Ruminations – 31may19 (updated 5jun19)

George Rebane

 “The American people, right now, do not support (impeachment) because they do not know the story. They don’t know the facts.” Congressman Nadler (D-NY).  So WTF has been holding up the facts for the last two years????  If you got ‘em, let us see them - now!

Tariffs on all Mexican goods is not my favorite idea to get Mexico to stop and not encourage the transit of central American migrants across their country.  Nothing else has worked to date, and Einstein’s dictum demands we try something new.  So, for all you worthies out there with better ideas, let’s have them.

[1jun19 update]  The RL Crabb cartoon below was filched from the 1jun19 Union.  Here Bob cleverly captures the obvious in our local state senate special election.  The unfortunate part illustrated is California’s so-called “Jungle Primary” law that lands the top two vote-getters from the primary in the final election.  In highly lopsided jurisdictions this means that the top two may be from the same party, therefore denying a voice to the minority to express their desire for other policies or even make known their numbers.  This is what happens when legislative pinheads give little thought to ‘Democracy über alles’.

[2jun19 update] As long argued here, our two ideological poles interpret about every aspect of the realworld from significantly different or even disjoint perspectives.  Three Columbia Law School mavens acknowledge and examine this phenomenon in ‘Republicans and Democrats Are Describing Two Different Constitutions’ published in the current edition of The Atlantic.  The closer we all look at our belief systems (aka ontologies), the wider the chasm between us appears.

Climate Change Cacophony – Russ Steele points us to ‘The Stunning Statistical Fraud Behind The Global Warming Scare’.  And in conjunction I again ask readers to consider this chain of chances (probabilities) before mindlessly promoting public policies – each successive chance is conditioned on the previous ones being true.  So, what’s the chance that climate varies over time, that a long-term warming trend continues, that current warming is overwhelmingly manmade, that the warming trend is catastrophic, that the warming trend can be halted by some means, that we know how to halt warming, that we can afford to halt warming without destroying the economies that provide the wealth to terminate global warming???  Now multiply all those probabilities together to assess your support of climate hysteria.

[5jun19 update]  HOT FLASH!  Speaker Pelosi again confirms (the RR assertion) that the Dems’ constituency is overwhelmingly challenged in the intellectual acumen department.  She made great effort yesterday to 1) acknowledge that the Left’s voters do not grasp the meaning of ‘impeachment’, thinking that once impeached then you’re out.  And 2) explained in detail that impeachment is like indictment, and that a guilty verdict from a trial in the Senate is needed to oust an impeached official.  Of course, she had to negotiate these semantic hurdles while carefully omitting mention of the illustrative example of Sweet Willie being impeached yet remaining in office.  Now methinks she’s worried that her voters are equally clueless about what ‘indictment’ means.

Neither Biden nor Warren know the difference between an objective and a plan to achieve the objective.  Both have now disclosed their “plans” to solve their climate change catastrophe which consist overwhelmingly of just throwing more money at ‘global warming R&D’ and praying fervently (to the extent permitted in the liberal liturgy) that something good will come out of that before the world ends.  Oh yeah, each also intends to pass some more laws and regs to make sure that the economy will not be able to afford achieving the R&D objectives.

Comments

[Robert Cross]

So WTF has been holding up the facts for the last two years????

how about obstruction of justice for a starter?

[Don Bessee]

BWWWWWAAAAAAHAHHAHA, oh stop, your killing me. Giggle, snort, cough. Now that's funny!

;-)

[Walt]

Show some proof of that Bobby.
Kinda like that "cover up" Your Queen yapped about.
Gotta investigate to see just what he covered up.... (she doesn't know what he covered up,, but she knows he had to somewhere,,,,right?)

Just what "justice" was obstructed? The manufactured crime ?
That's obstruction of INjustice. Show that law on the books.

[Scott O]

Bobbie - you are hilarious! Nadler claims he has the facts. If he won't show you the facts, then he's the one obstructing justice.
The facts are that the whole investigation was begun by false Dem BS and there was no collusion by Trump with Russia.
Get some help, boy - you are getting twisted out of mental shape.

[George Rebane]

RobertC 531pm - Welcome back in your usual good form. Unfortunately, for you and yours, there has been no evidence of justice obstructed, most certainly not of the kind that would have prevented any of Nadler's alleged "facts" remaining undiscovered. You do have to remember (don't you?) that Nadler has assured the world that these facts already exist and are in his possession - so the question stands.

[Todd Juvinall]

I heard that Mueller's family was denied a refund years ago of a Trump golf membership somewhere. Anyone else hear that?

[Todd Juvinall]

Robert Cross | 31 May 2019 at 05:31 PM
BoobieC, where have you been this year? All done now. No collusion no obstruction. Catch up or shut up.

[L]

What to do?
1. Immediately impose withholding tax on all remittances to Mexico- the senders can recapture the withholding when they file their income tax returns. Right?
2. Close the border, completely, to human traffic- no Nogales, Sonora shoppers in Tucson.
3. Build the multi-level barrier (aka "the wall') and when complete, gradually reopen the border. The goal is ZERO illegal immigration.
4. Pull the wall back from the border at well regulated crossing points and provide facilities on US soil for asylum seekers to make application but remain outside the wall until accepted.
5. Hunt down every possible illegal in the US and decide, based upon merit (such as being self-supporting) who we should keep. All (That's ALL) others deported as a lesson not to do this again.
6. The illegals accepted for admittance can stay, but NO illegal immigrant can EVER become a citizen. To encourage legal migration.

[L]

Note that #1 pays for #3 and fulfills Trump's pledge to have Mexico pay for the wall that their abuse has forced us to construct. The Guatemala and El Salvador and Honduras migrants become their problem for sharing a border with them.

Keep air travel and large scale trade open both ways so as not to damage the Mexican tourism economy any more than necessary- this isn't about punishing Mexico, but ending the chaos on our (very close to me) Southern border.

[Don Bessee]

ITS THE ECONOMY STUPIDS!

Also outlined in the survey, which was conducted from May 29–30, was the Trump economy; 62 percent approved of his approach to employment, while 59 percent approved of his handling of the economy.

Of the 1,295 voters surveyed online, an astonishing 71 percent said they view the Trump economy as “strong” or “very strong.”

;-)

[Scott O]

Oh George! "...there has been no evidence of justice obstructed..."
That's the whole point - there IS evidence, but Trump has obstructed it! That rascally scamp!
The left have received coded messages from the double secret zone from the evidence itself crying for release from the dank cell of one of Trump's Towers!

[Walt]

Looks like Nadler and pencil neck Schiff have evidence.
Schiff is still sitting on it. Nadler have the same "evidence"?
OK,,, only they can see it apparently.

Hummmm.. No Bobby.. He can't seem to be able to find it either.

[Bill Tozer]

Walt gets the Daily Double. Forget Nadler for a second. Shiftlipps has steadfastly said for months, if not years, that he has seen the evidence! His eyeballs done seen it. It exists. It exists to such a degree that he doth protest the declassification and release of said evidence as a coverup, roflmao. Yep, it’s crazy time in the Dem loony bin when releasing evidence is a coverup of the coverup.

As Barr said, Mueller could have released criminal activity for obstruction of justice and made the Dems job a lot easier. Obstruction? 16 or 17 of those pieces of evidence is Trump’s public tweets calling it a witch hunt. Much to the Dem’s chagrin, Trump was telling the truth. Mueller’s Investigation was not hampered, no resources held back....even during the shut down. Comey’s firing did not interrupt the Mueller Investigation or the FBI’s hunt for Red October. For a guy who wanted to fire Mueller’s behind, Trump didn’t fire Mueller.

Come on Leftinistas, lay those objustion of justice cards on the table so we law and order types cast behind you call for Trump’s head on the platter.

61 unhinged Leftinistas called for Trump’s impeachment before one syllable of the Mueller report was released. Hat tip to Ted Gowdy for that pearl. :)

I see no difference between Mueller and Comey. Self appointed protectors of the Deep State and a law unto themselves.

As far as Russian interference in our elections go, finally some real proof has emerged. After reading a FB post, Michael Moore got off his fat caboose and attended an anti-Trump rally.
Not to put Michael “I’not fat, I’m full of crap” Moore down, I have blood on my hands as well. One of the examples of Russian interference in our elections was some memes.....one of which I posted here! Its true. I colluded with the Russians and because of that meme I posted, every reader rushed off vote for Trump. Then Trump tried (but failed) to cover it up! Release more memes! Impeach the wretched beast.

"I personally felt he could’ve reached a decision," Barr said in an interview with CBS that airs in full Friday (partial transcript via Politico). "The opinion says you cannot indict a president while he is in office, but he could’ve reached a decision as to whether it was criminal activity."....William Barr.

https://www.facebook.com/newtgingrich/photos/a.162764089196/10157290244199197/?type=3&theater

[Rock Hunter]

L
#2 Stop all human traffic to border towns? At least 80% of American border businesses are staffed daily by Mexicans. The majority of the shoppers are Mexicans. All of the sales and income taxes go to America. What will closing that trade serve? Strike that idea.

#3. Zero immigration. No chance. The cost of diminishing returns trying to stop the last 15% of immigrants is a waste of time and money. Leakage is inevitable, we'll catch them later.

#5 Hunt down all the illegals but don't deport those who are nice people? Bullshit. Deport them all, even if they are doctors, lawyers, and good looking prostitutes. Zero tolerance. If they have American born kids, keep the kids and split the families. Hit them where it counts. Zero tolerance. Don't let anyone come across who thinks they might get some sort of amnesty. We're still feeling the results of Reagan's fag amnesty.

The problem as I see it is we talk a lot, but are afraid of our own actions. Lets' get boots on the ground, lock and load, and play for keeps. Kick some brown ass.

[Scott O]

Nice try, 'Rock Hunter' - we're not falling for it.

[Gregory]

"Rock Hunter" is an ugly troll... playing a stereotype that doesn't exist here.

I'd guess "Rock" to be Stephen Frisch.

[Barry Pruett]

Jerry Nader? He is a joke. 😂

[Gregory]

Trump was found not guilty of stealing the horse he was accused of stealing, but that leaves impeachment for his trying to weasel his way out of the hanging.

[fish]

......good looking prostitutes.

An inadvertent admission of someone’s real concerns.

[fish]

Posted by: Barry Pruett | 01 June 2019 at 07:47 AM

Jerry Nader? He is a joke. 😂

Yes......while seated.

https://images.app.goo.gl/EjfCY7WuJmwDLjSV6

[Scott O]

Gregory 7:55 - It's worse than that.
A woman falsely claimed her horse had been stolen and the Dem posse went after an innocent man and then the posse charged him with obstruction because the innocent man wouldn't admit his guilt to stealing a horse that didn't exist.

[Scott O]

fish - I noticed that too - looks like a ventriloquist's dummy.

[Don Bessee]

Now that would be nice -

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/31/brooks-federal-employees-engaging-in-coup-detat-against-trump-should-be-caught-jailed-to-the-maximum-term-allowed-by-law/

;-)

[Walt]

Didn't know Zoot suits were back in fashion.

[Scott O]

Walt - 'Zoot suits'? They actually looked classy. Nadler looks like Fred Mertz on a bad day.

[Keith]

I read Mr. Crabb's editorial cartoon with interest. Where was the outcry when Kamala Harris and Lorena Gonzalez, both Democrats, faced off in the 2018 general election for the U.S. Senate. I do not remember a similiar outcry then.

[George Rebane]

Keith 717pm - Your memory is not faulty. There was no similar outcry then; Democrats have always marched to a different drummer.

[Don Bessee]

@235,622 -

All nads the gansta needs is an extra long gold pocket watch chain! LOL

;-)

[Walt]

Yup,, Kieth has a point.. I was thinking the same thing when I saw the work of Crabbs.
Just about every run off election in this state is between to LIBS.
So the South ends of two asses joined at the middle is more than appropriate. (nothing but crap out of either end)

[Bill Tozer]

Feinstein vs Kevin de Leon?

[Paul Emery]

Remember George it was the Republicans-Gov Swartz and State Senator Abel Maldonado, who instigated the top two election debacle in 1910 as a ballot measure. I covered it extensively in the news. Here's the scoop.

"Proposition 14 was a proposal to amend Sections 5 and 6 of Article II of the California State Constitution relating to elections. It is officially known as the Top Two Primaries Act.

It was authored by State Senator Abel Maldonado, who represented the 15th district as Senate Constitutional Amendment 4 of the 2009–2010 Regular Session (Resolution Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009).[1] It was based on a proposal drafted by the Independent Voter Project in 2008.[2] It was passed in the State Senate by a vote of 27 to 12 and in the State Assembly by a vote of 54 to 20.[1] The proposition was publicly backed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, as part of a deal in which Maldonado agreed to support his proposed 2009–2010 state budget, and was opposed by political parties."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_California_Proposition_14

[Walt]

Breaking ranks Paul? The other LIBS won't be happy with you.
Did you need permission from "them" to break the code of silence?
Or are the rest of the mongrels not far behind?

[Bill Tozer]

1910? He looks much older than that.

Remember George it was the Republicans-Gov Swartz and State Senator Abel Maldonado, who instigated the top two election debacle in 1910 as a ballot measure. I covered it extensively in the news. Here's the

[Paul Emery]

Thanks for the correction Bill. What are you talking about Walt?

[Walt]

WOW Paul,, short memory? You and the other LIBS have an embargo on comments here. Just like your bro "oozzz" said.. "Our silence is powerful" Or something else just as lame along those lines.

As for vote the vote game, I;m sure you would love the ranked-choice voting system for Ca. The LIBS have that scam down pat too.

[Bill Tozer]

Re: Crabbman's cartoon

I do like the California flag at half mast.

https://www.facebook.com/100001107384469/posts/2305066772873546/

[Paul Emery]

I liked it the old way Walt. I hate the top two system as it is now. It was a Repub invention supported by the voters .

[Walt]

Glad to hear it Paul.. Just the new trick of a ballot in every mail box. Then LIBS go ballot "harvesting". Another practice that's ripe for voter fraud. (something the LIBS in another state have already accused the Right of doing) But of course,, LIBS would NEVER stoop to that level. Just ask all the dead that have voted.

[Walt]

Anything still standing in Grass Valley? The lightning show we are seeing from down here is wild.

[Bill Tozer]

Walt

Love the show. Nice way to end a beautiful day.

[Walt]

Hear they are canceling the fireworks for the 4TH down in Sac.?
Instead they will have "drones" with pretty flashing lights.

Is there nothing a LIB mind won't "F"up?

[Walt]

Another Lefty trying to say "O" fixed the economy, and of course says Trump is out to ruin it.
Any of you LIBS buy this line of BS?
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/06/01/meeks-obama-put-economy-on-right-track-and-trump-doing-everything-to-destroy-that/
"Meeks said, “Look, this president inherited an economy that was moving in the right direction. He should thank his soul that it was Barack Obama who put it together. He’s doing everything in his power to try to destroy that.”

OK LIBS,, tell us just how "O" did that.

[George Rebane]

And how again did the Repubs pull that off in a Dem controlled legislature?

[AVMan]

,,,'''In highly lopsided jurisdictions this means that the top two may be from the same party, therefore denying a voice to the minority to express their desire for other policies or even make known their numbers'''

,,, way to find a way to whine about something George!!!

here we have a dream come true for RightWinger/JeffersonStater/anti-CARBos,,,a ballot with only Republican candidates,,, and George is pissed!!!

Guess what??? That means that even with a '''third party candidate''' and a split Republican vote they still garnered the most votes. Why??? Because a lot of Dems preferred the Rep candidates over their own,,,myself included!!!
But now I am going to write Audrey Denny in and call it good...

[Gregory]

The farmer without a farm, educator without a classroom Audrey Denney was running for a Federal orifice and therefore that race was not subject to the top two balloting.

sorry Keach.

There is also no way to "write in" a candidate in the run-off.

Denney, by the way, is working with AOC's handlers for her next attempt to unseat LaMalfa, to the left of the 'frisco liberals to whom LaMalfa's parody had her pledging fealty... that should be good for a reissue in 2020.

[George Rebane]

AV 858am - do you have a special definition for 'whine' as applied to my comment; or are you forced to resort to that descriptor because you have again encountered the limits of your vocabulary?

[Steven Frisch]

Two quick things because I could not resist.

1. Re: Posted by: Gregory | 02 June 2019 at 09:25 AM Congressional races in California ARE subject to the "Top Two" primary process.

2. Re: Posted by: Gregory | 01 June 2019 at 07:47 AM I am not "Rock Hunter"

When I rarely speak up to point out that someone like Gregory an ill-informed, arrogant, smug, intellectually arrogant, social misfit I do it using my real name.

[Todd Juvinall]

Sure, and you think we nelieve you? Nope.

[Gregory]

Golly Steve 1020am

I stand corrected by your #1, and I smirk at the claim of your #2... it can't be proved unless the sock in question stands up, can it?

Your last sentence really needs work, Steph... where's the editor when you need one? I'd suggest maybe, "While I rarely speak up when someone like Gregory, an ill-informed, arrogant, smug social misfit, is wrong... when I do it I use my real name".

I got rid of the second "arrogant" as being somewhat redundant. Now, doesn't that flow better?

[Steven Frisch]

Posted by: Gregory | 02 June 2019 at 11:17 AM

I agree the second arrogant is redundant.