Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

So many bastards, so little time.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

The words do not have to be perfect.

The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

Consistently wrong since 2002

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

It’s the corruption, stupid.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

The revolution will be supervised.

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

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I know I am setting myself up for disaster, but every time I read one of these stories I sit back and have a nice little daydream about watching Donald Trump’s stupid spawn being perpwalked in a prison jumpsuit:

Donald Trump Jr. asked a Russian lawyer at the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting whether she had evidence of illegal donations to the Clinton Foundation, the lawyer told the Senate Judiciary Committee in answers to written questions obtained exclusively by NBC News.

The lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, told the committee that she didn’t have any such evidence, and that she believes Trump misunderstood the nature of the meeting after receiving emails from a music promoter promising incriminating information on Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump’s Democratic opponent.

Once it became apparent that she did not have meaningful information about Clinton, Trump seemed to lose interest, Veselnitskaya said, and the meeting petered out.

The Trump campaign met with so many god damned Russians it’s hard to keep track of everything, but I believe this is the meeting they all lied about, then said was about adoption, then all denied it was about getting dirt on the Clintons despite the emails, then said they didn’t read the emails, and then Manafort and Kushner claimed they weren’t paying attention and just looking at their phones and know nothing.

At any rate, it seems pretty clear the only thing these clowns wanted to adopt was dirt on Hillary. Lock ’em all up.

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  5. 5.

    Mnemosyne

    At any rate, it seems pretty clear the only thing these clowns wanted to adopt was dirt on Hillary.

    Yup. And the Russians figured out that that was the best bait to catch as many Republicans in their net as possible. Not to mention all of the people on the American left who jumped at the exact same bait.

    As someone here keeps saying, an irrational hatred of Hillary Clinton is a very clear indicator of which side someone is on, and it ain’t the American side.

  6. 6.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @Yarrow: If I were Putin I would. Trump is a clear danger to global stability. He never should have been elected.

  9. 9.

    Ken

    @Yarrow: Donnie, or Donnie Jr? Because I’m sure Putin has a good idea of Trump Sr.’s psychology (I’m sure the Russians have a thick file), and I strongly suspect that file says that senior would dump junior in a heartbeat to protect himself.

  11. 11.

    dmsilev

    @Mnemosyne:

    As someone here keeps saying, an irrational hatred of Hillary Clinton is a very clear indicator of which side someone is on, and it ain’t the American side.

    To be fair, some of those with irrational hatred of Hillary Clinton were simply misogynists rather than traitors.

  12. 12.

    kindness

    You know when the scrum gets really going Trump is going to just start flying with the Presidential pardons though. We will see that constitutional question addressed I expect.

  14. 14.

    Mnemosyne

    @dmsilev:

    The ones who are continuing to hang onto that hatred even now are traitors. They made their choice. Lay down with dogs, get up with fleas.

  17. 17.

    Shana

    @Ken: I also suspect they knew that Jr. wasn’t very smart, maybe not Carter Page stupid, but dumb. And VERY desirous of keeping on Daddy’s good side.

  19. 19.

    Yarrow

    @Major Major Major Major: Do we know how NBC obtained it? Such leaks lead to questions as to who leaked it and why. This one fits with a few other things that have happened that lead me to the conclusion that Putin is tiring of Trump and will do what he can to sow chaos here. Trump is merely a tool for Putin to use to that end. As for this being Senate testimony, some in the Senate are in positions to be…persuaded to do certain things, shall we say.

    @Ken: The President, not Jr. Although Junior will be collateral damage. Donald won’t protect Jr., as we all know and the Russians also know, but his namesake son being an idiot and a traitor isn’t a good look for him. Leads to chaos, which is Putin’s goal.

  20. 20.

    Steve in the ATL

    @B.B.A.: you’re not a doctor, lawyer, accountant, or comedy writer, so I’m having trouble believing the whole Jewish thing

  24. 24.

    Yarrow

    @Major Major Major Major: As we know, those groups are not necessarily exempt from Russia’s manipulation, nor are they free of their own traitorous members. The person or persons who leaked it may have done it on their own or may have been influenced by something related to Russia. As I said above, it fits with a few other things that have left me with the impression that Putin has decided or is deciding that Trump isn’t as useful as he thought he might be and will and is throwing him under the bus. I think it’s going to get pretty bumpy here for a bit.

  25. 25.

    Mike Furlan

    John, what universe do you live in. In my world, Oliver North who sold arms to people the Republicans call terrorists is a Hero. Because he is a Republican. And IOKIYAR. Helped finance crimes up to and including genocide in Central America. Double Plus Good!. Got off because he received immunity for testifying to Congress. Think they forgot that trick?

    Anyone who conspired with the Russians to defeat the evil Hillary will be celebrated by 50% of the country for the rest of their lives.

  26. 26.

    JMG

    After a nice middle class career, I have inherited not wealth, but what the British call “comfortable.” My portfolio will gain very little from the Trump tax bill. In fact, I’ll lose money. I am already a Democrat, but I know my two Republican brothers are in the same boat, I’ll be interested in their response.

  29. 29.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    @germy: They’re a bunch of Snowflakes.

    He didn’t have a problem when the FBI was screwing over Clinton

  30. 30.

    Mary G

    Well, it’s Election 2017, so O/T, but sharing anyway because it made me chortle:

    We don’t need an outside agitator like Steve Bannon carpetbagging in Alabama.— Doug Jones (@GDouglasJones) December 6, 2017

  31. 31.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    cause Mr Goldplated crapper knows from class

    The HillVerified account
    Trump thought it was “low class” for Pence to bring pets to VP residence: report

    Molly Retweeted
    Tell that to the Queen of England when you see her at the royal wedding. Oh…wait. You’re probably not invited.

  32. 32.

    Nancy B

    1. Agree that Putin’s main goal is foment chaos. Lord Smallgloves is a perfect tool. (I have never written a better sentence.)

    B. I have 2 Trump fantasies. (I live in Illinois) I like thinking about Lord Smallgloves arriving at the federal hoosegow and being greeted by Rod Blagojevich and being reassured “The first haircut is really rough, but you’ll be OK. The second one is thinking about the look on Ivanka’s face when she realizes that Jared has rolled over on Daddy.

  33. 33.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Trump Hotels is a pet friendly hotel collection that offers a variety of accommodations and services for guests to enjoy. The luxury dog friendly hotels will make sure your pets feel at home while you are traveling for work or pleasure.

    From the home page of Trump Hotels

  34. 34.

    TenguPhule

    @Major Major Major Major:

    I don’t see how somebody leaking the transcript of a senate testimony is Russia throwing Trump under the bus. It’s not like these are super secret emails or something.

    Would you care to wager whether or not this leaked from a Russian-compromised Congress critter?

  36. 36.

    TenguPhule

    @Mike Furlan:

    Anyone who conspired with the Russians to defeat the evil Hillary will be celebrated by 50% of the country for the rest of their lives.

    Lives can be unexpectedly cut short.

    Why North has not fallen down in a bathtub and drowned yet is more then I can say.

  42. 42.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    Dave Weigel‏ @daveweigel
    6m6 minutes ago

    Steve Bannon now attacking Mitt Romney for not serving in Vietnam. “You hid behind your religion. You went to France to be a missionary while guys were dying in rice paddies.”

    57 replies 42 retweets 63 likes

    Unlike brave Donald Drumpf.

  43. 43.

    Dave

    @NotMax: In this case what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Bannon is actually a hell of a useful goad to bring some people to the polls that might otherwise make it. I still think odds favor Moore but Jones could win and if he does I’m opening a bottle of champagne.

  45. 45.

    J R in WV

    @dmsilev:

    No!

    If your hatred of Clinton causes you to perform irrational actions which harm America and assist Russia, then you are a traitor.

  46. 46.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: that made me curious about Roy Moore’s service. That fucker went to West Point?

    Moore was admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, on the recommendation of outgoing Democratic U.S. Representative Albert Rains, and after confirmation of that nomination by incoming Republican Representative James D. Martin of Gadsden. He graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree. With the Vietnam War underway, Moore served in several posts as a military police officer, including Fort Benning, Georgia, and Illesheim, Germany before being deployed to the Republic of Vietnam. Serving as the commander of 188th Military Police Company of the 504th Military Police Battalion,[22] Moore was perceived to be reckless, but very strict. He insisted his troops salute him on the battlefield, against his training, as such recognition facilitates an officer being targeted by an enemy.[23] Some of his soldiers gave him the derogatory nickname “Captain America”, due to his attitude toward discipline. This role earned him enemies, and in his autobiography he recalls sleeping on sandbags to avoid a grenade or bomb being tossed under his cot, as many of his men had threatened him with fragging.[21]

  51. 51.

    J R in WV

    @Dave:

    I’ve been kicking in to Dave Jones’ campaign weekly for quite some time now. I started with just a one time donation, and then another, and decided it was more time consuming that way and just clicked on the weekly button.

    I have a 1999 vintage champagne I intend to drink next Tuesday night, either in celebration or to drown my sorrow. We shall see which, won’t we?

    We have basically been on a live life to the fullest campaign since the last election was lost via manipulation. So lots of champagne and good food. Travel, too.

  53. 53.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    From the Palmer Report: Spicer is going to jail

    Lying to the public is not a violation of the law in and of itself. But, as this video clip) unearthed by Just Security reveals, on January 23rd, Spicer used his briefing to claim that Flynn had only called the Ambassador to wish him happy holidays. Now we know from McFarland’s emails that Spicer was already well aware of the true (and illegal) nature of Flynn’s phone calls. It means Spicer committed obstruction of justice by lying to the public in an attempt at throwing off Trump-Russia investigators.

    Keep in mind that Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team have already interviewed Sean Spicer. It’s not known what Spicer said. But if he lied about the above matter, then he’s also committed the felony of lying to federal investigators. Now Spicer is looking at one, and maybe two, felony charges.

    Yup. He repeatedly lied about Flynn’s calls to Sergey Kislyak

  55. 55.

    Ruckus

    I really don’t understand why everyone doesn’t seem to understand why all the Clinton bashing.
    Republicans have nothing. Not one thing that normal people want or need. The only way they can get people to vote for them is to get their hate on and lie. The have no actual comparison to the Democratic party in actual governing. Zero, zip, zilch. So they drum up hate and lies. Poor bastards, it’s all they’ve got. Hate and Lies. And now that they have shown that they are willing to lie, cheat and steal for their paymasters and have nothing else, it’s up to us to show exactly who they are. We won’t get the lost, the haters, the morons. But we will get some and that, along with what we already have may just be enough.

  56. 56.

    Mike Furlan

    @TenguPhule: Cut short? He is still a Hero. And we are not.

    His TV credits so far this year:

    The Samaritan (Documentary)
    Himself

    2009-2017 Hannity (TV Series)
    Himself / Himself – Fox News Military Analyst
    – Episode dated 11 August 2017 (2017) … Himself – Fox News Military Analyst (as Lt. Col. Oliver North)

    2017 America’s News Headquarters (TV Series)
    Himself – Fox News Military Analyst / Himself – Host, War Stories
    – Episode dated 5 July 2017 (2017) … Himself – Fox News Military Analyst (as Lt. Col. Oliver North)

    – Episode dated 8 April 2017 (2017) … Himself – Host, War Stories (as Lt. Col. Oliver North)

    2012-2017 Fox and Friends (TV Series)
    Himself / Himself – Fox News Military Analyst / Himself – Host, War Stories
    – Episode dated 29 May 2017 (2017) … Himself – Fox News Military Analyst (as Lt. Col. Oliver North)

  57. 57.

    Dave

    @J R in WV: The advantage of realism is that it allows perspective. It’s Alabama and the GOP is currently a dumpster fire so while a Moore win would suck it’s within expected and predictable suck we never assumed Jones had a shot and only Moore’s depravity has given him that chance so of Jones does win that’s all to the good.

  59. 59.

    germy

    @J R in WV:

    We have basically been on a live life to the fullest campaign since the last election was lost via manipulation.

    Us, too. I fully expect any day now to be called before some tribunal or another, where my balloon-juice comments will be read back to me before I am placed in a cell. So I’m trying to enjoy myself while I can.

  61. 61.

    Ruckus

    @raven:
    I have a friend who have lost 2 homes, on the same lot, to fires. They had to evacuate this afternoon and might lose their home a third time. They told me a while back that if it burns again they are leaving the area.

  63. 63.

    Mike Furlan

    @Dave: It is important to our corporate masters to demonstrate to us that they can get a child molester elected. As long as he will vote for a tax cut. Maybe there is a line, something about “live boy or a dead girl”, but I’m not sure.

  73. 73.

    raven

    I just finished the last two episodes of “A Long Strange Trip” , the Dead Doc and Franken is quite the deadhead.

  77. 77.

    frosty

    @NotMax:

    Using the word carpetbagging in Alabama isn’t a dog whistle so much as a dog bullhorn.

    As are the words “outside agitator”. Sheesh!

  78. 78.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @raven: Yeah, they’d get it there*.

    @raven: So is Senator Pat Leahy.

    *We’re having pretty strong Santa Ana’s and they blow from the northeast. They’re getting the smoke from the fire in the northeast valley. The smoke from Ventura is blowing out to sea.

  79. 79.

    Yarrow

    @Hungry Joe: Didn’t think it applied in that case. Does here, though:

    Robert Mueller may not be through with Rick Gates, a deputy Trump campaign aide and one of the four people who have been charged as part of the special counsel probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

    In a court appearance Monday in Manhattan, Gates’ attorney Walter Mack said that federal prosecutors have told him that more charges, called superseding indictments, may be coming.

    “We don’t know what the government is going to do,” Mack said in court, referring to both Gates’ case and a white-collar case in New York involving one of Gates’ business partners. “I mean, in both cases we’ve been told that there may be a superseder. We don’t know what’s happening.”

    More charges? Superseding indictments? Tick tock, motherfuckers.

  80. 80.

    frosty

    @Ruckus:

    They told me a while back that if it burns again they are leaving the area.

    Seems reasonable. Aothough I think twice would be enough for me, and I wonder what the insurance rate was after the second one..

  85. 85.

    J R in WV

    We had some rain this afternoon. Not enough to put water in the tiny creek beside the house, but it soaked the leaf fall on the ground. We don’t get the kind of raging fires they have in the Rockies and out west here.

    Usually it’s a slow burning little fire in the leaves on the ground, bigger where there’s a downed dead tree or pines, but the oak forests don’t go crazy into the tree tops much. We do have forest fires, they are scary, I have fought them with garden tooks, rakes, shovels and hoes, pushing the burning leaves back into the burnt part so they can’t spread the fire further.

    We have a well and a pump, so we can fight a fire around the house with water if the electric stays on. That’s a big if, as the poles are dried and treated, inclined to burn if a good fire starts them.

  86. 86.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    it’s almost as if phone calls and activism have some effect

    Richard Rubin‏Verified account
    California House Republicans are working to restore income-tax deduction in final tax bill

    meanwhile

    The Hill‏Verified account
    JUST IN: Pence is preparing for a possible interview with Mueller:

    “Mother, what did I say about Flynn?”

  87. 87.

    SFAW

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Having two kidneys is elitist now?

    Well, when I was a lad (in Yorkshire), we kids were lucky to have one kidney. For all of us! I had to share it with me brothers and sisters — all eight of them! And we considered ourselves lucky, we did.

  90. 90.

    J R in WV

    @J R in WV:

    I don’t have permission to edit my comment, so I’m adding this to say how sorry I am for your friends loss, and that I hope they were able to take their papers, photos, and pets to safety.

    Horrible to see footage of those wildfires raging through neighborhoods like that! Best of luck to them in the future!!

  92. 92.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Duane: I’m no one percenter—I’m now a fifty percenter with respect to kidneys.

    And the wind is crazy here right now. No one told to bring extra strength hair gel!

  93. 93.

    SFAW

    @Duane:

    He’s made a contribution for the good of society.

    Ruckus being able to have a friend for dinner, with a nice Chianti, is not what I’d call “for the good of society.” Well, unless you consider all the others who could have been Ruckus’s “guest of honor.”

  95. 95.

    Hunter Gathers

    @SFAW: You and your siblings had a whole kidney to yourselves?
    Luxury.
    There were 150 of us who were the personal kidneys to an obscure Duke’s family.
    When we came home all we had to eat was a handful of cold poison.
    At night we all huddled together for warmth.
    We all gravitated toward Charles.
    He was the fattest.

  97. 97.

    Steve in the ATL

    @SFAW:

    Ruckus being able to have a friend for dinner, with a nice Chianti, is not what I’d call “for the good of society.”

    And on top of that, I picked up the check for dinner!

  103. 103.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @SFAW: You ‘ad picture? We ‘ad chalk drawing in the street. Lookin’ at it cost me young brother ‘ls life. Bus ‘it ‘im. Still, it was a good life.

  104. 104.

    SFAW

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I want him to burn. An embarrassment to both my state and my fraternity.

    Seconded. Which frat?

    Re: the midterms: barring a ZEGS indictment, does Bryce have any kind of a chance? I realize it’s way early for predictions, but since I figure you know a boatload more than I about WI politics, I thought I should at least ask. [I’ve already sent his campaign some bucks, will do more as the election gets closer.]

  107. 107.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @SFAW: DTD. I don’t know if Iron Stache has a chance; I am in the “Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please….” mode right now.

  109. 109.

    SFAW

    @Steve in the ATL:

    And on top of that, I picked up the check for dinner!

    Well, hell, if you’re buying, let me know the next time you’re in central MA. I promise not to remove any of your internal organs. Well, none that you will miss, at least. Well, not miss too much.

  113. 113.

    Yarrow

    Speaking of kidneys, has efg checked in today? That comment a few days ago about a near death experience sounded serious.

  117. 117.

    SFAW

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I don’t know if Iron Stache has a chance; I am in the “Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please….” mode right now.

    Not quite at that stage yet, mainly due to all the other fucked-up-ed-ness of the last week or so, but I will be.

    I don’t remember — are you in Madison? I keep busting your stones about being in Green Bay, but my feeble brain says you don’t actually live there.

  123. 123.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Steve in the ATL: @SFAW: My school had 1200 students when I was there. It has become huge 1500. About a third were Greeks. We did not have rush until January, so I ended up having friends in all the Greek orgs and among GDIs.

    @Steve: 17? Holy fuck.

  124. 124.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    DTD

    One of their guys gave me a campus tour, then kept in touch and tried to get me to join after I ended up going. It, um, wasn’t a fit. By mid-point of my first year I was damn glad I’d avoided it.

  125. 125.

    randy khan

    @Major Major Major Major:

    I don’t see how somebody leaking the transcript of a senate testimony is Russia throwing Trump under the bus. It’s not like these are super secret emails or something.

    I think it’s the testimony that was Putin throwing Trump under the bus. The leak is incidental. (Also, the leak could have come from her.)

  127. 127.

    efgoldman

    @Yarrow:

    That comment a few days ago about a near death experience sounded serious.

    Semi. Damned sick and almost totally out of it.
    Obligatory

    Being housebound and and getting better is VERY time consuming. Less time for blogging/

  129. 129.

    frosty

    @Omnes Omnibus: 1200 students? Huuugge. Mine had about 400, since doubled or tripled. 112 went into my class as freshmen, 55 made it out.

    (seems like there’s a Yorkshireman riff in here somewhere)

  130. 130.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Gin & Tonic: My tour guide happened to be a Delt. It had nothing to do with my decision to pledge. Despite some national reputation stuff, most frats vary from school to school. Delts are the meathead jock frat at Stanford. At Northwestern, they are theater friendly.

  133. 133.

    Steve in the ATL

    @frosty: mine was 1400 undergrads plus a law school, so I lose the “my School was smaller” contest.

    I KNEW I should have gone to Deep Springs College….

  135. 135.

    dmsilev

    @efgoldman:

    getting better is VERY time consuming.

    As the saying goes, it beats the alternative.

    Glad to hear you’re on the mend, however slowly.

  137. 137.

    randy khan

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch:

    If Spicer lied to the FBI, they’ll indict him, but I really doubt that they would go after him for lying while press secretary. The press secretary has no power to direct investigations, among other things. Also, it would feel like an overreach to a lot of people, and I’m pretty sure Mueller is smart enough not to do that.

  138. 138.

    frosty

    @Omnes Omnibus: Harvey Mudd. Part of 5 colleges in Claremont with a few thousand students, including two (at the time) girls’ colleges across one street or another. Helped keep us same while they gave us a STEM education via firehose.

  141. 141.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @frosty: FWIW, my college’s library has the same name.

    @Steve in the ATL: At this blog, you may get the Bronze. Oops, fourth at best. Another commenter here went to mine a few years before me. But damn it, we are an elite that the Tier 1 research school grads can’t really understand.

  147. 147.

    frosty

    @Omnes Omnibus: The family apparently spread the $$ around. You don’t see too many libraries named Walton, Koch, or Mercer these days. Or even Gates or Buffett.

  150. 150.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Amaranthine RBG: did you go there or know someone who did? I remember hearing from them as a high school junior and thinking what the kids today would describe as “WTF?”

  151. 151.

    efgoldman

    @Omnes Omnibus: @Steve in the ATL: My undergraduate institution

    currently has ~32,000 students.
    The state school daughter attended has 26.5
    She got her grad degree from my undergrad school.
    Our school also has the sixth highest undergrad cost, but I don’t know that its the sixth best education. I doubt it.

    Five or years yearsit really doesn’t matter.

  155. 155.

    Amaranthine RBG

    @Steve in the ATL:

    I was there many moons ago. Going in I thought it was a great idea. Now I do wonder WTF I was thinking.

    I had my heart set on the Air Force Academy but learned well into the application process I was color blind. I am now very, very glad I was disqualified.

  158. 158.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @efgoldman: Given who I was as a high school senior, a small liberal arts school was a better place for me than a Ivy or public Ivy. I was barely 18 and a not very mature 18 when I started college. My LAC (and my fraternity) let me become a more sophisticated person en route to getting a degree.

  159. 159.

    Steve in the ATL

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: btw you locals are going to think I’m making this up, but I was walking down Brand Avenue this afternoon and…no shit…I saw a driver find an open parking space. I was so shocked I almost dropped my In and Out chocolate shake.

  167. 167.

    Ruckus

    @Ken:
    They had total replacement insurance for the first fire. The fire was actually a good thing for them. The 94 earthquake destroyed their home and wouldn’t have been covered. But a neighbors house caught fire then roared through 5 more homes before the fire dept could get there and put it out. CA insurance commissioner declared that if a house had burned, wasn’t arson and they had fire insurance, the company had to pay. That helped quite a few folks. They couldn’t get full coverage again. So the had to take out a loan after the second fire. Understand he was still working and had about almost 30 yrs in with a great pension, so moving then was out. He’s retired now, may actually be older than EFG, I can never remember if my friend is 3 or 4 yrs older than me. So I’m not sure that they will actually leave but he seems ready.

  168. 168.

    frosty

    @Immanentize: Good luck to him! It was a bit of a shock being around all those smart kids. I definitely went from the top tier of HS class to the bottom tier of college.class. I suspect I was a diversity admission since I was from the Other Coast.

  169. 169.

    MCA1

    @Nancy B: Those are good ones. I think my fondest wish is for Donnie Jr. to get caught up in Mueller’s net, then Two Scoops cuts him loose and in a patricidal rage born of spending his entire worthless life trying to please that miserable s.o.b., Jr. disseminates a virtual torrent of incriminating information on the orange fart cloud, exacting the ultimate revenge.

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