Speak Out: 3/21/18: This is a Thread for news items of the day that needs to be discussed.

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Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 9:43 AM:

This P.O.S Protected by the Federal Constitution from cruel and unusual punishments. Did the Constitution protect the victims from cruel and unusual deaths?

http://www.semissourian.com/story/2494730.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

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Replies (349)

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    The Leftest and the biased news media have their panties in a wad but look what happen in 2012 under similar circumstances.

    http://www.weeklystandard.com/obama-calls-to-congratulate-putin/article/633368

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 12:20 PM
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    Left this link off of my 12:20pm comment.

    http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/379484-cnn-trump-kelly-furious-after-...

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 12:29 PM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 12:48 PM
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    IMO, the Fed is trying to undo any economic movement by the Trump administration. 3 hikes in 2017 and 1 hike today. Don't pay any attention to the man behind the curtain.

    https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/peter-morici-fed-rate-hike-interest-rates-mor...

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/12/13/how-fed-interest-rate-hike-could...

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 6:51 PM
  • I knew this would happen . Those interest increases will eat up any Tax savings workers may get ...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 8:30 PM
  • YouTube bans firearm sales and how-to videos, sparking backlash from gun enthusiasts

    http://business.financialpost.com/technology/youtube-bans-firearm-sales-and-how-...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 9:00 PM
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    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 9:00 PM

    Rick: IMO, YouTube just void the First and Second Amendments of the Constitution and will be probably sued. They are providing a service to the public just like the baker who was forced to make the queer wedding cake and they should have to provide gun related links (no terrorist items of course).

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 9:25 PM
  • Meanwhile the fools in DC are working to expand and increase spending. All we hear about is some low life next playboy centerfold. We are still stuck on the bomber and I wait to see if that bridge fiasco was a stupid simple mistake of committee thinking.

    Never let a crisis go to waste.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 9:28 PM
  • YouTube made a bad decision a couple of months ago , they use to pay a person money when that person's video was played but they stopped . The more views , the more a person made , a lot of music is going away . User and viewer took a hit .

    There's a new website , I think it's twitch.com , that's coming on now..

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 9:33 PM
  • Those fools in DC decreased revenue before they expanded and increased spending .

    Space may be the final frontier but it's made for a vault in the politican's basement .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 9:37 PM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, at 9:43 PM
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    This is only 3 of the thugs that the mayor gave out the warning that ICE was coming....hopefully one of the victims sue her for her actions.

    https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/03/21/heres-how-many-illegals-who-escaped-ice-...

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 8:06 AM
  • Semo

    Can that Mayor be arrested for obstruction of justice ?

    My opinion , illegal immigration is like the common cold , there really is no cure . Illegal immigration is like a STD , it keeps coming back no matter the medication too .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 10:23 AM
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    Can that Mayor be arrested for obstruction of justice?

    Rick: Believe the DOJ is looking into doing that.

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 10:23 AM

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 10:52 AM
  • Just heard this: Continuous praise of good friends across the aisle and thanks for all the hard work on this bipartisan omnibus bill the ranking members put in. Although no one knows what all is in it, I urge my fellow members to pass this bill that spends more money than anyone wants to spend because it has what I want in it.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 11:00 AM
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    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 11:00 AM

    OJ: 50 Senators with 50 or more "pork" items in the budget along with 435 Representatives with 435 or more "pork" items in the budget....no wonder it's $1.2 trillion spending bill.

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 11:23 AM
  • The Dodd-Frank Act has been set back to where it was before the great bank and Wall Street collapse by the Senate . If the House agrees , it gives the Tax payers a chance to pay off banks and Wall Street debt again . Put this on top of the hike in interest rates by the Feds , or Central Bank , and there is no Tax savings for the "middle" at all . Actually , there will be a loss . It took years to pay off the banks and Wall Street debt last time , the Feds had to manipulate interest rates for years -- the Obama years -- to recover . What in the hell is wrong with Congress and Government , who is getting all of our money ??

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 11:57 AM
  • Senate passes $1.4 trillion dollar spending Budget which goes to the House for a vote .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 2:25 PM
  • Busy day in the USA

    Atlanta is locked up in a cyber attack

    An Air Force Base in San Francisco was attacked with a propane truck

    The Tariff deal

    Wall Street took a big nose dive

    McMaster is out as head of National Security

    And of course , the $1.3 trillion dollar addition to the USA debt

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 5:48 PM
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    I have not checked this man's political affiliation but if his record shows his actions coincide with this little speech, he would certainly get my vote if he were to run for President.

    http://www.kentuckynewera.com/multimedia/video/news/youtube_c2674705-960f-52ed-b...

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 7:49 PM
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    First it was YouTube taking gun videos out of their system, Kroger taking gun magazines out of their stores, Dicks Sporting Goods increasing the age to buy guns to 21, and now Citigroup wants it's clients to adhere to their way of thinking about guns by restricting their services....our Rights are slowly being taken away by companies without any laws passed by Congress - sounds like a take over of our country by the nut case Leftists. BTW, next time Citicorp needs to be bailed out by the taxpayers show them your middle finger.

    https://www.infowars.com/citigroup-imposes-restrictions-on-client-gun-sales/

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 8:18 PM
  • Wheels, I agree Bevins seems to understand the problem.

    The house bill had no specific pork in it, just enough extra money to keep all the waste and ignorance in place. In the senate Turbine Durbin explained that these DACA kids have been saying the pledge of allegiance in school for years so more money should be spent to protect them.

    Anyway, seems to me the swamp monsters are still in charge on both sides.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, at 9:23 PM
  • So Obama and Clinton were both aware of Russian influence on the 2016 election ...So , Special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the probe into Russian election meddling, has taken over the probe into Guccifer....hmmmm *****************

    Government knows DNC hacker was Russian intel officer

    By John Bowden - 03/22/18 08:11 PM EDT

    U.S. investigators have reportedly discovered that "Guccifer 2.0," the hacker who claimed credit for a breach of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the 2016 election, revealed himself as a Russian intelligence operative.

    The Daily Beast reports that U.S. investigators identified the hacker as a Moscow-based Russian intelligence operative after the hacker failed to activate a virtual private networking (VPN) service meant to obscure the operative's location before logging on.

    http://thehill.com/policy/technology/379866-government-knows-dnc-hacker-was-russ...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 7:52 AM
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    Wonder if "Guccifer 2.0" got into Hillary's unsecured email server and what top secret info was hacked - put Hillary in an orange jumpsuit like others have for the same crime. This is a fair and balanced justice system that the USA has - is it not.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 8:23 AM
  • Wheels

    I agree . This is one piece of the puzzle , no doubt .

    But many will yell to stop and/or remove these video's are taking away the creator's 1st Amendment Rights to Freedom of Expression , a tough nut to crack . Of course , the Industry has Special Interest Lobbyist in DC too , I'm sure . Taking away weapons by Law or changing Law will do squat . If People want weapons , like drugs or anything else , they will find them , either by smuggling , theft , or what ever .

    The answer begins at home just like the answer to any crime against Society begins at home . People need to take responsibility for their own actions , accusing something , someone else , or lack of Government Law is not the answer .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 9:05 AM
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    President Trump is thinking about vetoing the spending bill -go ahead and do it until money is taking from Planned Parenthood and sanctuary cities, the DACA problem is solved, and at least half the money is approved for The Wall.

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/23/trump-mulls-veto-1-3-trillion-spendin...

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 9:19 AM
  • He signed and approved the new expanding and increasing Tax Law !!

    Can we say "veto" ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 9:22 AM
  • You can get anything you want but not everything you want .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 9:25 AM
  • Trump threatens to veto spending bill, risking shutdown

    President Donald Trump yanked the government back to the brink of a shutdown on Friday morning with a tweet threatening “a VETO” of a $1.3 trillion spending bill that Congress had cleared just hours earlier.

    Trump’s declaration of a possible veto — citing the spending bill’s lack of full funding for his border wall and attention to undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers — comes as many lawmakers who would have to override his rejection or pass a stopgap funding measure are already on the way out of Washington for a two-week recess. The president’s top aides said Thursday he would sign the bill, but his threat was a reminder that only Trump truly knows what the White House is doing at any time.

    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/23/trump-threatens-to-veto-13-trillion-sp...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 9:37 AM
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    Go ahead President Trump veto the spending bill - Congress doesn't need a two week vacation.

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 10:07 AM
  • "But Trump’s frustration is severe, the West Wing official said. The president has been concerned by conservative outcry on Fox News"

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 11:21 AM
  • I watched that live, it was to be a press conference or bill signing, depending on what channel was airing. For a moment I thought he was going to throw it right back and make a Veto signing of it. There are about 20 redundant agencies that would not be missed but instead got more funding.

    Someone said that republicans are conservative only when they are the minority in government. Think that is right especially with the House and Senate leaders.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 3:37 PM
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    Trump signed the spending bill under duress that will keep the government from shutting down tonight. Does the Republicans in Congress have any Ba*** to stand up to the Democrats or do they want to lose the House and Senate in Nov. in order to make Trump a one term President....that would be a wild chance for the Republican establishment to make. The Conservatives during the up coming primaries leading up to the midterms better vote for the true Republicans and not those Republicans in Democratic sheep's clothing.

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 3:39 PM
  • I'm beginning to think Trump missed a chance to further drain the swamp. How many times did Reagan let them shut down the government? But Reagan didn't have a Senate Majority leader married into a powerful Chinese family and face the family business ties of Kerry and Biden, the Clintons along with Obama all conspiring against him with the ever growing liberal media. Not to mention the Pelosi empire.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 9:04 PM
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    OJ: Very true. The President needs to have the support of at least the leaders of his party. With all the "pork" in the spending bill it's a wonder that the Pig is not an endangered species.

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 9:17 PM
  • If Trump kept his promise to drain the swamp duress wouldn't mean squat , he would do it .

    This is all part of the game , all part of the blame .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 10:20 PM
  • ..and the National debt wouldn't have been increased due to an increase of spending either

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Mar 23, 2018, at 10:21 PM
  • Stocks tumble on trade fears; S&P has worst week in 2 years

    NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks around the world plunged Friday as investors feared that a trade conflict between the U.S. and China, the biggest economies in the world, would escalate. A second day of big losses pushed U.S. stocks to their worst week in two years.

    http://www.kfvs12.com/story/37794572/stocks-tumble-on-trade-fears-sp-has-worst-w...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Mar 24, 2018, at 7:46 AM
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    Where is Congress - out for a 2 week vacation after passing a $1.3 trillion Spending Bill. Both parties are to blame but at least 100 Republicans voted NO on the bill. President Trump didn't like it but with Congress, the swamp creatures, and the biased news media against him, he didn't have much of a chance to veto it unless he wanted to shut the government down for days.

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    "March for Our Lives" the student protest march....does anyone know that Michael Bloomberg a Billionaire gun control nut is the money man backing the advocacy group "Everytown for Gun Safety" which is leading this student protest?

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/parkland-students-arrive-in-washington-ahead-o...

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sat, Mar 24, 2018, at 7:48 AM
  • Republicans are in trouble this Fall through their own fault. A lot will stay at home with this big increase in deficit spending. Trump should have vetoed it and pulled an Obama and just left "essential services" run - Social Security checks, Medicare checks, military, FBI, CIA, FAA for airflight and shut the EPA, Commerce Department (partially), Education Department, etc. etc. down.

    It's gonna get ugly this Fall. And hypocrite Claire McCaskill suddenly votes "no" for the first time against a spending bill! Congratulations Aire Claire! Must be an election year? You hypocrite!

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Sat, Mar 24, 2018, at 9:54 AM
  • All the demonstration in DC to influence law makers and none of them there. :)

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Sat, Mar 24, 2018, at 10:58 AM
  • Well here I am again checking to see if anyone has said anything. Reckon most people figure there is not much entertainment or anything to learn or say when congress and the president high tail it out of DC for another vacation.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Sat, Mar 24, 2018, at 9:29 PM
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    OJ: Saw the highlights of the Big March in Washington today and I have to wonder what do they really want - to take all the guns away from law abiding citizens while leaving only the criminals to have guns....God help us all if that is the case.

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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sat, Mar 24, 2018, at 11:00 PM
  • Here is the Latest Bill in Congress to address Gun Control and bans . It lists every gun and weapon which includes shotguns , long rifles , and pistols .

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    Sponsor:

    Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (Introduced 02/26/2018)

    Committees:

    House - Judiciary

    Latest Action:

    House - 03/20/2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)

    Text: H.R.5087 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)

    https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5087/text

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Mar 25, 2018, at 6:42 AM
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    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Mar 25, 2018, at 6:42 AM

    Rick: Two words about the bill - NO WAY. Looks like the bill is a result of the gun control nut Michael Bloomberg's money. The bill doesn't address how to keep guns from the hands of the mentally challenged or the criminals - just the law abiding citizens. The main objective of this and other proposed bills is to take away Americans' rights while giving control of guns to the criminals.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, Mar 25, 2018, at 8:49 AM
  • If People don't obey the current Laws , they won't suddenly begin to obey any new Laws . Who could remember this litany of new Law anyway ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Mar 25, 2018, at 10:16 AM
  • Just dam, Under that criteria my 1940s Winchester 74 22 long rifle that holds 15 rounds is an assault rifle.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Sun, Mar 25, 2018, at 11:06 AM
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    OJ,

    Does that make you a menace to society?

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Sun, Mar 25, 2018, at 4:25 PM
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    OJ: The gun confiscation police will be at your door in the morning - like the mayor of Oakland has said recently: Get out now!

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, Mar 25, 2018, at 4:44 PM
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    Wonder if Michelle approves of Barack's plans to repopulated the earth with his offsprings. Goes to show a person needs to read more than the headlines.

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/obama-envisions-creating-a-million-young...

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 10:39 AM
  • There are already millions of Barack Obama's running around in this country.

    He was raised in a single parent household, provided welfare, grants and free stuff all his life, was entitled to anything he wanted and hates his country for all he has been given.

    Identical Barack Obama's are a dime a dozen in America.

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 11:12 AM
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    -- Posted by Doug Williams on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 11:12 AM

    Dug: Tell us how you really feel about Obama. lol

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 11:16 AM
  • It took Obama 6 months after saying "stop it" to Putin , it took Trump 2 weeks .

    Whose buddy is who ?

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    Trump Administration Expels 60 Russians, Orders Consulate Closure Over Nerve Agent Attack in Britain

    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2018/03/26/trump-admin-expels-russia...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 12:02 PM
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    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 10:39 AM

    Well the SOB's ego didn't suffer any did it?

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 12:36 PM
  • Hum, What is in the general area of Seattle that we don't need Russians snooping around?

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 2:36 PM
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    OJ: The Navy has a submarine base nearby and the aircraft builder Boeing is also nearby....McDonalds has their secret receipt of the McRib sandwich in the Space Needle basement.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 3:47 PM
  • How can Trump say the FBI , CIA , and Intelligence are all corrupt and out to get him but then take their advice as to which Russians to expel from the USA . I don't get it .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 5:21 PM
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    Rick: Most of the higher ups in the FBI and CIA are gone now plus he has a new National Security Adviser - John Bolton who is as hard headed as Trump is.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 6:21 PM
  • The oldest and longest gun mfg. in the USA , Remington , has filed for bankruptcy . The largest Army in the world , the USA hunter , is being disarmed by high school teen agers .

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    Remington bankruptcy plan is new wound for 'America's Oldest Gunmaker'

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/02/13/remington-bankruptcy-plan-new-wo...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 9:32 PM
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    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 9:32 PM

    Rick: According to your link the family owned business - Remington Arms was bought out by an investor group (don't know if it was hostile or not) and the "scared" investors back down in their support of the company after the Sandy Hook school shooting where a Remington Bushmaster XM15 rifle was used. Another company ruined by an "investor" group.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, at 10:22 PM
  • Ex-Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens: Repeal the Second Amendment

    By CRISTIANO LIMA 03/27/2018 09:46 AM EDT

    Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said in an op-ed Tuesday that the Second Amendment should be repealed, citing the protests in response to the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, as an impetus for the change.

    Stevens, who retired from the high court in 2010 as one of the longest-serving justices in history, argued the Second Amendment had been warped by gun lobbyists at the National Rifle Association to extend beyond its original intent.

    Stevens wrote that the landmark 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller decision, which held that the Second Amendment protects the individual's right to bear arms even for those unaffiliated with a militia, has become a "propaganda weapon of immense power" for the NRA.

    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/27/john-paul-stevens-second-amendment-487...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 12:50 PM
  • Who have killed more , abortion or guns ? What would happen if anyone else advertised like this ?

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    Planned Parenthood: “We Need a Disney Princess Who’s Had an Abortion”

    http://www.lifenews.com/2018/03/27/planned-parenthood-we-need-a-disney-princess-...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 1:25 PM
  • California Sues Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question on 2020 Census

    The state of California sued the Trump administration Monday night over the administration’s decision to include a question about citizenship in the upcoming census, according to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. The state’s lawsuit argues the question violates the Constitution because the census is required to obtain an “actual Enumeration” of every person in each state, according to the Washington Post.

    More practically, opponents to the question argue it would deter undocumented immigrants from responding to the census, ultimately leading to undercounts that would mean states with significant numbers of immigrants would stand to lose seats in Congress, electoral votes, and federal funding. According to Politico, Democrats worry the question would cost California a Congressional seat.

    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/california-sues-trump-administration...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 1:29 PM
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    More practically, opponents to the question argue it would deter undocumented immigrants from responding to the census, ultimately leading to undercounts that would mean states with significant numbers of immigrants would stand to lose seats in Congress, electoral votes, and federal funding. According to Politico, Democrats worry the question would cost California a Congressional seat. -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 1:29 PM

    The above statement from Rick's link just doesn't make sense to me. If an Illegal is not a USA citizen then that person can't vote, why then should they be counted in determining the Congressional Districts made up of Legal Citizens of the USA that results in Electoral votes and Federal Funding. Thinking like the Liberal California AG, Missouri could advertise for any Illegal to come to Missouri prior to Census Day and receive $1000 sign up bonus which Missouri would be repaid by increasing Congressional Districts and more Federal Funding....good grief Americans wake up before the Liberaltards destroy the country.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 5:19 PM
  • It is stupid to think non citizens should determine representation of citizens; Almost as stupid as the 17th Amendment.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 6:15 PM
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    The Democrats don't want gun control they want a gun ban....read on.

    http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-florida-school-shooting-wasserman-s...

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 6:19 PM
  • Tried to copy and post the link but it's easy to find.........

    Retired Justice Stevens argues for repeal of Second Amendment

    By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

    "A concern that a national standing army might pose a threat to the security of the separate states led to the adoption of that amendment," Stevens wrote an op-ed published in The New York Times Tuesday, adding, "today that concern is a relic of the 18th century.

    I think he is a senile old relic sadly revealing his life long confusion and agenda of liberal progressive.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 6:43 PM
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    I think he is a senile old relic sadly revealing his life long confusion and agenda of liberal progressive.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 6:43 PM

    OJ: Agree. IMO, the Founding Fathers knew of the history of the European countries governments towards their subjects and how to control them and didn't want it to happen to the US.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 6:57 PM
  • Every one of what we call the bill of rights was to protect people from the very central government being conceived and proposed.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 7:18 PM
  • Tomorrows Peoples should have the same Rights we do and the same Rights as those who came before us and wrote these Rights . It's not a matter of weapons , weapons will change , the Rights should not .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 9:13 PM
  • Rick, Right you are.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 9:18 PM
  • I must have missed the part where the media reported on the $12m Maxine and family bank lost and who found it.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, at 9:38 PM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Mar 28, 2018, at 8:11 AM
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    Thank you George Washington!! You nailed it a couple hundred plus years ago.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Wed, Mar 28, 2018, at 8:49 AM
  • In 1776 the British demanded that we surrender our weapons .

    We shot them .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Mar 28, 2018, at 4:05 PM
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    Be heading out West tomorrow to see Daughter & family in Colorado. Everyone have a Good Easter.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Mar 28, 2018, at 6:58 PM
  • -- Posted by David Schaefer on Fri, Mar 30, 2018, at 9:59 PM
  • I call fake news on that one, Not even the Chinese would be stupid enough to risk putting biological weapons on a satellite that could fall on themselves.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, Mar 30, 2018, at 10:15 PM
  • The big discussion in social media seems to be parent's responsibility in rearing children not to be bullies which is the root cause of all that goes bad in schools.

    First off, the lack of parent as a plural word is a big part of problems. Too many children are being reared by grandparents While single parents collect the government check and fathers are drive by dads.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, Mar 30, 2018, at 10:37 PM
  • Too many children are being reared by grandparents While single parents collect the government check and fathers are drive by dads. -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, Mar 30, 2018, at 10:37 PM

    Like Michael Brown - a "hero" who had a criminal record, strong-arm assaulted an old man in a store, stole, then tried to kill a police officer.

    Raised by grandma. Mom and dad came out of the woodwork when they smelled money.

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Sat, Mar 31, 2018, at 10:33 AM
  • Anyone following the news about the people Mexico is allowing in so they can come into USA?

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Mon, Apr 2, 2018, at 8:41 PM
  • The Caravans ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 2, 2018, at 8:42 PM
  • Why U.S.-bound ‘caravans’ of Central American migrants are getting Trump’s attention

    "Marching in a large group is expected to blunt the efforts of criminal gangs and cartels known to isolate and later rob immigrants, many of whom bring large sums of money to make the long journey north through Mexico. The caravan organizers, Pueblos Sin Fronteras, or People Without Borders, appeared to have concluded that it is safer for these people to travel together."

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/01/why-a-u-s-bound-car...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 2, 2018, at 8:46 PM
  • -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Mon, Apr 2, 2018, at 8:58 PM
  • It's 1492 all over again ! :)

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 2, 2018, at 9:42 PM
  • Wagon Trains , circa 2018 .....

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 2, 2018, at 10:00 PM
  • A Newly Revealed Memo Details the Scope of Robert Mueller's Investigative Mandate

    http://time.com/5225759/robert-mueller-paul-manafort-memo/

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 3, 2018, at 9:24 AM
  • *

    Mueller will be investigating Trump until Trump is out of office be that another week or 8 years from taking office, unless somewhere along the line someone has the common sense to pull the plug on this farce. When you put this much power behind something and you find nothing connecting Trump to wrong doing, in going on a year and a half, while Hillary's misdeeds go unchecked, it is obviously a political hatchet job.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Tue, Apr 3, 2018, at 9:53 AM
  • it is obviously a political hatchet job. -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Tue, Apr 3, 2018, at 9:53 AM

    Bingo!

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Tue, Apr 3, 2018, at 12:21 PM
  • Wheels

    Is Mueller investigating a crime or creating a crime ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 3, 2018, at 12:40 PM
  • I'm easily mixfused and could use some help on a few things .

    The USA Presidential Election involved more then one person , why isn't the one who received the most votes being investigated for cheating .

    The winning Candidate's campaign staff has been interrogated behind closed doors for over a year but the interrogations still go on . Are the investigators checking to see if a crime has happened or are they trying to create a crime has happened .

    How can the rest of the World possibly take America as great again while America continually does these actions for over a year with no end in sight -- "MAGA" is a slogan , not a fact .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 3, 2018, at 9:11 PM
  • Mueller is looking for a crime anywhere he can to justify continuing his position. If none can be found, the FBI can lie to someone and then charge them with a lie when they agree with them . [Martha Stewart] If that don't help they can take false testimomy from democrats and apply it to prosecution. [Scooter Libby]

    It is hard to understand how everything they turn up points to Clinton and Obama corruption and the loud mouths are still yapping about collusion. Now we got some idiot claiming Bush and Obama will come back and save America when Trump is forced out.

    PS, Can anyone find a law that mentions collusion and defines it?

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Apr 3, 2018, at 9:33 PM
  • *

    PS, Can anyone find a law that mentions collusion and defines it?

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Apr 3, 2018, at 9:33 PM

    OJ: It's a made up charge by the Deep State in order to bring down a Legally elected President.

    *******

    Is Mueller investigating a crime or creating a crime ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 3, 2018, at 12:40 PM

    Rick: Mueller is trying to find something on the 2016 Trump campaign in order to pay for the millions of dollars spent on this witch hunt....speaking of witch - where is the investigation of the wicked witch from Arkansas who actually did commit crimes.

    *******

    The Caravan of Central Americans headed for the US border must be protected by the Mexican army because of the different cartels and other crooks that would want to take any money or possessions that they may have.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Apr 4, 2018, at 8:52 AM
  • collusion is when 2 cars ram together on the highway

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 4, 2018, at 9:01 AM
  • Caravan--let the original Peoples , the Navajo , the Hopi , Apache , Comanche , take care of this problem when it comes close to the border , for they know the lands , they know they ways .... the members of that caravan will scatter like pist ants on a rainy day and not come back , it is the original Peoples Sacred Lands...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 4, 2018, at 9:38 AM
  • Even the drug cartel disappear in the original Peoples Sacred Lands , a reason the caravan treks that way...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 4, 2018, at 9:43 AM
  • *

    "The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 51% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-eight percent (48%) disapprove. This is the president’s best overall job approval rating since April of last year. President Obama earned a 46% job approval rating on April 4, 2010, his second year in office." http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/pre...

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Apr 4, 2018, at 6:35 PM
  • Some people can't stand the smell of money when it increases local jobs.

    https://www.missourinet.com/2018/04/04/heated-debate-over-western-missouri-meat-...

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Wed, Apr 4, 2018, at 11:39 PM
  • R. W. Bess

    What's the odds more court time is coming on this one ?

    I don't see how those regular visitors to Powell Gardens have any say in the matter , really , these are plants sent in by whoever . And I think if more money is waved under the noses of those several dozen nearby residents opponents , things will be worked out just fine .

    As that old saying goes , "Money talks and bull **** walks."

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 5, 2018, at 7:32 AM
  • *

    The bi-products of the feedlots will help the flowers to grow at Powell Gardens.

    Schaefer's Word

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Thu, Apr 5, 2018, at 7:53 AM
  • semo

    You think maybe it's the downwind effect that bothers those visitors . Give Powell Gardens a little upwind seed $$$ to move , flowers grow upwind too if that's the case . IMO ...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 5, 2018, at 8:00 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 5, 2018, at 8:23 AM
  • Rick, No real need for the chicken contribution to enjoy a T-Bone Steak. Reckon Chickens could pick through the cattle manure for insect eggs and fly larva like in the old days. :)

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Thu, Apr 5, 2018, at 9:15 AM
  • Did I just hear a reporter interviewing a first grader at a teacher strike?

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, Apr 6, 2018, at 11:13 AM
  • ...and what will happen when there's a mass shooting in Massachusetts judge ? Who ya gonna blame ?

    ...................

    Judge: Assault weapons ban doesn't violate 2nd Amendment

    BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts' ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, saying in a ruling released Friday that the weapons fall beyond the reach of the Second Amendment.

    U.S. District Judge William Young said assault weapons are military firearms and aren't protected by the constitutional right to "bear arms." Regulation of the weapons is a matter of policy, not for the courts, he said.

    "Other states are equally free to leave them unregulated and available to their law-abiding citizens," Young said. "These policy matters are simply not of constitutional moment. Americans are not afraid of bumptious, raucous and robust debate about these matters. We call it democracy."

    Democratic state Attorney General Maura Healey said the ruling "vindicates the right of the people of Massachusetts to protect themselves from these weapons of war."

    "Strong gun laws save lives, and we will not be intimidated by the gun lobby in our efforts to end the sale of assault weapons and protect our communities and schools," she said in a statement. "Families across the country should take heart in this victory," she said.

    http://www.whsv.com/content/news/Judge-Assault-weapons-ban-doesnt-violate-2nd-Am...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 6, 2018, at 4:00 PM
  • "Strong gun laws save lives" , she said.

    WTF ???

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 6, 2018, at 4:02 PM
  • Attorney General Maura Healey , what will be your actions against abortion which will save lives ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 6, 2018, at 4:04 PM
  • *

    To: Democratic state Attorney General Maura Healey

    For those that don't know Jack about guns, the AR-15 is not an assault weapon - it's a semi-automatic rifle. Strong gun control laws does not decrease shootings - one only has to look at Chicago which has one of the most stringent gun control laws in the USA and is the leading city of killings by guns.

    AG Healey, if you want to do something crack down on the criminals and those mentally challenged in your State....that's were the problems are not your law abiding citizens.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Fri, Apr 6, 2018, at 6:32 PM
  • U.S. District Judge William Young said assault weapons are military firearms and aren't protected by the constitutional right to "bear arms." Regulation of the weapons is a matter of policy, not for the courts, he said.

    Think of that for a minute.

    So any firearms the military may have are not protected by the right to "bear arms". Several versions of my Winchester 74 were sent to the French Resistance fighters so technically a squirrel gun is an assault rifle. What a goofball!

    Thankfully or not his ignorance has yet to be the final word.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, Apr 6, 2018, at 8:16 PM
  • It was a "U.S. District Judge" that ruled on this "ban of weapons" , not the Supreme Court who rules on personal and Constitutional Rights . Methinks Massachusetts has passed or ruled on an un-Constitutional Law and be over ruled ....

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 7, 2018, at 8:58 AM
  • *

    Since CBS was having golf on it, I watched NBC news whereas they had an article about the caravan of migrants that is supposedly heading for the USA border. Among the migrants that was stopped outside of Mexico City for the day was a group of "American" lawyers that were advising the migrants what their legal rights were....can you say keep the F'ing lawyers down there and feed them to the drug cartels.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, Apr 8, 2018, at 6:04 PM
  • How can a person be an illegal immigrant with legal rights .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 8, 2018, at 6:39 PM
  • How can a person be an illegal immigrant with legal rights?

    Start by calling them undocumented and then twist what the founders proclaimed about liberty and vowed to protect.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Sun, Apr 8, 2018, at 9:49 PM
  • How can Mexico give anyone USA legal Rights . Can the USA give anyone Mexican legal Rights .

    I'm mixfused again .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 9:31 AM
  • ..just for those who use Polls as facts

    .....................

    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/apr/09/fox-news-accidentally-displays-gra...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 9:32 AM
  • Start by calling them undocumented and then twist what the founders proclaimed about liberty and vowed to protect. -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Sun, Apr 8, 2018, at 9:49 PM

    Exactly.

    Then give them money, housing and health care when they cross the border. And driver licenses and suddenly they are the new democrat voters.

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 9:33 AM
  • Isn't is legal to shoot trespassers ?

    Why not let the land owners along the USA/Mexico border start shooting trespassers .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 9:36 AM
  • You could probably shoot an American citizen for trespassing after warning them.

    You could never shoot an "asylum seeker"...

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 9:53 AM
  • *

    This man has more brains than the entire lot of politicians in this country.

    https://www.citizenfreepress.com/column-1/brilliant-north-carolina-patriot-stand...

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 4:55 PM
  • *

    If Mr. Common were still on these forums I would like to have asked him where did Syria get these chemical weapons that were just used over the weekend - didn't his buddy Russia disposed of them while Obama was licking his heels over his failure to enforce his "red line"....can you say "crawdad-in-chief" Obama.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 9:21 PM
  • *

    Semo471,

    I think Ulrich finally realized he was fronting for a bunch of Dirty Democrats and he is embarrassed to admit it.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 10:00 PM
  • You could never shoot an "asylum seeker"...

    -- Posted by Doug Williams on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 9:53 AM

    Trespassing --- Shoot first , ask questions later

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 10:25 PM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 10:26 PM
  • Early 2012 Barack Obama announced Syria and the Assad Regime would be crossing a Red Line if it used Chemical Weapons . Late 2012 the Assad Regime tested Barack Obama and around 1,500 Syrians died due to Chemical Weapons . In 2013 , Barack Obama announced the USA Congress would not , or did not , give him the go ahead and military re-act . In 2014 , Barack Obama's Secretary of State , John Kerry , announced all Chemical Weapons were gone from Syria through negotiations with Russia . There have been 8 Chemical Weapon attacks in the Syrian Civil War while Trump's been Commander-in-Chief . The big ones make main stream media , the others not so much .

    A couple of things , Obama looked like the dumb *** he is . Those Chemical Weapons were never gone , John Kerry is a bald face liar . Trump sent missiles once , what to do now ? Twitter ain't gonna cut it this time . Trump takes a fastball swing at a thrown curve ball or change-up . When he does take a fastball swing at a fastball , he fouls it off .

    ..................

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsPMqpdb6e8

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 10:58 PM
  • Trump is a cell phone addict Progressive ..

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 11:08 PM
  • *

    Why haven’t feminists been defending Melania Trump from the attacks of Jimmy Kimmel? Aren’t feminists supposed to fight against female bullying or other abuses? Feminists don’t care about women; they care only about their agenda which only supports women if they’re liberal - no doubt about it.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 8:47 AM
  • Why haven’t feminists been defending Melania Trump from the attacks of Jimmy Kimmel? -- Posted by David Schaefer on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 8:47 AM

    Because it's really #meTooDemocratsOnly

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 9:15 AM
  • Another one bites the dust...

    *****************

    Trump's homeland security adviser Bossert resigns

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, has resigned, the president’s spokeswoman said on Tuesday, in the latest departure from the White House of a senior adviser.

    An administration official said Bossert, a former deputy national security adviser to President George W. Bush, had left at the request of Trump’s new national security adviser, John Bolton, who began working in his post at the White House on Monday.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-bossert/trumps-homeland-security-ad...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 12:22 PM
  • This is how to get rid of illegal immigrants

    *******************

    Israeli minister praises viral video sniper

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43709737

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 12:59 PM
  • *

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 12:22 PM

    Rick: If Bossert doesn't like his new boss (John Bolton) he can either quit or pull up his big boy panties.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 1:05 PM
  • He did quit , I don't blame him either , I wouldn't stay in that mad house . How long before Bolton is gone , Trump hires and fires every other month .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 1:11 PM
  • Bossert worked out just fine for BushII , same size pants , same Political Party as Trump too .

    So I have to ask myself , "Self , why are all of these folks Trump hired resigning or getting fired , is Trump cleaning out his own swamp or is it raining so hard the swamp is getting deeper instead of draining ."

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 1:21 PM
  • The most popular Facebook page claiming to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement is accused of being a scam after it was revealed it had ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia.

    The page, named Black Lives Matter, has 700,000 Facebook followers and was connected to online fundraisers that collected more than $100,000, which reportedly went to the movement's causes in America, according to CNN. The official Black Lives Matter Facebook page only has about 319,400 followers. Some of the $100,000 raised was transferred to bank accounts in Australia.

    https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-04-10/most-popular-black-live...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 4:39 PM
  • *

    Facebook has become a sh**hole internet site full of fake news and devices to secure info on it's users.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 5:46 PM
  • We gave up our Right to privacy when we stepped into the world of the internet .

    "Fake news" isn't news , it's an excuse or blame . Presidents are good at these things ....

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 6:41 PM
  • *

    "Fake news" isn't news , it's an excuse or blame . Presidents are good at these things ....

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 6:41 PM

    Rick: I was referring to your BLM site that was fake - one of many on FB.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 7:07 PM
  • *

    I decided to stay off Facebook a few years past when someone reported to me that a couple of young ladies she knew were reporting to one another when they had a bathroom call that needed to be answered. And of course to the whole world as well.

    I have never changed my opinion of it.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 8:01 PM
  • Wheels, You're missing out on what they had for dinner in full color.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 9:44 PM
  • *

    Old John,

    I'm sure I am. But then again that may be more than I need to know.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, at 10:04 PM
  • another one bites the dust

    ..........

    House Speaker Paul Ryan says he's done and ain't coming back this fall .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 8:45 AM
  • *

    Rick: I'm glad to see Ryan leaving - drain the swamp.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 9:24 AM
  • I'm guessing the closer it gets to the election , the more that will be leaving . I'm thinking about 400 of those career politicians need to hit the road .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 11:09 AM
  • I see what he's doing and understand why , I can't go along with how he's going about doing it though -- why post a world wide twitter about your intentions to give the adversary a heads-up ? Something stinks in Smallville .

    *************

    Trump warns missiles 'will be coming' in Syria

    WASHINGTON/BEIRUT, April 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, declaring that missiles "will be coming" and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

    "Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and 'smart!'," Trump wrote in a post on Twitter.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-warns-missiles-will-be-coming-in-s...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 11:17 AM
  • May use air power instead of missiles with allies joining. Has Russia demonstrated they have a way to shoot down missiles or just talk?

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 11:51 AM
  • Russia takes dig at Trump over Syria missile threat: 'We do not participate in Twitter diplomacy'

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-claims-the-high-ground-in...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 6:09 PM
  • R. W. Bess

    It appears as though Russia is wise enough not to tell the entire World it's plans .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 6:10 PM
  • But it's not....

    ************************

    Russia says its experts have found no evidence of poison at site of Syrian chemical attack and accuses the White Helmets of FAKING the atrocity

    The Russian military says it will now deploy troops to Douma to ensure security of the town. Poznikhir said that 41,213 people, including 3,354 rebels and 8,642 members of their families have left Douma with the Russian military's assistance.

    Earlier, Moscow vowed to shoot down any US missiles aimed at Syria using its lethal anti-aircraft system amid mounting tensions between Moscow and Washington.

    Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime is protected by fearsome S-400 defence missiles in a 'ring of steel' around the country provided by the Kremlin.

    This morning, Moscow's ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Zasypkin, said any US rockets fired at Syria would be shot down and the launch sites targeted.

    US President Donald Trump responded with an incendiary tweet warning that a strike on Syria was imminent and telling Moscow it 'shouldn't be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!'

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5603331/Russia-vows-shoot-rockets-lethal...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 6:16 PM
  • *

    Wonder if the ole Fox Trump is talking missiles but will hit Syria with a coalition of aircraft....who knows.

    The Bible does say that Israel will be attacked by her neighboring countries and will prevail. Also, Damascus,Syria will be an uninhabited ruinous heap....stay tune.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 6:44 PM
  • semo

    Methinks Syria has already made the uninhabited ruinous heap part . Methinks Russia could care less too , it's only after the oil . It all looks like a Mexican Stand-off to me right now , a war of the twitter thumbs , time will tell .

    Folks over there don't mess with Israel because Israel don't play that **** . At all . Israel has a history of doing what needs to be done , a very simple rule , leave us alone and we'll leave you alone . Everybody in that region knows this simple rule as truth ....

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 8:40 PM
  • After it's all said and done there probably won't be a Nation Syria , it will be absorbed or divided into something else .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 8:41 PM
  • How Russia has hinted it could react to US strikes in Syria: ANALYSIS

    "Russia has previously threatened to shoot down U.S. missiles and aircraft that threaten the lives of Russian personnel in Syria, but since the crisis began it has been largely silent on how it will respond.

    In mid-March, weeks before this current crisis began, the chief of Russia's General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, warned publicly that any U.S. strikes that threatened the lives of Russian servicemen in Syria would prompt Russia to fire on not only the missiles, but also their launchers —- implying Russia would potentially open fire on a U.S. warship that had launched cruise missiles.

    That statement attracted notice at the time, seeming to impose a dangerous “red line” for Moscow itself. However, neither Russia’s military nor the Kremlin have repeated the warning since missile strikes have become a real possibility. That was, until Wednesday when the Russian ambassador to Lebanon referred to the warning again in an interview to Hezbollah TV."

    http://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-hinted-react-us-strikes-syria-analysi...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 8:54 PM
  • Anyone read the 5:00 PM Breaking News story in the paper? Can't believe The SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN would go with that headline and print AP-Post Dispatch garbage.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Wed, Apr 11, 2018, at 10:49 PM
  • Russia prepares for nuclear war with U.S.

    Russian state-owned television is urging the country’s residents to stock their bunkers with water and basic foodstuffs because Moscow could go to war with Washington.

    Warning that the potential conflict between the two superpowers would be “catastrophic,” an anchor for Russia’s Vesti 24 showed off shelves of food, recommending that people buy salt, oatmeal and other products that can last a long time on the shelves. Powdered milk lasts five years while sugar and rice can last up to eight years, the newscaster explained before showing videos of pasta cooking in a bomb shelter.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-prepares-for-nuclear-war-with-us/ar-...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 12, 2018, at 6:54 AM
  • R. W. Bess

    The "fake news" game will soon follow ....

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 12, 2018, at 6:55 AM
  • ..tried something last night , one of the hardest things but made myself do it just to see ...watched FOX for 1 hour and then watched CNN for 1 hour ...it was like they were talking about 2 entirely different Countries ...one loved Trump and everything he said and did , the other found fault and despise in everything he said and did .

    Absolutely amazing , what's a person to believe , what's live and what's Memorex ? Reckon I'll just stay with not watching either one -- it's brain washing , straight up brain washing ...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 12, 2018, at 9:05 AM
  • *

    April 12, 2010 Obama 48% vs April 12, 2018 Trump 50% approval ratings....one can only image what Trump's would be if he had the media with him like they did for Obama. America First....MAGA

    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/political_updates/prez_t...

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Thu, Apr 12, 2018, at 9:15 AM
  • The bitcoin , or Blockchain , is coming . Look out USA dollar$...

    ***************

    Santander Uses Ripple, Launches First Banking Blockchain Retail Payments App

    Spanish banking giant Banco Santander has announced the launch of its international payments app for retail customers in four countries using xCurrent, Ripple’s blockchain technology.

    Santander is laying claim as the “first bank to roll out a blockchain-based international payments service to retail customers in multiple countries simultaneously” with the launch of One Pay FX, in a statement today. The launch of the smartphone app will initially be available to retail customers in Spain, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Poland before a wider release to more countries in the coming months.

    “From today, customers in the UK can use One Pay to transfer money across Europe and to the US. In Spain, customers can transfer to UK and US, while customers in Brazil and Poland can transfer to the UK,” Banco Santander’s executive chairman Ana Botin said in a statement.

    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/santander-uses-ripple-launches-first-172049330.ht...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 12, 2018, at 4:59 PM
  • *

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 12, 2018, at 4:59 PM

    Rick: Back years ago I had a "bit" and "2 bits".

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Thu, Apr 12, 2018, at 7:42 PM
  • *

    If you are hung up on Friday the 13th, move your clock to Sydney, Australia time where it is now Saturday the 14th.

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Fri, Apr 13, 2018, at 9:31 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 13, 2018, at 11:58 AM
  • There goes somebody's 401K

    .............................

    Wells Fargo faces $1 billion fine from loan abuses

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wells-fargo-results/wells-fargo-faces-1-billi...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 13, 2018, at 12:25 PM
  • The new generation of illegal immigrants

    ************************

    Outrage over European plans to grant ROBOTS legal status as experts warn it could breach human rights

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5612735/Experts-Europe-loggerhead...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 13, 2018, at 12:57 PM
  • *

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 13, 2018, at 12:57 PM

    Are these people brain dead? Grant a machine legal status in case it damages something? This is nothing but a machine and it'S owner should be held liable for it's actions.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Fri, Apr 13, 2018, at 2:18 PM
  • Wheels

    True indeed . Another question that may come up , what happens when Robots start to create other Robots , what becomes the legal status of a Human Being .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, at 12:11 PM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, at 12:12 PM
  • The Chess pieces moved again...and so it begins..

    ****************

    Syria air strikes: Trump hails 'perfect' mission

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43767156

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, at 12:34 PM
  • *

    "what becomes the legal status of a Human Being."

    My opinion.... the owner is responsible for every action of his machine and what it produces or destroys.

    At least some assurance that robots are kept under control and not left to run amuck. It should make their creators a little more careful if they have liability.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, at 1:24 PM
  • Agreed .

    It's just the same as guns or weapons , it's the owner's responsibility for their actions , not the Robots .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, at 1:37 PM
  • Nikki Haley for President , my kind of gal , tells the U.N. straight up to it's face and doesn't back down .

    Nikki Haley warns the U.N. "the USA is locked and loaded if Syria , and it's allies Russia/Iran in Syria , needs to be punished again . However many times it takes to make Syria , and it's allies Russia/Iran , understand and believe their chemical weapons actions will no longer be ignored or tolerated ."

    Too bad Obama's sorry *** didn't take care of this in 2012 .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, at 1:49 PM
  • *

    Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, at 1:49 PM

    There is another one with them on her chest! You go girl!

    -- Posted by Karen Jones on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, at 1:56 PM
  • Karen

    Trump posts tweets . Nikki sits at a table with a room full of People from all over the World , tells them how it is and looks them in the eye when she's doing it too .

    There is a difference .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, at 11:04 PM
  • *

    It's good to have a President who gives out a Red Line and then backs up that Red Line with action and not to do the Crawdad.

    Rick: Agree with you, Nikki Haley for President in 2024.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, Apr 15, 2018, at 7:39 AM
  • Gun Rights Advocates Rally In Annapolis, State Capitols Across US

    http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/04/14/gun-rights-advocates-rally-in-annapolis...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 15, 2018, at 8:25 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 15, 2018, at 9:14 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 15, 2018, at 2:10 PM
  • *

    Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch will be watching the Comey interview tonight on ABC from a secret airport tarmac in Arizona.....Bill get your hands out of my popcorn.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, Apr 15, 2018, at 8:27 PM
  • Saw a bumper sticker today "Hillary should have married O.J."

    ....

    The Earth is the 3rd rock from the Sun , we're all third World People...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 15, 2018, at 9:45 PM
  • I'm thinking few people watched the ABC and Comey spin.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Sun, Apr 15, 2018, at 11:53 PM
  • When did that happen ? Comey has a new book , hell if I know the name , coming out on Tuesday , April 16th , he must need some PR . He'll probably try to hit all of the mass media interviews to sell it .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 16, 2018, at 7:26 AM
  • *

    I'm thinking few people watched the ABC and Comey spin.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Sun, Apr 15, 2018, at 11:53 PM

    Rick: Only folks like Mr. Common watched it.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Apr 16, 2018, at 7:53 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 16, 2018, at 8:15 AM
  • *

    Comey's book is already in the bargain basement bin filed under fiction.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Apr 16, 2018, at 8:30 AM
  • Sanctions On Russia

    "They will go directly to any sort of companies that were dealing with equipment related to Assad and chemical weapons use," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday.

    Referring to the airstrikes, Haley said: "I think everyone knows that we sent a strong message."

    "The international community will not allow chemical weapons to come back into our everyday life," she said in an interview aired Sunday. "The fact he was making this more normal and that Russia was covering this up, all that has got to stop."

    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/16/602774888/u-s-to-announce-new...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 16, 2018, at 9:02 PM
  • Nikki Haley keeps America first and great , there is no "again" to it , while Trump trades High School tweets with other People 24/7 .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 16, 2018, at 9:10 PM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 17, 2018, at 7:34 AM
  • RIP one of my favorite first ladies.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Apr 17, 2018, at 7:18 PM
  • *

    This is what happens to those who are Godless:

    https://foto.gettyimages.com/news/culture/germany-sex-doll-brothel/

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 8:54 AM
  • "At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent." - Barbara Bush

    and

    "Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first. You must read to your children and you must hug your children and you must love your children. Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the White House but on what happens inside your house." - Barbara Bush

    ===

    All the money... all the power... and it never influenced the woman. Family and friends are more important to her than any of that.

    Now about Hillary Clinton...

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 8:59 AM
  • *

    If you want to use FB, you have to play by their rules.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-eu/facebook-says-users-must-...

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 9:20 AM
  • semo

    I look for FB to go to a paid subscription without ads instead of the current free with ads . All data on FB is owned by the user , they are the ones who posts . FB is the chalkboard , the users are the chalk ....

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 10:41 AM
  • Kim Komando site has instructions on FB settings.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 10:42 AM
  • *

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 10:41 AM

    Rick: FB says that they own the user's data and will use it anyway legally that they want to....our only recourse is to delete our account or just shut up and continue to post on FB.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 10:42 AM

    OJ: Kim knows her stuff.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 4:49 PM
  • -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 10:42 AM

    I agree . FB is the chalkboard , the users are the chalk ....

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 6:18 PM
  • Those Facebook quiz or tests that ask things such as "How good do you know history" or "How smart are you at math" are the ones that steal your personal data . And if you should "share" , it will steal everyone on the "share" list data whether they try the test or not .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 6:44 PM
  • Rick, I clicked on one of those articles about BS and noticed several more places offering info on BS for the next few days. The stuff to skip over has been more diverse since I reset the settings. Now if I could set something on my phone to slow down the overseas calls from D.C. :)

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Wed, Apr 18, 2018, at 9:41 PM
  • I'm not seeing how FB is that much different then Reddit , You Tube , or LimeWire .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 19, 2018, at 7:09 AM
  • -- Posted by David Schaefer on Thu, Apr 19, 2018, at 4:44 PM
  • What is the painting's name ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 19, 2018, at 6:55 PM
  • *

    Rick: "Relieve Stress Paint" or "Stresspaint".

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Thu, Apr 19, 2018, at 8:02 PM
  • They feel safe expecting the stress painting to be from the snowflake safe rooms.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Thu, Apr 19, 2018, at 9:30 PM
  • Happy 420 !

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 20, 2018, at 7:12 AM
  • *

    Happy 420 Day!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn-AB78kvvE

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Fri, Apr 20, 2018, at 7:28 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 20, 2018, at 8:11 AM
  • How pathetic and low can People be ? Get over it already and move on...

    *******************

    DNC files federal lawsuit against Russia, Trump campaign and associates

    By Jack Date Apr 20, 2018, 11:45 AM ET

    The Democratic National Committee filed a lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan against the Russian government, the Trump campaign, WikiLeaks, and numerous others close to the president, alleging they were part of a broad attempt to undermine the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dnc-files-federal-lawsuit-russia-trump-campaign-a...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 20, 2018, at 12:47 PM
  • Some 50 members of migrant caravan reach Mexico, U.S. border

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A group of 50 Central American migrants who set out from southern Mexico in late March have reached the U.S. border, having endured the long journey despite threats by President Donald Trump to secure the border with National Guard personnel.

    Some of those migrants began arriving in the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Wednesday and have requested asylum in the United States.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-caravan/some-50-members-of-mi...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 20, 2018, at 12:51 PM
  • Here Are The Redacted Copies Of The Comey Memos

    “He said he was grateful for the conversation, said more nice things about me and how he looks forward to working with me,” Comey wrote of meeting with Trump.

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/comey-memos-released_us_5ad93952e4b0e4d0715...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 20, 2018, at 12:55 PM
  • Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 20, 2018, at 12:51 PM

    Didn't know the Mexicans built a Dodge Caravan that big.

    `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

    If Comey didn't leak any classified information, why were parts redacted?

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, Apr 20, 2018, at 6:24 PM
  • Hillary Clinton made it known fact any Government Classified Documents may be manipulated publicly , or privately , as a person of fame wants or needs them to be .

    Clinton , Comey , Trump , a host of other politicians , and the media should be tried for Treason . Should any poster on SO have done the same actions as they have , that poster would be in a Federal Caged Hotel for a long , long , vacation .

    Money talks , bull **** walks ...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 21, 2018, at 7:08 AM
  • "Didn't know the Mexicans built a Dodge Caravan that big."

    ...............

    That caravan might create a whole new can of worms if they get "asylum" at the border . Some "illegal immigrants" could become "legal illegal immigrants" . Their status on the food chain would be higher then the normal , everyday , "illegal immigrant" .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 21, 2018, at 7:13 AM
  • At one point in time it was the United States of America with the Star Spangled Banner of Red , White , and Blue Freedom .

    It is now America with the States of Red and Blue .

    Is it wise to eventually become just one color after 200+ years with little or no Freedoms ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 21, 2018, at 8:30 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 21, 2018, at 9:11 AM
  • *

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 21, 2018, at 9:11 AM

    Rick,

    I read a lot of the comments that went with that article. There are a lot of them who know little about what they write.

    I would not know who could claim title to that part of the world without going back to square one and some very early history. It has been taken and retaken so many times by so many different factions, it is a real mess.

    I can tell you, just crossing the border from Jordan in to Israel and going through 2 checkpoints on either side of the border you will realize you aren't simply crossing from the US to Canada or Mexico. And that final few hundred feet, where you are sitting in a bus realizing you are between machine gun nests behind and in front of you, can make you ask yourself, what the hell am I doing here.

    As I understand it, the property the sand people want back was taken during the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War, both started by the Arabs. Why should Israel give it back? The Arabs would not have given back anything they took had they overwhelmed the Jews, you can count on that. Israel handed them a humiliating defeat and they still aren't over it.

    War has consequences, if you cannot deal with it, don't start one would be my suggestion.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Sat, Apr 21, 2018, at 10:54 AM
  • Wheels

    Israel is Israel , they don't play that **** , a person would think People in that part of the World would know this by now .

    .............

    .............

    Syria

    "With Russia in control now..."

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43850979

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 21, 2018, at 11:27 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 22, 2018, at 6:58 AM
  • *

    Liberals are after our Bibles and our Guns....next it will be Cherry pies and Chevrolets.

    https://www.sarahpalin-blog.com/2018/04/21/look-california-taking-unprecedented-...

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, Apr 22, 2018, at 8:20 AM
  • semo

    IMO , this would include more then the Bible . The Quran specifically sites homosexuality is a sin as well ..

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 22, 2018, at 8:59 AM
  • *

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 22, 2018, at 8:59 AM

    Rick: Notice that the Liberals never mention the Quran it's always Christians and the Bible...... guess they are afraid that they will get their heads cut off.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by Dennis Smith on Sun, Apr 22, 2018, at 11:54 AM
  • *

    Semo471

    The fruitcakes in California can have all of the Chevroletes as far as I am concerned. After the Obama giveaway to General Motors, I will never buy another GM product.

    So far as the Bible and the Quran.... they best move cautiously. Some people in California are getting fed up with the Left's BS. Evidence the joining of the government's suit agains Sanctuary Cities and States.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Sun, Apr 22, 2018, at 1:08 PM
  • *

    Semo471

    So far as queer relationships, if they leave me alone, I will definitely stay away from them. Their bit of stupidly flys against the laws of nature, it doesn't take religion to figure that out. There's something to be said for common sense. Same thing applies to global warming. The loose screws on the left are free to believe what they want but when they try shoving it down everybody's throat they are going to meet some resistance.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Sun, Apr 22, 2018, at 1:14 PM
  • *

    Wheels: The Liberal Left's base is made up of Queers, Illegals from Mexico, and the Freeloaders....what a Hodge pod of folks striving for the good of the masses to sit on their behinds and let others take care of them. It's the modern day slavery system all over again.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, Apr 22, 2018, at 4:34 PM
  • California can slide off into the Great Waters for all I care . California or anyone else who tries to rid People of their personal belief will fail , it's never happened before . California or anyone else who tries to force their belief's off on everyone else will fail , this has never happened before either .

    They can play by their own rules all they want as long as they leave me alone and it doesn't affect me . If , or when , that time should come , Rick don't play that ****...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 22, 2018, at 6:37 PM
  • Gay People don't bother me , I know some gay People , really nice folks . As long as they leave me alone about it we get along just fine , I don't tell them how to live their life and they sure ain't going to tell me how to live mine .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 22, 2018, at 6:43 PM
  • Liberals are after our Bibles and our Guns....next it will be Cherry pies and Chevrolets.

    https://www.sarahpalin-blog.com/2018/04/21/look-california-taking-unprecedented-...

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, Apr 22, 2018, at 8:20 AM

    ************

    From the link :

    Assembly Bill 2943 would make it an “unlawful business practice” to engage in “a transaction intended to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer” that advertise, offer to engage in, or do engage in “sexual orientation change efforts with an individual.”

    The Times reported that an analysis by the Assembly Judiciary Committee says the bill would apply only to services that purport to change a person’s sexual orientation and are offered “on a commercial basis, as well as the advertising and offering of such services.”

    “This is very expansive, very tyrannical and absolutely squashing free speech, religious freedom and basic choice of people. This is an anti-freedom, anti-American bill .”

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 7:44 AM
  • *

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 7:44 AM

    The looney left are totally off their rocker. I cannot see how that passes the smell test when it comes to the free speech ammendment.

    Kinda like some nutcase wanting to make it illegal to disagree with the global warming fringe nuts.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 8:04 AM
  • Wheels

    I'm not yet convinced all Left are anti-Christian nor all Right are pro-Christian . I would hope all People are Americans first and foremost , they respect the individual Rights of their fellow Americans . I could be wrong , I have been many times before .

    I have heard and been told "God loves all of his children" , I'm not sure which Religious belief but this does kind of make sense to me in a certain way ..

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 8:34 AM
  • It's a People problem , not a gun problem

    *******************

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As an intensive manhunt continued Monday for a half-naked man suspected in the slayings of four people at a Waffle House restaurant, authorities shared reports of previous efforts to contain the gun-loving man with paranoid delusions.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/waffle-house-suspect-still-being-sought-reside...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 9:40 AM
  • *

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 9:40 AM

    Rick,

    They knew he was nuts but he was still running around with a gun. Now he killed 4 people and the hue and cry begins.... take everybody else's gun and that will cure this guy's mental condition.

    The general public's right to safety is more important than the right's of a few people with severe mental problems. They need to be cotained. While they're at it lock up some of the crazies that advocate these people loose in society until they come to their senses.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 11:44 AM
  • He's naked except for a coat , how long can somebody with mental issues hide out naked . They took his guns away before because of mental issues but his dad gave them back to him .

    It's a People problem ...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 11:56 AM
  • James Shaw Jr. Identified as ‘Hero’ Who Took Away Waffle House Attacker’s Rifle

    by AWR Hawkins -- 22 Apr 2018

    Shaw Jr. said he timed his efforts on Reinking’s need to reload, watching for the moment when he could pounce. He said, “When he came in, I distinctively remember thinking that he is going to have to work for this kill. I had a chance to stop him and thankfully I stopped him.”

    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/22/james-shaw-jr-identified-hero...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 12:05 PM
  • He's caught , found in the woods .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 2:14 PM
  • *

    We need van control....get those killer vans off the road. Crazies will use any means to kill folks.

    www.thesun.co.uk/news/6125470/toronto-pedestrian-crash-truck-injuries-pavement-m...

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by Dennis Smith on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 4:09 PM
  • Seems like almost every 30 days somebody goes off the deep end for whatever reason , I don't remember life being like that before .

    Toronto isn't claiming terrorism yet but it almost has to be , either domestic or foreign .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 5:20 PM
  • Finland ends universal basic income experiment

    Finland has decided to end its experiment with a universal basic income, in which people are paid an unconditional salary by the state instead of benefits. Calls for extra funding for it were rejected and the two year trial will not be extended after next year.

    Professor Kangas said the government had turned down a request to expand the scheme to pay up to £61 million to fund the basic income for employed Finns rather than the group of 2,000 unemployed people.

    Finland’s unemployment rate of 9.2 per cent, higher than its Nordic neighbours, and complex benefits system had fuelled calls for an ambitious rethink.

    Proponents argue that:

    1.) The lack of expensive means-testing leads to a higher proportion of the budget going to recipients. This would be more efficient

    2.) The transparency of universal payments would drastically reduce the need to detect benefits fraud

    3.) One scheme could replace the current complex arrangement of government benefits, rebates and tax rebates

    4.) Work will always benefit recipients of this welfare, rather than the ‘benefits trap’ that leaves part-time workers

    Critics argue that:

    1.) Universal income may be inflationary and, in attempting to move all individuals out of poverty, it may simply raise the level of the poverty line

    2.) It may reduce the incentive to work and studies have found some evidence to support this.

    3.) A reduction in taxable income would reduce the government’s ability to cover other expenses, such as healthcare

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/23/finland-ends-universal-basic-income-...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 6:01 PM
  • Sounds like this Waffle house killer went home and got some clothes and ran out the back door and hid in the woods.

    Regarding the Toronto guy, Got to exhaust all chances he may be a conservative Christian reared gun nut dude before considering terrorism. Don't want any backlash from the Muslim community.

    That Finland stuff sounds like what democrats want here. Keep raising the minimum wage, keep raising the poverty level, make all and any work worth the same, destroy the incentive for folks to get ahead and make everyone equally poor dependent on one party to promise better. It has never worked for citizens, only tyrants.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 8:24 PM
  • Toronto guy was known by the Toronto police from previous history .

    Finland -- Socialism does not work -- thnx for proving it doesn't ..

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 9:28 PM
  • ..only in California , from the L.A.Times...

    ***************

    Monkey can't sue for copyright infringement of selfies, 9th Circuit rules

    http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-monkey-selfie-9th-circuit-20180423-s...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 9:35 PM
  • How could it even get heard by a lessor court?

    Every one should know by now that animals have rights. The baby bunny has the right to be eaten by the tom cat and the tom cat has the right to be neutered by his bigger cousin. And don't forget the early bird that has the right to the worm.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, at 10:11 PM
  • Ole Bernie recently announced he would run again on the Finland platform.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 1:00 AM
  • Animals have rights , the early bird might get the worm but it's the second mouse to the mousetrap that gets the free cheese .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 6:53 AM
  • Iran to Trump: Stay in nuclear deal or 'face severe consequences'

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/iran-trump-stay-nuclear-deal-face-severe-...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 7:15 AM
  • Paul backs Pompeo, ensuring confirmation as secretary of state

    The Kentucky Republican said he had received assurances from the White House about Pompeo’s views on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/23/paul-to-back-pompeo-ensuring-confirmat...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 7:19 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 9:30 AM
  • *

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 7:15 AM

    Rick: Don't believe Trump is scared about Iran whether Iran should be scared about Trump.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 9:39 AM
  • The Federal Reserve and Bonds will wipe out any savings for the "middle" from the new Tax Laws by manipulation . It happens every time .

    Trump forgot to mention this , his twitter must not have been working .

    ***************

    U.S. markets are diving this afternoon as industrial and FAANG stocks get hammered

    "The 10-year yield, a benchmark for global borrowing costs, has been driven steadily higher by a combination of concerns over inflation, growing debt supply, and rising Federal Reserve borrowing costs."

    http://business.financialpost.com/investing/market-moves/u-s-markets-are-sliding...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 2:41 PM
  • The reasons behind the move include expected Fed interest rate hikes, rising inflation and global growth. But the U.S. government also is going to take on more debt to pay for widening deficits. The new tax law is expected to add $1.9 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. As that debt pile grows, interest rates, which rise when bonds sell off, could continue to go higher.

    The fact the 10-year is getting a magnetic pull towards 3 percent and going higher is being driven by better growth and the higher inflation that comes with it, and all the debt that's needed to finance the growth," he said. "They're feeding on each other, and it's going to create this cycle of higher rates until they get too high and compete with financial markets or other financial instruments.

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 2:49 PM
  • *

    Trump forgot to mention this , his twitter must not have been working .-- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 2:41 PM

    Rick: The President can not control what the Fed does in increasing or lowering the prime interest rates.

    "Although an instrument of the U.S. Government, the Federal Reserve System considers itself "an independent central bank because its monetary policy decisions do not have to be approved by the President or anyone else in the executive or legislative branches of government, it does not receive funding appropriated by the Congress, and the terms of the members of the Board of Governors span multiple presidential and congressional terms."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 5:52 PM
  • semo

    No , Trump can not . No President can control the Federal Reserve , the Federal Reserve controls the USA economy .

    My point being Trump thumped his chest loud and proud about his "New Taxes" and everything plus money they would save the American People . It was a lie , the Law may have been changed but the Federal Reserve controls the economy which will affect the entire population -- not Trump's promises .

    Political Party , or President , has nothing to do with the Federal Reserve manipulating Interest Rates and the economy . None .

    The man lied and People believed it ....

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 8:57 PM
  • Something not considered but has a quiet truth..it could explain a lot of why the Region is full of radical maniacs..

    *********************

    Muslim Inbreeding is a Huge Problem--And People Don't Want to Talk About It

    Marriage between cousins remains rampant in much of the Muslim world. And the results are truly tragic.

    In fact, cousins are not even considered blood relatives in the Islamic tradition because the Qur'an does not forbid or condemn marriage between cousins. Here is what is said in chapter 4, verse 23 of the religious text:

    “Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:- Your mothers, daughters, sisters; father's sisters, Mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister's daughters; foster-mothers (Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives' mothers; your step-daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in,- no prohibition if ye have not gone in;- (Those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for what is past; for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.”

    http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/muslim-inbreeding-huge-problem-and-pe...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 9:02 PM
  • “Saudi Arabia is a living genetics laboratory,” Dr. Stephen R. Schroeder, executive director of the Prince Salman Center for Disability Research, told the Times. “Here you can study 10 families to study genetic disorders, where you would need 10,000 families to study genetic disorders in the United States.”

    But it’s not just Saudi Arabia, or the Middle East for that matter. Inbreeding is surprisingly common in many Muslim nations and communities, evidence shows.

    About 40 percent of the population marries a cousin in Egypt, according to a 2016 report in The Economist, while the percentage in Jordan is 32 percent.

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 9:05 PM
  • hhmm...there goes those Corporate Tax Breaks , away from the USA . Loss of jobs and "Tax Breaks for the Middle" . But , Corporate still gets theirs ...so much for "America First"

    ...........

    Subway expected to move, close hundreds of locations

    Subway restaurants announced Wednesday that they will be closing hundreds of locations in the next coming months.

    National media began reporting on the closures Wednesday morning, citing that 500 locations in North America would be closing.

    The company, however, plans to counter those closing with a larger "global" presence- opening approximately 1,000 stores internationally.

    http://www.wfmj.com/story/38042334/subway-expected-to-move-close-hundreds-of-loc...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 25, 2018, at 5:56 PM
  • *

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 8:57 PM

    Rick: I just said that the Fed controls the prime interest rates but the economy is controlled by Congress and the President.

    *******

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Tue, Apr 24, 2018, at 9:02 PM

    Rick: Never knew that about the Muslims, could very well be the reason for their wild and crazy lifestyles and religious thinking.

    *******

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 25, 2018, at 5:56 PM

    Rick: IMO, the Subways being closed are those in the intercity were crime causes less profit for the stores.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Apr 25, 2018, at 7:21 PM
  • Rick: I just said that the Fed controls the prime interest rates but the economy is controlled by Congress and the President.

    ...

    semo

    If the economy is controlled by Government , wouldn't that be Socialism instead of Free Enterprise or Private Sector ? The Federal Reserve is suppose to be a counter balance by manipulating interest rates , it kept them at near 0% the whole time Whistle Dick Obama was in office . Inflation plus higher interest rates will eat up any tax savings the average person might have got from the new Tax Law . Corporate can sit on any tax savings , theirs were cut in half -- permanently -- plus they can cut and run over seas too . There is no guarantee Corporate will pass down or share their tax savings with the "middle" as advertised or anyone else .

    *********

    Rick: IMO, the Subways being closed are those in the intercity were crime causes less profit for the stores.

    ....

    Seems like they would just relocate to non-high crime rate areas in the USA instead of moving over seas ...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 25, 2018, at 8:20 PM
  • Michael Cohen to Plead the Fifth in Stormy Daniels Lawsuit

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-cohen-to-plead-the-fifth-in-stormy-daniels...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 25, 2018, at 8:21 PM
  • Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Trump's travel ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to hand President Donald Trump a huge legal victory, signaling on Wednesday it was likely to uphold his contentious travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration/trumps-travel-ban-faces...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 25, 2018, at 8:31 PM
  • *

    If the economy is controlled by Government , wouldn't that be Socialism instead of Free Enterprise or Private Sector ?

    Rick: I should have said "guided" and not controlled.

    Inflation plus higher interest rates will eat up any tax savings the average person might have got from the new Tax Law.

    Rick: True....does that mean the Fed is anti-American?

    Corporate can sit on any tax savings , theirs were cut in half -- permanently -- plus they can cut and run over seas too . There is no guarantee Corporate will pass down or share their tax savings with the "middle" as advertised or anyone else.

    Rick: It's a free country but if they cut and run overseas then they lose their tax cuts don't they. Quite a few companies have passed on bonuses to their employees already or do you think like Pelosi that it's just crumbs.

    Seems like they would just relocate to non-high crime rate areas in the USA instead of moving over seas ...

    Rick: There are already stores in non-high crime rate areas in the USA....Franchises are guaranteed a certain amount of stores in certain areas.

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Apr 25, 2018, at 8:20 PM

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, Apr 25, 2018, at 10:05 PM
  • I actually listened to the Supreme Court arguments. Not the first time and still surprised how rude the judges are and the informality of it all. Sounds like two people trying to convince a panel of 16 year old kids of the pros and cons of roundabouts.

    One of the functions reserved for the federal government is the establishment of a national currency. The Federal Reserve was not needed until government overspent it's revenue. Andrew Jackson started the debate over state banks or national banks.

    A good friend cursed Reagan for bringing interest rates down. His retirement was based on high CD rates.

    Last I knew, Subway is an American free enterprise outfit. The market they abandon will be served by others creating more start up opportunity for those with more capital due to tax cuts. Let Subway go do it's thing. Grocery stores and gas stations have already taken a lot of their market share.

    I disagree that the economy is controlled by congress and the president. As it is today, congress, executive, and judicial have given the lions share of influence regarding the economy to administrative rule. IMO Trump understands this and is trying to reign in the powers of bureaucrats not elected by the people.

    Anyway, just my opinion.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Wed, Apr 25, 2018, at 11:03 PM
  • So where does the new Tax Cut savings go , who gets them . What about more expansion and investments ?

    ******************

    Amazon Raises Annual Prime Price 20% to $119

    Executives cite higher costs for the program’s second price increase in 13 years

    Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 3.96% on Thursday said it would raise the annual price of its Prime membership program 20% to $119, a sizable leap that could deliver meaningful revenue but also comes amid a sharp jump in fuel prices.

    On a quarterly earnings call, Amazon’s executives said Prime’s second price increase in its 13-year history reflects the program’s rising costs and expanded options, specifically faster shipping and a larger library of streaming music and video titles.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-raises-annual-prime-price-20-to-119-15247827...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 26, 2018, at 8:31 PM
  • Was it Woodrow Wilson who finally got the Federal Reserve and Federal Income Tax -- Central Bank -- during WWI ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 26, 2018, at 8:34 PM
  • The Federal Reserve System was created on December 23, 1913, when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law. The system is composed of a central, independent governmental agency--the Board of Governors--in Washington, D.C., and 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, located in major cities throughout the nation.

    Today, the Federal Reserve sets the nation's monetary policy, supervises and regulates banking institutions, maintains the stability of the financial system, and provides financial services to depository institutions, the U.S. government, and foreign official institutions.

    https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/centennial/about.htm

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 26, 2018, at 8:36 PM
  • While Amazon increases it's prime by 20% that " reflects the program’s rising costs and expanded options," , it also " surprises Wall Street with huge profits, optimistic outlook" .

    So , WTF ...where are those Tax Cuts going ??

    ...................

    Amazon surprises Wall Street with huge profits, optimistic outlook

    (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) march in retail and cloud computing showed no sign of slowing on Thursday, as the company reported a surge in first-quarter profit and a rosy outlook for the spring, surprising all but the most optimistic on Wall Street.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-results/amazons-first-quarter-reve...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 26, 2018, at 8:43 PM
  • So Amazon just got a 17% tax cut plus a 19% cost increase to customers , isn't that a 36% swing ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Apr 26, 2018, at 8:54 PM
  • *

    Rick: Amazon is a good example of corporate greed. I buy very little on Amazon - still prefer to do business with brick and mortar stores.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Thu, Apr 26, 2018, at 9:43 PM
  • House intel panel releases final report on Russia probe

    http://www.wktv.com/content/news/House-intel-panel-releases-final-report-on-Russ...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 27, 2018, at 12:21 PM
  • Russian Trump Tower Lawyer: ‘I Am an Informant’ for Kremlin

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-trump-tower-lawyer-i-am-a-informant-for-kr...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Fri, Apr 27, 2018, at 12:23 PM
  • *

    Had thought about taking a DNA test to trace ancestral lines and now I'm glad I never did. Nothing is private anymore.......your emails, social media comments, and now your DNA. Can you say Big Brother is watching you.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2018/04/27/ancestry-genealogy-dna...

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sat, Apr 28, 2018, at 8:03 AM
  • O.J. Simpson was found not guilty because of contaminated DNA , will this dude get the same deal ? If a person takes one of those DNA tests from 2 different companies they will get 2 different results , one might say a person is Irish and they other say French . I'm not seeing how it could be evidence in court ....

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, Apr 28, 2018, at 8:56 AM
  • *

    Rick: What I'm getting at, these DNA testing results will be a national DNA database with a person's DNA subject to be looked at by LEO or others - not for their origins but to match with DNA at crime scenes or could be if you are a Jew or whatever.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sat, Apr 28, 2018, at 9:39 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 29, 2018, at 7:14 PM
  • semo

    There should be search warrants for DNA .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, Apr 29, 2018, at 7:14 PM
  • *

    Rick: Should be against the law to match DNA in a private database with a criminal suspect by LEO with or without a search warrant.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, Apr 29, 2018, at 7:30 PM
  • The Wall ..

    ..................

    A pigeon that was found near the Mexico-United States border with 200 ecstasy pills attached to its back.

    https://i.imgur.com/YydAiOF.jpg

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 7:48 AM
  • Syria Strike Destroyed 200 Missiles, Killed 11 Iranians, Source in pro-Assad Alliance Says

    .........

    The Syrian army said "enemy" rockets struck military bases belonging to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, Syrian state TV reported.

    An official from a regional alliance including Iran, Hezbollah and Syria, said Monday that the strikes killed 16 people, among them 11 Iranians, according to the New York Times. The report said the bombardment also destroyed 200 missiles. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity, as he was permitted to speak to the press.

    https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/explosions-reported-in-assad-army...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 7:53 AM
  • *

    "If a person takes one of those DNA tests from 2 different companies they will get 2 different results , one might say a person is Irish and they other say French . I'm not seeing how it could be evidence in court ...."

    Trying to catch up here....

    Rick, one of the things that has stopped me from doing one of those test was worrying about the level of know how of the test taker. I think the use of this information best be left to knowledgeable people.

    Now if you were to do one, I have no doubt the result would read something like 'genuine American Injun, able to live indefinitely on his own in the oudoors, should definitely wear a hard hat while working in the kitchen' 😊😂😎.

    Sorry about that the devil made me bring that up again. 😊

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 8:14 AM
  • *

    "Had thought about taking a DNA test to trace ancestral lines and now I'm glad I never did. Nothing is private anymore.......your emails, social media comments, and now your DNA. Can you say Big Brother is watching you."

    Hmmmm!

    Now Semo471, what are you trying to hide? 😊😉😊

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 8:18 AM
  • It would not shock me one bit to know that any blood test you have - annual check up, medical issue, etc. - is forwarded or grabbed by some federal bureaucracy to load into a data base. 1984 is here. Is it happening? I don't know. But it wouldn't shock me to hear it after this past couple of years and the FISA court abuses, IRS abuses under Obama, etc.

    Every one of your medical records was recorded and stored with your personal doctors in paper/computer form in their office and no where else. Until Obamacare came along and, in the interest of "efficiency" and "better health care", your records are now 100% loaded up to the federal government in digital form on a computer. Stray to Uncle Sam.

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 8:30 AM
  • *

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 8:18 AM

    Wheels: Not trying to hide anything😈; however, can you image how wild Uncle Sam can get with all the data that is at their hands from sources that to us are totally innocent. How about a computer error that says your DNA match a criminal on the run - now wouldn't that be peachy.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 8:58 AM
  • *

    Semo471

    I was just pulling your leg a little. At this point I'm with you, it is a real concern.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 11:09 AM
  • Sorry about that the devil made me bring that up again. 😊

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 8:14 AM

    I still have my new hard hat :)

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 11:22 AM
  • Doug Williams

    I agree . The freakin' Government is even out for blood now and they'll tax it too .

    When a baby is born one of the first things the doc does is take a blood test out of a baby's heel to see if the baby might have any birth defects or diseases . It wouldn't surprise me if it's Law now for the doc to turn over DNA to authorities . Actually , it wouldn't surprise me if the docs don't start inserting tiny chips in a new born in case a child "gets lost or is abducted and can be found using GPS." What it really will do is allow the Government to track anyone anywhere they go or are in the end .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 11:29 AM
  • When a baby is born one of the first things the doc does is take a blood test out of a baby's heel to see if the baby might have any birth defects or diseases -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 11:29 AM

    Forgot about that. When we think these things government bureaucrats and progressives say "You're just paranoid" - Commie Lettau used to say that daily.

    But now that we know the facts about lies from the Obama administration on tracking and collecting citizen data by the NSA, CIA and FBI those progressive have eggs on their face. And they are not trusted anymore.

    A lot of this has come to light under Trump - but he could do a better job of putting an end to it. If he hasn't already.

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 11:40 AM
  • *

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 11:09 AM

    Wheels: I was pulling your leg also....guess today is a leg pulling day.

    *******

    Has anyone got any info on Mr. Common....wonder if we need to take a trip to Scopus to find out what's up with Mr. Democrat Lettau.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 12:37 PM
  • *

    Who would have thought that Iran lied to Obama and the European countries that signed the dumb Iran Deal.

    https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/pm-expected-to-reveal-how-iran-cheated-world...

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 6:46 PM
  • It is rather dull without the Sage these days. Came through Scopus recently and didn't even see a Clinton yard sign. Gave up and got smart? Doubtful,but he may show up at about 1:10.

    https://youtu.be/Avi0H5T7rrE

    -- Posted by DA Braswell on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 7:26 PM
  • Maybe Lettau was the Golden State Killer after all..

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 7:38 PM
  • *

    Maybe Lettau is in the Democratic witness protection program.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 8:50 PM
  • Semo, I happened to watch him make that address live. It was a message to Americans. Not sure, wondering if they were able to send in intel agents to glean all that info under the nose of the Iranians?

    Rock, Good response.

    Rick, common may have decided like my Kennett democrat friends that them people have too long memories to argue with. Ha!

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 9:02 PM
  • *

    FINAL: Cardinals 3, White Sox 2....if only the Cards could play the majority of their games against the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Socks.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, May 2, 2018, at 3:11 PM
  • *

    Chicago White Sox not Socks - good grief.

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, May 2, 2018, at 3:14 PM
  • *

    There goes old George Soros again - trying to destroy America.

    https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/04/soros-funded-group-launches-app-help-...

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, May 2, 2018, at 5:06 PM
  • Jack Webb started his Dragnet show with "This is the city" and went on to spew facts surprising to viewers not living in a big city. Wonder what would follow "This is the city" today regarding Los Angeles?

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Wed, May 2, 2018, at 7:18 PM
  • *

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Wed, May 2, 2018, at 7:18 PM

    OJ: One thing for sure, it wouldn't be called The City of Angels.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Wed, May 2, 2018, at 8:20 PM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, May 3, 2018, at 8:09 AM
  • "A movie scene": Brinks truck drops hundreds of thousands of dollars on Indiana highway

    INDIANAPOLIS -- State police say drivers clamored to pick up cash on an interstate in Indianapolis after the back doors of a Brinks armored truck swung open and hundreds of thousands of dollars flew out. Troopers at the scene initially said up to $600,000 had flown across the interstate, but police later said the exact amount was not known, CBS affiliate WTTV reports.

    State police spokesman Sgt. John Perrine says investigators don't know exactly how much cash was in the truck when its lost its load about 9 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 70 on the city's southwest side. Perrine says it was definitely hundreds of thousands.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brinks-truck-drops-hundreds-of-thousands-dollars-in...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, May 3, 2018, at 12:50 PM
  • hhmm....

    ***************

    Twitter urges all users to change passwords after glitch

    (Reuters) - Twitter Inc urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather than disguised by a process known as “hashing”.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-passwords/twitter-says-glitch-exposed...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, May 3, 2018, at 8:29 PM
  • Twitter :

    Change your pass when using a personal disguised by a process known as “hashing” instead of using a Secured Government device .

    Hillary used personable unsecured Government devices too..

    Both can be hacked and both can be edited .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, May 3, 2018, at 8:39 PM
  • *

    5/4/18........May the Force be with you!

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Fri, May 4, 2018, at 7:33 AM
  • The first 3 days of barefoot was practice, after the fourth children should be committed till school starts.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, May 4, 2018, at 10:48 AM
  • *

    Careful here Old John, you gonna be letting folks know the generation you wrote from.

    I was allowed to wear shoes on Sundays, until we got to Grandma's for a chicken dinner after Church.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Fri, May 4, 2018, at 12:52 PM
  • Wheels, Yeah. I forgot about Sunday morning but our shoes looked like the ones the preacher kept around for the monthly board meeting.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, May 4, 2018, at 1:57 PM
  • *

    Old John, you talking about the shoes the Preacher wore to the meeting where they discussed salary?

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Fri, May 4, 2018, at 7:02 PM
  • Ralph, :)

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, May 4, 2018, at 7:12 PM
  • *

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Fri, May 4, 2018, at 10:48 AM

    OJ: Summers were for going barefoot back in the day - problem was couldn't go into places that had the sign:

    No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service. lol

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sat, May 5, 2018, at 7:49 AM
  • So don't come back asking for Entitlement tax money ...use your own , dammit

    .........................

    California's economy is now the 5th-biggest in the world, and has overtaken the United Kingdom

    "California's economy is so large, and has grown so quickly, that it is now the fifth-biggest in the world all by itself, according to US government data.

    Figures released on Friday by the US Department of Commerce put California's effective GDP from 2017 at around $2.747 trillion. It said the state's economy grew by 3.4% in the past year."

    http://www.businessinsider.com/california-economy-ranks-5th-in-the-world-beating...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, May 5, 2018, at 12:49 PM
  • *

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, May 5, 2018, at 12:49 PM

    Rick: They might be the 5th largest but they are overtaxed and broke....too many illegals and freeloaders.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sat, May 5, 2018, at 3:42 PM
  • Sounds like the 'Get Trump' thing is slowly coming back to bite'm.

    Also funny I never heard of this Cayenne Pepper guy until he said something good about Trump and now the Turdashians are disowning him.

    Where's ABC and CNN on the judge that scolded the 'Get Trump' people?

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Sat, May 5, 2018, at 10:22 PM
  • *

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Sat, May 5, 2018, at 10:22 PM

    OJ: The smell of the corruption in the Hillary/DNC 2016 campaign (similar to a baby's 12 hour old diaper) is spreading and shortly even the biased Liberal news media will be able to smell it and won't be able to overlook it any further.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, May 6, 2018, at 7:35 AM
  • Watch this week's "The Apprentice" to clear up those loose ends..

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sun, May 6, 2018, at 7:37 AM
  • *

    Posted by Rick Scaggs on Sat, May 5, 2018, at 12:49 PM

    My idea is to have all illegal immigrants go to CA. and then cut it from the USA. Let Pelosi, Brown, Obama, and the Clinton's use their money to fund all of it! They would also be required to hook to the Mexico electric grid and have to have a VISA to go anywhere in the USA. They can do their shopping and etc. in Mexico!

    -- Posted by Karen Jones on Sun, May 6, 2018, at 3:29 PM
  • *

    BTW What did you guys do to Common? Must have run and hid with Sneller. 😁

    -- Posted by Karen Jones on Sun, May 6, 2018, at 3:53 PM
  • Maybe common went off to the NE to make election predictions. Sneller could be arguing with EA about where the road with the round about goes to.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Sun, May 6, 2018, at 7:00 PM
  • *

    -- Posted by Karen Jones on Sun, May 6, 2018, at 3:53 PM

    Iamhere: Common got upset at me for showing him up on the forums so maybe he just flipped out.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, May 6, 2018, at 7:22 PM
  • *

    If my 7:22pm comment doesn't get a response from Common, nothing will.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Sun, May 6, 2018, at 7:24 PM
  • *

    Commie and Sneller... miss both of them, like a toothache when it subsides.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Mon, May 7, 2018, at 8:04 AM
  • Hopefully Commie Lettau hasn't fallen ill or is in bad health.

    I just think he's rich in Soros money trying to convert Bollinger County to the "D"ark side. :-)

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Mon, May 7, 2018, at 8:07 AM
  • Oil surges on Venezuela woes and Iran worries

    LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose to their highest levels since late-2014 on Monday, boosted by fresh troubles for Venezuelan oil company PDVSA and a looming decision on whether the United States will re-impose sanctions on Iran.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-surges-on-venezuela-woes-and-i...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, May 7, 2018, at 8:42 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Mon, May 7, 2018, at 8:47 AM
  • *

    Rick: IMO, the Oil Speculators who had low price oil stocks creates excuses to drive the prices up then sells them at a good profit, then creates excuses to drive the prices down whereas they once again buy up stocks low and reruns the cycle again and again.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by David Schaefer on Mon, May 7, 2018, at 9:33 AM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Jun 20, 2018, at 8:24 AM
  • "This is in accordance with both my training as an emergency responder, as a pastor, a husband, a father and a grandfather," he explained.

    Now many would like to give him another title: hero. But George, who wanted none of this attention, says he was just following his calling.

    "I carry a firearm for the same reason I carry a first aid bag," he said. "Hoping never having to use them but always being prepared."

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tumwater-walmart-shooting-pastor-and-emt-david-geor...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Jun 20, 2018, at 6:06 PM
  • Chinese investment in the US drops 90% amid political pressure

    http://thebaltimorepost.com/chinese-investment-in-the-us-drops-90-amid-political...

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Jun 20, 2018, at 6:08 PM
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    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Jun 20, 2018, at 6:06 PM

    Rick: A good example of a good guy with a gun taking down a bad guy with a gun....pity the car jacker wasn't shot before he shot a person in the car who now is paralyzed due to the shooting.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by Dennis Smith on Wed, Jun 20, 2018, at 6:26 PM
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    Guess Mr. Common is at the DNC boot camp on how to spin the latest anti-Trump Cr**.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by Dennis Smith on Wed, Jun 20, 2018, at 6:28 PM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Jun 20, 2018, at 6:43 PM
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    If Peter Fonda was a Republican his career would be over by now, and all shows he is associated with would be cancelled and movies pulled.

    Instead he will just say he was “joking”, offer a fake apology, and then continue his sick bigotry. (Charlie Kirk via Twitter)

    -- Posted by Dennis Smith on Thu, Jun 21, 2018, at 8:19 AM
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    SCOTUS upheld President Trump's Travel Ban 5 to 4....another victory for the USA and President Trump.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by Dennis Smith on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 9:22 AM
  • "...another victory for the USA and President Trump."

    Right. The President "promised" a "Muslim ban" and settled for a watered down third version.

    Great victory...

    Now that we've "buddied up" with North Korea, he going to have to change it again.

    -- Posted by Rick Lettau on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 10:08 AM
  • The other question remains, "Why aren't the countries that are homes to the 9/11 terrorists on the travel ban?"

    -- Posted by Rick Lettau on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 10:09 AM
  • That was:

    ...he is going to...

    -- Posted by Rick Lettau on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 10:11 AM
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    The President "promised" a "Muslim ban" and settled for a watered down third version.-- Posted by Rick Lettau on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 10:08 AM

    Common: President Trump had to "water down" his travel ban due to Liberal judges who thought that they knew it all and overturned it - good that the SCOTUS ruled against these crack judges and for the safety of Americans. BTW, there is no mention of North Korea being lifted out of the ban until they de-nuke....know that's hard for you to comprehend.

    *******

    Why aren't the countries that are homes to the 9/11 terrorists on the travel ban?-- Posted by Rick Lettau on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 10:09 AM

    Common: Saudi Arabia has long been a regional ally to the U.S. that previous USA Presidents supported. The countries in the ban have supported their terrorist groups while Saudi Arabia has not.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by Dennis Smith on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 10:44 AM
  • So you ban countries that don't produce terrorists and don't ban the countries that do produce terrorists.

    Sounds like more conservative lack of logic again.

    What even more absurd is that there was never any need for the President to "promise" a Muslim ban (which he was unable to get anyhow.)

    None of the "Muslim ban" countries can send individuals to the US without proper visas and State Department approval. There is no "right" to come to the US without valid travel documents. Therefore a "de facto" Muslim ban was already in effect, regardless of what the President did.

    -- Posted by Rick Lettau on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 1:02 PM
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    - Posted by Rick Lettau on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 1:02 PM

    Common: Simple it's called the Asylum program that the liberal Democrats whined and cried about because President Trump wouldn't accept the Syria refugees into the USA. President Trump put a travel ban on those countries until they're properly vetted. You have an easy method of forgetting items that don't fit yours and the other snowflakes' agenda.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by Dennis Smith on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 4:00 PM
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    There is no "right" to come to the US without valid travel documents. -- Posted by Rick Lettau on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 1:02 PM

    Common: Thanks for making the point of keeping out the illegals from Mexico or any other country.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by Dennis Smith on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 4:04 PM
  • So you ban countries that don't produce terrorists and don't ban the countries that do produce terrorists.-- Posted by Rick Lettau on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 1:02 PM

    9/11 was 17 years ago. Grow up Lettau. Do you think we should ban travel to Germany since WWII?

    The countries on the ban - the same one's your messiah listed as terrorist supporters - do not have the ability to vouch for their people and their terrorist backgrounds. Hence the ban.

    Venezuela is on the ban - big Muslim country? I'll let you google the answer to that yourself.

    Just more from a "never Trump"er.

    -- Posted by Doug Williams 4/24 on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 4:05 PM
  • I see nothing is changed in the defective logic of our #1 spin master. Notice how it is now Trump that coined the phrase "Muslim ban" and he "promised" one.

    92% of the Muslims on the planet were not banned or restricted from legally visiting or immigrating to the US.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, at 6:39 PM
  • Wish I could claim this one:

    The Democrats haven't tried to kick this many people out of restaurants since the 60's.

    -- Posted by DA Braswell on Wed, Jun 27, 2018, at 3:58 PM
  • Just think , if the USA was 100% "Republican" or 100% "Democrat , the USA would never have another problem .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Jun 27, 2018, at 4:22 PM
  • End the Afghanistan War it will be one less reason for People to hate the USA and ease up terrorist . Bin Laden is rumored to be dead , wasn't that the mission in Afghanistan , to find and kill Bin Laden ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Wed, Jun 27, 2018, at 5:15 PM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 8:15 AM
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    The Left Wing Wackos don't want us to remember Obama doing the same thing Trump is doing.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 8:33 AM
  • So it was the wrong thing to do, and President Obama stopped doing it.

    President Trump was even more wrong in starting it up again, and then caved under pressure, and stopped it.

    That's pretty easy to understand.

    -- Posted by Rick Lettau on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 10:14 AM
  • What is really easier to understand is Obama did do the exact same thing as Trump but nobody gave a damned then .

    Why so ?

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 10:33 AM
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    And the Democrats don't give a dam now, if they did they could not support killing the unborn. What it is at this point, just one more point to criticise Trump for. He is merely enforcing imigration laws these Democrats helped to enact.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 11:06 AM
  • The USA has been fighting border control at least since Poncho Villa and George Patton at the turn of the 1900's . It was a hot topic then -- the USA military -- and it's come back around to be a hot topic again .

    Trying to claim it's all on Trump would be wrong . At the same time Trump opened this can of worms himself with his campaign rhetoric . Be careful what you wish for , you just might get it .

    Obama is no innocent choir boy either, he used the PPACA as a distraction to everything else

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 12:09 PM
  • Wow, Trump just caused some crazy to shoot up a newspaper office with a Joe Biden gun and kill several people.

    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 5:41 PM
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    -- Posted by R. W. Bess on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 5:41 PM

    OJ: Maybe the shooter is a follower of Maxine Waters way of taking matters into their hands.

    Schaefer's World

    -- Posted by Dennis Smith on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 6:05 PM
  • hhmmm…

    Sarah Sanders: An attack on "journalists doing their job is an attack on every American" .

    ………………………

    Sarah Sanders

    @PressSec

    Strongly condemn the evil act of senseless violence in Annapolis, MD. A violent attack on innocent journalists doing their job is an attack on every American. Our prayers are with the victims and their friends and families.

    5:53 PM - Jun 28, 2018

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 6:30 PM
  • -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 7:49 PM
  • Irony at it's finest when a mentally ill person goes after the Free Press because they don't like what it's saying .

    -- Posted by Rick Scaggs on Thu, Jun 28, 2018, at 10:17 PM
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    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2018/06/28/get-out-my-******...

    Whoopi Goldberg melts down.

    Poor, poor Democrats, still cannot accept that Trump won and it is his job to appoint a Supreme Court Justice.

    My heart bleeds for the Socialist B*******.

    -- Posted by Ralph VanGennip on Fri, Jun 29, 2018, at 4:08 PM

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