I'm a 60 something wife, mom and grandmom who is homebound/disabled by severe hypersensitivity to chemicals. I fill my days with learning, loving and art. My favorite values are truth, generosity and gratitude.
President Trump was justified in calling Baltimore “rat infested.”It came in 9th in a list of most rat-infested cities. To be fair, Baltimore has shown some improvement. Last year, it was #8; two years ago it was #6.
N.b., the +1 and -1 etc. notes show each city’s shift in place from previous year’s report. E.g., Chicago held on to its #1 Rattiest City spot from last year, LA switched places with New York City, DC switched places with San Francisco, etc.
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Re: “we” – I don’t work alone! My name is the only one you see here most of the time, but I have a team behind me, doing the tech stuff and feeding me items of interest to post here for your inspiration, education, and amusement.
WHAT A JOY:We just said good-bye to a wonderful young woman from Barrow, Alaska, who is selling fantastic books door to door to raise money for college. (Southwestern Advantage) Cynthia was so much fun. I ended up feeding her lunch. When she found out we’re coming up on our 40th anniversary, she asked us in all seriousness what we thought made our marriage last. It was GREAT to talk to an eager, intelligent, beautiful, young woman who actually wanted to think about that! The guy who wins her heart will be multiply blessed. 🙂
THE MUELLER WITCH HUNT INVESTIGATION:After spending 22 months and more than $30 million in taxpayer money, after issuing more than 2,800 subpoenas and calling more than 500 witnesses, after publishing a 450-page report, Democrats have ended up looking like the fools they are.
[N.b., page lengths for the report vary, I’m guessing based fonts and formatting.]
So, yeah, he appeared before the House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee. Hallmarks of his answers … “I don’t remember” and “I’m not going to talk about that.”
Chris Wallacesays his testimony was a disaster [1:03].
Rep. Jim Jordan(R-OH-4) was equally impressive [2:20]. Mueller sounds like an idiot. He also, in my view, doesn’t look healthy. Or maybe he’s just miserable about being grilled. Even Obama’s campaign manager, David Axelrod, said so.
Rep. Steve Chabot(R-OH1) brought up Fusion GPS and Mueller said he wasn’t familiar with that name and that it was outside his purview [:57]. – Wait, wut? Has he been living under a rock?! Even I know that Fusion GPS is the organization that paid for the phony Steele dossier that was used to obtain FISA warrants to spy on Trump!
Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH): “When you talk about the firm that produced the Steele [dossier], the name of the firm that produced that was Fusion GPS. Is that correct?”
Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX1) began his time by entering his 2018 report, Robert Mueller Unmasked, into the record, then he destroyed Mueller [5:22].
Introduction to the report: “Robert Mueller has a long and sordid history of illicitly targeting innocent people that is a stain upon the legacy of American jurisprudence. He lacks the judgment and credibility to lead the prosecution of anyone.” Download the entire 48 page report @https://gohmert.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398634
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX4) shredded him over the second volume of his report [1:02] – His comment about Democrats doing “dramatic readings” from the report was excellent. LOL
Rep. Debbie Lesko(R-AZ8) said, “You cited media reports nearly 200 times in your report.” [3:00] – “I’ve got to say it looks like Volume 2 is mostly regurgitated press stories. Honestly, there is almost nothing in Volume 2 that I couldn’t already hear or know simply by having a $50 cable news subscription. However, your investigation cost the American taxpayers $25 million.”
Rep. Doug Collins(R-GA9) caught former Special Counsel Robert Mueller in a contradiction in his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning, noting that Mueller was saying something different now than he said in his report. Video embedded here.
— Congressman Kelly Armstrong (@RepArmstrongND) July 24, 2019
Muellerdidn’t even show up well when he was being questioned by friendly Democrats.
The Boston Herald editorial had this to say:
“For Democrats, this is the last bite at the apple in the failed attempt to prove Donald Trump colluded with Russia during the 2016 campaign or otherwise obstructed justice during the subsequent investigation.
“The summary of the report has already been released by the attorney general and then the report itself by Mueller and the unredacted version has been available for lawmakers to see for months. Now, during this rerun of a rerun of a rerun, Democrats are hoping a disinterested public will finally become outraged and begin the chant for impeachment.