were young once, a foolish action by college students caught up in the social welfare nonsense is understandable, but more is expected of the presumed adults running such places

More SHOULD be expected, butdating back to the surrenders to campus radicals starting in the 1960’s, I don’t think anything better could be expected of the people running the schools. And they’re clearly not adults by any definition anyone here would recognize.

[Gentlejim]

Tito had some great memes yesterday.

Here’s a good one from Tracy for Captain Hate:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bd32e80cfc5eea12611753bd54266cc7c8ae039c57895f73e28fe982701ea7ce.jpg

[Narciso]

Fidel was a student activist, as president of the law faculty, the late Orlando Bosch for the medical faculty, and the campus had total autonomy so you see where this ends up, you could think of it as Xavier and magneto how ever you want to assign him.

[James D.]

MM @ 7:52

They DID foresee it, regardless of what they say now. The situation that exists today is completely intentional. Everything about it benefits progressive Democrat politicians and their alllies in the bureaucracy (both government and academic bureaucracy).

All that “free” money has funded hundreds of thousands (millions?) of jobs for prog bureaucrats with no actual useful skills, but plenty of malice towards white people, men, Christians, and Western civilization in general.

It’s allowed them to expand their indoctrination to far more young people than was possible in the past.

It’s created millions of heavily indebted young adults who are less independent and more dependent on government than their parent support or grandparents, thus becoming more reliable Democrat voters.

It’s created an argument for a massive wealth transfer/theft from productive, self-sufficient (far more likely to be conservative) citizens to those young Democrat voters.

The student loan system was purposely designed to do exactly what it’s done.

[Narciso]

Bill Ayers and his lovely consort fit the model of Fidel or fonseca or mao or ho, only fonseca got his comeuppance

[Narciso]

Steve sohmer an NBC exec turned novelist came up with a Nobel narrative for fonseca, because these dogs cant be put down properly.

[Captain Hate]

That's hilarious, Gentlejim, and very accurate.

[Narciso]

Of course they did:

https://www.westernjournal.com/dick-morris-clintons-made-money-huawei/?fbclid=IwAR2E4PydXcbT4O2-Ut-1FMvti_-gcNgQ2RpETeGiyrA9N8v0LsCAXO9p-Rs

If full manchu was an exec, this what he would do

[Narciso]

So the progressive frigate oberlin takes one in the prow.

[Neo]

A Google worker who helped organize a massive walkout to protest the company's handling of sexual misconduct said Friday she had quit her job.

In a post at Medium, Claire Stapleton said her decision to resign was based on her expecting another child but also because she was marked for retaliation by department heads after the walkout late last year.

"If I stayed, I didn't just worry that there'd be more public flogging, shunning, and stress, I expected it," Stapleton said.

... but I loved this part ...

"Life is extremely short and realistically we only have a couple of years left until the world hurtles into climate apocalypse or some other paroxysm of our own doing."

... then again, 30, the retirement age in Silicon Valley approaches quickly

[Captain Hate]

Oberlin is just repeating the same mistakes Columbia made with Stedman half a century later.

[Narciso]

Why is fu manchu so despised because sax rohmer had some insight

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2012/08/04/the-company-that-spooked-the-world

[Pinandpuller]

Robert DeNiro's dad and son are gay. That's quite the heteronormative shit sandwich.

[Narciso]

So how did they nonetheless get approved:

https://www.cnet.com/news/like-u-s-lawmakers-brits-raise-spying-fears-over-huawei-gear/

I think theres a word for this?

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
12m12 minutes ago

Another false report in the Failing @nytimes. We have been trying to get some of these Border Actions for a long time, as have other administrations, but were not able to get them, or get them in full, until our signed agreement with Mexico. Additionally, and for many years,....

.....Mexico was not being cooperative on the Border in things we had, or didn’t have, and now I have full confidence, especially after speaking to their President yesterday, that they will be very cooperative and want to get the job properly done. Importantly, some things.....

.....not mentioned in yesterday press release, one in particular, were agreed upon. That will be announced at the appropriate time. There is now going to be great cooperation between Mexico & the USA,
something that didn’t exist for decades. However, if for some unknown reason...

....there is not, we can always go back to our previous, very profitable, position of Tariffs - But I don’t believe that will be necessary. The Failing @nytimes, & ratings challenged @CNN, will do anything possible to see our Country fail! They are truly The Enemy of the People!

[Neo]

House Judiciary Committee ranking member Doug Collins wrote in a letter to the chairman:

The fact you are attempting to make the case for starting an impeachment inquiry has no bearing on the applicability of the Rules. Outside of such an inquiry, Members are prohibited from accusing the President of a crime or alluding to potential impeachable offenses. Jefferson’s Manual further states:

Although wide latitude is permitted in debate on a proposition to impeach the President, Members must abstain from language personally offensive; and Members must abstain from comparisons to the personal conduct of sitting Members of the House or Senate. Furthermore, when impeachment is not the pending business on the floor, Members may not refer to evidence of alleged impeachable offenses by the President contained in a communication from an independent counsel pending before a House committee, although they may refer to the communication, itself, within the confines of proper decorum in debate, and may not otherwise suggest that the President has done something worthy of censure or impeachment.

[Captain Hate]

Munroe clowned the loon so badly the retard can't find his Bach.

[MissMarple2]

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

Twitter should let the banned Conservative Voices back onto their platform, without restriction. It’s called Freedom of Speech, remember. You are making a Giant Mistake!

[MissMarple2]

not mentioned in yesterday press release, one in particular, were agreed upon. That will be announced at the appropriate time.

Well, I wonder what THAT is all about.

Top 2 guesses on Twitter were a joint military operation with Mexico to eradicate the cartels, and Mexico offering to pay for the wall!

[clarice]

Today in the WaPo: An above the fold story about a man who killed a yoga instructor which continues on for 2 FULL pages linking hatred of women to white supremacists. In a smaller article on p. 2 a story about a black serial killer who admits to killing at least 60 women.

[rse]

MM-that baby was found in Forsyth County near the city of cumming. It is north of the perimeter by about thirty miles and was infamous for not having a single black resident back in the 80s. You might remember that oprah iirc did a town hall or something and there was a march to draw attention to the lack of 'diversity'.

Well, my mom is ready to put a deposit down on memorycare and I spent yesterday dealing with logistics like a bed. Bro has been on vacay out in CA and asked her yesterday by phone if we "were pressuring her." She apparently replied no that it was time. He then asked if he could just spend nights there.

These situations are far more stressful when no one but me tried to get a handle on the characteristics of the disease and the inevitable prognosis.

I told her yesterday that my brother and sister cannot bear to see her cry, but that it bothers me less because I know we have far graver concerns in this situation than her being sad. He needs to be looked after at this point by professionals for whom his decline is not personal.

He passed his assessment on friday and when the nurse asked him if he needed a cane or walker he lifted up both of his feet and then put them down and said "Nope."

[Narciso]

It's not even good fishwrao clarice, that why we rely on samizdat like yours. It dawned on me that the alsops were the model for the Hubbard clan in mccarrys wirk.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
2m2 minutes ago

If President Obama made the deals that I have made, both at the Border and for the Economy, the Corrupt Media would be hailing them as Incredible, & a National Holiday would be immediately declared. With me, despite our record setting Economy and all that I have done, no credit!

[MissMarple2]

"The idea that somebody would actually fight for us after years of being told, "oh you don’t matter you’re going the way of the buggy whip", he’s won legions of fans just for doing that" - Auto Industry Worker on @CNN talking about Trump
pic.twitter.com/t75RU1pceg

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) June 5, 2019

Video clip at link. Although this was posted on June 5, I am posting it here today so that you can imagine how heads on CNN exploded when this guy said this on air.

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rse--you might want to read Roz Chait's book "Can't we talk about something more pleasant" in which she related the decline and death of her parents. It's both sad and funny. My d-i-l sent it to me as my mother began declining. I know exactly what you are going thru. My mother is 100 and with her birthday in April her decline accelerated. Nevertheless, something rings a bell whenever there's an assessment--suddenly she speaks more, eats and swallows better and claims to handle all her affairs. Heh