. . . who however missed the first 20 months of mine:

Pears wonderful pears:

  ……………. Pears are among the most popular fruits in the world, and it’s no wonder why! They are an excellent source of fiber and a good source of vitamin C for only 100 calories per serving.

And, they’re sodium free, fat free, and cholesterol free. That’s a lot of nutrition in one sweet and juicy package!

Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables is the foundation for a healthy lifestyle, and pears are a delicious part of this menu. But what makes pears so healthy? Let’s take a closer look, starting with the USDA’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans! …….

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Willie Cochran was running for 20th Ward alderman as a political unknown a decade ago when he vowed to steer clear of the graft and corruption that had ensnared so many Chicago politicians over the years.

“Most people in the ward are tired of our public officials being embroiled in one controversy after another,” Cochran, a former Chicago police officer, told the Tribune on the day incumbent Ald. Arenda Troutman was indicted on charges of taking kickbacks from contractors.

But instead of cleaning up the sleaze, Cochran was charged by federal authorities with being yet another corrupt Chicago alderman.

Wait. 20th Ward had two in a row? Time for a sociological study, I’d say

Source: Ald. Willie Cochran indicted on thefts from ward charity

Won’t talk about their scoop with the people’s representatives? Have nothing to say maybe.

 

Members of the House Intelligence Committee are fuming that the CIA is refusing to provide an immediate briefing on Russian interference in the U.S. elections.

If they are really serious about it (FBI not so sure, we know), wouldn’t they want to pound nails into the coffin of un-free elections? Very strange.

Source: CIA officials REFUSE to brief Congress on the truth about Russian hacking claims – and are rebuked by GOP congressman for ‘disgraceful’ move | Daily Mail Online

It’s people like her who make it hard for the dozens of Muslim girls who really were attacked by Trump supporters. (Sigh) What you gonna do?

New York City college student Yasmin Seweid who claimed to be the victim of a hate crime by Trump supporters is under arrest and charged with filing a false report, a police source told The New York Daily News.

The 18-year-old Seweid caused quite the media stir with her sensationalized account of Trump supporters attacking her on the subway. She claimed three men attempted to pull off her hijab while calling her a terrorist and yelling Trump’s name.

All this happened, she said, while New Yorkers sat idly by and watched her get assaulted.

Hands off my hijab, she would have said if it had ever happened. (Sigh)

Source: SHE MADE IT UP: NYPD Arrests Muslim Girl Who Claimed Attack by Trump Supporters | Heat Street

James Taranto offers “Hypothesis and Proof”:

“Obama: President Without Briefings ‘Flying Blind’ ”—headline, Associated Press, Dec. 13, 2016

“Obama Skipped 62.5 Percent of Intelligence Briefings This Year”—headline, Washington Free Beacon, Oct. 2, 2014

Either bald-faced liar or bald-faced forgetter, ghastly or ghostly.

Woe is this Never-Trumper, never-Republican, never-conservative, unwilling to say his candidate did poorly, Trump did magnificently.

Messy NBC alleged professionals are under the gun. Woe!!!

Sauce for goose? How mediums look at Trump, ignore Obama:

During the election, Donald Trump was routinely likened to Hitler. The headlines suggest not much has changed.From the New Republic: “Donald Trump Is Already Acting Like an Authoritarian.”

National Public Radio: “Donald Trump: Strong Leader or Dangerous Authoritarian?” The New York Times: “Beyond Lying: Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Reality.” The New Yorker: “Trump’s Challenge to American Democracy.

”What’s striking here is that the same folks who see in Mr. Trump a Mussolini in waiting are blind to the soft despotism that has already taken root in our government. This is the unelected and increasingly assertive class that populates our federal bureaucracies and substitutes rule by regulation for the rule of law. The result? Over the Obama years, the Competitive Enterprise Institute reckons, Washington has averaged 35 regulations for every law.

He said it: He has a pen and a telephone. Gets his way any which way.

Source: Despotism and Donald Trump – WSJ

This fellow has it right. It couldn’t have been otherwise. She would have to fight above her weight to counter Trump, which is why Trump was the ideal Republican candidate. None of the others would have punched like him

There aren’t many people on the planet who hate Donald Trump – and love Hillary Clinton – with the Savonarola intensity of a David Brock.

But the Democratic dark-arts impresario has come to believe, in the harsh light of last month’s bitter loss, that Clinton’s biggest problem was simply not being more like Trump, at least when it came to dealing with the press.

But in an extended clear-the-decks session on POLITICO’s “Off Message” podcast, he aired a long list of grievances against Clinton’s Brooklyn-based campaign for not defending her forcefully enough.

She was a dodge-’em candidate, nasty but without staying power. Flawed everything else, including as wretch of a wife, putting up with a wretch of a husband, and finally fatally flawed candidate.

(Not to say he would not have beaten any other, but who the heck might that other have been? Which says so much about her party. So much, as Trump would say, repeating himself to great effect.)

Source: David Brock blasts Brooklyn, ‘animals’ in press – POLITICO

El Rushbo making it clear. A little perspective, people!

This Is How Fake News Becomes the Narrative: “Russia Hacked the Election”

December 12, 2016

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RUSH: Folks, we are living in the midst of a giant teachable moment. This is how it happens. This is how fake news takes root and becomes the narrative, becomes the daily script of the inside-the-Beltway soap opera written by the Drive-By Media. This whole business of Russia hacking our election is fake news with the imprimatur of intelligence agencies and the CIA, and it’s brought to us by the same newspapers that took out, tried to take out Richard Nixon. And if I didn’t know better, I would say they are trying to relive the moment and “Watergate” Donald Trump.

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