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In total agreement ...her questions were designed to get info for the upcoming Impeachment process we KNOW is about to happen...nothing to do with Russian collusion.
I watched the video of her questioning...figuring there would be something to bank on...even if the questions came from a staffer...they were on point
A word of caution on Ocasio-Cortez
By Richard Baehr
While I have enjoyed the posts making fun of her...I have maintained throughout...careful...dumb like a Fox...THAT I was serious about
Scott Adams, the Dilbert creator, says our side is greatly underestimating Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -- that she is by no means a dummy, and that at this point she is the second most persuasive American political figure, after Trump. She is hugely popular among the young, the Left, and Hispanics. She would have very high poll numbers if she ran for president: a young good looking Hispanic woman with moxie, unafraid to take on the powers that be.
My son told me the same thing this week -- that she had effectively seized leadership of a national movement. Of course, she may be used by others as a vehicle to advance causes, but ultimately the elected official has the power.
I think it helps our side in the short term if she and her colleagues on the left try to purge moderate elements in the Democratic party in the name of purity and saving the planet. That will help the GOP win back seats in swing districts if more radial nominees emerge.
But I think the Left is, as always, playing a long game, relying on support from the media, Hollywood, the public schools and college indoctrination, and the changing demography of the county. In time, they believe a pure leftist controlled America can emerge, and I am not sure they are wrong. Minority groups would have to swing away from their voting patterns for this not to occur. So far, I see no evidence of this (I would not put much credence in a single poll of a subgroup with maybe 100 phone interviews).
I think the continued provocation by Ilan Omar is part of the same process of moving the Overton Window – the range of subjects that are acceptable for discussion. Eventually Pelosi and the supposed more mainstream Dems get tired of disciplining her. Then, her message and that of those who think like her will only come from more places and more obnoxiously.
Expect that support for Israel will be a major debate at the 2020 Democratic convention, especially if Sanders is the nominee. Maybe Omar or Tlaib or Ocasio-Cortez speak, and the roof gets blown away by thunderous enthusiastic cheering as one of them blasts Israel.
Grapic credit: Donkey Hotey
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Fingers crossed...and yes it won't make it through the day...highs in the 40's tomorrow
I had several calls yesterday from Lowe's in Jersey...they told me about their weather and asked about mine...I told them I couldn't comment on mine...they would give me a DSTAT...LOL
LOL he was in Miami for Wrestlemania and was walking through the parking garage to move his car for a party...he was pretty pumped up already when he heard her cries for help and pleading...he asked them nicely first...they told him to FU and mind his own business if he didn't want to get hurt...that's sort of like calling Marty McFly chicken...he had no choice at that point right??
He heard the cops on the way and boogied...he didn't want to have to explain...out of State and all with his flight scheduled for the next day...
He did inherit my temperament...
Several things...AOC...the way they treated Mr T when he was trying to talk with dear leader...one I can't talk about here...THAT was the biggest...and with some blacks...calling peeps racist every time they don't have an answer for something.
Morning Larry...47 on the way to mid 50's today...tomorro??..low 29...maybe we finally get...dare I say it???...Snow
Robbie is normally a very mild mannered kid...but he sees injustice...the Marine comes out...two punks in Miami beating up a defenseless guy already unconscious while his GF pleaded for them to stop found out the hard way...one with broken arm the other choked out..
Mess with Hoagie IV...forget it...kiss your ass goodbye
Morning K....
They're all too busy salivating over the Cohen probe.
Exactly...theydon't care about securing our borders...or our air space...just getting more Dems in to get elected...
On a positive note...some of the Libs at work are coming around...slowly
Pffffffffffffff...OMG...coffee spewer...
/Salute...no words needed.
Morning EZ
Doesn't get much sicker then that...
Honestly I'm at a loss for words...and people don't believe we have have reverted to a third world shithole Country...8.3 million views??...seriously???...that's just sic
With that it's TV time...Big Bang is on...followed by Andy Griffith and then Gomer...good night all
I haven't seen anyone talking about this...guess mainstream doesn't want to cover it...but it's a big fooking deal...
Vietnam greets Trump with $20.9bn worth of Boeing and GE jet deals
Orders for US aircraft and engines help Hanoi address trade imbalance
MITSURU OBE, Nikkei staff writer
FEBRUARY 27, 2019 17:24 JST
HANOI -- Two Vietnamese budget airlines signed $20.9 billion worth of deals on Wednesday to purchase planes from Boeing and engines from General Electric, helping their government address trade pressure from one of its high-profile guests this week -- U.S. President Donald Trump.
The agreements were signed at a Presidential Palace in Hanoi right after Trump met with Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong. Trump is in the capital for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, starting later in the day.
Vietjet Aviation agreed to buy 100 737 Max airplanes from Boeing for $12.7 billion. The deal includes 20 Max 8s and 80 of the new, larger Max 10 variant. The Southeast Asian country's biggest budget carrier also struck a $5.3 billion deal with GE for aircraft engines and maintenance services.
For Vietjet, the purchase is "an important move to keep up with our international flight network expansion plan with a higher capacity," chief executive Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao said. The airline serves nearly 100 routes in Southeast and Northeast Asia, and is looking at new destinations in Australia and India as it attempts to grow in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
Meanwhile, Bamboo Airways, a new carrier launched in January, also signed a contract to buy Boeing 787s worth more than $2.9 billion.
Hanoi has been taking heat from the Trump administration, which is on a mission to reduce America's large trade deficits and create more jobs on U.S. soil. The purchases were known to be in the works, but by having the deals signed in Trump's presence, Vietnam apparently hopes to placate the president.
"We are going to be signing some very big trade deals, buying a lot of different products from the United States, which we appreciate," Trump said at the beginning of his meeting with Trong. "We are reducing the deficit very substantially, as are many countries, but I very much appreciate the hospitality. Really something special."
SEE ALSO
Asia's overstretched airports brace for 4bn flyers
Vietnam is a blossoming market for air travel, with its economy growing more than 6% a year. Over 100 million passengers used the country's airports in 2018, up 13% from a year ago.
"The economic expansion in Hanoi and across Vietnam is impressive," said Kevin McAllister, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes in a news release. "Vietjet and the country's burgeoning aviation sector are clearly enablers, helping to stimulate travel within Vietnam and connecting Vietnam with the rest of Asia."
Vietnam Airlines is also thinking about buying 50 to 100 Boeing 737 Max jets this year to replace its old Airbus fleet, Duong Tri Thanh, the state-owned carrier's chief executive, told Bloomberg. The airline is also looking at purchasing long-range jets to prepare for flights between the Southeast Asian country and California.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Vietnam-greets-Trump-with-20.9bn-worth-of-Boeing-and-GE-jet-deals
Hope we get that trade deal with China...2019 will be interesting
I have one thing to say to Elijah and the rest of the low hanging fruit called the Dem party...KARMA is a Biotch
And even better this is a three paycheck month...LOL
Howdy...not just Friday but...PAYDAY Friday...woot
Fingers crossed lightning strikes twice
Do we really want to read about Krafts sex life and what gets him off???...
ROFLMAO...did they run it by AOC first???...I mean she is the boss right???
Indeed I'm a happy camper...was more concerned about missing DiTime...LOL
We need to close that welcome mat to California...
The end of polls?
By Monica Showalter
Like everything the Internet touches, and not always for the better, polling seems to be going the way of the buggy whip. According to Politico:
The percentage of Americans willing to participate in telephone polls has hit a new low, according to a new report, raising doubts about the continued viability of the phone surveys that have traditionally dominated politics and elections, both in the media and in campaigns.
The Pew Research Center reported Wednesday that the response rate for its phone polls last year fell to just 6 percent — meaning pollsters could only complete interviews with 6 percent of the households in their samples. It continues the long-term decline in response rates, which had leveled off earlier this decade.
That's likely to have implications for coming elections if there are no such things as reliable polls anymore. And it's a great shame for reputable polling companies such as Pew Research, which often brings to light interesting and unexpected information to the public fore based on its thorough polling. Pew is a big company, and they're having trouble, so one can only fear for what the impact this trend might be having on smaller reputable companies, such as IBD/TIPP, which has an ace track record for calling elections correctly. One wonders if the era of good polls is over.
Politico speculates that this may be the result of cell phone usage, caller-ID, and marketing companies calling at all hours, which is likely true enough. The fact that Americans aren't answering their phones at all these days, landline or cell, certainly buttresses this trend.
But I think there are other factors, political ones, that a website with a name like Politico shouldn't shrink from.
One, there's the presence of push polls, the manipulated questions driven by some buyers of polls, that are set to create a certain outcome. Democratic operatives seem to have stepped up the use of these to market the idea that Americans are for things they aren't for - open borders, a Green New Deal, or nationalized health care billed as "free." The proliferation of this kind of dishonest polling practice pretty well turns off many would-be answerers of polls to answering any polls at all. Push polling has been around, but it seem to be getting more frequent, what with the mainstream media making itself the Democratic Party's operative ally. The fact that some pollsters seem to be joining in the effort themselves, as this accusation against Gallup by American Thinker contributer Bruce Walker argues, lowers pollster credibility among respondents even more.
Two, there's something even more nefarious: Data-mining. Facebook does it, and now a lot of groups are doing it - collecting information that pollsters would need and selling it to unknown buyers for a profit. Most people aren't all in for that, yet there seems to be a proliferation of companies that call themselves pollsters yet seem to be nothing but data-mining operations. A few months ago I was called by one of these purported pollsters, a group that said its entire mission was idealistic and nonpartisan (a red flag) and it wanted to poll me repeatedly. I said 'o.k.' and got a series of personal questions that were just the kinds of things data-miners collect and sell. The name of this Utah-based purported pollster escapes me and my googling was futile, but after I looked at their website which was full of pabalum and no evidence of polling, and then found a few bulletin boards with respondents complaining that the whole thing looked like a data-monitoring operation, I quit picking up. The thing is, any answer given to a purported pollster these days can always be utilized in a data-mining operation for commercial purposes. Facebook, and other Internet operations (I'm looking at you, Google, Apple, Yahoo!, etc.) are frequently caught doing this, and the annoying thing is, they are caught lying. I don't mind honest data-mining with consent but the after-the-fact record of lying about it makes it all a different ballgame. Plenty of people are more than a little likely to be wary of all pollsters in the wake of these continuous scandals.
Here's a third factor. Not only is cell phone-only usage making polling that much more difficult, something crappy is happening on the political side, too: The rise of ballot-harvesting, which is practiced openly in California. Polls are useless in any election with ballot-harvesting, where Democratic operatives (who are often foreign nationals), go to the homes of indifferent voters who didn't plan to vote in the election, "help" them fill out their blank ballots, and then collect those ballots and turn them (or perhaps just the ones they like) in to a vote-counting station. Of what use would a poll of likely voters be against that kind of a set-up? And the fact that there's same-day registration in a lot of places pretty well erases even the value of registered voters as poll fodder. The only poll that matters under these circumstances is the running count on election day, which signals to the vote harvesters how many more votes from indifferent, and even unregistered voters are going to be needed to make the total the way they want the total to go before they stop. That's another blow to the value of polling, and would explain a lot about why potential poll-ees are opting out.
What the decline in polling, with precipitously falling participation rates, and the increased likelihood in errors shows is that a whole lot is very wrong with our political system in the Mark Zuckerman era. No polls is a bad thing, incidentally, in that it creates a petri dish for even bigger electoral frauds. Which is why I hope these trends described can be reversed. That, sadly, looks a long way away.
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Well then....you should look at Texas...in the Spring or Fall...
Not sure we really want to know...What Happens After Trump
Apparently she has fans...LMAO...the tweets are in the link...
Ocasio-Cortez freaks out when photographed with chief of staff eating forbidden hamburger
By Thomas Lifson
It's not exactly hamburgergate, but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not coping very well with the pressures of being a media sensation. As a young woman who likes sharing her wisdom with hordes of admiring skulls full of mush, she might have realized that she would be held to account whenever she fails to live up to her proscriptions for the lesser mortals to live by.
Telling the masses that they “shouldn’t be eating a hamburger for breakfast, lunch and dinner” was a serious mistake for multiple reasons, not least of which is that denying favorite foods to people is not a recipe for popularity. But presuming to grab the moral high ground also imposes a standard that just might be hard to meet 100% of the time. It was an open invitation to mockery the first tme she was seen in proximity to the delicious ground meat sandwich
Tuesday night, she was dining out with her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, who, in many ways is the brains behind her rise from cocktail waitress to Congressman, and he was eating a nice thick burger, heedless of the cow farts that lay behind its availability. She was not amused, and when the forbidden fartogenic food was featured in mocking tweets, she took to Twitter to claim victimization by a stalker.
Unlike conservatives like Sarah Sanders, who have been harassed and driven from restaurants without objection by Ocasio-Sanders, all that happened to her was being photographed Nonetheless, this was beyond the pale, completely out of bounds and unendurable:
I agree that it sucks to be constantly looked at and photographed, and held to the standards that you impose on others. Ask any celebrity. But when you successfully make yourself a prominent public figure, that is one consequence. Maybe think about toning down the 'tude of moral superiority, id you don't like the blowback.
In fairness, there was no evidence that the breakfast and lunch consumed by her COS consisted of burgers. But if 3 are bad, then one is also no good.
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Trump calls a timeout at Hanoi summit, sends Kim back to Pyongyang to persuade his generals
By Thomas Lifson
Media jackals predictably are braying that President Trump failed at the Hanoi summit. Nothing could be farther from the truth. President Trump wisely sent North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong-un, back to Pyongyang from Hanoi, where he can tell the generals and security police commanders, on whose support he depends, that they are not going to get sanctions relief without giving up their nuclear arsenal.
There is every sign that this outcome in Hanoi is a predictable stage in the process of obtaining consensus among the North Korean ruling class that they must give up on the strategy of confrontation and isolation, with their survival guaranteed solely by nukes, and instead open up to the outside world and the prosperity market economies can generate.
MSNBC screen grab.
But, of course, the Trump-hating media have leaped to the conclusion that the summit was a huge failure because President Trump sent Chairman Kim back home to Pyongyang with the message that ending the sanctions will require complete, verifiable denuclearization.
The AP rushed to judge the talks a failure, headlining, "Trump, Kim summit collapses amid failure to reach deal" in a dispatch that took six reporters as authors or contributors to publish. It called the premature end to the talks "a dispiriting end to high-stakes meetings meant to disarm a global threat."
This is pure propaganda.
President Trump abundantly signaled that he is not in a hurry for a deal — any deal — at the expense of getting a suboptimal result. He set the expectation that, while optimistic about eventually getting to his goal of denuclearization, it might be a longer process than the short attention span media would prefer.
The Washington Post explains where agreement could not be reached:
Trump said Kim promised he would not conduct missile launches or test nuclear weapons. And he said Kim was willing to close the Yongbyon Nuclear Research Complex, the site of North Korea's main nuclear reactor and its only source of plutonium to make bombs. But Trump said other covert facilities to enrich uranium had not been offered up.
Trump zeroed in on sanctions as the key sticking point in his talks with Kim.
"It was about the sanctions," he said. "Basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn't do that. They were willing to denuke a large portion of the areas that we wanted, but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that." ...
"Chairman Kim and myself, we want to do the right deal. Speed is not important," he said.
And Kim said he was ready to denuclearize, at least in principle. "If I'm not willing to do that, I wouldn't be here right now," he said through an interpreter. ...
Asked if he were confident that the pair would reach a deal, Kim was equally guarded.
"It's too early to tell. I won't prejudge," Kim said in reply to the question from a Washington Post reporter, a rare response from a North Korean leader to an independent journalist. "From what I feel right now, I do have a feeling that good results will come."
It is clear from Kim's language that the talks didn't "collapse" into bitterness and a refusal to proceed. Both leaders remained cordial and continue to affirm their mutual goal of getting to a deal. So far as I have been able to discover, this was the first time a North Korean leader has ever faced a press conference with Western media asking questions. That in itself is a significant factor in opening up North Korea to the process of getting toward acting as a normal country does. It is a long process, to be sure, but this is a step in the right direction.
Many people wrongly assume that because North Korea is an absolute dictatorship, Kim can do anything he wishes, and his putative subordinates will go along with it. This is not my understanding of the real power structure in that benighted country. The young dictator depends on the loyalty of the commanders of troops and police who have the weapons that could overthrow him and install someone more to their liking. This threat is why he had his half-brother assassinated at Kuala Lumpur Airport, since having the blood of the Kim dynasty seems to be an essential attribute of a leader there. But if the military and security force commanders see an existential threat to their survival in power, they could still overthrow Kim and install another leader, finding grounds to claim legitimacy.
Now Kim must make another long three-and-a-half-day rail journey back to Pyongyang, where he must deliver the message that Trump won't fall for anything less than what he demands. I have not been able to discover if Kim's planned extra two days in Hanoi following the summit will be cut short. If so, that will be a lost opportunity, for Kim would have heard from his communist brothers in Vietnam about the many benefits of opening to the West and of how the Americans can be really helpful in dealing with the Chinese, who regard all of the East Asian neighbors as tributary states, properly subordinate to the Middle Kingdom, as they have been for millennia. He would also notice that the population in Vietnam is pretty happy with the economic progress that has improved their standard of living and supports their communist dictatorship because it is materially upgrading their lives.
Two comparisons leap to mind — one in which the media made the same bogus claims of failure and a second one in which an actual failure was labeled a triumph by many media outlets.
President Reagan walked out on the Reykjavik Summit with Mikhail Gorbachev in October 1986:
After the negotiations broke down without a final agreement, Reagan wrote that he left the meeting knowing how close they had come to achieving his long goal of eliminating the threat of nuclear destruction, and that this was the angriest moment of his career.
Despite failing to achieve either man's ultimate goal, Reykjavik will be recorded as one of the most important summits in history. A year after Reykjavik the U.S. and Soviet Union signed the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), for the first time eliminating an entire class of nuclear weapons. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) was signed a few years later during President H.W Bush's term.
None of this progress would have been possible without the courage of two leaders to look beyond past hostilities and forge a new and lasting relationship, that would soon provide greater security for people around the world.
It should be noted that the USSR soon was relegated to the ash heap of history. But at the time, the U.S. media, which loudly proclaimed Reagan an "amiable dunce," was full of condemnation of President Reagan for this breakdown in talks.
The second comparison is an utter contrast: the way the Obama administration caved in to Iranian demands and produced the JCPOA agreement, sending billions of dollars to the chief sponsors of terrorism in the world and obtaining an agreement that allowed full nuclearization of Iran in ten years — an agreement that now is all but defunct.
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Hahaha and she keeps reminding me of her Viking blood....which is why I sleep with one eye open...
Wait what???...oh sure wait til I'm on calls...LOL
So far I'm not impressed with APHA Latin America adventure
Thank you sir...fingers and toes crossed...which means...no climbing ladders for me in the mean time...
After about 15 hours of flying and being in Airports...I think Di would kill me if I tried that...she at least needs time to fix her hair...
August is when we got the final info to Homeland Sec on the VISA...we were originally told we would know something in 2-6 months...in Nov I had my lawyer check and then they said it would be more like 12-16 months...so August would be 12 months...
The process started 2 years ago
Hope so...would love to hear her take