John Solomon: House Republicans Demand Email Chain Between Comey and Senior DOJ Officials, Which They Say Provide "Damning" Evidence that the FBI and DOJ Knew Their "Collusion" Case, and Their FISA Warrant, Were False From the Start

This whole article should be read. I've excerpted the newest bits from it, but it's all pretty good, and best read as a complete piece.

Just before Thanksgiving, House Republicans amended the list of documents they'd like President Trump to declassify in the Russia investigation. With little fanfare or explanation, the lawmakers, led by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), added a string of emails between the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to their wish list.
Sources tell me the targeted documents may provide the most damning evidence to date of potential abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), evidence that has been kept from the majority of members of Congress for more than two years.
The email exchanges included then-FBI Director James Comey, key FBI investigators in the Russia probe and lawyers in the DOJ’s national security division, and they occurred in early to mid-October, before the FBI successfully secured a FISA warrant to spy on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
The email exchanges show the FBI was aware -- before it secured the now-infamous warrant -- that there were intelligence community concerns about the reliability of the main evidence used to support it: the Christopher Steele dossier.
The exchanges also indicate FBI officials were aware that Steele, the former MI6 British intelligence operative then working as a confidential human source for the bureau, had contacts with news media reporters before the FISA warrant was secured.
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Lawmakers now want to question Comey about whether the information in the October email string contributed to the former FBI director's assessment.
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Congressional investigators also have growing evidence that some evidence inserted into the fourth and final application for the FISA -- a document signed by current Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein --was suspect.
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And the entire warrant, the FBI's own document shows, was being rushed to approval by two agents who hated Trump and stated in their own texts that they wanted to "stop" the Republican from becoming president.

Meanwhile, former prosecutor Margaret Cleveland suggests questions that must be asked of James Comey in his deposition to Congress.

Specifically, the committee should inquire about the involvement of the DOJ (Loretta Lynch, Sally Yates, Bruce Ohr, Rod Rosenstein, and Andrew Weissmann), the State Department (John Kerry, Victoria Nuland, Jonathan Winer, and Elizabeth Dibble), the CIA (John Brennan), the National Intelligence Services (James Clapper), the congressional offices (Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, former Democratic Sen. Harry Reid, the late Republican Sen. John McCain, and Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Mark Warner). Comey should also be asked about any involvement of, or knowledge by, Obama administration officials (Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Ben Rhodes, Denis McDonough, and Shailagh Murray), and former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
After having Comey identify all the U.S. government actors, the committees should move on to foreign governments’ involvement, following the same format: Comey should be asked whether he knows of, or heard of, the involvement of any foreign governments, including foreign assets, informants, or confidential sources. Here the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Italian governments, the British and Italian intelligence agencies, and Sir Andrew Wood, Sir Richard Dearlove, and Alexander Downer, are of special interest.
Finally, Comey should be questioned on the involvement of private organizations or individuals with the government’s investigation into Trump and the Trump campaign, by, for instance serving as government contractors, sharing information with investigators, or receiving and publishing leaks from the government.
The former FBI director should be asked to identify all outside organizations and individuals connected to Spygate, starting with the Democratic National Committee, the Hillary Clinton campaign, Hillary Clinton, PerkinsCoie, Fusion GPS (Glenn Simpson, Nellie Ohr), Orbis, David Kramer, then moving on to the other names raised in connection with the Russia probe, and ending with an open-ended narrative to discover whether there are other unknowns in the shadows.

Good list. I expect a lot of lapses in memory, peppered in between refusals to answer based on "National Security Concerns," which are of course really Job Security Concerns and Prosecutorial Concerns.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 05:48 PM

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Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 06, 2018 05:46 PM (49UDy)

2 Nogoodniks upto no good ...

Posted by: The Commentator wot says 'Oy!' ... at December 06, 2018 05:49 PM (LPnfS)

3 Nothing will come of it.

Posted by: steevy at December 06, 2018 05:49 PM (BXMxN)

4 The Comey Coma may come to be a thing...

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 06, 2018 05:50 PM (g6yUI)

5 De-lurk for a top 10.
Back to hiding.

Posted by: CA Token at December 06, 2018 05:50 PM (+QNRI)

6 Top ten.

Posted by: Surfperch at December 06, 2018 05:50 PM (tYPH9)

7 From the sidebar: I'm not a violent man, but I really want to beat David French to a bloody pulp with my bare hands.

Does that make me a bad person?

Posted by: K.N. McBride at December 06, 2018 05:51 PM (cfSRQ)

8
How long are these cucks gonna keep jerking us around?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2018 05:52 PM (z3ikq)

9 *waves at CA Token*

Posted by: pookysgirl at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (XKZwp)

10 This is TOO GOOD...if true.

Posted by: Axeman at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (vDqXW)

11 "3 Nothing will come of it.
Posted by: steevy"

Sadly, yes. They are running out the clock until the Dems take over.

Posted by: Benji Carver at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (OD2ni)

12 I just think it would be satisfying to go all-in on the bloodlust.

Cathartic, one might say.

Why French? Because I'm sick of his "combat lawyer" crap.

Maybe we can fight with pugil sticks. I made it to my company semi-finals. I doubt he even knows what they are, but he sure styles himself as the next coming of Audie Murphy.

Posted by: K.N. McBride at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (cfSRQ)

13 doesn't it violate the Spirit of the Law for anyone connected to Trump to go after his political opponents?

Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (L01V2)

14 Huber came?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (ZAYl4)

15 When is the lid going to blow off this thing? This is like Chinese water torture.

Posted by: kallisto at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (Bx21z)

16 Comey won't say anything that does not serve HIS purposes and he will never be held accountable for any lies or omissions. In other words it's all Kabukikake.

Posted by: irright at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (RVcmP)

17
''Guilty as sin, free as a bird.''

[ ] Hillary Clinton
[ ] Bill Ayers
[ ] James Comey
[X] All of the above

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (e7O7B)

18 How long are these cucks gonna keep jerking us around?

How long are they drawing a paycheck/pension?

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (lwiT4)

19 Just a bunch of preening peacocks at a dog and pony show.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 06, 2018 05:54 PM (ZtIV1)

20 When is the lid going to blow off this thing? This is like Chinese water torture.

I figure never

Posted by: It's me donna at December 06, 2018 05:54 PM (O2RFr)

21 15
When is the lid going to blow off this thing? This is like Chinese water torture.

Posted by: kallisto at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (Bx21z)

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My honest answer: When Trump wants it to. And not a moment sooner.

Posted by: K.N. McBride at December 06, 2018 05:54 PM (cfSRQ)

22 Again, the most we can expect is people losing their phony baloney jobs while keeping their full pensions. More Dogshit Party and their Bukake theater for the brain dead.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2018 05:54 PM (r9UYA)

23 The truth is ugly, but it's eventually going bust out of someone's chest like in Alien.

Posted by: pookysgirl at December 06, 2018 05:54 PM (XKZwp)

24 I predict that the Democrats will declaim this as "Interference with the Bedrock of any Democracy, the Investigation of the elected Chief Executive by the unelected Special Prosecutor".

Posted by: Axeman at December 06, 2018 05:54 PM (vDqXW)

25 I really want to beat David French to a bloody pulp with my bare hands.

Does that make me a bad person?

No, no, of course not. You can stay. (You are here illegally, right?)

Posted by: Judge t-bird at December 06, 2018 05:54 PM (NpvYf)

26 What I expect is the final act of Failure Theater in the House. Then the D's will show us what Success Theater looks like. Fortunately they can't successfully impeach. But the amount and volume of lying they will provide to the MSM will be enormous.

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 06, 2018 05:55 PM (VaN/j)

27
I was wondering where Dick Cheney was. Was he at the funeral?

Then the other day I see an ad on tv for a new Christian Bale movie. He plays Dick Cheney.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2018 05:55 PM (z3ikq)

28 18 How long are these cucks gonna keep jerking us around?

How long are they drawing a paycheck/pension?
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (lwiT4)

Grammie! I trust you've got your feet after a hard day of pillaging and looting.

Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at December 06, 2018 05:55 PM (MkcN1)

29 >>20

I figure never

Posted by: It's me donna

Ding ding ding. We have a winner.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2018 05:55 PM (r9UYA)

30 Does that make me a bad person?

Only if you make him wear a furry costume and don't live stream it.

Posted by: clutch cargo at December 06, 2018 05:55 PM (TUU1F)

31 (Loretta Lynch, Sally Yates, Bruce Ohr, Rod Rosenstein, and Andrew
Weissmann), the State Department (John Kerry, Victoria Nuland, Jonathan
Winer, and Elizabeth Dibble), the CIA (John Brennan), the National
Intelligence Services (James Clapper), the congressional offices
(Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, former Democratic Sen. Harry Reid,
the late Republican Sen. John McCain, and Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff
and Mark Warner).

Never heard of 'em.

Posted by: James Homey at December 06, 2018 05:56 PM (Tyii7)

32 I also predict that any investigation into James Comey will be a "Constitutional Crisis™"

Posted by: Axeman at December 06, 2018 05:56 PM (vDqXW)

33 FTDB - C'est insupportable! Macron Approval Rating Down to... 18%

Flake territory.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 06, 2018 05:56 PM (ZAYl4)

34 This is all a multi-act production of The Aristocrats.

The house has something in the neighborhood of two weeks to do what it can to advance the ball.

Starting next year it will be up to the GOP in the senate to continue the houses work to date.

I sure hope someone on the house side is working to transfer as much work product to their Senate counterparts so they can continue the fight??

Like pretty much everyone who reads that last sentence I laughed to.

The GOP is a useless pile of dog shit.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 06, 2018 05:56 PM (qxq6t)

35 If there were any chance of this being successful, someone would already have been Arkancided over it.

Posted by: Qoheleth at December 06, 2018 05:56 PM (iIzG7)

36 the day something comes of this, will be the same day i starting shitting gold bullion.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 06, 2018 05:56 PM (KP5rU)

37 When is the lid going to blow off this thing? This is like Chinese water torture.
Posted by: kallisto at December 06, 2018 05:53 PM (Bx21z)

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Never.

These people are all 100% above the law, and they know it. This is all just theatrics.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 06, 2018 05:56 PM (AzW6q)

38 Biggest circle jerk in the world....and we pay for it.

Posted by: BignJames at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM (cxHbL)

39 Top Men ... at the FBI (and others) plotting to destroy a candidate, then a president ... and they are either comfortably retired, working for CNN, or leading investigations into Trump based on their planted "evidence".

It was supposed to come out this week that there were at least six "spies" sent into the Trump campaign to try to fabricate the "Trump/Russia Collusion" frame job ... but BushLoveFest pushed that aside I guess.

Coup ongoing .. outrage meter off the charts for two years ... at least for those paying attention. They don't care, they carry on as usual ... no wall, Pelosi soon to take up the slack, even if Mueller goes away ... but Nutty Napalitano thinks Trump Jr. gets indicted next ... good grief ... we are through the looking glass, down the rabbit hole.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM (Cus5s)

40
Somebody cue Kreplach ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM (OitHo)

41 Moreover, I say that Congress must be abolished.

Posted by: trev006 at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM (qqEFK)

42 House Republicans "demand"

I expect that everyone will get right on that.

Posted by: blaster at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM (ZfRYq)

43
Too late!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM (za+mW)

44 Grammie! I trust you've got your feet after a hard day of pillaging and looting.

Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at December 06, 2018 05:55 PM (MkcN1)

If by pillaging and looting you mean napping and sucking cider from a straw, then yes. It's been exhausting.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM (lwiT4)

45 It will be the same as all Congressional testimony. Uncomfortable questions so the Congress critters can get their camera/sound byte time, then they will ooze out of there an go on with life.

Nothing. Ever. Happens. To. Them.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 06, 2018 05:58 PM (ffYR/)

46 How can you expect busy important people that are managing the affairs of the nation to remember every little detail of emails some low level rogue staffer wrote without authorization.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 05:58 PM (f3oO4)

47 FTDB - C'est insupportable! Macron Approval Rating Down to... 18%

Flake territory.
==

Guillotine territory

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 05:58 PM (bUjCl)

48 My crazy-ass guess ?
Nothing will come of this, either.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 06, 2018 05:58 PM (KVMek)

49 Coup ongoing .. outrage meter off the charts for two
years ... at least for those paying attention. They don't care, they
carry on as usual ... no wall, Pelosi soon to take up the slack, even if
Mueller goes away ... but Nutty Napalitano thinks Trump Jr. gets
indicted next ... good grief ... we are through the looking glass, down
the rabbit hole.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM (Cus5s)

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The only thing that makes me think they will get away with it is...Trump.

He's remarkably patient and never lets a slight go unavenged. He moves at his own speed and on his own timetable. He clearly plans on serving a second term and I wonder if he let the House go to hell because they were useless anyway. Pelosi's new crop of crash dummies will make him look like the only sane man in Washington.

So we'll see.

Posted by: K.N. McBride at December 06, 2018 05:59 PM (cfSRQ)

50 Enough of this. When do we get to start waterboarding people to get the truth out of them? When do the hangings and the prison terms start?

Posted by: Qoheleth at December 06, 2018 05:59 PM (iIzG7)

51 It's just a flesh wound!

Posted by: Emmanuel Macaroni at December 06, 2018 06:00 PM (49UDy)

52
And now I hear from Fake News the next AG will be Bush 41's AG.

Great.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2018 06:00 PM (z3ikq)

53 good grief ... we are through the looking glass, down the rabbit hole.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM (Cus5s)

Is pot legal in your state?

If so just take a couple of tokes and all will be OK.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 06, 2018 06:00 PM (ZtIV1)

54 44 Grammie! I trust you've got your feet after a hard day of pillaging and looting.

Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at December 06, 2018 05:55 PM (MkcN1)

If by pillaging and looting you mean napping and sucking cider from a straw, then yes. It's been exhausting.
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM (lwiT4)

That's exactly what I meant. Pray you're getting better.

Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at December 06, 2018 06:01 PM (MkcN1)

55 Nothing is going to come of this. Nothing.

Two Americas. Two sets of laws.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 06, 2018 06:01 PM (ptqGC)

56 Hi Grammie! Hope you are resting up..we were all rather worried.

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2018 06:01 PM (a0IVu)

57 Ace, thanks for the "Slapshot" post prior to this one. As an old hockey player, it always makes my day to see that. Needed a laugh today. If you've not seen it, go watch it. Even if you're not a hockey fan.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 06, 2018 06:03 PM (nAeGR)

58 Thank you Northernlurker. And I still want to hear about your Uganda trip, soon. We'll wait for an open thread, - 'kay?

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:03 PM (lwiT4)

59 Would it be possible to divert the Potomac and give DC the Augean Stable Treatment?

Posted by: garrett at December 06, 2018 06:03 PM (5vWKc)

60 Stuff we knew all along. Unfortunately I must agree that nothing will come of this and nobody of any significance - if anyone at all - will pay any kind of price.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 06, 2018 06:03 PM (NWiLs)

61 It's just a flesh wound!
Posted by: Emmanuel Macaroni at December 06, 2018 06:00 PM (49UDy)

How are you typing?

Posted by: Surfperch at December 06, 2018 06:03 PM (tYPH9)

62 I expect that the offending e-mails will be found to have "disappeared", in a repeat of the perfomance given by smirking toad Koskinen (has his ass been fired, or what's happened to him?).

Posted by: Captain Obvious at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (tfbws)

63
And now I hear from Fake News the next AG will be Bush 41's AG

What is this, Jeopardy?

Name?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (za+mW)

64 What grammie winger needs to compeltely heal is a full body massage administered by Sven from Kohler resort in WI.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (bUjCl)

65 If by pillaging and looting you mean napping and sucking cider from a straw, then yes. It's been exhausting.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM

Just as an annoying reminder, because it's something near and dear to me to be annoying, I know many people who have had false negatives on Lyme disease tests.

It never worked out well for them.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (e7O7B)

66 This is all going to be history we already knew to be true but did nothing about.

The most we'll get is footnotes in a future historian's research archives.

The American public and the persecuted victims of our rogue, "Resistance" Statists will never see justice. We may, at best, see some peripheral process; we won't see justice.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (6eEQ+)

67 I just read something FUNNY! The House is entering a bill to abolish THE SENATE!

Could somebody forward them the "I'm just a Bill" Schoolhouse rock episode that they sent Cortez?!

Posted by: Axeman at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (vDqXW)

68 William Barr

Posted by: Braenyard at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (ZtIV1)

69 Rick Wilson is such a tool:

https://tinyurl.com/ycoojsvh

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (AzW6q)

70 Thanks IC. I'm learning to manually make my mouth go up and down to chew. It's my new hobby. A little something to keep life interesting.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (lwiT4)

71 Muscles need to relax, that's when healing begins.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 06:05 PM (bUjCl)

72
William Barr, I think.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2018 06:05 PM (z3ikq)

73
Roseanne Barr will be the next AG.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2018 06:05 PM (z3ikq)

74 Good list. I expect a lot of lapses in memory, peppered in between refusals to answer based on "National Security Concerns," which are of course really Job Security Concerns and Prosecutorial Concerns.

Have Trump step in and declassify everything.

Then arrest them when they refuse.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2018 06:05 PM (XVF2z)

75 A link to WaPo ? Why Yud, why ?

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 06:06 PM (bUjCl)

76 Good list. I expect a lot of lapses in memory, peppered in between refusals to answer based on "National Security Concerns," which are of course really Job Security Concerns and Prosecutorial Concerns.

Have Trump step in and declassify everything.

Then arrest them when they refuse.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2018 06:05 PM

If you experience a schdenboner lasting longer than 4 years, well good!

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 06, 2018 06:06 PM (nAeGR)

77
Just think how much worse this would have been if President Obama had not insisted that everything be done 'by the book' with all the 't's dotted and all the 'i's crossed.

It would have been a disaster if not for Obama's leadership.

Posted by: Schuyler Saxon aloft at December 06, 2018 06:06 PM (hrcfq)

78 Lawmakers now want to question Comey about whether the information in the October email string contributed to the former FBI director's assessment.

Dammit. What a weak line of questioning.

Find communications from Comey that show he lied in his Senate testimony and nail him for that. Find laws he broke and nail him for that.

Don't go at Comey with this weak sauce, "We wonder if you wouldn't mind convicting yourself in the court of public opinion by admitting you were persuaded by considerations other than being a pure truth-seeker." garbage.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (9qZ3S)

79 They're only a year and a half too late.

Posted by: JEM at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (8erNz)

80 Just as an annoying reminder, because it's something
near and dear to me to be annoying, I know many people who have had
false negatives on Lyme disease tests.

It never worked out well for them.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (e7O7B)

I appreciate the reminder. I have a doctor's appt again in a couple of days. I will bring Lyme up, although they said it was due to my Lupus. They often mimic one another's symptoms.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (lwiT4)

81 Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 06:06 PM (bUjCl)

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Who else would have that sloppy old whore Wilson in their pages?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (AzW6q)

82
William Barr is only 68.

He must've been, what, 43, when he was AG?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (z3ikq)

83 Is Bob Barr still healthy?

Posted by: Braenyard at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (ZtIV1)

84
I just read something FUNNY! The House is entering a bill to abolish THE SENATE!

We've returned to the Papacy's Babylonian Captivity, with bulls of excommunication flying forth and back, haven't we?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (za+mW)

85 If the Republican Establishment were honest, competent, and invested in cleaning up a thoroughly corrupt set of sleazy traitorous criminals within the senior levels of government, they could be earn the title of an opposition party.

Instead they chose to make sure they did NOTHING that might conceivably impact their future earnings, graft, favorable press coverage, or K Street employment opportunities.

SO, it's business as usual on the Hill.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (f3oO4)

86 WaPo exists to malign Trump.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (bUjCl)

87 I expect a lot of lapses in memory, peppered in between refusals to answer based on "National Security Concerns,"
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. -- Dr. Johnson

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (fZcn6)

88 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Posted by: Lord Comey at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (Z9C5C)

89 Is pot legal in your state?

If so just take a couple of tokes and all will be OK.
Posted by: Braenyard

Wouldn't matter if it was. My industry is so highly regulated, it'll never be legal.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (XVF2z)

90 Charge these scumbags under RICO and leave them nothing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 06, 2018 06:08 PM (of+54)

91 70 Thanks IC. I'm learning to manually make my mouth go up and down to chew. It's my new hobby. A little something to keep life interesting.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (lwiT4)

hugs. Is the Rev taking real good care of you?

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2018 06:08 PM (a0IVu)

92 Getting somewhere on their way out the door

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2018 06:08 PM (/rm4P)

93 I just read something FUNNY! The House is entering a bill to abolish THE SENATE!

Trump should EO them both out.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2018 06:08 PM (XVF2z)

94 I appreciate the reminder. I have a doctor's appt again in a couple of days. I will bring Lyme up, although they said it was due to my Lupus. They often mimic one another's symptoms.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (lwiT4)

Put de Lyme in de coconut

Posted by: Insomniac at December 06, 2018 06:08 PM (NWiLs)

95 If and until all of the people involved in this attempted overthrow of an election are, at the very least, broke, penniless and living under a bridge either the UP or Minnesota, color me unimpressed with these revelations.

Posted by: blake - used bridge salesman at December 06, 2018 06:08 PM (IlV2p)

96 It is just sad that all of this is suddenly public now that the democrats are taking over the House of Representatives in four weeks.

Posted by: Schuyler Saxon aloft at December 06, 2018 06:09 PM (hrcfq)

97 Rick Wilson is also called "Pimpfeet, Sr."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 06, 2018 06:09 PM (AzW6q)

98 Demands? Well the democraps will put an end to this silly shite in January.

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2018 06:09 PM (zLDYs)

99 Who else would have that sloppy old whore Wilson in their pages?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM (AzW6q)

Gerry Studds?

Posted by: Insomniac at December 06, 2018 06:09 PM (NWiLs)

100 Is the Rev taking real good care of you?

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2018 06:08 PM (a0IVu)

He truly is. He does all kinds of stupid stuff for me without complaint. I am blessed.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:09 PM (lwiT4)

101 100 Is the Rev taking real good care of you?

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2018 06:08 PM (a0IVu)

He truly is. He does all kinds of stupid stuff for me without complaint. I am blessed.
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:09 PM (lwiT4)

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!

Posted by: Insomniac at December 06, 2018 06:10 PM (NWiLs)

102 Demand? You and what army?

Posted by: the deeeep state at December 06, 2018 06:10 PM (UdKB7)

103 From the sidebar about Malkin leaving CRTV, at the same time they are merging with the Blaze:

I adore Malkin. But she seems to have a pattern of this, of helping build very good internet platforms for conservative thought, then moving on to the next idea.

Hotair
Twitchy
CRTV

Not bad to do, but the platforms always suffer in her absence. Hopfeully CRTV bucks the trend.

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2018 06:10 PM (hvf9s)

104 Put de Lyme in de coconut

Posted by: Insomniac at December 06, 2018 06:08 PM (NWiLs)

Ooooo - I have Malibu Rum.......

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:11 PM (lwiT4)

105 Just as an annoying reminder, because it's something near and dear to me to be annoying, I know many people who have had false negatives on Lyme disease tests.

It never worked out well for them.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (e7O7B) p

Always worries me, I always get a clean bill of health form the Lyme test (which I take every year), but I always get a large number of tick bites every year, so I'm sceptical.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 06:11 PM (f3oO4)

106 I really want to beat David French to a bloody pulp with my bare hands.

Does that make me a bad person?
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PERSONALLY, I believe insane amounts of violence is good for the soul. But I'm just a Honey Badger.

Damn, now I'm in the mood for a cobra...

Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at December 06, 2018 06:11 PM (0ta/n)

107 Just as an annoying reminder, because it's something near and dear to me to be annoying, I know many people who have had false negatives on Lyme disease tests.

It never worked out well for them.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:04 PM (e7O7B)

Diagnosis for Lyme's USED TO BE - I don't know if it still is - based on the number of antibodies or virii or something in your bloodstream, compared with a map of the US.

My mother had a bullseye tick bite and symptoms of Lyme's, her doctor sent her blood off to get tested, and if she lived in Maryland, she would Lyme's, but she lived in SC, so she didn't.

He went ahead and treated her for Lyme and she got better.

Posted by: blaster at December 06, 2018 06:11 PM (ZfRYq)

108 @103
Not likely.
I love Levin but his ego is substantial, and Beck?

Nuff said.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 06, 2018 06:12 PM (qxq6t)

109 ~~WaPo~~ D.C. exists to malign Trump... and most of the nation.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 06, 2018 06:12 PM (6eEQ+)

110 When is the lid going to blow off this thing?
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I thought a few weeks before the midterms from Snoozy Jeff but it didn't turn out that way.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 06, 2018 06:12 PM (Evws/)

111
The final internment of Bush the elder was quite moving. The graveside ceremony was private, and the last TV coverage was of the procession going over a bridge to the plot.

And then a few minutes, the sound of the final 21-gun salute as they lowered the body into the ground.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at December 06, 2018 06:12 PM (f1Vqw)

112 Ooooo - I have Malibu Rum.......

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:11 PM (lwiT4)

Perfect for a Pirate Queen.

Posted by: blaster at December 06, 2018 06:12 PM (ZfRYq)

113 Hopfeully CRTV bucks the trend.
Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2018 06:10 PM (hvf9s)

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With Glenn "Escape From Shutter Island" Beck at the helm? Don't hold out too much hope there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 06, 2018 06:13 PM (AzW6q)

114
Then the other day I see an ad on tv for a new Christian Bale movie. He plays Dick Cheney.

I saw that too.

It appears to spin the yarn of Cheney, the secret shadow president, bored with kicking puppies and spitting on orphans, who seizes on the opportunity provided by man-child, mildly retarded W. Bush to seize power.

Complete with scene of lawless Cheney/Hitler shooting people and smirking!

It promises to confirm every leftist's fantasies cinematically!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 06, 2018 06:13 PM (rV640)

115 Grammie, all the prayers and blessings!! Glad to hear the Rev is taking good care of you since we can't.

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2018 06:13 PM (hvf9s)

116 58 Thank you Northernlurker. And I still want to hear about your Uganda trip, soon. We'll wait for an open thread, - 'kay?
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:03 PM (lwiT4)

I'd love that.

Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at December 06, 2018 06:13 PM (MkcN1)

117 And then a few minutes, the sound of the final 21-gun salute as they lowered the body into the ground.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at December 06, 2018 06:12 PM (f1Vqw)

Veteran's funerals always make me feel humble and grateful.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:13 PM (lwiT4)

118 I appreciate the reminder. I have a doctor's appt again in a couple of days. I will bring Lyme up, although they said it was due to my Lupus. They often mimic one another's symptoms.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:07 PM

I've had Lyme twice, so I'm kinda sensitive to how easily it's contracted. My Dad got it, tested negative, got Bell's Palsy. Another woman my wife knows got Lyme, tested negative, got Bell's Palsy, and it took years before she was properly diagnosed. The palsy became permanent.

A four week or less regiment of antibiotics and a humongous diet of garlic that will have the husband sleeping outside on the porch with a fan blowing on him in sub freezing temps and you're good to go.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:13 PM (e7O7B)

119 LizLem: "Not bad to do, but the platforms always suffer in her absence. Hopfeully CRTV bucks the trend."

I'm reasonably confident Beck will find a way to manage its crash and burn.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 06, 2018 06:14 PM (6eEQ+)

120 Demands? Well the democraps will put an end to this silly shite in January.

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2018 06:09 PM (zLDYs)

My good man, we can't possibly comply with a request to review and provide such potentially sensitive material without risking National Security until at least the 21st of January!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 06:14 PM (f3oO4)

121 113 Hopfeully CRTV bucks the trend.
Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2018 06:10 PM (hvf9s)

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With Glenn "Escape From Shutter Island" Beck at the helm? Don't hold out too much hope there.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 06, 2018 06:13 PM (AzW6q)

Yeah. Steven Crowder is fucked, sadly.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 06, 2018 06:14 PM (bcbK8)

122 120 Demands? Well the democraps will put an end to this silly shite in January.

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2018 06:09 PM (zLDYs)

My good man, we can't possibly comply with a request to review and provide such potentially sensitive material without risking National Security until at least the 21st of January!
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 06:14 PM (f3oO4)

STOP PREDICTING THE FUTURE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 06, 2018 06:15 PM (bcbK8)

123 I am not sure what Malkin's part in CRTV was other than as a contributor.

Levin supposedly plays no management role.

I would bet that the production assets of The Blaze were up for a fire sale.

OANN needs to pick all that up and get rid of the distressed assets like Beck and get bigger.

Posted by: blaster at December 06, 2018 06:15 PM (ZfRYq)

124 *hope no one thought I was suggesting something improper - I've seen what good masseur can do. people walk away looking 10 years younger; nervous system back to normal.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 06:15 PM (bUjCl)

125 >>He's remarkably patient and never lets a slight go unavenged.

Good qualities.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2018 06:15 PM (/tuJf)

126 it took years before she was properly diagnosed. The palsy became permanent.

YIKES !!!!

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:15 PM (lwiT4)

127 Just do it, Donald. Light the fucking fire.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2018 06:16 PM (oVJmc)

128 >>> Yeah. Steven Crowder is fucked, sadly.

Crap. Will they let Steven be Steven? He is the best thing about CRTV IMO. At least what I can see for free.

And good luck telling Phil Robertson to change up how he does things, lol. Probably not gonna happen.

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2018 06:16 PM (hvf9s)

129 Congress should NOT be asking these questions, the DOJ should be asking these question in front of a Judge.

Congress can't do shit in a legal sense, only a POLITICAL sense..

Thus, this gets played off as politics... meanwhile... Mueller continues to go after Trump and his Allies with LEGAL proceedings.

Posted by: Don Q at December 06, 2018 06:17 PM (NgKpN)

130 Just do it, Donald. Light the fucking fire.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2018 06:16 PM (oVJmc)

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All in good time. It is his hole card right now. He will play it when the time is right.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 06, 2018 06:18 PM (ffYR/)

131 I thought a few weeks before the midterms from Snoozy Jeff but it didn't turn out that way.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 06, 2018 06:12 PM (Evws/)

"Putative AG" Sessionzzz will be a key contributor in the event that President Trump is a one term president!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 06:19 PM (f3oO4)

132 I can't imagine what it must be like to work for Glenn Beck... the guy is a lunatic. He probably he holds lunch meetings wearing nothing but a giant diaper, and the lunch is just a big bowl of live bugs.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 06, 2018 06:19 PM (AzW6q)

133 Thanks IC. I'm learning to manually make my mouth go up and down to chew. It's my new hobby. A little something to keep life interesting.
Posted by: grammie winger
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I'm sure that you will succeed, because you are grammie.

After you have it worked out, you can send suggestions to Bill Clinton. He might yet avoid a drool cup.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2018 06:19 PM (/dN1M)

134 Roseanne Barr will be the next AG.
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Couldn't be any worse than what we've had.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at December 06, 2018 06:19 PM (//voU)

135 114. The timing of the Cheney movie is awkward, given the media just deified all things Bush.

Posted by: kallisto at December 06, 2018 06:19 PM (Bx21z)

136 Mike Hammer - you are too kind.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:20 PM (lwiT4)

137 Vice makes Cheney look like a super cool gangsta actually.

Posted by: steevy at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (BXMxN)

138 Steven Crowder is fucked, sadly.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at D

so, do you think you could maybe describe that more? does that mean he is crying while getting fucked or that the girl that is fucking him is crying?

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (MTjB1)

139 >>> The timing of the Cheney movie is awkward, given the media just deified all things Bush.

They will find a way to pivot, of that I have no doubt!

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (hvf9s)

140 130 Just do it, Donald. Light the fucking fire.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2018 06:16 PM (oVJmc)

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All in good time. It is his hole card right now. He will play it when the time is right.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 06, 2018 06:18 PM (ffYR/)

Thus proving that he too, is playing politics, with Justice.

Posted by: Don Q at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (NgKpN)

141 I doubt anything comes of it but this level of corruption and oppression simply is not sustainable. Eventually the Robert F. Kennedy and the J. Edgar Hoover buildings will end like Mt. Carmel (ironically enough), turned by their crazed inhabitants into fiery compounds with jabbering maniacs inside and out convinced their causes are just and they only need a few more days to discover the constitutional provisions that permit authoritarianism and massive graft.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (iw59Q)

142 In the when it rains it pours department
Think my hot water tank has a slow leak and the pressure tank which I have a replacement already isn't looking good and heater emergency valve is dripping which I alkso have a replacement.
Guess its going to be a plumbing weekend

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (/rm4P)

143 Did Cheney go to Bush's funeral?

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (lwiT4)

144 YIKES !!!!

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:15 PM

Yikes is right. I can give you a link to a site that would put us in jail for years for using... that would have a months supply of the appropriate antibiotic in your mailbox in days. For maybe twenty bucks. Bitcoin optional.

But I might first pressure the Dr to prescribe anyway as a precaution. Because, damnit, those ticks are everywhere anymore. As big as the period at the end of this sentence.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (e7O7B)

145 Posted by: yankeefifth at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (MTjB1)

This whole phrasing thing is getting out of hand!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 06:22 PM (f3oO4)

146 The Cheney hate is funny because he was always very much a moderate and he was for gay marriage when all the Democrats like Obama and Hillary were still saying marriage was between a man and a woman.

Posted by: steevy at December 06, 2018 06:22 PM (BXMxN)

147 But I might first pressure the Dr to prescribe
anyway as a precaution. Because, damnit, those ticks are everywhere
anymore. As big as the period at the end of this sentence.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (e7O7B)

I think they use Cipro for Lyme, no?

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:23 PM (lwiT4)

148 kallisto: "The timing of the Cheney movie is awkward, given the media just deified all things Bush."

Meh. It's the MFM. GHW Bush will again be a NAZI baby-strangler by middle of next week. "Honesty" and "consistency" are two of the many words they've never met.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 06, 2018 06:23 PM (6eEQ+)

149 so, if I started a go fund me, spit, campaign to buy tws and only tws and the money could only be used to fund the acquisition of tws and returned if it was not used, would there be anyone here interested in donating $10 to buy tws?

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 06, 2018 06:23 PM (MTjB1)

150 Who was handing out orange slices during the illegal traitorous tapping?

Posted by: Palp Pilled at December 06, 2018 06:23 PM (2pVFZ)

151 Just do it, Donald. Light the fucking fire.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2018 06:16 PM (oVJmc)

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All in good time. It is his hole card right now. He will play it when the time is right.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 06, 2018 06:18 PM (ffYR/)

Thus proving that he too, is playing politics, with Justice.
Posted by: Don Q at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (NgKpN)

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To a certain extent, yes. However, how many very guilty people have seen jail time over deep state stuff? They take care of their own.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 06, 2018 06:24 PM (ffYR/)

152 I think they use Cipro for Lyme, no?

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at D

think you are thinking of campari.

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 06, 2018 06:24 PM (MTjB1)

153 It appears that the Bushes have struck a deal with the Hollywood producers and television execs.

In exchange for #NeverTrump, the Bush clan has been offered to have W. memorialized in pop-culture as merely a retarded, dumb-f*ck manipulated by evil NeoCons, while actually being a pretty good Simple-Jack-type fellow rather than being portrayed as an evil war-monger.

I'm sure in the meeting it was explained that they can't go as far as making him noble or respectable, that it would be a bridge too far. But they can make him into a fucktard-gone-tragic character that people can sympathize with.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 06, 2018 06:25 PM (rV640)

154 149 so, if I started a go fund me, spit, campaign to buy tws and only tws and the money could only be used to fund the acquisition of tws and returned if it was not used, would there be anyone here interested in donating $10 to buy tws?
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 06, 2018 06:23 PM (MTjB1)

Only if we can change it to 'The Weekly Moron'...

Posted by: Don Q at December 06, 2018 06:25 PM (NgKpN)

155 142. oh boy Skip.

Posted by: kallisto at December 06, 2018 06:25 PM (Bx21z)

156 Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 06, 2018 06:00 PM (z3ikq)
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Might want to check out the Leftards losing their minds over his name being leaked

Posted by: Max BOOThole at December 06, 2018 06:25 PM (BqBId)

157 Does any Moron have any insight into the Australian "Assistance and Access" bill?
http://tinyurl.com/y9lv8u2m

Looks like Oz is upset about encryption and other software methods of hiding information and are trying to force companies to weaken encryption, insert back doors etc.

I guess they decided the US's method of hiring a bunch of big brains to crack stuff or issuing a bunch of subpoenas to companies who hold data is too messy. Better to make the eggheads break their own shit in order to do business in Oz.

If my read is correct, they're taking a path that everyone else in the world decided was stupid and counter-productive.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 06, 2018 06:26 PM (9qZ3S)

158 Only if we can change it to 'The Weekly Moron'...

Posted by: Don Q at December 06, 2018 06:25 PM (NgKpN)

With that proviso, I'm in for $20!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 06:26 PM (f3oO4)

159 To a certain extent, yes. However, how many very guilty people have seen jail time over deep state stuff? They take care of their own.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 06, 2018 06:24 PM (ffYR/)

How can we bitch at the other side for playing politics with the DOJ, when our side does the same thing?

Posted by: Don Q at December 06, 2018 06:26 PM (NgKpN)

160 ?>Thus proving that he too, is playing politics, with Justice.

Of course he is. They all are. They have been since the very beginning because this IS politics.

There has always been an enormous element of politics about this because there had to be. Trump is trying to defang a completely political investigation into his administration and he has been up against an imbedded bureaucracy and a media that is 90% against him.

Did you really expect him to play things out in public where the media would work to coverup and destroy every new detail? He's smarter than that.

Congress is not a prosecutorial branch. They do oversight. The Executive branch does prosecutions and if anything has been happening that is where it has been going on.

We'll soon find out.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2018 06:26 PM (/tuJf)

161 Plumbing....when hiring a professional is worth it.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 06:26 PM (bUjCl)

162 I think they use Cipro for Lyme, no?

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:23 PM

Quite a few options...
https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/treatment/index.html

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:27 PM (e7O7B)

163 nly if we can change it to 'The Weekly Moron'...
Posted by: Don Q at D

well, assuming it does not run afoul of sec regs, which i have not even considered, we could just divide ownership up based upon contribution. you donate 1 % of the total you get 1% of the co.

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 06, 2018 06:27 PM (MTjB1)

164 "there were intelligence community concerns about the reliability of the main evidence used to support it" means that everybody (including those who swears that there is a RUSSIAN under every bed) knows it is made up garbage.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 06, 2018 06:27 PM (1g7ch)

165 Plumbing....when hiring a professional is worth it.
Posted by: runner
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You got that right.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 06, 2018 06:28 PM (KoKdw)

166 "Official Statement":

House Republicans standing in the long line of Justice seekers like Darrell Issa, Devin Nunes and Trey Gowdy....

Punted today.

Pussies.

Posted by: Lois Lerner at December 06, 2018 06:28 PM (GL/05)

167
How can we bitch at the other side for playing politics with the DOJ, when our side does the same thing?
Posted by: Don Q
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*?*

Examples, please.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 06, 2018 06:29 PM (KoKdw)

168 Guess its going to be a plumbing weekend

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2018 06:21 PM (/rm4P)

Best part of a plumbing weekend is that you quickly find out that (unless your are lucky) our benevolent Federal Government has decreed that new water heaters contain more insulation thus are bigger and may require some nontrivial structural mods to fit where the old units were plug and play!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 06:30 PM (f3oO4)

169 Quite a few options...

https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/treatment/index.html

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:27 PM (e7O7B)

Ahhh,..... I had Cipro mixed up with Doxycycline. I'll ask about that. I used to have some for my dog LOL but that's long expired by now.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:30 PM (lwiT4)

170 House Republicans Demand Email Chain

#twomonths

Posted by: Dems at December 06, 2018 06:30 PM (NAs56)

171 So ok, we worked our asses off today. Chainsaw, load tree on trailer with limbs, etc take to landfill. 42.50 in yankee currency! Came back home and cut another tree. This one we'll burn. Had supper and poured a double Captain Morgan, well it worked out to about a double and 1/2. Offset it with 3 sugar cookies. That's ok, right?

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2018 06:30 PM (zLDYs)

172 over at Townhall

My question for Congressjerk Eric Swalwell is pretty simple: How many Americans would you murder to achieve your goal of disarming us?

Pol Pot only needed to get rid of a third of cambodians to make Cambodia work!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2018 06:31 PM (JFO2v)

173 @151
I have resigned myself to the fact that the magnitude and scope of the lawless criminality we know was perpetrated can never ever be met with justice.

We're talking about criminality and malfeasance that encompasses the FBI, DOJ, CIA, NSA, Five Eyes, State, Clinton world, the Deep State, members of the Senate, the House, the DNC up to and probably including Obama himself.

We're talking the arrests and convictions at MINIMUM, of 25 of the most elite people, IN THE WORLD!

Never was going to happen.

I at least thought SOMEBODY at least one patsy/sacrificial lamb would be held accountable but no...

No one is going to face true justice.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 06, 2018 06:31 PM (qxq6t)

174 Comedian and Trump basher (but I repeat myself) Kevin Hart is going to be the Oscars host this year.

I guess Hollywood forgave him for the "offensive and problematic" cowboys and indians birthday he recently threw for his son?

Hypocrites.

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2018 06:31 PM (hvf9s)

175 Chalk me up for "nothing comes of this". Based on past experience, this is the default position.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2018 06:31 PM (/qEW2)

176 *ponders 18 year-old water heater*

I wish you guys wouldn't talk about water heaters.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 06, 2018 06:31 PM (HTHlp)

177 You know those videos with scary Santas? There was even a commercial or two. I think our President should just drop the piano on the collective deep state on Christmas eve, even having a Presidential address from the Oval Office announcing the gift to the people.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 06, 2018 06:32 PM (xzqr4)

178 Chalk me up for "nothing comes of this". Based on past experience, this is the default position.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear
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Agreed

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2018 06:32 PM (HTHlp)

179 Lucky me, I do my own plumbing. And practice makes perfect.
I really wish I didn't get so much practice.

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2018 06:32 PM (/rm4P)

180 well, that would not only qualify for the worst round of fundraising I have ever been associated with but the worst round ever. one $10 maybe.

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 06, 2018 06:33 PM (MTjB1)

181 How can we bitch at the other side for playing politics with the DOJ, when our side does the same thing?

Our side? Our side is one man, with Lindsay admitting some curiosity.

Posted by: t-bird at December 06, 2018 06:33 PM (g0Lfb)

182 To a certain extent, yes. However, how many very guilty people have seen jail time over deep state stuff? They take care of their own.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 06, 2018 06:24 PM (ffYR/)

How can we bitch at the other side for playing politics with the DOJ, when our side does the same thing?
Posted by: Don Q at December 06, 2018 06:26 PM (NgKpN)

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The "we play by the rules while they don't" has worked out so, so well for Rs, hasn't it? He is excusing nothing to my knowledge. He is using timing to his advantage. A difference with a distinction.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 06, 2018 06:33 PM (ffYR/)

183 That's ok, right?

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2018 06:30 PM (zLDYs)

Sugar and alcohol form the basis of a balanced diet!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 06:34 PM (f3oO4)

184 Our side? Our side is one man

That's about the sum of it.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:34 PM (lwiT4)

185 James is sooooooo dreamy. I just want to bite him sometimes.

Posted by: Little Lupe at December 06, 2018 06:34 PM (Tyii7)

186 CPL ordered to pay $160k/month in alimony.

How does that work? I thought CPL was broke following his ordered payout of $4,800,000 to a former colleague.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 06, 2018 06:35 PM (9qZ3S)

187 179 Skip, two words for you. Compression fittings. I can really sweat pipe with no leaks, but the extra few bucks makes things so much easier.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 06, 2018 06:35 PM (xzqr4)

188 There has always been an enormous element of politics about this because
there had to be. Trump is trying to defang a completely political
investigation into his administration and he has been up against an
imbedded bureaucracy and a media that is 90% against him.
=====

Jack 'o the Straw -- Just remember the debate where Hillary mentioned that all Seventeen (17)! intelligence services agreed with her. Talk about an unsubtle threat.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 06, 2018 06:35 PM (MIKMs)

189 186 CPL ordered to pay $160k/month in alimony.

what the actual fuck

I got nothing. two kids, no job and nowhere to live. I didn't get shit.

why does ANYONE deserve 160k a month?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 06, 2018 06:36 PM (d7Ww2)

190 Water heaters last on average like 5 years right?Hot water is nasty stuff.

Posted by: steevy at December 06, 2018 06:36 PM (BXMxN)

191 Ahhh,..... I had Cipro mixed up with Doxycycline. I'll ask about that. I used to have some for my dog LOL but that's long expired by now.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:30 PM

I'm not a big believer in indiscriminate use of antibiotics but in this case I'd be a little more persistent with the Dr.

My wife, who was very friendly with the 'negative test' woman said the result was truly very, very sad.

btw: We go back a decade plus. I was 'speaking' of rick-rolling you with the "Christmas Shoes" video every year at LFG and OregonMuse said he saw no reason to discontinue that tradition.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:37 PM (e7O7B)

192 Posted by: Little Lupe at December 06, 2018 06:34 PM (Tyii7)

Note to self: stop googling names you see on ace's site and don't recognize.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 06, 2018 06:37 PM (9qZ3S)

193 Water heaters last on average like 5 years right

no, 10-15 maybe

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 06:37 PM (bUjCl)

194 The timing of the Cheney movie is awkward, given the media just deified all things Bush.

Christian Bale, in an astounding display of method acting, actually used a live cougar as a condom in one of the scenes.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 06, 2018 06:37 PM (NWiLs)

195 why does ANYONE deserve 160k a month?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Ex-wife of my last boss got 40K a month. No kids.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2018 06:38 PM (2qPhT)

196 btw: We go back a decade plus. I was 'speaking' of
rick-rolling you with the "Christmas Shoes" video every year at LFG and
OregonMuse said he saw no reason to discontinue that tradition.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:37 PM (e7O7B)

TRADITION !!

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:38 PM (lwiT4)

197 the "Christmas Shoes" video

I love videos about choos.

Posted by: Little Lupe at December 06, 2018 06:39 PM (Tyii7)

198 Ex-wife of my last boss got 40K a month. No kids.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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There were plenty of people who worked hard to build the business who never took home $30K a YEAR.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2018 06:39 PM (2qPhT)

199 NOOD FBI

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 06:39 PM (bUjCl)

200 If by pillaging and looting you mean napping and sucking cider from a straw, then yes. It's been exhausting.
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 05:57 PM (lwiT4)

If you are going to suck cider from a straw, I would suggest Island Orchard Cider. They have it at Woodmans, in my favorite department--the one with a separate entrance

Posted by: Scanner Dan at December 06, 2018 06:39 PM (Yjr40)

201 No one is going to face true justice.
Posted by: Kreplach at December 06, 2018 06:31 PM (qxq6t

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One of the keys to the whole enterprise of the Deep State is for all members of the team to know, for a fact, they are above the law. That no matter what, they'll never go to jail or the poorhouse.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 06, 2018 06:39 PM (5wxvJ)

202 Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 06:30 PM (f3oO4)

I've replaced water heaters by myself and it is possible to do. BUT, the last time one failed, I got a professional plumber from a reputable company to do the work. It might have been a bit more expensive, but he did a beautiful job and I'm done for at least another ten years. Unions and shutoff valves on the inlet and outlet lines. I do think he missed code by not adding a leak pan and I would warn you this should be a must have!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 06, 2018 06:40 PM (f3oO4)

203 They have it at Woodmans, in my favorite department--the one with a separate entrance

Posted by: Scanner Dan at December 06, 2018 06:39 PM (Yjr40)

Oh! I know that entrance!

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 06, 2018 06:40 PM (lwiT4)

204 We call the french pussies but they shut it down! They shut the mutha fukrs up!

We could shut down the border manana! We are all a bunch of pussies!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2018 06:40 PM (JFO2v)

205 why does ANYONE deserve 160k a month?

I think the theory is to maintain the lifestyle to which you're accustomed.

Personally, I don't get it. Sure, it's hard to go from an upper class lifestyle to a middle class lifestyle, but it's not a terrible hardship.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 06, 2018 06:40 PM (9qZ3S)

206 189 186 CPL ordered to pay $160k/month in alimony.

what the actual fuck

I got nothing. two kids, no job and nowhere to live. I didn't get shit.

why does ANYONE deserve 160k a month?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 06, 2018 06:36 PM (d7Ww2)

As Bill Munny said, "deserve's got nothin' to do with it."

I don't know what the divorce laws are like in CA - they're probably atrocious - but they probably took a snapshot of his peak earnings on paper and based the payments on that. That's how Brendan Fraser and David Foley got hosed.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 06, 2018 06:41 PM (NWiLs)

207
Lucky me, I do my own plumbing. And practice makes perfect.
I really wish I didn't get so much practice.

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2018 06:32 PM

I'm really, really good with a torch. But I put shit off constantly. Eventually I'll get a couple of projects finished. But meanwhile, its kinda a reminder to the wife that guys have actual value. Just in case she's been watching too much 'Lifetime for Women'.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:41 PM (e7O7B)

208 Water heaters last on average like 5 years right?Hot water is nasty stuff.
Posted by: steevy
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Depends. The Chinese models last about 24 months.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2018 06:41 PM (2qPhT)

209 Water heaters last on average like 5 years right
no, 10-15 maybe
Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 06:37 PM

Or in my case 2 or 3.

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2018 06:42 PM (/rm4P)

210 >>> I got nothing. two kids, no job and nowhere to live. I didn't get shit. why does ANYONE deserve 160k a month?

Apparently the lesson from this is convince an egomaniac lawyer to marry you, let him slap you around a bit, and then divorce him right around the time he gets a little media notoriety. Easy 160K gig.

Or, you know, not. Because you could take one look at CPL and realize he was a total sleazeball, and the time spent in his presence is pure misery. Gross. Rather be poor if that is the terms.

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2018 06:43 PM (hvf9s)

211 Nothing is going to happen to anyone in DC. Emails? So what. Uranium sales to Russia? So what. A totally unConsitutional investigation by special council? So what.

Nothing is going to change until DC is burned to the ground and the perps hanging from light posts.

Until then........*YAWN*.

Posted by: Sooner at December 06, 2018 06:43 PM (b76zH)

212 Sometimes I think stories like these make me more jaded.

News like this would be ordinarily very important in a normal world. It would either change the attitude of the electorate or result in judges, officials and politicians being fired or imprisoned.

But as I think about it, I honestly believe you could produce a video of HRC, BHO, and head of DOJ in a room handing a FISA judge a bag with $20 million in it and a recording stating that the plan is to illegally frame Trump and neither a) would a Trump hater stop hating or b) an official go to jail.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 06, 2018 06:44 PM (rV640)

213 CPL's support judgement. If and when the lovebirds, Bill and Hillary, decide their usefulness to each other is dead, sitting in the room while the splitting up of assets would be comedy gold. Actually, it could come down to the two in a cage with one Kabar. Winner walks out.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 06, 2018 06:44 PM (xzqr4)

214 Jack 'o the Straw -- Just remember the debate where Hillary mentioned that all Seventeen (17)! intelligence services agreed with her. Talk about an unsubtle threat.
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 06, 2018 06:35 PM (MIKMs)

Oddly enough it was only two - FBI COINTEL and CIA with DNI overruling the 15 that didn't agree. In other words it was Comey, Brennan, and that other dufus.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 06, 2018 06:45 PM (1g7ch)

215 I read that St. Comey wanted to testify in front of cameras but it will be closed door.

Good news I guess as he won't be able to pontificate in front of the cameras and we won't have to endure yet another shit show were Democrats bloviate on his behalf.

Posted by: Cheri at December 06, 2018 06:46 PM (G+Wff)

216
I don't wanna tell anyone how long my water heater has lasted. Because you'll swear I'm utterly, completely fulla sh_t. But that company made water heaters so good, that lasted so long, they went bankrupt.

I hope I haven't jinxed that fvcker.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at December 06, 2018 06:47 PM (e7O7B)

217 You guys wouldn't want to expose sources and methods do you?

Posted by: MAGA at December 06, 2018 06:54 PM (XKflJ)

218 It was very nice (and very convenient) of Solomon's Deep State source to leak the fact that that email chain is out there right before Comey is set to testify. It was like a red light warning signal BEWARE perjury trap ahead. Now Comey will be on his toes.

Posted by: tommylotto at December 06, 2018 06:54 PM (dYinJ)

219 Back in the 70's, I had a job at a plumbing supply house, attempting to decipher just what architects wanted on blueprints. They would specify, say, an A. O. Smith water heater, and we could sell them one of the house brands for thirty bucks less, made by A. O. Smith. There were only three or four water heater companies at the time. Now, when buying one you may be supporting an Chinese province or ciudad in Mexico.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 06, 2018 06:56 PM (xzqr4)

220 Water heaters last on average like 5 years right

no, 10-15 maybe

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2018 06:37 PM (bUjCl)

Living on borrowed time here....20 years as of June. I replaced it back in 1998. Electric with hard (well) water. A Sears model. Never had them leak....bottom element usually becomes encased in calcium and burns out. Removing it is impossible, hence making replacement of the entire unit necessary....usually on a Sunday. Grrrrr. At least when I replaced the last time, I sweated copper unions to the inlet and outlet pipes with a valve on each. Makes Plug and Play easier. Heh.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 06, 2018 07:05 PM (9YBqo)

221 We need proof, and less speculation. Where are the indictments?

Posted by: Roper at December 06, 2018 07:40 PM (vO5+Y)

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