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Dick's Sporting Goods CEO is considering launching a third-party presidential bid, which could pull votes away from Donald Trump in 2020. Ed Stack, a longtime Republican donor, is testing the waters for a run, a participant in a southern Wisconsin focus group told Politico.

Whilst poking at the notorious Slickdeals website for anything useful and within my budget, I ran across the post linked above for ten custom 3x3" vinyl stickers for a dollar with free shipping. The stickers are apparently cut down to fit your image if it's not perfectly square. Here's the link again:10-Count 3" x 3" Custom Die Cut Vinyl Stickers $1 + Free ShippingI ordinarily ain't much for such tomfoolery, but a fun thought occurred! I just finished placing an order and confirming the proof for ten stickers containing the following image:Sticker Mule's website complained at first about wanting a...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Mike Rowe. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Mike Rowe is media's biggest promoter of dirty, gritty jobs and the productive, individual spirit of all blue collar workers and their supporters. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of the puzzle into the white squares...

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Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice called Senator Lindsey Graham a piece of sh** during the recording of a podcast episode. 'He's lying, lying, lying, lying, and raising money off the death of four Americans,' Vietor, who was a former Obama spokesman, added in the exchange.

A New Mexico school resource officer has resigned after allegedly using excessive force against an 11-year-old girl who he alleges "took more milks than she was supposed to" from the cafeteria.

A local CBS reporter in California was apparently fired after he — during a live news segment — climbed atop classic, privately-owned cars, even seemingly damaging one of them in the process.

Deputy Assistant Attorney General Adam S. Hickey Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee at Hearing Titled "Securing America's Elections Part II: Oversight of Government Agencies" Washington, DC  ~  Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Good morning, Chairman Nadler, Ranking Member Collins, and distinguished Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the Department of Justice concerning our efforts to ensure the safety and security of our nation’s elections and to combat malign foreign influence.Protecting our Nation’s democratic processes, including our elections, is among the Department’s top priorities, and malign foreign influence operations targeting those processes are among...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 21, 2019 Armenian Citizen Pleads Guilty for His Role in For-Profit U.S. Visa Fraud Scheme A man residing in Glendale, California, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to unlawfully bring in aliens and visa fraud for his role in a multi-year visa fraud scheme that brought Armenian citizens into the United States for profit.Hrachya Atoyan, 32, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara in the Eastern District of New York.  Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 20, 2020, before U.S. District Judge Margo K. Brodie.  According to...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 21, 2019 Department of Justice Announces Forfeiture of North Korean Cargo Vessel The Department of Justice today announced the entry of a judgment of forfeiture regarding the M/V Wise Honest (the “Wise Honest�), a 17,061-ton, single-hull bulk carrier ship registered in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK� or “North Korea�).  The Wise Honest, one of North Korea’s largest bulk carriers, was used to illicitly ship coal from North Korea and to deliver heavy machinery back to the DPRK.  Payments for maintenance, equipment and improvements of the Wise Honest were made in U.S. dollars through unwitting U.S. banks. ...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Campaign Fundraiser Agrees To Plead Guilty To Falsifying Records to Conceal Work as Foreign Agent, Evading Taxes on Income Obtained by Lobbying on Behalf of Foreign Entities, and Illegal Campaign Contributions Federal prosecutors today filed a criminal case charging Imaad Shah Zuberi, a Southern California campaign fundraiser, with falsifying records to conceal his work as a foreign agent while lobbying high-level U.S. government officials. The criminal charges allege that Zuberi engaged in lobbying efforts that earned him millions of dollars, most of which was pilfered...

Antifa had been attacking us all night. They were arrested for beating and robbing a reporter. Antifa ambushed Proud Boys on their way home and threw a glass bottle of urine at them (they had been throwing them all night). Max and Geoff happily took them up on their offer and ran up to them. Max pulled off their masks while Geoff punched them. At first, antifa were winning. They kicked Proud Boys on the ground. Then John showed up and bowled them over. Proud Boys won the fight and stopped immediately. The police asked antifa if they wanted to...

The Washington Post and CNN are pushing a book by the "annonymous" source who previously smeared the president.https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/22/politics/anonymous-trump-official-book/index.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/anonymous-author-of-trump-resistance-op-ed-to-publish-a-tell-all-book/2019/10/22/b9ea2f42-f45a-11e9-ad8b-85e2aa00b5ce_story.html Perhaps these Fake News outlets should hear from Americans on this subject; how do you feel about the media employing it's services around the clock to smear a president with "anonymous sourcing?"CNN · Customer service (404) 827-1500  The Washington Post · Customer service (202) 334-6100   And now the obligatory leak out of the top secret kangaroo court that only the select few are allowed to attend. This one is claimed to be someone taking a photograph of Taylor's opening statement. Imagine...

n 2019, it should not be a controversial opinion to say that a seven-year-old boy shouldn’t be forced into transitioning into a girl. It shouldn’t be, yet we all find ourselves right here (see Transgenders ‘Detransitioning’ on the Rise. And the LGBTQ Community Isn’t Helping. and Father Shares Heartbreaking Story of Son Who’s ‘Transitioning.’ And He’s Powerless to Stop It.). A jury just ruled against a father trying to stop his son’s mother from turning the boy into “Luna.” Oh, so this is happening in the United Kingdom? No. Oh so this is happening in Canada, Justin Trudeau’s land of...

The author of an anonymous column in the New York Times in 2018, who was identified as a senior Trump administration official acting as part of the “resistance” inside the government, has written a tell-all book to be published next month. The book, titled “A Warning,” is being promoted as “an unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency” that expands upon the Times column, which ricocheted around the world and stoked the president’s rage because of its devastating portrayal of Trump in office. The column described Trump’s leadership style as “impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective,” and noted that “his impulsiveness...

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has weighed in the Democrat-led impeachment efforts against President Donald Trump, saying he believes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will impeach the president in the next month-and-a-half.Bannon told the New York Post that Pelosi is “very focused” and will succeed in bringing impeachment charges against Trump over whistleblower allegations he pressured Ukrainian leader to investigate Joe Biden.

SCHOTT North America Inc. Duryea, Pennsylvania 5:27 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, hello, Pennsylvania! (Applause.) To Secretary Wilbur Ross, Congressman Dan Meuser, Congressman Fred Keller, and my friend, Jay Timmons, and above all, to Jim and Rob and all of the incredible men and women of SCHOTT North America: It is great to be back in the Keystone State. Thank you so much for that warm welcome. (Applause.) And before we get started, allow me to bring greetings from another friend of mine — a man who loves the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and who’s been fighting every day for...

Last week’s viral photograph of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pointing her finger at President Trump and reading him the riot act reflected a larger reality: If Trump won’t responsibly lead the nation, Pelosi will. The president has pretty much ceased being president. Trump never really seemed to enjoy the job, except for ceremonial tasks like handing out medals. I’d be surprised if he could name every member of his Cabinet, and I’d be shocked if he had the foggiest idea of what, say, Secretary Elaine Chao has been up to over at the Department of Transportation. Does anyone imagine that...

Several Democrats – including a handful of 2020 candidates – lambasted President Trump for describing the Democrat-led impeachment effort as a political “lynching,” calling the president’s words “despicable and disgusting,” and accusing him of being a “white supremacist.” Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to slam the Democrat-led impeachment effort, calling on Republicans to “remember what they are witnessing here – a lynching.” “So some day, if a Democrat becomes President and the Republicans win the House, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the President, without due process or fairness or any legal rights. All Republicans must remember...

BOEING GE & CHINA I'm NOT invested in BA (we have significant position in GE so the BA "mess" concerns us) but allow me to share a conspiracy theory with the gang. I have no way of knowing this, but I HAVE learned that CHINESE CHIPS are in damn near every electronics system aboard US military aircraft, ships...the stuff that MOVES and electronically controlled. The YouTube interview with General Spalding re the US China Trade War concerning China's CLEAR efforts to "DOMINATE AMERICA" informs us that the CPC (Chinese Communist Party) is in TOTAL CONTROL OF THAT NATION. I have...