Morning AB, All. As always, thank you AB for doing this thread so reliably and keeping the peace with gentle thread policing. Thank you Bray for weekly written wisdom, Thank all yon contributors for excellent commentary to flesh it all out.
Below are the words from my daily political diary. It is quite long so scroll on by if not interested. But do stay around and add your commentary and point of view to the thread.
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Tuesday Date-7/10/18
The boys in Thailand
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I don't know of a single person in America, complete strangers on the street….that one couldn't ask or update on those boys in Thailand trapped in a deep, underground cave filled with water.
It's a captivating story that, as of this writing on Monday afternoon, has so far resulted in five rescues but, sadly, one death of a rescuer.
There were signs posted by this cave but, for whatever reason, the coach of that team thought a trip deep inside, some over two miles mind you, would be cool.
The boys have been trapped in there over two weeks at this time.
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Does Anyone Remember Harriet Miers?
Heh. I didn't know what George W. Bush was thinking at the time and neither did over half his party's caucus.
Miers, I think, cleaned hotel rooms in the summer and in her spare time served as WH counsel to Bush.
Her silly nomination caused a wave of outrage to sweep the nation until Dubya dropped his nomination.
Another example of how very dumb Dubya was….and still is.
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Wednesday Date-7/11/18
New Supreme Court Justice-Brett Kavanaugh.
He's a district Judge in the DC district and I have nothing but good stuff about him all day.
NO WAIT!
The liberals hate the guy, like they would like any nominee of President Trump.
I think Kavanaugh will be an excellent Supreme Court justice.
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Meanwhile, females across the fruited plain are singing, yelling, cussing and carrying signs chastising those who would take away their "right" to an abortion.
Are those women wackos?
First, I argue that Roe vs Wade will never be overturned.
Many may argue that it should be but it won't happen, I'm telling you it won't happen.
One 14 year old girls shows up pregnant by her father and unable to get an abortion because Roe vs. Wade has been overturned by the Supreme Court.
And of course every woman wanting an abortion, often, sadly, as a sort of birth control, will claim rape and it will not do to have raped women forced to have the babies of their rapist.
It's a sad state of affairs and of course, like so many "new privileges" granted, it's abused. For cutting the spinal cord of a baby while it is still in the mother's womb, 7, 8, 9 months along, is a sin.
Now I could be wrong. If Roe vs. Wade should be overturned then to continue to allow same would be up to the states.
I'm betting most states won't forbid abortion.
Remember the 14 year old pregnant by her own father.
The liberals will have a hayday with all this.
What a sad state of affairs.
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Thursday Date-7/12/18
I had no idea a)that NATO is an alliance formed to have Europe and America stare down the Soviet Union; b)Germany was buying billions in oil from this very enemy; c)the NATO members agreed to pay 2% of their gross national product to keep NATO afloat.
This is why the Bushes, the Clintons, Obama got away with taking money from these countries, to be contributed to the election fund, insert wink here.
No wonder they are all mad at President Trump! He's telling us all the secrets, how the ruling class….eh…rules. THEY HATE HIM FOR IT!
With ears constantly open I listen to the secrets. These past 40 years have been a joke to America. They flip us the bird, they giggle, and now they all act like assholes.
Now we know THEIR personality.
Heh.
Americans do not like you Ruling Class. Go away.
Friday Date-7/13/18
Peter Strzok says Trump supporters are smelly, that Trump will lose the then upcoming election 150 million to zero, and, finally, he tells lover Ms. Page that he will be brought down.
I laughed all day yesterday as this little nothing-burger-one of many nothing-burgers in the FBI, defended those awful texts and, get this, he said no matter how terrible his words sound, he was in no way bias in his investigation into Trump and Russia.
Sure. I got a bridge to sell, real cheap. Wobbles a bit but no tariffs, nothing, a great bridge.
This Peter Strzok is a big zero. He had no ability to conduct himself impartially and with a just sense of fairness.
Now that you think about it, much like the awful Comey guy, that McCabe who could be purchased same as my bridge, and this Mueller devil man…..the entire top tier of the FBI.
They have lost any respect I ever had for them.
I suspect many other Americans feel the same.
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Meanwhile in London, President Trump lands for some kind of grand dinner thing and it was very impressive, a little ceremony, "Amazing Grace" played on the bagpipes.
The best of all was Melania's GORGEOUS buttercup yellow dress.
She's the best dressed First Lady….EVAH!!!!
Saturday Date-7/14/18
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So lots of people were paid to carry on like idiots on the streets of London. They had a helium-filled Trump balloon and they had no idea what anything was about.
Then President Trump met the queen and in the middle of all this, the wonderful and very sweet Rod Rosenstein made a big announcement that he was going to arrest 12 Russians for hacking the Democrat computers.
Heh.
When are they going to find something on Trump like Mueller and his band of merry liars say they have?
All in all it's been a good European trip for President Trump but they do not like he who points out others who cheat.
Next week it's on to Helsinki to meet with Vladimir Putin.
Maybe Trump can arrest those 12 Russians Mueller is looking for.