It makes my blood boil that the Left (there are exceptions and they are noted here) would want to take that right away from me and allow children to be mauled by dogs... Once again, the "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" hypocrisy raises it's ugly head..

You HAD AN OPPORTUNITY to use your gun:
- to kill an animal that bit, but was no longer a threat to your grandson
- to use it to rob a store
- to accidentally shoot a family member mistaking them for an intruder.

The point is, you didn’t actually use your gun to do ANY of those, but you could have! You tried to make it sound like your gun was used to defend the life of your grandson, but that gun played no part in defending him from that dog! NONE! ZERO! ZILCH!

Good thing you didn’t shoot it, either. I’m guessing that you’d probably be charged with animal cruelty and possibly discharging a fire arm inside city limits. But the worst part is that exercising your 2nd Amendment rights would have greatly increased the chance that someone you love would be hit by one of your bullets ricocheting off the ground. Dog bites heal, bullets bury!

I get it.. I really do.. You have no clue what it's like to have children/grandchildren and what it takes to protect them..

No, sir. You really obviously don't get it at all; that was our entire point. I just read this out loud to a room full of what I will refer to as "my crew," and they got a really good laugh out of that. Come down off your high horse, Mr. "LEO." It's past time that you did considering your circumstances. :D

It's not surprising.. Ya'all are part of a group that not only endorses, but ADVOCATES the wholesale brutal slaughter of innocent children..

It's not surprising you make a lot of bullshit assumptions either. You're embarrassing yourself every time you say something stupid like that, but we don't mind because it's always good for a belly laugh. :D

And yet, ya'all scream hysterical because criminal's kids are taken away..

And here I thought we agreed to stop talking about your family. :D

Blatant hypocrisy..

Well, of course, it's going to always be "blatant hypocrisy" when you whine incessantly about criminals considering your own circumstances such as they are. :D

I get it.. I really do.. You have no clue what it's like to have children/grandchildren and what it takes to protect them..

It's not surprising.. Ya'all are part of a group that not only endorses, but ADVOCATES the wholesale brutal slaughter of innocent children..

And yet, ya'all scream hysterical because criminal's kids are taken away..

Blatant hypocrisy..

Dang it, put two links in a post and it got snagged by the censors.

It's up there already, though... "uncensorated" by CW. Props! I will check out your links this weekend, for sure. I loves me some history... no matter how far back it goes!

Very flattered. I just thought it odd how the 2nd saved his grandson without the gun actually being anything but an afterthought to the story.

I know, right?! Oh, how can I word this... I just thought it very odd too that your "questions" were even answered and that your "ammunition" flew right over his head. It's like... oh! *laughs* I will say no more, but I am certain that you get my drift. :)

Or how about Onan, who was told to impregnate his dead brother’s wife, (not marry her and then have sex, mind you) but pulled out “spilling his seed upon the ground” and the reason masturbation is supposedly a sin.

You mean... that wasn't a parable about gardening? ;)

If God didn’t want us to play with ourselves, our genitals would have been placed between our shoulder blades.

Okay, Russ... now I cannot "unsee" that. ;)

Then there was King David, “a man after God’s own heart”.... the bisexual love machine who screwed half the kingdom!

Would we call that half empty or half full? I heard tell that the good king screwed them all in one way or another. Say, being that David was an ancestor of the son of God, perhaps he didn't steal God's heart after all... only borrowed it. :)

David’s true love was Jonathan, which he made abundantly clear in the poems that you wouldn’t write for someone you consider to be just a “bro”!

Yes, sir. I think there are a whole lot of people who read the "good book" and simply fail to comprehend it, and then too, there is a lot that was either lost in translation or thrown out in its entirety by the Scottish king and those in his "service."

I'm going to watch both your links up there over the weekend, and I'll definitely report back. Thank you. :)

So, Kelly isn't REALLY leaving.. Some media puke "THINKS" that Kelly is leaving..

Of course Kelly is leaving. He obviously won't be there forever. "Media puke"? You may note that there is a poster on this board who keeps posting multiple stories from other "media pukes" that are highlighted in bold that I would wager are skipped over in the same manner as myself... yet no one else feels the constant need to interrupt his right-wing spewage by whining that it's nothing more than the bullshit of a "media puke."

If you were the commenter who's posting the majority of "media puke," then why on Earth would you feel the constant need to whine incessantly about it and barrage every other poster in a trolling fashion ad nauseam with the same BS over and over?

I am not constrained to point out that nobody else on the board feels the need to troll every comment of his and interrupt the dialogue every time he posts something from a "media puke." :)

And ya'all lap it up because it fits your agenda..

Said the guy who... hands down... spews the most drivel and litters the board with the majority of "puke."

It's called CONFIRMATION BIAS

No, it isn't... thank you for trying, though.

It's called "there is no way in Hell that Kelly will last until the date that Don chose," so Neil is the obvious winner.

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:D

Well, well, well - as the British copper said as he saw three holes in the ground.

*grins*

Maybe my guess that Trump and Kelly would tire of each other but Kelly would want to last at least a year for reasons of pride (the man, prior to his current role, had a lot to be proud of).

Yes, sir... I saw what you did there, and that's why I called you a "sneaker." It is one of the highest forms of flattery that I bestow.

I had surmised Trump would tire of him within 6-7 months and he would endeavor to last until his birthday and then announce his retirement. It is not at all uncommon for a federal employee to retire around the day of their birth after reaching a particular age or their SCD* after reaching a particular number of years of service.

Congrats again, sneaker! :)
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* Service Computation Date - calculated for Federal Employees such as Mr. Kelly with two or more terms of service

Any facts to to prove this???

Canis lupus familiaris. *laughs*

She's "spoken" to Mueller's team but does that automatically mean she couldn't go back to the WH?

But what if it was Ms. Hicks who conspired with the Messrs Trumps in order to perpetrate multiple crimes? Wouldn't they have to be utter fools to allow Hope back into the White House? ;)

That's libertarians Michale. You seem to forget that traditionally Democrats were against immigration and were chastised by the right because they saw it as protecting jobs at the expense of the economy.

It is only recently that the Republican Party has become taken over by bigots who hate Mexicans and have gone looney tunes on border walls, etc.

The libertarians needed to square the circle of the obvious libertarian value of freedom of movement of labor being restricted by the other parts of the Republican Party and so came up with the welfare argument, which is really sad, because the solution is to restrict welfare only to American citizens, which is far more libertarian a solution than going along with the bigots, but showed the libertarians up for what they were.

Democrats... :^/

If they were calling for a remodel, you would have an argument..

But they are calling for abolishment, so you don't..

But, by all means.. Pooh-pooh it away.. Support the abolishment of ICE...

See how well Democrats do in November.. :D

DHS could easily take over the border.

That's what you don't get.. They don't want ANYONE 'taking over the border'...

They want a totally free and open border..

Go ahead.. Ya'all support that...

I double dog dare ya..

And then the coming Red Wave will be a Red Tsunami... :D

Reality test...

Who here can concede the facts and who here will dispute reality based on political bigotry??

I am guessing 3 to the former and all the rest to the latter...

You’ve got Trump calling for ending the Dept of Labor and Dept of Education and turning them into a single unit somehow. ICE isn’t that old of a department....they used to be INS not too long ago. So calling for a remodel isn’t that outlandish of an idea. DHS could easily take over the border.

Duh.... That's obviously a TIE Fighter...

Kick

[101]. Very flattered. I just thought it odd how the 2nd saved his grandson without the gun actually being anything but an afterthought to the story.

[109] Or how about Onan, who was told to impregnate his dead brother’s wife, (not marry her and then have sex, mind you) but pulled out “spilling his seed upon the ground” and the reason masturbation is supposedly a sin. If God didn’t want us to play with ourselves, our genitals would have been placed between our shoulder blades.

Then there was King David, “a man after God’s own heart”.... the bisexual love machine who screwed half the kingdom! David’s true love was Jonathan, which he made abundantly clear in the poems that you wouldn’t write for someone you consider to be just a “bro”!

For fun: Bo Burnham’s “From God’s Perspective” song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxc20saM8DA If you have never seen this kid, I definitely encourage you to watch the full concert...his wit and depth of comedy is really inspiring!

Awesome!!!

That guarantees President Trump a landslide victory..

Here's the new slogan for the Democrat Party..

DEMOCRATS!! PULLING DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY IN 2018!!! :D

[109]. Or take King David....a man after God’s own heart... the man slept with half the kingdom. His letters and poems to Jonathan talking about his love for him were not the writings you’d send to a “bro”.

Heck, Jesus was a 33 yo virgin in a time when the normal age of marriage was around 15. He hung out with 12 rough trade guys and his bestie was a whore who never got with. If that doesn’t sound like a gay guy, I don’t know what does.

Two songs/videos to check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxc20saM8DA the first is Bo Burnham’s “From God’s Perspective”

The second is Garfunkel &Oates’ “The Loophole” discussing the Bible’s teachings on sex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ZF_R_j0OY

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Any FACTS that prove this??

No???

Of course not...

This is going to be awesome!!

it's going to be really nice to see Dumbocrats flailing around trying to be relevant...

Except for his white supremacy.

Ahhh OK..

So, Kelly isn't REALLY leaving.. Some media puke "THINKS" that Kelly is leaving..

And ya'all lap it up because it fits your agenda..

It's called CONFIRMATION BIAS

That's what I thought..

Maybe my guess that Trump and Kelly would tire of each other but Kelly would want to last at least a year for reasons of pride (the man, prior to his current role, had a lot to be proud of).

The WSJ, a stalwart of the center right, also thinks that Kelly is on his way out, "maybe as early as this summer", and that Trump is interviewing replacements.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-consults-advisers-about-possible-replacement-for-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-1530212632

Once again, warning signs were ignored because Democrat policies encourage ignoring criminals and threats due to social justice...

Any facts to to prove this???

No?? Of course not...

There's some talk about Hope Hicks coming back to replace him. They literally have to recycle people from an ever-shrinking pool.

Hope Hicks!

She'd be a fool to come back but then she probably is a fool or she wouldn't associate with these people. A fool or just another criminal.

I would be surprised to see Hope come back to the White House because I believe she is a material witness... among other things.

Kittens Instead of Corruption Kommittee

Well, aren't you clever... but that's far too Bavarian. ;)

This, at least in my opinion, helps show that CW's claim he was ignoring me because of the vinegar is not valid because he was ignoring me before the vinegar in his analogy was applied and that the honey he recommended and implied could work had in fact already not worked.

Hint:

* Clover
* Eucalyptus
* Rosemary
* Manuka
* Buckwheat
* Sourwood
* Acacia
* Dandelion

You're welcome, Don. :)

If you think she'll reduce his atrocities - well, whatever gets you through the night. I think we're past that point and his atrocities are now geared soley towards ginning up his drooling deplorables to back him when the showdown with Mueller happens.

The groups that make this argument have chosen not to introduce or endorse legislation that would make it tougher for married couples to terminate their marriages, oddly enough! How does allowing people to marry cause greater to the damage to the institution than people choosing to end their marriages? Much like the Colorado Cake case, this is truly about hatred towards people they look down on.

It's yet another issue of "control," and the Bible is used to justify it. Since marriages were originally more about strengthening family bonds and the merging of the wealth of families in order to create a larger/stronger work/war force... and less about a union of two people in love... a lot of the things we believe are religious custom aren't really at all.

For instance, Isaac married his cousin, Jacob too married his cousin, and Abraham married his half-sister. So many people willing to overlook some of their Bible verses while insisting on the importance of the others is nothing but an issue of control and fear... but mostly control.

When they were discussing Kelly's replacement the other day Hope's name popped into my head too. I think Trump misses her influence. Considering some of the things he's done since her departure maybe we should too.

Let me be the first to congratulate you on your big win in the Kelly Exit contest. I believe your guess was 8/1/18, and I believe that's going to be awfully close.

I hear he is hanging in there desperately just trying to make the 1-year mark, which would be 7/31/18.

You sneaker! :)

Yes! Everything Neil said.

So my "One Demand" would be for a permanent "Robert Mueller III Memorial Political Corruption and Money Laundering Team" at the FBI.

That's a great idea. Seriously.

JUst as we see plenty of Democrats every day defending brutally murdering children.. So why is that a problem??

Well, we saw plenty of people defending locking up children, or trying to claim that everybody does it (wrong), so why it is a problem?

One trait that strongly indicates support for Trump is deference to authority - which is also a pillar of fascism.

Interesting it comes from the Irish Times.

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-trial-runs-for-fascism-are-in-full-flow-1.3543375?mode=amp

Your grandson wasn’t hurt, I hope. Dog bites can require so many stitches. Where on his body was he bit? How did you manage to get a clear shot at the dog as he attacked your grandson? Weren’t you afraid of striking your grandson? I guess it was lucky that you had the gun on you when the dog attacked! So do you wear a holster under your bathrobe as you lounge around the house, or what?

You, sir, display a wicked level of intellect, power of deduction, and absolute mastery of training that is so sorely and obviously lacking in others... if you get my drift, and I would wager that you do! ;)

I am starting a political action committee for a groundbreaking grassroots’ political movement that I plan on calling, TWO DEMANDS!!! (the name came to me in a dream!)

"TWO DEMANDS!!!" I love it... but with those three exclamation points people might think there's a third... as yet undisclosed... demand. ;)

Foreign money can’t be donated directly to a campaign, but a SuperPAC can take in as much as a recently created LLC cares to funnel it.

Mr. Gowdy has a PAC problem too. Pity, that. ;)

CW, I will get back to you as to when I’ll be available for our interview and thank you again for your interest in our group! You’re the best!

If he wants you to use a different name for your PAC, may I suggest: Kitty Political Action Committee!!! or Kitty PAC for short because who doesn't like kittens?! ;)

I have decided to forgo all reporting on the Mueller investigation. Director Mueller has exceeded all expectations for controlling leaks.

While Director Mueller has kept a very tight lid on the investigation, his team is not the only office working on prosecution of the perpetrators. Focusing solely on Mueller's team is like... how shall I say... missing the trees for the forest.

Never miss an opportunity to turn an idiom on its head. :)

What are Jim Jordan, Trey Gowdy, etc. thinking when they antagonize the two people who will determine when the report is released?

I'm not sure what Jordan's angle is... yet, but Trey Gowdy was one of the approximately one dozen or so members of the Trump transition team... the one for which Mueller's team acquired multiple thousands of their emails from the General Services Administration (one of those trees).

Fun Fact: Trey Gowdy is retiring at the end of his term when he could easily win reelection in his ruby red state. Speaking of which, whatever happened to that "nice" Jason Chaffetz of Utah? He too could have easily won re-election if only he had not "chosen" to retire without even waiting for the end of his term. Pity, that. :)

https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/16/politics/special-counsel-robert-mueller-transition-emails-letter/index.html

Why do you care if people vote for big money candidates?

Thanks for this link! I was impressed with some of their findings. I think the one issue that effects our opinions more than anything else is our media. Sensationalized stories that serve as click bait is bad, but allowing propaganda to masquerade as news stories based in the truth is destroying our country. Honest reporting of the news would probably result in the elimination of many of the concerns listed in the survey. Journalism is too important of a component to having a healthy democracy to allow dishonesty to be presented as the truth. Everyone is free to have their own opinion and views, but those need to be clearly identified as being an opinion and not necessarily based on the truth.

Read your post at 14 again.

No.

You quoted me "I may have been annoying and/or insulting at times when being nice did not work."

I still agree with that, Don. You have been annoying and insulting a lot of times, and so far nothing has worked for you whether you were nice or naughty or mean or nasty or a pain in the "ask."

See what I did there? :)

And today, marriage as an institution is still the bedrock of our society just as much as it ever has been. The institution isn’t changed just because you allow more people to exercise their right to be part of that institution. We have learned over the years that allowing different races or people of different faiths to marry did not change the institute of marriage. Face it, marriage equality threatens traditional marriage in the same way that abolishing slavery made freedom less enjoyable for white people.

The groups that make this argument have chosen not to introduce or endorse legislation that would make it tougher for married couples to terminate their marriages, oddly enough! How does allowing people to marry cause greater to the damage to the institution than people choosing to end their marriages? Much like the Colorado Cake case, this is truly about hatred towards people they look down on.

Plus, marriage is a legal contract that grants couples legal protections and benefits that individuals are not granted. It’s funny how few people against marriage equality are willing to give up those protections and benefits in exchange for keeping gays from being able to marry. I guess their faith is only worth fighting for as long as they aren’t negatively effected by their choice to fight.

Money in politics is a big issue. But, what can be done about it so long as Citizens United is the law of the land?

You're a good one to ask about this ... have you seen this report on Americans' views of democracy ... https://www.democracyprojectreport.org/

It sounds like a very good basis for Democrats to run on ...

You're a good one to ask about this ... have you seen this report on Americans' views of democracy ...https://www.democracyprojectreport.org/

It sounds like a very good basis for Democrats to run on ...

I'm certain you are in favor of advertising supporting candidates YOU favor, but you're jealous of people who can afford more financial support than you can.

Nope, you are wrong....which seems to be a trend with you. I hate all of it! Wish we only allowed candidates two weeks of ads and required that they be truthful ads focusing on themselves.

You seem to believe that Dems are all poor hippies or minorities that just wish they were white and therefore wealthy. Arrogant, hateful old farts like you are why some nursing home nurses kill the elderly.

As much as Obama really cared about people like you..

I only know the facts..

Under Democrats my business sucked..

Under President Trump, business is a LOT better...

Whether President Trump did that specifically for me, is completely irrelevant..

Middles Class Americans' lives are better under President Trump...

Stopping the source, rather than the flow, is far more effective.

Yes.

That's the Democrat Party in a nutshell..

Assuming they win. What happens if they lose?

Anti-corruption investigative units could be set up at the state level and we could build from there.

While money is effective in buying politicians, trying to stop the flow is pointless. You need to target why people are putting big money into politics and make that ineffective. Stopping the source, rather than the flow, is far more effective.

Fourth, prepare for a more color-blind court. State-sponsored affirmative action — especially in higher education — has hung on by its fingernails for more than a decade. It’s beyond difficult to make an originalist argument for policies that, to take a contemporary example, effectively cap the number of Asians in any given class. The case for affirmative action has rested for a long time on magnifying the state interest in creating “diverse” communities through policies that explicitly use race as a factor to punish or privilege specific demographics. These policies exist far more as a matter of social justice and academic theory than actual constitutional law. Soon enough, the nation may understand that “equal protection” means just what it says.
https://tinyurl.com/y9r29qoz

Some of the likely results of President Trump's pick to the SCOTUS...

it's a good thing i don't publish english to hungarian phrasebooks.

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Keep them coming, please. I love them too. :)

You're the one who brought up the bullshit claim that you are on the side of the American people.. :D

When it comes to corruption, there really is no difference between Democrats and Republicans..

The *ONLY* difference is that Republicans embrace theirs and Democrats lie about theirs..

Yup, yup, yup...

Democrats and NeverTrumpers blinded by bigotry, hatred and intolerance....

President Trump plays them every time...

Nice try, but let's stick to the topic - corruption.

No.. You have made it clear that your "us" is the Democrat Party..

If your "us" was the American people, you would be a Trump supporter...

If your "us" were the American people, you would condemn the likes of Maxine Waters et al...

NASCAR jackets for Politicians...

I am reminded of an old MISSION IMPOSSIBLE episode.. There was this crooked politician who was running for governor of a state. The IMF's mission wasn't to take out the bad guy but to insure that the voters were informed of this guy's connections and activities..

Convincing the bad guy that they (IMF team) were aliens, they got him to admit all of his activities over the radio...

It was a pretty kewl episode..

Anyways, that's what we need to do.. FOrce the politicians to be completely transparent about who is funding them and such..

Unfortunately, transparency is verboten, but it's only the Democrats who are hypocritical about it..

Are you identifying as a supporter of corruption and corrupt union leaders, business people, and politicians?

If all politicians who accepted sugar industry money were excluded from voting about legislation that impacted the sugar industry due to "conflict of interest" rules then the sugar industry would stop buying them. This goes for just about every shareholder owned business - if political contributions did not impact the bottom line for a public company then the shareholders and management would use the money for something else.

At the same time, would teacher's unions spend money supporting politicians they knew would not be able to vote on legislation favorable to them?

So we have the last spigot, issues funding. It would be complex but viable to tie individual politicians to issues money - either directly or indirectly, and impose "conflict of interest" rules.

Once again, it's funny how you disapprove of the "us vs them" argument when it's your "us" that's at fault. :D

Asinine comment of the day, and totally missing the point of my comment by jumping on a "us vs. them" bandwagon.

We will cure you of your blindness that everything is Hillary's fault and all Republican politicians are pure as driven snow, but you need to take the first step - you need to stop believing only things that make you feel good.

The total "cost" of the 2016 election was about $1.85B*. Of that Hillary spent $1.2B and Trump $0.65B. This was less than Obama and Romney "spent" in 2012 (total $2B - source: The Economist).

So, simply put.. Whoever spent the most money is the one most guilty of corruption..

That would be Hillary.. By a factor of 2

It's been my experience that, by and large, Democrats LOVE the Citizens United ruling..

They just hate that it also applies to Republicans..

I agree. We need to focus on the problem - is money being used corruptly in our political process?

The total "cost" of the 2016 election was about $1.85B*. Of that Hillary spent $1.2B and Trump $0.65B. This was less than Obama and Romney "spent" in 2012 (total $2B - source: The Economist).

Let's just go with a $2B figure and look at the impact that has. Firstly the money is being spent to convince people to turn out - cross party voting plays only a small role in the outcomes. I believe that the efficacy of this "spend" is more imaginary and D.C. based than effective in reality. Trump won because his supporters were angry about where they perceived America was in relation to where they wanted it to be (I contend they are ignorant of reality, but that isn't the point of this post).

So politicians spend most of their time and effort raising money - sitting in small cubicles across the street from their public offices (where they are not permitted to fundraise).

Let's triple the $2B to $6B to estimate the cost of all congressional, senate, as well as presidential elections.

Our economy is $19.4T. $6B is a rounding error - literally. I rounded the $19.42T to $19.4T and lopped off $20B right there.

So we are "spending" 0.03% of GDP on elections, and most of that is wasted on activities that either fail to move the dial, or support losing candidates.

So, instead of focusing on campaign finance, we'd be much better demanding a Political Corruption Taskforce in the FBI to scare the bejesus out of corrupt politicians from top to bottom. Look at the impact that Mueller is having on the whole right wing - they are crying their eyes out in between soiling their diapers about Mueller. The left are rubbing their hands together, because let's face it, Trump is as guilty as sin of money laundering and Mueller is going to find it and expose it. The whole Russia investigation is viable, but it is a sub-plot. The real winner could be the American people. The left would not be so supportive and the right so scared of Mueller if they knew that this was just the first investigation into a series of independent investigations by the FBI into political irregularities.

The problem is getting politicians to agree to a permanent FBI team dedicated to looking over their shoulders and shining a light where they want it to be dark.

So my "One Demand" would be for a permanent "Robert Mueller III Memorial Political Corruption and Money Laundering Team" at the FBI.

* Source for data: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-presidential-campaign-fundraising/

Yeah, I support the right of rich people to support advertising in favor of their candidates, but I dispute your claim that such constitutes "corruption".

I'm certain you are in favor of advertising supporting candidates YOU favor, but you're jealous of people who can afford more financial support than you can.

Another way to put that is that you are an outrageous hypocrite, like most Dems/Libs!

Marriage as an institution has been the bedrock of our society for thousands of years.. It seemed silly to change the institution based on a social justice issue that has only cropped up in the last decade or so..

So said Justice Kennedy during arguments..

You may not agree with the argument, but it IS a valid and rational argument nonetheless..

Your grandson wasn’t hurt, I hope.

A couple puncture wounds on his arm and shoulder.. Fortunately no tearing or slashing wounds..

Thank you..

How did you manage to get a clear shot at the dog as he attacked your grandson? Weren’t you afraid of striking your grandson?

My daughter (his mother) got to the scene before I did and grabbed the mutt by the scruff and a leg and ripped him off my grandson and threw the dog clear... Then the owners came running up in the line of fire, spoiling my shot...

I guess it was lucky that you had the gun on you when the dog attacked! So do you wear a holster under your bathrobe as you lounge around the house, or what?

I was lying in bed with my wife watching TV.. Bosch, as a matter of fact... Grabbed my weapon out of the gun safe and grabbed a pair of underwear and ran out...

Things ended well without the use of deadly force.. But it could have easily gone the other way...

The "other way" is what Democrats are pushing..

That's why I am firmly in the camp that says we need to keep the SCOTUS in Republican hands...

I look forward to the day we have a 7-2 GOP SCOTUS..

So you support corruption in politics, thanks for clarifying that. It is so sad that none of your generation will get to reap the true rewards of your decades of idiotic policies that the rest of us are stuck trying to repair.

Please share with me the valid points for overturning marriage equality as I have yet to hear a single one that came close to qualifying as “valid” — but I am sure yours are well thought out!

As I mentioned before, I had an opportunity to use my weapon when a dog attacked my grandson the other night..

Your grandson wasn’t hurt, I hope. Dog bites can require so many stitches. Where on his body was he bit? How did you manage to get a clear shot at the dog as he attacked your grandson? Weren’t you afraid of striking your grandson? I guess it was lucky that you had the gun on you when the dog attacked! So do you wear a holster under your bathrobe as you lounge around the house, or what?

"Citizens United" is a Free Speech (as in 1st Amend.) issue, and thus ain't likely to be going anywhere.

Dem/libs hate CU because having money sort of translates into having a 'louder voice', which they equate with "unfairness" and similar bleeding heart issues.

Problem is, you cannot restrict people from 'speaking louder' simply because they are more financially successful than other people. That would be far more "unfair" than the "unfair you are worrying about. Ain't gonna happen.

Demand One: Candidates must agree to make receiving small donations their main focus for funding their campaign.

Demand Two: Candidates must make repealing Citizens United a central goal of their campaign.

Demand Two is actually the more important of the two as there are already limits set on how much can be donated directly to a political campaign. The real money goes to PAC’s and SuperPAC’s where the reporting of where the money received actually originated is not required (if it isn’t enforced, then it really is not “required”!) and not available to the public. Foreign money can’t be donated directly to a campaign, but a SuperPAC can take in as much as a recently created LLC cares to funnel it.

Demand One is the “feel-good” PR move, but Demand Two is where the real change will take place!

CW, I will get back to you as to when I’ll be available for our interview and thank you again for your interest in our group! You’re the best!

I don't see what difference it would make if I put an article here in the comments.

Well, I for one, would be interested in reading what you have been unable to publish elsewhere, so far.

As a Canadian, though, and one who is primarily interested in US foreign policy and its global leadership role, should that ever materialize again, I will leave your project to yourself and your American friends.

Best of luck with One Demand.

:-)

You can count on it!! :D

Just don't let it happen again.

:-)

28 Sep... LAST MAN STANDING returns to TV!!!! :D

Hmmmmmm Something familiar about that date.. heh

It's to the Democrats benefit to hold off the nomination process until after the election.. This could galvanize Democrats and get them to turn out and vote.. On the other hand, it would also galvanize GOP voters too.. And, as CW said, GOP voters are more galvanized by SCOTUS issues than Dem voters..

On the other hand, it to the GOP benefit to do the nomination before the election. This puts 5 Dem Senators in Red States on the spot and would very likely tip their races to the GOP candidate...

For me, personally, this will be the first time I vote GOP in a Senate race in a couple decades...

Meanwhile, now reading some stuff about Anthony Kennedy being forced out by DT - he had selected his clerks for next term and suddenly he's resigning. HOW he was forced out would be one question.

heheheheheheheheehehehehehe

Thanx Paula.. It's always nice to get a good laugh in the morning to start my day..

Your KENNEDY-WAS-FORCED-TO-RESIGN conspiracy-nut theory is as laughable as the OBAMA-HAD-SCALIA-KILLED conspiracy-nut-theory... :D

Once again, thanx for the laugh.. You DO serve a purpose here.. Comic relief.. :D

Nobody has ever proved that Andy Warhol said “in the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” But he has been misquoted so often that a lot of people think he did. (Read the quotation carefully). A wiser man did say that “nothing recedes like success,” and we see that proved all around us every day.

Flirtations can be fun, but the Democrats should be wary. Dreams can become nightmares, and they’re always costly..
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/28/the-democrats-flirt-with-an-old-fantasy/

I have been informed that AOC's district is such that it's very likely she will win.. But one socialist in one district does not a movement make..

I still stand by my assertion that the Far Left's showing in the recent Dem primaries will do more harm than good, come the general election in November..

Feds to begin distributing grant money to non-sanctuary cities
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/27/feds-distributing-grant-money-non-sanctuary-cities/

It's been a horrible, very bad, no good week for Democrats....

Thank you CW.. Once again, Liz.. My apologies for the typo...

Even in this very commentary thread.. :D

Maybe not with a 5-4 GOP SCOTUS...

But if RGB and Kagan retire due to poor health, a distinct possibility, then you would be looking at a 7-2 GOP SCOTUS and then all bets are off...

I don't really have a dog in the hunt in the abortion issue beyond the factual claim of hypocrisy it provides me against Democrats vis a vis their sickening "OH MY GODS WON'T YOU THINK OF THE CHILDREN except if the children are in the womb" hypocrisy...

I also have no dog in the hunt regarding the marriage issue either. I can see both sides of the issue and both sides make valid points. I could see an easy solution if both sides could just get past their hatred/distaste of each other...

The only concern I have is the 2nd Amendment that allows me to protect myself and my family from harm...

As I mentioned before, I had an opportunity to use my weapon when a dog attacked my grandson the other night..

It makes my blood boil that the Left (there are exceptions and they are noted here) would want to take that right away from me and allow children to be mauled by dogs... Once again, the "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" hypocrisy raises it's ugly head..

That is my sole interest in maintaining a GOP lock on the SCOTUS...

The bigger the lock, the better.. 5-4 is good.. 6-3 would be awesome... 7-2 and I'm in heaven...

I, along with the rest of the world, have a guess what will happen - sorry Michale.

No apologies necessary...

I just think it's hilarious..

On the one hand, it IS interesting that there have been "no leaks" from Mueller..

On the other hand, Weigantia is REPLETE with comments from people who know EXACTLY what is going to happen with Mueller's investigation. :D

So, as I said, no apologies necessary.. You said a lot more politely what I have been saying all along..

Anyone who claims to know what's what with Mueller's witch hunt is full of shit.. :D

Your's truly included.. :D

[120] Listen: When they overturn Gay Marriage I'll look forward to your glowing comments about Kennedy and his right to retire at this critical point in our history.

Why would I blame Kennedy if the court were to find reason to overturn marriage equality (there is no such thing as “Gay Marriage”; there is only “marriage”)? He was one of the five who granted us the equality that we had been denied for so long. THAT is his legacy as far as I am concerned.

Do I worry about it being taken away from us? Taking a right away after it has been granted is no easy task. I think they will have a hard time justifying that we are not equal in the eyes of the law. Not to mention the legal chaos that would cause. I do not think they will be able to overturn Roe vs. Wade, personally — not fully, anyway.

Kennedy’s choice to resign was his to make. If it was politically motivated or not, I don’t know — but it was HIS choice to make.

Ex-Clinton aide: 84 percent of Americans support turning undocumented immigrants over to authorities
http://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/394624-mark-penn-84-percent-support-turning-undocumented-immigrants-over-authorities

On what planet is illegal immigration a GOOD issue for the Democrats to run on in 2018???

Dems might as well just give the 10 seats to the Senate GOP and the 100+ seats to the House GOP now and move on.. :^/

Democrats are making a big mistake on immigration
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/opinions/trump-immigration-gop-could-still-win-jennings-opinion/

When will the Democrat Party learn??

Illegal Immigration plays to the GOP's protect-Americans strengths and the Dem Party's We-Want-Open-Borders weaknesses...

On WHAT PLANET is this a good issue for the Democrat Party to emphasize???

Democrats.. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in 2018...

Gonna bring a response forward from a couple days ago..

Dunno what you're complaining about, that's the view of SCOTUS and the Constitution I've always maintained. It is whatever 5 of them say it is, period. At least for the time being...

When we were debating about the 2nd Amendment, I was told by someone that just because the SCOTUS says it's the law of the land, doesn't really make it so. The SCOTUS can change it's mind at any time..

It was a pretty lame response, as I am sure it didn't come from you.. :D

As for that McConnell bit you quoted, I think you missed a point. The first nuke I spoke of was Harry Reid getting rid of the filibuster on federal judges. At the time, McConnell decried it to the skies as (as you put it) "horrendously bad" but then when he took control of the Senate, it wasn't just peachy with him, but he went a step further (in other words, doing exactly what you just denounced Dems for doing). The whole Merrick Garland thing happened a lot later... you're mixing your arguments...

I hate to bedevil the point..

McConnell instead dropped a second nuke, by declaring that Supreme Court judicial nominations could not be filibustered either. Then he defied the Constitution by refusing to act on Obama's nomination, baldly stating that no nomination would move forward until after the next election.
-CW

I might just be reading it wrong, but it appears there that you are claiming McConnell dropped the 2nd nuke and then refused to act on Obama's nomination.. In fact, those actions are reversed..

It's a minor nit-pick and if I am reading it wrong, then my apologies..

As to McConnell, yes he was being hypocritical.. He's a politician, what ya expect? :D

McConnell was being as hypocritical as Dems are being when they claim that, if they ever return to power, they will do the EXACT same thing regarding the President's SCOTUS nominee. Even though they claim it's a "heinous" and "perverse" violation of the US Constitution..

:D

It's good ta have ya back.. I have missed this.. :D

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it won't help, CW.. :D

There are at least 5 Democrats who will vote for President Trump's nominee..

So, even if the Dems can swing a couple GOP'ers.. It won't matter..

I'm scanning it - it appears that the shooter got the hots for a reporter and began stalking her and she eventually took him to court and he plead guilty to criminal harassment. The paper wrote some article about it which the shooter felt was too sympathetic to the woman and not sympathetic to him. He sued for defamation and lost.

Whether or not this was the motivating factor in today's shooting is not yet established.

So, it had absolutely NOTHING to do with President Trump..

I am sure we will see your retraction and apology to President Trump soon...

Right???

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/06/26/democrats-need-to-campaign-more-on-judicial-picks/#comment-121621

Gotta go watch Colbert now, though...

-CW

http://www.montypython.net/scripts/argument.php

"I'm sorry, the five minutes is up."

Heh.

-CW

Yours is probably the best view I've read of Mueller in a while. Nobody knows. He just don't leak, period. I've mentioned how astonishing this is several times over the past year, and I'm still pretty astonished. In DC, not leaking a drop is a herculean task, but Mueller's team has consistently stuck to it.

-CW

http://www.montypython.net/scripts/phrasebk.php

I, along with the rest of the world, have a guess what will happen - sorry Michale.

What are Jim Jordan, Trey Gowdy, etc. thinking when they antagonize the two people who will determine when the report is released?

And now the shooter's tweets are being released - he's a Trumper who believes the "news" is fake coz DT told him so.

There are a lot of trolls out there spreading dezinformatsiya. Keep that in mind. :)