Report: Deep State Operator Rod Rosenstein <i>Finally</i> Leaving the Justice Department

Report: Deep State Operator Rod Rosenstein Finally Leaving the Justice Department

Trump looks very weak and foolish when he keeps these people on, as if he's too afraid to fire their asses.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein plans to leave the Justice Department in mid-March, agency officials told news outlets Monday.
A Justice Department official said that Rosenstein's departure is not related to a controversy surrounding his alleged offer to wear a wire during conversations with President Donald Trump, according to CNN.

Lie.

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe claimed in an interview that aired Sunday that Rosenstein broached the idea of wearing a wire to the White House in May 2017, days after James Comey was fired as FBI director.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 12:52 PM

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1 About time.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2019 12:48 PM (gC2IV)

2 Yo

Posted by: Ha at February 19, 2019 12:48 PM (MAstk)

3 Maybe Trump was the one wearing a wire.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2019 12:49 PM (gC2IV)

4 Buh Bye!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2019 12:49 PM (0tfLf)

5 So still no actual sighting of RBG in any parking lots, government buildings, etc?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 12:49 PM (xyung)

6 Corgis called.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2019 12:49 PM (gC2IV)

7 The rot goes deep.

Posted by: Lemming of the BDA at February 19, 2019 12:49 PM (kj4tt)

8 I'm not sure if Trump just didn't realize the depths of the antipathy toward his mortal existence within the government, or if he was poorly advised.

I still believe he should have sacked Comey and all his direct reports on day one.

Posted by: JEM at February 19, 2019 12:50 PM (8erNz)

9 It is often reported that Rosenstein has refuted or denied McCabe's statement about the wire.

Except that isn't true.

What he says in specifics to the wire is that DoJ never authorized the sort of thing McCabe is talking about.

Well, okay. But did he talk about it?

Posted by: blaster, abolish FBI at February 19, 2019 12:50 PM (9VeU0)

10 Good riddance to bad traitorous trash.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 12:50 PM (JtBPN)

11 "What a shame"
-Jerry Seinfeld

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 12:50 PM (bcbK8)

12 I think Trump just couldn't bring himself to believe how bad things were.

I would hope he has no such illusions now.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 19, 2019 12:51 PM (AM1GF)

13 I'll miss the Rosenpenis jokes, but that's about all.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 12:51 PM (bcbK8)

14 I thought Rosenstein was the sooper triple agent protecting the President from the Mueller investigation and turning it around against Comey, McCabe, the Clintons and Jimmy Hoffa.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 12:51 PM (NWiLs)

15 Damn it, maybe the quote was 'That's a Shame'...?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 12:51 PM (bcbK8)

16 why wasnt this guy fired day 1? Its clear he was part of the "resistance"

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 19, 2019 12:51 PM (GBteo)

17 My brain hates me. I should kill it with booze before it kills me.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 12:51 PM (bcbK8)

18 So still no actual sighting of RBG in any parking lots, government buildings, etc?"

We're searching google image as fast as we can, ok?

/MSM

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (6qErC)

19 Yeah, but the wire story isn't new - it was denied last year.
It's just in print print now.

We should go do executions by walking the plank over shark infested waters.
I nominate Rosentstein and McCabe to do the unit tests.
And Comey for QA.

Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (37IEG)

20 He got a gig on Empire?

Posted by: wth at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (v0R5T)

21 Honestly,if their really were people in his own cabinet willing to try to remove him what kind of advice was he getting?He is surrounded by enemies and he is new at this game.

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (BXMxN)

22 Trump looks very weak and foolish when he keeps these people on, as if he's too afraid to fire their asses.

He's kind of penned in by the whole obstruction of justice Mueller thing. Thanks, Sessions. It's looking more and more like Sessions was controlled opposition.

Sessions is gone - not that I like Barr any better. Rosenstein is going. Mueller is said to be wrapping up.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (t6MX/)

23 Can you imagine sitting at the 18-20 year mark in your career as a professional FBI agent...doing your job...getting bad guys...and maintaining your integrity. And then looking up the ladder to promotion and realizing what you would have to give up to leave that GS-15 slot and jump to the SES level?
I wonder how bad the morale at the FBI is?

Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (0tfLf)

24 Seriously, why is the RBG counter reset?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (xyung)

25 8 I'm not sure if Trump just didn't realize the depths of the antipathy toward his mortal existence within the government, or if he was poorly advised.

I still believe he should have sacked Comey and all his direct reports on day one.
Posted by: JEM at February 19, 2019 12:50 PM (8erNz)
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There was no way Trump could've seen how far down the chain the rot went.

Posted by: WisRich at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (G0vdT)

26 It is time Trump woke up to the facts of what he is up against. Extreme measures are needed.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (JtBPN)

27 My team has been working on a new high-tech door that won't hit you in the ass on the way out. I am hoping that DoJ will be our launch customer.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (I2dne)

28 So, does Barr clean this up?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (gC2IV)

29 19 Keel hauling is better.

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 12:53 PM (BXMxN)

30 He'll be abusing Trump publicly and getting a signing bonus for his book deal very soon.

F that guy, he needs to swing with the other traitors.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2019 12:53 PM (r+sAi)

31 One down. A thousand to go.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 19, 2019 12:53 PM (+y/Ru)

32 Rosenstein's departure is not related to a controversy surrounding his alleged offer to wear a wire during conversations with President Donald Trump,"

Here, pull the other one, 'k?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 12:53 PM (6qErC)

33 I was really looking forward to the man whose tagline is "you're fired!!" taking over the oval office. But now? The man keeps on lousy people, half his cabinet choices are terrible, he doesn't manage his departments worth crap. He's great with trade deals and cutting regulations but he's pretty crappy at presidenting in every other way. Its very frustrating.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 12:53 PM (39g3+)

34 Sessions is gone - not that I like Barr any better. Rosenstein is going. Mueller is said to be wrapping up.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner

He's wrapping up like that store in its eighth month of its "Going Out Of Business" sale.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 19, 2019 12:53 PM (AM1GF)

35 I'm still on the God Emperor's side, who else do we have?

But I do wonder about his reluctance to fire bad actors. I assume there's a reason. That Rosenpenis groveled successfully and pleaded that he still had a purpose.

But I hired Trump to fire people. I want more.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 12:53 PM (bcbK8)

36 Why hasn't McCabe been charged w/perjury? Who's in charge of that stuff?

Posted by: BignJames at February 19, 2019 12:53 PM (ykq7q)

37 Rosenstein announced he would be leaving the DOJ on January 9th. He said he would leave when the new AG was sworn in and there was time to do a transition.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM (/tuJf)

38 20 He got a gig on Empire?
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (v0R5T)

He's gonna need more clothesline.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM (NWiLs)

39 Can you imagine sitting at the 18-20 year mark in your career as a professional FBI agent...doing your job...getting bad guys...and maintaining your integrity. And then looking up the ladder to promotion and realizing what you would have to give up to leave that GS-15 slot and jump to the SES level?
I wonder how bad the morale at the FBI is?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (0tfLf)
++++++++++++
I hope it's in the toilet. The management tier is so rotten that I have taken to assuming that even the rank-and-file you guy you describe is also bent. The FBI is a rotten borough and needs to be dismantled. I find it hard to believe that the endemic corruption at the top has not permeated the ranks.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM (I2dne)

40 Weak and foolish....or part of the plan? And I dont mean a 6d chess plan. I mean part of the plan that includes failure theater.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM (0XNHm)

41 Sessions really was protecting all of these people.

I have to think somehow he was compromised or just very, very stupid. It was almost like Sessions was determined to sink Trump for some strange reason.

So many wounds were self-inflicted by Trump (like keeping Sessions and Rosenstein on). Imagine if on just Day 1 Comey had been fired like every single rational person on both sides of the aisle were basically demanding. It would have been a non-event

All the risky moves Trump is willing to take, getting rid of personnel clearly determined to destroy you is a pretty easy call to make.

people outside the Beltway don't give two shits when someone is fired, especially by a new President.

Posted by: Blago at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM (UfkIY)

42 Mark tho seriously what's your Ellen Page theory?

she's way too young to look like that. I guess it could be drugs but freaking Winona Ryder is my age and looks better than her (and also friendly with the drugs and the anorexia).

it's really disturbing to look at her!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM (Rarvo)

43 We're searching google image as fast as we can, ok?

"Click all the images that have...Ruth Bader Ginsburg".

Posted by: JEM at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM (8erNz)

44 24
Seriously, why is the RBG counter reset?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (xyung)

She is supposedly hearing oral arguments. Just no pictures that are not suspect, yet.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (t6MX/)

45 Machado to Padres? LOL

Never hear from him again

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (bim/x)

46 But I hired Trump to fire people. I want more.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 12:53 PM (bcbK

I also want him firing people. With a flammenwerfer.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (NWiLs)

47 Trump had the right to sack most of the DOJ. But as we can see, no matter how hard he struck the libs would have started a war. And then Flake/ McCain would help flip the Senate.

Time will tell if that was a political masterstroke, or blind folly.

Posted by: trev006 at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (Prldh)

48 I'm probably one of the few commenters here that think Rosenstein was working for DJT. Being accused of something by a noted liar like McCabe doesn't cross my bullshit threshold.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (y7DUB)

49 Well, we kinda knew he was gonna leave as soon as Barr took over. This is not a big surprise.

But, Trump should have cleaned house on day 1.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (so+oy)

50 One down. A thousand to go.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 19, 2019 12:53 PM (+y/Ru)

It looks like the draining of the swamp is just a bit of drip, drip, drip, drip. And Trump's enemies are still hiring, so I guess we can conclude that the swamp will be drained when the SMOD arrives.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (3sjI6)

51 Rosenstein?
Blindfold, final cigarette, some assembly required.

Posted by: Taqyia2Me at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (x6XkS)

52 Rosenstein announced he would be leaving the DOJ on January 9th. He said he would leave when the new AG was sworn in and there was time to do a transition.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM

Yes...he needs to stick around long enough to show the new guy how to change the batteries in the wire device.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (0tfLf)

53 Mark tho seriously what's your Ellen Page theory?

she's way too young to look like that. I guess it could be drugs but freaking Winona Ryder is my age and looks better than her (and also friendly with the drugs and the anorexia).

it's really disturbing to look at her!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM (Rarvo)

She looked terrible. Not to mentioned embittered and unpleasant

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (bim/x)

54 >>I'm probably one of the few commenters here that think Rosenstein was working for DJT. Being accused of something by a noted liar like McCabe doesn't cross my bullshit threshold.

You aren't the only one.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (/tuJf)

55 FBI, CIA, DOJ should be immediately dissolved and declared corrupt entities. Arrests made by military police.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (JtBPN)

56 42
Mark tho seriously what's your Ellen Page theory?

she's way too young to look like that. I guess it could be drugs but
freaking Winona Ryder is my age and looks better than her (and also
friendly with the drugs and the anorexia).

it's really disturbing to look at her!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM (Rarvo)

Rode hard, put away wet, by lib Hollywood men, which turned her against all men.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (t6MX/)

57 Dem racist Chicago police probably framed this Jew just like they framed Jussie!

Posted by: Cardi B at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (GTKWb)

58 people outside the Beltway don't give two shits when someone is fired, especially by a new President.

agreed especially when Said Somebody is (at that time) persona non grata amongst Leftists for "hurting Hillary" with that weird "report."

by the time PDJT did fire that ass it was way past when liberals remember stuff

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (Rarvo)

59 She is supposedly hearing oral arguments. Just no pictures that are not suspect, yet.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (t6MX/)

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Yeah, that's the thing. Biggest news in the last two months for the (D)s and no one in a parking lot has a camera.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (xyung)

60 Honestly, that's the one thing I thought Trump would be good at - purging. Didn't he have a TV show about just that?

Posted by: clutch cargo at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (sLicW)

61
But, Trump should have cleaned house on day 1.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (so+oy)

That was not possible.

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at February 19, 2019 12:57 PM (TAmPV)

62
It looks like the draining of the swamp is just a
bit of drip, drip, drip, drip. And Trump's enemies are still hiring, so
I guess we can conclude that the swamp will be drained when the SMOD
arrives.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (3sjI6)
Yes, using an eyedropper was not what I hoped he planned to do.

Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 19, 2019 12:57 PM (37IEG)

63 Reports are that the two cabinet members who were willing to support Trump's removal under the 25th amendment were Sessions and Kelly.

I don't believe it.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 12:57 PM (hjaPQ)

64 42 Mark tho seriously what's your Ellen Page theory?

she's way too young to look like that. I guess it could be drugs but freaking Winona Ryder is my age and looks better than her (and also friendly with the drugs and the anorexia).

it's really disturbing to look at her!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM (Rarvo)

I think when she came out of the closet and decided to become an activist solely centered around who's genitals she wanted to rub against, it did something to her.

They say feminism destroys beauty, I think it's something along those lines. Her sex life has become SO important to her that it's killed her ability to do anything.

Watching her rant about Mike Pence is almost sad.

I know some folks want to blame drugs and God knows as an actress she has access to a whole lot, but I think it's just going all-in on an ideology of rage and hate.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 12:57 PM (bcbK8)

65 Never Fear!

Bernie is coming!

The Sandernistas will fix everything.

(Don't doubt that the old coot could win the nomination from the Democrats and actually win the election. Don't underestimate how stupid people in this country are)

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at February 19, 2019 12:57 PM (vcOmj)

66 One of the most discouraging things about Trump's first term is his willingness to keep these people around. Of course, I'm on the far end of the spectrum on how people like Rosenstein, McCabe, and Comey should be dealt with, but they definitely don't deserve to stay employed with any Federal agency. My own thought now is that the entire DOJ should be dismantled, and FISA needs to be repealed.

Posted by: Pinochet's Sunglasses at February 19, 2019 12:57 PM (n+0Aw)

67 Didn't the 4D chess guys insist Rosenstein was a good guy and simply misunderstood?

I'm confused.

Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2019 12:57 PM (kOpft)

68 Trump should fire the folks that got him to sign the MS-13 protection bill and who kept him from knowing Angel Families were desperate to meet with him.

But whatever, I'm sure everything will work out well.

Posted by: Wizards! At the bottom of it all! at February 19, 2019 12:58 PM (9AcAx)

69

way OT, but it looks like frilly boy Trudeau up in Canada is getting a taste of the yellow jackets as a couple hundred semi's roll into town today to protest his government. From Alberta.

United We Roll protest: Truck convoy arrives at Parliament Hill after delay

He won't last. Dumb little kid way over his head.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 19, 2019 12:58 PM (OKeCc)

70 I know some folks want to blame drugs and God knows as an actress she has access to a whole lot, but I think it's just going all-in on an ideology of rage and hate.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 12:57 PM (bcbK

++++++++++
The deeply embittered often wear it on their faces.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2019 12:58 PM (I2dne)

71 Not that I'm buying into the myth of "eleventy chess" or anything, but maybe Trump had his reasons for keeping these guys around. Maybe he just wanted to see for himself--get a read on them.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2019 12:58 PM (NFEMn)

72 I know some folks want to blame drugs and God knows as an actress she has access to a whole lot, but I think it's just going all-in on an ideology of rage and hate.

Possession does come to mind as a possibility here.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2019 12:58 PM (Rarvo)

73 Mark tho seriously what's your Ellen Page theory?

she's way too young to look like that.

Yeah she is past her sell by date, already. She was a little cutie then this? Awful looking. Could be lifestyle, it can take a pretty terrible toll with drugs and smoking etc. Nonstop partying.

Yeah, that's the thing. Biggest news in the last two months for the (D)s and no one in a parking lot has a camera.

Yeah just that one film of walking through an airport standing taller and looking younger than ever, which is highly suspect.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 12:58 PM (39g3+)

74 Yeah, that's the thing. Biggest news in the last two months for the (D)s and no one in a parking lot has a camera.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (xyung)

The implication is that death is shadowing her, at least visibly, and it cannot be revealed to the unhinged left.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 12:58 PM (t6MX/)

75 Still don't get the Sessions thing unless even the very deep state that I believe is there is even deeper. He would have had to be a part to get Trump the nomination so that he could easily be beaten by Hillary. Occam tells me its most likely he is just a fuck up.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (r+sAi)

76 46 But I hired Trump to fire people. I want more.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 12:53 PM (bcbK

I also want him firing people. With a flammenwerfer.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (NWiLs)

I'm intrigued by your plucky attitude and would like to know more.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (bcbK8)

77 51
Rosenstein?

Blindfold, final cigarette, some assembly required.

Posted by: Taqyia2Me at February 19, 2019 12:55 PM (x6XkS)
Dear sir,
I recently ordered your Complete Firing Squad kit and I find a rather crucial part is missing.Please provide me with an update detailing when I can expect the firing squad part to arrive.
Sincerely yours Deplorable Yankee

Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (37IEG)

78 The problem I think is Trump still listens to the wrong people. Jarvanka being the two most obvious, but probably several more versions that we don't hear about. His weakness is loyalty. Be loyal to him and he will be loyal to you even if that loyalty means dumb decisions.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (0XNHm)

79 I'm probably one of the few commenters here that think Rosenstein was working for DJT. Being accused of something by a noted liar like McCabe doesn't cross my bullshit threshold.

You aren't the only one.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (/tuJf)

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Add me to this list. McCabe's bullshit is to pimp his book.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (ffYR/)

80 They attempted a coup. They failed. Execute them.

Tinker to Evers to Chance....

Posted by: the Man who Burps in French at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (9HuGt)

81 He won't last. Dumb little kid way over his head.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 19, 2019 12:58 PM (OKeCc)
+++++++++
But he's handsome! And he has a pretty wife! And he is great at catch-phrase Leftism! And he loves other cultures!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (I2dne)

82 58 The Colbert audience cheered when he told them and he had to explain why it was a bad thing LOL

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (BXMxN)

83 75 Still don't get the Sessions thing unless even the very deep state that I believe is there is even deeper. He would have had to be a part to get Trump the nomination so that he could easily be beaten by Hillary. Occam tells me its most likely he is just a fuck up.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (r+sAi)

Sessions probably looked good on the outside and funked out when it became important. Same thing happened with John Roberts.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (bcbK8)

84 OT:

The oddest thing about the Padres doing this is that it wasn't even 5 years ago when they tried to fast track and failed. 2015 they tried to contend ahead of schedule and it was a disaster. Almost as bad as the year the Marlins bought up Mark Buehrle and Jose Reyes and ended up in dead last and selling everybody that winter. It seemed like they realized they had to rebuild and went all in on it for 2016 and 2017, but then they give way too much money to Eric Hosmer and now they overbid for Machado. They need pitching way more than they need offense.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (oZ6kz)

85 It seems to me the deep state, in all its permutations, is Stalinist. Too bad the media is too stupid to know what Stalinist means.

Posted by: N. L. Urker at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (JgA4k)

86 I hope it's in the toilet. The management tier is so rotten that I have taken to assuming that even the rank-and-file you guy you describe is also bent. The FBI is a rotten borough and needs to be dismantled. I find it hard to believe that the endemic corruption at the top has not permeated the ranks.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM
************

You could be right.
Command climate reaches deep in any organization.
Interesting side note. Over the last few years I have attended a number of Veteran Hiring events here in the NW. Local police agencies are always there. The FBI started showing up about a year ago. Not all the time, but they NEVER used to do that. A brief chat with the agents there...I'm not sure they knew why they were there.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (0tfLf)

87 55�FBI, CIA, DOJ should be immediately dissolved and declared corrupt entities. Arrests made by military police.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (JtBPN)

I agree completely, but that would mean a war that would consume the Trump presidency and modern America.

Posted by: trev006 at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (Prldh)

88 My own thought now is that the entire DOJ should be dismantled, and FISA needs to be repealed.

What awesome benefit would we be missing out on if the DOJ went on hiatus? And would it pay for an even nicer wall?

Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (VP1E6)

89 Trudeau lost his main supporter and adviser in criminal charges from this team, not sure how he'll do now. Think: Obama without Jarrett.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (39g3+)

90 IF many is worth $300 mill I am worth AT LEAST $600 mill over 10 years

Posted by: Bryce Harper at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (flINI)

91 Unless Sundance over at CTH is right that even firing Rosenstein would be construed as another predicate act in the giant Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax these f**ks at the DOJ were building.

Posted by: Molly at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (YhXpT)

92 85
It seems to me the deep state, in all its permutations, is Stalinist.
Too bad the media is too stupid to know what Stalinist means.

Posted by: N. L. Urker at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (JgA4k)
They were too busy airbrushing the old photos and changing the history books to go to that class.

Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (37IEG)

93 LOL, one advantage to being 29 twice is I have no freaking clue who Ellen Page is. Had to look it up. Still no freaking clue.

Posted by: clutch cargo at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (sLicW)

94 I agree with you that Trump had made a lot of unforced errors when it comes to personnel. He's actually not a very good manager at all. He appears to just kinda sorta hope things work out, or that he can bluster his way through any problems.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (Kpl3J)

95 81 He won't last. Dumb little kid way over his head.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 19, 2019 12:58 PM (OKeCc)
+++++++++
But he's handsome! And he has a pretty wife! And he is great at catch-phrase Leftism! And he loves other cultures!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (I2dne)

He's a worthless human being.

Posted by: N. L. Urker at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (JgA4k)

96 Still don't get the Sessions thing unless even the very deep state that I believe is there is even deeper. He would have had to be a part to get Trump the nomination so that he could easily be beaten by Hillary. Occam tells me its most likely he is just a fuck up.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (r+sAi)

someone got to him
like roberts

he looked scared until the end

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (OKeCc)

97 Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (/tuJf)

Serious question, why wasn't Rod R. elevated to the top job if he was helping PDT?

Posted by: clutch at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (4WFVI)

98 McCabe claimed in that interview that RoseyPenisHead offered TWICE to wear a wire on Trump. Two separate meetings.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (Z4rgH)

99 24 Seriously, why is the RBG counter reset?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (xyung)

tmz found RBG hanging out at the airport.

I have to say -- the other day I was joking that we need to bring TMZ in for a proof of life video because the MSM sure aint going to do it.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (GBteo)

100 One of the most discouraging things about Trump's first term is his willingness to keep these people around.
Posted by: Pinochet's Sunglasses

____________

Yep, personnel is policy.

I think Trump is just used to this concept when he ran his business that employees fall in line. That's not how DC works at all.

I also think Trump is way too impressed with resumes. I would be looking at ideology and loyalty.

Posted by: Blago at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (UfkIY)

101 Yes, Trump's biggest weakness is giving his adversaries the benefit of the doubt. And therefore letting things drag out too long. Although he has accomplished a lot, against a lot of opposition. I figure by the end of his second term he'll have acquired the requisite cynicism.

Posted by: I like cookies at February 19, 2019 01:02 PM (xxAFD)

102 OT: The Desert Tech updates seem to have fixed the reliability problem with mil-surp ammo. So it might be THE bullpup rifle to beat right now.

I'm intrigued.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:02 PM (bcbK8)

103 This is years overdue.

Posted by: Surfperch at February 19, 2019 01:02 PM (tVQUs)

104 Reports are that the two cabinet members who were willing to support Trump's removal under the 25th amendment were Sessions and Kelly.

I don't believe it.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 12:57 PM (hjaPQ)

If Sessions was one, he really is a jerkoff. Southern "honor", my ass.
And Kelly worked closely with Trump. If he thought Trump was that bad, he could have resigned.

The only one I can see going all in was Tillerson.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2019 01:02 PM (NFEMn)

105 Where's AllenG?

Burn it.
Salt it.
Profit.

Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2019 01:02 PM (Zz0t1)

106 I agree completely, but that would mean a war that would consume the Trump presidency and modern America.
Posted by: trev006 at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (Prldh)
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Okay. An independent and unchecked agency system is at least as dangerous over the long term.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2019 01:02 PM (I2dne)

107 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2019 01:02 PM (Zz0t1)

108 Can you imagine sitting at the 18-20 year mark in your career as a professional FBI agent...doing your job...getting bad guys...and maintaining your integrity. And then looking up the ladder to promotion and realizing what you would have to give up to leave that GS-15 slot and jump to the SES level?
I wonder how bad the morale at the FBI is?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (0tfLf)
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I hope it's in the toilet. The management tier is so rotten that I have taken to assuming that even the rank-and-file you guy you describe is also bent. The FBI is a rotten borough and needs to be dismantled. I find it hard to believe that the endemic corruption at the top has not permeated the ranks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2019 12:54 PM (I2dne)

The view that the FBI is an institution of integrity is just a fiction. It was corrupted from the beginning by J. Edgar Hoover. It engaged in turf wars with organized crime which gave it "credibility" beyond belief. What passes for "bad guys" has often been someone's political enemies and innocent people (see Waco and Ruby Ridge). And there are still disinformation TV shows and movies promoting the FBI has a bastion of "integrity". The only thing that has changed is that they, and the media, have become stupider and more transparent in their evil.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 19, 2019 01:02 PM (3sjI6)

109 The oddest thing about the Padres doing this is that it wasn't even 5 years ago when they tried to fast track and failed. 2015 they tried to contend ahead of schedule and it was a disaster.

Yeah they were really good not long ago and now they're destined to suck for years. So sad watching a team be so mis-managed like that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:02 PM (39g3+)

110 There was a video of Trudeau on his world trip playing dress up in every country he visted.Hilarious,if the media wasn't all out leftist supporters he would be a laughing stock around the world.

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (BXMxN)

111 I was wondering if anyone here has seen the $3 billion dollars New York was going to give to Amazon.
Governor Cuomo assured me the check was in the mail, but so far it hasn't been delivered.

Posted by: Loopey Ozcrazyo at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (37IEG)

112 FBI, CIA, DOJ should be immediately dissolved and declared corrupt entities. Arrests made by military police.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (JtBPN)

I agree completely, but that would mean a war that would consume the Trump presidency and modern America.

Posted by: trev006 at February 19, 2019 01:00 PM (Prldh)

Okay.
It's that or we wait for God to send the Babylonians.

Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (kOpft)

113 Hahaha!

The Padres are perfect for Machado.

... he'll fit in well with an entire organization that phones it in.

Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (Vs14/)

114 96 Still don't get the Sessions thing unless even the very deep state that I believe is there is even deeper. He would have had to be a part to get Trump the nomination so that he could easily be beaten by Hillary. Occam tells me its most likely he is just a fuck up.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (r+sAi)

someone got to him
like roberts

he looked scared until the end
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (OKeCc)

The Intel spooks have played that card before.
Wouldn't surprise me.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (bcbK8)

115 When Sean Hannity can make a complete case, including proof, in 20 minutes on his show, why can't the DoJ find enough interest to bring a case against the Coup de Etat main players?

All the evidence has already been assembled. Hannity has been collecting it and re-calibrating it for two years now. Some of his guests have written detailed books about it.

The stew is ready! Where is the DoJ?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (sy5kK)

116 willowed:

anyone else notice that RBG has apparently lost her osteoporosis hump in that video?

will the wonders of modern medicine ever stop?

(i call bullshit: that's a body double w/o the bone loss)

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (NQJ+w)

117 78 The problem I think is Trump still listens to the wrong people. Jarvanka being the two most obvious, but probably several more versions that we don't hear about. His weakness is loyalty. Be loyal to him and he will be loyal to you even if that loyalty means dumb decisions.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (0XNHm)

I think that Trump is used to being the CEO and figurehead, and trusting his (usually competent) underlings to do the day-to-day stuff. Not a micromanager.

He thought it would work the same in DC.

It doesn't.

And frankly, I could have told him that. I don't know why he refuses to realize that.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (GBteo)

118 I think it comes down to the question - do we want a President? Or an all powerful dictator?

It's not an easy one to answer these days.

Posted by: mikeyG at February 19, 2019 01:04 PM (LL1Be)

119 In related news: Custodians at the EPA have finally removed a nugget of feces from the hallway.

Posted by: Fritz at February 19, 2019 01:04 PM (wxZSX)

120 the FBI is like the Prussian army in 1805: Looks impressive from the outside, but rotted away through and through

Posted by: Ziggy Clausewitz, dead general at February 19, 2019 01:04 PM (9HuGt)

121 the newest novel writer had crap running out both sides of his mouth on the sunday news shows.

Posted by: trapper's girl at February 19, 2019 01:04 PM (nUGtg)

122 We have investigated the wild ass claim that CNN is fake news and found that we are 100% real news and heroic in our attempts to bring CNN's news to the people.

Posted by: This is CNN at February 19, 2019 01:04 PM (pw+jk)

123 Rosenstein resigns.
Ain't that a shame. My tears fell like rain.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 19, 2019 01:04 PM (QLvwG)

124 I'm with Ace on this one, not sure why he keeps obvious enemies around. Keep em close doesn't real work in the Fed Govt.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2019 01:04 PM (r+sAi)

125 One other explanation with Sessions is Trump was probably the first person to dress him down in his decades of being an elected politician.

I would bet money most of it was he was offended by Trump and this was his passive aggressive way to get back.

Politicians (especially Senators) are treated like modern day Royalty.

Posted by: Blago at February 19, 2019 01:04 PM (UfkIY)

126 116
willowed:

anyone else notice that RBG has apparently lost her osteoporosis hump in that video?

will the wonders of modern medicine ever stop?

(i call bullshit: that's a body double w/o the bone loss)

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (NQJ+w)
I can explain that.

Posted by: Dr. Frodrick Frankensteen at February 19, 2019 01:04 PM (37IEG)

127 OT: the blurb on Machado said he hit .297 last year. I guess that's ok, here's $300 million...

Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (VP1E6)

128 Reports are that the two cabinet members who were willing to support Trump's removal under the 25th amendment were Sessions and Kelly.

Yeah I'm not buying Sessions. He was an early supporter and strong on Trump, I don't buy him flipping suddenly and trying to depose the president under an idiotic fantasy. He'd have actually read the 25th amendment and known it was impossible.

I also think Trump is way too impressed with resumes. I would be looking at ideology and loyalty.

I think he relies exessively on the recommendations of others. In the case of judges, that's working out pretty well because he has good advise there. But for his cabinet he took the advise of a bunch of deep GOPe guys with predictable results.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (39g3+)

129 Apparently there's some celebrity called Cardi B. She's like a genius or something.

So I am really disappointed in Jussie Smollett, whatever the f*ck his name is. I'm really disappointed in him. I feel like he f*cked up Black History Month, bro. Like damn. I'm not gonna say yet until he said it out of his mouth that it was fake and this sh*t was staged. I don't want to completely blame him, because you know like somebody that I was talking to they said you know that police in Chicago are racist. So they might probably try to frame him and make him look like he is a liar. But if he is not then bro you f*cked up, for real. Like why would you do that? Like you didn't have to do that. Then you get Donald Trump immunity to f*cking laugh at n*****s and s*it.

This only an approximate transcript because she's got a bad case of mushmouth.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (+y/Ru)

130 The view that the FBI is an institution of integrity is just a fiction. It was corrupted from the beginning by J. Edgar Hoover. It engaged in turf wars with organized crime which gave it "credibility" beyond belief. What passes for "bad guys" has often been someone's political enemies and innocent people (see Waco and Ruby Ridge). And there are still disinformation TV shows and movies promoting the FBI has a bastion of "integrity". The only thing that has changed is that they, and the media, have become stupider and more transparent in their evil.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 19, 2019 01:02 PM (3sjI6)
++++++++++
Hoover turned it from an almost non-existent backwater agency into the most powerful domestic law enforcement and intelligence agency. I don't know all the details (and I suspect no one knows the full scope), but I have to imagine there was a lot of skulduggery and skull-cracking involved.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (I2dne)

131 105 Where's AllenG?

Burn it.
Salt it.
Profit.
Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2019 01:02 PM (Zz0t1)

yeah, where is Allen? I miss him and other firebreathers.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (bcbK8)

132 "Report: Deep State Operator Rod Rosenstein Finally Leaving the Justice Department"

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In handcuffs?

Posted by: Decaf at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (B/m0M)

133 2019?! Is that nice young man in the wheelchair still President?

Posted by: RBG at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (VP1E6)

134
Serious question, why wasn't Rod R. elevated to the top job if he was helping PDT?

Posted by: clutch at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (4WFVI)

He may have been helping Trump after the fact but that doesn't mean his hands are clean.

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (TAmPV)

135 This is the downside of voting in an outsider. Trump had (and appears still hasn't) got any clue how DC works. You spend 30 years as a CEO of a company, it's hard to let go of the mindset that your underlings will do as they're told.

Also people who work in corporate world for the most part want their company to succeed. If the company fails you're out of a job. Govt is not like that. Trump fails, no biggie plenty of jobs to go around.

It's an entirely different world that Trump can't seem to understand.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (0XNHm)

136 I also think Trump is way too impressed with resumes. I would be looking at ideology and loyalty.
Posted by: Blago at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (UfkIY)

I agree with this, too.

In fact, I'd go out of my way to avoid people with previous DC experience and/or ivy league education.

Obviously, that's not entirely possible (you do need to have people around who know what they're doing), but I'd certainly try to get as many non-DC insiders working for me as possible.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (GBteo)

137 All the evidence has already been assembled. Hannity has been collecting it and re-calibrating it for two years now. Some of his guests have written detailed books about it.

The stew is ready! Where is the DoJ?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (sy5kK)

Hannity has been "chronicling"--as he likes to say--it for us.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (NFEMn)

138 Get back to me when he's in front of a firing squad.

Posted by: ShainS -- Registered Hat Offender at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (7O3zK)

139 "Report: Deep State Operator Rod Rosenstein Finally Leaving the Justice Department"

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In handcuffs?

I was hoping for "out the third floor window".

Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (VP1E6)

140 i call bullshit: that's a body double w/o the bone loss

Yep, me too. Just like Hillary's miraculous recovery (and changed hair style) after the Bollard incident. Bullcrap. But who's gonna call em on it? Who will step up and investigate? All the people who have the access and means are in on it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (39g3+)

141 Jarvanka being the two most obvious, but probably several more versions that we don't hear about. His weakness is loyalty.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 12:59 PM (0XNHm)

Ivanka works at superficial go-girl PR initiatives, or things like prison reform with the President's enthusiastic backing. I remember when people insisted she was persuading Trump to sign the Paris accords, or Israel-Palestinian peace, or some other stupid thing.

To the extent I would blame her for anything, I would more firmly blame the President. But there's nothing beyond out of control spending that merits it, and that is firmly a Congressional problem.

Posted by: trev006 at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (Prldh)

142 So, does Barr clean this up?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (gC2IV)

I'd say the odds are low, seeing as how him and Mueller are good friends. Moar Deep State shit. But, better odds than from Sessions, who did pretty much nothing.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (Z4rgH)

143 I've heard the theory (here and elsewhere) that RR is a "good" guy.

This theory is predicated on a few things:

1.) The fact that RR shitcanned Comey.

b.) The conjecture that he initiated the Special Counsel to sideline the corrupt conspirators and their investigation already running in the DoJ.

iii.) That none of this has been apparent to onlookers, because they're running this thing by the books, and keeping a lid on all of it.

Now, I can see a lot of flaws in this theory. But I'll focus on the most glaring one: the guy he hired to be SC is a man with a long, rich history of police corruption, specifically as it relates to covering up the crimes of the FBI, and has deep personal and professional ties to Comey.

I can think of a few possible explanations, here:

1.) Everything is as it appears - the coup conspirators settled on firing Comey as the "trigger" for the coup. When instructed to do it, RR complied, and immediately put Mueller in place to carry on and expand the work of Comey. They're both crooked - I rate this explanation "highly likely."

b.) RR is a clean operator himself, but so ragingly incompetent that he hired a corrupt cop who was in the pocket of the man he just fired, and who then assembled a team of Democrat donors and operatives to continue attacking the President - I rate this explanation "very unlikely."

iii.) RR and Mueller are both on Team Trump, and this is all Dimension Eleventy Chess. They put together a team of Dem operatives to attack the President, and to round up and railroad every possible known associate of his. They ran roughshod over the spirit and letter of the law. They destroyed the reputation of their agencies and spurred a crisis of confidence among the American about the rule of law and the role of its enforcers. And they did it all to throw the Deep State off the scent, as they prepared to exonerate Trump and drop the hammer on the corrupt coup perpetrators. I rate this explanation "so fucking preposterous it beggars belief."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (AzW6q)

144 129 Stripper turned "hip hop" star .She has made many millions.

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (BXMxN)

145 This only an approximate transcript because she's got a bad case of mushmouth.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (+y/Ru)
++++++++
How ... articulate.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (I2dne)

146 In RE: Trump keeping these people on instead of firing them.

I don't know what his reasons are, but he has them. Here's a piece of speculation: If the whole Mueller thing had been cut short with mass firings instead of being allowed to play out to this "never mind" result would there have been (A) a leap to impeach Trump from both Democrats or GOP or (B) both Democrats and GOP would have calmly accepted his assurances that it was a witch hunt and dropped the subject?

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Twitter - The Electronic Valu-Rite at The Outrage Outlet and Reduce Your IQ and Soul at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (hLRSq)

147 Can you IMAGINE what a guy like me would be worth in this market???

Posted by: George Brett at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (flINI)

148 tmz found RBG hanging out at the airport.

---

Even better, they magically found her in the same outfit, same scarf, same shoes, and walking on the same floor where they apparently also "caught" her in 2018, and she was apparently being helped by a guy in a short sleeve shirt in 38 degree Washington, DC.

I'm also sort of wondering why no one asked why she was at the airport when she apparently lives in DC.

If she's not in the courtroom or photographed walking out of the doors then we still haven't seen her.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (xyung)

149 yeah, where is Allen? I miss him and other firebreathers.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM

Last time I asked about it, he got a new job or job role that took his time away from here. He makes the occasional appearance when he can, but it's few and far between.

Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)

150 So still no actual sighting of RBG in any parking lots, government buildings, etc
========
you won't get one either.

supreme court parks in underground private garage.

Private elevator up. Not to public lobby. No cameras in court room at all.

Artist sketch's only.

*Her head on Cpt Pike Box*

Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (YhBQw)

151 There was a video of Trudeau on his world trip playing dress up in every country he visted.Hilarious,if the media wasn't all out leftist supporters he would be a laughing stock around the world.
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (BXMxN)

Correction. He is a laughing stock around the world. I guess Canadians have no sense of humor.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (3sjI6)

152 >>Serious question, why wasn't Rod R. elevated to the top job if he was helping PDT?

The DAG is the highest ranking career person at the DOJ. The AG is political appointee and almost always someone brought in from the outside.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (/tuJf)

153 You might look harried too if you lived in eternal mortal fear that Mike Pence was going to kick down your door and have you shipped off to the religious gulags!

Posted by: Ellen Page at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (GTKWb)

154 gestapo chips Muller, Robert and Heinrich seem to be the same person as if they are both really the RED SKULL.

Posted by: Avi at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (kSq2k)

155 118 I think it comes down to the question - do we want a President? Or an all powerful dictator?

It's not an easy one to answer these days.
Posted by: mikeyG at February 19, 2019 01:04 PM (LL1Be)

I think, seriously, the question is going to be 'who do you want in power when the President becomes a dictator'?

Because it seems pretty clear the Dems are going to go full Fascist when they get power again.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (bcbK8)

156 Also people who work in corporate world for the most part want their company to succeed. If the company fails you're out of a job. Govt is not like that. Trump fails, no biggie plenty of jobs to go around.

It's an entirely different world that Trump can't seem to understand.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (0XNHm)

Also a good point -- in corporate america, there generally isnt a large contingent of upper management sitting around saying "hey, so how can we sabotage the CEO and his plans from the inside?"

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (GBteo)

157 I'm still saying she's in hospice *at best*.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 01:08 PM (xyung)

158 Can you IMAGINE what a guy like me would be worth in this market???
Posted by: George Brett at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (flINI)

________

Boy howdy...

Posted by: Rod Carew at February 19, 2019 01:08 PM (flINI)

159 And they say the US is the more advanced country!

Mexico introduces all-you-can-drink tequila train called 'Jose Cuervo Express'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 19, 2019 01:08 PM (+y/Ru)

160 94
I agree with you that Trump had made a lot of unforced errors when it
comes to personnel. He's actually not a very good manager at all. He
appears to just kinda sorta hope things work out, or that he can bluster
his way through any problems.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (Kpl3J)

A good leader needs to surround himself with good solid people. Give them the vision, tell them to execute. Unfortunately PDT has struggled surrounding himself with the caliber of people he needs. Sessions is 1, how can we ever forget Rinse Penis for another. I'm not convinced Sessions was not involved in the 25th Amendment ordeal.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 19, 2019 01:08 PM (jxbfJ)

161
Okay.
It's that or we wait for God to send the Babylonians.

Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (kOpft)

Yeah, but it's understandable that the President wants to try a peaceful solution first. Remaking the judiciary is a critical step. After that- let's see where he goes.

Posted by: trev006 at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (Prldh)

162 155 They have helpfully told us so.

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (BXMxN)

163 I take solace in the fact that, as bad as things are here, it is a thousand times worse in every other country on the planet. It is still better to be in the USA than anywhere else.

Posted by: Archer at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (gmo/4)

164 158
Can you IMAGINE what a guy like me would be worth in this market???

Posted by: George Brett at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (flINI)

________

Boy howdy...

Posted by: Rod Carew at February 19, 2019 01:08 PM (flINI)

Why look at me!! I'm worth $80M now!!!

Posted by: Colon Kaperdick at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (jxbfJ)

165 "Honestly,if their really were people in his own cabinet willing to try to remove him what kind of advice was he getting?He is surrounded by enemies and he is new at this game.
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (BXMxN)"

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Is still getting?

Posted by: Decaf at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (B/m0M)

166 128 Reports are that the two cabinet members who were willing to support Trump's removal under the 25th amendment were Sessions and Kelly.

My guess.. Tillerson and McMaster

Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (O2RFr)

167 98
McCabe claimed in that interview that RoseyPenisHead offered TWICE to wear a wire on Trump. Two separate meetings.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (Z4rgH)

McCabe is under investigation, IIRC. He has every reason to attempt to throw someone else to the wolves, if it could save his ass. He went after Flynn in part for what appears to be a petty personal vendetta. He is as dirty as Comey. There is no reason to believe what he says about anyone, except that it may conform to our own preconceptions and desires.

That is no defense of Roseypenis.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (t6MX/)

168 Even better, they magically found her in the same outfit, same scarf, same shoes, and walking on the same floor where they apparently also "caught" her in 2018, and she was apparently being helped by a guy in a short sleeve shirt in 38 degree Washington, DC.

Standing up straight as a rail, not hunched over, and looking different than she used to? Hmm....

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (39g3+)

169 (i call bullshit: that's a body double w/o the bone loss)

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 19, 2019 01:03 PM (NQJ+w)

Who needs body doubles or deep fake videos when you've got video from a couple of years ago sitting around? Someone will dig it up eventually, but few will care.

Posted by: I like cookies at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (xxAFD)

170 Huber will come.

Posted by: blaster, abolish FBI at February 19, 2019 01:10 PM (9VeU0)

171 165 Very likely.

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:10 PM (BXMxN)

172 >>Can you IMAGINE what a guy like me would be worth in this market???

Well, Mike Trout is better than you...so, we'll see.

Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2019 01:10 PM (Vs14/)

173 149 yeah, where is Allen? I miss him and other firebreathers.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM

Last time I asked about it, he got a new job or job role that took his time away from here. He makes the occasional appearance when he can, but it's few and far between.
Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)

Well, glad he's working then.
Him and Chavez the Hugo filled me with admiration for their invective.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:10 PM (bcbK8)

174 >>The conjecture that he initiated the Special Counsel to sideline the corrupt conspirators and their investigation already running in the DoJ.

It's a lot more than conjecture. Rosenstein was confirmed on April 25, 2017.

Go back and look at what happened on the dates of May 9 - May 11, 2017.

The idea that Trump kept Rosenstein on board when he had every right to fire him if he thought Rosenstein was out to get him is ludicrous.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:11 PM (/tuJf)

175 He is a laughing stock around the world. I guess Canadians have no sense of humor.

"Take off, hose head"
--McKenzie brothers

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:11 PM (39g3+)

176 Would Alito and Thomas keep up the charade that RBG is fine and physically present in the Court if she wasn't?

Posted by: josephistan at February 19, 2019 01:11 PM (7HtZB)

177 166
128 Reports are that the two cabinet members who were willing to support
Trump's removal under the 25th amendment were Sessions and Kelly.

My guess.. Tillerson and McMaster

Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (O2RFr)

Those reports link back to NYT, which is no friend to Trump. Was someone using NYT, such as known leaker McCabe to cast aspersions away from himself?

Did Trump do it to finally fire Sessions? It's really hard to pin down a cohesive plan when so many are duplicitous, self-serving weasels.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (t6MX/)

178 I'm not going to laugh at that evil woman's family's loss or anything, but today's "sighting" is exactly as meaningful as when she went to the play in her honor and didn't say anything about it to her family.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (xyung)

179 168 Even better, they magically found her in the same outfit, same scarf, same shoes, and walking on the same floor where they apparently also "caught" her in 2018, and she was apparently being helped by a guy in a short sleeve shirt in 38 degree Washington, DC.

Standing up straight as a rail, not hunched over, and looking different than she used to? Hmm....
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (39g3+)

"Is this to be an empathy test? Capillary dilation, the so-called blush response? Fluctuation of the pupil... involuntary dilation of the iris?"

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (bcbK8)

180 This is the downside of voting in an outsider. Trump had (and appears still hasn't) got any clue how DC works. You spend 30 years as a CEO of a company, it's hard to let go of the mindset that your underlings will do as they're told.

Also people who work in corporate world for the most part want their company to succeed. If the company fails you're out of a job. Govt is not like that. Trump fails, no biggie plenty of jobs to go around.

It's an entirely different world that Trump can't seem to understand.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 01:05 PM (0XNHm)

But, if he doesn't understand after two years, what's the problem? I thought he was a fast study.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (3sjI6)

181
The only one I can see going all in was Tillerson.

---------
I seem to recall trump firing his ass, while he was still overseas, on his birthday.

So. YES.

Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (YhBQw)

182 176 Would Alito and Thomas keep up the charade that RBG is fine and physically present in the Court if she wasn't?

Don't think so.. Doubt they would pretend she was there if she wasn't.. Lets be real.. She was there.

Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (O2RFr)

183 Wow. Hunter Nation is raffling an elk hunt with Don jr. I need a shot at that.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (JtBPN)

184 Bernie will raise a shit ton of $$ today.

And that's a good thing.

Posted by: Ha at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (MAstk)

185 Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's CO2!

Yes, it's CO2, strange gas from our planet, which appeared on Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of noble gases. CO2, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands, and who, disguised as soda pop bubbles in a mild-mannered refreshment for a great metropolitan bottling company, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American way.

Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (QkjLD)

186 Would Alito and Thomas keep up the charade that RBG is fine and physically present in the Court if she wasn't?
Posted by: josephistan at February 19, 2019 01:11 PM (7HtZB)

______

Unless they've been "told" to stand down... For the "good" of the country

Posted by: Phil Hartmark F/K/A Truck Monkey at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (flINI)

187 Even better, they magically found her in the same
outfit, same scarf, same shoes, and walking on the same floor where they
apparently also "caught" her in 2018, and she was apparently being
helped by a guy in a short sleeve shirt in 38 degree Washington, DC.

I'm also sort of wondering why no one asked why she was at the airport when she apparently lives in DC.

If she's not in the courtroom or photographed walking out of the doors then we still haven't seen her.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (xyung)

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It was from last November. I asked the same thing a few threads ago.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (pw+jk)

188 keep your friends close and your enemies in gitmo.

Posted by: x at February 19, 2019 01:13 PM (nFwvY)

189 I think, seriously, the question is going to be 'who do you want in power when the President becomes a dictator'?

Because it seems pretty clear the Dems are going to go full Fascist when they get power again.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (bcbK

Worst. Game of musical chairs. Ever.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:13 PM (KUaJL)

190 agree with you that Trump had made a lot of unforced errors when it
comes to personnel. He's actually not a very good manager at all. He
appears to just kinda sorta hope things work out, or that he can bluster
his way through any problems.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 01:01 PM (Kpl3J)

A good leader needs to surround himself with good solid people. Give them the vision, tell them to execute. Unfortunately PDT has struggled surrounding himself with the caliber of people he needs. Sessions is 1, how can we ever forget Rinse Penis for another. I'm not convinced Sessions was not involved in the 25th Amendment ordeal.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 19, 2019 01:08 PM (jxbfJ)

Yes---but Trump is hamstrung by the very fact that he's ignorant in the ways of Washington. There is a spider under every rock, a viper in every nook and cranny.

He doesn't get elected if he doesn't promise to "drain the swamp", but by saying that at every rally and in every interview, he marked himself for destruction by these very same people. None of them is going to do anything to actually help him accomplish that goal.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2019 01:13 PM (NFEMn)

191 90 IF many is worth $300 mill I am worth AT LEAST $600 mill over 10 years

I'm worth $600 million. In Zimbabwe bucks.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 01:13 PM (NWiLs)

192 RBG returned to the Supreme Court bench today by spryly pole vaulting into her seat while reciting the preamble to Indian Constitution in perfect Hindi with a slight Bangalor accent.

After hearing oral arguments, she texted the logarithmic solution to the next NASA space launch and the plot twist for the next "Bachelor" episode.

What a trooper.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 19, 2019 01:13 PM (vbJig)

193 My guess.. Tillerson and McMaster
Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2019 01:09 PM (O2RFr)
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I think that's a good guess.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 01:14 PM (hjaPQ)

194 Eh, the hiring of Mueller by Rosenstein to protect the conspirators is the most likely. They just never thought hillary would lose.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2019 01:14 PM (r+sAi)

195 Ellen Page was never particularly good looking. She was young. And youth is amazing, but it doesn't last long for a lot of folks.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2019 01:14 PM (iys0/)

196 someone got to him
like roberts

he looked scared until the end"

My most likely explanation for Session's incompetence is that Senator's and Congressmen today are pathetically incompetent hucksters who have learned how to appear "serious" for brief moments on camera, but even those who may have once been able to function with some kind of ability have atrophied over their time in Congress, to the point that they are all absolutely useless frauds, incapable of pouring piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel.

Yes, that's my explanation for Sessions.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 01:14 PM (Kpl3J)

197 I'm also sort of wondering why no one asked why she was at the airport when she apparently lives in DC.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (xyung)
--------------

Mile High Club, baby! I finally joined!

It was on my bucket list for years.

Posted by: The Febrezious RBG at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (DuAZ5)

198 Unless they've been "told" to stand down... For the "good" of the country
Posted by: Phil Hartmark F/K/A Truck Monkey at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (flINI)

Ever notice that "good " for the country always really means "good" for the deep state players?

Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (NFEMn)

199
The only one I can see going all in was Tillerson. ---------

I seem to recall trump firing his ass, while he was still overseas, on his birthday.

So. YES.

Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (YhBQw)

While he was sitting on the can.

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (TAmPV)

200 It's Tuesday afternoon and I haven't seen any breaking AOC news since the weekend. Has her 15 Minutes of Abject Stupidity come to an end after the Corrupt Media saw the fallout from (1) the Soylent Green New Deal Fiasco and (2) the Must. Kill. Jobs. Debacle?

Posted by: Hurricane Sandy at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (uloIh)

201 Did the suspicious RBG video include an explanation for why she'd be in a friggin' airport?

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (hjaPQ)

202 Two points:

1) You'd need balls of steel to agree to a cabinet post without -some- establishment backing, after what happened to Flynn and Pruitt.
2) Before 2018, the Senate was far more precarious thanks to Flake and McCain.

Trump has decided, for whatever reason, to co-opt parts of DC. Without that, the government would be completely unstable, closer to 90's era Russia than America. Clearly he doesn't bow to neoconnery, which is why Kristol and Goldberg are firmly on the outs, and the Chamber of Commerce remains a determined rival. But, and this is vital, he risked immediate war going alone. With all of corporate America openly against him, the chance of victory was something less then absolute.

So he chosr peace.

Posted by: trev006 at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (Prldh)

203 197 I'm also sort of wondering why no one asked why she was at the airport when she apparently lives in DC.
_______________________________________

The Chick-Fil-A at Reagan Airport is better than anything in the Distrct.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 19, 2019 01:16 PM (vbJig)

204 201 Did the suspicious RBG video include an explanation for why she'd be in a friggin' airport?
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (hjaPQ)

She was meeting with Christine Ford and her beach friends.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:16 PM (KUaJL)

205 150
So still no actual sighting of RBG in any parking lots, government buildings, etc

========

you won't get one either.

supreme court parks in underground private garage.

Private elevator up. Not to public lobby. No cameras in court room at all.

Artist sketch's only.

*Her head on Cpt Pike Box*

Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (YhBQw)

I too lazy, but can someone find a url for Captain Marvel with the gazer beam eyes and then put it below this post and say here is a picture of RBG on her way home after a long day of oral arguments.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2019 01:16 PM (ymnmz)

206 201 Did the suspicious RBG video include an explanation for why she'd be in a friggin' airport?
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (hjaPQ)

Maybe she was doing laps? You know, like the old ladys do in malls?

It is a bit chilly outside in DC right now.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 19, 2019 01:16 PM (GBteo)

207 You want: the FBI and CIA as they exist in a Tom Clancy novel.

You'll settle for: Agents Johnson and Johnson.

You'll get: tinpot Stalinist bureaucrats.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at February 19, 2019 01:16 PM (Hx3Yn)

208 189 I think, seriously, the question is going to be 'who do you want in power when the President becomes a dictator'?

Because it seems pretty clear the Dems are going to go full Fascist when they get power again.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (bcbK

Worst. Game of musical chairs. Ever.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:13 PM (KUaJL)

We can't stay half one thing and half another forever. We will either become all Progressive Socialist Perverts or all....morons

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:16 PM (bcbK8)

209 105 Where's AllenG?

i heard he has a blog.might try over there.

Posted by: Anachronda at February 19, 2019 01:16 PM (sGtp+)

210
If you go to Amazon, look up Giada's Family Dinners cookbook, open the sample pages and scroll down just a few you will get a spectacular look down at her sweater assets...

Posted by: In Vino Veritits at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (n2qRY)

211 204
201 Did the suspicious RBG video include an explanation for why she'd be in a friggin' airport?

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (hjaPQ)

She was meeting with Christine Ford and her beach friends.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:16 PM (KUaJL)

Cinibon for Sotomayor?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (ymnmz)

212
Did the suspicious RBG video include an explanation for why she'd be in a friggin' airport?

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM

"Shut up," they explained.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (jYje5)

213 Sessions is a long time GOPe, and did as the Party Bosses ordered.

Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (MI74Q)

214 The only one I can see going all in was Tillerson. ---------

I seem to recall trump firing his ass, while he was still overseas, on his birthday.

So. YES.

Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (YhBQw)

While he was sitting on the can.
=========
Greatest. President. Ever.

Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (YhBQw)

215 "He's kind of penned in by the whole obstruction of justice Mueller thing. Thanks, Sessions. It's looking more and more like Sessions was controlled opposition."

--------------

I find Sessions the most destructive person in Trump's administration. When he realised that his misstep caused the continuation of so much malignancy he should have resigned immediately. That he didn't suggests he was too stupid to see it or that he agreed with it.

Of those two cabinet members whom McCabe said were ready to sign on to have Trump removed, I wouldn't be surprised if Sessions wasn't one.

I wonder sometimes whether Sessions was Strzok's "insurance" all along.

Posted by: Decaf at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (B/m0M)

216 The 25th Amendment is only to be used if a president is in some way medically incapacitated. It can't be used because you think the president is in league with a foreign power or even if you think he is a big doody head. It does not apply.

The only person making the claim that it was ever discussed is noted truth teller Andrew McCabe.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (/tuJf)

217 200 It's Tuesday afternoon and I haven't seen any breaking AOC news since the weekend.
_____________________________________

She's at a "Stop" sign in the Navy Yard waiting for it to turn green.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (vbJig)

218 But, if he doesn't understand after two years, what's the problem? I thought he was a fast study."

Yeah, the guy who kept Omarosa on staff for how long again?

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (Kpl3J)

219 I think what we are seeing with Pres Trump is that being a good judge of talent and people in business is quite different than being that same thing in the sordid disgusting swamp of D.C.

Swamp creatures behave differently and respond differently to situations. In business there's a downside if you screw up. In D.C. once you are a made man swamp creature, there are never any consequences to be paid. Somebody will always rescue you - ahoy cuck cruisers!

Posted by: Boots at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (e9omi)

220 Bernie will raise a shit ton of $$ today.

And that's a good thing.

Posted by: Ha at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (MAstk)
...........

I'd send him some bolivar soberanos if I had any.

Posted by: wth at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (v0R5T)

221
I can think of a few possible explanations, here:

1.) Everything is as it appears - the coup conspirators settled on firing Comey as the "trigger" for the coup. When instructed to do it, RR complied, and immediately put Mueller in place to carry on and expand the work of Comey. They're both crooked - I rate this explanation "highly likely."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (AzW6q)

Two years of continued reporting by the alternative media and Fox talking heads is what makes this the correct answer.

If actual facts mean anything, that is.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2019 01:18 PM (sy5kK)

222
I suspect TMZ got took for the RGB video. They've become gawdawful lately. Not that were better before, but they seem to be spiraling in.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 01:19 PM (jYje5)

223 I see that while I was typing and deleting others had the same thoughts about Sessions.

Posted by: Decaf at February 19, 2019 01:19 PM (B/m0M)

224 The fact that Bernie is running tells me that HRC is finished.

She and the DNC paid him off to go away. And he didn't stay gone.

He's not afraid of her faction anymore.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 01:19 PM (AzW6q)

225 210
If you go to Amazon, look up Giada's Family Dinners cookbook, open the sample pages and scroll down just a few you will get a spectacular look down at her sweater assets...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (n2qRY)

Bless you.

This is truly a day of racks.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:19 PM (bcbK8)

226 204
201 Did the suspicious RBG video include an explanation for why she'd be in a friggin' airport?

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (hjaPQ)

She was meeting with Christine Ford and her beach friends.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:16 PM (KUaJL)

Thwarting a terrorist attack?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2019 01:19 PM (ymnmz)

227 "Bolivar Bernie" has a sweet and true ring to it.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2019 01:19 PM (sy5kK)

228 It is pretty obvious that Roberts was blackmailed into upholding OCare. So how hard would it be to make Alito and Thomas not disclose the truth about RBG? These people are ruthless fascists. They will do anything to keep their power.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (0XNHm)

229 Trump keeping bad personnel on may be a case of 'keeping his enemies closer.'

Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (MI74Q)

230 Did the suspicious RBG video include an explanation for why she'd be in a friggin' airport?"

She was there to watch the American Airlines 60,000 mile bonus card ad on the wide screen overhead... that just happens to have been from... last year (the "Catch Some Air" winter scene/ski clip playing in the background)

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (6qErC)

231 But, if he doesn't understand after two years, what's the problem? I thought he was a fast study

I suspect the reality of Trump lies somewhere between the wildest praise of his fans and the criticism of his enemies. He's great at some stuff and not at others, like all of us. He's pretty good at pulling good out of a lousy situation, but his personnel choices are a serious weakness.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (39g3+)

232 201 Did the suspicious RBG video include an explanation for why she'd be in a friggin' airport?
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (hjaPQ)

I am guessing she went to a Hospital that could keep the fact she checked in

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (dKiJG)

233 So the Dems best hope is an old white guy?

Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (O2RFr)

234 The fact that Bernie is running tells me that HRC is finished.

She and the DNC paid him off to go away. And he didn't stay gone.

He's not afraid of her faction anymore.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 01:19 PM (AzW6q)

Ding, dong the witch is dead.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (KUaJL)

235 Glad Rosenstein is finally leaving and he may have offered to wear a wire but if McCabe told me 2+2 = 4 I would have to question the math.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (2DOZq)

236 Roddy appointed Mueller, signed a FISA renewal. I simply can't believe that it was what Trump wanted. McCabe being a liar, does not preclude Rosenstein being a liar, too. He's Mueller's prot�g�, just like Comey.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (U7k5w)

237 63 Reports are that the two cabinet members who were willing to support Trump's removal under the 25th amendment were Sessions and Kelly.

I don't believe it.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 12:57 PM (hjaPQ)
----------------------------------

There is no reason to believe that there WERE two cabinet members who supported a removal.
The only source for this story is McCabe, a proven scoundrel and liar.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (Rxduq)

238 Bless you.

This is truly a day of racks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:19 PM (bcbK

_____

Anyone else "troubled" by Lara Logans severely swollen chest?

Posted by: Phil Hartmark F/K/A Truck Monkey at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (flINI)

239 The 25th Amendment is only to be used if a president is in some way medically incapacitated. It can't be used because you think the president is in league with a foreign power or even if you think he is a big doody head. It does not apply.

Oh yeah? Sez you!

Posted by: Senator Pocahontas Warren at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (9VeU0)

240 1.) Everything is as it appears - the coup
conspirators settled on firing Comey as the "trigger" for the coup. When
instructed to do it, RR complied, and immediately put Mueller in place
to carry on and expand the work of Comey. They're both crooked - I rate
this explanation "highly likely."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (AzW6q)

Seconded.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 01:21 PM (t6MX/)

241 189 I think, seriously, the question is going to be 'who do you want in power when the President becomes a dictator'?�

Because it seems pretty clear the Dems are going to go full Fascist when they get power again.�

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (bcbK�

But of course.

Of course, now Donald Trump has an impending Supreme Court majority (or a completely discredited court, either is fine) and a stronger, purer Senate majority.

And if the elections are obviously fraudulent, refuse to recognize them. I would be more concerned, if the GOP Congress had stopped Obama in any meaningful way. Let them all feed the crows... in their new jobs as park volunteers.

Posted by: trev006 at February 19, 2019 01:21 PM (Prldh)

242 just a little historical note with respect to Dictators - they tend to take over at the *end* of Civil Wars, not at the beginning.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 01:21 PM (Kpl3J)

243 "Thwarting"
___________________________________

That is such an awesome word.

Seriously. We need to use it more.

"Thwarting."

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 19, 2019 01:21 PM (vbJig)

244 I suspect TMZ got took for the RGB video. They've become gawdawful lately. Not that were better before, but they seem to be spiraling in.
=========
Fusion GPS using cut outs to seed this garage in the media.

Bet you 50 bucks.

Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2019 01:21 PM (YhBQw)

245 i know but what about the

Posted by: Chris M at February 19, 2019 01:21 PM (eAZVt)

246 Roberts was installed by GOPe and does as ordered by the Party Bosses.

Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2019 01:21 PM (MI74Q)

247 Bless you.

This is truly a day of racks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:19 PM

Big titty girls, you make my rockin world go round.

Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2019 01:22 PM (Zz0t1)

248 And that's the current news on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returning to work today.

In other news, we'll be covering General Douglas MacArthur's historic return to the Philippines today as he wades ashore from a landing craft on the beaches of Leyte.

Posted by: This is CNN at February 19, 2019 01:22 PM (37IEG)

249 Nyah?

Ruth Vader-Meinhoff Ginsburg did a triathlon before the cameras live?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 01:22 PM (8WSy/)

250 Tillerson is a shit, directly responsible for the demise of the BSA.

Posted by: Toxicman at February 19, 2019 01:22 PM (GTOLu)

251 "Thwarting."
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If you go to the dermatologist they use this freezy solution to get rid of them on your feet. I think that is what you are talking about.

Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2019 01:22 PM (YhBQw)

252 AOC's parents look familiar.

http://tinyurl.com/y67cd68d

Posted by: Ha at February 19, 2019 01:22 PM (MAstk)

253 If I had to make an argument sympathetic to Trump on personnel, I'd say a few things:

1. He came to power over his own party's objections, so he has a more limited pool to draw from;

2. Reagan had some of the same problems in terms of entrenched bureaucrats opposing him from within;

3. The government isn't a construction project; he has to secure approval from the Senate for significant posts (which inhibits firing) and there needs to be some stability at the cabinet level.

I'd say he still bears some of the blame, of course. But he doesn't have it easy.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2019 01:22 PM (iys0/)

254 >>235 The fact that Bernie is running tells me that HRC is finished. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 01:19 PM (AzW6q)

Say it ain't so. I really want her to come into a brokered convention to seize the nomination, run with the fury of a maddened psychotic cylon, and receive a third and final schlonging.

Trump: "She got schlonged."

Love that.

Posted by: Zod at February 19, 2019 01:22 PM (Bdeb0)

255 Unless they've been "told" to stand down... For the "good" of the country
Posted by: Phil Hartmark F/K/A Truck Monkey at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (flINI)

Ever notice that "good " for the country always really means "good" for the deep state players?
Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2019 01:15 PM (NFEMn)

Yeah, listen Samuel, Clarence. You need to stand down for the good of the country. If you know what's good for you.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 19, 2019 01:23 PM (3sjI6)

256 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 01:06 PM (AzW6q)

I agree entirely. And Sessions was probably in on it from the get go. The "trust Sessions" shit looks pretty stupid now, and I suspect QAnon is a Comey and company creation

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:23 PM (U7k5w)

257 So how hard would it be to make Alito and Thomas not disclose the truth about RBG? These people are ruthless fascists. They will do anything to keep their power.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 01:20 PM (0XNHm)

With a Republican Chief Justice on the coverup? That could destroy the Supreme Court. Better to wait until she is clearly dead and no replacement can cover for it.

Posted by: trev006 at February 19, 2019 01:23 PM (Prldh)

258 I get the feeling that this videographer is a proto-Moron judging by the camera focus...

https://youtu.be/_7zXLxJhMrw

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 01:23 PM (8WSy/)

259 The DAG is the highest ranking career person at the DOJ. The AG is political appointee and almost always someone brought in from the outside.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (/tuJf)

OK so is he leaving because he is not squeaky clean, as said above?

Posted by: clutch at February 19, 2019 01:23 PM (4WFVI)

260 The 25th Amendment is only to be used if a president is in some way medically incapacitated.

And its even harder to pull off than impeachment.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:24 PM (39g3+)

261 249
And that's the current news on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returning to work today.

In
other news, we'll be covering General Douglas MacArthur's historic
return to the Philippines today as he wades ashore from a landing craft
on the beaches of Leyte.

Posted by: This is CNN at February 19, 2019 01:22 PM (37IEG)

Meh. Wake me when Sherman starts a new march towards Atlanta.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 19, 2019 01:24 PM (jxbfJ)

262 Tillerson is a shit, directly responsible for the demise of the BSA."

And XOM...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 01:24 PM (6qErC)

263 I suspect TMZ got took for the RGB video. They've become gawdawful lately. Not that were better before, but they seem to be spiraling in.
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TMZ is the paparazzi with some National Enquirer rolled in for asininity.

Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2019 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

264
Bernie will raise a shit ton of $$ today.

And that's a good thing.
Posted by: Ha at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (MAstk)

And like a good socialist he should make sure to equally distribute the loot among all the campaigns.

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at February 19, 2019 01:24 PM (TAmPV)

265 Rush, Ace, and Twitter pundits galore, so many people running around with their hair on fire. But it does help by making all the left continue to believe that they have Trump right where they want him and that he's the one going down.

So thanks for that assistance.

Posted by: geoffb at February 19, 2019 01:25 PM (zOpu5)

266 Medically incapacitated?

You mean like Woodrow Wilson?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 01:25 PM (8WSy/)

267 DiGenova said a few days ago that Barr would get rid of Rosenstein. He seems confident there will be investigation/prosecution of the others involved in the coup. Joe was right on the Rosie, hope he is right on the rest.

the Qanon thing I believe is a LARP, but viewed more like a blogger is useful. They as a group put out some good memes and commentary ... like the Lara Logan stuff, many things we talk about here. The Q fakers (?) are not idiots ... maybe make some money off the thing, idk. But they are cheerleaders for Trump, haters of DeepState. (some of the "proof" that Q is "real" seem hokey to me, but whatever, a little role playing)

this is one pretend dialogue with Barr hard questioning Mueller, that seems useful. (whether Barr will really act idk, but pushing this narrative is useful, imo) It is an 8ch.net link, but harmless afaik. "was the purpose to investigate to find a crime, vs investigate evidence of a crime?" is the conclusion.

http://tinyurl.com/yybdovpo

Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2019 01:25 PM (Cus5s)

268 I remember an interview with Melania where she was asked if she thought that there were people around her husband that he shouldn't trust. Without hesitation she say yes emphatically. The reporter said "Really?" and she said yes again. He should give Melania free reign to fire and I bet she would.

Posted by: Cheri at February 19, 2019 01:25 PM (oiNtH)

269 Trump looks very weak and foolish when he keeps these people on, as if he's too afraid to fire their asses.

--

I hate to criticize his staffing decisions because he's just up against so much diabolical treachery in thwarting his presidency. But if I had to criticize, it would be for this reason. He has every right to fire these people, like RR. They are against him in every way and he should know by now to pick his staff with utter scrutiny. And if there is any doubt, kick them to the curb and be done with them. Sadly for him, there are probably only about 3% he can truly trust.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 19, 2019 01:25 PM (JoUsr)

270 243�just a little historical note with respect to Dictators - they tend to take over at the *end* of Civil Wars, not at the beginning.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 01:21 PM (Kpl3J)

In general, yes. Pinochet ran his coup quickly and cleanly, though, which is what some people want.

Posted by: trev006 at February 19, 2019 01:25 PM (Prldh)

271 hello

Posted by: blaster, abolish FBI at February 19, 2019 01:25 PM (9VeU0)

272 Snow in Vegas! Climate change!

Posted by: Les Kinetic at February 19, 2019 01:25 PM (+fPHo)

273 I get the feeling that this videographer is a proto-Moron judging by the camera focus...

https://youtu.be/_7zXLxJhMrw
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 01:23 PM (8WSy/)

Are they old enough for that kind of 'focus?'

Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2019 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)

274 He should give Melania free reign to fire and I bet she would."

Mommas have no sympathy for anyone attacking their family...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 01:26 PM (6qErC)

275 267
Medically incapacitated?

You mean like Woodrow Wilson?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 01:25 PM (8WSy/)

Wait whut?

Posted by: Barky O Numnuts at February 19, 2019 01:26 PM (ymnmz)

276 F.U.D. news: Cabinet 25th Conspiracy to remove

Real news: Number of Trump Cabinet or administration who discussed it, zero.

Posted by: Billy Goat Gruff at February 19, 2019 01:26 PM (0x00j)

277 Would Alito and Thomas keep up the charade that RBG is fine and physically present in the Court if she wasn't?

Don't think so.. Doubt they would pretend she was there if she wasn't.. Lets be real.. She was there.

Posted by: It's me donna at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (O2RFr)

--

I suspect it would be trivially easy to get family men or men of conscience to say nothing. Stability of the courts, good of the country, don't drag the family into this, etc. etc.

Heck, look at what we're posting under. You can't swing a dead SCOTUS justice without hitting BS and subterfuge.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 01:26 PM (xyung)

278 "Is this to be an empathy test? Capillary dilation, the so-called blush response? Fluctuation of the pupil... involuntary dilation of the iris?"
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (bcbK

Are you trying to determine if I'm a replicant, or a lesbian?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 01:26 PM (NWiLs)

279 >>>I'm also sort of wondering why no one asked why she was at the airport when she apparently lives in DC<<<

AOC and RBG were coaching a two day pole-dancing seminar at a brothel in Nevada.

Posted by: Fritz at February 19, 2019 01:26 PM (wxZSX)

280 3. The government isn't a construction project; he has to secure approval from the Senate for significant posts (which inhibits firing) and there needs to be some stability at the cabinet level.

I'd say he still bears some of the blame, of course. But he doesn't have it easy.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2019 01:22 PM (iys0/)

I agree he hasn't had it easy. But, we have seen in the various shutdowns that the Federal Government bureaucracy is absolutely useless and does nothing that benefits the nation. Why not just leave the positions empty for 8 years? Trump's strength has been his unpredictability to the Swamp and the media. Maybe they've figured him out by now.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 19, 2019 01:27 PM (3sjI6)

281 I just got an ad for lawn fertilizer, which is weird considering that I don't have a lawn.

Posted by: Surfperch at February 19, 2019 01:27 PM (tVQUs)

282 Would Alito and Thomas keep up the charade that RBG is fine and physically present in the Court if she wasn't? "

Has anyone asked them?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 01:27 PM (6qErC)

283 247 Roberts was installed by GOPe and does as ordered by the Party Bosses.
Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2019 01:21 PM (MI74Q)
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He doesn't do anything at the order of "party bosses."
If anything, he IS a "party boss."

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 19, 2019 01:28 PM (Rxduq)

284 280: Where was her cancer surgery? NYC. Maybe she flew there to see the Surgeon and other oncology staff

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:28 PM (U7k5w)

285 274
I get the feeling that this videographer is a proto-Moron judging by the camera focus...

https://youtu.be/_7zXLxJhMrw

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 01:23 PM (8WSy/)

We have these videos of Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Hillary Clinton celebrating her return to work.

Posted by: This is CNN at February 19, 2019 01:28 PM (37IEG)

286 183
Wow. Hunter Nation is raffling an elk hunt with Don jr. I need a shot at that.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (JtBPN)

Throw in Ivanka attending camp needs . . . .

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (t6MX/)

287 First woman President, Edith Wilson.

Posted by: Billy Goat Gruff at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (0x00j)

288 Ok Horde. You can pick 1 of the following to abolish but you only get one. Which do you pick?
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
EPA
FBI

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (KUaJL)

289 Historically the origin of the term "dictator" is from Rome, where there was a constitutional office of dictator who was appointed by the senate to take absolute power in times of emergency then step down. They even had a few who did it, in the past. Even monsters like Sulla eventually left office for the system to go back to normal. Then Caesar decided to just stay and it was off to the races.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (39g3+)

290 ----------------------------------

He doesn't do anything at the order of "party bosses."

If anything, he IS a "party boss."

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 19, 2019 01:28 PM (Rxduq)
You mean Dread Justice Roberts?

Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (37IEG)

291 >>OK so is he leaving because he is not squeaky clean, as said above?

He said from Day 1 he only planned to stay a couple years. Sarah Sanders has confirmed this.

He's had one of the most demanding and thankless jobs in DC over the last 2 years, I can't say I blame him.

Go look at the video of the White House Hanukah Party from last December. Trump publicly recognizes him, says he has been doing a great job and announces that he deserves a much better seat than the one he has been given.

Andrew McCabe is THE key operation player in both the Hillary email cover up and Crossfire Hurricane. This isn't conjecture, it's well documented fact. He was fired from the FBI for his lying and leaking. Also documented fact. He is currently under criminal investigation for his actions under a grand jury. Also fact.

Rosenstein took the Trump Russia investigation away from him in the only way he could, by assigning it to a Special Counsel. As much as everyone dislikes Mueller, what would you be saying if Rosenstein had seen what was going on and left the investigation in his hands?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (/tuJf)

292 The msm is going full throttle with "Trump killed your tax refund" stories. It's imbecilic of course since refunds don't matter, total tax paid matters. But Americans are by and large idiots and don't undersrand that.

But also shows how bad the gop is at marketing ideas. They should have known this would happen and had a plan in place to change withholding tables in order to keep refunds unchanged.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 01:30 PM (0XNHm)

293 He should give Melania free reign to fire and I bet she would.
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So if you could legally keep total communications surveillance on your enemies without needing court approval would you consider doing it? Even if it meant you had to look at their stupid faces on a regular basis?

Gee I wonder what being a whitehouse level advisor probably entails, security wise. . .

Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2019 01:30 PM (YhBQw)

294 279 "Is this to be an empathy test? Capillary dilation, the so-called blush response? Fluctuation of the pupil... involuntary dilation of the iris?"
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:12 PM (bcbK

Are you trying to determine if I'm a replicant, or a lesbian?
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 01:26 PM (NWiLs)

As I recall, he ran that test later at his place.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:30 PM (bcbK8)

295 Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
EPA
FBI
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (KUaJL)

I executive order them into one agency called 'tyrant crap' and then eliminate 'tyrant crap.'

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 19, 2019 01:30 PM (yTfbH)

296 If you go to Amazon, look up Giada's Family Dinners cookbook, open the
sample pages and scroll down just a few you will get a spectacular look
down at her sweater assets...

Posted by: In Vino Veritits at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (n2qRY)

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Holy crap!

I got a $5 kindle credit, too!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 01:30 PM (xyung)

297 I agree entirely. And Sessions was probably in on it from the get go. The "trust Sessions" shit looks pretty stupid now, and I suspect QAnon is a Comey and company creation
Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:23 PM (U7k5w)

I agree Q is a fiction. If he was really against the swamp, we would already know his IP addresses, his location, his 2nd cousin's favorite color, the schools his children go to, etc. But, Q hasn't been very complimentary toward Comey and company. Comey is St. James in his own mind. It doesn't have his fingerprints on it.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 19, 2019 01:30 PM (3sjI6)

298 283 I posed that question in the earlier thread.

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:30 PM (BXMxN)

299 RBG's cardboard cutout is probably taped to a yardstick and is riding around on a toy train (Kevin McAllister style), just long enough to pass by the SCOTUS windows a few times so the media can get a glimpse and report on her return.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 19, 2019 01:30 PM (JoUsr)

300 Someone tell me how Rod Rosenstein was a participating member of the coup after he had written the letter that supported the firing of Comey. How did his "obstruction of justice" bandwagon work when he was the one saying Comey mishandled the Hillary investigation?

Posted by: dagny at February 19, 2019 01:31 PM (nRWPy)

301 Clarence Thomas Calls for Reconsidering Libel Standards...

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You go, C!arence!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 19, 2019 01:31 PM (+y/Ru)

302 But also shows how bad the gop is at marketing
ideas. They should have known this would happen and had a plan in place
to change withholding tables in order to keep refunds unchanged.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 01:30 PM (0XNHm)
the number of people I've spoken to over the years who think they're getting something that wasn't originally THEIRS in the first place astounds me.Others use it as a form of interest free savings.They would never be allowed to be "Morons" and are clearly imbeciles.

Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 19, 2019 01:31 PM (37IEG)

303 I imagine RBG in the Court as basically the contraption that Ferris Bueller set up in his room to pretend to his parents he was sick.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:32 PM (KUaJL)

304 >>Are you trying to determine if I'm a replicant, or a lesbian? Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 01:26 PM (NWiLs)

Lesbian. That's a lesbian test.

Posted by: Zod at February 19, 2019 01:32 PM (Bdeb0)

305 A boss once told me that you pick your battles. Trump could move from a position of strength, if the GOP had his back. But they don't. He has to move slower than he'd like on some of these issues.

Posted by: notsothoreau at February 19, 2019 01:32 PM (JKNZq)

306 Then Caesar decided to just stay and it was off to the races.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (39g3+)
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Well, the Senate *did* generously name him Dictator For Life because of his services to the Republic...

*snerk*

Okay, I couldn't keep a straight face on that one.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at February 19, 2019 01:32 PM (Hx3Yn)

307 Here come the trolls.

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (BXMxN)

308
They should have known this would happen and had a plan in place to change withholding tables in order to keep refunds unchanged.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 01:30 PM

The IRS establishes the tax tables. Remember them? Big supporters of the Tea Party.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (jYje5)

309 just witnessed a swatting

Posted by: BignJames at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (ykq7q)

310 Trump still golfing? Or just watching TV?
Posted by: Virgil Grady at February 19, 2019 01:31 PM (BdnXb)

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You misspelled Obama.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (ffYR/)

311 302 Clarence Thomas Calls for Reconsidering Libel Standards...

-
You go, C!arence!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 19, 2019 01:31 PM (+y/Ru)

This whole thing of turning people who are standing around minding their own business into public figures because the MFM decides it wants to slime them needs to end.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (NWiLs)

312 Rosenstein took the Trump Russia investigation away from him in the only way he could, by assigning it to a Special Counsel. As much as everyone dislikes Mueller, what would you be saying if Rosenstein had seen what was going on and left the investigation in his hands?
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (/tuJf)

I'm persuadable Rosenpenis is a good guy.
But if he was really trying to help Trump, why give the Special Counsel position to someone like Mueller instead of someone clean/competent?

It's POSSIBLE it was all a counter-op to make the Dems spin their wheels, since there was never going to be anything for them to find.

But this whole 'investigation' has destroyed lives and confidence in Trump and the government.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (bcbK8)

313 Trump looks very weak and foolish when he keeps these people on, as if he's too afraid to fire their asses.

And everytime he fires someone the media runs 2 weeks of "WHITE HOUSE IN CHAOS" head-lies.

Posted by: mikeyG at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (LL1Be)

314 Btw troll,no president watched as much tv as Obama.He also golfed more than any president before him.

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (BXMxN)

315 >>Rosenstein took the Trump Russia investigation away from him in the only way he could, by assigning it to a Special Counsel. As much as everyone dislikes Mueller, what would you be saying if Rosenstein had seen what was going on and left the investigation in his hands?
Posted by: JackStraw

Interesting reminder.
50 Shades of Swampy.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (W+vEI)

316 And then Brutus et al offed Julius and found that Augustus was a whole different type of dictator.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 01:34 PM (8WSy/)

317 Trump still golfing? Or just watching TV?
Posted by: Virgil Grady at February 19, 2019 01:31 PM (BdnXb)

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You misspelled Obama.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (ffYR/)
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Picking brackets! It's almost March.

Posted by: Boots at February 19, 2019 01:34 PM (e9omi)

318 Browsing through the comments I'm seeing some "Hopefully Trump has no illusions about the people around him now." The thing is he shouldn't have had any illusions coming into the presidency. He's being too much like Ned Stark when he should be more like Tywin Lannister in dealing with these people.

Posted by: Augustine at February 19, 2019 01:34 PM (BDZWU)

319 The only person making the claim that it was ever discussed is noted truth teller Andrew McCabe.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:17 PM (/tuJf)

And the left was running wild with it, with Mad Maxine leading the charge, almost as if it was leaked by someone.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 01:34 PM (t6MX/)

320
You misspelled Obama.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (ffYR/)
Hey! Obama only golfed about 350 days out of the 8 years he was in office!

Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 19, 2019 01:34 PM (37IEG)

321 310

Statutes also dictate those tables. IRS has guidelines that congress creates.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at February 19, 2019 01:34 PM (0XNHm)

322 Both at the same time! Golfing and watching TV! Plus grabbing 'em by the mish! Does that make your lil head all hurty?

Posted by: Archer at February 19, 2019 01:34 PM (gmo/4)

323 In fact, I'd go out of my way to avoid people with previous DC experience and/or ivy league education.

I think the problem is, PDJT often needs to hire people with a background in Law.

unfortunately, there's something thicker than blood AND water - and it's a JD apparently

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 19, 2019 01:34 PM (Rarvo)

324 303
Trump still golfing? Or just watching TV?

Posted by: Virgil Grady at February 19, 2019 01:31 PM (BdnXb)

Ain't no one gonna out binge watch TV or golf more than me!!!
My record is safe on that.

lol

Posted by: Barky O Numnuts at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (ymnmz)

325 If Rosenstein is a good guy why Mueller as special counsel?No better choices available??

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (BXMxN)

326 Trump still golfing? Or just watching TV?
Posted by: Virgil Grady at February 19, 2019 01:31 PM (BdnXb)

The Gorilla Channel has the Silverback Marathon on today. You don't Tivo that shit.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (KUaJL)

327 Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (KUaJL)

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Well, obviously I'd embrace the power of all the "ands" in this case.

But if I gotta pick one - the FBI, along with the DoJ. Abolished entirely, and all of its personnel imprisoned extra-judiciously, as the opening move in the overthrow of our government.

A guy can dream, right?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (AzW6q)

328 318 And then Brutus et al offed Julius and found that Augustus was a whole different type of dictator.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 01:34 PM (8WSy/)

*stuffs tuber in my underwear*

Check it out! Dick tater!

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (NWiLs)

329 Rosenstein assigned it to a friend of Comey, he could have gotten rid of McCabe early on. Rosenstein and Mueller's friend Comey was also involved in the email cover up. If Rosenstein was such a blessing, why didn't he find someone less connected with the key conspirators? And why did he reauthorize the FISA warrant? He's dirty.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (U7k5w)

330 And then Brutus et al offed Julius and found that Augustus was a whole different type of dictator.

Julius was a great guy and did a lot of good things for Rome but he was getting increasingly unstable. Augustus was incredible though, he was one of the few bright spots in Rome's history.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (39g3+)

331 Don't believe Trump is reluctant to fire these clowns. Maybe reluctant due to the onerous replacement part of the program rather than the firing part.

Posted by: AMartel at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (xk/jw)

332 Captain Hate, 12:55:

"I'm probably one of the few commenters here that think Rosenstein was working for DJT."

I'm inclined to think so, and I thought JackStraw made a pretty persuasive case some days ago.

Sure, he could be just another weasel. But I could believe Trump kept him on this long because he (a) alerted Trump to some of what was going on and (b) maneuvered within the swamp to defang the cabal and give Trump the least-worst way through.

Maybe I'm looking too hard for a good guy here. But it fits with Trump's extraordinary patience and recent kind words toward him, plus known liar McCabe's efforts to publicly paint him as the ringleader of the 25th Amendment plotters.

Posted by: JPS at February 19, 2019 01:36 PM (JIF4t)

333 284
247 Roberts was installed by GOPe and does as ordered by the Party Bosses.

Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2019 01:21 PM (MI74Q)

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He doesn't do anything at the order of "party bosses."

If anything, he IS a "party boss."

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 19, 2019 01:28 PM (Rxduq)

No, he is Upper-Management, but part of Management nonetheless.

You are not a Boss as long as there are others who can give you an order.

Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2019 01:36 PM (MI74Q)

334 If he is golfing and watching TV as much as you insinuate, you should be happy. But you're not because you know it isn't true. Maybe it would be better if he did his brackets, watched nonstop ESPN or held multiple Hollywood celebrity-stuffed parties.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 19, 2019 01:36 PM (JoUsr)

335 324 Both at the same time! Golfing and watching TV! Plus grabbing 'em by the mish! Does that make your lil head all hurty?
Posted by: Archer at February 19, 2019 01:34 PM (gmo/4)

Caddy, hand me my mishie. Er, mashie.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 01:36 PM (NWiLs)

336 Shooting skeet while picking b'ball brackets and lowering the ocean levels.
Shovel ready!

Posted by: Archer at February 19, 2019 01:36 PM (gmo/4)

337 I loved how the press used to poke fun at Bush as not being a reader (false, he read a lot) then ignored Barky O'Bama reading one book for eight years.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:36 PM (39g3+)

338 311
just witnessed a swatting

Posted by: BignJames at February 19, 2019 01:33 PM (ykq7q)

It was there then it was gone.

I saw it too.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2019 01:36 PM (ymnmz)

339 Rush is right, Smollett wanted a film. A film would have been a made-for-cable-news-drama that would have caused untold chaos and riots and major problems.

I'm still not confident that Kamala Harris wasn't involved.

Posted by: dagny at February 19, 2019 01:37 PM (nRWPy)

340 Moyer and Baker back McCabe's claim that Rosenstein was in on the "wear a wire " idea.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:37 PM (U7k5w)

341 340
I loved how the press used to poke fun at Bush as not being a reader
(false, he read a lot) then ignored Barky O'Bama reading one book for
eight years.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:36 PM (39g3+)

TV Guide on his crackberry.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2019 01:37 PM (ymnmz)

342 Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (/tuJf)

Thanks

Posted by: clutch at February 19, 2019 01:37 PM (4WFVI)

343 All the retards are out today.It's going to be an early night!

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:37 PM (BXMxN)

344 Pinochet ran his coup quickly and cleanly, though, which is what some people want.

The last couple of years of Allende's presidency was a civil war without the shooting part.

Posted by: sunflower at February 19, 2019 01:37 PM (Exn6m)

345 189 I think, seriously, the question is going to be 'who do you want in power when the President becomes a dictator'

Because it seems pretty clear the Dems are going to go full Fascist when they get power again.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (bcb

Bingo.
It's projection in reverse.
Just as they accuse the opposition of doing what they are doing, they can't wait to do what the opposition is doing when they get the chance.
They are taking notes and they are going to do what Trump is doing in terms of EO's, Emergency Declarations, tweeting and rallies. Except it will be 1000x.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2019 01:38 PM (NFEMn)

346 The upside of the Mueller investigation .. in 2020, Trump will be a clean, mean, fighting machine

Posted by: SMOD at February 19, 2019 01:38 PM (QkjLD)

347 I'm not sure if pointing out how a dumb elderly white man who golfs and watches TV all the time can still do a better job than the Smartest Black Man in the World is the best approach in these situations.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 01:38 PM (xyung)

348
New modified tax tables were not released until after February last year as the IRS created them.

Posted by: Newest Nic at February 19, 2019 01:38 PM (jYje5)

349 Rush is right, Smollett wanted a film. A film would have been a made-for-cable-news-drama that would have caused untold chaos and riots and major problems.

I'm still not confident that Kamala Harris wasn't involved.
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Timing. In comedy, timing is everything.

Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2019 01:38 PM (YhBQw)

350 Did cheques clear?

The asylums turn on their wifi networks?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 01:38 PM (8WSy/)

351 The DAG is the highest ranking career person at the DOJ. The AG is political appointee and almost always someone brought in from the outside.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:07 PM (/tuJf)

This is pure unadulterated bullshit, Jack.

President Donald Trump nominated Rosenstein to serve as Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice on February 1, 2017. Rosenstein was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2017. Wiki

Confirmed by the Senate. That's a political appointee. Oh, btw, the vote was 94-6. That in itself is highly suspicious, as the Dems have fought tooth and nail over almost all appointees.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2019 01:39 PM (Z4rgH)

352 Roberts has to do what he's told because his adopted children were allegedly & illegally adopted from Ireland through some shady maneuvering. Him being a high ranking legal scholar at the time certainly knew what he was allegedly doing was wrong.

So he will forever be in debt to those who brung him along. So who's his godfather?

Posted by: Boots at February 19, 2019 01:39 PM (e9omi)

353 plus known liar McCabe's efforts to publicly paint him as the ringleader of the 25th Amendment plotters.

Hmmmm, that's the best evidence so far.

Posted by: dagny at February 19, 2019 01:39 PM (nRWPy)

354 Boston Herald with a good editorial about the hoax but include this line "Certainly, hate crimes based on race and sexual orientation are a very real thing,"
Where?Where are all these hate crimes?

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:39 PM (BXMxN)

355 >>I'm persuadable Rosenpenis is a good guy.
But if he was really trying to help Trump, why give the Special Counsel position to someone like Mueller instead of someone clean/competent?

Do you remember what happened on May 9, 2017? In addition to firing Comey, Trump started interviewing his replacement along with another person, Rod Rosenstein. Robert Mueller was one of the people Trump supposedly interviewed for that job.

People spend an awful lot of time dealing with absolutes, black and white, good or bad guy. Life is rarely that simple in any issue.

There are still a lot of details to come out and I'm not saying that anyone is pure. Sometimes you do the least bad thing when you are in a horrible situation. I think Rosenstein, who had been on the job for a whole two weeks when Comey was fired, chose the least bad way to get out of a horrible situation.

And the fact that McCabe is trying to take him down as his fall guy makes me even more convinced.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:39 PM (/tuJf)

356 I loved how the press used to poke fun at Bush as not being a reader

(false, he read a lot) then ignored Barky O'Bama reading one book for

eight years.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:36 PM (39g3+)

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My favorite part was Barry carefully choosing the books he wanted to be photographed carrying on the campaign trail before not reading sh*t after the election.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 01:39 PM (xyung)

357 349: Mueller has had two years now to gather opposition research. No, they'll have lots of ammo, unless there are serious FBI/DOJ prosecutions.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:40 PM (U7k5w)

358 Mark Andrew Edwards, #314:

"if he was really trying to help Trump, why give the Special Counsel position to someone like Mueller instead of someone clean/competent?"

*If* he was, that was the tradeoff: Mr. President, let me take the investigation away from someone who wants to destroy you, and give it to someone who mainly wants to see the FBI and DOJ come away with their institutional reputations intact.

Posted by: JPS at February 19, 2019 01:40 PM (JIF4t)

359 ace, are you honestly that clueless?

It doesn't matter if Trump fires them; when Vichy Mitchy and Snake-in-the-Grassley won't confirm replacements, we get the next Deep Stater moving up to "Acting".

President Trump can only nominate people the Senate will confirm.

http://tinyurl.com/y5wj4ndy

Posted by: SDN at February 19, 2019 01:40 PM (a9Rdt)

360 Did cheques clear?

The asylums turn on their wifi networks?

--

The pinheads are here. They have to distract from the Smollett fabrication somehow.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 19, 2019 01:40 PM (JoUsr)

361 289 Ok Horde. You can pick 1 of the following to abolish but you only get one. Which do you pick?
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
EPA
FBI
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (KUaJL)
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Education.
It is disturbing enough that we should turn the education of the young over to the government in the first place. But to centralize control under the feds? Horrifying.

There is no such thing as education without indoctrination. State education, outside of specialized military training, etc., is pretty much equivalent to a state church.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 19, 2019 01:40 PM (Rxduq)

362 All the retards are out today.It's going to be an early night!
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I can feel the retards in the air tonight, oh Lord.

Posted by: Phil Collins at February 19, 2019 01:40 PM (Hx3Yn)

363 Trout would have made $400 mil if he hit the open market as soon as he could. He didn't, staying loyal to the Angels, which was a solid move but definitely a mistake in baseball terms. He'll still fetch a pretty penny as a Free Agent but he'll be on the wrong side of 30 by then.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 19, 2019 01:40 PM (oZ6kz)

364 >>I'm still not confident that Kamala Harris wasn't involved.

Me, too.
It worked so well with her rush to pass her lynching hate crime bill, and a perfect campaign opening cause that everyone could get behind (no one is pro-lynching and arguing whether or not it is a hate crime is a briar patch).

Also provided a quick change of news away from two Dems doing whiteface (along with celebrities), a rising black Dem getting #MeToo'd AND the ugly late-term abortion ghoulishness.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2019 01:40 PM (W+vEI)

365 354: Thanks.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:41 PM (U7k5w)

366 328
Trump still golfing? Or just watching TV?

Posted by: Virgil Grady at February 19, 2019 01:31 PM (BdnXb)

The Gorilla Channel has the Silverback Marathon on today. You don't Tivo that shit.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (KUaJL)

I like watching the Incredible Dr. Pol determine how far along a cow is pregnant by shoving his whole arm up there.

Posted by: Barky O Numnuts at February 19, 2019 01:41 PM (ymnmz)

367 Maybe Trump was the one wearing a wire.

Posted by: Duke Lowell

My Schadenboner just broke the sound barrier.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 19, 2019 01:41 PM (xgyDD)

368 if Rosenstein was a good guy, then he was already wearing a wire when McCabe was running his mouth about the 25th.

Posted by: x at February 19, 2019 01:41 PM (nFwvY)

369 People spend an awful lot of time dealing with absolutes, black and
white, good or bad guy. Life is rarely that simple in any issue.

NOOOoo OOOOooOo!!!1!11 11111!!
#OrangeManBad!

Posted by: NPC 100987 at February 19, 2019 01:42 PM (LL1Be)

370 Julius was a great guy and did a lot of good things for Rome but he was getting increasingly unstable. Augustus was incredible though, he was one of the few bright spots in Rome's history.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (39g3+)

Unfortunately, he cast the die. And thus began Rome's descent.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2019 01:42 PM (NFEMn)

371 My favorite part was Barry carefully choosing the books he wanted to be photographed carrying on the campaign trail before not reading sh*t after the election.

Yeah books were props to him but suddenly actually reading them didn't matter. They even stopped pretending he wrote his own book after a while. Did they ever figure out who wrote JFK's book?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:42 PM (39g3+)

372 Boston Herald with a good editorial about the hoax
but include this line "Certainly, hate crimes based on race and sexual
orientation are a very real thing,"

Where?Where are all these hate crimes?

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 01:39 PM (BXMxN)

-Just not any of the 1,000's we've breathlessly reported on in the past. - Your Boston Herald.

Posted by: Archer at February 19, 2019 01:42 PM (gmo/4)

373 >>>The Gorilla Channel has the Silverback Marathon on today. You don't Tivo that shit.<<<

They were saying on the Gorilla Channel that Magilla Mickelson is the silverback on the tour capable of hitting a 1-iron.

Posted by: Fritz at February 19, 2019 01:42 PM (wxZSX)

374 301 Someone tell me how Rod Rosenstein was a participating member of the coup after he had written the letter that supported the firing of Comey. How did his "obstruction of justice" bandwagon work when he was the one saying Comey mishandled the Hillary investigation?
Posted by: dagny at February 19, 2019 01:31 PM (nRWPy)

I thought the Democrats and the GOPE would cheer me for Comey getting fired! That's what they said they wanted after Comey hurt Hillary right before the election with Weiner's lap top.

When they didn't, then Bill Kristol convinced me Trump would soon be forced out and advised me to get on the winning side.

Posted by: Rod Rosenstein at February 19, 2019 01:43 PM (DuAZ5)

375 Ok Horde. You can pick 1 of the following to abolish but you only get one. Which do you pick?
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
EPA
FBI
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:29 PM (KUaJL)
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Education.
It is disturbing enough that we should turn the education of the young over to the government in the first place. But to centralize control under the feds? Horrifying.

There is no such thing as education without indoctrination. State education, outside of specialized military training, etc., is pretty much equivalent to a state church.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille

EPA.
They create their own laws, unaccountable to anyone.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 19, 2019 01:43 PM (Gv8zm)

376 289 Ok Horde. You can pick 1 of the following to abolish but you only get one. Which do you pick?
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
EPA
FBI

So many to choose...if I had to pick one it'd probably be EPA or Education.

In a perfect world you'd combine Energy and EPA into Interior and Education into HHS. FBI needs to exist in some form but maybe not as it is now.

Posted by: JEM at February 19, 2019 01:43 PM (8erNz)

377 It worked so well with her rush to pass her lynching hate crime bill, and a perfect campaign opening cause that everyone could get behind (no one is pro-lynching and arguing whether or not it is a hate crime is a briar patch).

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I approve of lynching hate crime legislation. As long as the penalty for out and out lying about a hate crime carries the exact same penalty.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 19, 2019 01:43 PM (JoUsr)

378 can still wreck the country for his greed and Russia

Will this wrecking be starting anytime soon, Joe?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2019 01:44 PM (yQpMk)

379 355: Again we have another allegation that the GOPe is playing along to avoid their own prosecution. Don't we have any pols who would put the country ahead of their blackmailers' wants? If we "know" the adoptions were shady, then the cat's out of the bag, isn't it?

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:44 PM (U7k5w)

380 My favorite part was Barry carefully choosing the books he wanted to be photographed carrying on the campaign trail before not reading sh*t after the election.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 01:39 PM (xyung)

Then he's buy a sack of books at a Martha's Vineyard bookstore and pretend he was going to read them,

Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2019 01:44 PM (NFEMn)

381 Nood

Posted by: Boots at February 19, 2019 01:45 PM (e9omi)

382 I approve of lynching hate crime legislation. As long as the penalty
for out and out lying about a hate crime carries the exact same penalty.

Does Atlanta have enough lampposts for the CNN staff?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 01:45 PM (8WSy/)

383 Boy, this troll's lobotomy took but hard.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at February 19, 2019 01:45 PM (Hx3Yn)

384 Also, do not have a bag of fun-sized Hersey bar products withing reach.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2019 01:45 PM (yQpMk)

385 He's dirty.
Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (U7k5w)

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It's so obvious. If he'd picked a decent man to run this thing, I could be convinced. But he picked Bob Mueller.

That was no freakin' accident. He's the Kuato to Comey's George.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 01:45 PM (AzW6q)

386 "America's Last Mass Lynching
'Fire In A Canebrake' Documents 1946 Georgia Killings"

- NPR

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1946.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 01:46 PM (xyung)

387 335---You are not a Boss as long as there are others who can give you an order.
Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2019 01:36 PM (MI74Q)
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Who can give Roberts orders?
He is accountable to no one.

McConnell is accountable to his GOPe colleagues in the Senate to hold his leadership position. He's even (more or less) accountable every 6 years to the voters of Kentucky.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 19, 2019 01:46 PM (Rxduq)

388 The Gorilla Channel has the Silverback Marathon on today. You don't Tivo that shit.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 19, 2019 01:35 PM (KUaJL)
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Duuuuude! I didn't even know there was a Gorillia Channel! I fucking love gorillas man. Some even say I'm half gorilla because I'm so fucking alpha and shit. I'm on this shit like Donkey Kong!

*runs off to grab some DMT and shrooms*

Posted by: Joe Fuckin' Rogan at February 19, 2019 01:46 PM (BDZWU)

389 >>It's so obvious. If he'd picked a decent man to run this thing, I could be convinced. But he picked Bob Mueller.

So when do you think he will get around to coming up with something about Trump?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:46 PM (/tuJf)

390
Ok Horde. You can pick 1 of the following to abolish but you only get
one. Which do you pick?
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
EPA
FBI

Dept of Education. It's done the most damage to this country.

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at February 19, 2019 01:47 PM (TAmPV)

391 Before WW2, the word dictator was often used without connotations of evil. Some lodges had the title of dictator (I think the Moose Lodge still has it). Studebaker had a model called the Dictator. 'Dolph and Benito kind of put an end to it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at February 19, 2019 01:47 PM (xzqr4)

392 "Rosenstein took the Trump Russia investigation away from him in the only way he could, by assigning it to a Special Counsel. As much as everyone dislikes Mueller, what would you be saying if Rosenstein had seen what was going on and left the investigation in his hands?"

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Could have fooled me particularly when Mueller went after everyone connected with Trump for simply being connected with Trump. Some choice.

Posted by: Decaf at February 19, 2019 01:47 PM (B/m0M)

393 375: He engineered the firing, but then immediately appointed friend of Comey to investigate. He signed a FISA renewal app, and may have been in on the Mueller breaks the doors down raids? Buuuuut, I suppose that's "exactly what Trump wants him to do", amirite?

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:47 PM (U7k5w)

394 That's it, Rosenstein hired a sworn enemy of Trump and signed FISA and at least joked about wearing a wire, all to umm..... help Trump.

Yep that's the ticket.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2019 01:47 PM (r+sAi)

395 372---Did they ever figure out who wrote JFK's book?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2019 01:42 PM (39g3+)
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The consensus is that it was Ted Sorenson --- although he never EXPLICITLY said so.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 19, 2019 01:48 PM (Rxduq)

396 Ready to cry uncle and accept the necessity of an article 5 convention? Wise up.

Posted by: Muns at February 19, 2019 01:48 PM (fwD+f)

397 >>I approve of lynching hate crime legislation. As long as the penalty for out and out lying about a hate crime carries the exact same penalty.

Yeah, whatever one thinks about it (I am not a fan of "hate crimes"), it was clearly meant as racial politics bait . Is there an epidemic of lynchings in 2019? No. Is there a need to further criminalize lynching? No. Democrat/campaign political theater.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2019 01:48 PM (W+vEI)

398 "America's Last Mass Lynching
'Fire In A Canebrake' Documents 1946 Georgia Killings"

- NPR

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1946.

and all by Democrats, one must note.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2019 01:48 PM (yQpMk)

399 391
Ok Horde. You can pick 1 of the following to abolish but you only get
one. Which do you pick?
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
EPA
FBI

Dept of Education. It's done the most damage to this country.
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at February 19, 2019 01:47 PM (TAmPV)

This.

The FBI eradication is tempting but if you control Education, you're playing long game.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:48 PM (bcbK8)

400 393: Surely in such a big country, he could have found someone a weensy bit less connected to Comey and the DC swamp?

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:49 PM (U7k5w)

401 Oh and the Rifftrack Kickstarter for 2019 is starting up.

Looks like three VERY cheesy movies for me to enjoy live.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 01:49 PM (bcbK8)

402 "I'm persuadable Rosenpenis is a good guy."

I'm persuadable that he was the least worst option available at the time. It could very well be that he is less evil and more weak, a bureaucrat that really does not know how to handle a situation like McCabe & Co. produced.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Twitter - The Electronic Valu-Rite at The Outrage Outlet and Reduce Your IQ and Soul at February 19, 2019 01:58 PM (hLRSq)

403 -
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I'm still not confident that Kamala Harris wasn't involved.

Me, too.

It worked so well with her rush to pass her lynching hate crime
bill, and a perfect campaign opening cause that everyone could get
behind (no one is pro-lynching and arguing whether or not it is a hate
crime is a briar patch).

Also provided a quick change of news away from two Dems doing
whiteface (along with celebrities), a rising black Dem getting #MeToo'd
AND the ugly late-term abortion ghoulishness.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2019 01:40 PM

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Does this mean Tiny Dancer is sabotaging her? Who is he pulling for?

Posted by: irright at February 19, 2019 02:02 PM (pMGkg)

404 394 375: He engineered the firing, but then immediately appointed friend of Comey to investigate. He signed a FISA renewal app, and may have been in on the Mueller breaks the doors down raids? Buuuuut, I suppose that's "exactly what Trump wants him to do", amirite?
Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 01:47 PM (U7k5w)

Quite

But you have to admit that McCabe is after him. I assume that he thought he'd be protected by Rosenstein and he wasn't. THAT is why he's going after Rosenstein, not because Rosenstein is good guy. The mere fact that he didn't limit the extent of the probe shows he was not on Trump's side and the Mueller investigation was just an extension of the FISA abuse.

Posted by: dagny at February 19, 2019 02:06 PM (nRWPy)

405 Does this mean Tiny Dancer is sabotaging her? Who is he pulling for?

Posted by: irright at February 19, 2019 02:02 PM (pMGkg)

No, actually. Tiny Dancer's people were handling it as good democrats but some of them were leaking to local media. Once the leaks started they couldn't unravel them. they did try if you remember.

Posted by: dagny at February 19, 2019 02:08 PM (nRWPy)

406 "23
Can you imagine sitting at the 18-20 year mark in your career as a
professional FBI agent...doing your job...getting bad guys...and
maintaining your integrity. And then looking up the ladder to promotion
and realizing what you would have to give up to leave that GS-15 slot
and jump to the SES level?

I wonder how bad the morale at the FBI is?

Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2019 12:52 PM (0tfLf)"
...
What do you think impacts morale more, the BS up at the top, or the bullshit going on at the mid-levels? We forgetting all of the FBI guys who facilitated terror attacks already? How about the guys who opened in fire in OR and tried to cover it up?

Posted by: lurker (the other one) at February 19, 2019 02:09 PM (67XdO)

407 Posted by: Virgil Grady at February 19, 2019 01:31 PM (BdnXb)

Don't you have a fake gay bashing hate crime to report ?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 19, 2019 02:10 PM (YE5vl)

408 The FBI is thoroughly corrupt.
Including the "rank and file" who have demonstrated zero instances of whistle blowing of this crap.
Dismantle it.

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at February 19, 2019 02:13 PM (w7KSn)

409 404: They can BOTH be bad actors, seeking to sabotage the others and save their ass as best they can. Moyer and Baker both have confirmed Rosenstein's participation in this 25th amendment crap. There is no honor among thieves.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 02:33 PM (U7k5w)

410 So, no, I am not persuadable that Roddy is a good guy anymore than I believe Horowitz will save the day...soon. Pile of shit. Someone told me that I would be thoroughly convinced about Horowitz if I read his Fast and Furious report. I read it. It chalked the whole incident up to "poor supervision" (are the DOJ agents fucking middle schoolers on a playground?) and exonerated Holder ( he didn't know nuffin'), so I am unconvinced that Horowitz is not a garden variety donk and that he will uncover boatloads of corruption. Instead, I'm convinced I was played.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 02:38 PM (U7k5w)

411 Brian Cates has a plausible theory on why RR wasn't fired with the lot of them. Mainly because he was never in on it and in fact he will be a witness to McCabe's lawlessness. Which is why McCabe is trying to sully him in the press to get ahead of the trial.

Posted by: Inogame at February 19, 2019 02:41 PM (ySZHT)

412 411: Brian Cates also said Sessions was the nation's greatest AG evah. He used to call himself "stealthJeff". I don't believe any of his scrawlings, they sound good superficially, and they are calming, but he's a fiction writer trying to do politics. Take it with a 50lb bag of rock salt

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 02:46 PM (U7k5w)

413 At this point, Cates also is completely fine with the conspirators slipping out the door. He used to talk smack about the silent executioner indicting them....that went nowhere.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 02:48 PM (U7k5w)

414 "Trump looks very weak and foolish when he keeps these people on, as if he's too afraid to fire their asses."

I used to think this too. But maybe there was a wisdom in letting all this play out. Under normal circumstances, fire his ass for sure. But given the entrenched nature of the opposition, maybe bringing it to a boil was, is necessary. Strange as it sounds, Trump is looking like a long-suffering victim who is braving it out.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at February 19, 2019 03:09 PM (H8QX8)

415 It's a lot more than conjecture. Rosenstein was confirmed on April 25, 2017.

Go back and look at what happened on the dates of May 9 - May 11, 2017.

The idea that Trump kept Rosenstein on board when he had every right to fire him if he thought Rosenstein was out to get him is ludicrous.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 01:11 PM (/tuJf)

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Still on the Rosenstein bandwagon I see.

And Mueller too?

Sheesh.

Posted by: MAGA at February 19, 2019 03:36 PM (/vMHl)

416 It may be there was a shadowy bunch of patriots (starting with Snowden) who recruited Trump, and have been advising him as to the roll-up. It would explain this methodical course we're seeing.

Posted by: artemis at February 19, 2019 03:38 PM (AwPyG)

417 54 >>I'm probably one of the few commenters here that think Rosenstein was working for DJT. Being accused of something by a noted liar like McCabe doesn't cross my bullshit threshold.

You aren't the only one.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (/tuJf)

Thirded.

Posted by: Minuteman at February 19, 2019 03:54 PM (LPDe8)

418 Rosenstein took the Trump Russia investigation away from him in the only way he could, by assigning it to a Special Counsel. As much as everyone dislikes Mueller, what would you be saying if Rosenstein had seen what was going on and left the investigation in his hands?
Posted by: JackStraw

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Alternate theory, Rosenstein knew McCabe was toast as temporary FBI director and didn't know who Trump would pick to replace Comey and the impact on the coup. So they decided that Rosenstein should pick a SC to continue the work to eliminate Trump interference.

Given that the person he chose immediately hired a team of partisan Democrats as well Strzok and Page, this theory fits the facts better.

Posted by: MAGA at February 19, 2019 03:59 PM (/vMHl)

419
417 54 >>I'm probably one of the few commenters here that think Rosenstein was working for DJT. Being accused of something by a noted liar like McCabe doesn't cross my bullshit threshold.

You aren't the only one.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2019 12:56 PM (/tuJf)

Thirded.
Posted by: Minuteman at February 19, 2019 03:54 PM (LPDe

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Let's see if that dumbass theory holds water.

Checks Trump twitter account:

Wow, so many lies by now disgraced acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe. He was fired for lying, and now his story gets even more deranged. He and Rod Rosenstein, who was hired by Jeff Sessions (another beauty), look like they were planning a very illegal act, and got caught.....

Nope, guess it is a dumbass theory after all.

Posted by: MAGA at February 19, 2019 04:04 PM (/vMHl)

420 Why did Roddy want Devin Nunes excluded from a briefing on the investigations? Other co-conspirators have fingered Roddy as a player in the 25th Amendment conversations. I think Brian Cates is FOS and don't know why he is still puking out this Sessions is great nonsense.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2019 04:39 PM (U7k5w)

421 Trump hasn't got rid of these people because he knows they don't have any sort of case against him.

In August through October 2020 he will start to declassify all this BS and people will see it for what it really is...an illegal conspiracy against his campaign and presidency.

He will own the news cycle right before the election!

Well played Mr. President.

Posted by: Yawrate at February 19, 2019 05:03 PM (U2SYP)

422 "...incapable of pouring piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel. "

Boy, you Americans really are the best for colourful insults! I wonder if any other nationality has ever come up with so many!

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at February 19, 2019 05:57 PM (kUnxn)

423 Um if he fired Rosenslime then Meuller would assert obstruction of justice because that pig was over seeing his witch hunt. Trump can't touch Rosie until Meuller is done, if he ever is. Calling him weak for not falling for the left's trap is mean.

Posted by: Rose at February 19, 2019 06:29 PM (Ot5t8)

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