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Examples of the swamp: 1. FBI officials investigating Trump and his appointees. 2. Russia Gate - FBI knew this was all false but went with it anyway 3. Ukraine Gate - Which we now know was legit. 4. two impeacments based on nothign. 5. Mueller investigations into Russia gate 6. Hunter laptop is Russia disinformation 7. Censoring in social media at the behest of government officials to quiet people that were speaking the truth about Covid, Russia gate, Huntergate etc. Please give examples of Trump as the Swamp. mspart

Crypto? Its imaginary money. Now one could say the same about our currency. But at least there is something tangible with coins and bills. Not a fan, but if someone wants to invest in it, more power to them. Of course I as wrong about facebook, no way could it be valued that high, they have no holdings of note, no property, produce nothing etc etc. I was wrong there for sure. mspart

Trump is the swamp? First time I've ever heard of this. So now you are telling us all that Trump orchestrated the civil and criminal litigation against him. Yeah right. mspart

https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/ You can see here for an explanation about the bomb cyclone. mspart

Unless the insurance companies run out of money. See FL. mspart

At least someone who has the money to live up to their convictions. Life is so much better in GB. Great food, great dental. Muzzle on speech. It is a great place. Good thing about it is they have Mars Bars, which are similar but better than Milky Way bars. mspart

Thanks guys. The winds tonight are not supposed to be as severe. The area is like a bomb hit. The eastside really got nailed with this. That generally equates to just about anything east of a north-south line going through Lake Washington. Bellevue, Issaquah, Redmond, Renton, Kent, Auburn, Enumclaw, Carnation, Bothell, Maple Valley, Black Diamond, Monroe, Snoqualmie, North Bend and unincorporated King County which is where I live. mspart

I think it will a lot easier for him not having to run that gauntlet. I would not look forward to it if I were him. I never liked him for this post and am glad he is out. Please see previous posts on this thread. mspart

Winds are coming again tonight I heard on the radio. That might be a double whammy for the trees that barely survived. Tue night there were a few very loud cracks, indicative of trees breaking or big branches breaking, and then some crashing. Fortunately, they were far from us. We are surrounded by 100 ft trees and have been ok so far. With the generator we are warm as it powers the blower motor for the nat gas furnace. We have hot water since that is nat gas as well. We have frozen and cold food that is safe so we are doing pretty good all things considered. mspart

BOMB CYCLONE HIT!!!!!!!! It was a good wind storm, winds coming from the east as the cyclone sucked air from the east side of the state. Our house is ok, cars too. No trees down but lots of branches. But the neighborhood has trees down that have brought all the electrical and cable wires down to the road. We are out of power until maybe Saturday according to the power company. I’m thinking we have until Wed. We’ll see. So we also don’t have internet which is why I didn’t post yesterday. No idea when that will come back. Got the generator working and it powers the house about 50%, with freezers and fridges all running which is good. I could not go out Tue night to start the generator because my wife thought it was too dangerous to be out there. Stuff in the freezers was starting to get a little soft but not bad. My granddaughter is giving me great glee. She is 14 and apoplectic that there is no internet. Can’t live without it. Life is horrible. She just can't understand how this could happen. Internet is always there. Good thing we have a generator or she would have died from withdrawals. Ha!!! mspart

I don't think we can term limit senators or House members without an Amendment. That said, they can term limit themselves in their leadership roles. That way more people can do it and one person does not hog it all up and get drunk with power. mspart

Listen to The Cat in the Hat. Worth a listen!!! mspart

You even named McConnel and Pelosi. How does anyone get that confused? mspart

The deficit is 28% of total expenditures. If we cut 28% across the board, we would have a balanced budget. That's a lot. But it needs to be done. Yes, taxes could increase. But more effective is controlling ones spending. We essentially have a 25% tax on total GDP which is untenable. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONGDA188S As you can see we have averaged about 15-20% federal outlay in comparison to the GDP since about 1950. Currently we are above 1980-1990 levels. You can see the effects of the 2008 recession and the 2020 covid spending. mspart

Here are the departmental budgets for 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/200386/budget-of-the-us-government-for-fiscal-year-2012-by-agencies/ Looks like there are ample areas for DOGE activity. Anytime a department handles billions of dollars, there are way to cut that budget. You could just say 10% cut across the board, but that does not eliminate waste, but it would cut the budget.

You could refute it. But refuse to do so. You might try again. It would help your argument. mspart

Unconvincing. mspart

Their ratings are tanked. https://www.thewrap.com/msnbc-cnn-fox-news-ratings-after-trum-election/ MSNBC’s rating domination was short-lived: After beating CNN on its election night coverage for the first time in network history, the news network owned by NBCUniversal is now bleeding viewers in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory. On election night, MSNBC scored 6 million viewers compared to CNN’s 5.1 million. But in the days after the election, the network’s total day ratings fell to 808,000 with a 90,000 in the coveted 25-to-54 year old demo, according to Nielsen. mspart

A very rich one at that. He appears to be in no hurry to curry favor with the advertisers. Now that they see it is a much better website, they are coming back. He just had to wait long enough. mspart

Currently reading The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. Pretty good read. I was looking for more technical detail but he hits the highlights. Good book so far. mspart David McCullough

True, although I'm not sure how you know. And I'm happy I'm not in that club. mspart

Perhaps AARP should look into this apparent elder abuse by these radical canines. mspart

They went to lunch with Hitler. Got to keep an open mind those two!! mspart

He should find a mirror for what media matters did that immediately caused advertisers to go away from X? That's why there is a lawsuit. mspart

They do crazy things in NM!! No wonder they voted straight D. mspart