In many ways, Trump’s strategy with North Korea has its parallel in his strategy with Black Americans in the election. Granted it did not exactly pull in the Black vote in 2016, but support for him among our Black brethren continues to rise.
And what was the strategy? “Why don’t you give US a try? The Democrats have essentially done nothing for you and promised you everything election after election.”
I find Trump’s strategy involving Rocket Man equally brilliant. North Korea’s chief trading partner is China – in fact, they’re probably their ONLY real trading partner of worth at this point. And what has it gotten them? A starving populance, an economy drilling down so far that you’d think it was for oil exploration. Trump says “hey, do you know what you COULD have if you’d stop with the BS and the sabre rattling? Look what your neighbor SOUTH Korea has – the Olympics (they DIDN’T have to share – they did it as a gesture) – immense textile and automobile manufacturing. What has CHINA ever given you?” And that should get Rocket Man thinking, especially since THIS time the United States isn’t coming to the table with a fat check in exchange for promises to behave and a container ship loaded with Bush’s Beans…and Beans….and Beans (among other things).
Remember that Potemkin Village ski resort? Imagine, Kim, if it was filled with actual paying guests coming to ski. Jobs for your people. And no Bush’s beans on the menu.
I’ll bet that was part of that four-minute video. Maybe looking at the potential Trump Pyongyang may have made him realize that China really isn’t “all that and a bag of chips.” Speaking of “chips” – maybe we should have Kim and his mobile film crew walk through an American supermarket if and when he visits here. What do you think the North Koreans would think if they saw the bounty the evil capitalists can avail themselves of by merely leaving their homes. Even the poorest American on public assistance has aisles and shelves of food and sundries to choose from. And not a single aisle marked “Tree bark.”
The urban legend that it wasn’t political rhetoric that turned the people of Russia around vis-a-vis the West. It was watching episodes of “Dallas” and “Dynasty” and seeing how those capitalists REALLY lived that got to them.
Wanted to throw up something so we didn’t get expired out. Just an open thread of course….
Also, the title is in no way a disparagement on Trump – it’s all I could think of on the fly. I will glady take suggestions from my clever cohorts for something snappier.
The Barbarian wrote:
ROTFLMAO… no need to change the title, it is a Great Title. Its a Yuge title, the Yugest of titles.
@ doriangrey:
Hey DG – my SoCal compatriot! We had the Warriors Victory Parade here in the office yesterday. I watched from the comfort of my office window since it passed directly under the building. People waiting in the hot sun for hours. You should have seen the trash aftermath. PIGS.
ran across some headlines yesterday re: China – they’re pulling missiles out of the South China sea or something, I didn’t have time to follow up but it was written up as another win for Trump
some other things I’ve run acorss: Trump has been nominated for the Nobel I think by the Norwegians
And look who just joined Soros’ Open Society – Mignon Clyburn, formerly of the FCC who was the totalitarian bitch pushing for Net Neutrality, etc.
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/press-releases/open-society-foundations-announce-2018-leadership-government-fellows?utm_campaign=osftwacct&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co
@ doriangrey:
@ eaglesoars:
good, you’re both here. So I’d like to hear your opinions on the ballot initiative to split CA into 3 parts.
@ eaglesoars:
that was meant for dorian and barbarian, of course, not dorian and moi
eaglesoars wrote:
daughter of John Clyburn who was run out of Congress and his wife Monica who was run out of Detroit’s city council to jail.
@ eaglesoars:
Oh, I don’t know….I’d be interested in what you think about splitting California into three parts. I’m assuming it will be on the general ballot in November. See, the Democrats pulled another nasty rigging on the populace – you can no longer put an initiative on a ballon in the primary election (you can, however, put a legislative REFERENDUM on the ballot) because many conservative initiatives passed because they were on a primary ballot. Liberals don’t need to put initiatives on the ballot – the damn legislature will do it for them.
As for splitting California – if it passes, it will completely KILL the clout that California has in Washington. The UP side is that the area known as “Southern California” will probably be GOP controlled as opposed to Northern California and “California” – which will be Liberal (California) and Moderate lean left (Northern; there are a lot of ex-military in this area because of Travis Air Base, Moffett Field and the red counties in the north). Of course, it has to pass Congress to be approved, and believe me, the California Congressional delegation is not going to surrender the power they have to become nobodies in redrawn Congressional district.
But if it passes, “California” better work on desalinization plants since I doubt that “Northern California” is going to send them any of their water and I know that Southern California is going to tell them to take a hike.
@ The Barbarian:
I think if it passed, the infrastructure issues would be enormous. But I can’t see it passing even at the state ballot level, never mind congressional approval. Also, I don’t know how the population would be distributed among the 3 resulting states. Anybody have a count?
oh, there was this guy on Fox this morning who makes bourbon that is not exported. He said most of the large bourbon makers (maker’s Mark) are actually owned by companies HQ’d in the EU so that tariff is just cutting off their nose…FWIW
@ eaglesoars:
California would have the biggiest population, I think, something like 8 million as it will encompass the Greater Los Angeles area which is, essentially, 12 suburbs in search of a City….
Second would PROBABLY be Northern California, with about 3-4 million in the Greater Bay Area – San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and the counties of Alameda and Contra Costa; once you get north of Sacramento, the population becomes thin and sparse.
Southern California would have population slightly smaller, but it has the Imperial Valley farmlands, plus the urban centers of San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino.
But yes, the infrastructure handling would be a nightmare. Plus the University of California and California State University collegiate systems.
The one thing that would be marvelous? Southen California could pass it’s own GUN laws and maybe the citizens would finally be able to conceal carry.
@ eaglesoars:
Well, we do learn something new every day. My go-to cocktail when I’m out with the high-brows is a “Maker’s Manhattan.” Suggestions for a good home-grown bourbon are now being taken…..
https://thewildernessofmirrors.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/the-judiciary-as-a-political-weapon/
More proof that Trump is greedy, he’s only doing this so he can make money. Nothing for America.
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Today is kick cancer’s butt day. All donations are matched up to 500,000 total.
https://greatcyclechallenge.com/Riders/BruceRoepke
The Barbarian wrote:
Cough cough… You do know that San Diego Country all by itself has a population of 4 million, right? Southern California might have a larger population than California. Riverside and San Bernardino are pretty big, the Imperial Valley??
Now, as to my thoughts on dividing California into three states. It is an idea that I reluctantly support. Not because I wish to see California divided, but, because it is already divided and the far liberal agenda of less than 1/3rd of the state is already being used by Sacramento to divide and abuse the state.
Dividing California into three states sadly is probably the only way to break the Democrats illegal stranglehold over the state.
eaglesoars wrote:
Umm, actually I suspect that it passing at the state ballot level is already a slam dunk done deal. I think you almost have to live here to understand the degree of anger and frustration those of us who do not live in what would become the new state of California have with Sacramento and those living in the I-5 corridor.
The fake media narrative of California leaving the United States is and always has been a Marxist wet dream with ZERO possibility of happening. Its support is pretty much limited to a bunch of Marxist nut jobs in the Bay Area.
The dividing California into multiple states idea on the other hand has had a surprisingly wide support across the state for decades. The idea is far more popular than the media would like people not in California to believe.
Like myself, the majority of people who support the idea, do not do so because they want to see California broken up, but because they feel that Sacramento is corrupt, abusive and unresponsive to the needs of 3/4th of the State.
I have dismissed most talk about Sessions, but it’s looking to me like he got himself into the AG position to protect his own ass.
@ doriangrey:
I was going by current population numbers I have – Greater L.A is somewhere around 18 million; Greater Bay Area is over 7 million. However, Northern Calfiornia has gobbled up a great deal of the more populous areas of Red California (Merced, San Joaquin).
Precisely. There is not even the PRETENSE of caring about the wants and needs of Red California, perfectly summed up in the character of their candidate for Governor – Gavin Newsome. Gavin’s basic attitude is summed up in his words when told there was not support for gay marriage in California – “It’s going to happen whether you like it or not!”
I’m sure Gavin was NOT expecting to run against a Republican for the governorship – I’m sure he expected that there would be enough votes to put Villagiarosa over the magic no. 2 slot. If Cox pulls it off, it will be a miracle. The good news is that we know there is no possibility of the Dem supermajority in the State Senate returning, but I’d love to see the GOP pick up seats in the assembly.
The Barbarian wrote:
Its less than 13 million. The populations of Orange, Riverside, San Diego and San Bernardino are around 11 million. The “Greater L.A area is often cited as being 17.7 million, but that includes Riverside and San Bernardino. When you remove them, it drops to less than 13 million.
Depending on how the three states are divided, Southern California could actually end up being larger than California. This because there are a lot of area’s included in the Greater L.A area that like Riverside and San Bernardino are likely to end up in Southern California rather than in California.
Imperial County only has a population of around 175,000 (Well, at least according to the 2010 census). Kern County with its nearly 1 million people would end up in Southern California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_and_secession_in_California#/media/File:Cal3_map.svg
Leave their homes? They don’t even have to do that. They can pick up their smartphone (or talk to one of those Amazon or Google spy devices, if they chose to get one) and order whatever they want, and it’ll be delivered tomorrow
doriangrey wrote:
Ah, I did not know that.
apropo of nothing, this is my feel-good story of the day. Maybe the week
Beyonce, aka The Skank, and her wanna-be thug husband have to give away tickets to their European concerts.
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TOUR LOSERS Beyonce and Jay-Z tickets given away for free in a car park as On The Run II tour flops
The superstar couple are struggling to get bums on seats and UK fans are being handed freebies and upgrades
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6513621/beyonce-jay-z-free-ticket-on-the-run-tour/
I can’t believe the judge will let Mueller get away with this but who knows…
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Special counsel Robert Mueller and his deputy Rush Atkinson filed a 14-page motion Tuesday arguing that the government shouldn’t have to release certain evidence to indicted Russian company Concord Management and Consulting LLC due to ongoing “interference operations” against the United States.
In the motion, Mueller’s team requested a protective order to: (1) keep other co-defendants named in the February 16 indictment from accessing the government’s evidence against them; and (2) to keep additional evidence under the control of government attorneys and away from Concord Management itself.
https://lawandcrime.com/opinion/mueller-fearmongers-about-election-interference-to-try-to-hide-evidence-from-defendants-in-russian-trolls-case/
eaglesoars wrote:
While the request is clearly both unconstitutional and an indisputable violation of the spirit of the law, I can easily see the Judge allowing it. This is literally Mueller’s trademark or signature move. This is exactly how Mueller managed to convict two innocent men of murders he knew for a fact that Whitey Bulgar was responsible for.
Exactly how Mueller convinces judges to so clearly violate the US Constitution and the spirit of the law is utterly beyond me, but he has made his career doing it for 30 some odd years. Mueller should be in prison for prosecutorial misconduct and mendacious malfeasance at a bare minimum.
@ doriangrey:
Not two innocent men – FOUR. Two of the died in prison before the uncontrovertible evidence of their innocence was discovered. The civil suit the four families brought resulted in $107 million in damages.
I read the full request. A lot of legal BS – even bringing in the Crime Victims Act (and I frankly didn’t follow the explanation for the invocation), but what really appears to be happening is that the defense lawywers are calling foul and that Mueller wants pretty much to redact information. Uh, how in the name of heaven can a JURY come to a legal verdict on the basis of redacted evidence?
In truth, you would think Mueller would have done what GOOD prosecutors do. Get your ducks in a row, then file the indictment and charge (precisely what the OJ Prosecutors DIDN’T do; wait a year – quietly collect evidence and give the bastard all the time in the world to make dumb statements he can’t walk back). Mueller was completely caught off guard when those defendants sent attorneys into court. He wasn’t expecting it. Especially when it came to light he’d indicted a company that didn’t even EXIST inthe relevant criminal period.
@ The Barbarian:
Damn it, yes that is correct.
@ The Barbarian:
Were one given to overly emotional hyper spiritualazations one might be tempted to suggest that the spirit of Torquemada lives on in Robert Mueller. Which, sadly Robert Mueller would no doubt consider a compliment and headily high praise.
@ doriangrey:
I have a hard time seeing the legislators and the governor signing off on this, if it passes. Legal challenges?
Test
@ Calo:
Pass.
What I’ve been listening to since last night: https://youtu.be/4k89_UrZXNw https://youtu.be/dJe1iUuAW4M
right_wing2 wrote:
ROTFLMAO… I said that California would vote for it, not that the Democrats would willingly surrender their vast multi-billion dollar criminal empire. Legal Challenges? If their past actions are any indication, they will rule the ballot results unconstitutional and then proceed to ignore the ballot altogether.
Calo wrote:
Re-test
Let me try that a second time: https://youtu.be/4k89_UrZXNw
pop test
ok, well the blog seems fine now
carry on
Calo wrote:
Tickle, tickle…
Hey Dorian, we may as well cancel the Russia trip.
Someone tipped them off to our plans.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-mp-warns-against-sex-140646861.html
🙂 🙂
doriangrey wrote:
Congress itself must approve it by a simple majority, and the California House delegation and their buddies in the Congressional Black Caucus will kill it before it even goes to the Senate. There’s no way those clowns give up their clout – especially when they’ll have to run in newly redrawn districts.
LOL….
I keep trying to edit my posts to remove extra commas and periods.
Just realised it is fly shit on my screen.
Alcohol wipes being utilized.
Possum wrote:
Alcohol wipes are not suppose to be used as lozenges… Just a public service notice…
Possum wrote:
Figures…
Being serious, and totally on topic. Trump was 100% correct about the beaches and tourism.
He has done his research.
Quite often I visit the CIA Factbook site to look up the data on countries when they are in the news.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
OK stop laughing, yes I do think the CIA Factbook is accurate and unbiased.
So the Korea, North entry. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kn.html
Tourism?
Now same section from Korea, South
Looks to me as a simple minded person that if you combine those two countries they will do great things together.
The north mines the ores and grows the food, the south turns it into finished goods.
doriangrey wrote:
Calo did it…..
@ Possum:
Trying to understand why people are living on Tree Bark if they have all these agricultural products…..
The Barbarian wrote:
I am not sure we are getting the full story on that.
Most of North Korea is rural, in a rural area you can grow things and raise animals to provide food.
Possum wrote:
I have a problem with this idea that the North is ‘growing the food’ as it seems every time I turn around they’re starving and western govt’s are bribing them with food
eaglesoars wrote:
I admit I have not looked into this as deeply as I should have, but why can’t they produce enough food to feed themselves? It is not a densly populated country.
https://twitter.com/DrGrey91721741/status/1007043384471457793
Possum wrote:
It difficult to do much of anything, when half of the country, is holding the other half of the country literally at gun point so they do not flee the country.
Possum wrote:
I don’t know what their soil is like, nor water resources (only 10% of China’s land mass is arable) but farming is labor intensive even with machines (which require fuel) and the labor has to be healthy. They kill their babies because they can’t feed them and sometimes eat the babies. Go find a book called Escape from Camp 14. Another book by an idiot American who defected to North Korea, Charles Jenkins, “The Reluctant Communist” gives a good idea of what daily life was like for a USEFUL idiot.
DAMMIT!!
CBS News: Sarah Sanders leaving the administration at the end of the year
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/06/13/cbs-news-sarah-sanders-leaving-the-administration-at-the-end-of-the-year/?utm_campaign=twitchywidget
doriangrey wrote:
The only thing worse than a dirty cop is a dirty prosecutor, and the only thing worse than that is a dirty judge.
eaglesoars wrote:
Noooo! She is awesome.
@ AZfederalist:
she is indeed. but her children are very young and she’s a mom. priorities
Sarah denies report…
https://www.weaselzippers.us/387985-sarah-sanders-and-raj-shah-both-leaving/
eaglesoars asked about this just this afternoon, and I speculated that Southern California would probably have the largest population. Seems I’m not the only one who calculates it that way.
@ doriangrey:
thx dorian!
bedtime
https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1007258746475679744
This could be devastating to the Democrats if true.
https://thewildernessofmirrors.wordpress.com/2018/06/14/inspector-general-report-fbi-violates-hatch-act-to-influence-presidential-election-outcome/
https://twitter.com/DrGrey91721741/status/1007287020576653313
@ doriangrey:
FBI agent Peter Strzok assured his mistress and colleague Lisa Page that they would stop Donald Trump from winning the presidency in a text message, a new report from the DOJ inspector general finds per Bloomberg News White House Correspondent Jennifer Jacobs.
“Several FBI employees Who played critical roles in the investigation sent political messages,” the report reads, according to Jacobs.
“(Trump’s) not ever going to become president, right? Right?!” Page wrote to Strzok, Bloomberg reports.
“No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it,” Strzok reportedly replied.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/14/strozk-well-stop-trump-presidency/
Apparently the fBi didn’t turn over these emails. Leaks have begun
https://twitter.com/DrGrey91721741/status/1007292100679905281
Biggest political whitewash in history
Former FBI Director James Comey “deviated” from bureau and Justice Department procedures in handling the probe into Hillary Clinton, damaging the agencies’ image of impartiality even though he wasn’t motivated by politics, the department’s watchdog found in a highly anticipated report.
“While we did not find that these decisions were the result of political bias on Comey’s part, we nevertheless concluded that by departing so clearly and dramatically from FBI and department norms, the decisions negatively impacted the perception of the FBI and the department as fair administrators of justice,” Inspector General Michael Horowitz said in the report’s conclusions, which were obtained by Bloomberg News.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-14/comey-broke-from-fbi-procedures-in-clinton-probe-watchdog-finds
@ eaglesoars:
My understanding is that there is a SECOND IG investigation that is in the works that pertains to the surveillance on the Trump campaign by the FBI with the help and support of the DOJ vis-a-vis obtaining the FISA warrant. Although it could be something else. Hard to keep up.
But now the IG could find “no political bias” considering Comey’s subesequent remarks and the Strzok text saying “we’ll stop him” as if the FBI can somehow thwart an election is baffling.
All I can say is that if the FBI wants to ameliorate the damage of this report as respects its practices, Strzok should be told to clean out his desk before close of business.
And please, for the good of the country, it’s time to replace Jeff Sessions. Replace him with Andrew McCarthy. Sessions is an effing Swamp Wimp that NEVER should have had the job in the first place.
The Barbarian wrote:
this report covers the clinton email probe, nothing else
The Barbarian wrote:
If there is such a IG Report, I honestly doubt it will ever see the light of day.
Paul Sperry
BREAKING: “When McCabe served as [associate deputy director], he was occasionally present at meetings where the [Clinton email investigation] was discussed,” IG report reveals.
So McCabe was IN FACT involved in Clinton email probe in 2015 WHILE HIS WIFE WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE
https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1007331426495356930
2) On Strzok, page 535: “The OIG referred Mr. Strzok for an investigation into whether his actions violated FBI and DoJ policies.” This is in regards to the revelation that Comey, Page, and Strzok had private emails for FBI business.
3) Page 535: “The OIG found no evidence to connect the political views expressed by these employees with the specific investigative decisions, but referred five employees for investigation into whether the messages violated the FBI’s Offense Codes and Penalty Guidelines.”
https://twitter.com/HNIJohnMiller/status/1007335596438810624
Comey Stzrok and Page had private emails for FBI business.
No wonder Comey didn’t want to prosecute Hillary. She probably knew about Commey’s email and had him by the short hairs
ain’t gonna be no mid-term blue wave
Here’s the report
https://www.justice.gov/file/1071991/download
FBI Employees Leaked To The Press Regularly. According to the IG report, “We identified numerous FBI employees, at all levels of the organization and with no official reason to be in contact with the media, who were nevertheless in frequent contact with reporters.” FBI agents received “benefits from reporters” as well, including golf outings, drinks and meals.
Former Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik Should Have Recused. While Hillary was under investigation, Kadzik tried to get his son a job on Hillary’s campaign. He also sent an email to John Podesta, head of the Clinton campaign, which included the schedule of the release of Clinton’s emails in FOIA litigation.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/31867/12-things-you-need-know-about-inspector-generals-ben-shapiro
“Trump’s supporters are all poor to middle class, uneducated lazy POS who think he will magically grant them jobs for doing nothing. They probably didn’t watch the debates, aren’t fully educated on his policies and are stupidly wrapped up in his unmerited enthusiasm.”
“FBI Employee” after the election
https://twitter.com/KatiePavlich/status/1007363844623228928
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
Evan’s only saving grace is that he’s as obviously stupid as he is.
eaglesoars wrote:
A truly frightening fact give that Egg Mcmuffin was once considered one of the CIA’s wunderkinds…
doriangrey wrote:
so sez Bill Kristol et. al.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/trumps-forecast-of-4-percent-gdp-growth-close-to-coming-true-as-americans-spend-tax-bill-proceeds.html
blow it out your asses, nevertrumpers.
@ coldwarrior:
when do they start worrying about inflation? I think I did see the Fed is going to raise interest rates but I didn’t see by how much
coldwarrior wrote:
I’m getting really sick of these people.
Even the Cruzers still whining on “our side.”
eaglesoars wrote:
great question. we have to get interest rates back up to a reasonable level.
the fed needs the spigot to work in both directions.
Did anyone see Chris Wray’s presser? I thought he was interviewing to be the next CEO of Starbucks.
new training……….
@ eaglesoars:
I don’t want to hear crap from Wray unless it’s to inform us that Strzok had been summarily discharged.
The Barbarian wrote:
Remember that I said this.
Five agents have been referred for possible prosecution. Strzok is probably one of them.
Huber will ‘do’ the prosecution.
And he’ll either choose not to, or bring jay-walking charges or blow the case completely.
Trump needs to start declassifying docs.
The presser by Wray was pathetic. There was no outrage, no disappointment, just a pat on the back for the FBI and an assurance that people “will be held accountable”. That’s code for “You losers have the attention span of a fruit fly and as soon as the SuperBowl comes around, we’re flushing this bullshit.”
Training the Swamp.
blazingcatfur reacts to the report
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/16787c11f691d69ba3fd48f056b2db994d40f606b286ca4c126fcf706a790f5b.jpg
It’s discouraging, imo.
yenta-fada wrote:
As far as I can tell so far, only as far as Comey is concerned. No documentary evidence of bias is a weasel tactic. To try to maintain the fiction that he didn’t know Weiner and Abedin are married is ludicrous. I’m trying to find the part about not interviewing people, allowing Cheryl Mills to act as her lawyer, etc. The rest of what I’ve seen/read so far is damning.
@ yenta-fada:
Funny…HR has that same cartoon stapled to the outside of my personnel file.
The only thing the IG Report has done, is prove that the Deep State is unaccountable to anyone, let alone the American people or the law itself.
lobo91 wrote:
What does that mean exactly, in context?
The people who elected Trump have to feel cheated by the conclusions. Tucker Carlson & peeps on twitter are saying, as they look at the report itself. that the summary does not match the info in the report.
doriangrey wrote:
Hillary proved that all by herself with her serial lying.
@ yenta-fada:
Just like when Comey laid out all the various felonies Hillary had committed and then said “but there’s nothing here that any reasonable prosecutor would take to court.”
@ yenta-fada:
Every time I get ready to quit, they dangle a promotion in front of me. I stupidly apply for it, only to have them give it to someone else.
It’s happened 4 times in the last 18 months
lobo91 wrote:
They are freaking messing with you given the lack of suitable employment in your area. Are you still considering legal action? Up here it’s a long drawn out process if you are up against deep pockets.
lobo91 wrote:
Yup, sounds like the same asshole wrote both reports, and the sole purpose for either report, was to find excuses not to prosecute criminals with powerful political connections.
@ yenta-fada:
I am. It’s still internal for now, but as soon as corporate blows me off, which should be next week sometime, I’m planning to file a complaint with the EEOC. All I’ll get out of that is a “permission to sue” letter.
Then I can take the letter to an appropriate attorney. Chances are, the company will offer to settle once they’re served with the suit.
ok, Hannity is mis-characterizing something. He’s using the Strzok/Page exchange as an example of the bias Horowitz said he didn’t find.
That exchange was about the Trump/Russia investigation, this report is about the Hillary email investigation and Horowitz was referring to Comey’s bias, which he simply said he found no EVIDENCE of. There is bleed-over between the 2 investigations because (as I understand it at this point), Horowitz is trying to show that the email investigation, specifically Weiner’s laptop, was ignored in order to focus on the Russia/Trump investigation.
@ eaglesoars:
And what’s the best way to “stop Trump” from being elected?
Make sure that Hillary isn’t charged.
Doesn’t matter that it was two separate investigations. The ultimate goal was to put Hillary in the White House
lobo91 wrote:
yep
yenta-fada wrote:
lobo91 wrote:
Good plan!
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
String pickin’ good. 🙂
@ lobo91:
That school system is about to be broke
@ The Barbarian:
(B)”But now the IG could find “no political bias” considering Comey’s subsequent remarks and the Strzok text saying “we’ll stop him” as if the FBI can somehow thwart an election is baffling.”(/B)
Of course it could. It only takes a few willing accomplices and by the sounds of it theres more than an ample supply of volunteers.
Yeah I DO think there are those in the FBI who would consider such a thing. What else could “No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it,” mean ?
Obama himself said its crazy to think (The Russians) could change the outcome of an election so what else could he (Strzok) have meant ?
Returning British jihadis go free. Tommy Robinson faces death by fatwa in prison.
https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/06/while-tommy-robinson-is-jailed-90-of-returning-jihadis-walk-free/
(hope the ads don’t show up)
@ 4_Sticks:
“We” could mean a lot of agencies, money, criminals, and liars. Yeah, Department of redundancy department. No reflection on the average person out there trying to do a good job & live a decent life.
morning y’all
a little light reading to start the day
The New Grand Minimum
New Skills have been developed by actuaries if they are to understand the
changes in risks that are occurring in the new solar grand minimum.
https://www.actuaries.asn.au/Library/Events/SUM/2013/Sum2013PaperBrentWalker.pdf
Yawza!
The Permian Basin, already considered a major force among the world’s oil producers, will double its output to reach 5.4 million barrels per day (mbd) by 2023, according to a report released Wednesday.
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/06/14/stunning-west-texas-oil-production-to-double-by-2023-says-report/
@ rain of lead:
granted, I only skimmed it but I don’t get the connection to earthquakes and volcanoes.
feel good headline in today’s WSJ
Economic Growth in U.S. Leaves World Behind
won’t bother with the link, paywall, etc.
eaglesoars wrote:
The only thing that has stopped that from being the case for the last 40 years is the utterly insane tax and regulatory levels set by Marxist corrupt politicians here in America.
@ 4_Sticks:
And lost in all of this (and not reported by the Democrat stenographer media) was the national intelligence cyber nerds went to Susan Rice in the summer of 2016 and said “hey we have a plan to stop Russian meddling!” She told them to “knock it off.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/susan-rice-told-white-house-cyber-team-to-knock-it-off-on-combatting-russian-meddling-2018-3
My take is that they knew all about the Russian meddling, saw it as helpful to Hillary, and didn’t want any “taints” surfacing about her win.
The Barbarian wrote:
that’s a very generous ‘take’. Knowledge of espionage and failure to report it is a violation of how many laws? That behavior on the part of the National Security branch of the executive speaks not just to a laissez-faire attitude, but to deliberate and willful complicity in said espionage.
aka, treason
They may not like him, but don’t tell me foreign leaders don’t have at least a grudging respect for Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnNoIJTa0Ms
@ eaglesoars:
Oh indeed. Remember Rice was the one that wrote silly email to herself the day of the inauguration saying “Obama wanted everything done ‘by the book.'” The first question out of my mouth in response to that would be “is there some reason this needed to be memorialized? Wouldn’t it be ASSUMED the President would do it ‘by the book'”?
Obama is up to his eyeballs in this. He said he never knew Hillary had a private server – I think the IG’s report shows he sent a plethora of emails to that private account. And what is this BS about “disciplinary action” – is that Gov-Speak for FIRING. Because it damn well should be!
@ eaglesoars:
Yeah I think they do. I think they all really thought Obama was a wishy washy asshole that couldn’t be trusted but would give them anything they wanted.
The Barbarian wrote:
No, its code speak for… “Oh, look, those smelly peasants are unhappy again, lie to them, they’re far to stupid to understand that they are being mollified with lies”.
@ doriangrey:
yeah, that’s what I said yesterday. They’re counting on short attention spans to flush all this while we’re distracted with the Superbowl or something. The worst we’ll see is a reprimand from their version of HR
Joe Scarborough is in the process of self-destruction. He maintains that illegal alien children are being told they’re going to showers and then never come back, just like the Nazis.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/06/sick-joe-scarborough-compares-us-law-enforcement-to-nazis-who-kill-children-white-house-responds-video/
BREAKING: FBI agents found Abedin deleting classified & Clinton emails from her Yahoo account but failed to subpoena her devices. If they had, maybe they wouldn’t have had to reopen the case in 11th hour when NY agents found work emails on the laptop she shared w her perv husband
https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1007661768276103171
this is actually from this morning but I just looked at twitter
@ eaglesoars:
Scarborough and Mike have a bigger audience when Rush or Levin plays a clip of them and then spends 10 minutes making fun of them. He looks like the grown-up version of the banjo kid from “Deliverance”. And she …. oh hell, she just gives blondes a bad name.
A lot of people are wondering if there is anyone in the FBI that isn’t a fucking traitor. I think this summary answers that question. (I do not know exactly which page of the IG Report this is from)
Agent 1 and Agent 5 apparently are from the treasonous 7th floor and have nothing but contempt for those agents who work on the 5th floor. The exact same contempt that they have for anyone who voted for Trump. The implication here is that the 5th floor (FBI Headquarters J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C) is staffed by “Regular American’s, i.e. are all poor to middle class, uneducated, lazy POS that think he will magically grant them jobs for doing nothing [emphasis added]. They probably didn’t watch the debates, aren’t fully educated on his policies, and are stupidly wrapped up in his unmerited enthusiasm.” of the variety that voted for Trump. (No doubt also the source of the reputed 28 agents that requested congressional protection to testify before Congress)
@ doriangrey:
what does ‘+o’ signify?
https://thewildernessofmirrors.wordpress.com/2018/06/15/the-greatest-malapropism-of-the-21-century/
Cheryl Mills, March 7, 2015.
Fwd: POTUS on HRC emails
“we need to clean this up – he has emails from her – they do not say
http://state.gov ”
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/31077 …
https://twitter.com/The_War_Economy/status/1007631504707637248
yeah, bitch, by the book
eaglesoars wrote:
I have no idea, I have never seen it before.
doriangrey wrote:
oh, wait, I think I mis-saw it. It should be
+o(
rotate it to the right 90 degrees so the “+” is on top
I think it’s a facial expression – glazed eyes are the + sign, nose is the o, sad is the left paren
@ eaglesoars:
Sad and drunk?
Agent 5 needs dismissal from the Bureau IMMEDIATELY.
Do not pass GO, do not collect a pension.
And he needs to be NAMED.
It would not surprise me that someone on the Fifth Floor somehow magically finds a way to name Agent 5.
@ The Barbarian:
s/he will be. people are digging now
Attorney #2 Described as follows: “A second, more junior attorney (FBI Attorney 2) also was assigned to the Midyear team.” I’m not sure who he/she is yet, but was under guidance of Attorney 1: Tashina Guahar. https://www.scribd.com/document/381806566/IG-Report-on-FBI-and-DOJ-Handling-of-Clinton-Investigation# …
https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1007421231698718720
hey y’all
snafu
situation normal, all fucked up
The Barbarian wrote:
Cough cough… I think you mean the 7th floor. It is the 7th floor that was anti-Trump. The 5th floor apparently is pretty “Deplorable”…
Only $498,310 to go.
Wolff’s legal defense fund has got about a buck two eighty raised so far
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/former-senate-aide-in-leak-case-498-310-short-of-500-000-legal-defense-goal
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
dunno. obviously it was understood by somebody, I’m just guessing
Friday night in Houston and I started to update my profile on LinkedIn. For those not in the know it is basically a site where you list your work experience and you get job offers!
You list the places where you have worked and your academic achievements and most importantly where you currently work.
I have a problem….
If I list my current job responsibilities then it will expose the current predicament that the company I work for is in.
My job is…
Receptionist
Telephone switchboard operator
Mail room clerk
Goods receiving operative
Production supervisor
Assembler of through hole component printed circuit boards
Hand assembly of surface mount boards ( they are usually done by a machine, but I have skills )
Sales
Sales support
Purchasing
Testing of circuit boards
Repair of circuit boards that fail when tested
Quality control
Quality control supervisor
Research and Development
General office manager
Manager of janitorial services
Janitor ( cleaned the rest room this afternoon )
Shipping manager
Shipping person ( proficient in UPS Worldship )
Also responsible for maintaining an adequate supply of beverages and beverage containers for any visitors ( coffee and styrofoam cups )
Now you know why I take my cat to work. Someone to talk to.
@ Possum:
Where the hell is the owner?
@ Possum:
LOL only visitor is Calo.
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
He is in an alternate universe.
Long story.
I am just keeping things alive until the company dies a natural death.
Once the end happens I will write a book.
Possum wrote:
“There and back again, and back again, and back again; A Possums Tail”
My co-worker
https://twitter.com/Lucy_Dynamite/status/1007769807889018880
🙂
doriangrey wrote:
It is a sixty year tail.
I know how and why it happened.
Just trying to work out the last chapter.
Possum wrote:
The final chapter is always written post scrip by someone else. If it ever gets written at all.
doriangrey wrote:
To be, or not to be, that is the question, except that its not only not the question, if you are here (this mortal coil) then it was never one of the possible questions, the question is, To Be WHAT?. And that is a question that despite the individuals best efforts, is always decided in the post script.
doriangrey wrote:
Final chapter is going to be team up with an asshole like you and get some serious shit done.
Possum wrote:
Haaa… We could go out Butch and Sundance style… I would of course have to be Sundance, cause I am one fast guitar slinging mofo…
doriangrey wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-xrnIXQ3iQ
doriangrey wrote:
And I would stand on the edge of the cliff, and ask Katharine Ross to marry me as you plunged to your death.
🙂
I am sneaky
doriangrey wrote:
But what if the Chicken won’t wear the pantyhose?
Possum wrote:
How Butch Cassidy of you… Or well, at least David Cassidy…
I had some fascinating discussions with my superiors at work today.
The guy who got the job I should have gotten flat out told me that he knew that I was much more qualified then he was, but he just “interviews well.”
And his boss, when I told him that I was about to quit, because I’m tired of being one of three people (out of 8 in our department) who actually does anything useful, while we all get paid the same thing, said “I’m sorry you feel that way.”
Feelings? It’s got nothing to do with my “feelings.” It’s an incontrovertible fact, and he knows it. 3 of them are utterly worthless, 1 has been there a few months, and could turn out okay, if she ever figures out that she doesn’t know everything. The fifth one probably could do the job, but really doesn’t seem interested in learning it.
I told him it would be better for everyone involved if they just fired at least 4 of them, since it wouldn’t really increase our workload. It would actually probably decrease it, since we wouldn’t have to correct the stuff they screw up.
He said that we can’t fire them, because our contract requires a certain staffing level.
Basically, the three of us will be expected to carry the department for the foreseeable future, and we’re stuck with the dead weight.
Only a government contractor could make money this way…
lobo91 wrote:
Works out great for them until the three of you quit.
Whoever wrote that contract was an idiot. Most government contracts also have performance requirements in the statement of work — i.e, you need to do x, y, and z or you are delinquent on your contractual requirements. Just filling space is usually not in the contract
@ AZfederalist:
Oh, it has plenty of performance requirements that we have to meet. It doesn’t say who has to do them, though.
Our contract also specifies staffing levels in certain areas, though, since they more or less relate to performance. If we don’t have enough COs, for example, security can suffer. In the case of my department, they look at it as sort of a “customer service” thing. We have to have a certain number of case managers to take care of a given number of inmates.
So we meet that requirement. It’s just that half of them don’t actually do anything. The rest of us do twice the work.
@ lobo91:
Your work ethic is a problem for them. If you had any seniority they would have to work harder. ipso facto
@ lobo91:
so….stop doing twice the work?
Now that I’m finally on the phones after doing Quality Evaluation during tax season, I’m competing against 33 other tech support agents. I’ve never done tech support, so it’s a challenge.
Up until just this week my survey scores weren’t being recorded, so I was just being ranked based on my handle time, which was pretty high.
Yesterday, my survey scores showed up. Like a shot I’m at #5. The only call I got a no on issue resolution on for yesterday was one I had to send up to a higher support level. My supervisor sent out the scores and said ‘Watch out! Bruce’s survey’s are coming through and he’s coming for you!’
Much better than I expected.
new thread yinz