on a day when we honor Americans who have given "the last full measure of devotion" for our country, the lesson shouldn't be lost--our leaders should be smart, and pick our country's fights wisely.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
a Memorial Day lesson from Buster Posey
“There were some big guys tumbling around out there,” Posey said. “You see Mike Morse and Jeff Samardzija are about as big as they come and he was getting knocked around like a pinball. So it was a little dangerous to get in there.”
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Good news!
Europe is going to carry its own water instead of relying on the US!
Merkel says after Trump visit: Europe must stay united because it cannot 'fully count on others'
Merkel says after Trump visit: Europe must stay united because it cannot 'fully count on others'
Saturday, May 27, 2017
guantanamo: home for terrorists, mass murderers and hate crime convicts
why not?
put them all together--isis, al qaeda, dylan roof, todd kohlhepp, jeremy joseph christian, etc.
the perfect solution.
put them all together--isis, al qaeda, dylan roof, todd kohlhepp, jeremy joseph christian, etc.
the perfect solution.
CBS News: Spartanburg is in SC--not VA
By CRIMESIDER STAFF CBS/AP May 26, 2017, 10:33 AM
Todd Kohlhepp pleads guilty in seven South Carolina slayings
Last Updated May 26, 2017 3:42 PM EDT
SPARTANBURG, Va. -- A man who admitted killing seven people over nearly 13 years in South Carolina while running a successful real estate business has pleaded guilty to seven counts of murder and a number of other charges.
Todd Kohlhepp pleads guilty in seven South Carolina slayings
Last Updated May 26, 2017 3:42 PM EDT
SPARTANBURG, Va. -- A man who admitted killing seven people over nearly 13 years in South Carolina while running a successful real estate business has pleaded guilty to seven counts of murder and a number of other charges.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Republican wins Montana election one night after being charged with assault
The Washington Post
shocking, isn't it?
no, it isn't.
Americans are as disgusted with Washington and the media circus as they are with politicians.
There isn't much that can be done about the media, short of arresting some of them for assault.
But, there is something that can be done about Washington politicians...
It's time for real change. It's time for voters to reject the two-party system which has brought nothing but discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos to the United States for years.
If voters don't support the republican and democratic parties by not voting for the parties' candidates, then our failed system of government will change. There will be less discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos, and the government will run better.
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
shocking, isn't it?
Americans are as disgusted with Washington and the media circus as they are with politicians.
There isn't much that can be done about the media, short of arresting some of them for assault.
But, there is something that can be done about Washington politicians...
It's time for real change. It's time for voters to reject the two-party system which has brought nothing but discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos to the United States for years.
If voters don't support the republican and democratic parties by not voting for the parties' candidates, then our failed system of government will change. There will be less discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos, and the government will run better.
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
trump and the pope
In response to the Pope:
If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened. ISIS would have been eradicated unlike what is happening now with our all talk, no action politicians.
The Mexican government and its leadership has made many disparaging remarks about me to the Pope, because they want to continue to rip off the United States, both on trade and at the border, and they understand I am totally wise to them. The Pope only heard one side of the story - he didn’t see the crime, the drug trafficking and the negative economic impact the current policies have on the United States. He doesn’t see how Mexican leadership is outsmarting President Obama and our leadership in every aspect of negotiation.
For a religious leader to question a person’s faith is disgraceful. I am proud to be a Christian and as President I will not allow Christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened, unlike what is happening now, with our current President. No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith. They are using the Pope as a pawn and they should be ashamed of themselves for doing so, especially when so many lives are involved and when illegal immigration is so rampant.
Donald J. Trump
"No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man's religion or faith."
In this trump is correct. John 8 3-11
on the secular level:
the pope needs to look at his role in managing, or mismanaging, as the case may be, the priests-sexually-abusing-children-and-bishops-covering-it-up crisis in the catholic church before criticizing others. not to mention statements that he has made on a number of topics, including the war on terror being an economic war not a religious war (not long after a catholic priest/pastor in France was pursued and murdered by an islamic extremist), his criticism of catholic youth as being too rigid, his reference to those with a "fecal obsession", his statements regarding politics in his own country and the rest of the world, etc.
trump, on the other hand, would do well to read Matthew 5 (verse 22 twice) and Exodus 20 (verse 16 twice)
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
what kind of America do you favor?
- on national defense?
- on crime?
- on debt?
- on freedom?
God bless America.
Sunday, May 21, 2017
anderson cooper is "genuinely sorry".
So let me get this straight.
If CNN's Anderson Cooper says on TV "If he (trump) took a dump on his (comey's) desk, you would defend it", and apologizes for it, then all is well?
https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2017/05/20/anderson-cooper-genuinely-sorry-for-crude-remark-to-trump-su/22101170/
CNN should apologize to its viewers. What would you say to your child or grandchild if they heard Cooper and asked "what's a dump?"
while seemingly impossible, the "news" media has sunk to a new low.
If CNN's Anderson Cooper says on TV "If he (trump) took a dump on his (comey's) desk, you would defend it", and apologizes for it, then all is well?
https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2017/05/20/anderson-cooper-genuinely-sorry-for-crude-remark-to-trump-su/22101170/
CNN should apologize to its viewers. What would you say to your child or grandchild if they heard Cooper and asked "what's a dump?"
while seemingly impossible, the "news" media has sunk to a new low.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
boo hoo, boo hoo, boo hoo
Trump: No politician has been treated worse by media than me | TheHill
Trump White House feels under siege | TheHill
boo hoo, boo hoo, boo hoo
no politician has ever stepped in it more than trump. he has nobody to blame but himself--his big ego & his big mouth.
It's time for real change. It's time for voters to reject the two-party system which has brought nothing but discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos to the United States for years.
If voters don't support the republican and democratic parties by not voting for the parties' candidates, then our failed system of government will change. There will be less discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos, and the government will run better.
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Trump White House feels under siege | TheHill
boo hoo, boo hoo, boo hoo
no politician has ever stepped in it more than trump. he has nobody to blame but himself--his big ego & his big mouth.
It's time for real change. It's time for voters to reject the two-party system which has brought nothing but discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos to the United States for years.
If voters don't support the republican and democratic parties by not voting for the parties' candidates, then our failed system of government will change. There will be less discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos, and the government will run better.
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
trump's hot mess
hot mess
NOUN
USinformal
- A person or thing that is spectacularly unsuccessful or disordered, especially one that is a source of peculiar fascination.‘this outfit is definitely a hot mess’‘she is out of control and a total hot mess’
- hot mess - definition of hot mess in English | Oxford Dictionaries
No one set of guidelines can perpetually determine what distinguishes a "hot mess" from an above-average train wreck. Regardless of the circumstances, you know it when you see it; because they are typically conspicuous...
Urban Dictionary: hot mess
Trump is a hot mess. Knock it off, Trump--you're scaring the country--and the rest of the civilized world.
It's time for real change. It's time for voters to reject the two-party system which has brought nothing but discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos to the United States for years.
If voters don't support the republican and democratic parties by not voting for the parties' candidates, then our failed system of government will change. There will be less discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos, and the government will run better.
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Urban Dictionary: hot mess
Trump is a hot mess. Knock it off, Trump--you're scaring the country--and the rest of the civilized world.
It's time for real change. It's time for voters to reject the two-party system which has brought nothing but discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos to the United States for years.
If voters don't support the republican and democratic parties by not voting for the parties' candidates, then our failed system of government will change. There will be less discord, bickering, corruption, gridlock and chaos, and the government will run better.
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
trump's worst enemy
Trump needs to look no farther than himself, his ego and his mouth, to find his own worst enemy. Trump's ego and mouth are creating big problems for the United States at home and abroad.
Trump's political party, and the opposition party, are creating big problems as well.
It's time for real change. It's time for voters to reject the two-party system which has brought nothing but discord, bickering, corruption and gridlock to the United States for years.
If voters don't support the republican and democratic parties by not voting for the parties' candidates, then our failed system of government will change. There will be less discord, bickering, corruption and gridlock, and the government will run better.
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
trump is a loose cannon
loose cannon in Saudi Arabia:
Trump Is Giving a Speech About Islam. What Could Go Wrong? - POLITICO Magazine
uh oh
loose cannon
Trump Is Giving a Speech About Islam. What Could Go Wrong? - POLITICO Magazine
uh oh
loose cannon
In the days of sail, naval vessels mounted cannon carefully and purposefully rigged into positions which optimised the effect of their fire. Occasionally, the rigging of these very heavy guns might come loose, and with the vessel pitching about on high seas or during manuever in battle, the results for the ship and crew could prove catastrophic. The term has come to describe a person lacking prudence or insight, whose actions and/or speech jeopardises the safety of people in their proximity or under their authority.
Like a drunken bully, the politician shrugged off his advisors and taunted the insurgent forces operating in the country his armies were attempting to pacify. He had become a LOOSE CANNON.
Trump is a loose cannon.
It's time for real change:
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
The most terrifying thing about Trump's alleged leak to Russia is that he was probably just showing off
traitor
1. One who violates his allegiance and betrays his/her country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country.
2. Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/traitor
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-leak-russia-classified-information-sources-method-denial-white-house-isis-intelligence-a7737791.html
It's time for real change:
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
2. Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust.
Synonyms
- (one who betrays a confidence or trust): betrayer, fink
See also
- Benedict Arnold
- Quisling
- Judas
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/traitor
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-leak-russia-classified-information-sources-method-denial-white-house-isis-intelligence-a7737791.html
It's time for real change:
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Monday, May 15, 2017
what goes around comes around
Trump to Clinton: ‘You’d Be in Jail’ - Video - NYTimes.com
déjà vu!
It's time for real change:
déjà vu!
hoisted on his own petard
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Sunday, May 14, 2017
how to deal with north korean nut-job kim jong un
with a fat-seeking cruise missle, of course!
But wait! Putin has the answer:
Putin says world needs to talk to North Korea not threaten it | Reuters
one "flagrant menace" to another
Unlike North Korea, our cruise missles have an impressive record of hitting and destroying the target.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/14/asia/north-korea-missile-test-russia-japan/But wait! Putin has the answer:
Putin says world needs to talk to North Korea not threaten it | Reuters
one "flagrant menace" to another
Friday, May 12, 2017
trump reality check
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
the reason why trump fired comey
Pick one:
There are two other reasons:
- Voters in the last election were faced with the choice between two incredibly bad candidates.
- In our crazy electoral system the candidate with the most votes doesn't win.
Fortunately, there is a solution:
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
is the swamp too big to drain?
Apparently, it is.
Fortunately, there is a solution:
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Vive la France!
"It wasn't just a defeat for populism, but a rejection of the entire political establishment.
Four million French voters spoiled their ballot or voted "blank" to indicate they wanted neither Emmanuel Macron nor Marine Le Pen in Sunday's presidential election — the highest number recorded in over half a century.
Added together, 16 million people — one in three French voters — rejected both the candidates on offer.That comes on top of the worst abstention rate in a French presidential runoff since 1969, with 12 million registered voters staying away from the polls.
"Neither" became the second-most popular choice in the runoff, said Marta Lorimer, a researcher at London School of Economics European Institute. "There are a huge number of people who don't feel represented by either of the two candidates," she said.
Experts said the high protest vote was partly because it was the first time in more than half a century that no candidate from either the left or right mainstream parties made it through the first round, leaving France with a stark choice of radical anti-immigration and anti-EU Le Pen and untested former banker Macron.
More than just an untested newcomer, for mainstream right wing voters Macron is simply a continuation of Francois Hollande's socialist government and for mainstream left voters he represents the most disheartening parts of Hollande's presidency — namely neo-liberal economic policies — said Murray."This year there were lots of people who felt a bit lost because they couldn't bring themselves to vote Macron but they wanted to register their dislike for Marine Le Pen," said Rainbow Murray, an associate professor of French politics at Queen Mary University London.
"They're stuck in a place where nobody is representing them" said Joseph Downing, a Marie Curie fellow at Centre Nationale de Recherches Scientifiques in Marseilles. "They don't want a continuation of Macron's neo-liberal policies but at the same time they're not the people who would vote for the far right, they're not xenophobic, protectionist or nationalist."
"These people [the protest voters] are not going to vote "En Marche!" during the presidential elections in June and what he needs now are enough députés [lawmakers] in parliament to govern."Downing, who studied the movement encouraging spoiled ballots on Twitter, said the protest vote and those encouraging it were "emblematic of challenges Macron will face when governing."
When former leader and founder of the FN Jean-Marie Le Pen made it to the runoff vote against Jacques Chirac in 2002, voters flocked to the polls to ensure Le Pen did not win, electing Chirac with a resounding 78 percent of the vote.
The difference between 2002 and 2017 is telling, according to Sylvain Brouard, research professor in electoral behavior at CEVIPOF, a political research institute at Sciences Po. "Clearly the context has changed. There was a large strong, mobilization against Jean-Marie Le Pen, no one was making a case for abstention or spoiled votes," he said.
Part of the picture, according to Brouard, is that it was clear from the polls ahead of Sunday's vote that Macron would be president. "Voters knew Macron would win and didn't want to legitimize him more than was necessary" said Brouard. "Their message was: 'We're not with him. He's not an enemy but he is a political opponent,'" Brouard added.
Marta Lorimer, of LSE, agreed. "More than just expressing the fact that the alternative to Le Pen is not very likeable, voting blank or spoiling the ballot undermines the future president from the beginning," she said."Certainly the supporters of Mélenchon wanted to show they were the opposition, that they weren't aligned with Macron like everyone else," Brouard said.
"With the lowest turnout since 1969 Macron's opponents can still say he is not really legitimate," she added, "going into the parliamentary elections in June is going to be so much harder than if he'd won 80 percent plus of the vote."
Experts said Sunday's result also showed a country divided rather than united behind the president-elect.
For Brouard, this "new polarization of the left" —in which the far left will no longer vote for centrist candidates, even to defeat the far-right — shows how French politics is changing."
Vive la France!
Let's get with the program here:
In the next election--national, state or local--vote for anyone except a democrat or a republican.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
Our nation will be better off if you do.
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