GET Fing ready ,,,, hope we all get to pick what laws we abide by and which not,,,

Source the New York Times,......

President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to appoint his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior White House adviser very likely violates a federal anti-nepotism law, and shows again how little he seems to care about the legal and ethical obligations of the office he is about to assume.

The language of the law is clear:  "No federal official, including the president, may hire or appoint a relative, including a son-in-law, to “a civilian position in the agency in which he is serving or over which he exercises jurisdiction or control.”

There’s a good reason for anti-nepotism laws, versions of which are also on the books in most states. Government officials seek informal advice and counsel from relatives all the time, but when they appoint or hire those people, they undermine the public’s faith that important posts are being filled with the best possible candidates. And when relatives get security clearance to view classified information and sit in on high-level meetings, it upends delicate dynamics, as senior staff members keep their mouths shut rather than contradict a trusted relative of their boss. Even if Mr. Kushner is technically subordinate to others on the White House staff, he is always first and foremost Mr. Trump’s son-in-law.

The scope of Mr. Kushner’s responsibilities is not clear, but it could be extremely broad. He was by Mr. Trump’s side throughout much of the campaign, an influential voice with impressive contacts. At one point he arranged a meeting between Mr. Trump and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Lawyers for Mr. Trump and Mr. Kushner have argued that the appointment is legal because the law applies only to executive branch agencies, and the White House is not an agency. The law, under this reasoning, would bar Mr. Trump from appointing Mr. Kushner to a job in, say, the State Department, not to a senior advisory position in the White House.

But Congress, which passed the measure in 1967 partly in response to President John F. Kennedy’s appointment of his brother Robert to be attorney general, was aiming to curb the negative effects of nepotism throughout government. Concerns about nepotism are, if anything, stronger in a White House appointment, where multiple close advisers and fragile hierarchies can easily become snarled by family allegiances.

In addition to being related to Mr. Trump, Mr. Kushner, a 36-year-old real estate investor who is married to Mr. Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, lugs behind him other significant liabilities. Among these are a complete lack of experience in politics or government, and a boatload of conflicts arising from his family’s vast real-estate holdings. 

As recently as November, Mr. Kushner met with major Chinese investors over the redevelopment of his family’s flagship property, a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper he purchased in 2007 for $1.8 billion. Mr. Kushner has said he will sell off his interest in that building and other top investments and resign as the chief executive of the family business, Kushner Companies — but like Mr. Trump, he is keeping those....

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America should not torture. 

Russia is a menace. 

A wall at the Mexican border would not be effective. 

A blanket ban against Muslims is wrong. 

Climate change is a threat.

Those statements are in direct opposition to some of the most significant declarations that President-elect Donald J. Trump made before his improbable ascension to the White House.  

Who's words are these - Hillary  ?,,, nope - That Damn CNN  ?  

Megan Kelly !!  ?? Umm  NO,... Obama ??   Guess again,,, 

They are all the words of your President elects nominees to lead the nation’s most important government agencies.

In their first week of grilling before congressional panels, Mr. Trump’s cabinet nominees broke with him on almost every major policy that has put Mr. Trump outside Republican orthodoxy, particularly in the area of national security.

James N. Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, who long ago expressed his opposition to torture, said on Thursday that if he were confirmed as defense secretary he would support the Iran nuclear agreement, which Mr. Trump has derided. “When America gives her word, we have to live up to it and work with our allies,” Mr. Mattis said at his hearing, a stark contrast from Mr. Trump’s view that the Iran negotiations produced “one of the dumbest deals ever.”

Rex W. Tillerson, whom Mr. Trump has chosen to be secretary of state, parted ways with the president-elect on a range of issues this week, calling President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a regional and international threat who should be countered with “a proportional show of force.” Mr. Tillerson rejected a ban on Muslim immigrants, called the United States’ commitment to NATO “inviolable” — again contradicting Mr. Trump — and said he did not agree with Mr. Trump’s previous comments that Japan should perhaps obtain nuclear weapons.

And Mr. Trump’s pick to head the C.I.A., Representative Mike Pompeo of Kansas, vigorously defended the intelligence agencies, which Mr. Trump has derided.

Most  of this post is from the New York Times,,,  

Forecast - lies and shit storm ,,

In a few Days when the next president takes office the world will change forever,,,  The line between reality and BS will be blurred to the point that many many people so up Trumps ass wont be able to distinguish between the Truth and Bull shit that will come out of the White house.

Now you can say , its sour Grapes that hillary lost,, but frankly, I am beyond that point.  And i will say - we all need to be ,,,  Look at  what you are being told and by who. Check who is running country,, and what they are saying....

Lets take a look at your  President's Senior advisor,,,  a wise man like him must have chosen a Person steeped in experience for an important job,,, that according to Wikipedia is responsible for

• White House Office of Strategic Initiatives
• Intergovernmental Affairs
• Political Affairs
• Public Liaison
• Communications

Who is it ,,  ASSHOLES son in law,,,, ,, seriously,,, will Kushner be divesting himself of all his business dealings ???  or will those business profit by this relationship ?? Oh and his wife's businesses ,,,, rumos daughter,,, will she profit,,, (I actually don't  think she needs to help )   Maybe Kushner will get his device from his dad,,, like many of us did,,,, or do,,, Will he have to visit his dad in Federal prison to get that advice, cause dad is a convicted felon, well he was released ,,,, the charges , Tax evasion .. Witness tampering,, oh good.... but Listen ,, nothing to worry about here,,,

Attorney General - Jeff Sessions -  a racist  ??  Calling a Black man BOY and referring to the KK as  'OK, until he learned that they smoked marijuana."..

Lets talk about the Wall - that he has NOW says he will ask Congress for the Money and then get Mexico to  reimburse us ? Who the fuck does he think he is kidding ?? #1  - no wall will be built,, #2 - If that is where you think we need to spend this country's money and efforts,,, we need to talk about reality .. #3 - Did I Mention he is just a Bull shitter. 

The man makes me sick - just looking at him,,,'

and let's end with the Latest LIE,,  

the reports from the  FBI, the CIA and the NSA wrote with "high confidence" (itself rare in the intelligence world) that “Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election,” and two of three agencies had high confidence it was to help President-elect Donald Trump.

Asshole says - it did not change the outcome !!  While thats' not the point at all,,,,How the hell do know that !?!?  Putin wanted ASSHOLE elected and look who he got !!  The reports made no determination if they hacking did or did not influence the election, BUT ASSHOLE says they did make that statement,, and we can read it for ourselves,,,

That jerk Conway said “If you read the full report, they make clear, Mr. Clapper in his testimony made very clear in his testimony, under oath, that any attempt, any aspiration to influence our elections failed. They were not successful in doing that,”  This is completely false. In fact, the intelligence report that Conway refers to took no position whatsoever on whether Russian hacking changed the outcome of the election. “We did not make an assessment of the impact that Russian activities had on the outcome of the 2016 election,” it states. “The US Intelligence Community is charged with monitoring and assessing the intentions, capabilities, and actions of foreign actors; it does not analyze US political processes or US public opinion.”  DO THEY THINK WE CAN't READ !!  - I say they simply do not care and we will be living this alternate reality where Truth and Lies are intermingled to make what ever case ASSHOLE wants,,,, 

And insulting the Intellecence agencys - FBI,CIA , NSA is a good way to start your presidency,,,, go ask Nixon if trying to play them for fools works out for ya !!  We can only hope of the same fate  - impeachment - or resignation !

I'll leave you with Bowie and Life on Mars,,,

LIAR LIAR - Pants on FIRE !! Trump cited intelligence as his authority that Russia attempted to hack both parties, but only succeeded in hacking Democrats because Republicans had “strong defense.” (In reality, U.S. intelligence believes Russia successfully hacked both parties, but only released Democratic emails.

 

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Realizing to day that it has been a while since we chatted,,,, actually I had a holiday post that was still in draft - thought I published that one,,, ahh too late now to be a prick for the Holidays...

hummmm where to start ,,,  let's go with the positive,,

We had a great trip to Disney world with most of the FAM and the 2 little kids,, they are the best,,, don't know what they will remember years from now,, but I will remember them,,,    Maybe try another trip in 2 or 3 years,,,, we will see If I am still alive ,,, IF not ,,  hope they will go anyway,,, shhhh  Probably NOT,

Recent Christmas was very good ,,,, again it's that  the Children get what they want ,,, and are pleased with the gifts,,,which I think they were,,,  both still lovin the Millennium Falcon tha that their aunt bought,, and walking around humming the Imperial March,,

Recently stunned and amazed what passes for the influence of GOD on some people lives,, While I am not what YOU would call "religious " I am spiritual,,, This is where these folks scare the shit out of me,,,,  one uses that GOD belief to further his ministry through the sale of things related to that belief , thereby filling their pockets with pieces of Gold,,,   maybe remember that this Jesus Christ that you are selling to others....was a man with no possessions,,,and the book that you refer to says in Luke 12:15 “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 1 Corinthians 6:10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." Just saying,,,, and then there is another that thinks that their God intervened in their life by taking the life of another so they did not have to Share Money with them,,, I am simply speechless over that one ...........  We need to remember that while some are thinking that the Muslims are to fear,,, Christians have probably done equal damage to this county thru Killing doctors that perform abortions, and bombing planned Parenthood,,, Tim Mcvea bombed Oklahoma city for similar reasons,,, White supremacists , the Atlanta Centennial park Bombing, was praised by the Covenant , the sword and the Arm of the Lord,,, so just be aware of that those who call the same GOD you (we) do may also act in a distinctly NON god manor


We are sanctioning the Russian government for interfering in our election process - and they will dispel our diplomats also,,,  and the President elect says "move on,,,"  I implore you to continue to think and say that what you are seeing , hearing and will over the next 4 year will NOT BE normal,,, Keep vigilant,,,,  I Continue to to believe that  this presidency may be the end of our Country as we know it ,,, I can only hope that we DO not have  nuclear war,,, we do not politically / financially offend our allies around the world,,,we have semblance of Democracy when we come out of these 4 years.  I now know what people meant when they said "Not my President"  cause this Narcissistic Asshole is NOT MINE ...

Looking forward to the new year,,, NOT resolutions

- New Glasses - not too sexy a resolution,,,but I do need to see,
- I phone 7 Plus,,, sooner than later,,
- getting back to some shape,,, might never run another Marathon,, but I don't need to feel like this
- NYC bike TOUR - among others,,,
- Seriously investigate buying a 2nd home - Vermont , NH, Maine,,, somewhere COLD !
- Living to the end of the year - (Not kidding maybe that should be 1st)
- I have several "improvement " projects on the horizon - a new bath for one,,, Finish the Playroom for another, re do my Kitchen (HA - not for $70k !!) Maybe a new Foyer if I can figure out how to use a cantilever for the floor,,,

Let's Talk music in 2016,,,, some great music,,, a few of my favs,,,
Adele -- Water Under The Bridge, 
Avett Brothers and True Sadness,  
Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Wipeout turn, 
Amos Lee - Vaporize, 
Decemberisst - why would I now ? , 
Head and the Heart - All we ever Know, 
Kula Shaker and Let Love be, 
Kurt Vile and Pretty Pimpin, 
Lumineers - Cleopatra or Ophelia, 
Michael Franti - Crazy for you and Its good to be alive today,  
Nathaniel Radcliff and the Night Sweats - Son of a Bitch, 
Rolling Stones - the entire BLue and Lonesome CD, 
Tedeschi Trucks Band -- Let Me Get By , 
 and MY FAVORITE is BOB Weir and ONLY A RIVER - Video inserted below - Guarantee you will enjoy it !

Don't recognize these songs,,, might wanna tune away from top 40 BS radio and try our  RADIOWOODSTOCK, WDST 100.1  ,,,,, never know what you are gonna hear or might just like,  even make a suggestion for the Lunch Lounge,, at Noon every Mon - Fri,,, excellent DJ's from Jimmy Buff, to MK then Greg Gattine in the afternoon,,,, and they stream to the internet ,, so No excuse of you don't live near by,,,




Listen,, thats all for now - go back to your life ,, and see you in while,, hey - go see ROGUE ONE it was very good,,, and BY May 26 is the new Pirates of Caribbean movie,,,so there is that to look forward to,,, I am going to leave you with Bob Wier....

Welcome to the GREAT White North 'eh

Time to start looking for real estate North of the border,,,,  at least the latest news polls would have you believe that we are on the verge of a great comeback by the GOP ,,, that started last Friday with the FBO over stepping its bounds and announcing a re opening of the probe in the Clinton Email deal without any real knowledge if or what ever they were going to find - IF any thing

I have always thought that you respected the office of the president  even of you did not like to current holder of the title,, however ,, this time it's vastly different - I hate Donald Trump.  I cannot accept that he will be the PREsident,, I might not even go to the Hall of Presidents after this - to have to hear his name mentioned among the others...  You know that I will not sleep a wink tuesday night until I know who the winner is,, I can only hope that RRump comes out with some totally asinine statement that embroils the country and sends his campaign spinning ...

WTF would this look like

A week that is,,,,  This time next week ,, we will have Fallen Back,, - our Clocks that is,,, not sure why we do this,,, energy Savings I guess,,, but at any rate ,,, it will be dark at 5Pm and light a little earlier in the morning,,,,

I just hope we don;t fall  DOWN . You will be heading out to Vote today ,,,, and I am sure that you know how important this particular election is,,,   I really think it will shape our nation for a decade or More,,,,  As you might know - HA - I believe that a Rump presidency could be a disaster for our County,... Let's look at that for a minute if I may..Thanks to Mathew Rodriguez for some of this content,,,

The RUMP WALL - Not going to be built as advertised, forget who is paying for it,,,, one small issue is that Americans own the land he wants to build hi wall on and many have said that there is no wall getting built on their land,,, That alone could mean a court fight for years,,, so maybe have some wall and mostly fences that exist today,,,

Freedom of the Press goes BYE BYE - incase you have not noticed Rump HATEs anyone in the press that disagrees with his views - Ya Donny , this is not a business where everyone laughs at your jokes cause you are the boss,,So get ready for selective press conferences and the Banning of Reporters from Media events - that is happening now,,,  so of course it will continue,,

Like the 2nd Amendment ? you are in luck cause the NRA has given big Money to the RUMP ,, and will expect payback,, No ban on assault rifles, no closing off the BUY loophole for guns shows, - There can be a right to bear arms,, but with some intelligent limitations, I will be applying for my carry permit,, so I agree with that part,,, but hey ,, 2nd amendment people ,,,when you give me the "Right to bear Arms" quote,, how about say all of it,,,A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.  don't forget the Militia part !

Looking for a Women's right to chose - of ye,, that's a LAW too,, forget it Planned Parenthood will be defunded - thats the 21st  century word for Fucked ! and Out of Business....  You won't be getting Breast cancer, and cervical cancer screening , and forget an abortion - Not at PPH 

are you a minority - or a Rump defined Minority, - get ready for more abuse. I 10000% agree that we support Police - they have an impossible job to do and we have asked Law enforcement to solve our cities and community problems, that no one can solve,, but if you are one of those minority folks -  listen to what Rump said "give power back to the police" because of "rampant" crime. " 

Minimum wage - Ha - you can get the stone tablets out cause he ain't changing that- remember he and his Billionaire buddies hire these folks,, why the hell do they wanna pay them more money !?!?! 

Climate change run AMOK - he think what's happening is made up by the press - and is  hoax ! he is what he says "Environmental Protection, what they do is a disgrace. Every week they come out with new regulations."

Repeal of the Affordable Care Act,, without  a new system in place,, will leave millions with no coverage - and Rump is anti VAX - hope you liked the measles....  

Political correctness - or being decent person  - ITs' not being PC it's calling people what you think they should be called,,,  and forget what is right....

Marriage equality - GONE,  

I could go on and on,,,  I get sick just thinking about it,,,,  He says he is so tough on everything,,, will be hard on our enemies,,ya - tough  as long as Meagen Kelly and a Senior Citizen Muslim are not in the group cause those people he can't handle. 

YOU will be in Voting booth alone,,, you can keep up the appearance of Support for Rump - but Pease for all of us , your family , your Children and grandchildren - DO NOT Pull the Level with Rumps name on it !!


AND now ,, THIS..