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To quote Pogo Possum: “Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohow permanent.” Kick back a little. Learn how to lose. Enjoy living. Everything on Earth is temporary. Listen to a little . Merry Christmas!

LMAO! No, he probably only watches Mika, Joe, and Rachel who are all totally straightforward and unbiased. You guys really are amusing. Thanks for the belly laughs.

Hi guys. Just passing through, drinking a little whiskey, and holding a good thought for all of you. Best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most joyous traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, but with respect for the religious persuasion of others who choose to practice their own religion as well as those who choose not to practice a religion at all; plus, A fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2019, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of the other cultures whose contributions have helped make our society great, without regards to the race, creed, color, religious, or sexual preferences of the wishees. (disclaimer: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for him/herself or others and no responsibility for any unintended emotional stress these greetings may bring to those not caught up in the holiday spirit.)

He was a true statesman. We need more like him.

Alan Dershowitz

All I can tell you is what we do at our club. The guy I mentioned in my previous post sat out his 30-day suspension as did his wife, then they came right back to playing four sessions/week just like before but without the unpleasantness the other players were putting up with before. We have drifted away from the original question in this thread which asked how would you discipline a player who walked out of a game thereby ruining the whole session for 15 other people. In our club's case it would be up to the Board of Directors who would probably award the offender with a 30-day suspension which would be richly deserved. We don't suffer jerks very well.

The key words here are "disturb others". If a player wants to browbeat his partner in private that's fine. But nobody else wants to hear it. The two players in our club with the most masterpoints are a husband/wife pair. For years he verbally beat her up. She just sat there and took it, but it's unpleasant for everybody else within earshot. He was warned twice to cut it out and chose to ignore the warnings. So the Board suspended him for 30 days. He may still be beating her up after they get home, but he doesn't do it at the club anymore.

Our club, of which I am the manager, has a Zero Tolerance Policy and behavior such as this is specifically mentioned. Here's the Policy fwiw.

Actually the correct terminology is Flight Level four zero zero. "Overpriced" is eminently correct. Enjoy your trip. :)

Hi guys. Just cruising through to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving.

If damphools like Jeremy and John can be classified as a race unto themselves I plead guilty.

Winston, I will answer this question by asking a question….not nice I know….but here goes: When will you, your fellow democrats, congresspeople, and senators accept the fact that Donald J. Trump is the duly elected President of the United States of America and start working to try to help him be successful? All I’ve seen you do so far is bitch and moan and try to undo the results of the 2016 election because your girl lost. As I have previously stated, I am not a Trump fan. I think he is an immoral loudmouth narcissist. I do not plan to invite him and Melania over for single-malt Scotch and ribeyes on Saturday night. But, regardless of his shortcomings, I do think he is working to improve the lives of average Americans and that’s all that is important to me. As the saying goes, “A lot more would be accomplished if it didn’t matter who got the credit.” With that said, I think I will follow Ken’s lead and exit this forum. I’m not going to change your mind and you aren’t going to change mine. And when you get right down to where the rubber meets the road nothing that either of us says on an internet message board will have any more effect on the great scheme of things than a fart has on a tornado. So I bid you adieu and wish you well with your future endeavors.

Not cranky. Very thoughtful. I've had the same thoughts. We are paying these people a pretty decent wage "to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity". We need more statesmen and fewer politicians. I remember watching Sheldon Whitehouse questioning Brett Kavanaugh about farting when he was 16 years old and thinking, "We're paying this guy $174,000/year to question a Supreme Court Nominee about farting when he was a teenager?" God (if there is one) help us.

No. I was basically asking Ken where he thinks the serious trouble lies. He answered.

Ken, I always enjoy your thoughts. But as previously pointed out in this thread... Almost 4 million new jobs have been created since President Trump’s election. African-American, Hispanic-American, and Asian-American unemployment rates have all recently reached the lowest levels in history. Women’s unemployment rate has reached the lowest level in 65 years. Veterans’ unemployment rate recently reached its lowest level in nearly 20 years. The unemployment rate for Americans without high school diplomas is at the lowest level ever recorded, and the Trump administration’s new workforce initiative will deliver job-training to more than 4 million Americans. Manufacturing jobs are being created at the fastest pace in over three decades. Nearly half-a-million manufacturing jobs have been created since the president took office. In the month of July alone, nearly 40,000 new manufacturing jobs were added. Almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since President Trump’s election. The president crafted the largest tax cut in a generation, which led to savings for more than 80 percent of households and pay raises and bonuses for 4 million American workers. President Trump protected American taxpayers by asking Congress to rescind $15.4 billion in unused appropriations. The president has hired/nominated an impressive number of women to senior positions in his administration, including the first female director of the CIA, Gina Haspel. He’s appointed two Supreme Court justices, and the Senate has now confirmed 26 appellate court judges of his choosing, as well as Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. He successfully negotiated the return of four American hostages in one month’s time. President Trump’s Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Action has exceeded the 2:1 mandate, eliminating 22 job-killing regulations for every one new regulatory action. President Trump signed the “Right to Try” Act to give terminally ill patients a chance to try lifesaving treatments. The Department of Homeland Security arrested 796 MS-13 gang members and associates in FY 2017, an 83 percent increase from the previous year. The president signed the VA Mission Act, which allows veterans who don’t live near a VA facility or can’t get an appointment in a timely manner to seek medical care from private health-care providers. Signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which provides an $82 billion funding increase for the Department of Defense over the current period, including a $617 billion Pentagon budget, $22 billion for the nuclear weapons program and $69 billion for U.S. military efforts abroad, as well as new tanks, ships, and planes. The package includes a salary boost for service members, about a 2.6 percent raise—the biggest military pay raise in nearly a decade. I view all the above as positives. Where do you think the serious trouble lies?

Appeasement: To bring about a state of peace, quiet, calm, contentment. Yeah. That's it.

I care not at all about "power". My desire is for comity.

I have no enemies Winston. Everybody loves me. :)

On second thought, I am rejoicing. Seeing the joy in the eyes of Justice Kavanaugh's wife and daughters knowing that their husband/father had survived a putrid and uncorroborated attack on his character and risen above it to take a seat on the SCOTUS was very uplifting. And seeing Justice Kennedy administer the oath to his former clerk was also heartwarming. RBG's snoring was somewhat of a drawback but I was able to ignore it. She has exactly the same number of votes as Kavanaugh. One.

I promise to do that just as soon as I have time, Winston. But I'm busy right now reading up on the Biden Rule. :)

"When some of our best minds are seeking to develop ever more sophisticated algorithms designed to link us to websites that only reinforce and cater to our views, we can only expect our differences to intensify. This would have alarmed the drafters of our Constitution, who were acutely aware that different values and interests could prevent Americans from becoming and remaining a single people. Indeed, of the six objectives they invoked in the preamble to the Constitution, the one that they put first was the formation of “a more perfect Union.” Their vision of “a more perfect Union” does not exist today, and if anything, we appear to be moving farther away from it." Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) I am not rejoicing tonight because Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed. If anything, I am grieving over the despicable spectacle we've all endured for the past three weeks. I am grieving for what Justice Kavanaugh and his family were put through. I am grieving for what Dr. Ford and her family were put through. But the sun will still come up tomorrow and we can all hope for "a more perfect Union". I think I'll go down to St. Simons Island for a few days and drink some more rum.

In the remote possibility that you're actually interested in her reasoning here it is.

Well I'm off for awhile to the lovely little island of Bermuda. I'll lay in the sun, drink a little rum, and dream about days gone past before lunacy prevailed in the good old U. S. A. I'm sure you worthy stalwarts here in the WC will have everything rectified shortly. May the schwartz be with you.

I'm waiting to see what undeniable evidence she presents to the committee before rendering judgment.

John, let me preface this by saying that after long and careful consideration I have been unable to come up with one thing on Earth that I consider less significant than your opinion of me; actually your attempted insults are laughable. With that said I will repeat what I said earlier. Read it carefully. In no case does the victim of a a crime...no matter how credible or sympathetic...get to dictate the terms of the investigation.