Born May 03, 1469
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Happy Birthday Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
Report: Pennsylvania largest net exporter of electricity in U.S.
https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/report-pennsylvania-largest-net-exporter-of-electricity-in-u-s/
And the biggest importer? Kalifornia
jobs rpt out any minute
263K jobs added, labor participation rate down 2 tenths %, wage growth up 3.2%
forgot this number – unemployment at 3.6%, lowest in decades
263k new jobs against Wall St expectation of 190k. That’s massive. From the numbers I saw, the largest growth I saw is in service at a little over 200k, then construction at just over 30K
where’s the inflation? There isn’t any. Unless it’s in asset prices. I don’t know. The Fed is going to be told to cut, but I’m betting they’ll hold. It ain’t broke, they won’t be fixing it.
He was a Prince of a guy, I hear….
Okay, don’t throw eggs at me. It’s early yet.
@ eaglesoars:
its just flat out booming here.
UNEMPLOYMENT 49-YEAR LOW
WAGE HITS $27.77/HOUR!
APRIL JOBS +263K
A Stone IPA and a La Palina Classic…perfect.
Then a 4 hour nap.
@ coldwarrior:
no bacon?
eaglesoars wrote:
I am not prepared to enter nirvana yet.
US Steel CRUSHED earnings today.
Those jobs aren’t coming back…so said 0
@ coldwarrior:
I can’t wait for the Democrats to try to run against this. They’re only mantra now is that the tax cuts only benefitted the wealthy, and they’ve gone unchallenged. Wait’ll they start debates.
hey, look what I found!
From our very own Dept Defense, dated yesterday
Annual Report to Congress:
Military and Security Developments Involving The People’s Republic of China 2019.
136 pages
https://media.defense.gov/2019/May/02/2002127082/-1/-1/1/2019_CHINA_MILITARY_POWER_REPORT.pdf
In December 2018, two Chinese nationals were
indicted for conspiracy to commit computer
intrusions, conspiracy to commit wire fraud,
and aggravated identity theft. The Chinese
nationals worked for a company in China
called Huaying Haitai Science and Technology
Development Company and acted in
association with the Chinese Ministry of State
Security’s Tianjin State Security Bureau.
Through their involvement with a hacking
group operating in China known as Advanced
Persistent Threat 10 (APT10), the Chinese
nationals conducted global campaigns of
computer intrusions targeting intellectual
property and confidential business and
technological information at managed service
providers. The APT10 group stole hundreds
of gigabytes of sensitive data and targeted the
computers of victim companies involved in
aviation, space and satellite technology,
manufacturing technology, pharmaceutical
technology, oil and gas exploration and
production technology, communications
technology, computer processor technology,
and maritime technology.
APT10. Remember that one.
@ eaglesoars:
But according to AOC and Elizabeth Warren, everybody has five jobs and works 30 hours a day.
Oh, you mean one who thinks she’s a squaw because she has high cheekbones and the other who just figured out food grows in dirt?
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/02/new-york-times-admits-multiple-spies-deployed-against-trump-campaign/
My lease on apartment ended two days ago. I signed up for another six months.
No job, on unemployment but….
Cats are happy.
what happens legally if this really takes effect?
————
The state Senate voted 27-10 on Thursday to require anyone appearing on the state’s presidential primary ballot to publicly release five years’ worth of income tax returns. The proposal is in response to Trump, who bucked 40 years of tradition by refusing to release his tax returns prior to his election in 2016.
https://www.weaselzippers.us/419679-california-moves-to-keep-trump-off-2020-primary-ballot/
Is this even a valid primary?
Did you know – France is less prosperous than West Virginia?
https://fee.org/articles/most-of-europe-is-a-lot-poorer-than-most-of-the-united-states/
The Barbarian wrote:
Yeah, but kind of Machiavellian.
eaglesoars wrote:
Never cut when you can hold as that is ammunition held in your back pocket for times when you REALLY do need to cut. If at all possible even add a tad to nudge the interest rates a little higher when you can again as future ammunition to use when you REALLY need to cut rates.
🙂
9 minutes ago
<em?I am continuing to monitor the censorship of AMERICAN CITIZENS on social media platforms. This is the United States of America — and we have what’s known as FREEDOM OF SPEECH! We are monitoring and watching, closely!!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1124447302544965634
Aussie Infidel wrote:
yep
where’s the inflation?
Told ya so
EXCLUSIVE: Eric Trump says his family has nothing to do with foreign governments that rent condos from private owners in its buildings and wouldn’t know if Putin himself were living there following claim the leases were hidden from Congress
The Trump Organization doesn’t own any leased residential condos at Trump World Tower, near the United Nations, but owns the building’s restaurant and bar
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6990501/Eric-Trump-blasts-report-Trump-Org-hid-foreign-condos-leases-says-family-doesnt-know-rents.html
eaglesoars wrote:
‘Neers!!!!!
(Local vernacular for Mountaineers, WVUs mascor)
Am ensconced at Gma n Papap coldwarrior…
Have all the smokers going, gotta feed a ton of folks tomorrow for the annual Derby fest.
I’m so tired…been up since 3pm yesterday…
Must
Bbq…..
@ eaglesoars:
You have no rights on other people’s properties.
Yeah, throw his ass in the hoosegow too
Former British surveillance head says calls to freeze Chinese companies out of 5G telecoms in Western countries are ‘short on technical understanding’
This is Hannigan who resigned his post in Jan 2017. Because he sucked up to Brennan and helped with the Russia hoax when he was head of GCHQ. Trump got elected and he knew the jig was up.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2185916/former-uk-surveillance-head-says-calls-freeze-chinese-companies-out-telecoms
coldwarrior wrote:
You would not BELIEVE the insane comments.
Trump hides the facts so no one can ever find them. LIES! LIES! LIES!
Seriously, absence of facts is evidence that Trump hid them so they can’t be found. Try living with THAT prize.
eaglesoars wrote:
OK, I want to see what the law really says. If it is stated as above, if I’m Trump, I let them pass then law then publicly release my returns from 1970 to 1974.
coldwarrior wrote:
Tell that to those businesses who fail to follow ADA laws or attempt to select for whom they will bake a cake. Fakebook, Twitsler, and those other media platforms claim to be public businesses. By censoring content for point of view, they make themselves liable for the content they don’t censor as well as making themselves vulnerable to discrimination suits.
AZfederalist wrote:
ha!
@ AZfederalist:
fakebook still in favor of anti-human agenda.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/05/03/facebook-bans-dangerous-conservative-figures-but-continues-to-allow-leftist-calls-for-violence/
https://twitter.com/WVTM13/status/1124069352460959745
Eloquent Dem Alabama lawmaker. I need subtitles.
yenta-fada wrote:
Zounds! You’ve got that right
yenta-fada wrote:
I didn’t. The (dis)advantages of growing up a mutt.
You should try Eastern Shore Maryland or Bayou Cajun – which I have a terrible time with.
bedtime. nite.
@ eaglesoars:
That’s more than a bad accent. It’s an assault on thoughtful expression. Content free.
Here is the English in the part of Penna. where I was born and spent the first 11 years. This is NOT “Pittsburg-ese”, that came later.
This is pure Appalachian English – which drove my NoLa mother nuts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iwAY4KlIU
In a little-noticed exchange during his Senate hearing Wednesday, Attorney General William Barr made a surprising disclosure that could allow the public and press to obtain sensitive details about the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.
During a back-and-forth with Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, Barr identified Alexander Downer, as the FBI’s source for the information that sparked the bureau’s counterintelligence investigation into George Papadopoulos and other Trump campaign associates.
The federal government had not officially identified Downer as the source until Wednesday. His role in the investigation was publicly known, but only through press reports and his own statements to the media.
Federal agencies could deny requests for information about Downer and his role in the opening of “Crossfire Hurricane,” the FBI’s name for the counterintelligence investigation, without official confirmation from U.S. government officials.
That all changed on Wednesday, according to Bradley Moss, the deputy executive director of the James Madison Project, a transparency group that handles national security-related lawsuits.
“That disclosure by the Attorney General would certainly assist any FOIA litigant seeking additional details about the origins of the Russia investigation, as it appears to be the first time the U.S. Government has officially acknowledged the accuracy of prior media reporting that Downer was the source of information,” said Moss.
Downer’s role in the Russia probe has been referenced in several major Russia probe documents, though he hadn’t been identified by name until Barr’s comments.
The special counsel’s report refers to a “representative of a foreign government” who is mostly likely Downer. Memos released by California Reps. Devin Nunes and Adam Schiff last year laid out details of the origins of the Russia probe in publicly released memos, but references to sources are redacted from the documents.
It is not clear whether Barr intended to identify Downer as the FBI’s source for the Papadopoulos tip. The revelation came after Durbin asked Barr whether he agreed with the premise of the FBI’s investigation.
On July 26, 2016, the Australian government passed the FBI a memo that Downer had written on May 11, 2016, following a meeting he had in London with Papadopoulos. Downer claimed that Papadopoulos made a reference to Russians possibly releasing information about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The Aussies sat on the memo until after WikiLeaks began releasing DNC emails.
Barr suggested in his testimony that he has concerns with the FBI’s rationale for opening the investigation based on the Aussie tip.
“I would have to see exactly what the report was from Downer, the Australian Downer, and exactly what he quoted Papadopoulos as saying,” Barr told Durbin.
“But from what you just read, I’m not sure what the correlation was between the Russians having dirt and jumping to the conclusion that that suggested foreknowledge of the hacking.”
The Daily Caller News Foundation filed a FOIA request for the FBI’s records on Downer on Thursday.
I wonder if the FOIA will contain Downer’s proclivity for wearing women’s underwear to and net stockings and suspender belt with red 6″ slingback “fuck me” heels to his Bohemian Grove get togethers?
🙂
so, morning y’all
the girl’s team won both brackets last night so they will get to keep shooting today
her next flight time is in just a few hours, it’s a double elimination
so she will at least, shoot two more times
it’s all 15 meter so this is a great tuneup for next weeks national
championships
now for a good morning wakeup song
Junior Brown – “Surf Medley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bHWhbu_mbk&list=RD1bHWhbu_mbk&start_radio=1
https://www.weaselzippers.us/419701-rashida-tlaibs-father-says-she-lied-big-time-to-get-elected-in-resurfaced-2010-newspaper-article/
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2019/04/29/world-pretty-jazzed-that-sports-illustrateds-swimsuit-issue-includes-model-in-a-hijab-and-burkini/
@ Gateway Pundit
Good morning . Michael Nadler works for a law firm bringing suits against Trump.
He just happens to be the son of Jerry Nadler and was hired the same year that his father was installed as Committee Chairma.
But if you say”conflict of interest” you are a Nazi or something.
@ lobo91:
I guess they figured out that trying to credit Obama for the economy wasn’t working.
rain of lead wrote:
I’m exhausted just reading that. give her a hug for me. *mwah*RIX wrote:
If this gets Rashida Tlaib in a full-cover burkha, I’m cool. I can’t stand the sight of that fugly.
eaglesoars wrote:
It’s the perpetual smirk that offends me. Of course, she legitimately deserves to wear that smirk, after all, as an America-hating muslim intent on the destruction of this country as founded, she not only got elected to a National Public Office, she has the adulation and full support of the yellow press in this country with near non-stop coverage of her America-hating viewpoints.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/report-democrat-leader-jerry-nadlers-son-works-for-firm-suing-trump-this-is-a-material-real-conflict-of-interest-he-must-recuse
Sorry, wrong link above.
@ eaglesoars:
I posted the wrong link.this is the Nadler link just above
@ RIX:
using that logic, Biden would have to recuse from the POTUS race because of Hunter’s China ties. There’s a thought
And it goes a long way toward explaining why Biden keeps trying to diminish the threat China poses
eaglesoars wrote:
Aslolutrly, Biden is not all that clean and there is the dirty deal with Hunter and the Ukraine. Influencing peddling?
But only Republicans have conflicts/
I beg to differ…
@ lobo91:
I thought Chuck Schumer told her to STFU and find another gig
See this? How many times have I told you, whatever happens, don’t ever let them give you to the women.
Some French bitch by the name of Marie Conte just gutted AOC
<“Apologies for the blatantly mean tweet but THIS is what AOC’s boyfriend looks like? incredible scenes, truly representing all the ambitious and stunning millenial women shackled to boyfriends who look like bin raccoons out there,” Conte said.
bin raccoon.
Conte is a ‘feminist’ in case you were wondering.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/internet-defends-aocs-bin-raccoon-boyfriend
I love this woman. She’s a hoot.
oh jesus fucking christ, FINE, I’ve deleted my perfectly fine joke, the world breathes a sigh of relief as men with beards looking like braided pubes are no longer being discriminated against and “bin raccoon” officially becomes beyond the pale, well done to all involved
well, the girl lost her two rounds this morning and was a good thing
on her last bracket one of the other teams had an archer drop out because her fingers were blistering from shooting so much and they reduced the flights from 6 to 3
whoever wins this tourney deserves it
Well, it was shocking to say the least. Today, the Kentucky Derby very unexpectedly publicly committed suicide.
@ doriangrey:
I know, right? I wish I didn’t watch it.
@ doriangrey:
@ Calo:
wait, what?
what happened?
was it because of the dq?
@ rain of lead:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/sports/kentucky-derby-live.html Yes, Maximum Security clearly was the superior horse on the track today.
rain of lead wrote:
Yes, they disqualified the winning horse for “Interference” that never happened.
@ Calo:
Did they discover racist Tweets he sent 15 years ago?
lobo91 wrote:
Worse… They found tweets supporting President Trump…
Here’s video taken from above. I don’t understand anything about racing, so no comment from me
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6993421/Country-House-wins-Kentucky-Derby-place-finisher-Maximum-Security-DISQUALIFIED.html
Ok…I’m with all the horse people for my parent’s yearly Derby party.
Omg. A soaked track with standing water and they called it like that?
The horse peeps are flabbergasted and frankly, angry.
This is absurd!!
coldwarrior wrote:
The interference rules are supposed to be disregarded on what is known as a “Sloopy track”
The crowd booed when the Roses were given. They left when the announcement was made
@ doriangrey:
OFFS
The Death of the Derby.
Congrats, ass, you get an asterisk for that win.
doriangrey wrote:
Yep.
Jack walked into a sports bar around 9:58 pm.
He sat down at the bar next to Alexandria and stared up at the TV as the 10 o’clock news came on.
The news crew was covering a story of a man on a ledge of a large building, preparing to jump.
Alexandria looked at Jack and said, “Do you think he’ll jump?”
Jack said, “You know what, I bet he will.”
Alexandria replied, “Well, I bet he won’t.” Jack placed $30 on the bar and said, “You’re on!
Just as she placed her money on the bar, the guy did a swan dive off of the building, falling to his death.
She was very upset and handed her $30 to Jack, saying, “Fair’s fair… Here’s your money.”
Jack replied, “I can’t take your money. I saw this earlier on the 5 o’clock news and knew he would jump.”
Alexandria replied, “I did too; but I didn’t think he’d do it again.”
Jack took the money. Alexandria went back to work in the U.S. Congress.
@ eaglesoars:
*rimshot*
Only horse race I watch is the grand national. Unfortunately sometimes horses, and riders die.
At 6:50 somethingis dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2K29d_mxoc
Oh ffs
How Convenient. FBI ‘lost Notes’ From August 2015 Meeting with IC Inspector General Regarding Hillary Clinton’s Private Server
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/how-convenient-fbi-lost-notes-from-august-2015-meeting-with-ic-inspector-general-regarding-hillary-clintons-private-server/
bedtime
@ eaglesoars:
Convenient. And not suspicious at all. ////
I think Israel is prepping to send ground troops into Gaza. Like SOON. They blew up a Hamas commander earlier.
I don’t know what got into Hamas, seemingly out of the blue. Dumbasses.
@ eaglesoars:
new thread…