[Well, I guess the big question du jour is whose bygone trysts are the most damning – a previous president's, verified and while in office; or the current president's, alleged and before he took office. The French are laughing their butts off that the puritan Americans, especially the secular humanist progressives, are making such a fuss over it, to the point of impeachability. gjr]
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282 responses to “Sandbox – 4may2018”
Daily quotes:
For the record: “Obama left the Middle East a smoking wreckage heap — a situation so grim that even Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan have been forced to ally with Israel to allay fears of an Iranian regional takeover. … Barack Obama had a peculiar vision of the Middle East remade: Iran ascendant, the power of Israel checked, the Saudis chastened. He achieved that vision at the cost of tens of thousands of lives across the region. President Trump is undoing that legacy. Good riddance.” —Ben Shapiro
Upright: “Far from isolating the United States, President Trump is proving that the United States is the indispensable nation. Nations will be put to a choice: You can have access to the U.S. economy or you can have commerce with Iran — not both. Our European allies know this is not a real choice: They can’t isolate us, they need us, our markets, and the umbrella of our protection.” —Andrew McCarthy
Broken clock: “Impeachment to me is a divisive issue unless there’s something so conclusive as we saw … in Watergate. So I’ve just said to folks, ‘I wish you wouldn’t [push for impeachment]. You can talk about it in your district. In my district, it’s a very popular issue, but it’s not the path we should go on.’” —Nancy Pelosi
The bottom line: “This is a party with cause. The cause is against Donald Trump. That’s not a good enough message to deserve governing.” —former New Jersey Democrat Sen. Robert Torricelli
Braying Jenny: “People ask, ‘Why haven’t you moved on?’ And I say, ‘Well, there are tens of millions of people who haven’t moved on because there are still so many unanswered questions.’” —Hillary Clinton, who followed that up with her usual litany of blame
And last…The Left’s War On Women continues:
“To vote down someone so obviously qualified [as Gina Haspel] as political retribution for the CIA’s now-defunct interrogation program would be a travesty. President Barack Obama’s Justice Department concluded that no crimes had been committed. Moreover, as CIA veterans point out, [John] Brennan was himself deeply involved in the interrogation program, and was confirmed 63-34 as Obama’s CIA director, with only two Democrats and one independent voting against him. Why the double standard for the first woman nominated to lead the agency?” —Marc A. Thiessen
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Good going Disney,,, Make a movie out of a Christian book, but remove all hints to Christianity,, don’t be surprised when it comes back to bite.(and BOY did it.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/09/disney-stripped-wrinkle-time-christianity-lost-100-million/
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This is too funny. Pelosi vows to roll back tax cuts if Dems win the House back.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/05/nancy-pelosi-gop-tax-cuts/
That means the Dems are the party of recinding tax cuts as well as the party of Guatemala, Honduras, MS 13, and Stormy Daniels. Oh, this is too sweet.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1307990869334947/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1308671119266922/?type=3&theater
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Great job Disney, part 2.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30378/walt-disney-world-cancels-christian-music-festival-paul-bois
In other boring news, Senate Intel Committee finds no evidence Russian changed vote tallies, duh.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/08/senate-report-no-evidence-russians-changed-vote-tallies-2016/592978002/
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Walt@5:24PM
That’s a good article, although it doesn’t count until CNN or Huffington covers the same material.
I have to wonder sometimes just how many millions of dollars are being spent trying to get something, anything, on Trump. It’s probably a first in the history of the world. In the past, no one in the US ever cared enough, and outside of the US they simply man up and start a coup d’etat. Heck, even the French cut right to the chase when they really wanted to bring down a President.
On this last idea, Edward Luttwak wrote a manual on the matter. I would suggest that Paul and his people simply read up on that and stop with the silly THAT-BASTARD-HAD-AN-AFFAIR-FOURTEEN-YEARS-AGO!!!! sort of thing. It just gets confusing after a while.
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Is it pudding night at the rest home? Paul just won’t answer my simple questions. Yet believes he has all the answers.
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Prompt as always –
The occupied Golan Heights has been on high alert since Donald Trump confirmed he was pulling the US out of the Iran nuclear deal.
“The IDF views this Iranian attack very severely,” Conricus said. “This event is not over.”
In the early hours of Thursday morning, the IDF’s Arabic-language Twitter account said its military was “moving” against Iranian targets in Syria and warned Damascus not to intervene.
Syrian state media said anti-air defences were responding to a “new wave of Israeli missiles and is dropping them one by one”. It said shells fired from Israel hit southern Syria’s Quneitra province, adjacent to the Golan Heights. There were no reported casualties.
Explosions were heard in the Syrian capital as jets flew overheard.
Iran did not immediately comment.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-apos-fires-20-rockets-224624404.html
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Here is a little truthful heartburn for team lefty and especially the po’ ol’ putin party parrots –
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/05/09/trump-so-far-wins-release-of-at-least-14-american-hostages/
Try and splash some rancid Russian dressing on that. 😉
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Education
https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/1047596645390557/?type=3&theater
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OHH LEFTIES!!!!,,, Muller’s arrogance may have backfired.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/09/russian-collusion-trial-robert-mueller-first-casualty/
He didn’t count on a real fight.
“Mueller may now have to try the case, and Concord’s lawyers have put the special counsel on notice. The Russian company’s lawyers intend to invoke “discovery” to obtain U.S. intelligence about what they knew of Russian activities.”
““One thing you never want to do is to indict in a case that you’re not prepared to try,” McCarthy said.
Mueller tried to delay Wednesday’s hearing and floated a claim Concord had not been properly served notice.”
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Which the judge denied @ 744. 😉
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The plot thickens. Just how many Michael Cohens are there?
In the letter to [U.S. District Judge Kimba] Wood on Wednesday, Cohen’s attorneys claimed that Avenetti had incorrectly linked at least five wire transfers to their client. In two cases, they said the money was received by different Michael Cohens — one residing in Canada and another in Israel.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/09/michael-cohen-team-says-some-avenattis-claims-are-about-other-michael-cohens.html
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This is the po’ ol’ putin party parrot’s task master and like a good lefty he keeps parroting away.
Even Steven Segal was there! Did you invitation get lost in the mail??
https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2018/05/09/russias-hypersonic-missile-debuts-alongside-new-military-tech-at-parade/
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Aint nuthn but a thang baby, reality check!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/europe-will-try-keep-iran-deal-alive-cant-152504350.html
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PaulE 557pm – This may come as a complete shock to you, but just because I “admire” someone does not mean that I then am obliged to think and agree in lockstep with that person. Is that the norm with you?
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Welcome to the new world order of no more appeasement and you are not all that!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-strikes-dozens-iranian-targets-syria-044915343.html
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GR 927pm
That isn’t the norm for Paul, applied to Paul.
It is the norm for Paul to apply to others.
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Happy Birthday to a person who I admire and I can’t think of a thing he’s written that I don’t agree with in principle if not in fact.
Just like Marx, only right.
Friedrich Hayek, rest in peace.
https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/happy-birthday-f-hayek
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I just thought I’d clear up a few political terms.
http://americandigest.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/innazis.jpg
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,,,”’Trump is what he is, a floundering, inarticulate jumble of gnawing insecurities and not-at-all compensating vanities, which is pathetic. Pence is what he has chosen to be, which is horrifying.” ”’ George Will,,,
peace-out!!!
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Keep on spewing fakenews and it will come back and bite you in the ass –
During primetime hours throughout May of last year, CNN averaged 1.12 million total viewers and 399,000 demo viewers.
During the first week of May this year, CNN averaged just 859,000 total viewers and 286,000 demo viewers, which represents a jaw-dropping collapse of 23 percent and 29 percent, respectively.
By comparison, year-over-year in primetime, Fox News is up 5 percent in total viewers (2.24 million compared to 2.359 million) and experience only a 1 percent drop in the demo (453K compared to 448K).
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/05/10/cnns-may-ratings-already-collapsing-by-20-plus-percent/
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So George I then assume you disagree with the Judges assumptions that Cohen will likely be indicted and Trump should be careful about his associations with Cohen. The judge asks ““Why was a Russian billionaire giving a half a million dollars to the president’s lawyer — at the time the lawyer was paying, not only Stormy Daniels, but according to Rudy Giuliani, other women, to remain silent about their relationships to the president?” What is your view on that question?
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 10 May 2018 at 01:51 PM
ya po ol pollwatcher 😉
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The latest ugly about Michael Cohen, the Swamp King. So Cohen is peddling his insights into Trump to the highest bidders. So any of you RR’s think he didn’f have a little talk with Trump about these matters?
“AT&T Inc. paid President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, up to $600,000 for insights into how the new administration might handle matters affecting its business, according to a person familiar with the matter.”
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link
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-10/at-t-said-to-have-paid-cohen-up-to-600-000-for-trump-insights
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re: PaulEmery@2:10PM
Well, jeez dude. I’d think you’d be worth at least $800k to ATT in that case.
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Thanks for the flattering comment Scenes but I’m just an old five and dimer local boy.
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How come Obama couldn’t free the North Korean hostages but Trump could? Any ideas?
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If, while Trump was president, Cohen peddled his ‘Trump insights’ without Trump’s approval, then I think that is unethical. With Trump’s approval, The Donald should have negotiated a cut for himself 😉
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Sorry Paul Emery, latest news is the Cohen bank account scandal by Stoprmies so-called lawyer is a hoax. And it appears her lawyer owes the IRS five million. Now doesn’t that make you sad?
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Link Todd
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TV News
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