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]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91504 michale Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:43:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91504 http://dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/C0x4E2HVQAAfwlE.jpeg <B>"Yes, Mr John Kerry.. If only that orange sliver were smaller, THEN there would be peace in the region.."</B> -@RubinReport Israel is 800 square miles in a sea of muslim states that is <B>20 MILLION</B> square miles... A sea of muslim states ALL committed to the destruction of Israel... Yea... If Israel gave up MORE land, there would be peace.. :^/ Do you guys even HEAR yourselves??? http://dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/C0x4E2HVQAAfwlE.jpeg

"Yes, Mr John Kerry.. If only that orange sliver were smaller, THEN there would be peace in the region.."
-@RubinReport

Israel is 800 square miles in a sea of muslim states that is 20 MILLION square miles... A sea of muslim states ALL committed to the destruction of Israel...

Yea... If Israel gave up MORE land, there would be peace.. :^/

Do you guys even HEAR yourselves???

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91503 michale Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:34:05 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91503 <I>Ya'all go on and on about the idea that it was the Russians hacking DNC and Podesta emails that won the election for Trump..</I> There ARE a couple exceptions to that "ya'all"... Ya'all know who you are... :D Ya'all go on and on about the idea that it was the Russians hacking DNC and Podesta emails that won the election for Trump..

There ARE a couple exceptions to that "ya'all"... Ya'all know who you are... :D

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91502 michale Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:24:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91502 "The Russian Hack" movement will go down in the annals of history as the Left Wingery's Birther movement... :D And who could have POSSIBLY predicted THAT!?? :D heh "The Russian Hack" movement will go down in the annals of history as the Left Wingery's Birther movement...

:D

And who could have POSSIBLY predicted THAT!?? :D

heh

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91501 michale Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:21:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91501 Ya know, it's funny... Ya'all go on and on about the idea that it was the Russians hacking DNC and Podesta emails that won the election for Trump.. But ya'all totally miss the fact that it was the *CONTENT* of the emails that allegedly turned the election in favor of Trump... So, even if one were to accept the idea that Russians hacked the DNC and Podesta (even though there is *ZERO* hard evidence to prove it) and even if one were to accept the idea that the emails were enough to swing the election to Trump (again, even though there is *ZERO* hard evidence to support it) ya'all are STILL left with one nagging, inconvenient but oh-so accurate FACT... It's the *CONTENT* of the emails, the actual words written by Democrats themselves, that (according to ya'all's theory) caused the American people to vote for Trump by the tens of millions.. So, blame the Russians if you want. Anything to avoid reality... Whatever helps get you thru yer day... But the unavoidable FACT is, even if it WAS Russia who enforced total and complete transparency, it was Democrats' own words that caused the American People to turn to Trump.... Just like it was Hillary's choice to use an unauthorized, illegal, insecure, hackable and hacked bathroom closet email server. Which, in turn lead to James Comey's investigation, his merciless critique of Hillary's "extremely careless" actions.. And which also lead to the follow-up investigation when State Dept emails were found on Abedin's husband's laptop.. ANOTHER violation of the law.... If Hillary and Abedin hadn't committed these crimes, then Comey would have had nothing to investigate and Hillary would have likely won the election.... Once again, it was the actions of Hillary and her inner circle that caused their problems. Not the subsequent investigation of them.. So, no matter how you slice it, no matter what scapegoat ya'all want to come up with (Russians and Comey and emails, oh my!!) the simple fact remains.. Democrats lost this election.... <B>"These are the facts of the case.. And they are undisputed."</B> -Captain Smilin' Jack Ross, A FEW GOOD MEN Ya know, it's funny...

Ya'all go on and on about the idea that it was the Russians hacking DNC and Podesta emails that won the election for Trump..

But ya'all totally miss the fact that it was the *CONTENT* of the emails that allegedly turned the election in favor of Trump...

So, even if one were to accept the idea that Russians hacked the DNC and Podesta (even though there is *ZERO* hard evidence to prove it) and even if one were to accept the idea that the emails were enough to swing the election to Trump (again, even though there is *ZERO* hard evidence to support it) ya'all are STILL left with one nagging, inconvenient but oh-so accurate FACT...

It's the *CONTENT* of the emails, the actual words written by Democrats themselves, that (according to ya'all's theory) caused the American people to vote for Trump by the tens of millions..

So, blame the Russians if you want. Anything to avoid reality... Whatever helps get you thru yer day...

But the unavoidable FACT is, even if it WAS Russia who enforced total and complete transparency, it was Democrats' own words that caused the American People to turn to Trump....

Just like it was Hillary's choice to use an unauthorized, illegal, insecure, hackable and hacked bathroom closet email server. Which, in turn lead to James Comey's investigation, his merciless critique of Hillary's "extremely careless" actions.. And which also lead to the follow-up investigation when State Dept emails were found on Abedin's husband's laptop.. ANOTHER violation of the law....

If Hillary and Abedin hadn't committed these crimes, then Comey would have had nothing to investigate and Hillary would have likely won the election.... Once again, it was the actions of Hillary and her inner circle that caused their problems. Not the subsequent investigation of them..

So, no matter how you slice it, no matter what scapegoat ya'all want to come up with (Russians and Comey and emails, oh my!!) the simple fact remains..

Democrats lost this election....

"These are the facts of the case.. And they are undisputed."
-Captain Smilin' Jack Ross, A FEW GOOD MEN

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91495 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 21:15:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91495 THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!!!! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!!!!! <B>'Fake News' And How The Washington Post Rewrote Its Story On Russian Hacking Of The Power Grid</B> http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2017/01/01/fake-news-and-how-the-washington-post-rewrote-its-story-on-russian-hacking-of-the-power-grid/#3eec00bc291e Oh...well.... Maybe not.... :D It's almost a Pavlovian response amongst the Left Wingery.. No matter how ridiculous, no matter how outlandish.... If the Left can use it to beat Trump over the head??? They'll swallow ANY BS story, hook, line and sinker.... :D THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!!!! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!!!!!

'Fake News' And How The Washington Post Rewrote Its Story On Russian Hacking Of The Power Grid
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2017/01/01/fake-news-and-how-the-washington-post-rewrote-its-story-on-russian-hacking-of-the-power-grid/#3eec00bc291e

Oh...well.... Maybe not.... :D

It's almost a Pavlovian response amongst the Left Wingery..

No matter how ridiculous, no matter how outlandish.... If the Left can use it to beat Trump over the head???

They'll swallow ANY BS story, hook, line and sinker.... :D

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91494 Balthasar Tue, 03 Jan 2017 19:34:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91494 So, the GOP kicks off its first day of the new session, embroiled in an Ethics controversy. Specifically, whether or not there should be any. The majority of the GOP caucus in the house voted last night to kill the Office of Congressional Ethics, over the objections of their own leaders. As David Axelrod noted later, this was a big, fat, Zeppelin for Trump to shoot down, and he did, with a tweet this morning, tweeting that as "unfair" as the Office might be, perhaps this was not the time to gut it (yeah, d'ya think so?). Shortly thereafter, the decision was reversed after leadership called a hasty meeting. A couple of thoughts: first, what an incredibly stupid move on the part of the caucus. Minus the very few who realized that it would look to the public like a vote in favor of open corruption. That's what the majority of the majority of the house for the next year thinks of ethics, folks. So there's that. Then you have the spectacle of Ryan losing control of the caucus for this vote, only to have them get in line in response to a <b>tweet</b>. The optics (and politics) suck here too. Ryan looks hapless, Trump looks like he's controlling his loyal followers by memo command. He's figured out how to turn this into a video game, in other words. That could be interesting, going forward. While I was researching this, I noticed a marked difference in coverage between the newspapers and networks: The NY Times coverage was relatively restrained, saying that the House responded to 'criticism' from Trump. By comparison, CNN's coverage is breathless, saying that Trump "strong-armed" Republicans in his "first Washington power play". Wow, all that? Note to CNN: I think we've found the problem. So, the GOP kicks off its first day of the new session, embroiled in an Ethics controversy. Specifically, whether or not there should be any. The majority of the GOP caucus in the house voted last night to kill the Office of Congressional Ethics, over the objections of their own leaders.

As David Axelrod noted later, this was a big, fat, Zeppelin for Trump to shoot down, and he did, with a tweet this morning, tweeting that as "unfair" as the Office might be, perhaps this was not the time to gut it (yeah, d'ya think so?). Shortly thereafter, the decision was reversed after leadership called a hasty meeting.

A couple of thoughts: first, what an incredibly stupid move on the part of the caucus. Minus the very few who realized that it would look to the public like a vote in favor of open corruption. That's what the majority of the majority of the house for the next year thinks of ethics, folks.

So there's that.

Then you have the spectacle of Ryan losing control of the caucus for this vote, only to have them get in line in response to a tweet. The optics (and politics) suck here too. Ryan looks hapless, Trump looks like he's controlling his loyal followers by memo command. He's figured out how to turn this into a video game, in other words. That could be interesting, going forward.

While I was researching this, I noticed a marked difference in coverage between the newspapers and networks: The NY Times coverage was relatively restrained, saying that the House responded to 'criticism' from Trump. By comparison, CNN's coverage is breathless, saying that Trump "strong-armed" Republicans in his "first Washington power play". Wow, all that?

Note to CNN: I think we've found the problem.

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91493 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 19:11:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91493 <I>The Republicans still managed to lose seats in both the House and Senate. Isn't there a lawsuit currently pending in Wisconsin, wherein the Democrat won the popular vote, but still lost to the Republican?</I> Probably not... :D <I>Like what? Colluding with foreign powers? Accepting cash bribes through his businesses?</I> Acts Hillary Clinton is clearly guilty of... But she is protected by the almighty '-D' after her name... <I>Even a police union official? You paint with big brush, Kimosabbe.</I> Yer right.. A cop is a cop first and foremost.. Even a union official cop... :D <I>Sure there is: inside the Capitol, where strict prohibition of guns has kept many Republican Senators and Reps safe from sane people.</I> Aww right... Aww right... So, what you are saying is that you want to build a BIG WALL around the entire country and have strict ingress controls and searches and metal detectors and all of the stuff that keeps the Capitol safe... How positively Trumpian of you.... OK... Let's do THAT and THEN ya can have your gun control... :D The Republicans still managed to lose seats in both the House and Senate. Isn't there a lawsuit currently pending in Wisconsin, wherein the Democrat won the popular vote, but still lost to the Republican?

Probably not... :D

Like what? Colluding with foreign powers? Accepting cash bribes through his businesses?

Acts Hillary Clinton is clearly guilty of... But she is protected by the almighty '-D' after her name...

Even a police union official? You paint with big brush, Kimosabbe.

Yer right.. A cop is a cop first and foremost.. Even a union official cop... :D

Sure there is: inside the Capitol, where strict prohibition of guns has kept many Republican Senators and Reps safe from sane people.

Aww right... Aww right...

So, what you are saying is that you want to build a BIG WALL around the entire country and have strict ingress controls and searches and metal detectors and all of the stuff that keeps the Capitol safe...

How positively Trumpian of you....

OK... Let's do THAT and THEN ya can have your gun control...

:D

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91492 Balthasar Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:49:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91492 <i>And yet, the American people totally repudiated Obama's polices in the form of over 1000 Democrat elected positions given to Republicans..</i> The Republicans still managed to lose seats in both the House and Senate. Isn't there a lawsuit currently pending in Wisconsin, wherein the Democrat won the popular vote, but still lost to the Republican? <i>When he actually does something that requires condemnation other than just having a '-R' after his name..</i> Like what? Colluding with foreign powers? Accepting cash bribes through his businesses? What is he trying to hide in his tax returns? Can you say "emoluments"? <i>I would no</i>[t] <i>believe anything a union official</i> [says] Even a police union official? You paint with big brush, Kimosabbe. <i>There is NO PLACE in this country where gun control is effective in preventing gun violence.</i> Sure there is: inside the Capitol, where strict prohibition of guns has kept many Republican Senators and Reps safe from sane people. And yet, the American people totally repudiated Obama's polices in the form of over 1000 Democrat elected positions given to Republicans..

The Republicans still managed to lose seats in both the House and Senate. Isn't there a lawsuit currently pending in Wisconsin, wherein the Democrat won the popular vote, but still lost to the Republican?

When he actually does something that requires condemnation other than just having a '-R' after his name..

Like what? Colluding with foreign powers? Accepting cash bribes through his businesses?
What is he trying to hide in his tax returns?
Can you say "emoluments"?

I would no[t] believe anything a union official [says]

Even a police union official? You paint with big brush, Kimosabbe.

There is NO PLACE in this country where gun control is effective in preventing gun violence.

Sure there is: inside the Capitol, where strict prohibition of guns has kept many Republican Senators and Reps safe from sane people.

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91491 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 16:16:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91491 <B>Ford Cancels Plans for New $1.6 Billion Mexico Plant Bloomberg News January 3, 2017, 11:08 AM EST Ford is scrapping its plans for a new $1.6 billion plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and will invest $700 million in the expansion of the Flat Rock, Michigan plant, Bloomberg News reports.</B> Oh wow!!!! That's our President-Elect!!!! Making America Great Again!!!! :D Ford Cancels Plans for New $1.6 Billion Mexico Plant
Bloomberg News
January 3, 2017, 11:08 AM EST

Ford is scrapping its plans for a new $1.6 billion plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and will invest $700 million in the expansion of the Flat Rock, Michigan plant, Bloomberg News reports.

Oh wow!!!!

That's our President-Elect!!!!

Making America Great Again!!!! :D

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91490 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:38:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91490 <B>“Breaking: State Dept expels 20 Nigerian diplomats after John Podesta fails to receive $1 million wire transfer from nephew of General Okezi.”</B> hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe Now THAT was funny!!! :D “Breaking: State Dept expels 20 Nigerian diplomats after John Podesta fails to receive $1 million wire transfer from nephew of General Okezi.”

hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

Now THAT was funny!!! :D

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91489 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:37:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91489 <B>If there’s any single statement that Barack Obama probably wishes he could undo, it was his mockery of Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential debates. Referring to Romney’s characterization of Russia as America’s greatest geopolitical foe, Obama said the 1980s are now calling, and they want their foreign policy back. Now of course, Democrats are up in arms about the Russians, sounding like madcap John Birchers from the 1960s. As Twitter wag IowaHawk noted, they didn’t get upset when Russia invaded Crimea, they didn’t throw down when Russia shot down a civilian airliner over Ukraine, but stealing John Podesta’s password via a phishing scam is apparently grounds for restarting the Cold War. Well, only one of these crimes constitutes a threat to Democrats’ political power. It’s easy to mock the Democrats’ hysteria over all this, which seems mostly like an inability to accept that they lost an election they thought was in the bag. Instead, they blame a password-phishing scam that John Podesta fell for like somebody’s technologically-challenged grandmother. (Another IowaHawk tweet: “Breaking: State Dept expels 20 Nigerian diplomats after John Podesta fails to receive $1 million wire transfer from nephew of General Okezi.”) And, partly to cover for Hillary and to delegitimize Trump, much of the press has talked about “election hacking” in a way that suggests — entirely falsely — that the Russians were changing votes instead of (maybe) being the ones who copied embarrassing emails from John Podesta and gave them to Wikileaks. (I say “maybe” because some people, like Ars Technica’s security editor Dan Goodin, don’t think that the Obama Administration has made the case that the Russians were behind it.)</B> http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/02/russians-hacking-podesta-emails-democrats-glenn-reynolds-column/96081006/ The Left simply cannot accept that they lost the election fair and square.. So they have to hysterically point to ANYTHING and EVERYTHING in a lame and ultimately futile attempt to cover up the obvious.. Hillary Clinton was a shit candidate and Obama's policies have screwed the Democratic Party over for a generation.... If there’s any single statement that Barack Obama probably wishes he could undo, it was his mockery of Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential debates. Referring to Romney’s characterization of Russia as America’s greatest geopolitical foe, Obama said the 1980s are now calling, and they want their foreign policy back.

Now of course, Democrats are up in arms about the Russians, sounding like madcap John Birchers from the 1960s. As Twitter wag IowaHawk noted, they didn’t get upset when Russia invaded Crimea, they didn’t throw down when Russia shot down a civilian airliner over Ukraine, but stealing John Podesta’s password via a phishing scam is apparently grounds for restarting the Cold War. Well, only one of these crimes constitutes a threat to Democrats’ political power.

It’s easy to mock the Democrats’ hysteria over all this, which seems mostly like an inability to accept that they lost an election they thought was in the bag. Instead, they blame a password-phishing scam that John Podesta fell for like somebody’s technologically-challenged grandmother. (Another IowaHawk tweet: “Breaking: State Dept expels 20 Nigerian diplomats after John Podesta fails to receive $1 million wire transfer from nephew of General Okezi.”) And, partly to cover for Hillary and to delegitimize Trump, much of the press has talked about “election hacking” in a way that suggests — entirely falsely — that the Russians were changing votes instead of (maybe) being the ones who copied embarrassing emails from John Podesta and gave them to Wikileaks. (I say “maybe” because some people, like Ars Technica’s security editor Dan Goodin, don’t think that the Obama Administration has made the case that the Russians were behind it.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/02/russians-hacking-podesta-emails-democrats-glenn-reynolds-column/96081006/

The Left simply cannot accept that they lost the election fair and square.. So they have to hysterically point to ANYTHING and EVERYTHING in a lame and ultimately futile attempt to cover up the obvious..

Hillary Clinton was a shit candidate and Obama's policies have screwed the Democratic Party over for a generation....

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91488 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:10:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91488 <I>Well, today's the day.. If Obama is going to insert Garland into the SCOTUS, he'll have to do it today....</I> Anyone wanna lay any bets as to whether or not Obama will do it?? :D Well, today's the day..

If Obama is going to insert Garland into the SCOTUS, he'll have to do it today....

Anyone wanna lay any bets as to whether or not Obama will do it?? :D

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91487 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 12:21:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91487 http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/09/intellectuals-for-trump Kind of a long read, but well worth it... This is exactly why Trump won... Because the Left underestimated Trump at every turn and STILL continues to underestimate.. Trump is stupid. Trump is a moron. Trump is a clown.. Trump is a con man. All the ideologically based accusations against Trump are total and complete BS because they fail to take into account on simple FACT.. Trump bested *THE* biggest, meanest and most well-funded political juggernaut in the history of the planet.. A stupid moronic clownish con-man simply could not have done that... If you accept that Trump is all those things, then Hillary must be *THE* most incompetent and stoopid candidate in the history of the planet to LOSE to such a man... So ya'all are left with two unpalatable choices.. 1. Trump is not the luser you claim... OR B. Hillary IS the luser you claim Trump to be... http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/09/intellectuals-for-trump

Kind of a long read, but well worth it...

This is exactly why Trump won...

Because the Left underestimated Trump at every turn and STILL continues to underestimate..

Trump is stupid. Trump is a moron. Trump is a clown.. Trump is a con man.

All the ideologically based accusations against Trump are total and complete BS because they fail to take into account on simple FACT..

Trump bested *THE* biggest, meanest and most well-funded political juggernaut in the history of the planet..

A stupid moronic clownish con-man simply could not have done that...

If you accept that Trump is all those things, then Hillary must be *THE* most incompetent and stoopid candidate in the history of the planet to LOSE to such a man...

So ya'all are left with two unpalatable choices..

1. Trump is not the luser you claim...

OR

B. Hillary IS the luser you claim Trump to be...

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91486 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:46:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91486 Well, today's the day.. If Obama is going to insert Garland into the SCOTUS, he'll have to do it today.... Well, today's the day..

If Obama is going to insert Garland into the SCOTUS, he'll have to do it today....

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91485 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:41:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91485 WOW!!!! I just got an email from SecState John Kerry who said that there is a previously unknown fund that has over a million dollars in it for me!!!! All SecState Kerry asks is that I send him $220 to cover the expenses of transferring this money to me!!! I am going to do this right now because SecState Kerry would NEVER lie to me!!!! :D Question, though.. Why is Secretary Of State's email address mrjohnkerry101@yahoo.com??? Oh, that's right. All US Secretary of States use private email services... So, I'm good!! I'm gonna be rich!!!!! :D WOW!!!!

I just got an email from SecState John Kerry who said that there is a previously unknown fund that has over a million dollars in it for me!!!!

All SecState Kerry asks is that I send him $220 to cover the expenses of transferring this money to me!!!

I am going to do this right now because SecState Kerry would NEVER lie to me!!!!

:D

Question, though.. Why is Secretary Of State's email address mrjohnkerry101@yahoo.com???

Oh, that's right. All US Secretary of States use private email services...

So, I'm good!! I'm gonna be rich!!!!! :D

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91484 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:33:35 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91484 <B>Russian government hackers do not appear to have targeted Vermont utility, say people close to investigation</B> https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-do-not-appear-to-have-targeted-vermont-utility-say-people-close-to-investigation/2017/01/02/70c25956-d12c-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html WaPoop eats crow... AGAIN!! :D Let's face the facts here.. This RUSSIANS ARE COMING!!! hysteria is just the Left's version of the Birther movement.. A total BS theory designed to do one thing and one thing only... Call into question the legitimacy of a freely and fairly elected President... Who could have POSSIBLY predicted this would happen?? Oh wait... :D For all the hysteria from the Left about Trump not accepting the results of the election, it turns out that it's the LEFT who has gone batshit crazy with hysteria over a "rigged" election.... Russian government hackers do not appear to have targeted Vermont utility, say people close to investigation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-do-not-appear-to-have-targeted-vermont-utility-say-people-close-to-investigation/2017/01/02/70c25956-d12c-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html

WaPoop eats crow... AGAIN!! :D

Let's face the facts here..

This RUSSIANS ARE COMING!!! hysteria is just the Left's version of the Birther movement..

A total BS theory designed to do one thing and one thing only...

Call into question the legitimacy of a freely and fairly elected President...

Who could have POSSIBLY predicted this would happen??

Oh wait... :D

For all the hysteria from the Left about Trump not accepting the results of the election, it turns out that it's the LEFT who has gone batshit crazy with hysteria over a "rigged" election....

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91483 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:21:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91483 <I>Obama is the most admired American. Trump isn't. It isn't even close.</I> And yet, the American people totally repudiated Obama's polices in the form of over 1000 Democrat elected positions given to Republicans...... AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN..... Funny how that is, eh?? :D <I>Sounds like most of the country has figured out what exactly what Trump is. When will you?</I> When he actually does something that requires condemnation other than just having a '-R' after his name.. <I>One thing I'm sure of: if she'd have won, she wouldn't have taken credit for 'saving' the jobs that Carrier didn't plan to send to Mexico anyway</I> Can you prove that?? Nope, you cannot... It's just ideology talking... <I>To quote Carrier's Union rep: "Trump lied his ass off" about the deal.</I> How can you tell if a Union rep is lying?? His lips are moving... Union officials are completely and utterly in the bag for the Democratic Party... I would no believe anything a union official than I would believe a DNC official.. <I>Violent crime is at an all time low under Obama (I already posted the FBI figures for you) and so are police killings (numbers from one of my favorite charities, NLEOMF).</I> But they are ON THE RISE... That's the fact you ignore because it totally demolishes your argument.. There is NO PLACE in this country where gun control is effective in preventing gun violence. NO.... PLACE.... Chicago is just one example amongst hundreds... <I>And a fine family they look like too! (but I still hate local news)</I> Thanks.. We don't watch any local news or any network/cable TV at all.. We had to find that on the internet... <I>Hope your grandson gets the treatment he needs.</I> Thanx.. We're hopeful.... :D Obama is the most admired American. Trump isn't. It isn't even close.

And yet, the American people totally repudiated Obama's polices in the form of over 1000 Democrat elected positions given to Republicans......

AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.....

Funny how that is, eh?? :D

Sounds like most of the country has figured out what exactly what Trump is. When will you?

When he actually does something that requires condemnation other than just having a '-R' after his name..

One thing I'm sure of: if she'd have won, she wouldn't have taken credit for 'saving' the jobs that Carrier didn't plan to send to Mexico anyway

Can you prove that?? Nope, you cannot... It's just ideology talking...

To quote Carrier's Union rep: "Trump lied his ass off" about the deal.

How can you tell if a Union rep is lying??

His lips are moving...

Union officials are completely and utterly in the bag for the Democratic Party...

I would no believe anything a union official than I would believe a DNC official..

Violent crime is at an all time low under Obama (I already posted the FBI figures for you) and so are police killings (numbers from one of my favorite charities, NLEOMF).

But they are ON THE RISE... That's the fact you ignore because it totally demolishes your argument..

There is NO PLACE in this country where gun control is effective in preventing gun violence.

NO.... PLACE....

Chicago is just one example amongst hundreds...

And a fine family they look like too!

(but I still hate local news)

Thanks.. We don't watch any local news or any network/cable TV at all.. We had to find that on the internet...

Hope your grandson gets the treatment he needs.

Thanx.. We're hopeful.... :D

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91482 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:13:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91482 <I>Unemployment is at 4.6%. Under 6% is considered full employment. Let's see if Trump can lower the number below 4.6% before we get too excited.</I> And how many tens of millions of Americans have LEFT the work force and been thrown off of unemployment?? THAT is Obama's legacy... A shrinking work force with people out of work.. Unemployment is at 4.6%. Under 6% is considered full employment. Let's see if Trump can lower the number below 4.6% before we get too excited.

And how many tens of millions of Americans have LEFT the work force and been thrown off of unemployment??

THAT is Obama's legacy...

A shrinking work force with people out of work..

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91481 neilm Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:27:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91481 <i>And, on another note... If anyone has noticed my change of heart on the medical marijuana law... http://www.news4jax.com/video/confusing-new-medicinal-pot-law That is why.....</i> Hope your grandson gets the treatment he needs. And, on another note...

If anyone has noticed my change of heart on the medical marijuana law...

http://www.news4jax.com/video/confusing-new-medicinal-pot-law

That is why.....

Hope your grandson gets the treatment he needs.

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91480 Balthasar Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:25:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91480 <i>Uhhh.... That was my daughter and grandson in the report</i> And a fine family they look like too! (but I still hate local news) Uhhh.... That was my daughter and grandson in the report

And a fine family they look like too!

(but I still hate local news)

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91479 neilm Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:21:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91479 <i>Yea... Let's make ALL of the country into Chicago...</i> Cherry picking one number just makes the right wing look desperate. Violent crime is at an all time low under Obama (I already posted the FBI figures for you) and so are police killings (numbers from one of my favorite charities, NLEOMF). Yea... Let's make ALL of the country into Chicago...

Cherry picking one number just makes the right wing look desperate.

Violent crime is at an all time low under Obama (I already posted the FBI figures for you) and so are police killings (numbers from one of my favorite charities, NLEOMF).

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91478 Balthasar Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:21:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91478 <i>If Hillary had been elected ALL of the Carrier jobs would have gone to Mexico..Funny how you ignore that</i> One thing I'm sure of: if she'd have won, she wouldn't have taken credit for 'saving' the jobs that Carrier didn't plan to send to Mexico anyway, as Trump did. It helped that Pence had already thrown seven million dollars at Carrier before Trump got involved. To quote Carrier's Union rep: "Trump lied his ass off" about the deal. If Hillary had been elected ALL of the Carrier jobs would have gone to Mexico..Funny how you ignore that

One thing I'm sure of: if she'd have won, she wouldn't have taken credit for 'saving' the jobs that Carrier didn't plan to send to Mexico anyway, as Trump did. It helped that Pence had already thrown seven million dollars at Carrier before Trump got involved.

To quote Carrier's Union rep: "Trump lied his ass off" about the deal.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91477 neilm Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:17:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91477 <i>Trump has SURPASSED Obama in the eyes of the American people and he ain't even POTUS yet...</i> Obama is the most admired American. Trump isn't. It isn't even close. And, just to rub salt into the open, suppurating wound that is Trump's popularity, for the first time in history, the President-Elect is under 50% favorability - and not just under, he is only at 42%. The lowest recorded before was 58%. Sounds like most of the country has figured out what exactly what Trump is. When will you? Trump has SURPASSED Obama in the eyes of the American people and he ain't even POTUS yet...

Obama is the most admired American. Trump isn't. It isn't even close.

And, just to rub salt into the open, suppurating wound that is Trump's popularity, for the first time in history, the President-Elect is under 50% favorability - and not just under, he is only at 42%. The lowest recorded before was 58%.

Sounds like most of the country has figured out what exactly what Trump is. When will you?

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91476 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:15:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91476 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4080790/Chicago-records-762-homicides-2016-making-bloodiest-12-months-20-YEARS-Windy-City.html Yea... Let's make ALL of the country into Chicago... What could POSSIBLY go wrong... :/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4080790/Chicago-records-762-homicides-2016-making-bloodiest-12-months-20-YEARS-Windy-City.html

Yea... Let's make ALL of the country into Chicago...

What could POSSIBLY go wrong... :/

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91475 neilm Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:13:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91475 <i>And how many jobs were LOST due to Obama's anti blue collar agenda???</i> Unemployment is at 4.6%. Under 6% is considered full employment. Let's see if Trump can lower the number below 4.6% before we get too excited. And how many jobs were LOST due to Obama's anti blue collar agenda???

Unemployment is at 4.6%. Under 6% is considered full employment. Let's see if Trump can lower the number below 4.6% before we get too excited.

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91474 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:06:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91474 <I>Not sure what your complaint is..</I> Uhhh.... That was my daughter and grandson in the report... I am not sure why you are expecting a complaint.... Not sure what your complaint is..

Uhhh.... That was my daughter and grandson in the report...

I am not sure why you are expecting a complaint....

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91473 michale Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:05:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91473 <I>Obama is generating millions of new jobs and all you can see are the 700 or so Trump paid for.</I> And how many jobs were LOST due to Obama's anti blue collar agenda??? Obama had 8 years and he screwed the pooch.. Trump has SURPASSED Obama in the eyes of the American people and he ain't even POTUS yet... :D <I>let's see what they are like in a couple of years</I> Yes... Let's see.. Can you hold your water and keep your powder dry til then?? :D Obama is generating millions of new jobs and all you can see are the 700 or so Trump paid for.

And how many jobs were LOST due to Obama's anti blue collar agenda???

Obama had 8 years and he screwed the pooch..

Trump has SURPASSED Obama in the eyes of the American people and he ain't even POTUS yet...

:D

let's see what they are like in a couple of years

Yes... Let's see..

Can you hold your water and keep your powder dry til then?? :D

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91472 Balthasar Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:04:28 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91472 <i>If anyone has noticed my change of heart on the medical marijuana law...That is why.....</i> Not sure what your complaint is.. Have I mentioned how much I dislike what local news has become? All of the local stations around here do about two minutes of stuff you'd generously call 'news', then cover local fires and accidents, then go straight to the fluff pieces. Half of their news stories are taken straight from PR releases by the local police or sheriff's departments. 'Investigative' pieces like this one are often PR or fluff pieces dressed up to look like journalism. In this case, the law is working as intended (it's one of those half-measures meant to brush back the critics of marijuana prohibition by allowing it to be prescribed by doctors); it seems the folks most confused by the law were the reporters. If anyone has noticed my change of heart on the medical marijuana law...That is why.....

Not sure what your complaint is..

Have I mentioned how much I dislike what local news has become? All of the local stations around here do about two minutes of stuff you'd generously call 'news', then cover local fires and accidents, then go straight to the fluff pieces. Half of their news stories are taken straight from PR releases by the local police or sheriff's departments. 'Investigative' pieces like this one are often PR or fluff pieces dressed up to look like journalism.

In this case, the law is working as intended (it's one of those half-measures meant to brush back the critics of marijuana prohibition by allowing it to be prescribed by doctors); it seems the folks most confused by the law were the reporters.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91471 neilm Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:02:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91471 <i>And yet, optimism is up and consumer confidence is up... So, apparently Trump is doing something that the American people appreciate..</i> Consumer confidence numbers are a reflection of Obama's growing economy, let's see what they are like in a couple of years if Trump manages to crash the economy via trade wars, or some other misadventure. And yet, optimism is up and consumer confidence is up...

So, apparently Trump is doing something that the American people appreciate..

Consumer confidence numbers are a reflection of Obama's growing economy, let's see what they are like in a couple of years if Trump manages to crash the economy via trade wars, or some other misadventure.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91470 neilm Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:00:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91470 <i>Funny how you ignore that...</i> "Squirrel!" Obama is generating millions of new jobs and all you can see are the 700 or so Trump paid for. Funny that. Funny how you ignore that...

"Squirrel!"

Obama is generating millions of new jobs and all you can see are the 700 or so Trump paid for.

Funny that.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91469 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:58:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91469 <i>And if the Trump administration DOES that, then you will have an argument..</i> October: "Lock her up" November: Clintons are "good people" And if the Trump administration DOES that, then you will have an argument..

October: "Lock her up"
November: Clintons are "good people"

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91468 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:52:11 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91468 <I>I hear that Christmas in Mexico is pretty cool. Of course, about 1400 'little guys' who used to work for Carrier decorated their trees with pink slips this year, so maybe not so much.</I> Typical Left Winger.... If Hillary had been elected ALL of the Carrier jobs would have gone to Mexico.. Funny how you ignore that... Let's face facts.. Trump did a good thing.. You can't admit that because you are enslaved by Left Wingery ideology... I hear that Christmas in Mexico is pretty cool. Of course, about 1400 'little guys' who used to work for Carrier decorated their trees with pink slips this year, so maybe not so much.

Typical Left Winger....

If Hillary had been elected ALL of the Carrier jobs would have gone to Mexico..

Funny how you ignore that...

Let's face facts.. Trump did a good thing.. You can't admit that because you are enslaved by Left Wingery ideology...

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91467 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:46:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91467 <I>Yeah, well, that 'prosecute Hillary' promise disappeared into dust the day after the election.</I> One of the smarter and more magnanimous decisions of President Elect Trump.. A decision that I am certain Hillary licks Trump's boots in gratitude for... <I>And I'm sure that all of Trump's supporters would have been down with putting Reince Priebus in the Chief of Staff's position, to ensure Republican establishment control of the administration's agenda..</I> And yet, optimism is up and consumer confidence is up... So, apparently Trump is doing something that the American people appreciate.. Except for the crow-eating sour grape-munching Left Wingery.... :D Yeah, well, that 'prosecute Hillary' promise disappeared into dust the day after the election.

One of the smarter and more magnanimous decisions of President Elect Trump..

A decision that I am certain Hillary licks Trump's boots in gratitude for...

And I'm sure that all of Trump's supporters would have been down with putting Reince Priebus in the Chief of Staff's position, to ensure Republican establishment control of the administration's agenda..

And yet, optimism is up and consumer confidence is up...

So, apparently Trump is doing something that the American people appreciate..

Except for the crow-eating sour grape-munching Left Wingery.... :D

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91466 Balthasar Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:44:05 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91466 <i>And yet, the "little guy" loves Trump.. Especially the little guys from Carrier who had a GREAT Christmas.</i> I hear that Christmas in Mexico is pretty cool. Of course, about 1400 'little guys' who used to work for Carrier decorated their trees with pink slips this year, so maybe not so much. And yet, the "little guy" loves Trump.. Especially the little guys from Carrier who had a GREAT Christmas.

I hear that Christmas in Mexico is pretty cool. Of course, about 1400 'little guys' who used to work for Carrier decorated their trees with pink slips this year, so maybe not so much.

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91465 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:38:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91465 And, on another note... If anyone has noticed my change of heart on the medical marijuana law... http://www.news4jax.com/video/confusing-new-medicinal-pot-law That is why..... And, on another note...

If anyone has noticed my change of heart on the medical marijuana law...

http://www.news4jax.com/video/confusing-new-medicinal-pot-law

That is why.....

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91464 Balthasar Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:30:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91464 <i>And if the Trump administration DOES</i> [ignore its supporters], then you will have an argument</i> Yeah, well, that 'prosecute Hillary' promise disappeared into dust the day after the election. And I'm sure that all of Trump's supporters would have been down with putting Reince Priebus in the Chief of Staff's position, to ensure Republican establishment control of the administration's agenda.. That's two... And if the Trump administration DOES [ignore its supporters], then you will have an argument

Yeah, well, that 'prosecute Hillary' promise disappeared into dust the day after the election.

And I'm sure that all of Trump's supporters would have been down with putting Reince Priebus in the Chief of Staff's position, to ensure Republican establishment control of the administration's agenda..

That's two...

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91463 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:19:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91463 <I>The Administration is legally entitled to ignore any and all supporters until such as time as they are needed again.</I> And if the Trump administration DOES that, then you will have an argument.. But the fact that ya'all are screaming about it before it even occurs just makes ya'all look silly and full of sour grapes and crow... The Administration is legally entitled to ignore any and all supporters until such as time as they are needed again.

And if the Trump administration DOES that, then you will have an argument..

But the fact that ya'all are screaming about it before it even occurs just makes ya'all look silly and full of sour grapes and crow...

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91462 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:17:03 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91462 <I>In a little over two weeks, it will be mourning in America again... :D There, fixed. You're welcome.</I> I was wondering how long it would take for one of ya'all to come up with that.. I figured it would be you, neil.. :D But "mourning" doesn't fit the facts of the here and now... <I>* Russian Oligarchs excepted. </I> Assumes facts not in evidence.. You know what happens when you make an assumption.. You make an ass out of U and Umption... :D <I>Unless you are earning over $250K/year and have a nice fat portfolio, don't count your chickens, you may be sitting the sucker's ejector seat.</I> Key words there being "MAY" and "BE".... The simple fact is, ALL of ya'all's predictions have NEVER come to pass. Why should I believe that THESE current ones will be any different?? <I>Trump is a con man.</I> Yea... That's been your claim since day one... So far, there is no factual evidence to support the claim... The claim is ESPECIALLY suspect because it only came to be once Trump ran as the GOP candidate.. When Trump had a '-D' after his name, EVERYONE on the Left loved Trump... <I>I'll give him a chance, but he has stuffed his cabinet with billionaires, with a few millionaires for diversity, so it hardly looks like he is focused on the little guy.</I> And yet, the "little guy" loves Trump.. Especially the little guys from Carrier who had a GREAT Christmas... Consumer confidence is up... Americans are a LOT more confident and optimistic about the new year and the new administration... Ya'all remind me of the crazy fart in the stands who screams and yells, <B>"THEY'LL BLOW IT IN THE PLAYOFFS!!! THEY WILL!!!!"</B> Shall I start calling ya'all RANDY now?? :D In a little over two weeks, it will be mourning in America again... :D

There, fixed. You're welcome.

I was wondering how long it would take for one of ya'all to come up with that..

I figured it would be you, neil.. :D

But "mourning" doesn't fit the facts of the here and now...

* Russian Oligarchs excepted.

Assumes facts not in evidence..

You know what happens when you make an assumption..

You make an ass out of U and Umption... :D

Unless you are earning over $250K/year and have a nice fat portfolio, don't count your chickens, you may be sitting the sucker's ejector seat.

Key words there being "MAY" and "BE"....

The simple fact is, ALL of ya'all's predictions have NEVER come to pass.

Why should I believe that THESE current ones will be any different??

Trump is a con man.

Yea... That's been your claim since day one...

So far, there is no factual evidence to support the claim...

The claim is ESPECIALLY suspect because it only came to be once Trump ran as the GOP candidate..

When Trump had a '-D' after his name, EVERYONE on the Left loved Trump...

I'll give him a chance, but he has stuffed his cabinet with billionaires, with a few millionaires for diversity, so it hardly looks like he is focused on the little guy.

And yet, the "little guy" loves Trump.. Especially the little guys from Carrier who had a GREAT Christmas...

Consumer confidence is up... Americans are a LOT more confident and optimistic about the new year and the new administration...

Ya'all remind me of the crazy fart in the stands who screams and yells, "THEY'LL BLOW IT IN THE PLAYOFFS!!! THEY WILL!!!!"

Shall I start calling ya'all RANDY now?? :D

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91461 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:10:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91461 I mean, com'on people... Obama told the American people, <B>"To further our Left Wing agenda, your electric bills will have to rise considerably..."</B> Hillary told the American people, <B>"We're going to put blue collar coal miners out of work!!!"</B> And then the Left Wingery gets all shocked and whiney and hysterical when the American people elect a person who DOESN'T directly and vocally and unabashedly threaten their lively-hood!??? My gods, people... What did ya'all THINK would happen!!!??? <B>"Oh please, Hillary.. Be our leader and gut our lively-hood and our self-esteem so that people who are confused about their gender can have a safe place to pee and take a dump!!!"</B> The naivete and utter blindness of the Left Wingery is MIND-BOGGLING!!! <B>"What you people are asking us to do!!! The arrogance is MIND-BOGGLING!!!" "We have the responsibility....." "BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT!!!!"</B> -STARGATE SG1: CONTINUUM I mean, com'on people...

Obama told the American people, "To further our Left Wing agenda, your electric bills will have to rise considerably..."

Hillary told the American people, "We're going to put blue collar coal miners out of work!!!"

And then the Left Wingery gets all shocked and whiney and hysterical when the American people elect a person who DOESN'T directly and vocally and unabashedly threaten their lively-hood!???

My gods, people... What did ya'all THINK would happen!!!???

"Oh please, Hillary.. Be our leader and gut our lively-hood and our self-esteem so that people who are confused about their gender can have a safe place to pee and take a dump!!!"

The naivete and utter blindness of the Left Wingery is MIND-BOGGLING!!!

"What you people are asking us to do!!! The arrogance is MIND-BOGGLING!!!"
"We have the responsibility....."
"BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT!!!!"
-STARGATE SG1: CONTINUUM

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91460 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:07:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91460 <i>That's what it looks like from where I am sitting.. The winner's seat... :D</i> Unless you are earning over $250K/year and have a nice fat portfolio, don't count your chickens, you may be sitting the sucker's ejector seat. Trump is a con man. I'll give him a chance, but he has stuffed his cabinet with billionaires, with a few millionaires for diversity, so it hardly looks like he is focused on the little guy. That's what it looks like from where I am sitting.. The winner's seat... :D

Unless you are earning over $250K/year and have a nice fat portfolio, don't count your chickens, you may be sitting the sucker's ejector seat.

Trump is a con man. I'll give him a chance, but he has stuffed his cabinet with billionaires, with a few millionaires for diversity, so it hardly looks like he is focused on the little guy.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91459 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:03:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91459 <i>Thank the gods for Donald Trump.. A man who is not beholden to ANYONE except the American people who voted him into office...*</i> * Russian Oligarchs excepted. Not valid after 11/08/2016. Trump organization (The Administration) may change policies at any time, no past statements should be regarded as legally binding. The Administration is legally entitled to ignore any and all supporters until such as time as they are needed again. Thank the gods for Donald Trump.. A man who is not beholden to ANYONE except the American people who voted him into office...*

* Russian Oligarchs excepted. Not valid after 11/08/2016. Trump organization (The Administration) may change policies at any time, no past statements should be regarded as legally binding. The Administration is legally entitled to ignore any and all supporters until such as time as they are needed again.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91458 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:55:44 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91458 <i>In a little over two weeks, it will be morning in America again... :D</i> Spell check problem. In a little over two weeks, it will be mourning in America again... :D There, fixed. You're welcome. Republican Idiot Boy 2 in the White House and we are only 17 years into the new century. In a little over two weeks, it will be morning in America again... :D

Spell check problem.

In a little over two weeks, it will be mourning in America again... :D

There, fixed. You're welcome.

Republican Idiot Boy 2 in the White House and we are only 17 years into the new century.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91457 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:53:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91457 <i>Gun control....</i> There is no gun control - if you block on hole in a sieve in a desperate attempt to do something to stop your country going down the drain, you know that all the other holes are still going to leak. Until we block all access to irresponsible gun ownership somebody can just drive across a state line to somewhere irresponsible and get an arsenal. The fact that you encourage irresponsible gun ownership should be something you are shameful about - kids are getting killed walking to school because of such stupidity in the face of a real problem. But .. but.. second amendment - the second amendment was to ensure responsible ownership (i.e. well regulated), not a weapons free for all. Gun control....

There is no gun control - if you block on hole in a sieve in a desperate attempt to do something to stop your country going down the drain, you know that all the other holes are still going to leak. Until we block all access to irresponsible gun ownership somebody can just drive across a state line to somewhere irresponsible and get an arsenal.

The fact that you encourage irresponsible gun ownership should be something you are shameful about - kids are getting killed walking to school because of such stupidity in the face of a real problem.

But .. but.. second amendment - the second amendment was to ensure responsible ownership (i.e. well regulated), not a weapons free for all.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91456 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:48:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91456 <i>Ah, but if this is so crazy, why did he win?</i> Because he is a con man and there are a lot of marks in America? Ah, but if this is so crazy, why did he win?

Because he is a con man and there are a lot of marks in America?

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91455 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:47:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91455 <i>And who better to prosecute that deal than the man who, literally, wrote the book on the art of the deal... :D</i> You do know that it was ghost written from stories Donald told the writer to make himself look good, right? This is one of the few times that "literally" means "figuratively" and doesn't feel like a cat scratching a blackboard :) And who better to prosecute that deal than the man who, literally, wrote the book on the art of the deal... :D

You do know that it was ghost written from stories Donald told the writer to make himself look good, right?

This is one of the few times that "literally" means "figuratively" and doesn't feel like a cat scratching a blackboard :)

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91454 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:35:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91454 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/1/political-correctness-dies-hard/ The death of Political Correctness... And it could not possibly come any sooner for this country's salvation... http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/1/political-correctness-dies-hard/

The death of Political Correctness...

And it could not possibly come any sooner for this country's salvation...

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91453 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:25:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91453 <I>Yeah, I've had mornings like that - massive hangover, lots of regret...</I> You keep saying that.. Yet, at every turn, Americans are MORE optimistic today than ever before.... :D <I>Yes he is, but 'smart' isn't exactly a synonym for 'republican' these days. You, for instance, seem to have fallen for it, hook, line, and sinker.</I> Just like I "fell for" the fact that Trump would be the GOP nominee?? Just like I "fell for" the fact that Trump would beat the BIGGEST and MEANEST and MOST COSTLY political juggernaut in the history of politics??? I dunno.. From where I am sitting, it looks like YA'ALL are the ones that fell for something.. :D A complete and literal billion dollar line of bull-shit from the "inevitable" Democrat candidate.. :D <I>EXCUSE ME??? Did you somehow miss the part where that book was NOT written by Trump, but was actually GHOST written by someone else??? Trump just put his name on it and claimed credit for it, like he has done with everything else.</I> Yea, and Obama didn't write his book either.. :D <I>The man who actually wrote it, Tony Schwartz, just followed Trump around and tried to interview him for the book. He said Trump had like a 5 second attention span and he now REGRETS writing the book for Trump making Trump out to seem better than he really is.</I> Funny how that *NEVER* came out before Trump ran for POTUS under the GOP ticket.. Seems like this Schwarz guy just wants to give a reach-around to the hysterical Left Wingery.. :D That's what it looks like from where I am sitting.. The winner's seat... :D Yeah, I've had mornings like that - massive hangover, lots of regret...

You keep saying that.. Yet, at every turn, Americans are MORE optimistic today than ever before.... :D

Yes he is, but 'smart' isn't exactly a synonym for 'republican' these days. You, for instance, seem to have fallen for it, hook, line, and sinker.

Just like I "fell for" the fact that Trump would be the GOP nominee??

Just like I "fell for" the fact that Trump would beat the BIGGEST and MEANEST and MOST COSTLY political juggernaut in the history of politics???

I dunno.. From where I am sitting, it looks like YA'ALL are the ones that fell for something.. :D A complete and literal billion dollar line of bull-shit from the "inevitable" Democrat candidate.. :D

EXCUSE ME??? Did you somehow miss the part where that book was NOT written by Trump, but was actually GHOST written by someone else??? Trump just put his name on it and claimed credit for it, like he has done with everything else.

Yea, and Obama didn't write his book either.. :D

The man who actually wrote it, Tony Schwartz, just followed Trump around and tried to interview him for the book. He said Trump had like a 5 second attention span and he now REGRETS writing the book for Trump making Trump out to seem better than he really is.

Funny how that *NEVER* came out before Trump ran for POTUS under the GOP ticket..

Seems like this Schwarz guy just wants to give a reach-around to the hysterical Left Wingery.. :D

That's what it looks like from where I am sitting.. The winner's seat... :D

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91452 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:20:05 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91452 <B>The day after the presidential election the executive director of the Sierra Club glumly called the Donald Trump victory "deeply disturbing for the nation and the planet." Well, yes, if you're a climate change alarmist who hates fossil fuels, you're in for a bad four and maybe eight years. Greenpeace Executive Director Annie Leonard was even more apocalyptic, saying: "I never thought I'd have to write this. The election of Donald Trump as President has been devastating. … There's no question, Donald Trump's climate denial is staggering. He wants to shut down the EPA, cancel the Paris Cimate Agreement, stop funding clean energy research and drill baby drill." Ah, but if this is so crazy, why did he win? The short answer is that Americans went to the polls and rejected environmental extremism among other things. The biggest loser on election night was the Big Green movement in America dedicated to the anti-prosperity proposition that to save the planet from extinction we have to deindustrialize the U.S. and throw millions and millions of ?our fellow citizens out of their jobs. Voters turned thumbs down on the climate change lobby and rightfully so.</B> http://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/stephen-moore-2016s-biggest-loser-big-green/ Yup :D The day after the presidential election the executive director of the Sierra Club glumly called the Donald Trump victory "deeply disturbing for the nation and the planet." Well, yes, if you're a climate change alarmist who hates fossil fuels, you're in for a bad four and maybe eight years.

Greenpeace Executive Director Annie Leonard was even more apocalyptic, saying: "I never thought I'd have to write this. The election of Donald Trump as President has been devastating. … There's no question, Donald Trump's climate denial is staggering. He wants to shut down the EPA, cancel the Paris Cimate Agreement, stop funding clean energy research and drill baby drill." Ah, but if this is so crazy, why did he win?

The short answer is that Americans went to the polls and rejected environmental extremism among other things. The biggest loser on election night was the Big Green movement in America dedicated to the anti-prosperity proposition that to save the planet from extinction we have to deindustrialize the U.S. and throw millions and millions of ?our fellow citizens out of their jobs. Voters turned thumbs down on the climate change lobby and rightfully so.
http://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/stephen-moore-2016s-biggest-loser-big-green/

Yup :D

]]> By: John M http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91451 John M Mon, 02 Jan 2017 19:45:56 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91451 Michale wrote: "And who better to prosecute that deal than the man who, literally, wrote the book on the art of the deal... :D" EXCUSE ME??? Did you somehow miss the part where that book was NOT written by Trump, but was actually GHOST written by someone else??? Trump just put his name on it and claimed credit for it, like he has done with everything else. The man who actually wrote it, Tony Schwartz, just followed Trump around and tried to interview him for the book. He said Trump had like a 5 second attention span and he now REGRETS writing the book for Trump making Trump out to seem better than he really is. Michale wrote:

"And who better to prosecute that deal than the man who, literally, wrote the book on the art of the deal... :D"

EXCUSE ME??? Did you somehow miss the part where that book was NOT written by Trump, but was actually GHOST written by someone else??? Trump just put his name on it and claimed credit for it, like he has done with everything else.

The man who actually wrote it, Tony Schwartz, just followed Trump around and tried to interview him for the book. He said Trump had like a 5 second attention span and he now REGRETS writing the book for Trump making Trump out to seem better than he really is.

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91450 Balthasar Mon, 02 Jan 2017 19:04:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91450 [100]<i>And Obama is too smart to fall for that, eh?</i> Yes he is, but 'smart' isn't exactly a synonym for 'republican' these days. You, for instance, seem to have fallen for it, hook, line, and sinker. [100]And Obama is too smart to fall for that, eh?

Yes he is, but 'smart' isn't exactly a synonym for 'republican' these days. You, for instance, seem to have fallen for it, hook, line, and sinker.

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91449 Balthasar Mon, 02 Jan 2017 18:57:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91449 <i>In a little over two weeks, it will be morning in America again..</i> Yeah, I've had mornings like that - massive hangover, lots of regret... In a little over two weeks, it will be morning in America again..

Yeah, I've had mornings like that - massive hangover, lots of regret...

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91448 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 15:49:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91448 <I>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-art-of-getting-to-know-trump/article/2610573</I> The Left thought they knew it all about Trump and about campaigns.. They thought wrong.... http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-art-of-getting-to-know-trump/article/2610573

The Left thought they knew it all about Trump and about campaigns..

They thought wrong....

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91447 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 13:12:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91447 <B>2016 ends with 762 homicides; 2017 opens with fatal Uptown gunfight</B> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-two-shot-to-death-in-uptown-marks-first-homicide-of-2017-20170101-story.html Gun control.... Yea... it works... :^/ 2016 ends with 762 homicides; 2017 opens with fatal Uptown gunfight
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-two-shot-to-death-in-uptown-marks-first-homicide-of-2017-20170101-story.html

Gun control....

Yea... it works... :^/

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91446 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 13:10:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91446 In a little over two weeks, it will be morning in America again... :D In a little over two weeks, it will be morning in America again... :D

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91445 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:54:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91445 <I>Putin might be completely and utterly desperate for a deal..</I> That's why what Obama did was such a huge gift for Trump.. If Putin IS desperate to lift sanctions, Obama just handed Trump a nice shiny NEW set of sanctions that Trump can leverage into more concessions from Putin... :D Putin might be completely and utterly desperate for a deal..

That's why what Obama did was such a huge gift for Trump..

If Putin IS desperate to lift sanctions, Obama just handed Trump a nice shiny NEW set of sanctions that Trump can leverage into more concessions from Putin... :D

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91444 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 11:53:33 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91444 <I>Putin desperately wants the sanctions over Crimea lifted</I> On the other hand, you might be right.. Putin might be completely and utterly desperate for a deal.. And who better to prosecute that deal than the man who, literally, wrote the book on the art of the deal... :D Thank the gods for Donald Trump.. A man who is not beholden to ANYONE except the American people who voted him into office... Putin desperately wants the sanctions over Crimea lifted

On the other hand, you might be right..

Putin might be completely and utterly desperate for a deal..

And who better to prosecute that deal than the man who, literally, wrote the book on the art of the deal... :D

Thank the gods for Donald Trump.. A man who is not beholden to ANYONE except the American people who voted him into office...

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91443 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 11:47:05 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91443 <I>Putin desperately wants the sanctions over Crimea lifted</I> Yea?? Prove it.. :D <I>and is willing to play Mary Poppins for gullible fools to achieve that goal.</I> And Obama is too smart to fall for that, eh?? :D <I>Looks like it is working.</I> That's one possible explanation.. But you have to admire the huge gift Obama gave Trump... :D Putin desperately wants the sanctions over Crimea lifted

Yea?? Prove it.. :D

and is willing to play Mary Poppins for gullible fools to achieve that goal.

And Obama is too smart to fall for that, eh?? :D

Looks like it is working.

That's one possible explanation..

But you have to admire the huge gift Obama gave Trump... :D

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91442 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 11:09:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91442 Putin desperately wants the sanctions over Crimea lifted and is willing to play Mary Poppins for gullible fools to achieve that goal. Looks like it is working. Putin desperately wants the sanctions over Crimea lifted and is willing to play Mary Poppins for gullible fools to achieve that goal. Looks like it is working.

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91441 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 10:56:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91441 CW, You have mentioned before about updating the website and one of the reasons for this was to make your site better for mobile devices.. http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/technology/google-amp-mobile-publishing.html?_r=0 You might find that interesting.... CW,

You have mentioned before about updating the website and one of the reasons for this was to make your site better for mobile devices..

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/technology/google-amp-mobile-publishing.html?_r=0

You might find that interesting....

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91440 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 10:45:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91440 Putin's response to Obama's hysterical anti-Russia maneuvers... <B>We regard the recent unfriendly steps taken by the outgoing US administration as provocative and aimed at further weakening the Russia-US relationship. This runs contrary to the fundamental interests of both the Russian and American people. Considering the global security responsibilities of Russia and the United States, this is also damaging to international relations as a whole. As it proceeds from international practice, Russia has reasons to respond in kind. Although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible ‘kitchen’ diplomacy but will plan our further steps to restore Russian-US relations based on the policies of the Trump Administration. The diplomats who are returning to Russia will spend the New Year’s holidays with their families and friends. We will not create any problems for US diplomats. We will not expel anyone. We will not prevent their families and children from using their traditional leisure sites during the New Year’s holidays. Moreover, I invite all children of US diplomats accredited in Russia to the New Year and Christmas children’s parties in the Kremlin. It is regrettable that the Obama Administration is ending its term in this manner. Nevertheless, I offer my New Year greetings to President Obama and his family. My season’s greetings also to President-elect Donald Trump and the American people. I wish all of you happiness and prosperity. </B> Check and Mate, Mr Obama..... :D Putin's response to Obama's hysterical anti-Russia maneuvers...

We regard the recent unfriendly steps taken by the outgoing US administration as provocative and aimed at further weakening the Russia-US relationship. This runs contrary to the fundamental interests of both the Russian and American people. Considering the global security responsibilities of Russia and the United States, this is also damaging to international relations as a whole.

As it proceeds from international practice, Russia has reasons to respond in kind. Although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible ‘kitchen’ diplomacy but will plan our further steps to restore Russian-US relations based on the policies of the Trump Administration.

The diplomats who are returning to Russia will spend the New Year’s holidays with their families and friends. We will not create any problems for US diplomats. We will not expel anyone. We will not prevent their families and children from using their traditional leisure sites during the New Year’s holidays. Moreover, I invite all children of US diplomats accredited in Russia to the New Year and Christmas children’s parties in the Kremlin.

It is regrettable that the Obama Administration is ending its term in this manner. Nevertheless, I offer my New Year greetings to President Obama and his family.

My season’s greetings also to President-elect Donald Trump and the American people.

I wish all of you happiness and prosperity.

Check and Mate, Mr Obama..... :D

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91439 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 10:31:12 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91439 <I>So we just let the police murder civilians because collateral damage is better than impugning the integrity of even one cop, heaven forbid?</I> Of course not.. But we're not discussing police who murder civilians.. We're talking about good shoots where thugs attacked innocent people with intent to kill... <I>I don't care how difficult cops feel their jobs are - I pay their wages and I have to do my job.</I> <B>"It's annoying to hear citizens whine and complain about how they are tax payers and pay our salaries. What they don't get is that we're tax payers too."</B> -Officer Pete Malloy, ADAM-12 <I>Cops are safer today that they ever have been, </I> Except they're not.. Cop killings and cop ambushes are on the rise.. <I> but they still don't get a free pass to shoot me or my kids in the back because they feel like it </I> But we're not talking about that. We're talking about the Michael Brown shooting... Quit with the strawman arguments already... <I>I support cops and want them to be the best police force in the World, but they suffer from the same cancer as doctors, etc. when it comes to prosecuting their own. </I> I have no problem with legitimate prosecutions. But, once again, we're not talking about that. We're talking about the Michael Brown shooting where Officer Darren Wilson was persecuted and vilified by the Left Wingery and the Leftist Media... Funny how you constantly ignore that.. <I>How do you know? Are you telling me that every single instance of a cop shooting an unarmed civilian is justified? </I> I am telling you, with the facts to back it up, that 99% of police shootings are justified... Where ya'all lose your credibility over the issue is when you take those JUSTIFIED police shootings and try to paint the shootings as the unjustified over-reaction of a racist cop.. The Michael Brown shooting is a PERFECT example of the Left Wingery (and ya'all, incidentally) proclaiming hysterically what happened without ANY facts whatsoever... A cop deserves every benefit of the doubt and a thug asshole who just strong-armed robbed a frail elderly shop-keeper deserves NONE of the benefit of the doubt.. But you can't address that because it totally demolishes your position.. <I>I don't care about the "Left Wingery" - I care about having the best police force we can have. </I> And yet you and your Left Wingery demonize good cops for doing a great job in an impossible situation.. You and your Left Wingery have absolutely NO CREDIBILITY in addressing the actions of the police because you and your Left Wingery have proven beyond ANY doubt that you don't care about FACTS... You only care about demonizing cops who did their jobs.. Which is why you can't address the Michael Brown shooting which, 99% of the time, is the kind of shootings that occur when cops shoot an "unarmed" black person.. I can list a DOZEN incidents where cops were justified in the use of deadly force and your Left Wingery went batshit hysterical, condemning the officers and it turned out that the shootings were fully justified... So, you simply have no credibility when it comes to talking about "mall-cop-level clowns".... So we just let the police murder civilians because collateral damage is better than impugning the integrity of even one cop, heaven forbid?

Of course not..

But we're not discussing police who murder civilians..

We're talking about good shoots where thugs attacked innocent people with intent to kill...

I don't care how difficult cops feel their jobs are - I pay their wages and I have to do my job.

"It's annoying to hear citizens whine and complain about how they are tax payers and pay our salaries. What they don't get is that we're tax payers too."
-Officer Pete Malloy, ADAM-12

Cops are safer today that they ever have been,

Except they're not.. Cop killings and cop ambushes are on the rise..

but they still don't get a free pass to shoot me or my kids in the back because they feel like it

But we're not talking about that. We're talking about the Michael Brown shooting... Quit with the strawman arguments already...

I support cops and want them to be the best police force in the World, but they suffer from the same cancer as doctors, etc. when it comes to prosecuting their own.

I have no problem with legitimate prosecutions.

But, once again, we're not talking about that. We're talking about the Michael Brown shooting where Officer Darren Wilson was persecuted and vilified by the Left Wingery and the Leftist Media...

Funny how you constantly ignore that..

How do you know? Are you telling me that every single instance of a cop shooting an unarmed civilian is justified?

I am telling you, with the facts to back it up, that 99% of police shootings are justified...

Where ya'all lose your credibility over the issue is when you take those JUSTIFIED police shootings and try to paint the shootings as the unjustified over-reaction of a racist cop..

The Michael Brown shooting is a PERFECT example of the Left Wingery (and ya'all, incidentally) proclaiming hysterically what happened without ANY facts whatsoever...

A cop deserves every benefit of the doubt and a thug asshole who just strong-armed robbed a frail elderly shop-keeper deserves NONE of the benefit of the doubt..

But you can't address that because it totally demolishes your position..

I don't care about the "Left Wingery" - I care about having the best police force we can have.

And yet you and your Left Wingery demonize good cops for doing a great job in an impossible situation..

You and your Left Wingery have absolutely NO CREDIBILITY in addressing the actions of the police because you and your Left Wingery have proven beyond ANY doubt that you don't care about FACTS... You only care about demonizing cops who did their jobs..

Which is why you can't address the Michael Brown shooting which, 99% of the time, is the kind of shootings that occur when cops shoot an "unarmed" black person..

I can list a DOZEN incidents where cops were justified in the use of deadly force and your Left Wingery went batshit hysterical, condemning the officers and it turned out that the shootings were fully justified...

So, you simply have no credibility when it comes to talking about "mall-cop-level clowns"....

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91438 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 03:57:52 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91438 <i>We're talking about how the Left Wingery makes a hero out of Michael Brown, a punk thug who committed a strong armed robbery and then tried to gank a cop by stealing the cops gun...</i> I don't care about the "Left Wingery" - I care about having the best police force we can have. You can trot out your emotional stories all day, but they only work on the feelies - serious people ask serious questions and demand serious evidence and serious conclusions. Professional police officers want this even more than the general public - they know they can only do their job if they have the support of the community - if the community think that the police are above the law then they will lose that vital support. This is a real fear that real police officers have - the mall-cop-level clowns who give the good cops a bad name do not deserve a carte blanc - if you think they do then you are the one putting good cops lives at risk. We're talking about how the Left Wingery makes a hero out of Michael Brown, a punk thug who committed a strong armed robbery and then tried to gank a cop by stealing the cops gun...

I don't care about the "Left Wingery" - I care about having the best police force we can have. You can trot out your emotional stories all day, but they only work on the feelies - serious people ask serious questions and demand serious evidence and serious conclusions. Professional police officers want this even more than the general public - they know they can only do their job if they have the support of the community - if the community think that the police are above the law then they will lose that vital support. This is a real fear that real police officers have - the mall-cop-level clowns who give the good cops a bad name do not deserve a carte blanc - if you think they do then you are the one putting good cops lives at risk.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91437 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 03:46:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91437 <i>And if we were talking about police shooting people with impunity, you would have a point..</i> How do you know? Are you telling me that every single instance of a cop shooting an unarmed civilian is justified? Do you object to people asking if the police are policing themselves? Are the police always the innocent victims? Is every single police officer in the U.S. true, honest, and perfect in their judgement at all times? We need to police the police, and if some snowflake doesn't want oversight they can go to the mall and harass skateboarders. I want well educated, well trained, honest police and if the price is that the oversight makes them uncomfortable, so be it. If I was give a gun and allowed to patrol the corridors of my office building and complained that somebody might object if I shot somebody by mistake I'd be fired on the spot. Why are the police any different? My friend who is a Sergeant in a major city police force knows what the problems are - this is not my point of view, it is the point of view of the professional police officers who don't want their kids or mothers or fathers shot by a dangerous cop either. And if we were talking about police shooting people with impunity, you would have a point..

How do you know? Are you telling me that every single instance of a cop shooting an unarmed civilian is justified? Do you object to people asking if the police are policing themselves? Are the police always the innocent victims? Is every single police officer in the U.S. true, honest, and perfect in their judgement at all times?

We need to police the police, and if some snowflake doesn't want oversight they can go to the mall and harass skateboarders. I want well educated, well trained, honest police and if the price is that the oversight makes them uncomfortable, so be it. If I was give a gun and allowed to patrol the corridors of my office building and complained that somebody might object if I shot somebody by mistake I'd be fired on the spot. Why are the police any different?

My friend who is a Sergeant in a major city police force knows what the problems are - this is not my point of view, it is the point of view of the professional police officers who don't want their kids or mothers or fathers shot by a dangerous cop either.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91436 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 03:39:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91436 <i>Trump Promises a Revelation on Hacking</i> Ooh - I wonder if this is going to be as good as his plan to eliminate ISIS in one month! I can't wait for Wednesday or Thursday when Trump's 10 year old son Barron explains why the FBI, CIA and 13 other agencies are wrong and he and his Sony Playstation know better. Or maybe Trump got some inside info from Putin that will prove the FBI and the CIA ,etc. wrong. What a farce. Trump Promises a Revelation on Hacking

Ooh - I wonder if this is going to be as good as his plan to eliminate ISIS in one month!

I can't wait for Wednesday or Thursday when Trump's 10 year old son Barron explains why the FBI, CIA and 13 other agencies are wrong and he and his Sony Playstation know better.

Or maybe Trump got some inside info from Putin that will prove the FBI and the CIA ,etc. wrong.

What a farce.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91435 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 03:35:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91435 <i>Who would have thunked that??</i> So we just let the police murder civilians because collateral damage is better than impugning the integrity of even one cop, heaven forbid? I don't care how difficult cops feel their jobs are - I pay their wages and I have to do my job. Cops are safer today that they ever have been, but they still don't get a free pass to shoot me or my kids in the back because they feel like it and then expect me, my President, or even my Police Chief to let them off the hook because they "have a tough time doing their job". What are they, snowflakes - do they want safe spaces where they can shoot us without worrying somebody might ask them difficult questions? I support cops and want them to be the best police force in the World, but they suffer from the same cancer as doctors, etc. when it comes to prosecuting their own. It isn't fair to expect them to bear the burden of breaking the blue code if they think that their leaders are going to give the bad ones a free pass and make the honest, good cops life more difficult when they stand up for what is right. You want Trump to undermine every honest cop be ensuring that every bad cop is treated as a victim, and you try to pass this off as protecting cops. What a load of baloney. Who would have thunked that??

So we just let the police murder civilians because collateral damage is better than impugning the integrity of even one cop, heaven forbid?

I don't care how difficult cops feel their jobs are - I pay their wages and I have to do my job.

Cops are safer today that they ever have been, but they still don't get a free pass to shoot me or my kids in the back because they feel like it and then expect me, my President, or even my Police Chief to let them off the hook because they "have a tough time doing their job". What are they, snowflakes - do they want safe spaces where they can shoot us without worrying somebody might ask them difficult questions?

I support cops and want them to be the best police force in the World, but they suffer from the same cancer as doctors, etc. when it comes to prosecuting their own. It isn't fair to expect them to bear the burden of breaking the blue code if they think that their leaders are going to give the bad ones a free pass and make the honest, good cops life more difficult when they stand up for what is right.

You want Trump to undermine every honest cop be ensuring that every bad cop is treated as a victim, and you try to pass this off as protecting cops. What a load of baloney.

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91434 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 01:55:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91434 <I>I press Michale repeatedly on what the issues are and he says he doesn't like the fact that Obama wants won't allow the police to shoot anybody with impunity.</I> And if we were talking about police shooting people with impunity, you would have a point.. But we're not, so you don't.. We're talking about how the Left Wingery makes a hero out of Michael Brown, a punk thug who committed a strong armed robbery and then tried to gank a cop by stealing the cops gun... You often accuse me of not addressing points when I clearly do.. Yet, you have never addressed this issue of the Left Wingery and their Fake News of "HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT"... I don't wonder why that is because I know that you HAVE no response to it... :D 576 I press Michale repeatedly on what the issues are and he says he doesn't like the fact that Obama wants won't allow the police to shoot anybody with impunity.

And if we were talking about police shooting people with impunity, you would have a point..

But we're not, so you don't..

We're talking about how the Left Wingery makes a hero out of Michael Brown, a punk thug who committed a strong armed robbery and then tried to gank a cop by stealing the cops gun...

You often accuse me of not addressing points when I clearly do..

Yet, you have never addressed this issue of the Left Wingery and their Fake News of "HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT"...

I don't wonder why that is because I know that you HAVE no response to it... :D

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]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91433 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 01:51:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91433 <B>Former Chicago top cop: Black Lives Matter killing blacks</B> http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/former-chicago-top-cop-black-lives-matter-killing-blacks/article/2610687 Who would have thunked that a group who CLAIMS to want to save black lives is actually CAUSING more black lives to be lost... Who would have thunked that?? Oh... Wait.... 575 Former Chicago top cop: Black Lives Matter killing blacks
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/former-chicago-top-cop-black-lives-matter-killing-blacks/article/2610687

Who would have thunked that a group who CLAIMS to want to save black lives is actually CAUSING more black lives to be lost...

Who would have thunked that??

Oh... Wait....

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]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91432 michale Mon, 02 Jan 2017 01:48:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91432 <B>Washington Post retracts story about Russian hack at Vermont utility</B> http://nypost.com/2017/01/01/washington-post-retracts-story-about-russian-hack-at-vermont-utility/ Ya see?? The Left Wingery is ALL about "fake news" if it furthers the Left Wingery agenda... Personally, if WaPo told me that water was wet and the sky was blue, I would want 3 confirming statements from other sources.... 574 Washington Post retracts story about Russian hack at Vermont utility
http://nypost.com/2017/01/01/washington-post-retracts-story-about-russian-hack-at-vermont-utility/

Ya see??

The Left Wingery is ALL about "fake news" if it furthers the Left Wingery agenda...

Personally, if WaPo told me that water was wet and the sky was blue, I would want 3 confirming statements from other sources....

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]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91431 Balthasar Mon, 02 Jan 2017 01:23:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91431 Meanwhile, <a href="http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Hollyweed-Hollywood.jpg" rel="nofollow">this happened</a> today. :} Meanwhile, this happened today. :}

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91430 Balthasar Mon, 02 Jan 2017 01:12:28 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91430 <i>But.. but .. emails and Benghazi and Obamacare and Liberals and Look! Terrorist!</i> Oh man, that made me laugh. Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my. Yes. <i>And he is one of the smarter Trump supporters</i> Yikes, that's true. My nephew, who voted for Trump, just learned today, apparently, that Trump's Atty Gen pick is rabidly anti-pot. He was never the sharpest stick in the woods, but that got his attention. But.. but .. emails and Benghazi and Obamacare and Liberals and Look! Terrorist!

Oh man, that made me laugh. Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my. Yes.

And he is one of the smarter Trump supporters

Yikes, that's true. My nephew, who voted for Trump, just learned today, apparently, that Trump's Atty Gen pick is rabidly anti-pot. He was never the sharpest stick in the woods, but that got his attention.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91429 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 00:42:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91429 <strike>want</strike> want

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91428 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 00:38:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91428 <i>Step back, because my door is about to slam.</i> But.. but .. emails and Benghazi and Obamacare and Liberals and Look! Terrorist! and guns and walls and immigrants and emails again and again and again. I press Michale repeatedly on what the issues are and he says he doesn't like the fact that Obama wants won't allow the police to shoot anybody with impunity. And he is one of the smarter Trump supporters. Step back, because my door is about to slam.

But.. but .. emails and Benghazi and Obamacare and Liberals and Look! Terrorist! and guns and walls and immigrants and emails again and again and again.

I press Michale repeatedly on what the issues are and he says he doesn't like the fact that Obama wants won't allow the police to shoot anybody with impunity. And he is one of the smarter Trump supporters.

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91427 Balthasar Mon, 02 Jan 2017 00:15:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91427 <i>Of course he did.. He was trying to help Hillary win the election...If Obama had known for a fact that Trump would win regardless of what Obama did, Obama would have flipped Israel the bird</i> Projection. Anamorphic projection, at that. Obama Derangement Syndrome. Wrong, as a matter of historical fact. And complete, uninformed opinion. It's hopeless. If a guy came to my door and said that if I give him control of my money he'd make me rich, he'd best stand back, because he'd risk facial injury from the door I'm slamming in his face. The GOP would have me invite him in, look over his portfolio of over-mortgaged property and celebrity endorsement contracts, overlook the accusations of fraud made against him, overlook his racist remarks and misogyny, overlook his tendency to sound like a tinpot fascist, forget that he ever filled out a tax return, overlook his tendency to lie and exaggerate, overlook his praise for extreme right-wing kooks like Alex Jones, overlook the fact that one of those right wing kooks is his political advisor, overlook the fact that he put a disgraced general with a penchant for disseminating fact-free conspiracy theories in charge of the National Security Council, and named a TV Pundit who once said that Obama was 'faking' being black as the Deputy National Security Advisor to the President. Overlook the fact that he has nominated a man who couldn't get confirmed to be a judge because of past racist behavior to be the head of the Justice Department, Wall Street wolves to run the Treasury and Commerce departments, a Climate change denier to run the EPA, a homeschooling advocate to run the Education Department, and an Oil Executive to run the State Department. I should overlook the dozens of conflicts-of-interest inherent in the government associations of Trump and most of his cabinet. I should consider Ivanka Trump not only to be impartial, but also to be a sort of advice-savant. I should believe that this fellow is not only the best person in the world to hand over my future and fortune to, but also to run the free world. I should believe that this is a good idea, and not some colossal, twisted joke. Step back, because my door is about to slam. Of course he did.. He was trying to help Hillary win the election...If Obama had known for a fact that Trump would win regardless of what Obama did, Obama would have flipped Israel the bird

Projection. Anamorphic projection, at that. Obama Derangement Syndrome. Wrong, as a matter of historical fact. And complete, uninformed opinion.

It's hopeless. If a guy came to my door and said that if I give him control of my money he'd make me rich, he'd best stand back, because he'd risk facial injury from the door I'm slamming in his face. The GOP would have me invite him in, look over his portfolio of over-mortgaged property and celebrity endorsement contracts, overlook the accusations of fraud made against him, overlook his racist remarks and misogyny, overlook his tendency to sound like a tinpot fascist, forget that he ever filled out a tax return, overlook his tendency to lie and exaggerate, overlook his praise for extreme right-wing kooks like Alex Jones, overlook the fact that one of those right wing kooks is his political advisor, overlook the fact that he put a disgraced general with a penchant for disseminating fact-free conspiracy theories in charge of the National Security Council, and named a TV Pundit who once said that Obama was 'faking' being black as the Deputy National Security Advisor to the President. Overlook the fact that he has nominated a man who couldn't get confirmed to be a judge because of past racist behavior to be the head of the Justice Department, Wall Street wolves to run the Treasury and Commerce departments, a Climate change denier to run the EPA, a homeschooling advocate to run the Education Department, and an Oil Executive to run the State Department. I should overlook the dozens of conflicts-of-interest inherent in the government associations of Trump and most of his cabinet. I should consider Ivanka Trump not only to be impartial, but also to be a sort of advice-savant. I should believe that this fellow is not only the best person in the world to hand over my future and fortune to, but also to run the free world. I should believe that this is a good idea, and not some colossal, twisted joke.

Step back, because my door is about to slam.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91426 neilm Mon, 02 Jan 2017 00:04:33 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91426 <i>Obama's hatred of Israel is well-established..</i> Only to the delusional. In a couple of years after you've stopped being told to hate Obama and to start hating somebody else, you can revisit the reality on this. Look at the revision in attitude to Bill and Hillary - up and down as the media masters manipulate the sheep on the right wing. Bill was evil because he was President. So was Hillary. Then his terms were up and so he was ignored by the right wing media and suddenly the sheep thought he was OK. And then Hillary did a great job as Sec State and she was widely admired, then the right wing media realized she was going to run for President so she was evil incarnate again. In a few years time Bill, Hillary and Obama will have 70%+ approval ratings, but heaven help Gavin or Cory or whoever y'all are told to hate next. Here is a sample of how you are manipulated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_Bill_Clinton#/media/File:Clinton_approval_rating.png Obama's hatred of Israel is well-established..

Only to the delusional. In a couple of years after you've stopped being told to hate Obama and to start hating somebody else, you can revisit the reality on this.

Look at the revision in attitude to Bill and Hillary - up and down as the media masters manipulate the sheep on the right wing.

Bill was evil because he was President. So was Hillary. Then his terms were up and so he was ignored by the right wing media and suddenly the sheep thought he was OK. And then Hillary did a great job as Sec State and she was widely admired, then the right wing media realized she was going to run for President so she was evil incarnate again. In a few years time Bill, Hillary and Obama will have 70%+ approval ratings, but heaven help Gavin or Cory or whoever y'all are told to hate next.

Here is a sample of how you are manipulated:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_Bill_Clinton#/media/File:Clinton_approval_rating.png

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91425 neilm Sun, 01 Jan 2017 23:55:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91425 <i>I don't really understand that concept of tariffs so I really don't know the answer to that...</i> Everything imported to the E.U. from the occupied territories would be subject to a 10% import tax. I don't really understand that concept of tariffs so I really don't know the answer to that...

Everything imported to the E.U. from the occupied territories would be subject to a 10% import tax.

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91424 michale Sun, 01 Jan 2017 22:42:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91424 <I>Okay, we've agreed to this before. Reagan agreed to this before. So what's the big, new problem? Oh, that's right: it's Obama. If Obama does it, it must be wrong, right?</I> When it comes to Israel... Yea, pretty much... Obama's hatred of Israel is well-established.. <I>Yet had a better record of letting Israel off the hook than Reagan. Yet delivered the biggest military package to Israel they've ever received. </I> Of course he did.. He was trying to help Hillary win the election... If Obama had known for a fact that Trump would win regardless of what Obama did, Obama would have flipped Israel the bird and said, <B>"Frak you, asshole.. Yer on yer own!!"</B> You and I both know this too be true... 573 Okay, we've agreed to this before. Reagan agreed to this before. So what's the big, new problem? Oh, that's right: it's Obama. If Obama does it, it must be wrong, right?

When it comes to Israel... Yea, pretty much...

Obama's hatred of Israel is well-established..

Yet had a better record of letting Israel off the hook than Reagan. Yet delivered the biggest military package to Israel they've ever received.

Of course he did.. He was trying to help Hillary win the election...

If Obama had known for a fact that Trump would win regardless of what Obama did, Obama would have flipped Israel the bird and said, "Frak you, asshole.. Yer on yer own!!"

You and I both know this too be true...

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]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91423 michale Sun, 01 Jan 2017 22:34:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91423 <I>Would you be upset if the E.U. put a 10% tariff on goods from the occupied territories?</I> I don't really understand that concept of tariffs so I really don't know the answer to that... <I>Bibi is really going to miss Obama</I> Yea... SURE he will.. Bibi is laughing his ass off at Obama while he and Trump toast the passing of the most incompetent POTUS in history... :D <I> Thus his value as a friend will be useless to Israel.</I> Whatever you have to tell yerself.. :D 572 Would you be upset if the E.U. put a 10% tariff on goods from the occupied territories?

I don't really understand that concept of tariffs so I really don't know the answer to that...

Bibi is really going to miss Obama

Yea... SURE he will..

Bibi is laughing his ass off at Obama while he and Trump toast the passing of the most incompetent POTUS in history... :D

Thus his value as a friend will be useless to Israel.

Whatever you have to tell yerself.. :D

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]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91422 Balthasar Sun, 01 Jan 2017 21:03:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91422 <i>The problem isn't resolutions that criticize Israeli actions per se...The problem is condemning Israeli policy of building on their own land..</i> And yet the article pointed out that many of the resolutions that weren't vetoed by previous presidents relied on the 4th Geneva Convention, which states that an occupying power “shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” In effect, the article said, the United States permitted resolutions saying that all Israeli settlement in the West Bank and East Jerusalem violated international law. Okay, we've agreed to this before. <i>Reagan</i> agreed to this before. So what's the big, new problem? Oh, that's right: it's Obama. If Obama does it, it <i>must</i> be wrong, right? <i>Obama is being a petulant immature child and back-stabbing Israel simply because he doesn't like Bibi.</i> Yet had a better record of letting Israel off the hook than Reagan. Yet delivered the biggest military package to Israel they've ever received. Check your premises. Obama has every reason not to be a fan of Bibi, but to extend that to the nation of Israel is a huge stretch. The problem isn't resolutions that criticize Israeli actions per se...The problem is condemning Israeli policy of building on their own land..

And yet the article pointed out that many of the resolutions that weren't vetoed by previous presidents relied on the 4th Geneva Convention, which states that an occupying power “shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” In effect, the article said, the United States permitted resolutions saying that all Israeli settlement in the West Bank and East Jerusalem violated international law.

Okay, we've agreed to this before. Reagan agreed to this before. So what's the big, new problem? Oh, that's right: it's Obama. If Obama does it, it must be wrong, right?

Obama is being a petulant immature child and back-stabbing Israel simply because he doesn't like Bibi.

Yet had a better record of letting Israel off the hook than Reagan. Yet delivered the biggest military package to Israel they've ever received. Check your premises. Obama has every reason not to be a fan of Bibi, but to extend that to the nation of Israel is a huge stretch.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91421 neilm Sun, 01 Jan 2017 20:53:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91421 <i>Obama was the only recent US President that hadn't supported a UN resolution criticizing Israel?</i> Bibi is really going to miss Obama. Trump will be more friendly, but in effect Obama blocked everything except one small slap on the wrist, plus will be seen as mostly impartial in comparison with Trump who will be regarded by the rest of the World as a knee-jerk pro-Israeli, pro-Bibi, and pro-Settlement. Thus his value as a friend will be useless to Israel. Obama was the only recent US President that hadn't supported a UN resolution criticizing Israel?

Bibi is really going to miss Obama. Trump will be more friendly, but in effect Obama blocked everything except one small slap on the wrist, plus will be seen as mostly impartial in comparison with Trump who will be regarded by the rest of the World as a knee-jerk pro-Israeli, pro-Bibi, and pro-Settlement. Thus his value as a friend will be useless to Israel.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91420 neilm Sun, 01 Jan 2017 20:37:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91420 Michale: Would you be upset if the E.U. put a 10% tariff on goods from the occupied territories? Michale:

Would you be upset if the E.U. put a 10% tariff on goods from the occupied territories?

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91419 michale Sun, 01 Jan 2017 20:14:03 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91419 <I>Hey, I'm still here (had to sleep sometime, and most folks are sleeping in today). Bring it on, big guy!</I> OOoooo.. I love it when you talk dirty!!! :D <I>Okay, we're going to need a conversation starter. How about this article that points out that, until last week, Obama was the only recent US President that hadn't supported a UN resolution criticizing Israel?</I> The problem isn't resolutions that criticize Israeli actions per se... I don't agree with Ronald Reagan condemning Israel for the Osirak strike, but that's a one off issue that is unlikely to be repeated.. The problem is condemning Israeli policy of building on their own land.... The problem is that the UN and many on the Left condemn Israel and don't say dick about Palestinian terrorism... Let's face reality.. Obama is being a petulant immature child and back-stabbing Israel simply because he doesn't like Bibi... 571 Hey, I'm still here (had to sleep sometime, and most folks are sleeping in today). Bring it on, big guy!

OOoooo.. I love it when you talk dirty!!! :D

Okay, we're going to need a conversation starter. How about this article that points out that, until last week, Obama was the only recent US President that hadn't supported a UN resolution criticizing Israel?

The problem isn't resolutions that criticize Israeli actions per se... I don't agree with Ronald Reagan condemning Israel for the Osirak strike, but that's a one off issue that is unlikely to be repeated..

The problem is condemning Israeli policy of building on their own land.... The problem is that the UN and many on the Left condemn Israel and don't say dick about Palestinian terrorism...

Let's face reality.. Obama is being a petulant immature child and back-stabbing Israel simply because he doesn't like Bibi...

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]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91418 Balthasar Sun, 01 Jan 2017 18:08:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91418 Okay, we're going to need a conversation starter. How about this article that points out that, until last week, Obama was the only recent US President that <b>hadn't</b> supported a UN resolution criticizing Israel? http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/12/opinion/international/israels-unsung-protector-obama.html Okay, we're going to need a conversation starter. How about this article that points out that, until last week, Obama was the only recent US President that hadn't supported a UN resolution criticizing Israel?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/12/opinion/international/israels-unsung-protector-obama.html

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91417 Balthasar Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:56:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91417 Hey, I'm still here (had to sleep sometime, and most folks are sleeping in today). Bring it on, big guy! Hey, I'm still here (had to sleep sometime, and most folks are sleeping in today). Bring it on, big guy!

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91416 michale Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:53:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91416 <I>Tell me about it. Just remember this disconnect when I may literally have to disconnect from all of this to maintain what sanity I may have left just trying to deal with real life. :)</I> Awwww don't do that.. Real life is WAY over-rated :D <I>30 comments to go Michale ... where are Alice and Balthasar when you need them!</I> I know, right!! :D 570 Tell me about it. Just remember this disconnect when I may literally have to disconnect from all of this to maintain what sanity I may have left just trying to deal with real life. :)

Awwww don't do that.. Real life is WAY over-rated :D

30 comments to go Michale ... where are Alice and Balthasar when you need them!

I know, right!! :D

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]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91415 Balthasar Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:51:52 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91415 <i>I am arguing common decency and common sense that says NOTHING justifies terrorism...</i> Well, good. Then we can all agree that the actions of the Bundy clan in Nevada and Oregon were completely unjustified. Drawing guns on federal officers is a terrorist act, after all. I am arguing common decency and common sense that says NOTHING justifies terrorism...

Well, good. Then we can all agree that the actions of the Bundy clan in Nevada and Oregon were completely unjustified. Drawing guns on federal officers is a terrorist act, after all.

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91414 Balthasar Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:39:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91414 <i>I see where your confusion is coming from. You misread what I wrote, just by one small word but it changed the entire meaning of what I said ... let that be some sort of lesson. :)</i> :) I see where your confusion is coming from. You misread what I wrote, just by one small word but it changed the entire meaning of what I said ... let that be some sort of lesson. :)

:)

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91413 Balthasar Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:33:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91413 <i>I'm so glad to hear you say that, Neil ... I was beginning to feel a bit sick at heart, after the exchange of comments from [2] - [13], understanding that [2] was essentially written tongue in cheek but, still </i> There's the disconnect: [2] was written <i>entirely</i> tongue-in-cheek. Besides, the sentence you keep misquoting didn't say that Lindbergh wasn't the first person to fly the Atlantic solo, nonstop NY to Paris, it said that Lindbergh wasn't the first person to fly across the Atlantic in an airplane (as we'd all been taught), which is true. I kinda wish you'd just appreciated the piece as the comedic rant it was intended to be. Hey, I don't know. Maybe somewhere, Trump is wondering why he isn't being lauded as the undisputed master of Theater-of-the-Absurd, and we're ALL not getting it. I'm so glad to hear you say that, Neil ... I was beginning to feel a bit sick at heart, after the exchange of comments from [2] - [13], understanding that [2] was essentially written tongue in cheek but, still

There's the disconnect: [2] was written entirely tongue-in-cheek. Besides, the sentence you keep misquoting didn't say that Lindbergh wasn't the first person to fly the Atlantic solo, nonstop NY to Paris, it said that Lindbergh wasn't the first person to fly across the Atlantic in an airplane (as we'd all been taught), which is true. I kinda wish you'd just appreciated the piece as the comedic rant it was intended to be.

Hey, I don't know. Maybe somewhere, Trump is wondering why he isn't being lauded as the undisputed master of Theater-of-the-Absurd, and we're ALL not getting it.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91412 Elizabeth Miller Sun, 01 Jan 2017 16:35:16 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91412 By the way, before I go for the day ... <b>Mr. President and the First Lady are back!!!</b> Good news! The Washington D.C pair of eagles are back in their nesting area, preparing for the arrival of their eaglets. And, this time around, the audio is working! Enjoy, everyone! http://www.dceaglecam.org/?mc_cid=c2372d55ec&mc_eid=ffb53c6d5d By the way, before I go for the day ...

Mr. President and the First Lady are back!!!

Good news! The Washington D.C pair of eagles are back in their nesting area, preparing for the arrival of their eaglets.

And, this time around, the audio is working!

Enjoy, everyone!
http://www.dceaglecam.org/?mc_cid=c2372d55ec&mc_eid=ffb53c6d5d

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91411 Elizabeth Miller Sun, 01 Jan 2017 16:29:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91411 30 comments to go Michale ... where are Alice and Balthasar when you need them! :-) 30 comments to go Michale ... where are Alice and Balthasar when you need them!

:-)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91410 Elizabeth Miller Sun, 01 Jan 2017 16:26:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91410 <I>Not considering political realities <b>in</b> a political blog seems to me to be a bit of a disconnect...</I> I see where your confusion is coming from. You misread what I wrote, just by one small word but it changed the entire meaning of what I said ... let that be some sort of lesson. :) Replace 'in' with 'and' and it should become clear ... Not considering political realities in a political blog seems to me to be a bit of a disconnect...

I see where your confusion is coming from. You misread what I wrote, just by one small word but it changed the entire meaning of what I said ... let that be some sort of lesson. :)

Replace 'in' with 'and' and it should become clear ...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91409 Elizabeth Miller Sun, 01 Jan 2017 16:20:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91409 <I>Not considering political realities in a political blog seems to me to be a bit of a disconnect...</I> Tell me about it. Just remember this disconnect when I may literally have to disconnect from all of this to maintain what sanity I may have left just trying to deal with real life. :) Actually, I mean that sincerely, I'm not trying to be facetious here. Not considering political realities in a political blog seems to me to be a bit of a disconnect...

Tell me about it. Just remember this disconnect when I may literally have to disconnect from all of this to maintain what sanity I may have left just trying to deal with real life. :)

Actually, I mean that sincerely, I'm not trying to be facetious here.

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91408 michale Sun, 01 Jan 2017 16:15:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91408 <I>I think I'm a pretty good judge of what is substantial and meaningful.</I> For you, I am sure you are a GREAT judge.. :D <I>I sure know fake news when I come across it ...</I> Again, I am SURE that you do... But, considering that HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT is still an acceptable meme amongst the Left Wingery, you are in the minority... <I>By challenging I meant without considering political realities and virtual discussions about it.</I> Not considering political realities in a political blog seems to me to be a bit of a disconnect... Neil, <I>Well it is time to get a list of Trump supporters and de-suffrage them, isn't it? ;)</I> TRump voters didn't vote for a terrorist group to lead them.. You are comparing apples and Eskimos.... <I>OK, all the right wing's arguments about supporting Israel because they are the only democracy in the Middle East just got blown out of the water.</I> If I were arguing Right Wing points, you would have a point.. But I am not, so you don't.. :D I am arguing common decency and common sense that says NOTHING justifies terrorism... <I>The international community hasn't started holding Israel's feet to the fire yet.</I> Oh what carp... The UN and private organizations have been after Israel's blood for decades... The fact that there has been NOTHING out of the UN to hold Palestinians accountable for their terrorism simply proves beyond ANY doubt how one-sided the UN is... 569 I think I'm a pretty good judge of what is substantial and meaningful.

For you, I am sure you are a GREAT judge.. :D

I sure know fake news when I come across it ...

Again, I am SURE that you do...

But, considering that HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT is still an acceptable meme amongst the Left Wingery, you are in the minority...

By challenging I meant without considering political realities and virtual discussions about it.

Not considering political realities in a political blog seems to me to be a bit of a disconnect...

Neil,

Well it is time to get a list of Trump supporters and de-suffrage them, isn't it? ;)

TRump voters didn't vote for a terrorist group to lead them..

You are comparing apples and Eskimos....

OK, all the right wing's arguments about supporting Israel because they are the only democracy in the Middle East just got blown out of the water.

If I were arguing Right Wing points, you would have a point.. But I am not, so you don't.. :D

I am arguing common decency and common sense that says NOTHING justifies terrorism...

The international community hasn't started holding Israel's feet to the fire yet.

Oh what carp... The UN and private organizations have been after Israel's blood for decades...

The fact that there has been NOTHING out of the UN to hold Palestinians accountable for their terrorism simply proves beyond ANY doubt how one-sided the UN is...

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]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91407 Elizabeth Miller Sun, 01 Jan 2017 16:13:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91407 <I>Am I missing some sarcasm here - I thought it was Lindbergh. And the aviation museum in San Diego I visited over the summer is also convinced.</I> I'm so glad to hear you say that, Neil ... I was beginning to feel a bit sick at heart, after the exchange of comments from [2] - [13], understanding that [2] was essentially written tongue in cheek but, still ... Am I missing some sarcasm here - I thought it was Lindbergh. And the aviation museum in San Diego I visited over the summer is also convinced.

I'm so glad to hear you say that, Neil ... I was beginning to feel a bit sick at heart, after the exchange of comments from [2] - [13], understanding that [2] was essentially written tongue in cheek but, still ...

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91406 neilm Sun, 01 Jan 2017 16:07:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91406 <i>If the International Community put HALF the effort into holding Palestinians responsible for the terrorism that they put in holding Israel's feet to the fire, the region would be at peace within a year....</i> The international community hasn't started holding Israel's feet to the fire yet. If a simple warning vote got you all steamed up, wait until the sanctions on occupied territory's goods hit. The EU already force them to be labeled as such. If the International Community put HALF the effort into holding Palestinians responsible for the terrorism that they put in holding Israel's feet to the fire, the region would be at peace within a year....

The international community hasn't started holding Israel's feet to the fire yet. If a simple warning vote got you all steamed up, wait until the sanctions on occupied territory's goods hit. The EU already force them to be labeled as such.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91405 neilm Sun, 01 Jan 2017 16:01:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91405 <i>I thought Charles Lindbergh was the first pilot to successfully fly across the Atlantic in a plane, solo and non-stop, from New York to Paris. Silly me.</i> Am I missing some sarcasm here - I thought it was Lindbergh. And the aviation museum in San Diego I visited over the summer is also convinced. I thought Charles Lindbergh was the first pilot to successfully fly across the Atlantic in a plane, solo and non-stop, from New York to Paris. Silly me.

Am I missing some sarcasm here - I thought it was Lindbergh. And the aviation museum in San Diego I visited over the summer is also convinced.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91404 neilm Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:55:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91404 <i>See?? I addressed your points again.. You just don't like my responses.. :D</i> OK, all the right wing's arguments about supporting Israel because they are the only democracy in the Middle East just got blown out of the water. So why are we giving an autocracy $38B in aid? See?? I addressed your points again..

You just don't like my responses.. :D

OK, all the right wing's arguments about supporting Israel because they are the only democracy in the Middle East just got blown out of the water.

So why are we giving an autocracy $38B in aid?

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91403 neilm Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:53:01 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91403 <i>Because the Palestinians have proven they are incapable of voting responsibly...</i> Well it is time to get a list of Trump supporters and de-suffrage them, isn't it? ;) Because the Palestinians have proven they are incapable of voting responsibly...

Well it is time to get a list of Trump supporters and de-suffrage them, isn't it? ;)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91402 Elizabeth Miller Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:35:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91402 Michale, I think I'm a pretty good judge of what is substantial and meaningful. I sure know fake news when I come across it ... though, I thought Charles Lindbergh was the first pilot to successfully fly across the Atlantic in a plane, solo and non-stop, from New York to Paris. Silly me. By challenging I meant without considering political realities and virtual discussions about it. Michale,

I think I'm a pretty good judge of what is substantial and meaningful.

I sure know fake news when I come across it ... though, I thought Charles Lindbergh was the first pilot to successfully fly across the Atlantic in a plane, solo and non-stop, from New York to Paris. Silly me.

By challenging I meant without considering political realities and virtual discussions about it.

]]> By: michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2016/12/30/my-2016-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/#comment-91401 michale Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:23:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=13337#comment-91401 <I>Wrong. Meet the new year, same as the old year.</I> OK... Who decides what is "meaningful and substantial"?? <I>It's just as well, this is going to be another challenging year</I> We have President Trump... I think "challenging" is built in.. :D 568 Wrong.

Meet the new year, same as the old year.

OK... Who decides what is "meaningful and substantial"??

It's just as well, this is going to be another challenging year

We have President Trump...

I think "challenging" is built in.. :D

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