Prosecutor Reportedly Helping Mueller Brags of Using Constant Legal Challenges to Trump Administration; Says Federal Government Is the "Biggest Threat... Right Now"

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who is reportedly assisting special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, boasted of his successful resistance to the Trump administration in a Tuesday Medium post.
Schneiderman, who could play an essential role in the disposition of Mueller’s investigation, has effectively branded as a public anti-Trump litigator during the president's first year, in keeping with the history of hostility between the two men.
Tuesday's Medium post accompanied a profile of Schneiderman in The New York Times, which noted that the AG lodged 100 legal or administrative challenges to administration policies during Trump's first year in office. Such challenges include lawsuits contesting the travel ban and rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era amnesty policy that grants temporary status to illegal immigrants who entered the country as children.
"We try and protect New Yorkers from those who would do them harm," Schneiderman told TheNYT. "The biggest threat to New Yorkers right now is the federal government, so we’re responding to it."

Why, I'm old enough to remember when claiming the federal government was the "biggest threat" was considered Taliban terrorism!

I'm also old enough to remember when dissent was the highest form of patriotism, and then when dissent became the basest form of treason, before polymorphing once again to the highest form of patriotism.

I wonder what accounts for these whipsaw changes?!

Posted by: Ace at 06:20 PM

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1 Yes!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 27, 2017 06:18 PM (UsCnO)

2 No!!!!!

Posted by: eleven at December 27, 2017 06:19 PM (+lOpA)

3 Ha!

Posted by: Harley1911 at December 27, 2017 06:20 PM (X+eRS)

4

I recall when the Tree of Liberty needed to be watered, from time-to-time.

Posted by: Thomas Jeffereson at December 27, 2017 06:20 PM (nBBdT)

5 I wonder what accounts for these whipsaw changes?

Simplest explanation? Douchebag-ism.

Posted by: t-bird at December 27, 2017 06:21 PM (clYld)

6
*sharpens quill*

'Jefferson'

Posted by: Thomas Jefferson at December 27, 2017 06:21 PM (nBBdT)

7 Nom nom nom nom nom nom

Posted by: Todd Kneeling, Discovered Bigfoot at December 27, 2017 06:22 PM (yyMsG)

8 Maybe a whipsaw is exactly what is needful here.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 27, 2017 06:23 PM (7UW64)

9 Why, I'm old enough to remember when claiming the federal government was the "biggest threat" was considered Taliban terrorism!

I'm also old enough to remember when dissent was the highest form of patriotism, and then when dissent became the basest form of treason, before polymorphing once again to the highest form of patriotism.
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Boy ace, you're old!

Posted by: bluebell ~ now we're cookin'! at December 27, 2017 06:23 PM (kNasr)

10 The biggest threat is the federal government? Didn't the Tea Party espouse something similar to that?

Posted by: fly gal at December 27, 2017 06:23 PM (8TdcF)

11 The Feral Government.

I just invented that.

Posted by: eleven at December 27, 2017 06:24 PM (+lOpA)

12 so Schneiderman and Meuller are colluding.

Posted by: x at December 27, 2017 06:24 PM (nFwvY)

13 Schneiderman, like that other NYAG Spitzer, wants to use lawfare as a springboard to a political career. He's dangerous.

He's already tried to use state securities fraud statutes to go after the likes of Exxon for saying anything anti-CAGW.

He's in league with Mueller to bring cases beyond Trump's federal pardon power. This could get messy in the End Game that's coming.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 06:24 PM (cAXIk)

14 I wonder what accounts for these whipsaw changes?

Simplest explanation? Douchebag-ism.
Posted by: t-bird
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It's as if that which is politically convenient to their narrative is more important than character and integrity.

Why, it's almost as if shameless hypocrisy is a core value for them...as if, as if...they have no soul.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2017 06:25 PM (w1zJX)

15 So how many of those 100 legal challenges has Schneiderman been successful with? I'm betting right around zero.

This whole thing should be ended soon. It also wouldn't surprise me to see Flynn withdraw his plea or have the judge through the case out for prosecutor misconduct.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 06:25 PM (/tuJf)

16 "Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election"

Um, correction. Mueller's mandate - while clearly unlawful and non-compliant with the relevant statute - does not mention this subject.

The puported subject of the investigation is contacts and links between the Trump campaign the Russia. I say purported because there's nothing to investigate there, obviously, and as the "investigation" has confirmed, but also because such "links" involve no likely criminal conduct and therefore were a (minor) counter-intelligence matter, not a criminal one.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 06:25 PM (g6yUI)

17 In litigation, the one weapon is running a suspect out of money. It doesn't apply when the taxpayer is picking up both sides of the tab.

Posted by: redenzo at December 27, 2017 06:25 PM (5wSNN)

18 *makes fire*
*makes a white Russian*
*considers going back to sleep*

Posted by: Todd Kneeling, Discovered Bigfoot at December 27, 2017 06:26 PM (yyMsG)

19 Only the stupid buy into what these people peddle... and there's no fixing stupid.

Posted by: kraken at December 27, 2017 06:26 PM (zSVEm)

20 Isn't there some limit to abusing the power of your office, just to please Chancy (Chuck and Nancy), Jake Tapper, and all of MSNBC?

Someone needs to shit in this guy's desk, just after he went home for the weekend.

Because he chooses to shit on New Yorkers with passion and glee.

In my own Washington state, we have "sideshow Bob" Ferguson, our new hyper-Democrat AG, that spends his time, resources, and budget figuring out how to sue Pres Trump. He ignores state issues, as this one-Party state is under complete control with the help of a hyper-Dem Leftist press, an illegal voter scheme for over 20 years called Motor Voter, and corruption in King County (Seattle) that would make the dead in Chicago blush with envy. (Re: Sound Transit)

These are a special kind of JackHoles. If you ever see one, spit on them, for America.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 27, 2017 06:27 PM (UsCnO)

21 I would buy a farm just so I could bet the farm that Schneiderman is against accepting Jerusalem as Israel's capital and moving our embassy there.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 06:27 PM (2DOZq)

22 Money would be better spend on preventing erect penises from being painted on buildings.

Posted by: Todd Kneeling, Discovered Bigfoot at December 27, 2017 06:28 PM (yyMsG)

23 http://bit.ly/2DovE2u

Pervnado banks another one OT

BuzzFeed FIRES White House Correspondent After Allegations of Inappropriate Comments

Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 27, 2017 06:28 PM (y3aQB)

24 But, according to the my fellow experts...noticing this trend makes donald trump a very bad man.

it's true. please donate to my patreon so I can keep giving you my expertise

Posted by: internet expert at December 27, 2017 06:28 PM (V3U1L)

25 Ignoramus, what's the End Game?

Mueller, humiliated, closes up shop after "delivering" two trivial process "crimes" (one of which may well be a tainted thing, per JS above, and tossed anyway), and (we'll see) perhaps nothing from a tax and FAR case?

Or the farce becomes even more incredible, forcing Trump to fire Mueller, and/or Sessions/Rosenstein?

Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 06:28 PM (g6yUI)

26 I have a bias, but I am a businessman. I take and receive all calls.

Posted by: Dick Durbin Hodgenson's spotter at December 27, 2017 06:29 PM (5wSNN)

27 Only the stupid buy into what these people peddle... and there's no fixing stupid.
Posted by: kraken
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It isn't that they are stupid, it is that they have been inundated/propagandized/brainwashed, in school, by politicians, and most of all, by the media, all of the media.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2017 06:29 PM (y3sT9)

28 If you want the Corgis help on this, you are going to have to provide some freshly cooked breakfast sausage first.

Posted by: Corgi's Agent at December 27, 2017 06:29 PM (UsCnO)

29 *cleans guns....again*
*checks ammo prices*

Posted by: Taqyia2Me at December 27, 2017 06:29 PM (Ftuf+)

30 Lawfare, the Leftist best offence

Posted by: Skip at December 27, 2017 06:29 PM (aC6Sd)

31 so now what ?... giant schlongs on apartment buildings?

Posted by: Joey B at December 27, 2017 06:30 PM (P1GJy)

32
What this country needs are more state governors like Jerry Brown who will nullify federal laws that don't advance the leftist agenda.

Of course Trump must be removed from office before he wrecks the glorious five year plan that Hillary was going to run when she was president.

State Governors have to hold the line against Trump even if it means using State Police Powers to arrest federal agents who try to enforce federal laws.

Trump is all bravado and will never send in military troops. State's Rights are the main line of resistance to federal over reach. The democrat party is still the party of state's rights.

Posted by: Glorious Wu Long Chu at December 27, 2017 06:30 PM (KdDCu)

33 "Um, correction. Mueller's mandate - while clearly unlawful and non-compliant with the relevant statute - does not mention this subject."

In Rosenstein's order: "The Special Counsel is authorized to conduct the investigation confirmed by then-FBI
Director James 8. Corney in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 20, 2017"

I think this refers to Russia interference. Which is related to the hypothetical collusion. Quid pro quo, you see.

I noted this awhile back that Mueller won't investigate this adequately leaving a big whole in his report. How could he not press to see the DNC server, or ask questions about what happened. You'll recall that Comey and others did no investigation on their own but totally relied on a firm hired by the DNC.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 06:30 PM (cAXIk)

34
Crack that whip! Give the past the slip.... when good times turn around, you must whip it!

Posted by: otho at December 27, 2017 06:31 PM (qGuLD)

35
For a pick-me-up from this, check out our own Kbdabear's twitter feed, something I do every day now.

He's put up some very nice bicycle pics.

As much I despise Prince Chuckles, I must say I do have something in common with him a bit. I would love to be a bicycle seat right now.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at December 27, 2017 06:31 PM (8O3HH)

36 Well, DoJ could take a sudden interest in every twitch of Schneiderman's office, couldn't they? Like for paying political favors?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 27, 2017 06:31 PM (oVJmc)

37 Schneiderman, Schneiderman,
Does what ever an insider can...

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 27, 2017 06:32 PM (oVJmc)

38 need to follow up Mueller with another special counsel to find the crimes the Mueller special counsel committed.

Posted by: politics uber alles at December 27, 2017 06:32 PM (DOPuI)

39 17
In litigation, the one weapon is running a suspect out of money. It
doesn't apply when the taxpayer is picking up both sides of the tab.
Posted by: redenzo at December 27, 2017 06:25 PM (5wSNN)

While I agree, I have to wonder - given the tax reform, SALT and the article of NY, CA, Il, etc, losing residents and therefore losing revenue, how long this would go one.

I know the answer is "always" but at some point, I would like to think people would look at this guy and say: This guy has too much time on his hands and isn't representing me/state very well.

Notice how he doesn't say how many he has won, but I would like to see someone publish the stat and ask NYers if they feel this is prudent spending of their tax dollars.

Just wait until the Sanctuary Cities Act is passed. These folks will be pissed.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 27, 2017 06:32 PM (bB4HN)

40 OK- so Scheiderman can pull the strings on the 9th circus. G-D bless our President. He is fighting more shit than we can even know.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 27, 2017 06:32 PM (g+t2z)

41 Resistance is the highest form of crazyism.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 06:33 PM (IqV8l)

42 This Schneiderman?

Needs a good spanking.

Posted by: Corey Lewandowski at December 27, 2017 06:33 PM (S6Pax)

43 >>Or the farce becomes even more incredible, forcing Trump to fire Mueller, and/or Sessions/Rosenstein?

The end game is likely to be greatly influenced by what Horowitz reports starting in January. Pretty much everyone has been focused full-time on the Mueller investigation and ignoring the OIG investigation which has been going on longer with far more investigators and goes all the way back to Hillary's email investigation through the start of the Trump investigation.

So far it has resulted in the dismissal or demotion of nearly 10 senior level DOJ and FBI personnel and will like result in charges for some or all of them. These are the same people investigating Trump.

It's hard to see how Mueller moves forward with any credibility when a large number of people who started the investigation or actually did the investigation of Trump are under investigation or indictment themselves for misconduct.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 06:34 PM (/tuJf)

44 Schneiderman and Meuller?

Sounds like the name of a crooked law firm or lobbyists.

Posted by: dantesed at December 27, 2017 06:34 PM (88xKn)

45 the blue states are run by lawless corruptocrats

Posted by: kallisto at December 27, 2017 06:34 PM (axaxF)

46
Any thoughts on Paul Nehlen going full-blown "Joos rule, and that's not a good thing!" on Twitter, ace?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 06:34 PM (pNxlR)

47
MALFEASANCE

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 27, 2017 06:34 PM (AKOhm)

48 need to follow up Mueller with another special counsel to find the crimes the Mueller special counsel committed.

++++++++

that is an insult to all 17 intelligence agencies who worked tirelessly to confirm one minor factiod in the piss-dossier.

Posted by: internet expert at December 27, 2017 06:34 PM (V3U1L)

49 Crack that whip! Give the past the slip.... when good times turn around, you must whip it!
Posted by: otho
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*hands otho a flower pot*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2017 06:34 PM (5OO3x)

50 40 OK- so Scheiderman can pull the strings on the 9th circus. G-D bless our President. He is fighting more shit than we can even know.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 27, 2017 06:32 PM (g+t2z)

F-kin a.

God bless ya Donnie Two Scoops.

Posted by: eleven at December 27, 2017 06:34 PM (+lOpA)

51

Paul Krugman: If American democracy survives this terrible episode, I vote that we make pink pussy hats the symbol of our delivery from evil.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 06:35 PM (IqV8l)

52 Hmm. Maybe Trump should sic the IRS on these anti-government types.

Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2017 06:35 PM (sdi6R)

53 My house smells like freshly baked Pizzas.

Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 06:35 PM (h8hTk)

54 And Rosenstein. His memo explaining Comey's unfitness was actually unimpressive. The case states itself when describing Comey's behavior.

But Rosenstein chose to go the illogical late-night TV ad testimonial route, and cite many former AGs and high-rankin' DOJ types to "bolster" the case. ???? As if Eric Holder's view of *anything*, but especially judicial ethics and behavior, is something that bolsters a case? Are you kidding me? Several other names he quoted only *weakened* his case.

And then, the ludicrous appointment of Mueller, cuz "public interest". Again - are you f***ing kidding me? The "public interest" demands that some Beltway trash lawyers/paper pushers "investigate" an inconsequential counter-intelligence matter?

Go ahead and cite all the amazing things about Rosenstein. His two most important decisions so far place him in the lowest ranks of Obama-years affirmative action cretins.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 06:35 PM (g6yUI)

55 Resistance is the highest form of crazyism.

++++++++

I ask you...what's crazier, maintaining your sacred honor and dignity by voting for the worst person on earth or throwing away your super-con priniciples for some organge guy who would do basically what you want, well..minus amnesty.

Posted by: internet expert at December 27, 2017 06:36 PM (V3U1L)

56
Feasance: An Action

Mal: Bad

Bad Action by a Public Official

noun, Law.
1.
the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust).

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 27, 2017 06:36 PM (AKOhm)

57 Any thoughts on Paul Nehlen going full-blown "Joos rule, and that's not a good thing!" on Twitter, ace?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Maybe he can get a gig at Zero Hedge?

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at December 27, 2017 06:37 PM (S6Pax)

58 I'm sure I don't have to explain why a prosecutor told to investigate pre-election shenannigans would try to perjure trap the incoming admin with the age old "conversation gambit"

Posted by: internet expert at December 27, 2017 06:38 PM (V3U1L)

59 57. Shut it down! The goyim know! - EVERY SINGLE GODDAMNED COMMENT there

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 06:38 PM (fA1SL)

60 "what's the End Game?"

One scenario is that Trump lets Mueller play it out, to show that Mueller either directly or implicitly says that Trump is clean. The Trump can go after the Conspirators with the upper hand.

Mueller's got nothing on collusion.

The DOJ OIG report will expose Comey as tanking the Hillary e-mail investigation. Trump's already calling him leakin' Comey. (Comey was dumb enough to say publicly that he leaked in hopes of triggering a special counsel). So Mueller can't make a credible obstruction case over Comey's getting fired.

All that's left is to gin up charges against the Trump kids for business practices. Which is why Schneiderman may come in, because Trump can't pardon state charges. If they go this route it won't end well for them.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 06:38 PM (cAXIk)

61 That is one long duck dong

Posted by: Archer at December 27, 2017 06:39 PM (gbWkA)

62 Sounds like the name of a crooked law firm or lobbyists.
Posted by: dantesed
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Have you been injured in an accident? Even one that was your fault? Call us at 1-888-SHYSTER. We will get you money.

Posted by: Schneiderman and Meuller, Attorneys at Lawless at December 27, 2017 06:39 PM (5OO3x)

63 "The Death of Expertise" by Thomas M. Nichols available on Amazon. Note the related items that customers who buy this book also bought.

Posted by: Glorious Wu Long Chu at December 27, 2017 06:39 PM (KdDCu)

64 It is also racist since it is not black - crackas

Posted by: Archer at December 27, 2017 06:40 PM (gbWkA)

65 Again, one of the easiest ways to validate the justness of a thing is to simply reverse the circumstances. If Obama was being investigated by people who were so adamantly against him, how would the left react?

Posted by: IanDeal at December 27, 2017 06:40 PM (qcIL3)

66 So the NY AG's office is in a partnership with Team Mueller, while Team Mueller stiff-armed Congressional oversight committees for months.

Good to know.

Posted by: mrp at December 27, 2017 06:40 PM (Pqytn)

67 Huh, it's almost as if the only standard they have is "whatever moves The Revolution forward".

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/365 at December 27, 2017 06:40 PM (oVWx5)

68 the problem with the end game scenario is this is going to go on forever. My fellow experts in the GOP have no idea how to stand up for anyone in the party. Maybe if trump became a democrat, the gop would suddenly fight for him.

Posted by: internet expert at December 27, 2017 06:40 PM (V3U1L)

69 In litigation, the one weapon is running a suspect
out of money. It doesn't apply when the taxpayer is picking up both
sides of the tab.

Posted by: redenzo at December 27, 2017 06:25 PM (5wSNN)

Actually, aren't NYers paying three times? One, state taxes, two, city taxes, and three federal taxes!! They should be so proud of their attorney general, such a smart guy.

Posted by: Joanne's delurking for a limited time only at December 27, 2017 06:40 PM (A07hL)

70 This entire situation from the hyper state AG's is so devoid of legal theory it begins to look like a giant Escher illustration.

See, the water is flowing uphill!

All you need is one fallacy, and you can make up nearly anything.

Like in math when you divide by zero. You get any answer you want.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 27, 2017 06:40 PM (UsCnO)

71 The only reason Kathleen Kane was removed is that she waged war on fellow donkeys, that crazy Caitlin Jenner looking biatch. (PA AG)

Posted by: kallisto at December 27, 2017 06:41 PM (axaxF)

72 Weezer always will be 90's. No question of that. They could put out an album tomorrow and it would still be 1994.

Oh wait. They put one out in 2017. And guess what?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBqFoyXXs3E

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at December 27, 2017 06:41 PM (CPk08)

73
You know that deformed alien guy with a pushed up nose at the cantina in Star Wars who gets in Luke's face and Ben cuts down with his light saber?

Yeah, he's mort.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 27, 2017 06:41 PM (AKOhm)

74 Schneiderman and Meuller?

Sounds like the name of a crooked law firm or lobbyists.

Dewey, Cheatem & Howe

Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 27, 2017 06:41 PM (y3aQB)

75
SUBVERSIVES

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 27, 2017 06:41 PM (AKOhm)

76 Who is Paul Nehlen anyways? I've seen his name pop up recently and I have no idea who he is. Seems to be your ordinary everyday anti-semite. Nothing special there.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 27, 2017 06:42 PM (peJQi)

77 http://bit.ly/2CeuLdm

10 times the intel community violated the trust of US citizens, lawmakers and allies | TheHill Sharyl Attkisson

Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 27, 2017 06:43 PM (y3aQB)

78 I thought Schneiderman was an apartment building repairman.

Posted by: jsg at December 27, 2017 06:43 PM (gSwpy)

79 >>Who is Paul Nehlen anyways? I've seen his name pop up recently and I have no idea who he is. Seems to be your ordinary everyday anti-semite. Nothing special there.

He was the great hope to primary Paul Ryan up until he let his inner Jew hate out.

Even Bannon has dropped him now.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 06:43 PM (/tuJf)

80
Mal -'bad'

de - 'of the'

Mer - 'sea'

Moral - Avoid glowing shrimp

Posted by: The god Bilious at December 27, 2017 06:43 PM (nBBdT)

81 31 so now what ?... giant schlongs on apartment buildings?
Posted by: Joey B at December 27, 2017 06:30 PM (P1GJy)

What's wrong with that?

Posted by: Argentinian Lake Duck at December 27, 2017 06:44 PM (CPk08)

82 Here's a good picture of Schneiderman. He looks deranged.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y7slq2f4

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 27, 2017 06:44 PM (TwzNB)

83 How can Mueller conspire with a state employee to harm or coerce the subject of his investigation? How is that possibly legal?

Posted by: Max Power at December 27, 2017 06:45 PM (q177U)

84 So...."Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to save you from the federal government!"

#NotWinning

Gawd, these people are idiots. Seriously, Mueller, these are you best and brightest?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 06:46 PM (W+vEI)

85 83. Who'd stop him?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 06:46 PM (fA1SL)

86 Puddle, he's the hapless GOP "challenger" to Ryan for his congressional seat.

Something tells me that his quest, always an extreme long-shot, just entered bizarre/obscure territory.

Funny, he uses some stupid and disqualifying language and formulations that are about 1/100th as stupid and disqualifying as things said/written by racist authoritarian public figures (er, "liberals") every day of the week. Perplexingly, these people suffer zero political or social consequences. Head-scratcher.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 06:46 PM (g6yUI)

87 >>My house smells like freshly baked Pizzas.

Posted by: garrett

That happens to me sometimes when I have a nasty yeast infection on a hot day.

Posted by: Sandra Flook at December 27, 2017 06:46 PM (cI5GC)

88 Why isn't Arizona roundingup illegals and helping to deport them?

The 9th has come out for States Rights re. Illegal Immigration. They can't very well rule to overrule themselves.

Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 06:46 PM (h8hTk)

89 well I'm a life long Republican and I think Trump should be in jail for violating the Embolism Clause.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at December 27, 2017 06:46 PM (ILitO)

90 MGMT have a couple of new songs out. 'When You Die' and 'Little Dark Age'. New album forthcoming.

I actually forgot MGMT were still a thing after their one-hit-wonder 'Kids' almost a decade back. The new album looks to be excellent if they can keep their streak running and hire a good editor.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2017 06:46 PM (/Ioag)

91 Mueller...doing a job only an incompetent ass kisser can do.

Well done Bob!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 27, 2017 06:46 PM (EoRCO)

92 The bestest "whipsaw" happened between 6/21/41 and 6/23/41. That one snapped necks around the world.

Posted by: geoffb at December 27, 2017 06:46 PM (zOpu5)

93 We try and protect New Yorkers from those who would do them harm," Schneiderman told TheNYT. "The biggest threat to New Yorkers right now is the federal government, so we're responding to it."

Protect New Yorkers ... except from criminals, terrorists, and other core Democrat constituencies.

Schneiderman is worried about Russia? The irony is, IIRC, Schneiderman is a Russian name, derived from Germans who moved to Russia (hence the "Schneider" bit).

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2017 06:47 PM (CoGpL)

94 Schneiderman?

How about Bookman from Good Times? Booger butt or whatever they called him.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at December 27, 2017 06:47 PM (8O3HH)

95 Like in math when you divide by zero. You get any answer you want.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 27, 2017 06:40 PM (UsCnO)

No, dividing by zero yields infinity.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 27, 2017 06:47 PM (5Yee7)

96
Annnnd there goes my appetite for pizza.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2017 06:47 PM (nBBdT)

97 When news of Weiner's PC with Huma stuff on it broke, we all thought it would hang Hillary and Huma. All you'd need would be a few classified documents on it, ideally ones not already scrubbed by the initial HQ treatment. And by all accounts there were.

But then Comey had it looked at and said nothing to see here, move along. Who did the looking? I'm betting Sztrok as a cutout.

This is an echo of the initial HQ treatment, and easy to prove and damning, so long as the laptop hasn't been destroyed. Let us pray!

The other Known Unknown is who signed the paperwork for the FISA warrant.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 06:47 PM (cAXIk)

98 At some point, SOME of these people will realize, ruefully, that they are trying to stand athwart the pleasurable thoughts of millions of Americans who are enjoying their first meaningful jobs in this millennium, and have lost them forever. The rest won't give the same fuck they didn't give all this time.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at December 27, 2017 06:48 PM (3HKa6)

99 What will bring down Trump is the "Emu Laments" clause.
Not to be confused with the "Alpaca Bitching" clause.

Posted by: wooga at December 27, 2017 06:48 PM (4JGaO)

100 http://bit.ly/2Cfzzli

The Anatomy Of Hillary Clinton's $84 Million Money-Laundering Scheme |
IBD

Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 27, 2017 06:48 PM (y3aQB)

101 88
The 9th has come out for States Rights re. Illegal Immigration. They can't very well rule to overrule themselves.
Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 06:46 PM (h8hTk)

Hold our beers!

Posted by: The 9th Circus at December 27, 2017 06:48 PM (sdi6R)

102 I thought we were always dived by Less Than Zero?

On the one hand, gay.

On the other, killer soundtrack.

Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 06:48 PM (h8hTk)

103 No, dividing by zero yields infinity.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
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You haven't done a lot of computer programming, I think.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2017 06:48 PM (nBBdT)

104 >>The other Known Unknown is who signed the paperwork for the FISA warrant.

One name is known, Loretta Lynch. The FISA law requires the Attorney General to sign off on every FISA warrant request.

If Lynch knew, Obama knew.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 06:49 PM (/tuJf)

105 Also "we try AND protect?" WTF? You "try" and you "protect?" Hey, dumb ass, it's "try TO protect."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2017 06:49 PM (CoGpL)

106 I thought Schneiderman was where you got a Lazyboy.

https://www.schneidermans.com/

Posted by: X-ray at December 27, 2017 06:49 PM (QQ4UP)

107 Schiederman must've sent his playbook over the border to Mass. so our carpet muncher AG can use it too.

Posted by: tu3031 at December 27, 2017 06:50 PM (O5Q3r)

108 Do the New Yorkers know what Schneiderman thinks his job is? Do they care?

Federalism at work: it's up to them to decide if they're happy about this.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 27, 2017 06:50 PM (o7l6R)

109 You haven't done a lot of computer programming, I think.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2017 06:48 PM (nBBdT)

There's math, and then there's error handling.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at December 27, 2017 06:50 PM (CPk08)

110
What will bring down Trump is the "Emu Laments" clause.
Not to be confused with the "Alpaca Bitching" clause.
Posted by: wooga

Blue Emu. It works fast and you won't stink.

Posted by: Johnny's bench at December 27, 2017 06:50 PM (IqV8l)

111 The bestest "whipsaw" happened between 6/21/41 and 6/23/41. That one snapped necks around the world.
Posted by: geoffb
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*lifts glass, with a knowing smile*

Posted by: Winston Churchill at December 27, 2017 06:50 PM (9tO1t)

112 Eric Schneiderman was a New York State Senator fro the West Side of Manhattan before getting elected AG in 2010. In that area, Trump got less than 10 percent of the vote. That's his base.

Schneiderman hopes Andrew Cuomo runs for President so he can run for Governor, a la Spitzer.

Then we'll find out if Schneiderman wears black socks while have my sex.

Posted by: mercenary13 at December 27, 2017 06:51 PM (kIITH)

113 This is an echo of the initial HQ treatment, and
easy to prove and damning, so long as the laptop hasn't been destroyed.
Let us pray!

The other Known Unknown is who signed the paperwork for the FISA warrant.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 06:47 PM (cAXIk)

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Didn't the feds destroy some hard drives this year that were pertinent to an investigation?
The signature? Yeah, that and the supporting information for the FISA request.

Posted by: mrp at December 27, 2017 06:51 PM (Pqytn)

114 It's healthy that both sides fear a weaponized federal government, but as soon as the Left gets back in power they will again abuse their power and make any resistance towards the federal government something akin to being a militia member.

Posted by: Apache at December 27, 2017 06:51 PM (uc45P)

115 Isn't it in the Christmas spirit to simply ignore the wrong doings of others while voluntarily showing up to go to jail for crimes you didn't commit?

You, inbread hayseed hateful people etc etc, do like your "je4us," dont' you?

Posted by: internet expert at December 27, 2017 06:51 PM (V3U1L)

116 Yep, Ignoramus, lots of nukyler, dispositive evidence *potentially* out there.

But I don't see - as many have been saying for a long time - how the FBI or even DOJ regain any of their needed credibility unless people from those agencies are convicted/plead to obstruction and other charges (AND the perps in the Espionage, Federal Records, bribery, and other cases are similarly found guilty).

Resignations and retirements are for when a policy fails. Jail time, fines, lost benefits, and public humiliation are for when the central law enforcement mechanisms are themselves lawless and corrupt.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 06:51 PM (g6yUI)

117
The Left takes after its ideological ancestor, the CPUSA, from August, 1939 to July, 1941. All the twists and turns resemble Linda Blair.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 27, 2017 06:52 PM (rfLfo)

118 83 How can Mueller conspire with a state employee to harm or coerce the subject of his investigation? How is that possibly legal?

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because one is an expert and the other isn't.

Posted by: internet expert at December 27, 2017 06:52 PM (V3U1L)

119 >>One name is known, Loretta Lynch. The FISA law requires the Attorney General to sign off on every FISA warrant request.

If Lynch knew, Obama knew.

You thinking Bill Clinton flew to Phoenix to brief Loretta Lynch on Golden Showers?

Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 06:52 PM (h8hTk)

120
I can't help but notice all of Clinton's henchmen at the top of the FBI seem to be white males

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 27, 2017 06:53 PM (lKyWE)

121 What scary is if the liberals ever get a 5-4 majority, they could completely shut down a duly elected President and Congress with this type of silly litigation.

The Republic really will die if they can get a few more SC picks.

Posted by: Apache at December 27, 2017 06:53 PM (uc45P)

122
No, dividing by zero yields infinity.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 27, 2017 06:47 PM (5Yee7)

I believe the term is indeterminate or undefined.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 06:53 PM (pNxlR)

123 Thanks for the info on Paul Nehlen. Politics draws the best and brightest! (best and brightest = malignant retards)

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 27, 2017 06:53 PM (peJQi)

124 119 >>One name is known, Loretta Lynch. The FISA law requires the Attorney General to sign off on every FISA warrant request.

If Lynch knew, Obama knew.

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come on, a true expert doesn't need to know those things.

Posted by: internet expert at December 27, 2017 06:53 PM (V3U1L)

125 Who is Paul Nehlen anyways? I've seen his name pop
up recently and I have no idea who he is. Seems to be your ordinary
everyday anti-semite. Nothing special there.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 27, 2017 06:42 PM (peJQi)
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R-Primary Challenger to Paul Ryan. He ran in the primaries last time too. It's like chasing ghosts trying to pin him down on info.

Posted by: grammie winger - It's cold in Wisconsin, just so you know at December 27, 2017 06:53 PM (lwiT4)

126 The other Known Unknown is who signed the paperwork for the FISA warrant.

Posted by: Ignoramus

THE SAME PERSON THAT STOLE THE STRAWBERRIES!

OMG, who do you think signed it? That little bit of political chicanery will never see the light of day.

So many "well kept" open secrets. And people are worried about Trump. Trump is Hitler.
Egads, this is a stupid time to be alive.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at December 27, 2017 06:54 PM (S6Pax)

127 You thinking Bill Clinton flew to Phoenix to brief Loretta Lynch on Golden Showers?

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Uh, no. I think Lynch briefed Bill Clinton on Hillary not being indicted.

What did I win?

Posted by: Glorious Wu Long Chu at December 27, 2017 06:54 PM (KdDCu)

128 A dictatorship, if you can keep it.

Posted by: Here come de judge at December 27, 2017 06:54 PM (IqV8l)

129 67,
"Huh, it's almost as if the only standard they have is "whatever moves The Revolution forward"."

Therefore the way to fight them is to convince them that to move "The Revolution Forward" they absolutely must throw us into the briar patch and then pick up and hold close the tar-baby.

Posted by: geoffb at December 27, 2017 06:54 PM (zOpu5)

130 121 What scary is if the liberals ever get a 5-4 majority, they could completely shut down a duly elected President and Congress with this type of silly litigation.

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this is the danger of common folk trying to understand plain english legal language? The Constitution is a suicide pact and the 13th - 15th amendments were clear instructions to dissolve the nation through unlimited immigration of non-europeans.

Posted by: internet expert at December 27, 2017 06:54 PM (V3U1L)

131 I thought Mueller was a brand of fire hydrant.

Posted by: wth at December 27, 2017 06:55 PM (HgMAr)

132 Head-scratcher.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 06:46 PM (g6yUI)
=======================

When he ran in the last primary, I tried to find out about this guy because I had never heard of him. His bio is sketchy - as in I don't even know if he lives here.

Posted by: grammie winger - It's cold in Wisconsin, just so you know at December 27, 2017 06:55 PM (lwiT4)

133 JackStraw, this is on the level of an Infowars "report", but on the radio I heard somewhere of a claim by someone that they had attended a WH meeting involving all the bigs where the specific un-masking/harassment strategy was discussed and approved. Meaning by the president. Why anyone dumb and corrupt enough to be in on such a WH meeting would go people's evidence, I have no idea. But we'll see I guess.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 06:55 PM (g6yUI)

134 Do the New Yorkers know what Schneiderman thinks his job is? Do they care?

Federalism at work: it's up to them to decide if they're happy about this.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz!

_________

They probably love him even more than an AG that actually did his real job.

Deep blue states have citizens that love this shit. NY went Hillary by like 25 points.

At least we finally have a President willing to punch back like eliminating SALT for these blue state assholes

Posted by: Apache at December 27, 2017 06:55 PM (uc45P)

135 Schneiderman hopes Andrew Cuomo runs for President so he can run for Governor, a la Spitzer.

Then we'll find out if Schneiderman wears black socks while have my sex.

We will designate him as "Client 10".

Posted by: The Emperors Club VIP at December 27, 2017 06:56 PM (O5Q3r)

136 Nehlen hasn't totally jumped into the deep end, but from what I'm reading on Twitter he'd headed that way, hard. And there is no damn way he can beat the Democrat in his district.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2017 06:56 PM (/Ioag)

137 Lordy, someone should should tell IBD that faint gray on a white background is practically impossible to read.

Thanks for the link, anyway 100

Posted by: navybrat at December 27, 2017 06:56 PM (w7KSn)

138 I tried reading "Culture of Critique" a couple years ago but gave up because of the paranoia. Derbyshire got further into it and wrote a review.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2017 06:57 PM (/Ioag)

139 Doesn't the nickname jelly mean ghey or cock curious? Fricking LeBron wanting to be jelly is creepy.

Posted by: Todd Kneeling, Discovered Bigfoot at December 27, 2017 06:57 PM (yyMsG)

140 ^^ the book Nehlen is reading and pretty-much hawking

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2017 06:57 PM (/Ioag)

141 Nehlen hasn't totally jumped into the deep end, but from what I'm reading on Twitter he'd headed that way, hard. And there is no damn way he can beat the Democrat in his district.

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it's only anti-semitism when we do it. The left can compare Israel to South Africa and call the palestianians little baby angels all they like.

Posted by: internet expert at December 27, 2017 06:58 PM (V3U1L)

142 Funny that Schneiderman is identified on Wiki as being born to a Jewish family. Like they are hedging their bets.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 06:58 PM (2DOZq)

143 The Democrat party is a criminal organization, period. So it's not surprising they will twist and subvert the law when given the power to do so.

Unfortunately half the people in this country proudly support this criminal organization so the proper administration of justice will most likely be very dirty, because criminals will not give up their power willingly, nor will they do it "fairly".

Posted by: MAGA at December 27, 2017 06:58 PM (LnOh3)

144 "Didn't the feds destroy some hard drives this year that were pertinent to an investigation?"

I think this refers to personal devices of Hillary's minions. The FBI actually did the destroying for them (sure to be noted in the DOJ OIG report).

But I don't think it included the Huma Weiner laptop. I haven't heard anything about what happened to it. If it still exists, there could be all sorts of damning things on it.

E-mails and text messages are wonderful evidence in litigation. They memorialize what used to be verbal communications, lost forever unless someone was wired.

And you only need a few goods ones to make a case.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 06:58 PM (cAXIk)

145 And there is no damn way he can beat the Democrat in his district.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2017 06:56 PM (/Ioag)
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Oh gosh who are they running now? That same old teachers union hack? I'm afraid to look.

Plus Nehlen is a nut. And a loser. And a ghost.

Posted by: grammie winger - It's cold in Wisconsin, just so you know at December 27, 2017 06:58 PM (lwiT4)

146 Yes, the greatest threat to a States citizens is the US Federal Government...

We quite agree Suh!

Posted by: Jefferson Davis at December 27, 2017 06:58 PM (NgKpN)

147 >>I can't help but notice all of Clinton's henchmen at the top of the FBI seem to be white males

Lisa Page?
She also had Loretta Lynch and Sally Yates at DoJ.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 06:59 PM (W+vEI)

148 Ah, that name.

"One day, Ned Small calls me into his office and says, "Flo." (He always called me Flo, except when he got real mad at me. Then he'd call me Albert Schneiderman. - I never knew why. Let's say the heart has strange ways.) So Ned says, "Flo, I want you to marry me." Well, you could've knocked me over with a feather. I started crying like a baby. "I mean it, Flo," he said. "I love you very deeply. It's not easy for me to say these things, but I want you to be the mother of my children. And if you don't I'll break both your legs." Two days later, to the minute, Ned Small and I tied the knot. Three days later, Ned was machined gunned to death by the mob for spilling raisins on Al Capone's hat."
-- Fine Times: An Oral Memoir, Without Feathers, Woody Allen

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 06:59 PM (/qEW2)

149 The thing about LeBron James is he's barely a HS Graduate.
People that stupid are mostly dangerous to themselves.
Mostly.

Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 06:59 PM (h8hTk)

150 >>You thinking Bill Clinton flew to Phoenix to brief Loretta Lynch on Golden Showers?

I think all of them knew about it from day 1. Clinton, Lynch, Obama, Comey .. the whole team.

As I've said here a few times, Obama had the wife of a Fusion GPS employee on his staff as a communications aide. Shailagh Murray was an ex-WSJ reporter which is likely where she met her husband Neil King and the rest of the Fusion team.

Fusion only has about 10 employees so they all knew what was going on. This is the same company that supposedly reviewed and declared fake the Planned Parenthood videos. They are a Dem hit shop and they've been working with senior Dem candidates since Obama's first campaign, probably longer.

It defies logic that if Lynch knew about the Russia dossier in the summer of 2016 and signed a request for a FISA warrant her boss who had already endorsed Hillary, who was deeply involved with the DNC who also paid Fusion for the dossier, had no idea about it. There is simply no way that the FBI would be weaponized against the Republican Party in the middle of a presidential campaign that if the Democrats lost would expose every shady thing the Obama administration did that Obama didn't know.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 06:59 PM (/tuJf)

151 geoffb, back to your "whiplash" theme from the spring of '41 -

(sung to the tune of My Darling Clementine - a sarcastic reaction to the whiplash-change in position on Der Fuhrer among American leftards at the time of the Molotov-Ribbentrop bombshell)

First a Nazi, should be shot-zi
Then they changed
The party line

Now a Nazi's hotsi-totsi
Volga boatmen sail the Rhine.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 07:00 PM (g6yUI)

152 #113

I looked it up. The FBI apparently entered into an agreement to destroy Cheryl Mills' and Heather Samuelson's laptops.

LINK (foxnews): https://preview.tinyurl.com/z3hrbrk

Posted by: mrp at December 27, 2017 07:00 PM (Pqytn)

153 >>Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 06:59 PM (/tuJf)

I don't know. Sounds awfully racist to me...

Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 07:01 PM (h8hTk)

154 >>There is simply no way that the FBI would be weaponized against the
Republican Party in the middle of a presidential campaign that if the
Democrats lost would expose every shady thing the Obama administration
did that Obama didn't know.

Let's hope the OIG has proof of this.
Obama is an expert at leaving no fingerprints, always claiming he had no idea.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 07:01 PM (W+vEI)

155 pay your fucking taxes New York. pay your fucking taxes.

Posted by: x at December 27, 2017 07:02 PM (nFwvY)

156 >>I don't know. Sounds awfully racist to me...

I identify as black. You should see me dance.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 07:04 PM (/tuJf)

157 >>I identify as black.

Where's your Hot Sauce?

Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 07:04 PM (h8hTk)

158 The other Known Unknown is who signed the paperwork for the FISA warrant.

Posted by: Ignoramus

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How many times do I have to say this! The approver of FISA warrant requests is the Assistant Attorney General for National Security. That person at the time was John P Carlin, who resigned from office in October 2016.

I suspect that he refused to sign the approval so he was pushed out and either the approval was directly signed by Lynch or she quickly appointed a temporary Assistant AG for that position. I know there was a temporary AG put in place but I don't recall her name or when she exactly assumed office.

Posted by: MAGA at December 27, 2017 07:04 PM (LnOh3)

159 144
But I don't think it included the Huma Weiner laptop. I haven't heard anything about what happened to it. If it still exists, there could be all sorts of damning things on it.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 06:58 PM (cAXIk)

I'm pretty sure I remember a NYPD detective saying there was "truly disgusting" material on it. Sounds like more than dick pics to me.

Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2017 07:05 PM (sdi6R)

160 i don't care. some little limey fucktard said ophuckstick will save us or some shit. so, phuck all y'all.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 27, 2017 07:05 PM (KP5rU)

161 138,
"I tried reading "Culture of Critique" a couple years ago but gave up
because of the paranoia. Derbyshire got further into it and wrote a
review."

Link, haven't read it yet.

http://tinyurl.com/y7gvgscp

Posted by: geoffb at December 27, 2017 07:05 PM (zOpu5)

162 "One name is known, Loretta Lynch."

That certainly ties her in, and sheds light on the tarmac meeting.

But there has to be other names on the request, or in the attachments. They often use an affidavit. Cops often do that part for an ordinary criminal warrant.

Praying that it's Sztrok. It would tie together the legion of sub-conspiracies.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 07:05 PM (cAXIk)

163 Assume an Orifice.

Posted by: Hope Solo at December 27, 2017 07:06 PM (h8hTk)

164 JackStraw is right - all of this implicates everyone up to Obama. And that goes, almost certainly, for elements of the other mega-scandals as well. IRS abuses. The entire Espionage Act crime wave at the 7th floor of State, by Hillary's gang. It is impossible that these things were not either instigated/approved , or involved direct WH participation at some point.

So we have, as some of us lunatics have been noting here for a long time, by far the greatest and most important scandals in US history.

And half the country is *so* ignorant, dumbed down, tribal, and misinformed that they rail with truly crazy-street-person intensity against Trump - for no reason they can ever explain.

These two things must collide at some point.

"Join us for the exciting mid-season finale!"

Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 07:06 PM (g6yUI)

165 it's only anti-semitism when we do it. The left can compare Israel to South Africa and call the palestianians little baby angels all they like.
Posted by: internet expert at December 27, 2017 06:58 PM (V3U1L)

Take a gander at Nehlen's twitter feed. Jew this, Jew that. He thinks more about Jews than any Jew I know. He's a nutcase.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at December 27, 2017 07:07 PM (CPk08)

166 Posted by: Hope Solo at December 27, 2017 07:06 PM (h8hTk)
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Girl, we should get together and share some war stories!

Posted by: Shep! at December 27, 2017 07:07 PM (RFYR/)

167 Leave Hope's butthole Allloooone!!!

Posted by: eleven at December 27, 2017 07:08 PM (+lOpA)

168 Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 07:06 PM (g6yUI)

You need the press to educate or at minimum lead the public to the alleged scandal. That unfortunately travels only in one direction.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 07:08 PM (2DOZq)

169 151 Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 07:00 PM (g6yUI)

Wow. I never heard that one before and I consider myself a fair to middlin' expert on all things WW2.

Hilarity.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 07:09 PM (mbhDw)

170 I'd like to know who signed off on the Mills'-Samuelson laptops destruction agreement. And who had oversight on the actual destruction.

Posted by: mrp at December 27, 2017 07:09 PM (Pqytn)

171 Well, well well.

Paging Jack Straw.

The acting Assistant AG for National Security, Dana Boente, resigned from office October 28, 2017. Without giving any reason for his resignation. But he didn't start that role until April, 2017.

Posted by: MAGA at December 27, 2017 07:09 PM (LnOh3)

172 He thinks more about Jews than any Jew I know. He's a nutcase.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at December 27, 2017 07:07 PM (CPk0

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For two and a half years I've been trying to find out where this jackass lives.

Posted by: grammie winger - It's cold in Wisconsin, just so you know at December 27, 2017 07:09 PM (lwiT4)

173 "I looked it up. The FBI apparently entered into an agreement to destroy Cheryl Mills' and Heather Samuelson's laptops."
"The side deals were agreed to on June 10, less than a month before FBI Director James Comey announced the agency would recommend no charges be brought against Clinton or her staff."

But Comey & Co had already written and watered down their report before that, and forget to turn off Microsoft Word Track Changes, so there's a record of how it got watered down,

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 07:10 PM (cAXIk)

174 142 Funny that Schneiderman is identified on Wiki as being born to a Jewish family. Like they are hedging their bets.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 06:58 PM (2DOZq)

Born to a Jewish family only makes one a Joo in the Nuremberg Laws- and Islamic-sense. IYKWIM.

Schneiderman is about as religiously Jewish as Karl Marx. That is to say, not in the least.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 07:10 PM (mbhDw)

175
But Comey Co had already written and watered down their report before that, and forget to turn off Microsoft Word Track Changes, so there's a record of how it got watered down,
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 07:10 PM (cAXIk)

Top men

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 27, 2017 07:11 PM (lKyWE)

176 Stop Being White!

Posted by: Teh Blue Check Marks at December 27, 2017 07:12 PM (yyMsG)

177 yeah, reading more of Nehlen, he's caught The Jew Thing. He's nuts. He's gone bye bye and isn't coming back soon.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 27, 2017 07:12 PM (/Ioag)

178 >>That certainly ties her in, and sheds light on the tarmac meeting.

>>But there has to be other names on the request, or in the attachments. They often use an affidavit. Cops often do that part for an ordinary criminal warrant.

>>Praying that it's Sztrok. It would tie together the legion of sub-conspiracies.

No doubt in my mind that he was part of the process, may even have been the one to present the request to the FISA court. Page might very well have been the DOJ lawyer involved since she worked directly for Bruce Ohr.

There is just so much going on right now it is impossible to ignore that big things are happening.

The judge who was overseeing Flynn's case is Rudolph Contreras. Contreras is also one of a handful of FISA judges. Right after he accepted Flynn's plea he recused himself without giving a reason why.

I mean c'mon.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 07:12 PM (/tuJf)

179 What has me gobsmacked about this whole affair is that the dems are not all that bright, as a group, and yet they managed to completely fuck up an entire federal institution, destroying every chance of law enforcement in this country retaining any respect or ability to function.

Yes, they are petulant children, but at some point, shouldn't the adults have come along and smacked them down a bit?

Apparently not.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 27, 2017 07:12 PM (7UW64)

180 150,
Fusion GPS was founded in 2011 but Glenn Simpson had ties to high ups at DOJ at least two years before if not more.

Posted by: geoffb at December 27, 2017 07:12 PM (zOpu5)

181 HEY IF YOU ARE WATCHING TV THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ARE ON WHATS HAPPENING

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Fa La La La La La La FA LA LA LA LA LA LA at December 27, 2017 07:12 PM (Smpjd)

182
It's crap like this and in fact everything we have seen and that has been revealed about this election, the past year and all the way back since 1/20/09 that would cause me not to blanche in the least if PDT just declared martial law and rounded up a few thousand of these traitorous pigs and cleaned house.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 07:12 PM (mbhDw)

183 Roc, as noted constantly here, there really is no press at the moment. So there we are.

One reason for my joke above about the mega-scandal reality colliding with the ignorant, manipulated, dumbed-down public (a huge portion of it).

Just had a talk with a good buddy today, we were comparing how people we know are literally incapable of intelligent discussion - they are utterly trapped in a bubble of ignorance and false frameworks lovingly crafted by Reuters, NYT, NPR, et al. They're not accustomed to thinking much about certain subjects, and have almost no knowledge or understanding.

Could be fun (in a dark way) when/if these mega-scandals finally explode the way they need to.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 07:12 PM (g6yUI)

184 I DONT KNOW THE CHANNEL BUT I CHECK NEXT COMMERCIAL BREAK

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Fa La La La La La La FA LA LA LA LA LA LA at December 27, 2017 07:13 PM (Smpjd)

185 164. Fear not - when normal remedies are denied, there are still options.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 07:13 PM (fA1SL)

186 179 What has me gobsmacked about this whole affair is that the dems are not all that bright, as a group, and yet they managed to completely fuck up an entire federal institution, destroying every chance of law enforcement in this country retaining any respect or ability to function.

Yes, they are petulant children, but at some point, shouldn't the adults have come along and smacked them down a bit?

Apparently not.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 27, 2017 07:12 PM (7UW64)

What Billy Ayers could never do with pipe bombs and bullets...

See me at 182 for a related comment.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 07:13 PM (mbhDw)

187 FUCKING RERUN WAS BOOTLEGGING THE SHOW

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Fa La La La La La La FA LA LA LA LA LA LA at December 27, 2017 07:14 PM (Smpjd)

188 >>You need the press to educate or at minimum lead the public to the
alleged scandal. That unfortunately travels only in one direction.

Sure seems like Trump is using twitter to lay the groundowork.
For example, the tweets about Andrew McCabe on the 24th. If/when he's arrested people will have heard of him, know about his ties to Clinton. ANd the only role the MSM played in that will have been...their overreaction to the tweets, amplifying his intended messaging.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 07:14 PM (W+vEI)

189 I wonder what accounts for these whipsaw changes?!

It's a mystery for the ages.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 27, 2017 07:14 PM (QLvwG)

190 182. Start up the rotors.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 07:15 PM (fA1SL)

191 Hey, Banana, dial it down a notch. Not everyone is as drunk as you are right now.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 27, 2017 07:15 PM (7UW64)

192 There's a logic to keeping the conspiratorial group small. But then when it unravels you've got a Zelig like Sztrok popping up everywhere.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 07:15 PM (cAXIk)

193 172 He thinks more about Jews than any Jew I know. He's a nutcase.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at December 27, 2017 07:07 PM (CPk0
=====================

For two and a half years I've been trying to find out where this jackass lives.
Posted by: grammie winger

Have you tried the Dark Side of the Moon or he's in John Podesta's basement wearing a gimp suit.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 27, 2017 07:15 PM (peJQi)

194 The Donald abides.

Posted by: eleven at December 27, 2017 07:15 PM (+lOpA)

195 >>The acting Assistant AG for National Security, Dana Boente, resigned from office October 28, 2017. Without giving any reason for his resignation. But he didn't start that role until April, 2017.

Yea, I remember that resignation. It was odd to say the least given that he was thought to be in line for big things if Hillary had won.

Before he was in that role he was the Federal Prosecutor for Eastern Virginia. Virginia, where Andrew McCabe's wife ran for Congress with Hillary's cash.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 07:15 PM (/tuJf)

196 Okay, 482. I will try to catch you up if you join late

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Fa La La La La La La FA LA LA LA LA LA LA at December 27, 2017 07:15 PM (Smpjd)

197 188 Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 07:14 PM (W+vEI)

Your comment makes me think that on any given day there would be no way in hell Hillary Clinton is ever held accountable, but the odds have now perhaps lowered from snowball's chance to 175,000,000 to 1.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 07:15 PM (mbhDw)

198 Someone has to have that list of media shitheads

Posted by: Jean at December 27, 2017 07:16 PM (yM/Yl)

199 198 Someone has to have that list of media shitheads

Posted by: Jean at December 27, 2017 07:16 PM (yM/Yl)

Most of 'em are on more than one list.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 27, 2017 07:17 PM (7UW64)

200 190 182. Start up the rotors.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 07:15 PM (fA1SL)

Pack the leftist scum.

Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 27, 2017 07:17 PM (NWiLs)

201 8 Maybe a whipsaw is exactly what is needful here.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 27, 2017 06:23 PM (7UW64)

Can it be attached to the end of an assault rifle like a chainsaw?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 07:17 PM (mbhDw)

202 "PDT just declared martial law and rounded up a few thousand of these traitorous pigs and cleaned house."

Trump has to move another Overton window, and MSM is resistant.

What will change is objective things like the DOJ OIG report and indictments, which collectively can't be ignored.

FFS, there's enough dots on the page to plainly see the cat, if you look.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 07:17 PM (cAXIk)

203 200. Throw them in the ocean.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 07:18 PM (fA1SL)

204 I actually do remember the Doobie Bros on What's Happening.

Why does my brain retain that information?

Posted by: eleven at December 27, 2017 07:18 PM (+lOpA)

205 Your comment makes me think that on any given day there would be no way
in hell Hillary Clinton is ever held accountable, but the odds have now
perhaps lowered from snowball's chance to 175,000,000 to 1.

====================

Better than that. Didn't Donald Trump tell Hillary to her face during a nationally-televised debate that "you'd be in jail"?

Posted by: mrp at December 27, 2017 07:18 PM (Pqytn)

206 190 182. Start up the rotors.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 07:15 PM (fA1SL)

Bienvenidos a Aerolineas Pinochet, con cada paseo es unidireccional solamente...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 07:18 PM (mbhDw)

207 >>>Why does my brain retain that information?

For this moment?

Like a great cosmic unconsciousness.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Fa La La La La La La FA LA LA LA LA LA LA at December 27, 2017 07:19 PM (Smpjd)

208 Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 07:12 PM (g6yUI)

I hope they explode but my point was that no explosion will occur if the press continues to pull the fuse no matter how egregious the scandals become.

Benghazi should have destroyed Clinton and Obama. Sending pallets of cash to Iran should have destroyed Obama. And if you notice the Hezbollah drug running interference by Obama story has left the building.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 07:19 PM (2DOZq)

209 200. Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/w4MxFm6eZS8

Forever free, prosperous and proud!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 07:19 PM (fA1SL)

210 203 200. Throw them in the ocean.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 07:18 PM (fA1SL)

Leave no one alive.

Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 27, 2017 07:20 PM (NWiLs)

211 208 Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 07:12 PM (g6yUI)

I hope they explode but my point was that no explosion will occur if the press continues to pull the fuse no matter how egregious the scandals become.

Benghazi should have destroyed Clinton and Obama. Sending pallets of cash to Iran should have destroyed Obama. And if you notice the Hezbollah drug running interference by Obama story has left the building.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 07:19 PM (2DOZq)

Hopefully the expression "they will be made to care" goes in that particular direction. Please GOD.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 07:20 PM (mbhDw)

212 Nood

Posted by: eleven at December 27, 2017 07:21 PM (+lOpA)

213 210. Free your country from the leftist scum.

Say what you will - Mi General could ROCK a cloak & peaked cap.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 07:22 PM (fA1SL)

214 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 07:20 PM (mbhDw)

I'm with you. God has to intervene on this one I believe.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 07:22 PM (2DOZq)

215 People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. Unless Hillary! Totes cool.

Posted by: Progressive Guy Fawkes at December 27, 2017 07:23 PM (RKQ/v)

216 Still waiting for all those mass resignations at the FBI.....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 27, 2017 07:23 PM (EoRCO)

217 Salon#25 nood.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 07:23 PM (/qEW2)

218 Ok, Mary McCord replaced Carlin. She resigned in April 2017 then Boente took over.

Posted by: MAGA at December 27, 2017 07:24 PM (LnOh3)

219 Oh Roc - agree absolutely.

It's not just the absence of anything resembling a press.

Those huge disasters you noted actually made headlines - though of course the press did nothing to expose how calamitous and scandalous things were.

But few people seemed to care.

Hell, the (incredible) stunt of blocking elderly WWII vets from their monument in DC, during the '13 shut-down theater, should have had the Dems in tatters. Nope. Not an America you and I probably recognize any more.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 27, 2017 07:24 PM (g6yUI)

220 "Benghazi should have destroyed Clinton and Obama. Sending pallets of cash to Iran should have destroyed Obama. "

The future Mr Gitts, the future.

I don't see Clinton and Obama getting charged, let alone convicted. Their minions are different. If this goes the way I hope, the reputations of Obama and Hillary will be destroyed. But it will have the more important effect of vindicating Trump as the long-suffering hero in the movie he's projecting to the American public. The Ds as a party will be left damaged and divided. MSM won't be believed for a second by 65% of voters.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 07:25 PM (cAXIk)

221 >.Benghazi should have destroyed Clinton and Obama. Sending pallets of
cash to Iran should have destroyed Obama. And if you notice the
Hezbollah drug running interference by Obama story has left the
building.

Easy to lose hope after all those scandals - I sure did.

However, we have a fighter in the WH and the signs are good that people will be suffering for what they did under Obama (looking at the 8 snagged so far, such as Strzok). If Ohr and some of the other people who keep being found to be in on both Hillary email investigation, Russia set-up were also involved in the Hezbollah shenanigans, then it's even more likely they'll pay some sort of price (even if it's not as punitive as we would wan).

Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 07:25 PM (W+vEI)

222 Uh, no. I think Lynch briefed Bill Clinton on Hillary not being indicted.

What did I win?

Posted by: Glorious Wu Long Chu at December 27, 2017 06:54 PM (KdDCu) >>>>

I think you win, but I also think there's more to the story. I'll bet that Bill dropped hints that Loretta could be Hillary's nominee to be the first black female SCOTUS justice, as long as Loretta played along on the email server caper.

Plus, that Phoenix meeting was the day before Hillary was interviewed by the FBI, IIRC. After Bill dropped SCOTUS hints to her, I bet Loretta told Bill what the FBI did and did not know, and gave Bill a list of the questions the FBI intended to ask.

Posted by: Gref at December 27, 2017 07:28 PM (AMIL/)

223 Pro tip: IKEA is not an arms dealer.

http://bit.ly/2BLksfK

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 07:31 PM (+y/Ru)

224 By the time Lynch met Bill on the tarmac the fix was already in, with only the Hillary interview to finish it.

I like the suggestion that it was about what Lynch would get paid. And SCOTUS for Lynch is an inspired idea.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 07:33 PM (cAXIk)

225 224
I like the suggestion that it was about what Lynch would get paid. And SCOTUS for Lynch is an inspired idea.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 07:33 PM (cAXIk)

Yeah, it sounds quite plausible.

Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2017 07:34 PM (sdi6R)

226 Brrrrrrr. Looks like the ol' wool army blanket needs to be recalled to active duty.

Posted by: Weasel at December 27, 2017 08:15 PM (Sfs6o)

227 David Tafuri on Carlson. Gheydar just pegged.

Posted by: Just saying at December 27, 2017 08:30 PM (NL+DJ)

228 This was referenced in an earlier thread, I don't know if anyone has published a link. A couple of winters ago, one of the Cobs published the link in a thread.

Anyhow, even though the weather is not (so far) nearly so cold as it might be, here 'tis anyhow:

'To Build a Fire', Jack London
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ybqlprh8

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 27, 2017 08:38 PM (c/EDo)

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