Sandbox - 30jan18

[The old one is full, and this one will probably invite a lot on tonight's POTUS' SOTUS.  I plan to post a separate SOTUS entry in due course, and encourage you to bridge your conversation threads to the comment stream of that entry, for all the obvious reasons.  gjr]

Comments

[Todd Juvinall]

Honestly when one listens to "pencilneck" Adam Schiff, democrat Congressman from SoCal regarding the "memo" or just about anything else, I can't imagine he is from planet earth. The man is a total skunk.

[Scenes]

Nancy Pelosi speaks:

https://i.imgur.com/zNjDAkt.png

(from Reddit, somebody transcribed a bit of her wisdom).

[MAGA CoVfefe!]

Congress voted 517-5 to impose sanctions on Russia,,,Trumpski is owned by the Rooskies so he says NO!!!

[Don Bessee]

Off your meds again? The only Russian conspiracy involved madam liar liar pantsuits on fire and the bosses at the FBI.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/internal-justice-department-probe-eyes-mccabes-role-in-final-weeks-of-2016-election/2018/01/30/db2ea8f0-05c7-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html?utm_term=.53ef75f4ab95

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/30/fbi-officials-review-surveillance-memo-could-not-cite-any-factual-inaccuracies-source.html

;-)

[George Rebane]

DonB 540pm - It would help if you gave a one sentence summary of the naked links you provide, to bolster the chances that your point will get through. The alternative is to hold fast to a fervent belief that other readers will always complete their research along the minimal directions you have cited.

[Walt]

WOW!! Now that's a First Lady.

[Don Bessee]

Hey Doug LaMalfa got that choice seat that lady with the big hats usually gets because she is boycotting with the congressional black caucus.

Dr. R, I hear ya. ;-)

[Russ]

Pelosi seems to be chewing her cud! Certainly not clapping.

[Bill Tozer]

I lied. It’s not all about the little upcoming IG report. Nah, it’s all about Humpty Dumpty sitting on the wall and Humpty Dumpty beginning to slightly sway back and forth, now just starting to rock before he has a great fall. We have seen but just the scratches on the surface.

This is bigger than anything many have seen in their lifetimes under American governance. The slaying of a rouge domestic government that is fighting for all she is worth to wrestled power away and rip out the moorings to the Constitution. It has happened before and will happen again, but you got to go way past Watergate to see what we are witnessing now playing out before us. McCabe left with his head hung low.

You know, Woodward and Bernstein were not such great journalists. They got lucky. Felt handed them all the goods neatly stacked and organized. Fell right into their laps.
Boy, Felt was enraged when Nixon did not make him head of the FBI. Nixon made him Associate Director. Felt was out for revenge. Hmmm. Wasn’t McCabe a Deputy Director or Associate Director or something too? Rod Rosenstein’s name keeps circulating. He is Deptuty Director of something as well. Et tu, Brute?

This makes Watergate look like a kid blowing out candles on their birthday cake.

[Don Bessee]

Tweaking @ 625?

Or perhaps its this that has her gnawing on herself-

http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/371349-democrats-panic-over-avalanche-of-good-economic-news

;-)

[Scenes]

I'm watching without the sound.

Pelosi doin' her thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2XJ1dAOTxA

[Walt]

Catch that part about the nuke arsenal? "So strong no nation or ANYONE ELSE can challenge us".
Just who is the "anyone else"?
Space aliens!! I knew it!

[Don Bessee]

Oh its Trumps fault that the communists in cuba failed so miserably over and over, got it terry. Perhaps you should spend some time helping in chitown or Detroit or Del Paso Heights? Charity begins at home or have you tossed aside the native born poor people of color for trendy communists and illegal aliens?

https://www.theunion.com/opinion/terry-mcateer-like-it-or-not-change-is-coming-to-cuba/

;-)

[Todd Juvinall]

He did a great job. That chap from Korea is a helluva man! Anyway the demoncrats showed they should all move to Cuba or Venezuela as they certainly are not Americans. Those sh*tholes sat on their hands when Trump was praising the troops and first responders!

[Walt]

Short straw has to watch MAD Maxine.

[Don Bessee]

Be my guest Walt! ;-)

[Walt]

OH nOoooo Not me.
But Kennedy is frothing at the mouth.

[Don Bessee]

SUPRISED?

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/01/30/nbc-news-slammed-for-talking-russia-probe-as-trump-kicked-off-state-union.html

Tomorrow you will hear he advocated for burning kittens and drowning puppies. ;-)

[Todd Juvinall]

Not watching the other anti_Ameriocan demoncrats. Screw them and adios baby!

[Bill Tozer]

Streaming the audio now. Am at the part about Little Rocketman. We stand with the Iranian people. Don’t think the Colin fans will appreciate all the talk of being proud of our great flag. Ours is a righteous cause.

[Don Bessee]

Triggered Luis should quit in protest!

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/video-luis-gutierrez-triggered-usa-chants-flees-house-chamber/

;-)

[Scenes]

Well, somehow they hired Carrot Top to give the rebuttal.

[Gregory]

Re: Carrot Top

I did seem to me that the old Kennedy DNA had faded.

[Bill Tozer]

Don’t think identifying as an America is what the SJWs had in mind with their politics of Identity. Trump was so unPC tonight. Warmed the cockles of me weary heart.

Good to see POTUS give a nice polite center of the road bipartisan speech and graciously extend the olive branch across the aisle.

Not bad for Trump’s first crack at it.

https://www.facebook.com/newtgingrich/photos/a.162764089196.113098.19182454196/10156073295314197/?type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.254420818025296.63999.217926015008110/1248870151913686/?type=3&theater

The quickening as arrived.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1248606351940066/?type=3&theater

[Russ]

Drudge Sums it Up:

•Pelosi Frowns at Call for Working Together...
•Gutierrez triggered by 'USA!' chants, flees House chamber...
•Black Dems' Stonefaced Reaction to News of Low Black Unemployment...
•Hollywood Live-Tweets...
•CNN: Melania Wearing White to Protest Her Husband...
•ABCNEWS: 'Divisive... Gloomy... Sad...'
•President Scorches NFL Protests Days Before Super Bowl...
•Praises America's heroes...
•Says 'We' 129 Times...
•Vows Optimism as More Fights Loom...
•Uncharacteristically conciliatory...
•GOODWIN: IT'S HIS PARTY NOW...
•Bernie Response Tech Glitch: 'We'll Be Back Momentarily'...
•Was Kennedy Drooling?

[Russ]

Drudge Summary:

• Pelosi Frowns at Call for Working Together...
• Gutierrez triggered by 'USA!' chants, flees House chamber...
• Black Dems' Stonefaced Reaction to News of Low Black Unemployment...
• Hollywood Live-Tweets...
• CNN: Melania Wearing White to Protest Her Husband...
• ABCNEWS: 'Divisive... Gloomy... Sad...'
• President Scorches NFL Protests Days Before Super Bowl...
• Praises America's heroes...
• Says 'We' 129 Times...
• Vows Optimism as More Fights Loom...
• Uncharacteristically conciliatory...
• GOODWIN: IT'S HIS PARTY NOW...
• Bernie Response Tech Glitch: 'We'll Be Back Momentarily'...
• Was Kennedy Drooling?

CBS Poll 75% Approval

[Russ]

Opps sorry about the double post

[Bill Tozer]

No apologies necessary, Mr. Russ. The second post included the missing piece, “CBS Poll 75% Approval”. Besides, it was worth reading twice. Guess Our Popinjay will be running over here sometimes mumbling something about “ABCNEWS: 'Divisive... Gloomy... Sad...'. Oh, how sad is right.

Ok, was Carrot Top really drooling? Or was he just imitating Great Uncle Drunk Teddy? Now that Drooling Joe speech of was one gloomy speech. Frightened, fractured, afraid, constantly on pins and needles, and no safe place within 75 feet. Yeah, TDS will do that to plenty of guys and dolls and those who cut their schlongs off.

[Gregory]

The drooling... gingervitus?

http://southpark.cc.com/clips/103645/gingervitus

Yes,na cheap shot, a low blow unrelated to the Kennedy speech... as unrelated as Kennedy's speech was to the SOTUA.

[Don Bessee]

Bad day for the po' ol' party parrots and fakenewmen. They liked it they really liked it-

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viewers-approve-of-trumps-first-state-of-the-union-address-cbs-news-poll/

75% approved of the speech! ;-)

[Scenes]

"Ok, was Carrot Top really drooling?"

4chan appears to have decided what the cause of that really is, but it's a bit too vulgar for these hallowed pages.

The triggering of Luis Guitierrez was a nice bit of theatre.

A fine artist at the_donald weighs in

http://i.magaimg.net/img/2ik9.jpg

[Don Bessee]

A giggle for breakfast-

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pissiest-faces-trump-apos-state-034514115.html

;-)

[MAGA CoVfefe!]

SOTU,,,just another waste of good TV time...watching Trumpski try to read the words on the teleprompter...

[Todd Juvinall]

Looks like Trump sent the libs into hiding. OMG! "What to do now that he kicked our asses and we looked like we were stuck to our seats!" These democrats are a disgrace and on full display last night. I have never thought our majority was at risk in Congress and last night reinforced that thought for me. Locally across the country, we will see what happens at the local levels and states but Feds are not at risk. Take that to the bank.

[MAGA CoVfefe!]

#SAD Todd,,,as if you have never seen pubbers play that roll in a speech...

[MAGA CoVfefe!]

Read it and weep Donnie,,,, Canadians spent $5.7 Billion on WEED !!!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marijuana-industry-1.4503152

[Todd Juvinall]

You are right, I never saw that. We organized. Then that organic Tea Party started and kicked Obama's and his sycophant's asses. Good pickup, #libtard

[MAGA CoVfefe!]

@#SAD Todd,,, sure Todd,,,keep telling yourself that,,,how did you get out of your straight jacket,,,good work!!!

[MAGA CoVfefe!]

https://cloudfront.sportsgrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wahooskull.jpg

[Don Bessee]

Of course the socialists are not rooting for America, they hate the idea of it-

http://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/31/blinded-their-hatred-trump-dems-reveal-theyre-not-/

;-)

[Todd Juvinall]

#libtard,806
Never in a straightjacket, always my own man and free. You seem trapped in a box of chocolates.

[Scenes]

lol. What a piece of work.

https://twitter.com/elizabethforma/status/958550235038519296

[MAGA CoVfefe!]

#SAD Todd,,, brilliant!!!

https://pics.onsizzle.com/conservatives-belike-i-posted-cuck-and-i-won-omney-yan-2456307.png

[MAGA CoVfefe!]

Heading to the spa to relax after SOTU, train crashes...maybe they should have been at work,,,it is the middle of the week!!!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/train-carrying-republican-members-congress-164800898.html

[Bill Tozer]

Our kids have dreams too. They come first.

[Todd Juvinall]

#libtard 919 The train wreck killed one person apparently. Your attitude is a typical lib.

SOTU. It sure was a good one. Now the CNN and CBS idiots are walking back their own polls as they had Trump at 75% liked it. And of course, the "journalists" say the polls were only of those that watched it! You cannot make that up!

[Bill Tozer]

@8:12

The cover picture looks as much fun as sitting in a Black Panter Party. What was that line Forrest Gump used, “Sorry for disrupting your party”, or something like that. Often wondered what happened to that original group. Apparently they ended up in Congress. :)

Tooth Hurts.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1249187241881977/?type=3&theater

Aha! Mystery solved.
https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPost/photos/a.82108390913.80726.51560645913/10155386060720914/?type=3&theater

[Bill Tozer]

Mail in ballot fraud. How widespread is it?

Breitbart Texas recently reported that Nueces County Clerk Kara Sands told her commissioners court that candidates reported various forms of election fraud. A city constable candidate received what was described as “constant” complaints from voters about mail-in ballot coercion. Others were reported to be perpetrating election fraud by “cultivating and harvesting votes in large quantities.” Another candidate was approached by someone who promised they could get 250 ballots in exchange for a payment of $1,000.

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/01/30/texas-border-school-district-employee-arrested-voter-fraud-charges/

Hmm. There exists a county named Jim Hogg. Learn something new everyday.

[Bill Tozer]

Huff-n- Puff Post is huffing and puffing again. Looks like it is up to Bernie to save the globe.

“A shocked Huffington Post has named and shamed the key Democrats who could have spoken out but didn’t:

In his speech, Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) didn’t bring up global warming, sea-level rise or the surge in global greenhouse gas emissions, which threaten to become worse as the Republican White House ramps up fossil fuel production to unprecedented levels.

and

Even the State of the Union statement issued by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), considered one of the most hawkish Democrats on climate issues, snubbed climate change.

It was left to Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) to keep the faith:”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/31/delingpole-its-over-now-even-democrats-give-up-on-climate-change/

[Paul Emery]

FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, both Trump appointees have grave concerns about releasng the Nunes Memo. Looks like we have a Palace war going on with Trump and his own FBI and DOJ. Look what happened last time-Deep Throat who spilled the beans on Nixon. Dont change channels. this is going to be fun.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/release-the-memo-fbi_us_5a71fda6e4b05253b2750778?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

[Bill Tozer]

@11:21am

Finally skimmed one of your links. Did not see Sessions weighing in, which would make sense (to moi) since AG Sessions has recused himself from anything dealing with Russiagate. The FISA request deals with Russia and a Russian spy.

“FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, both Trump appointees have grave concerns about releasng the Nunes Memo.”

Maybe you meant DOJ officials, aka, the deputies.

[Bill Tozer]

PS: From your link. He swings and misses. Strike two and 7/16.

Asked if the Justice Department backed the FBI’s position, a department spokesperson noted that the FBI is part of DOJ, and did not immediately respond to a follow-up question. A spokesperson for Mueller’s office declined to comment.

[MAGA CoVfefe!]

GOP train to WELL EARNED retreat at The Greenbriar,,, I wonder who is footing the bill for their little VACAY???

http://www.greenbrier.com/HomePage-Sub-Pages/Packages-Offers

[Bill Tozer]

Too bad they took Amtrak to get there.

[Scenes]

The Future of Team Blue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kennedy_III#/media/File:Joe_Kennedy_III,_115th_official_photo.jpg

I mean, seriously. I sense no gravitas in this man.

Any political movement basing it's future on Pelosi/Warren/Kennedy is screwed. Perhaps there's some hope for Western Culture after all.

[Scenes]

"GOP train to WELL EARNED retreat at The Greenbriar,,, I wonder who is footing the bill for their little VACAY???"

Bummer that the train hit a truck, huh? I can just feel the sadness pour forth from 'MAGA CoVfefel'.

[Bill Tozer]

For those who did not see or follow the SOTUS, a summary with quotes from the horse’s mouth.

But there was no sense of unity forthcoming from the Democrats.
Within minutes of the SOTU conclusion, a fundraising email from Democrat National Committee chairman Tom Perez hit my inbox with this declaration: “Let me be very clear about something: We can stop the terrible, divisive agenda that Trump laid out tonight in his State of the Union — but only if we take back Congress this year.”

https://patriotpost.us/alexander/53841

[Paul Emery]

The DOJ is under sessions so it would have to have his OK. Besides Trump says this has nothing yo do wityh Russia probe.

[Scenes]

"The DOJ is under sessions so it would have to have his OK. Besides Trump says this has nothing yo do wityh Russia probe."

English, do you speak it?

[George Rebane]

Administrivia - please continue collecting your Nunes memo comments under the proper commentary. Thanks.
http://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/rebanes_ruminations/2018/01/the-invisible-nunes-memo.html

[Bill Tozer]

Scenes.
Gregory nailed it last night with his 10:32 pm. Sometimes I wonder if Gregory has a drop or two of Deplorable blood pumping through his veins. Gravitas!

——Not a great meme, but I loved the gifs and comments.

https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1249186478548720/?type=3&theater

——— Don’t see no gravitas here, either.

https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1248636868603681/?type=3&theater

[MAGA CoVfefe!]

Scenes,,,

'''Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head''' Lennon

[MAGA CoVfefe!]

SOTU,,, more bla bla bla about THE GREAT WALL!!!

What about '''blood gold'''???

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article194362569.html

[Bill Tozer]

Scenes again....@ 12:09.

Yep, that was the first thing that crossed by mind as well. I now deeply regret even posting my one-liner about Amtrak. That was when I heard about the truck involved and injuries, but, unfonuatelty, before I heard the cemet truck driver was killed.

—-Dr Rebane
Mea Culpa. Please removed my comment: Posted by: Bill Tozer | 31 January 2018 at 12:03 PM
I do not wish to take away from the family of the deceased in this tragic and difficult time for them. Please.

Thank you.

[Scenes]

re: Mr Maga@12:39PM

Perhaps it happened to Lennon himself, or JFK.

The Logos has it's own way of dealing with things.

The river of dirty gold, drugs, or politics tells us that perhaps we should be more separated from Latin America. The Wall is only a partial solution, but is not unnecessary.

[George Rebane]

For your enjoyment, I took part in a futile exchange at Bob Crabb's place here - http://www.rlcrabb.com/history-2/some-things-never-change/

[Paul Emery]

Trump is aiding the Mexican drug dealers by doing NOTHING about the opiate epidemic which kills a hundred times more American citizens than terrorism of immigrants.

[Bonnie McGuire]

President Trump's state of the union speech was the best I've watched since Reagan. Even better because of the recognition given to ordinary people who experienced, overcame and achieved something special. Like President Trump, Abraham Lincoln also said that America (because of its Constitution) was a place where ordinary people could achieve their dreams. President Trump obviously knows who create the health and wealth of America's economy, and is actively working for and with we the people. What a contrast watching the show time sour grapes faces of Senator Pelosi and friends who only care about money and power for themselves. It's kind of humorous in that they definitely appear to be anti-Americans carrying on their destructive war within this country for many years.
Here's the entire text of the President's speech you can read.
http://dailysignal.com/2018/01/30/read-president-trumps-state-of-the-union-address/

[Scenes]

Saint Paul sez: "Trump is aiding the Mexican drug dealers by doing NOTHING about the opiate epidemic"

Oh, just be quiet you silly little turd.

The DOJ has about a million regulations, efforts, and rules on opiates. There's a fine line between those who really really need the things to just get by and those who abuse them.

Try working in that world, assuming you've ever had a real job, and you'll see what I mean.

Inventing a set of rules for handing them out is a tricky thing.

[Gregory]

The "America First" toon reproduced at Crabb's is a real misappropriation. Gerard LK Smith, the "America First" party presidential "nominee", got a whopping 1,700+ votes in 1944. He was denounced as among "professional anti-Semites and lunatic nationalists" by the Anti-Defamation League in the 1950's. A real "Denier", he claimed the Holocaust never happened and the six million missing Jews were moved to the USA during WWII.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_Party_(1944)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_L._K._Smith

No RL, those people are not seen at every Tea Party/GOP event, and the whole country said "Ugh!" to his campaign.

Earl keeps reaching for the baseless cheap shots, as does his BFF Chris Peterson. Crabb's blog is a verifiable echo chamber now.

[Paul Emery]

terrorism OR immigrant

[Todd Juvinall]

Paul Emery | 31 January 2018 at 01:19 PM
Could you not find anything to praise from his speech? You are simply unimportant and your opinions have become so reliable for derision you appear deranged. Opiates certainly are killing a lot of people and it must be Trump stuffing the pills down their throats. I suggest your pals that love the dope are the reason there is a market for the death pills. And we will see more now that the voters of Califonia agreed with you drug pushers about MJ.

[Todd Juvinall]

Regarding Crabb and his ilk writing about the signs at Tea Party rallies and claiming some sort of racial and moral superiority. Makes me laugh my ass off. Crabb is a racist and so is Frisch and Peterson. They try their best to blame others and deflect from their own foibles but they cannot make that work. They are projecting their own shortcomings onto others and Crabb just makes crap up. What a joke he is.

[Gregory]

Todd, I think you should stop using "ilk" in your postings; you just don't have the knack.

[Todd Juvinall]

Oh I do have the knack. You should leave well enough alone.

[Todd Juvinall]

Gregory, chew on this. It is being used correctly.

ilk
ilk/
noun
noun: ilk

a type of people or things similar to those already referred to.
"the veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at"
synonyms: type, sort, class, category, group, set, breed, strain, bracket, genre, make, model, kind, brand, vintage, stamp, style, family, variety
"a film of this ilk comes packaged with a fair deal of violence"

[Bonnie McGuire]

The America First Committee (AFC) was organized in September 1940 to oppose America`s potential intervention in World War II. Its best known leader was Charles Lindbergh. He'd attended the Pacific Conference and felt those involved didn't care about America, but were using us. He thought Russia was more of a threat. The propaganda was pretty intense. Years ago I read his Wartime Journals. It was really interesting....1000 pages of narrative, that takes the reader from March, 1938 to June, 1945. A detailed personal record of events from the time of the German invasion of Austria to Lindbergh's visits to postwar Europe's ruined cities.
https://www.americanheritage.com/content/wartime-journals-charles-liondbergh

[Gregory]

Todd, it wasn't a question of your grammar. It's like a kid writing a term paper or answering an exam question and running out of things to say about a person or issue, and using "et cetera" to intimate they have more to say.

If you think he's placeable on the list of synonyms you copied above, name it specifically, don't just bloody well hope we'll pick the one you're thinking of. "Ilk" doesn't cut it; it's a cheat otherwise.

[Paul Emery]

So Trump gets off the hook Scenes because, as you put it

"Inventing a set of rules for handing them out is a tricky thing."

Here's the numbers
"More than 64,000 drug overdose deaths estimated in 2016, the sharpest increase occurred among deaths related to fentanyl and fentanyl analogs (synthetic opioids) with over 20,000 overdose deaths." Source: CDC WONDER

Care to estimate the number of deaths in this country from Terrorism or illegal immigrants? Give it a try. There have been only 32 Deaths from terrorism since 9-11.

If Trump wants to "Make America Great Again" why not give more than a token effort to opiate and related substances abuse deaths. The States are crying out for help and have received little increase in financial assistance from Trump.

"If you look at Trump’s actions, well, it’s a very different story. There has been no move by Trump’s administration to actually spend more money on the opiate crisis. Key positions in the administration remain unfilled, even without nominees in the case of the White House’s drug czar office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). And although the administration’s emergency declaration was renewed this month, it has led to essentially no action since it was first signed — no significant new resources, no major new initiatives."

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/23/16909984/trump-opioid-epidemic-2017

[Mary Wanna]

Posted by: Gregory | 31 January 2018 at 02:00 PM - Trump's appropriation of "America First" would seem to predate Crabb's. The "lunatic nationalist" sure describes Trump.

While China gina and many of our trading partners are making all kinds of trade agreements, Trump is taking our marbles and going home.

We will see how that plays out long term. Sounds to me like we are going backwards, but I guess all that buddy buddy international trading is the stuff of Agenda 21.

[George Rebane]

BonnieM 308pm - Happy to hear that you also read Lindbergh's wartime journals; that was one hell of an enlightenment for me. Lindbergh was a man totally misunderstood after 1 September 1939 by most people in power, and even those considering themselves educated. The man was self-made and a selfless American patriot.

[Todd Juvinall]

Gregory | 31 January 2018 at 03:13 PM

Don't care. I'll do my thing my way and if it troubles you then don't read my stuff. Funny how a person thinks they always know better than others about the others.

[Todd Juvinall]

Paul Emery | 31 January 2018 at 03:19 PM

Actually, Paul Emery, it is the attitude you have along with your ilk that is the cause of drug overdoses. MJ is a gateway drug to worse and since you state you are a "libertarian" about what a person can do with their own body perhaps you personally are the reason there are drug OD's. Think about your own part of this scourge and leave Trump alone. He neither smokes or drinks and does not so drugs. You should emulate him rather than disparate him and his lifestyle choices.

[Mary Wanna]

Do we need to create some definitions here: Recreational Opiates (RO) and Medicinal Opiates (MO)?

RO gets all the publicity. If MO use is up it is because a large percentage of the population is aging and more people are trying to manage pain.

[L]

Just got home from Krazy Kali, so this is a mite late. The late Republic to our east also has a county named Deaf Smith, tho the folks there pronounce it "deef". For your trivia collection.

L

[Bill Tozer]

Speaking of recreational opiates, I see one optiate is friggin being passed out for free in the Chicago area as the direct result of Tax Reform. This kind of behavior would be outlawed in NYC.

https://article.wn.com/view/2018/01/31/Twinkie_makers_response_to_the_Trump_Tax_bonus_and_free_snac_o/

[George Rebane]

MaryW 432pm - good contribution Ms Wanna, let it henceforth be so.

[Paul Emery]

Todd

The majority of California and Nevada County voters voted to allow Recreational Marijuana to be legal. Do you also apply your 4;22 screed to all of them as well> I believe our host is on record to support Recreational Marijuana legalization as well. Correct me if I'm wrong George.

[Paul Emery]

Todd

do you support the right to use tobacco and drink alcoholic beverages?

[Todd Juvinall]

Paul Emery you are the self-proclaimed green-libertarian. You are the one who is constantly telling us that any substance one wishes to take is their business. Yet you cry that Trump is overlooking the "opiate" issue. So look in the mirror as it is you that is the hypocrite here, not I or Trump.

And as far as majority votes. I can certainly disagree with the issue but still support the process. Unlike your ilk that that did not do the same for the Prop 8 vores. So preach to some ignorant people and play those dopey head games you try somewhere else.

[Gregory]

Todd, henceforth, if I write "Todd and his ilk" take it to mean Todd and others who write like they are just out to score points, like Paul Emery and Keach.

Merry Juana 3:22
"- Trump's appropriation of "America First" would seem to predate Crabb's. The "lunatic nationalist" sure describes Trump."

The "America First" party was neonazi, and your cheapening "lunatic nationalist" to describe Trump just shows you to be a lot like Michael P. Anderson who is given to such ugly rhetoric. Do you know him and his bullshit games?

[Bill Tozer]

Bonnie and Dr. Rebane

Last night was a most inspiring speech. After eight long years of being pushed aside into the darkness hearing the constant drumbeat that America is bad, our founding is bad, our founders are bad, our military is bad, our country, our flag,our culture, our borders, our patriots, our police, our thinking, our speech are all bad bad bad.....after 8 long dark years, last night finally someone came out and proclaimed to the World it is not only ok to love America, it’s great to love America.
I love America and America is great. Trump laid forth in too many ways to list here how and why America is exceptional and American Exceptionalism is a fact and is alive and thriving. I love my country, home of the brave.

My soul has been watered and my spirit revived. My whole being has been rejuvenated.
I will skip the specifics of Trumps address for another post.
I loved how Trump used Natural Law to tie it all in, from the man with crutches to the rotunda, Capital Building, the monuments to great men in DC, to the Capital City itself as the beacon of love of liberty that beats inside the breast of all men seeking to be free. The love of God, family, flag, and country. The love of America and pride of being an American.

Ours indeed is a righteous cause.

[Todd Juvinall]

Gregory | 31 January 2018 at 07:42 PM
I am honored. Thanks.

[George Rebane]

BillT 753pm - Hear, hear Mr Tozer!

[Gregory]

The Nunes memo to be released tomorrow.

Todd 806pm you and your ilk are so cute when putting up a false front.

[Russ]

State Of The Union: Trump And U.S. Democrats Ignore Global Warming Completely

SOTU: Trump Does Not Mention Global Warming Once
Global Warming Policy Forum, 31 January 2018

While President Donald Trump touted policies to make the U.S. into an energy superpower, his first State of the Union (SOTU) address to Congress left out a hallmark of Obama-era speeches. Trump’s address is the first in eight years to not refer to manmade global warming — nine years if you include former President Barack Obama’s 2009 address to Congress. Instead, Trump emphasized deregulation and boosting energy production — many of the regulations Trump rescinded were Obama-era global warming policies. --Michael Bastasch, The Daily Caller, 30 January 2018

Democrats Ignore Climate Change In State Of The Union Rebuttal
Huffington Post, 31 January 2018

The Democratic Party omitted any mention of climate change in its rebuttal Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address. In his speech, Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) didn’t bring up global warming, sea-level rise or the surge in global greenhouse gas emissions, which threaten to become worse as the Republican White House ramps up fossil fuel production to unprecedented levels. --Huffington Post, 31 January 2018

It snowed in Africa, global warming must be over.

[Bill Tozer]

Under the heading ‘A blind squirrel finds a nut’

“For years, the fundamental complaint of the right in the culture wars has been that the left is hypocritical, and the Nikki Haley episode perfectly confirms the point: A prominent Republican woman is smeared. The author who does the smearing is celebrated by all the A-listers, including the most prominent Democratic woman in the country, who herself has a history of giving a pass (or worse) to men accused of sexual assault and harassment. And yet the arbiters of American culture cheer the Democrat and, in the words of the actor Don Cheadle, tell the Republican who has the gall to defend herself: ‘Sit down, girl. You’re drunk.’” —New York Times’ Bari Weiss.

[Bill Tozer]

I have so proud of my country. I am so proud to be an American. I an so proud of how Trump articulated how making America is great for all Americans.

But, not all see it that way.

“When the president comes to make the State of the Union address, he will try to characterize his initiatives as something positive. But 2017 was a very bad year for the American people because of the failure on the part of the Republicans in Congress to get the job done.” —Nancy Pelosi

“President Trump was handed an already healthy economy by his predecessor. Like many things in his life, he inherited the healthy economy. … Obama created more jobs in the last year of his term than you created in the first year of yours. So if you’re going to pat yourself on the back, give a shout out to Barack Obama.” —Chuck Schumer

Time to look in the mirror: “While I am always willing to work with my colleagues across the aisle, the president’s call for bipartisanship and unity rings hollow. You cannot reject bipartisan plans to improve health care and protect Dreamers or sow hate and division — and then turn around the next day and say you want to work together.” —Sen. Kamala Harris

Oh my. And to think she taught a class. I believe that was one class too many.
“I went to the #SOTU. I wanted it burned into my eyes. If there’s ever a moment when I’m too tired to keep fighting, I just have to close my eyes & see [Donald Trump], [Mike Pence] & [Paul Ryan] applauding themselves for punching working families in the gut, & I’m back in this fight.” —Elizabeth Warren raging over the fact that Americans can now keep more of their money

“President Trump said the word ‘America’ more than 80 times in his speech. Yet, after a divisive first year, we hear and feel how exclusionary that ‘America’ is, with policies that have harmed so many vulnerable American communities. The ACLU stands ready to protect these communities, both in the courts and at the polls.” —ACLU national political director Faiz Shakir

And last, I include one “conservative” voice: “The Democrats certainly did themselves no favors by refusing to applaud job growth and higher wages.” —Jonah Goldberg

[Bill Tozer]

I remember when incoming First Lady “elect” Michelle Obama said it was first time in her life she is proud of her country. That comment generated a lot of heat. In a way, I can relate. After Tuesday night’s SOTUA, it was the first time in awhile that I felt great pride in my country. Pride. Great pride. Swelling pride.
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There is something fundamentally wrong with holding illegal aliens in higher esteem, higher regard, and honored more than our own children and our fellow citizens. Law abiding citizens do not have sanctuary cities because law abiding folks do not need sanctuary cities.