Pioneer Times at the Bunkhouse

Water heater stopped working a couple days ago. Had to wait until today to call the landlord. Having DW call, because I might say the wrong thing and get us evicted from Casa Pistol. The driveway didn’t get shoveled after the last snow, so SS went out and shoveled by hand yesterday. We’re heating water on the stove to wash with, so we don’t go near anybody who isn’t family. All in all, a wonderful day. Today eldest is coming with her family. She had a houseful yesterday so we’re getting together today, when we can spend more time together.
In other news, Christmas was better for millions of Christians than it has been for years. What makes the mood brighter is that soon we’ll be rid of the hateful creature that’s been ruining the country for the last eight years.

Free Of ISIS, Christians In Qaraqosh And Bartella, Iraq Are Finally Able To Celebrate Christmas

The Iraqi Christian town of Bartella was liberated in October by Iraqi forces after two years of ISIS control. After ISIS took over the town, its residents were forced to flee to camps, and various Christian religious symbols at their church were destroyed. Shortly after the town was finally freed, a video of residents making a cross for their church and ringing the church bells for the first time in years went viral.

THE FAKE NEWS DOESN’T STOP, EVEN ON CHRISTMAS
Dem ‘Fake News’ Even On Christmas: RNC “Refers To Trump As ‘King’, Compares To Jesus”
Matt McDermott is a Democrat pollster and his own words pusher of ‘propaganda’. I think this qualifies:
What Matt McDermott apparently doesn’t understand is that Christians say this each year, welcoming the new King, Jesus. What it reveals is not that RNC is trying to pitch Trump as King, but that McDermott and other Democrats don’t understand this simple concept.
The response to the statement was swift. Jonathan Chait, a liberal writer for New York magazine, said, “The distinction between a president and a king is not trivial.” Kyle Griffin, a producer for MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” tweeted, “No joke—This line is actually in the RNC’s Christmas message.” And Politico reporter Glenn Thrush quoted the statement and wrote “#KEOTUS,” meaning “King-elect of the United States.”


The Trumps Celebrate Christmas Services at Church Where They Married
The Trumps received communion at the service and returned back to their beachside resort around 12:30 AM., reported the New York Post.
THE LEFT MADE SUCH A HUGE DEAL OUT OF CLAIMING OBAMA WAS A CHRISTIAN. DID HE ATTEND CHURCH EVEN ONCE IN 8 YEARS?
IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF HE PRAYED 5 TIMES A DAY WITH HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR AND HIS ASS IN THE AIR….EXCEPT WHEN HE WAS GOLFING. IT WOULD HAVE MADE PUTTING DIFFICULT.

Christmas Day Blizzard Blast Could Put End To Anti-DAPL Campsites
The National Weather Service reported Saturday that a massive blizzard is expected to dump more than a foot of snow on the protester’s encampment. The storm could bring with it 45 to 55 mph winds throughout Monday.
THINK THESE MORONS MIGHT GET A CLUE IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON?

43 shot, 11 fatally, in Christmas weekend shootings in Chicago
Eleven men were killed and at least 32 others have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening, according to Chicago Police.

US Should Not Only Defund UN But Withdraw From It
Let’s take our $3 billion and go.
The United States pays 22% of the total UN budget. What we get for our $3 billion a year is a corrupt organization whose dysfunctional and hostile agencies are united in opposing us around the world.
The United Nations does only two things consistently and effectively: waste money and bash Israel. Sometimes it manages to do both at the same time.
No wonder the UN Security Council just condemned them. Who wouldn’t rightfully be upset that Jews living in Jerusalem somehow causes poor Mohammed to batter his wife?

Jonah Goldberg: Obama Going Out the Door ‘Flipping The Middle Finger’ At Israel
He points out that this is where Obama’s heart has been all along, “Screwing Israel”

Supporter Of Samantha Power: She Watched Half a Million Arabs Die, Then Slammed Israel
For the duration of the seemingly endless Syrian civil war, she has figuratively fiddled while that country burns. Now, with one foot out the door from a tenure that has all but obliterated her once formidable reputation as an anti-genocide activist, she’s decided to kick Israel in the teeth.

Report: Obama To Have Kerry Lay Out Plan For ‘Peace’, Get UN Approval To Impose On Israel
ONE THING IS CERTAIN: MANY, MANY PEOPLE OF THE JEWISH FAITH ARE GIVING THANKS THAT THEY WILL SOON HAVE A POWERFUL FRIEND AND NOT A SWORN ENEMY IN AMERICA.

Hillary’s Horribles
Yes, Clinton won the popular vote. Who cares? That was never, nor should it ever be, the measure that determines who is elected president. She knew it. Her supporters knew it. Her campaign knew it. They just chose not to campaign that way.
Call it arrogance or ignorance, but Hillary spent more time in California, a state she’d have won comfortably no matter what, than Wisconsin and Michigan in the final days of the election. She and her team made that choice, consciously. Just like she chose to call half of Trump’s supporters “a basket of deplorables” who, even worse, were “irredeemable.”

Imprisoned Blagojevich awaits Obama decision on commutation
One of the last chances for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to win early release from federal prison rests on a pending decision by the man whose Senate seat Blagojevich was convicted of trying to sell — President Barack Obama.
D.A. PATRICK FITZGERALD INDICTED POOR ROD BEFORE THE CORRUPTION COULD REACH THE BLACK PRINCE. BLAGO DIDN’T DO ANYTHING THAT ISN’T DONE EVERY DAY IN THE CESSPOOL OF A STATE I LIVE IN.

Let’s Get the Starty Parted

Or whatever.

In the left’s latest flight of fantasy, they’ve turned their attention from the failed recount gambit to blaming the Russians for hacking the DNC to help Trump win. Anything to de-legitimize his presidency. This time it’s their turn to piss and moan (my mom’s nicknames for me and my sister, BTW) about every move The Donald makes, from his brand of deodorant to how much it costs NYC for security. John Kennedy (no,not THAT one) won the runoff for David Vitter’s seat in Louisiana, so the GOP picks up the final Senate seat. Which is a good thing, since McStain and Grahamnesty are already conspiring with the ‘rats to cause as much trouble as possible for the new commander-in-chief.

Delegitimizing Trump
What’s really behind the recounts and petitions
The left doesn’t begin with policy critiques of Republican presidential candidates. Instead it accuses them of being temperamentally unfit for the office and illegitimately elected. The anti-Trump playbook is just the anti-Bush playbook with a little dust on the cover and a few more page creases. Bush was a cowboy who stole the election. Trump is erratic and stole the election. The rest is just elaboration.

RINO War Hawks Lindsey Graham and John McCain Call for Investigation of Russia Influencing Election
The Democrat-media complex is obsessed with the conspiracy that Russia flipped the US election to Donald Trump.
So they targeted two war hawk RINOs to lead their conspiracy investigation into Russia.
For the record – Graham is a longtime Trump

Reince Priebus Challenges Chuck Todd: ‘What’s Your Source’?
“What I’m asking you, Chuck, tell me what the specific source that you have, other than the New York Times article. What source are you using to be so adamant to get a response from me? What’s your source?” Priebus exclaimed.
HERE’S THE FULL INTERVIEW

IT’S NICE TO HAVE OUR PEOPLE GROW A PAIR AND TELL THESE HACKS TO STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DON’T SHINE

Bolton suggests DNC hack was Obama administration ‘false flag’
Bolton questioned why the Russians would leave clues that show the country was trying undermine Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, but no evidence as to whether they had hacked her private email server.
“Why did the Russians run their smart intelligence services against Hillary’s sever and run their dumb intelligence severs to leave clues on the RNC and DNC?” he asked.

Schiff: Obama Should Have Reacted Forcefully Prior to Russia Hacking

“This ought to be a nonpartisan issue. This is not about re-litigating the election. it’s about getting good information to the American people about what happened and preventing it and deterring the Russians in the future,” Schiff added.
(cough cough BULLSHIT cough cough)

Trump: Dems Making Excuses For Losing By Blaming Russians
“It’s just another excuse. I don’t believe it,” Trump said. “… Every week it’s another excuse. We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the Electoral College.”
Trump spoke with Fox News’ Chris Wallace in the president-elect’s first Sunday show interview since winning the election.

How fitting! Obama breaks with modern tradition for final White House Christmas card
Because it’s always all about him
COME JANUARY 20, MY SKINNY BLACK ASS IS GOIN’ GOLFIN’!

Best dressed in black and white!
Nicole Kidman, Amy Adams, Emma Stone and Kate Beckinsale dazzle in chic gowns on Critics’ Choice Awards red carpet
La La Land was the big winner on the night, nabbing eight gongs, including Best Picture
Casey Affleck won Best Actor for Manchester By The Sea while Natalie Portman bagged Best Actress for her role in Jackie
Moonlight and Arrival both won two awards each after being nominated in 10 categories
The big TV winner was HBO’s The People v. O.J. Simpson, claiming three awards at the ceremony
THESE TWO HACKS BOTH WON AWARDS
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on SNL

Atlanta’s Lakeith Stanfield gatecrashes Silicon Valley win

SNL hilariously mocks Trump’s bad cabinet picks with ‘Breaking Bad’ Walter White for the DEA

Republicans In Congress Prepare Obscure Tactic To Gut Obama Regulations
Republicans are readying an onslaught under what’s known as the Congressional Review Act to cast aside a raft ofObama administration edicts, including rules designed to make it harder for US corporations to avoid taxes; environmental rules aimed at curbing earth-warming emissions; and sweeping changes to overtime regulations that were set to guarantee extra pay for an estimated 4 million Americans.

Showing off his 24K Christmas Magic! Tennessee police officer caught on camera dancing to Bruno Mars while helping raise money for the Salvation Army
Officer Sean Bulow danced while assisting the Salvation Army
He showed off his moves in the hilarious clip, which has been viewed on Facebook more than 960,000 times
Bulow rang a bell and got down on Monday outside a Wal-Mart store
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED TO LAUGH

Begin Production

Back in the day, when I was a working stiff, one of the accounts I serviced had an R&D department. On one of the engineers’ desks was a sign that read: “There comes a time in the history of every project when it becomes necessary to shoot the engineers and begin production.”

There is at least a score of links I have bookmarked, so the time has come to begin production. There is no particular rhyme or reason for anything you find here, but you should be used to that by now.

Are there any adults left in the Democratic Party?
Since Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton, Democrats’ behavior has been sad to watch.
It’s fairly easy to laugh at this childishness, even from the famously petty president of the United States. But the left’s road trip to Crazytown took a darker turn when accusations that Russia hacked the election results to make Trump president were made by formerly “respectable” voices and given oxygen by the media and Democrats.

VA manager bans Christmas tree from office cubicle
TRUMP NEEDS TO GET RID OF THIS NEST OF VIPERS AT THE TOP OF THE VA AND APPOINT SOMEBODY WHO CARES ABOUT OUR VETERANS.
THE VERY FIRST THING HE SHOULD DO IS ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT VETS CAN GO TO ANY HOSPITAL THEY CHOOSE FOR TREATMENT. ONE CASE OF A VET COMMITTING SUICIDE BECAUSE HE CAN’T GET MEDICAL HELP IS TOO MANY. AND I’VE SEEN MORE THAN ONE.
“There is a Christmas tree, ornaments, and decorations in the cubicle across from Luis Stevenson’s desk (the same cubicle where the scanner is housed),” wrote VA supervisor Rebecca Cellucci. “If this belongs to you, please claim it. Otherwise, it will be discarded on Friday.”
“Either management has a policy against any mention of Christmas or religion, or they are absolutely tone deaf, to talk about executing a Christmas tree a couple of weeks before Christmas,” the employee said.

Gingrich: Trump has no obligation to hold news conferences
TRUMP HAS THE AUTHORITY TO PULL THE CREDENTIALS OF VERMIN LIKE CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WaPO, AND ALL THE OTHER WHORES WHO WILL ATTACK HIM AT EVERY TURN. REPLACE THEM WITH NEW MEDIA, LIKE BREITBART.
“The news media so totally disgraced itself in this election, if I were Trump I would just say no,” Gingrich, a Trump adviser, said during an interview with USA Today’s Capital Download.
“And if the White House Correspondents’ Association doesn’t like it, I’d say, ‘Fine, disband.'”

The Fake News of CNN

Melania Trump Threatens To Sue Over False Autism Video About Son Barron
GOOD ON HER. FOR FAR TOO LONG OUR SIDE HAS SWALLOWED RAW SEWAGE JUST TO SHOW THAT WE CAN BE POLITE. SCREW THAT. MESS WITH MY KIDS, YOU GOT TROUBLE… BIG TIME. WE HAD TO LISTEN TO THESE ASSCLOWNS FAWN OVER THE OBAMA KIDS FOR 8 YEARS. ENOUGH ALREADY.
LawNewz.com has confirmed that she’s asked for the video to be removed and has demanded an apology from the person who posted it. The video, which has been viewed more than 3 million times, purports to raise awareness about autism, and claims that Barron exhibits some telltale signs.

Rosie O’Donnell Goes Public With 3-Year-Old Daughter’s Autism Diagnosis Amid Latest Trump Drama

It’s no secret that Rosie O’Donnell hates Donald Trump, but she insists that she wasn’t trolling the president-elect when she shared a YouTube video speculating that his 10-year-old son has autism. She has since gone public with her own daughter’s recent diagnosis with the developmental disorder and said that she reposted the clip because she found it “educational and informational.”

Trump dines with Romney amid cabinet speculation
The president-elect and his guest were greeted by a polite round of applause by the diners at the restaurant.
For an appetizer the trio sipped garlic soup and chomped on frog legs.
Then they devoured diver scallops before the main course.
Trump and Priebus ate prime sirloin while Romney had lamb chops.
All three had chocolate cake for dessert.
HMMPPHH….I HAD LEFTOVER TUNA CASSEROLE.

Sen. Chris Coons Regrets Making Appointments Simpler to Confirm

“I do regret that. Frankly I think many of us will regret that in this congress because it would have been a terrific speed bump, potential emergency break, to have in our system to slow down the confirmation of extreme nominees,” Coons said.
Coons continued saying that blocking President-Elect Trump’s appointments now came down to the will of the American people, arguing that the general public will find his nominees too extreme and sound the alarm with their senators.
YOU MEAN IN THE 3,084 COUNTIES HE WON?? THOSE AMERICANS?

Town Hall Cut Short After Charles Barkley Defends Police And Crowd LOSES It
Barkley asked why people didn’t mourn when four police officers were shot throughout the country in a 24-hour period. A black man stands accused of killing white San Antonio Detective Benjamin Marconi.
“Did anybody say, ‘Man, I feel bad for their family?’” Barkley reportedly asked the audience. He had stopped in Baltimore to film part of his new documentary, “The Race Card.”
“I don’t know you, I don’t like you,” Diane Butler declared. Butler’s son, Tyrone West, reportedly died after being restrained by police officers.

Ralph Peters: ‘Trudeau Has the Intellectual Heft of Cotton Candy’

CANADA’S “WHITE OBAMA” BROADCAST A VIDEO MESSAGE AT THE GRAY CUP (CANADA’S SUPER BOWL) AND HE WAS BOOED SO LOUDLY THAT NOBODY HEARD WHAT HE SAID.
Trudeau, a member of the Liberal Party, released a statement after Castro’s death calling the former Cuban president a “remarkable” and “larger than life” leader. His comments immediately drew criticism because of Castro’s human rights abuses and political oppression.

DFU Sing-Along: Castro Is Weekend at Bernie’s (Weekend in New England)

FROM THE DERANGED GENIUS, DOUG FROM UPLAND

Byron York: Senate Democrats plan to ‘Ashcroft’ their good friend Jeff Sessions
WATCH WHAT THEY DO TO THIS GOOD, HONEST MAN
The Democrats — Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, Richard Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Al Franken, Chris Coons and Richard Blumenthal — demanded that the committee hear from witnesses who will discuss Sessions’ views on “immigration; violence against women; civil rights; including LGBT protections; racial justice, and hate crimes; workers’ rights; national security and civil liberties; voting rights; criminal justice; and government conflicts of interest, transparency, and oversight.”

WOW! MSNBC Host Calls Out Elizabeth Warren AS “SHRILL,” “UNHINGED”
ELIZABETH WARREN: Republicans are taking over Congress, they are taking over the White House, but Republicans do not have majority support in this country. The majority of voters supported Democratic Senate candidates over Republican ones, and the majority supported a Democratic presidential candidate over a Republican one. The American people didn’t give Democrats majority support so we can come back to Washington and play dead. They didn’t send us here to whimper, whine, or grovel.

Black Congressmen Refuse To Condemn Ellison’s Past Proposal For A ‘Black State’
Under the name Keith E. Hakim, Ellison wrote: “Finally, blacks would have the option of choosing their own land base or remaining in the United States. Since black people toiled most diligently in the southeastern section of the United States, this land, quite naturally, would be most suitable. That means Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. Blacks, of course, would not be compelled to move to the black state, and, of course, peaceful whites would not be compelled to move away.”
Y’ALL, I’VE SPREAD ENOUGH MANURE TO BURY THE BLACK CAUCUS UP TO THEIR ROLEXES 10 TIMES OVER

California regulates cow farts
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS ARE PERSECUTING HOLSTEINS FOR NORMAL BODILY FUNCTIONS
Despite strong opposition from farmers, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation in September that for the first time regulates heat-trapping gases from livestock operations and landfills.
Dairy farmers say the new regulations will drive up costs when they’re already struggling with five years of drought, low milk prices and rising labor costs. They’re also concerned about a newly signed law that will boost overtime pay for farmworkers.
But the biggest target is dairy manure, which accounts for about a quarter of the state’s methane emissions.
State regulators want more farmers to reduce emissions with methane digesters, which capture methane from manure in large storage tanks and convert the gas into electricity.
New Hope Dairy, which has 1,500 cows in Sacramento County, installed a $4 million methane digester in 2013, thanks to state grants and a partnership with California Biogas LLC, which operates the system to generate renewable power for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

PLEASE LORD, JUST ONCE BEFORE I DIE, LET ME RUN INTO SOME OF THESE IDIOTS

President-elect chooses pro-life chief of staff

by Dave Andrusko, editor of National Right to Life News

As you would expect, when President-elect Donald Trump announced that he had chosen Reince Priebus to fill the all-important role of chief of staff, I asked the pro-lifers who would know Priebus best: Wisconsin Right to Life. Here’s what Heather Weininger, Executive Director of Wisconsin Right to Life, told NRL News:

“Reince Priebus is a true friend to all of us in the pro-life movement. Even from his earliest days in Wisconsin politics, Reince has always been, and always will be, on the side of those who are the most vulnerable.

“While his behind-the-scenes pro-life efforts too often go unnoticed, his influence in Republican politics has markedly increased the strength of his party’s pro-life position. Reince, as chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, stayed firm and true to his state party’s pro-life platform. Then, as the head of the Republican National Committee, Reince worked hard to ensure his party’s national platform became the most pro-life it has ever been in the history of the Republican party.

“Reince has never shied away from his firm belief in the right to life. We are thrilled that we will have a Wisconsinite working in the White House to fight for the most basic and fundamental human right, life.”

For me, three items about the Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman stand out, beginning with the joint statement Priebus and RNC Co-Chair Sharon Day released June 27, the day Supreme Court issued its awful Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ruling:

The next president will likely appoint multiple justices to the Supreme Court, that could determine its course for decades to come. We must always fight to protect life and today’s disappointing decision is another reminder of what’s at stake in this election and why we can’t afford to let Hillary Clinton win.

The second was around the time of the 2014 March for Life which is held annually in Washington, DC. Priebus delayed the start of the party’s annual meeting so he and other members could attend the March which begins on the Mall.

“I saw that there was a real interest among a significant portion of our members to attend and support the Rally for Life,” Mr. Priebus said in an email statement.“This is a core principle of our party. It was natural for me to support our members and our principles.” Priebus also “decided that the RNC will charter a bus to and from the march for those among the RNC’s 168 members who wish to attend,” according to the Washington Times’ Ralph Hallow.

The third was back in April 2012 when Priebus appeared on MSNBC. Correspondent/anchor Thomas Roberts made no bones about where he was coming from—there was a “war on women” because there were “90 different anti-abortion laws coming across the state legislatures, spiking in the country after the Republicans take back state legislatures and governorships [in 2010]. How do you say it’s a fiction?”

Here’s what Priebus said in response:

“You and I are never going to be on the same page as long as you believe that if you’re pro-life, you’re anti-women. And you and I are never going to be on same page because I happen to believe that life begins at conception and you don’t. So, since you don’t believe that…”

Roberts then interrupted him but Priebus finished his point.

“I don’t buy that because I don’t buy your argument. I happen to believe that you can be pro-women and pro-life. You don’t. That’s the problem, Thomas.”

Terrific choice, Mr. President-Elect.

It’s a Beautiful Day

You know that commercial on TV that says: If you have an erection lasting more than 4 hours consult a doctor? If you have a slight smile on your face that’s lasted almost a week, should you seek medical help? Not really. Just look at all the paid protesters and the little snowflakes who need coloring books and Play-Doh to cope with the fact they didn’t get their own way. That’s what decades of parental indulgence, never punishing kids, telling them everything is someone else’s fault and everybody gets a trophy, so nobody has hurt feelings because they lost.

As you can well imagine, the Sunday BS sessions were all still fuming about how they could get it so wrong. They could probably use a few cases of this:

New York Times publisher vows to ‘rededicate’ paper to reporting honestly
AFTER BEING CAUGHT CO-ORDINATING WITH THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN AND PURPOSELY BURYING ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT HER, THEY PROMISE TO DO BETTER. DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH.
Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., the paper’s embattled publisher, appealed to Times readers for their continued support.
“We cannot deliver the independent, original journalism for which we are known without the loyalty of our subscribers,” the letter states
She wrote about another reader who asked that the paper should focus on the electorate instead of “pushing the limited agenda of your editors.”
“Please come down from your New York City skyscraper and join the rest of us.”
Sulzberger — who insisted that the paper covered both candidates fairly — also sent a note to staffers on Friday reminding the newsroom to “give the news impartially, without fear or favor

Obama Takes In Thousands of Illegal Muslim Migrants Who Couldn’t Get In to Australia
HE’S TRYING TO CAUSE AS MUCH PAIN AS HE POSSIBLY CAN BEFORE HE’S KICKED OUT
Obama is trying to sneak in thousands more Muslims before the door closes. And he’s trying to get them anywhere he can. If Australia won’t take in Muslims, Obama will show up asking the Aussies to send them on over.
We’re not even being told the total numbers who will shortly be making their way to our shores, but the Journal notes that two of the camps located on Naru and Manus Islands currently hold a combined total of more than 1,300 of them. And where do these migrants come from? The majority are from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran and Sri Lanka

U.S. to push ahead on climate pact before Trump takes over: Kerry
“Until January 20 when this administration is over, we intend to do everything possible to meet our responsibility to future generations to be able to address this threat to life itself on the planet.”
President Barack Obama spent five hours golfing Saturday and returned to the links again Sunday as cities across the country were convulsed in violent protests by Obama’s fellow Democrats about the election of Republican Donald Trump to succeed Obama. Obama has not issued a statement about the protests that have included calls to kill Trump, kill police, rape Melania Trump and where numerous reporters have been attacked by pro-Hillary protesters.
THEN ONE LAST WORLD TOUR ON OUR DIME
Obama’s final foreign trip a ‘group therapy’ session
The president will travel to Athens on Monday, then to Berlin on Wednesday and finally Lima, Peru, on Friday. He’s expected to return to Washington, DC, on Sunday.
In a moment of deep shock and depression in Europe — the US was not supposed to elect Donald Trump — this visit has become a kind of group therapy by which European leaders will try to reassure themselves that the America we know won’t disappear,” Josef Joffe, a Stanford University scholar, told the Journal

Michael Moore: We should run Oprah, Tom Hanks for president
“Look that’s the sideshow that needs to happen in a week like this but, frankly, Democrats would be better off if they ran Oprah or Tom Hanks.” “Why don’t we run beloved people? We have so many of them. The Republicans do this. They run Reagan and the Terminator and other people. Why don’t we…why don’t we run somebody that the American people love?” he said.

SPEAKING OF ORCA:
Oprah Winfrey Faces Backlash About Her Comments Following Donald Trump’s Win
While speaking to the Associated Press on Thursday, Oprah Winfrey admitted that she was in disbelief at Donald Trump’s win and Hillary Clinton’s shocking defeat on Tuesday.

But the media mogul was seemingly so impressed by the President-elect’s meeting with President Obama that her feelings took a different turn, as she tweeted, “Everybody take a deep breath! Hope Lives!”
HER LEFTIST BUDDIES ARE NOT HAPPY

GOP To Use Previously Unheard Of Tactic To Slam Dunk Trump Agenda
The Republican congressional leadership is seriously considering an unprecedented procedure to guarantee that its and President-elect Donald Trump’s highest priorities are quickly enacted soon after Congress convenes next year.
The key is “reconciliation,” the part of the congressional budget process that allows highly controversial policies to be considered in the Senate without any possibility of them being filibustered.

Flashback—–> Obama to Republicans: You Don’t Like My Policies? Then Go Out There and Win an Election
You gotta win elections if you want to change things. That’s the way the system works, O says.

Donald Trump Picks Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff
WE JUST HAVE TO TRUST HE HAS A PLAN.
In selecting Mr. Priebus, the president-elect passed over Stephen K. Bannon, the right-wing media mogul who oversaw his presidential campaign. If Mr. Trump had appointed Mr. Bannon, a fierce critic of the Republican establishment, it would have demonstrated a continued disdain for a party that Mr. Trump fought throughout his campaign.
Mr. Trump’s choice is certain to anger some of his most conservative supporters, many of whom expect him to battle the Washington establishment over issues like taxes, immigration, trade, health care and the environment. They view Mr. Priebus as a deal maker who will be too eager to push the new president toward compromise.

HIS CHIEF ADVISOR
Antidiscrimination groups denounce Trump’s appointment of Steve Bannon
HE’S GOT ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE PISSED AT HIM
A chorus of advocacy groups, commentators and congressional Democrats denounced Bannon as a proponent of racist, anti-Semitic and misogynistic views as Trump began his first full week as president-elect. Trump named Bannon his chief strategist and senior counselor on Sunday while also appointing Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to be his chief of staff.
It is easy to see why the KKK views Trump as their champion when Trump appoints one of the foremost peddlers of White Supremacist themes and rhetoric as his top aide. Bannon was ‘the main driver behind Breitbart becoming a white ethno-nationalist propaganda mill,’ according to the Southern Poverty Law Center

Sen. Manchin calls Harry Reid ‘absolute embarrassment’ for anti-Trump rant
DON’T BE SURPRISED IF, AT SOME POINT, HE SWITCHES TO REPUBLICAN
“Senator Harry Reid’s statement today attacking President-elect Trump is wrong! It is an absolute embarrassment to the Senate as an institution, our Democratic party, and the nation,” Mr. Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, said in a statement released late Friday.
“I want to be very clear, he does not speak for me,” said Mr. Manchin, one of the most conservative Democrats in the upper chamber of the U.S. Congress.
Mr. Reid, Nevada Democrat, lashed out at Americans who backed Mr. Trump, saying they confirmed the ascendance of “hate and bigotry in America.”
THIS IS WHAT MANCHIN WAS TALKING ABOUT:

SNL Holds Funeral For Hillary Clinton’s Political Career
If you tuned into last night’s SNL expecting to see a sketch about Donald Trump’s astonishing win, that’s not what you got. Instead, you got Kate McKinnon in her Hillary Clinton duds, singing the late Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and crying.
No, seriously.

THIS IS FUNNY JUST BECAUSE IT MAKES FUN OF THE SOPHISTRY OF THE “EXPERTS”
Watch: SNL Portrays Smug Dems Election Night — Then Let Down After Trump Wins

DAVE CHAPPELLE AND CHRIS ROCK ARE A HOWL

Laura Ingraham Under Consideration for Trump’s White House Press Secretary
Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham is under serious consideration for Trump’s White House Press Secretary.
This is good news.
I THINK ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS THAT HE’LL HIRE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE BEST AT WHAT THEY DO
She used her profile as a Fox News contributor, her nationally syndicated radio show and her website LifeZette.com to advocate on his behalf. Trump also tapped into Ingraham’s years of dirt-digging on the Clintons to sharpen his attacks on the Democratic nominee.
Ingraham would not comment for this article. A source familiar told The Hill that she’s in contact with people in Trump’s inner circle and has expressed interest in the role.
Pic Of The Day: Air Force None
President-elect Trump on immigrants he’ll deport
IF I WERE TRUMP I WOULDN’T DO ANY TAPED INTERVIEWS, GIVEN THE MEDIA’S PENCHANT FOR “SELECTIVE EDITING”
Since Trump’s election on Tuesday night, the realities of actually building that wall have begun to set in The Mexican government has publicly reminded him that Mexico will not pay for the wall. And asked about the wall, Trump transition co-chair Newt Gingrich said the wall was “a great campaign device.”
Trump also told “60 Minutes” that the border wall, which was one of the centerpieces of his campaign platform, could be part wall and “some fencing,” in accordance with what congressional Republicans have proposed
THEY’RE SETTING HIM UP TO TRY TO SHOW US TRUMP WON’T DO ANYTHING HE PROMISED HE WOULD…THAT HE’S A PHONY

Mary Matalin vs. Van Jones over race as an issue in 2016 campaign

SHE SHOULD JUST SLAP THIS RACE PIMP… THEN AGAIN, SHE LIVES JAMES CARVILLE

Gwen Ifill dead at age 61
Gwen Ifill, the longtime news anchor who had served as a co-host of PBS’s NewsHour and as moderator of “Washington Week,” has died after a battle with cancer, PBS has confirmed. She was 61.
She moderated the 2004 vice-presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards and the 2008 vice-presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. She also moderated a primary debate between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton last year.

PIERS MORGAN: And the award for the worst election loser goes to . . . every deluded millionaire celebrity who can’t deal with the fact that America couldn’t care less what they think


Hmmm. You mean they’re all terrified they might now lose their jobs, and you suddenly realised you’d also lose your $40 million contract with Netflix and your gated mansion in Bel Air, and have to eat paella for the rest of your life.
Even tough-guy Robert De Niro, who said he wanted to ‘punch Trump in the face’, backtracked faster than his acting career’s been tanking. ‘I can’t punch him now he’s the president,’ he stammered to Jimmy Kimmel.

BREAKING NEWS: Chicago Cubs are being forced to give up their World Series title. (self.The_Donald)
Cleveland Indians fans have rioted across the country in protest of the 2016 World Series. Despite knowing the rules of the game prior to playing, they were unhappy they lost and demanded the outcome to be changed.
They could be heard chanting #NotOurWorldSeriesChampion all across America. Even though the Cubs won 4 games and the Indians only won 3, since both teams scored 27 total runs throughout all 7 games, they are being declared co-world champions.
When questioned, Commissioner Manfred stated, “We felt as though it was the right thing to do for the nation. What kind of example would Major League Baseball be setting if we expected the adults who play this game, and their fans, to gracefully accept defeat? Instead of creating a bigger divide between the Cubs and Indians, MLB is confident that the Cubs will gladly share their victory with the Indians.”

Losers: Clinton Campaign Ignored Bill’s Advice And Felt White Working Class Voters Weren’t Worth The Time
In February of 2016, The New York Times reported that everyone in Clinton land thought they were going to slaughter Donald Trump. It was hubris. It was typical elitism from the liberal elite. And in the end, the Trump campaign smashed the face of the Clinton operation with a brick, doused it in gasoline, and set it on fire. It was an upset that no one, except for white working class America and die-hard Trump supporters, saw coming, which explains the epic temper tantrums emanating from the Left.

CNN Commentator On White Trump Supporter Who Got Beat Up: “Poor White People”

Trump: Americans Have Nothing To Fear From His Admin, Will Only Take Salary Of $1
OBAMA AND CLINTON WOULDN’T TURN DOWN A PLUGGED NICKEL. IT’S NOT LIKE THEY EVER HAD A REAL JOB OR ANYTHING.
Meanwhile interviewer Lesley Stahl didn’t mention the real anti-Trump violence. That’ll be different, a president taking no salary and no vacations.
HOW ABOUT A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN’T HAVE TO SQUAT ON SOME BIG DONOR’S MANSION FOR WEEKS ON “VACATION”

OH, ABOUT THAT ‘HE LOST THE POPULAR VOTE BULLCRAP: