There is just nothing like light shining through bare trees to magnify the beauty of the earth and the sky. You don’t have to wait for the Solstice to enjoy bare trees and sunlight.
Rain will usher in this December– Cold, bone-chilling rain. Will there be snow? Will this winter be snowy? What signs to you look for?
My all time reliable signal of snow to come is trees that are heavily-laden with fruit, nuts, berries or seeds. I think we might be in for some of the white stuff this winter.
I remember when all the TV horror shows were on Saturday night. Looks like the DNC has brought that TV scheduling back.
‘How so? I watched the movie Fireflies in the Backyard.
Suggestion for Hillary… if you are going to outright lie during a national debate do NOT direct people to a website which will expose your lies:
Hillary:
“I think it’s important to point out that about three percent of my donations come from people in the finance and investment world,”… “You can go to OpenSecrets.org and check that, more donations from students and teachers than I do from people associated with Wall Street.”
OpenSecrets.org: (rankings according to industry)
#4 – Securities and & Investment
#5 – Education
OpenSecrets.org: (top campaign contributors 2001-2009)
#1 – Citigroup Inc
#2 – Goldman Sachs
#3 – DLA Piper
#4 – JP Morgan Chase & Co
#5 – Morgan Stanley
That comment is so petty. Don’t you think that this is a fluctuating situation. 4 vs 5. 🙄
However, having said that, unless the GOP can offer up a front runner who is pro-choice, I will be voting for Hillary. If she “lied” about being #4 or #5 ….oh well. I can live with that. I can’t live with the parade of jackasses who want to expel Muslims and Hispanics out of the country.
Pentagon Officers: We Quit If Trump Wins
Republican presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to build up the U.S. military if elected president.
But it is not clear he will have the experienced commanders within the ranks to do it.
In the halls of the Pentagon, there is a different plan afoot for the Trump presidency. Here, officers are privately contemplating what they would do should Trump become their commander-in-chief. And more often than not, they proclaim they will leave.
“By 2016 I will have my 20 years in and can get out of here,” one military official said, referring to the amount of time a service member needs to collect retirement pay.
Spend enough time with a service member, and the topic of Trump comes up, always unsolicited. It is far less political than it sounds. Trump’s attack plans for the so-called Islamic State widely known as ISIS—his call to ban Muslims from the United States, his suggestions that cutting off the flow of information through the Internet can protect the homeland—many said, are an affront to the values they vowed to die to defend.
Each one of them took an oath to defend the Constitution, which protects freedom of speech and gives Congress, not just one person, the power to send the nation to war. They also swear to “obey the orders of the president of the United States.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/16/pentagon-troops-it-s-us-or-trump.html
Thank you, Starry. That piece needed to be shared.
Ha! Let ’em go. All of Obama’s “political” generals and admirals realize that, if Trump wins (or any non-Establishment Republican, for that matter), their careers are over. White House career rabbi gone. Back to the real fighters assuming command once again, perhaps even some of those who retired early under Obama.
You’re fired!
What are you smoking over there in Loudoun?
Whatever it is, it must be a a whole lot milder than the stuff that the The Daily Beast writers ingest on a regular basis.
@Moon-howler
99% sure you were voting for her anyway… but there is the 1% chance I could be wrong.
Not with the following list of contenders. Good grief. You don’t think I am a Bernie Sanders type?
I do like Martin O’Malley, just not for president.
@Moon-howler
Nah, I don’t think you ‘feel the Bern’ and to be honest I like O’Malley as well… as a person. I disagree with him on just about everything politically but at least he is honest.
The point of my post wasn’t that Hillary lied, she lies all of the time, she is a Clinton. The point was her lying has gotten so blatant that she lied and then said people “can go to OpenSecrets.org and check” which clearly shows what she said is a lie.
I can’t live with a jackass who’s foreign policy as SoS let ISIS grow over 4,000% and gave them a new safe haven in Libya.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/cia-director-isis-has-grown-4400-percent-under-obama/:
“CIA Director John Brennan has admitted that the Islamic State terror group has grown by around 4,400 percent during President Barack Obama’s”
“This means that, by the CIA’s own estimate, ISIS has grown on President Obama’s watch from just 700 fighters to between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters”
I don’t believe they existed before Obama came into office. Of course, I don’t think the Nazis existed before FDR took office.
The cause/effect isn’t really established here.
If you like the sound of Trump and Cruz, by all means votes for them. I feel sorry for you if you do.
You are being seriously duped.
They existed pre-Obama during President Bush’s term. Obama and Clinton just allowed them to flourish all the while telling us that they were JV and Clinton’s actions with Libya provided them with yet another safe haven.
I have never said that I support Trump, quite the opposite actually. I’ve stated here several times that I don’t care for him and hope he is not the nominee. If he ends up being the nominee this is going to be one f’d up general election with two POS candidates.
I am glad you don’t support Trump. I simply think he and Cruz are two people who are totally unacceptable for the presidency. I don’t mean I don’t agree with their policy or I don’t like their personalities. I mean they are just unacceptable.
I might not like Lindsay Graham but I don’t think he is unacceptable for the presidency, for example.
“You are being seriously duped”?
Well then, 2009-2017. Plus ca change………….
How could this possibly be? Hillary has assured us that it is Donald Trump who is the incentive for ISIS recruitment. Who was Donald Trump, then, before Donald Trump?
@Jackson Bills
Never mind. RedState is playing a 4-minute video which they identify as a recent ISIS recruiting video. It features Obama, Biden, Kerry, Bush, former PM Brown, McCain, Putin, Erdogun, the President of Iran…..and Bill Clinton, whose photo is accompanied by the verbal label of “fornicator.” No Donald Trump to be seen anywhere.
I expect that soon that will happen. Maybe Hillary is a harbinger. Trump is a proven liar, time and time again. Too bad Hillary was playing loose with the truth. Had she just waited, it would have been true.
Having your own husband featured on an ISIS recruiting video as a “fornicator” must be rather embarrassing……well, maybe, considering……
If it’s even true, that certainly is not her fault.
I doubt if it is even true.
And Hillary isn’t a proven liar?
I think all politicians lie. I believe the difference is, most politicians get caught up in saying things that can’t be proven. Trump lives on lies, each and every time he opens his mouth.
Are you a Trump supporter? I would have thought that his obnoxious, disrespectful behavior and your core values would make him unacceptable to you.
A couple of days ago I saw a letter from a woman I know who always talks the talk about strong, independent women and eschews individuals she doesn’t feel are respectful of women. The letter was praising Trump. [hitting own head] Cognitive dissonance? Frankly, I was dumbfounded.
You’ll never know, Moon.
But I absolutely enjoy watching The Donald upset apple carts all over the political spectrum. He has made what could be an utterly boring race on both sides into a genuine attraction. He is saying things in public that no one has dared to say of late in this silly PC country. He is shaking things up. He is bringing dispirited citizens back into the process who have finally found someone who expresses their anger at being shafted by both the Dem liberals and the Republican Establishment. He has lit a fire, and the other side cannot handle it. Once in awhile he throws in a combustible expression or statement, and all his foes start screaming that he has finally done in his own campaign. But he keeps coming back and even rising. He is giving his critics a figurative middle finger salute.
Sometimes I wonder if this is what it was like when Old Hickory set his sights on the White House.
Schlonged? Hah!! That’s peanuts in this vulgar contemporary American culture. The Donald could well wind up going one-on-one against a temperamental female with a record of falsehoods who is reputed to hurl the F bomb at anyone who crosses her and is known to have referred to her Secret Service agents as “pigs.” Don’t talk to The Donald about HIS obnoxious, disrespectful behavior. No holds barred in this one. Scorched earth. They could make it later into a video game.
I’m having a barrel of fun just spectating as this screwy political culture of ours squirms.
You are enjoying what is making me embarrassed to be an American. I don’t care how many F-bombs either Trump or Hillary throw in their private lives. Political demonstrations are not private.
Schlonged is just a vulgar thing to say about a woman. Period. It’s locker room talk. Would you like it if someone said that about your wife or daughters? I am betting not.
When you say “the other side” who exactly do you mean? I see Jeb Bush and Rubio as grossed out by that boar as Hillary, if not more so.
Let’s talk about PC for a minute. I am probably a moderate about PC. I don’t like walking on egg shells nor do I like bad manners. What he said about Megyn Kelly was just outrageous–rude, crude and socially unattractive. It was bad manners. The bathroom remarks–same.
I don’t know. The Republicans are putting on a side show for sure but Trump is definitely the ring master and all the clowns, rolled into one.
Lindsey Graham finally fell out of the boat. After such a spectacular effort.
@Moon-howler
To tell the truth, I never heard of that term “schlonged” before. I had to look it up. I don’t spend much time in locker rooms these days. How about you? Did you know the word before the MSM made a fuss about it?
Now, what embarrasses ME is the current administration in the White House and the way that inept group has caused so much disdain for America abroad because of their perceived weakness and their lack of leadership on the world stage. My embarrassment because of the Oval Office even exceeds that regarding the Clinton couple with their long histories of lies and bullcrap…..not to mention sexist hypocrisy when it comes to women being assaulted by a certain male.
But, you know, what really embarrasses me also is when I find a news story like the one out of White Plains, NY, today, where a 30-year-old Latino named Juan Rodriguez and a 21-year-old Black woman (from her mugshot) named Adriannna Wignal combined to attack and beat up in a local restaurant a 41-year-old Christmas bell ringer for the Salvation Army. They hit him in the face and punched and kicked him when he fell to the floor. Broke his orbital bone and his nose, and sent him to the hospital.
That’s what embarrasses the hell out of this American.
Oh, did I mention that the Salvation Army bell ringer was legally blind?
Merry Christmas.
Some cartoonist at the Washington Post depicted Ted Cruz’s two daughters, age 7 and 5, as monkeys. The cartoon somehow got past the WaPo editors but was pulled off pretty fast and replaced with a lame excuse. Tsk, tsk……..Talk about obnoxious, disrespectful behavior, and up shows a liberal.
And now they tell me “schlonged” is a Yiddish slang expression. No wonder I never heard of it.
By golly, this is getting more educational — and more fun — all the time. 30 March 2011. Host Neal Conan of National Public Radio’s “Talk of the Nation” show announced with sadness the death of Geraldine Ferraro, former Dem vice-presidential candidate. He noted that the Mondale-Ferraro ticket lost a 49-state landslide to Reagan-Bush. Actually what he said precisely was that the Dem ticket got “schlonged.” I kid you not. I heard him on tape. He said it like it was an everyday slang term.
It appears that The Donald has been claiming that he used “schlonged” as a slang term for getting beaten badly and that there was no sexual connotation in his use of it. Could he be right? After all, I doubt if Neal Conan had any intention of insulting the memory of Geraldine by saying……well, you know what I mean.
I’ve gotta get some more popcorn.
Well, well, Wolve –
You started writing at 01:11 and ended at 05:01. Do you ever sleep?
I hope you’ll be able to relax and enjoy Christmas, a holiday that’s supposed
to be full of love for everyone. Peace on Earth!
May you have forgiveness for all the liars, who want to become president of
this country. One of them WILL be president.
Merry Christmas!
I think Wolve and I might be guilty of the same sleep offense. I can’t help myself.
@Moon-howler
Witches and Vampires have to take advantage of the dark hours. heh, heh, heh
Merry Christmas, everyone!
You too, Cargo. Is it hot down your way?
@punchak
Punchak, I work by night and sleep by day. You can call me “Vlad.”
Merry Christmas to all.
@Moon-howler
Yep…hot. Thank goodness.
Otherwise we would be covered in a foot of ice.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-12-26/webb-attacks-clinton-with-eye-on-independent-run
Webb eyes independent run.
Trump/Webb?
Is that question together or opposed?
I don’t think Webb can generate the votes to win as an independent.
Together? it will never happen. I feel certain Trump offends Webb’s inner soul.
So, Ted Cruz puts his daughters into his political ads – and not only are they present in them, they both have speaking parts. I am surprised that the mother allowed them to participate (she participated also but did not have a speaking part). They are children – I cannot understand why the parents would allow them in an ad like that.
Me either. I think when you do that you open up your kids to pot shots from all sides. I felt the Palins did the same thing, then whined when someone went after their kids. It’s going to happen if you do that and its the candidate’s fault.