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Daily Depravity Digest
Cokie Roberts: Oh, We All Knew To Avoid Getting in An Elevator With Rep. Conyers


Pelosi amps up pressure on Conyers to resign


Black Caucus members press Conyers to resign



Dem Congresswoman: Former Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.) tried to pin me to elevator door and kiss me
Posted by: Fred || 11/29/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Color Roberts - news reporter? No need to report that which "everybody" knew.
Posted by: Bobby || 11/29/2017 10:48 Comments || Top||

#2  For a guy, reading the "Depravity Digest" is like reading the obituaries; you feel lucky when your name doesn't show up.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/29/2017 17:34 Comments || Top||

#3  Makes me feel like an underachiever.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/29/2017 20:00 Comments || Top||

#4  Garrison Keillor Accused Of 'Inappropriate Behavior,' Minnesota Public Radio Says

Used to look forward to "The News From Lake Wobegon." Norski's are prototypical Masochists (without the sex).

imo, Mr. Keillor had both the voice and face for radio.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 11/29/2017 21:19 Comments || Top||

#5  "I am rubber, you are glue." is absolutely hilarious to watch.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 11/29/2017 21:43 Comments || Top||



Home Front: Politix
McCain: Trump doesn’t have any ‘principles and beliefs’
[THEHILL]None that the honourable senator is able to recognize, anyway. No doubt there’s a reason for that.
Posted by: Fred || 11/29/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Said the Professional politician who, for years, ran on repealing Obamacare but, when he finally had a chance to, voted against the repeal.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/29/2017 0:04 Comments || Top||

#2  I have 'principles and beliefs'. If you don't like 'em, well, I have others.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 11/29/2017 4:20 Comments || Top||

#3  To paraphrase Lazarus Long: when people talk to me about their principles & beliefs, I put a hand on my wallet.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/29/2017 4:34 Comments || Top||

#4  Because of you piece of shit, I got obama. Remember that disaster you are?
And because of you, I cannot find a way to get this shit off this Nation.

Hero to zero, and you cannot take a hint.

You have now failed.
Retire.
Posted by: newc || 11/29/2017 5:01 Comments || Top||

#5  You can tell the deep-staters as all they say is obvious projection
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 11/29/2017 6:37 Comments || Top||

#6  When you finally pass, say hello to another former POW* and war hero** Mr. Arnold for us.

* captured and exchanged from the Canadian expedition.
** pivotal in the Battle of Saratoga
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/29/2017 8:11 Comments || Top||

#7  The caisson, clean the foot boards and grease the wheels. His day is soon coming.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/29/2017 8:12 Comments || Top||

#8  Said the guy who is a master at not having any principles and beliefs....
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/29/2017 9:14 Comments || Top||

#9  He always describes himself as a maverick but that just means he doesn't have any principles or beliefs.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/29/2017 10:32 Comments || Top||

#10  McCain has principles but they are fungible.
Posted by: wagawaga222 || 11/29/2017 15:54 Comments || Top||

#11  Worst and longest death scene ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxZXptGpXng
Posted by: regular joe || 11/29/2017 16:34 Comments || Top||

#12  McCain sounds so much like a Democrat; lots of projection.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/29/2017 17:29 Comments || Top||

#13  "And I would have had my private war in Syria if it weren't for those meddling hobbits!"
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/29/2017 19:23 Comments || Top||

#14  McStain is too good of a moniker for him.
How can his voters not recognize his shortcomings?
Posted by: Ebberemp Snore6525 || 11/29/2017 22:05 Comments || Top||

#15  Like Levin para-phrased...
We don't have a government. We have the democrat party with a republican wing.
Posted by: newc || 11/29/2017 23:19 Comments || Top||


White House slams Dem ‘pettiness’ as Pelosi, Schumer pull out of meeting
[FOXNEWS] The White House on Tuesday shot back at the top congressional Democrats -- Sen. Chuck Schumer
Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower. Senate minority leader as of 2017.
and Rep. Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi
Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. Formerly Speaker of the House, but it's not her fault they lost. Really. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace...
-- for pulling out of a White House meeting with President Trump, saying the president wants them to "put aside their pettiness" and "get to work."

Schumer, the Senate minority leader, and Pelosi, the House minority leader, cancelled their meeting with Trump and top congressional Republicans after the president hinted that any attempt to reach a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown would be thwarted by Democrats’ desire to include immigration reform and tax increases.

"It’s disappointing that Senator Schumer and Leader Pelosi are refusing to come to the table and discuss urgent issues," said White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. "The president’s invitation to the Democrat leaders still stands and he encourages them to put aside their pettiness, stop the political grandstanding, show up and get to work. These issues are too important."
Posted by: Fred || 11/29/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  They don't want compromise only surrender. Follows the pattern of every one of their special interest groups.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/29/2017 8:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Shun the arrogant losers and ban them from any return to the White House under a Trump administration.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/29/2017 8:15 Comments || Top||

#3  They are still pushing the Obamagenda. Wait & see what happens next.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 11/29/2017 15:42 Comments || Top||


Luis Gutierrez retiring from Congress to help Puerto Rico rebuild
More on this story from yesterday.
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., announced Tuesday afternoon that he will not seek re-election in 2018 because he wants to help Puerto Rico recover from two disastrous hurricanes.

"I cannot be here in the 4th congressional district and be rebuilding the home of my mom and my dad," Gutierrez said about Puerto Rico. "The place that I love so much ‐ and I'm gonna work really hard until she's completely built to 21st century standards, but I can't do them both."

"I'm not going to run for reelection, but I'm also throwing my support behind Jesus [Chuy] Garcia, to run for the office of representative for the 4th District," Gutierrez added. "I want to make absolutely clear that I'd be a candidate in the congressional district if Jesus Garcia had not volunteered to run."
Posted by: Fred || 11/29/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Garcia ran against Rahm Emanuel in 2015 Dem primary and forced a run off.

His platform was basically tax more and spend more.
Posted by: lord garth || 11/29/2017 0:09 Comments || Top||

#2  Is he a grower?
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/29/2017 0:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Or groper?
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/29/2017 0:13 Comments || Top||

#4  Some people are speculating that he intends to marshal the U.S. Hispanic population behind a party for his presidency. Something he cannot see happening via the Democratic "Black/White Socialist" party.
Posted by: Hupeting Sforza8196 || 11/29/2017 4:16 Comments || Top||

#5  Some people are speculating that he intends to marshal the U.S. Hispanic population behind a party for his presidency.

Now, wouldn't that be nice.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/29/2017 4:35 Comments || Top||

#6  He's in line behind Cornjulio Castro in the dem prexy candidate batting order and probably any man of any race is going to be behind a black woman as the next dem prexy candidate.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/29/2017 7:32 Comments || Top||

#7  'Chuy' Garcia is no prize, either.

Plus, he's also an Antifa supporter and a BDS loon.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 11/29/2017 8:13 Comments || Top||

#8  Luis is more about his tribe than he is about MAGA.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/29/2017 17:26 Comments || Top||

#9  He needs a little time off to firm up his candidacy for 2020.

And, since it was brought up, I would not be surprised to see The Che Guerra wing of the Probs in support of him.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 11/29/2017 21:42 Comments || Top||


Mike Bloomberg Funds Global Warming Conference Trump Stopped Funding
[DAILYCALLER] Former New York Mayor Michael Nanny Bloomberg’s multi-billion-dollar climate change foundation is replacing the EPA as the primary sponsor for a major global warming conference in Colorado.
That's fine, as long as it's his own money.
The more he wastes on things like this, the less he’ll have to spend where it actually matters. But according to Keynes, it all benefits the economy anyway, so he should be happy about making President Trump look better.
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and The Climate Registry announced Tuesday that the Bloomberg Philanthropies will sponsor the Climate Leadership Conference. The move is designed to fill the void left after the EPA discontinued sponsoring the conference in 2017.

Bloomberg, a New York billionaire and staunch environmentalists, has crusaded for months against President Donald Trump’s climate policies. He has dumped millions of dollars on grants to organizations that are working to undermine the president’s regulation rollbacks.

Posted by: Fred || 11/29/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's good that Trump has stopped the state subsidising conferences for religious cults.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 11/29/2017 6:39 Comments || Top||

#2  Actually this is a great test case for Keynes' theory, as it's still money down a black hole, even if it's a black hole that eats and buys plane tickets and hotel rooms. I say less positive impact than say a car wash or autobody shop startup.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/29/2017 7:34 Comments || Top||

#3  What's the budget for 5 star restaurants?
Posted by: AlanC || 11/29/2017 8:08 Comments || Top||

#4  I might not agree with GW, but I don't have a problem with private funding of pet causes.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/29/2017 10:38 Comments || Top||

#5  In unrelated news Hookers from throughout the nation have been migrating to Colorado for unknown reasons.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/29/2017 11:36 Comments || Top||

#6  RJ: Painted lady butterflies?
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/29/2017 14:09 Comments || Top||

#7  Swallows?
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/29/2017 17:37 Comments || Top||

#8  @JohnQC: one word: Soros
Posted by: KBK || 11/29/2017 18:45 Comments || Top||

#9  I don't know much about links between Soros, hookers and Colorada, I've got no use for him.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/29/2017 23:58 Comments || Top||


Government
Temporary restraining order to stop Trump's pick for CFPB is denied
[FOXNEWS] In a victory for the Trump White House, a temporary restraining order to halt the president's pick for acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Mick Mulvaney, was denied by a judge late Tuesday though the decision is likely to be appealed.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled in favor of Trump in his effort to appoint White House budget director Mulvaney to lead the bureau, the nation's top financial watchdog agency.

"Denying the president’s authority to appoint Mr. Mulvaney raises significant constitutional questions," Kelly, a Trump nominee for the bench, said.

The ruling comes after a nasty partisan spat that pitted the Trump administration against an Obama-era holdover.

Leandra English was elevated to acting deputy director Friday when Richard Cordray resigned. The fight for control bled into the weekend and on Sunday, English filed an emergency restraining order to keep Mulvaney out.
Posted by: Fred || 11/29/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Diana Ross to the courtesy phone......


The Supremes need to stop this crap and put the Dem/Deep State in their place, and that's NOT in control of everything.
Posted by: AlanC || 11/29/2017 8:01 Comments || Top||

#2  The Supremes need to stop this crap

You missed the /sarc on that. The judiciary protects its own.

The only thing that will put the judiciary back into its proper alignment of constitutional government is to impeach about a dozen judges. See - Sun Tzu and the concubines. That is known as 'checks and balances'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/29/2017 8:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Leandra needs the Office Space treatment with an office relocation to the basement and no red Swingline stapler
Posted by: Frank G || 11/29/2017 9:49 Comments || Top||

#4  I'm thinking she needs more of the Office Space printer in the field treatment
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/29/2017 10:38 Comments || Top||

#5  What this needs is a terse dismissal with Prejudice informing the Plaintiff that being a Stand-In is different from being a Replacement. These cute legal maneuvers are a rot in the Public's willingness to comply with the Rule of Law -- like a dental cavity that eventually kills the tooth.
Posted by: magpie || 11/29/2017 13:00 Comments || Top||

#6  Faucahontas is claiming Congress should have a say in who gets appointed. Her problem is that's not in the language of the law. San Fran Nan introduced English as the rightful head of the probably unconstitutional CFPB. Whatta Maroon.

Posted by: Deacon Blues || 11/29/2017 13:33 Comments || Top||

#7  They have set up an unaccountable surveillance behemoth that can target political enemies and blackmail the sheeple into compliance. CFPB is an unconstitutional abomination of Warren's creation and the people should demand accountability. What is justice for those who abuse usurped power over an agency most people have never heard of, with NSA surveillance power and access to personal financial info via the central banks? Nooses are too good.
Posted by: Jeremiah Gleretle3997 || 11/29/2017 14:11 Comments || Top||

#8  Im wondering what are Cordray and English trying to hide within CFPB? Why so desperate?

What will Mulvaney find? Why did Cordray 'retire' suddenly when he still had eight months left on his term? Did he collect enough illegitimate money and decided he had enough to retire on after spending time hiding the money?
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance || 11/29/2017 16:38 Comments || Top||

#9  This was a fake agency started by Pocahontas.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/29/2017 17:36 Comments || Top||

#10  Cordray resigned to run for Gov in Ohio IIRC
Posted by: Frank G || 11/29/2017 19:25 Comments || Top||

#11  Thanks JohnQC and Frank G.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance || 11/29/2017 19:50 Comments || Top||



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  200+ schools in Herat controlled by Taliban
Tue 2017-11-28
  After ISIS mass beheading, Taliban militants execute own leader in Nangarhar
Mon 2017-11-27
  Islamist protesters clash with Pakistan police for second day
Sun 2017-11-26
  US airstrike wipe-out ISIS hideout in Nangarhar, leaving 13 dead
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  Mnangagwa, the ‘Crocodile,’ sworn in as Zimbabwe president
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  Rouhani declares end of IS
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  Huge amounts of Islamic State’s weapons seized, southwest of Mosul
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  Police Confirm Multiple Suicide Bombings in Borno, As Death Toll Rises
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  Iraq Forces Retake Last IS-Held Town in Country
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