I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace;
that two are called a law firm; and that three or more become a Congress
— John Adams
I have what is known in the trade as a “resting bitch face.” It has both its drawbacks and its perks. The drawback is I am continually asked if everything’s “okay”. The perk includes panhandlers realizing as I walk down the street that bugging me for that spare change (“yeah, here’s a buck I was about to throw in the trash”) is not a good idea. Flyboy and Football Savant Offspring have long come to terms with it. It may prove useful for the Noodle as she gets older in that just LOOKING at her may give her pause before she asks for that cookie before dinner.
That being said, this week resulted in my wanting to tear off said resting bitch face, just as a distraction from what I was being subjected to by the Clown Car Chairmen of the United States House of Representatives and their ringmaster, Nancy Pelousy (who, if she gets one more facelift, is going to be sporting a grey goatee).
This whole whistleblower thing is the fact that the (nut)House is still smarting over the fact that they haven’t gotten to have their own Christine Ballsey-Fraud type hearing. After all, they’ve still been pretty much relegated to C-SPAN as their impeachment dreams were slowly being fajita’d by the witnesses they themselves paraded to the nation in a “we got him NOW” attempt at gotcha legislating. I mean look at Mueller, for crying out loud – they could have gotten more coherent and relevant testimony if they’d stuck a microphone in front of a Jello Pudding Cup. Former ICE Director Homan basically made their socialist heroine and America’s Favorite Commie Sandy from the Bronx look like the petulant ignorant drama queen we’ve all known her to be. I mean seriously? The economic expert had no idea how to rap the gavel. The piece d’resistance, though was Corey Lewandowski. I find it odd that the same people who strutted around after Pete “The Smirk” Strzok testified were reduced to whiny tweens when Corey pulled a figurative chimp moment and threw the feces back at the audience.
There are too many similarities between the emergence of the whistleblower and Ballsey-Fraud (aka “the Perjurer”). In both cases, it appears that members of Congress had notice of the allegations being made well in advance of the “surprise!” moment they announced on TV. Feinstein held the Perjurer’s letter back until after the hearings were completed on Justice Kavanaugh. Of course, as I’ve written before, in her case, Dianne Dumdum didn’t factor in that Grassley would reopen the hearings – what she was counting on is the Democrat Stenographers Network to simply report night after night on the allegations. Grassley thwarted her plan and the rest became the nearest thing to the Ringling Bros. Washington has seen since the dancing ponies left town. Televised nationally! Protests! Instagram! Alyssa Milano and her laughable “glare” and protest sign aimed at Kavanaugh’s back as he was testifying (until a security guard embarrassed her ass on national TV and told he to put the damn sign down or she was going to be ejected). In the end, over 70% of the nation believed Kavanaugh.
Well, Nancy and the House want THEIR turn. Sure Mueller was given national exposure but OMG folks – that testimony should have come with a warning not to listen to it if you were operating heavy machinery or driving a car. So, how to put it all out there…..Of course. Time to pull the trigger on the I word! Unfortunately, I think they KNOW in their heart of hearts that Volume II of the Mueller Report was written by one of the most ethically challenged individuals ever to pass a bar exam – Andrew Weissman (and that’s saying something since Michael Avenatti still lurks on the national stage). Weissman has to be more than a little concerned that Sidney Powell, the forthright appellate attorney who held him up to national scrutiny in her book “Licensed to Lie” (and if you haven’t read it – DO. Legal experience helpful but not necessary to understand even the finer points) has now joined the Michael Flynn legal team.
That aside, the House knows they really aren’t going to get the Big “I” with either collusion or obstruction and they sure aren’t going to get that hearing that becomes “must see TV”. To add more to their woes, it’s announced by Durham’s investigation team that they are looking into the abuse of power by the DOJ and FBI and the origins of the whole Russian collusion fairy tale that lookee here – UKRAINE apparently was working overtime trying help the CLINTON campaign get dirt on Donald Trump in the form of attacking Paul Manafort.
If that isn’t bad enough for the Dems, their frontrunner, Joe the Schmoe Biden apparently was stupid enough to get himself on camera boasting about what a tough guy he was with Ukraine – threatening them with withholding a billion in taxpayer money if a prosecutor who was about to interview his son was fired. And I am going to do something in my life that I have never done before – I’m going to hold Obama blameless. I think he had NO idea Biden was going to do this. When Biden said “call him”, he was pulling the trigger on the threat all bullies do – “If you don’t believe me, just ask so and so.” I can only imagine what would have happened if someone in that meeting said “please telephone the President and confirm.”
Enter their savior. The Whistleblower (aka the Sneak). Like the Perjurer, the Sneak appears to have gone to someone (*cough* Shifty McPencilneck *cough*) in Congress to voice their complaints. The trouble is they don’t have first-hand knowledge so they cannot enjoy the protections that are afforded WB’s. No problem. Just change the rules. Secretly adjust the WB qualifications to include second and third-hand information – I don’t know about you but where I come from, we have a name for this – we call it gossip, With protections for the sneak in place, the complaint can now be officially “filed”, having been reviewed and polished. And of course, said complaint was leaked to the press, right at the moment the President was addressing the U.N.; you know, for maximum embarrassment, via the Congress, like the letter from the Perjurer. The stenographers ran with it, Immediately the Congress, because they NEVER learn from previous mistakes, immediately demanded the transcript of the referenced telephone call. And the complaint. Which Schifty could have recited from memory and who probably had a copy of the finished product in a desk drawer.
They ha assumed the President would fight tooth and nail to keep the transcript and complaint secret, allowing them frequent television appearances and speculation. But, like Chuck Grassley before him, Trump said “let them see the transcript. And review the complaint and release it later.” As it turns out, the transcript did not bear witness to the allegations of the complaint. In fact it was so FAR off the mark that CNN have to skip over five minutes of the transcript through the use of ellipsis to connect point A to point B. Pelosi announces an “impeachment inquiry” that skips over the important step of getting a floor vote of the House and there it is folks — the national hearing that thinks will stop people in their tracks. It’s Schifty’s Emmy moment. Unfortunately, Shifty hadn’t counted on the actual transcript being released and failed to rewrite his opening remarks and basically made himself look like an idiot by literally “making up” the nature and content of the phone call. When finally called on it, he claimed it was “parody.” Sure it was, Shifty. Like that irrefutable evidence of collusion you’ve seen. Meanwhile, the fake stories supporting Biden are being proffered – like the stories of Ramirez and Swetnick. Biden’s son was investigated and cleared (did’t happen); the entire world wanted that prosecutor fired because he was crooked (then why didn’t Biden boast about it at the time and why didn’t the world react).
Not to outdone, the Ringmaster is now on TV saying that the White House was trying to hide the Transcript by moving it to a secure location. Uh, Nancy? They released it. And of course, she just can’t resist making herself look like a fool by using her whip on that poor dead horse in the center ring…….It was RUSSIA.
Before I forget – it may be in his new book, I don’t remember it from the first – Dan Bongino is saying that this plot was all laid out in a WSJ opinion article by Glenn Simpson in – 2015?? – I think 2015 – May 12 I believe
And where the fuck is Durham?
I think this is it
(Mary Jacoby is Simpson’s wife)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117674837248471543
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgQkh1_cACE&feature=share
This video is worth a few minutes of your time. Made me feel a little guilty about getting down when
things go wrong.
Be sure to ummute and turn up your speakers.
@ eaglesoars:
he does have it in his new book but he also laid it all out on Levin’s Fox show last Sunday. He also noted that they tried it earlier on McCain in 2008 – he reminds everyone that Hillary and Obama were also running for President THEN to.
$10 says Sean Davis, John Solomon and Bongino were not invited on a SINGLE Sunday morning MSM show considering the revelations they have made in the last week.
The Barbarian
No… seriously, tell me how you really feel…
@ eaglesoars:
@ The Barbarian:
Thank you for trying to help me keep up with this epic saga which I think of as a non fiction version of “War and Peace.” Tolstoy’s work is one I never completed due to the frustration of the constant introduction of new characters and the strain of fitting them correctly into the 4,000 piece puzzle of the story.
I go to Dan Bongino for his clarity regarding the big lies of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhmDgD0ES1c
Eagle, Bongino talks about Crowdstrike for a few minutes starting at 21 minutes. I know this is a breadcrumb you keep chewing on. It leads to the Clintons by way of a Ukranian billionaire named Victor Pinchuk.
I simply can’t trust my memory these days and Bongino uses repetition
to guide the confused.
I wonder if inwardly Pelosi is SEETHING – I’m sure Schifty told her that there was nothing to worry about – that he ha the goods on Trump this time. May have even showed her the complaint itself – but never told her that there were errors in the complaint. Like Ballsey-Fraud, they believed it was true and that they’s be allowed a few weeks of media hype to put it over in hearings. When Trump released the transcript, they were now stuck. All you have to o is look at Pelosi’s ridiculous statements about a “coverup” and “Russia:.
Is anyone else watching this Lions-Chiefs game? As a Detroiter, this is cruel and unusual. But the Lions are still in it.
yenta-fada wrote:
I notice the so called “News” programs or The View have o interest in ANYONE who has meticulously researched these issues. Bongino, Davis, Jarrett, McCarthy and Solomon. Although Hugh Hewitt told Chuck Todd this morning that Schitt has destroyed any credibility he has left.
Levin has Peter Schweitzer on his show tonight on Fox. He’s the one that blew the lid of all this a earlier this year.
yenta-fada wrote:
NOBODY can keep track off all this. That’s what spreadsheets are for
Pinchuk==>AtlanticAdvisory Council==>Burisma Board of Directors
good thing I keep bookmarks n stuff – forgot about this
Biden was placed on Burisma’s board after Victoria Nuland and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt held a phone conversation regarding installation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk in place of then-President Yanukovych. Need of support from VP Biden was noted (more here):
https://themarketswork.com/2018/03/11/victor-pinchuk-the-clintons-endless-connections/
This is a very good blog. Jeff Carlson is a finance guy but that’s not how I found him – he writes for the Epoch Times. Like moi, at heart he’s an analyst
Gateway Pundit is crowing about this, but we’ve known about it for years
A Ukranian arms dealer held fund raiser for Schiff
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/explosive-report-rep-adam-schiff-linked-to-prominent-ukrainian-arms-dealer/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/explosive-report-rep-adam-schiff-linked-to-prominent-ukrainian-arms-dealer/
@ lobo91:
‘entitle him to opine’?
wait till Trump brings Corey Lewandowski back. They’re gonna be hating life
I have to get something that looks life food on the table. And before I forget, Shanah Tovah!
oopsie!
https://twitter.com/VicToensing/status/1178379203697356801
Embarrassing. @ChrisWallace @FoxNewsSunday reporting this morning on hubby and me was categorically false. #maga2020
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/never-trump-chris-wallace-blows-a-gasket-after-stephen-miller-tells-him-a-partisan-hit-job-does-not-make-you-a-whistleblower-video/
@ Gateway Pundit
Eagle mentioned this on the last thread. Stephen Miller triggers Chris Wallace over the “whistle blower” and he loses
it . Wallace is either a crypto Democrat, or a Never Trumper. Either way he’s a hack and I can’t really watch him
anymore.
Octopus wrote:
i feel for the lions fans, i do.
Octopus wrote:
Hi! A ‘migrant’ from DOD still laughing at Chuckles, right? Any input on the DC Gong show from the Motor City are welcome. Not so much football today. I think it’s fun to watch Dems implode.
@ yenta-fada:
I’ve really lost my love of football to be honest. At least when it comes to the pros. I still love to watch the college games.
Sorry my Bears imploded Friday night.
@ lobo91:
Note to Joe Biden – Giuliani is not your problem. Sean Davis, John Solomon and Peter Schweitzer are your problem.
Oh yeah, and that stupid video you made several years ago and now are backpedaling like hell to explain. And NO, your kid was not investigated and cleared. Because you put a stop to it,
@ The Barbarian:
Today’s story, of course, is that the guy wasn’t investigating Burisma at all, and Biden was just doing what the State Department wanted in pressuring them to remove him.
And there was absolutely nothing to investigate, anyway, since random cokehead Americans are paid $50k a month to sit on the boards of foreign corporations all the time.
lobo91 wrote:
he was. see my #13
@ lobo91:
I love Senator Kennedy – “Burisma didn’t get his name from Zip Recruiter.”
The Barbarian wrote:
I don’t see how anyone can keep repeating the nonsense about why they hired him with a straight face.
Of course, these same people claim that Trump is likely basing decisions on major issues on whether or not someone stayed at one of his hotels last night.
oh
2. Reports #AdamSchiff traveled to #Ukraine from Aug.24-29 with the allegedly #Burisma funded Atlantic Council.
That would be AFTER he had the whistleblower memo in his hot little hands if I’m not mistaken.
And there’s Atlantic Council again…………
@ lobo91:
Yeah, that’s why he’s up so early – not to do the nation’s business but to check in all the logs from the Concierge Desks.
@ eaglesoars:
correction – Schiff sent a STAFFER.
https://twitter.com/alx/status/1178433009424486400
@ eaglesoars:
I’m starting to wonder what Shifty’s end-game is on all of this in the case of advancement. I mean he represents one of 51 districts in California. Is he delusional enough, maybe, to believe he is going to be seen as the hero of impeachment and that the Democrats will DEMAND he run for President after the first of the year? There won’t be a Senate race in California until 2022, although Warren is currently polling over Harris in California. Maybe Shifty’s after her Senate seat.
The Barbarian wrote:
No doubt
Larkin Poe’s opening number on the big stage in Vegas. This is basically 180 degrees opposite of the view I had (I was on this level on the other side of the room).
The pallet full of equipment over Rebecca’s right shoulder is Gov’t Mule’s gear. The logistics of the shows in The Joint was pretty impressive. They had it set up that way through the entire weekend. The next band’s stuff was on a rolling pallet, much like the ones the Air Force uses to load and unload cargo planes. The drummers were st up on the pallets themselves. After the set, they just loaded everything onto the pallet and pushed it off the stage to the right.
The Barbarian wrote:
He hangs out with Ukranian arms dealers. Follow the money. He could very well be one of these delusional ‘power behind god’ types who think they can run the world.
If I were Guiliani, I’d have this guy investigated back to his great-great-grandparents’ DNA
RIX wrote:
Wow. Got real dusty in here
The Democrats are going to act fast. Remember, by design Speaker Pelosi has this set up so that Republicans don’t even participate in the impeachment process. There are no republicans participating in the assembly of the articles of impeachment. Stunningly, and as an outcome of those earlier rule changes, there is no minority voice in this process.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/09/28/pelosis-house-rule-changes-are-key-part-of-articles-of-impeachment-being-drafted-over-next-two-weeks/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/09/29/president-trump-tweets-about-the-pelosi-schiff-anonymous-complaint-impeachment-plan/
The Barbarian wrote:
Kind of like the boy who cried “Wolf!”, but Pelosi is more like Wile Coyote and keeps listening to Schiffty
A president accusing a sitting congressman of treason is not something done lightly.
lobo91 wrote:
These are the same people who claim the Chelsea Clinton, fresh out of school, was qualified and fit to be a national broadcast journalist.
rain of lead wrote:
A sitting President of the United States of America DEMANDING a formal investigation and charges of Treason against a congressman is is not something done lightly. Congressman Schiff is likely in for a whole world of pain.
rain of lead wrote:
um, might there be a constitutional issue here?
doriangrey wrote:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1178442762284404736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1178442762284404736&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fgregp-3534%2F2019%2F09%2F29%2Fescalation-president-trump-wants-the-whistleblower-and-his-her-sources-unmasked-rep-schiff-should-be-questioned-for-fraud-treason%2F
oh great. Guess who our current ambassador to Russia is?
Jon Huntsman. He’s stepping down Oct 3
Guess who headed up the Atlantic Council for 4 years thru about Sep 2017
This is the first full show video I’ve seen since the new Samantha Fish album came out, and I was curious to see how she worked the new songs into the set. I think this might be her best set list yet.
She even finishes with Shake ‘Em On Down, which was the very first song I ever heard her play.
The Barbarian wrote:
Been there and seen that!
🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWGuzwj4DSs
@ coldwarrior:
@ eaglesoars:
There you go. Some Rugby from the World Cup.
Two unexpected results of minors against the big boys.
Outstanding.
Japan Ireland extended coverage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhMKmfEmMZA
Uruguay Fiji extended coverage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X9sIt05tF8
rain of lead wrote:
yet the gop never uses nuclear options, etc. on the edems
uniparty.
https://amgreatness.com/2019/09/29/impeachment-coup-analytics/
I agree
@ Aussie Infidel:
Thx.
I’m gonna have to pay the ridiculous fee and get the rugby pass
@ coldwarrior:
You KNOW that the games they’re going to be broadcasting for free on NBC are not going to include the All Blacks. Which everyone tells me is the team they want to watch – just for the Haka alone! Of course, I remember when NBC televised an All Blacks game (in England I think) and DIDN’T show the Haka. I was livid. They can’t broadcast NASCAR worth a damn, either.
@ coldwarrior:
And ONE of these years I’m going to remember to get tickets to the Safeway Open. I have no excuse. Silverado is a 20-minute drive from my house.
Not for nothing, Ed Henry was very busy with his block button on Twitter yesterday, as a result of Mark Levin kicking his ass for dishonesty on Fox and Friends yesterday morning.
@ The Barbarian:
this covers the 6 nations as well…
i ponied up.
at least the rugby pass cost more than the fag ball soccer pass.
Looks like Nancy really screwed up.
In order not to look like an idiot on “60 Minutes,” she stated that she KNEW what was in the transcript of the Ukraine phone call prior to the White House releasing it. When asked how she could possibly have known, she falsely claimed it was in the “public domain.”
To which I would have asked, “well, wait a minute. If it was in the ‘public domain’ as you say, why were you complaining about a coverup and moving the transcript to a secure location?'”
@ The Barbarian:
It’s quite possible she did. How many people were on that call? The whistleblower memo names at least one incorrectly. Whoever leaked it to the whistleblower could have told Pelosi
Rush just said something I hadn’t realized. This is playing out just like the Christine Blasey-Ford/Kavanaugh hoax. A secret memo from an anonymous source who has to be protected blah blah blah
They never expected Trump to release the transcript.
@ eaglesoars:
I understand there’s already a GoFundMe underway. Get ready – it will magically hit over $1,000,000 – you know, for “security” and “legal fees.”
@ The Barbarian:
GoFundMe won’t carry anything for criminal defense funds.
hunh.
McConnell Says Senate Has ‘No Choice’ But to Take Up Impeachment Vote if House Charges Trump
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mcconnell-says-senate-has-no-choice-but-to-take-up-impeachment-vote-if-house-charges-trump/
Trump admin has just announced it is NOT considering de-listing Chinese companies. And guess whose name was on the announcement?
Monica Crowley, as something like Asst Dir Communications, Dept Treasury.
That’s good news. I remember when her name was floated for some position and she was immediately accused (falsely) of plagiarism. She withdrew, so it’s good to see she actually was given a position.
60 Minutes (Scott Pelly) reported that the whistleblower is under protection for safety concerns, but the lawyers are saying 60 Minutes is making stuff up
https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/1178485798615818240
Here is Paul Sperry explaining why the Horowitz report is going to be one big, fat nothing burger. Long story short, he’s a coward who doesn’t want to hurt his buddies.
The inspector general still has not recovered all the missing texts. It appears he has given up trying, having accepted the FBI’s explanation that the records were lost in a technical snafu the bureau blames on the IT vendor that wrote the software for its archiving system.
Horowitz did reach out to the vendor, but it refused to cooperate with his inquiry. “The vendor preferred not to share specific details,” he wrote last December in a separate report on the missing records. Horowitz elected not to subpoena that information.
the vendor preferred…yeah, like the FBI wouldn’t have put them out of business if they felt like it
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/09/30/straight_shooter_justice_dept_watchdog_has_held_his_fire_on_the_top_brass_120565.html
@ eaglesoars:
General Flynn has got to be wondering how these jerks are getting away with it, while he’s depicted as Public Enemy No. 1.
good lord, the NZ v Sud Afrika game was incredible,
@ coldwarrior:
CW – since you’re the great NCAA Maven, what do you think of California signing a law that disregards NCAA prohibitions on college athletes being able to personally profit off their image (or jerseys, etc.)?
I dunno. NCAA doesn’t like being challenged. It’s going to go very bad for schools in California if the NCAA comes back and says – hey, we’ll be dropping you from DIV I-A. Enjoy playing Alcorn.
@ The Barbarian:
I also wonder what would be come of the Pac-12 since isn’t the NCAA the one that sanctions the conferences and the teams that make them up. Sure will be interesting.
@ The Barbarian:
I’m still pondering this.
The pac12 are free to do whatever they want.
They just wont be in NCAA any more
For some reason AG Barr is in Italy. And for another reason, he seems to have taken Durham with him.
Sightseeing at the Vatican, no doubt.
@ coldwarrior:
@ eaglesoars:
s’up y’all
just home from work
which I now like
my last bp check was 126/66
and I’m off tomorrow
rain of lead wrote:
not bad! how are the girl and Momcat?
rain of lead wrote:
good deal
eaglesoars wrote:
A small possibility exists that AG Barr just might be one of the Good Guys after all. Time will tell.
@ eaglesoars:
they are fine
momcat is stable and the girl has a straight a avg in school
on fall break vacay next week then the girl starts archery after that
we wanted to get out to see the leaves change but we have had no rain for a month and temps in the mid 90’s
they are just turning brown and falling off
@ doriangrey:
just a nice trip
not like anyone will see jail or anything
doriangrey wrote:
Always in the back of my mind – Mrs. Barr and Mrs Mueller attend Bible study together.
@ rain of lead:
Give them my regards, please.
the host of the Rugby World Cup, Japan, beat the #1 ranked team in the world, Ireland.
it would have been a great night in tokyo after that!
the all blacks look amazing. i think it is there tournament to lose. they sand bagged a bit over the past few months but are back in top form.
Barr went to Italy to get some really, really great pesto and olive oil and prosciutto…that’s all…well, and some other thing on his list.
nothing to see here. capice?
😉
coldwarrior wrote:
we need to tell him about PennMac. I’ve got some olive oil arriving in a few days.
@ eaglesoars:
i love that joint!
the spanish bulk olive oil is our fave
hoo boy.
Devin Nunes just sent the IG a letter that says ‘view this letter as a preservation order’ relating to all ‘whistleblower’ documents.
The rest of the letter challenges the IG on its finding that the whistleblower is ‘credible’. Harsh.
https://www.scribd.com/document/428134118/House-GOP-letter-to-ICIG
off to bed. nite.
coldwarrior wrote:
I got about 4 different ones to try, I think I put that in there. I’m trying to find a good GREEK olive oil, preferably Estate labeled, but no luck.
coldwarrior wrote:
Probably a foretaste of the Final.
🙂
oh
It turns out that changing the rules to accept whistleblower complaints from people with no first hand knowledge is just a fart in the wind. They can’t enforce something not in the statute and the statute doesn’t call for first-hand knowledge to begin with.
https://www.dni.gov/files/ICIG/Documents/News/ICIG%20News/2019/September%2030%20-%20Statement%20on%20Processing%20of%20Whistleblower%20Complaints/ICIG%20Statement%20on%20Processing%20of%20Whistleblower%20Complaints.pdf
@ coldwarrior:
Go the Brave Cherry-blossoms.
🙂
Next cab off the rank for them is Samoa I think … or Scotland
They HAVE to get to the Quarters surely the way that they are playing.
🙂