Foreign Collusion, Confirmed: Ukranian Embassy Confirms That DNC Contractor Asked Ukraine to Provide Negative Oppo On Trump She Could Use in the Election Against Him

You can tell how much the media actually cares about collusion by their complete silence about acknowledged collusion, confirmed by the Ukranian Embassy.

In its most detailed account yet, the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington says a Democratic National Committee (DNC) insider during the 2016 election solicited dirt on Donald Trump’s campaign chairman and even tried to enlist the country's president to help.
In written answers to questions, Ambassador Valeriy Chaly's office says DNC contractor Alexandra Chalupa sought information from the Ukrainian government on Paul Manafort’s dealings inside the country, in hopes of forcing the issue before Congress.

Chalupa later tried to arrange for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to comment on Manafort's Russian ties on a U.S. visit during the 2016 campaign, the ambassador said.
Chaly says that, at the time of the contacts in 2016, the embassy knew Chalupa primarily as a Ukrainian-American activist and learned only later of her ties to the DNC. He says the embassy considered her requests an inappropriate solicitation of interference in the U.S. election.

...

Chaly's written answers mark the most direct acknowledgement by Ukraine’s government that an American tied to the Democratic Party sought the country's help in the 2016 election, and they confirm the main points of a January 2017 story by Politico on Chalupa’s efforts.

Gee, I wonder if Chalupa has any other unsavory associations.

And I wonder if those unsavory associations have any connections to Cody Shearer, partner of Hillary Clinton's Chief Conspiracy Theorist Sydney Bluementhal.

Shearer was last in the news in 2015, when a bombshell ProPublica report on hacked emails from longtime Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal revealed that the longtime Clinton confidant and aide was running a "secret spy network" network feeding Clinton information on, among other things, Benghazi and Libya while she was secretary of State. Recall that Blumenthal is a known liar and rumormonger so disreputable that the Obama White House put their foot down and nixed her attempt Blumenthal at the State Department.
Even John Podesta says Blumenthal is "lost in his own web of conspiracies." As it happens, Podesta was one of many Democratic officials that recently received a letter from the Senate Judiciary Committee demanding copies of any communications they've had with Blumenthal and Shearer, among others.
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The third member of the "secret spy network," was Cody Shearer. Among other things, the three men were trying to leverage their connections to Hillary Clinton when was secretary of State in order to get a lucrative contract in Libya for Osprey Global Solutions, a government contractor that does everything from intelligence assessments to arms dealing. Emails show that Clinton took the advice and assessments of Blumenthal's crew seriously. It’s further worth noting that Jonathan Winer was appointed the State Department’s Special Envoy for Libya in September of 2013, after Clinton stepped down as secretary of State and his longtime boss John Kerry took over. However, given his position specifically involved overseeing what was going on in Libya, it’s likely he was apprised of what Blumenthal, Shearer, and Drumheller were up to, years before he helped get Shearer's anti-Trump opposition research to Steele.
The fact that Shearer was involved in all of this should raise alarm bells, but we're just scratching the surface of what h'’s done over the years.... His brother was an ambassador during Bill Clinton’s presidency--Derek Shearer went so far as to write a letter to Bill Clinton demanding an ambassadorship as a reward for "working behind-the-scenes with Cody and with Sid Blumenthal to promote your candidacy, to defend you and to attack your enemies." Cody Shearer's sister is married to Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State during the Clinton administration and a friend of Bill Clinton's since they were at Oxford together.
For some reason, Shearer keeps popping up at the center of Clinton scandals. The most notorious episode is this one:

In 1998, just before Kathleen Willey--who claimed she was sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton--was to testify in the Paula Jones trial, Willey reportedly had a disturbing encounter where she was approached by a jogger near her home. The complete stranger asked her menacing questions about her children, before Willey blurted out "What do you want? What is it you want to know? Who are you and what do you want to know?" According to Willey, "I'll never forget that look in his eyes . . .
He just looked at me and he said, 'You're just not getting the message, are you?'"
On Hardball in 1999, MSNBC host Chris Matthews identified the mysterious jogger as Cody Shearer. Journalist Joe Conason--who has a pro-Clinton bias, to put it mildly--later interviewed Shearer, who said he was in San Francisco the day Willey was approached. Shearer provided some details about his stay including bank withdrawals and the place he stayed, including that he by chance ended up sitting next to former Clinton Secretary of State Warren Christopher--who happens to be his brother-in-law's former boss--on the flight home. The story took an even weirder turn when Pat Buchanan's mentally ill brother showed up at his house waving a gun the week after Matthews made his allegation that Shearer had intimidated Willey. Matthews would later apologize for naming Shearer, though he claimed that Willey had been the one who originally identified Shearer.

Shearer was also at the center of the Democrats 1996 fundraising scandal:

During Sen. Fred Thompson's long, comprehensive, and inconclusive hearings into the Democratic Party's 1996 campaign fundraising shenanigans . . . Shearer's name popped up in the course of Sen. Don Nickles' angry questioning of Terry Lenzner, the private investigator who would later, in the thick of the Jones/Lewinsky/Willey/Who Knows Who Else matter, be accused (by Dick Morris, among others) of coordinating efforts to smear and intimidate those women. Shearer had apparently acted as a liaison between Lenzner's firm, Investigative Group International, and the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribe. The tribe had donated more than $100,000 to the Democratic Party, hoping, according to testimony, that the administration would intervene on its behalf in a dispute over drilling rights on tribal land. Lenzner had been retained to uncover compromising links between Nickles--who opposed the tribe's claims--and local oil interests. Lenzner, while he admitted that he had accepted the tribe's retainer, has denied that Cody Shearer had ever worked for IGI--though the firm did once employ his sister Brooke.

Put them all under oath and make them answer questions.

What I think that would show, among other things, is this: The "Steele Dossier" is just a rewrite of Cody Shearer's and Blumenthal's conspiracy theories, with a small amount of "research" by Steele -- contacting his Kremlin pals for more dirt -- but mostly just the Sheaerer/Blumenthal conspiracy theory newsletter with the name of alleged (but dubious) SuperSpy Chris Steele at the top to give it credibility.

That's all this ever was: the conspiracy theories collected by Sydney Blumenthal, known for being a conspiracy theorist, and known further for playing to Hillary Clinton's thirst for self-justifying conspiracy theories by selling her just the sort of conspiracy theories she was in the market for.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 06:28 PM

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1 Bhussein should be takn it in the ass, but he would like it!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 03, 2019 06:29 PM (JFO2v)

2 Really, Alexandra Chalupa?!

Posted by: redsweater at May 03, 2019 06:31 PM (4LOJk)

3 Blumenthal's spawn is a rabid self-gassing Jew.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2019 06:31 PM (zBaqJ)

4 Slightly hopeful that we may see some arrests.

Posted by: Someguy at May 03, 2019 06:31 PM (mX8Vr)

5 This settles it! Barr needs to resign now! Now! Before we all get hauled before a Grand Jury!

Posted by: Democrats in Full Linear Panic with Flop-Sweat at May 03, 2019 06:31 PM (0QYMt)

6 3 Blumenthal's spawn is a rabid self-gassing Jew.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2019 06:31 PM (zBaqJ)

Blumenthal dutch oven for 1 Blumenthal..

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 03, 2019 06:32 PM (JFO2v)

7 The pace moves faster now.
Good.

Posted by: Revenant at May 03, 2019 06:32 PM (bD2Jh)

8
Chinko De Mayo and the Kentucky Derby on the same day??

Or is the Preakness tomorrow?

btw, isn't the Preakness in Baltimore? Will the Mayor P.U. be there?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 03, 2019 06:33 PM (BFlKR)

9 Time to smash some bitches!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 03, 2019 06:33 PM (xE5n0)

10 Willowed:

Muad'dib,

I got your package yesterday. Thank
You! You're awesome!!!!

Smooches

Posted by: Nurse ratched at May 03, 2019 06:33 PM (PkVlr)

11 Lock them the fuck up.

Posted by: steevy at May 03, 2019 06:33 PM (AjVAj)

12 This thread is making me hungry.

Posted by: I WAS PHONE at May 03, 2019 06:33 PM (vtd+q)

13 Ya'll take it easy on Ms. Chalupa.

She's been through a lot.......of dick.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 03, 2019 06:34 PM (Z+IKu)

14
Wait, "Alexandra Chalupa" is not a derogatory nickname for AOC??

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 03, 2019 06:35 PM (BFlKR)

15 These people NEVER GO AWAY. It's the same cast of recycled characters going through the same retarded movements year in and year out. I would think the boredom would be soul-crushing.

Posted by: kathysaysso at May 03, 2019 06:35 PM (vkS2Z)

16 Bunch of pictures floating around from the 2016 election of Chalupa and Creepy Porn Lawyer doing DNC events together.

One big happy club.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2019 06:35 PM (/tuJf)

17 So this is in The Hill? Interesting, even usually friendly Democrat organs are running as fast as they can away from the whole Russia! mess and spilling their guts writing articles that are certainly unhelpful to the Donkeys. Perhaps they are concerned that the investigative lights will be turned in their direction, perhaps all of those "sources" they used were really bad ideas.

Fun for speculation, in my opinion.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Party of One! Personalized Identity Group Kits Now at The Outrage Outlet! at May 03, 2019 06:36 PM (0QYMt)

18 Chalupa lupa lupa lupa Grande
Chalupa lupa lupa lupa Grande
Chalupa lupa lupa lupa Grande

back to content

Posted by: Braenyard sez it's on page 2 Brian - i at May 03, 2019 06:36 PM (CFSlN)

19 IIRC, the to take before Congress in September/October, 2016 was in order to get Trump removed from the ballot.

So help me, my super tin hatty conspiracy theory is going to turn out to be true.

Posted by: alexthechick - Superelite Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at May 03, 2019 06:36 PM (GbPPJ)

20
Gee, I wonder if Chalupa has any other unsavory associations.

Oh, snap.

Are we still avoiding directly mentioning Boom King's name?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 03, 2019 06:37 PM (RzU7Y)

21 Whomp whomp!

Sadly though this has kinda moved the Overton Window scandals. Remember when Trump used the term "wire tap" and people screamed in derision and incredulousness?

Posted by: Max Power at May 03, 2019 06:37 PM (q177U)

22 Alexandria Chalupa? You really can't make up anything more ridiculous than reality.

Posted by: the chicken at May 03, 2019 06:37 PM (UdKB7)

23 Trust me, I speak from experience. Blumenthal is such a creepy fuck you want to be on the other side of the building from him at all times. And that's without knowing anything else about the guy. It's like meeting Himmler.

Posted by: trev006 at May 03, 2019 06:37 PM (pZ+Vo)

24 You know who else some Ukrainians colluded with in WWII? That's right -- HITLER!

Case closed.

Posted by: zombie at May 03, 2019 06:37 PM (5tb4C)

25 Hah. And you think Moscow was the culprit.

Posted by: Starbucks Kiev at May 03, 2019 06:37 PM (v0R5T)

26 Its like hillary and obama watched the movie Dave and said ya know the bad prez and his bad chief of staff had great ideas.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 03, 2019 06:37 PM (r+sAi)

27

btw...

We live in a time in our nation's history when the Democrats want to nominate Michael Avenatti as the party's candidate for president and disbar William Barr.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 03, 2019 06:38 PM (BFlKR)

28
https://www.macheesmo.com/chalupas/?_escaped_fragment_

Posted by: a bee ee? at May 03, 2019 06:38 PM (WusEB)

29 off bawk sawk

Posted by: freaked at May 03, 2019 06:38 PM (UdKB7)

30 I had a savory chalupa once. Nickie Maduro claimed it was his.

Posted by: Fritz at May 03, 2019 06:38 PM (LuPts)

31 It's always been my suspicion that Steele actually had little to do with the Steele Dossier aside from being the front man to lend it credibility. He may have edited it to put the various claims in some sensible order so it looked like a document from one source. I think Nellie/FGPS, Blumenthal and Schearer did all the background, a lot of it using NSA intel.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at May 03, 2019 06:38 PM (/Fmtj)

32 Nobody will ever see this information on any US network.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 03, 2019 06:38 PM (sy5kK)

33 "DNC contractor Alexandra Chalupa"

Did the DNC also hire Juanita Burrito and Maria Enchilada?

Posted by: zombie at May 03, 2019 06:39 PM (5tb4C)

34 Somewhere I hear the DNC stray voltage machine winding up. Will it be The Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela? Some ginned up and/or fake Hate Crime?

Count on it.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at May 03, 2019 06:39 PM (koNhm)

35 sproinnnnggg!

Posted by: Keto not Beto at May 03, 2019 06:40 PM (JziUy)

36
What of Victoria Chimichanga??

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 03, 2019 06:40 PM (BFlKR)

37 "DNC contractor Alexandra Chalupa"
Did the DNC also hire Juanita Burrito and Maria Enchilada"

#5 Combo

Posted by: freaked at May 03, 2019 06:40 PM (UdKB7)

38 I've been saying this was Blumenthal since the very first. That's also WHY she had her secret server so she could communicate and pass secret shit to Sidney "Little Birds" Blumenthal.

I've thought this since we found out about her secret server and Benghazi.

Posted by: dagny at May 03, 2019 06:40 PM (nRWPy)

39 The thing is, if even a tenth of what we've seen whispers of and gotten bits of information on are true... this is the worst political scandal in American history.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 06:41 PM (39g3+)

40 Cody Shearer is the brother of Derek Shearer, Bill C's ambassador to Finland.

Derek is also married to the sister of his college room mate, Strobe Talbot, a journo turned Deputy Secretary of State under Billy Clinton.

These people give incest a bad name.

Posted by: Miklos, got kissed by aunts, not cousins at May 03, 2019 06:41 PM (QzkSJ)

41 The DNC's top spy? Eva Quesadilla.

Posted by: zombie at May 03, 2019 06:41 PM (5tb4C)

42 Stay away from the Nancy Nachos.

Posted by: freaked at May 03, 2019 06:41 PM (UdKB7)

43 Damn. I just looked up Alexandra Chaulpa on the interwebs.

She looks like a cheap, fat ass hooker. Which she is.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 03, 2019 06:41 PM (Z+IKu)

44 well, you know, it may be time for the trump team to, get this, bypass the media and start laying out their case. or do criminal trials ASAP, if you'all too pussy and don't wanna tamper with the jury pool.

I swears, y'honor, I'm just as open minded as that NoVa jury who convicted Manafort.

Posted by: Keto not Beto at May 03, 2019 06:41 PM (JziUy)

45 >>Put them all under oath and make them answer questions.

I don't think that will work with Blumenthal. either one of them.

Posted by: x at May 03, 2019 06:41 PM (nFwvY)

46 My True Chalupa Story:
So one night I'm eating at a Chili's, and a man and wife were having an argument about hot sauce. She insisted it was called "Cholula" and he insisted it was called "Chalupa." Finally she turned and asked me if I knew the correct name of the hot sauce. I told her, "Cholula," and watched as the man's face fell. Then I said, "But it tastes better if you call it Chalupa."

Posted by: kathysaysso at May 03, 2019 06:41 PM (vkS2Z)

47 I dated Tina Taquito back in high school.

Posted by: Fritz at May 03, 2019 06:42 PM (LuPts)

48 I knew a Tammy Taco in High School. At least that's what we called her.

Posted by: freaked at May 03, 2019 06:42 PM (UdKB7)

49 The DNC's top spy? Eva Quesadilla.

Posted by: zombie at May 03, 2019 06:41 PM (5tb4C)

I suspect Tila Tequila has her hand in this somewhere.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Party of One! Personalized Identity Group Kits Now at The Outrage Outlet! at May 03, 2019 06:42 PM (0QYMt)

50 Also, how is Perkins Coie not wrapped in yellow evidence tape? Good for Cohen its good for Hillary's white-shoe cutout in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at May 03, 2019 06:42 PM (koNhm)

51 and she gave taco flavored kisses?

Posted by: Keto not Beto at May 03, 2019 06:42 PM (JziUy)

52 I want Barr and Trump to go thermonuclear on these treasonous bastards. Just drop a metric fuck ton of gloom, despair, and agony on them. I want their kids and grandkids crying on tv and begging the president to show mercy to the fuckers. And I want Trump to smile and say, "if you wanted mercy you should have asked God. I'm not him and i have no mercy to give."

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 03, 2019 06:42 PM (myjNJ)

53 I think Nellie/FGPS, Blumenthal and Schearer did all the background, a lot of it using NSA intel.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at May 03, 2019 06:38 PM (/Fmtj)

The critical link is between GPS and Blumenthal. Either that, or people would be wondering if Nellie Ohr ever -stopped- working for the government. If GPS is just a front.

Either way, walls closing in on Blumenthal, and by extension Hillary.

Posted by: trev006 at May 03, 2019 06:42 PM (pZ+Vo)

54
El Taco Rosado!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2019 06:42 PM (zBaqJ)

55 can we at least get a 5am swat raid or two?

Posted by: Keto not Beto at May 03, 2019 06:43 PM (JziUy)

56 Hillary's pal Sid is my guess as well

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2019 06:43 PM (BbGew)

57 these crooks and thugs seem to enjoy playing the thug role, especially when they feel they have all the "Get out of jail Free" cards they need. (thanks to Hillary's army of dirty cops, all the way up the ladder)

Posted by: illiniwek at May 03, 2019 06:43 PM (Cus5s)

58 Ocasio-Cortez-Chalupa 2024!

Posted by: Miklos, need some consulting bucks at May 03, 2019 06:43 PM (QzkSJ)

59 I thought 'chalupas' were Argentinian hors d'oeuvres??

Posted by: andycanuck at May 03, 2019 06:43 PM (Dh1wo)

60 I like how the left who's been prepping america for trump-in-chain, goin' ta jail...be all like "it's unthinkable to prosecute hillary/obama/biden".

what i don't like is the gaywadOP seems to agree. Where's Mitt?

Posted by: Keto not Beto at May 03, 2019 06:43 PM (JziUy)

61 40 Cody Shearer is the brother of Derek Shearer, Bill C's ambassador to Finland.

Derek is also married to the sister of his college room mate, Strobe Talbot, a journo turned Deputy Secretary of State under Billy Clinton.

These people give incest a bad name.
Posted by: Miklos, got kissed by aunts, not cousins at May 03, 2019 06:41 PM (QzkSJ)

"I know, right?!"

- - Congressconcubine Brother-Fucker

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2019 06:43 PM (zBaqJ)

62 43 Damn. I just looked up Alexandra Chaulpa on the interwebs.

She looks like a cheap, fat ass hooker. Which she is.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

People Who Resemble Their Names, Exhibit 1:

http://i0.wp.com/www.thompsontimeline.com/ wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ 160725AlexandraChalupaLinkedIn.jpg

Posted by: zombie at May 03, 2019 06:44 PM (5tb4C)

63 "can we at least get a 5am swat raid or two?"

"Aaagh my eyes!"
"Good god man he saw Hillary in her Slinky Depends"
"Medic!"

Posted by: xnycpeasant at May 03, 2019 06:44 PM (koNhm)

64 I love maps of the Ukraine. The R's and N's are all backward and there's places called Semenivka and Tsybli.

Posted by: wth at May 03, 2019 06:44 PM (v0R5T)

65 Barr needs to throw us a bone soon.

I need to see at least one person in cuffs.

My patience is nearly gone.

Posted by: Ha at May 03, 2019 06:44 PM (MAstk)

66 Wait, "Alexandra Chalupa" is not a derogatory nickname for AOC??
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 03, 2019 06:35 PM (BFlKR)

I'm as shocked as you are. Really.

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 03, 2019 06:44 PM (t+qrx)

67 Seriously - how can anyone in DC not start running fast when they see any of the Clintons' various lickspittles approaching? You would think after all of these years their reputations as harbingers of disaster would catch on with some people.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Party of One! Personalized Identity Group Kits Now at The Outrage Outlet! at May 03, 2019 06:44 PM (0QYMt)

68
g'early evenin, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 03, 2019 06:45 PM (KCxzN)

69 Wait, "Alexandra Chalupa" is not a derogatory nickname for AOC??
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 03, 2019 06:35 PM (BFlKR)

Right?? I thought that was a joke! I guess it still is, even though it's for reals.

Posted by: April at May 03, 2019 06:45 PM (OX9vb)

70 64 I love maps of the Ukraine. The R's and N's are all backward and there's places called Semenivka and Tsybli.
Posted by: wth at May 03, 2019 06:44 PM (v0R5T)

All Cyrillic words resemble "Kaopectate."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2019 06:45 PM (zBaqJ)

71 Is collusion even technically a crime?

I remember Dershowitz making the case that it wasn't , that it was simply a political problem for trump.

Even if Trump did "ask" a person associated with the Russian government to release damaging info about Hillary, there's no real statute against that.

My guess is the media will try and make a big distinction between Russian collusion and every other country.

Posted by: Blago at May 03, 2019 06:45 PM (UfkIY)

72 I need to see at least one person in cuffs.

Posted by: Ha at May 03, 2019 06:44 PM (MAstk)

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

Might I suggest Porn Hub?

Posted by: blake - used vacation salesman at May 03, 2019 06:45 PM (qC1Sy)

73 What of Victoria Chimichanga??
Posted by: Soothsayer

That's Victoria's Secret.

Posted by: Miklos, photoshopping away at May 03, 2019 06:45 PM (QzkSJ)

74 Chalupa is bff w another Ukrainian woman (name escapes me) who is wife of Rinat Akhmetshin. Both women are friends w Glenn Simpson's wife, Mary Jacoby. Akhmetshin was both at the Trump Tower meeting w DJT Jr and at the Halifax conference w McCain (where he supposedly first learned of the dossier.) And, Akhmetshin's partner at one time was Ed Lieberman, whose wife Evelyn had been a Clinton Chief of Staff. Nothing suspicious there.

Posted by: Ever at May 03, 2019 06:45 PM (WvFai)

75 Cindy McCain's panic trip to Kyiv had nothing to do with this ... distasteful affair.

Posted by: 13times at May 03, 2019 06:46 PM (K3B2k)

76 I love scream about Russian collusion and yet Bernie is polling a close number 2 right now.

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2019 06:46 PM (/Njku)

77 31
It's always been my suspicion that Steele actually had little to do with
the Steele Dossier aside from being the front man to lend it
credibility. He may have edited it to put the various claims in some
sensible order so it looked like a document from one source. I think
Nellie/FGPS, Blumenthal and Schearer did all the background, a lot of it
using NSA intel.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at May 03, 2019 06:38 PM (/Fmtj)

Yeah. Steele used ghost writers.

Lazy fuck. For $10 million, you think he could have done the work himself.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 03, 2019 06:46 PM (sy5kK)

78 "That's all this ever was: the conspiracy theories collected by Sydney Blumenthal..."

Who on God's green earth actually believed "the Russians" contributed to that stupid dossier? Does anyone - ANYONE - actually believe Russian intelligence services are that clumsy, stupid, or ridiculous? Only a bad fiction writer pumping out poor copy for a screenplay would believe it.

It was a stupid fiction from the very beginning. All of it. The only game was how to package it and distribute it to try to invent plausibility with deniability to conceal its authors and protect couriers. The story was sh*t. The story about the story was what was being sold, just suggestible enough to fool the ignorant and foolish.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 03, 2019 06:46 PM (6eEQ+)

79 So did the Ukrainians drop the Chalupa, or not?

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at May 03, 2019 06:46 PM (mo5EQ)

80 willowed:

346 By way of celebrating that my doctor's orders no longer read "No Alcohol"; they are changed to "Limit Alcohol Use":
Tonight, one shot, one beer

To the President, to Ace, the cob-loggers, and the Horde !

Long life, prosperity, and Vioctory !
Confusion to our enemies !

*tosses back shot*
*after a decent interval, washes down with beer*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez asks,who is painting these concentric circles on my back all the time ? at May 03, 2019 06:47 PM (wA4OO)

81 So, Mueller HAD to know this stuff, and that Steele was a British Agent.

Yet, did not bother to investigate this foreign involvement in our elections?

How... interesting.

Posted by: Don Q at May 03, 2019 06:47 PM (NgKpN)

82 It's so weird how those three names keep cropping up in a bunch of stupid conspiracy theories!

Posted by: Dianna at May 03, 2019 06:47 PM (EeHel)

83 I just can't believe someone's legitimately walking around with a last name of Chalupa.

Posted by: Thrush at May 03, 2019 06:47 PM (1+OT3)

84 I think that Trump will do exactly what Muller didn't: Show his evidence.

Anyone notice that? We don't hear leaks of this and that (sourced anonymously, of course) but rather get actual document dumps, often without much fanfare.

When the charges are filed, the filing will have massive amounts of items already in the public domain and it will be really, really hard to spin.

For example, finding so many thousand Hillary emails that were work-related that were purposefully deleted is something you can't get past.

Particularly the incriminating ones.

These don't even need to be classified.

Then there's the FISA stuff.

It's going to be so obvious even the spinners at the WaPo will be stunned into silence.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 06:47 PM (cfSRQ)

85 79 So did the Ukrainians drop the Chalupa, or not?
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy

Leave the gun, take the chalupa.

Posted by: zombie at May 03, 2019 06:47 PM (5tb4C)

86 It was a stupid fiction from the very beginning. All of it. The only game was how to package it and distribute it to try to invent plausibility with deniability to conceal its authors and protect couriers. The story was sh*t. The story about the story was what was being sold, just suggestible enough to fool the ignorant and foolish.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 03, 2019 06:46 PM (6eEQ+)
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This drivel wasn't written and peddled for smart people; it was for democrats.

Posted by: blake - used vacation salesman at May 03, 2019 06:47 PM (qC1Sy)

87 And they border with Moldova which I thought was just a silly internet joke.

Posted by: wth at May 03, 2019 06:47 PM (v0R5T)

88 Did the DNC also hire Juanita Burrito and Maria Enchilada?

It was Max Chimichanga that was their ace reporter

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (39g3+)

89
Do you know how close we came to Trump getting screwed over?

Amazing that everyone on his team was savvy enough to smell a set-up or that something was not kosher and walk away.

Wow.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (zBaqJ)

90 346 By way of celebrating that my doctor's orders no longer read "No Alcohol"; they are changed to "Limit Alcohol Use":
Tonight, one shot, one beer

To the President, to Ace, the cob-loggers, and the Horde !

Long life, prosperity, and Vioctory !
Confusion to our enemies !

*tosses back shot*
*after a decent interval, washes down with beer*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez asks,who is painting these concentric circles on my back all the time ? at May 03, 2019 06:47 PM (wA4OO)

Well, I only drink one shot, and one beer.

At a time.....

Posted by: Don Q at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (NgKpN)

91 BREAKING NEWS:

Barr is gonna give in and attend the next House hearing because he's worried if he doesn't, Chicken Bone Cohen will hoover up so much KFC he'll give himself a heart attack...

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (miE9U)

92 Blumenthal was so slimy, even Obama said "keep that sleazy gangster out of my administration" ... but Hillary has to Hillary. She can't survive without her top sleaze and henchmen.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (Cus5s)

93 Hey everybody.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (miE9U)

94 Right?? I thought that was a joke! I guess it still is, even though it's for reals.
Posted by: April at May 03, 2019 06:45 PM (OX9vb)

Between "Alexandra Chalupa" and "Jerry Nadler", sometimes I think you guys just make up silly fake people all day while I'm at work to see how ridiculous it can get before I start getting suspicious.

Pretty ridiculous, is the answer, by the way. I'm very credulous and not that bright.

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (t+qrx)

95 Should have read- the Dims scream about Russia collusion and yet Bernie is polling a close number 2.

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2019 06:49 PM (/Njku)

96 93 Hey everybody.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (miE9U)
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Hey, qdp.

Posted by: blake - used vacation salesman at May 03, 2019 06:49 PM (qC1Sy)

97 The Ukraine is weak! (obligatory, hadn't noticed it yet)

Somewhat related, just got Marshal Rokossovky's memoir - he did a lot of fighting in Ukraine back during The Big One.

Lessee, which case might be closest to "cuffs" for someone?

McCabe? Seems that case should be ripening a bit by this point. The Wolfe case (Senate intel "security" chief who was transmitted a *doctored, leak-tracer* version of the FISA application to the NYT) seems to be over. Although I didn't get into the weeds on it, I share the concerns of some that it was not even close to a proper exploitation. Sen. Warner (on the SSCI) would seem to have major exposure on various Russki oligarch-related aspects of this, which actually are central.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 03, 2019 06:49 PM (QDnY+)

98 92 Blumenthal was so slimy, even Obama said "keep that sleazy gangster out of my administration" ... but Hillary has to Hillary. She can't survive without her top sleaze and henchmen.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (Cus5s)

Busted Hyman Roth is his nickname.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2019 06:49 PM (zBaqJ)

99 Why isn't Sidney Blumenthal in jail?

Posted by: Jean at May 03, 2019 06:49 PM (25Dt7)

100 Wait, wait...her name is ACTUALLY Chalupa?

Posted by: antisocialist at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (2shuf)

101 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (zBaqJ)

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It helps when your opponents are sloppy and complacent.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (IRGhF)

102 99 Why isn't Sidney Blumenthal in jail?
Posted by: Jean at May 03, 2019 06:49 PM (25Dt7)

Child rapists are repulsed by him.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (zBaqJ)

103 81
So, Mueller HAD to know this stuff, and that Steele was a British Agent.

Yet, did not bother to investigate this foreign involvement in our elections?

How... interesting.

Posted by: Don Q at May 03, 2019 06:47 PM (NgKpN)

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Muller had to jobs:

1. Get Trump. He couldn't and so had to try perjury traps but Trump's lawyers were too smart. Same with obstruction. They did the one thing Mueller didn't expect, which was sit there.

2. Cover up the conspiracy. Mueller failed here as well because he was supposed to keep this thing going indefinitely. So long as there was an investigation, all the wrong-doing could be hidden by "pending investigation" nonsense.

But that also failed because Trump held the Senate and could get Barr confirmed. That's why Mueller packed up so quickly.

And now his staff - which was picked not just because it was partisan but because it needed cover - is exposed.

Expect the screaming to get even louder.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (cfSRQ)

104 antisocialist, LOL!

I thought Alexandra Chalupa was just the latest name for AOC.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (miE9U)

105 Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 03, 2019 06:46 PM (6eEQ+)

The only way you could believe Russian agents came up with the Piss stuff,

Is if you think its Boris Badanov Russian Agents.

Good thing for Moose and Squirrel!

Posted by: Don Q at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (NgKpN)

106 Trump's Throne of Skulls just got 20 feet taller.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (xE5n0)

107 Hello, AltonJackson. Got a second for a quick phone call?

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (t+qrx)

108 Between "Alexandra Chalupa" and "Jerry Nadler", sometimes I think you guys just make up silly fake people all day while I'm at work to see how ridiculous it can get before I start getting suspicious.

Pretty ridiculous, is the answer, by the way. I'm very credulous and not that bright.
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (t+qrx)

I'm going thru the same thing with Kay In Maine today.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (mo5EQ)

109 I remember Joe Biden also threatened to withhold over a billion dollars in loan guarantees to Ukraine, if the Ukrainian government didn't fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company that Biden's son worked for. It's not a big stretch to think that Ukraine releasing financial info on Trump's campaign advisor was part of a "package-deal".
Biden's meeting with Ukrainian officials was in March of 2016. Manafort's financial records were released in August of 2016.

Posted by: qzy at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (u7NtM)

110 A link to the Speedway Bomber?

Holy shit. Small world these creatures live in.

The management still prefers that we not mention that rancid little shit's name here, right?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (xth7t)

111 "19 IIRC, the to take before Congress in September/October, 2016 was in order to get Trump removed from the ballot.

So help me, my super tin hatty conspiracy theory is going to turn out to be true.

Posted by: alexthechick - Superelite Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at May 03, 2019 06:36 PM (GbPPJ) "

I'll bet you're spot-on.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez asks,who is painting these concentric circles on my back all the time ? at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (wA4OO)

112
I've heard Chalupa is flat.

But, lettuce hope she has nice tomatoes.

She's supposed to have a cheesy background, but who knows where she's bean?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 03, 2019 06:51 PM (9X624)

113 You want disinformation?

Never blow! It's a lie!

Posted by: Sandy Ocasio at May 03, 2019 06:51 PM (sy5kK)

114 71
Is collusion even technically a crime?

Read this:

https://humanevents.com/2019/05/01/checkmate/

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy @ 275 previous thread.

Posted by: Off the reservation at May 03, 2019 06:51 PM (vWMNq)

115 And the scary part? While they were trying to frame Trump and his people.

Actual collusion was going on right under their very noses.

Posted by: Don Q at May 03, 2019 06:52 PM (NgKpN)

116 Do you know how close we came to Trump getting screwed over?
..

I'm still surprised Mueller didn't indict on obstruction.

Nevermind the weakness of the case. That's irrelevant.

All he needed was to give the msm screaming headlines of indictment.

And the Gope would have abandoned him.

Posted by: Ha at May 03, 2019 06:52 PM (MAstk)

117 Yes, swallow is a bird, too.

Posted by: Sandy Ocasio at May 03, 2019 06:52 PM (sy5kK)

118 Next you'll be telling me that Hillary has a secret operative named Wolfgang Wienerschnitzel.

Posted by: zombie at May 03, 2019 06:52 PM (5tb4C)

119 Mueller could earn a lot of goodwill IMHO if he would come out and denounce the hateful DNC's circus around his report.

The fact he won't speaks volumes.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 03, 2019 06:53 PM (miE9U)

120 Who run bartertown?

Posted by: Masterblaster at May 03, 2019 06:53 PM (Io53L)

121 Do you know how close we came to Trump getting screwed over?

Amazing that everyone on his team was savvy enough to smell a set-up or that something was not kosher and walk away.

Wow.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (zBaqJ)

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Trump isn't a genius, he just knows how to pick people - and then listen to them.

That's why he's still around.

It's interesting that all his opponents - who think themselves the smartest person in the room - are now at his mercy.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 06:53 PM (cfSRQ)

122 A Republic can only survive when the majority of those power are moral men.

This really is a battle between good and evil.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at May 03, 2019 06:53 PM (2DOZq)

123 Also celebrating that the part for the furnace arrived today and we have heat again.

YAY !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez asks,who is painting these concentric circles on my back all the time ? at May 03, 2019 06:53 PM (wA4OO)

124 I've known Moldovans. Even had a Moldovan emigre at a central coast winery pouring our samples a year or two ago (Moldova is big wine country). And actually know someone who got to Moldova to look into Europe's most obscure conflict - the Trans-Dnistrian problem. (yes, it's real, as is the name) Basically SOP post-Soviet crap - Russified segment of former Soviet republic not getting along with non-Russian part, festivities ensued, you fill in the blanks.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (QDnY+)

125 Why wasn't this stuff in the Mueller Report? He was all about collusion, after all.

And how many of Mueller's team would have been involved in DNC shenanigans?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (xE5n0)

126 At this stage, if anyone here ever sees a Democrat lying on the ground having a heart attack, my advice?

Stand on their chest and piss in their mouth.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (miE9U)

127 119
Mueller could earn a lot of goodwill IMHO if he would come out and denounce the hateful DNC's circus around his report.

The fact he won't speaks volumes.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 03, 2019 06:53 PM (miE9U)

As owned by the Deep State as Johnny "Tax" Roberts.

Posted by: Sandy Ocasio at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (sy5kK)

128 Trump isn't a genius,

..

Oh I disagree.

Posted by: Ha at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (MAstk)

129 Jenny Crumpet runs Hillary's London office.

Posted by: zombie at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (5tb4C)

130 109
I remember Joe Biden also threatened to withhold over a billion dollars
in loan guarantees to Ukraine, if the Ukrainian government didn't fire a
prosecutor who was investigating a company that Biden's son worked for.
It's not a big stretch to think that Ukraine releasing financial info
on Trump's campaign advisor was part of a "package-deal".
Biden's meeting with Ukrainian officials was in March of 2016. Manafort's financial records were released in August of 2016.

Posted by: qzy at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (u7NtM)

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Be funny if Ukraine re-opens the case and demands Biden's extradition for obstructing justice.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (cfSRQ)

131 Boris Borscht called and wants his dossier back.

Posted by: Fritz at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (LuPts)

132 116 I'm still surprised Mueller didn't indict on obstruction.

That's why we got Barr. See link above.

Posted by: Off the reservation at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (vWMNq)

133 Goats,is there anything they can't do?

Californians deploy goats to help prevent wildfires
'We're trying to be practical and strategic'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (+y/Ru)

134 get those teeth out of here.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (sy5kK)

135 Somewhat related, just got Marshal Rokossovky's memoir - he did a lot of fighting in Ukraine back during The Big One.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 03, 2019 06:49 PM (QDnY+)

Wasn't he in the gulag for a few years and then reclaimed by Stalin to serve the motherland in it's time of need?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 03, 2019 06:55 PM (Z+IKu)

136 Obama's internet czar Jacob Hasenpfeffer was the worst of them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 06:55 PM (39g3+)

137 Chalupa is bff w another Ukrainian woman (name escapes me) who is wife of Rinat Akhmetshin. Both women are friends w Glenn Simpson's wife, Mary Jacoby. Akhmetshin was both at the Trump Tower meeting w DJT Jr and at the Halifax conference w McCain (where he supposedly first learned of the dossier.) And, Akhmetshin's partner at one time was Ed Lieberman, whose wife Evelyn had been a Clinton Chief of Staff. Nothing suspicious there.
Posted by: Ever at May 03, 2019 06:45 PM (WvFai)
~~~~~

My poor brain is gonna short-circuit.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 03, 2019 06:55 PM (NtglE)

138 Congrats sock_rat_eez
Glad you're better.

This entire farce has been amateur hour from the start. The only reason it got legs was the media who kept pimping it.
They are so damn dumb it's painful.
This was close though. Trump may well be protected by G-d.
Now, it's time to bring down teh wrath.
Including J-Damms

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at May 03, 2019 06:55 PM (5U303)

139 Oh I disagree.

Posted by: Ha at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (MAstk)

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True, one can be a genius at picking people.

What I meant was "master strategist."

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 06:55 PM (cfSRQ)

140 Goats,is there anything they can't do?

Californians deploy goats to help prevent wildfires
'We're trying to be practical and strategic'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (+y/Ru)

Are they being paid a living wage?

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at May 03, 2019 06:55 PM (mo5EQ)

141 Chalupas are always suspect.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 03, 2019 06:56 PM (ZO3yc)

142 52 I want Barr and Trump to go thermonuclear on these treasonous bastards. Just drop a metric fuck ton of gloom, despair, and agony on them. I want their kids and grandkids crying on tv and begging the president to show mercy to the fuckers. And I want Trump to smile and say, "if you wanted mercy you should have asked God. I'm not him and i have no mercy to give."

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 03, 2019 06:42 PM (myjNJ)

This isn't going to be a concerto it's going to be a full concert. Going to start slow and every note will build upon the other until the finale'.
KaBoom.

Posted by: Braenyard sez it's on page 2 Brian - i at May 03, 2019 06:56 PM (CFSlN)

143 Someone here posted a link to Chalupa's twitter feed. I thought it was a nic for AOC!

Posted by: kallisto at May 03, 2019 06:56 PM (uLWyW)

144 Jenny Crumpet runs Hillary's London office.

"I remember her well, shagged that one plenty"
--James Bond

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 06:56 PM (39g3+)

145 121 Trump isn't a genius, he just knows how to pick people - and then listen to them.

So Obama is a genius who can write speeches better than his speech writers etc ...

ROFLMAO.

Knowing how to pick people *is* genius.

Posted by: Off the reservation at May 03, 2019 06:56 PM (vWMNq)

146 Fun Facts to know and tell:

Ukraine is famous for their traditional beet soup Borscht

their currency is the hryvnia (kinda looks like retarded pesos)

their girls really knock you out

Posted by: wth at May 03, 2019 06:57 PM (v0R5T)

147 Be funny if Ukraine re-opens the case and demands Biden's extradition for obstructing justice.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (cfSRQ

I'd have no problem sending him.
The new rules, they are for everyone.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Party of One! Personalized Identity Group Kits Now at The Outrage Outlet! at May 03, 2019 06:57 PM (0QYMt)

148 AH Lloyd makes a point I've meant to make for a while.

None of this (crude, idiotic, Soviet-style) propaganda crap from the Dems and MSM will matter a bit when actual indictments, pleas, convictions happen, accompanied by evidence of the wrong-doing.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 03, 2019 06:57 PM (QDnY+)

149
That's why we got Barr. See link above.

...

Doesn't matter.

If Mueller put indictment in his report that's all the ms m would need.

Posted by: Ha at May 03, 2019 06:57 PM (MAstk)

150 One phrase sums up this whole situation: Den of vipers.

Posted by: zombie at May 03, 2019 06:57 PM (5tb4C)

151 Really, it's like all these hatchet men, thugs, and deviants are all connected, they're all in the same industry and go to the same conferences and belong to the same professional associations. And they all know the Clintons.

It's like, back around 1985, the Clintons put out a standing hiring notice the same as Hedley Lamar's in Blazing Saddles. They kept attracting new piece-of-shit operators every year, and the old ones never left, except for the ones that died of Arkancide.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 03, 2019 06:57 PM (xth7t)

152 Would it be too mean of me to desperately hope that Cohen chokes himself to death on the very next piece of KFC he shoves down his worthless gullet?

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 03, 2019 06:58 PM (miE9U)

153 109 I remember Joe Biden also threatened to withhold over a billion dollars in loan guarantees to Ukraine, if the Ukrainian government didn't fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company that Biden's son worked for. It's not a big stretch to think that Ukraine releasing financial info on Trump's campaign advisor was part of a "package-deal".
Biden's meeting with Ukrainian officials was in March of 2016. Manafort's financial records were released in August of 2016.
Posted by: qzy at May 03, 2019 06:50 PM (u7NtM)

Wow, you're right. Not a stretch at all.

Posted by: dagny at May 03, 2019 06:58 PM (nRWPy)

154 150
One phrase sums up this whole situation: Den of vipers.

'Crats

Posted by: Off the reservation at May 03, 2019 06:59 PM (vWMNq)

155 @BreakingNLive

BREAKING: House Democrats have asked the bar associations of Washington, D.C., and Virginia to open ethics investigation into AG Barr.

Keep.it.up.

Posted by: Tami at May 03, 2019 06:59 PM (cF8AT)

156 just got Marshal Rokossovky's memoir

Rhomboid

Is there a title on that? Is it in English (I will not attempt to read much in Russian these days).

I knew a guy who had an interesting story about himself and Rokossovsky. Curious if it's in the book.

Posted by: Miklos, it involves t-34s and a haystack at May 03, 2019 06:59 PM (QzkSJ)

157 There are going to be a lot of hungry goats when the forest is cleared.

Goats ravage Hollywood and Vine.

Posted by: Braenyard sez it's on page 2 Brian - i at May 03, 2019 06:59 PM (CFSlN)

158 149 If Mueller put indictment in his report

The link explains why he didn't.

Posted by: Off the reservation at May 03, 2019 07:00 PM (vWMNq)

159 Vladimir Kielbasa thinks you're trying to pull his leg.

Posted by: Fritz at May 03, 2019 07:00 PM (LuPts)

160 119
Mueller could earn a lot of goodwill IMHO if he would come out and denounce the hateful DNC's circus around his report.

The fact he won't speaks volumes.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 03, 2019 06:53 PM (miE9U)

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Actually, I think Mueller is in an interesting place.

The Dems really really really want him to come out and denounce Trump and Barr and say Trump is GUILTY AS SIN!!!

The problem is, that would be gross misconduct, the kind that gets you disbarred - and Barr would go after him for it.

I think the Dems know this, but a core value of the left is getting other people to kill themselves for your personal benefit. They're all about getting stuff from someone else, which is why they're giving Mueller the usual terrible advice.

By the way, does anyone think Cohen got completely played by the Clintons? I think the dupe actually thought that after impeachment, they'd get the DoJ to drop the charges.

He chose...poorly.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 07:01 PM (cfSRQ)

161 Don Q. as I commented earlier today.

"Matters arising from the investigation" of contacts between Trump campaign and govt. of Russia (initial SCO scope memo):

* Old IRS tax evasion cases
* Novelty FARA cases

Matters NOT "arising from the investigation" of contacts between Trump campaign and govt. of Russia (initial SCO scope memo):

* Obvious complete hinkiness of every bit of FBI activity, to include pretending its *own* assets role-playing was actually Russian shenanigans

* Obvious Russian and/or Ukrainian and DNC/F-GPS roles in ridiculous "dossier"

Uh huh. Well I'm gonna rack that all up to the excellent supervision the SCO was getting.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 03, 2019 07:01 PM (QDnY+)

162 Well and Meuller is frankly just no good at his job. He's a terrible lawyer and politician both. He got played so badly by Whitey Bulger he had to suborn the entire FBI to cover it up.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 07:02 PM (39g3+)

163
SHUT UP

HOCKEY'S ON

Posted by: logprof at May 03, 2019 07:02 PM (XAYDB)

164 Really, it's like all these hatchet men, thugs, and deviants are all connected, they're all in the same industry and go to the same conferences and belong to the same professional associations. And they all know the Clintons.

It's like, back around 1985, the Clintons put out a standing hiring notice the same as Hedley Lamar's in Blazing Saddles. They kept attracting new piece-of-shit operators every year, and the old ones never left, except for the ones that died of Arkancide.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 03, 2019 06:57 PM (xth7t)

Hot Spring, AK was/is(?) a YUGE Mafia crime town.

They completely ran the show. Anyone who was anyone in that state had to be involved with them.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 03, 2019 07:02 PM (9X624)

165 Given so many links between individuals in this case, rounding them up could take a destroy the network of the Left pretty good.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 03, 2019 07:03 PM (xE5n0)

166 BREAKING: House Democrats have asked the bar associations of Washington, D.C., and Virginia to open ethics investigation into AG Barr.

----

"but that's not who we are, also barr should resign, just because" Mitt Romney.

or you know, we can be who we are, and fuck the left sideways.

Posted by: Keto not Beto at May 03, 2019 07:03 PM (JziUy)

167
Uh huh. Well I'm gonna rack that all up to the excellent supervision the SCO was getting.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 03, 2019 07:01 PM (QDnY+)

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To turn it back around, if Rosenstein HAD tried to keep Mueller in his lane, what are the odds that Mueller would start screaming COVERUP!!! and that Rosenstein was "obstructing" him?

I'd say 100 percent.

They had to let it play out.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 07:04 PM (cfSRQ)

168 how'd that go with Kavanaugh?

Posted by: Keto not Beto at May 03, 2019 07:04 PM (JziUy)

169 To the President, to Ace, the cob-loggers, and the Horde !

Long life, prosperity, and Vioctory !

Confusion to our enemies !

*tosses back shot*

*after a decent interval, washes down with beer*

*hoists a Guinness* Slainte!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at May 03, 2019 07:04 PM (HaL55)

170 But Trump said shit hole country! Orange man badz

Posted by: G marks the spot at May 03, 2019 07:05 PM (EgEVd)

171 Cindy McCain's panic trip to Kyiv had nothing to do with this ... distasteful affair.
Posted by: 13times at May 03, 2019 06:46 PM (K3B2k)
~~~~~

Didn't they just name a street after Zombie John McCain?

Posted by: IrishEi at May 03, 2019 07:05 PM (NtglE)

172 The bar isn't going to touch that shit. No worries.

They could be interested in Nadler demanding the release of an unredacted report which is illegal as hell. One he hasn't bothered to go read.

Posted by: dagny at May 03, 2019 07:05 PM (nRWPy)

173 Wow just heard St. Jimmy Drama on news clip. Boy has his approach changed...now he's all: 'We wuz just doin' our jobs people'

Posted by: kallisto at May 03, 2019 07:05 PM (uLWyW)

174 They completely ran the show. Anyone who was anyone in that state had to be involved with them.

Let's just say don't ask about the airstrip built to fly in cocaine.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 07:05 PM (39g3+)

175 My chalupa smells like Smirnof and Vagisil.

*Burp*

*shart*

*wheeze*

Posted by: Frau Gruppencankles at May 03, 2019 07:05 PM (BRpqW)

176 To turn it back around, if Rosenstein HAD tried to keep Mueller in his lane, what are the odds that Mueller would start screaming COVERUP!!! and that Rosenstein was "obstructing" him?

--------

who the fuck would care? If Rosie had forced mueller to defend keeping the investigation open in late 2017 or so, we coulda probably kept the house.

At some point, you gotta spend political capital.

Moooler was unethical and spent a lot of time making up new rules that would only apply to trump.

Posted by: Keto not Beto at May 03, 2019 07:06 PM (JziUy)

177 144 Jenny Crumpet runs Hillary's London office.

"I remember her well, shagged that one plenty"
--James Bond
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 06:56 PM (39g3+)

"Huh?"

- - Plenty O'toole

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2019 07:06 PM (zBaqJ)

178 Just curiouser and curiouser, isn't it...

Posted by: Flyover at May 03, 2019 07:06 PM (B5K06)

179 Put them all under oath and make them answer questions.

Posted by Ace of Spades at 06:28 PM Comments

Put them under Grand Jury oath.

Congress ain't go no jail.

Posted by: golfman at May 03, 2019 07:06 PM (OE84+)

180 130Be funny if Ukraine re-opens the case and demands Biden's extradition for obstructing justice.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 06:54 PM (cfSRQ)
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I mean, if Vice President Biden was threatening to withhold U.S. Government loan guarantees in exchange for Manafort's financial records(political dirt), to influence a Presidential election for his preferred candidate, then that would be quite a scandal, no?

Posted by: qzy at May 03, 2019 07:06 PM (u7NtM)

181 Now De Blasio. This should be interesting. I need to ask my dog whether he is thinking about throwing his leash into the ring.

Oh, wait- he is not a democrat.

Which is too bad because he has some deep things to say about healthcare.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 03, 2019 07:07 PM (ZO3yc)

182 One phrase sums up this whole situation: Den of vipers.

'Crats

Progs.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at May 03, 2019 07:07 PM (HaL55)

183 Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 07:04 PM (cfSRQ)

I agree with that. And now that it all out and all that remains is that screaming about a summary (when the full report is available) ludicrous calls for resignation, dumb stunts, and blind panic.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Party of One! Personalized Identity Group Kits Now at The Outrage Outlet! at May 03, 2019 07:07 PM (0QYMt)

184 From this morning:

imprimis.hillsdale.edu/politics-means-use-abuse-scandal/

DeepState's been around a long time.

Posted by: Braenyard sez it's on page 2 Brian at May 03, 2019 07:07 PM (CFSlN)

185 Haha you can coup-splain all u want Queen James - u STILL gonna need an attorney!

Posted by: kallisto at May 03, 2019 07:08 PM (uLWyW)

186 31 The DNC's top spy? Eva Quesadilla.

Nico Queso.

Posted by: The Eponymous Hugh Tootooie at May 03, 2019 07:08 PM (hu22E)

187 Chalupa? Is she crispy, flaky, soft and chewy?

Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2019 07:08 PM (NWiLs)

188 I'll gladly pay hryvnia Tuesday for a bowl of beet borscht today.

Posted by: Wimpy Poroshenko at May 03, 2019 07:08 PM (v0R5T)

189
who the fuck would care? If Rosie had forced
mueller to defend keeping the investigation open in late 2017 or so, we
coulda probably kept the house.

Posted by: Keto not Beto at May 03, 2019 07:06 PM (JziUy)

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Because the House was so useful up to that point...?

Trump didn't care about the House. It was full of useless tools. Now we have a bumper crop of idiots he gets to run against - along with a fresh batch of candidates.

Seriously, I get party politics but the GOP House was worse than useless.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 07:09 PM (cfSRQ)

190 Miklos - "A Soldier's Duty" (Soldatskiy Dolg) - translated by Vladimir Talmy, edited by Robert Daglish. I actually plan to get a book on Zhukov in Russian, which to may amazement the public library has. But for this, the English version.

Haven't started it yet, but glancing at the chapter headings, I note that it starts ..... in later 1940, *after* his release from prison on the idiotic treason charges during the military purge.

That part of his story alone - being so abused by the regime and then serving so well to save the country - makes him a hero of a special sort, from any perspective.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 03, 2019 07:09 PM (QDnY+)

191 Chalupa? Is she crispy, flaky, soft and chewy?
Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2019 07:08 PM (NWiLs)

Yes......but it's gonna cost you an extra fifty.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 03, 2019 07:09 PM (Z+IKu)

192 181: I don't think Bernie is a donk. If your dog is an independent, he can run as a donk.

Posted by: CN at May 03, 2019 07:11 PM (U7k5w)

193 160 By the way, does anyone think Cohen got completely played by the Clintons? I think the dupe actually thought that after impeachment, they'd get the DoJ to drop the charges.

He chose...poorly.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 07:01 PM (cfSRQ)

IMO, Cohen was an idiot not to scream about FBI entrapment w Felix Sater. Anyone who reads the texts between the two: Sater "needing" a copy of his passport (yeah, need to know where you've been to make a deal) or insisting Cohen go to St Pete to meet lots of Russians could see there was some nefarious need on Sater's part to get Cohen to Russia. Of course, unfortunately for Cohen, he was dirty in numerous aspects of his life, so hard to play the victim on all fronts.

Posted by: Ever at May 03, 2019 07:11 PM (WvFai)

194 "Huh?"
--Plenty O'toole

"Run along now, man talk" *swats shapely rear end*
--James Bond

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 07:11 PM (39g3+)

195 What, exactly, is the Democrat House going to be taking back to their districts next year? The ones from safe and crazy districts don't care, but the others? Many weren't even there when this crap was going down and I'll bet they are less than happy with the grandstanders.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Party of One! Personalized Identity Group Kits Now at The Outrage Outlet! at May 03, 2019 07:12 PM (0QYMt)

196 I really do think that the fact that the DNC has a guy named Al Chalupa working for them is the real takeaway from this article.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 07:12 PM (39g3+)

197 Chalupa? Hahaha. Sometimes truth is funnier than fiction.

Posted by: Tuna at May 03, 2019 07:12 PM (jm1YL)

198 I mean, if Vice President Biden was threatening to
withhold U.S. Government loan guarantees in exchange for Manafort's
financial records(political dirt), to influence a Presidential election
for his preferred candidate, then that would be quite a scandal, no?

Posted by: qzy at May 03, 2019 07:06 PM (u7NtM)

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Wouldn't it be funny of Ukraine does to Biden the same thing we did to Putin? Try to freeze his accounts and demand he return and stand trial?

Maybe put out an INTERPOL warrant.

Reminds me, I need more popcorn.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 07:13 PM (cfSRQ)

199 Now I'm craving Taco Bell.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2019 07:13 PM (NWiLs)

200 196 I really do think that the fact that the DNC has a guy named Al Chalupa working for them is the real takeaway from this article.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 07:12 PM (39g3+)

I thought it was a woman named Chalupa.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 03, 2019 07:13 PM (ZO3yc)

201 "Trump isn't a genius"

That's a bet you'll lose every time

Posted by: G marks the spot at May 03, 2019 07:13 PM (EgEVd)

202 Seriously, I get party politics but the GOP House was worse than useless.

Yeah they got exactly one thing done: tax cuts. The rest was a crapfestival of "budgets" and empty, pointless hearings. Waste of time and space. And they were supposedly the more aggressive of the two houses of congress?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 07:14 PM (39g3+)

203 I thought it was a woman named Chalupa.

Yeah you're right, Alex Chalupa, a woman. Even stranger. I hope that's her husband's name, imagine going through school with that monicker.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 07:15 PM (39g3+)

204 Ukraine has an embassy? Oh there it is.
530 Bush St. #402, San Francisco, CA.
Don't mind the maggots.

Posted by: wth at May 03, 2019 07:15 PM (v0R5T)

205 Brett Kimerlin. Ick. The less said the better.

Posted by: Tuna at May 03, 2019 07:15 PM (jm1YL)

206 Alex Chalupa works for Nacho President.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 03, 2019 07:15 PM (gC2IV)

207 They have another contractor named Ludmilya Encharito?

Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2019 07:15 PM (NWiLs)

208 She doesn't look like Yulia Tymoshenko that's for sure.

Posted by: Braenyard sez it's on page 2 Brian at May 03, 2019 07:16 PM (CFSlN)

209 195
What, exactly, is the Democrat House going to be taking back to their
districts next year? The ones from safe and crazy districts don't care,
but the others? Many weren't even there when this crap was going down
and I'll bet they are less than happy with the grandstanders.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Party of One! Personalized Identity Group Kits
Now at The Outrage Outlet! at May 03, 2019 07:12 PM (0QYMt)

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Agreed. Was the GOP House going to cut off Planned Parenthood? Was it going to authorize wall funding? Observe any known form of fiscal restraint?

Hell no.

Now let the Dems own their mess.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 07:16 PM (cfSRQ)

210 That's absurd - they didn't "have to let it play out". Not even close.

The idiotic, baseless screaming - why, look, there's an epic version of it going on right now, which will be utterly fruitless, of course, as we're all agreeing - would happen anyway. And be just as ineffective.

And making the SCO stick to his initial (unlawful, illegitimate under the regs) scope - which was in fact the ridiculous fake topic of "collusion" - would have led to more, or more effective, screaming? What? Makes no sense.

Barr surely knows the appointment of the SCO was a DOJ scandal all its own, and needs to be addressed. Inside the department there are those who are watching to see if, amidst all the other Augean-stable cleaning, Barr takes care to address this more obscure but important matter.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 03, 2019 07:16 PM (QDnY+)

211 206: That's just fucking perfect!

Posted by: CN at May 03, 2019 07:16 PM (U7k5w)

212 203 I thought it was a woman named Chalupa.

Yeah you're right, Alex Chalupa, a woman. Even stranger. I hope that's her husband's name, imagine going through school with that monicker.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 07:15 PM (39g3+)

She's on the dollar menu.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2019 07:16 PM (NWiLs)

213 I'd kill for a name like Alexandra Chalupa. So ethnic and everything innit.

Posted by: AOC at May 03, 2019 07:16 PM (hjaPQ)

214 Did the DNC also hire Juanita Burrito and Maria Enchilada?

It was Max Chimichanga that was their ace reporter
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 06:48 PM (39g3+)

I say it was the waitresses fault, Margarita, she should have stopped serving.

Posted by: Chillin the most at May 03, 2019 07:17 PM (lonOK)

215 I don't eat Mexican food.

Posted by: Petro Poroshenko at May 03, 2019 07:17 PM (v0R5T)

216 >> I thought it was a woman named Chalupa.

I think Taco Bell also had a Double Stuffed Chalupa

Posted by: garrett at May 03, 2019 07:17 PM (ywWFF)

217 206 Alex Chalupa works for Nacho President.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 03, 2019 07:15 PM (gC2IV)

President Camacho : Now I understand everyone's shit's emotional right now. But I've got a 3 point plan that's going to fix EVERYTHING.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 03, 2019 07:18 PM (ZO3yc)

218 203 Yeah you're right, Alex Chalupa, a woman. Even stranger. I hope that's her husband's name, imagine going through school with that monicker.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 07:15 PM (39g3+)

Nope, not a hubby's. Hers.

Posted by: Ever at May 03, 2019 07:18 PM (WvFai)

219 198Wouldn't it be funny of Ukraine does to Biden the same thing we did to
Putin? Try to freeze his accounts and demand he return and stand trial?

Maybe put out an INTERPOL warrant,-----
Historically, I've been opposed to extraditing Americans to foreign countries. But, I'll make an exception in this case with one caveat. They can have Biden after the American justice system is done with him.

Posted by: qzy at May 03, 2019 07:19 PM (u7NtM)

220 Which of the most-wanted playing cards was Al-Chalupa? I don't think they ever caught that guy.

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 03, 2019 07:19 PM (t+qrx)

221
I think Taco Bell also had a Double Stuffed Chalupa

Posted by: garrett at May 03, 2019 07:17 PM (ywWFF)

They call it the Ana Navarro Chalupa

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 03, 2019 07:19 PM (TAmPV)

222 Fantastic passing by the 'Canes on that OK goal

Posted by: logprof at May 03, 2019 07:19 PM (XAYDB)

223 so instead we got a 2+ year investigation that had zero underpinnings for at least 1.85 of those years. we lost the house, we lost Sessions' Senate Seat, we only gained 3 Senate seats when we were in line for 6 or so.

I get that Ryan's House leadership was fucking worse than Pelosi, in many respects, but whatever...it's a cold civil war. the lefts' new citizens are down with whatever. the GOP hates its base and they really hate trump.

Posted by: Keto not Beto at May 03, 2019 07:20 PM (JziUy)

224 Blumenthal is the caricature of the Washington sychophant.

He told Countess Smirnoff von Clampett that Libya was "her moment."

To his credit, that pronouncement was entirely on the mark, but for different reasons.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 03, 2019 07:20 PM (aJdgB)

225 221
I think Taco Bell also had a Double Stuffed Chalupa

Posted by: garrett at May 03, 2019 07:17 PM (ywWFF)

Then there's the Triple Stuffed or "Airtight" Chalupa

Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2019 07:20 PM (NWiLs)

226 Nope, not a hubby's. Hers.

Posted by: Ever at May 03, 2019 07:18 PM (WvFai)

But, but, she's Ukrainian.

Posted by: Braenyard sez it's on page 2 Brian at May 03, 2019 07:20 PM (CFSlN)

227 210
That's absurd - they didn't "have to let it play out". Not even close.

The
idiotic, baseless screaming - why, look, there's an epic version of it
going on right now, which will be utterly fruitless, of course, as we're
all agreeing - would happen anyway. And be just as ineffective.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 03, 2019 07:16 PM (QDnY+)

---
You're wrong. If Trump had done what you say, the public mood would have changed sharply and the Quisling Never Trumpers would have moved in for the kill.

Remember, McCain was still alive at that point. Solid vote to impeach. Same with Flake. Do you think Paul Ryan - who tried to knife Trump *during the 2016 election* was going to be a firewall against impeachment hearings?

Yeah, I've got some excellent real estate to sell you if you do.

So with the media in full roar, the public uncertain and the DC Swamp circling for the kill, who was going to hold the line? Who was going to stand up the Deep State and defend Trump to the death?

Nope, it was played perfectly. I'm not sure why that bothers you.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 03, 2019 07:21 PM (cfSRQ)

228 The dignity of work will return America to morality. Also, endeavor to persevere. And neither a borrower nor a lender be.

Thank you.

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 03, 2019 07:21 PM (hjaPQ)

229 I think most of the 180 or repubs left in the house are pretty much on our side, with the notable exception of the three retards who joined the Dems in voting to get us back into the Paris Global Warming Bullshit accord the other day - Fuck them. The good thing is that the last election knocked out 40 or so just like them, and good riddance!

Two main reasons nothing ever got done for us before - 1) Paul Ryan was a piece of shit, and 2) There were always enough fake Repubs to join with the dems and make sure nothing we wanted ever got done, and oh yeah, 3) Paul Ryan was a USELESS piece of shit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 03, 2019 07:21 PM (k1TUh)

230 So while "collusion" isn't a crime, they've now set it up as IF IT WERE.

So....

Posted by: dagny at May 03, 2019 07:21 PM (nRWPy)

231 Then there's the Triple Stuffed or "Airtight" Chalupa
Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2019 07:20 PM (NWiLs)

She's a team player.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 03, 2019 07:21 PM (ZO3yc)

232 Remember, we Aussies were in on this, too. Oy!

Posted by: Rebecca Vegemite at May 03, 2019 07:22 PM (1sNHT)

233 Notice how PDT has handled all this and the MAGA initiative without breaking a sweat. The man is amazing.

Posted by: Tuna at May 03, 2019 07:23 PM (jm1YL)

234 Remember, we Aussies were in on this, too. Oy!

Posted by: Rebecca Vegemite at May 03, 2019 07:22 PM (1sNHT)

Poser.

Posted by: Matilda Waltzing at May 03, 2019 07:24 PM (aJdgB)

235 it's a cold civil war. the lefts' new citizens are down with whatever. the GOP hates its base and they really hate trump.
Posted by: Keto not Beto at May 03, 2019 07:20 PM (JziUy)

Life comes fast.

Hope they're ready.

Posted by: golfman at May 03, 2019 07:24 PM (OE84+)

236 ''Then there's the Triple Stuffed or "Airtight" Chalupa ''

Put down the Chalupa!

Posted by: Tuna at May 03, 2019 07:24 PM (jm1YL)

237 If you'll permit me to coin a phrase, sometimes life comes at you fast.

Thank you.

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 03, 2019 07:24 PM (hjaPQ)

238 Two main reasons nothing ever got done for us before

They spent two years in a tantrum trying to hurt Trump and wasted their stupid term of office. They deserved to lose their seats. But I doubt they learned their lesson.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 03, 2019 07:24 PM (39g3+)

239 Noood

Posted by: Ha at May 03, 2019 07:24 PM (MAstk)

240 So the DNC is hiring Mexicans to spy with Ukrainians?
Makes perfect sense.

Posted by: Petro Poroshenko at May 03, 2019 07:25 PM (v0R5T)

241 Where's the talking chihuahua?

Yo quiero oppo tell!

Posted by: clutch cargo at May 03, 2019 07:28 PM (sLicW)

242 >84"I think that Trump will do exactly what Muller didn't: Show his evidence."

In his interview with Catherine Herridge last night Trump did say-- *twice*--that he was going to "declassify everything" and when pressed for a date he replied "very soon".

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at May 03, 2019 07:28 PM (DwzBO)

243 230
So while "collusion" isn't a crime

Actually, it is. according to 18USC, section 1512(c)(2) --- from the Human Events article I linked above.

The question is the scope of applicability.

Barr filed a brief in summer 2018, to argue that the scope should be narrow. This contradicts the last 20 pages of the Mueller report, which attempts to paint it as broad.

The article speculates that the Trump legal team provided Barr with the information required to motivate the brief and it concludes that Trump's team has won on this point.

This is why the dems have now gone berserk over Barr.

Posted by: Off the reservation at May 03, 2019 07:28 PM (vWMNq)

244 AH you always make condescending comments when you are arguing a stupid position. Not a good look.

No, not a chance in hell there would have been impeachment hearings without an SCO. That is a completely imaginary version of DC in 2017. Given just a little more time, the WH and DOJ would obviously have been able to dig into the ongoing scandal and take action.

Let's get into even dumber rationalizations. That appointment of an SCO was in effect a management tool, to get McCabe out of the loop. Ridiculous. Even leaving aside the illegitimacy of the SCO appointment. FBI works for DOJ.

If McCabe were known to be the crooked nutcase loose cannon he appears to have been known to be (wow, that's a sentence), then there were lots of routine ways to deal with him. Appointing an SCO, contrary to regs, to "take an investigation away from him" is a ludicrous course of action.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 03, 2019 07:29 PM (QDnY+)

245 52 And I want Trump to smile and say, "if you wanted
mercy you should have asked God. I'm not him and i have no mercy to
give."
=============================================The Honey Badger version is "It's God purpose to be merciful. Mine is to facilitate you meeting him!"

Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at May 03, 2019 07:32 PM (4LbHt)

246 "Trump isn't a genius, he just knows how to pick people -..."

Mr. Trump is at least three standard deviations above the mean, if not four standard deviations above the mean.

So that means POTUS has *at least* an IQ of 145-150. Which is the top 0.1% (not one percent, one-tenth of one percent).

George Sand @ 150.
Rembrandt 155.
Einstein 161.
Gallileo 185.
Pascal 195.

Posted by: Flyover at May 03, 2019 07:35 PM (B5K06)

247 Chalupa, like that's her real name.

Posted by: Great Reagan's Deplorable Ghost at May 03, 2019 07:41 PM (6Sr9F)

248 Maybe someday Trump will be free to tell us who, when, where, why.

Posted by: DaveA at May 03, 2019 07:44 PM (FhXTo)

249 102 99 Why isn't Sidney Blumenthal in jail?
Posted by: Jean at May 03, 2019 06:49 PM (25Dt7)

Child rapists are repulsed by him.

Yet they put up with him, because he gives them pointers in how to rape children.

Posted by: Ken at May 03, 2019 07:48 PM (E8aRS)

250 That Mueller was appointed with more than an obvious conflict of interest told me that the fix was in. They just couldn't execute the plan.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at May 03, 2019 07:52 PM (2DOZq)

251 it's a cold civil war. the lefts' new citizens are down with whatever. the GOP hates its base and they really hate trump.

Where they err, however, is in thinking we DON'T hate them. They think we are tired old rich men like Spit Onme (R-MI/MA/UT) who will happily bend over because we have no testosterone. That might be true for the old guard of the GOP, who are dwindling rapidly. It is NOT true for the new working-class GOP. We DO hate them.

And when I say we hate them, I don't mean that in the same sense that lucky bastards who work M-F hate Mondays. I mean we DESIRE THEM HARM. Personally, I would be perfectly happy seeing every major political figure to the left of George W. Bush in front of a firing squad.

Posted by: Ken at May 03, 2019 07:58 PM (E8aRS)

252 "That's all this ever was: the conspiracy theories collected by Sydney Blumenthal..."
Fact.

Posted by: KillGoogleandFacebook at May 03, 2019 08:05 PM (jzx4H)

253 80 By way of celebrating that my doctor's orders no longer read "No Alcohol"; they are changed to "Limit Alcohol Use"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez asks,who is painting these concentric circles on my back all the time ? at May 03, 2019 06:47 PM (wA4OO)

Nice. My dad's supposed to be on a minimal/no-alcohol regimen due to the crap-ton of meds he's on as a result of a heart attack from over 15 years ago. He considers his Scotch as a vasodialator and has lived past his expected expiration date. Dude's still got more energy than I can muster.

Slainte!

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at May 03, 2019 08:11 PM (DTX3h)

254 The Dems are souless Satan worshipers. Worse they are losers and pathetic criminals.

Posted by: I am not corey Booker at May 03, 2019 08:20 PM (nRj4F)

255 James Woods banned from Twitter

Posted by: Jimmy Hoffa at May 03, 2019 09:22 PM (e8kgV)

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