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House is mostly secure. We're closing the gym at 6:00 pm Fri. Planned to ride out the storm 80 miles inland and north of us in a relative's concrete home but forecast is changing there (Ocala) and we may simply drive further and stay in the van for a night or two before heading back. Dave is...

Diane and I are former expediters now living in Florida. As Hurricane Irma approaches, we're seeing store shelves picked clean of water, batteries and other storm prep supplies. The general public does not see this but we do; truckers on the job bringing new supplies. Thank you, drivers, for...

Curious, I Googled to learn more about Breitbart.com and found this interesting tidbit (Source): “Breitbart News is the #45th most trafficked website in the United States, according to rankings from Amazon’s analytics company, Alexa.com,” they wrote on January 9, 2017. “With over two billion...

Trump is himself doing a fine job of fomenting distrust, dissent and hatred for Trump, and a far better job of it than the MSM could ever hope to do. Had he taken a real vacation and done nothing more than play golf and keep his mouth shut, he'd be far better off than he is today. His daily...

The media has been after Bannon since he appeared in the campaign. Their criticism had little effect. When Kelly became chief of staff, lower level "alt-right" proponents became less numerous on the Trump team. While there is no way to know, I'd credit Kelly with Bannon's departure far more than...

Maybe but so what? What real difference does it make if the MSM or left is happy or not? Bannon's departure is not going to change Trump. Nor will it prompt the left to be better organized. It will not erode Trump's base much if at all. It will not improve the level of trust the public places...

Trump will always have a body of people who remain loyal to him. To this day Nixon loyalists can be found. So too with Ross Perot loyalists. While both these men crashed and burned as politicians, their respective bases persisted to a degree. They persisted but not in large numbers and not in an...

While recent developments indicate my impeachment prediction is likely to be fulfilled, I take no pleasure in them. It has happened a few times in my life when one of my heroes, someone I looked up to, someone I vested my hopes in, someone I supported or someone who I otherwise held in high...

That's a really good way to illustrate a defining moment. The instant Colonel Jessep uttered those words, his mystique evaporated and the world treated him differently.

Bannon, the mainstream media, the Democrats, the deep state, etc. etc. etc. It's all background noise. Trump is a super-narcissist and that is why his presidency is crumbling. Had Trump chosen to say nothing about Charlottesville on Monday and let his previous remarks stand, things would be...

I understand your point, muttly. The counter-protesters in Charlottesville broke the rules. They gathered without a permit. They acted with violence. Some of them equipped themselves for a fight and they came to fight. In so doing they denied others their rights. They were wrong to act in such...

Yes. a defining moment in the Trump presidency. It's not a joke. I'm not trying to be funny. By defining moment, I mean a very precise incident (the press conference) in which something happened that changed how people see things. This is the moment that Republicans resolved themselves to the...

Some months ago I offered here the prediction that the Republicans who have the power to do so will move to impeach Trump. Significant movement in that direction developed today when Trump disbanded two of his business advisory councils. He did so because the council members, who are some of...

Yesterday, while reading the news, I stumbled upon the Centrist Project. While participation in this EO forum has provided fun breaks from work and truly interesting conversations, it does not leave me with a feeling that it is meaningful political involvement. By meaningful, I mean taking...

Once again ... the Hillary card. While I do not disagree that Hillary should be investigated, it is not the case that just because Hillary or Obama did something wrong, it is OK for Trump to do something wrong too.

I don't want to take the time to do the research but a couple things come immediately to mind. Failure to disclose meetings on security clearance forms requiring them to be updated later, more than once. Failure to release tax return (not required but something previous presidents did). Lying...

That's why I think it's in Trump's best interests to cooperate fully. The sooner Mueller concludes the investigation and issues his report, the sooner Trump's MSM foes will lose that issue to talk about. Granted, they'll likely remain critical of Trump on other topics, but that's no reason for...

"This is a war:: Trump goes on offensive to spread distrust of Mueller investigation So, it appears we are going to hear a lot more about the Mueller investigation from Trump and his re-election committee, and it is not likely to be complimentary. The new Chief of Staff (Kelly) is having no...

You are correct if you are talking about winning the presidency alone but there is more to voting results than that. Everybody planning a campaign locally and for the 2018 elections consider the local 2016 voting results to be an item of profound significance. These people literally carry plan...

I came across an interesting question this morning that opened new thoughts for me in political debate. It's a fill-in-the-blank question which can be used for anything that comes to mind. I filled in the blank with "Donald Trump." When I did, new possibilities emerged in my political thinking...