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April 24, 2019

Impeachment

This is going to be an arduous and politically explosive process. There are ZERO Republicans who will fulfill their constitutional duty. When Nixon was impeached, there were some and that made it a little easier.

Once this starts, we will be on a train that may just runaway. Do not underestimate the tricks in DC that will be used and the Trumpkins throughout the country.

They charges should be investigated and the strongest ones laid out and broadcast far and wide. We cannot afford to go forward with a even a somewhat weak charge. They will beat that one to death.
IMO there should be constitutional lawyers(or those best qualified) preparing the case to be as thorough and tight as possible. It should be done with all deliberate speed.
Mueller’s report helps but Congress has to see the unredacted version. Who knows what awaits there?

In addition, it is time for the Dems and the chairs to lay down the hammer on not receiving documents and other problems that are processes mandated by our laws. They need to study the rules used in Congress and find ANY point that can be used against Trump and the GOP. Then they should be on national news EVERY DAY forcefully pointing out the refusal of the GOP to adhere to the rules. Trumpkins won’t care but the other voters who can decide the election will hear it and take note.

In addition, every effort should be made to get McConnell out of office. Taking over the senate would be best, but turn the rules on him like he twists them now. His announcement that he will block everything if Trump is elected is tantamount to blackmail and whatever else.

Do not make it easy on Trump. AND the Dems have got to get people out front strongly pushing the message. I would not use Pelosi or Schumer except to introduce newer faces. There are several people who can present a relatable but stern front. Katie Porter comes to mind. Barbara Lee is another.

These are just some suggestions. I know you can pick everything apart. We CANNOT go into this without being fully prepared and anticipating as much as possible.

I do not believe this will be as easy as 1-2-3 and off to the Senate it will go.


March 13, 2019

A set of china for sale. Riviera pattern of Meito china. Norleans group. Made in Occupied Japan.

Send me a message if you are interested.

Meito china
Riviera pattern
Made in occupied Japan with Orleans also inscribed.

These are the pieces:
7- 6.25” saucers
10- 6.25” plates
12- 10” plates
12- 7.5” plates
12- 8” bowls
4- 6” bowls
1- creamer
1- cup
1- sugar bowl lid
1 - 9” tray
2 - 13” trays/ bowls
1- 18” tray
1- tureen lid
1- tureen
The china is in excellent shape. The creamer has a chip but that is all.

This china was used only once a year if that. All of the pieces were not used each time.

My Daddy got this china for my Mama sometime in the early 1950s. He fought in WWII. He ran the family farm when he got back. After his siblings were out of high school, he got married. He took a job with a new insurance company and worked there for 30 years. This china says “Made in Occupied Japan” It also has the word “Norleans” on it.
This link will take you to a short history of the Japanese china industry. Meito was founded when a man split from the Nagoya Seito Sho company which made the Noritake china patterns. This happened in the early 1900s. This company still makes china today.
Link: https://homequicks.com/brief-history-of-meito-china

March 6, 2019

It effing snowed here in NE South Carolina yesterday.

Our climate patterns are broken. I have said this for a while.
We are in a shitload of trouble.
Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate.
Weather events are extreme.
The ice is melting faster than expected and more heat is building up in the oceans.

I was reading an article about farming being in trouble in my area and similar areas. Why? Salt. Saltwater is moving into the groundwater along the coast. There has always been a different ecosystem where fresh water and salt water meet. Now that is getting effed up.

In addition, farmers are discovering brown patches where plants have died in different areas. Why?
Those huge hurricanes that dropped enough rain to bring arks to mind are dropping salt water. This has probably always been a factor but a minor one.

Thus sayeth the Grim Sneaker.
Mother Nature done got tired off all our shit. She saying you wanna mess with MY HOME? I will show you real messing.

February 13, 2019

RIP Lyndon LaRouche. We hardly knew ye.

When Lyndon Larouche was in jail, at one point Jim Bakker was his cellmate. I cannot begin to i imagine what they talked about.
When he was running for president, he put up billboards with huge pieces of broccoli on them. He was using them against GHWB.

January 30, 2019

Ted Bundy

There is a kerfuffle over the Bundy series with Zac Efron. People are accusing the producers of romanticizing him.
Bundy was handsome and charming. It is a shock to see what he really was. They have stayed as true to the story as they can. I know it makes it that much scarier.
Once again, people want history sanitized. History would never be studied if a lot of it was presented true to form in front of our eyes.
If the Bundy series does one thing, it should show that what you perceive as perfect may not be so.
He was a conman extraordinaire who was mixed with murder.

January 17, 2019

Advice to AOC.

You better set up a damn good staff in your district to handle consituent questions and problems. Take them seriously.
If not, you are going to be out on your ass.

January 9, 2019

RULE ONE

Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself

This does not mean not to make proposals or answer him. It does mean do not be so egregious with your actions that it takes attention away from him.

November 19, 2018

Climate change

People can believe the info or not about climate change. They cannot believe it away. Mother Nature bats last.

I think another thing may be helping screw it up. I believe that experiments are being tried by gawd knows who to achieve a more desirable result for certain areas. Anytime you change the weather which will affect the climate, you get unintended consequences.

I think it is all so screwed up there is no way to tell what new patterns we will see.

November 13, 2018

Pelosi damn well better be Speaker.

She knows the House and Congress like the back of her hand. That knowledge will be crucial to trying to hold Trump and Company accountable.

Pelosi is not afraid of them and she willbe more than willing to go for it in hand-to-hand fighting. The last two years may seem like an interlude to what is coming.

Do you know who loves this protest? Trump and his minions and Berners. This plays right intothei4 hands. In addition, the bots will be out pushing for her ouster.

These next two years areas important as any I can remember. I have not worked my ass off, contributed money, and lost sleep for two years so those morons can bring everything down. And yes they are morons if they cannot see beyond their own agenda.

Pelosi knows she will not live forever so my bet is that she will try to prepare some to learn much of what she knows.

Am I mad? You damn well better believe it and those ‘protesters’ can get a lot more done in other ways. I do not normally feel so strongly about these kinds of things but too much is at stake. AND I am holding my tongue.

November 10, 2018

Actual advice for Southerners driving on snow.



Very good advice actually.

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