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["Immigrants separated from their children after being arrested for illegally entering the U.S. at the Mexican border are being asked to choose between being deported alone or with their children."  Why in the world would we not deport the children with the adults who brought them in?  Is it because the kiddie importers may not be the kids' parents after all?  Then where is today's insane hew and cry about separating kids from arrested parents – a long practiced process for both American and illegals taken into custody?  Or are we now done with this topic?  gjr]

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  1. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Don
    No bets on the next SCOTUS yet. But, they way they are going after the Notre Dame law professor, it’s going to get ugly, real ugly. No worries. All of Trump’s picks are brilliant and you can check off every box. No dummies, no losers like Sotomayor. We need grills t minds, one of a kind. Mike Lee is an interesting outlier. Anyone who knows him raves about how knowlgeable he is about the Constitution and Lee takes every opportunity at every dinner party to expound on the Constitution…for years. Brilliant insights, but probably ain’t going to be on the list.
    Here is a bet. Within a few weeks, it will leak out that Loverboy Peter was under directives to take official action against Trump by the Obama Administration. When that comes out, the sticky brown stuff will hit the oscillating device. The IG did not find everything. Want to place a bet?
    Todd.
    We got to go to a Trump Rally. Watched the North Dakota Rally he did last week and boy is Trump knowlgeable about the issues and funny. We got to get together if he is ever in these parts again and hit a Trump Rally for free and for fun. It’s a must do thing on the to do list.

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  2. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    My first response top the anti-LaMalfa screed by a babe named Finley in the paper.
    “LaMalfa is one of us and he is a good man and a good rep for the District. Your ilk is all about “no borders” getting rid of the police and allowing killers and drug dealers to flood America. You are for socialism, sanctuary cities and confiscating the hard-earned money the working people earn. LaMalfa is about less government and laws that we keep our money. Sorry but you are the one and ones that don’t belong here. Maybe Nancy Pelosi or Maxine Waters would be a better match for you.”

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  3. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    BT @ 815 – Just for fun I want that strong lady from the 7th who is a Catholic like Scalia. Gotta keep the balance, right? Go back to her last confirmation. You can not beat up on the sisters MR Senator, but I know some of those haters on the Judiciary Committee will bloviate. They don’t want to actually let her intellect show and make them look especially foolish.
    😉

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  4. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    As the president-elect geared up to take over, the FBI made another move that has captured investigators’ attention: It named an executive with expertise in the FBI’s most sensitive surveillance equipment to be a liaison to the Trump transition.
    On its face, that seems odd; technical surveillance nerds aren’t normally the first picks for plum political assignments. Even odder, the FBI counterintelligence team running the Russia-Trump collusion probe seemed to have an interest in the appointment.
    http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/395721-memos-detail-fbis-hurry-the-f-up-pressure-to-probe-trump-campaign

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  5. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Another loony federal judge’s decision this week. A Federal California Judge handed a setback to the lawsuit against SB54 this week. He would not allow an injunction to stop its enforcement which means it will be in force until the conclusion of the trial. He did allow a part of AB 450 to be enjoined for now. It forced private employers to follow a policy of not allowing the immigration people into the records of their employees without a warrant. So the Schizo Judge gave a bit and took a bi

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  6. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Scenes that was Philly! Even there they don’t want these commie bastards camping in their streets!

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  7. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy 413pm
    “Gregory’s final assessment should warn Republicans that just because a Senate report has a Republican name on it it should not necessarily be believed.”
    Golly Punch, the ‘report’ literally doesn’t have anyone’s name on it, or any other imprimatur (look it up, Paul) one might expect on an official report of a Senate committee.
    “According to Gregory, who has never believed the Russians attempted to influence our elections”
    It takes good evidence and a credible story to get me to believe in anything, Punch.
    “the stain of the Obama administration is too much to overcome even with a Republican majority”
    Well, the stain of past lies by Brennan, Clapper and the lightspeed the ICA was crafted at when, in the hours after the Nov ’16 Election, they realized the clock was ticking before the gigue was up.
    “in the senate Intelligence Committee and their reports should not be believed.”
    I look forward to news of the Senate intelligence sub-committee finishing the classified report and then, finally, the unclassified version of that report, this time with the imprimaturs one would expect on an official Senate work product. And an explanation of how the “dossier” entered into the ICA’s crafting, promised as work in progress in this memo.
    Finally, since I’ve never pledged fealty to the GOP in any way, I find your warnings to the GOP over my lack of credulity over the ICA and this memo interesting. I didn’t ever vote for Obama, McCain, Romney, Clinton or Trump. You?

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  8. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    TJ@8:06
    I especially like the fierce guy with the parasol.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRy4ZdOks1o&t=1m20s
    Prediction: That is going to become a meme.

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  9. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Funny just pulled this one right off Richard Burr’s web site.”
    -frisch 433pm
    Yes, that was from Burr’s senate web page. But Burr’s name is not on the memo nor the name of any other member of the committee, nor any claim of approval from the intelligence subcommittee. You know what an imprimatur is, don’t you, Steve?

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  10. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    SacBee Page 3B today ran an article on Ted Hickman, Vice Mayor of Dixon. He wants a parade for normal people and called homosexuals “fairies” in an OP-Ed in his local paper. Well, of course, the fascists are trying to recall him. But Dixon people may not agree. Anyway, I went to the Recall FB page and got into it with those fascists. They really are unhinged. Free speech on;t for them. Check it out and comment. LOL!
    https://www.facebook.com/Recall-Ted-Hickman-Vice-Mayor-of-Dixon-CA-353277151869181/

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  11. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: TJ@9:07
    Huh. Tempest in a teapot but a nice example of the times.
    As far as I can tell, it sort of goes.
    . Opinionated councilman with small local rag writes some article on how he’s sick of gay pride parades, especially the more pervy variety.
    . Gets picked up nationally
    . Lots and lots of ‘Freedom of the press does NOT mean freedom from consequences. ‘ In the final analysis, this means that if we don’t like what you say, we can ruin your livelihood, threaten your home, kill your dog.
    . A person or two argues back. Lots of hand waving ensues.
    . Being anti-nude whips ‘n chains SF parade means that you want to put all gay people in death camps because you can just tell what what he really thinks. Dogwhistles and the like.
    . The original author sounds like something of an ass.
    A wonderful example of poor manners and overreaction. A mini-version of modern politics.

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  12. '''M''' Avatar
    ”’M”’

    What will a parade for ,,,normal,,,people look like,,,Todd walking down the street with his MAGA hat on?

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  13. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: ”’M”’ | 06 July 2018 at 10:16 AM
    ….Todd walking down the street with his MAGA hat on?

    ….you rockin a fresh pair of Depends™.
    Oh wait……”normal” parade……never mind!

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  14. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    M likes to see his ilk on parade in SF doing what they do. I like normal people doing moral and normal things.

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  15. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    @8:30 am
    “Prediction: That is going to become a meme”
    I had to laugh at the immigrant from Congo climbing up the Ststue Of Liberty on the 4th to demonstrate her disdain for ICE advocate for the demolition of ICE. When the officers asked her why she was up on Lady Liberty’s feet, she said it was to protest seperating kids from their parents at the border. The dummy did not even know that the Border Patrol is the agency “seperating illegals caught crossing the border from their children, not ICE, ROFLMAO. What a dummy, what a knucklehead. Too funny. ICE does not defend nor patrol the border. Where do these people come from. Oh yeah, the Congo.
    Memes: I hope the andry young guy in Philly does become a meme, but it would be hard to beat the triggered SWJ Gal who is featured on oh so many memes. But, she is getting old. Time for some fresh blood. She is priceless, but time to move on.
    https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/1088263214657233/?type=3&theater
    https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPost/photos/a.82108390913.80726.51560645913/10155386508095914/?type=3&theater
    https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPost/photos/a.82108390913.80726.51560645913/10155338354420914/?type=3&theater

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  16. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Those Dems are some nasty folks, always trying to silence the truth to protect their own. Remember the trumped up ethics charges they threw at Devin Nunnes, a congressman of Hispanic heritage, to stifle his poking around into the Deep State and their criminal attempts to massively influence the election? Well, now they are going after Jim Jordan.
    I”n Jordan’s case, the two accusers are highly suspect. According to Chuck Ross at the Daily Caller, one of them, Dunyasha Yetts, served prison time for a $1.8 million fraud scheme that involved bilking professional athletes using phony documents.
    The other accuser, Mike DiSabato, has been accused by the widow of a Marine killed fighting in Iraq of intimidating and bullying her over a memorial fund set up in her husband’s name. The fund was supposed to help Ohio-based athletes, Olympic hopefuls and the families of fallen soldiers.
    Instead, according to Ms. Mendoza, DiSabato used it to finance a mixed martial arts venture. When the widow complained, the former wrestler tried to intimate her, she alleges. “I question the intent, the authenticity, the verity, that Mike DiSabato shares in any of his words or actions,” Ms. Mendoza says.”
    http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/07/jim-jordan-and-his-accusers.php
    Lol. Reminds me of this middle aged to elderly woman accusing Trump of walking up to her in the middle of Trump Towers’ lobby and groping her out of the blue. The lady looked rather homely, so it did not make sense. I poked around and it was revealed she was Hillary’s personal secretary on Hillary’s 2008 Campaign. Oh, where do they get the idea that they can pull it off?

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  17. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    More on Jim Jordan. Hey, isn’t that the same law firm that hired CrossStrike to examine the DNC server?
    http://www.oann.com/carter-page-calls-out-law-firm-behind-wrestling-team-sex-abuse-allegations/
    You know, the IG only looked how the FBI handled the Clinton e-mail investigation on her private server. Now, the good stuff is coming out. The IG is currently looking into how the FBI handled the Russian Collusion investigation with the Trump Campaign…and the FBI is just the lowest of the hanging fruit on the tree.
    The best is yet to come. Patient grasshoppers, patience.
    Lest we forget: Those 17 or 19 intell Agencies that issued a report.
    The Democratic National Committee reportedly “did not allow” the Federal Bureau of Investigation to examine its hacked computer servers before the intelligence agency issued a report blaming Russia as the culprit.
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/democratic-national-committee-fbi-hacked-servers-computers-russia-donald-trump-cia-fbi-briefing-a7512396.html

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  18. '''M''' Avatar
    ”’M”’

    ,,,Todd and his X at a recent normal people parade,,,
    https://goo.gl/images/HZSVZM

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  19. Paul Emery Avatar

    Gregory
    Are you saying Sen Burr did not support the memo from the SI Committee and the mempdoes not represent the committee consensus? ?
    Gregory writes
    “Yes, that was from Burr’s senate web page. But Burr’s name is not on the memo nor the name of any other member of the committee, nor any claim of approval from the intelligence subcommittee. You know what an imprimatur is, don’t you, Steve? “

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  20. Paul Emery Avatar

    Trump quote on Putin after he mocks McCain and Bush
    Trump: “You know President Putin is KGB… Putin is fine. He’s fine. We are all fine, we’re all people”
    Trump ignores the fact that Putin is an international gangster and an assassin.

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  21. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 06 July 2018 at 01:42 PM
    Has the man threatened you Punch?

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  22. fish Avatar
    fish

    Man…..how do you not like the GOP chances when the democrat donor class lets Pelosi and Auntie Max constantly spout off for the press!

    Nancy Pelosi

    Verified account
    @NancyPelosi
    The June #JobsReport shows what is at stake from the brewing storm of rising health costs, spiraling trade uncertainty & an economy being hollowed out to enrich big corporations & the wealthiest 1 percent. Americans deserve better than the GOP’s raw deal.

    I’ll give the dems credit though ….they do recycle…..I’ve seen this rhetoric before!

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  23. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Assassin? That one I have to disagree with. Putin started off and remained throughout his career an intelligence officer, methodically collecting and analytically disecting Intel for meaning and importance…and irrelevancy. Not a hitman. If you want to call Putin a murderous monster, then fine. But not an assassin, if in the far fetched notion you wish to remain factually accurate. Guess that makes me a Putin Cuddler.
    Assasian is an interesting word. The word “assassin” derives from a secretive murder cult in the 11th and 12th centuries called the “Hashishin”, meaning “hashish eaters”. While much of the origin of this cult has been lost, the original leader was Hasan Ben Sabah, a prominent devotee of Isma’ili beliefs.
    Basically, the men were given hashish, which heightened their level of violence and hashish was the catalyst to go out and murder folks.
    For more information to put in one’s Enyclopedia of Inconvenient Information, feel free to read on.
    http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/12/where-did-the-word-assassin-come-from/
    G

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  24. Paul emery Avatar
    Paul emery

    Fish Do you think Putin is just fine ?

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  25. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul emery | 06 July 2018 at 02:07 PM
    All things being equal I wouldn’t mind a different guy at the helm over there!

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  26. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    I am still waiting for ideas from the “Democrats”.
    “They [the Lefties] could have dropped their obsession with identity politics and instead attempted to win over blue-collar voters with more inclusive class appeals rather than racial appeals.
    Instead, Democrats have endlessly replayed the 2016 election. In Groundhog Day fashion, Hillary Clinton repeatedly offered tired excuses for her loss.
    To progressives, Trump became not an opponent to be beaten with a better agenda, but an evil to be destroyed. Moderate Democrats were written off as dense; left-wing fringe elements were praised as clever.
    Voters in 2016 bristled at redistribution, open borders, bigger government, and higher taxes, but progressives are now promising those voters even more of what they didn’t want.
    Furious over the sudden and unexpected loss of power, enraged progressives have so far done almost everything to lose even more of it.
    And that paradox only leads to more furor
    https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/progressive-meltdown-left-cannot-cope-with-loss-of-power/

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  27. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Fish: your turn in the penalty box.
    With all the immigration protests going on, the fight over SCOTUS getting a new Justice, trade wars heating up, and other issues blaring 24/7 like the Blue Wave, I was puzzled why Punchy out of the blue (or green) started recycling his Putin Degrangement Syndrome. Nothing in the news was pointing directly to Russia, Russia, Russia. So why now? Why, why, why?
    Aha! Trump is going to meet with Putin. That is the trigger. How silly of me. And now this sudden PDS makes perfect sense. Russia, Russia, Russia is back on Punchy’s front burner.
    Alright all you Putin cuddlers, near and far. Gather around and get ready to be shamed…especially all you Cold War Warriors. Shame, shame, shame. Shame on you!
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4lTzx7NgMH0
    Maybe Trump will give Vlady a nice big red reset button. We come in peace.

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  28. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    It’s all part of the Russian connection fish The entire US intelligence committee believed Russia interfered with our election by leaking stolen emails through WikiLeaks This is just the beginning of revealing trumps knowledge and involvement
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 13 February 2017 at 08:46 PM
    George
    You imply a rather massive conspiracy theory based on implanted Dems out to protect their interests, This would involve all intelligence agencies 16? Not likely. George I believe you to be wrong here. There is something about Trump that is appealing the Russians and it’s pretty creepy to me to think that intelligent people like you are not concerned by the cozy relationship between Trump and Putin. This is not Reagan-Gorbachev but two narcissistic ego maniacs. Putin is a ruthless killer and Trump-well is Trump. You put an awful lot of faith that he can rise to the occasion as President and you know I hope you’re right. I feel Putin will eat him alive and play him like a spring toy.
    I’m sighing off for a few days. Off for a short vacate to other places. Have a good weekend everybody
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 07 January 2017 at 04:39 PM
    Bye, bye. Don’t forget to write.

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  29. Paul Emery Avatar

    No such luck Bill, I’m not going anywhere. You had to find something from 2017 to make you feel good. I’m here for a while. Right now Trump is Putin cuddling again and you guys are going along with it.

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  30. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Yeah Paul Emery, Trump should call Putin out and get us all incinerated with nukes. That is your style not ours. I like Trump’s attempts to normalize and humanize them. Maybe the planet will make it a bit longer. Your strategy and recommendations ensure devastation. Thank GOD you are not on the negotiating team.

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  31. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: BillT@2:56PM
    I can beat that

    27 December 2016

    So when long time Senators and GOP loyalists such as Graham and McCain say 99 Senators believe there was Russian interference in our elections you don’t believe them,

    Posted by: Paul Emery

    Maybe it’s dementia kicking in? It’s hard to say. It’s like that guy that tells everyone in the bar the same story a dozen times in a row while, with mounting horror, you see a growing damp spot under his seat.
    Daily Dose of Irony:
    https://i.redd.it/4oy27nyrmc811.jpg
    Some words on the heroic base climber:
    https://i.redditmedia.com/ivb-EfTKeBZP5fEYvOIt_DT1J9iRRWiuSYIEEAXQUp8.jpg?w=536&s=65fb3507722ec65e5e8e88e2e427785d
    The truth of the matter:
    https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/jonathan-mizrahi/harvard-harris-poll-61-registered-voters-say-illegal-aliens-kids
    Damn straight:
    https://i.redd.it/zds64yqgrb811.jpg
    The locals react:
    https://i.redd.it/ikz3ia395c811.jpg
    Heroism in 2018:
    https://i.redd.it/5sec9r3q1d811.jpg
    tip o’ the hat to: /r/the_donald

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  32. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Oh Punchy, would it satisfy your bloodlust if I started saying nasty things about Vlady? You want me to talk dirty to him? Tell Putin the best thing about him ran down his mama’s leg? Sorry, I save those one liners for the Progressives. But, if you makes ya calm down long enough to put the fire in your hair out, I will oblige. Just because. Hugs and kisses.XXXOOO.
    Bad Putin, bad. Bad dog. Bad. Bad, bad, bad boy.
    All better now?

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  33. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    M 1228
    That is a picture of Keachie not me. And his wif.

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  34. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: scenes | 06 July 2018 at 03:17 PM
    Who says Yale grad students have lost what it means to be a child…..playing pretend hunger strike!
    Nobody should ever lose their sense of whimsy!

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  35. George Rebane Avatar

    Mr Tozer, thank you for the enjoyable and illuminating trip down memory lane 😉

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  36. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: GeorgeR@3:26PM
    Paul probably used to tell everyone how Reagan was in Andropov’s pocket.

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  37. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: scenes | 06 July 2018 at 03:21 PM
    Oh scenes…..I don’t care how hard she uses her children as props in her virtue signaling 🎭 theater it simply isn’t enough…..by definition it can never be enough.
    Never be the first to stop clapping!

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  38. Paul Emery Avatar

    George
    Do you believe that Putin is a “fine guy”?

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  39. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Bill Tozer | 06 July 2018 at 02:56 PM
    Ooooh….those were good ones Bill. Unlike dugskis, Punchies Depends must be tin foil lined!

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  40. Paul Emery Avatar

    Wow
    Trump down in favorability poll by 11.4 including being down by 8 in FOX News.
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/trump_favorableunfavorable-5493.html

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  41. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 06 July 2018 at 05:02 PM
    Atta boy Punch…..a good poll always brightens your day!

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  42. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Now, who is the finer ole chap? Kim Jung Hu or Vlady? Please cast your votes.
    It found it to be a swell gesture of Pompero to bring along the CD of Elton John’s
    Rocketman.
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/06/mike-pompeo-north-korea-kim-jong-un-rocket-man-cd-nuclear-elton-john
    It’s those little things in life that give us so much pleasure.

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  43. Paul emery Avatar
    Paul emery

    Fish do you believe Putin is a fine guy ? You

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  44. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul emery | 06 July 2018 at 05:19 PM
    Punchie now you’re just doing reruns! You and I have been over this before.

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  45. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Yes or no, yes or no?
    Are we a blue county yet?

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  46. Paul emery Avatar
    Paul emery

    Bill we are a blue County. Don’t say I never answer questions

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