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Firestorm49

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December 14, 2018

What a stupid interview.

CNN; Cuomo and Kellyanne, ridiculous. I turned it off. All they were doing was talking over each other. Poor.

December 14, 2018

Chief Of Staff???

Excuse me if I am wrong, but it appears that Trump is considering Jared Kushner to become the next Chief Of Staff. Is this by any chance the same Jared Kushner who could not get a security clearance previously?

November 13, 2018

Id like an answer on the Jill Stein thing.

Why was Jill Stein seated with Michael Flynn at the table with Putin before the election? Was she part of the plan to siphon off votes from Clinton?
I’m not proposing a conspiracy theory. It’s nothing other than a question. Teflon Jill Stein has escaped the scrutiny of the American public. Not a word about her, yet there she was. Why? Who paid her way? Is the Green Party corrupt?

October 19, 2018

The Internet Isn't Impressed by Donald Trump's New Grammar Rule.

Source: Getty News

If you've taken a look at Donald Trump'sTwitter account lately, you may have noticed an interesting style choice. The president, for reasons best known to himself, has apparently taken to sometimes capitalizing the word "country" when tweeting about the US of A. (See this tweet from Friday, in which he claims that "Congressman Andy Biggs is doing a great job for Arizona and our Country!&quot

Well, someone must have called him out on it because on Friday morning, shortly after penning the Biggs tweet, Trump published a tweet confirming his departure from established grammar rules.

"When referring to the USA, I will always capitalize the word Country!" he wrote. (He has yet to explain his reasoning behind this.)

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/the-internet-isnt-impressed-by-donald-trumps-new-



Another brazen act of idiocy.
July 3, 2018

Why is America's leading liberal magazine publishing its pieces with a Russian propaganda outlet?

Source: Think Progress

I have not fact checked this article for authenticity. If this is true, it may be time to give second thoughts to the Nation.

Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/the-nation-is-publishing-with-rt-434f02f16bde/

May 5, 2018

2nd Amendment Under Seige

Source: Milwaukee Journal May 5

The unpopularly elected current resident in the White House, John Barron, or is it David Dennison, or is it John Miller ( hard to tell these days ) recently spoke at the NRA convention in Dallas and made the incredibly stupid statement (any surprise?) that “ 2nd Amendment rights are under seige.” I nearly wet my pants.
By whom is it under seige, President what’s your name? Could it be the Republican led House of Representatives, or perhaps the Republican led Senate, or the Republican controlled White House, or the Republican dominated Supreme Court? Your guess is as good as mine, but wait, I just had a revelation. It must be Obama and the deep state, still secretly in control of the country, and poised to confiscate every known firearm ever manufactured.
Unfortunately we again must bear witness to inflammatory statements spewing from the mouth of the biggest prevaracationist ever to occupy the Oval Office. This type of inflammatory rhetoric does nothing more than add gasoline to the already flammable political atmosphere in which we live - and, the vitriol comes from the one who is reputed to be OUR “leader.” Integrity be damned! Honesty be damned! This is not leadership, it’s mutiny against the country fueled by an idiot. Oops, did I just say that, or was it John Kelly, or Rex Tillerson? Don’t know. Don’t care. I’m just plain paranoid about what will happen next. This fool needs to be removed from office. He does not represent by any stretch of the imagination the ideals or governance that this country and our Constitution stand for, the ideals for which thousands have died to preserve.

Read more: Link to source

April 30, 2018

The " Mess At the Border"

The unpopularly elected so called leader of the United States of America, collectively known as either John Barron, or David Dennison, or is it Donald Trump, referred to the immigrants fleeing to America as “that mess at the border.”

How noble. In as much as I do believe that one must enter the country in the proper way, as my mother did after the second world war, having to have a rudimentary knowledge of the language, history and heritage of the United States, the people currently fleeing to our country are doing so to flee political persecution, religious persecution, societal persecution, economic persecution, and on and on. Imagine yourself in a situation where you do not know from one day to the next how you will survive in the coming days, months, or years.
There needs to be a way to remedy people fleeing persecution that satisfies both sides of the aisle, but to refer to it as a “mess” is the most pitiful excuse any so called leader can muster.

The comments by Mr. Dennison only exacerbate the denigration of American society by belittling those coming for help from what once was the greatest country in the world. What a fool he is, and what an embarrassment he is to MY America.

Secondly, and I apologize for the digression, but Mr. Barron does not own the Justice Dept. The fool recently claimed that “ my Justice Dept is corrupt.” ( to that effect). He is NOT the King of the United States, the Justice Dept. is not his, and I only hope that Mr. Mueller delivers the harsh reality of justice upon this buffoon.

February 9, 2018

Legislative deal: Sales tax holiday, $100 rebate per child

Source: Milwaukee Journal

Wisconsin would give parents a $100 per child rebate for this year only and pair that with a weekend sales tax holiday for all consumers, under a deal announced Thursday by Gov. Scott Walker and assembly Republicans.
The deal would provide a one-time $50M sales tax holiday for the first weekend in August that would cover all goods under $100, not just back to school purchases as Walker and some other Republicans had previously sought.
Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz said: “ The governor might as well save money on postage and just hand these checks out at polling places in November. Governor Walker is desperately trying to keep his job with this one-time kickback, but it’s not going to work.”

Read more: Link to source



How cheesy of the governor. His “you know what” is in a sling, so now it’s time to show the people of Wisconsin what a great guy he’s portending to be. I believe the correct term is called desperation. This after gutting the UW system and seeing the UW system lose world renowned professors, ripping apart unions to benefit the party, slashing wages to satisfy ALEC and the party with his Prevailing Wage bill, ( they loath workers, you know) ending freeway improvements because the state simply has no money to complete projects already in process, while signing Foxxcon to a deal that requires immediate and already started freeway enhancements for Foxxcons benefit, paying Foxxcon over a billion dollars in tax incentives - revenue that will be lost to the state, ( so now he’s talking highway tolls), having a mining company rewrite mining regulations behind closed doors and not allowing public or legislative debate or input on the issue, not allowing municipalities to have their own referendums on school related issues, stopping Talga from manufacturing trains cars in Milwaukee after a multi-million dollar contract was already signed. And on and on.
Now he wants us to think that all he cares about is us, when in reality, it’s just more snake oil coming from a “party first” governor who has nothing more on his mind than another hopefully pitiful presidential bid. Lord help is all, or should I say, “God bless your heartl”, Mr. Walker.
He can keep his stinking $100. I don’t need it. I don’t want it.

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