BALTIMORE, Maryland, Thursday, November 17, 2016 - Well, there the poor lads were, right smack dab in the very middle of the bright lights and schmoozing (and boozing) crowds of good ole Washington, D.C., and, to make matters much much worse, all manner of trouble was afoot. Anyone could see it all coming, anyone at all, and at the same time everyone knew, or thought they knew, that there was nothing that could be done to stop it. What a situation!
Demonstrators everywhere, playing to the cameras and counting their remunerations from the friends of George, et al. They are real stalwarts, these demonstrators. Have bucks, will riot. Have bucks, will pillage. Have bucks, will plunder. And they are so upset that somebody won an election, fair and square, and playing strictly by the announced rules, which they only played an equal share in formulating. Were the situation reversed, what would the leftists, I mean Democrats, do in this quandary?
Up north, President (to be) Trump had simply disappeared and the media was in a meltdown. To a bystander, the media mob looked like creeping molten lava, heading for a gigantic liquid mess about to crash into the sea. When liquid stone hits cooling water, what happens? There is hissing and screeching and all manner of awful sounds. How dare he! (He being Trump.)
Across the rest of the nation, demonstrators and rioters let on that they were getting paid by George Soros and others working in concert with him. It is very difficult to take these demonstrations seriously when the people making the point aren't there because they really care, but because somebody dropped some greenbacks in their lap. This is the ultra left and their means and methods. Every end justifies all manner of means.
At CNN, a person who insisted he was a reporter got into a heated argument with a young woman who dialed the campaign on her cell phone. The caller asked, innocently, "to whom am I speaking?" When the person answering said he was a reporter, the woman laughed. "Sure you are," she said. "I've seen Wikileaks like everyone else. You're a Democratic Shill. CNN did away with reporters years ago."
The shill was taken aback and at the same time shocked by the caller's forthright manner. He finally pulled himself together enough to say, "so what do you want?"
"I want to know whether George Soros talks directly to you guys, or does he have his own shill go from site to site giving you the latest talking points."
Said the CNN Shill, "Some guy named Raoul comes in the office everyday with a sheet containing the talking points and suggestions for questions if we happen to run into Trump or Pence or one of those other people."
"Can I get a copy of that sheet, you know, the one from today or yesterday?" the called asked.
"Raoul said we can't give those out. Maybe I could make a copy of it. Would a copy do it?
"Yes! Yes it would," said the caller. "I'll give you my fax number. Can you send it there?"
"I'll get right on it," said the CNN guy. "Gotta hang up, though, the "Arkansas Kid" just walked in and he gets testy when he finds out we admitted, again, that there were no reporters here anymore."
As for Trump, he had taken the unheard of step of taking his family out to dinner in Manhattan. Trump didn't care for the media's presence in the best of times, so he he took the audacious step of not telling them what he was doing or where he was doing it. He actually had a fairly peaceful dinner at the '21 Club.' The media hoard didn't find out about it until hours later. As for me, after the way Trump was treated by the mainstream media throughout the primary and general campaigns, I'd never tell them anything. But that's just me.
Word is that Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who ran for President but dropped out when his share of the vote never got above one percent, says he will oppose and work to defeat any nomination for Secretary of State that includes either John Bolton or Rudolph Giuliani. Recall that Paul is an isolationist and an opponent of USA funding for Israel. Both are insane policies that would serve the USA disastrously should they ever be implemented.
The Washington Post has a list of people whose names are in the rumor mill for appointment to Trump's Cabinet. See this web page for the most updated list: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-administration-appointee-tracker/
There are many interesting and well-known names on that list, but one name that isn't on the Washington Post list, amazingly, is that of Ted Crews. Crews and Trump are thought to be bitter rivals who had a knock-down drag-out battle for the GOP nomination. Crews is the only challenger to get real traction with the American People, besides Trump. Once Trump won, it was Crews who cast the cold shoulder, and actually sparked a scene at the Republican Convention, when he spoke at length in a prime time slot, personally okayed by Trump, but did not endorse Trump. Well, both men are apparently prepared to bury the hatchet. Trump met for over five hours with Crews, Pence and other Trump Insiders. He is said to be the almost certain pick for Attorney General, something that cannot be good news for either Hillary or other Obama Administration law breakers. (Recall the debacle with the constant and illegal harassment of the family which founded "True the Vote." The family formed the group, which was dedicated to fighting fraud in elections and the voting process. When they applied for non-profit status, they were met with a grueling IRS Audit, FBI probes, and other intrusive snooping by Federal Agencies.) The reason Trump has placed Crews at this choice spot is because he is blocked, so-to-speak, from nominating Crews to the Supreme Court, because he wasn't on the 20-name list that Trump released during the primary campaign. Trump is dedicated to making at least his initial choice from jurists and legal scholars on that list, all of which have been endorsed by GOP and even media outlets. Because Crews and Trump were locking horns in that Primary Free-For-All at the time the Supreme Court LIst was put together, Crews isn't on that list. But look for Crews to be given serious consideration when Trump selects his second or third nominations.
Among the most interesting names on the Washington Post rumor list are, for secretary of state, besides Giuliani and Bolton, Newt Gingrich, Nikki Haley (the South Carolina Governor) and Senator Bob Corker. The Corker inclusion has sparked a lot of heat from those - including me - who blame him for approval of the Iran Nuclear Agreement. The Post says his actual nomination as Secretary of State is "unlikely." For Commerce Secretary, the list includes Mike Huckabee, a Trump Supporter since he dropped out of the Presidential race early on, Huckabee is the former Arkansas Governor and Fox News TV Star. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, Just Defeated Senator Kelly Ayotte and Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton are on the list as potential Defense Secretaries. Cotton's name is getting lots of praise from conservatives, including the Essential Mark Levin (Why can't Levin's name be on the Supreme Court List? Just Asking). Ayotte is one of the few women on the rumor list. Also mentioned as Defense Secretary is newly retired General Mike Flynn, the respected former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. A potential stumbling block for Flynn would be the need for him to receive a waiver from Congress to the law that says former military personnel must be mustered out of the military service for seven years before they can accept a post such as Secretary of Defense.
Two names on the Post's rumor list for Secretary of Health and Human Services are Retired Surgeon Ben Carson and former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Both ran for President against Trump and both left the campaign without getting in Trump's face. Both are highly respected. Carson said he thinks he can be more help from outside of the adminstration, but I think Trump could prevail on him to accept this nomination.
Finally, the Post's rumor list for Director of Homeland Security includes Conservative Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and Conservative Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona. Arpaio is in hot water in Arizona for continuing his incisive patrols for illegal immigrants against the order of an Arizona Judge. Clark is laconic and taciturn, but much-loved by conservatives. He is interviewed by Fox and other conservative news outlets for his views on any number of issues.
In Sports, Maryland's basketball team was in the nation's capital, also, on Tuesday night, and they trailed Georgetown by nine points in the waning moments. Maryland then turned up the heat in a big way, but the intimidating and talented Hoyas still had a lead of three points with a bit over 17 seconds left. Then, Melo Trimble drove the lane and scored, cutting the lead to one. On the in-bounds play, Georgetown's Tre Campbell "stepped" out of bounds, the officials said, turning the ball over and giving Maryland possession with ten seconds left. If you read this and say, "Campbell stepped out of bounds?". That's what every player dribbling the ball would do in that situation. The truth is, Campbell had help as he made his way out of bounds. The help came from two trapping Terrapins. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining. On the subsequent throw-in, Trimble was fouled, and Georgetown was in the bonus. That meant that the clutch shooting Trimble had two free throws with 7.6 seconds left and his team down only one point. Trimball, predictably, made both free throws to put Maryland ahead for the first time since forever.
But Georgetown had over seven seconds to get a good shot off, and Jagan Mosley drove the lane thinking he'd give the Hoyas the win. Freshman Kevin Huerter had other ideas. He blocked the Mosley shot as cleanly as one could. Then, Jared Nickens yanked down the rebound and came out of the pack sprinting gleefully. Maryland - which fell from the AP Top 25 before the game - is 2-0. The Terps are No. 24 in the Coaches Poll. Assuming they beat Division III St. Mary's College (of Maryland), on Thursday night (11-17-2016), they will be back in the AP Poll as well.
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