{"id":2136,"date":"2017-03-07T06:04:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T21:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2017-07-06T17:46:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T08:46:23","slug":"the-view-from-curmudgeon-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/the-view-from-curmudgeon-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"The View From Curmudgeon Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2139 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/curmudgeon.jpg\" alt=\"curmudgeon\" width=\"310\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/curmudgeon.jpg 597w, https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/curmudgeon-150x66.jpg 150w, https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/curmudgeon-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/curmudgeon-250x111.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I guess we ae seeing what Trump is made of.<\/p>\n<p>Under fire from the media and the deep state, wavering Nevers getting bolder , he seems to have decided to fight and fight hard.<\/p>\n<p>After months of hearing theory on Russian collusion based on purported wiretaps, the media suddenly realizes he just called their bluff and targeted their standard bearer who they must defend.<\/p>\n<p>He either has rock solid proof from Rogers at the NSA that there was surveillance or he is going all in on a hunch. Either way, he just threw down and the opposition has two choices- either their allegations\u00a0 are made up BS or Obama was worse than Nixon.<\/p>\n<p>I am impressed.\u00a0 It looks like his advisors were counselling &#8216;ride it out&#8217; and he decided to punch back.<\/p>\n<p>By now, I expect he knows there will be no uniting of the country, and his job is to build his voters to become a firmer majority.<\/p>\n<p>Next thing to watch is whether the DOJ decides to accept or ignore a TRO from the next idiot Federal Judge who blocks the suspension of entry EO. I have noticed they rolled out the fact that 300 refugees are under investigation for terrorism by the FBI. Sounds like a good reason to ignore extra legal TROs not based in the law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-login.php\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"2136\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"user\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"pld-dislike-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-login.php\" class=\"pld-dislike-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"2136\" data-trigger-type=\"dislike\" data-restriction=\"user\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-down\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-dislike-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2139 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/curmudgeon.jpg\" alt=\"curmudgeon\" width=\"310\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/curmudgeon.jpg 597w, https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/curmudgeon-150x66.jpg 150w, https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/curmudgeon-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/curmudgeon-250x111.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I guess we ae seeing what Trump is made of.<\/p>\n<p>Under fire from the media and the deep state, wavering Nevers getting bolder , he seems to have decided to fight and fight hard.<\/p>\n<p>After months of hearing theory on Russian collusion based on purported wiretaps, the media suddenly realizes he just called their bluff and targeted their standard bearer who they must defend.<\/p>\n<p>He either has rock solid proof from Rogers at the NSA that there was surveillance or he is going all in on a hunch. Either way, he just threw down and the opposition has two choices- either their allegations\u00a0 are &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/the-view-from-curmudgeon-corner\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3898,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3898"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2140,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions\/2140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}