Author Archives: Pistol Pete

Sleep Apnea Blues

Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times. This means the brain — and the rest of the body — may not get enough oxygen.
http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-apnea/sleep-apnea

When I spent 9 days in the hospital it was discovered I had severe sleep apnea. I knew there was something wrong for years but I didn’t have the medical coverage to get tested for it. Having had a quadruple bypass in 2004, I was in the cardio unit and hooked up to an EKG. It was discovered that the reason I would suffer periodic blackouts was that my heart would literally stop for from 2-8 seconds. I use a VPAP (different from a CPAP) machine now and cannot sleep without it. It is difficult for me to go more than a few hours without sleep. As such, I spend a large part of the day sleeping and have trouble sleeping at night. Such was the case today, so I figured I’d get an early start on the babbling.

It is no secret that the democrats loathe the military and sometimes go out of their way to harm them. CtH has stated here that those serving, like her warriors, were miserable under the dictates of Barack H. Obama. The mightiest fighting force in the world was reduced to an insipid social experiment. All that ended today and the results were predictable. Unlike his predecessor, Trump LISTENS to the generals who conduct the actual operations.

Pres. Trump bars transgender individuals from US armed forces

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly declared a ban Wednesday on transgender troops serving anywhere in the U.S. military, catching the Pentagon flat-footed and unable to explain what it called President Trump’s “guidance.” His proclamation, on Twitter rather than any formal announcement, drew bipartisan denunciations and threw currently serving transgender soldiers into limbo.
“Please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” the commander in chief tweeted.
http://fox6now.com/2017/07/26/pres-trump-transgender-people-will-not-be-allowed-to-serve-in-any-capacity-in-the-us-military/

GOP senators break with Trump over transgender troop ban
Multiple Republican senators broke with President Trump on Wednesday after he announced on Twitter that transgender troops would be banned from serving in the military.
In separate statements, GOP Sens. John McCain (Ariz.), Joni Ernst (Iowa), Richard Shelby (Ala.) and Orrin Hatch (Utah) all criticized Trump for his decision that Obama-era rules allowing transgender troops to serve would be reversed.
McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, ripped the call and said that Trump shouldn’t be making policy announcements via tweet.

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/343914-gop-senators-criticize-trump-over-transgender-troop-ban

Celebrities Melt Down over Trump’s Transgender Military Policy: ‘You Just Pissed Off the Wrong Community’

TRANSGENDERS ARE LESS THAN 1% OF THE POPULATION BUT UNDER OBAMA THEIR CONDITION WAS GLORIFIED INTO A CULT-LIKE OBSESSION.
The news spurred some stars to viciously attack the president, with some calling Trump a cruel bigot.
Star Trek actor and gay activist George Takei sent what appeared to be a threat to Trump, warning that he “just pissed off the wrong community” and said the president “will regret” this action.
Director Paul Feig called Trump’s decision “disgraceful,” while noted Trump-basher and actor Rob Reiner called the president a “hateful human being.”
Below is a roundup of the rage Hollywood stars sent toward President Trump in the wake of his announcement.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/07/26/celebrities-react-to-donald-trumps-transgender-military-policy-you-just-pissed-off-the-wrong-community/

‘We’re here, we’re queer, we hate the f****** president’: Furious protests erupt in New York and Washington DC after Trump bans transgender people from the military
Crowds descended on the US Army Recruiting building in Times Square in Manhattan on Wednesday night
More demonstrations took place in Washington DC outside the White House later in the evening
Protesters carried signs bearing slogans like ‘resist’ and ‘rise up’ in a show of defiance against the president
Trump tweeted on Wednesday that he wanted to ban transgender people from entering the armed forces
He said the decision was based on the cost of healthcare for those individuals which he said was a ‘burden’
The announcement was unanimously decried by Trump critics and sparked outrage around the world




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4733888/Protests-Trump-bans-transgender-people-military.html#ixzz4o0RdS8pr

Just 23 Percent Of Voters Say Trans Enlistment Is Good For The Military
A Rasmussen survey taken last month found that just 23 percent of likely voters think the decision to allow openly transgender people to serve — a decision made by the Obama administration — is good for the military. Just under one-third of likely voters — 31 percent — think it’s bad for the military to allow openly transgender soldiers to serve, while another 38 percent thought it would have no impact.
President Trump defended the ban on the grounds that military policies should be oriented towards what’s best for winning wars.
“Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail,” he explained on Twitter Wednesday morning.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/26/just-23-percent-of-voters-say-trans-enlistment-is-good-for-the-military/?utm_campaign=thedcmainpage&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social

Combat Veteran: War Is No Place For The Gender Confused
In a tweet series, Salzman recounted his experiences in Iraq in 2006, when he was stationed at an isolated firebase in the blazing heat and experienced constant stress from the intense nature of his job.
“Everyday was Groundhog Day,” Salzman tweeted. “Wake up and do the same patrols, the same shifts, every single day. It was so damn hot. 150° in the gun trucks.”
“The stress of being out there and doing the same job every single day eats away at you,” Salzman said. “The younger guys had problems with that overtime.”
“After stepping on each other’s nuts living in the same can for five months, guys were at each other’s throats,” Salzman added. “The stress made it worse.”
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/26/combat-veteran-war-is-no-place-for-the-gender-confused/

 

4 Comments

Filed under Armed Forces, Culture Wars, Donald Trump, Gender

Normal Political Crap

Granny always said, “If you ain’t the lead dog, the view never changes much.” So it is with the daily machinations in the nation’s capital. Haters gonna hate, cowards gonna cower. Republicans squeal about wanting to change things, then when they’re given the power they suddenly revert to the imposters they’ve always been. Their first, last, and only priority is getting re-elected to their soft, extremely well-paying careers colluding with their faux enemies to maintain the power to run peoples’ lives.

Trump is demanding the GOP senators cast a vote on healthcare. John McCain is getting off his sickbed to return to cast a vote (and get a lot of media attention,no doubt).

When you look at things through a non-partisan lens, Trump has never stated a firm position on much of anything. We don’t know where he stands on healthcare, immigration, and tax cuts. He’ll sign anything the Senate sends him. Trouble is, the media is engaging in a colossal smear operation to keep him distracted from doing much, since he can’t resist returning snark for snark.

Dem Rep. Jerrold Nadler Compares Trump’s Attacks On The Media To Nazi Germany

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/07/24/revealed-vast-majority-of-cbos-lost-coverage-projections-come-from-repeal-of-individual-mandate-n2358719

SPEAKING OF SCHMUCKIE:
Schumer: Democrats have been too namby-pamby, single-payer health care is on the table

Schumer takes shot at Clinton: Our biggest mistake in 2016 was not telling people what we stood for

PEOPLE KNEW FULL WELL WHAT YOU STOOD FOR, ASSHOLE… THAT’S WHY YOU LOST

Al Franken reveals fear of Kid Rock running against Debbie Stabenow
As a celebrity who used his national fame and home state ties to gain a Senate seat, Franken was in no position to denounce celebrity candidates. I found it highly entertaining to watch his face reveal how worried he actually is as his mind formed the words to glide through the answer without incident.

It will require less than a minute and a half of your time to watch and judge for yourself how worried the Dems really are.
BE EVER MINDFUL THIS DICKHEAD LITERALLY STOLE HIS SEAT WITH FRAUDULENT VOTES FOUND IN A CAR TRUNK…. AND HE GOT RE-ELECTED…. BY THE STATE THAT VOTED JESSE “THE BODY” VENTURA GOVERNOR

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/07/al_franken_reveals_fear_of_kid_rock_running_against_debbie_stabenow.html#ixzz4nqyIFvLD

Washington is ‘much worse than anyone ever thought’: Trump
“Drain the Swamp should be changed to Drain the Sewer – it’s actually much worse than anyone ever thought, and it begins with the Fake News!” the president tweeted.
“After 1 year of investigation with Zero evidence being found, Chuck Schumer just stated that ‘Democrats should blame ourselves, not Russia,’” he added in a separate tweet.
http://nypost.com/2017/07/24/washington-is-much-worse-than-anyone-ever-thought-trump/

Democrats New Slogan Spells Out – Better Social Justice Warriors
“Better skills, better jobs, better wages”–
Democrats are unveiling the new slogan this afternoon. They have no history of creating better wages or better jobs but they are going to run with this slogan anyway.
After all, this is the same group that works to destroy coal, oil, gas and energy jobs in America.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/07/democrats-new-slogan-spells-better-social-justice-warriors/

GOP PAC Ad Slams ‘Leaderless’ And ‘Messageless’ Dems
One day after the Democratic Party unveiled its “A Better Deal” campaign, a GOP PAC is pointing out the lack of leadership among Democrats.
America Rising PAC released a new video Tuesday morning that shows even Democratic senators and congressmen can’t point to a leader of their party or identify their core message.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/25/gop-pac-ad-slams-leaderless-and-messageless-dems-video/

Resistance

15 Comments

Filed under Al Franken, Charles Schumer, Democrats, Donald Trump, Republicans

Donald Addresses the Scouts

The president addressed more than 40,000 members of the Boy Scouts at their National Jamboree. He was met with a wildly enthusiastic throng and he was in his element. Of course, he pisses a lot of people off no matter what he does. As a former scout, I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that a very large majority of those attending yesterday come from two-parent homes, don’t take government handouts, don’t commit rapes or armed robberies, and are more likely to volunteer for military service. Liberals despise them because they grow into that most dreaded of all terrorist groups, the white middle class.

Obama never addressed the organization once. The left is howling this morning about Trump turning his speech into a political rally. Never mind the fact that anytime a democrat gets in trouble he runs to the nearest black mega-church for solace and a pep rally. Obama did it all the time because he was looked on as some sort of deity.

My personal experience with the scouts was a happy one. Our troop was sponsored by a Methodist church and the farm across the road belonged to one of their members. About 1962 they held their first corn boil as a fundraiser. We were the hired hands. I had to show the others how to go out into the massive cornfield and pick sweet corn by hand: grip the ear where it is attached to the stalk, pull down, a quick twist and it comes loose. Always make sure the husk is very tight, not spongy. That means the kernels are filled out. If you pull the husk down a little, and pierce a kernel with your thumbnail, the white, starchy liquid should squirt to your knuckle. That means it has a good sugar content. That was more than 50 years ago and they still hold the event every August.

One of our assistant scoutmasters had a big farm with some woods and a creek running through it. We made a campground on it and built a dam across the creek to make the water deep enough for a swimming hole. (Can you imagine kids swimming in a creek these days?) We camped at least once a month to work on nature projects and had a really stupid idea to go on a Polar Bear camp-out in the dead of winter. We only came out of our tents to eat and have a massive snowball fight daily. I hit my friend Louis in the head with a slushball and he went down like a bag of wet cement. I ran screaming back to camp because I thought I had killed Louie. Ah, those were good times.

[CtH: Love it when you reminisce, Pete!  Actually, there is a creek near my house where people still swim.  My mom took me.  I took my girls.  Sometime when my grandkids come in the summer, we’ll have to take them.]

TRUMP ON FIRE! 40,000 BOY SCOUTS CHEER PRESIDENT TRUMP AT JAMBOREE!

The National Jamboree is held every four years.

POTUS Trump RIPS Obama – Scouts Chant “We Love Trump!” at National Jamboree

Trump ripped Barack Obama for NEVER attending a jamboree.  The massive crowd grumbled then started chanting—“We love Trump! We love Trump!“

Flashback: Democratic Delegates Boo The Boy Scouts Of America

Democrats are all atwitter over Trump’s speech to the Boy Scouts, claiming that he talked politics or made them cheer like Hitler Youth.  Here’s how hypocritical they are. They used politics all over the Boy Scouts, but booed them and attacked them.

LOS ANGELES When Gloria Johnson learned that a group of Eagle Scouts was about to take the stage at the Democratic National Convention, she immediately went into action.
She and other California delegates grabbed poster board and markers and made signs that read, “We Support Gay Boy Scouts.” As the uniformed Scouts took part in the opening ceremony, the delegates, seated in the front of the hall, waved their signs and booed.

Under normal circumstances, jeering at children is the sort of behavior that might get a delegate sanctioned, if not booted from the convention altogether. But anyone who expected the Democratic leadership to scold people bashing the Boy Scouts of America was attending the wrong convention.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2000/aug/18/20000818-011835-9232r/

Scout’s dishonor! Boy Scouts of America faces backlash from leaders and parents after President Trump turns their Jamboree into a political rally that may even have broken the group’s rules.

  • Trump spoke before a giant crowd of Boy Scouts of America on Monday night
  • The thousands of scouts was celebrating their Jamboree in West Virginia
  • Eagle Scouts, scoutmasters and parents threatened to leave the organization
  • The speech may have violated the organization’s own stance on political events

Trump first promised not to make his speech political, but quickly attacked Obamacare, the swamp, the media and Hillary Clinton.  Parents, Boy Scout members, and scoutmasters were equally livid about the event.  One man claiming to be an Eagle Scout and former scoutmaster called the event ‘nauseating’ adding the organization was ‘never partisan.’  A parent tweeted ‘that was a disgusting display tonight. I am withdrawing my son from your organization next year. You should all be ashamed.’




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4727354/Boy-Scouts-America-facing-backlash-Trump-speech.html#ixzz4nq4aFGp7

Trump Rolls His Eyes When Asked If Jeff Sessions Should Resign

I WON ONE OF THESE:

WE LEARNED ABOUT THESE IN NATURE CLASS

3 Comments

Filed under Barack Obama, Donald Trump

The Retail Crapshoot

To many retail outlets, the Christmas shopping season is the difference between making a profit for the year or losing. Every Spring buyers attend shows in big cities like New York and Las Vegas to preview the coming seasons new products. Order too many of the wrong items and you lose money. Order too few of what’s selling this year and customers will go elsewhere.

Before there was such a thing as online shopping there were radio and television ads, newspapers and the Sears Christmas Toy Catalog. (I found a 1962 Sears toybox catalog in a box of magazines I bought at auction. I sold it online for nearly $150. (Collectors like to have the original ad to display with their collections.)

It seems every year something unexpected becomes THE toy to have for kids, whether it be the hula hoop, Slinky, Holiday Barbie, Mattel Buffalo Hunter set, pet rock, or Bigmouth Billy Bass. The only toy I can remember searching the city over for was that phenomenon, the Cabbage Patch doll. My daughter was about 10 that year. I went to a dozen stores before I found one. The only grandchild who gets any toys for Christmas is Miss Olivia. All the rest get what they really want for Christmas … money.

The following link is to what is predicted to be the hottest toys this year. There can’t be much argument that none of the junk will withstand the test of time like the treasures of our youth have. We had things made of steel, cast iron, wood, plastic and tin. Kids today have things that need batteries and are made so cheaply they generally break in a short period of time. Most kids aren’t much for playtoys, since they all have iPhones now.

These Are Going to Be the Hottest Christmas Toys of 2017

We know the holiday season seems so far away, but when it comes to snatching up the hottest toys, you can’t start early enough. Luckily, Hasbro released a list of what they think will be the most popular toys come December.

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE NEW OFFERINGS FROM HASBRO

Hanazuki MoodGleam Wearable

Moodgleam

Colors change to reflex the mood of the wearer, just like the bracelet worn by the popular cartoon character, Hanazuki.

DIDN’T WE HAVE MOOD RINGS????

Play Doh Letters and Language

Play-Doh Letters and Language Set: Kids can practice letter recognition and pronunciation using the alphabet stampers and play mats.

WHO DIDN’T HAVE PLAY DOH? DID YOU LEAVE YOURS OUT UNTIL IT HARDENED INTO A ROCK? C’MON,YOU KNOW YOU DID.

[CtH: My sister banned it from her house, because she got so sick of picking crumbs out of the carpet. LOL]


Star Wars” Black Series Poe Dameron Electronic Helmet

Although they have yet to test, the experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute love the interactive aspect of this role-playing helmet. Put the device on and the surround sound will immerse you in the life of skilled X-Wing fighter pilot, Poe Dameron.

OK, WHAT KID IS GOING TO LOOK BACK IN 50 YEARS AND RECALL FONDLY HAVING AN ELECTRONIC HELMET?

[CtH: Oh I dunno.  My youngest gets pretty misty about Teddy Ruxpin. :)]

Coinhole: The Mini Bouncing Quarter Game

Coinhole

Players compete in this game by bouncing coins off the table, onto the board and into the hole. The first to sink all of their coins wins!

[CtH: My brother and his friends used to play a tabletop football game just like this, using pieces of paper folded into fat triangles.  But oh golly gee whiz!  They never had the option of blowing $35 to get a customized image printed on a piece of wood with a hole in it.  Isn’t that special?!

https://www.coinhole.com/collections/best-sellers/products/customize-your-own-coinhole-board?variant=31962370830%5D

HAVE YOU NOTICED THESE TOYS ARE LARGELY WARMED-OVER VERSIONS OF CLASSIC TOYS?  THEY’RE EVEN REVIVING TICKLE ME ELMO.

GOT 30 BUCKS??  Elmo’s hysterical laugh is back for a new generation of fans. And just in time to appeal to the upwardly mobile parents whose parents managed to score one for them in 1996 when the first release was The Impossibly Popular Toy of the Year.

Marvel Legends Series “Thor” Mjolnir Electronic Hammer

Made for elevated role-playing, this die-cast metal pommel hammer features intricate detailing , SFX and light up lightning effects. For adults only. Who else would spend $100 on something like this?!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/shopping-toys/these-are-going-to-be-the-hottest-christmas-toys-of-2017/ss-BBDTMrk?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UE12DHP#image=26

I GOT ONE OF THESE ONE YEAR

THESE TOO

MY COUSIN GOT ONE OF THESE. HE BROUGHT IT OVER ON CHRISTMAS DAY. WE PLAYED FOR HOURS AND HOURS

WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THE TOYS OF OUR GENERATION IS THAT WE HAD FUN AND ACTUALLY LEARNED THINGS OR CREATED WITH OUR OWN HANDS AND THE ONLY LIMITATION WAS OUR IMAGINATION.

CtH: When I think back to my childhood, two toys stand out as being favorites my friends and I played with day after day after day.

Jacks

jump rope

2 Comments

Filed under Nostalgia

Admen Wanted; Reply: DNC

When mankind was a new thing, when Ugg first sold Mugg a sharp rock to cut his mastodon steak with, people with goods or services to sell or trade, customers had to be aware of their existence. As time progressed and things changed, advertising had to keep up with demand.

With the advent of television, a whole new culture of advertising was born. Peoples’ attention span never was very long and by today’s standards, you have about 5 seconds to get potential buyers’ attention before they change the channel. Ad placement is so crucial that companies pay millions of dollars for a 30 second spot on Super bowl Sunday, the most-watched sporting event of the year.

Companies sometimes pay a fee to use a familiar piece of music or a popular song. One of the most famous is the William Tell Overture. One commercial I remember particularly well involved Jeno’s pizza rolls and Lark cigarettes, which they don’t even make anymore. I remember it because of the cameo by Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels.

[CtH: I LOVED that pizza roll commercial!  It still makes me laugh, even just to think about it.]

The DNC, the party with nothing to offer but hate, bitterness, and empty platitudes, is due to unveil a new slogan Monday. Further proof, as if it were needed, that no one there has a clue.

Democrats Set to Unveil New Slogan Monday

The Democrats are working on a re-brand following their near-spectacular collapse from the days when they controlled the entirety of the legislative and executive branches, and are set to officially unveil a new slogan for the 2018 elections: “A Better Deal: Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Wages.”
But golly, if this is the best they can come up with, they’re likely to get more people to start inexplicably craving pizza than actually voting for their candidates.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2017/07/20/democrats-to-unveil-new-slogan-n2357780

The Democrats have a new agenda, and guess what…

Democrat leaders have been working on a new agenda for many months because they lost in 2016 and because of their continuous losses the last six years and after all their hard work. Dana Milbank of the Washington Post – and, I am sure, most reporters – is very proud of the Democrats’ amazing product.

Titled “A Better Deal: Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Wages,” it is expected to have many Democratic staples – tax increases on the rich, affordable college, infrastructure spending, higher wages, job training, paid family leave and the like – and a few new ones.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/07/the_democrats_have_a_new_agenda_and_guess_what.html

New Rumored DNC Slogan Ripped Off from Papa John’s Pizza

LOL: New Rumored DNC Slogan Ripped Off from Papa John’s Pizza (VIDEO)

Conservatives can’t resist pitching ideas after Dem’s ‘cheesy’ 2018 slogan is mercilessly mocked. How about…

The Democrats have adopted a cheesy new slogan which they hope will help them defeat the Republicans at the 2018 midterm elections.

Unfortunately, the Dems’ “new” slogan, “A Better Deal: Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Wages,” is a thinly-veiled rip-off of the marketing slogan used by the Papa John‘s pizza chain. Papa John’s snappy slogan is “Better Ingredients. Better Pizza.”

The Party of Women’s Sexual Liberation & “Equality” Featuring #FGM & Beat Your Woman If She Steps Out Of Line 👍🏼 #NewDemSlogans

#NewDemSlogans

  • We’re the party of inclusion*
    • *unless you’re 2 of the following: white, male, or straight
  • Collusion you can believe in

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/07/21/conservatives-cant-resist-pitching-ideas-dems-cheesy-2018-slogan-mercilessly-mocked-516237

[CtH: Or, as Trump suggested, leave it alone and let them OWN the FAIL.]

2 Comments

Filed under Democrats

The Friday Dish

Given the manner in which the special counsel, Robert Mueller, is expanding his hyper partisan witch hunt into all things Trump it would be no surprise to me if, at some point, the president fires him. He is well within the scope of his executive authority, but the hue and cry from the left would be deafening. I just can’t see Trump allowing this carnival of pain to continue much longer.

Trump Team Digs Up Dirt on Mueller’s 15 Activist Attorneys in New Offensive Against Probe
Tensions between President Trump and Special Counsel Robert Mueller are heating up
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/07/trump-team-digs-dirt-mueller-aides-new-offensive-probe/

Loose Lips Sink Ships: Mueller Probe Team Starts Leaking Special Counsel Investigation Details to Press
The team is led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller, and four of the six attorneys on the team donated to the Democratic National Committee or Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, according to Axios.
Trump and Republican lawmakers have questioned the impartiality of Mueller and the probe, which was created after former FBI Director James Comey leaked a memo to the media for the purpose of prompting a special counsel.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/20/loose-lips-sink-ships-mueller-probe-team-starts-leaking-special-counsel-investigation-details-press/

Mueller Witch Hunt Expands – Manafort Being Investigated For Possible Money Laundering
The out of control Special Counsel Robert Mueller is now looking into possible money laundering by President Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort as part of his ‘Russia’ investigation according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The Senate Judiciary Committee announced in a press release Wednesday afternoon that Donald Trump, Jr. Paul Manafort and Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS have been “invited” to appear at a hearing to be held next Wednesday.
President of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton says the Mueller probe is out of control, conflicted and unconstitutional and should be shut down

BREAKING: Mueller Witch Hunt Expands – Manafort Being Investigated For Possible Money Laundering

MSNBC Guest: Trump ‘Will Fire Mueller at Some Point’ Because ‘Totalitarian People’ Show Their Hands
Donny Douchebag: Make no mistake, Trump will fire Robert Mueller

Lavrov Mocks NBC Questions About Other Possible Trump-Putin Meetings: ‘Maybe They Went to Toilet Together’

Judicial Watch: Mueller Probe is a Political Effort to Jail Trump and His Family
Fitton also said, “Sessions should un-recuse himself and get rid of Mueller.”

Fired FBI Director, Comey admitted to leaking memos to the press to prompt a special counsel, so why is this investigation still going? Mueller has to go!

Judicial Watch: Mueller Probe is a Political Effort to Jail Trump and His Family

8 Comments

Filed under Donald Trump, Fusion GPS, Jeff Sessions, Robert Mueller

Prayers up for Senator McCain

John McCain has led a colorful life. The son of a Navy admiral, he served in Vietnam (a hell of a lot longer than John Kerry) and spent 4 years as a POW in the Hanoi Hilton. What actually happened while he was a captive will never be known. Whether he suffered torture or got special treatment in exchange for cooperating with his enemies is for other people to say.

What is known is that when he returned to civilian life he married a wealthy beer heiress, was elected to the House of Representatives, and later became a senator. He became one of the democrats’ best allies, nearly always siding with them on any important legislation. He handed the presidency to Barack Obama in 2008 and delights in going on television to trash his own party.

Although he has continually angered and frustrated conservatives, he now faces the fight of his life against a formidable foe. It’s a form of cancer called glioblastoma. It was discovered during a minor surgical procedure.

About 20,000 people in the U.S. each year are diagnosed with a glioblastoma. The American Cancer Society puts the five-year survival rate for patients over 55 at about 4 percent.

Because glioblastomas can grow rapidly, the most common symptoms are usually caused by increased pressure in the brain. These symptoms can include headache, nausea, vomiting, and drowsiness.
Glioblastoma can be difficult to treat because the tumors contain so many different types of cells, the association says.

As expected, the tributes have poured in for the senator from all over. Fortunately, he has the best healthcare on the planet, but cancer does not discriminate when it comes to its victims. My grandson Tyler is eight years old and has been doing battle with it for almost two years.

Sen. John McCain diagnosed with malignant brain tumor
In a statement, McConnell said: “John McCain is a hero to our Conference and a hero to our country. He has never shied from a fight and I know that he will face this challenge with the same extraordinary courage that has characterized his life. The entire Senate family’s prayers are with John, Cindy and his family, his staff, and the people of Arizona he represents so well.”
http://tucson.com/news/local/sen-john-mccain-diagnosed-with-malignant-brain-tumor/article_e8277172-6cde-11e7-baba-3bd459ef9b97.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4713092/President-Trump-leads-tributes-Senator-John-McCain.html

10 Comments

Filed under John McCain

Our National Obsession

It was more than 20 years ago when I started a hobby collecting the toy cap pistols which were such a large part of my youth, when western shows were on television every day, and many happy hours were spent pretending to be Roy Rogers, Wyatt Earp, or the Rifleman. They were all good guys who ended up vanquishing evil by the end of the show.
I was first bitten by the collecting bug when I saw a toy from my past on a dealers table at a flea market. We both had good jobs then and enjoyed going to antique malls, flea markets, and especially auctions. Any auction with collectibles drew a lot of people looking to make a living selling on eBay, when it was in its infancy. You could get some good deals if you knew what anything was worth, but you needed experience or some kind of price guide. You needed to start with a warehouse full of merchandise and sell at least 75-100 items a week, shipping things out, while trying to maintain inventory and still make enough to live on.
Nowadays it is nearly impossible to get any kind of bargain at auction. Everybody now carries a smart phone. You no longer need any knowledge at all. See an item, look it up and get an idea of exactly what it’s worth. Fortunately, by the time these electronic gizmos took over the lives of most people in the free world I had retired and sold off nearly everything I had. There is no longer much need for education with a world of information at your fingertips.
This is a potentially dangerous situation, given the possibility our world could be turned to chaos after a serious cyber attack. Now comes the point of this mindless rambling:

Pelosi Reads False Account of Those Who Signed the Declaration of Independence During Press Conference

YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A PHONE. IT ALSO HELPS IF YOU’RE NOT A BESOTTED OLD CRONE LIKE NANCY PELOSI.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) was attempting to give a history lesson on the 56 men who signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence on Tuesday, but ended up reading a piece that had previously been proven to contain several inaccuracies.
The discredited piece, titled “The Price They Paid,” was a popular essay circulating around the internet on Independence Day. The article outlines the fates of those who signed the Declaration of Independence, but according to the fact checkers at Snopes, “many of its details are inaccurate.”

RUSH’S GRANDFATHER WROTE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT MANY YEARS AGO AND HE OFTEN READS IT ON AIR. EXCEPT HE DIDN’T NEED A PHONE TO REMEMBER IT.

Pelosi Reads False Account of Those Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

SPEAKING OF RUSH…
Rush on health-care implosion: The Senate is now being run by three female leftists
I MENTIONED THE “MAINE PAIN” YESTERDAY
(my original thought for this month)
He doesn’t mean Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Kirsten Gillibrand. He’s talking about Collins, Murkowski, and Capito, the Republican trio that sank clean repeal this morning. Supposedly the RINOs have mutinied and seized control of the ship of state. You can blame Collins et al. for being first out of the gate in trampling repeal but you’re kidding yourself if you think they’re the only three members of the caucus who oppose it.
I understand the disgust with Murkowski and Capito for having voted for clean repeal in 2015, when they knew it would be vetoed by Obama, only to turn around now and refuse to vote for it when it actually matters. (Collins has opposed repeal all along.) That’s seven years of GOP posturing on ObamaCare in a nutshell: Lots of big talk about undoing Obama’s legacy and then no guts when an opportunity to do it actually arises. They’re shameless panderers. But, if they honestly believe that repeal now without a replacement would destabilize the already fragile ObamaCare exchanges, it’d be foolish to cast a destructive vote purely for the sake of consistency.
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/07/18/rush-health-care-implosion-senate-now-run-three-female-leftists/

Trump: ‘I’m Not Going to Own’ ObamaCare Collapse


TRUMP HAS NEVER TAKEN ANY KIND OF POSITION ON HEALTHCARE; HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT?
HE’LL SIGN ANYTHING CONGRESS SENDS HIM. HE HAS SO FAR. THEY JUST CAN’T STOP THEIR BICKERING LONG ENOUGH TO GET ANYTHING DONE. SCHUMER HAS OFFERED DEMOCRAT HELP TO GET SOMETHING PASSED, AS LONG AS OBAMACARE STAYS IN PLACE.
President Trump said Tuesday that Republicans should allow Obamacare to collapse and wait for Democrats to seek the GOP’s help fixing it now that the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has failed.
“And I think we’re probably in that position where we’ll let Obamacare fail. We’re not going to own it. I’m not going to own it,” Trump said. “I can tell you the Republicans are not going to own it. We’ll let Obamacare fail and then the Democrats are going to come to us.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-im-not-going-to-own-obamacare-collapse/article/2628979

Death Of Senate GOP Health Care Bill Is Giving Conservatives A Good Reason To Never Vote Republican Again
ONCE A POLITICIAN HAS SERVED A COUPLE TERMS HIS POSITION IS PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED IN PERPETUITY. BOTH PARTIES HAVE DEPENDED ON THEIR VOTERS’ LOYALTY FOR DECADES. (THEY WOULDN’T DARE NOT VOTE FOR US, WOULD THEY?)
THE PROBLEM FOR THE GOP IS THAT THEIR BASE IS FAR MORE INTELLIGENT, ENGAGED, AND POLITICALLY ACTIVE. THEY’RE PISSING AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME PURSUING THEIR OWN SELFISH INTERESTS. WE’RE NOT MINDLESS SHEEP WHO ONLY LIVE FOR THE FREE STUFF WE THINK COMES FROM D.C., THE WAY DEMOCRAT MASSES DO. AS DESPISED AS THEY ARE, PEOPLE LIKE RYAN, McCAIN, McCONNELL, GRAHAM, COLLINS, HELLER, ET AL ARE IMMOVABLE, AS THEY HAVE THE PARTY BACKING, TENS OF MILLIONS IN PERSONAL FUNDS AND FAMILIARITY OF THEIR DISTRICT OR STATE. THERE IS NO BETTER EXAMPLE THAN STUART SMALLEY (AKA AL FRANKEN) WHO LITERALLY STOLE HIS SENATE SEAT IN MINNESOTA AND MANAGED TO GET HIS SORRY ASS RE-ELECTED.

After nearly a decade of campaigning to repeal Obamacare, the GOP is still dragging its feet and fighting factions within the party in the effort to try and get something to President Trump’s desk.Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, conceded Monday night that “the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of Obamacare will not be successful.” But he said he would move to pass a measure to repeal the Affordable Care Act now, then work on a replacement over the next two years. That has almost no chance to pass, either, since it could leave millions without insurance and leave insurance markets in turmoil.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/07/18/death-of-senate-gop-health-care-bill-is-giving-conservatives-a-good-reason-to-nev-n2356223

Some Republicans Want Rule Changed To Stop Dem Obstruction
WHEN IT COMES TO BEING SLIPPERY AND SLIMY, THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE PROFESSIONALS. IT’S WHAT DEFINES THEM.
Some Republicans hinted Monday they are ready to strike back at Democrats for “abusing” a Senate procedure to slow down President Trump’s nominees.
Although all presidential appointments now only require a simple majority vote (known as a cloture vote) to move forward from debate for a final up or down vote, the minority can still demand 30 hours of non-continuous floor debate before the procedure.
During Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation earlier this year, Republicans changed the cloture rule to include SCOTUS picks to require only a simple majority vote.
However, the 30-hour debate rule remained, and Democrats have used the procedure to drag out Trump appointments over long periods of time — to the frustration of Republicans.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/17/some-republicans-want-rule-changed-to-stop-dem-obstruction/

What do DEMO, the letter C and RATS have in common?
OUR GIRLS, KEEPIN’ IT REAL

My apologies if I’ve seemed long-winded and irritable the last couple days. Things came to a head and emotional release was the only remedy for my deep blue funk. We’re traveling to DeKalb tonight to watch Miss Olivia pitch in a tournament game. I really need to spend some family time with my little girls.

12 Comments

Filed under Charles Schumer, Declaration of Independence, Democrats, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare, Republicans

Palate Cleansers

In modern politics, nothing ever changes much. Democrats hate republicans, republicans hate each other, and they all pretend to have the best interests of the folks back home at heart. In the end, the rich (them) get richer and we get played for fools as our pockets get picked. It’s a crappy system, but it is what it is.
There’s plenty of time post-nap for more serious things, but I want to post some things that make you forget momentarily what a brutally sinful world we live in. You might want to keep a kleenex handy. Just sayin’.

Wedding Bride Receives Priceless Surprise As Her Deceased Son Shows Up Vicariously
This is beautiful.
For one bride in Alaska, the heartbreaking death of her son as a teenager meant she was not able to include all of her children in the ceremony. Her son had died years before she ever expected he would. Most parents would agree this is the worst case scenario, hard for most to recover from. Becky Turney made a choice to donate her son Triston Green’s organs when he died two years before her wedding day. One of his organs, his heart, was to play a significant role in the big day.
At the time that Kilby received the heart, he had already waited on the transplant list for a year and a half. He had also been in the hospital for 45 days after his first transplanted heart stopped working fully. After receiving the transplanted heart, Kilby recovered enough to live a normal life.
It was through this Facebook contact that Kilby’s aunt met Turney’s fiancé. This contact put a plan into effect that reunited Turney with her son’s heart just in time for the wedding.

https://conservativedailypost.com/wedding-bride-receives-priceless-surprise-deceased-son-shows-vicariously/

Disabled Former Marine Meets His Grandson in Uniform for the first time after 2 years
IMAGINE THIS GRANDFATHER’S PRIDE

Diamond and Silk Let The Women On The View Have It

Soldier salutes funeral procession in pouring rain

Erin Hester was on her way to work after a lunch break when a soldier got out of his car in the pouring rain to salute a funeral procession as it drove by in Vine Grove, Kentucky last week.
“As soon as he got out of the car, it made me tear up,” Hester told Fox News.
Kentucky law states that funeral processions have the right-of-way at intersections when accompanied by an escort.
Hester said that lately she had noticed that people weren’t pulling over and stopping for funeral processions in the town, adding that the soldier “went above and beyond
Hester posted a photo of the soldier on Instagram and Facebook and the post has received over 100,000 shares and 142,000 likes.
“It was true honor, respect, integrity, and humanity…I want people to see this,” she said.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/11/soldier-salutes-funeral-procession-in-pouring-rain.html

‘Cereal’ burglar hog-tied on Lewis Co. roadside after stealing a bowlful
A homeowner in rural Glenoma in Lewis County got a big shock Monday morning when he awoke and found a stranger sitting at his kitchen table calmly eating a bowl of cereal. A few minutes later, the stranger found himself hog-tied along the roadside after he tried to flee.
Meanwhile, another resident of the home called 911 and deputies were dispatched to the scene.
The homeowner found the suspect — later identified as a 52-year-old transient from Tampa, Fla. — along the roadside about 500 feet from their residence and ordered him to the ground at riflepoint.
The suspect complied and the homeowner put away his rifle. The residents then hog-tied the suspect and waited for deputies to arrive, Breen said.

COMMENTS:
Clearly, irresponsible cereal owners are the actual problem here.
Having common sense laws in place regarding safe cereal storage in the home obviously would have prevented this tragedy if it weren’t for the powerful national cereal lobby. Write your congressman today.
Justice! Now send him to Seattle for a free tent, 3 squares, and health care.
Good thing all he wanted was cereal and wasn’t a cereal killer. Good, no kill defensive maneuver by the homeowners to hog tie him for the cops. This is none to subtle reminder to lock up your house, including your garage which is favorite snatch and grab for thieves.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Cereal-burglar-hog-tied-on-Lewis-Co-roadside-11297641.php

Walking while texting
THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS
I WATCHED A COP SHOW WHERE A GUY GOT ARRESTED, AND EVEN HANDCUFFED HE NEVER LET GO OF HIS PHONE. SOME PEOPLE CAN’T BEAR TO BE WITHOUT THEM EVEN FOR A SECOND.

Comments Off on Palate Cleansers

Filed under Diamond and Silk, Funny Stuff

Missed Opportunities and Legislative Cowardice

After the democrats shoved Obamacare down the nation’s throats in the dead of night on December 24,2009,republicans had a cause to rally around and sell to their voters:kill this monstrosity.For what seems like every year after the GOP won more than 70 House seats in 2010 they passed bills repealing Obamacare.It was a safe move,as they knew full well Harry Reid blocked every piece of legislation they sent up.The Republican Senate cried:we have to have control of both houses to get rid of the ACA.In 2012,their wish was granted.The last eight years,using a pack of willing media whores as palace guards,Obama operated at will,doing what he wanted,when he wanted.He had absolute power.The republicans had no will to do anything about it and he knew it.The only reason it wasn’t any worse than it was is because he cared more about vacationing and having fun than working.
November 9,2016.The landscape changed.The republicans now had a majority in all 3 houses on the hill.One of the main reasons they were handed this golden opportunity was the repeal of Obamacare.Problem is,there was never any real desire to do anything,since the elite were just as happy being a minority,where all they needed to do was whine and complain.When the time came to lead,they were more concerned with the DC cocktail circuit with their democrat colleagues and keeping the money train running.Needing all but two republican senators to pass everything,different versions of a revised healthcare plan were rejected amid rancor and bickering among the troops.
The vote scheduled for this week,which would have failed,given at least 4 senators announced they would vote “no”was postponed because of minor brain surgery performed on Juan Mcamnesty,the democrats’ favorite bitch.

The Poltroon Party Gets a Reprieve on Obamacare Repeal
Mitch McConnell no doubt breathed a sigh of relief when John McCain’s surgery gave him an excuse to postpone a vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). Now that Senators Rand Paul and Susan Collins have made it abundantly clear that no concession or reasonable argument will persuade them to do the right thing on Obamacare, every remaining GOP Senator has to support BCRA in order to get the bill passed. And it was by no means certain that McConnell had enough votes to accomplish that even with McCain present. Why? The GOP has become the party of poltroons.

The Poltroon Party Gets a Reprieve on Obamacare Repeal

McCain’s Blood Clot Blocks Obamacare Repeal Vote
GOP leadership hoped to vote on the bill this week, but Republicans need McCain to gain a majority as two GOP lawmakers have already come out against the revised draft. Moderate Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and conservative Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky both oppose the bill and have said they would not vote to even begin debate on the legislation. Six other Senators remain undecided.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/16/mccains-blood-clot-blocks-obamacare-repeal-vote/

Now that the GOP can replace ObamaCare, it’s suddenly got cold feet
The current path of the Senate bill has plenty of obstacles, including the sheer inertia of the ObamaCare status quo and the fact that no one has made the public case for the Republican legislation. But the effort also suffers from a mismatch between the longtime public posture of Republicans (ObamaCare must and will be fully repealed) and their private misgivings (do we really have to do this, even partially?).
http://nypost.com/2017/07/17/now-that-the-gop-can-replace-obamacare-its-suddenly-got-cold-feet/

Two GOP senators to vote against ObamaCare repeal-only bill
Collins said that she is still a “no” on proceeding to the House-passed bill, which would be used as a vehicle for any Senate action.
ONE CONSTANT IN EVERY EFFORT TO REPLACE OR REPEAL THE HEALTHCARE ACT IS THE MAINE PAIN,FLOOZY SUSY COLLINS,WHO ONCE FORMED THE DYNAMIC DUO WITH OLYMPIA SNOWE.NOW SHE’S JUST THE BIGGEST RINO PAIN-IN-THE-ASS IN WASHINGTON.SHE HAS NEVER,TO MY KNOWLEDGE,VOTED WITH THE REPUBLICANS IF THERE WAS THE SLIGHTEST POLITICAL RISK INVOLVED.
“We can’t just hope that we will pass a replacement within the next two years. Repealing without a replacement would create great uncertainty for individuals who rely on the [Affordable Care Act] and cause further turmoil in the insurance markets,” she said.

Two GOP senators to vote against ObamaCare repeal-only bill

As Senate Bill Dies, President Trump, Mitch McConnell Call for Clean Repeal of Obamacare Now, Replacement Later
President Donald J. Trump is calling on congressional Republicans to drop their failed efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare in one fell swoop and instead pass a clean repeal of the failed health care overhaul from the previous administration now and push through a bipartisan replacement plan later.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/17/senate-bill-dies-president-trump-mitch-mcconnell-call-clean-repeal-obamacare-now-replacement-later/

Paul Ryan: I’m worried Obamacare will stand

CRY ME A RIVER,PAULIE,YOU’RE A BIG REASON IT’S STILL IN PLACE

McConnell Speaks of Need for Repealing Obamacare

HE JUST CAN’T HELP HIMSELF.KICKBACKS ARE THE REASON NEARLY ALL OF THEM ARE THERE.BEATS WORKING,I GUESS

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell slipped more backroom deals into the Senate healthcare bill to entice more moderate senators to vote for the bill.
Republicans have frequently criticized Democrats for bribing so many senators to pass Obamacare seven years ago, even though McConnell continues to employ the same tactics to pass their Senate healthcare bill.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/16/mitch-mcconnell-slips-more-kickbacks-into-the-senate-healthcare-bill/

Pence rips Congress over failure to repeal Obamacare: The time to act is now

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) on clean repeal of Obamacare

Comments Off on Missed Opportunities and Legislative Cowardice

Filed under Democrats, Obamacare, Republicans