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PDittie

PDittie's Journal
PDittie's Journal
December 29, 2018

Someone please correct

this doucehbag's definition of "tragedy."

December 29, 2018

She and her husband

have a fossil fuel mutual fund holding:

The Florida representative, a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, has a good environmental voting record, according to the League of Conservation Voters, and has received a relatively small amount of campaign contributions from fossil fuel interests over her six-term career. But Castor’s 2017 financial disclosure document shows that she and her husband, Bill Lewis, share an investment worth between $50,001 and $100,000 in a mutual fund comprised mostly of holdings in utility companies that generate power from natural gas, oil, and coal. For a retirement account, the couple purchased shares in the Franklin Utilities Fund—Advisor Class, from July to October of 2017 and earned up to $2,500 in capital gains and dividends from the investment that year.


She and her husband should divest. If for no other reason ... her actions in this new responsibility should diminish the returns on this investment. Long-term. Since it's for their retirement.

December 29, 2018

Please read this article

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/05/us/border-wall.html

The government has built nearly 700 miles of wall and fencing since 2006, mostly on federal land and where the terrain does not provide a natural barrier.


https://twitter.com/Inthewings61/status/1077905481941819392
December 19, 2018

I thought it was a no-brainer

No jail time short-circuits a pardon from Trump.

Judge Sullivan seems to think Flynn needs some time in the pokey, which is fine by me. Whatever he decides, Flynn gets to simmer in his treasonous juices through the holidays. Not a very Merry Christmas.

But Trump is likely to save Benedict Flynn no matter what and fade the heat for it.

December 19, 2018

We all had better hope you are

gravely mistaken, Buck.

Because if you aren't, 2020 is going to look a lot like 2016. And who wants to see that movie again?

December 8, 2018

Excuse me

Three.

December 8, 2018

I simply don't understand why

two posters would rather fault the Democratic Congress-woman-elect for her Tweet here.

What's the point of defending Trump Jr. in this exchange? The legal rationale cited is nonsensical. He has lied to Congress.

December 8, 2018

No

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