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I am not a fan of your posts or logic in general, but there are some things that transcends politics. I’m very sorry to hear you are going through that.

All the best to your motherTT.

Your Hannity fixation notwithstanding, I believe the record will show he was accurate on the Benghazi cover up, on the Trump election and HRCs and DNC shenanigans on Sanders 2016, Russia investigation, partisanship impact on Mueller investigation and the eventual outcome of the probe, corruption at the top of the FBI, surveillance on American citizens, FISA abuse, and it would appear the sustained effort to entrap and coerce Michael Flynn. By contrast the WaPo has msm awards for inaccurate reporting, but yeah, 82 sources. That’s way more than they had for Russia. Or not. Why do you like reading these op-eds with all the inflammatory rhetoric? They just seem to get you all worked up.

I always hate to hear when someone’s business fails. However, this article implies that “lesbian bars” don’t seem particularly popular with lesbians, and haven’t been in decades. Seems more of a business model problem than anything else.

You have the wrong guy for this post. I'm not feeling shamed about anything. I'm doing an emotional calculation, and that emotional calculation is no different than others that I do with regularity. People I love are in the target zone, and that impacts my thought process to a large degree. I believe strongly that the numbers quoted as fact are anything but factual, at least insofar as how mortality rates are typically calculated during normal times. When all is said and done, it costs me .50c and blocking my winning smile to maybe make a difference. I don't see that as a major step toward being shipped out to a govt re-education camp, but I understand that you might. There are elements of the govt overreach that I believe are, for example, this whole tracing scenario with apps being downloaded concerns me greatly. On the other hand, Google location services does as well and here I am. Wear your seat belt. Literally gave him the bird. That's something.

That sounds complicated, moving posts around like we're animals foraging for food in some post-apocalyptic world. Kemp inquired, I replied, and that's that. It makes me feel alive to flout the rules! As for seat belts, interesting point. I started wearing mine religiously in the mid-80s. I was spending a lot of time on some very busy roads and kept thinking about going through the windshield. I've never understood people not wearing them, and often think about the unfortunate first responder on the scene dealing with some pretty graphic stuff after the accident occurs. I'm not militant about it, I just sort of shrug and think "what's the big deal with buckling a seat belt?". That said...the potential impact to those in/around you when you don't wear a belt can be catastrophic. I used to tell my children that when sitting in a car with no seat belt, you're less a person than a potential projectile. Part 2 of that as they got older was "when you and your friends pile into a car and there are not enough seats, don't pile into the car. If you do, make sure you get one of the seat belts.". Oddly, I'm not there with face masks. I wear one out and about, will certainly continue to do so as long as it makes sense, but as I see some folks walking around with what appear to be very ineffective masks (to my admittedly non-medically-trained mind), I feel a bit like when they used to tell us to hide under our desks in elementary school.

Hey Kemp- Responded to some questions you posted yesterday, wondering if you might have a chance to reply at some point? Let’s try and find common ground: 1. I think your President Trump did not want an English language translator in the room. Follow up question #1: Has every president that ever met with a foreign leader had an English language translator in the room? Follow up question #2: Was a law broken when the President chose not to have a translator present, and if so, when can we expect Impeachment proceedings to begin? 2. I think your President is and was exceptionally concerned about the incalculable damage done to his reputation and administration perpetrated by the democrat leadership and uninformed liberal voters who alleged he was guilty of treason. I think the democrat leadership and uninformed liberal voters created a situation that was very dangerous to the president personally, and to his family as well. Follow up question #3: How did the dem leadership and the mainstream media so badly misread the Russian collusion issue that after an exhaustive investigations by partisan political prosecutors, with an unlimited budget and unrestricted powers that they were unable to provide any usable information re: Trump and Russia collusion? Follow up question #4: Your President Trump told you early, and often that the narrative that he was a traitor to his country and that he colluded with Russia to impact the outcome of the election was a hoax, that the Steele dossier was rubbish, and that actors in the Obama admin and dem leadership lied, cheated and surveilled members of his campaign. Since then, all of that has come to pass. How does that make you feel? 3. I believe virtually all establishment politicians and Washington agencies were in the bag for Hillary Clinton, including DOJ, FBI, most career government lifers, and GOP polis, including Lindsay Graham. That changed as he gained critical mass in the race to the White House, but seems to be a matter of public record. 4. I think your President Trump understands his rights as an American citizen, knew the collusion narrative really only appealed to dimwits and simpletons, and that the FBI often focuses on process crimes and strong-arming to accomplish it's stated goal. Follow up question #4: Why would an innocent man answer a series of questions on something that never happened, written by political adversaries with unlimited investigatory powers and a history of strong-arming witnesses? 5. Improper format, question is ambiguous. Follow up question # 5: Are you suggesting your President acted illegally in this regard? If so, when can we expect impeachment hearing to begin? Warmly, LS

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I can’t really fault the police officers generally here, and personally don’t see any crazy power trip. I definitely see/hear three frustrated people arguing and displaying very little respect for one and other. I’m not quite certain about the exchange at the end...they apparently knew who the lady was as they were at her house and the first officer called her Amy. The give me your name and middle initial question was grade schoolish, but as they were putting her on a naughty list probably par for the course. Observation: the officers were not wearing masks and clearly were with 6 feet of one another when this started. I also feel like I hear a wood chipper struggling off in the distance, almost as it it’s trying to shred a human leg. Weird.

I think we should ask President Trump why he was guilty of fake collusion when he gets out of fake jail. That will clear up all fake haziness. I'll answer your side questions, though they are very well crafted and exceptionally difficult to answer. With your permission, I'll ask one or two follow up questions so you can help me help you help me: 1. I think your President Trump did not want an English language translator in the room. Follow up question #1: Has every president that ever met with a foreign leader had an English language translator in the room? Follow up question #2: Was a law broken when the President chose not to have a translator present, and if so, when can we expect Impeachment proceedings to begin? 2. I think your President is and was exceptionally concerned about the incalculable damage done to his reputation and administration perpetrated by the democrat leadership and uninformed liberal voters who alleged he was guilty of treason. I think the democrat leadership and uninformed liberal voters created a situation that was very dangerous to the president personally, and to his family as well. Follow up question #3: How did the dem leadership and the mainstream media so badly misread the Russian collusion issue that after an exhaustive investigations by partisan political prosecutors, with an unlimited budget and unrestricted powers that they were unable to provide any usable information re: Trump and Russia collusion? Follow up question #4: Your President Trump told you early, and often that the narrative that he was a traitor to his country and that he colluded with Russia to impact the outcome of the election was a hoax, that the Steele dossier was rubbish, and that actors in the Obama admin and dem leadership lied, cheated and surveilled members of his campaign. Since then, all of that has come to pass. How does that make you feel? 3. I believe virtually all establishment politicians and Washington agencies were in the bag for Hillary Clinton, including DOJ, FBI, most career government lifers, and GOP polis, including Lindsay Graham. That changed as he gained critical mass in the race to the White House, but seems to be a matter of public record. 4. I think your President Trump understands his rights as an American citizen, knew the collusion narrative really only appealed to dimwits and simpletons, and that the FBI often focuses on process crimes and strong-arming to accomplish it's stated goal. Follow up question #4: Why would an innocent man answer a series of questions on something that never happened, written by political adversaries with unlimited investigatory powers and a history of strong-arming witnesses? 5. Improper format, question is ambiguous. Follow up question # 5: Are you suggesting your President acted illegally in this regard? If so, when can we expect impeachment hearing to begin? I see a pattern. I saw it as Russia (they fooled you, chump), Stormy Avenatti (they fooled you again, chump), The Very Honorable Brett Kavanaugh nomination (you lost this one too, chump), Ukraniamania (yup, you were chumped again), and now, they have you defending China and getting ready to cast your vote for a guy with an inability to speak in full sentences who has an acknowledged history of inappropriate behavior and appears to be a sexual deviant who wants everyone to be judged by one set of rules while he plays by another. The pattern is not your friend.

I understood your point the first time, and I responded accordingly. Lumping individuals into categories based on one's own limitations and intolerance invariably leads to discrimination and bigotry. You probably wouldn't know that, because you've suggested 98% +/- of the individuals who think Trump has done a good job with the virus are "stupid", and another 2% are "evil". Based on polling data--which I generally steer clear of quoting, but will make an exception in your case---you've got roughly 100,000,000 adults in the stupid category and a whopping 5,000,000 in the evil category. This assumes worst case scenario of an approval rating of 40%. Your perspective is no different than that of any other true believer on the extreme left, or the extreme right. Same pattern, same wording, and if it was 1955 America, you'd just have a different boogeyman to point your finger at.

I think when a person characterizes people with different opinions as evil, it's less of a diary and more of a manifesto. It takes a while, psychologically speaking, but eventually the author gets around to figuring out ways to deal with the evil that walks among us. It would appear @Kemp is still early in his ramblings.

I laughed as well. OH BOY CHEF made it sounds as if his head was about to explode.

You should not need so many Kostabi words when trying to prove that which you suggest is painfully clear. He said what you said, or he didn’t. Just quote Your President, just find the 10 or so words you claim he said, sequentially. Chef is cooking you here like a Thanksgiving turkey, but don’t feel like you have to help him by jumping in the oven.

President Trump. Steve Mnuchin and Gus team. Drs Faucci and Birx, and many of the health care hero’s you cited. Companies/employees like CVS, Target , Walmart that stepped up. Pharmaceutical companies, testing labs, creators of test kits. Distribution/logistics companies like UPS, Fed Ex and a host of local companies. Insurance cos that waived dead and copays Any company that retained employees and switched to virtual office environments virtually overnight. Food stores and their employees. There are thousands of feel good stories during this otherwise crappy time.

If you see an average looking guy wandering around, looking harmless enough with a slightly lazy eye, don't shoot. We mostly keep to ourselves, the missus and I, but we'd like a little land to, uh, till (?) and a couple dogs running about. Congrats on finding your spot Id, that's great. Long term we're looking for warm in the winter and have that buttoned up with S Fla, trying to figure out where to live the rest of the year. We have 3 adult children (20-25), want to be near them as time goes on, and as of right now that's Upstate NY. We'll see how it goes...we're late 50s so the next 5-6 years tells the tale. Thanks for the scoop on Idaho, always cool to hear about another part of this vast and beautiful country!

Beautiful. That’s the human spirit in action. Sounds cold as a bastahd in the winter though.

I think when the “job” is navigating an incredibly complex eco-geo-political minefield while knowing that the other party is rooting for you to fail spectacularly, and will suggest you failed spectacularly even if you do a good job, and instead of rallying around and with you to offer hope and leadership to the American people will accuse you of racism because you suspend travel to/from the epicenter of the outbreak, and when 100 different health care experts have 200 different opinions on how to save the planet and the projections are hundreds of thousands of people will die on your watch in the next 90 days, and even when you are most definitely responsible for putting pieces into place to reduce the number of casualties you still must deal with the fact that the damage to the economy and psyche of the American people is incalculable and....you do a ”great job”, the world should simply say “Great job, all things considered, now let’s figure out what we can learn from this.”.

You can see across the globe? Can you see the Pyramids? Look for three pointy structures on a beach.

The part of the scene from where DeNiro says "looks like somebody we know" until the end is both chilling and very well-done.

I'm not sure who you are quoting here, but I think I understand. Best of luck in your search for posters with opinions other than mine. It's not quite the quest to find the Holy Grail, but it is a noble pursuit during these uncertain times. I would suggest employing a three posts up/three posts down stratefy and expand from there as needed. Godspeed, friend.

You brought up decorum and respect for the office as it seems that’s an important consideration when voting for a candidate. Do you have thoughts on how a President should behave when accused of treason by his opponents and national media? If you think it’s wrong to publicly state your innocence, or to call out wrongdoers and defend yourself, it’s certainly an option. It would be like when Austria was anchlaussed...just let it happen? Then again maybe I took what you said out of context. That happens sometimes. Thank you for the thoughts and prayers, you can never have too many of those.

You’re a lost soul. He was accused of treason, and 24 hours a day for 3 years it was all treason all day. Collusion. Obstruction. Leaks and innuendo. He knew the truth, as did all the players who set up the game. I’ll ask you the question I’ve asked others: What is the appropriate Presidential demeanor and decorum when the political opposition paints you as a traitor to your country? What would be the appropriate response to a media mob who reported dutifully that it sure appeared he was a traitor and got it all wrong for nearly 4 years? I don’t think it’s Trump who lacks respect for the office.

That would be outstanding.