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There is no political downside to Lefty ideas and policy. They are popular with huge majorities, even of Republicans. Republicans will call any Democrat a Communist, even the most conservative, and will never, ever vote for one. Why chase that impossible constituency? Why not instead concentrate on delivering effective Government and popular programs? The only …

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Is it true this house is haunted? Silence! The Spirits are about to speak. (Thunder. Strobes) I see death, Death, DEATH! (Blackout) Yeah, that sketch took about as long to write as it did to type but it was highly successful on the Haunted House circuit, 15 days, 30 or 40 shows a night. It’s …

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I’ve mentioned I’ve eaten there before. I was visiting my Cousin and her family which included 2 kids who happily disappeared into the heavily monitored back room to play, yes, Ping Pong. Fortunately since my interest in children is only as potential entrées (don’t be ridiculous, I had an Anchovy, Bacon, and Onion pie) they …

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I thought we were the Judean People’s Front. So things are not going well for Theresa May. By Wednesday of next week (the 27th) she has to get a positive vote on her Brexit Plan (roundly defeated last time out and little changed since) and the Tories, already divided by the Hard Brexit European Research …

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Cody’s Showdy- Very fine people

Make no mistake- Jennifer Rubin is a conservative, albeit a never Unidicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio one, an ally of momentary convenience only. Still her commentary on the impending end of the Mueller Investigation into the Russian Treason Plot, unconfirmed by Mueller and his Office and potentially taking many forms if true, is at least less …

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Over Balaclava? I don’t think I’ll ever get over Balaclava. Republican Mark Harris calls for new election in North Carolina’s 9th District By LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ, Politico 02/21/2019 Mark Harris, the Republican candidate in North Carolina’s disputed 9th Congressional District, said Thursday that he believes a new election should be called after hearing four days of …

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What? You thought we were done? The crimes are limitless. Remember that canard about Hillary selling out a U.S. Uranium mine (Ridiculous nonsense. Peripherally involved, Canadian company with Russian interests, Operations and Management only- strict export controls.)? Now we find Jared is selling potentially dual use Nuclear Reactors to The House of Saud. They actually …

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It’s not exactly breaking news that Cops have been shaking down innocent people for cash or valuable items. In this case a car. Supreme Court says constitutional protection against excessive fines applies to state actions By Robert Barnes, Washington Post February 20, 2019 The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Constitution’s prohibition on excessive …

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It just never stops. Forget Andrew McCabe, yesterday’s get. Today’s sweeties are Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman, Nicholas Fandos, and Michael S. Schmidt. We’ll see how many have airtime tonight. I find it mildly disappointing in that it’s mostly stuff we already know. Unidicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio has been guilty, guilty, guilty of Obstruction of Justice …

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My name is Roger Murdock. I’m an airline pilot. I think you’re the greatest, but my dad says you don’t work hard enough on defense. And he says that lots of times, you don’t even run down court. And that you don’t really try, except during the playoffs. The hell I don’t! Listen, kid. I’ve …

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Trump can’t run the Mueller playbook on New York feds By DARREN SAMUELSOHN, Politico 02/18/2019 Even as speculation mounts that special counsel Robert Mueller might be winding down his investigation, a parallel threat to President Donald Trump only seems to be growing within his own Justice Department: the Southern District of New York. Manhattan-based federal …

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