Welcome to the Friday OPEN THREAD at the QTree! What a week it has been. Thank you for the Thursday hand-off TrumpIsMine. What would we do without FLEP’s News Roundup to keep up? Thank you, Flep. Hat tip and a hearty thank you to all contributors and the lurkers!
We don’t believe in political correctness at QTree. Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it. Important Guidelines are outlined here in the January 1st open thread, with an addendum on 20191110. In other words, please keep it SOMEWHAT civil. We have a new board – actually a new SITE – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation. NOT HERE. This board will remain a REFUGE for those who need civility, either some or all of the time. That’s life at QTreehouse as we glide into the weekend.
What a week we’ve had. We started with the Bolton Blow-Up and have been living with ShaMMMpeachment all week long, but our team has been terrific. We’ve fallen in love with Patrick Philbin and are ready to nominate him to the Supreme Court.
We’ve learned all about the Coronovirus this week but can’t decide how bad the virus really is. Let’s say, we’re not going a cruise ship around China South Seas, anytime soon.
The President signed USMCA, creating the largest trading bloc in the world between Mexico, USA, Canada. The deal was long overdue.
Along the way, in his spare time, the President decided to release the Middle East Peace Plan. No way anyone could have watched the ceremony without shedding a tear.
We’ve traveled to a raccous rally in South Jersey! What a wonderful time. So many people reserved tickets, the entire summer beach town of WildWood reopened. Every restaurant, hotel, and bar was full. What a rally!
The President also made a stop in Michigan, to spread the cheer about USMCA, and had a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, where we got to stopped to visit with a few friendly people.
Today is the LONG-awaited BREXIT and we all wish we were in a pub with our buddy, ChurchMouse, sharing a pint.
We’ll follow the Super Bowl over the weekend. Monday is the Iowa Caucus and get ready for Tuesday, The State of the Union!!!!!! Hard to believe that Davos was was only 8 days ago…..
Are you tired of winning? Are you tired of trying to keep up with our President? Rest up, because we’re definitely on that Wolfie Rollercoaster.
SPEAK THE FIVE WORDS BOLDLY TO OUR PRESIDENT!, “I AM PRAYING FOR YOU!“ He needs our prayers and help more than ever before!
And remember….. it is time to drain the swamp in DC and LOCALLY. Please make a commitment in the new year to attend a LOCAL board meeting for your town or municipality or school board. Get involved and make your presence known. Put your local officials phone numbers in your cell phone and call them once a week (or more often).
“Our movement is about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by you, the American People.” Candidate Donald J Trump
Also remember Wheatie’s Rules:
- No food fights.
- No running with scissors.
- If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Since most of us arrived here because we were “banned”. How about this Grand Funk Railroad classic as our new theme song? After all, we’re pretty much the American Banned, right?
A little Gorebull Warming info:
Also, “There has been no trend in Arctic sea ice extent since the start of MASIE records in 2006.”
Now let’s see if anyone remembers how to unsticky the MAGA rally…..
I strongly suspect that it’s the inverse of sticking the Brexit celebration!!! 😀
Wolf I have an article in draft regarding the impact of bovine flatulence – I’ve put a lot together but it needs some work to get over the finish line. If you are so inclined, HAVE AT IT!
OK, will do – maybe tomorrow. I just finished another post that is scheduled to go out later. Need a rest – I’ve worked on it for days!!! 😀
I get it! Kids keep me busy in the evening with their bedtime shenanigans . . .
Michael have you seen this??
Drone used in high-tech Missouri snow day plea
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6126823809001/
LOL that is hilarious 😉
Don’t feel pressured
There was no pressure
It was a perfect call
There was no quid pro quo
There doesn’t have to be quid pro quo. There only has to be the possibility that you could have been thinking about quid pro quo.
You’re toast buddy!
Article is set to publish at noon + 1 minute tomorrow. I just added some chrome. If you make any changes, please re-schedule – don’t leave as a draft!
THANK YOU!!! Very enjoyable!!! <3
Fox reporting American Airlines pilots suing their union because they don’t want to fly to China anymore.
I don’t blame them.
https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1223109962123005952
This is the weirdest start to an open thread yet. Arctic sea ice to sticky MAGA (whatever that is) to Sum Ting Wong with flying to China.
I think I’ll go troll on reddit.
If anyone has contact with “Babylon Bee” might suggest they toss out a quickie for tomorrow morning.
“Justice Clarence Thomas to replace Chief Justice Roberts for the remainder of the Impeachment Trial”
ROFLMAO 🤣🤣🤣😱😱
This seems notable…
The hashtag #EricCiarmarella is trending on twitter now.
Over 30,500 tweets so far…and growing.
So much for Twitter trying to squelch and suspend people for tweeting that name!
Hah.
😁
Wow. @jackboot must be home sick in bed.
yep, Jack must be asleep!
heh heh
he he
However, FB and YT are awake.
https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1223048308676935680?s=20
And yet, nothing ever happens to them.
No different than if Holder or Lynch was running the DOJ.
No different at all.
twitter is hiding it
https://twitter.com/GlennpVincent/status/1223157108264271872?s=20
That figures, doesn’t it.
😠🤬
I noticed that it got up over 40 thousand tweets and then…poof!
It was gone.
twitter SUCKS. Reminds me of the old Jerry Springer show.
Yea but Jerry didn’t censor free speech.
NOT defending Jerry. Subtle difference is significant.
AND, yea, Jerry show did suck.
I mentioned three or four times the name which shall not be named on Jimbo’s show last evening before I was informed there was a policy ban and then I was cut off. Orwellian, indeed.
That a way Zoe
“we are watching the crowning of the president, with Mitch McConnell holding the crown.” . . .
Sure. And in just a little while, you’ll be watching Mme Piglousy getting an enema with . . .
No. I don’t want to go there!
Try Cinderfella…
Crazy Mazie… commie congress-critter…
Or, maybe, Ciao Mozzarella…
Here is Terrenc K. Williams, singing “Eric Ciarmarella” different ways…
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Text for Zoe:
NO IM NOT DELETING THIS VIDEO
The left is reporting me for saying #EricCiarmarella name & for also singing it!
Eric Ciaramella
sing it with me
RT if you think I deserve a Grammy Award for this song!
& make sure to use #EricCiarmarella
That is hilarious! Thanks for posting.
Explosive press conference with Rand Paul:
Rand Paul said the name then said later on, ‘I’m not talking about the whistleblower, I’m talking about two friends’ who attempted to bring down PDJT.
hiya churchmouse!
how excited are you for the today’s events???
I have a spring in my step today, that’s for sure. 🙂
I’m so relieved that we will FINALLY be entering the transition period, which we should have done last March.
I was incensed at opposition MPs this week who said, ‘But we’re not out yet. We’re only entering the transition phase.’ No kidding! That’s why millions of us were angry they kept dragging their feet last year and voting down every Conservative measure on Brexit.
No wonder they were voted out in December!
Conservatives have a majority of 80. Long may it last. We have quite a few young MPs (late 20s, thirty-somethings), too, who are energetic and want to put the Great back into Britain.
God bless Boris. His enthusiasm is infectious. He is far from perfect — can waffle on policy — but he’s the best Prime Minister the UK is going to get for a long time.
Cheers!!
Thanks!
🙂
Not to pour cold water on your enthusiasm…..
But what is up with Boris approving Huawai 5G stuff?
Oh, yes — I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Apparently, Huawei would only be used for private networks, not those belonging to security/intelligence or the military.
Nonetheless, this has not gone down well with Conservative MPs — thankfully.
It emerged during the Commons (MPs) debate this week that Huawei has been around since the Labour government prior to 2010. It never went away.
Now influential Conservatives want to put paid to Huawei. Supposedly, the company would only operate 35% of our network.
However, one Conservative MP pointed out that foreigners going to China are advised to use burner phones only. Another said that 5G networks are a mesh, so it is difficult to determine where one point starts and ends.
Conclusion: problematic all around, it would seem.
https://twitter.com/OldSchool2A/status/1223181640702332929?s=20
He has crazy eyes too!
sum ting wong wit dat dudes eyes
Looks kind of, erm, Schiffty…
The hashtag has some excellent, entertaining tweets (remove *):
*https://twitter.com/hashtag/EricCiarmarella?src=hash
That is such a wonderful photo of the potus and flotus outside fords theater just lovely. Almost magical.
I know, right? …It’s truly an amazing photo!
I love it too!
That photo not only is striking but ICONIC.
Makes up for a long ago (100+ years) of a tragedy. Almost as if this is the redemption.
God has given us Great Blessings.
Love everything about this photo, the angle, color of her cape, the flag on the Beast, the night time scene, the curb and street. It’s striking.
Check bin please
That photo is brilliant. As an artist, I can see how it all works. Everything is balanced in THREES.
Gold color: flag, cape, President’s hair
Highlights: two lit areas in the distance, column close up
Darkness: the sky, the Beast, President Trump’s coat and the column behind him
Curves: the fender, the curb, the top edge of the street in the distance
Straight lines: the top of the building on the right, the column, the right-hand edge of the flag
And the perspective is flawless.
It’s the formula I’d use for a perfect composition in a painting. For it to come together in a moment in time for a photograph is extraordinary.
Also – three cone shapes – the Christmas tree, wife’s cape, US flag, signifying God, Family, Country
Yes. And I’m sure there is more there, too. Just stunning.
He’s looking at the carolers and she’s looking at him.
I love everyone’s amazing artistic perspective, especially for folks like me who just see how it appears perfect. When I see the picture, and know the Place it was taken… this is what I’m thinking:
Wrote this upthread.
Makes up for a long ago (100+ years) of a tragedy. Almost as if this is the redemption.
God has given us Great Blessings.
WO!
Wow.
Although, I’m not too surprised…the Saudis hate Iran’s militant mullahs and resent their pursuit of nuclear weapons.
When HusseinO gave Iran all that cash, I’m sure that the Saudis were pissed off about that.
That’s why they were so celebratory about our Pres Trump.
They were singing…”At last we have what we have prayed for.”
“They were singing…”At last we have what we have prayed for.” ”
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Well that doesn’t sound ominous…
No, that doesn’t sound ominous at all.
Perish the thought…
My wife just showed me a picture someone sent her on her phone.
Sit down for this one.
It’s a picture of Schiff, his wife, his daughter and … [drumroll] Eric the Whistleblower.
The caption says daughter is dating Eric.
My mind is boggled.
I think that’s old Fake News, was circulating and debunked months ago.
That sounds like a picture that was being tweeted around a couple of months ago…
And a lot of people did side-by-side comparisons of the boyfriend with known photos of Carmarella.
If memory serves….the consensus was that boyfriend is Not Eric Carmarella.
So beware, that might be the same photo, resurfacing.
Yes, but a son of Soros, making it worse actually. If were speaking of the same one.
PGroup, WOW. My mind also boggled.
Sleepy is done, stick a fork in him.
Scott was excellent on Ingraham. Miss Lindsey has vowed, yes again, to investigate Bidens because there IS a scintilla of evidence.
https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1223048308676935680?s=20
Oops, wrong tweet
Time to rest the wings.🦋🦋🦋 Ni Ni everybody😘 😴
SOVIET SOCIALIST MEDIA
Some actual scientific facts that the climate-hoaxers don’t want people to know:
https://twitter.com/Carbongate/status/1222996169149886470?s=20
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Text of tweet from Pure Climate Skeptic, for Zoe:
Get the science right! CO2 is not a well mixed gas, it is invisible, heavier than air, soluble in water, essential to all life on this planet and the basis of our food chain. It responds to climate change and cannot possibly cause it. The Sun drives climate.
Found this in the replies to Pure Climate Skeptic’s tweet:
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For Zoe:
It’s a graph showing the naturally occurring decline of CO2 levels, and a quote from Greenpeace Founder, Dr. Patrick Moore:
“CO2 levels have been going down steadily for 140 million years, and got down to 180ppm at the height of the last glaciation, nearly low enough to kill all life on earth.
If we hadn’t come along and put some of it back in the atmosphere, life would be on a path to extinguish itself in the geologically near future…”
I think these climate change folks think the way they do because they either never had it or lost their faith in God. He created all this (waving my arms around widely) and if you actually watch nature, it balances itself out…it’s supposed to change and reset and adapt…it works. And God created us (pointing at myself) too—He would not introduce something into His wonderful system that would turn it all to crap…
Yep. About 15 years ago, give or take, I saw a graphic of the earth’s temperatures with solar activity. You could almost lay one right on top of the other, they were that close.
So, literally, the forces that drive our climate are out of this world.
So our climate control is out of this world. Thus, it fits that those who don’t understand our climate are out of their minds.
Haaaa.😄🤣
Trump War Room tweets:
Adam Schiff desperately tried to stop Jerry Nadler from seizing the microphone:
“Jerry. Jerry! JERRY!”
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And now, the hashtag #JerryJerryJerry is trending.
Haaaa.
https://twitter.com/lacrimis_gratum/status/1223157437298962433?s=20
Rosie Memos replies with photo of others laughing about it:
The Chariiots of Fire theme is just inspired.
ROTFLMAO.
What the heck is Schiff afraid of?
Dep………. that’s perfect.
The Chariots of FIre music…..I’m just crying over here and have rewatched a few times…….
‘jerry. jerry. JERRY’ lol
Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries may have said the Stupidest Answer to a question, so far.
Daily Caller tweets:
When asked whether the Clinton campaign’s use of the Steele Dossier in 2016 would be considered impeachable under the Dems’ standard, @RepJeffries says no because the Steele dossier “was purchased.”
Here is the Question that he was replying to:
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Unbelievable.
Weasel Words.
to quote Bugs Bunny…”What a maroooooon!”
Ben Tallmadge’s tweet below is from last September.
Not sure if it was posted at the time, but, even so, it’s worth a revisit:
https://twitter.com/BenKTallmadge/status/1176650179337809920
There seems to be no end or plumbable depth to the corruption of the Biden, Clinton, Pelosi, Kerry and Romney cabal.
I was rather hoping the Senate impeachment trial would begin to lance that ugly boil.
It is being exposed little by little – but the main cleansing will come after the election/inauguration!
Pity it could not have started already.
News from the UK. Boris has received written confirmation from our intelligence services that we can use a Huawei 5G network outside of our intelligence agencies and military.
A number of Conservative MPs — along with those on the opposition benches — are rightly unhappy about this. There was a polite, yet lively, debate this week in Parliament on the topic.
This is very true:
More on China’s Thousand Talents:
https://twitter.com/BenKTallmadge/status/1223095302866890752
Taking money from a foreign government to sponsor research=agent of a foreign power. FISA and two hops apply. That will potentially surveil university presidents and trustees. That’s massive, IMO, necessary surveillance depending on the nature of the research. Especially at the land grants, whose missions involve, military science, mechanical engineering, and agriculture.
Excellent points. Yes, ‘that’s massive’.
No wonder PDJT has been talking about China for so long. He probably knows all about this.
I suspect that I may have been caught up in this in about 2005-2006, as an employee enrolled in an extracurricular class at an Ivy.
I’m no one; never had a clearance, and didn’t initially think that my chosen research topic, although interesting, was anything but obscure history.
However, my position in the organization with 2 hops could have hit the trustees. Looking back, I worked on institution devices and networks, so I have no concern about the content of any of my correspondence and communications, even on my own devices, but the Snowden revelations were front and center at the time and highly disturbing to me. I remember discussions at the time with classmates, and remember being shocked at how unfazed they were with the loss of their rights to privacy.
I can empathize with Carter Page. I had no idea that this could happen. Circumstances all seemed like explainable coincidence. Perhaps I should have suspected when I opened the calendar in my new employee packet, on my first day to find a photo of my mother, and also another rrelative.
This is it, isn’t it?
No one is ever bothered at the time. Any concern becomes a ‘conspiracy theory’ so why worry about it — especially because the MSM aren’t reporting on it.
The lone voices calling out are summarily ignored.
I truly hope that justice will be done — and soon.
I really hope that the Republicans take Rand Paul seriously and will bring up questions about a certain someone at the Senate impeachment trial:
https://twitter.com/HanneNabintuHer/status/1223037397471985664
https://twitter.com/HanneNabintuHer/status/1223042439293952007
Was nasty mouth Never-Trumper McMullin involved?
I’ve no idea, GA/FL, but the cast of characters must be far greater than we know at this point.
I don’t find a direct connection to E CIA, or Brennan, Nuland, Obama in the links. However this link is interesting.
https://now.tufts.edu/articles/former-president-republic-georgia-joins-fletcher-school
The alleged person behind the snipers landed at Tufts when he left Ukraine and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Senators Clinton and McCain.
No news links because only a few people working in international security know about it?
I can’t remember if it was he or someone else tweeting who said it is classified information.
Your link is a keeper. Thank you. It further illustrates the connections among these characters.
That link was in the linked article. This guy is interesting and worth further research, I think. However, internet activity related to him and any links to Biden is being tracked as Russian disinformation, according to a report I saw from June 2019. It’s very important to verify links and sources. Let’s not spread any false information. There are several reports by the NYT about his activity in Ukraine written contemporaneous to the activity, but are behind a paywall. If I get a chance, I’ll post links.
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/mikheil-saakashvili
Zelenski let him back into Ukraine:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-saakashvili/ex-georgian-leader-saakashvili-stages-triumphant-return-to-ukraine-idUSKCN1SZ281
And regarding Russian disinfo:
https://medium.com/dfrlab/russian-tv-ties-biden-to-its-saakashvili-organ-trade-conspiracy-theory-ef9c7ce26660
And the opinions of the Atlantic Council, etal in Feb. 2018:
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/is-this-the-end-of-mikheil-saakashvili-in-ukraine/
And here he is talking to Fox News in Sept. 2019:
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6089619183001#sp=show-clips
Who knows? Think I’ll stick to popcorn and ginger beer on this one. My brain needs a break…
Thank you kindly for the information — very much appreciated.
Flynn/Powell latest:
Well, this is interesting.
Government backing off to probation was not a response but submitted prior to motion for dismissal.
I hope that farce comes to an end soon.
The general should receive massive financial compensation for all the grief he and his family have endured. It will soon be three years, won’t it?
Another example of Feds…in this case, DOJ lying.
Of course it was in response to Flynn’s filing!
– Probation on the table for about a year.
– Couple months ago as Sydney started exposing the DOJ and FIB fraud recommend six months.
– Flynn formally pulls guilty plea, moar revelations. POOF, probation.
DOJ hoping Sullivan goes with their criminal behavior
Feds NEVER like to admit they were wrong.
That Feds conspired to fuck over an American citizen.
AND, damn sure, FEDS don’t want to admit the DOJ conspired with FIB to FRAME an American. HUGE National news.
Not going to happen Brennan. Go back in your hole!
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John Brennan: Cancel The State Of The Union, Blames Impeachment
https://hotair.com/archives/karen-townsend/2020/01/30/john-brennan-cancel-state-union-blames-impeachment/
I suspect that the Dems will deploy a ‘weapon of mass disruption’ at this years State of the Union address by President Trump.
Those who scream the loudest have the most to hide.
Thread from Greg Rubini on a certain someone:
Threadreader for this one. It’s a must-read.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1223001808827797516.html
Thanks for the Threadreader link.
Considering the Rubini thread, it’s all becoming clear to us now.
Let’s take a look:
1. Back in the early 90’s the Soviet Union collapsed and Daddy Bush promised Gorbachev that NATO would not advance “one single inch” past current borders.
2. We lied, and started gobbling up countries into NATO sphere, advancing our weaponry closer and closer to Russian border. Remember the Patriot Missiles in Poland?
3. In 2010, Manafort helped Yanukovych get elected, Party of Regions, more in favor of getting along with Russia. Rick Davis, Manafort’s partner, worked for the other side, opposed to Russia, hard line old party, help from the Atlantic Council —- so the folks in the “inter-agency consensus” were mad at Manafort for beating them.
4. When Ukraine went into debt (due to corruption) and couldn’t make the 2 billion dollar payment to Russia, Ukraine was in a tough spot. Russia threatened to turn off the gas in the middle of winter. USA and EU saw an opportunity. We made Ukraine an offer they could not refuse = come into NATO and we’ll take are of the bill. There was a “Letters of Agreement” (???? need the exact name, can’t remember). Yet, the agreement was rejected by Viktor Yanukovych (President of Ukraine) and Russia stepped in to offer a bundled deal with loans and more nat gas for the winter.
5. Well, the offer from Russia infuriated USA and EU cuz we/they were looking for a major win and an opportunity to expand NATO right up to the Russian Border, potentially cutting off their access to the Black Sea. Ukraine was strategically important to the Russians + to block Russia in this instance and NAB Ukraine would be seen as a huge win by the old Cold Warriors in DC.
6. In the US State Dept, Victoria Nuland was working furiously, trying to get the EU to step up and help make the offer to Ukraine a little more juicy. Remember the Nuland phone call where she said “Fuck the EU!”?
7. Suddenly, and mystically, the Maidan happened…….how and why? Victor Yanukovych was overthrown….. how and why???? ……. enter John Brennan and Eric Ciaramella……… operating from the playbook “101 ways to overthrow a country”.
And that is HOW we got here
And that is WHY it was “official USA policy”
And that is why no one wants to talk about it = We overthrew Ukraine
It was a horrible policy failure by Obama, and Ukraine lost Crimea.
And that is why John Brennan has been such a vocal advocate.
And according to Rubini from the thread above ——— Eric is the one who made it happen on orders from Brennan.
The legacy of old man John Foster and his grandsons John Foster and Allen Dulles…we know how to over throw nations and do it when the shadowy smokey back room overlords say so.
Thank you. Fully agreed.
There is a huge story here that needs a full investigation. Will it start before the election campaign? Who knows? If so, why not? Surely there must be a solid basis based on a few events by now.
We are getting closer and closer to banning books.
so I guess we will never have any more studies or papers about illiteracy in America, cuz you know, illiterates can’t read or write…
Text of tweet above for Zoe:
Jeanine Cummins’ ‘American Dirt’ has been accused of cultural appropriation for its depiction of Mexican immigrants. It is ugly and divisive to say that only Mexican people can write about Mexicans. This racial policing of art has got to go:https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/01/30/the-offencerati-just-got-a-book-tour-cancelled/ …
Funny backstory. Oprah came out endorsing as wonderful book in her book of month club. Then after everyone turned on author, O is backpedaling, groveling on camera. OOpsie!
We need to track this story.
This isn’t just another leftist “cultural appropriation” if they have to make their mouthpiece Oprah issue a public me culpa…
LOL
I think Congress needs to take an introduction to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights class BEFORE they are allowed to take their seats. these idiots want proof of innocence rather than proof of GUILT! that’s ass backwards!
FTA
Senator Tammy Duckworth(D-IL) was clear that she believes in the presumption of guilt with regard to President Trump rather than the precious presumption of innocence that is the cornerstone (or at least should be the cornerstone) of our justice system. In an appearance on Fox News, when asked if some Democrats were going to vote with Republicans to end the impeachment trial, she told Bill Hemmer, “I think that we should be able to see evidence of the President’s innocence.”
https://clashdaily.com/2020/01/presumption-of-guilt-senator-says-she-wants-to-see-evidence-of-the-presidents-innocence/
“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime”
There is no low these people won’t stoop to.
“These people are sick!”
What freaking country do they want us to become?!
Hey you could say that they’re the ultimate optimists…
Once you throw out the Constitution, anything is possible.
Duckworth, thanks for your service but you’ve broken your oath of office! SPIT!
the tables need to turn on these scum…
I think Congress needs to take an introduction to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights class BEFORE they are allowed to take their seats. these idiots want proof of innocence rather than proof of GUILT! that’s ass backwards!
^^^ THIS!
IF MCM were even a bit American, they’d blast every fool that yammers, prove your innocence.
Simply unbelievable this basic concept is not highlighted.
The entire innocent until proven guilty and due process is dead with D-Rats.
until it happens to one of them…
they would squeal like the pigs they are if they were being railroaded as they have tried to RAILROAD POTUS.
How sad. (sigh)
https://twitter.com/curarecatholic/status/1222683073143345153
Astonishing.
This is sad.
Text of tweet for Zoe:
This incredible kid dressed up as “her future self” for Catholic schools week, and not one kid in her class knew what she was. She felt left out because nobody knew what a nun was.
Huh? Pardon my ignorance.
I assume, and yea I know the implication regarding myself, this at a Catholic school.
NOT buying the story line.
Senator Collins shares threatening voicemails. **WARNING: LANGUAGE**
FTA
“F*** you, Senator Collins. On TV I saw you last night. Looks like President Trump and Paul LePage c** ***** were all over where they blew their **** ** *** face. I bet you **** each one of them republican senators, or you want to. You’re a half-pint little f***ing cross-eyed s****** with a voice impediment. You suck. You’re a traitor to your country. What you really are—my vile vitriol really just masks my contempt for you, and that you’re a traitor. You support people like Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. You’re a disgrace, a disgrace to this country. Not just in the Senate, but to you’re country. You’re a f***ing **** traitor. F*** you!”
“Wow. What a vile piece of garbage you are, Susan Collins. Sorry. But those those of us with a brain in the United States which is about more than half the country see exactly what the president did. You’ve seen exactly what the president did. You know what he did, and you’re going to sit there and hold this—If you don’t have the guts and the integrity, I sure hope you didn’t breathe. I sure hope you don’t have children, because their future is f***ed. If you don’t vote to have witnesses in this trial for the most vile, vulgar, piece of s*** president that has ever existed to be removed, how dare you bring children into this world, and how dare you even breathe the air the rest of us breathe. You make me sick.”
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/susan-collins-shares-threatening-voicemails-from-deranged-democrats-vile-f-king-traitor/
That is typical everyday leftist blog/troll language.
I’m sorry, but bringing the voice impediment into it is just not called for even with all the swear words and other insults. That is not her fault.
I’m glad this sort of thing is getting published, though. It does expose the nastiness of the other side. I hope plenty of the followers of the left are embarrassed by this sort of thing.
Two year olds in adult bodies tossing tantrums because they did not get their way.
I hope the sane people on the left are as repulsed by this type of verbal abuse as we are.
When they show their true colors like this, THEY ARE A GIFT.
Senator Collins is getting a taste of what happens to our President and his family…every…single…day.
The depraved Left leave stuff like that in replies to our VSG’s tweets.
They also do it to Don Jr., Eric and Ivanka…probably to Jared Kushner as well.
I haven’t looked at FL Melania’s tweet replies, but she probably gets them too.
😔
These crazed leftists have no shame.
None, whatsoever.
😠
except maybe Collins is letting it intimidate her…POTUS shrugs it off…maybe cuz we send him such love at his rallies.
Looks like Adam Dershowitz is getting a taste of what it’s like to have the Left turn on you as well.
They have done this numerous times – every time Dersch says anything that goes the least bit outside their permissible group-think.
wheatie, I went to Melania’s account once due to link…the topmost responses to some sweet tweet she posted were so vile I have never gone back.
I seriously doubt she reads responses.
I remember that olive green jacket she wore…something ab We Don’t Care.
…from the Greta Thunberg school of public policy.
lol
Funny thing too. She scolds adults, but my kids are younger than her, she would just come across as an older big kid bully pulling this stuff on them.
Did you see the replies to Lamar Alexander’s twitter statement? More of the same. Oh and btw, just because he’s voting No on witnesses doesn’t mean he’s an ally. One of his tweets says POTUS acted “inappropriately” when he asked Ukraine for help in Biden investigation. Apparently he doesn’t know about POTUS’ duty to investigate and our corruption Treaty w/ Ukraine!!
I did see that…
the left’s tolerance is clearly on display for all to see…
copying the entire article–it’s short and so unbelievable. Warren is gonna have a trans child interview the person for her Sect of Education…can we change her name to Pander-hontas?
FTA
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she would have a transgender child interview the next secretary of education.
The Massachusetts senator spoke Sunday at a town hall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where a voter told her that children are not learning enough about LGBTQ history or sexual education in public schools. Warren told the voter that she would require a transgender child to interview a future secretary of education nominee.
“I have two qualifications that I have talked about over and over for my secretary of education,” Warren said. “The first, it has to be someone who has taught in a public school.” (RELATED: Warren And Biden Support Taxpayer-Funded Transgender Surgery)
Warren added that because it was a young trans person who had asked her about a “welcoming community,” she will also require that young trans person to interview the future education secretary.
“I’m gonna have a secretary of education that this young trans person interviews on my behalf,” Warren said. “And only if this person believes that our secretary of education nominee is someone who is committed to creating a welcoming environment, a safe environment, and a full educational curriculum for everyone, will that person actually be advanced to be secretary of education.”
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/30/warren-transgender-secretary-education/
Yikes. 😬
Warren lives in such a bubble…she probably is unaware that there are a lot of Dems out in flyover country who would be appalled by this.
forget the fact that it has anything to do with trans at this point–she’s going to allow a child to make an important decision like this?
IKR?
But the whole idea of a “trans child” is just madness!
that’s even worse…that is someone who is mentally challenged and cannot accept reality and that’s who’s gonna make a sect of education choice?
Maybe, Saint Greta is an advisor for Liawatha.
Let’s just hope this is her “Dukakis in a tank with a helmet’ moment and she fades away fast. 😏😏😏
I get it, I do. POTUS resonates with the heartland and the majority of decent normal folks, so the left has to try to identify with the fringe groups…but this is like the stupidest idea ever imo.
PA may be out of reach for the Dems in November…
FTA
Without Pennsylvania, the Democrats’ path to the White House becomes increasingly more difficult. It may even be the ballgame. Yet, besides fracking and natural gas is a potential death trap for Democrats in the state, we have a women-based focused group also giving Trump high praise. They noted the national security accomplishments, like killing Iran’s top terrorist Maj. Gen. Qasam Soleimani. More importantly, they noted the increase in the size of their portfolios and one woman noted that she will have no problem paying her taxes this year, thanks to the Trump economy.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/01/30/cbs-host-on-pa-focus-group-if-youre-team-trump-this-is-very-good-news-for-you-n2560400
and here’s Bernie introducing a bill to ban fracking…
FTA
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) this week introduced a bill that aims to ban hydraulic fracking.
The bill was introduced on Tuesday and is titled “a bill to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing, and for other purposes,” according to the Library of Congress, though the text of the legislation was not available on the site.
Sanders has called for a ban on fracking while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, as has Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/480777-sanders-introduces-bill-to-ban-hydraulic-fracking
Bernie and Lizzie…job killers extraordinaire.
They couldn’t care less about the economy.
Either one of them would put a stop to our new Energy Independence.
And then tax us to death.
why would anyone vote for these losers?
Said yesterday he’s got 25 EO’s ready to go to rollback POTUS’ pipeline, energy, Wall, immigration, And other EO’s. Will crash economy right off the bat if he wins
you know it!
this has got to be the sickest campaign promise I ever heard…Biden is gonna pick a good VP, because he’s “an old guy” and “will probably die in office”. wow! so vote for me cuz you’ll end up with my VP? smh
Democrats are extraordinarily good at victim psychology. They have been practicing since a least the 60s. I am just not sure of which century yet.
Verse of the Day
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“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,”
Ephesians 3:20 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!
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have a Blessed Day!!!
Morning, Pat! Hope and pray all is well with you – Happy Blessed Day to you, too!
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bwahahaha
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We really should give the democrats a little credit…they’ve got thru 9 days of “The Pledge of Allegiance” without taking a knee
Ari Fleischer
@AriFleischer
Did you know that the Obama-Biden administration in 2016 fined JP Morgan $264 million for hiring the unqualified kids of powerful Chinese leaders? Biden fined Americans for doing exactly what Ukraine did for his son!
As a child I used to love this Saint. I thought he invented Bosco. 🙂
So Lamar Alexander voted “No” on witnesses…Collins voted “Yes” (shocker)…and now we’re waiting on Murky Murkowski…
I can’t imagine any of those Dems voting “No”…the pressure put on them must have been immense…but we’ll see.
Where does that leave us? If Murky follows her weak and malleable doppelgänger from Maine does that make it a tie?
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/rasmussen-trump-approval-with-black-voters-jumps-to-42/
I meant to post this image with my comment…but apparently I’m still in some type of “Bin” purgatory.
Happy Groundhog Day Weekend!
Not to put a damper on people tracking the coronavirus, because it could yet reach pandemic levels, but in immediate orbits, this seems to be more pressing.
Text for Zoe:
The Coronavirus is unsettling but from Jan 1st until the 29th in the United States alone so far we have 13 Million cases of flu 120 thousand hospitalize and so far 6600 deaths. I would be more afraid of the flu.
DP comment: that does not mean that the list posted yesterday about washing clothes in hot water, bathing in hot water as soon as you get home, and using Lysol spray on shoes is worthless. On the contrary, it means we should be doing it all the time.
True, DP.
Agreed. I’m sure the numbers for the opoiod epidemic, criminal homicides, and suicides eclipse this, but they don’t engender the novelty and MCM attention that a global pandemic does. And these are problems that the current administration is actively mobilizing for.
wow, I am so glad I am not on twitter…I was reading the replies to a tweet showing Sekulow detailing what witness he would like to call…and as I was reading I was yelling at the computer screen correcting all the disinformation on there being spread by dembots…
for instance—did you know that Volker and Morrison were REPUB witnesses??? who the hell made that crap up? sorry…this is why I’m glad I’m not on twitter…
I do enjoy blocking them. Sometimes I’ll spend 15 minutes doing that. Find it very interesting that the ones I’ve blocked repeatedly appear on almost every tweet by the good guys on our side. If they’re not bots, they’re definitely targeted opposition. I’m getting good at spotting the fakers.
The only other fun I have is to make fun of them about the Russsssians coming and add splodey heads, then I immediately block so they can’t reply😃. I get a lot of likes from that 😂
so you’re a twitter sniper huh?
Yes ma’am, I am!! 🥰
cool!
Random observation in Switzerland (near the France border if it matters):
This is the second day I heard/saw fighter jets flying overhead (maybe doing practice maneuvers or what not). Don’t know why, but they aren’t out often, and it’s at the same time in the afternoon. )
taco run?
Sounds legit ….. lmao 😆
🙂
Training. Getting fight hours to qualify for additional pay. Land navigation. Normal stuff.
Above, uninformed thoughts from afar.
Those are my thoughts when NV Air Guard periodically flies near, over where I live. Seems to occur around the first or last week of the month between 10AM and 2PM. Bonus is I enjoy watching them. Perhaps a kid thing I don’t want to let go of 😉
Kalbo, I’ll make lunch. We can sit at the end of the runway and watch them take off all day long. I’m with you. Never gets old.
😉
Umm…after 9-11 you can’t sit at the end of the runways anymore. At the west end of Lambert Field, there used to be a parking lot just for this purpose. On a Friday evening, people would bring a cooler with dinner and beverages and watch the planes take off and land.
It’s gone.
daughn, I worked in Silicon Valley in the 70s…and a friend of mine and I did just that.
His car had a sunroof, and we would take our lunched to the Base-watching area…just the best.
One week they were practicing take-offs and landings, and we got to look Right Into those awesome engines: glowing red hot.
jazzed us for the afternoons, it did.
Omg same here Kal! Every time I hear the roar of the engine I try to run out to my balcony and see them fly by!
A bit of a round-upon the China Virus. Some of the more important information and source I will detail and link below.
#1. There is a possibility that it is a bio-weapon. The jury is still out.
#2. The data from China is suspect.
#3. Data from the USA and other countries may be under-counting the infection.
…….a. Children are likely either asymptomatic or have milder symptoms.
…..b. ”sputum samples [stuff coughed up from lungs] were 8–13 cycles earlier than those of throat swabs. Thus repeat testing of URT samples or testing deeper samples are warranted in clinically high suspicious cases with an initial negative result.”
#4. It targets the deep lungs, mainly in those 50 years of age and older with other problems.
In other words it is ‘tailor made’ for taking out sick old folks.
REMEMBER with Obamacare if you are over 70 years certain tests/medical procedures are no longer available. (See last quote)
………
From my notes on Obamacare and yes I did read the whole bill.
Mortality by age comparison between MERS, SARS and 2019-nCoV
China is lying through their teeth about the actual number of deaths.
Many bodies are being sent directly to crematoriums from the hospitals without being identified.
Very aggressive quarantines (people being locked in their apartment with physical bars making it impossible to exit the apartment.)
From:
(Twitter is now blocking my ability to see this.)
Ugly reality in above chart.
As corona spreads, it’ll be interesting to see a comparative chart for other countries rolled up, and also a third chart, US only. The latter I suspect is probably weeks away mid or late February, which starts tomorrow.
Hope folks are planning AND not figuring the Feds will provide everything. Personal preparation AND sustainment may be critical.
Pre-print of a study from China (OFFICIAL)
“Estimating the effective reproduction number of the 2019-nCoV in China”
Authors: Zhidong Cao (1), Qingpeng Zhang (1), Xin Lu, Dirk Pfeiffer, Zhongwei Jia, Hongbing Song, Daniel Dajun Zeng
Affiliations:
Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Automation, Beijing, China (Z. Cao, D.D. Zeng)
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (Z. Cao, D.D. Zeng)
Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Institute (Longhua), Shenzhen (Z. Cao, D.D. Zeng)
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Q. Zhang, D. Pfeiffer)
National University of Defense Technology, Changsha (X. Lu)
Peking University, Beijing (Z. Jia)
Chinese PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (H. Song)
……………..
FROM:
Pretty convenient for China, not enough young to take care of the majority aging population. Years of failed 1child policy.
dr muge cevik@mugecevik is now hiding her tweets but I got to see them via Larry Ledwick on ChiefIO.
However she does have a January 25 -26 thread: *
She is from the UK this is some important information from her thread which is LOOOoooong:
”Transmission of #2019nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact Timeline of Exposure to Index Patient suggests transmission 1-2d before symptom onset To note: this is a very close contact, they spent 2d in several meetings “
Jan 25 – Clinical features of the first 41 pts suggest that #nCoV2019 has an insidious onset with fever, cough, and myalgia +/- shortness of breath. Radiological findings of bilateral ground-glass opacities. Some with mild, but >60y with severe disease
Jan 25 – Another important feature seen in #nCoV2019 cases is that only a few patients had upper respiratory tract symptoms (rhinorrhoea or sore throat), indicating that the target cells might be located in the lower airway.
Zhou et al from Wuhan, describing the initial characterisation of the #nCoV2019, demonstrating also that deeper respiratory tract samples have a higher viral load than oral/throat swabs.
The ct values of the sputum samples [Stuff coughed up from lungs] were 8–13 cycles earlier than those of throat swabs. Thus repeat testing of URT samples or testing deeper samples are warranted in clinically high suspicious cases with an initial negative result.
Jan 29
New in
@TheLancet
: Chen et al. report 99 patients with #2019nCoV pneumonia. The median age was 55y, >60% over the age of 50y, and over half with a comorbid disease. The majority (80%) presented with fever and cough, +/- shortness of breath
Obamacare is all about removing medical care FROM the elderly and giving it TO the illegals.
If You Like Your Medicare, You Can Keep Your Medicare By Jane M. Orient, M.D.
GEE, where have we heard ending life by removing “life-sustaining treatments”—such as food and water. Oh yah, It is called the UK Liverpool CARE Pathway.
Vitamin C Protects Against Coronavirus
Gail, Daily, I seek your posts with facts, data and analysis. Great information. Frankly, a great service you deliver. Thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoy my posts. I am trying to give people ammo for dealing with the Leftys and hair-on-fires
sniff…it’s really…sniff…dusty in here
Lamar Alexander is a jerk…no witness but the explanation is because its obvious President Trump Is guilty but not of high crimes and not to be removed from office. Total swamp move
@Kate_OKeeffe
NEW: The arrested Harvard prof is tip of the iceberg. When the Texas A&M system investigated how much Chinese money its faculty was getting, officials were astounded—over 100 were involved in Chinese talent recruitment plans. Only 5 disclosed. https://wsj.com/articles/chinas-funding-of-u-s-researchers-raises-red-flags-11580428915 @aviswanatha
Anarchy comes to NYC. Language warning.
These thugs wouldn’t try this if Guiliani was mayor.
Never!
For eight years the Democrat affiliates lectured us on the dangers of human trafficking . . .
That MOAR needed to be done . . .
When pressed on WHAT could be done . . . they always needed MOAR MONEY . . .
Government grants, increased budgets, and from the public? DONATIONS to preferred charities . . .
Was there anything else that could be done I asked? (At ONE of these WINE AND CHEESE events, no joke!)
No because the nature of the human trafficking problem they needed SPECIALISTS to do the work . . . it wasn’t something that just anyone could do . . . so they really needed the money.
One thing you could do, though, was “raise awareness”. This is public relations (MARKETING) lingo. If you can’t give them money, talk to other people and find them people who can(!)
In terms of HOW the money would be used, there was NO TRANSPARENCY, NO ACCOUNTABILITY . . .
But they were utterly transparent in their MONEY GRAB.
These organizations then would talk the churches into having a Sunday or a month long “focus” on the issue of human slavery . . .
They would tell lots of stories during the service and partner with pastors on how to prepare their sermons . . .
“Tell lots of stories . . . people connect with stories . . .” But totally weak on details.
100% EMOTIONAL APPEAL. 100% MORAL APPEAL. 0% REASON or LOGICAL appeal.
Total MANIPULATION.
And to what end?
Surprise surprise . . .
It was all a giant FUNDRAISING appeal!
And the problem? People are so wedded to their emotional experience of virtue-signaling and helping “rescue” people out of slavery, that they WILL NOT hear you when you point out all the RED FLASHING LIGHTS and WARNING SIGNS that they are being MANIPULATED and FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ABUSED!!!