General Discussion, Saturday, January 21, 2017

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  1. czarowniczy says:

    Hey! I was still enjoying Trump Friday!

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  2. czarowniczy says:

    Wash Post is reporting Trump signed an executive order directing all Federal agencies to minimize Obamacare’s ‘economic and regulatory burdens’ on sll parties concerened with the act. That could push the Feds to stop fining prople for not having the insurance, which would effectively cause it to start collapsing…just like we said a few days ago.
    I’m betting there’ll be pushback from the IRS as they have a bureaucracy built around collecting the fines for not having the insurance, I’m betting someone will have to breathe fire into their break room to get the toads to hop. A Trump test in the making.

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    • patternpuzzler says:

      I’m betting somebody will happily breathe fire in their break room!

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    • MaryfromMarin says:

      With some things, all POTUS may have to do is tip over the first domino.

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      • czarowniczy says:

        In truth, it wasn’t a hard call. The program would have died a slow death had they not put a punishment in for people who wouldn’t/couldn’t buy it. It seems that the creators kbew that and made the punishment relatively light to begin with and gradually increased it until it was onerous enough for people to actively cut back on necessities to buy insurance. Not good insurance, just the minimum required to not get punished.
        I’m wondering if his little toads were figuring that as the premiums, which was a gimme, the Feds could use shame or even legislation to force employers to pay a chunk of their employees’ premiums. I could eventually see the Feds mandating the ex-employers pay a portion of their ex-employees’ premiums until said employees found new employment.
        From each according to how much we can bleed them, to each according to how much it takes to buy a soul.

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    • amwick says:

      I heard on the news that there is a bill that would allow President Trump to nix all those executive order with one signature… instead of doing it one at a time… sounds like a plan.

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      • czarowniczy says:

        As a businessman I’m vetting hecwon’t wantbto create chaos by turning over the Apple cart, he’ll be more surgical. There’s been a lot of roots that have grown out of the POtuS’s dicktatorial meddling and he’s going go minimize the collateral damages. If he causes so much as a ripple the MSM will be all over him somhe’s not goingbto create waves or damages.

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        • Menagerie says:

          Maybe, as a businessman. Maybe. I haven’t seen him fear waves yet, but maybe damages. I hope he weighs the scales between no action and corrective action. It’s easy to sling an opinion that he ought to trash it all, but hard to really know the repercussions at this stage.

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          • czarowniczy says:

            I’m not saying waves as in bureaucratic problems, I’m saying waves as in damages to people that would give the vulture MSM sonething solid to feed on. That’s why Congress can’t just cone in and wipe out Obamacare with one fell swoop.
            The administrative effects of Obama’s directives have to be taken into consideration as well as ancillary problems. In just Obamacare you have the problems of the patients mass trying tonfind another policy, the insurance companies trying to rebuild rate/coverage schedules, billing entities readjusting…problems msy sound small but in the millions it would be a mess.
            You could just go and order the insurance companies to hold or lower their rates and coverages, move folks over seamlessly, just tell all concerned to do this, thst or the other. Then what would the difference between what you are doing and what Obama did? A lot of this has to be dissected with a scalpel and dealt with one bit at a time or it will come back to bite Trump and Congress.

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            • amwick says:

              Personally, I would like a reset, back to my old policy… pre ACA…. even if it was adjusted for some inflation???? Come ‘on pretty please???

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              • czarowniczy says:

                Through the years I had many people ridicule me for staying with the military. Even then I knew that a guaranteed retirement check I could count on and guaranteed health insurance were going to be important.
                My civil service health insurance was great, but I paid for it. Not as much as I would have had I been a civilian employee instead of a civil servant but for me, Czarina and my sobs by a previous marriage I was paying about $200 every two weeks. When I turned 60 I could get the military retiree Tricare, which was roughly the equivalent of Blue Cross/Blue Shield, for Czarina and I for $400 a year. Once Czarina and I hit Medicare it reverted to a secondary coverage and was free. Just over 40 years of military service has its benefits and I thank God every day for thevhealth insurance.

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          • Wooly Phlox says:

            Okay, let’s take bets on when Robert Creamer is indicted.

            I got five dollars on “By the end of February, 2017”.

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    • auscitizenmom says:

      They should take that bureaucracy and turn them to the millions of SS that are sent out of the country illegally and get that stopped..

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  3. kinthenorthwest says:

    Bring Down the Healing Rain Upon America Oh Lord…
    Thank You Lord for this Awesome New Day…
    A New Day and New Start and Chance for America and ALL Americans.


    (Yes posted at TreeHouse, but when I heard it today on the radio I thought of Stella’s Place First)

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    • hocuspocus13 says:

      RAIN…healing and cleansing 💦💧💦💧💦

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      • kinthenorthwest says:

        Yes heard the song on the way home today Snow all over, and a drizzle..
        Realized that our Lord is in control and we have another chance to heal our nation.

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    • czarowniczy says:

      Two inches over two days on already sotted ground. The trailing tail of the big storm that went north hit us brfore dawn, only an inch of rain but terrific winds, lotta trees down in the area.
      Gonna be nice weather next week though, getting the garden together early, global warming is promising to make bumper crops.

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  4. MaryfromMarin says:

    (drive-by)

    Memo to self: avoid Southwest Airlines…

    Southwest Airlines Flight Turns on Pink Cabin Lights to Promote Planned Parenthood’s Pro-Abortion March

    http://www.lifenews.com/2017/01/20/southwest-airlines-flight-turns-on-pink-cabin-lights-to-promote-planned-parenthoods-pro-abortion-march/

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  5. MaryfromMarin says:

    (another drive-by)

    Project much, Nancy?

    Nancy Pelosi Trashes Pro-Life People: “They Pray on Sunday and Prey on People the Rest of the Week”

    http://www.lifenews.com/2017/01/20/nancy-pelosi-trashes-pro-life-people-they-pray-on-sunday-and-prey-on-people-the-rest-of-the-week/

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    • ImpeachEmAll says:

      Summation of eight years of the Obama administration:

      “They Preyed on People Six Days of the Week and Twice on Sunday”

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      • ImpeachEmAll says:

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        • ImpeachEmAll says:

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              • czarowniczy says:

                Look at the Left/Rat history, so many of these groups Trump will fight are members or lapdogs of the Rats. Never forget that you judt had a president who was a drinkink/dinner/professorial friend ofvtwo of the US’s premier terrorists. Ayers and Dohrn bombed the US Capitol and Pentagon just as bin Laden did. They killed police and fomented violence against the police You Know Who did. They robbed banks, committed treason and other crimes yet are valued compadres of the Rat elite.
                How ’bout CAIR, a designated terrorist group in a number of Moslem countries yet a valued resource to Rats? Then we have one of the Rat’s ‘go to’ advisory groups, the Muslim Brotherhood. And the lidt could go on, but you gets the idea.
                These groups andbothers will be fighting Trump openly and covertly to stop his reclaiming American freedom and self determination. They will organize and push hard to retake Congress in 2018 and work ceaselessly to unseat Trump in 2020. It goes beyond a kleptarchy and mobarchy to a criminal state. Celebrate for the weekend but, first thing Monday, start looking to what we do in 2018 to save what we regained in November.

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    • jeans2nd says:

      The only time a stranger blessed me was when I was sitting at the County Fair table (by myself, mind you), passing out literature for Right To Life. Pelosi should try it sometime.

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      • czarowniczy says:

        Poor Nancy and Cher, the fimes from all of that industrial strength dent and ding filler their plastic surgeons have used over the years has effected…and affected…their thought processes. Read that on the Huffingaton Post.

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    • Menagerie says:

      I thought about this so me time before commenting. I simply cannot believe that a person has much of a real prayer life with the moral platform she espouses. There is a difference in talking at God and talking to Him, with Him.

      No matter what religion you claim, you don’t get to set the rules. You form your conscience and shape your actions according to the teachings of your faith. It I decide to go with my own desires I am not going to demand the world recognize me as a great, knowledgeable, and holy Catholic.

      But then, I’m a little more honest than Pelosi. To myself, especially.

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  6. amwick says:

    So, some one I know woke up with a bit of a headache…. but I am still grinning…

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  7. WeeWeed says:

    Mornin’ kids!

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  8. WeeWeed says:

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  9. The Internet seems to think that Clinton hasn’t changed at all. The Interwebs seems to think that Bill was ogling Ivanka Trump at the Inauguration.

    Make of that what you will.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4141526/Video-appears-Bill-Clinton-ogling-Ivanka-Trump.html

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  10. ImpeachEmAll says:

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  11. ImpeachEmAll says:

    An airplane full of females who have lived in a cave the past eight years.

    They are totally ignorant of the fact the dems controlled the White House,
    the House of Reps, and had a super majority in the Senate for the first two
    years of the Obama administration. The dems were able to pass anything
    their loving, dear hearts desired. Yet, all these females feel denied and are
    headed to DC to protest. These ignorant dumba$$es are six years too late.

    https://video.fbed1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t42.1790-2/16200474_718311688345041_1168735819003854848_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjUxNCwicmxhIjo1MTIsInZlbmNvZGVfdGFnIjoic3ZlX3NkIn0%3D&rl=514&vabr=286&oh=e22aef761935022d3ce60781e1c04bdc&oe=5883950A

    https://t.co/xmdIqwIC5e

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  12. lovely says:

    Tea is served 😊

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  13. Wooly Phlox says:

    This is apropos to my line of work, too:

    http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/01/the_caste_system_in_the_modern_company.html

    FTA:
    The Company has been in existence for nigh on 100 years. During that period, some traditions have been established: the Athletic Association has a social function twice a year, subsidized by the Company. The employees receive a bonus just before Christmas. The vending machines in the break areas and the cafeteria are subsidized to keep refreshments affordable. There is an annual banquet for employees who have 25 years’ seniority.

    Over the last decade, these traditions have been abandoned by the Company. The Christmas bonus was replaced with a free turkey (which was replaced with a coupon for a turkey at a local merchant). The turkey was replaced with a gift card. Last year, there was nothing. Not even a greeting card.

    I was the longest-lasting employee. 7 and 8 years ago, I got a fairly substantial Christmas bonus, based on performance. This year, a $25 gift card. I figure the people who left before I did were smarter than me. I see that, now.

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    • Wooly Phlox says:

      I’m not bitter, either. Just awake, finally.

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    • Menagerie says:

      I saw this at Home Depot. The leech Bob Nardelli sucked millions out of the company while killing the morale and making sure some of the hardest working people in the world got a quarter raise for a whole year’s work. Then he went on to Chrysler.

      He tromped on our pride, our identity, our earnings, and our attitude, and he did it with smug hatred of the working man.

      I doubt that fine company will ever fully recover from the damage he did. And I believe he was malicious like Obama.

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  14. nyetneetot says:

    Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
    Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Jack Daniels – Single Barrel )
    Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) 🐱 🍸 (Flaming Lamborghini)
    Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 🍸 (earthquake)
    Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 🍸 (cosmopolitan)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (white wine and perrier)
    Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂 |_| (Tom Collins)
    Mornin’ texan59! 🙂 |_| (Black & Tan)
    Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
    Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂 |_| (Boilermaker)
    Mornin’ Czarina! 🙂 🍸 (Lynchburg Lemonade)
    Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂 |_| (Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
    Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂 |_| (Irish Car Bomb)
    Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
    Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
    Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂 |_| (Godfather)
    Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀 |_| (Mortlach)
    Mornin’ Wooly Phlox! (aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂 |_| (Roy Rogers)
    Mornin’ Howie! 🙂 |_| (Classic Daiquiri)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_| (Gin & Tonic)
    Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
    Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂 |_| (Blackberry wine)
    Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
    Mornin’ lovely! 🙂 |_| (Backdraft)
    Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
    Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
    Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
    Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
    Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 🍸 (Jack & Coke)
    Mornin’ Pam! 🙂 (Not even water)
    Mornin’ Ms.Tee! 🙂 🍸 (Mojito)
    Mornin’ koolkosherkitchen! 🙂 🍸 🍸 (Cuba Libre)
    Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂 |_| (Flaming Dr. Pepper)
    Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂 |_| (Stinger)
    Mornin’ Les! 🙂 |_| (Rusty Nail)
    Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂 |_| (Jack Daniels)
    Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂 |_| (Whiskey Smash)
    Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂 |_| (B52)
    Mornin’ oldiadguy! 🙂 |_| (Rum & Coke)
    Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) 🙂 🍸 (Spanish coffee)
    Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸 (Kamikaze)
    Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 🍸 (Shirley Temple)
    Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂 |_| (Night Train Express)
    Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸 (1970 ducru beaucaillou)
    Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 🍸 (1961 Château Montrose)
    Mornin’ amwick! 🙂 🍸 (Blue motorcycle)
    Mornin’ hocuspocus13! 🙂 🍸 (1970 Chateau Latour)
    Mornin’ Sloth1963! 🙂 🍸 (1971 Moulin Touchais)
    Mornin’ MTeresa! (Ex-lurker) 🙂 |_| (Albanian Raki Moskat)
    Mornin’ Rhea Salacia Volans! 🙂 |_| (Hot Buttered Rum)
    Mornin’ joshua! 🙂 |_| (Mudslide)
    Mornin’ John Denney 🙂 |_| (RumChata)
    Mornin’ litenmaus 🙂 |_| (Stolichnaya elit, no ice)
    Mornin’ kinthenorthwest 🙂 🍸 (A Lonely Island Lost in the Middle of a Foggy Sea)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine 🙂 |_| (Smoking Bishop)
    Mornin’ whiners and complainers! 😛 (No drink for you!)
    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕

    Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance! :mrgreen:

    Breakfast!

    NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!

    Doughnuts for coffee!

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  15. Wooly Phlox says:

    The sun is shining today in South Haven. Not a cloud in the sky, and it feels like spring.

    It’s amazing, and it feels, somehow right.

    We made it through the swamp, America.

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  16. amwick says:

    TY Mr. Neetot. I needed an eye opener…. coffee glazed bacon… wonderful.

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  17. Menagerie says:

    The Colonel must have celebrated so much that barn detail is running late!

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    • Col.(R) Ken says:

      Yes, after hours Trump celebrating party at Hotty Grams restaurant. Food, adult refreshments, about 100 or so people attending. To including members of the PSP, who thought the place was opened late.

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  18. Wooly Phlox says:

    Perfect:

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  19. czarowniczy says:

    Well, Army has just announced it will replace the garbage Beretta service pistol with the Sig Sauer P320. Good pistol, no,problem with it, but they’re sticking with that NATO 9mm instead of something better such as the old .45.

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    • Col.(R) Ken says:

      Maybe we can add a few more grains of powder in the shell, and develop a thin titanium penetrater for body armor……

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      • czarowniczy says:

        Russians already have thatfor the Makarov, we can just contract with the though Lehigh right there in Quakertown has some that could quickly and easily be adapted.

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  20. stella says:

    By the way, several FB commenters said they thought that Melania might have a “baby bump”. Doesn’t look that way to me, and I think she’s a bit old, but wouldn’t that be something?

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  21. stella says:

    View from the crowd during the oath of office (taken by Dennis Michael Lynch):

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  22. czarowniczy says:

    News reporting that Trump and Pence went to the National Cathedral for an interfaith prayer service this AM. News also reported that a number of the, as they described it, ‘largely liberal congregation’ objected to his being in the cathedral. Guess there weren’t too many Christians in that ‘liberal’ congregation. Can’t wait until they join hands with the liberal Moslems.

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  23. czarowniczy says:

    Judt watched an ad on TV where a woman, obviously undergoing chemotherapy, is having a touching moment with her hubby in the kitchen. It’s an ad for Coffee-mate. Now if the ad wasn’t coarse enough Coffee-mate is owned by Nestles, which has been acting a lot like pharmaceutical company of late. Really, Nestles?

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  24. Wooly Phlox says:

    I have been trying to remember this guy’s name. For many months. Always on the tip of my tongue, but never available. I just did. Todd Rundgren. Such an amazing, amazing musician. And I forgot his name. Until just now.

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  25. WeeWeed says:

    Well…. in other news, the pussy parade went well.

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  26. czarowniczy says:

    Usual Suspect shot and killed his girl friend then shot and killed responding officer from a New Orleans bedroom community. Usual Suspect then made it to the largest, busiest bridge in NOLA where he climbed over the side and on to the scaffolding, threatening to jump.
    Press arrived so responders couldn’t just let the POS jump or help him jump so said POS jammed up the Friday afternoon traffic into the evening. Even more progressive drivers stuck in that traffic, I’m told, were yelling for him to jump.
    Early in the evening the turd finally shot himself, medics/SWAT went over the side, pulled him and rushed him to the hospital. This aftetnoon he succumbed to his wounds, yet another case of guuuuun viollllllence. Yet another young Usual Suspect male who could have had a career as a nuclear engineer or astrophysicist lured to the dark side by the siren song of guns.

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