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Originally posted by sdy:
https://www.thewrap.com/weekly...t-down-bill-kristol/


The Weekly Standard, the conservative magazine founded by Bill Kristol in 1995, will shut down, Ryan McKibben the CEO of the magazine’s parent company Clarity Media told staffers in an all-hands meeting on Friday morning.

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Kristol pays the price for his fanatical antiTrump crusade

“WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who is facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest, will leave the administration at year’s end, President Donald Trump said Saturday.

Trump, in tweeting Zinke’s departure, said the former Montana congressman “accomplished much during his tenure” and that a replacement would be announced next week. The Cabinet post requires Senate confirmation.
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“Zinke will go down as the worst Interior secretary in history,” said Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, in a statement released Saturday. “His slash-and-burn approach was absolutely destructive for public lands and wildlife. Allowing David Bernhardt to continue to call the shots will still be just as ugly. Different people, same appetite for greed and profit.”

Kieran Suckling is a weird, but probably descriptive, name.

https://apnews.com/842c84a03e5f405fae83277a97905841

Quite a good article about new chief of staff Mulvaney:

“When I got here almost two years ago, I told everyone that I had one goal, one motto, one sort of mission statement for OMB: quiet competence. That is, after all, what OMB is all about,” he said in the letter. “I plan to take this motto with me as I work to fill the shoes of General Kelly, who provided an outstanding service to the President and the American people.”

https://apnews.com/5bf11ae57b9d4e7f809d92a3e40ce311

Joey D 12/17/18

WMAL does not have a seperate segment for Joe this morning. His segment starts at 7:24.



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Monday 12/17/18: Joe diGenova, Trevor Matich, Saagar Enjeti and Rob Henneke

I am not worried by the turnover in staff

its actually a good thing - people get burned out with what I suspect is a very high-paced environment and its also a great way to get better and brighter people doing the work

come in, do your time, make a difference, leave and don't look back

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I am not worried by the turnover in staff

That's how our government was supposed to be. You were supposed to serve your country and then return to your regular life.

I love turnovers.

Cherry, apple, what have ya...

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I love turnovers.

Cherry, apple, what have ya...

Dried apricot...mmmmm!

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Originally posted by sdy:

"Here at @weeklystandard I'm wandering into offices of colleagues working on the new issue and saying, "It doesn't take much to see that the problems of one little magazine don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that.” It's going over great."


(I don't know what that means either)

He's paraphrasing a great line uttered by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. The movie line represents the unselfish choice both Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are making for the good of a greater cause - freedom from fascism.

Kristol apparently sees running his magazine into the ground and killing off the jobs of those who work for him as a noble sacrifice for the greater good of mankind; somehow noble like Bogart's character. How arrogant and deluded he must be.



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Trump Backs Off Demand For Full Wall Funding, Simultaneously Pushes Criminal Justice Reform

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced its willingness to back off of its demands for full funding for a border wall in the newest continuing resolution to fund the government. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told Fox News, “we have other ways that we can get to that $5 billion that we’ll work with Congress.” She explained, “At the end of the day, we don’t want to shut down the government. We want to shut down the border.”

This marks a serious shift from the escalating tenor of President Trump’s statements on the issue. On Friday, he said that he would own a shutdown over the border; he has consistently insisted that Democrats provide him the funding he has requested. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was set to propose a bill today that would include both $1.6 billion in border funding and another $1 billion for a border security “slush fund” that could not be used toward a wall, but Democrats have already said that they will oppose such a deal. Democrats continue to preach that a wall would be immoral in some unspecified way. “It’s the wrong thing to do,” incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated. “It doesn’t work. It’s not effective. It’s the wrong thing to do and it’s a waste of money.”

It does work. It’s not ineffective. And the only time Democrats seem concerned about excessive government expenditure is when national security is implicated.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is about to send $4.8 billion to Mexico in development aid...
So much for Mexico paying for the wall.

https://www.dailywire.com/news...-funding-ben-shapiro

Doesn’t seem like sound re-election strategy...

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Doesn’t seem like sound re-election strategy.

Sounds like typical Trump to me. Really needs $2. Demands $5. All works out in the end.

You guys do realize the wall is being erected as you're reading this, right? Wall is under construction already. Let Trump do what Trump does.

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Originally posted by a1abdj:

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Doesn’t seem like sound re-election strategy.

Really needs $2. Demands $5.

Sends the $5 to Mexico. That's not why I voted for him...

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Sends the $5 to Mexico. That's not why I voted for him...

Trump hasn't sent $5 to Mexico, so you're safe from having to vote for Bernie in 2020.

I hope the sky isn't falling?
Now apparently the Wall is done for and then the Bump Stock Ban.
Not the direction I would call "winning".
Trying to see the big picture here but is a bit foggy to me now.

So do we think that Trump will be relegated to a lame duck for the final two years, will McConnell stay the course and push through judges in order to get that part of the agenda done. It really rests on McConnells backbone as to what he's willing to do or not do in the Senate.

I dont see the house putting forth any legislation or budgets, we are stuck with these
short term funding resolutions forever, there's too much leverage for the house with doing this.

It needs to be outlawed but no way either side is voting out that kind of power.

Noticed that Choomer has found Pukeloski's camera schedule and has taken over as spokesman for the D party and the House...

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Originally posted by HRK:
So do we think that Trump will be relegated to a lame duck for the final two years, will McConnell stay the course and push through judges in order to get that part of the agenda done. It really rests on McConnells backbone as to what he's willing to do or not do in the Senate.

I dont see the house putting forth any legislation or budgets, we are stuck with these
short term funding resolutions forever, there's too much leverage for the house with doing this.

It needs to be outlawed but no way either side is voting out that kind of power.

There's nothing saying that President Trump has to sign these garbage CR's.

Let me annoy some-o-y'alls with another monkeymetaphor.

Most are familiar with "crew" racing.

The Cox is seated and the race starts, the Cox calls commands and the rowers follow them until the race is finished.

No team changes the Cox, and they simply do not give up and stop rowing until the finish.

We are only halfway in this race. Unless the Cox tries to steer the boat on shore, let's row for all we are worth. We picked him.

Row to win, or sit, spectate and commentate. But no bitching in the boat.

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Originally posted by smschulz:
Trying to see the big picture here but is a bit foggy to me now.

Try getting your head out of your ass. Things will appear much clearer for you.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I love turnovers.

Cherry, apple, what have ya...

Me too.

Prefer cherry, but wil gladly take apple.