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"We greatly appreciate President Trump’s LEADERSHIP & DETERMINATION in bringing about a resolution to our intellectual property issue in Canada." Roger Goodell

You're welcome, Roger. And it's so true. We're fighting very hard on that one. It's called NEGOTIATION. People don't know this. In Canada, when they show our Super Bowl on TV, the Canadian stations can't put up their own ads. Their very foolish government -- the Justin regime which, by the way, is overdue for a change -- said, you can only show the USA ads. The American ads. Very hard for the stations to make money that way. Because they can't put in the Canadian ads, in the Canadian language. We're fixing that. In my United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, my USMCA. In which, by the way, we put America First. As I promised and as I always always do. Then Mexico -- we're doing great things with Mexico. And Canada is LAST, where it belongs.

Here's the fix. "Canada shall rescind Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-334 and Broadcasting Order CRTC 2016-335. With respect to simultaneous substitution of commercials during the retransmission in Canada of the program referenced in those measures, Canada may not accord the program treatment less favorable than the treatment accorded to other programs originating in the United States retransmitted in Canada."

Very simple. Very straightforward. And very FAIR. Obama wouldn't do it. I'm doing it. And I think I've done more than any other President -- more than ALL the others -- to make our sports leagues the greatest in the world, in the history of the entire world. And to bring back respect for Anthem, Flag & Country. So important! NFL fans were refusing to go to games because players were disrespecting our Flag & Country. Very bad situation. And I said, look, you can force players to stand for the playing of our National Anthem. I said, make a big penalty if they don't stand. And they'll stand, believe me. So they did the National Anthem Policy, smart move. And the fans are coming back. Because of me. MAGA! hollywoodreporter.com/news/nafta-deal-means-canadian-tv-viewers-wont-see-american-super-bowl-ads-1148687

(In July) Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, and his staff were reportedly sending text messages to former classmates to underplay allegations that he exposed himself during a party at Yale University.

The text messages, which were obtained by NBC News, were reportedly between Kavanaugh's friends, Kerry Berchem and Karen Yarasavage. Based on the contents of the messages, Kavanaugh himself may reached out to his classmates to undercut the claims made by former classmate Deborah Ramirez, who told The New Yorker that Kavanaugh had exposed himself in front of others at a dorm-room party during the 1983-84 school year.

According to one message, Yarasavage said that Kavanaugh had asked her to defend him on the record, NBC News reported. Other messages indicate that Kavanaugh's surrogates had communicated with his former classmates before the story's publication.

Yarasavage said in a message that she corresponded with "Brett" and "Brett's guy." Bercham also claimed Yarasavage told her friend that she sent a copy of wedding party photo that included Kavanaugh and Ramirez "to Brett's team."

However...

"All right," an interviewer said in a redacted Judiciary Committee report. "My last question on this subject is since you graduated from college, but before [The] New Yorker article publication on September 23rd, have you ever discussed or heard discussion about the incident matching the description given by Ms. Ramirez to [The] New Yorker?"

"No," Kavanaugh said, according to the transcript.

Text messages between Brett Kavanaugh and his classmates seem to contradict his Senate testimony

I've spent the last two years working on this code, but it's finally ready for the public.
This is, by far, the largest project I've ever authored by myself.

I've been writing an ansible/puppet competitor, and now I'm at the point where I'm comfortable releasing it to the public. There was also a lot of question at the time on whether it *should* be open source, but I decided if I end up wanting to monetize it, I'll just release a version that has extra enterprise features and sell that, since I'm the sole copyright holder.

Most of the "core" functionality is now available.

Much more work to be done, but things are now in a good place.

Volition is already significantly easier to configure than puppet in my opinion. It has a full GUI for administration, and a CLI tool is planned.

I'll let the readme speak for the rest.

Please do play with Volition, read the source, compile and mess with it, and let me know what you think. All feedback is appreciated, as Volition is still very much a work in progress.

According to all the conservative legal scholars here on SN you can't even vote against a person unless they've been convicted of a crime.

So it's good to know they're finally all admitting that Hilary Clinton is completely innocent!

Baby steps.

There was a massive ICE raid a couple of days ago on the east side of Madison, one which I apparently missed by mere moments. The Madison law enforcement were NOT notified of this, as stated by both Mayor Soglin and Police Chief Koval...though, of course, their primary concern (at least on the air) was "breakdown in communications" rather than "Jesus fuck, WHY are these people conducting damn near paramilitary raids without warning?!"

There is a way to fight illegal immigration. This is not how. Instead of enforcing the laws we have and going after the causes of the problem--this being large businesses like meatpacking plants who bring illegals in as essentially slave labor--they go after the individuals themselves. Not only is this about as useful as locking the barn door after the horse bolts, not only is it a tacit wink and nod to said virtual slavers, but it ends up being open season on these people. Because they're illegal (presumably; we do NOT know everyone targeted in these raids is!), they are not truly human in the eyes of many, and I guaran-fucking-tee you the kind of person who signs up for ICE is even less likely to see them as human beings than the average Joe or Jane on the street.

It's Happening Here.

"Oh, it's JUST the spics," people will say. "They ought not to come here illegally," they say. Well, that last one is true, but they ARE here, and how we deal with them speaks to who and what we are as a nation. There are better ways to handle this. What is being done is possibly the worst way aside from simply rounding up any suspected illegal immigrant and summarily executing him or her...and, frankly, not that far off. What is being done is, again, tacit approval to the big businesses profiting off these peoples' vulnerability in the first place.

One of the reasons I am not a fan of Franklin D. Roosevelt for any reason aside from his economic policy is because he ran internment camps. Or as they are better and more properly called, *concentration camps.* And I don't know how else to describe what ICE is doing in these so-called "detention centers." If you ask me, "detention center" is to concentration camp as "enhanced interrogation methods" is to *torture.* Call it what you want, but if it concentrates "undesireables" it's a concentration camp.

It's Happening Here.

Because people say it can't happen here, when it *is* happening here, they refuse to understand that it is. It's not in their worldview. This is why the euphemism treadmill that, among others, George Carlin called out for its dishonesty and evil is so sinisterly effective: because It Can't Happen Here, when it *does* happen here, people will latch onto anything to believe that it's not happening here.

It's Happening Here.

What's next? Where is this going? Once the infrastructure for concentration camps is in place, once warrant standards are lax and paramilitary action against citizens is legalized, once we have secret courts, once We The People "have a reason" to suspend the Constitution--whose basic clauses apply to EVERYONE, NOT just citizens!--a turnkey fascist state is in place, just waiting for the right crisis to come along, or indeed, to be manufactured.

It's Happening Here. First they came for the illegal immigrants...

From Warsaw to Riyadh, to Jerusalem, to Singapore, it has been my highest honor to represent the United States abroad. And so many great leaders have visited my White Houses. Friended or followed me on Social Media. We're doing Twitter, Facebook, Instagram (thank you Mike & Kevin). And YouTube -- that's a Google number. I have forged close relationships and friendships and STRONG partnerships with the leaders of many Nations. And our approach has already yielded INCREDIBLE CHANGE.

I welcomed Prime Minister Modi of India -- they call him the leader of the world’s largest democracy -- to my Washington White House. I'll tell you, he's a world leader in Social Media. And we're true friends on many platforms.

I was pleased to learn about an Indian Airlines recent order of 100 new American planes, one of the largest orders of its kind, which will support thousands and thousands of American jobs. We’re also looking forward to exporting more American energy to India as their economy grows, including major long-term contracts to purchase American natural gas.

Air India is now flying DIRECTLY from New Delhi to Tel Aviv. Flying over Saudi Arabia. And saving over two hours on the flight. Something nobody thought would ever happen. Tremendous gift from Saudi Arabia to the beautiful Tourism Industry of Israel. And they're talking about a 65% growth in that. A deal where everybody wins. Because of me. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/israel-targets-over-65-per-cent-growth-in-indian-tourist-arrivals/articleshow/63666072.cms

Warsaw. I gave a TERRIFIC speech in Warsaw. Which the Wall Street Journal called my defining speech. And they said "Mr. Trump is taking a clear stand against the kind of gauzy globalism and vague multiculturalism represented by the worldview of, say, Barack Obama and most contemporary Western intellectuals........" They love me in Poland. Because they love God. They're People of Faith. Just like us. And we want Poland to be very safe. Security. I said, "why do we still have NATO? Do we still need that one or is it obsolete?" Well, there's one reason, and it's a great reason -- Poland. To protect Poland from Russia. I think it’s a very aggressive situation. I think that Russia has acted aggressively. They respect force. They respect strength, as anyone does. And we have the greatest strength in the world, especially now. The security of Poland is very important to me. Extremely important. They’re very special people. It’s a very special country. It’s a very brave country.

I think one of my best moments was making that speech in Poland. People liked me, and I like them. They’re very, very exceptional people. The security of Poland is very important to me, and it’s very important to our country.

Andy Duda, President Duda of Poland, came to me at my Washington White House. We had a great talk. Great talk. And he asked me, "please build a base in Poland. Call it Fort Trump. And Poland will pay for it." He's got billions, he's ready to pay billions -- MUCH more than $2 billion -- for us to put our base in there. They're paying, so important. So we are looking at it. We’re looking at it from the standpoint of number one, military protection, for both countries, and also cost. A term you don’t hear too often. And they're ready to buy our natural gas, our liquefied gas. So they're not dependent on Russia for that one. We're looking at building Fort Trump. Great name. And we can make a great deal, very fair deal. whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-president-duda-republic-poland-bilateral-meeting

Poland, India, Israel, Saudi Arabia. These are our wonderful friends. Our beautiful friends. The Four Friends of America. And trust me, I'm working very hard on making new friends. Chairman Kim, tremendous meeting with him -- the best food I've ever tasted. President Putin, very successful meeting. Very tough competitor and maybe we can change that. Many things are possible. Because the world RESPECTS us again. Something we haven't seen in a long, long time. America First!! pic.twitter.com/9o5gZlJiTd

Three weeks ago, I got a call from my brother. He said that Mom had fallen and that my Mom's roommate wanted to call an ambulance. I didn't think too much of it. Maybe a broken bone at worst. Anyways, the ambulance took her to the hospital. I called the Emergency department at the hospital an hour later and they said that they think she had a stroke and that I should get there ASAP.

I live close to the hospital, so I was able to get there in about 10 minutes. I was rushed in and was sat down by a doctor who explained that my Mom had a pretty severe stroke caused by a blood clot blocking the artery delivering blood to the right side of the brain (affecting the left side of her body).

The doctor was a researcher and said that he was working on some sort of medicine that (as I understand it) messes with the cell death process with the hope of keeping more of the brain alive that would otherwise have survived without the drug. It was still in trials, so it was a double-blind test and we wouldn't even know if my mom got the drug or a saline solution until some time next year.

Anyways, we (my siblings and I) decided to try it out. It was weird to be deciding something like that on behalf of my Mom. Hopefully we decided right. During all of this, my mom was in surgery to remove the clot. They were able to successfully remove it and she was moved to the acute stroke unit.

It was jarring to see my mom in that condition. She acted like she was pretty heavily sedated, although she was not. While she was able to move the left side of her body (hands and feet), she was extremely weak. She could not hold her arm up for more than a couple seconds. Her face was droopy and it was hard to understand her.

It's been three weeks now since that night. She has since been moved to a short-medium term care facility that feels like a nursing home. They take excellent care of her there and she has been recovering well. She can walk unassisted for very short distances (like 20ft) and further with a walker.

I think that she will be able to mostly recover in the coming weeks and months and should be able to go back to living alone at home.

I am noticing some changes though other than the expected weakness in the left half of her body. She seems to be laking emotion. I don't know how to describe it, but she just seems flat. I don't think she has laughed once since the stroke. She smiles, but it doesn't seem to be a genuine smile. I don't think she has cried despite the life changing event.

My siblings and I all agree though that she has gotten funnier. It's like a little bit of that filter is gone, so the makes some quite funny observations.

I am SO SO SO thankful for our Canadian health care. The doctors and nurses have all been amazing and patient. They took the time to make sure I knew what was going on despite them probably telling the same thing to my brother/sister earlier that day. The nurses have been caring and kind. The hospital stay, operation, drugs, short-term care facility, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, meals, and nursing care is all covered. The only thing we have had to pay for is parking. We are very fortunate.

So, that's why I've been kinda missing here the last few weeks.

U.S. President Donald Trump faced a round of laughter from world leaders Tuesday afternoon at the United Nations General Assembly after boasting that his presidency “has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country.” This hiccup didn’t bother Fox News, however, which promptly cut out the laughter on Twitter. And Fox News edits like this aren’t so uncommon.

During Trump’s UN speech to the assembly, Fox News uploaded two clips that circumvented the awkward moment. In the first clip, Fox cut off Trump’s speech as soon as he finished saying that the U.S. has accomplished more than any other presidential administration.

Three minutes later, Fox posted a second excerpt for viewers, this time beginning right after the uncomfortable moment had ended. This effectively cut out the entire moment, from world leaders snickering at Trump to the entire assembly bursting out in laughter. For Fox viewers checking their Twitter timelines during the event, it was almost as if the moment had never happened at all.

Fox News roasted on Twitter after editing out world leaders laughing at Trump

When Google imposed its new look on me I at first had the option to return to its Classic theme.

Just today my Gmail returned to it's new, IMHO really poor quality look, without the option for Gmail Classic.

I've found hosting my own email server to be unreliable enough that it's worth it to me to pay someone else to host it for me.

Have you any suggestions?

Folks -- we have United States. Which, when Obama got done with them, not so united. Very DIVIDED. I'm uniting them again. Making America Great Again.

And we have United Nations. They call it united, it's never been united. Except that time when Russia walked out. Our world is very divided, it's a tremendous thing. Fabulous competition. But, we need to get together. We're all up against a big problem. Called Iran. And I've been very successful, I've gotten so many Countries to get together. To stand together against Iran. Lots of countries -- not enough. So I'm talking to United Nations this morning. In my home town, beautiful New York City. Manhattan, the best part of NYC. Right? So tune in, it's going to be tremendous. It's the next step to getting Iran out of our way. And getting the Globalists out of our way. We're gonna see all the Countries get together and say "no" to Globalism. Because of me -- the only guy that can make that happen. And the only guy that can solve the Iran problem.

And by the way, tune in to my Youtube channel. Not the Fake News Media. Don’t believe what you see from these people in the Fake News. I'll tell you, it’s amazing. They say, "oh, President Trump supports terrorism." Total crap, 100% WRONG. I never have. They are doing a number, an absolute number. Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading is not what’s happening. Just stick with us!!!! youtu.be/m-n0abQByEw