George Rebane
Having strong or well-formed political beliefs doesn’t always mean that one is also willing or able to reason about them.
Now some keenly honed liberal minds around here think that we should consider the source and therefore ignore the evidence against Hillary. That’s like telling the DA he can’t prosecute because the police got the goods on the defendant from shady informant Vlad the Snitch. Only in America.
In the 3jan17 Union there’s a letter from a Mr Ron Lowe, another leftwinger who lights off on President-elect Trump. The man shows his union school education by citing the non-existent “60s Republican war playbook” that is the source of Trump’s “obvious inferiority complex”, “fear mongering”, and “openly flagrant nuclear war talk”. Now since none of this is happening during his current efforts to set up his administration, Mr Lowe must be getting such reports from one of the many fake news manufactories that have sprung up within the usual lamestream media outlets.
I’m happy to know that our neighbors on the Left will now have at least four enlightening years of the Trump administration during which they will know exactly how we felt and why we protested during the last eight years under the ministrations of Barack Hussein Obama whose domestic policies increased regulations, decreased freedoms, raised taxes, stifled the economy, grew corrupt government; and whose foreign policy can be summarized by ‘Protect Muslims, Ignore Christians, Blame Jews’.
We’re told that former POTUS Obama will have to remain in DC to guard his legacy and provide much needed leadership to the Democrats. Apparently there will be no one else from the Left who is willing to spend much political capital to secure fPOTUS an acceptable place in history. So he’ll just have to do the job himself and become the festering fly in the federal ointment and also his own monument around which today’s over-wrought socialists can rally while they seek to preserve the swamp.
[4jan17 update] Read if you dare Victor Davis Hanson’s most recent report on the state of the Golden State. Abetted by the toxic coastal elites and as we witness daily, our local Left is doing all it can to expand their progressive septic tank to Nevada County. Here is a paragraph, suitable for family reading, that summarizes the details of Hanson’s piece –
Abstract idealism on behalf of the distant is a powerful psychological narcotic that allows caring progressives to dull the guilt they feel about their own privilege and riches. Nowhere is this paradox truer than in California, a dysfunctional natural paradise in which a group of coastal and governing magnificoes virtue-signal from the world’s most exclusive and beautiful enclaves. The state is currently experiencing another perfect storm of increased crime, decreased incarceration, still ongoing illegal immigration, and record poverty. All that is energized by a strapped middle class that is still fleeing the overregulated and overtaxed state, while the arriving poor take their places in hopes of generous entitlements, jobs servicing the elite, and government employment.
rebanesruminations.com 
264 responses to “Scattershots – 3jan17 (updated 4jan17)”
Russian “hacks”:
My radar just went up. Obama gets briefed today, Trump tomorrow. Red Alert! Remember the 13 rewrites the CIA had to do on the Benghazi after the initial White House briefing before they Obama) could release the report to the press and the world??
If I was Trump, my first statement to the briefer would be, “Show me everything you showed Obama before you showed me.” The first question would be “Did you or anyone on Earth alter, omit, add, or change anything in this report after briefing Obama yesterday?”
I got a trust issue with the Great Half White Father in Washington. It’s that white half part you gotta watch. 🙂
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/johnmccain/youtube/mccain-bombiran.htm
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War on Drugs is successful Todd? Sure Todd….. Once again The Cheese Stands Alone
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Walt
I was pretty specific that I believe drugs should be decriminalized and that the success in Portugal is an example and I provided documentation. What more do you want Walt.
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Paul. Give drugs a try. Every one you would like to see legalized. Test the effects yourself. See if it’s a great idea. Then get back to me. I have lost a family member to drugs. It didn’t matter if it was legal or not. She liked drugs more than life it seemed.
” I like it! It’s MY life. Let me be.” She left me with two kids to raise on my own.
Enjoy that little bit of historical fact.
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There were 47,000 fatal heroin and hard drug ODs in the US last year. Mr. Bleach might help with AIDs and Hep C, but me thinks he needs to expand his horizons.
The President of the Philippines has found a way to prevent relapses among the skin poppers (needle freaks) and pushers. No repeat offenders either.
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Walt What are your best ideas for enforcing your vision of the War on Drugs? What additional resources do you think we might need. Include incarnation facilities in your estimate.
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Paul.
Me thinks a better header to the WaPo link would be ” Why hardly anyone has a job in Portugal”.
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You don’t want to hear my ideas Paul.
Now that weed is legal, a whole new generation of mental dumbshits will be on the public dole. Wanna do drugs? can’t hold a job? Tough shit. Not one dime of gov. assistance. No housing, no food stamps.
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“time to come out with new positions on Russian hacking after stating that they believed Assange rather than US intel” PE 920
As yet, I’ve not seen US intelligence to believe or disbelieve, just stuff on the order of “an unnamed CIA official…” told to a reporter from a Clinton campaign house organ. Since Clapper is the intelligence official who told Congress under oath that the NSA wasn’t keeping records on ordinary American’s phone calls, I’m not sure how to “calibrate” what he’s been telling us about this matter… especially since he tendered his resignation after the election, effective Obama’s last day. This strikes me as the actions of a partisan.
Paul, it seems you resist discussions at a level above bumper sticker slogan boxing. Why is that?
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The sad reality is we cannot control the choices one makes. We have seen the best of parents heartbroken over the choices made from the greatest of their well mannered, intelligent, out going adult children….and young mothers. They say they aren’t hurting anyone but themselves. Try telling that to the parents of try explaining that to young children after you pull mommy’s blue body out of the bathroom.
For some, there is no such thing as moderation. Even Jerry Brown’s link I posted last night was about its ok only if people do pot “in moderation”
3 stages: 1)Fun. 2) Fun with problems. 3) Problems. A bummer sticker slogan (Just Say No) or decriminalize the stuff may work for some…who can do moderation….but the rest, well, there is a reason they are called addicts.
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Lets see if we can get PE to say something new, anything new. Rasmussen reports 73% of all voters want the Trump administration to be successful. 91% of R’s, 73% unaligned, even 57% of D’s.
You can bet that all those idiots who had ‘password’ as their password may be rethinking that choice, at least the non-democrats. 😉
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Just found this unposted comment, better late than never:
Paul 627, that Bush didn’t fire Tenet’s ass on his immaculation day is not the logical equivalent of “selecting” (your word) Tenet. Just as every time I had a change of boss/boss’s boss/boss’s boss’s boss… in the workplace, they didn’t fire everyone in the department only to rehire him.
Bush didn’t run a selection process to find Tenet… Tenet just wasn’t shown the door. Not selected. Not asked to leave, at least right away. At the time, that was thought to be nicely bipartisan, just what the electorate seemed to be ordering.
Paul, if Reader’s Digest still has that vocabulary builder feature, you might buy a subscription, might open a whole new world for you.
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Regarding the passwords of idiots, there’s this gem from Spaceballs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k
I wonder what Podesta’s luggage combo is?
I am also reminded of a story by one of my physics’ prof when he introduced his PhD professor, Richard Feynman, at a colloquium open only to upper division physics students and physics professors… “Who left a note in a top secret classified safe in Los Alamos saying “Guess who”?”
Feynman had made a study of stupid passwords and combinations, and a not very well hidden secret is that most safes retain the combination they were delivered with, and most safes of the same model (at least at the time) were delivered with the same combo… expecting the customer would change it to something only they knew.
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Passwords? Must be in the news today or something.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/email-headache-returns-new-clinton-messages-show-passwords-scheds-flowed-freely.html
My favorite part of the link above is
“I emailed her that. I told her in the elevator up from videos. I told her that in the pre-brief. I told her that in the elevator up to 8. I made clear it wasn’t that Jake [Sullivan]’s timeline was ‘inadequate’ – just that the wrong version made its way to her,” Reines wrote. “But [I] think it played into whatever anxiety she has that you’re experiencing about the topic of archiving.”
Come on team, let’s get the timeline right, ok?
Gregory:
https://www.facebook.com/basketofdeplorables4trump/photos/a.135610413572472.1073741828.135605260239654/197172624082917/?type=3&theater
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Gregory
The dam is beginning to break. Trump will go in full paddle retreat by next week To once again quote Todd “What a hoot”
Never in my lifetime have I seen such a bumbling egomaniac in the White House.
“he report will build on an Oct. 7 joint statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security, which concluded that the Russian government had directed a widely publicized hack of the Democratic National Committee’s emails.
“We stand more resolutely on the strength of that statement” than ever before, Clapper testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday………..The president-elect, who favors closer ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has dismissed intelligence assessments on the hack and accused intelligence officials of building a false case against Moscow. Trump is scheduled to receive a classified briefing on Russian hacking efforts on Friday. ”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clapper-russia-cyberattack-hearing_us_586e6abfe4b0c4be0af327b0
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 05 January 2017 at 03:26 PM
Never in my lifetime have I seen such a bumbling egomaniac in the White House.
Really? Never? Not as recently as the last administration?
Hmmmmm!
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Has anyone considered that possibility that multiple hackers accessed the DNC computers? It was possible using a tool that was available for downloading on the Internet if it was the tool that US intelligence put in the Russian Hacker Report. As Assange said, any computer savvy 14-year-old could have hacked the DNS servers. So, Russia could have hacked the computer, and some other hacker could have supplied the email to Wikileaks. This would make a case where both the Intel community is right that Russia hacked the DNC and some other hacker also hacked the DNC servers and gave the email to Wikileaks, making Assange’s statements valid. Just a thought!
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WAlt writes:
“Wanna do drugs? can’t hold a job? Tough shit. Not one dime of gov. assistance. No housing, no food stamps. ”
How far should we go in criminalizing self destructive behavior, such as drub use. Should we criminalize sugar use for example which if abused can lead to obesity, diabetes and death and massive impacts on public subsidized health care. Would you throw “suger abusers” out in the street with other drug addicts? Same with tobacco and alcohol addicts?
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Paul, Paul, Paul.
Huffington Post? Oh yeah. Aren’t they the same ones that said Trump had a 3% chance of winning………opiate of the masses. When are we going to bomb the Ruskies back into the Stone Age? Next week, or you do need another week to fan the flames to reach the boiling point.
Trump ain’t backing down, Paul. He may be a unpolished brut like Mike Tyson, but he is my deplorable street fighting man. Better watch out or he will bite your ear off.
Huff-N-Puff Post, lol. You need to get out of the DJ booth more often.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GSbigjiKLoU
No wonder Norway just went digital and dumped FM. Opiate of the masses.
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Paul, Director of Nat’l Intelligence Clapper is the very same guy who lied under oath when asked if the NSA was keeping records on a erage civilian’s phone calls.
That, added to the fact you do not have a clue about tech, once again leaves me expecting your frantic hand waving is missplaced.
This is politics, and “hacking the election” is a bogus phrase. The DNC is not “the election” and it appears the DNC leadership were as clueless about computers as Clinton remains.
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How about hearing it from FOX news Sheb Smith
quotes:
“We don’t need a dictionary to figure out what he’s saying,” Smith insisted. “He’s saying, ‘Putin knew this, Putin directed this. This is all about Putin.’”
“The president-elect is with Julian Assange, who if he walked out the door would be arrested,” Smith said, “over the $62 billion a year American intelligence agencies and all their leaders.”
“And then today, Trump said he’s a big fan of ‘intelligence,’” Smith noted. “Apparently not this intelligence. He’s made that clear. Because this intelligence says that Vladimir Putin and the Russians tried meddling with the U.S. election to help him, Donald Trump, get elected.”
“But why? Does Donald Trump not trust the intelligence agencies? Or is this a thank you to the Russians for all their help? We do not know. But it’s one of those.”
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“Drub use”?? Suger?? Good GOD man. show so self respect. I don’t see kids snorting rails of Pure cane sugar off the sidewalks of convenience stores. Or breaking into homes for a Mt.Dew fix.
Can you think up a stupider example?
My idea is far from criminalizing “destructive behaviour”. They make the choice. Drugs or help. Welcome to responsibility.
Tell ya’ what. Add a “druggy” TAX to pot sales. A fund lowlifes can be paid from.
Why should those who bust their ass to make a living, pay the way for those who would rather stay in a stupor?
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We will see if Trump changes his mind if there is evidence he can accept. Of course Clapper said he cannot release anything since it places operatives at risk.
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Gregory
You are so far out on a limb on this that’s there’s no going back. Do you think he would make stuff up when he’s representing the consensus of 17 intelligence agencies?
Here’s the latest from CNN on what’s to come.
“US intelligence has identified the go-betweens the Russians used to provide stolen emails to WikiLeaks, according to US officials familiar with the classified intelligence report that was presented to President Barack Obama on Thursday.
In a Fox News interview earlier this week, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied that Russia was the source of leaked Democratic emails that roiled the 2016 election to the detriment of President-elect Donald Trump’s rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Meanwhile, US intelligence has received new information following the election that gave agencies increased confidence that Russia carried out the hack and did so, in part, to help Trump win.
Included in that new information were intercepted conversations of Russian officials expressing happiness at Trump’s win. Another official described some of the messages as congratulatory.
Officials said this was just one of multiple indicators to give them high confidence of both Russian involvement and Russian intentions. Officials reiterated that there is no single intercepted communication that qualifies as a “smoking gun” on Russia’s intention to benefit Trump’s candidacy or to claim credit for doing so.”
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Paul, just listen to yourself playing lickspittle to the CIA. We shall see if your unwavering faith in spookdom is misplaced, or not.
Of the two of us, only one actually designed computer systems the NSA used for secure data communications. I’m in no hurry to have a hissyfit and that can wait until Jan 21, when the formerly lying weasel Director Clapper has returned to rank civilian status.
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“How about hearing it from FOX news Sheb Smith”
And why should I believe an idiot journalist like him? He’s just regurgitating the same dribbles everyone else is getting from “US officials” speaking anonymously. Let’s get people speaking on the record from positions of authority, not rats in the night.
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So Gregory in your opinion there is no friendly media for Trump not even Fox?
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Paul, I’m looking for competent and ethical reporters, not friendly.
Smith is not my idea of a competent journalist. Is he your idea of a competent journalist?
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Paul has turned into a tool of the man. 😉
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Looks like Paul Emery has one fan. From the FUE’s blog to your eyes.
Michael Anderson says:
January 4, 2017 at 11:11 pm
George Rebane damns with faint praise once again. So predictable. BTW, I’ve been enjoying Paul Emery’s rope-a-dope on the RR website, let’s hope he has the stamina to keep it up through 2020. I agree 100% with his analysis, the Rumpsters are going to rue the day. So beautiful. Can’t wait.
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Make that 2024 @630pm. 😉
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Paul has a problem when debating folks who aren’t the caricatures he wants them to be.
We’ll have information to act on when we have it. What we have to date remains mostly innuendo… like what was filling Paul’s sails above:
Included in that new information were intercepted conversations of Russian officials expressing happiness at Trump’s win.
Horrors! I was happy too, despite not voting for him.
Another official described some of the messages as congratulatory.
Yes, not having President Hillary having US fighters provoking Russian fighters probably would induce some cheer.
Officials said this was just one of multiple indicators to give them high confidence of both Russian involvement and Russian intentions.
Wow, that’s high powered guesses! The Russians were happy Clinton lost. I bet Netanyahu was even happier than Putin… and he probably has native Russian speaking hackers on his staff!
Officials reiterated that there is no single intercepted communication that qualifies as a “smoking gun” on Russia’s intention to benefit Trump’s candidacy or to claim credit for doing so.
In other words, no real hard info… but that tingly spidey sense good spooks and bad get when they think they’re on the right track. Maybe, but where’s the beef?
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Michael, if you’re there, the essence of the rope a dope is that Ali was able to absorb incredible punishment while his opponents would exhaust themselves because he would would make them so angry. Ali never let anger get to him. I have Trump as the good healthy devil providing me with endless material on a daily basis. IT is sad though that the inevitable populist movement destined to shake up this country picked such a completely flawed champion. My preference would have been an enlightened Libertarian but no one appeared so this is what we get. I’m in this for 15 rounds though.
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The flood will come Gregory like this weekends rain. Better getoff that limb before it breaks
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 05 January 2017 at 07:05 PM
Pedants going to be pedantic…….
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My preference would have been an enlightened Libertarian but no one appeared so this is what we get. I’m in this for 15 rounds though.
Wanted an enlightened libertarian …..didn’t vote for Ron Paul….did vote for Obama!
Paul is like the guy who keeps getting caught on his knees in a public restroom and still swears……“I’m straight…..honest guys…..just give me five minutes”!
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Oh Paul, before you congrats yourself, you must remember that we on the right now have the Moral Authority now and have remained flexible. You are stuck in rigidity. Flexibility and love is the key. I have had a moment of clarify last night because of you!! For that, I must thank you.
You have taught me a great lesson. That lesson is to embrace the hate. This morning I woke up embracing the hate. Now, I admit embracing stupidity is something I need to work on, but I will no doubt learn to embrace the “enlightened Paul’s stupidity” as well as his hate and taunting as well. I embrace the hate! I have been set free! Thankyou Paul, Thankyou, thank you. I feel like reaching over and giving you a big hug and (softly) grabbing your pussy. I have come to the Light.
Take vitamins and place yourself Paul. You are going to need your energy later, wink, wink. Thankyou, thank you, thank you.
I know you don’t believe half the stuff you write. Nobody does. Nobody could. You had me going, but love conquered all. I was so blind and foolish. ”Twas blind but now I see.
I am just amazed how long it took me realize that even you don’t believe your funny posts. They are hilarious! Thankyou. Love has shown me the way. Love trumps hate! I love you Paul. Get your mangina ready!! ‘Embrace the hate is the key. Come to Papa.
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Note to PE- The Boxing Commission did away with 15 rounds because of the effects on neurological systems. Its 12 rounds for championship fights and 8 or 10 rounds for normal fights. MMA does 3 or 5 5 minute rounds. Sounds like you are going to get a lot of head trauma in the next 8 years on top of the pre-existing conditions. You could also end up with a Reagan style post script with another 4 or more years for VP Pence. 😉
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Paul, you’ve been pounding me with tales of impending doom for the candidate for whom I I didn’t vote, for about a year. I think you’ve been channeling the same bad sources.
You’ve flamed out every time. Will you come out on the side of truth, justice and the American Way this time? Place your bets.
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Finally, bi-partisan support. Yes, I see good things coming.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/05/house-votes-to-condemn-u-n-security-council-resolution-on-israeli-settlements/?utm_term=.8c4e73b2eadb
Can’t give Trump credit for this one. It was the elected members of Congress across the fruited plane and amber waves of grain. Good that the People’s House came together today. Not 100%, but I take over 340 Yea votes all day long. Senate is expected to pass the condemnation of Obama’s voting “Present” at the UN as well.
To put icing on the cake, I hope the “Democrats” make Keith Ellison head of the DNC. That will go over great in the heartland! Oh, one can only hope, but I don’t have a say in the matter from the peanut gallery. Never get tired of winning.
“Perhaps the most notable Democrat to oppose the resolution was Minnesota’s Keith Ellison, who is a strong advocate for Palestinian rights. Ellison, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, is running to lead the Democratic National Committee, where his vote on the Israel resolution could prove controversial”.
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Keith Ellison is certainly a provocative pick; having a 9/11 truther as the chair of the DNC would make for some interesting commercials in 2018.
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8:27 pm. Yep, he is the right skin color and the right religion. Now, about being a former Minister Farrakhan loyal devotee……ah heck, if only he was female he would be a shoe in. Must admit he is better looking than Debbie Whatzername. Bernie, Elizabeth, and Maxine Waters endorse him. First we had liberals, then progressives, and now they are called the Alt-Left. Gotta keep up with their evolution.
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Re: Ellison/DNC – Yup a Nation of Islam Jew Hater as DNC Chair would be a nice little nod to 0’s legacy from the faithful atheists in the DNC. 😉
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Don @ 7:42 pm.
Lest we forget, 2016 took Ali away from us. Boxing will never be quite the same.
2016 claimed a lot of famous people. It was a rough year for many. Janet Reno (one of many) confidently declared that she will never see Trump elected President of the United States. She was right. She died on a Monday, the day before the election. Most merciful timing if you think about it.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/991436240990413/?type=3&theater
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Ah – Paul, the libertarian! What a laugh. Other than legalizing dope, what are Paul’s libertarian creds?
Well, none, but a yapping poodle dog has to have a mission? Right?
I expect to see a report from Paul pronto every morning on the constant failures of the Trump admin.
The last one he found was Trump’s false hyping of a woman’s career.
Paul never seemed to mind the left’s hyping of Hillary’s career.
But I speak of the past and now we have the future to look forward to.
One of the best things about the future is the total comedy we will hear from the left.
Already Nancy Peloci is complaining that the Rs won’t tell us every detail about their plan to repeal Obama care.
This, from she who told us we would have to pass Obama care first before we were allowed to know what was in it.
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PE 705
Paul, the bromance between you and Michael P Anderson is beautiful, man. Glad you have each other to fall back on in the coming weeks and months.
We shall see who is playing rope-a-dope; I find it very interesting that Trump’s brain, Steve Bannon, has not been seen since the early post-election days. Is it because he’s missing in action or very, very busy playing chess while the usual suspects play checkers? I don’t know but he seems to be batting 1.000.
Right now, I’m watching a Charlie Rose from a few days ago, interviewing the NY Times’ Tom Friedman… who is becoming unhinged. He still has no idea what has hit priveleged left-liberalism in this country.
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Regarding the dear departed, I thought PBS’ Gwen Ifill was particularly sad. Breast and endometrial cancers, not that unlike the ovarian cancer that took my Teri and a number of entertainment figures, including Gilda Radner and the truly spectacular Madeline Kahn.
A sadness I’d have preferred Ms. Ifill to miss was the election… how much better I expect it would have been for her if she could have passed knowing Hillary would be winning in a few days rather than spending her last couple of days knowing Trump prevailed.
Ifill was biased, but was more classy about it than most. She tried to be fair, which really is all anyone can do.
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One of my libertarian credos is a foreign policy influenced by Ron Paul’s definitive essay “Why We Fight” Here’s the link if anyone cares to read it. I would love to discuss it with anyone on this blog. Here’s a teaser
“Unfortunately, we have lost faith and confidence in the system of government with which we have been blessed. Today too many Americans support, at least in the early stages, the use of force to spread our message of hope and freedom. They too often are confused by the rhetoric that our armies are needed to spread American goodness. Using force injudiciously, instead of spreading the worthy message of American freedom through peaceful means, antagonizes our enemies, alienates our allies, and threatens personal liberties here at home while burdening our economy.
If confidence can be restored in our American traditions of peace and trade, our influence throughout the world would be enhanced just as it was once we rejected the military approach in Vietnam.”
http://original.antiwar.com/paul/2005/09/10/why-we-fight-and-why-we-shouldnt/
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Paul, it was Clinton who was the one saber rattling during the campaign, and it’s Obama who is now flirting with brinksmanship with Russia.
I’ve lost some respect for Ron Paul over his commercials for prepper food preparation gadgets. It would have been nice to see a bit more gravitas from him in his retirement.
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After reading all the screeds from Paul Emery over the years here and elsewhere, he in my view is a Trumpster. Foreign policy and domestic policy as Trump has laid out are right up PE’s alley. But the one thing that cracks me up about PE and other ultra libs is their characterizing Trump as stupid. If one tries to build a skyscraper in Manhattan you are anything but stupid. In fact you are brilliant. Thousands of jealous buracrats get to oversee every little thing you do. If a person can wade through that and he has many times, he is ready to lead the country.
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