An interesting perspective on how China – the true target of Trump’s trade ire – will react to Trump’s fickleness, from Simon Baptist, chief economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit. He said:
Trump’s tariff threats to Mexico are going to make it more difficult to reach a trade deal with China, as they damage the credibility of the US as a negotiating partner. Chinese academics and media have already been pushing the narrative that Trump cannot be trusted, even harking back to never-ending US demands on Japan during their trade war back in the 1980s.
This move against Mexico will just reinforce China’s view that Trump cannot be trusted and that any deal will just be a prelude to more demands. So they will see even less point in trying to reach a deal, and will certainly be less willing to make meaningful concessions as it is hard to see a credible mechanism to bind Trump to any deal.
In some ways this is a mirror of how the apparent change in China’s negotiating position earlier in May undermined US faith in Chinese promises.
the hill: Dow futures plummet after Trump announces new Mexico tariffs
also from the hill: Grassley slams Trump tariffs on Mexico: ‘A misuse of presidential tariff authority’
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) condemned President Trump‘s new tariffs on Mexico late Thursday, calling the move a “misuse” of presidential tariff authority and cautioning the levies could derail passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
“Trade policy and border security are separate issues. This is a misuse of presidential tariff authority and counter to congressional intent,” Grassley said in a statement.
The lawmaker cautioned that following through on Trump’s tariff threat “would seriously jeopardize passage of USMCA,” a revision of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
“I support nearly every one of President Trump’s immigration policies, but this is not one of them,” he added.
[…]
The tariff will increase by 5 percent each month until it reaches 25 percent “unless and until Mexico substantially stops the illegal inflow of aliens coming through its territory,” the president said a statement distributed by the White House.
Noah said he couldn’t believe how much Mueller’s concise message has “emboldened” the Democratic field. “You realize like a week ago, they were considering impeachment, and now they’re fully in,” he said. “It’s like if your granny said she was finally ready to consider getting an email address and then a week later she’s indicted for hacking into the Pentagon.”
At the same time, Noah mocked Trump for thinking you need to be guilty of both high crimes and misdemeanors to be impeached and briefly admitting—and then denying—that Russia helped him win the 2016 election. “You know who got me elected?” Trump asked reporters. “I got me elected.”
“I was expecting him to say, ‘You know who got me elected? The American people got me elected!’” Noah said in response. “I feel like that’s the difference between Trump and Pelosi. You don’t have to manipulate Trump’s footage to make him look drunk.”
Destroying America, one (or more) tariff at a time. SFB is going desperate now. Somehow the greedy old perverts (gop) are going to have to decide to run for cover by supporting impeachment or live with the knowledge they ruined many of their voters lives.
the fascinating case of UK’s “private prosecution” against boris as analyzed by Bloomberg QuickTake in wapo:
Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party front-runner to become the next U.K prime minister, has often been accused of lying, even before he was a politician. But now he faces a criminal lawsuit over his statements — and one that comes not from the state but a 29-year-old British entrepreneur. It’s only possible because of an ancient quirk of English law that allows for a private prosecution. And it’s a tool that’s becoming increasingly fashionable.
[…]
4. How will the Johnson case proceed?
The judge ruled that Johnson has a case to answer and must now attend court to face the allegations of misconduct in public office. The charges in these proceedings are then heard in the Crown Court, a higher criminal court, with a potential sentence of life imprisonment. Johnson’s legal advisers have options too. They could seek a judicial review of the magistrate’s decision or plead with the CPS to take over the case and discontinue it.
5. What does this mean for Johnson’s political career?
The unprecedented attempt to privately prosecute Johnson for public misconduct could be an embarrassment at a sensitive time for the politician, who is the favorite to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May after she steps down on June 7. No date has yet been set for Johnson’s court appearance, but it normally takes three to four weeks after a court summons is issued for an individual to appear, putting it somewhere in June. The Conservative leadership contest is expected to be completed by late July.
Jamie, that was indeed beautiful. piqued curiosity and had to look in wiki about Mi’kmaq:
They call their national territory Miꞌkmaꞌki (or Miꞌgmaꞌgi). The nation has a population of about 170,000 (including 18,044 members in the recently formed Qalipu First Nation in Newfoundland, of whom nearly 11,000 speak Miꞌkmaq, an Eastern Algonquian language.
the wonders of the trail, always something new to learn here. thanks.
Good Omens premiered last night. Has anyone else been seduced by the demon and angel besties in their quest to find the Antichrist they lost eleven years ago?
Pogo… congrats on proud papa and mama on LP’s graduation. Like many here have expressed… where the eff did that 4yrs go.
Last night Lawrence O’Donnell told Rachel that he wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Pelosi is actually orchestrating this slow drum roll to impeachment by the Dems. Thinking about it… if it’s true… that would be a brilliant political move. By the time she had to say… ok… we’ll impeach him… the repugs can’t use her as the boogeyman of the one who got impeachment rolling. But we’ll see.
I hope, for your sake, Jamie, that it’s better than “American Gods”.
If my tv is on, lately, it’s to watch “blackish” re-runs. It’s the most successful sitcom I’ve ever seen at addressing contemporary societal issues without being overly-didactic, while being consistently hilarious. Highly recommend.
“Pelosi is actually orchestrating this slow drum roll to impeachment by the Dems.” -RR
Nah. The Senate is controlled by unprincipled, treasonous, plutocratic Republicans who refuse to do their jobs in good-faith: Pelosi understands that and how full impeachment proceedings would be a futile waste of political capital.
Spending our morning at commencement – Chuck Schumer giving a nice welcome and congratulatory address. John Lewis is keynote speaker. Looking forward to hearing his address.
bloomberg:Baby Trump Balloon, Milkshakes Primed for President’s U.K. Visit
Thousands of protesters are preparing to greet U.S. President Donald Trump on his state visit to the U.K. next week, demonstrating against a range of his policies from immigration to climate change.
The plan is for demonstrators to take over Trafalgar Square in central London, with the main Facebook page logging 7,600 attendees and 33,000 interested people as of Friday morning. Organizers are also trying to raise 30,000 pounds ($38,000) to fly a giant balloon depicting Trump as a small-handed, diaper-clad infant — as they did during his visit last year.
“This is about sending a strong message that people in the U.K. don’t accept the divisive right-wing policies that Trump stands for, and that inviting him for a state visit is totally inappropriate,” the Stop Trump Coalition said in a statement. Another group, Stand Up To Trump, is also organizing the protests.
The protests risk taking more of the shine off the so-called special relationship between the two allies. Last July, Trump told The Sun newspaper that while he used to love London, the balloon and the protests — organizers estimated 250,000 people took to the streets — didn’t make him “feel welcome.”
Trump is likely to be even more exposed to the protests this time. He’ll spend two days in central London, unlike last year when he largely avoided the city.
The White House declined to comment on the planned protests.
[…]
Trump’s visit consists of largely royal engagements on Monday, including a state banquet at Buckingham Palace, before lunch with May at her Downing Street residence Tuesday. On Wednesday, he visits Portsmouth on the south coast for the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a key turning point in World War II.
Protesters are focusing on a “Carnival of Resistance” on Tuesday at Trafalgar Square, just up the road from Downing Street, at 11 a.m. Activists then plan to march to nearby locations on Trump’s itinerary.
Buses have been arranged to transport protesters in from as far away as Newcastle, York, Norwich and Swansea, and for those who can’t travel, there are local protests organized in towns and cities across the U.K.
London’s Metropolitan Police declined to specify the scale of security operations, saying only that it would be “significant.”
“This will be a multi-agency policing operation with a very experienced command team in place,” the police said in an emailed statement.
Authorities will be mindful of at least one trend to have emerged at recent protests as the U.K. grapples with the impasse over Brexit: dousing — typically right-wing — politicians with milkshakes. It’s unlikely anyone will get close enough to the president to do it, but a group called Milkshakes Against Trump Bloc has gathered 1,700 interested people on Facebook.
They’re planning to be at the protests on Tuesday.
Pogo, congrats to the three of you–from my perspective, it was indeed a team effort! Now, one more task. I have my copy of The Report in hand. I am well educated. My impression is that it is a scholarly document written for well educated people. It is certainly not intended for the typical college sophomore much less the 80-pct of our citizens who read at the 7th-grade level. Please, P3, validate or repudiate my impressions. Even the Executive Summaries are needlessly gibbered.
Pogo, damn these kids grow up quick. Congrats, to LP and tell him to get a good job pay, lots of taxes, us old folks need the help };-)
Speaking of time flying, I was out yesterday mowing the yard in one of my rental houses. using the push mower, I discovered something as I huffed and puffed in the heat. I’m not 50 any more. Why didn’t I listen to Mrs Jack and get a self propelled mower.
Jack
What gets me is how supposedly intelligent pundits are still yapping about impeachment.
With opinion leaders like that what chance does the left have of accomplishing anything?
Trump is wrecking the world and is anybody making a clear case as to why the average middle class man or woman shouldn’t vote for him?
Trump should lose in a landslide but he won’t and threatens to win another 4 years. And if he does then it is the Democrats fault. They are so stuck in their own past that they can’t see a clear way to the future.
Democratic socialism! LOL
Jack
Jack, you ask why? Because a self-propelled mower is too damned heavy to move to and from your vehicle. Upgrade to a riding mower with a proper transport vehicle/trailer.
Or better yet… borrow someone else’s truck. Now that Rick drives a car instead of a truck… he just borrow’s his brother’s truck when in need. But then…. we live in the woods… why should we much give a damn about a lawn.
John gave a great address about getting into necessary trouble. He may appear frail on tv but he comes across as strong and vibrant – and very inspiring.
Thanks for the upbeat report on John Lewis. The remaining members of his cohort are heroes and historians and irreplaceable as historical figures to be witnessed in the flesh by young people such as LP. His obligation is to spread the word that he heard and saw the John Lewis who was damn near killed because he was protesting on the bridge named after a KKK Grand Dragon, and that Mr Lewis said it’s okay to get into necessary trouble. What a day!
“My impression is that it is a scholarly document written for well educated people. It is certainly not intended for the typical college sophomore… “
flatus, this morning on mojo, walter isaacson (historian prof at Tulane) mentioned he assigned each of his students to read the mueller report in its entirety. I presume he expects them to understand it and be able to discuss it (or at least report on the report) in class.
it’s certain to become required reading in most poli-sci classes across the country by next term.
nytimes: Trump’s Tariff Threat Sends Mexico, Lawmakers and Businesses Scrambling
[…]
Stock prices slid on Friday, continuing a monthlong retreat, with the S&P 500 down more than 6 percent this month and the bond market flashing worrying signs of a global recession. Shares in General Motors and Ford each fell about 4 percent.
Mexico quickly dispatched its foreign minister to Washington on Friday to try to dissuade the president from imposing the levies and its president pleaded with Mr. Trump to find another way to address the issue. In a measured letter to Mr. Trump, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said that he did not want confrontation and that his country was doing as much as possible to stem the flow of migrants “without violating human rights.”
Officials with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business group, said they were exploring the grounds on which they might mount a legal challenge.
hope that the SEC is keeping track of folks (at least on Icahn) who might be making a killing on these ups and downs in re market responses to tariff tweets. any chance that their BFF the twit might have given them a heads up each time he was going to threaten a new tariff on china or like today on mexico?
I bought a new self-propelled mower for $250 last week, Jack. It’s not even very heavy- 50 lbs., maybe.
Don’t mow between 10am and 5pm, unless you want you have a heart attack, with which i can empathize, some days.
Pat, your 1435. Here is Isaacson’s bio. I would not want my grandchild to be in his class, nor in any of the other classes where the profs, on a whim, are centering their next semester on a Summer’s reading of The Report. It is a legal document, not a political one. Virtually all the moral political questions where subordinates are asked to lie or cheat, the effective responses are clear: NO! Students’ time shouldn’t be wasted on this presidency until proper syllabi are developed.
Bink
You could be on to something. Sea Ranch an expensive development on the Sonoma County coast uses herds of sheep and goats to keep the area relatively fire safe. They pay around 60k a year for the animal services.
A number of other places as well. You could send your herd around the condos and not pay any dues and probably collect some cash. I think goats are better because they will indeed eat anything.
Btw, Robert Mueller asserting with authority that a sitting President can’t be charged with a crime is an open Constitutional question to be decided by SCOTUS, and beyond the purview of a Special Investigator, not that i’d want this current Court hearing and ruling on such a case, considering the conservative majority are Republican water-carriers rather than sincere interpreters of Constitutional meaning.
Anyway, i found his remarks a rather lame deflection of responsibility.
Bink, you’re correct, but the comments do reflect DOJ dogma that is now 46 years old. I agree it’s an open constitutional question that we would not want the current court to address and come down with a 5-4 decision upholding that crapola. Barr’s comments that Mueller’s were incorrect were a rather lame misinterpretation of that DOJ policy, comments designed carefully to shift blame to Mueller without revealing the lies Barr’s comments were based upon.
Mr Bink,
Will the Association allow you to decorate your home in pink, violet and green paisley ?
Camouflage ? I mean for a season other than winter. Autumn in New Hampshire camo is nice. People drive for hundreds of miles to see it. I’ll bet Mr Pestiferous would hate it.
Murals are always nice. A Renaissance Italian battle scene or a Mayan bloodletting tableaux ? Maybe the neighbor would like one of those, if it had enough giblets strewn in the foreground. It might give him the hint.
Of course the Pres can be indicted, arraigned, tried, convicted, sentenced, and pardoned. That’s why we have V.P.s.
pence isn’t just some usurping lady-in-waiting paperweight. He’s a potential usurping president, too.
Some Latin American countries are realistic enough to have two vice presidents. That way there’s one to shoot and one to flee. I don’t know how they figure out which is which. Maybe they draw straws.
bink, Mueller goes by the book. currently, the book includes those doj policies. even lizzie acknowledges there needs to be legislation passed to change that particular doj policy. he also seems to hold to that very old fashioned concept called “fairness” which nowadays is equivalent to believing in such extinct notions as truthinesss.
the guardian:
An interesting perspective on how China – the true target of Trump’s trade ire – will react to Trump’s fickleness, from Simon Baptist, chief economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit. He said:
the hill: Dow futures plummet after Trump announces new Mexico tariffs
also from the hill: Grassley slams Trump tariffs on Mexico: ‘A misuse of presidential tariff authority’
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) condemned President Trump‘s new tariffs on Mexico late Thursday, calling the move a “misuse” of presidential tariff authority and cautioning the levies could derail passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
“Trade policy and border security are separate issues. This is a misuse of presidential tariff authority and counter to congressional intent,” Grassley said in a statement.
The lawmaker cautioned that following through on Trump’s tariff threat “would seriously jeopardize passage of USMCA,” a revision of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
“I support nearly every one of President Trump’s immigration policies, but this is not one of them,” he added.
[…]
The tariff will increase by 5 percent each month until it reaches 25 percent “unless and until Mexico substantially stops the illegal inflow of aliens coming through its territory,” the president said a statement distributed by the White House.
[continues]
so many windmills, so little time.
Bink, thank you. Yes, time does fly doesn’t it? Proud of LP. He was a much better college student than his old man.
SFB has lost ‘assley on his idiotic Mexican tariffs. He’s gonna run out of fingers to plug the emerging holes in his policy dyke.
pogo, shouldn’t we now start referring to LP as XLp?
pass along my congrats to the grad today. congrats to you and mrs. p too for getting him there.
it was just the other day it seems that we heard your pride in his high school soccer and garage band prowess. wow, tempus does fugit.
Democrats ramp up their internal debate over whether to begin impeachment proceedings in the wake of Robert Mueller’s statement.
daily beast quoting trevor noah last night:
Noah said he couldn’t believe how much Mueller’s concise message has “emboldened” the Democratic field. “You realize like a week ago, they were considering impeachment, and now they’re fully in,” he said. “It’s like if your granny said she was finally ready to consider getting an email address and then a week later she’s indicted for hacking into the Pentagon.”
At the same time, Noah mocked Trump for thinking you need to be guilty of both high crimes and misdemeanors to be impeached and briefly admitting—and then denying—that Russia helped him win the 2016 election. “You know who got me elected?” Trump asked reporters. “I got me elected.”
“I was expecting him to say, ‘You know who got me elected? The American people got me elected!’” Noah said in response. “I feel like that’s the difference between Trump and Pelosi. You don’t have to manipulate Trump’s footage to make him look drunk.”
Destroying America, one (or more) tariff at a time. SFB is going desperate now. Somehow the greedy old perverts (gop) are going to have to decide to run for cover by supporting impeachment or live with the knowledge they ruined many of their voters lives.
the fascinating case of UK’s “private prosecution” against boris as analyzed by Bloomberg QuickTake in wapo:
Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party front-runner to become the next U.K prime minister, has often been accused of lying, even before he was a politician. But now he faces a criminal lawsuit over his statements — and one that comes not from the state but a 29-year-old British entrepreneur. It’s only possible because of an ancient quirk of English law that allows for a private prosecution. And it’s a tool that’s becoming increasingly fashionable.
[…]
4. How will the Johnson case proceed?
The judge ruled that Johnson has a case to answer and must now attend court to face the allegations of misconduct in public office. The charges in these proceedings are then heard in the Crown Court, a higher criminal court, with a potential sentence of life imprisonment. Johnson’s legal advisers have options too. They could seek a judicial review of the magistrate’s decision or plead with the CPS to take over the case and discontinue it.
5. What does this mean for Johnson’s political career?
The unprecedented attempt to privately prosecute Johnson for public misconduct could be an embarrassment at a sensitive time for the politician, who is the favorite to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May after she steps down on June 7. No date has yet been set for Johnson’s court appearance, but it normally takes three to four weeks after a court summons is issued for an individual to appear, putting it somewhere in June. The Conservative leadership contest is expected to be completed by late July.
Just a short break from the ugly politics of the day with something unusual and pretty:
“Blackbird” Sung in Mi’kmaq
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Congratulations to Xlp and his proud Pogo dad.
Pogo, already? Congrats
Jamie, that was indeed beautiful. piqued curiosity and had to look in wiki about Mi’kmaq:
They call their national territory Miꞌkmaꞌki (or Miꞌgmaꞌgi). The nation has a population of about 170,000 (including 18,044 members in the recently formed Qalipu First Nation in Newfoundland, of whom nearly 11,000 speak Miꞌkmaq, an Eastern Algonquian language.
the wonders of the trail, always something new to learn here. thanks.
Patd (or anyone else)
Good Omens premiered last night. Has anyone else been seduced by the demon and angel besties in their quest to find the Antichrist they lost eleven years ago?
Pogo… congrats on proud papa and mama on LP’s graduation. Like many here have expressed… where the eff did that 4yrs go.
Last night Lawrence O’Donnell told Rachel that he wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Pelosi is actually orchestrating this slow drum roll to impeachment by the Dems. Thinking about it… if it’s true… that would be a brilliant political move. By the time she had to say… ok… we’ll impeach him… the repugs can’t use her as the boogeyman of the one who got impeachment rolling. But we’ll see.
I hope, for your sake, Jamie, that it’s better than “American Gods”.
If my tv is on, lately, it’s to watch “blackish” re-runs. It’s the most successful sitcom I’ve ever seen at addressing contemporary societal issues without being overly-didactic, while being consistently hilarious. Highly recommend.
“Pelosi is actually orchestrating this slow drum roll to impeachment by the Dems.” -RR
Nah. The Senate is controlled by unprincipled, treasonous, plutocratic Republicans who refuse to do their jobs in good-faith: Pelosi understands that and how full impeachment proceedings would be a futile waste of political capital.
Spending our morning at commencement – Chuck Schumer giving a nice welcome and congratulatory address. John Lewis is keynote speaker. Looking forward to hearing his address.
bloomberg: Baby Trump Balloon, Milkshakes Primed for President’s U.K. Visit
Thousands of protesters are preparing to greet U.S. President Donald Trump on his state visit to the U.K. next week, demonstrating against a range of his policies from immigration to climate change.
The plan is for demonstrators to take over Trafalgar Square in central London, with the main Facebook page logging 7,600 attendees and 33,000 interested people as of Friday morning. Organizers are also trying to raise 30,000 pounds ($38,000) to fly a giant balloon depicting Trump as a small-handed, diaper-clad infant — as they did during his visit last year.
“This is about sending a strong message that people in the U.K. don’t accept the divisive right-wing policies that Trump stands for, and that inviting him for a state visit is totally inappropriate,” the Stop Trump Coalition said in a statement. Another group, Stand Up To Trump, is also organizing the protests.
The protests risk taking more of the shine off the so-called special relationship between the two allies. Last July, Trump told The Sun newspaper that while he used to love London, the balloon and the protests — organizers estimated 250,000 people took to the streets — didn’t make him “feel welcome.”
Trump is likely to be even more exposed to the protests this time. He’ll spend two days in central London, unlike last year when he largely avoided the city.
The White House declined to comment on the planned protests.
[…]
Trump’s visit consists of largely royal engagements on Monday, including a state banquet at Buckingham Palace, before lunch with May at her Downing Street residence Tuesday. On Wednesday, he visits Portsmouth on the south coast for the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a key turning point in World War II.
Protesters are focusing on a “Carnival of Resistance” on Tuesday at Trafalgar Square, just up the road from Downing Street, at 11 a.m. Activists then plan to march to nearby locations on Trump’s itinerary.
Buses have been arranged to transport protesters in from as far away as Newcastle, York, Norwich and Swansea, and for those who can’t travel, there are local protests organized in towns and cities across the U.K.
London’s Metropolitan Police declined to specify the scale of security operations, saying only that it would be “significant.”
“This will be a multi-agency policing operation with a very experienced command team in place,” the police said in an emailed statement.
Authorities will be mindful of at least one trend to have emerged at recent protests as the U.K. grapples with the impasse over Brexit: dousing — typically right-wing — politicians with milkshakes. It’s unlikely anyone will get close enough to the president to do it, but a group called Milkshakes Against Trump Bloc has gathered 1,700 interested people on Facebook.
They’re planning to be at the protests on Tuesday.
Pogo, congrats to the three of you–from my perspective, it was indeed a team effort! Now, one more task. I have my copy of The Report in hand. I am well educated. My impression is that it is a scholarly document written for well educated people. It is certainly not intended for the typical college sophomore much less the 80-pct of our citizens who read at the 7th-grade level. Please, P3, validate or repudiate my impressions. Even the Executive Summaries are needlessly gibbered.
Pogo, damn these kids grow up quick. Congrats, to LP and tell him to get a good job pay, lots of taxes, us old folks need the help };-)
Speaking of time flying, I was out yesterday mowing the yard in one of my rental houses. using the push mower, I discovered something as I huffed and puffed in the heat. I’m not 50 any more. Why didn’t I listen to Mrs Jack and get a self propelled mower.
Jack
Re Pogo’s 1032. They are truly blessed to be in the shadow of John Lewis. I saw him on teevee earlier this week; he is so fragile now.
What gets me is how supposedly intelligent pundits are still yapping about impeachment.
With opinion leaders like that what chance does the left have of accomplishing anything?
Trump is wrecking the world and is anybody making a clear case as to why the average middle class man or woman shouldn’t vote for him?
Trump should lose in a landslide but he won’t and threatens to win another 4 years. And if he does then it is the Democrats fault. They are so stuck in their own past that they can’t see a clear way to the future.
Democratic socialism! LOL
Jack
Jack, you ask why? Because a self-propelled mower is too damned heavy to move to and from your vehicle. Upgrade to a riding mower with a proper transport vehicle/trailer.
Or better yet… borrow someone else’s truck. Now that Rick drives a car instead of a truck… he just borrow’s his brother’s truck when in need. But then…. we live in the woods… why should we much give a damn about a lawn.
just for you Jack…
Lawns in any location are stupid water wasters
Xeriscaping is the answer
What Bink said at 10:26
John gave a great address about getting into necessary trouble. He may appear frail on tv but he comes across as strong and vibrant – and very inspiring.
Congrats to the Pogo family — is there grad school in the future?
KC, thanks. Not immediately. In the next few years, who knows?
Mr Pogo,
Please pass my congratulations and admiration to Pogo Invictus for successfully completing his required work, and in such a short time !
Adding hearty congratulations to the Pogo Family from Pam and I.
hey… I know I’m semi-retired… but… but… it’s Friday. Everyone get up and dance!
Thanks for the upbeat report on John Lewis. The remaining members of his cohort are heroes and historians and irreplaceable as historical figures to be witnessed in the flesh by young people such as LP. His obligation is to spread the word that he heard and saw the John Lewis who was damn near killed because he was protesting on the bridge named after a KKK Grand Dragon, and that Mr Lewis said it’s okay to get into necessary trouble. What a day!
“My impression is that it is a scholarly document written for well educated people. It is certainly not intended for the typical college sophomore… “
flatus, this morning on mojo, walter isaacson (historian prof at Tulane) mentioned he assigned each of his students to read the mueller report in its entirety. I presume he expects them to understand it and be able to discuss it (or at least report on the report) in class.
it’s certain to become required reading in most poli-sci classes across the country by next term.
nytimes: Trump’s Tariff Threat Sends Mexico, Lawmakers and Businesses Scrambling
[…]
Stock prices slid on Friday, continuing a monthlong retreat, with the S&P 500 down more than 6 percent this month and the bond market flashing worrying signs of a global recession. Shares in General Motors and Ford each fell about 4 percent.
Mexico quickly dispatched its foreign minister to Washington on Friday to try to dissuade the president from imposing the levies and its president pleaded with Mr. Trump to find another way to address the issue. In a measured letter to Mr. Trump, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said that he did not want confrontation and that his country was doing as much as possible to stem the flow of migrants “without violating human rights.”
Officials with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business group, said they were exploring the grounds on which they might mount a legal challenge.
[continues]
wonder how many folks here are saying what this guy said according to today’s https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/31/elton-john-brexit-not-imperialist-english-idiot-verona :
“I’m ashamed of my country for what it has done. It’s torn people apart … I am sick to death of politicians,”
Elton continued with
“especially British politicians. I am sick to death of Brexit. I am a European. I am not a stupid, colonial, imperialist English idiot.”
wouldn’t it be refreshing to hear some repub senators and reps say “I am an American. I am not a stupid, imperialist Trump idiot”?
hope that the SEC is keeping track of folks (at least on Icahn) who might be making a killing on these ups and downs in re market responses to tariff tweets. any chance that their BFF the twit might have given them a heads up each time he was going to threaten a new tariff on china or like today on mexico?
[check out august 2017 article https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/carl-icahns-failed-raid-on-washington ]
I bought a new self-propelled mower for $250 last week, Jack. It’s not even very heavy- 50 lbs., maybe.
Don’t mow between 10am and 5pm, unless you want you have a heart attack, with which i can empathize, some days.
“SEC is keeping track of folks“ -patd
The entire securities industry just laughed out loud at your post, patd.
Proof that lawns kill people. Sheep, people, sheep !
Pat, your 1435. Here is Isaacson’s bio. I would not want my grandchild to be in his class, nor in any of the other classes where the profs, on a whim, are centering their next semester on a Summer’s reading of The Report. It is a legal document, not a political one. Virtually all the moral political questions where subordinates are asked to lie or cheat, the effective responses are clear: NO! Students’ time shouldn’t be wasted on this presidency until proper syllabi are developed.
Yeah, the HOA is just gonna love my herd of sheep.
“Lay me down with sheeps aplenteeee.”
—-Elton John
Around here the upper crusties buy their lawns and have them installed by the amigos, for otros amigos to manicure for them.
There is a shit-ton of upper crusties per square foot where I live.
Bink
You could be on to something. Sea Ranch an expensive development on the Sonoma County coast uses herds of sheep and goats to keep the area relatively fire safe. They pay around 60k a year for the animal services.
A number of other places as well. You could send your herd around the condos and not pay any dues and probably collect some cash. I think goats are better because they will indeed eat anything.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tale-of-The-Sea-Ranch-Ruminants-3175231.php
…credit goes to xrep, although as i said, i could use some loose wool.
Back to risking my life because some dick-neighbor doesn’t like how my house looks and has nothing better to do than complain! Hooray, America!
Sturg, seems you may have contracted a case of necrotizing lyricosis.
Thanks for all the good wishes. I’ll be sure to pass them along to th’ boy.
Btw, Robert Mueller asserting with authority that a sitting President can’t be charged with a crime is an open Constitutional question to be decided by SCOTUS, and beyond the purview of a Special Investigator, not that i’d want this current Court hearing and ruling on such a case, considering the conservative majority are Republican water-carriers rather than sincere interpreters of Constitutional meaning.
Anyway, i found his remarks a rather lame deflection of responsibility.
Bink, you’re correct, but the comments do reflect DOJ dogma that is now 46 years old. I agree it’s an open constitutional question that we would not want the current court to address and come down with a 5-4 decision upholding that crapola. Barr’s comments that Mueller’s were incorrect were a rather lame misinterpretation of that DOJ policy, comments designed carefully to shift blame to Mueller without revealing the lies Barr’s comments were based upon.
Mr Bink,
Will the Association allow you to decorate your home in pink, violet and green paisley ?
Camouflage ? I mean for a season other than winter. Autumn in New Hampshire camo is nice. People drive for hundreds of miles to see it. I’ll bet Mr Pestiferous would hate it.
Murals are always nice. A Renaissance Italian battle scene or a Mayan bloodletting tableaux ? Maybe the neighbor would like one of those, if it had enough giblets strewn in the foreground. It might give him the hint.
Of course the Pres can be indicted, arraigned, tried, convicted, sentenced, and pardoned. That’s why we have V.P.s.
pence isn’t just some usurping lady-in-waiting paperweight. He’s a potential usurping president, too.
Some Latin American countries are realistic enough to have two vice presidents. That way there’s one to shoot and one to flee. I don’t know how they figure out which is which. Maybe they draw straws.
bink, Mueller goes by the book. currently, the book includes those doj policies. even lizzie acknowledges there needs to be legislation passed to change that particular doj policy. he also seems to hold to that very old fashioned concept called “fairness” which nowadays is equivalent to believing in such extinct notions as truthinesss.
Sheep are very decorative, if stinky for the folks downwind. Shorn ewes look rather scandalous, but no worse than Game of Thrones.
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