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Sometimes a meeting is about who was there and not what was decided.

The Democrats have been spouting apoplectic vitriol about POTUS for months now, some of it insane, some obscene, some treasonous.

I enjoy listening to the twaddle from Convention Wisdom paid pundits, looking at the recent Trump- Pelosi , Schumer session in terms of the transaction.

For POTUS to win, he needs leverage against the entrenched GOP. For that he needs some vulnerable democrats to work with him on healthcare, taxes, infrastructure and more.

The optics from that meeting is that Schumer and Pelosi, the closest thing the Dems have to leaders can work with POTUS and make deals. That signals the vulnerable to go ahead.  The win in the meeting was breaking the diatribe by … Continue reading →

As related in the Politico, the GOP just got itself Trumped:

On Wednesday morning, Ryan called the deal floated by Democrats to fund the government and lift the debt ceiling through mid-December as part of a relief package for Hurricane Harvey victims “disgraceful.” Expecting cover from Trump on their insistence to extend the debt ceiling much longer, Ryan and McConnell instead were abandoned.

Long story short: Republicans wanted to extend the debt ceiling for a very long time.  Democrats wanted eighteen months.  Both sides wanted to pair this with Harvey relief cash.  Trump went to the Democrats and got a deal for … Continue reading →

Just love this song.  Found it by accident on the back end of this recording of A Salty Dog.  Who knew Procol Harum was still touring?  Well, ten years ago.

This link goes (should go anyway) to the beginning of the second, song An Old English Dream.

It’s that time of the week again, when we connect for another town hall meeting in the Village of the Darned.

BDB will be on around 7:30 PM EST, and we’ll see where it goes from there.  Pick your own adventure.  CTLaw will fire up the usual proceedings about 9 PM EST.  Jam a topic in the comments below and let people read up if you like.  Example: “I bet jelly fish are lonely without peanut butter fish.”

If the software tells you that you’re the only caller, don’t you believe it! Press on with the access code and you’ll probably find us in there!

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DACA was an executive order of Obama’s that allowed illegals of any age to stay in the US if they came over when they were young.  Most of those people are going to be adults big enough to take their lumps.  The average DACA bum would be something like forty years old.

President Obama did not have the power to write law, and immigration law is not the same as enforcement.  This was one more of the many ways in which his “I have a phone and a pen” threat to issue laws from the desk was implemented, right between the … Continue reading →

… the border-hopping evil genius.

On 9-11-09 I was floating in my boat, just looking around, in the headwaters of the Metolius River arm of Lake Billy Chinook in central Oregon.  This bird was soaking up some afternoon sun.  Lucky me.

We leave next Monday for three weeks out and about.  First stop is Ft. Stevens State Park near Astoria, then on to Gray’s harbor area on the central Washington coast, then lastly to the foothills of Mt Rainier for some biking and sightseeing.  I’ll take pix along the way; charging the batteries on my good camera right now.  So, until we’re in a place where I have decent WiFi, I’ll part for now with these last few pix from the yard.  One is regular visitors to the pond and the other is our Watermelon Crepe Myrtle tree in full summer bloom.  It blooms late here because what it really likes is zone 7, and we’re at about 5 1/2.

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