Tidewater News and Opinion Forum
A place for civil discussion of the events of the day for Tidewater residents without the limitations imposed by media forums.
Schweizer does a good job of pointing out the Bidens and the McConnell-Chaos and the appearance of impropriety.
There already is a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on the books. This idea could go a long way to cleaning up some of the family messes occurring these days.
I can’t read the WSJ story (pay wall). I did read the NYT piece. I just thought it strange that 2 of the most widely read national publications went to Erie, PA at a similar time. One for a story on Obama-Trump voters, one a story about trying to save the city.
Full disclosure: I grew up in Erie and left in 1984. I didn’t know any one at the old GE plant and every other industry was going or gone. The only option was the military as my academic career had, shall we say, partied out.
I was there Labor Day weekend for a Memorial Service for my mother, who had moved to Suffolk to be closer to family. I drove around town in dismay at how bad it had gotten. Even some of the nicer middle class neighborhoods appeared to be struggling. What was once a hotbed of production has become so downtrodden, I’m not sure anyone, Democrat or Republican can save it.
One of Trump’s closest friends says Trump is having a “nervous breakdown”. He also wants to know why none of the 53 GOP senators has been asked for an answer about what Trump is doing. (I think some have been asked, but they all do their best cricket imitation when answering).
He makes a valid point about James Madison rolling over in his grave. He seems to be saying “Why aren’t you all doing your job?” For those who have asked that of the Dem led House, I say, they are doing their job. It’s too bad they feel compelled to have to do what is being done to protect the Constitutional balance of power. Which IS part of their job.
I’ve never liked Mooch too much, but I respect the fact he is not afraid to speak out negatively about his friend.
Most of the folks on this blog are over 50 and male. I see this story as an ominous sign that we should stay out of the water, particularly off the OBX. Or we need to find younger folks to join us.
Or am I just being paranoid?
The Bill Barr led DOJ did not follow its own procedures, agreed to with the FEC. The article clearly pointed out what should have happened.
” In its handling of the investigation and a potential campaign-finance violation, the Department of Justice appears to have ignored a rule that a matter under investigation must be referred to the Federal Election Commission. Critically, if the department had followed the rule, the Ukraine affair would have been disclosed to the American public. “
…” but an overlooked problem is that a federal government memorandum required the Justice Department to refer this complaint to the Federal Election Commission. And by all publicly available information, the department failed to do so.”
Bill Barr, is once again acting in the best interests of the President and not in the best interests of the country, as an Attorney General is tasked.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/01/economy/ism-manufacturing/index.html
I thought trade wars were easy? Yet here is more data indicating that it may not be as true as we were led to believe.
Worst numbers in a decade? I’m sure El Prezidente will find away to blame all of this on Obama, Hillary, or perhaps an unknown whistleblower.
Apparently his “moral and religious code” didn’t include treating others as you wish to be treated. I feel the dreaded “H” word coming on…
And exactly where does it say that using the pronoun of an individual’s choice goes against anyone’s moral code? Apparently, acknowledging someone for who they are is anti-whatever religion this “educator” adheres to.
While there are issues with casinos as cited by the LTE, his concerns seem way overblown. And Harbor Park opened after I arrived in the area in 1993. So unless the writer is referring to AAA baseball in Norfolk, it hasn’t been 45 years.
Indian casinos tend to keep organized crime out of the loop. Some say they are their own mafia, but who am I to judge.
If you are against the casino, fine. But to overstate the problems tends to put people off and prevent others from listening to your argument.
Seeing how Tiger Woods and others have been overheard on live TV dropping f-bombs, it is interesting to see the Korean PGA take such action. Tiger never vented directly to the fans, but still…
If it had happened here, we would have been deprived of watching one of the greatest golfers in history. Along with some others are are just that damned good.
One of the things I tried to teach my son was etiquette. When our boys were younger, an old friend commented to me about how my boy knew how to behave on the course (not walking in another golfer’s putting line, fixing divots, shooting only when it was his turn, etc.) as his was all over the place.
Now my son is a highly respected member of the local golf community. He recalls me telling him once that if he got out of line, he would have to play alone and pay his own way. He remembers that any time he starts to go off the rails. (He is still his father’s son when it comes to that possibility.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/27/politics/nra-russians-ties-president-2016-election/index.html
The NRA appears to keep sinking deeper and deeper in dog doo.
Naturally, the GOP members of the committee referred to the investigation as strictly political, ignoring the facts brought to light. Gotta protect the campaign coffers, I suppose.
Maybe it is time the NRA returned to its roots and stuck to gun safety and got out of politics.
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