Today is the special election in ‘Bama. The Dems are 0-5 during the Trump Presidency and are facing a tough road game in very Conservative Alabama. Vegas has Jones a two point dog on the road against Judge Moore. Given the staunch resilience and superb defense of the ‘Bama voter and the ineptitude of the Dem offense (especially on the road) Moore beats this spread easily and takes his seat in the US Senate
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If you think there’s no cultural divide in this country, this race should have disabused you of that mistake. I don’t recall ever seeing such tone-deaf, ignorant behavior in my entire life. The Left INSISTS that everybody be ‘sensitive’ to muslims, who, by and large, want western civilization gone. But a good-ole boy southerner who carries an evangelical version of Christianity like a banner – well, that’s an existential threat to everything that’s good and decent, including young girls, but not the kind Anna Wintour would put on the cover of her magazines in a state of deshabille.
gonna be a hoot of a day!
Good morning. Polls all over the place, but Moore should win. Then do they try to remove him in spite
of the decision of the voters?
RIX wrote:
the senate has no spine, they wont bother.
i foresee much wailing and gnashing of teeth today
coldwarrior wrote:
RIX wrote:
maybe if you remind them he was a Dem until 1992? Then when they yell that was 25 yrs ago – well, what are they alleging he did while he was a Dem?
could be fun….
coldwarrior wrote:
No doubt.
eaglesoars wrote:
That is the way to go.
A caller to either Rush or Levin from Alabama pointed out that the South has never forgotten or forgiven the Northern Carpetbaggers after the “War of Northern Agression”. The fact that the Washington Post went down there not to just report but to influence the election and destroy the Republican candidate is not lost on native “Bamans.
@ Deplorable Barbarian:
you’re a Southern girl, I’m a half breed – don’t you think that for them, they take more offense and the Yankee’s scorn of his Christianity than whatever they think of his party affiliation?
did you know there are bison in Germany?
https://twitter.com/GERArmyResearch/status/940313586089517056
Well hell, what a not so wonderful way to start today. SiL went out to get cigg’s last night.. and crashed the car on the way home. She’s fine, ut now were going to have to pay to fix the neighbors fence and replace one of his tree’s, not to mention fixing the car which no longer has a front clip.
@ doriangrey:
oh jeez. insurance?
coldwarrior wrote:
In the words of Han Solo, “Don’t get cocky, kid”. This isn’t a given, the dems have poured every ounce of resources, vitriol, misinformation, disinformation, and outright propaganda that they have into that race.
eaglesoars wrote:
In the words of Johnny Carson, “I did not know that”
AZfederalist wrote:
just playin the book.
he beats the spread.
eaglesoars wrote:
Bingo. Moore’s defense of the 10 Commandments meant something to them. A Yankee liberal paper trying to destroy him doesn’t sit well. Of course, we’ve since learned it was a Jeb Bush operative that sic’d WaPo on Moore. That’s not going to make many happy either.
AZfederalist wrote:
Żubrówka
@ Deplorable Barbarian:
allred managed to really screw it up for the dems. all she manged to do was piss off the voters of ‘bama and destroy her client’s case
@ coldwarrior:
I hope and pray the Good People of Alabama will vote to send Judge Moore to the Senate! EAT SHIT AND DIE Ms. Allred!
@ coldwarrior:
@ Deplorable Macker:
Allred has NEVER had to produce one of these so-called victims she parades out on cue against every Republican in a high-profile case to be deposed or be sworn under oath or subjected to cross-examination. And if you watch, it’s always Allred with her arm around the “victim”, as they tearfully “dab” the tears from their eyes as a result of reliving the HORRORS they endured.
For instance, Nelson has never had to confront the individuals who have said she’s lying through her teeth. My cross of her would be:
“You’ve testified that your boyfriend was supposed to pick you up and you were afraid he wasn’t going to make it, so I would like to ask you a few questions.”
“What time was he supposed to pick you up?”
“When he did not pick you up, did you call him to ask if he was coming? Your diner had a phone.”
“If he was not planning to pick you up, why didn’t he call YOU at the diner – I mean, even if he didn’t know the number, there WERE Yellow Pages back then, he could have called and told you.”
“Please indicate where the back parking lot is that Judge Moore drove to.”
“After you were assualted, did you go back to the diner and ask them to let you in?”
“Did you make a report to the police? Why not?”
After all, there’s a BIG difference between “Speechifyin'” and “Testifyin'”…..
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/283195/
December 12, 2017
SO I JUST HAD AN INTERESTING EMAIL EXCHANGE WITH THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S PRESS OFFICE:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-12/its-official-bitcoin-surpasses-tulip-mania-now-biggest-bubble-world-history
😆
this is gonna be fun!
oh, and these crypto-currencies, its to make everyone think that cashless is cool.
@ coldwarrior:
a lot of people note that Jamie Damon just trashes the stuff. Very few people notice that when he trashes it down, he very quietly buys it.
and another thing very few people have noticed – the blockchain technology that protects crypto and is supposedly hack proof somehow didn’t stop a multi-million dollar heist last week. I have no idea how that happened cuz ain’t nobody talkin’
rain of lead wrote:
I have no idea why he would expect that question to be answered about ANY case.
um…………
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federal judge in Washington, D.C. has recused herself from a second case involving Trump dossier firm Fusion GPS.
Tanya S. Chutkan, an Obama appointee, recused herself on Monday from a case involving a dispute over subpoenas issued for Fusion GPS, the firm that commissioned the dossier.
Aleksej Gubarev, a Russian tech executive accused in the dossier of hacking Democrats’ computer systems, has sought to subpoena Fusion GPS records and to depose its employees to find out more about the research firm’s work on the dossier.
—————-
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/12/federal-judge-recuses-herself-from-a-second-fusion-gps-case/
@ eaglesoars:
maybe she looked down the side of the ships hull and saw a huge gaping hole and thought now would be a good time to leave
eaglesoars wrote:
jeez. It appears she is also the judge on the Awan bank fraud case.
one of these days we’re going to wake up and find out pizzagate was true.
@ eaglesoars:
Wonder why she would need to recuse herself.
They may have to transfer these cases out of the D.C. District the way judges are recusing themselves.
Of course, they’ll transfer to District of Maryland or Eastern District of Virginia. Would cause widespread panic if it landed in, say, the Eastern District of Tennessee.
@ Deplorable Barbarian:
heh
big night tonight
the girls choir does their Christmas concert and hopefully she shot her way onto the varsity archery team
https://www.intellihub.com/nfl-fan-turnout-so-bad-that-fox-sports-soliciting-actors-play-fans-fill-seats-pre-game-show/
man, i forgot how incredible this performance is
wow.
@ rain of lead:
I have a feeling it’s only going to get WORSE. I wonder what Direct TV is going to have to charge for Sunday Ticket next year. Because I suspect there are going to be massive cancellations. Not to mention people just cancelling Direct TV since they will no longer need it for Sunday Ticket. Ever since AT&T acquired it, customer service has been abysmal and prices have been jacked up. My problem though, is I refuse to have Comcast since it means I’d be paying the salaries of the folks at MSNBC.
Deplorable Barbarian wrote:
I’ve been digging but maybe you can help. Do you remember the Theranos case? It was a med tech company that falsified results, got busted. CEO was one Elizabeth Holmes. Fusion GPS did some kind of work on that case and I’m trying to find out if this judge was associated with the case also. In other words, a thread holding together Fusion GPS and the judge.
There were, I think, several cases involving that company, bankruptcy, etc. But I hit paywalls, etc. and it’s very slow.
rain of lead wrote:
oh yeah, people will LOVE being lied to.
give the girl a hug for me, tell her to have a wonderful evening.
just got a text
the girls last round was a 249, her avg is 249
that has her outshooting 8 varsity shooters
yeah….I think she’s gonna be on the team
@ rain of lead:
YAYY!!
hearing reports that the Roy Moore campaign is denying access to WaPo into election party in Montgomery
*snort*
@ eaglesoars:
Theranos had two class actions filed against them to my knowledge – one in the District Court for the Northern District of California and one in Arizona. I’d have to check PACER in the D.C. District to see what may have been filed there. However, since Theranos is a California-based corporation, I would think the actions would be brought in the jurisdiction where the defendant resides, which is custom.
@ eaglesoars:
while they are at it, make wapo reporters fetch more ice
@ Deplorable Barbarian:
which explains why the bankruptcy case was done in Delaware. That’s probably where it legally incorporated.
thanks
rain of lead wrote:
fuck that. they can do valet parking
@ eaglesoars:
would you let one of those shitbags in YOUR car?
rain of lead wrote:
you bet. mic’d and filmed and GPS tracked.
DO IT
@ eaglesoars:
but…the smell….totally destroy the resell value
sulfer is a bitch to remove from carpet
blech. I’m getting sick, feel like yuck. going to bed for awhile.
eaglesoars wrote:
The damage is less than the damned deductible.
Al Franken is sitting near the TV praying that Roy Moore wins in Alabama. Because if he does, he will take to the microphones tomorrow and advise he has resconsidered resigning from the Senate.
And, miraculously, all those calling for his resignation LAST week will say that they have reconsidered their position in light of the election results.
Deplorable Barbarian wrote:
But the same Dems will still call for Trump’s impeachment or resignation over even flimsier claims.
eaglesoars wrote:
BINGO!!
Chutkin was a partner at Boies Schiller, the law firm that represented Theranos at least thru Aug 2013.
Obama nominated her to the bench Dec 2013
AND
Fusion worked to blunt aggressive reporting on the medical-device company Theranos, which was later found to have problems with its novel blood-testing technology. It was also hired to ward off scrutiny of the nutritional supplement company Herbalife, which ultimately paid $200 million to distributors to settle claims by regulators.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/%e2%80%98journalism-for-rent%e2%80%99-inside-the-secretive-firm-behind-the-trump-dossier/ar-BBGBd9Q?li=BBnbcA1
toldja
eaglesoars wrote:
And yes, that would be David Boies
forgot links
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/almID/1202614023535
her time w/Boies Schiller is in her wiki page
@ Deplorable Barbarian:
You said you wanted to see the 10k emails between Strzok and Lisa Page, right?
Our @FoxNews producer @JakeBGibson has obtained 10K texts between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page
Shannon Bream
https://twitter.com/ShannonBream/status/940770703317585921
I haven’t OFFICIALLY been told, but I got an email from our site lead today congratulating me on the promotion.
@ right_wing2:
Congratulations!!
Remember that today McCabe was supposed to testify before the House Intel Comm. and backed out, with somebody making a vague comment that he has “an Ohr problem”?
Here’s the problem.
Fusion GPS hired Nellie Ohr to help out with op research on Trump vis a vis Russia. At Bruce Ohr’s invitation, Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS met with Ohr to discuss her work.
Remember that Ohr was supposedly demoted for not telling his superiors he had ‘some contact’ w/Fusion?
McCabe’s problem appears to be that he’s got no good answer for why Ohr wasn’t fired on the spot.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/12/fusion-gps-confirms-hiring-doj-officials-wife-to-investigate-trump/
right_wing2 wrote:
Well, it’s about time!! GOOD WORK!!
@ eaglesoars:
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
Thanks. It’s a seasonal position, through March or maybe April, and we’ll see what happens after that.
Moore is up 56-42
@ right_wing2:
Called for Jones.
Turnout. They had it. GOP didn’t.
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
That’s surprising.
Two words: Al Franken.
That is all.
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
So when does Franken leave?
@ eaglesoars:
I hope for one thing. That Moore follows through on his defamation suit against Nelson. Whatever else he may have done, I think Nelson’s story was bulls**t from start to finish and iI hope she and that disgrace to the legal profession Allred need to answer for it.
@ Deplorable Barbarian:
and include Allred in that lawsuit
go upthread and see what I found about Fusion GPS and that judge. I’m out for the nite.
@ Deplorable Barbarian:
That Педик won’t be going anywhere in any case!
Someone on Twitter pointed out that there is a real positive side to the Moore loss. He would on many ways ha e been an albatross around the necks of GOP candidates next year. Having been rejected the GOP can claim the high ground. Well we’ll have to wait and see.
Worth pointing out that write-ins were 22,000, more than twice the Jones margin of victory.
Wonder how the Democrats are going to explain to Franken that he really DOES have to leave the Senate now.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fires-southern-california-faces-risk-mudslides-110250295.html
rain of lead wrote:
Bah… California is always at risk of mud slides. It happens every time we get heavy rains.
@ Deplorable Barbarian:
Claims of groping/dating/raping 12 and 13 and 14 year old girls will be the MO against every Republican candidate from here on.
@ doriangrey:
true
but with the ground cover removed, the risk is much higher
@ right_wing2:
so our side needs to vet candidates much better
eaglesoars wrote:
Link doesn’t work for me but I guess it’s about the European Bison (Wisent)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison
@ eaglesoars:
Well my my my, this is the Judge blocking the production of the Fusion GPS banking documents it appears. Quite incestuous in the judiciary.
I hope in light of all these revelations about the Mueller investigation, Trump pardons every single individual involved. If he’s to escape with any of his reputation intact, Mueller would be wise to close this investigation now. There are an awful lot of people hiding from Congress.
@ right_wing2:
And if they don’t exist they’ll make them up. Which is one of the reasons I hope Moore DOES follow through on his threatened lawsuit. I’ve long believed these Allred clients are simply making stuff up or exaggerating the events of what would normally be a harmless incident – and after their 15 minutes are over and the harm has been done, they retreat from the limelight, never to be heard from again. Once ONE of these – especially a fraud like Nelson, is held responsible in a courtroom for making these allegations, maybe it won’t be so easy for them to pull this the next time.
@ rain of lead:
Yes we do. And candidates not coming up to snuff need to be outed in the damn primary. And Mitch McConnell needs to keep both his nose and RNC Senate Campaign funds out of primary elections. Had this election been between Mo Brooks and that asshat, Brooks would have beaten him handily.
I’d like to know whose name was on those write-in ballots. If it was Luther Strange and not Mo Brooks, I smell a McConnell rat.
I can just imagine the phone call between Franken and Jellybrain this morning.
“So, Al, looks like Moore lost in Alabama.”
“Yeah, I know, but that doesn’t change anything, right.”
“Well, it sorta does. You see we all ganged up on you for the optics and called for you to resign, and you did – great presser by the way – because we thought that Moore guy was going to win. That’s why we told you to say ‘I WILL be resigning’ because you know, once he won, we’d be able to keep you.”
“But he didn’t win.”
“I KNOW! Who knew – those GOP voters weren’t all that convinced – I was SURE those backward toothless idiots would still vote him in! Un-for-tune-ate-ly, this means that we aren’t going to be able to save you by pointing to the Senate seating Moore. Looks like you’ll have to leave after all. Our bad, Al.”
“F**K you, Krissy.”
new thread
@ Deplorable Barbarian:
Not to mention what it just did to that smarmy gropin’ wise ass Franken.
@ coldwarrior:
Never fails …. 🙂