General Discussion, Monday, June 12, 2017

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Stella

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  1. MaryfromMarin says:
    June 12, 2017 at 12:30 am

    Image suggestion: the Callanish Standing Stones (Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides).

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  2. MaryfromMarin says:
    June 12, 2017 at 2:13 am

    “My one defense, my righteousness, Oh God, how I need you…”

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  6. ImpeachEmAll says:
    June 12, 2017 at 4:09 am

    Some inspiration for Col Ken…

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  8. stella says:
    June 12, 2017 at 6:40 am

    This morning I am asking for prayer for a family member. My great niece, Shannon, gave birth to a baby boy named Andrew in March. In mid-May, he suddenly contracted some kind of muscle weakening condition that was a puzzle to the doctors. Andrew was life-flighted to UC in Davis, CA. At first they assumed it was caused by a minor car accident, then they diagnosed it as infant botulism.

    Because of continuing problems, the investigation into his condition continued, and he has been diagnosed with a serious genetic condition called SMA Type 1, or spinal muscular atrophy. Up until last December, there was no hope for these infants, most dying before their second birthdays.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_muscular_atrophy

    In December 2016, nusinersen became the first approved drug to treat SMA.

    Here is Shannon’s report on his situation:

    We finally found out what is going on with our precious baby boy. Unfortunately the test results came back positive for sma type 1. Fortunately though there is a treatment. The treatment has only been available since December. Before that infants with sma usually passed away before their first or second birthdays. I am so happy that this miracle treatment is available now. It halts the progression of sma and starts to reverse the effects. Allowing the body to rebuild the muscle its lost. It takes time for these babies to catch up and its an injection in the spine that has to be done a few times every year. However, there is an even more exciting treatment in the trial phase right now. Its a gene replacement therapy. I cant tell you how excited i am and the doctors at shriners are about this. This will be amazing. I am talking with the doctor at shriners about andrew being a part of that trial as soon as it becomes available there. The infants that have already received it have had amazing results. The hope is that these children will grow up living normal healthy lives. And with advancing gene replacement therapy hoping someday soon this disease will be a thing of the past. So even though it was heartbreaking to hear he has this i am so blessed that there is a treatment. Hopefully in about a month we will be home. Please continue to pray for him. I really appreciate your thoughts prayers and heartfelt comments. It really means a lot.

    Here is Andrew:

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  9. nyetneetot says:
    June 12, 2017 at 7:41 am

    Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
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    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)
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    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)
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    Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂 |_| (Flaming Dr. Pepper)
    Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂 |_| (Stinger)
    Mornin’ Les! 🙂 |_| (Rusty Nail)
    Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂 |_| (Jack Daniels)
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    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)
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    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!

    Pastries for coffee!

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  11. joshua says:
    June 12, 2017 at 10:14 am

    after months of breakfast bacon on this site…every morning….I had my doctor install one of these in my intestine….

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  12. John Denney says:
    June 12, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    A friend was telling me this morning that he saw the “Wonder Woman” movie over the week-end, and mentioned that it has been banned in at least one Muslim country because the lead character is played by an Israeli.
    Sounds to me like the kind of country we should treat as an enemy.

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  14. auscitizenmom says:
    June 12, 2017 at 3:52 pm

    Air conditioner died. I called the office and a maintenance guy was at my door in 15 min. Some wire burned up. Meanwhile he noticed the filter needed to be changed………and, then, he couldn’t get out the door because the doorknob broke. LOL Poor guy. Air conditioner working great again. Oh, and so is the doorknob. 🙂 One of the big reasons to live here…..even though my rent is going up another $30 a month starting next month. 😦

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  15. lovely says:
    June 12, 2017 at 3:57 pm

    I am thinking more and more that Comey is looking for Federal Immunity, blanket immunity, kind of hard for a 6′ 8″ man to go into any witness protection program but maybe his family can escape the Clinton Cabal. I don’t think the leaking of the Lynch matter was a slip, I think it was warning shot.

    Interesting times.

    Kudos to Kevin Jackson

    Trump Has Dirt on Comey: STRATEGIC FIRING of Swamp Rat James Comey

    http://theblacksphere.net/2017/06/president-trumps-strategic-firing-swamp-rat-james-comey/

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    • auscitizenmom says:
      June 12, 2017 at 4:07 pm

      “I don’t think the leaking of the Lynch matter was a slip, I think it was warning shot.” Hadn’t thought of that, but you have to wonder.

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      • lovely says:
        June 12, 2017 at 4:25 pm

        The article articulated a lot of what I am thinking. There was just so much oddness to Comey’s testimony and every sentence he said was calculated. There is a very large storefront moving in on the swamp and things are going to get very dark before we see what body dwellers the sunlight reveals.

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        • auscitizenmom says:
          June 12, 2017 at 4:30 pm

          Um, “stormfront”? 🙂

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        • jeans2nd says:
          June 12, 2017 at 7:45 pm

          Check out Solomon/Carter latest scoop. Seems Comey is throwing shade on Lynch.
          http://circa.com/politics/comey-privately-told-congress-about-second-confrontation-with-the-former-attorney-general

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          • lovely says:
            June 12, 2017 at 8:51 pm

            During the conversation, Comey told lawmakers he confronted Lynch with a highly sensitive piece of evidence, a communication between two political figures that suggested Lynch had agreed to put the kibosh on any prosecution of Clinton.

            Comey “took that interaction and the fact she had met with Bill Clinton as enough reason to decide he would not allow the Justice Department to decide the fate of the case and instead would go public” with his own assessment that the FBI could not prove Mrs. Clinton intended to violate the law when she transmitted classified information through her private email and therefore should not be criminally charged.

            As I’ve been saying for a while we are either going to see bodies or a very uncivil war coming amongst the democrat oligarchs.

            The sources also said that Comey’s testimony in private conflicted with recent reports in the news media suggesting the FBI had intercepted an email between Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who at the time was the Democratic Party chairwoman, and a third party. Those media reports suggested that the information about the email was more than likely fake and a ruse possibly planted by the Russians. The Washington Post story suggested the dubious email is what motivated Comey, who still was not sure of the intelligence, to come forward with his findings in the Clinton investigation and shut down the case.

            Here we go again with the intent 🙄 Comey is really not using the word intent properly and he knows it, what he terms “intent” is for lawful purposes of the word actually ignorance of the law. Which is of course never a legal remedy for breaking the law. Intent has been clearly shown, beyond a shadow of a doubt, clandestine server, hammered phones, bleach bit, and on and on. Intent can be seen by a lay person.

            So Comey is and was playing political linguistics when he says no intent.

            Screw you and your twisted manipulative “mens rea” Comey.

            And we are to believe that Comey, The King Feebie, said “Aw, golly geewilkers! The media said the information I have might be Russian propaganda….. never mind” about a crucial piece of evidence that would prove intent involving Wasserman? 😜

            Gimme a break!

            Russia Russia Russia <<< I am beginning to believe not a single word about Russia is true, why did the DNC never turn over the hardware? Because they are hiding something. If it does't make sense it isn't true.

            I'm telling you Comey is fighting for his life, there is no telling what this man has in his arsenal but it ain't empty. Comey goes way back with the Clintons. And you can bet he has way more on the Clintons and the Obamas than he has on "the hapless orangutang, The Donald".

            Clintons may have Comey killed but President Trump can humiliate him before his friends, family, church community and colleagues. Think about James "Beaver Cleaver" Comey and think about which he would rather choose.

            Keep in mind how terrible Comey looked giving testimony on Thursday, the man's soul is weary and troubled.

            Also remember it was candidate Trump who said that the downfall of Hillary Clinton would come through Huma Aberdeen because Huma was married to pervert Anthony Weiner.

            As big as Comey's arsenal is, as big as Clinton's arsenal is, (and as big as Obama's keeper's arsenal is) I am willing to bet that President Trump's arsenal is bigger. Trump is a master at negotiations and persuasion it was not a fluke that he still had Lindsey Grahm's cell phone number written by Grahm's own hand. That was very persuasive.

            Perhaps not as persuasive as trotting out some of Bill Clinton's victims and poor Kathy Shelton to show the lengths that he is willing to go to keep the old kings and queens in check.

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            • jeans2nd says:
              June 12, 2017 at 10:28 pm

              not knowing comey, i gave comey every benefit of the doubt when, on 5 july 2016, comey quite plainly placed the blame on lynch – “no reasonable prosecutor.” did not take much research to determine comey is a weasel. comey responds to “his own internal ethics” as comey himself said. unfortunately for comey, those who wrote the laws did not consult comey and comey’s internal whatevers.

              as for the dems, their civil war should at least be entertaining.

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          • lovely says:
            June 12, 2017 at 8:57 pm

            I typed up a reply but it vanished 😦

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          • lovely says:
            June 12, 2017 at 9:34 pm

            During the conversation, Comey told lawmakers he confronted Lynch with a highly sensitive piece of evidence, a communication between two political figures that suggested Lynch had agreed to put the kibosh on any prosecution of Clinton.*

            *Comey “took that interaction and the fact she had met with Bill Clinton as enough reason to decide he would not allow the Justice Department to decide the fate of the case and instead would go public” with his own assessment that the FBI could not prove Mrs. Clinton intended to violate the law when she transmitted classified information through her private email and therefore should not be criminally charged.

            Could “not prove intent” is a linguistic twist of words that Comey is using to play games. Comey is actuality claiming that Clinton was ignorant of the law, which is of course never a legal defense. Comey has known exactly what he is doing for decades. Hillary’s intent to circumvent the law is proven just in the circumstantial evidence that is in the public forum.

            The sources also said that Comey’s testimony in private conflicted with recent reports in the news media suggesting the FBI had intercepted an email between Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who at the time was the Democratic Party chairwoman, and a third party. Those media reports suggested that the information about the email was more than likely fake and a ruse possibly planted by the Russians. The Washington Post story suggested the dubious email is what motivated Comey, who still was not sure of the intelligence, to come forward with his findings in the Clinton investigation and shut down the case.

            So, the public is to believe that the head honcho Feebie was influenced by *media reports* that the email he was in possession of was actually Russian propaganda 🙄. So Comey said “meh?” Gimme a break! 

            Comey is in self preservation mode, on one hand he has the Clintons who will kill him, on the other hand he has President Trump who has only God, Comey and President know what kind of dirt on Comey.

            President Trump is a master negotiator and persuader.

            There is a reason he held up Lindsey Grahm’s cell phone number written by Grahm’s own hand that was a message, candidate Trump sent lots of messages. My belief is that President has an arsenal that rivals Comey, Clinton and Obama’s keeper’s arsenal. President Trump knows exactly who these people are, he thrived in the New York real estate market while swimming in the same pool as these people.

            Imagine anyone else bringing Kathy Shelton,
            Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick to a debate with Hillary Clinton and having them sit as near as possible to Bill Clinton.

            Back specifically to James “Beaver Cleaver” Comey, the Clinton’s can kill him but President Trump can destroy his reputation with his friends, family, church community and colleagues, Comey has cultivated the boy scout image his entire career with the outside world.

            Comey does not want to lose his image, he is the good guy in the eyes of many, probably even in the eyes of his wife and children, perceived honor is something that makes men do very dangerous things like cast their lot against the Clintons.

            Comey looked physically ill during his testimony on Thursday. He is man weary and troubled of heart, mind and soul. Good.

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        • Col.(R) Ken says:
          June 12, 2017 at 10:49 pm

          A course of action to be considered……well done lovely. DOJ should fire the special prosecutor. Save some money, unless Trump will counter all of SPs moves. Tapping/bugging works both ways….. Just ask Gingrich……Clinton was bugging him, then Gingrich started to think with the little head instead of the big head……..

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    • auscitizenmom says:
      June 12, 2017 at 4:27 pm

      Very good article, too.

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  16. stella says:
    June 12, 2017 at 4:10 pm

    Trump Appoints 29 Federal Judges in TWO Days—Media Ignores

    http://www.capoliticalreview.com/capoliticalnewsandviews/trump-appoints-29-federal-judges-in-two-days-media-ignores/

    While the Democrats are going nuts about Russia and a corrupt former FBI Director, while the Democrats introduce a bill to impeach President Trump, he continues to do his job. On Monday and Tuesday he nominated 29 Federal judges, all of whom will be in place before the end of the year. A month ago, he appointed 12 other judges, plus a Supreme Court Justice. The take back of the courts for Constitutional government is moving forward.

    ““President Trump has just announced his latest batch of appellate and district court nominees. It’s a fantastic list, again drawing on his previous success from his Supreme Court list, by nominating Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid to fill Justice Gorsuch’s vacant seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Many of the nominees are well known in the conservative legal movement and have shown commitment to principled and evenhanded application of the law throughout their careers. For the many Americans whose top concern in November was electing a president who would put committed constitutionalists to the courts, this is another major victory.”

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  17. joshua says:
    June 12, 2017 at 4:25 pm

    time to close down and consolidate the entire 9th Circuit…it is wasting money and rendering bad judgements ….. losers all.

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  20. jeans2nd says:
    June 12, 2017 at 7:42 pm

    Well, darn, this might create a small prob –

    The company behind WordPress is closing its gorgeous San Francisco office because its employees never show up
    https://qz.com/1002655/the-company-behind-wordpress-is-closing-its-gorgeous-san-francisco-office-because-its-employees-never-show-up/

    No one seems to have noticed, tho.
    https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/

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    • stella says:
      June 12, 2017 at 8:27 pm

      I don’t blame their employees for wanting to work remotely. Who needs the commute? My daughter’s company (JLL) encourages working remotely, and she has done so for years now, usually 3 days a week. She often meets with her employees/contractors at coffee shops, or they use phone conferencing.

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  21. auscitizenmom says:
    June 12, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    lilbirdee12’s prayer:

    Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.

    Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.

    Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You.

    Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
    Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.

    We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
    Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.

    In Jesus name, we pray. Amen

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  22. lovely says:
    June 12, 2017 at 10:17 pm

    According to Chris Ruddy President Trump may fire Mueller. The press is going mad 😏 !

    I hope he fires him, there is cause to fire him. There is clear evidence of Comey’s dubious plot to get a special prosecutor and clear evidence that Comey hates Trump 😊. There is clear evidence that Mueller has a close personal and relationship with Comey who will be a key witness in any case that Mueller invents.

    Comey said under oath President Trump has never been the subject of a criminal investigation. There is no justification for wasting the tax payers money on a witch hunt.

    Time to throw them all out on their ears.

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