Before, during, after?

That's a bit of a problem, since all three vary with your precise viewing location. The totality zone passes across the US in 95 min.

Before the eclipse if Kelly resigns, I'll commit to that. During or after if Kelly is pushed.

I have eye protection, but I'm winging it with respect to where I view the eclipse. Hotel accommodations in the totality zone are booked up and some people I know WITH RESERVATIONS have had their prices jacked up.

My plan is to assess the weather reports on Sunday. If the cloud cover looks good I drive 5hr to Paducah KY arriving early in the AM to one of several big box stores with parking lots. I'm reviewing satellite imaging for backup sites 50 miles up and down state rt road. I'm told it's going to be a zoo, rural roads might be bad because KY is damn near optimal for time of totality by a wee bit. People are flocking from all over the world. Once I find parking, I wait, read a book, eat sandwiches until the eclipse begins. Marvel at the heavenly show or curse the cloud cover. I'm not staying long after totality. I've seen enough partials. Once the Bailey's beads are gone, so am I. Drive 5 hrs back home. Could be a long 5 hrs with a lot of muttering.

Hey, it's a plan and a relatively cheap one. I didn't say it was a good one. The actual chances of viewing totality are mediocre at best - I figure 50% to 30%. If the odds look much worse on the day I just stay home and view a partial - if that isn't clouded over as well.

It was a perfect time and a perfect suggestion, as I was unpacking all the NRN stuff. Here's a photo of the prize:

Good luck to all!

-CW

Wow.
I wasn't expecting a response there.
But glad I asked.

Kick
16

It was a frightful prediction... so the date was easy to choose.

A

Gotta ask. I had someone offline (these people are NOT part of the official contest, I should mention) also pick eclipse day.

So... before, during or after the eclipse?

Heh.

Went up to Great Smoky Mountain National Park before NRN started, and they're pretty excited because they are smack dab in the totality path. Reservations will be required for the parking lot at Clingman's Dome (highest point in Tenn.). Also heard Charleston, SC is going to have a lot of folks up on rooftop bars that day... it'll be the final point on the US mainland to see totality.

-CW

You left one out...

thestig: 8/21/17
paula: 8/25/17
listen: 10/1/17
JM from Ct: 10/20/17
altohone: 10/31/17
CW: 11/12/17
balthasar: 1/6/18
nypoet22: 1/20/18
BigGuy: 4/1/18
kick: 5/11/18
neil: 8/1/18
Don: 1/20/21
liz & JFC: abstain

There you go! Fixed it!

:-)

-CW

Um, how about 1,000 Quatloos?

No?

OK... OK... gotta go dig in the NRN schwag bag...

Aha! Here we go!

The winner of this contest will receive in the mail a fantastic bumpersticker from Democracy For America with the following message:

UNFIT TO SERVE
IMPEACH TRUMP

It's in bold red-white-and-blue format, and is well designed -- you could slap this on your bumper and I could read it two or three car lengths back.

So... there you go. Ask, and ye shall receive, and all of that. I'll try to get a photo of it up later...

:-)

-CW

thestig: 8/21/17

paula: 8/25/17

listen: 10/1/17

JM from Ct: 10/20/17

altohone: 10/31/17

balthasar: 1/6/18

nypoet22: 1/20/18

BigGuy: 4/1/18

kick: 5/11/18

neil: 8/1/18

Don: 1/20/21

liz & JFC: abstain

i tried to do this chronologically. feel free to correct if i've left anyone out. - JL

CW: Kelly was also supposed to stop all the rampant leaking within the White House, and again his record in this respect is rather mixed. The flood of leaks hasn't exactly slowed to a trickle, but it has been reduced somewhat. So the jury's still out on that one.

I posted my statement about Bannon being the White House leaker because I believe it is unfair to judge General Kelly's tenure as Chief of Staff for the leaks and to underscore that the leaking won't stop as long as Bannon remains in the White House. As I said, the Generals are the proverbial canaries in the coal mine... the patriots... any one of their departures should sound the alarms that life in the Trump administration has become untenable, and Kelly is the one closest to ground zero where Bannon is gunning for them all.

Apologies if idiots can't grasp the concept that Bannon will be gunning for Kelly in the same manner as Bannon and the alt-right are going after McMaster and that Bannon might prove a huge factor in Kelly's tenure.

I forgot to put a date on it: May 11, 2018.

The primary leaker in the White House is Steve Bannon; he talks to others, and they talk to the press. Bannon is a bird on borrowed time; the leaking won't stop until he goes, and Trump can't release him because he knows too much.

Yea....

MICHALE is the ONLY one who goes off topic... :^/

The primary leaker in the White House is Steve Bannon; he talks to others, and they talk to the press. Bannon is a bird on borrowed time; the leaking won't stop until he goes, and Trump can't release him because he knows too much.

Anyway, I'll go with October 31st, 2017... heart attack in the middle of the argument that would have led to his resignation.

Trick or Treat...... Punk. ;)

I believe Kelly is there for a reason, and I think he will remain there until that reason is removed or Kelly is exposed. Kelly is no different than McMaster and Mattis; they are patriots all as well as canaries in the coal mine. They've spent decades serving their country... NOT those who come in and out of the revolving doors at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

The primary leaker in the White House is Steve Bannon; he talks to others, and they talk to the press. Bannon is a bird on borrowed time. The leaking won't stop until he goes, and Trump can release him because he knows too much.

Yea... Like I'M the only one guilty of that.. :^/

I prefer contests with prizes... no Netroots hat or something?

Anyway, I'll go with October 31st, 2017... heart attack in the middle of the argument that would have led to his resignation.

A

Guy

How long until Ben Carson appears at one of the orange troll's seething Klan rallies to defend the Dear Leader and his pack of Nazis?

Reason: Kelly will resign, using "personal issues" as an excuse after completing a "respectable" length of time in the role. There will be frequent rumors that 45 will fire him but in the end 45 won't have the cojones. By this time his role will be symbolic as all normal CoS power will have been undermined by 45, his family and some of the weird cronies.

My guess is August 25th - ten days.

Kelly will give Blotus some kind of ultimatum. Blotus will agree then crap all over it within hours? a day or two? Kelly will realize DT is un-everything, will have a bunch of quiet meetings will lots of people on the Hill, and will resign. My question is whether he'll spill anything publicly, or simply say he isn't the right person for the job (there is none) or something similar.

i think he lasts longer than most people think he will.

No posting articles about this or that or ranting about any issue OTHER than Kelly's tenure.

I am going to have to re-read all of these comments later, whenever Kelly leaves, so I am trying to make that as easy on myself as possible. So please, ONLY post your entries here. If you have other issues, post comments on yesterday's article or tomorrow's (yes, Michale, I am definitely looking in your direction...).

Let's keep this comment thread clean. It'll make announcing a winner later SO much easier!

Thanks to all in advance for following this simple rule for this comment thread. Hmmph.

-CW