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Thursday, June 8. 2017

Thursday morning links




 Good morning, kids. Well, the big stories today will be James Comey's delivery of a double-talk nothing burger dressed up as the smoking gun to end all smoking guns that will lead to the impeachment of President Trump. That's the way it will be reported and played from now through November of '18 and '20. What will not be reported in the "news" is the President's historic slashing of regulations which, in spite of Democrat-Republican and Deep State sabotage is boosting the economic outlook and creating real jobs and growth. Hence, the never-ending "collusion" libel which is all the Democrats have. Big national elections in Britain. Perhaps the wave of love from the followers of Mohammed will be a wake up call to Brits to keep Jeremy Corbyn the hell out of 10 Downing Street. Other than that, watch a rabid racist BLM hack go on a rant at Tucker Carlson and for a palate cleanser, enjoy as Richard Burr explains to Kamala Harris to STFD and STFU, but in the nicest of parliamentary ways. .. Have a better one and remain blessed. 








Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 07:00 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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BD and others,
Thanks for the links,
Nice to read about things never covered in the MSM such as DOJ stopping of payments.
#1 grant1863 on 2017-06-08 08:19 (Reply)
Noah Daponte-Smith wrote two different articles in one. In the first half, he writes about the spending and taxing that is slowly choking CT. Then he switches gears and blames it all on suburbs, small towns and home rule. You needn't look too far north to find the exact same system of subsidiarity working brilliantly. Of course, we in NH adamantly refuse an income tax and keep state spending to the barest minimum. You don't find cities here handing out lavish pensions because they don't have a bigger pool of money from their neighbors to siphon their graft from.
#2 Ken in NH on 2017-06-08 09:51 (Reply)
'toxic masculinity'

Feminism (the movement) wants to destroy both masculinity and femininity. Girls are criticised for being to girlish, boys are pushed to be more girlish... Sad because the two forces beautifully complement one another.

Boys instinctively have a need to push themselves. I remember one incident, back 60 years ago when I was about 7. The family car had a flat tire on the road on a windy rainy night. My dad went out to change the tire, and despite my parents wanting me to stay in the car, I felt my place was out there in the weather with him, holding the flashlight if nothing else. No one ever told me to feel that way, no one had to say 'man up'. It was more about feeling better about myself.
#3 jay on 2017-06-08 10:00 (Reply)
Jay, you will be glad to see that you were wrong to "push yourself" as a male 60 years ago. Now, you could be a transgender female highschool track champion !!!

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/06/transgender-freshman-sprinter-born-a-male-wins-two-girls-state-championships/?utm_content=buffer0d16d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Maybe there should be separate boy, girl, antifa, trump, anti-trump, DEM, GOPe, Berniesanders, BLM and transgender track meets?
#3.1 jaybird on 2017-06-08 10:32 (Reply)
sorry to post twice on the same topic, but I posted before pointing out that our US Marines have a "Toxic Masculinity Problem":

"THE MARINE CORPS HAS A 'TOXIC MASCULINITY PROBLEM":
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/5/29/15619574/marine-corps-women-sexual-harassment

What we need is to rely on being defended by a "Fighting Transgenders" Marine Corps led by General Chelsea Manning. That will erase all toxic masculinity pretty quickly. Maybe new frilly pink uniforms?
#3.1.1 jaybird on 2017-06-08 10:45 (Reply)
Puerto Rico, the Greece of the Carribean.
Dems won't take NO for an answer: Of course not. Have to keep the base fired up. (See also, Evergreen State College.)
"Whiteness is inherently violent": Sub-Saharan Africa, anyone?
#4 Sam L. on 2017-06-08 10:48 (Reply)
‘Diversity of Opinion’ Is ‘White Supremacist Bullsh*t’

This is the problem with giving college degrees and professorships for the hate studies. Most of what they spew/teach is pure BS, made up to spread their biases and create havoc. This is the black KKK trying to create a race war.

The only good news in all of this is that they are so ignorant and so outspoken that the more they speak the more people see them for what they are. Let them keep talking, keep rioting and assaulting people, keep up the racist rhetoric...
#5 GoneWithTheWind on 2017-06-08 11:20 (Reply)
Connecticut, the Puerto Rico of the Northeast. Why anybody stays there I don't know. It's only tolerable if you are rich, but if you have resources, there are so many other, better places in the US to live. The proximity to NYC is the only reason a person of means would put up with the high cost, crime and corruption, and questionable climate.
#6 Ken S on 2017-06-08 13:26 (Reply)
So Comey testimony proved to me many things:

1) He was biased against Trump from their very first meeting. Decided on day one that he needed to take notes of every convo, where he never felt the need to do this for Obama. Incredibly partisan behavior with no evidence to be so partisan. There was nothing in the first conversation he documented that showed any need to distrust Trump.

2) He somehow knew that Sessions would recuse himself 2 weeks before Sessions recused himself. That also smacks of either lying to cover your butt or a collusion behind the scenes with Dems or others who were hoping to push Sessions to recuse himself.

3) Trump is not under investigation.

4) Trump did not force him to drop any investigation.

5) Comey leaked his own memo to a friend to purposefully create a Special Counsel in the Russia matter, although he already said in testimony that Trump was not under investigation and, in fact, wanted all truths to come out about Russia. Very suspicious and smacks of politics.

6) A man who is 6'8" and in the FBI claims he was basically a coward and did not report his supposed suspicions about Trump angling for him to drop the Russia case.

In the end, Comey just made a very clear case for why he should've been fired. The end. Dems look foolish today.
#7 MissT on 2017-06-08 14:11 (Reply)
Clear and concise analysis.
Kudos.
#7.1 drowningpuppies on 2017-06-08 17:03 (Reply)
Comey has played the Deep Swamp Game long enough to know he made a fool out of himself today. He sat on his thumbs for years while the Clintons Dos, the Bushes, THE OBAMAS, Eric Holder, Susan Rice, Loretta Lynch, John Kerry, Arne Duncan, Samantha Powers, Zeke Emanuel and scores of others lied, and lied, and lied without him lifting a finger.

Now he says he took notes on the meetings with President Trump because he thought he might have to address lies from the Chief Executive. Egads! Begone.
#7.2 jma on 2017-06-08 17:16 (Reply)

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