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October 11, 2019 06:00 AM UTC

Friday Open Thread

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  • by: Colorado Pols

“Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.”

–Elon Musk

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  1. Good morning.

    Americas' Mayor seems to have provided the smoking gun.

    Housekeeping question. Is the time stamp on our posts a bit off, or was that just really good weed?

    1. Isn't that rather like asking a genie to go back to the seconds before the avalanche hit you instead of wishing to go back before it began? There was at least eight years of the present state of affairs building up if not 30 years.

      The way we were hit was almost as bad as it could have been. We were hit with the metaphorical rock being carried by the snow. In order to avoid this we would have to go back to before that crook Yeltsin appointed Putin and figure out how to help Russia avoid being looted. Plus do something about media in America and the regulatory capture of the whole of the USA.

  3. It's going to be an interesting day …

    Lawmakers also expect to hear closed-door testimony Friday from Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who was recalled from her post in May. She arrived at the Capitol shortly after 10 a.m.

    And plans for next week …

    When former National Security Council official Fiona Hill testifies before Congress on Monday, she is expected to tell lawmakers that President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland actively avoided her and the NSC process and ran their own Ukraine policy, a source familiar with Hill told CBS News.

    U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, a key figure in the Ukraine controversy, bucked the State Department on Friday and announced he would appear before House investigators under subpoena next week. ["Gordon Sondland, the embattled U.S. ambassador to the U.S., has been formally noticed to testify on Wednesday, two sources confirm."]

    [Giuliani associates Parnas and Fruman were granted bail yesterday, but] may be “stuck in limbo” for a few days as the court processes their paperwork and pretrial services can approve co-signers and third party custodians. They’re scheduled to appear before a judge in New York next Thursday.

     

  4. And just in case you are worried … good news.  Colorado apparently has TWO sites prepared for … well, just about anything from "deadly epidemics, economic collapse, nuclear war or political upheaval." 

    While the article focuses on the West Virginia site, it also notes " The organization also has two sites in Colorado. It’s working to set up a fourth in Wisconsin. The motto: “Prepare for the Worst — Enjoy the Present.”

    At Fortitude Ranch, the cabin is for vacationing. The shelters are for surviving.

    1. Anyone not 'worried' is not paying attention. I'm less worried because my cousin has assured me I am named in the rapture policy for the family. 

      Sure hunting, but I'd be more worried about recreating agriculture than having all the weaponry. And other basic life skills that would be required without modern tech.

      Water purification, first aid, carpentry, foraging, how to play the pan flute, 

       

                  1. "There is NOTHING inevitable about factory farms," tweeted land organizer Johanna Rupprecht. "There is NOTHING inevitable about the big getting bigger and the small getting pushed out. These things have happened because policy choices have been made that not just allowed but heavily subsidized and promoted them."

                    https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/02/unacceptable-family-farms-ag-advocates-hit-back-after-sec-perdue-says-small-dairy

                    1. Fantastic.  Yes…these are outcomes driven by monied interests every five years via the Farm Bill. There is nothing happenstance about the gutting of our rural landscape. It is purposeful.  It is expected.  

          2. LOL. I'm pretty sure this isn't a scientific poll.  Unless this is more like a Cold Turkey thing (where the town tried to give up cigarettes for thirty days and the most-oft chosen alternative activity was sex ).  I mean, we all dream of the day we could go 30 days without needing another Electoral College hostage payment. 

            As to the eternal question of….we live by the rule "what happens in the coop stays in the coop"

          3. Fear not, brave patriots. We have a beautiful agreement (show me the candy before I get in the van) You're never seen anything like this (trust me, until you came along…) You'll be working overtime (I can’t wait to work 20 hour days to make up for what you’ve cost me the last two years).

  5. “The ability to recruit partners to fight radical Islam in the future has been virtually destroyed.”
    ~Lindsay Graham (today)

    It’s really unfortunate there isn’t a governmental body that could do something about this

      1. I too like Madden. I hope she stays involved somehow.

        Perhaps if Hick really doesn't like the Senate and quits after the first year, Polis can appoint her to the vacancy. Or if Warren selects Thurston as her running mate and they win, the governor can appoint her to his seat.

  7. I'm getting ready to hop on the Amy Klobuchar bandwagon. 

    She had an excellent LGBTQ town hall last night on CNN.  She's one of the few that I had the stomach to listen to.  Biden was just old and pathetic.  My heart is still with Mayor Pete, but I don't think this is his year — run and win an Indiana Senate seat and then we'll talk.

    I think Amy Klobuchar is the remaining "top ten" candidate who supports progressive, but not radical, ideas.  She has the prosecutor chops.  She has the Midwest cred.  She's not too young or old.  I think she could garner the votes of disaffected R's and Independents looking to vote for someone other than Trump.  Of course, she's a long shot at this time, (my auto correct keeps warning me about the spelling of "Klobuchar") but maybe she can garner Iowa support and parlay that to NH. 

     

      1. Who cares about Bill Maher?

        amy is a good woman and I've sent her money, as I also did with Harris and Warren.

        but right now, Warren is kicking Trump's butt.

        Amy is actually trailing that idiot Yang in most polls.  

        Yes, she needs to put all her chips in Iowa and at least finish in the top three there.

        policy wise, she is infinitely better than Warren.  But Elizabeth is raising Mon ey and kicking butt.

        1. I too sent Amy money and I too am disappointed with her polling numbers. She is smart, she is competent and she takes sane and rational public policy positions.

          Unfortunately, she is not flamboyant making unrealistic promises or promising to hand out a lot of free stuff which is what moves poll numbers. (Andrew Yang's $1,000 per month checks for all adults come to mind.)

          Amy should put all her chips in Iowa. But her only real chance is if Biden falters and has to drop out.

  8. Wow!  Trump heard his master's voice and didn't waste any time obeying:

    Putin-Erdogan-Rouhani-Syria.png

    Vladimir Putin with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (center) and President of Iran Hassan Rouhani at the Trilateral summit on Syria held in Ankara on September 16, 2019

    Question: With due consideration for the US presence in Syria, I would also like to ask how you assess the US presence on Syrian territory?

    Vladimir Putin: Regarding the presence of the US Armed Forces, it is common knowledge that their presence on Syrian territory is illegal. And we hope that the decision to withdraw US service personnel from Syria, made by President of the United States Donald Trump will be implemented completely.

  9. Maybe Pear or Moddy can confirm the rumor mill this morning but I was told Rudy's bffs, in addition to bribing officials in California and Nevada for marijuana licenses, contributed to Mike Coffman while they were on their spending spree.  

    Factbox: Who are the Giuliani associates charged with trying to influence U.S. elections? 

    Prosecutors identified two other men, Andrey Kukushkin and David Correia, as conspirators in an alleged scheme that aimed to funnel $1 million in donations to politicians and political candidates in Nevada, New York and other states to benefit a planned marijuana business funded by an unnamed Russian businessman.

    Kukushkin, 46, is a Ukraine native now living in San Francisco and a veteran of the cannabis business. 

    He was a vice president of a Russian hedge fund, Renaissance Investment Management, before getting into the business of growing and selling marijuana in the United States, according to news reports, legal records and corporate records. One report in Forbes Russia said Kukushkin started with investments in dispensaries in California and Nevada, and quoted him as saying he now made $60 million in revenue annually. 

    Kukushkin made an initial court appearance in San Francisco on Thursday. His bail hearing will continue on Friday.

    2. no way

      as former AG who knew about purging voter rolls and sticking to answers , Mike would have immediately reported a foreign contact of this nature

       

      1. Way.

        You're mixing up your Coffmans, buttercup.  Mike served as state treasurer and secretary of state, his ex was AG.  But sure, as former military the last half of your statement could well be correct.  Can we find a rogue staffer to blame?

  11. Of course they did.  Maybe someone could ask Cory about this.

    Exclusive: Turkey Bombs US Special Forces in Syria Attack, Apparently by Mistake

    A contingent of U.S. Special Forces has been caught up in Turkish shelling against U.S.-backed Kurdish positions in northern Syria, days after President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart he would withdraw U.S. troops from certain positions in the area.

    Newsweek has learned through both an Iraqi Kurdish intelligence official and senior Pentagon official that Special Forces operating on Mashtenour hill in the majority-Kurdish city of Kobani fell under artillery fire from Turkish forces conducting their so-called "Operation Peace Spring" against Kurdish fighters backed by the U.S. but considered terrorist organizations by Turkey.

    1. Gotta’ wonder what the “no pro quo” on this deal’s (not) gonna’ be? . . . 
       

      . . . Nice little media empire you gots here Rupert. Donnie Twoscoops tells me he tinks it’d sure be an awful shame if sumtin’ ever happuns to it; awful awful shame he says . . . .

    2. I was googling about Smith last night, and his feud with Fixed News goes all the way back to '16. You may be right about Wallace. He's done some take-no-prisoners interviews with members of the Sad-ministration on the network. That has not endeared him to the people who write his paycheck. 

      1. My guess is that the Barr -Murdoch visit was about the Fox polls that show growing public support for impeachment. You know how $rump feels about his “ratings”. 

        Still f*cking outrageous that the government’s top lawyer is pressuring a news network about its news. 

        1. I agree, it would be beyond outrageous if he was pressuring a news network . . . 
           

          . . . but, instead he chose Murdock’s FOX.

          It’s more like an evil karma reach around.

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