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[In addition to all the other issues that need to be covered, I draw your kind attention to the 22nov19 update of the most recent 'Ruminations'.  gjr]

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  1. Walt Avatar

    The Trump administration calls your political investigation,, and raises you a CRIMINAL investigation.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-doomsday-scenario-could-anxious-moderates-scuttle-impeachment-push
    Now how many dirty LIBS will be needing lawyers?

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  2. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Christmas stocking stuffers. Cap guns. Practice at home. Fauxahonas sure could of used one of these as she cracked a brewski and was taken aback that her husband showed up out of the blue in their kitchen.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYRntOFtWTM

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  3. Walt Avatar

    Things get better!! Now will the Mexican government come bitching?
    https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/11/26/mexican-cartels-will-be-designated-as-terrorist-organizations-says-president-trump/
    The LIBS sure will take issue.

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  4. Walt Avatar

    I’m at 1369 foot, and we are the snow line. It’s been falling, but not sticking….yet.

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  5. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    After the election with Hillary easily winning and the Dems likely taking the Senate the parting out of thje Republican party will begin. Trump will hold court over his loyalists and split the party and become a Folk Hero of the right much like Tim Robbins in the 1994 film Bob Roberts about the Conservative folksinger who ran for Senate of Pennyslvania .
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 October 2016 at 04:46 PM
    ——————-
    Just as you frequently cherry pick and post misleading numbers regarding climate change, you continue to do so with your cherry picked polls of folks who will vote Trump.
    You conveniently forget to put your poll numbers into context. Look at a map of the electoral college. It matters not one whit that bigly numbers of voters in Mississippi and Alabama are going to vote Trump when huge electoral college states such as Washington, Oregon, California, Michigan, New York, etc. etc are solidly in the HRC camp. The polls you trot out are meaningless when put into context of the real world of the electoral college.
    Go find a mainstream poll tallied per the electoral college and name us one that finds Trump a winner.
    Posted by: jon smith | 21 October 2016 at 10:17 AM
    ———————-
    2nd verse, same as the first.
    After the election with Hillary easily winning and the Dems likely taking the Senate the parting out of thje Republican party will begin. Trump will hold court over his loyalists and split the party and become a Folk Hero of the right much like Tim Robbins in the 1994 film Bob Roberts about the Conservative folksinger who ran for Senate of Pennyslvania .
    That’s how I see it.
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 October 2016 at 06:24 PM
    ——-
    Hmmm. Reminds me of the prediction that Moscow Mitch was toast and the Democrats would take over the House AND Senate, 7 days before the 2014 election. Instead, the Dems got slaughtered in historic proportions. Ain’t that a shame.
    Trump ain’t running to win the popular vote. His strategy is to win the Electoral College. Turned 10 mil into billions through both real hard economic times, downturns, and good economic times, ran for his very first public office and became President of the US…..and losers sitting in their basements writing for Buzzfeed making $25,000 a year type out that Trump is stupid, lol. Include some of our addicted to outrage lefties with a bad case of TDS to that list.
    It’s the Electoral College Trump is going to win, again. Great strategy…for a dummy. 🙂

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  6. Walt Avatar

    LOL!! Move that goalpost again!
    https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/11/26/dem-rep-lawrence-i-want-the-senate-to-vote-on-censuring-trump-not-on-removal/
    Can you say desperation? ANYTHING to try and score a symbolic point.

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  7. fish Avatar
    fish

    The internet never forgets……that Punchy is a political dimwit.
    That’s how I see it.

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  8. Walt Avatar

    More evidence against Quid Pro Joe,, that you LIBS will ever have against Trump.
    Yaaa…. Corruption….
    https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/11/26/joseph-distefano-long-before-hunters-ukraine-gig-joe-biden-used-legal-graft-to-enrich-his-family/
    “Joe Biden has been a beneficiary of “legal graft” via the “Delaware Way,” DiStefano said — a term defined as “politicians doing favors for well-connected business owners in exchange for contributions after the fact.”
    “We go where the facts lead, DiStefano said. “In the case of the Bidens, they’ve been leading for a very long time. If you go back to the early 1970s, ever since Joe Biden’s been elected to the Senate, there has been a pretty unremitting series of business transactions involving members of his family and companies that were interested for a large variety of reasons in getting access.”

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  9. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    So remind us again who is really paying the price for the chi coms trade war that’s been going on for decades? Did you hear we had the 100th record market close of the Trump administration? Did you hear that blacks, Latinos, have women have some of the lowest unemployment numbers seen?
    ITS THE ECONOMY STUPIDS! –
    Economic growth was already the slowest in almost three decades in the third quarter, and Bloomberg Economics’ gauge aggregating the earliest data from financial markets and businesses shows that continuing, with a worsening picture for trade, sales manager sentiment, and factory prices.
    While tensions with the U.S. have eased since the two sides announced talks toward a so-called “phase one” deal last month, a leading indicator for trade flows in Asia, South Korean exports, still contracted almost 10% in the first 20 days of November. That’s an improvement from September’s worst result in a decade, but it indicates that high-technology trade across the region is still struggling as the Christmas shopping season approaches.
    Profits at Chinese industrial firms fell the most on record in October, dropping 9.9% from a year ago, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday. The decline in prices at the factory gate is one of the factors undercutting those profits and is expected to continue in November, according to a Bloomberg tracker of producer prices.
    The falling prices indicates domestic demand is weak. If those deflationary effects continue it will further hurt corporate profits at home and eventually drag down prices and profits overseas as well.
    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/china-economy-slows-seventh-month-210000779.html
    😉

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  10. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    No snow here. Beautiful star filled night. But…….
    *Hwy 20 is being Closed From
    N C to Hwy 80
    *2 Big Rigs Spin Outs ,Hwy 20 above Nevada City. “It’s going to be awhile”. Cal Trans
    * power went out on Gracie Rd, High St (Nevada City), Little Deer Creek Lane (Slate Rd), lights flickering on Banner,
    *PG&E text: 1,089 affected.
    *tree down near roundabout on E. Main, all roads unplowed.
    * Big Rig with No Chains is blocking Eastbound Hwy 80,Having difficult time moving it.Caltrans
    *** Notification 100. All Ambulances Committed. Western Nevada County
    Request for Auburn unit to move up to Higgins. None Available.
    *****First free Ambulance, meet at Fire Station for transfer Code 3 (2 hours ago)
    ————-
    Carry tow straps folks. Help maybe a long time incoming tonight

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  11. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “ITS THE ECONOMY STUPIDS!”
    If the Blue Mob had their act together, they’d be frantically searching for some way to crash the stock market before the election. Screw the ginned up charges against Trump. I don’t doubt for a minute that they’d do it given the chance.

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  12. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    It looks like with 0 saying creepy grampa joe does not have it and Senate subpoenas for creepy and his black sheep brat its only going to get worse. The other clowns in the car are still chewing on his ankles too. I don’t think the socialists cultural revolution antifa minions are going let up.
    Comrade bernie doing selfies with Ariana Grande who hates America and Americans, you remember the doughnut licking video tells you all you need to know.
    Biden aided the theft of our intellectual property including MILLATARY applications with his son, ride in on AF1 and get a bil five to be the bitch ass front man to the determent of western security.
    Now you have the big Philly newspaper busting a cap in creepy grampa joes ass today ——————–
    Investigating the nature of Joe Biden’s and Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine — particularly with respect to energy company Burisma — is a legitimate endeavor, determined Joseph N. DiStefano, Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer and Nation columnist, offering his remarks in a Tuesday interview.
    “Joe Biden backed Obama’s [and the] Democrats’ attempt to socialize the [private lending industry], and make it so that anybody who wants a loan for college can get one. no matter that it’s a bad college program that doesn’t help people get jobs, no matter that it’s a bad borrower who’s not going to pay their loan,” DiStefano explained. “That’s why student lending is so expensive in this country.”
    Bohai Harvest RST (BHR), a private equity firm founded by Hunter Biden, procured $1.5 billion in financing from the state-run Bank of China days after then-Vice President Joe Biden traveled to China as part of an official extended trip to Asia.
    DiStefano recalled BHR’s involved in purchasing “politically sensitive” assets and companies, including dual-use technology with military applications developed by automotive parts manufacturer Henniges Automotive.
    “They ended up buying the biggest copper and cobalt mine in Africa,” said DiStefano of BHR’s global acquisition. “They bought a company in Detroit that did a lot of controls for vehicles, including military vehicles. They bought into a company in China hat ended up designing a lot of technology used in the imprisonment of the Uighur population.”
    https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/11/26/joseph-distefano-long-before-hunters-ukraine-gig-joe-biden-used-legal-graft-to-enrich-his-family/
    😉

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  13. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Must have got wild and wooley yesterday around 5:30
    Dispatch, “do you still need a tow truck for 5 cars in a ditch”.
    L. E., “affirmative.”

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  14. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    GeorgeR: “It really appears that our power grid is strictly junior league -”
    I expect you’ll find that there’s no outages in Truckee with higher wind, colder temperatures, more snow, harder access. I guess we need their power company.
    You can argue that the NCERC should work exclusively on issues surrounding fire insurance, area fire prevention, clean and stable power, internet infrastructure, …and that’s it.
    I sure wouldn’t move a company here, unless I was in the homeless-industrial complex.

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  15. George Rebane Avatar

    Scenes 757am – We made the same decision almost eight years ago, and located in Auburn.

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  16. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Leader of the Cult goes to Broward County that voted 66% for Hillary. He is unhinged, I tell ya.
    https://www.facebook.com/Deplorables1/photos/a.321188088239718/1004194649939055/?type=3&theater

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  17. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Nunes
    “Media’s Latest Anti-Nunes Smear Is Michael-Cohen-In-Prague All Over Again
    Their latest effort against the top Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is to accuse him, without evidence, of secretly meeting in Vienna with a former Ukrainian official ‘to get dirt on Biden.”

    “Incidentally, if there is one thing we have learned from the media in the last couple of months, “get dirt” is their code for Republicans doing investigations. “Investigate” is their code for Democrats trying to get dirt on political opponents. It appears the same term could be used regardless of the political views of those doing the investigations.
    “In any case, the Resistance theory goes that because of this unverified story, they should get dirt on Nunes should be investigated and removed from his role in impeachment proceedings. It is just coincidence, surely, that Nunes has so effectively neutered the Democrats’ impeachment push by pointing out the flaws with Rep. Adam Schiff’s leadership of the proceedings. It is also coincidence that Nunes is chiefly responsible for blowing up the previous impeachment push through his oversight of the agencies that pushed the Russia collusion theory against President Trump.”
    https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/27/medias-latest-anti-nunes-smear-is-michael-cohen-in-prague-all-over-again/
    CNN again. What a surprise

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  18. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    This should curdle team lefty’s cream –
    However, the clutch of 9 to 13 states suggest Trump is “well positioned” for 2020, and give him a narrow edge despite job approval ratings that lag below 50%, and mounting political troubles dominating the headlines, Eurasia Group’s Todd Mariano found.
    An economy that’s largely defied the gloomiest predictions associated with a full-blown trade war with China is largely responsible for Trump’s 2020 chances, Eurasia Group found.
    As a result, Mariano’s analysis determined that Trump stands a better than 50% chance of winning 366 Electoral College votes — surpassing his 2016 tally of 306.
    “An initial analysis reinforces our appraisal that Trump enters the 2020 presidential election as a slight favorite,” Mariano wrote. “According to this data set, Trump does not need net positive approval ratings to have a strong chance at remaining in the White House.”
    He added that “the durability of his base, the strength of the economy, the benefits of incumbency, and persistent voter disenchantment had already led to the conclusion he had a slim advantage. These are buttressed by healthy approval numbers and economic data in the swing states.”
    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-reelection-odds-better-than-even-may-top-2016-despite-impeachment-eurasia-212100840.html
    😉

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  19. Walt Avatar
  20. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    The Gorgeous Chest Tweet.
    Now, I don’t believe Trump should be impeached over this lame Ukraine thang, but maybe his tweet should be an impeachable offense. After all, Rocky beat up Apollo Creed, a black man. 🙂

    “This is a good example of President Trump as Rorschach test. Some people absolutely hate him, as manifested by the fact that the percentage who disapprove of Trump in polls is nearly equal to the percentage who want him to be impeached and evicted from office. Why do they hate him so? Not because of record low unemployment, strong economic growth, and standing up to America’s foes abroad. They hate him because he does things like the “gorgeous chest” tweet.
    Conversely, some people–like me–enjoy Trump’s unorthodox personality. I think he is hilarious, especially in person. There is of course a conservative/liberal divide in people’s feelings about Trump. But why are some conservatives never-Trumpers? Why do they, like most liberals, have a visceral dislike for him? I think it is mostly on account of what I see as the funny, playful side of Trump’s personality.
    Of course, Trump knows that tweets like this morning’s will be greeted with outrage from his detractors. Nevertheless, he trolls them mercilessly. (The gorgeous chest tweet might be the most magnificent troll of all time.) That suggests that Trump believes there are more people who see this side of his personality positively–like me–than there are people who are driven up the wall by it. Or more swing voters, anyway.”
    https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-27-at-11.50.02-AM.png?ssl=1
    Pop goes the weasels.

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  21. Walt Avatar

    Anyone hear the news about legal dope shops? They just can’t compete with the street, and home grown plants.
    As predicted, not even enough tax revenue to the Ca. dope bureaucracy running. (hence the new tax hike)

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  22. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The clinton news network is as popular as shrillary! –
    What’s more, in the all-important 25-54 age demo, when compared to this same month last year, CNN’s primetime ratings collapsed an incredible 36 percent. CNN’s demo numbers are also down 22 percent throughout the day.
    If you are really looking for a reason to point and laugh at CNNLOL, the fake news network LOST primetime viewers last month
    https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/11/27/nolte-embattled-cnn-fails-to-attract-one-million-viewers-during-impeachment-month/
    😉

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  23. Don Bessee Avatar
  24. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So what’s the point you are trying to make about legal pot sales Walt. Do you believe it should be made illegal again?
    Walt | 27 November 2019 at 02:51 PM

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  25. Walt Avatar

    Well well… I see what gets Emery to fog a mirror.
    As I recall Emery, when I raised these vary points when the big legalization debate was going on, you claimed I was full of shit and didn’t know what I was talking about. The pro dopers like yourself claimed people would love the dope shops, and taxation would save Calif. All that money would flow into the state coffers.
    This is where I say,,, I told you so.
    No point in trying to make it illegal. The LIBS in Sac. love every drug induced vote they can get.Even Meth use has just about been decriminalized.(along with most drug usage crimes)

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  26. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy 508pm
    “Do you believe it should be made illegal again?”
    Jeeze, Punch, if folks are turning to the black market for it, they’re the ones deciding to KEEP it illegal.
    Yes? Say yes.

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  27. Walt Avatar

    Good point Gregory,, all those private dope sales are illegal.
    You DO know that Emery,, right? Do you support those illegal transactions?

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  28. Walt Avatar

    Smooth move Virginia.. This is what voting Commiecrat has got you.
    https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/25/bloomberg-bought-virginia-legislators-introduce-confiscatory-gun-ban/
    “Michael Bloomberg’s bought and paid for Virginia legislators have wasted no time introducing legislation that would make the Old Dominion’s gun laws worse than those of the billionaire’s home state of New York.
    SB 16, introduced by Sen. Richard L. Saslaw, would create a total ban on commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms, like the AR-15. Even worse, the ban would even extend to common firearm parts. The restrictions included in the proposed legislation does not grandfather current owners. The legislation is clearly designed to be firearms confiscation, as current owners would be forced to dispossess themselves of their property or face a felony conviction.”

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  29. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory, Walt
    Same thing happened with moonshine in the South and also in California when alcohol was legalized. You know all those folk songs about the “revenue man tearing my still house down” refer to the fact that moonshine could be produced and sold cheaper than store sold alcohol so there was a market for illegal booze and the enforcement was done by the tax man.
    As so called conservatives you two should be on the side of lower taxes I would think.

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  30. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Evening Walt. I figured you would be busy scrubbing out the house, running to the store for last minute items, and helping to prepare the feast. Don’t forget to dust off the turkey plate and gravy bowl and, of course, putting out those fancy guest towels in the bathroom that are made to look out, not to use. If running behind, pack the bedroom closet with stuff out of place to be put away later.
    Heard a great T-Day receipt:
    1) throw all tofu away.
    2) buy a turkey
    3) cook meat and eat

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  31. Walt Avatar

    Moonshiners are still getting busted for tax evasion to this day. The law is the law Emery.
    Funny how you change your tune. Care to remind us on your views of private gun sales? Transfers between family members?
    Glad to know your selective of your tax dodgers.

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  32. Walt Avatar

    Evening Brother Bill. We have it easy. The kids do ThanksGiving, and are stuck with the mess.
    The Son in Law is a damned good cook. The real fun is chatting with his Liberal Mom and Dad from Berkeley. I get to piss them off then come home.
    We have the Christmas fun and games.
    Whoever shows up last gets the spare room…….The motorhome.

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  33. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: Walt@6:16
    You got me perusing various Virginia legislations and the normal craziness that is gun regulation. Aside from the general tendency to make regular people into felons and felons into regular people by the Left, I always enjoy looking at proposed rules.
    Given all the ways you can make a gun, they always end up with things that are really a hoot, especially with carve-outs to keep some groups happy (in the past, Mini-14 owners for example).
    Fer example:
    An ‘assault rifle’ definition:
    “2. A semi-automatic center-fire rifle that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine and has one of the following characteristics: (i) a folding or telescoping stock; (ii) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the rifle; (iii) a thumbhole stock; (iv) a second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand; (v) a bayonet mount; (vi) a grenade launcher; (vii) a flare launcher; (viii) a silencer; (ix) a flash suppressor; (x) a muzzle brake; (xi) a muzzle compensator; (xii) a threaded barrel capable of accepting (a) a silencer, (b) a flash suppressor, (c) a muzzle brake, or (d) a muzzle compensator; or (xiii) any characteristic of like kind as enumerated in clauses (i) through (xii);”
    Just which of those things are dangerous? I mean, who writes this stuff?
    I keep wondering how the Blue Mob will deal with slide-action ‘tactical’ rifles. Hunting rifles are, no doubt, ‘sniper’ rifles.
    Of course, we all know who and with what the majority of murders are committed, but that’s unutterable.

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  34. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Walt
    I don’t smoke pot myself Walt, haven’t for years, I’m just noting that it’s a consumer item and it’s human nature to go for the best deal you can get. Do you strictly adhere to the speed limit or do you occasionally go a little faster when you feel it’s safe? To a variety of degrees we are all anarchists and break the law when we feel we can get away with it.

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  35. Walt Avatar

    Not one ticket in 25 years Emery.
    So you support illegal drug sales.. Got it. Thanks.

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  36. Walt Avatar

    Scenes. You can bet any law they pass will get challenged in court.

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  37. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt,
    Have a happy Turkey Day with the family. As Punchy said, “it’s human nature to go for the best deal you can get.” Tru dat. We usually dress in old torn clothes and hit the places that offer free meals for the down and out. It warms my heart to see all the smiling faces of those who labored so hard to spread the joy of giving for fun and for free. I would hate to deprive them of such pleasures, so we show up….would hate to deprive them of their joy of giving. Gotta think of others in this holiday season. No need to travel to Auburn anymore. They have great grub up here for the less fortunate. 🙂

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  38. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Walt
    Are you willing to say that on your property you have filed permits for all building improvements and repairs you have made that required it?

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  39. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    That’s typical pony tail of ignorance @747. #sad
    😉

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  40. Walt Avatar

    Keep deflecting Emery. Hard to justify your support here of the criminal element you backed?
    Screwing over the building dept over a simple home repair is not a criminal offence.
    Maybe code compliance should raid the Emery property to check for functioning smoke alarms, low flow shower heads and shiters?
    I say the cops should check for receipts when they see&smell dope smokers. Gotta check for those paid taxes.

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  41. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    “Difference between Mike Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren/Bernie Sanders is that Bloomberg is trying to buy the election with his money and Warren/Sanders are trying to buy it with yours.” —Brit Hume
    And more quotes (some from the fatigued Lefties)
    For the record: “At the end of 2009, the U.S. national debt was $12.3 trillion, and one of the nation’s two major parties at least claimed to care about it. Today, the debt is $23 trillion and neither party even pretends to care.” —Jim Geraghty
    Upright: “The nation would be far better off if Americans were able to come together to address the issues tearing the very fabric of society apart. So please, talk politics at the Thanksgiving dinner table this year. Even if it’s just for a little bit.” —Tristan Justice
    Never mind: “I was an early supporter for impeachment in 2017. The House Intelligence Committee followed a very thorough process in holding hearings these past two weeks. The information they revealed confirmed that this President has abused the power of his office, therefore I continue to support impeachment.” —Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), who a day earlier had said she didn’t “see the value in kicking him out of office”
    Demo-gogues I: “We cannot afford four more years of President Trump’s and reckless and unethical actions. He is an existential threat to our country, to our values, and our national security.” —Michael Bloomberg
    Demo-gogues II: “We have a president, a commander-in-chief, who has no respect for the rule of law and no concern whatsoever for ethics or honor, or for the values that truly make America great.” —Michael Bloomberg
    Non compos mentis: “I know this is going to sound a little strange, kind of — I don’t want to be president, but I do want to do things as president.” —Tom Steyer
    Village idiots I: “The President is a cancer and needs to be removed from office as soon as possible.” —John Legend
    Village idiots II: “We’re up against a crisis I never thought I’d see in my lifetime: a dictator-like attack by President Donald Trump on everything this country stands for. … It’s time for Trump to go — along with those in Congress who have chosen party loyalty over their oath to ‘solemnly affirm’ their support for the Constitution of the United States. … This monarchy in disguise has been so exhausting and chaotic, it’s not in the least bit surprising so many citizens are disillusioned.” —Robert Redford

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  42. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Walt
    Every time you dig a hole for someone do you ask if they have a permit for the work you do?

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  43. Piper Laurie's Shrink Avatar
    Piper Laurie’s Shrink

    The Republican chairman and top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said in a joint statement Thursday they have seen no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claim about Trump Tower being wiretapped.
    “Based on the information available to us, we see no indications that Trump Tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the United States government either before or after Election Day 2016,” Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) said.
    Great fun to watch our Liar in Chief weasel out of this.
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 16 March 2017 at 11:55 AM
    Tor your reading pleasure, today’s poll updates:
    The Trump crash in public approval continues. He is now negative in all major polls according to polling report and rcp polling. Down an astonishing 21 in Gallup.
    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 March 2017 at 10:54 AM
    liar liar pants on fire from one of your trusted sources the WSJ.
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-presidents-credibility-1490138920?emailToken=JRryd/98ZHqRhtQ9bsw1kUUyY7IJB%2BKPWkiSJ2rHNknGtXjUvfPknvlk34Ls8TL1HQ%3D%3D
    How can you people continue to support this mentally ill wanna-be dictator who conned you into voting for him? You all need to admit your bad judgement instead of doubling down on lie after lie and help put the country back together again before humpty trumpty totally destroys it with his lies and deceit. You had better hope and pray the trumpsters didn’t collude with the Russians to influence the election; that would be treason.
    Posted by: Robert Cross | 22 March 2017 at 11:31 AM
    For your reading pleasure Trump now down by double digits on Rasmussen. -10 Down 22 since Jan inauguration when he was up by 10. The rats will soon be jumping ship.
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 28 March 2017 at 08:23 AM
    Posted by: Account Deleted | 30 March 2017 at 10:43 AM
    Paul Emery
    For your reading pleasure Trump now down an unprecedented 11.6 average from all polls according to RCP. Obama was up 20 at the same time. Historic lows.
    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html
    Fish will write Still President Paul..ho hum
    Bessee is too busy fighting it out with his neighbors to comment
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 30 March 2017 at 10:43 AM
    So it begins. Flynn willing to testify in exchange for immunity. Where have we heard this before?
    From Fox News
    “WASHINGTON – Mike Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, has told the Federal Bureau of Investigation and congressional officials investigating the Trump campaign’s potential ties to Russia that he is willing to be interviewed in exchange for a grant of immunity from prosecution, according to officials with knowledge of the matter.
    As an adviser to Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign, and later one of Mr. Trump’s top aides in the White House, Mr. Flynn was privy to some of the most sensitive foreign-policy deliberations of the new administration and was directly involved in discussions about the possible lifting of sanctions on Russia imposed by the Obama administration.
    He has made the offer to the FBI and the House and Senate intelligence committees though his lawyer but has so far found no takers, the officials said.
    http://www.wgmd.com/flynn-offers-to-testify-in-trump-russia-probe-in-exchange-for-immunity/
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 30 March 2017 at 04:17 PM
    In case anyone forgot
    October 19, 1973: Dean Pleads Guilty, Accepts Subsequent Immunity in Exchange for Testimony’
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 30 March 2017 at 04:28 PM
    Fox today was all over the latest in the Flynn story and it seems he may be headed for retirement in a very small room with lots of roommates and bad food. No wonder he’s ready to flop and when he does———–
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 27 April 2017 at 12:09 PM

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    Mary Wanna

    John Boehner says it like it is.
    “Everything else he’s done [in office] has been a complete disaster,” Boehner said. “He’s still learning how to be president.”
    Boehner, who backed the businessman during the presidential campaign, criticized the Trump’s late-night tweets and said he hadn’t imagined him becoming commander-in-chief.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-boehner-donald-trump_us_59284e05e4b0065b20b63c80?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 26 May 2017 at 05:40 PM
    So it begins, The big payback
    The Trump administration is reportedly moving toward returning the diplomatic compounds, in New York and Maryland, to Russia.
    Give them back their spy farm while they are being investigated for interfering with our elections.
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 01 June 2017 at 01:02 PM
    I mean Todd you’d vote for Putin if he ran as a Republican right Todd. Oh that’s right, you already did. Putin groupie and wanna be Trump.
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 27 May 2017 at 05:31 PM

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    Not answering my questions again Emery,, got something to hide?
    I may have to go to public records to see if ANY building permit has your name on it. Remember. Replacing one damned board or window (new roof?) the county demands a permit.
    It’s not looking good for you Emery, being on the side of illegal drug sales and all. Stabbing that dope shop in the back is real low. Remember? you were bragging about being there for the grand opening.
    With friends like you,,, well you should know the rest..

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    Piper Laurie’s Shrink

    End of year goodie
    Historically Trumps victory will go down as an anomaly.
    Obama up by 12% in Fox approval poll
    Trump down by 6
    18% difference
    Happy New Year
    http://www.pollingreport.com/
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 31 December 2016 at 04:29 PM
    I didn’t vote for Ron Paul last time around Fish although I support much of what he stands for. I voted for Gary Johnson. Remember I vowed I would never to vote for a Republican or Democrat in a national election.
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 31 December 2016 at 05:11 PM
    Trump is the Russian puppet, here’s why.
    Trump is one confused puppy. You can NEVER believe a word he says. Because he is an accomplished liar nobody takes anything he says seriously especially someone as crafty as Putin. Putin will play him like a spider to a fly. He’ll get what he wants out of Trump and then chomp off another bit of the Balkans knowing that Trump will be helpless in stopping him just like Obama was. Obama did impose sanctions which was irritating to Putin but Trump and his Exxon puppet Sec of State will reverse that for the profit of both Trump and Exxon.
    Scott, what other playing card will Trump have if Putin makes a move on the Balkans or worse. What’s he gonna say-“Putin my friend, I thought we had a relationship??”
    Trump has no idea what he’s getting himself into. He’s willing to publicly bargain with NATO over bills due while Putin plays him like a chump. There is no way Trump is as smart as Putin in this game. Putin has been at it all his life while Trump was building hotels and sponsoring beauty contests.
    Hope that answers your question about how I see the situation.
    Also in my view Putin did intentionally try to influence the election which Trump denies. What a simple blackmail card Trump can play if he wants to get nasty with Trump. Who knows what other goodies he has on Trump if he decides to play that game. I fear that Trump will be helpless in any negotiations with Russia because he’s already so compromised.
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 23 December 2016 at 04:57 PM

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    jon smith

    I didn’t vote for Ron Paul last time around Fish although I support much of what he stands for. I voted for Gary Johnson. Remember I vowed I would never to vote for a Republican or Democrat in a national election.
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 31 December 2016 at 05:11 PM

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    I didn’t vote for Obama the 2nd time, Fish. I thought you knew that

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