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aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com CBD: cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com Buck: buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com joe mannix: mannix2024 at proton.me MisHum: petmorons at gee mail.com J.J. Sefton: sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com | Congressional Republicans Demand Interview With FBI Agent Who Covered Up For Hunter Biden's LaptopOnly federal employees are obligated to testify and, what a coincidence, he's not an employee any longer. But he wasn't fired. He didn't lose his pension or anything. He wasn't kept on as an employee in a rubber room so that he could be made to testify. No, he was quietly allowed to slip away from testifying with his pension intact. You can subpoena him, but he can fight it. And he can always invoke the Fifth. Ooops, he got away! Whoops! Whoopsie!Miranda Divine reports that GOP Senators are demanding that the corrupt Gestapo chiefs Wray and Garland end the suspensions of the FBI whistleblower Steve Friend. Divine also reports that if you're trying to share information about Steve Friend on FaceBook, don't bother -- FaceBook is already working to "silence" any discussion of him. How they justify this, I have no idea. Do they bother justifying censorship any longer? Or are we just in The Endgame now, where they drop all masks and just announce that They Are Now In Total Control? Just The News reports that the lawyer for Steve Friend says the Deep State is revoking security clearances as a method of punishing anyone who tells the truth about them. Without a security clearance, you can't work in most government positions. So it's a default suspension without pay. It's time to MGGA -- Make Gestapos Get Attorneys. At American Greatness, Deb Heine reports on the revelations of Kyle Seraphin, the FBI whistleblower just interviewed by Dan Bongino. One major point he makes is that the FBI has shifted from a crime-investigation organization to an intelligence organization. This is important. Consider: To investigate you criminally, a law enforcement investigation first needs grounds to suspect you have committed a specific crime. There is a necessary predicate to justify digging into you. It's not a high threshold, but it is a threshold. But to open up an intelligence probe of someone, you don't need any predicate of a crime. All you need is... well, you knew this guy and he knew this guy and you're all conservatives and this other conservative once posted to a "Stop the Steal" FaceBook group. And now they can begin spying on you. This is a huge shift in mentality. And it turns the FBI into a general State Security Police, a general Stasi, a general KGB. They can investigate whoever they want. And no longer are they limited to investigating people for at least having some ties to a suspected overseas intelligence organization or handler; no, now it's enough that you have some connection to any rightwing group or person they don't like. Not leftwing groups, though -- antifa, as you may have heard from Christopher Wray himself, is not a movement so much as it is an "ideology." And you can't investigate someone for having connections to a mere ideology. But the right? They're a movement. A dangerous movement. A movement of Domestic Violent Extremists, in fact. Semi-Fascists! White Supremacists! The greatest threat to America in history, and that includes from Al Qaeda, the USSR, and the Nazis. An FBI whistleblower who was recently suspended said in an interview this week that he became a whistleblower last November because of Attorney General Merrick Garland's email ordering the FBI to use Patriot Act counterterrorism tools to target parents at school board meetings. Special Agent Kyle Seraphin, who was indefinitely suspended on June 1 after nearly six years with the Bureau, said that he was so disturbed by the directive, he went to his congresswoman's office in New Mexico, and made a "protected disclosure." Garland announced the creation of the tag "EDUOFFICIALS" to track school board meeting related threats in an email sent to Justice Department employees in October of 2021. Investigations were opened on parents based on anonymous tips, and agents had to surveil and interview ordinary moms and dads who got caught up in the dragnet. In a two-part interview with conservative radio host Dan Bongino, Seraphin said that most of his colleagues didn't appreciate the political nature of these cases, and just did "cursory investigations" before shutting them down. Nonetheless, he said, there are many parents out there who have no idea the Bureau has case files on them and that agents have combed through their financial information just because they may have said something deemed inappropriate at a school board meeting. Seraphin told Bongino that the Bureau was putting resources towards something that should have been a state and local issue, and that he knew it was happening because of political pressure from the left-wing National School Boards Association (NSBA). "That's when you become part of political hatchet jobs, and I didn't sign up for that, and nobody I know signed up for that either," he said. "That's not what people want to get involved in." When Bongino said he was "stunned" more FBI employees weren't standing up, the whistleblower said, "it's more than people think." Seraphin, who has worked in multiple field offices in the counterterrorism division, said there are about 40 whistleblowers who have now spoken to Republican members of Congress. ...Read the whole thing. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
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Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2022 05:38 PM (Qy7kP) Posted by: Soothsayer'lc at September 27, 2022 05:38 PM (MlLUG) 3
This is even more relevant in this thread. The left is moving towards this worldwide
https://youtu.be/1BJ7BCV9KrA Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 05:39 PM (yezA1) 4
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Posted by: Dad of Six at September 27, 2022 05:39 PM (VpZau) Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at September 27, 2022 05:39 PM (QYPq3) 6
Next they will promise to repeal Obamacare.
Posted by: wth at September 27, 2022 05:41 PM (v0R5T) 7
Not me, i swear!
Posted by: Tim Tebow at September 27, 2022 05:41 PM (6FeV1) 8
>>>... are we just in The Endgame now, where they drop all masks and just announce that They Are Now In Total Control?
All signs point to yes Posted by: Magic 8 Ball at September 27, 2022 05:41 PM (QYPq3) 9
I'll just read what was posted here. Anymore and I'll rage-stroke out.
Posted by: Bosk at September 27, 2022 05:41 PM (v4L7Y) 10
Failure Theater, pre election style.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 05:42 PM (+50w1) 11
So if i murder a guy in a bar fight, all i gotta do is quit my job, and I'm golden! I like this new rule.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 05:42 PM (6FeV1) 12
Maybe Trey Gowdy can come out of retirement for a special guest appearance.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 05:42 PM (+50w1) 13
I don't know if Friend really wants to get his job back. They will just take him out while he's working. Accidental shootings happen. He's in more danger than Serpico.
Posted by: Eddie Baby at September 27, 2022 05:43 PM (wpJDK) 14
Chuck wrote a letter. What more could he possibly do?
Posted by: huerfano, stochastic commenter at September 27, 2022 05:43 PM (dTFZY) 15
Congressional Republicans Demand Interview With FBI Agent Who Covered Up For Hunter Biden's Laptop ------- Oh, FFS. If my eyes rolled any further back, they'd snap my optic nerves. Nobody is fooled by your stupid theatrics, you corrupt bastards. GTFO here with this noise. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2022 05:43 PM (oINRc) 16
Don't worry. I'm sure the red wave in November will fix all of this. lol
Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 05:43 PM (OHy0b) 17
So how is it this piece of shit slithers off into the tall grass, but Trump is getting harassed and raised?
What's the rule, here, precisely? Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 05:44 PM (6FeV1) 18
At this point, the only way to get to him is to leak to Team Clinton that he has all the evidence needed to see Hillary and Bill convicted of crimes.
Then. Offer him a deal. Posted by: garrett at September 27, 2022 05:44 PM (7pPNd) 19
Hey. You Fucked Up. You Trusted Us.
Posted by: Sens. Eric Otter Stratton and John Bluto Bultarsky at September 27, 2022 05:45 PM (gmo/4) Posted by: Axeman at September 27, 2022 05:45 PM (krQz2) 21
12 Maybe Trey Gowdy can come out of retirement for a special guest appearance.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 05:42 PM (+50w1) ++++++ Gowdy made the best theater. He was actually good at the oratory stuff and his hair was always interesting, but ultimately not matter how well he spoke or how interesting his hair, nothing happened, ever. Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 05:45 PM (OHy0b) 22
Whistle blowing so soon after pride Month?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at September 27, 2022 05:46 PM (7oI5w) 23
>>>At this point, the only way to get to him is to leak to Team Clinton that he has all the evidence needed to see Hillary and Bill convicted of crimes.
Then. Offer him a deal. Posted by: garrett at September 27, 2022 05:44 PM (7pPNd) I mean, he probably does. He's just decided to cover it up. Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at September 27, 2022 05:46 PM (QYPq3) 24
If you're receiving a government pension, it should be the same rules as if you're employed.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 27, 2022 05:46 PM (g1EEm) 25
>>>>Do they bother justifying censorship any longer? Or are we just in The ENDGAME now, where they drop all masks and just announce that They Are Now In Total Control
Coming off that last thread, I read that as: "Or are we in ENGLAND now..." Either way works, I guess. Posted by: Prime Sister at September 27, 2022 05:46 PM (tQL7r) 26
The only thing I can think of, is that these GOPers are so far in this DC bubble that they actually have no idea that nobody believes their bullshit anymore. Why else go through these pointless motions?
I think they sit in their clubs and laugh to each other about hiding the ball from the rubes again, and don't know that everyone is just ignoring them. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2022 05:46 PM (oINRc) 27
Gowdy made the best theater. He was actually good at the oratory stuff and his hair was always interesting, but ultimately not matter how well he spoke or how interesting his hair, nothing happened, ever.
Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 05:45 PM (OHy0b) Darrell Issa is the same way, minus the hair factor. Posted by: Mark1971 at September 27, 2022 05:46 PM (xPl2J) 28
Congressional Republicans Demand Interview With FBI Agent Who Covered Up For Hunter Biden's Laptop
........ Breaking News: Congressional Republicans Raided at 3:00am and Perp Walked While Still in Their Wives Undies Posted by: wth at September 27, 2022 05:47 PM (v0R5T) 29
I tried that store brand Bricks and Granola cereal once. One.
Posted by: An Antifag at September 27, 2022 05:47 PM (sn5EN) 30
Remember when nobody could say the name of the shampeachment whistleblower lest that be taken as reprisal.
Garland out and fuckin' fired a guy. Posted by: Axeman at September 27, 2022 05:47 PM (krQz2) 31
"Republicans Demand Interview With FBI Agent"
Well, if they can't interview him, how about the "51 intelligence experts" that authored the HB laptop 'disinformation' letter? Subpoena all of them, grill em for hours under hot lights. Those fuckers fucked the election but good, and their guilt is plain. Who ran them? Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at September 27, 2022 05:47 PM (24fqN) 32
I think there is a non zero chance they openly nix the midterms somehow
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 05:48 PM (yezA1) 33
Whistle blowers?
Where? Posted by: Whistle Blowee at September 27, 2022 05:48 PM (v4L7Y) 34
These guys. Go after these cocksuckers:
https://tinyurl.com/4c659eus Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at September 27, 2022 05:48 PM (24fqN) 35
In a blistering letter accusing FBI leadership of retaliating against a protected whistleblower,
Next time they will write a scathing letter. And you don't even want to know what comes after scathing! Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at September 27, 2022 05:48 PM (VtqbX) 36
Since they're revoking security clearances as punishment, they should start with Clapper and Comey and Brennan and Hillary, right? Right?
Posted by: 496 at September 27, 2022 05:49 PM (VJsqe) 37
Gowdy made the best theater. He was actually good at the oratory stuff and his hair was always interesting, but ultimately not matter how well he spoke or how interesting his hair, nothing happened, ever.
Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 05:45 PM (OHy0b) Darrell Issa is the same way, minus the hair factor. Posted by: Mark1971 at September 27, 2022 05:46 PM (xPl2J) Chuck Grassley is old school. He'll send a strongly worded letter! Posted by: Archer at September 27, 2022 05:49 PM (gmo/4) 38
I've got your whistle right here.
Posted by: A Whistle at September 27, 2022 05:49 PM (krQz2) 39
Nix them or brazenly steal them
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 05:49 PM (yezA1) 40
>>>Well, if they can't interview him, how about the "51 intelligence experts" that authored the HB laptop 'disinformation' letter? Subpoena all of them, grill em for hours under hot lights. Those fuckers fucked the election but good, and their guilt is plain. Who ran them?
Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at September 27, 2022 05:47 PM (24fqN) Oh yoo-hoo. Posted by: Chairman Xi at September 27, 2022 05:49 PM (QYPq3) 41
They didn't send a strongly-worded letter this time, but a "blistering letter"! That should change things.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 27, 2022 05:50 PM (H8QX8) 42
>>>>Without a security clearance, you can't work in most government positions. So it's a default suspension without pay.
And it might be noted, without a security clearance you can't really get work at too many govt contractors, either. Posted by: Prime Sister at September 27, 2022 05:50 PM (tQL7r) 43
Maybe an appearance on Hannity - that always seems to get results for us.
Posted by: 496 at September 27, 2022 05:50 PM (VJsqe) Posted by: Wray at September 27, 2022 05:50 PM (JB29E) 45
Again, I'd care a lot more about this type of thing if I knew there would be consequences.
But there won't, and I don't. Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at September 27, 2022 05:51 PM (TU8Tj) Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 27, 2022 05:51 PM (PAY0n) 47
Not leftwing groups, though -- antifa, as you may have heard from Christopher Wray himself, is not a movement so much as it is an "ideology." And you can't investigate someone for having connections to a mere ideology.
---------- "Look, fat -- it's a MYTH! Snoopy.com has already debunked that conspiracy theory ..." Posted by: ShainS -- Go Galt or Go Rome at September 27, 2022 05:51 PM (kwxAU) 48
43 Maybe an appearance on Hannity - that always seems to get results for us.
Posted by: 496 at September 27, 2022 05:50 PM (VJsqe) I think Hannity has some sexual fantasy that involved him a federal agent, a woman and a jar of chunky peanut butter. Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 05:52 PM (OHy0b) 49
Pssstttt!!!
Pass it along! Thibault has evidence that can lead to the arrest and conviction of Hillary Clinton. Posted by: Diogenes at September 27, 2022 05:52 PM (anj39) 50
Is there any gov't entity that is not corrupt?
Posted by: Infidel at September 27, 2022 05:52 PM (+J0HH) 51
Chuck wrote a letter. What more could he possibly do?
Posted by: huerfano, stochastic commenter at September 27, 2022 05:43 PM (dTFZY) Strenuously object. Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 27, 2022 05:53 PM (yQpMk) 52
Nix them or brazenly steal them
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 05:49 PM (yezA1) Nah. Trump's gone; mission accomplished. They can go back to the shell-game-as-usual now. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2022 05:53 PM (oINRc) 53
but ultimately not matter how well he spoke or how interesting his hair, nothing happened, ever.
Posted by: DFCtomm at September I Mean if you want to call a fat federal pension and a Fox News gig nothing... Posted by: Gowdy at September 27, 2022 05:53 PM (JB29E) 54
An interview? Like, for a job?
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 27, 2022 05:53 PM (FJYfm) 55
Oh yoo-hoo.
Posted by: Chairman Xi at September 27, 2022 05:49 PM (QYPq3) ------- I still can't believe he subjected our envoys to anal swab covid tests. Posted by: 496 at September 27, 2022 05:53 PM (VJsqe) 56
I think Hannity has some sexual fantasy that involved him a federal agent, a woman and a jar of chunky peanut butter.
Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 05:52 PM (OHy0b) What about me? - The Man with the Melon Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 27, 2022 05:53 PM (yQpMk) 57
50 Is there any gov't entity that is not corrupt?
Posted by: Infidel at September 27, 2022 05:52 PM (+J0HH) I'm gonna have to get back to ya in that one? Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 27, 2022 05:54 PM (xDh35) 58
Not leftwing groups, though -- antifa, as you may have heard from Christopher Wray himself, is not a movement so much as it is an "ideology." And you can't investigate someone for having connections to a mere ideology.
Posted by: ShainS -- Go Galt or Go Rome at September 27, 2022 05:51 PM (kwxAU) --- Wray should close his mouth, the pile of crap is getting deep here. "White supremacy" isn't an organization. It is an ideology. They are damn sure trying to prosecute that! Posted by: A Whistle at September 27, 2022 05:54 PM (krQz2) 59
Is there any gov't entity that is not corrupt? ------- No. There are no large private institutions that are not corrupt, either. Banana republic. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2022 05:55 PM (oINRc) 60
What about me? - The Man with the Melon
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 27, 2022 05:53 PM (yQpMk) +++++ If you have some kind of badge you can flash then he might be down for it. Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 05:55 PM (OHy0b) 61
What about me? - The Man with the Melon
I don't know what this reference is about, but I want to. Posted by: guy with a melon scoop at September 27, 2022 05:55 PM (KFhLj) 62
I remember the olden days when Congressional Hearings made me happy. But unless a result of the Hearing is a slap and arrest of these criminal government employees it is not sufficient distraction. Perhaps a necessary step of documentation still but I ready for some SMOD.
Posted by: Iris at September 27, 2022 05:55 PM (NaH5I) 63
I don't know what this reference is about, but I want to.
Posted by: guy with a melon scoop at September 27, 2022 05:55 PM (KFhLj) ------- Fetterman? Posted by: 496 at September 27, 2022 05:55 PM (VJsqe) 64
Candace took a poll asking who thought the government would intentionally do them harm. Nearly 90% said yes, it would.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 27, 2022 05:56 PM (H8QX8) 65
Republicans are useless.
Maybe better ones will get elected in Nov. Posted by: Colonel Travis at September 27, 2022 05:56 PM (RG7Wy) 66
Is there any gov't entity that is not corrupt?
Posted by: Infidel at September 27, 2022 05:52 PM (+J0HH) --- If there is, it doesn't have power. So, maybe somewhere in California. Posted by: Axeman at September 27, 2022 05:56 PM (krQz2) 67
Is there any gov't entity that is not corrupt?
Posted by: Infidel at September 27, 2022 05:52 PM (+J0HH) I've got nothing. -- Diogenes Posted by: Archer at September 27, 2022 05:56 PM (gmo/4) 68
A former Civil service employee can't be compelled to testify in front of congress, but they can be subpoenaed. And the current doj will say....nah bro, never mind your cool.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 27, 2022 05:57 PM (bVYXr) 69
Quaid! Open your mind to me, Quaid!
Posted by: Fetterman's Neck Lump at September 27, 2022 05:57 PM (yQpMk) 70
I'm surprised he's not dead yet. One thing about Poo Tin, he wouldn't put up with this guy breathing. Brandon is a lazy tyrant.
Posted by: torabora at September 27, 2022 05:58 PM (Y274z) 71
Is there any gov't entity that is not corrupt?
Posted by: Infidel ......... my garbage got picked up last Thursday, but I have no idea where they took it. Posted by: wth at September 27, 2022 05:58 PM (v0R5T) 72
Well seeing as the government intentionally harmed them for over 2 1/2 years maybe they are getting wise...
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 05:58 PM (yezA1) 73
Every year, in a tradition dating back to Herbert Hoover, each graduating class leaves Quantico, boards buses bound for NYC, and takes turn despoiling the wife of a prominent Irish-American broadcaster while he watches from a closet. It is the tie that binds our brotherhood. Posted by: Special Agent at September 27, 2022 05:58 PM (oINRc) 74
my garbage got picked up last Thursday, but I have no idea where they took it.
Posted by: wth at September 27, 2022 05:58 PM (v0R5T) The last clean body of water in China? Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 05:58 PM (OHy0b) 75
70 He would have fallen out a window weeks ago...
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 05:59 PM (yezA1) 76
all I have is a link to a pretty lady on a boat. She probably cheats on her taxes
https://bit.ly/3UIyAPE Posted by: Kindltot at September 27, 2022 05:59 PM (xhaym) 77
Hey neck lump! Where the three tittied martian hookers at?
Posted by: Archer at September 27, 2022 05:59 PM (gmo/4) 78
I see a bunch of folks are reading ahead and buying my book on the Spanish Civil War. Smart play.
Those of you who have already read it (apparently this does not include Ace, because he would understand things a lot more) already recognize where we are on the timeline. As in Spain, the rule is Antifa gets to cave your head in, and you get arrested for bleeding if you survive. On the plus side, we have not *yet* reached their level of violence. That's a good thing. Our government is a bit more stable than the young Second Republic. Still, the Spanish left couldn't take "yes" for an answer and had to push until it went too far. Specifically, a uniformed policeman abducted and killed the center-right floor leader, and then was left alone. No attempt was made to arrest him. And that was when their cold civil war got hot. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 05:59 PM (llXky) 79
73 Ham and eggers
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 06:00 PM (yezA1) Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 06:00 PM (+50w1) 81
Manchin just caved to his fellow Democrats allowing them to continue to crush American energy production and then had the gall to blame Putin for his actions.
Putin is the wonder drug of the ages! It causes & cures everything! Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at September 27, 2022 06:01 PM (MFZ8i) 82
FWIW, I thnk ace has it reversed, movements are these things, you know. anti-fa is just a movement of people who are really obsessed with travelling to 1920's Europe to stop the fascii from rising. American republicans are criminals
Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at September 27, 2022 06:01 PM (OuH7W) 83
all I have is a link to a pretty lady on a boat. She probably cheats on her taxes
https://bit.ly/3UIyAPE Posted by: Kindltot at September 27, 2022 05:59 PM (xhaym) That girl gots a plug in her belly button. Posted by: Archer at September 27, 2022 06:01 PM (gmo/4) 84
A former Civil service employee can't be compelled to testify in front of congress, but they can be subpoenaed. And the current doj will say....nah bro, never mind your cool.
Posted by: Mister Scott Unlike the J6 protestors and related mooks who got hauled in under threat. The GOP pres needs to put it to every DOJ manager to haul in everyone involved in the Russia, Russia, Russia! affair, pantifa stuff, 2020 voting disaster by pointing to the precedent they set. If they are unwilling to follow suit, they get bounced. Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 27, 2022 06:01 PM (IyrhE) 85
What the he** is "globoHebrewhomo" some guy at the end of the last thread is complaining about. Just a diss of Israel or Jews in general?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 27, 2022 06:01 PM (vH/6k) 86
If you're receiving a government pension, it should be the same rules as if you're employed.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 27, 2022 05:46 ***** So you must be some kind of shit disturbed. Posted by: torabora at September 27, 2022 06:01 PM (Y274z) 87
Putin is the wonder drug of the ages! It causes & cures everything!
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at September 27, 2022 06:01 PM (MFZ8i) ++++ Well, Bin Laden is dead............. probably. Plot twist! Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 06:01 PM (OHy0b) 88
Congressional Republicans? Blistering letter? I guess that refers to the fact that the letter is splattered with monkeypox. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2022 06:01 PM (oINRc) 89
You've got a friend, Steve.
Posted by: James Taylor at September 27, 2022 06:02 PM (63Dwl) Posted by: MonkeyPox at September 27, 2022 06:03 PM (7pPNd) 91
A few weeks ago, The Hangman and His Wife by Nancy Dougherty was featured on the Book Thread and it looked interesting so I bought it. (Damn Book Thread!) It's about Nazi Reinhard Heydrich based largely on a series of interviews with his wife. This is a Heydrich you haven't seen before. In addition to intimate details about his marriage, there is much about an insecure Heydrich trying to navigate his way through the Nazi labyrinths of power.
I don't know why I thought of this when I read this thread about the FBI. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 06:03 PM (FVME7) 92
Just you wait until Durham finds out about this. Oooh boy is there gonna be hell to pay.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 06:03 PM (+50w1) 93
Weaselzippers: Give us money
Also Weaselzippers: Let's cancel Desantis because he might have said something not nice about Trump. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at September 27, 2022 06:04 PM (VtqbX) 94
I remember the olden days when Congressional Hearings made me happy. But unless a result of the Hearing is a slap and arrest of these criminal government employees it is not sufficient distraction. Perhaps a necessary step of documentation still but I ready for some SMOD.
Posted by: Iris at September 27, 2022 05:55 PM (NaH5I) --- Congress used to actually exercise the power of the purse. People have to be at least 29 to remember this, but if you crossed a committee chair, your appropriation was slashed. Budgets were done by department, so you didn't have these fake shutdowns because if the DoJ offends you, you fund them last. And then you make them squirm. The Big Lie is that the GOP had this power and *never used it*. For all their talk of "norms," that WAS THE NORM. This business of creating a giant impenetrable "omnibus" budget was about unilaterally disarming themselves. They. All. Know. This. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:04 PM (llXky) 95
Republicans are engaged in failure theater again. Ah, the pre- 2017 good old days. Mouthy but flaccid
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:05 PM (Zzbjj) 96
When was the FBI ever the good guy? Was it when J Edgar was opening investigations on everyone in D.C. to obtain blackmail material so he could maintain power? Was it when the FBI was keeping tabs on MLK Jr? Was it when the FBI tried to blackmail MLK Jr into committing suicide? Was it when they were ineffectually chasing Bonnie and Clyde?
Was the FBI the good guy when they were directing their crime lab to return whatever results were most likely to result in conviction? Was it when they were touting "criminal profiling," which has never undergone scientific scrutiny and is akin to astrology? Was it when they refused to record their interviews and refused to provide their contemporaneous notes, instead providing form 302s as an official record? Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2022 06:05 PM (eyxn4) 97
Its no coincidence that Republicans demand this now, after they know he cant (wont) testify. More kabuki theatre.
Posted by: TheLastPatriot at September 27, 2022 06:05 PM (CGKhG) 98
And that was when their cold civil war got hot.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd //// Just wondering -- are you cheerleading us into a cold civil war going hot? Posted by: Prime Sister at September 27, 2022 06:05 PM (tQL7r) 99
I am burning a couch in Machin's honor this weekend. Better than trying to recreate the Ned Beatty scene in Deliverance which is more accurate to what happened to him. Judas always ends up,the same, amazing.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at September 27, 2022 06:05 PM (AaLDK) 100
Prime Sister STFU
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at September 27, 2022 06:06 PM (AaLDK) 101
97 indeed, tos the middle school drama club back at work.
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:06 PM (Zzbjj) 102
Can’t Durham subpoena Thibault in front of his GJ, under penalty?
Posted by: Zombie Ronald Reagan, please save us! at September 27, 2022 06:07 PM (SV0m2) 103
Can’t Durham subpoena Thibault in front of his GJ, under penalty?
Posted by: Zombie Ronald Reagan Not before the the midterms!!! Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at September 27, 2022 06:07 PM (VtqbX) 104
Fuck manchin that fuck. Fuck
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 27, 2022 06:08 PM (xDh35) 105
are we just in The Endgame now, where they drop all masks and just announce that They Are Now In Total Control?
The proper response, as Breitbart put it is: Fuck you, war. Posted by: Methos at September 27, 2022 06:08 PM (kOpft) 106
Two more weeks!
Posted by: torabora at September 27, 2022 06:08 PM (Y274z) 107
The GOP does since because most Republicans still believe in the #TwoWeeks bullshit.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 06:08 PM (+50w1) 108
Just wondering -- are you cheerleading us into a cold civil war going hot?
Posted by: Prime Sister at September 27, 2022 06:05 PM (tQL7r) --- Obviously not. I'm pointing out that history moves in familiar cycles. The abduction and killing of Jose Calvo Sotelo was in fact an impulsive act by a rogue officer and much has been written about it. No one at the time knew that it would be a hinge point of history, but it was. As I said, the Second Republic was a far shakier entity so there is still reason to hope we avoid Spain's fate. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:08 PM (llXky) 109
The greatest threat to America in history,
Good God man they've already elected Trump twice. Who knows what they'll do next. Posted by: DaveA at September 27, 2022 06:08 PM (FhXTo) Posted by: jc at September 27, 2022 06:08 PM (N1WXz) 111
Magic eight ball days definitely probably.
Posted by: torabora at September 27, 2022 06:09 PM (Y274z) 112
Not before the the midterms!!!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at September 27, 2022 06:07 PM (VtqbX) And not after either. Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 06:09 PM (+50w1) 113
It has been over 2 years since we were fretting about whether Durham would drop indictments before the election.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at September 27, 2022 06:09 PM (VtqbX) 114
Do they bother justifying censorship any longer? Or are we just in The Endgame now, where they drop all masks and just announce that They Are Now In Total Control?
You've broken the code, ace. YOUVE BROKEN THE CODE Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2022 06:10 PM (pwExq) 115
There is a 100% chance that there is a 0% chance anything will happen to the fascists.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 06:10 PM (+50w1) 116
Also Weaselzippers: Let's cancel Desantis because he might have said something not nice about Trump.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! It's going to take more than an anonymously sourced Daily Mail article to get me to believe that. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 06:11 PM (FVME7) 117
113 It has been over 2 years since we were fretting about whether Durham would drop indictments before the election.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at September 27, 2022 06:09 PM (VtqbX) ++++ Durham's job is to tie everything up with an investigation so that all relevant persons can say "I can't talk about an ongoing investigation" till forever. Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 06:11 PM (OHy0b) 118
since we were fretting about whether Durham would drop indictments before the election.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at September 27, 2022 06:09 PM (VtqbX) —- We? Lol. There was a small group that was guzzling #TwoWeeks shit. Most of us knew better. Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 06:11 PM (+50w1) 119
As I said, the Second Republic was a far shakier entity so there is still reason to hope we avoid Spain's fate.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd //// Sorry, I didn't catch the meaning of that part of your post at all. My bad Posted by: Prime Sister at September 27, 2022 06:12 PM (tQL7r) 120
102 Can’t Durham subpoena Thibault in front of his GJ, under penalty?
Posted by: Zombie Ronald Reagan, please save us! at September 27, 2022 06:07 PM (SV0m2) The grand jury whose term expired? That grand jury? Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2022 06:12 PM (pwExq) Posted by: torabora at September 27, 2022 06:12 PM (Y274z) 122
A former Civil service employee can't be compelled to testify in front of congress, but they can be subpoenaed. And the current doj will say....nah bro, never mind your cool.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 27, 2022 05:57 PM (bVYXr) ----------- Steve Bannion didn't seem to get the favored treatment. Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 27, 2022 06:13 PM (rDHuw) 123
Only federal employees are obligated to testify and, what a coincidence, he's not an employee any longer.
You say it like it's a bad thing. Posted by: Dr. Anthony Fauci at September 27, 2022 06:13 PM (Sv58p) 124
This can all be cured by wearing three masks and getting multiple boosters.
Posted by: Archer at September 27, 2022 06:13 PM (gmo/4) 125
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 06:13 PM (Zz0t1) 126
""Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
- Lord Acton In the current Administration, everyone from Biden on down, talks, behaves, and performs their jobs as if they are not answerable to Congress or the Federal Courts. Or to the voters. IMHO, this is the root cause of the problems in the FBI, IRS, and every other part of the Administration. The day after the November 8th elections, Biden and his execrable associates will begin yelling that they will not cooperate with the new MAGA Congress on anything. They will say they will not work with anti-democrat insurrectionists who intend to destroy the wonderful America Joe is creating. What they will really mean is they don't give a damn care what a majority of voters want if they don't vote Democrat. Biden and Company will ignore every Federal Court order to provide materials and testimony to Congressional Committees, for as long as the Courts let them. The Democrats are lawless. We have only had a taste of it so far. Posted by: Gref at September 27, 2022 06:13 PM (AMIL/) 127
There are also experiences that remind me I'm in Texas, like a dead snake's skin being tangled in my daughter's scooter wheels, a "beware of alligators" sign at a playground, armadillo sightings, a lack of road shoulders, and guns-and-ammo signs next to a pet store.
armadillo sightings NYC mom now in Texas The dreaded armadillo. In NYC this is like the sta puff monster I guess! Posted by: rhennigantx at September 27, 2022 06:14 PM (BRHaw) 128
Charge him with factual crimes in a court of law and discovery will destroy his fifth amendment protection.
Posted by: astonerii at September 27, 2022 06:14 PM (VcZlJ) 129
Congressional Republicans Demand Interview With FBI Agent Who Covered Up For Hunter Biden's Laptop
He'll refuse. It's the "nanny nanny boo boo" and "neener neener" response. Quite effective in these situations. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 06:14 PM (Zz0t1) 130
oooh fun there's a massive garbage fire in Philly
it's trash fire season! break out the cheesesteak spice! Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 27, 2022 06:14 PM (w0NJk) 131
100 Prime Sister ST*U
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem //// Could you please repeat that in Latin? I did quite catch your drift, my liege. Posted by: Prime Sister at September 27, 2022 06:14 PM (tQL7r) 132
How they justify this, I have no idea.
"Justification, to g*d-damned hell with justifications! We have no justifications! In fact, we don't need justifications. I don't have to show you any stinking justifications, you g*d-damned cabrón and chinga tu madre!" -- Gold Hat Zuck Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 27, 2022 06:15 PM (a3Q+t) 133
It takes a lot of time to come up with a good idea I guess.
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 27, 2022 06:15 PM (ytSiK) 134
In the current Administration, everyone from Biden on down, talks, behaves, and performs their jobs as if they are not answerable to Congress or the Federal Courts. Or to the voters. IMHO, this is the root cause of the problems in the FBI, IRS, and every other part of the Administration.
Posted by: Gref at September 27, 2022 06:13 PM (AMIL/) ++++++ SKYNET is self aware. Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 06:15 PM (OHy0b) 135
"Trump supporter who assaulted a D.C. police officer during Capitol riot sentenced to more than 7 years in prison."
I think this was the aluminum flagpole guy. Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 06:15 PM (yikp0) 136
If Breitbart can be convicted for not answering a Congressional subpoena this guy can, right?
Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2022 06:16 PM (pwExq) Posted by: Axeman at September 27, 2022 06:16 PM (krQz2) 138
126 ""Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
- Lord Acton For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Lord of Action, Newton. Posted by: rhennigantx at September 27, 2022 06:16 PM (BRHaw) 139
Sorry, I didn't catch the meaning of that part of your post at all. My bad
Posted by: Prime Sister at September 27, 2022 06:12 PM (tQL7r) --- Spain is probably the closest analogue to where we are because its revolution happened after prolonged peace. Parallels to Russia or Germany or China fail because years of total war predated the Communist takeover. There are key differences, however. For one thing Spain's political system was not decentralized as ours, and while the US is showing some age, Spain's second republic was not even a decade old when the war came. I think Long Live Death stands on its own as historical analysis, but part of what impelled me to write it in 2020 was the similarities I saw between then and now. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:16 PM (llXky) 140
Charge him with factual crimes in a court of law and discovery will destroy his fifth amendment protection.
Posted by: astonerii at September 27, 2022 06:14 PM Serious question, who is going to charge him? Most certainty the current doj will not do anything, the fib....not happening. So who do you think is going to charge him with a crime? Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 27, 2022 06:16 PM (bVYXr) 141
"Trump supporter who assaulted a D.C. police officer during Capitol riot sentenced to more than 7 years in prison."
I think this was the aluminum flagpole guy. Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 06:15 PM (yikp0) That's no jail time in NYC if your black or brown. Posted by: Archer at September 27, 2022 06:17 PM (gmo/4) 142
102 Durham will do fuck all to the FBI and DOJ. You didn't really believe a Barr apppointee would have integrity, did you?
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:17 PM (Zzbjj) 143
How about that middle aged woman who assaulted their clubs with her head? If she wasn't dead she'd be looking at some serious jail time....
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 06:17 PM (yezA1) 144
Was it when they were touting "criminal profiling," which has never undergone scientific scrutiny and is akin to astrology?
Posted by: bonhomme Hey! That stuff is solid. I've watched MindHunter. They said so. And Anna Torv is hot. Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 27, 2022 06:17 PM (g1EEm) 145
Bannon I meant.
Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2022 06:18 PM (pwExq) 146
This can all be cured by wearing three masks and getting multiple boosters.
What happens when the willing minions realize they got the same death jabs as the deplorables, that they were never part of the New World Order of 500 million? A popcorn shortage, that's what. Posted by: t-bird at September 27, 2022 06:18 PM (amJF4) 147
141 or if you're BLM or Antifa on DC. Where is Joe Alcoff?
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:18 PM (Zzbjj) 148
In the current Administration, everyone from Biden on down, talks, behaves, and performs their jobs as if they are not answerable to Congress or the Federal Courts. Or to the voters. IMHO, this is the root cause of the problems in the FBI, IRS, and every other part of the Administration. Silly rubes. It's a system of writing checks and ledger balances. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 06:18 PM (Zz0t1) 149
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
- Lord Acton Incorrect. Power attracts sociopaths; absolute power attracts psychopaths. Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 27, 2022 06:18 PM (IyrhE) 150
Use the Force, Egg McMuffin! Use the Force!
Juan Williams@TheJuanWilliams What makes #Utah significant is that @EvanMcMullin win potentially opens a new way for politicians to get out of the rut of polarized, do-nothing, two-party politics. Think of Evan as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars trying to blow up the Empire’s starship. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 06:18 PM (FVME7) 151
> oooh fun there's a massive garbage fire in Philly
When the entire city is a garbage pile, fires tend to spread. Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2022 06:19 PM (eyxn4) 152
Every MSM story on this is an exercise of deliberately ignoring the forest for the trees, e.g. "agent accused of prematurely closing a branch of the Hunter Biden investigation" as opposed to "massive conspiracy of the intelligence services to obstruct an investigation of the Democratic candidates influence peddling" or "conspiracy to commit fraud on the FISA court to spy on Republicans" etc etc
Posted by: Zek at September 27, 2022 06:19 PM (fsV7e) 153
140. Utterly naive or laughable?
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:19 PM (Zzbjj) 154
Come on! Come on! Everyone enter the FBI! We have to enter the building! Let's go! Posted by: Ray Epps at September 27, 2022 06:19 PM (+oR7L) 155
What Grassley, et. al. need to do is set the Hunter laptop aside for a moment and command Steve Friend and Kyle Seraphin to testify about these things, and since they're still nominally employed they (and their bosses) can't refuse or prevaricate.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at September 27, 2022 06:19 PM (peMLN) 156
Serious question, who is going to charge him? Most certainty the current doj will not do anything, the fib....not happening. So who do you think is going to charge him with a crime?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 27, 2022 06:16 PM (bVYXr) --- State courts could step up. That would require them to want to, though. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:20 PM (llXky) 157
... and just announce that They Are Now In Total Control?
We're in the Twilight Zone, and changing the channel is not allowed. Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 27, 2022 06:20 PM (a3Q+t) 158
When the entire city is a garbage pile, fires tend to spread.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2022 06:19 PM (eyxn4) ++++++ It's a common enough occurrence in third world countries .............. Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 06:20 PM (OHy0b) 159
154. Our nation is on a ventilator.
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:21 PM (Zzbjj) 160
Nothing will happen. If
The GOPe was truly serious, they would go scorched earth and stop EVERYTHING. But. They are limp wristed, graf guzzling lying Motherfuckinghamsterfuckers who are enjoying becoming billionaires. Fuck Them Never another dime. Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 06:21 PM (/fpim) 161
No two revolutions or civil wars are exactly alike, yet similar situations can come up.
Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2022 06:21 PM (xhxe8) 162
>>>Every year, in a tradition dating back to Herbert Hoover, each graduating class leaves Quantico, boards buses bound for NYC, and takes turn despoiling the wife of a prominent Irish-American broadcaster while he watches from a closet. It is the tie that binds our brotherhood.
>Don't forget the final initiation is to pick a random neighborhood and shoot a dog on a leash. Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 27, 2022 06:22 PM (w2Z7l) 163
I think Long Live Death stands on its own as historical analysis, but part of what impelled me to write it in 2020 was the similarities I saw between then and now.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd //// Well, obviously, I need to read it Posted by: Prime Sister at September 27, 2022 06:22 PM (tQL7r) 164
Make them all resign or face prosecution
Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2022 06:22 PM (xhxe8) 165
161 History never repeats. But it rhymes.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 27, 2022 06:22 PM (g1EEm) 166
156 Blue states will side with Garland, some redstates too.
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:22 PM (Zzbjj) 167
The sooner the DOJ and the FBI are abolished the sooner we get our freedoms back.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 27, 2022 06:22 PM (R/m4+) 168
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary...
I wonder if we'll ever see that happen again in this country.. Posted by: Archer at September 27, 2022 06:22 PM (gmo/4) 169
What happens when the willing minions realize they got the same death jabs as the deplorables, that they were never part of the New World Order of 500 million?
Posted by: t-bird at September 27, 2022 06:18 PM Nothing. According to plan, it's too late. Posted by: The Elite at September 27, 2022 06:22 PM (a3Q+t) 170
This blurb at Insty tells you what's going on.
--- IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: Investigation into congressional stock trading reveals massive corruption red flags. “‘From 2019 to 2021, 183 current senators or representatives reported a trade of a stock or another financial asset by themselves or an immediate family member,’ the Times reports . ‘More than half of them sat on congressional committees that potentially gave them insight into the companies whose shares they reported buying or selling.’ The Times investigation also revealed that ‘44 of the 50 members of Congress who were most active in the markets bought or sold securities in companies over which their committee assignments could give them some degree of knowledge or influence.’” --- Suddenly Dan Crenshaw is so clear. Posted by: Axeman at September 27, 2022 06:23 PM (krQz2) 171
""Trump supporter who assaulted a D.C. police officer during Capitol riot sentenced to more than 7 years in prison."
I'm still waiting for a good inventory of all those "Capitol police injuries." I would be 99% are made-up, fatass, donut-breathed whiny-bitch complaints like "PTSD" and "contusions." It just amazes me that although there's been some push back over the bogus "Officer death" outright lies, the "scores of injured officers" crap just seems to be unquestioned and repeated. Posted by: Zek at September 27, 2022 06:23 PM (fsV7e) 172
What Grassley, et. al. need to do is set the Hunter laptop aside for a moment and command Steve Friend and Kyle Seraphin to testify about these things, and since they're still nominally employed they (and their bosses) can't refuse or prevaricate.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at September 27, 2022 06:19 PM obama's wingman eric holder refused to cooperate or appear in front of a republican controlled congress after he was subpoenaed and was impeached for that, absolutely nothing happened to him. Nothing is going to happen to anyone even if Trump wins in 2024. That's a pipe dream. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 27, 2022 06:23 PM (bVYXr) 173
164. And who will prosecute?
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:23 PM (Zzbjj) 174
164 Make them all resign or face prosecution
Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2022 06:22 PM (xhxe ++++++ Funny, but I heard execute them all. Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 06:23 PM (OHy0b) 175
Don't forget the final initiation is to pick a random neighborhood and shoot a dog on a leash.
Posted by: Dr. Bone To get on the promotion fast-track, shoot the dog's owner in the back as he is fleeing. If the owner is a minor? FBI Director material. Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 27, 2022 06:24 PM (g1EEm) 176
The networks will never cover a J6 type committee run by Republicans. EVER. It will be relegated to CSPAN, if they don't somehow find a way to cut coverage of it. The dirty shennanigans of our intelligence community must be brought to light and shown to the world. Posted by: portlandon at September 27, 2022 06:24 PM (+oR7L) 177
The USPS is monitoring people's social media, the FBI is doing intelligence operations and the IRS has guns and ammo.
This isn't going to end well......... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 06:24 PM (Zz0t1) 178
Suddenly Dan Crenshaw is so clear.
Posted by: Axeman It's not like he hid it. Couldn't believe it when he came out with that. Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 27, 2022 06:25 PM (g1EEm) 179
If The GOPe was truly serious, they would go scorched earth and stop EVERYTHING.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 06:21 PM (/fpim) --- They don't even need to do that. They could just use "regular orders" and pass each budget in turn as a separate item. You put the easy ones up first, and there's not much a president can do about it. What, you're going to veto the defense budget in April because you demand the DoJ get funded first? Yeah, that will work in terms of messaging. Do each department and require them to produce witnesses or you push them to the back of the line. The power of the purse is devastating but the GOP has literally given it away. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:25 PM (llXky) 180
there's a massive garbage fire in Philly
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 27, 2022 06:14 PM (w0NJk) --- Why wouldn't Philly consist of its essence? Posted by: Axeman at September 27, 2022 06:25 PM (krQz2) 181
All of this is depressing, maybe Friday, the entire day can be devoted to cute animals, Dadarrio v Gillan, Gainz, Is this something and Queensryche threads.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 27, 2022 06:26 PM (up/3i) 182
I remember Obama admin people appearing at congressional hearings, they were openly contemptuous
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 06:26 PM (yezA1) 183
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 06:21 PM
nurse, you are far too perspicacious and pulchritudinous to be so cynical. Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 27, 2022 06:26 PM (a3Q+t) 184
I remember Obama admin people appearing at congressional hearings, they were openly contemptuous
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 06:26 PM (yezA1) and perjurous. Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 27, 2022 06:27 PM (yQpMk) 185
The GOP are democrats and actors. They hate us.
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:27 PM (Zzbjj) 186
FBI convicted of evidence tapering. Sentenced to 90 minutes of jaw boning from congress.
Posted by: Regular joe at September 27, 2022 06:27 PM (nnp+f) 187
I remember Obama admin people appearing at congressional hearings, they were openly contemptuous
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 06:26 PM (yezA1) --- Because they knew the GOP was just doing it for show. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:28 PM (llXky) 188
A Republican seat in Congress is still a seat at the table of insider trading and massive portfolio enhancement.
Posted by: Axeman at September 27, 2022 06:28 PM (krQz2) 189
187. Failure theater. Always.
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:28 PM (Zzbjj) 190
How about that middle aged woman who assaulted their clubs with her head? If she wasn't dead she'd be looking at some serious jail time...
------------------ Dig her up and try her anyway. Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 06:29 PM (yikp0) 191
"pulchritudinous" is a candidate for the English word with the largest gap between its true meaning and the meaning you guess when you don't know its definition.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 27, 2022 06:29 PM (g1EEm) 192
Our nation is on a ventilator.
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:21 PM (Zzbjj) ........ We've been intubated. Posted by: wth at September 27, 2022 06:29 PM (v0R5T) 193
186. Or until Wray walks out to hop a plane for a ski trip
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:29 PM (Zzbjj) 194
The GOP are democrats and actors. They hate us.
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:27 PM (Zzbjj) --- They are terrified of actual conservatives getting elected and holding their feet to the fire. That's why McConnell wants to lose Arizona rather than deal with Blake Masters. It's also why he killed the stimulus just before the Georgia runoff in 2020 - he preferred iron control of the minority to a majority that might defy him. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:30 PM (llXky) 195
As soon as the GOP has a majority:
Of course, impeachment is off the table Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 06:30 PM (yezA1) 196
Sentenced to 90 minutes of jaw boning from congress.
Posted by: Regular joe at September 27, 2022 06:27 PM Sorry, gotta plane to catch and a vacation to take. Ta ta! Posted by: Chris Wray at September 27, 2022 06:30 PM (a3Q+t) 197
> Hey! That stuff is solid. I've watched MindHunter. They said so. And Anna Torv is hot.
Mindhunter did a pretty good job of showing how criminal profiling isn't scientific. When Torv's character tried to unify their questionnaire and make it more rigorous, they only get partway through reading some of the questions in a single interview before abandoning the script. Of course they do this because the interview subject isn't fully cooperative and won't answer unless they want to. But the point is, that gets tossed. They also have the tale of the school Principal who is behaving questionably. You remember the "nickels for tickles" guy? Was he a kiddy diddler? Maybe. Maybe not. But on the reluctant and somewhat non-committal say so of the agent, the Principal gets fired. The agent also has a conversation with his girlfriend in which she laments how "prosaic" it is there's a trend of serial killers who are, to some extent, created by their awful, single-mother parent. Does that trend hold in every case in such a way one could use that information as evidence? No, but it's one of the more useful trends they uncover. But again, it's not enough to be truly useful. Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2022 06:30 PM (eyxn4) 198
I get tired of watching reruns of DC Kabuki, don’t you?
Posted by: epador at September 27, 2022 06:30 PM (BbSpR) 199
Prime Sister -It's a good read
Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2022 06:30 PM (xhxe8) 200
If
The GOPe was truly serious, they would go scorched earth and stop EVERYTHING. But. They are limp wristed, graf guzzling lying Motherfuckinghamsterfuckers who are enjoying becoming billionaires. Fuck Them Never another dime. Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 06:21 PM (/fpim) I just got an email from Dan Crenshaw begging for money. LULZ!!! Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 06:30 PM (Zz0t1) 201
Ukraine-simps are now claiming that the real target of the sabotage attacks was the new Baltic gas pipeline (that opened today) that brings gas from Norway to Poland, and runs near Bornholm Island.
Their theory apparently is that the Russians blew up their own pipelines three times by mistake. Interestingly, just as the Nordstream pipelines avoided Poland, the Baltic pipeline avoids Germany. Not a lot of trust within the EU. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 06:31 PM (I2/tG) 202
The power of the purse is devastating but the GOP has literally given it away.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:25 PM (llXky) ---------- Foreign government, multinational corporate, multi-billionaire, and K Street power of the purse > Congressional power of the purse. Posted by: ShainS -- Go Galt or Go Rome at September 27, 2022 06:31 PM (kwxAU) 203
Weird: Even though Hollywood churned out a contemptible stew of reboots and woke garbage, the September box office was still the worst it's been in 25 years
- It's a pity. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 06:31 PM (FVME7) 204
194. They will just investigate such conservatives and refuse to work with them ( See Paul Ryan)
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:32 PM (Zzbjj) 205
off topic, noticed at zero hedge:
U.S. Blew Up Russian Gas Pipelines Nord Stream 1 & 2, Says Former Polish Defense Minister [just wanted to note this here] Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 27, 2022 06:32 PM (kFrCu) 206
Mitch McConnell is Chuck Schumer without the charisma.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 27, 2022 06:32 PM (w2Z7l) 207
203 What? I heard that The Woman King is a triumph....
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 06:33 PM (yezA1) 208
206 Schumer has charisma? Cute
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:33 PM (Zzbjj) 209
Murse > Foreign government, multinational corporate, multi-billionaire, and K Street power of the purse > Congressional power of the purse.
Posted by: wth at September 27, 2022 06:33 PM (v0R5T) 210
Investigation into congressional stock trading reveals massive corruption red flags. “‘From 2019 to 2021, 183 current senators or representatives reported a trade of a stock or another financial asset by themselves or an immediate family member,’ the Times reports . ‘More than half of them sat on congressional committees that potentially gave them insight into the companies whose shares they reported buying or selling.’ The Times investigation also revealed that ‘44 of the 50 members of Congress who were most active in the markets bought or sold securities in companies over which their committee assignments could give them some degree of knowledge or influence.’”
--- I read that earlier as well. We're all peasants in their power game that makes them filthy rich on OUR backs. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 06:33 PM (Zz0t1) 211
Our nation is on a ventilator.
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:21 PM (Zzbjj) ........ We've been intubated. Posted by: wth //// And here comes the Remsdesivir. Posted by: Prime Sister at September 27, 2022 06:33 PM (tQL7r) 212
While the House bill has a number of similarities with the Senate's version, including ensuring the vice president only has a ministerial role in overseeing a joint session of Congress approving state-certified electoral results, it differs in some of its details. Among the differences: The number of lawmakers who would be required to force the House and Senate to vote to overturn a state's certified electoral results and the procedures for resolving election disputes in federal courts.
But...uh, wasn't that the crux of the Dems screeching? That the VP role was only ceremonial and Pence had no real power. Now the law has to change to state that? Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at September 27, 2022 06:33 PM (VtqbX) 213
They will just investigate such conservatives and refuse to work with them ( See Paul Ryan)
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:32 PM (Zzbjj) --- We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Paul Ryan because his speakership showed that the True Conservatives never believed a damn thing they said. His "fiscal blueprint" was a baldfaced lie, designed to gull the rubes and more than anything else, he proved that the GOPe hated, really hated, its base. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:34 PM (llXky) 214
205 Twitter has been saying that for hours.
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:34 PM (Zzbjj) 215
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I still can't believe he subjected our envoys to anal swab covid tests. Posted by: 496 ---------------------- You should have heard the giggling. Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 27, 2022 06:34 PM (PAY0n) 216
We're all peasants in their power game that makes them filthy rich on OUR backs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 06:33 PM Welcome to Serfin' U.S.A. Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 27, 2022 06:35 PM (a3Q+t) 217
And here comes the Remsdesivir.
Posted by: Prime Sister at September 27, 2022 06:33 PM (tQL7r) --- Delivered by suppository. Wait, if the doctor's hands are on my shoulders, how is he inserting the meds? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:35 PM (llXky) 218
Ha.
So Pence DID have the ability to point out that the states were not adhering to the constitution and there needed to be time to resolve the issue? Posted by: Moron Robbie - don't ask me to accept what you are when you refused to accept what you are at September 27, 2022 06:35 PM (o1GgP) Posted by: wth at September 27, 2022 06:35 PM (v0R5T) 220
re 214: must be true then. Russian bots trying help Biden widen the war. (or not)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 27, 2022 06:36 PM (kFrCu) Posted by: Moron Robbie - don't ask me to accept what you are when you refused to accept what you are at September 27, 2022 06:36 PM (o1GgP) 222
213. We owe him and his ilk the mess we have now, I feel not one bit of gratitude to that smirking schmuck
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:36 PM (Zzbjj) 223
Why do Americans bury their dead with the butts in the air?
So they have some place to park their electric bicycles. Posted by: wth at September 27, 2022 06:36 PM (v0R5T) 224
U.S. Blew Up Russian Gas Pipelines Nord Stream 1 & 2, Says Former Polish Defense Minister
He's not just the former Polish defense minister, he is also married to Anne Applebaum, who is a key figure in the "crush Russia" group of American neoconservatives. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 06:37 PM (I2/tG) 225
Ukraine-simps are now claiming that the real target of the sabotage attacks was the new Baltic gas pipeline (that opened today) that brings gas from Norway to Poland, and runs near Bornholm Island. Their theory apparently is that the Russians blew up their own pipelines three times by mistake. Interestingly, just as the Nordstream pipelines avoided Poland, the Baltic pipeline avoids Germany. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 06:31 PM This is why I'm advising caution about the 'some assembly required' portion of this conspiracy theory. It doesn't make strategic sense for just about everyone who looks at the map and looks at the direction of the flow of natural gas. But 'fvcking up' is always up near the top of options to first consider. I'm gonna give it another 48 hours. Posted by: Uncle Leo - I'm an old man. I'm confused. at September 27, 2022 06:37 PM (y3pKJ) 226
from each according to his ability, to each according to his need [the modern religion. Pelosi isn't leaving that gated community for a green friendly apartment]
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 27, 2022 06:37 PM (kFrCu) 227
Ha.
So Pence DID have the ability to point out that the states were not adhering to the constitution and there needed to be time to resolve the issue? Posted by: Moron Robbie - don't ask me to accept what you are when you refused to accept what you are at September 27, 2022 06:35 PM (o1GgP) Of course he did. He got the coin for is efforts, remember. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 06:38 PM (Zz0t1) 228
Ooooo... they DEMANDED? Well, that is an escalation! Guess it makes a change from hearings where they are blown off for weekend plans and strongly worded letter.
P Posted by: Lady Lil at September 27, 2022 06:38 PM (0WGkK) 229
Election year posturing. Fuck them.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 27, 2022 06:38 PM (aursc) 230
What we DON'T need is a national police force. Dissolve the FBI and DOJ. Prosecute the directors and fire the underlings, without benefits or retirement, unless retiring to some state prison to act as a penis warmer for thugs.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 27, 2022 06:38 PM (QSjkU) 231
Biden and his cabinet want to destroy the country as fast as possible. I wouldn't put it past them to blow the pipeline to get there.
Posted by: CN at September 27, 2022 06:39 PM (Zzbjj) 232
Just a reminder that larger forces are at work.
Things can be overwhelming, demoralizing, but do not let that separate you from God. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:39 PM (llXky) 233
Forty whistleblowers have shown up and talked to Congress and all we get is another blistering letter?
GOP, you're on very thin ice with us. Posted by: Ultra pj at September 27, 2022 06:39 PM (G1dq6) 234
Are UDYs officially known as Frogpeople now?
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 06:39 PM (yezA1) 235
UDTs
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 06:39 PM (yezA1) 236
two roosters are having sex. They both voted for Biden in Philadelphia. And Atlanta. The end
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 27, 2022 06:40 PM (kFrCu) 237
227 did somebody mention a 4M book deal?
Posted by: Two Pence the fraud at September 27, 2022 06:40 PM (Zzbjj) 238
He's not just the former Polish defense minister, he is also married to Anne Applebaum, who is a key figure in the "crush Russia" group of American neoconservatives.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 06:37 PM (I2/tG) --- Also a rabid Never Trumper. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:40 PM (llXky) 239
S. Blew Up Russian Gas Pipelines Nord Stream 1 & 2, Says Former Polish Defense Minister
[just wanted to note this here] Posted by: gnat //// Didn't he write that in the form of a thank you note?? Posted by: Prime Sister at September 27, 2022 06:40 PM (tQL7r) 240
Must be challenging to work on the algorithms that find the stuff about Agent Friend. "Friend" is a very common word and a simple matching routine won't work.
It has to search for the context that the word is used in along with a number of other qualifiers to determine the context of the other sentences. I'm sure they have metrics on anyone posting as to the likelihood of them being concerned about this through pervious postings. Yes, everyone has been identified as to their politics and how important it is to them. It's a big list, and we are on it. Posted by: pawn at September 27, 2022 06:41 PM (wsHtO) 241
When the congressional Repubs made that demand, did they stamp their feet, too?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 27, 2022 06:41 PM (Wnv9h) 242
The news is interesting these days for what's missing. Turmoil in a China? Crickets. Pipeline rupture after initial reporting? Nada. It's as if newsflow is being controlled.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at September 27, 2022 06:41 PM (AaLDK) 243
His "fiscal blueprint" was a baldfaced lie, designed to gull the rubes and more than anything else, he proved that the GOPe hated, really hated, its base.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:34 PM (llXky) Yup...I still see those stacks and stacks of paper for his so-called "balanced budget" bullshit. Haunts me in my dreams. First the bugle calls, then the funny budget speak, then ream after ream of paper coming at me from all directions. I could stack all the paper like sandbags until the next wave. Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 27, 2022 06:41 PM (R/m4+) 244
Pence was the Fifth column the establishment installed in the Trump admin
Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2022 06:42 PM (yezA1) 245
218 Ha.
So Pence DID have the ability to point out that the states were not adhering to the constitution and there needed to be time to resolve the issue? Posted by: Moron Robbie - don't ask ------------------------ Between that and him hand picking assassins to help Trump and his pay grade he should be the first to be tried. His trial should be an example to all others for what is to befall them. Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 27, 2022 06:42 PM (PAY0n) 246
Maybe someday we can get a law that says the FBI can only investigate things like bank robbery and interstate drug dealing and sex rings.
fat chance. Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 27, 2022 06:42 PM (kFrCu) 247
It is all lies. China, Ukraine, US. I believe nothing.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at September 27, 2022 06:42 PM (VtqbX) 248
The FIB is still covering up the laptop. Haul that person's ass in for grilling.
Posted by: Valiant at September 27, 2022 06:42 PM (cy2xC) 249
Hiya
Posted by: JT at September 27, 2022 06:42 PM (T4tVD) 250
FBI needs to investigate the lower reaches of Hell.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 27, 2022 06:43 PM (QSjkU) 251
https://tinyurl.com/2unkau3d
20 Tweets from Bad Blue Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2022 06:43 PM (xhxe8) 252
You'll be happy to know the senate will pass another CR in which the American people get nothing and the Ukrainians get another $12 billion.
Posted by: Marcus T at September 27, 2022 06:43 PM (vBMpQ) 253
FBI = KGB
Posted by: runner at September 27, 2022 06:44 PM (V13WU) 254
Nick Rekieta got suspended by Twitter today. He said it's probably permanent.
Posted by: Mark1971 at September 27, 2022 06:44 PM (xPl2J) 255
The FIB is still covering up the laptop. Haul that person's ass in for
Posted by: Valiant at September 27, 2022 06:42 PM FIFY. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 27, 2022 06:44 PM (Wnv9h) 256
Gee. I think we should condemn Rep. Jim Jordan, and Senators Grassley and Johnson for ONLY writing letters.
They need to do more! They should follow our lead and sit on the fat flabby over 29 year old backsides and rant and comment anonymously on a web blog. Yeah, that’s what we need more of. * I know you meant to do something else, but you literally pointed out that they aren't doing anything more than WE are. Posted by: Moron Robbie - don't ask me to accept what you are when you refused to accept what you are at September 27, 2022 06:44 PM (o1GgP) 257
Where's all the weepy eco-warriors in parkas scrubbing down a table full of gassy birds with Dawn dish soap?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 06:44 PM (8/xHD) 258
More Polish jokes about America for your enjoyment.
The American government is planning a manned space mission to the sun. When asked if they were afraid the mission would end in disaster they responded: "No, we're not worried, we're going at night." Posted by: wth at September 27, 2022 06:45 PM (v0R5T) 259
anyway, given the Russians recent record on some things, the gas pipe explosions could just be to due corruption and graft. Good pipelines could fetch a lot of money on the black market.
But I won't be so sad if a lot of Germans freeze their kolyecheks off this winter. Shoulda listened to Trump. Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 27, 2022 06:45 PM (kFrCu) 260
If you can throw a switch and cut off the supply of natural gas to Germany and Poland IN Russia, why in the hell would you blow up the pipeline in the Baltic Sea AFTER it has passed through Germany and Poland? Logic people. Slow down and look at a map. I have no clue who did it, but it doesn't make sense. Certainly not enough sense to start hurling nukes around. Tell me Soros is behind it and I might give it a thought. Posted by: Uncle Leo - I'm an old man. I'm confused. at September 27, 2022 06:46 PM (y3pKJ) 261
I like the one about the Cessna crash in the cemetery and 700 bodies had been recovered so far.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - don't ask me to accept what you are when you refused to accept what you are at September 27, 2022 06:46 PM (o1GgP) 262
Where's all the weepy eco-warriors in parkas scrubbing down a table full of gassy birds with Dawn dish soap?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 06:44 PM (8/xHD) --- Not a single person involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill went to prison. Not one. All the deaths, ecological damage, and yet...nada. BP paid handsomely for that and the Greenies accepted their blood money. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:46 PM (llXky) 263
It just amazes me that although there's been some push back over the bogus "Officer death" outright lies, the "scores of injured officers" crap just seems to be unquestioned and repeated.
_____________ My understanding is there were significantly more injuries to law enforcement when BLM had the run of DC a few months earlier than the Jan6 dustup. Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 27, 2022 06:46 PM (fs1hN) 264
pipeline...I would look at the party that:
1. has the capability 2. Benefits 3. has means to get away with it on international stage Posted by: runner at September 27, 2022 06:46 PM (V13WU) 265
U.S. Blew Up Russian Gas Pipelines Nord Stream 1 & 2, Says Former Polish Defense Minister
Surprisingly, he hasn't taken his tweet down thanking the United States for sabotaging the pipelines. He followed that up with a retweet of Biden's February statement promising to shut down Nordstream 2 in the event of an invasion of Ukraine. He then followed that up with: BTW, there's no shortage of pipeline capacity for taking gas from Russia to Western Europe, including Germany. Nordstream's only logic was for Putin to be able to blackmail or wage war on Eastern Europe with impunity. How dare you construct a pipeline that avoids Poland! All Ukrainian and Baltic sea states have opposed Nordstream's construction for 20 years. Now $20 billion of scrap metal lies at the bottom of the sea, another cost to Russia of its criminal decision to invade Ukraine. Someone, @MFA_Russia (Russian Foreign Ministry), did a special maintenance operation. He's a happy camper. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 06:46 PM (I2/tG) 266
re 258: why did the Warsaw Zoo close? The monkey escaped.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 27, 2022 06:46 PM (kFrCu) 267
Has anyone interviewed the laptop yet?
Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2022 06:46 PM (Vr12I) 268
This is the game where the repubs pretend to care about for the forty days before the election, then they forget all about it again.
We knew every bit of this 2 years ago. So did they. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 27, 2022 06:46 PM (r46W7) 269
I know you meant to do something else, but you literally pointed out that they aren't doing anything more than WE are.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - don't ask me to accept what you are when you refused to accept what you are at September 27, 2022 06:44 PM (o1GgP) Oh shit, i just remembered, i actually AM in the U.S. Senate! Crap... i have missed soooooo many votes.... hopefully i can get Mitch to give me a deadline extension. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 06:46 PM (8/xHD) 270
Zerohedge is a known Russian propaganda site. You can bet that whatever they say about Russian culpability is usually the opposite.
Posted by: Marcus T at September 27, 2022 06:47 PM (vBMpQ) 271
Well, when it gets hot, I can roll down the window.
Posted by: Pollock joke punchlines at September 27, 2022 06:47 PM (aursc) 272
Where's all the weepy eco-warriors in parkas scrubbing down a table full of gassy birds with Dawn dish soap?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 06:44 PM I'd laugh if someone took a pic with birds and a bottle of simethicone. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 27, 2022 06:47 PM (Wnv9h) 273
pipeline...I would look at the party that:
1. has the capability 2. Benefits 3. has means to get away with it on international stage Posted by: runner at September 27, 2022 06:46 PM I think 3 rules out the Brandon Administration. Is there anything they haven't fucked up? Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 27, 2022 06:50 PM (Wnv9h) 274
If the repubs go back to regular order i.e. putting spending bills on each department, debating than up or down vote on each one, things might begin to change. They made some noises about this in the Obama years, but when Ryan was handed the levers, he passed. I'm guessing McCarthy didn't mention this in his new contract with America. So I guess we'll never get back to how congress was supposed to work.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 27, 2022 06:50 PM (fs1hN) 275
Team GOP, channeling SouthPark's BP:
"We're sorry" ...Or Henry Jones: "I'm Sorry, Son...They Got Us" ....Or Galadriel, LOTR: "But They Were All Of Them Deceived" Posted by: geewhiz at September 27, 2022 06:50 PM (XjuKB) 276
256 Gee. I think we should condemn Rep. Jim Jordan, and Senators Grassley and Johnson for ONLY writing letters.
Yeah! Just wait until the GOP has the WH, house and senate and has a straight shooter as AG and FBI head! Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at September 27, 2022 06:50 PM (VtqbX) 277
another classic Polish Joke (could also be an Italian joke): Why wasn't Jesus born in Poland? They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 27, 2022 06:50 PM (kFrCu) 278
pipeline...I would look at the party that:
1. has the capability 2. Benefits 3. has means to get away with it on international stage * Promised repeatedly at multiple levels to perform this act of war. Posted by: Moron Robbie - don't ask me to accept what you are when you refused to accept what you are at September 27, 2022 06:50 PM (o1GgP) Posted by: wth at September 27, 2022 06:51 PM (v0R5T) 280
Zerohedge is a known Russian propaganda site.
Posted by: Marcus T at September 27, 2022 06:47 PM (vBMpQ) --- Is that a feature or a bug? I mean our own government spent years lying about Russian culpability, so I'm not sure that actual Russia is less credible at this point. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 27, 2022 06:51 PM (llXky) Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 27, 2022 06:51 PM (fs1hN) 282
For those who haven't seen it:
Alana Mastrangelo @ARmastrangelo · 9h LMAO. Right after Giorgia Meloni won, CNN had on her rival, Matteo Renzi, hoping he'd call her a fascist. “She is my rival and we will continue to fight each other, but the idea that now there is a risk of fascism in Italy is absolutely fake news.” —Renzi Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 06:51 PM (yikp0) 283
As I (vaguely) recall, State/Commerce/Justice came after Defense anyway.
And as I've noted to TJM when the topic comes up, yet again I think I vastly under-appreciated the degradation in the civic culture and political situation when I (like he and others) was putting priority on the GOP returning to regular order in appropriations under Trump. Because the sort of political discipline that that sort of thing imposed in decades past has just ..... evaporated. Doesn't matter. The idiotic racist-totalitarians and their reckless enablers/pilot fish simply pay no political price, in the end. Not enough voters have the civic intelligence or info or focus to change things. Topic of this post is a good example. A mega-scandal to match that of the Ulra Mega Scandal of the mulit-faceted rolling coup against Trump. Go check and see how many people know about/understand any of it. Posted by: rhomboid at September 27, 2022 06:51 PM (OTzUX) 284
Noodlum. Hurricanes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 27, 2022 06:52 PM (Wnv9h) 285
One conclusion we can draw from the pipeline story; we've been talking a lot about how Germany is going to have a bad, frozen winter with most of their industry shut down. Someone just pulled a black op with their military to guarantee it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 27, 2022 06:52 PM (r46W7) 286
ZH is full of antisemites. But it has some good articles.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at September 27, 2022 06:53 PM (VtqbX) 287
These jumped up rent boys with their flowbee haircuits can take their precious little "contracts" and shove them up their asses and around the corner. We, The People, already have a contract with you jocksniffers. Honor that one first, and stop making a damned mockery of it, before you go waving new paperwork in our faces.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 06:53 PM (8/xHD) 288
Yeah being the MKVD/MKGB/KGB/Stasi is all fun and games. Until someone remembers that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote (you know the one). Suddenly, that power trip and pension aren't such a great deal. I foresee a Ruby Ridge/Branch Davidian media circus coming soon. Maybe an October surprise
Posted by: Stacy0311 at September 27, 2022 06:54 PM (VfLe7) 289
"Did you hear about Jose? He opened up a jewelry store after just one month in America."
"How did he do that?" "With a crowbar." Posted by: wth at September 27, 2022 06:55 PM (v0R5T) 290
3. has means to get away with it on international stage
Posted by: runner ----------------------- Howard Hughes built a ship that picked up a Russian Sub off the bottom of the ocean. Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 27, 2022 06:55 PM (PAY0n) 291
Between Anne Applebaum's husband and National Google Review ecstatically celebrating the sabotage of the pipeline, I think that it's pretty clear who benefits from the sabotage.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 06:55 PM (I2/tG) 292
251 #16 video is hilarious
Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2022 06:55 PM (xhxe8) 293
270 Zerohedge is a known Russian propaganda site. You can bet that whatever they say about Russian culpability is usually the opposite.
Posted by: Marcus T at September 27, 2022 06:47 PM (vBMpQ) ++++ I don't know about that. They are certainly anti-Global American Empire, yes we are ruled by the GAE. Don't worry your pretty little head about it, you've came this far imagine how far you'll be next year. Posted by: DFCtomm at September 27, 2022 06:58 PM (OHy0b) 294
magic 8 ball got it in the top 10, what more is there to say ?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at September 27, 2022 06:59 PM (8oyo2) 295
I think that it's pretty clear who benefits from the sabotage.
Posted by: The ARC of History ------------------------------------- Who? Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 27, 2022 06:59 PM (PAY0n) 296
"The FBI should immediately cease the disciplinary actions it is actively taking to punish Special Agent Friend for his protected whistleblowing activity," the senators wrote.
There's the hitch because more than likely, he was not disciplined for "protected whistleblowing activity." Further, whatever was going between Special Agent Friend and management didn't arise in just one week & there are also paths for employee complaints which must generally be fully pursued by the employee before going to Congress. As long as Friend is a fed, he loses. It's a lonely path and his working relationships will never be the same. If he walks but stays quiet (maybe with an NDA), he may have a chance picking up decent outside employment. And you're right about Timothy Thibault. He doesn't have to testify as a "civilian" although he's now attached to another Federal agency as a retiree - the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Lastly, another "whistleblower" in another time (the time of Trump) - alleged to be Eric Carmella - was not a fed at the time of the complaint nor was his name purposefully revealed by Congress. Posted by: Lola at September 27, 2022 07:09 PM (NIYa7) 297
meh, nordstream is not scrap metal, there are ways of repairing it ... not easy, nor cheap, but totally doable.
... if the will to do it exists, lol. Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at September 27, 2022 07:10 PM (8oyo2) 298
297 meh, nordstream is not scrap metal, there are ways of repairing it ..
------------------------- Flanges Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 27, 2022 07:11 PM (PAY0n) 299
That whistle-blower looks a lot like that rent-a-cop crisis actor who was necking with Don Lemon and Acosta.
Posted by: Aged and confused at September 27, 2022 07:41 PM (Cdl5X) 300
Stock markets crash against the specter of thermonuclear war. All the stars are aligned for the Democrats to take a beating in the mid-terms. A red tide. Republican majorities in the Senate and the House.
Sigh Posted by: Oglebay at September 27, 2022 09:48 PM (wscPk) 301
The DOJ and FBI have gone full Stasi in support of the Deep State:
American Thinker: Raid on Mar-a-Lago: Judge Cannon Stands in the Breach Against the Deep State https://tinyurl.com/3m3nc3uf Posted by: Ron T Cop at September 27, 2022 11:04 PM (kNtJH) 302
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Democratic Forays into Erotica New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party" Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?" Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance Collective Names for Groups of People John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive" Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments John Edwards Campaign Excuses John Kerry Pick-Up Lines Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney Torments in Dog-Hell Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny More Margaret Cho Abuse Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed" Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means Wonkette's Stand-Up Act Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report! Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet The House of Love: Paul Krugman A Michael Moore Mystery (TM) The Dowd-O-Matic! Liberal Consistency and Other Myths Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate "Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long) The Donkey ("The Raven" parody) News/Chat
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