By Jace, a Trail Mix Contributor
A wonderful work for a Sunday morning. Shimmering and crisp with wonderful rhythms. Enjoy the music and enjoy the day.
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By Jace, a Trail Mix Contributor
A wonderful work for a Sunday morning. Shimmering and crisp with wonderful rhythms. Enjoy the music and enjoy the day.
More Posts by Jace
https://youtu.be/S-aXNXc_gzM
wapo: Trump booted a black man from his rally and called him a ‘thug.’ Turns out he is a supporter.
cut the drumpf some slack, maybe he thinks all his supporters are thugs…and that was just an endearment.
Thank you Jace,
One of my favorite pieces and a totally delightful way to start a Sunday.
For all those who enjoy odd coincidences, one of the males in my White line just had one of the more extensive DNA tests done. As it turns out we are Haplogroup I-M253 This group is among the earliest settlers of Scandanavia & Britain (refer to picture). Now for the coincidence part … Among the more notable members of the group: Alexander Hamilton
dvitale, look what might have happened to your spencer for wearing drumpf duds at the polling place yesterday.
from wapo: He wore a Trump hat and ‘deplorables’ shirt to vote. Texas police arrested him.
Brett Bartlett Mauthe arrived at his Texas polling place Monday morning ready to vote.
It was the first day of early voting in Bulverde, a tiny town 30 minutes north of San Antonio.
On his head he wore a hat supporting GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, Mauthe told KSAT 12 News. His T-shirt read “basket of deplorables,” a reference to a comment Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton made about Trump’s supporters.
Mauthe was stopped before he could cast his ballot.
According to the election code, not just in Texas but in many other jurisdictions across the country, campaigning for or promoting a political candidate within a designated space around a polling place is prohibited. In Comal County, that’s 100 feet. The crime is electioneering, reported the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, a Class C misdemeanor.
jace, thanks as always for the serendipitous and sprightly surprise. really woke me up.
Jace… excellent! That’s better than dueling banjos…
If I was a Tribe fan I’d be feeling pretty good this morning.
Think I’ll ignore politics today and just relax with a couple of football games…. Go Patriots!
jace, this piece from cnn: “The public and private faith of HIllary Clinton” reminded me of your dedication and diligence to doing your sunday duties being both on the trail with us and with that strange guy named paul. interesting read…. long, but interesting.
Playing it for toby on my phone now Jace. She seems puzzled at these weird sounds coming out of my hand.
we must have done this 20 or 30 times last night. She never missed one.
RebelliousRenee,
I hope you enjoy the day 🙂 Life’s too short to do otherwise.
Thank You jace for a slice of sanity.
Tonight is the 78th anniversary of the War of the Worlds broadcast. Interesting how a suggestion stokes fear & irrational reactions. We hear what we want to hear. Not much has changed.
Boo.
Thank You Toby for unbridled joy.
Cool lighted globe in the Toby video. My Library had a huge globe that made a unique hollow metallic sound when you tapped it. It was a thing of wonder. An old atlas is an invitation to daydream also. Have a couple from pre- World War I. Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, Palestine …. we were short a couple States but had a few more territories.
yep sj that globe is good for remembering the soviet union
Jace, Scaramouche, indeed!!
HRC in Daytona Beach, Florida yesterday..
Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops
Danny Hakim
She used Indiana’s ‘religious freedom’ law as a defense for beating her son, then got probation
Kristin Guerra
Another “real religious” winner. Oh fucking hell, these people make me sick! Justify anything they do with their fucking book of fairytales and their phony religious values….
I Was There For ‘Good Girls Revolt’
For young women wondering why it’s a big deal to elect a woman president, Amazon has given us a refresher course on the way things were for women not so long ago.
Eleanor Clift
Scaramouch that will get you up
Tony thanks for posting about the Good Girls Revolt I’ve seen it and lived through it I worked for the Ladies Home Journal and American Home Magazine when they had No Women on the ad sales staff and you couldn’t wear pants to work.
1. YES, REALLY
2 hours ago
Judge Jeanine Defends Hillary on Timing of FBI Announcement Video
The Daily Beast
Ah, i see, it happened to her so she gets it… Whoopi, pigs are flying because she’s usually the “meanest girl” to HRC..
politicus usa:
A complaint has been filed against FBI Director James Comey with Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility that accuses him of interfering in a presidential election.
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If Comey’s actions were politically motivated, he would be in violation of the Hatch Act.
KGC
Wow, i have only seen a bit so far. Its no wonder your generation of women blazed the trail for today’s HRC possibly being elected president. Very tough for women then, oh and second class citizen doesn’t begin to describe it..
Patd,
Thanks for the link. To Hillary’s credit she will speak freely about her journey of faith when asked, but she does not advertise it. Beware of those who pray in public.
I have small doubt that it is her faith that motivates her and has allowed her to get back up every time she has been knocked down. I found it both interesting and refreshing to read her take on forgiveness. For me at least it explains a lot about her. Her willingness to remain with Bill and her ability to endure the multitude of ridiculous and hurtful charges that have been leveled at her over the years.
Certainly she has had her own Damascus moments in life, and she is the better and stronger for it.
Craig,
Dogs love music. Keep that phone handy.
Scaramouche was a wonderful book, too ! A true ripping yarn, although all the bodices remained intact.
At least Clinton stole from the rich
Trump used eminent domain and tax abatements to get rich
Jason Chaffetz how can we get rid of him
KGC,
I thought his 15 minutes of fame were over.
Jace
He’s Darryl Issa jr he’s kind of creepy he grew up in a Jewish household and when he moved to Mormon country and wanted a political career he became a Mormon. Political expedience is his driving force well he made that obvious in this election
Note to James Comey:
Explain or resign by end of day Monday
KGC,
‘driving farce’ might be a more apt description.
This would be great if it held up. Someone was talking about pursuing Comey under the Hatch Act
Alex Witless hack hack hack did it ever occur to you that the Huma emails have nothing to do with Clinton and a lot of victim blaming
she is like senior Barbie doll with less brains
Hillary has been truly fortunate to have a person like Huma at her side while working in an environment where many of the people are ‘sly, devious, and bear constant watching’
Once, when I was a wee lad the 3 of us and our mom went to the movie show….not at all sure of the name of the movie, though I’ve come to suspect it was a life of Caruso kind of thing…..anyway, there was a lot of medieval fencing in 3 musketeers type brightly colored costumes with huge hats and a lot of someone hollering, “Scaramouche!” It was seared into our little brims and we went around for months sword fighting and hollering, “Scaramouche!”
one of my favorite words.
Watched Pence on MtP. He’s taken to visiting the tanning salon.
kgc, re comey and the hatch act see my comment above for the letter of complaint to doj
Jason Chaffetz doesn’t care about facts or the truth he lives in an unreality world
He thinks being bully and a liar is what it takes to be speaker He’s just a weather vane and not very good one
Chaffetz stepped into the spotlight last week during a high-profile congressional hearing on Planned Parenthood, but not for the reasons he was hoping. As the Republican lawmaker questioned Cecile Richards, the president of the women’s health organization, he attempted to prove that the number of cancer screenings provided by Planned Parenthood had declined in recent years, while the number of abortions had gone up. And to hammer home his point, Chaffetz whipped out an entirely misleading chart.
RELATED: Congressman uses misleading graph to smear Planned Parenthood
But no sooner had Chaffetz unveiled his grand finale then it completely fell apart before his eyes. As Richards pointed out during the hearing, Chaffetz’s source — which was printed clearly on the chart — was Americans United for Life, a prominent anti-abortion group. In reality, the number of non-abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood has remained virtually unchanged since 2006, with a slight decline in the number of cancer screenings due to, as Richards explained, “changing medical standards about who should be screened and how often.”
Another major problem with the chart? It was missing a Y axis. But no matter — Chaffetz told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer last week he did not believe the chart was misleading. “I stand by the numbers,” he said.
and here’s dailykos story on another one that’s been filed:
In a terse Op-Ed published in today’s New York Times, Richard Painter, the chief White House Ethics Lawyer in the Bush Administration from 2005-2007, explains why he filed a Complaint yesterday against FBI Director James Comey with the FBI’s Office Of Special Counsel, which investigates possible ethical violations within the Bureau. In particular, Painter explains why Comey’s inexplicable actions this week may warrant prosecution for abuse of power under the Hatch Act.
[following from part of painter’s letter]
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Painter comments that absent highly extraordinary circumstances, Comey’s conduct does rise to the level of a Hatch Act violation and also may violate a prosecutor’s obligations under the Rules of Professional Conduct. He emphasizes that neither Comey’s actions, whatever their motivation, nor Painter’s action in filing such a Complaint, are something to be taken taken lightly:
jace & kgc, also from dailykos on chaffetz’ part in the mess:
Now, Shareblue reports that Comey may have provided early access to his innuendo-filled letter to Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz, enabling him to tweet about it and frame the media narrative before Democratic members of Congress even received copies of the letter.
Here is the statement by a senior Democratic congressional aide (emphasis in original):
If true, this implies that FBI Director Comey may have deliberately helped Republicans by giving them a heads-up about his bombshell letter while depriving Democrats in Congress of an equal opportunity to consider its contents and prepare their reaction to it in the media.
This may constitute evidence of intent to influence the presidential election, which would be a violation of the Hatch Act. If Comey had acted evenhandedly, he would have sent the letter to both Republican and Democratic members of Congress at the same time.
Toby shopping at Lowes today
shopping for bark-gains?
and now for the latest news
Comey clearly acted with political intent and people should be talking about that and fact checking Troll’s statements
not blaming the victim in this. The losers will be the down ballot races this is a Republican dirty trick there is nothing having to do with Clinton in the emails it’s a bunch of Jason Chaffetz bullshit
He apparently doesn’t understand that he will be going straight to hell for his behavior
Aliens: I knew it.
So what is Republican hell? A democratic President, house and Senate? At the very least we’re going to have a Democratic President following a 2 term Democratic President (and a ‘halfrican american’ at that) if you follow the words of el Rushbo. “Ha ha very nice to know, you ain’t got no place left to go”
Eeeeevil party, eeeeevill party!
Jackasses!
OK – I’m done!
Aieeee ! Chihuahuas !
Thanks, Mr 39b, and thanks once more. Sweet dreams.