From "See You In Court" To "See You Later, Alligator"

Team Trump had a tough day Friday.

Donald Trump’s brutal day in court

Several of the most devastating opinions, both Friday and in recent weeks, have come from conservative judges and, in some federal cases, Trump appointees.

President Donald Trump and his legal allies earned a platinum sombrero Friday, striking out five times in a matter of hours in states pivotal to the president’s push to overturn the election results — and losing a sixth in Minnesota for good measure.

It was another harsh milestone in a monthlong run of legal futility, accompanied by sharp rebukes from county, state and federal judges who continue to express shock at the Trump team’s effort to simply scrap the results of an election he lost. Several of the most devastating opinions, both Friday and in recent weeks, have come from conservative judges and, in some federal cases, Trump appointees.

I get that plenty of conservative judges, even Trump appointees, rose through the system with the support of the Republican Establishment and probably are not Trump loyalists. But law is law - partisanship notwithstanding, at some point, if even maybe-allies aren't taking your side, that may be a clue to take a hint.

Comments

[jimmyk]

Thanks for your Pieces, clarice, helpful as always.

On WWII, I do wish I'd drawn more stories out of my father before his memory began to diminish. Before that he had been a great raconteur. We did find a wonderful 4-page essay he wrote to his 60th college reunion class on his WWII experiences. He tended to understate the risks he'd been up against (not that they were remotely like the D-Day landing or Battle of the Bulge). In the essay he joked that the most dangerous part of his tour was the passage by ship back to NYC when the ship had mechanical problems during a hurricane. But we know that he was a sitting duck in London during the 1944 rocket bombings, which regularly hit a bit too close for comfort. He also put in flight time as a navigator, which also had some harrowing moments, though they were not combat-related.

Anyway, we'll see what we can find when we empty out his place over the next few weeks.

[clarice]

Good morning, JOM and thanks.

[clarice]

jimmyk, emptying out the place of someone who lived thru the Depression is awful if my experience cleaning out my mother's is any guide, (Also Roz Chait's book "Can't we talk about something more pleasant") .

[Marlene]

Good Morning! Yikes! I'm watching the re-air of Lou Dobbs (Friday show). He showed the video of the the Freeman daughter taking the usb drive. So, where are Ruby and her daughter? Clarice, thanks for today's Pieces.
FYI...Maria's Sunday morning guests are John Ratcliffe and Rudy.

Also, welcome to JOM, Len!

[Another Bob]

“The progs will not win. Period.”

Well, there will be this small question of casualties...

[hrtshpdbox]

The Times notes:
...exit polls suggest that Joe Biden lost ground among Latino, Black and Asian-American voters in 2020 compared with Hillary Clinton’s performance in 2016.

So how to explain the loss? Well, the divide grew greater in Biden's favor among the educated; smarties who went to college voted for Biden, and knuckle-draggers without degrees continued their flight to the Republican party.

Just so you know.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/us/politics/biden-blue-collar-voters.html

[Buckeye]

I propose a new category hrtshpdbox.

Educated, smart-ass knuckle-draggers.

Some say I’m a crude prototype:)

[henry]

The UN must believe Biden won.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/2021-will-be-catastrophic-un-warns-humanitarian-crisis-270-million-people-starve

[Narciso]

Does that fall in the category of bug or feature.

[Young Lurker]

https://mobile.twitter.com/epigwhisp/status/1331105675036901377?s=10

Oh! My apologies. I was just wearing my mask because I just got back from a full day of being a good person!

[MissMarple2]

henry,

I figure the UN is under the thumb of China and that is the line the CCP wants to push.

Probably to lift tariffs, first of all.

[Narciso]

Its like that groucho marx line 'doctor i hate it when i do this' well then dont do that.

[Narciso]

Lockdowns i mean, but klaus says otherwise.

[MissMarple2]

clarice,

Living through the Depression in a Midwestern city, even though my grandparents were employed (teachers and pressman for the Indianapolis Star) made my folks acutely aware of food and clothing shortages, hence the wearing of hand-me-downs and my mother canning tomatoes and sauerkraut, and my dad raising chickens (I had to gather the eggs) and growing huge gardens.

My daughter has a friend whose grandmother was a hoarder and I think it stems from the same thing. "You never know when hard times will come back."

[MissMarple2]

Retweeted by President Trump. Video at the link of Jesse Watters:

🔥🔥🔥

"Ossoff is a baby-faced trust fund socialist who will be a Schumer puppet. Raphael Warnock is a Jeremiah Wright loving gun-grabber."

-@JesseBWatters on the Georgia run-offs. #GAsen #GApol pic.twitter.com/4TVMCFsoVn

— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) December 4, 2020

[MissMarple2]

Retweeted by President Trump:

Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
·
21h
Durham confirms what we already knew.

James Comey’s FBI was out to get President Trump.

(Jordan quotes Catherine Herridge of CBS and her link to Durham's request for jail time for Kevin Clinesmith.)

[Jane]

Good Morning!

Another great Pieces, Clarice. Thank you!

Pretty cool in Florida.I guess this “winter” thing is real. How rude!

[Buckeye]

The Covid study I linked the other day,

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/sensible-compassionate-anti-covid-strategy/

Suggests 130 million will die from starvation directly as a result of Covid policy, lockdowns, etc.

That is half of the UN projection.

If it is anywhere in the neighborhood of that number, simply demonstrates that while the virus is deadly, pales by comparison to man’s stupidity.

[Old Lurker]

Times "...exit polls suggest that Joe Biden lost ground among Latino, Black and Asian-American voters in 2020 compared with Hillary Clinton’s performance in 2016..."

We know from previous experience that Exit Polls are about the least accurate measures of actual votes you can get. Just ask President Hillary.

So forget that.

Since it seems undisputable to anyone with eyes and a functioning brain that nobody has a clue, within about 10 million, how many qualified voters actually cast legal ballots for Biden, then it follows we have no clue as to the color of those voters.

So forget that too.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/12/05/fashion-notes-melania-trump-is-red-hot-in-mcqueen-zebra-manolo-blahniks/

Lots of great photos of Melania in the coat and shoes, including close-ups. Sure to make the progs go ballistic with the price of the coat and shoes. Great photo of them turning their backs on the press as they depart for Georgia!

[jimmyk]

emptying out the place of someone who lived thru the Depression is awful if my experience cleaning out my mother's is any guide

I don't know if it's because of living through the Great Depression, but both of my parents are pack rats. Not to the extent of psycho hoarders, but their places are, shall we say, well-occupied. Good from the point of view of finding keepsakes, but it will be a lot of work to sift through everything.

[jimmyk]

.exit polls suggest that Joe Biden lost ground among Latino, Black and Asian-American voters in 2020

Kind of like the old line about losing money on every sale but making it up on volume: Joe lost ground in every group, but made it up on volume fake votes.

[MissMarple2]

jimmyk,

I am semi-expert on certain collectibles in china, glassware, and toys. If you need help in identifying items or in current market value, let me know.

[Narciso]

Poorly calibrated exit polls were key in setting the narrative in 2000 and 2004.

[Neo]

Today, Venezuela, home of Smartmatic, has national elections.
I read that they are told they have to vote or don't eat. Eat what? Rats?

[MissMarple2]

General Flynn speaking about Sidney Powell - "America's Guardian Angel of Justice" - his words.

Also, his call to the governors to BE LEADERS on this election. pic.twitter.com/fIK6MyAquQ

— Don Purser 🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@DGPurser) December 6, 2020

Video at link, 1:41.

[Melinda]

I wasn't expecting this twist, but Brennan's Blanket suddenly comes to mind:

Anti-Voter Fraud Group Finds Suspicious Link Between Nevada State Website and Intelligence-Linked Pakistani Company

https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/12/05/anti-voter-fraud-group-finds-suspicious-link-between-nevada-state-website-and-intelligence-linked-pakistani-company/

[anonamom]

jimmyk, emptying out the place of someone who lived thru the Depression is awful

Or in my case, someone who is the daughter of someone who lived through the Depression!

No, I do not keep the bread bags my mother wants to hang on to Up North ("Mom, we've got Ziplocks in every size!"), but I am pretty bad about tossing things I see potential use for. Like the thirty pint containers from the soup with our Sunday take out sushi.
It's time though.

That "falling apart disease" MM's father so accurately calls it is starting to hit,and we need to be ready to move if knees become an issue.

[Momto2]

Happy Birthday, Clarice! Thank you for your Pieces today - full of information as always!

[Melinda]

The last sentence is a bit of a tell that there's way more to this, or the editors made a yuge mistake. I'll wait for the dust to settle on it a bit.

[Davod]

"Bush And Clinton Vow To Join Obama For Televised COVID Vaccination
Summit News"

There is no downside for the Covidists. Any problems and they died of Covid.

[henry]

Yeah... following laws is white privilege.

@fstonenyc

The real danger of the GOP's phony anti-fraud campaign is that it could lead to tough new voting restrictions in the states that could disproportionately affect voters of color, as @janestreet explains. In fact, it's already starting. nbcnews.com/politics/elect… via @nbcnews

https://twitter.com/fstonenyc/status/1335599085034893312?s=21

[Momto2]

Robb Hurst, CPA Frog face
@robbhurstCPA

Ware County, Ga has broken the Dominion algorithm:

Using sequestered Dominion Equipment, Ware County ran an equal number of Trump votes and Biden votes through the Tabulator and the Tabulator reported a 26% lead for Biden.

[MissMarple2]

anonamom,

You made me laugh, as I still can't easily throw away plastic containers with re-sealable lids. I remember when Tupperware was a big deal and to me, it's like throwing away Tupperware!

[Momto2]

Combined several of his tweets:

Robb Hurst, CPA
@robbhurstCPA

37 Trump votes used in the equal sample run had been "Switched" from Trump to Biden. In actual algorithmic terms, this means that a vote for Trump was counted as 87% of a vote and a vote for Biden was counted as 113% of a vote.

Those conducting the test were so shocked that they ran the same ballots again. The same results appeared.

ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE SOLVED. (It is worth noting that this was one County, and on one Tabulator alone.

Dominion Tabulators could have been configured with different algorithms in different Counties or States.) The point is there is now hard evidence of electronic manipulation of the Election.

[MissMarple2]

Momto2,

Wow! That is really important information!

[Melinda]

BBC interview with Sir John Bell of Oxford is pretty alarming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n73VcyJB5Ho

2:36 minutes long.

[clarice]

https://townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2020/12/06/send-the-paris-climate-treaty-to-the-senate-n2581088

Anonamom--try to find a gyrotonics instructor who may help with the knees.

[MissMarple2]

Abandoned bus found in Arizona packed with voting machines. News not covering it. Photo and more information at the link:

https://twitter.com/peatapann/status/1335580698393145344/photo/1

[Soylent Red]

I don't know if it's because of living through the Great Depression, but both of my parents are pack rats.

Same. Hard to measure how much psychological damage growing up dirt poor can do to a person. Some of their traits made it through to me. I have a hard time throwing out "perfectly good" things and am obsessive about not wasting food.

Using sequestered Dominion Equipment, Ware County ran an equal number of Trump votes and Biden votes through the Tabulator and the Tabulator reported a 26% lead for Biden.

This is a BFD. I would go so far as to say that this is the biggest FD yet.

[peter]

jimmyk, I recall the periods after each of my parents died as being extremely difficult, sorting through all their personal property, the majority of which was junk, coping with siblings, etc., etc., Despite the fact my dad was an attorney, he died intestate, and so did my mom. Not that intestacy (dying without a will vs dying with a will) means that much legally but to my siblings, none of whom are attorneys, a will would have provided some form of guidance from the decedent as to what his and her wishes were. My dad died without a will because he was fairly young, had a hidden heart defect, and by all appearances thought he had a lot of time left. And all the clutter- old checking account stubs, photographs, out of date clothing, each evoked difficult emotions, each time we put them in the save/don't save pile. So I truly sympathize with what you are going through at this time. I bear no ill will toward either of my deceased parents, they were both wonderful to me, but one can do a big favor to his heirs by decluttering. It's hard for many, just as it is hard for many to accept their own mortality.

[peter]

Regarding the Bush Clinton and Obama getting stuck on tv- I didn't know the vaccine required an injection site in the ass.

[peter]

Melinda @ 6:23 pm yesterday, I have been meaning to visit the Louis Armstrong house in Corona for years yet have not been there. My commuter train takes me through Corona every day, and it's not far from my office.

[Jim Eagle]

So, we now have a "smoking" vote tabulator?

The follow up or non-follow up will be interesting, no?

Plus they seem to be Nevada machines and isn't NV one of the 4 or 5 suspicious states, like GA, WI, PA, et.al.?

[MissMarple2]

peter,

I only have 2 children and most of my things are already bespoken. I also don't have a will and probably should at least label the items that I am saving. (No worries on dividing up money - ha!)

Some things I have are actually quite valuable, while other items simply are sentimental. I do have a carved soapstone teapot from China which is quite old, given to my mother by Anna Hasselman, who was the first curator of John Herron Art Museum which eventually became the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She was on an expedition to China back in the prior to WWII and brought it back.

My mother roomed with her when she went to Butler University.

[clarice]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/massive-civil-disobedience-coming-to-the-usa-in-2021_3606457.html

[peter]

MM, a book that was quite popular about thirty years ago, "How to avoid Probate" scared a lot of people out of writing wills. Avoiding probate, the proving of a will, is only an advantage in those states which tax for the probate process. New York doesn't. I have no idea what other states do because it is not my field. For the average middle class homeowner with modest net worth, a will isn't really necessary. Your house will pass to whatever your state's intestacy laws state that they will pass to without the need for a will. You can make your bank accounts in your name, "In trust for.." whomever you want to leave it to. But small items of personal property which often have much greater sentimental and emotional value than big ticket items can result in fights between children. So maybe an informal will or a letter to each of the children would serve a purpose. In my case, one of my siblings was going through an ugly divorce and was financially strapped and my late mother couldn't decide how much to leave her since my sibling's circumstances changed from day to day. Water long under the bridge, we are all fine today.

[Jim Eagle]

A miscellany of "words of the wise":

“The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.” – Al McGuire

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” – Albert Einstein

“War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.” – Ambrose Bierce

“It would be nice to spend billions on schools and roads, but right now that money is desperately needed for political ads.” – Andy Borowitz

“At every party there are two kinds of people – those who want to go home and those who don’t. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.” – Ann Landers

“My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I’m right.” – Ashleigh Brilliant

“Have you noticed that all the people in favor of birth control are already born?” – Benny Hill

“The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” – Bill Watterson

“As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.” – Buddy Hackett

“My favorite machine at the gym is the vending machine.” – Caroline Rhea

“All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.” – Casey Stengel

“Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.” – Dave Barry

“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” – Edward Abbey

“How many people here have telekinetic powers? Raise my hand.” – Emo Philips

“If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.” – George Burns

And my favorite: “Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.” – Benjamin FranklinWise Sayings

[MissMarple2]

peter,

That's good information and one I should investigate as to Indiana law. Reading Narciso's comments it occurs to me that we need a "normal people" publishing house for stories and novels which are NOT full of Marxist propaganda or money-laundering vehicles.

I am not certain that one doesn't already exist and that I am not aware of it (quite possible), but it seems to me the untold stories of people who grew up in the 30's through the late 50's would be valuable and interesting, as well as providing a perspective to younger people who haven't gone through hardship.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Anti-Voter Fraud Group Finds Suspicious Link Between Nevada State Website and Intelligence-Linked Pakistani Company--

Considering that the CIA was caught spying on Senate staffers and the Awan Paki maggots were pretty much allowed to skedaddle scot free and Brennan's obvious corruption and where the Russian hoax was birthed and the Vindemann fraud does anyone think the CIA and the "intelligence communisty" were not running the Awans and has its dirty fingers far deeper than we have any idea of?
Frank Church and the 70s progs tried to emasculate the CIA for doing less to our enemies than it is now doing to us. The same damned punks who wept over Mossadegh, Allende and Fidel's beard are now its biggest cheerleaders.

[JimNorCal]

Trying to do the math for that Ware GA claim.

Suppose they ran 300 T votes and 300 B votes through the tabulator machine.
For each 100 T votes, 13 are switched to Biden.
The total of 39 switched votes is close to the 37 reported and matches 13% exactly. So maybe they used a slightly smaller number.
Close enough, proceed:
Vote totals should be 300 vs 300.
But are 261 vs 339.
This gives a percentage of roughly 56 to 44.

So ... is that a 26% lead for Biden, as claimed?
I guess maybe they took the 13% discrepancy and said 13% wrong Biden total and a 13% wrong Trump total makes a 13+13=26% overall total?
Seems odd though.

[Momto2]

Wow! That is really important information!

Yes, MM! It is proof beyond a doubt. I also am reading that the sorry SOS is attempting to erase all data from the machines using the run-off election as an excuse. I keep saying there may not be a need for a run-off if they would just throw out the illegal ballots and examine the corrupt software.

[jimmyk]

Some of their traits made it through to me. I have a hard time throwing out "perfectly good" things and am obsessive about not wasting food.

Yeah, Soylent, that got passed on to me a bit too, much to the chagrin of my spouse.

peter, I'm sorry to hear of your father's early passing. I am very ignorant about estate matters, and it's sort of a learn-on-the-fly process. My father set up a trust, and everything goes into that, and then divided among the four of us. I am the trustee, so there's a huge amount of paperwork dealings with banks, etc. That's just on the finances. Dealing with nutty siblings and the tangible possessions is a whole other thing.

[Momto2]

Seems odd though.

I don't know, Jim. The guy who posted and did the research is supposedly a CPA so I would hope he can do the math! It will all be for naught if the SOS gets his request to wipe clean the voting machines.

[Buckeye]

A couple weeks ago Jr. and Buckeyette were both here for dinner.

Somehow the discussion got around to valuing our estate, and that Mrs. Buckeye’s needlework collection has become quite valuable.

I made some comment like “it will likely fall on one of you to figure out how to sell this stuff someday”.

They looked at each other with that look that said “I’m gonna screw you into having to take that job”:)

[sbwaters]

Early in 1945, in a recollection to his school, Dad wrote that the company he was commander of stalled briefly at Wurzburg where he "lost three good men". On through Schweinfurt and south through Munich where, he said, "The mayor surrendered to me by mistake!"

Not in the story, he told us personally that with poor maps and no road signs his jeep driver accidentally pulled in to Munich stopping at the city hall where the mayor was ready to surrender.

In the jeep as a passenger, he says he leaned back on the machine gun for support and it fired one shot into the air, startling everyone.

Oriented once again, they left the mayor to find the rest of their party.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Well, there will be this small question of casualties...--

I didn't say defeating them will be easy or pleasant. It never is, but doing the hard unpleasant things is part of being a grown up.
The alternative is to sit idly by while the casualties pile up in the form of victims of the tyrants we chose not to dethrone. And those casualties will be in vain as opposed to ones spent freeing the country from authori/totalitarians.

[Old Lurker]

Henry "...The real danger of the GOP's phony anti-fraud campaign is that it could lead to tough new voting restrictions in the states that could disproportionately affect voters of color..."

What planet are we speaking of?

1. Never count on the GOP to accomplish anything that will help move the country back toward its constitutional roots, even if they control all the branches of Government. It just ain't in them.

2. If the Great Train Robbery of 2020 stands and Harris & Biden & Obama take office, the only voting regulation change we can expect in the future is nationwide "Vote-By-Text to #666".

Simple as that.

[CCGirl]

My mother kept everything. I inherited some of that - not hoarding, but I find it hard to toss items. Last year, when the kids were away at school I began clearing out items. Now, I keep everything.

I need to clear out a room today. It’s full of dvds, videos, games, etc. It will be quite a chore deciding what to toss, and what to keep. And donations are not allowed these days. Just another stupid rule making it hard to clean up.

Husband and I swear we will never leave our children the mess my parents left my brothers and me. They were wonderful parents, but it was quite stressful working it all out. We got through it, and we are speaking to each other! I know so many families that are now on non speaking terms due to estate issues. It’s sad. We will spell it all out.

Off to tackle the mess. Have a good one!

[clarice]

My mother's condo was a modest 2 bedroom one with lots of cabinets and deep closets. I spent 3 full days filling over 3 dumpsters worth of crap, gave away lots of useful items to neighbors and maintenance people, filled two large packing containers full of clothing for the move. My son has filled up a large storage room here with his junk and left everything else in his room and will not let me dispose of it or get rid of it himself.

[Old Lurker]

The advantage we had in cleaning out our parents stuff, compared to Jimmy's problem on the UWS, is that we could have a dumpster at the front door.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I love the prog talking point that elides whether masks do any good. They simply say if we wear our masks we can avoid lockdowns.
This is of course nonsense as they demand both whenever they please. But even if it did what they claimed how pathetic to be extorted into one form of compliance to avoid another more drastic one.

[clarice]

p.s. his homes in L.A. and HI are streamlines modern with no crap anywhere. One of these days, I'll pack up his junk and just mail it to him.(When he heard I was donating his old T-Shirts to kids who needed it, he stopped me, claiming they were collectors items. The antiques roadshow should be banned.)

[Buckeye]

So ... is that a 26% lead for Biden, as claimed?

What do you expect JimSunny? The calculation was likely done by a journalist.

[MissMarple2]

Ignatz,

There is a reason that Robin Hood has remained a folk hero in Britain (and for a while in the US) for nearly 1000 years. I grew up watching the series on TV back in the 50's.

"Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding through the glen,
Robin Hood, Robin Hood, with his band of men.
Feared by the bad, loved by the good,
Robin Hood, Robin Hood, Robin Hood."

I think I rattled on about this the other day, but the existence of folk heroes is foolishly discounted by the progs. I think it is one of the reasons Trump is so well-loved.

After all, Robin Hood was originally the Earl of Locksley!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

My parents both lived through the depression in a poor rural area and neither one of them were pack rats or hoarders.
They were both very thrifty. My pop's trip to the dump seldom resulted in a dead head return trip; dead head for any of you non truckers out there being a leg of a truck trip run without a load. He did have his own backyard dump but it was in constant use for parts and fabrication.
And I have to confess, like amom's mammy, I do have a stash of neatly folded bread bags in addition to my zip locs. :)

[Old Lurker]

Repeating an earlier observation.

The absolute best thing Trump can do now is be sworn back in on Jan 20.

The only other task if that fails is to dump EVERYTHING out into the sunlight for all to see, regardless of who it hurts or might hurt. Then whatever the people decide to do, that will be the will of the people.

There is no other way he can ride off into the sunset expecting any legacy that might survive into the history books. Having seen the mess and not fixed it is one thing. Having seen the mess and letting it remain in hiding "because" is unforgivable to me.

[Old Lurker]

Clarice "My son has filled up a large storage room here with his junk and left everything else in his room and will not let me dispose of it or get rid of it himself."

I TOLD you how to solve that years ago.

Rent a self storage unit and move EVERYTHING of his into it. Prepay X (6?) months rent. Send him the key and tell him when the six months is up.

[Marlene]

My late father-in-law was a pack rat. After his death, my mother-in-law was overwhelmed. Hubby was left with the task of sorting thru boxes and boxes of books and files and receipts and minutes of meetings from Rotary that were 30 years old. I helped him go thru all that stuff and at times it was bittersweet. His father had saved everything! Only one of his four siblings wanted a few things and we packed a box and sent it to her. I remember one snowy day at the cabin that we built a bonfire and threw most of the stuff in the fire.
His mother downsized last year before moving to independent living. Hubby told her in no uncertain terms to give her jewelry to his sisters NOW, because no way in hell was he going to deal with his three sisters. :)

[clarice]

Sounding better every day,OL
https://twitter.com/elenaparent/status/1335325628674007044

[MissMarple2]

clarice,

"The Antiques Roadshow should be banned."

HA! My advantage is that I know most of the stuff I have probably will go to auction, anyway. (I already sold a bunch when I moved several years ago.)

Daughter only wants the 1920's secretary with the cubbyholes and miniature door and glass cabinet top (from what is known as Georgian Revival) and my son will get the American Gothic hand-carved walnut washstand with marble top, which he remembers my grandpa refinishing.

Most of the other furniture, crystal, and Depression glassware is long gone, and I don't think either of the kids would have liked it, anyway. Daughter has more modern tastes and I have no idea how my daughter-in-law's tastes run.

[Marlene]

Oh! The daughter has a larger house now and is going to get all the boxes with her stuff that are in the garage loft at the cabin. Everything from kindergarten thru college. :)

[Buckeye]

I had a grandma who washed and flattened the used aluminum foil and kept it in a stack in a kitchen cupboard.

She saw some hard times, raised 4 kids by herself. My grandpa died when my mom was 4.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Roger Kimball on vote fraud and its effects;
The Burden of Proof
The faith in fairness has been shattered beyond recovery, and the assumption of anything like a shared consensus seems more and more like a naïve pretense when it isn’t just a cynical hustings gambit.

[kiwinews]

I have had to clear out four houses in the last 8 years. And boy howdy I am looking at my own now with a more critical eye. Things don't stop aging because you put them away. I have seen so many "perfectly good" items become roach-poop covered trash up in the attic. Please, give things away *now* while they are useable.
Here in the Greater Atlanta area Goodwill has become awful. Forget them.
But:
The Salvation Army is A#1, especially if you have those items in the "all it needs is..." category. A category that seduces you to put in back in the closet to fix....someday. They will fix things NOW and you get your house back.
The American Kidney Fund/Kidney Foundation (who run Value Village Thrift stores) will actually come pick up things.
Paralyzed Veterans gladly accepts donations and will pick up.
FurKids thrift stores
For sickroom and handicap access supplies FODAC - Friends of Disabled Adults and Children will see they get to someone who needs them
The Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home is a catholic-run medical facility which will gladly accept any leftover medical supplies (bandages, pads, skin protectants) you may have.
And of course estate sales/garage sales are still going gangbusters here - with masks.

Google around your area, there are any number of small organizations doing large good. You can help. You're not losing stuff, you're gaining space!

[jimmyk]

compared to Jimmy's problem on the UWS, is that we could have a dumpster at the front door.

OL, my father was in a large apartment complex in Michigan--a "retirement community," so the management is very accustomed to this situation. We will have to have stuff hauled to the loading dock, which is naturally about a quarter of a mile via elevators and passageways.

[Momto2]

I had a grandma who washed and flattened the used aluminum foil and kept it in a stack in a kitchen cupboard.

My grandmother did that as well, Buckeye. She also saved used thread. I inherited her Singer foot pedal machine and in the drawers I found dozens of folded scraps of paper (old envelopes and such) with used thread wound around them. She also had a huge button jar which I have kept.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Relinking this hilarious monologue on mask virtue signalers;
Whatsherface

Here's her latest on her youtube channel;
Mutual Maskerbation

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

new frickin thread

[MissMarple2]

kiwinews,

Good advice! I need to find the Salvation Army donation site because, like Atlanta, Goodwill has gone to pot here in Indy.

I have TWO leather Hancock and Moore easy chairs in the garage which hopefully are still in good condition, along with a wooden table and chair set from my old kitchen, and some other things. I STILL need to get my son to get rid of the VW beetle (vintage) which he had towed here and was going to restore, which of course he never did and is still sitting here.

[Jj532aa]

jimmyk: " Good from the point of view of finding keepsakes, but it will be a lot of work to sift through everything."

Sift through everything :) -- I was 'worrying' out loud to our daughter about my 'keepsakes' (my old newspaper columns, some writing awards, our children and grandchildren's grade school and even toddler artwork, all precious stuff like this), and our daughter said "Mom, that's what black garbage bags are for." :) I smile every time I think of that.

We do have thousands and thousands of dollars worth of china and antiques I bought when we lived in England, but that will probably be auctioned. Our son told me the auctions are great -- they come in and trash all of the junk and only bother with the good things. It was as if he was 'brushing his hands clean of the work after we're gone' -- silly me, I thought he'd like the Old Imari Royal Crown Derby full set of china I saved for him. :)

https://tinyurl.com/y4a2pxc3

[JimNorCal]

Click on NEW to go there.

[hrtshpdbox]

...we need to be ready to move if knees become an issue.

anonamom, that is depressing - my wife has two fake hips and one fake knee, my knees aren't feeling so great themselves, and we plan on doing plenty of traveling. It's too cruel to imagine that infirmities that come with age could actually short-circuit plans, hmmpph.

[hrtshpdbox]

Dammit.

[Barbara]

"What Bill Barr Didn’t Say"
Another view of AG Barr's recent actions and statements. It makes sense.

https://libertyunyielding.com/2020/12/02/et-tu-barr-heres-what-bill-barr-didnt-say/

[JimNorCal]

Test

[anonamom]

https://libertyunyielding.com/2020/12/04/in-trumps-campaign-to-save-the-republic-we-havent-seen-the-key-supporting-effort-yet/

Beautiful rendition of Battle Hymm of the Republic at the conclusion of the article