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The FBI Knew That Steele Lied About Leaking His "Research" to Yahoo News, But Lied to the FISA Court About It Anyway
Great twitter thread there, which I've copied below the fold. Grassley and Ron Johnson are continuing to push cover-up artist Christopher Wray to release documents he's been withholding.The Republican chairmen of two Senate committees are questioning how much of the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane probe was "infected" by Russian disinformation, citing newly declassified information regarding the Steele dossier. "Because these facts show the intention, means, and ability to plant Russian disinformation in Steele's reporting, they suggest that the prevalence of such disinformation in the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation may have been widespread," Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson wrote in a letter Thursday to FBI Director Christopher Wray. The lawmakers are calling on Wray to turn over all intelligence documents reviewed by the bureau's Crossfire Hurricane team, which conducted the counterintelligence probe of the Trump campaign. The letter is a follow-up to revelations over the past week that the FBI received evidence in 2017 that Russian operatives may have fed disinformation to Christopher Steele that ended up in the ex-spy's dossier. The footnotes, which Grassley and Johnson shook loose after a months-long battle with the Justice Department, said that the FBI received evidence on Jan. 12, 2017, that Steele's findings regarding former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen were likely planted by Russian intelligence operatives.See this Chuck Ross article for more on Russia's "penetration" of Christopher Steele's firm, Orbis. But Mueller went forward with the investigation anyway -- and Rosenstein continued certifying FISA applications. Grassley and Johnson note something important: despite many leaks from the FBI (including Mueller's team) that painted the Trump administration as having worked with Russia, somehow the FBI and Mueller kept the finding that Steele had himself published Russian disinformation was kept under lock and key, and never leaked to anyone.
Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson, the two Republicans who jogged loose the new information, noted the disparity in the type of information that has leaked out of the Trump-Russia investigation in the three-plus years since it began. "For years, the public was fed a healthy diet of leaks, innuendo and false information to imply that President Trump and his campaign were part of a Russian conspiracy to spread disinformation," they said in a statement upon the release of three footnotes from the Justice Department inspector general’s (IG) report on the FBI’s surveillance of the Trump campaign. The previously-classified footnotes said that an organization not identified in the IG report provided the FBI evidence that Russian operatives fed disinformation that wound up in the dossier.That article also contains a very useful refresher about CNN and the Washington Post repeatedly claiming the dossier had been mostly "verified" by the FBI. "UndercoverHuber's" thread below.
The ODNI/DOJ declassification of Footnote 253 of the IG report reveals for the first time publicly that Steele wrote “Report 137” which mentioned the “Yahoo News story of Sep 23 2016” (which Steele himself was the source of!) pic.twitter.com/eoT6SmCloU
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 16, 2020
Background on the Yahoo story from the IG report: pic.twitter.com/lW2Mzpq2SF
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 16, 2020
Steele laughably denied to the IG that he was the source of the Yahoo News article (despite the fact he met Isikoff in person at a Washington restaurant, and spoke for over an hour as a “secret source” which the IG doesn’t mention except indirectly in a footnote) pic.twitter.com/P6rnsoTc7G
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 16, 2020
Okay, a few days later, Steele sends Report 137 to the FBI, which mentions the Yahoo News story, even claiming that the “exposure” of the Page meeting with Kremlin officials caused a Putin confidant (Igor Divyekin) to move jobs! Yeah, even if true, Steele himself was responsible!
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 16, 2020
So let’s recap:
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 16, 2020
—the FBI/DOJ know that Steele is leaking to the press, a violation of his CHS agreement
—And now they receive a Report 137 from Steele taking (bragging?) about the consequences of his own leaks within the Kremlin
—then the FBI lie to the FISC for months
Anyone fancy putting in a FOIA for Report 137? That will see exactly what Steele said in that memo about the Yahoo News story that he was the source for...
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 16, 2020
N.B.1: Steele lies to the FBI or the FBI’s lies to the FISC (likely the latter) were a substantial part of the @ChuckGrassley / @LindseyGrahamSC criminal referral of Steele to the DOJ: https://t.co/7FrIY7v6YP pic.twitter.com/yQB8QjkG64
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 16, 2020
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 17, 2020 01:23 PM (cnTJD)
Posted by: CN at April 17, 2020 01:23 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 17, 2020 01:23 PM (cnTJD)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 17, 2020 01:24 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:24 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 01:25 PM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: f'd, roughing it at April 17, 2020 01:25 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 01:26 PM (Q/Hjr)
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 17, 2020 01:26 PM (88+cf)
Posted by: Jeff Sessions at April 17, 2020 01:27 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: Roman Maroni at April 17, 2020 01:27 PM (vCA4F)
Barr and Durham will do the right thing, but I have zero faith that an impartial jury can be found.
Posted by: pep at April 17, 2020 01:27 PM (T6t7i)
Posted by: avi at April 17, 2020 01:27 PM (kSq2k)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2020 01:27 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2020 01:27 PM (mWwWG)
Posted by: rd at April 17, 2020 01:28 PM (+0uDE)
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Joe already forgot all the stuff I told him to do. He's like the perfect henchman.
You ever see a movie called Memento?
Posted by: Barack Obama at April 17, 2020 01:28 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: CN at April 17, 2020 01:28 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 01:28 PM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: f'd, roughing it at April 17, 2020 01:28 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: avi at April 17, 2020 01:28 PM (kSq2k)
Innocence Files on Netflix.
DNA evidence proved a guy was sitting in jail for close to ten years wasn't the killer but the DA kept him locked up for an additional 5 or so because he COULD have been there even though it wasn't his DNA.
A lot of people just aren't brave enough to admit to a mistake or that the system is broken. They just keep going along.
Posted by: MJ at April 17, 2020 01:28 PM (gAMkn)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2020 01:29 PM (trdmm)
Boy - I bet all those good ol' hard working rank and file FBI lifers are gonna' have a shit fit when they hear about this. Talk about torches and pitchforks !!!
Posted by: Won't Wear the Mask at April 17, 2020 01:29 PM (Dj5/i)
A change of venue needs to be the major part of any proceeding.
Posted by: jwest at April 17, 2020 01:29 PM (mrrpT)
Posted by: avi at April 17, 2020 01:27 PM (kSq2k)
I'd be surprised if anyone can get around soverign immunity to go after the actual people involved. And even then, I'd be even more surprised if the DOJ / FBI doesnt pay for the individuals' legal representation.
Here's the thing guys -- as I've been saying all along (and I know i'm cynical, I hope I'm wrong here), the people who put this whole thing together know the laws, write the laws, and set everything up to legal protect themselves with just enough plausible deniability that I don't think anything will happen to them.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 17, 2020 01:29 PM (cnTJD)
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Is that possible in a Judge Amy Berman Jackson court room?
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 01:30 PM (Q/Hjr)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 01:25 PM (d7Ww2)
Exactly.
At this point, Hillary could come out with video proof of her and her cohort creating the Steele dossier, along with documented links to her submitting it to the FBI and Journolist and Barr would still only go on to Laura Ingraham's program to huff and puff and say that he was "very concerned."
FTS. I'm going back to writing. See you all on the Quarantine Café, if there is one.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2020 01:30 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: MAC SOG'''' at April 17, 2020 01:30 PM (P4Pk9)
Biden was in on it.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2020 01:27 PM (ZLI7S)
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Well, Obama did only hire the best people.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:30 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: joscar at April 17, 2020 01:30 PM (wFKSR)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at April 17, 2020 01:30 PM (Hcsoi)
A change of venue needs to be the major part of any proceeding.
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I'd suggest Greenbow, ALABAMA!
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 01:30 PM (Q/Hjr)
Posted by: avi at April 17, 2020 01:27 PM
This.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2020 01:30 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: EveR at April 17, 2020 01:31 PM (ZZDMQ)
DNA evidence proved a guy was sitting in jail for close to ten years wasn't the killer but the DA kept him locked up for an additional 5 or so because he COULD have been there even though it wasn't his DNA.
A lot of people just aren't brave enough to admit to a mistake or that the system is broken. They just keep going along.
Posted by: MJ at April 17, 2020 01:28 PM (gAMkn)
sounds like the 4 innocent guys Herr Mewler kept in prison
Posted by: avi at April 17, 2020 01:31 PM (kSq2k)
Posted by: rd at April 17, 2020 01:28 PM (+0uDE)
I suspect that at the end of the day, this was in no way a rogue FBI operation. I think it probably goes much higher than that, and includes some of our spy services that absolutely do not ever operate on US soil*
*except sometimes.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 17, 2020 01:31 PM (cnTJD)
A (non-conspiracy?) theory is that all the shut down, democrat dictatorial decrees are cover. It's all certainly being used that way, isn't it.
Praying for Barr and Co. as well as Our President and staff. As house arrest lockdowns wind down, the summer is going to be lit, eh?
Posted by: OSL at April 17, 2020 01:31 PM (wNww/)
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at April 17, 2020 01:32 PM (JY8Ei)
Because there's an ongoing criminal investigation with a grand jury already in place.
If you don't think Joe was in on it, read this thread from 2 years ago. The information coming out now proves he was right.
https://tinyurl.com/ybts3jfk
Not the dates. The FBI swore they didn't get the Steele information until late September 2016. They lied.
Time for a dog walk.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2020 01:32 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 01:32 PM (nw6Hr)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 01:32 PM (3aI0K)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2020 01:33 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at April 17, 2020 01:33 PM (r1iqb)
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Is that possible in a Judge Amy Berman Jackson court room?
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 01:30 PM (Q/Hjr)
I fantasize Amy Breman Freisler gettting a no knock raid when they find evidence that Mewlers Feld Hure was illegally colluding with Mewler and his Wannsee Stormtroopers.
Posted by: avi at April 17, 2020 01:34 PM (kSq2k)
Posted by: bigstarxxx at April 17, 2020 01:34 PM (pvJV4)
Stanford study suggests kung flu has an infection
fatality rate of 0.12 to 0.2% based on presence of antibodies in general
population. A friend of mine sent me the pdf, which I don't know how to
post here (if it's even possible), so this is a link to a reddit thread
discussing it.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yculjjg8
The paper is
titled "COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara, California" if
anyone else wants to try searching for it. A search for the first author
listed, Eran Bendavid, gave me his profile at stanford, and a twitchy
article from three weeks ago where Brit Hume was tying together comments
about asymptomatic populations, so I think it's legit.
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2020 01:01 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2020 01:34 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at April 17, 2020 01:33 PM (r1iqb)
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Andrew Jackson would have done it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:34 PM (LvTSG)
Why would you trust another Fed agency?
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at April 17, 2020 01:34 PM (JY8Ei)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 01:34 PM (3aI0K)
Nothing will happen -- just like nothing happened to that cocksucker mccabe.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 01:34 PM (aw1me)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at April 17, 2020 01:35 PM (Wm5SB)
Is the "Sundown Joe" thing related to the Gordon Lightfoot song "Sundown"?
Because that's the first thing I think of when I see "Sundown Joe".
I just don't remember seeing the explanation here of why people started calling him that.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 17, 2020 01:35 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2020 01:35 PM (ZLI7S)
WILL YOU GUYS **SHUSSH!!!**
American Idol starts in 5 minutes.
~The Average American Voter
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 01:32 PM
"what time is the game on?"
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 17, 2020 01:35 PM (mOsVq)
Many people didn't believe that OJ was innocent. They believed that the prosecution failed to prove his guilt. That's a pretty important distinction.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at April 17, 2020 01:35 PM (KhUQ4)
I thought you didn't like going off thread?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2020 01:35 PM (ZLI7S)
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He's THREADJACKING!!!!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:35 PM (LvTSG)
Remarkable, I say.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Go Nuts with Hermit's Harangues from the Outrage Outlet! at April 17, 2020 01:35 PM (2pkC+)
And none of them will ever see the inside of a cell.
Posted by: creeper at April 17, 2020 01:36 PM (XxJt1)
Any peep out of Miss Lindsey?
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Frankly.... Im tired of that dudes shit. He talks a good game ... masterful performance at the Kavanaugh hearings is a great example....
.... But then he doesnt do crap. Nobody in the Senate paid a price for what they did to Kavanaugh. All Lindsey does about anything is mug for the camera.
Talk the talk is fine.... but its time for that Dude to start walking the walk.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 01:36 PM (nw6Hr)
Can't the Texas Rangers drag them across many state lines and hanged, tried and hanged them again?
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at April 17, 2020 01:33 PM
Need someone punched out? I'm your man.
Posted by: Rougned Odor at April 17, 2020 01:36 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Rougned Odor at April 17, 2020 01:36 PM (Do5/p)
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You play ball like a GIRL!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:37 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 17, 2020 01:26 PM (88+cf)
Yes!
Posted by: MAC SOG'
Are their any judges like Roy Bean left in Texas? If so, I vote for there.
Posted by: Biergood at April 17, 2020 01:37 PM (FQWHA)
That's it.
I would like an apology from all the people who spittle flecked raged in my faces for years and years about how I wanted America to be attacked again because I said, hey, the FISA courts are an abomination and any pretense of objectivity by the FISA judges is a joke.
Oh and for complete and total utter groveling apologies for every person who assured me of Mueller's integrity combined with a public acknowledgement that their analysis of character is faulty and thus they will be far more circumspect in their opinions.
Also a unicorn.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at April 17, 2020 01:38 PM (GbPPJ)
Posted by: wth at April 17, 2020 01:38 PM (v0R5T)
Is the "Sundown Joe" thing related to the Gordon Lightfoot song "Sundown"?
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
That's the song about the wreck of the Edward Fitzgerald.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 01:38 PM (aw1me)
Posted by: creeper at April 17, 2020 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2020 01:38 PM (mWwWG)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2020 01:38 PM (r+sAi)
But sadly there will probably hardly be room or energy left for the process scandal that equals the whole SpyGate nonsense - the Mueller operation (from appointment, to final report, and the farcical prosecutions it undertook).
Posted by: rhomboid at April 17, 2020 01:39 PM (El6T/)
More proof @RepAdamSchiff's FISA memo was deliberately misleading about "narrow use" of the Steele dossier to spy on @carterwpage
Also EXCLUSIVE: the FBI/DOJ FISAs *heavily relied* on reporting attributed to "Source E" / "Person 1" (Sergei Millian) for probable cause
https://tinyurl.com/ycwjul92
Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2020 01:39 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Chris M at April 17, 2020 01:39 PM (eAZVt)
Posted by: Weasel at April 17, 2020 01:39 PM (MVjcR)
American Idol starts in 5 minutes.
~The Average American Voter
.. There is be no singing -- Gov Whitmer
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 01:39 PM (3aI0K)
Posted by: redridinghood at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (wiXsO)
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Remember OJs reaction when the verdict was read. You'll see it again.
Posted by: Moron Robbie has got the Kung Fu Grippe at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (41rs/)
I got the Route 66 'ment.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (aw1me)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (3aI0K)
You play ball like a GIRL!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:37 PM
Hey, I resemble that remark.
Posted by: Barry Obama, Cominskee Park Legend at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Elton John, don't let your son go down one me at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Starboardhelm at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (hOtJL)
Hey, I got the 77 Sunset Strip ment, too!
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (aw1me)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundowning
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (KhUQ4)
I'm not the sharpest bulb in the shed now, but when I deteriorate to
Biden's alarmingly low level of mental acuity, I hope to be sitting on
the porch in my underwear yelling and throwing rocks at cars - not
campaigning for office.
Posted by: Weasel at April 17, 2020 01:39 PM (MVjcR)
So long as you leave that poor chicken alone.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Go Nuts with Hermit's Harangues from the Outrage Outlet! at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (2pkC+)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (aw1me)
shucks
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM (aw1me)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2020 01:38 PM (r+sAi)
Particularly as they get tired later in the day.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM (Uu+Jp)
Posted by: Jen the original at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM (gvLkZ)
Why would you trust another Fed agency?
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at April 17, 2020 01:34 PM (JY8Ei)
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Too late, I have been saying that since August 2016.
You cannot replace the FBI with one organization. You need to set up several, at least three competing and adversarial organizations. Yes you will lose efficiency, but they will back bite and fight amongst each other, hopefully preventing this entire Crossfire Hurricane Attempted Coup de Etat
Posted by: rd at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM (+0uDE)
I think maybe they would convict, given such direct evidence. The hate for dirty cops may be greater than the hate for Trump, especially in the demo' that is DC.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: creeper at April 17, 2020 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
hey! As far as I know, I'm still covid-19 free!
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM (cnTJD)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM (3aI0K)
Clyde, sundowning is what happens to people with alzeimers as they worsen, they go from moments of lucidity to not at all.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2020 01:38 PM
Ah, ok, thanks. That makes sense now.
Posted by: Barry Obama, Cominskee Park Legend at April 17, 2020 01:42 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 17, 2020 01:42 PM (H5knJ)
"Burrriisssmaaa"... "Orrrbiissssss"...
The names are like love-whispers. They will never break into people's minds.
Meanwhile we get stuck with shit like ** HALLIBURTON **
Posted by: ... at April 17, 2020 01:42 PM (uEbPt)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 01:42 PM (3aI0K)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 17, 2020 01:40 PM (o2MD2)
Could he still tweet philosophically from his prison cell.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 17, 2020 01:42 PM (Uu+Jp)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 17, 2020 01:42 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: illiniwek at April 17, 2020 01:43 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Weasel
I love you, weasel.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 01:43 PM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: creeper at April 17, 2020 01:43 PM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 17, 2020 01:43 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2020 01:43 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: George S. Undercover Huber at April 17, 2020 01:43 PM (1m15r)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 17, 2020 01:42 PM (H5knJ)
Agreed.
There is a reason the entire civilized world settled on adversarial processes of varying degrees for their court systems.
Because this is what happens 100% of the time when you have secret ex parte court systems.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 17, 2020 01:44 PM (cnTJD)
Posted by: Weasel
I love you, weasel.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 01:43 PM (d7Ww2)
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Aw, shucks. Love you too!
Posted by: Weasel at April 17, 2020 01:44 PM (MVjcR)
Scooter Libby went to jail for that.
Gen. Flynn's case, while still pending, is for that exact activity.
So, when do we get to perp walk Steele?
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 17, 2020 01:44 PM (NgKpN)
There is a reason the entire civilized world settled on adversarial processes of varying degrees for their court systems.
Because this is what happens 100% of the time when you have secret ex parte court systems.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 17, 2020 01:44 PM (cnTJD)
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What about star chambers? Can we still have star chambers?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:44 PM (LvTSG)
Just saw an ad on the tv from Al Quaeda saying "we're in this together" and they're "still here for me."
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 01:45 PM (aw1me)
I don't know. The former means they can act with impunity with no fear of prosecution. The latter means that even if they get caught, tried and dragged through the dirt, there will still be no consequences.
I can't figure which one is the worse outcome, or if they are equivalent.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2020 01:45 PM (hYcqw)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 17, 2020 01:45 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Joe, no the other one at April 17, 2020 01:45 PM (QFnhZ)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 17, 2020 01:45 PM (Uu+Jp)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 17, 2020 01:45 PM (IwDj9)
I don't know. The former means they can act with impunity with no fear of prosecution. The latter means that even if they get caught, tried and dragged through the dirt, there will still be no consequences.
I can't figure which one is the worse outcome, or if they are equivalent.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2020 01:45 PM (hYcqw)
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Well, process is punishment, so these people will pay six figures in defense costs at least.
That's more than nothing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:45 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2020 01:46 PM (r+sAi)
Full dressed #Navy Master Chief standing in the water today on Emerald Isle NC after the beach & water were closed. LEO let him go and approx 3 hours later the town of Emerald Isle opened back up the beach & water to the public!
https://tinyurl.com/y7xesufv
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 17, 2020 01:46 PM (UD/nr)
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Umm, no. DC has two types - Blacks that worship Obama and Whites that worship Obama. Just sayin. Then there is the monkey shines of who gets called for Jury Duty. See Judge Amy Berman Jackson's ringer.
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 01:46 PM (Q/Hjr)
Apparently, Cotton Candy
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 17, 2020 01:46 PM (z79tQ)
Posted by: rd at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM (+0uDE)
Why replace it? In all seriousness, is there anything the FBI is charged with doing that really needs doing? In New England it has always seemed as if they are mostly working for the bad guys if they were working at all.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 17, 2020 01:46 PM (GhGb5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:44 PM (LvTSG)
++++++++++++
The FISA "court" is a star chamber for all intents and purposes.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2020 01:46 PM (hYcqw)
That's more than nothing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:45 PM (LvTSG)
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Not a one of them will be in Flynn's shoes. Their expenses will be handled.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2020 01:47 PM (hYcqw)
And redridinghood, neighbor's son is a public defender. They're doing "virtual trials" online right now - not sure what kind, but I knew there was some of that going on.
The already robust "virtual" market for many things will get a permanent fillip from the pandemic.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 17, 2020 01:47 PM (El6T/)
Why would you trust another Fed agency?
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at April 17, 2020 01:34 PM (JY8Ei)
You don't. I figure we can get a couple of years worth of semi-honest work out of the Marshals before they go completely Deep State. Then you dissolve the Marshals and form another agency, who will give us a couple of years of semi-honest work....
Rinse and repeat.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 17, 2020 01:48 PM (EGyGV)
That's the song about the wreck of the Edward Fitzgerald.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 01:38 PM
JERRY: Edmund Fitzgerald.
ELIANE: I love Edmund Fitzgerald's voice.
JERRY: No, Gordon Lightfoot was the singer. Edmund Fitzgerald was the ship.
ELAINE: I think Gordon Lightfoot was the boat.
JERRY: Yeah, and it was rammed by the Cat Stevens.
KRAMER: The Andrea Doria collided with the Stockholm in dense fog 21 miles off the coast of Nantucket.
GEORGE: How do you know?
KRAMER: It's in my book --- "Astonishing Tales of the Sea" --- 51 people died.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 17, 2020 01:48 PM (Do5/p)
Remarkable, I say.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Go Nuts with Hermit's Harangues from the Outrage Outlet! at April 17, 2020 01:35 PM (2pkC+)
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This is the most amazingly unbelievable part of the whole thing.
He had to deal with construction unions, permitting, and NYC Government. He was in the Casino Business in Atlantic City NJ. And he was successful.
Posted by: rd at April 17, 2020 01:48 PM (+0uDE)
Posted by: rd at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM (+0uDE)
Why replace it? In all seriousness, is there anything the FBI is charged with doing that really needs doing? In New England it has always seemed as if they are mostly working for the bad guys if they were working at all.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 17, 2020 01:46 PM (GhGb5)
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How about a subdivision of the federal court system that's designed to deal with crimes that go across state lines? Individual states are responsible for catching, investigating, and trying criminals. They can coordinate with other states, or other states can refuse to cooperate?
I don't know. Have thought out idea I just came up with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:48 PM (LvTSG)
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I'm okay with them being a phone center with no law enforcement power. Sending faxes of old paperwork and little more.
No law enforcement with guns higher than elected sheriffs. Anything that needs to happen happens through them.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 17, 2020 01:48 PM (IwDj9)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 17, 2020 01:49 PM (DY3v8)
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 01:49 PM (Q/Hjr)
KRAMER: It's in my book --- "Astonishing Tales of the Sea" --- 51 people died.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
That'd be a great book.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 01:49 PM (aw1me)
Posted by: SturmToddler at April 17, 2020 01:49 PM (8D42x)
Posted by: rd at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM (+0uDE)
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A whole lot of things need to be torn down completely. Scores of agencies. One possibility is to replace them with four new agencies:
1) Foreign intelligence. Big and with a long leash
2) Military intelligence. Big and with a long leash
3) Domestic intelligence. Small and with a very short leash - measured in nanometers.
4) Oversight. Internal Affairs for all intelligence agencies, with staff from *none* of them. If you ever work for 1-3, you can't get a job in 4. Wide mandate to pursue grievances.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2020 01:50 PM (hYcqw)
Also please explain how Sessions investigates himself as a member of the Trump campaign.
Posted by: nip at April 17, 2020 01:50 PM (Izot6)
Posted by: abbynormal at April 17, 2020 01:50 PM (I849g)
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US Marshals, US Marines, and a player to be named later.
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 01:50 PM (Q/Hjr)
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US Marshals, US Marines, and a player to be named later.
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 01:50 PM (Q/Hjr)
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Well, we'll just call it the Department of Barron Trump for now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:50 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Frankovich's Monster at April 17, 2020 01:51 PM (dYe5S)
Posted by: jwest at April 17, 2020 01:51 PM (mrrpT)
Posted by: Jen the original at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM
Thank you!
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 17, 2020 01:51 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 17, 2020 01:52 PM (o2MD2)
I think there is plenty of evidence at this point for arrests, interrogations, charges, firings, 3 AM raids.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2020 01:52 PM (r+sAi)
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We all know the answer to that question. Let's move on to guillotines and piano wire. I've had it.
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 01:53 PM (Q/Hjr)
>>The FBI made this claim 1, without asking Steele whether he was the source, because 2, they had already concluded he was the source and did not want him to be so foolish as to admit this.
The FBI lied. Again.
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Is there a name to "the FBI" at this point? I've lost the thread.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 17, 2020 01:53 PM (G51Gf)
Isn't that the study that VDH was talking about?
It would help give the magicly unknown "denominator" If there's been 40k people that have already had this in that population, that greatly reduces how dangerous this thing really is.
It means that there have been something in the dozens of deaths in that county and 40,000+ (I see up to 80,0000) people that have had it, well then...that's...that's FAR less dangerous than the shrieking Karens are justified on getting their tyrant on over.
Posted by: Gman at April 17, 2020 01:54 PM (GfWuY)
37 16 The FBI thinks they can be the new Praetorian Guard protecting the privileges of the deep state.
Posted by: rd at April 17, 2020 01:28 PM (+0uDE)
I suspect that at the end of the day, this was in no way a rogue FBI operation.
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Not rogue, SOP.
Eliminate all of FBI.
Let US Marshalls do any work that is necessary.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 17, 2020 01:54 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 17, 2020 01:55 PM (G51Gf)
There *is* no male version of Karen. Anyone remotely behaving the way the Karen's are is a Karen, and it doesn't matter what they've got between their legs.
Posted by: Gman at April 17, 2020 01:55 PM (GfWuY)
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We all know the answer to that question. Let's move on to guillotines and piano wire. I've had it.
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 01:53 PM (Q/Hjr)
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I do wonder how early this whole mess started. It didn't start with Trump.
I fully believe they used FISA to spy on John Roberts, which puts that back all the way to at least 2010.
I think the DOJ was willing to turn against the citizenry at Obama's request the second he was elected. By inauguration day, they were volunteering ways to make him happy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:55 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2020 01:52 PM (r+sAi)
But these people are my friends and mentors, dammit!
Posted by: Fay Wray at April 17, 2020 01:55 PM (ONvIw)
I don't know. Have thought out idea I just came up with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:48 PM (LvTSG)
Various State Police could just have coordinating officers that get assigned to InterStatePol for stints
Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 17, 2020 01:55 PM (G546f)
I don't know. Have thought out idea I just came up with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:48 PM (LvTSG)
Not sure I am a big fan of the courts taking over investigation roles as well, although in practice maybe courts are completely in bed with law enforcement anyway so probably does not matter. Maybe the FBI has done something right over the years, but I'm not aware of any great successes that came from hard work and talent.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 17, 2020 01:55 PM (GhGb5)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 01:56 PM (3aI0K)
Posted by: Frankovich's Monster at April 17, 2020 01:56 PM (dYe5S)
Done. This cesspool has forfeited it's right to exist.
Not sure about the DOJ, though. Maybe mandatory hanging for anyone caught not following procedure or outright lying. They're lawyers, after all. They know better.
Posted by: creeper at April 17, 2020 01:56 PM (XxJt1)
Posted by: pookysgirl, waiting for the snow to melt at April 17, 2020 01:56 PM (XKZwp)
Isn't that the study that VDH was talking about?
It would help give the magicly unknown "denominator" If there's been 40k people that have already had this in that population, that greatly reduces how dangerous this thing really is.
It means that there have been something in the dozens of deaths in that county and 40,000+ (I see up to 80,0000) people that have had it, well then...that's...that's FAR less dangerous than the shrieking Karens are justified on getting their tyrant on over.
Posted by: Gman at April 17, 2020 01:54 PM (GfWuY)
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We're never, ever going to get the denominator.
What we want is rates, and you can get that through designed experiments that track random samples of the population. We could have had several teams working on this concurrently from the beginning of March and have a very clear idea by now what the real rates are instead of relying on self-reported testing of people who show up to hospitals sick.
The CDC is filled with people who understand statistics and experimental design, and they didn't do this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:57 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at April 17, 2020 01:57 PM (xFK4F)
Eliminate all of FBI.
Let US Marshalls do any work that is necessary.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 17, 2020 01:54 PM (IDhUW)
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Yes, I have thought about this and I like it.
Enumerate all law-enforcement activities in which the FBI engages. Rank the list from most important to least important. Take the top 25 most important items and transfer those duties to the Marshals. Then shut down the FBI and fire everyone who works for them.
FBI agents from the LE side (NOT the intelligence side) may reapply for work in the Marshals with no guarantee of hiring, as long as they have been at the FBI for less than 5 years or more than 15 years and have never held a management position including special agent in charge. New or veteran field agents only.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2020 01:57 PM (hYcqw)
Air traffic controller? Biden has to have an assistant find his dick and take it out of his shorts so he can piss. If he does it hisself he will piss himself. Again.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 17, 2020 01:58 PM (o2MD2)
I don't know. Have thought out idea I just came up with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:48 PM (LvTSG)
Not sure I am a big fan of the courts taking over investigation roles as well, although in practice maybe courts are completely in bed with law enforcement anyway so probably does not matter. Maybe the FBI has done something right over the years, but I'm not aware of any great successes that came from hard work and talent.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 17, 2020 01:55 PM (GhGb5)
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I may have been unclear, but it wouldn't be the court doing the investigating, but the states themselves, bringing their cases to a part of the federal judiciary designed to deal with it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:58 PM (LvTSG)
OK, let's say I am wrong about that.
What would they be doing differently?
Posted by: navybrat, holed up at April 17, 2020 01:58 PM (w7KSn)
about 38% of the US population that identifies as democratical
Posted by: DanMan at April 17, 2020 01:58 PM (XTiHL)
Biden was in on it.
Posted by: JackStraw
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To what extent? In what capacity?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Never mind; I read down.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 17, 2020 01:59 PM (G51Gf)
The only solution that will work is to reduce the power held inside the beltway. Which is simply a bridge too far for a whole lot of people on both sides of the aisle.
Lets just call it what it is - most of America likes living in a police state. As long as someone else is getting policed.
Posted by: Won't Wear the Mask at April 17, 2020 01:59 PM (Dj5/i)
OK, let's say I am wrong about that.
What would they be doing differently?
Posted by: navybrat, holed up at April 17, 2020 01:58 PM (w7KSn)
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Not a damn thing.
Whether they are actively working *for* foreign interests or simply actively working *against* American interests, their behavior would be basically the same. The only differences might be whether they advocate for a foreign position consistently.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2020 02:00 PM (hYcqw)
Posted by: garrett at April 17, 2020 02:00 PM (haLSL)
Posted by: creeper at April 17, 2020 01:56 PM (XxJt1)
Already done. The states and municipalities already do way more lab work than the FBI. All that really needs to be kept is NCIC since they help facilitate communication between agencies in different states. Give counterintel to the Secret Service. Get rid of everything else.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 17, 2020 02:00 PM (UD/nr)
The only solution that will work is to reduce the power held inside the beltway. Which is simply a bridge too far for a whole lot of people on both sides of the aisle.
Lets just call it what it is - most of America likes living in a police state. As long as someone else is getting policed.
Posted by: Won't Wear the Mask at April 17, 2020 01:59 PM (Dj5/i)
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Making federal employees live in the United States will be a start. I like this movement of FedGov agencies out of Washington.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2020 02:01 PM (hYcqw)
By the way, there was some discussion of what to call the male version of a Karen?
There *is* no male version of Karen. Anyone remotely behaving the way the Karen's are is a Karen, and it doesn't matter what they've got between their legs.
Posted by: Gman at April 17, 2020 01:55 PM
Heh, reminds me of the scene in "Definitely, Maybe" with Ryan Reynolds talking to his young daughter:
Will Hayes: I had two serious girlfriends... and then some other smattering of other women.
Will Hayes: What?
Maya Hayes: What's the boy word for 'slut'?
Will Hayes: They still haven't come up with one yet. But I'm sure they're working on it.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 17, 2020 02:01 PM (Do5/p)
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I'm still holding out hope for MILITARY TRIBUNALS. I just cannot imagine Lindsey Graham asking Kavanaugh that question just for fun.
Back from picking oranges. i quit at about 50 pounds. I just that doing it on the mountainside, and lugging them back to the house is tough on old guys with bad knees.
Posted by: rld with coffee at April 17, 2020 02:01 PM (PvOQL)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2020 02:01 PM (y3B6C)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at April 17, 2020 02:02 PM (Oei0T)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2020 02:00 PM (hYcqw)
It's crazy to think that only Hillary was on the take. Working FOR.
Posted by: Fay Wray at April 17, 2020 02:02 PM (ONvIw)
Exactly. This should be front and center in ANY discussion of allowing the government additional powers of any kind. It is in their DNA to resist accountability and burrow deep (state) foxholes from which to snipe at we, the people.
Russiagate is Exhibit 1, The current COVID-19 tragi-travesty is Exhibit 2.
And there are many others we can't yet count.
Posted by: groovygirl at April 17, 2020 02:03 PM (ybC9u)
What we want is rates, and you can get that through designed experiments that track random samples of the population. We could have had several teams working on this concurrently from the beginning of March and have a very clear idea by now what the real rates are instead of relying on self-reported testing of people who show up to hospitals sick.
Oh, I agree.
But if they can test a big enough random sampling of a population for the antibodies...that gives them an idea of just how bad this is. From what I understand, that's what this study is. They're trying to get a big enough random sample to determine how dangerous this thing actually is.
One thing, if the % of the population in the study holds out, then the virus actually got to that county *late* and not in early december-january (or it's not nearly as infectious as everyone was screaming).
The other thing, is if that sample was truly random enough, then we also know that the lethality of the thing is far less than the screeching harpies would have us believe.
Posted by: Gman at April 17, 2020 02:03 PM (GfWuY)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 01:58 PM (LvTSG)
Oh, that I like. It was probably me not paying complete attention to this screen. Actually have some work which I'm supposed to be doing on my other screen, but since I'm probably closing up in a week or two (PPP loan program out of money) I'm completely bored with it.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 17, 2020 02:03 PM (GhGb5)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at April 17, 2020 02:03 PM (KR1R4)
Yahoo news has no respect for the intelligence of their audience. I can't say I blame them.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 17, 2020 02:04 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2020 02:04 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 17, 2020 02:04 PM (yQpMk)
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I don't think PDT is an insider and he is President now. If there was a time to reduce their power it is now.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 17, 2020 02:04 PM (IDhUW)
One did approaches, one did airspace and one did ground control.
One of the guys put his earphones on my head to listen. Holy moly what a cacophony of racket!
They all hear the same thing but are able to sort what they needed to hear to keep up with their particular area of import. All I heard was a wall of sound.
Posted by: DanMan at April 17, 2020 02:05 PM (XTiHL)
announce he is appointing Slow Joe to be the new Federal Covid-19 Czar.
Talk about 'shock and awe'...
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:05 PM (3aI0K)
Minnesota Peeps are protesting in front of Governor's Mansion
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at April 17, 2020 02:02 PM
no matter who is out there, by the time the evening "news" covers the story, they'll all be gun nuts, pro-lifers, & Trump supporters; waving the Confederate battle flag & burning crosses
& blocking ambulances & pizza delivery boys
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 17, 2020 02:06 PM (mOsVq)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at April 17, 2020 02:06 PM (KR1R4)
Posted by: x at April 17, 2020 02:06 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:06 PM (3aI0K)
you have to wonder if Joe was only running to put this thing to its final death.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Theory:
Any Dem could be trusted to put it to death. If Biden was the only one who could do it, Obama would have endorsed him sooner.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 17, 2020 02:06 PM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani
I just saw that Trump tweeted these today:
LIBERATE MINNESOTA!
LIBERATE MICHIGAN!
LIBERATE VIRGINIA!
Posted by: Biergood at April 17, 2020 02:07 PM (FQWHA)
What we want is rates, and you can get that through designed
experiments that track random samples of the population. We could have
had several teams working on this concurrently from the beginning of
March and have a very clear idea by now what the real rates are instead
of relying on self-reported testing of people who show up to hospitals
sick.
The CDC is filled with people who understand statistics and experimental design, and they didn't do this.
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Why would the people who support shutting everything down look for evidence that it wasn't necessary? I mean that would drastically reduce their influence.
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2020 02:07 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 02:07 PM (Q/Hjr)
you have to wonder if Joe was only running to put this thing to its final death.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Theory:
Any Dem could be trusted to put it to death. If Biden was the only one who could do it, Obama would have endorsed him sooner.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 17, 2020 02:06 PM (G51Gf)
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It was personal protection. As long as Biden was running for office, he could claim that any investigation was politically motivated.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:07 PM (LvTSG)
We need Federal Law Enforcement. There is no way Maryland will ever clean up Baltimore, nor Illinois clean up Chicago. Forget anyone at the state level ever touching the corrupt mess that is California.
The Mexican Cartels? We need Federal Law Enforcement, we just need to make sure it is subservient, and not a criminal enterprise of its own.
The way to do that is to divide and give them power with checks and balances of at least three equal LE Agencies.
You know who I learned this from? The Soviet Fucking Union. They had the MGB/ NKVD/ KGB and the GRU and the Interior Ministry all policing the Kremlin. They all hated each other, and none of them could ever pull a coup without the others exposing the coup. Even Stalin at his craziest and Kruschev at his weakest were safe from any violent coup.
Posted by: rd at April 17, 2020 02:07 PM (+0uDE)
The rest of the more normal crime stuff, FBI "wins" is mostly based on straight up BS (profiling, fake lab results,or an agent's willingness to lie and/or frame up suspects) or the Magical Leverage of Overcharging to produce plea bargains.
Posted by: Frankovich's Monster at April 17, 2020 02:08 PM (dYe5S)
Posted by: DanMan at April 17, 2020 02:08 PM (XTiHL)
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The Swedes were the only people to act rationally to the new flu.
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 02:08 PM (Q/Hjr)
Posted by: RICO aka msm/dnc/bureaucracy at April 17, 2020 02:09 PM (x6XkS)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2020 01:30 PM (2JVJo)
#twoweeks
Posted by: WOPR at April 17, 2020 02:10 PM (J70i0)
he's groping to remember the point he's supposed to be making. Hard to
see that public persona making it all the way through the campaign, but
for the Democrats, he's got to make it at least through the nominating
convention, or the Bernie Bros are going to demand their guy replace
him, because he's No. 2 in the delegate count.
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:10 PM (3aI0K)
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 02:10 PM (Q/Hjr)
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I think that the South Korean data whould be perfectly fine for at least analyzing what the implicit threat of the virus is. Good enough to base policy on.
But the reason "they" dont want to do that is the Koreans testing results push the lethality rate WAAAAAAY down. So they insist on "american testing" which has to get FDA approval... which the Koreans didnt... allows them to keep flying their tyrants flag just a little longer.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:10 PM (nw6Hr)
Sheriff Chad Chronister is on Twitter 24/7.
He calls himself "the most democrat of republicans".
His son is in state prison for stabbing someone on the street. His son is also a wannabe rapper who goes by the name "Z-Chronic".
Posted by: aquaviva at April 17, 2020 02:11 PM (gtKRu)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:11 PM (3aI0K)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2020 02:11 PM (mWwWG)
Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2020 02:13 PM (cF8AT)
They used to put people up against a wall and shoot them for that.
Or hang them.
Either way, it was more than just take their pensions away.
Posted by: jwest at April 17, 2020 02:14 PM (mrrpT)
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I think that the South Korean data whould be perfectly fine for at least analyzing what the implicit threat of the virus is. Good enough to base policy on.
But the reason "they" dont want to do that is the Koreans testing results push the lethality rate WAAAAAAY down. So they insist on "american testing" which has to get FDA approval... which the Koreans didnt... allows them to keep flying their tyrants flag just a little longer.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:10 PM (nw6Hr)
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In terms of the real world data sets out there, from what I understand the South Korea numbers are probably the most robust, and, yeah, they indicate much lower death rates than just about anyone else.
In my opinion, anyone who talks about Italy's rates is silly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
Hoo boy, the Trumpenfuhrer's on a rampage. A delicious and beautiful one (really, the best, amazing).
Slamming Cuomo for whining after receiving the bulk of federal help, slamming WHO for its obvious malfeasance, and the "liberate VA/MI/MN!" stuff is very interesting.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (El6T/)
Michigan Governor Whitmer aims to begin reopening state economy on May 1
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It would seem GM had words with the Gov. She wisely agreed with GM. Now Texas is American again. Sitting here in VA wondering why I have Bloomberg's gimp governing me.
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (Q/Hjr)
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Just noting Minnesota is 10th from the *bottom* of states by kung flu cases on worldmeters.
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (kOpft)
Michigan Governor Whitmer aims to begin reopening state economy on May 1
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It would seem GM had words with the Gov. She wisely agreed with GM. Now Texas is American again. Sitting here in VA wondering why I have Bloomberg's gimp governing me.
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (Q/Hjr)
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NOVA
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Concerned People's Front at April 17, 2020 02:16 PM (vGJY7)
The Mexican Cartels? We need Federal Law Enforcement, we just need to make sure it is subservient, and not a criminal enterprise of its own.
Is there any real action occurring in the examples in your first paragraph? Isn't second paragraph being handled mostly by DEA? I could be completely wrong on both - would hardly be the first time for me, but I'm just not seeing an overriding need for us to have an FBI.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 17, 2020 02:17 PM (GhGb5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
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you misspelled "a fucking moron".
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:17 PM (nw6Hr)
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Give the job to the Marines and see how fast the problem disappears.
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 02:18 PM (Q/Hjr)
"Texas is open".
Can you provide a source. I could not find that. Looked like that 31 deaths (and I'm not jesting) in one day dampened Abbott's desire to reopen the state.
This in a state of over 28M
Posted by: groovygirl at April 17, 2020 02:18 PM (ybC9u)
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)
They used to put people up against a wall and shoot them for that.
Or hang them.
Either way, it was more than just take their pensions away.
Posted by: jwest
the rope. firing squad is too good for that.
Posted by: x at April 17, 2020 02:19 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)
The Mexican Cartels? We need Federal Law Enforcement, we just need to make sure it is subservient, and not a criminal enterprise of its own.
Is there any real action occurring in the examples in your first paragraph? Isn't second paragraph being handled mostly by DEA? I could be completely wrong on both - would hardly be the first time for me, but I'm just not seeing an overriding need for us to have an FBI.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 17, 2020 02:17 PM (GhGb5)
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You know what? If the citizens of Chicago want to perpetuate their shithole status by refusing to do anything to clean up their city, I don't see how that's my concern in South Carolina.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:19 PM (LvTSG)
announce he is appointing Slow Joe to be the new Federal Covid-19 Czar.
Talk about 'shock and awe'...
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:05 PM (3aI0K)
OMG.
That would be hysterical.
Posted by: Ladyl at April 17, 2020 02:20 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
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you misspelled "a fucking moron".
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:17 PM (nw6Hr)
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I try to be polite.
Politeness costs nothing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:20 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:20 PM (3aI0K)
Either way, classic cave.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2020 02:20 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 17, 2020 02:21 PM (El6T/)
Can you provide a source. I could not find that. Looked like that 31 deaths (and I'm not jesting) in one day dampened Abbott's desire to reopen the state.
This in a state of over 28M
Posted by: groovygirl at April 17, 2020 02:18 PM (ybC9u)
There are just under 30 million in Tx.
We've had 393 deaths total.
Abbott opened some businesses to curbside pickup and state parks are opened Monday, however gatherings of 5 or less and masks must be worn.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:21 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:17 PM (nw6Hr)
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I try to be polite.
Politeness costs nothing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:20 PM (LvTSG)
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Meh....
Grumpy old dudes that dont have time to suffer fools get a pass....
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:22 PM (nw6Hr)
That fucking twat wants Hoosiers to be ruled by the fascist in michigan, Kentucky and Illinois? Fuck you, Holcomb. You suck. You shut down our state in one fucking day and then tell us it has to be reopened carefully, in stages, based on what the governors of other states decide you can do. You spineless, pathetic, pile of stains! Go Fuck yourself with a razor wire wrapped, flaming coconut.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 17, 2020 02:22 PM (myjNJ)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:22 PM (3aI0K)
Posted by: Tonic Dog at April 17, 2020 02:22 PM (UYvk0)
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (Q/Hjr)
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Yep. I hear they're going to shorten the motto to "Semper Tyrannis" and that the figures on the flag are going to change places.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 17, 2020 02:22 PM (dfRN6)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
Decent in the early 70's, but the 90's version was horrific garbage.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
A warning to those who say Texas is open. You can be too open. NOVA is gone and so is Virginia for the foreseeable future. The government keeps expanding but only in one place. Major agencies should be sent far and wide. This is something Trump can do that will last. No on will allow them to move back to The Swamp if they are already afield.
Posted by: Quint at April 17, 2020 02:23 PM (hHxp2)
"Texas is open".
and only a few days after Texans stopped listening and started going about their business.
Posted by: x at April 17, 2020 02:23 PM (nFwvY)
Either way, classic cave.
Great, now can we get my empty skinsuit of a governor to open WI earlier than MAY FREAKIN' 26th?
Holy crap.
Then the douche had the temerity to whine to the president that WI has lost 2 billion dollars.
THAT'S YOUR OWN FAULT, JACKASS.
Posted by: Gman at April 17, 2020 02:23 PM (GfWuY)
not many understand that Treason, as commonly defined as one thing, and Treason, as legally defined, is something else.
Commonly defined Treason means attempting to overthrow the lawful Government, by any means.
But under US Law, legally defined Treason means using Arms and making War against the US government, or supporting those who are actively waging a (hot) war against the US government. Cold wars don't count.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2020 02:23 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: illiniwek at April 17, 2020 02:23 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:24 PM (3aI0K)
the FISC be vetted in the extreme to insure complete accuracy.
__________
"You mean, like, clearing logs? *hic* *shart*" -- Hillary 2020!!!
Posted by: ShainS at April 17, 2020 02:24 PM (j9N+z)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
Decent in the early 70's, but the 90's version was horrific garbage.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)
hold my beer!
Posted by: NOVA in the 2010s at April 17, 2020 02:25 PM (hHxp2)
Posted by: illiniwek at April 17, 2020 02:23 PM (Cus5s)
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"You save one dying red planet, and people start throwing labels."
-John Carter of Mars
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:25 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:25 PM (3aI0K)
not many understand that Treason, as commonly defined as one thing, and Treason, as legally defined, is something else.
Commonly defined Treason means attempting to overthrow the lawful Government, by any means.
But under US Law, legally defined Treason means using Arms and making War against the US government, or supporting those who are actively waging a (hot) war against the US government. Cold wars don't count.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2020 02:23 PM (trdmm)
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Sedition.
The word you are looking for is sedition.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:25 PM (nw6Hr)
Colin Kaepernick is giving back to the community with a new fund to provide families with relief during the coronavirus pandemic.
The former NFL star launched the Know Your Rights Camp COVID-19 Relief Fund Thursday.
"Structural racism makes Black & Brown ppl more likely to die from #COVID19," a tweet on the campaign's Twitter account said.
The money raised will go toward communities that are disproportionately affected by the virus.
Kaepernick kicked off the campaign by donating $100,000.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2020 02:25 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2020 02:25 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: groovygirl
Brady Bunch used to use "groovy" a lot.
It was out of style by my time.
There was a cartoon in the early 70's called The Groovy Ghoulies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrEMOqaGsAo
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 02:26 PM (aw1me)
Eliminate all of FBI.
Let US Marshalls do any work that is necessary.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 17, 2020 01:54 PM (IDhUW)
+++++++++++++++
Yes, I have thought about this and I like it.
Enumerate all law-enforcement activities in which the FBI engages. Rank the list from most important to least important. Take the top 25 most important items and transfer those duties to the Marshals. Then shut down the FBI and fire everyone who works for them.
FBI agents from the LE side (NOT the intelligence side) may reapply for work in the Marshals with no guarantee of hiring, as long as they have been at the FBI for less than 5 years or more than 15 years and have never held a management position including special agent in charge. New or veteran field agents only.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2020 01:57 PM
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No, keep the Marshals independent.
Keep the incompetent clowns of the BATFEIEIO in charge of guns
The DEA needs some work, but not today.
Abolish the FBI mission.
Stand up three independent organizations doing their work. People upthread had some good ideas.
Do not letter any current or former FBI in the new organizations, nor any parent, sibling, cousin, niece, or nephew of an FBI agent or associate in the new organizations either.
Assign the existing FBI to a reasonable federal mission, finding the supposed 5,000 Native American Women and children that go missing every year. Trump even had an EO on this. Every FBI agent gets assigned to this work and assigned to the reservations and Eskimo villages, and works until they resign or retire. (Trust me, they will never run out of work).
Posted by: rd at April 17, 2020 02:26 PM (+0uDE)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 01:45 PM
I got a 'Rona sympathy email from Mathworks! Next my tattered Fortran 77 book will stop by to see how I'm doin'
Posted by: banana Dream at April 17, 2020 02:26 PM (l6b3d)
Posted by: zeera Moron Author at April 17, 2020 02:26 PM (zUdXR)
Holy crap.
Then the douche had the temerity to whine to the president that WI has lost 2 billion dollars.
THAT'S YOUR OWN FAULT, JACKASS.
Posted by: Gman at April 17, 2020 02:23 PM (GfWuY)
I don't understand WI at all. May 26th is ridiculous.
Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2020 02:26 PM (cF8AT)
Sounds structurally racist.
Posted by: fd' at April 17, 2020 02:27 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Quint at April 17, 2020 02:27 PM (hHxp2)
Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2020 02:28 PM (ZCEU2)
Michigan Governor Whitmer aims to begin reopening state economy on May 1
--
Day of Protest: Those people are endangering lives!
DOP +1: Sheriffs: Bitch, we don't work for you.
DOP +2: Governor folds
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2020 02:28 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2020 02:25 PM (aKsyK)
His cause could be bringing my family members back from the dead and I wouldn't give that muthafucker 1 thin dime.
DIAF you anti-American piece of SHIT.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:28 PM (Zz0t1)
I'll bet a number of coronavirus deaths are being planned in order to prevent anyone being charged, let alone convicted. Everyone who worked for Brennan, Clapper, and Comey better go into extreme self-protective self-isolation.
Posted by: Gref at April 17, 2020 02:28 PM (AMIL/)
Yes. I live here, and I don't understand it.
And yeah, May 26th is dumb. The only reason I can see behind it is the jackass canceled the rest of the school year, and so realizes that parents are going to need to be home to watch their kids or something. I don't even farkin' know at this point, and I'm beyond upset about it.
Already told my dad that we're going fishing at the beginning of June, hell or high water, and if that means I use bolt cutters to get into the boat launch then that's what it means.
Posted by: Gman at April 17, 2020 02:29 PM (GfWuY)
Call it what you like, no one is going to get charged with that.
Posted by: navybrat, holed up at April 17, 2020 02:29 PM (w7KSn)
He should keep Atlanta under lockdown and reopen the rest of the state. Let the metro Atlanta progs wallow in misery as they remain hiding under their beds.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 17, 2020 02:29 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: AnnaS at April 17, 2020 02:29 PM (VQjKe)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 17, 2020 02:29 PM (UD/nr)
Colin Kaepernick is giving back to the community...
Yeah, the political community. Not one dime will go to actual people.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 02:30 PM (aw1me)
It was out of style by my time.
There was a cartoon in the early 70's called The Groovy Ghoulies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrEMOqaGsAo
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 02:26 PM (aw1me)
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Slow down. You move too fast.
You gotta make the morning last.
Just kicking down the cobblesone road.
Lookin for fun.... and feeling Grooooovy.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:30 PM (nw6Hr)
Posted by: AnnaS at April 17, 2020 02:30 PM (VQjKe)
The DEA makes the FBI look like a well oiled machine.
DEA Agents are scraped off the bottom of the Federal Barrel
Posted by: garrett at April 17, 2020 02:30 PM (haLSL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrEMOqaGsAo
Posted by: Soothsayer
OMG!
I used to watch that cartoon! holy shit! Blast from the past
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 02:30 PM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 17, 2020 02:29 PM (UD/nr)
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Lockdowns could be done very soon.
The economic impact will remain for a while, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:30 PM (UWqZJ)
Yes. I live here, and I don't understand it.
And yeah, May 26th is dumb. The only reason I can see behind it is
the jackass canceled the rest of the school year, and so realizes that
parents are going to need to be home to watch their kids or something. I
don't even farkin' know at this point, and I'm beyond upset about it.
Already told my dad that we're going fishing at the beginning of
June, hell or high water, and if that means I use bolt cutters to get
into the boat launch then that's what it means.
Posted by: Gman at April 17, 2020 02:29 PM (GfWuY)
For one thing, I believe the 26th is after Sean Duffy replacement election.
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 17, 2020 02:31 PM (88+cf)
Posted by: fd' at April 17, 2020 02:31 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:24 PM (3aI0K)
And here in Vermont I just heard that I may be allowed to reopen my office on Monday. Not 100% sure yet, and even if I do it is not going to do me great deal of good as my projects in Michigan and New Jersey are still in semi-permanent coma, my biggest client is in Canada and they are completely locked down, and I only have one local client that falls under the 2 people maximum in any one office rule. At least I may be free of my freezing, windowless basement. Need to go find the actual declaration to see what the gov. actually did say.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 17, 2020 02:31 PM (GhGb5)
When convictions occur do you think they will be appealed?
Do you think things need to be corruption tight?
If Congress gets the info, will it leak?
Do you think Wray is doing the investigating?
Posted by: nip at April 17, 2020 02:31 PM (Izot6)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 02:31 PM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: Quint at April 17, 2020 02:32 PM (hHxp2)
-John Carter of Mars"
in movies, I'd guess the JC initial thing is never accidental ... Sarah Connors has John Connor ... the rest is history ... until it is rewritten by another JC from the future.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 17, 2020 02:32 PM (Cus5s)
I'd disband the FBI and make them watch as I tossed their badges into a smelter. Fuck all of them.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade a fucking ray of sunshine at April 17, 2020 02:32 PM (bML9A)
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at April 17, 2020 02:32 PM (nRWPy)
Posted by: filbert at April 17, 2020 02:32 PM (NiXyF)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 17, 2020 02:29 PM (ptqGC)
As my late grandfather was fond of saying, Sherman did such a good job that someone should do it again.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 17, 2020 02:32 PM (UD/nr)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 17, 2020 02:29 PM (UD/nr)
Those are significantly MASSIVE numbers, if true.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2020 02:33 PM (gmo/4)
There was a time, years ago, when if you worked covertly to illegally
overthrow the President of the United States, you were committing
treason."
not many understand that Treason, as commonly defined as one thing, and Treason, as legally defined, is something else.
Commonly defined Treason means attempting to overthrow the lawful Government, by any means.
But under US Law, legally defined Treason means using Arms and
making War against the US government, or supporting those who are
actively waging a (hot) war against the US government. Cold wars don't
count.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2020 02:23 PM (trdmm)
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Sedition.
The word you are looking for is sedition.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:25 PM (nw6Hr)
The end result still should be the same - if properly convicted.
Heads on pikes all along Pennsylvania Ave. Let them rot there as warnings to others.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 17, 2020 02:33 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Quint at April 17, 2020 02:32 PM (hHxp2)
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Ever notice that about the only slang word hat is universal across generations is "cool".
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:33 PM (nw6Hr)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 02:34 PM (d7Ww2)
I'd disband the FBI and make them watch as I tossed their badges into a smelter. Fuck all of them.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade a fucking ray of sunshine at April 17, 2020 02:32 PM (bML9A)
Privatize it. Give it the power to investigate the GOVERNMENT.
We'll see who laughs last.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 02:34 PM (d7Ww2)
Speed Buggy, FTW
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2020 02:34 PM (gmo/4)
Because there's an ongoing criminal investigation with a grand jury already in place.
If you don't think Joe was in on it, read this thread from 2 years ago. The information coming out now proves he was right.
https://tinyurl.com/ybts3jfk
Not the dates. The FBI swore they didn't get the Steele information until late September 2016. They lied.
Time for a dog walk.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2020 01:32 PM (ZLI7S)
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There is always something that slows things down, isn't there Jack?
Posted by: MAGA at April 17, 2020 02:35 PM (HodVf)
Posted by: fd' at April 17, 2020 02:35 PM (Tnijr)
Seriously, the most corrupt of ALL the Fed Law Enforcement Agencies.
Those guys don't follow ANY Privacy / Surveilence rules.
They purpsefully allow drug dealers to go free to take advantage of Federal Guidelines that pay them the same dollars for a posession arrest.
Completely lawless in their actions those fuckers. And like I said, the dumbest of the dumb.
Posted by: garrett at April 17, 2020 02:35 PM (haLSL)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 17, 2020 02:32 PM (UD/nr)
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Down here in "the free state of Chatham," we refer to the ATL as "federally occupied Atlanta."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 17, 2020 02:35 PM (ptqGC)
Look to see each state fold up like an old lawn chair as others come back on line...with imbeciles like Cuomo, Murphy and KKK Coonsman trying to hold out to the bitter end...
Posted by: Boswell at April 17, 2020 02:35 PM (32YRo)
As noted by others, the link to the Oval is of course the most interesting known unkown. Well, semi-unknown. There are at least a few bits of evidence - the "WH wants to know everything on this" text (from Lisa Donkey Chompers, I think?), and documentation of a briefing of WH CoS by senior DOJ/FBI.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 17, 2020 02:35 PM (El6T/)
Good idea but I see people who get close to things start to suicide and disappear.
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 17, 2020 02:35 PM (VyxAO)
how about a thread on 60s and 70s cartoons
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 02:34 PM (d7Ww2)
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There is only Johnny Quest
ok. .... and old Tom an Jerries.
ok..... throw in Road Runner too
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:36 PM (nw6Hr)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 02:36 PM (d7Ww2)
The economic impact will remain for a while, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at April 17, 2020 02:30 PM (UWqZJ)
The first hurdle after the lockdowns are over will be convincing people who have been scared out of their minds that it's OK to live again.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 17, 2020 02:36 PM (UD/nr)
Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2020 02:36 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2020 02:36 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: filbert at April 17, 2020 02:32 PM (NiXyF)
Don't be talkin messkin in here!
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 17, 2020 02:36 PM (88+cf)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 17, 2020 01:42 PM (H5knJ)
Agreed.
There is a reason the entire civilized world settled on adversarial processes of varying degrees for their court systems.
Because this is what happens 100% of the time when you have secret ex parte court systems.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 17, 2020 01:44 PM (cnTJD)
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All we need is some new procedures and training.
Posted by: MAGA at April 17, 2020 02:36 PM (HodVf)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:37 PM (3aI0K)
Honestly not much of an opening. Retail only on a "to go" basis.
State parks open but one must wear a mask and limit groups to 5 people.
Pitiful imho.
Posted by: groovygirl at April 17, 2020 02:37 PM (ybC9u)
Bitchin.
Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2020 02:34 PM (gmo/4)
A classic:
https://youtu.be/1v3CzvQ9e_w
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: x at April 17, 2020 02:37 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 02:37 PM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 17, 2020 01:44 PM (NgKpN)
Have to get him on US soil first. He's hiding out in Blighty for the time being.
Posted by: Fox2! at April 17, 2020 02:37 PM (qyH+l)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 17, 2020 02:37 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Fay Wray at April 17, 2020 02:37 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:37 PM (3aI0K)
I think it might be canceled for about a century.
that business is dead. I don't think its coming back.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (gmo/4)
Hopefully the gyms will be empty. My fat ass has been stress eating and drinking. More open power racks for me.
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (VyxAO)
Posted by: CN at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (ONvIw)
Wasn't the FBI allegedly scrupulously reviewing the Weiner laptop email cache in late October 2016??
Seems awfully convenient that they were pulling faked intel from the Hillary campaign, via a UK spy working with Russians at the same time Hillary was being investigated.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (bDqIh)
Also, I hate the word groovy....
Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (cF8AT)
This is not the Texas I thought we have.
Too many transplants from blue states I guess.
Posted by: groovygirl at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (ybC9u)
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-
ukraine-scandals/fbi-collected-improper-cell-phone-
pictures-while-spying
Posted by: Kwai Chang Mandelblit at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (JP4mP)
Recall all the way back to yesterday, when objective standards for relaxing restrictions were issued by the WH. Any governor going outside/beyond those guidelines, absent some X factor everyone can see, will be sticking their face into a buzzsaw. That is, it won't happen.
And those guidelines, like everything else in this story, of course, as was obvious all along, may shift in reaction to experience and more info becoming available. So even those may be softened/lowered.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 17, 2020 02:39 PM (El6T/)
When convictions occur do you think they will be appealed?
Do you think things need to be corruption tight?
If Congress gets the info, will it leak?
Do you think Wray is doing the investigating?
Posted by: nip
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Speaking as someone who knows absolutely nothing, the correct answer to all is the most cynical one possible.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 17, 2020 02:39 PM (G51Gf)
so sorry you don't like the handle. It is ironic...
Posted by: groovygirl at April 17, 2020 02:39 PM (ybC9u)
Posted by: fd' at April 17, 2020 02:39 PM (Tnijr)
first ones in
last ones out.
how much you wanna bet?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 02:31 PM (d7Ww2)
Reported deaths in WA today: 2
New York: 630
I think NY is probably going to hang on to last out.
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2020 02:39 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 17, 2020 02:40 PM (UD/nr)
Don't forget your Motley Crew Tshirt!
Posted by: fd' at April 17, 2020 02:39 PM (Tnijr)
All the proceeds go to bail the lead singer out of jail!
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)
New York: 630
I think NY is probably going to hang on to last out.
Posted by: Metho
Hold my beer
Posted by: Jay Inslee at April 17, 2020 02:40 PM (d7Ww2)
Like I think an junta in America present day would come from the FBI/DOJ not the military.
Posted by: TexasDan at April 17, 2020 02:40 PM (yL25O)
This is not the Texas I thought we have.
Too many transplants from blue states I guess.
Posted by: groovygirl at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (ybC9u)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/texas-greg-abbott-ken-paxton-conservatives/2020/04/16/id/963300/
This should happen in every state.
Posted by: Kwai Chang Mandelblit at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (JP4mP)
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2020 02:39 PM (kOpft)
You think they'd be ordering up a huge supply of remdesivir, no?
Posted by: CN at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (aw1me)
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 17, 2020 01:44 PM (NgKpN)
Have to get him on US soil first. He's hiding out in Blighty for the time being.
Posted by: Fox2! at April 17, 2020 02:37 PM (qyH+l)
sad, uncomfortable fact - he broke no laws. He did a lot of shit, but he broke no laws, and he's not under our jurisdiction, anyways. Even his interview with the IG was purely voluntary.
Also, he isn't "hiding out" in Blighty. He lives there. He's always lived there. That's why Hillary, Brennan, and Blumenthal used him - he was never subject to US law. Still isn't.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2020 02:37 PM (3aI0K)
But DeBlasio just opened up Comic-Convict in NYC, they'll all be creeping around everyone's neighborhood soon enough.
Posted by: Boswell at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (32YRo)
Biden's alarmingly low level of mental acuity, I hope to be sitting on
the porch in my underwear yelling and throwing rocks at cars - not
campaigning for office.
Posted by: Weasel at April 17, 2020 01:39 PM (MVjcR)
"Weasel Acres Home for the Geezerly"
Has a nice ring to it, right?
*runs serpentine*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (myjNJ)
Hopefully the gyms will be empty. My fat ass has been stress eating and drinking. More open power racks for me.
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (VyxAO)
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Im literally dying over here with my gym closed.
(talking like a millenial for effect)
Im sick of doing push ups and jumping rope and deep knee bends.
I USED to have a squat rack and several hundred pounds of free weights. But I sold it all.
Stupid me.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (nw6Hr)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (d7Ww2)
It'll be back, along with everything else.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 17, 2020 02:42 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: getting the banned culture at April 17, 2020 02:42 PM (ncpbL)
Posted by: Fritz at April 17, 2020 02:42 PM (95j/9)
so sorry you don't like the handle. It is ironic...
Posted by: groovygirl at April 17, 2020 02:39 PM (ybC9u)
Nothing against you personally.
I grew up in the 60's & 70's. Got burned out on the word and that just always stuck with me.
Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2020 02:42 PM (cF8AT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RP2zU6iD0
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (aw1me)
Always loved that! I think it first appeared in "A Shot in the Dark"
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2020 02:42 PM (trdmm)
I have to agree with Nurse.
Inslee is a weakling and will do whatever his master's tell him.
I expect him to try to extend into mid summer just to punsh the rubes east of the mountains who didn't vote for his sorry ass.
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at April 17, 2020 02:43 PM (Eb+fP)
Posted by: banned at April 17, 2020 02:43 PM (ncpbL)
Biden's alarmingly low level of mental acuity, I hope to be sitting on
the porch in my underwear yelling and throwing rocks at cars - not
campaigning for office.
Posted by: Weasel at April 17, 2020 01:39 PM (MVjcR)
"Weasel Acres Home for the Geezerly"
Has a nice ring to it, right?
*runs serpentine*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
Dibs on a bunk by a window!
I wanna watch the birdies.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2020 02:44 PM (NNh6R)
Posted by: banned banned banned at April 17, 2020 02:44 PM (ncpbL)
Good on ya for the home workouts. I can't think of anything I'd rather do less than that. So I got fat. REALLY stupid me.
I plan on turning my garage into a home gym. Gotta buy a big ass shed to put all our lawn/outside shit tho.
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 17, 2020 02:44 PM (VyxAO)
SAVIOR OF THE NATION!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2020 02:44 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 17, 2020 02:44 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Robert the robot at April 17, 2020 02:44 PM (aKsyK)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Watched that movie last summer, very funny. Much better than the remake.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 17, 2020 02:44 PM (GhGb5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RP2zU6iD0
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (aw1me)
Always loved that! I think it first appeared in "A Shot in the Dark"
Posted by: Tom Servo
awesome!
also The Pink Panther
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2020 02:44 PM (d7Ww2)
https://tinyurl.com/y7xbaoub
I used to love these two too. Not sure this cartoon ever had a name.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 17, 2020 02:45 PM (nw6Hr)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 02:46 PM (aw1me)
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2020 02:39 PM (kOpft)
You think they'd be ordering up a huge supply of remdesivir, no?
Posted by: CN at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (ONvIw)
If they had an interest in curing the sick, yes.
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2020 02:46 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 17, 2020 02:46 PM (aw1me)
Far out!
Posted by: fd' at April 17, 2020 02:35 PM (Tnijr)
I wanted to grow up a marry Speed Racer.
We called our dad "Pops'' because he looked like Pops Racer.
Posted by: Cheriebebe at April 17, 2020 02:46 PM (Xt7n2)
---
I understand the desire to have checks and balances.
However, I do not think the solution is to create more agencies. Consolidation and downsizing is better.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 17, 2020 02:46 PM (IDhUW)
70's cartoons you say? Well I say Tom Slick, George of the Jungle, and Super Chicken! Fat Albert and Friends were okay too.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 17, 2020 02:41 PM (myjNJ)
Nobody gets it when I say, "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it."
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 17, 2020 02:46 PM (88+cf)
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at April 17, 2020 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)
This is not the Texas I thought we have.
Too many transplants from blue states I guess.
Posted by: groovygirl at April 17, 2020 02:38 PM (ybC9u)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/texas-greg-abbott-ken-paxton-conservatives/2020/04/16/id/963300/
This should happen in every state.
Posted by: Kwai Chang Mandelblit
Just close down the schools forever.
The ignorant little shits don't need to learn anything.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2020 02:47 PM (NNh6R)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2020 02:47 PM (BLT3V)
Posted by: notsothoreau at April 17, 2020 02:47 PM (JKNZq)
"How can you concentrate on these things in the past when people are dying of COVID-19!!!
Let it go! Mistakes were made!"
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 17, 2020 02:47 PM (CjFDo)
Posted by: AnnaS at April 17, 2020 02:47 PM (VQjKe)
Posted by: Sponge
LOL.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2020 02:49 PM (NNh6R)
Posted by: AnnaS at April 17, 2020 02:50 PM (VQjKe)
Have mentioned it before.
Two words to counter the liberal juries.
Military. Tribunals.
Is it possible some of these folks held positions that make that possible?
Hmmmm
Posted by: teej at April 17, 2020 02:50 PM (HTJUH)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2020 02:47 PM (BLT3V)
Well that sucks! Any marches planned?
Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2020 02:50 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 02:53 PM (Q/Hjr)
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Cuz he has cops with guns, judges with jails, and guards with guns. Other than that, no reason at all.
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 17, 2020 02:55 PM (Q/Hjr)
Posted by: CN at April 17, 2020 02:59 PM (ONvIw)
Look to see each state fold up like an old lawn chair as others come back on line...with imbeciles like Cuomo, Murphy and KKK Coonsman trying to hold out to the bitter end...
Posted by: Boswell at April 17, 2020 02:35 PM (32YRo)
These guys are trying very hard to prevent my 1 May 2020 prediction from coming true, but I think that Trump may help me pull this one out - even from these malcontents.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 17, 2020 03:01 PM (iuFgi)
I apologize for doing so on this page.
Posted by: wferrin at April 17, 2020 03:22 PM (UjYaa)
Posted by: Jen the original at April 17, 2020 01:41 PM (gvLkZ)
Do they get argumentative, bordering on rage, when you disagree with them? Serious q.
Posted by: FloridaMan -- still think this is overreaction at April 17, 2020 03:23 PM (r28kI)
Posted by: wferrin at April 17, 2020 03:23 PM (UjYaa)
Not too many lefties in Guantanamo. Let's try them there....
Posted by: Bunsen Honeydew at April 17, 2020 06:35 PM (wY5g7)
these kinds of things, therefore I am going to convey her.
Posted by: arcade game at April 19, 2020 05:34 PM (DD8mO)
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