Face it sunshine, that's all you've got to hope for, since it's not your side that's riding a string of recent election successes - being 'the year of the woman' and all that. Hey, how d'ya like the new Democratic Senator from Alabama?

It appears that more than a few moderate Republicans are feeling uninspired by some of Trump's recent antics like trading insults with Canada(?), and separating infants from their families at the border. It's as if Trump and his people are saying, 'screw them too', about anyone with brain cells, or concern about corruption. It's absurdland, it's stupidville. So, no, it's not working for them.

Yea...

That is EXACTLY what ya'all said in Sep of 2016..

You were wrong then, you'll be wrong again..

Face the facts, sunshine..

Your Blue Wave has collapsed.. :D

Like in 2016, I can't WAIT til November...

I'll be laughing my ass off at ya'all.. :D

I'd say this Photo perfectly sums up the G7:

https://www.livemint.com/rf/Image-621x414/LiveMint/Period2/2018/06/12/Photos/Processed/donald-trump-angela-merkel-kotD--621x414@LiveMint.JPG

You see? You can't stop Republicans (and especially Trump) from being assholes any more than you can stop a February breeze from being chilly. It's baked-in to their philosophy. There's John Bolton standing right next to the president, and we KNOW he's always been an asshole.

Trump is still in his pre-humility stage - think "King Ralph" or "Bruce Almighty" about a quarter of the way into each of those movies. We're still in the 'hubris' stage where the protagonist struts around thinking he's King or God, and is oblivious to the chaos he's invoking. If this plotline plays out, things will get much worse before they get better.

One White House advisor, pressed to sum up the Trump doctrine expressed it thusly: "We're America, BITCH."

There it is, HUBRIS in all it's ugly glory. This is the pompous, vainglorious, ultra-macho swagger that Trump's zombie followers had been hoping for. It goes along with their desire to tell the rest of the world and Democrats in particular to STFU and piss off.

We're pissed off, alright. Trump is reducing American prestige to a punchline, and using immigrant children as human shields. It's disgusting.

But take heart, ye Democrats, the cavalry's on the way, because boy, are we ever ready to vote these assholes and their enablers out of office.

Then, two yeas from now, after we've forced Trump's retirement, we'll have clean up the fetid, steaming mess left behind by a Republican. Again.

Meanwhile - no surprise, no surprise, no surprise - we learn more about the NRA's working with Russia.

A Justice Department investigation into whether Russians illegally funneled donations to the Trump campaign through the National Rifle Association (NRA) has uncovered a web of contacts between the gun group and allies of Vladimir Putin.

And the NRA still isn’t willing to provide any answers.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/mcclatchy-nra-executives-met-rogozin-rudov-2016-election

GOP/NRA/Blotus: trifecta a traitors.

"I don't like your god. Your god scares me!!"
-Adam Sandler, BULLETPROOF

:D

You mean, YOUR "reality" that Hillary was going to be President??

Your "reality" that a Trump presidency would cause the stock market to blow up??

Your "reality" that a Trump presidency would cause the economy to tank??

Your "reality" that a President Trump would ignite WWIII within 6 months of attaining office??

Is that the "reality" you are referring to Neil?? :D

Your reality sucks.. And is also only in your mind.. :D

Is there a betting line for when Comrade Donnie calls for a 3000-mile wall on the Canadian border?

Props for posting this pertinent question before Comrade Donnie got his knickers in a twist and berated our "allies and friends" to the North, the Canadians.

Trump's Economic Adviser, Larry Kudlow, said it was a "betrayal" by the Prime Minister of Canada that had "forced" Trump regarding the US G-7 pullout.

Hmmmmm. They're accusing Justin Trudeau of making Trump "look weak" before the meeting of the two dictators. Trump being the ever whiny victim seems to be under the mistaken impression that it is the Canadian Prime Minister's job to make him "look strong" before the world.

So... yet another Trumpertantrum is being blamed on our allies, but who on Earth could have predicted they would react negatively to tariffs and being referred to as a threat to the national security of the United States? Somebody should inform our mentally challenged POTUS that while his top concerns are those of his fragile ego and championing the interests of Russia, the fact remains that it is Trudeau's duty to protect Canada, Macron's duty to protect France, Merkel's duty to protect Germany, etc.

:)

One day you might discover "reality" and we can all have a laugh together at how deluded you are about your orange conman.

And what does that have to do with Victoria being a cunt who threatens to dox commenters and COMMENTERS' FAMILY if said commenter doesn't quit intellectually kicking her fat ass all over the place..

Translation: Occifer Michale posted his own information on this blog multiple times and regularly complains about being doxed, which simply is not and would never be necessary under the facts and circumstances such as they exist.

Question: What kind of self-respecting so-called "intellectual" police officer would post a cornucopia and plethora of his own personal information and that of his family on a blog numerous and multiple times and then whine on a regular basis that someone is threatening to dox him? Ho hum... that's already been done.

That's using your "intellect," Occifer. :)

Your bullying, name calling, and fabrication very much resembles that of The Orange Blowhole. You create a false narrative and keep building on it exponentially until the facts are obscured. I will even provide an example.

It takes a special kind of stupid to buy into the utter nonsensical fantasy that Donald Trump's zeal for whining about the NFL players' taking a knee in silent protest of something else has anything whatsoever to do with respect for the American flag or those who served in the military. If that's truly what Trump cared about, he would have told his staff to apologize for insulting Senator John McCain, and he wouldn't have trashed those service members "who got captured," just to list very few of the many ways that Trump has dissed our military and men and women who serve this country.

Need more examples of this type bullshit?

* Don't blame Putin for invading Crimea; blame Obama for not stopping him.

* Don't blame Russia for interfering in our election, blame Robert Mueller for the investigation into what no one including the Trump Administration disputes Russia did.

* Don't blame your staffer for disrespecting a war hero or __________, <--- [fill in blank with fact], blame the news media for reporting it.

Enough examples.

The problem for you and Benedict Donald is that this type of con artistry and whiny "somebody did me wrong, blame somebody else" perpetual whiny victimhood is transparent and only works on those intellectually challenged persons such as yourselves. Bully, name call, fabricate and obfuscate the facts all you wish, but know this: While you may be fooling yourself and the similarly situated intellectually challenged, it would be a mistake to believe you're fooling anyone else who doesn't dwell on your mental level in the depths of the Mariana's Trench. :)

What sort of woman (or women, if you include Melania in the inner circle of Trump) can sit at the very center of power, and not say a word about the tragedy of seeing infants being ripped from their mothers at the border under this President's orders?

Now, now, Balthy… according to Rudy and Don, porn stars like Melania are not to be respected; although, would we call her a star? It seems Rudolph and Donald have conveniently forgotten how Ms. Knauss made a living before and even after she married the Mafia Don. :)

You mad bro?

I would much rather be an "occifer"

It simply does not matter what you'd rather be. Facts matter; your bullshit doesn't.

than a lying cunt (isn't that the word that moronic NeverTrumpers like to hear??) who's sole debate strategy is to extort commenters who constantly kick their asses and threaten said commenters' family members...

Grammar and spelling atrocities galore... what will Stucki say?

Lying? No, sir. Lies are not the reason you've run off multiple times whining with your tail between your legs and making up bullshit about your family members being threatened. Exactly the opposite. :)

The only ass you kick on these boards is your own, and you're really good at it too for multiple reasons:

* You are demonstrably woefully lacking in intelligence and either employ deflection, fabrication, or name calling.

* You are extremely easily conned.

* You genuinely believe the utter nonsensical bullshit you are spoon-fed from right-wing propaganda media and spew it back here regularly.

* Your ass is a really big target and hard for your foot to miss since it's located in your mouth which is conveniently planted firmly up your backside.

Would like you like any more cheese with your whine? Better get it now. Prices going up. :)

And what does that have to do with Victoria being a cunt who threatens to dox commenters and COMMENTERS' FAMILY if said commenter doesn't quit intellectually kicking her fat ass all over the place..

Nothing at all...

So why don't you just shut the fuck up unless you have something *RELEVANT* to add.

"mmmmm kay, pumkin??"
-Will Smith, HITCH

I want to know what Republican women think about this. They have a say. Are they going to be feckless too?

What kind of lowlife cunt does that??

Oh, that's right.. You...

Moron...

The only thing Trump is winning is "saying stupid things that upset the educated and intelligent". The fact that you count that as winning should be sending you to the mirror for a long look at yourself.

Neil,

Would you like some cheeze to go with your whine and sour grapes?? :D

Wow, just caught that bit of epic projection.

GMTA, Balthy… you literally posted exactly what I was thinking. :)

It is always a hoot to watch "Law Occifer Michale" flailing in his attempts to explain anything whatsoever to do with law, inevitably falling flat on his face, and in so doing exposing his tenuous grasp of knowledge regarding CI, ELINT, HUMINT, SIGINT, and FININT. #FVEY

As if that bit of revelation wasn't enough, "Occifer" further reveals the depths of the level of his general "knowledge" by posting URLs to right-wing rags like Gateway Pundit that link to websites located in the conspiracy-theory-lunatic corner of the Internet. :)

No wonder, you haven't started yet.

The only thing Trump is winning is "saying stupid things that upset the educated and intelligent". The fact that you count that as winning should be sending you to the mirror for a long look at yourself.

China will abandon all WTO cases it has prosecuted against the United States as regards any of the above issues and preemptively agree to launch no new ones.

http://zeihan.com/this-is-how-the-world-ends-part-iii/

Once again, I must concede that President Trump was wrong.. 1000% completely and unequivocally wrong...

I am **NOT** getting tired of winning.. :D

And, even "just doing that" Trump's approval ratings are BETTER than Odumbo's!!!!

Oh my how that just *GOTS* to chap ya'all's asses, eh!!??

:D

BBBWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

At this point in their Presidencies, Reagan and Obama were both promoting aggressive legislative agendas and battling recessions (self-inflicted to some extent, in Reagan's case). So far, despite a roaring Obama economy to buoy him, and having done almost nothing legislatively, Trump has managed to remain at or near those dismal numbers, which were the worst for both men. I wouldn't be too happy with that.

He's still making his bed.

Since ya'all LOVE polls, ya HAVE to accept the poll that PROVES President Trump is more popular than Obama AND Reagan!! :D

BBBWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Hoisted by your own polls!! :D

Wow, just caught that bit of epic projection.

You are not a pain in the ass. You are simply behaving like a self centered ass. You have a web site of your own. Work it.

ALL of the indictments and charges have nothing to do with Trump, the election or Russia...

So you obviously haven't read "ALL of the indictments" or you'd obviously know you are incorrect.

Hell, Mueller was so incompetent that he actually charged CORPORATIONS that can appear to answer the charges without a SINGLE RUSSIAN stepping on US soil..

SO, RUSSIA is going to have ALL of Mueller's evidence and documents of the ENTIRE case...

It takes a special kind of stupid to insist ad nauseam that Hillary Clinton "got dirt" on Donald Trump from the Russians and then turn around and claim that "RUSSIA is going to have ALL of Mueller's evidence and documents." Congratulations, Michale, you have now become your own best argument. :)

FYI: We have allies worldwide with evidence that has been turned over to Mueller, and we have several members of the Mueller "Snitch Hunt" Choir who are singing like canaries after having flipped like pancakes... with maple syrup from Canada.

What kind of incompetent MORON files an indictment if they are not prepared to go to trial!!??

You might want to find yourself another piece of "sandpaper" since the one you're working with doesn't seem to have two "grain cells" to rub together. :)

But you can't let it go, can you?

I think I have proven by my long absences that I *CAN* let it go..

Ya'all, on the other hand, are in here day in and day out, whining and crying that your favorite bitch had her ass handed to her by a total political rank amateur... :D

Ya'all lost and ya'all JUST CAN'T ACCEPT IT... So you put your faith in a REPUBLICAN whose gross incompetence is well documented and on-going...

It's comical to watch...

And yes.. Come the mid-terms with President Trump fully exonerated and a minor Red Wave increases majorities in the House *AND* the Senate... You bet I'll be back in here to gloat..

And ya'all will be here whining and crying that, once again, your Democrats let you down.. :D

CRS and Michale must be so proud of their leadership at this point, it almost brings tears to my eyes.

MAGA!

Says the man on his third marriage, that can hardly be going well as he has been caught having unprotected sex with a porn star and boasting about grabbing women.

Then you have nothing to worry about Michale. Just sit back and you'll get to gloat.

But you can't let it go, can you?

Sit back, eat the popcorn and wait to see the end of the movie - but it looks pretty funny from my seat at the moment and that isn't good for you right wingers.

Can somebody explain to the right wingers that international economics isn't in any way equivalent to "piggy banks" being "robbed"?

This is why the Democrats need to come in and fix the mess after some other dumb financial policy is promoted as wisdom to the weak minded (e.g "trickle down" or "let's have a tax cut when there is already an asset bubble building" or "taxing the rich isn't fair, boo hoo").

And it isn't like the Democrats are very good at economics, but in comparison to the Libertarian-infested policies of the right wing at the moment they look like bloody geniuses.

Basically, they are masturbating with sandpaper and trying to convince everyone how good it feels.. :D

You would think that, given how BAD the Democrats have totally turned the Mid Term Blue Tsunami into a Probable Small Red Wave, SOMEONE would stop with the sandpaper and remark, "Ya know, guys?? This really DOESN'T feel all that good..."

You and Michale are right to try to convince yourselves this is nothing -

It *IS* nothing..

As I pointed out and you simply can't refute..

ALL of the indictments and charges have nothing to do with Trump, the election or Russia...

Hell, Mueller was so incompetent that he actually charged CORPORATIONS that can appear to answer the charges without a SINGLE RUSSIAN stepping on US soil..

SO, RUSSIA is going to have ALL of Mueller's evidence and documents of the ENTIRE case...

OR Mueller is going to have to dismiss ALL of the charges against ALL of the Russian defendants...

What kind of incompetent MORON files an indictment if they are not prepared to go to trial!!??

THIS is what you are banking on???

"Oh Johnny... Johnny, did you back the wrong horse"
-Dr Peter Venkmen, GHOSTBUSTERS II

I think the man looks like an asshole-cum-idiot incarnate - you really think I'd be bothered by him also looking like a "cheap thug" (or even a 'high-priced' thug?????

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-muellers-first-year-compares-to-watergate-iran-contra-and-whitewater/

As the charges accumulate, you can see the panic in Trump, Giuliani, and the right wing punditry. You and Michale are right to try to convince yourselves this is nothing - it can't be fun having the leader of your party looking like a cheap thug.

Pass the popcorn, this is getting fun.

Because that job is already take by Michale ;)

I patiently read your web site. I decided that the personal voting restrictions you demand are too rigorous, so while I agree that money in politics is a problem, I think the proposed solution is too extreme for myself.

I don't know why you think hounding CW is a productive use of your time. Why don't you write an editorial for the Washington Post or the NY Times and submit it - or dive deep into this and put together a pol sci paper that has some rigorous research and submit it to a respected journal for peer review and publication?

These are steps that would move the dial.

So do you believe enough in One Demand to do the hard work to deliver content that is cutting edge thought leadership, or do you just like to press "Submit Comment" on an stream of childish missives?

If you Dems/Libs want to keep telling yourselves that you're getting your jollies by hearing that small-fry of every description, includidng foreigners beyond the reach of U.S. prosecution, are being caught in Mueller's net, more power to you.

But you're not fooling me. Until you catch the 'big fish', you're having sex sans orgasm, and that can never be truly satisfying.

Twenty charged individuals; three charged companies; 75 criminal charges.

**ALL** of which either has nothing to do with Russia, nothing to do with Trump or nothing to do with the election...

Ergo... An irrelevant witch hunt designed solely and unequivocally to do one thing and one thing only..

Negate a legal, fair and free election of a POTUS that ya'all don't like...

In other words, it's the biggest and longest whine-fest of all time...

Fortunately, it's all going to be over and ya'all are going to have egg all over your faces within 90 days..

Boy oh boy am I going to have a fun time around here.. :D

TRANSLATION: I refuse to answer because my honest answer would show what a hysterical fanatical NeverTrumper I am..

Gotcha, wink... wink... :D

OK, let's sweeten the pot.. Looking at YOU, CW...

Trump legalizes marijuana across the board totally and completely.. Further, he issues a Presidential Pardon to EVERYONE charged with a marijuana-related crime..

So??

Vote for Trump???

:D

It wasn't my intent to convey the idea that it is not possible to tinker with the system (in the form of mandatory coverage and/or rate-setting) to accomplish what seems to be for-profit ins. companies appearing to cover "pre-existing conditions".

My point was that cosmetic tinkering can disguise but cannot obviate the fact/principle that the bottom line is and will always be, that the pre-existing conditions will always be covered by the general public, whether you call them 'taxpayers', 'rate-payers', or just simply 'government', and not by for-profit private businesses.

Twenty charged individuals; three charged companies; 75 criminal charges.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/08/muellers-witch-hunt-snags-another-witch

The more Trump screams the better it gets.

Too subtle, eh? I did answer: the premise of the question is absurd, ill-defined, and in my opinion, impossible to do anyway.

So, no. Besides, I think that any diplomatic 'deal' that Trump cut anywhere would be riddled with holes, fleeting, and likely to end badly.

It's the Republican way.

The very utterance (or writing) of that phrase manifests an abysmal ignorance of the basic principle of insurance.

No, it doesn't. It just restricts the use of certain granular information to set rates. It is a common practice, and it is core to socially functional insurance markets.

The impact of the restriction on the use of this information in this case needs to be balanced by a requirement of everybody to be in the insurance pool; thus the right wing think tanks that invented Obamacare as a counter to Clinton's proposals in the 1990's added the compulsory aspect. The Republican candidate in 2012 used this model in Massachusetts before it became adopted by the centrists.

Just because it offends Libertarian laissez-faire principals, and so the kiddies get their knickers in a twist, does not make it some sort of natural law.

Yep.. Balthy is one of the ones I figured would avoid answering, thereby giving his answer.. :D

The very utterance (or writing) of that phrase manifests an abysmal ignorance of the basic principle of insurance.

The fundamental principle of insurance involves the assumption of risk, risk being defined as "The chance of future exposure to danger or harm."

The instant any disease or physical damage becomes "pre-existing", the risk is eliminated. It then becomes transformed from "risk" to "fait accompli" (a done deal).

Bottom line, there is not nor can there ever be, "insurance" against "pre-existing conditions".

When you Dems/Libs demand that insurance companies, cover "pre-existing conditions", you're not asking for protection against risk, you're asking for free health care, and that can only be provided by taxpayers (government), it CANNOT be provided by for-profit businesses. No business can exist by providing its products/services to the public for free - simple law of economics.

Expecting health insurance companies to cover pre-existing illnesses is equivalent to asking fire insurance companies to cover the replacement of your house after it has already burned down!!!

"Who here wants to be a fire engine?"
- Crazy People (1990)

You mean, like Obama DIDN'T due with the Defense Of Marriage Act???

I see you've received your GOP right-wing talking points, if only they weren't as wrong as they so frequently are.

You may recall that during the Bush 43 Administration, Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage under Governor Mitt Romney, and then several other Northern States and Iowa followed suit. The Obama Administration actually did defend DOMA in the lower courts and only stopped defending it in the appellate courts because a constitutional question arose involving rights of American citizens who were legally married same-sex couples in multiple states.

The Department of Justice headed by the Attorney General under the Trump Administration is siding with several states who are actively trying to abolish the Affordable Care Act a.k.a. "Obamacare" in order to deny citizens their rights under law, and that is exactly the opposite of refusing to defend a law where there is a huge question of whether or not the constitutional rights of American citizens' equal protection under the law were being violated, although it's puzzling from the outset why a self-admitted "player" who doesn't believe in God would get his knickers in a twist about whether or not the federal government continued to defend an ecclesiastical definition of marriage that was signed into law by "Bubba" Clinton.

"oh... well... THAT'S different..."

You're absolutely right this time; it is very different. The Obama Administration was attempting to protect the rights of citizens under constitutional law while the Trump Administration is attempting to take away the rights of citizens and to undermine the law under the Affordable Care Act... yet again... because of a policy decision not to defend the law by the GOP who have failed 50+ times in their efforts to dismantle the ACA/Obamacare.

The Government of the United States is now on record siding against "We the People" based on politics. The People's rights under law are supposed to be protected by the Department of Justice, but our laws are under attack by the State... very different. It ain't rocket science.

I just wanted to say "THANX"...

For making me look reasonable, rational and sane by comparison.. :D

Peace Out...

As someone who wrote the book on BEING A PAIN IN THE ASS IN WEIGANTIA, I have to say..

Yer going about it ALL wrong...

But it IS ballsy....

"Stoopid... But ballsy..."
-Tom Arnold, TRUE LIES

Just ask a simple question...

How many people would vote for President Trump in 2020 if it meant, 1000% guaranteed, a peaceful de-nuclearized united Korea and a true just and lasting peace in the Middle East??

I can count on 2, possibly 3 fingers, those here who would put aside bigotry, hatred and intolerance and vote for President Trump for the good of the country and the world..

The rest would rather see the world burn than vote for President Trump...

Because they hate Trump more than ANYTHING else in the world...

Total decimation of the ruling elite... :D

https://youtu.be/m14NGrtUXS8

See what happens when you get a bunch of moronic social justice warriors who are big Political Correctness and non-existent of fiscal responsibility??

Of course, it's everyone ELSE'S fault... :^/

This is what happens when you run out of other people's money.. They get pissed and throw the bums outta office...

I'm ashamed to report this, Ontario just gave the keys to asylum to its own demagogic populist wretch, Doug 'the plug' Ford...Duggy is the slightly less scandalous brother of Rob Ford, the man who put the :O in Toronto a few years and tears ago. So, we all know from where Canada's soon to be announced 'reprisal tariffs,' will be launched.

LL&P

It also takes a lot of gall to call NFL players unpatriotic.

It takes absolutely NO GALL whatsoever to label scumbag players who shit on this country as "unpatriotic"...

This is a coward with 5 draft deferments.

Bill Clinton...

'nuff said...

You mean, like Obama DIDN'T due with the Defense Of Marriage Act???

The Thing President Obama Didn’t Do That Helped Bring About Marriage Equality
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/07/01/supreme_court_gay_marriage_obama_s_decision_not_to_defend_doma_was_key.html

"oh... well... THAT'S different..."

:^/

Once again.. I pop in here to see if President Trump can get a fair shake.. Yunno...

REALITY....

Once again, I am disappointed...

Winning!

Trump not only announced he'd be leaving the summit early, but also that he wished Russia could join.

Trump was there so what's the difference?

It made me sick to see Trump standing in front of the Marine band and Army chorus at his patriotism event with his hand over his heart during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner and God Bless America.

It also takes a lot of gall to call NFL players unpatriotic.

This is a coward with 5 draft deferments.

I earned my skin in this game in ’67 and ’68. The only skin he has is covering his bone spurs.