Jim Jordan Refers John Brennan to the DOJ for Prosecution Over His Serial Perjuries

"Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceedingly fine".

Jordan's referral, sent to Attorney General Pam Bondi, alleges that Brennan "knowingly and willfully testified falsely" during a May 2023 interview with the Judiciary Committee when he claimed the CIA "was not involved at all" with the Steele dossier -- a Democrat-funded collection of false stories used to smear Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign. But a newly declassified House Intelligence Committee report contradicts that testimony, revealing the CIA worked directly with the FBI to circulate information from the dossier and that Brennan personally intervened to keep it in the intelligence community's 2017 assessment on Russian election interference.
That assessment, produced under Brennan's direction, claimed Russia sought to help Trump win -- a conclusion Trump has long dismissed as part of the "Russia hoax." According to declassified CIA memos cited by Jordan, agency analysts warned against including the dossier's unverified material. Brennan, however, insisted it remain, reportedly responding, "Yes, but doesn't it ring true?"

These fictions compiled by Hillary Clinton's Master of Conspiracies Sydney Blumenthal, and then given a Credibility Laundering through Christopher Steele -- do they ring true to the other demented partisans in this room?

Jordan's letter says that Brennan's testimony "was a brazen attempt to mislead Congress" and that the former CIA chief "intentionally distorted material facts" surrounding his actions.
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Jordan also cited Brennan's 2017 testimony before the House Intelligence Committee -- when he insisted the CIA did not "rely on" the dossier -- as further evidence of a pattern of deception. Though that earlier statement falls outside the five-year statute of limitations, Jordan said Brennan's statements showed "a pattern of willingness to lie to Congress about the Steele dossier."

Posted by: Ace at 05:16 PM

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Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2025 05:16 PM (TN0g+)

2 Sleeves are rolled, bitches.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2025 05:16 PM (ExV1e)

3 I want blood and executions!

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 21, 2025 05:17 PM (IxmwC)

4 top squid!!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2025 05:17 PM (CWTWj)

5
Is it too soon to say it?

Posted by: Nothing Will Happen at October 21, 2025 05:18 PM (ldc7S)

6 Hang him higher than Haman

Posted by: night lifted at October 21, 2025 05:18 PM (/YboP)

7 What Goes Around Comes Around.............

Brennan is such a slime ball and a waste of human flesh....

Plenty of room at "Club Gitmo" for Brennan

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 21, 2025 05:18 PM (J9q9v)

8 Yes, but doesn't it ring true? = Fake but accurate.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 21, 2025 05:18 PM (bNf8H)

9 Is Brennan the muzzie, or the one who voted for Gus Hall? Or both?

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2025 05:18 PM (77rzZ)

10 Ya know, with Blumenthal in the mix, I have to wonder if that fat sack of even more fat Tyler Drumheller was involved, too.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 05:19 PM (BI5O2)

11 Hopefully we can get him.. I'm not too optimistic about Comey

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2025 05:19 PM (VE6XX)

12 The process is the punishment.

I hope this asshole gets grinded to dust.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 21, 2025 05:19 PM (Sco7b)

13 YAY

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 21, 2025 05:19 PM (6U1c2)

14 I would pay money to see him perp walked
Fking Communist

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2025 05:19 PM (+qU29)

15
Do communists do better or worse in US Jails?

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 21, 2025 05:20 PM (IifOV)

16 If the Black and Tans don't back off many of them will never make it home.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:20 PM (+U7B7)

17 Brennan needs to share a cell with Bubba who has not been with a woman for 30 years..

Deliverance Style.... Squeal like a Pig, Fat Boy !!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 21, 2025 05:20 PM (J9q9v)

18 For his next round of questions, use the rack.

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 21, 2025 05:20 PM (s0JqF)

19 Of course a "criminal referral" doesn't mean a fucking thing legally speaking. You or I could make a criminal referral to the DOJ. That being said, this DOJ might actually go after this motherfucker since they did indict Comey.

Posted by: All the REAL insurrectionists need prison at October 21, 2025 05:20 PM (TbWk/)

20 Send him to Allah

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 21, 2025 05:20 PM (xcxpd)

21 CIA is a cesspool of evil

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 21, 2025 05:20 PM (6U1c2)

22 Launch!

Posted by: Accomack at October 21, 2025 05:20 PM (ldLe1)

23 In Sweden a Muslim was found innocent of rape on the grounds that he only lasted a few seconds. Europe is gone.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2025 05:21 PM (QZThv)

24
Does this have anything to do with Tulsi's revelations?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 05:21 PM (ldc7S)

25 didn't he lie under oath some years ago about the cia spying on members of the senate?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2025 05:21 PM (CWTWj)

26 FAFO, it should get him a new home and suit in a Fed Max.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at October 21, 2025 05:21 PM (qZdIZ)

27 Charge him with conspiracy... because any lie to cover up that conspiracy then kicks the can of statute of Limitagions down the road.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:21 PM (mP0Kj)

28 Hold him in solitary, pending trial, and feed him nothing but Tylenol and water... but all the Tylenol he can eat.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2025 05:21 PM (ExV1e)

29 For his next round of questions, use the rack.

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 21, 2025 05:20 PM (s0JqF)

Go straight to the pear of anguish for that bastard.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 05:21 PM (snZF9)

30 I never really thought about it, but Drumheller looked exactly like if Eric Cartman was in his sixties. But Drumheller only lived til 41, which is even worse.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 05:22 PM (BI5O2)

31 B9th sides are on horseback.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:22 PM (+U7B7)

32 I'd like to see Obama amongst the indicted...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2025 05:22 PM (ynpvh)

33
The process is the punishment.

I hope this asshole gets grinded to dust.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

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

But I hate it when they get acquitted and trumpet "They tried to take me down, and FAILED!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 05:23 PM (ldc7S)

34 Strange rumblings in Beijing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Video from China, lots of AFV.

https://is.gd/tFEdmV

Confucius say, "Holy shit!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 21, 2025 05:23 PM (L/fGl)

35 The Five.
KJP segment.
Pants off??

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 21, 2025 05:23 PM (Sco7b)

36 We should extradite this guy to the British prison where Mr Watkins ended up.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 21, 2025 05:23 PM (gKWVE)

37 I hear Brennan was stoned faced when he heard the news.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 21, 2025 05:23 PM (kanec)

38 I missed the nood. Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 05:23 PM (zZu0s)

39 In before the “ nothing will happen” syndicate…

Posted by: tubal at October 21, 2025 05:23 PM (PCK5/)

40 Like Monty Python once said.................

"Stick a live snake up his Ass" !!!!!!!.

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 21, 2025 05:24 PM (J9q9v)

41 We won WW2 without the CIA
Never won a war after they were created
Coincidence?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 21, 2025 05:24 PM (6U1c2)

42 Brennan, however, insisted it remain, reportedly responding, "Yes, but doesn't it ring true?"
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I look forward to those prosecuting him enthusiastically using the "Yes, but doesn't it ring true?" standard in presenting their case.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2025 05:24 PM (TN0g+)

43 So tired of “being referred for” bullshit.

Let the bodies hit the floor.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2025 05:24 PM (sqL2s)

44 Brennan, however, insisted it remain, reportedly responding, "Yes, but doesn't it ring true?"

Ah, yes - the "We want this to be true, so we are going to deem it to be true, 'cuz [insert name here] is a poopy-head that we don't like" defense.

Taught in only the best Ivy League and leftist (BIRM) law schools

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 21, 2025 05:24 PM (SRRAx)

45 Easter Island is missing a monolith.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2025 05:24 PM (wVcYX)

46 23 In Sweden a Muslim was found innocent of rape on the grounds that he only lasted a few seconds. Europe is gone.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2025 05:21 PM (QZThv)

This is the just-the-tip defense?

Nauseating.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 21, 2025 05:25 PM (urtE/)

47 For his next round of questions, use the rack.
Posted by: Eeyore

Can I get interrogated by Tara Yazdi's rack?

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2025 05:25 PM (77rzZ)

48 Xi doesn't remember his Sun Zhou?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:25 PM (+U7B7)

49 41 We won WW2 without the CIA
Never won a war after they were created
Coincidence?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 21, 2025 05:24 PM (6U1c2)

They had the OSS a precursor to the CIA

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2025 05:26 PM (VE6XX)

50 34 Strange rumblings in Beijing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Video from China, lots of AFV.

https://is.gd/tFEdmV

Confucius say, "Holy shit!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 21, 2025 05:23 PM (L/fGl)

Yeah, there were some rumblings amongst some of the CCP higher-ups...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2025 05:26 PM (ynpvh)

51 Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, hey, hey, hey, goodbye !

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2025 05:26 PM (g47mK)

52 Like Monty Python once said.................

"Stick a live snake up his Ass" !!!!!!!.
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 21, 2025 05:24 PM (J9q9v)

No! But very inventive!
-Guy from. HISTORY OF THE WORLD PT 1

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 05:26 PM (zZu0s)

53 Brennan [Easter Island] Flaming Skull (courtesy of our buddy "Ellipsis"}:

https://tinyurl.com/yah2sjf5

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 21, 2025 05:26 PM (IxmwC)

54 Remember when China was washing away from flooding and Seven Gorges was about to be over topped.
Blah blah blah
Everything in China is BS.

Posted by: Accomack at October 21, 2025 05:27 PM (ldLe1)

55 Easter Island is missing a monolith.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Please, show some respect. We're called "moai."
-- Moai Local 592 President

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2025 05:27 PM (77rzZ)

56 Armies aren't for dealing with higher ups.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:27 PM (+U7B7)

57 For his next round of questions, use the rack.

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 21, 2025 05:20 PM (s0JqF)

Go straight to the pear of anguish for that bastard.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 05:21 PM (snZF9)

Bench vise.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2025 05:27 PM (wVcYX)

58 had to look up "tyler drumheller"... kind of a pudding face

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2025 05:27 PM (CWTWj)

59 They had the OSS a precursor to the CIA
Posted by: It's me donna

Which was military during the war

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 21, 2025 05:27 PM (6U1c2)

60 Afternoon, folken,

I'm sorry to have missed the thread about gas prices. We'e not doing too badly in Da Swamp, 2.39 to 2.79 for regular E10, 3.00 to 3.29 for E0 when you can find it.

I spent the morning wrestling with the verification process to be able to sign on to Social Security. You can't just use your old username anymore; oh, noooo. You have to use Login.gov or ID.me. And to get one of those accounts you have to upload pics of your ID front and back, and your SS card; and then have a video call to confirm you are you and not Hannibal Lecter. Bah.

But! My new Canon printer showed up. This afternoon I set it up and downloaded the software, and everything works!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 05:27 PM (omVj0)

61 >>Charge him with conspiracy... because any lie to cover up that conspiracy then kicks the can of statute of Limitagions down the road.

Not just him. All of them.

Perhaps an even bigger part of conspiracy charge is that the case can be brought in any district where part of the conspiracy took place. Like Florida for example.

Trying these bastards in DC and VA is suboptimal. Florida would be a lot friendlier.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 05:28 PM (viF8m)

62
Brennan didn't get one of those autopen pardons for some reason. I wonder why.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 21, 2025 05:28 PM (ES1Rb)

63 I don't know my Ees. What is summer blend?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:28 PM (+U7B7)

64 I’d like to read the actual transcripts of what this mutant ape testified to, before I can say whether there’s any chance a prosecution can succeed. But indict the fucker anyway. Fuck him.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 21, 2025 05:28 PM (mrJNK)

65 62
Brennan didn't get one of those autopen pardons for some reason. I wonder why.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 21, 2025 05:28 PM (ES1Rb)

The Autopen ran out of ink ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2025 05:29 PM (VE6XX)

66 As the world’s premier foreign intelligence agency, the work they do at the CIA is vital to U.S. national security. They collect and analyze foreign intelligence and conduct covert action. U.S. policymakers, including the President of the United States, make policy decisions informed by the information they provide.

Americans are safer because of the dedicated employees at the CIA.

Please, give them a round of applause!

Posted by: Bob And Shirley Chipeska, federal employees at October 21, 2025 05:29 PM (R/m4+)

67
Maybe it's something. Maybe not. You can often see large scale armored convoys on American highways too, though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 05:29 PM (BI5O2)

68 Willow'd

China and India were shootin at each other a couple months ago...

A couple weeks ago it was Pakistan vs. India.

Thailand and Cambodia have been shootin...

China and Viet Nam have problems in the South China Sea...

This week it was Afghanies vs Pakistan...

Whole region is a powder keg.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:18 PM (mP0Kj)

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:29 PM (mP0Kj)

69 E15 apparently.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:30 PM (+U7B7)

70 Video from China, lots of AFV.

https://is.gd/tFEdmV

Confucius say, "Holy shit!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 21, 2025 05:23 PM (L/fGl)

Yeah, there were some rumblings amongst some of the CCP higher-ups...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2025 05:26 PM (ynpvh)

That video is very jerky, could be largely AI?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2025 05:30 PM (8zz6B)

71 I don't know my Ees. What is summer blend?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025

***
The "E" I was referring to is the ethanol content of the fuel. E10 is 10% alcohol in the fuel, E15 is 15%, E85 is 85%. E0 is that rara avis nowadays, ethanol-free.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 05:30 PM (omVj0)

72 Zap that dawg
youtu.be/eIxdr1d3F6Y

Posted by: gKWVE at October 21, 2025 05:30 PM (gKWVE)

73 I hear Brennan was stoned faced when he heard the news.
Posted by: Beartooth
________

Who looks more like The Thing - Brennan or Homan?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2025 05:30 PM (XvL8K)

74 67
Maybe it's something. Maybe not. You can often see large scale armored convoys on American highways too, though.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 05:29 PM (BI5O2)

Large scale call back of Veterans though... that could really impact your economy.

Can't see them do that for an exercise.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:31 PM (mP0Kj)

75 That video is very jerky, could be largely AI?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2025 05:30 PM (8zz6B)

The narrator sounds ai, certainly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 05:31 PM (zZu0s)

76 E0 is that rara avis nowadays, ethanol-free.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Fortunately, I am seldom ethanol-free. At least after 5PM.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2025 05:31 PM (77rzZ)

77 It is my firm belief that Trump was subject to a conspiracy to illegally remove him from office headed up by the entirety of that jug eared communist's administration. Instead of trials for treason we are getting scraps.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 21, 2025 05:31 PM (TBS5r)

78 53 Brennan [Easter Island] Flaming Skull (courtesy of our buddy "Ellipsis"}:

https://tinyurl.com/yah2sjf5
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 21, 2025 05:26 PM (IxmwC)

Love it!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2025 05:31 PM (Dc8dC)

79 China has like 8 million veterans.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:32 PM (+U7B7)

80 I don't know my Ees. What is summer blend?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025

***
The "E" I was referring to is the ethanol content of the fuel. E10 is 10% alcohol in the fuel, E15 is 15%, E85 is 85%. E0 is that rara avis nowadays, ethanol-free.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 05:30 PM (omVj0)

E-I-E-I-O

Posted by: Old MacDonald, Farmer Outstanding In His Field at October 21, 2025 05:32 PM (wVcYX)

81 Off topic:

Graham Platner (Dem-Maine trying for Senate) has a Totenkopf (death's head) SS tat that he and some Marine buddies got in Croatia. Claims he didn't know the Nazi link.

THAT'S BULLSH!T

Anyone deploying to that region got the "cultural sensitivity" briefing! Croats were formerly aligned with Nazis (not -quite- as bad as Ukraine), Serbs were Marxists aligned with Stalin, Bosnians were Turkic Muslim. EVERYONE got that brief!

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at October 21, 2025 05:32 PM (e/Osv)

82 Can't see them do that for an exercise.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:31 PM (mP0Kj)

I seem to recall that there are only two times a year where a sea based invasion of Taiwan would be cool, weather wise.

November and March? Something like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 05:32 PM (zZu0s)

83 China has like 8 million veterans.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:32 PM (+U7B7)

Well, service is mandatory, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 05:33 PM (zZu0s)

84 The Buc-ees I stopped at in Athens, AL, had ethanol-free for $3.29/gal., about the same as most stations down here. I filled up nearly the whole tank -- and, running at 70 with the A/C on, saw over 34 mpg on the trip home from Birmingham, both the instrument readout and the calculated figure when I gassed up. And this Buick was EPA-rated at 28 mpg highway in 2016. The E0 can pay off sometimes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 05:33 PM (omVj0)

85 There was a whistleblower who came forward on this. Brennan ordered his team to ignore normal operating procedures and directed a finding rather than the usual process.

I seem to recall a couple of people objected and were quickly overruled.

By the way, I'm pretty sure Schumer was in on this. I think he came out with the "be careful, because the intelligence services have ways and means to get you." Paraphrasing, of course.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 21, 2025 05:33 PM (tT6L1)

86 When I was at Bien Hoa VN there was an Air America operation at the far end of the flight line. Their staff were noted trouble makers at the NCO and O clubs, and the hooch bars the Air Force ran. One of them, or possibly a Pacific Architects and Engineers (swearsie not CIA) guy shot up one of the AF hooch bars with an AK and missed everybody.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 21, 2025 05:34 PM (gm9Sb)

87 We are on E15 year round. Should I be getting the slightly more expensive ethanol free?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:34 PM (+U7B7)

88 41 We won WW2 without the CIA
Never won a war after they were created
Coincidence?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 21, 2025 05:24 PM (6U1c2)

Didn't win a war after they renamed the Department of War, to Department of Defense either.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:34 PM (mP0Kj)

89 77 absolutely right

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 21, 2025 05:34 PM (kHop/)

90 >>I’d like to read the actual transcripts of what this mutant ape testified to, before I can say whether there’s any chance a prosecution can succeed. But indict the fucker anyway. Fuck him.

I can tell you. He testified under oath to Congress that the CIA did not have trust in the Steele dossier and didn't rely or push for it to be included in the ICA.

All of that is a lie. Obama told them to redo the original ICA and include the Steele dossier and Brennan pushed for it to be included knowing it was complete bullshit.

It should be a layup but it's DC so unlikely.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 05:34 PM (viF8m)

91 The other day I was asked what I think about the Government being shut down for two weeks......

I said that I really have not noticed .....

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 21, 2025 05:34 PM (J9q9v)

92 But! My new Canon printer showed up. This afternoon I set it up and downloaded the software, and everything works!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
=======
In my experience, printers are more reliable for home use than computers. Only issue is drivers when a new Microsoft OS comes out. Linux is actually better supported on older printers than new ones (Brother and Epson have native linux drivers, Canon did but last time I checked, they no longer do).

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 05:35 PM (WDjG6)

93 We won WW2 without the CIA
Never won a war after they were created
Coincidence?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 21, 2025 05:24 PM (6U1c2)

They had the OSS a precursor to the CIA
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2025 05:26 PM (VE6XX)

We stopped winning wars when we stopped grabbing military attorneys, handing them a rifle, and telling them that they were point.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2025 05:35 PM (ExV1e)

94 Holy Crap!!! I just learned that Baker & Taylor book distributing company is closing. In the good old days, B&T was one of the two biggest distributors of books in the country and was used by most libraries. I've been so divorced from the book industry since closing my bookstore I didn't hear about this until a few minutes ago. I honestly am having a super difficult time processing this. This is just so-o-o bad!

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 21, 2025 05:35 PM (DK5Sh)

95 Almost 2.5 years ago and he's just being referred now?

What's the rush?

Posted by: 496 at October 21, 2025 05:35 PM (oOhQ4)

96 Strange rumblings in Beijing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Video from China, lots of AFV.

https://is.gd/tFEdmV

Confucius say, "Holy shit!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 21, 2025 05:23 PM (L/fGl)

Yeah, there were some rumblings amongst some of the CCP higher-ups...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2025 05:26 PM (ynpvh)

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Watching that video linked above; claims there are 57 million retired military in Chy-na.

[Had to look up the acronym AFV ... surrenders smart-military-blog man-card once again:]

Armored Fighting Vehicle(s)

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 21, 2025 05:35 PM (IxmwC)

97 >>Instead of trials for treason we are getting scraps.

I prefer to think of them as appetizers.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 05:36 PM (viF8m)

98 I'm a Government Shutdown Survivor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:36 PM (+U7B7)

99 another farging MEMO.

great.fine.sure.

Posted by: ZooomZooom (R) at October 21, 2025 05:36 PM (alHMS)

100
Holy Crap!!! I just learned that Baker & Taylor book distributing company is closing.

-------

Well, I can tell you *wasn't* distributing print runs of "Morning Glory Milking Farm."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 05:36 PM (BI5O2)

101 "Didn't win a war after they renamed the Department of War, to Department of Defense either.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:34 PM (mP0Kj) "

This!
words have meanings!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 21, 2025 05:36 PM (kHop/)

102 Discovery should be exciting.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at October 21, 2025 05:36 PM (7NCS/)

103 It will be fun to watch the Dems defend a CIA director. Oh how the times have changed

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2025 05:37 PM (BLGhW)

104 Armed Forces Veterans?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:37 PM (+U7B7)

105
In before the “ nothing will happen” syndicate…
Posted by: tubal

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See #5.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 05:38 PM (ldc7S)

106 We are on E15 year round. Should I be getting the slightly more expensive ethanol free?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025

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The only way to tell is to run a tank or two of your E15, then a tank or two of the E0, over the same kind of driving. See if the increased price pays for itself in enough gas mileage improvement. I suspect it might well do better than E15 -- that's even more ethanol than the E10 I have here. But if the E0 gas costs 15% more, and you get only 10% improved mileage, it doesn't compute.

I do it anyway because I think it's better for the car's digestion. But I'm probably imagining things.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 05:38 PM (omVj0)

107 When I was at Bien Hoa VN there was an Air America operation at the far end of the flight line.

My oldest brother Butch was there circa 1969-71. Another brother was in Okinawa about the same time.

Posted by: DanMan at October 21, 2025 05:38 PM (8uzBS)

108 Sentence him to wear a cylindrical red hat. Use an actual pukao if he doesn't plea bargain.

Posted by: DaveA at October 21, 2025 05:38 PM (FhXTo)

109 John "F**king Kerry and Da Nang Dick should be called in to provide their expertise regarding CCP and SEA Communist movements/strategy.

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 21, 2025 05:38 PM (J9q9v)

110 105
In before the “ nothing will happen” syndicate…
Posted by: tubal

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See #5.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 05:38 PM (ldc7S)

Dammit Morticia… quick, the Horde is.

Posted by: tubal at October 21, 2025 05:39 PM (PCK5/)

111
It will be fun to watch the Dems defend a CIA director. Oh how the times have changed
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2025 05:37 PM (BLGhW)

Make him a defense contractor and a pharma exec, and they'll defend him three times as much. Then take off his mask to reveal Elon Musk, and they'll hate him again. Or their logic circuits will pop and smoke will come out of their ears, whatever.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 05:39 PM (BI5O2)

112 Nothing will happen until it does.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:39 PM (+U7B7)

113 Apple Flavored Vodka?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2025 05:39 PM (wVcYX)

114 In my experience, printers are more reliable for home use than computers. Only issue is drivers when a new Microsoft OS comes out. Linux is actually better supported on older printers than new ones (Brother and Epson have native linux drivers, Canon did but last time I checked, they no longer do).
Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025

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I've got it wired to my iMac. No problems with downloading the drivers, etc., for printing and scanning.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 05:40 PM (omVj0)

115 We're talking about Pam Bondi. I'm sure she looks great in a meeting. I'd like to arrange a "meeting" with her myself.

But Nothing - absolutely Nothing - gets done while she's the MILF at the DOJ. We are all wasting time wishing until she is gone.

Posted by: Head On A Swivel at October 21, 2025 05:40 PM (e8Z/f)

116 Ring true? I remember when this shit broke. We sat around here for about an hour debating the merits of the claim until the hookers peeing on the bed shit came out at which time I and others blew the bullshit whistle. Fuck you, Brennan.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 21, 2025 05:40 PM (pgOCT)

117 The OSS, often called "Oh, So Social" due to the types recruited (academics, cocktail party friends, those speaking French) was essentially a para military outfit without the trappings of the CIA. Like spying on citizens.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 21, 2025 05:40 PM (gm9Sb)

118 In before is part of the joke though. I cannot tell you how many times I have done some sort of arcane/obscure reference and found someone else beat me to it. It's kind of amazing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 05:40 PM (zZu0s)

119
China has like 8 million veterans.
Posted by: Boss Moss

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Veterans of what? Raping Xinjiang Uyghur women?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 05:40 PM (ldc7S)

120 Armored Furry Response?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:40 PM (+U7B7)

121 Lock her up.

Put the iron upon her plentiful buttocks.

Posted by: dreamingrobot at October 21, 2025 05:41 PM (EyfuW)

122 80 I don't know my Ees. What is summer blend?
Posted by: Boss Moss
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If you live in a non attainment area cited by the EPA (most urban areas do), then you have a special blend of summer fuel with oxygenate added (ethanol). Post OBD-II cars, made after 1996 don't need the oxygenate because their computers and those after it are perfectly fine with adjusting engine settings to avoid excessive emissions. Pre 1996, some makes, mainly Japanese are also okay.

But the whole oxygenate issue is an artifact of the last time the Clean Air Act was revised in 1991 IIRC. The first one EPA proposed was a disaster as MTBE was a really nasty contaminant of water and quickly shelved in favor of ethanol.

Outside the attainment area, you get cheaper gas during the summer, inside them, more expensive and it can sometimes cause bad problems like when pipelines, hurricanes, etc. disrupt refinery operations. Without a waiver by the president, fuel for Cleveland cannot be sold in Louisville or Atlanta. And vice versa. And refineries base their output on specific markets which means fubar when a non attainment area cannot get its specific summer blend. And it costs more.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 05:41 PM (WDjG6)

123 Comey is paying lawyers. Brennan is paying lawyers. Clapper is paying lawyers. I bet they think something is happening.

Yesterday the DOJ finally dropped charges against Ekim Alptekin, the final victim of the Russia hoax and today Brennan gets referred for prosecution.

Coincidence?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 05:42 PM (viF8m)

124 Chinese Internal Security gets more money and triggertime than the army.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:42 PM (+U7B7)

125 CCP might have lots of Military Weapons (Junk), but they do not allow the Commanders to think independently, and everything is Commie Bureaucrat Down Driven.

I think they would fold in 1 minute if placed against US Forces because of the mass chaos of war.

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 21, 2025 05:42 PM (J9q9v)

126
Dammit Morticia… quick, the Horde is.
Posted by: tubal

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It's never too soon for Nothing Will Happen. And never too cynical.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 05:42 PM (ldc7S)

127 So, James Clapper will be next week. I notice a trend.

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2025 05:42 PM (dIske)

128 Put the iron upon her plentiful buttocks.
Posted by: dreamingrobot at October 21, 2025 05:41 PM (EyfuW)
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US Steel will be falling all over themselves for that contract.....

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 21, 2025 05:42 PM (tT6L1)

129 Sentence him to wear a cylindrical red hat.
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He is Devo?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2025 05:43 PM (TN0g+)

130 *quietly longs for those halcyon days of your when traitors and coup plotters such as Red Brennan were hung by the neck until dead, dead, dead*

Posted by: Sharkman at October 21, 2025 05:43 PM (tE+Cl)

131 123 Comey is paying lawyers. Brennan is paying lawyers. Clapper is paying lawyers. I bet they think something is happening.

Bankrupt the Commie Bitches...

Like someone once said...... The process is the punishment....

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 21, 2025 05:43 PM (J9q9v)

132 Yore.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:44 PM (+U7B7)

133 Yore.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:44 PM (+U7B7)

Mom.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 05:44 PM (BI5O2)

134 finally

brennan

I hope it hurts

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 21, 2025 05:44 PM (emBoF)

135 alleges that Brennan "knowingly and willfully testified falsely"

Let's be honest here. When someone asks you if have committed treason, given the penalties, the answer is always going to be "no".

Posted by: John Q. Brennan at October 21, 2025 05:44 PM (+r3CQ)

136 America's Funniest Videos!

Posted by: Zombie Bob Saget at October 21, 2025 05:44 PM (wVcYX)

137 Veterans of what? Raping Xinjiang Uyghur women?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 05:40 PM (ldc7S)

Well, yeah. If you are making the distinction between 'veteran' and 'veteran' i am not sure many countries actually have what would constitute a veteran military. We do, what survived the purges under Biden. African countries, but that is more tribal terror conflicts. Same goes for middle eastern fighters.

Veteran guerrillas.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 05:44 PM (zZu0s)

138 Watching that video linked above; claims there are 57 million retired military in Chy-na.

[Had to look up the acronym AFV ... surrenders smart-military-blog man-card once again:]

Armored Fighting Vehicle(s)
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 21, 2025 05:35 PM (IxmwC)

Yeah, watching that video... they talked about recalling RETIRED military... but it's more like Ex Military... they can serve as little as 2 or 3 years based on what the Peoples Liberation Army needs... but then are in the Reserves.

They also seem to have military training at both High Schools and Colleges... which is pretty much mandatory.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:44 PM (mP0Kj)

139 >>Bankrupt the Commie Bitches...

>>Like someone once said...... The process is the punishment....

Indeed. It only seems relevant to some when it happens to our side.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 05:45 PM (viF8m)

140 94 Holy Crap!!! I just learned that Baker & Taylor book distributing company is closing. In the good old days, B&T was one of the two biggest distributors of books in the country and was used by most libraries. I've been so divorced from the book industry since closing my bookstore I didn't hear about this until a few minutes ago. I honestly am having a super difficult time processing this. This is just so-o-o bad!
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 21, 2025 05:35 PM (DK5Sh)

That's too bad. I used to use them and Ingram all the time when I worked at Hastings.
A shame.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 21, 2025 05:45 PM (xcxpd)

141 It's nearly always summer in this place, so I'm not sure what "winter blend" is here.

True, a little ethanol in the gas will prevent your gas lines freezing from moisture. The ethanol absorbs the water. Not much need for "gas dryer" products any more. It only gets cold enough for that moisture freezing issue to be a concern once a "winter," if then, and the ethanol handles it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 05:45 PM (omVj0)

142 I've got it wired to my iMac. No problems with downloading the drivers, etc., for printing and scanning.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Macs generally work fine until big version changes when it can sometimes be a driver issue if the mfg does not support the newer OS variant. Only happened a couple of times in Mac world, more than several in Windows. Main reason a lot of people run old Windows machines is because they have either programs that won't run on later versions or hardware with the same problem.

The underlying OS of Macs is BSD Unix so you get reliability with refinement. Linux is a bit Wild West for some people but far better than it was.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 05:45 PM (WDjG6)

143 The traitor John Brennan is a traitor, who deserves a traitors fate.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 21, 2025 05:45 PM (sAmhv)

144 by iron i mean red hot iron

. For cattle and wayward marxist.

Posted by: dreamingrobot at October 21, 2025 05:46 PM (EyfuW)

145 I sincerely hope Brennan spends eternity trying to avoid Satan's barbed cock, and failing at that task.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at October 21, 2025 05:46 PM (Da7Vv)

146 How much training do they have to have to shoot people in the back of the head?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 05:46 PM (zZu0s)

147 94 Holy Crap!!! I just learned that Baker & Taylor book distributing company is closing. In the good old days, B&T was one of the two biggest distributors of books in the country and was used by most libraries. I've been so divorced from the book industry since closing my bookstore I didn't hear about this until a few minutes ago. I honestly am having a super difficult time processing this. This is just so-o-o bad!
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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I think the only hold left of the big publishers is print and as the market for that shrinks, the big trad publishers will probably fade away.

Reprints on demand for old books out of copyright and perhaps for newer ones is probably a growth market.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 05:47 PM (WDjG6)

148 Squidward lives in Brennan's head.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2025 05:47 PM (63Dwl)

149 108, LOL, the pukao!

no plea bargain unless he flips on all of his accomplices

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 21, 2025 05:47 PM (kHop/)

150 One of our Demonrat ex Governors put us on summerblend in perpetuity. But if you are rural you can buy real gasoline year round.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:47 PM (+U7B7)

151 As always, the problem I have with this crimes is that there is NO WAY the prosecutor will be able to explain them to a jury in terms they can understand that will lead to a conviction.

The defense will do their absolute best to confuse the jury as to the culpability of their client.

Then we also have lefty judges presiding over the whole affair who will--at most--administer a slap on the wrist, even if the jury recommends slow execution by fire ants and honey.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2025 05:48 PM (IBQGV)

152
How much training do they have to have to shoot people in the back of the head?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 05:46 PM (zZu0s)

All they need to do is cough on you after returning from R&R with the comfort pangolins.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 05:48 PM (BI5O2)

153 125 CCP might have lots of Military Weapons (Junk), but they do not allow the Commanders to think independently, and everything is Commie Bureaucrat Down Driven.

I think they would fold in 1 minute if placed against US Forces because of the mass chaos of war.
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 21, 2025 05:42 PM (J9q9v)

Surprises abound. For example, who guessed the North Koreans fighting in Uke would become massively addicted to porn? Makes them easy to target with UV light.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 21, 2025 05:48 PM (pIfcn)

154 21 CIA is a cesspool of evil

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

Yes, but even the CIA warned the traitor John Brennan about this partisan hack 'document' and the traitor John Brennan overruled the his own agency and went with it, because he's a traitor.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 21, 2025 05:48 PM (sAmhv)

155 >>But Nothing - absolutely Nothing - gets done while she's the MILF at the DOJ. We are all wasting time wishing until she is gone.
Posted by: Head On A Swivel at October 21, 2025 05:40 PM (e8Z/f)
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Okay, who's her replacement? And specifically why is that person superior?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 21, 2025 05:49 PM (bNf8H)

156 Yeah, too bad the SOL passed on other false statements to Congress. Wait, what? Five years? Why does that SOL exist at all let alone absolutely no less than 10 years at a minimum? Oh yes, to add another layer of protection for our government corruptocrats to avoid consequences.

Posted by: Puma at October 21, 2025 05:49 PM (hRag9)

157 Reprints on demand for old books out of copyright and perhaps for newer ones is probably a growth market.
Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 05:47 PM (WDjG6)
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There's probably a lot of truth to that. Many of the books I've ordered in the past few years have been "print-on-demand" of otherwise out-of-print books (i.e., original copies are hard to find and are very expensive, but reprints are affordable and accessible).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2025 05:49 PM (IBQGV)

158
https://is.gd/tFEdmV

Confucius say, "Holy shit!"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

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From Zhangzhou and Hangzhou to Beijing is a looooong way. I don't know how military coups work, but do you just drive your convoys in broad daylight over thousands of miles to your target? Don't you decapitate someone first and then move in to establish control?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 05:50 PM (ldc7S)

159 Surprises abound. For example, who guessed the North Koreans fighting in Uke would become massively addicted to porn? Makes them easy to target with UV light.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 21, 2025 05:48 PM (pIfcn)

Yeah, I can just imagine the rate of desertion in those NORK troops...

Putin's Russia would be a WAYYYYY better place to live than North Korea.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:50 PM (mP0Kj)

160 My mom called while ago that my dad's surgery went well, going to go see him.

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2025 05:50 PM (+qU29)

161 Could that mean something has already happened?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:51 PM (+U7B7)

162 The most he'll get is a fifteen yard penalty and loss of down.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 21, 2025 05:51 PM (V362x)

163 That's great news, Skip.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2025 05:51 PM (Yp6az)

164 Good news, Skip.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 05:51 PM (viF8m)

165 161 Could that mean something has already happened?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:51 PM (+U7B7)

Orville Redenbacher time, in any event.

Posted by: tubal at October 21, 2025 05:52 PM (PCK5/)

166
Yeah, too bad the SOL passed on other false statements to Congress. Wait, what? Five years? Why does that SOL exist at all let alone absolutely no less than 10 years at a minimum? Oh yes, to add another layer of protection for our government corruptocrats to avoid consequences.
Posted by: Puma

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I can't get over that 5-year SOL, especially considering how politicized the DOJ is anymore. If you're a high-ranking criminal, all you have to do is wait out the current term, then if the White House switches parties, wait another little bit while the new DOJ gets out of bed and puts its spectacles on. That's a statute that should be revised.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 05:52 PM (ldc7S)

167 Yeah, watching that video... they talked about recalling RETIRED military... but it's more like Ex Military... they can serve as little as 2 or 3 years based on what the Peoples Liberation Army needs... but then are in the Reserves.

Seeing sketchy reports of a power struggle betwixt Xi and the top general. Given how many times Xi has been on deaths door due a stroke, however, I'm not prepared to place credence in any of them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2025 05:53 PM (ExV1e)

168
For example, who guessed the North Koreans fighting in Uke would become massively addicted to porn?

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Morning Grory Mirking Farm. I bet a healthy piece of meat on the hoof gets them drooling.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 05:53 PM (BI5O2)

169 146 How much training to shoot somebody in the back of the head? Well, I'm here to tell you, a lot. Say Fat Sal is standing at the urinal, you gots to come up real quiet, and bada bing, bada boom, two .22 shorts right behind the ear. Little bastards bounce around in the gourd and not much noise. And hold up a piece of newspaper before you whack him, keeps off the blood splatter.

Rocco

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 21, 2025 05:53 PM (gm9Sb)

170 Okay, who's her replacement? And specifically why is that person superior?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 21, 2025 05:49 PM (bNf8H)

I don't really care. Someone that maybe isn't as hot on a photo-shoot ... but actually takes charge at the DOJ.

How many people have you seen fired at the DOJ ? The answer is none.

Pam looks great though. Really MILFy.

Posted by: Head On A Swivel at October 21, 2025 05:53 PM (e8Z/f)

171 161 Could that mean something has already happened?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:51 PM (+U7B7)

Xi has been picking fights with Trump, which has not doen their economy any good.

China's economy won't survive long term in a High Tariff environment..

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:53 PM (mP0Kj)

172 the pukao!

The prosecutor should have a little one on his desk for S&G.

Posted by: DaveA at October 21, 2025 05:53 PM (FhXTo)

173 >>Instead of trials for treason we are getting scraps.

I prefer to think of them as appetizers.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 05:36 PM (viF8m)

I'm ready for the big ass side of beef belly buster main course.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 05:54 PM (snZF9)

174 How many people have you seen fired at the DOJ ? The answer is none.

Pam looks great though. Really MILFy.
Posted by: Head On A Swivel at October 21, 2025 05:53 PM (e8Z/f)

Actually there has been a bunch of Lawyers fired or pretty much forced to resign in the last couple of months.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

175 141 It's nearly always summer in this place, so I'm not sure what "winter blend" is here.

True, a little ethanol in the gas will prevent your gas lines freezing from moisture. The ethanol absorbs the water. Not much need for "gas dryer" products any more. It only gets cold enough for that moisture freezing issue to be a concern once a "winter," if then, and the ethanol handles it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Oxygenates are supposed to help gas burn more cleanly to prevent incomplete combustion but modern car computers since at least 1996 don't need it. We get it anyway as a Zombie EPA program and probably also due to increasing demand for ethanol.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 05:55 PM (WDjG6)

176
i got yer beef belly buster RIGHT HEAH

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 05:55 PM (BI5O2)

177 >>I'm ready for the big ass side of beef belly buster main course.

Me too. And I really hope it happens in Florida.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 05:55 PM (viF8m)

178 “ Morning Grory Mirking Farm”

I’m dying over here

Posted by: Kratwurst at October 21, 2025 05:56 PM (16bRC)

179 OTOH, Desert Storm showed that veterans do not count for much in the right type of battle (on either side.)

Or maybe that training counts for more? Or equipment. This is a fun discussion to have.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 05:56 PM (zZu0s)

180
We get it anyway as a Zombie EPA

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Chuck Grassley

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 05:56 PM (BI5O2)

181 Mmmmm. Steamship Round of Beef.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2025 05:56 PM (wVcYX)

182 Trump et el have been meticulously playing by the rules in all of their actions; doing so leaves their opposition wrong-footed every time they resist.

Posted by: tubal at October 21, 2025 05:56 PM (PCK5/)

183 I don't know how military coups work, but do you just drive your convoys in broad daylight over thousands of miles to your target? Don't you decapitate someone first and then move in to establish control?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Damn! (smacks head)

Posted by: Zombie Prigozhin at October 21, 2025 05:57 PM (XvL8K)

184 There's probably a lot of truth to that. Many of the books I've ordered in the past few years have been "print-on-demand" of otherwise out-of-print books (i.e., original copies are hard to find and are very expensive, but reprints are affordable and accessible).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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As a grad student, I have done manually photocopying reprint by demand on individual books when needing a particular reference beyond normal library lending times.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 05:57 PM (WDjG6)

185 179 OTOH, Desert Storm showed that veterans do not count for much in the right type of battle (on either side.)

Or maybe that training counts for more? Or equipment. This is a fun discussion to have.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 05:56 PM (zZu0s)

Yeah, they recalled some reservists to my Destroyer during Storm.... all overweight Chiefs and such... none of them with any recent Sea experience...

Meanwhile, ships crew had worked up for over a year. Captain took one look at them, and sent them back... as they would have just been Mid Chain of Command dead weight.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)

186 It amazes me that they keep going after people who know where the bodies are buried. Eventually one of these guys is going to just run and drop a torrent file of incriminating evidence on the people who are turning on them.

In 3 years I hope the Dems have the stones to go after bondi, Patel, Jordan, miller and all the trumps. Toss in Hegseth, he's done the exact same thing they've charged Bolton with.

If by some miracle we have normal elections in 2028 and a Democrat wins, Trump/Vance will get hand cramps signing pardons so that can't happen. Just like when Biden did one for his son on the way out

Do they really want to take to trial? Can they use classified material? I think this is meant to bankrupt these people with legal fees.

Republican politicians haven't figured out that they will wind up being pursued by Trump, too. They keep letting this train run and eventually they're going to be on the tracks.

I thought the House was in recess so they couldn't swear in Grijalva? But they can do this shit instead I guess.

BIden pardoning all of those people is looking pretty good at the moment.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2025 05:58 PM (ycI94)

187 For example, who guessed the North Koreans fighting in Uke would become massively addicted to porn? Makes them easy to target with UV light.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls,

You'd think the IR spectrum would be better for that purpose. Just lock in on the twitching red pickles

Posted by: gKWVE at October 21, 2025 05:58 PM (gKWVE)

188 There are a lot of small outfits republishing old books.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 05:58 PM (+U7B7)

189 >>Actually there has been a bunch of Lawyers fired or pretty much forced to resign in the last couple of months.

Weeks. 3 at the Eastern District of Virginia. The spot where Comey is being prosecuted. The US Attorney and two staff prosecutors refused to go forward with the case and got shit canned.

How many court cases has the Trump administration won? 22 at the SC alone.

Who do the lawyers who argue for the Trump administration work for?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 05:59 PM (viF8m)

190 Syd Blumenthal may well have had Russian prostitutes pee on the bed Obama once slept in.
But Brennan surely had Russian prostitutes pee on him directly.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at October 21, 2025 05:59 PM (gxokI)

191 How could you forget the decapitate?

Posted by: dreamingrobot at October 21, 2025 05:59 PM (EyfuW)

192 We get it anyway as a Zombie EPA

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Chuck Grassley
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Well, he is close enough to a zombie.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 05:59 PM (WDjG6)

193 [WILLOWED:]

also got to visit my first Buc-cees -- fanf*ckingtastic!

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 21, 2025 03:50 PM (mcWkK)

Wha'd you buy?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 21, 2025 03:53 PM (p/Ri7)

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Just some electrolyte (Gatorade knockoff) drink for the road -- but lots of tempting goodies & treats; would have likely gone for a breakfast burrito, but we had already just eaten alot at the hotel continental breakfast.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 21, 2025 06:00 PM (IxmwC)

194 [WILLOWED:]

You asked about where the First Lady was, and I was taking you to introduce, and asked what your name was......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 21, 2025 03:56 PM (p/Ri7

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ROFLMAO!

I DO remember that now ... and the look on your face when you realized it! Hey, TBF, we'd only known each other for minutes.

THANKS for retrieving & memorializing THAT Classic Memory forever ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 21, 2025 06:01 PM (IxmwC)

195 Rollo Tamassi. The guy who always gets away with it

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2025 06:02 PM (7HzNC)

196 I suggest finding some of the podcasts with John Kiriakou if you want to know who and what John Brennan has always been.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 21, 2025 06:03 PM (MZ+PY)

197 " waves to The Bacon Wench *

"I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE MOAR BACON!"

AND where do I go to get reimbursed for treating the third degree burns on my fingers?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 21, 2025 06:03 PM (IxmwC)

198 We just have Sheetz. No Buckeys yet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 06:03 PM (+U7B7)

199 We get it anyway as a Zombie EPA program and probably also due to increasing demand for ethanol."

Yay!

/corn farmers

Posted by: man at October 21, 2025 06:04 PM (tubbA)

200 of the three, Brennan, Clapper, and Comey, Brennan is by far the vilest human being, and that is saying something.

Look, if you are going to toss Trump people in jail (Steve Bannon) or force them out of office with lies (Flynn), then this is the fucking game. I didn't want these rules, I begged for them not to enforce these rules, but the Dems did it anyway. So, we prosecute until we agree that this kind of bullshit stops once and for all.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 21, 2025 06:04 PM (gDhA9)

201
What!?!?

The Commie lied!?!?

Hold me up...the room is spinning!!!

It can't be...It just can't beeeeeee!

*collapses on fainting couch*

*goes into convulsions*

Posted by: naturalfake at October 21, 2025 06:04 PM (iJfKG)

202 Oxygenates are supposed to help gas burn more cleanly to prevent incomplete combustion but modern car computers since at least 1996 don't need it.

yep, DanMa'am has a '21 Lincoln with a tiny 4 cylinder engine that claims 300hp. Book sez don't bother with premium fuel...burn the lowest grade instead.

Posted by: DanMan at October 21, 2025 06:05 PM (8uzBS)

203 Syd Blumenthal may well have had Russian prostitutes pee on the bed Obama once slept in.
But Brennan surely had Russian prostitutes pee on him directly.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at October 21, 2025 05:59 PM (gxokI)

Probably had male prostitutes. Not sure women can pull of the fountains of Bellagio thing like men can. Also, he probably just likes men.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 06:05 PM (snZF9)

204 Short of a Frog March for this Communist Cocksucker...this is about as good a news as I could expect coming back from a bike ride.

I hope they have their ducks in a row to put this fat bastard behind bars.

Posted by: garrett at October 21, 2025 06:05 PM (FCi/W)

205 John was only following orders.

Posted by: Hermann Fegelein at October 21, 2025 06:05 PM (7Q0e+)

206 Tough to convict Brennan in DC but, make the process long and painful.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2025 06:05 PM (jc0TO)

207 Weeks. 3 at the Eastern District of Virginia. The spot where Comey is being prosecuted. The US Attorney and two staff prosecutors refused to go forward with the case and got shit canned.

How many court cases has the Trump administration won? 22 at the SC alone.

Who do the lawyers who argue for the Trump administration work for?
Posted by: JackStraw
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5 so far in ED of VA. Harmeet Dhillon has also fired a few in the Civil Rights Division while others have resigned.

From Reuters, "WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department unit charged with defending against legal challenges to signature Trump administration policies - such as restricting birthright citizenship and slashing funding to Harvard University - has lost nearly two-thirds of its staff, according to a list seen by Reuters.
Sixty-nine of the roughly 110 lawyers in the Federal Programs Branch have voluntarily left the unit since President Donald Trump's election in November."

Quite a few in DC attorney's office were fired as well, two in the last two weeks that were on forced leave due to Jan 6 issues.

Brave AI claims about sixty nationwide of career DoJ lawyers so far as fired.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 06:06 PM (WDjG6)

208 >>> 174 How many people have you seen fired at the DOJ ? The answer is none.
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Posted by: Head On A Swivel at October 21, 2025 05:53 PM (e8Z/f)

Actually there has been a bunch of Lawyers fired or pretty much forced to resign in the last couple of months.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

Which we have been laughing at every time another one bites the dust, and which you can find in about 2 seconds with a search on whatever engine you prefer.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2025 06:06 PM (ULPxl)

209 Lying to Congress is *the* national pastime for the connected and powerful.

0% chance of successful prosecution. If DoJ even bothers to push it to trial - or even go for "process as punishment" on him - (I doubt either), he walks.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2025 06:07 PM (CgKt6)

210 AND where do I go to get reimbursed for treating the third degree burns on my fingers?
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 21, 2025 06:03 PM (IxmwC)
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A hot iron should take care of that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2025 06:07 PM (IBQGV)

211
Actually there has been a bunch of Lawyers fired or pretty much forced to resign in the last couple of months.

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That Oyer chick right off the bat. The one who wouldn't review the yanking of Mel Gibson's gun permit. Gone on March 7.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 06:07 PM (ldc7S)

212 >> Harmeet Dhillon has also fired a few in the Civil Rights Division while others have resigned.

Sounds like she gutted the place.

There are also over 20 US Attorneys awaiting Senate approval being held up with Democrat blue slips.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 06:08 PM (viF8m)

213 I like the Reddit innocence. If these fuckers had had anything real on trump, they would have used it. That's why we got the made up Steele dossier and they tried to shoot him twice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 06:08 PM (zZu0s)

214 Oxygenates are supposed to help gas burn more cleanly"

Ok, ok. I'm still laughing at that, ok?

Here's a free tip for econauts - pour a quart of water into your vehicle's gas tank. It's organic!

Posted by: man at October 21, 2025 06:08 PM (tubbA)

215
Lying to Congress is *the* national pastime for the connected and powerful.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

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For the Extreme Sports contestants, it's blowing off a subpoena.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 06:08 PM (ldc7S)

216 209 Lying to Congress is *the* national pastime for the connected and powerful.

0% chance of successful prosecution. If DoJ even bothers to push it to trial - or even go for "process as punishment" on him - (I doubt either), he walks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2025 06:07 PM (CgKt6)

Gotta admit, I find the idea that 'Contempt of Congress' is against the law, is pretty silly.

Andddd... if lying to Congress is against the Law, how do you square that with the Speech and debate clause which they use to lie to us all the time?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 06:09 PM (mP0Kj)

217 Somebody cleaned out the Louvre in 7 minutes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 06:09 PM (+U7B7)

218 if lying to Congress is against the Law"

Well, not for them, you know...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2025 06:09 PM (tubbA)

219 yep, DanMa'am has a '21 Lincoln with a tiny 4 cylinder engine that claims 300hp. Book sez don't bother with premium fuel...burn the lowest grade instead.
Posted by: DanMan at October 21, 2025

***
My Buick has that hp, but from the 3.6L V-6. It amazes me every time I fill up that a big car with that much power not only runs, but gets good mileage, on regular.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 06:09 PM (omVj0)

220 >>0% chance of successful prosecution. If DoJ even bothers to push it to trial - or even go for "process as punishment" on him - (I doubt either), he walks.

Comey was indicted for lying to Congress.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 06:09 PM (viF8m)

221 Andddd... if lying to Congress is against the Law, how do you square that with the Speech and debate clause which they use to lie to us all the time?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 06:09 PM (mP0Kj)
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They play by their own rules.

One rule, really. "Screw the people."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2025 06:10 PM (CgKt6)

222 Somebody cleaned out the Louvre in 7 minutes."

Peter Sellers?

Posted by: man at October 21, 2025 06:10 PM (tubbA)

223 There are also over 20 US Attorneys awaiting Senate approval being held up with Democrat blue slips.
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Approve them and ignore the blue slips. The Dems are no longer an entity we can do business with.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2025 06:10 PM (TN0g+)

224 209 Lying to Congress is *the* national pastime for the connected and powerful.

0% chance of successful prosecution. If DoJ even bothers to push it to trial - or even go for "process as punishment" on him - (I doubt either), he walks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Not necessarily. Investigating the lying charge means a whole lot of other rocks can be overturned that would ordinarily be off limits.

Criminals, including our elite class, don't stop at just one crime almost never. Leticia is an example as she has lied on mortgage applications for decades now and keeps two criminals in her houses. One who has an outstanding warrant in another state. Plus, tax and insurance fraud are likely.

Cook had three or four properties where she claimed residence but yet never lived in.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 06:10 PM (WDjG6)

225 If DoJ even bothers to push it to trial - or even go for "process as punishment" on him - (I doubt either), he walks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2025 06:07 PM (CgKt6)

Same as anyone in DC. Stories like this don't qualify as news AFAIC.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 06:11 PM (BI5O2)

226 217 Somebody cleaned out the Louvre in 7 minutes.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 06:09 PM (+U7B7)
______________________

Someone steals a painting, it's going to stay intact due to value. BUT, these guys took jewelry pieces. Those gems are already separated out. The Louvre is never getting those pieces back intact.

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2025 06:11 PM (dIske)

227 Comey was indicted for lying to Congress.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 06:09 PM (viF8m)
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Yup.

And I'll eat my hat if it gets to trial.

If he gets convicted - or even if he cops a plea and does time - I'll buy and eat another one.

These people don't go to jail. These people don't get punished. They do the Party's business, then retire.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2025 06:11 PM (CgKt6)

228 Wasn't she renting out her residences?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 06:11 PM (+U7B7)

229 >>Approve them and ignore the blue slips. The Dems are no longer an entity we can do business with.

The blue slip process is moronic but it's up to Thune to end it not the DOJ.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 06:11 PM (viF8m)

230 Leticia is an example as she has lied on mortgage applications for decades now"

Lucretia McEvil?

Posted by: man at October 21, 2025 06:12 PM (tubbA)

231 Brennan in prison with about 10000 antifa goons/troons would be highly entertaining.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 21, 2025 06:12 PM (XMwZJ)

232 217 Somebody cleaned out the Louvre in 7 minutes.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 06:09 PM (+U7B7)

Used a ladder truck... in a window... had cordless angle grinders they used for both access to jewelry, AND to threaten what little security was there... back down the ladder, off on Mopeds...

Fucking classic... First Female Director, and First Female HEAD OF SECURITY...

Right out of a bad Caper movie. Wait... anyone know the whereabout of Raymond Reddington?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 06:12 PM (mP0Kj)

233 Approve them and ignore the blue slips. The Dems are no longer an entity we can do business with.

The blue slip process is moronic but it's up to Thune to end it not the DOJ.
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Absolutely. He needs to end it now.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2025 06:12 PM (TN0g+)

234 Syd Blumenthal may well have had Russian prostitutes pee on the bed Obama once slept in.
But Brennan surely had Russian prostitutes pee on him directly.
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at October 21, 2025 05:59 PM (gxokI)

It's not pee! It's Kunyaza, sacred waters.

Posted by: J. Brennan at October 21, 2025 06:12 PM (wVcYX)

235 Not necessarily. Investigating the lying charge means a whole lot of other rocks can be overturned that would ordinarily be off limits.

Criminals, including our elite class, don't stop at just one crime almost never. Leticia is an example as she has lied on mortgage applications for decades now and keeps two criminals in her houses. One who has an outstanding warrant in another state. Plus, tax and insurance fraud are likely. ...
Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 06:10 PM (WDjG6)
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I'd bet my net worth on it.

And not one of them will be punished. They may get cashiered and sent home, but not one of them will ever wear stainless steel bracelets and a fetching orange outfit.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2025 06:12 PM (CgKt6)

236 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 21, 2025 06:13 PM (Zz0t1)

237 217 Somebody cleaned out the Louvre in 7 minutes.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 06:09 PM (+U7B7)

Well, they cleaned out the Napoleonic royal jewelry in 7 minutes. In broad daylight. During business hours. Using a construction lift. Right through a window. Apparently the Louvre administration has never heard of perimeter security, CCTV, motion or vibration alarms, secure locked casing or even window bars.

Posted by: Tres stupid! at October 21, 2025 06:13 PM (TbWk/)

238 Jim Jordan "refers" a lot of shit.

Jim Jordan follows up on not much shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2025 06:13 PM (Q4IgG)

239 Taught in only the best Ivy League and leftist (BIRM) law schools

Other than ACB, four SCOTUS justices got ther JD from Harvard, the other four from Yale.

Lots of Diversity there!

If you were Stan, what schools would you corrupt first?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 21, 2025 06:13 PM (pUU4E)

240 229 >>Approve them and ignore the blue slips. The Dems are no longer an entity we can do business with.

The blue slip process is moronic but it's up to Thune to end it not the DOJ.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 06:11 PM (viF8m)

Yup, blue slip is a Senate Rule, which they can get rid of with a simple majority.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2025 06:14 PM (mP0Kj)

241 These people don't go to jail. These people don't get punished. They do the Party's business, then retire.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2025 06:11 PM (CgKt6)

- - - - - - - -

This gentleman right here. He seems to understand.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 21, 2025 06:14 PM (Zz0t1)

242 There is phone footage of the robbery.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 06:14 PM (+U7B7)

243 Wasn't she renting out her residences?
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Yep. That raises the stakes to tax evasion. And if she says "Oh not true, I claimed the income on my tax returns", then her tax returns convict her of mortgage fraud.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2025 06:14 PM (TN0g+)

244 Jim Jordan "refers" a lot of shit.

Jim Jordan follows up on not much shit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2025 06:13 PM

Jim get's his shirts from the drycleaner with the sleeves pre-rolled up.

Light starch.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2025 06:15 PM (jc0TO)

245 >>These people don't go to jail. These people don't get punished. They do the Party's business, then retire.

It's always an uphill battle for us. We all know this. But the Trump team is actually fighting.

Yea, it would be great to see Brennan, Clapper, Comey and more in an orange jumpsuit but don't overlook the benefit of it being proven once and for all how corrupt the Obama/Biden/Clinton team was. I want their reputations shredded.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 06:15 PM (viF8m)

246 I don't know if we'll ever see John Brennan's giant Olmec head behind bars, but at least he can spend some time in the sweat box.

Posted by: Paco at October 21, 2025 06:15 PM (mADJX)

247 Yep. That raises the stakes to tax evasion. And if she says "Oh not true, I claimed the income on my tax returns", then her tax returns convict her of mortgage fraud.
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2025 06:14 PM (TN0g+)
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So she might even get fired and sent home.

Oh, the horror of it all.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2025 06:15 PM (CgKt6)

248 Well, they cleaned out the Napoleonic royal jewelry in 7 minutes. In broad daylight. During business hours. Using a construction lift. Right through a window. Apparently the Louvre administration has never heard of perimeter security, CCTV, motion or vibration alarms, secure locked casing or even window bars.
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Women have intuition--they don't need such clearly *male* oriented things like technology, locks, or other security items.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2025 06:16 PM (TN0g+)

249
Orville Redenbacher time, in any event.
Posted by: tubal

Explosive!

https://t.ly/RiSHw

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2025 06:17 PM (63Dwl)

250 No reaction force?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 06:17 PM (+U7B7)

251 Wish Jim did more than talk but that's what we get

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2025 06:17 PM (XlD6C)

252 I spent the morning wrestling with the verification process to be able to sign on to Social Security. You can't just use your old username anymore; oh, noooo. You have to use Login.gov or ID.me. And to get one of those accounts you have to upload pics of your ID front and back, and your SS card; and then have a video call to confirm you are you and not Hannibal Lecter. Bah.

But! My new Canon printer showed up. This afternoon I set it up and downloaded the software, and everything works!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 05:27 PM (omVj0)

I thought I'd lost my SS card last week.
Couldn't find it anywhere.

So I had to go through the same thing you did at login.gov and went through the entire process (several times) for it to ask me for a phone number (which I'd just given them to do the entire process on my phone.

At which point it informed me that my phone number couldn't be verified and I'd have to use another method - go to Post Office and they'll check my ID and me.
So frustrating and had me angry for a few hours.

Thankfully, I found my SS card in the last place I'd look for it - behind my auto insurance card in my wallet. d'oh!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2025 06:17 PM (6ydKt)

253 Women have intuition--they don't need such clearly *male* oriented things like technology, locks, or other security items.
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2025 06:16 PM (TN0g+)

Well, evidently they do not need priceless historical artifacts either, apparently.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 06:18 PM (zZu0s)

254 It's always an uphill battle for us. We all know this. But the Trump team is actually fighting.

Yea, it would be great to see Brennan, Clapper, Comey and more in an orange jumpsuit but don't overlook the benefit of it being proven once and for all how corrupt the Obama/Biden/Clinton team was. I want their reputations shredded.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 06:15 PM (viF8m)
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Yes, they're fighting. And I for one actually *do* appreciate it. Maybe some normals might notice and adjust their thinking.

But the problem as I see it that doesn't matter that the Trump admin is actually fighting, because the fight cannot be won. The Party's people are above the law. They may get fired and their reputations outside of Party circles may crash, but there is no real punishment for them. DC is a Party town, and the federal courts more broadly are a Party organization. They're all fine, and will remain so. It's terribly unjust, but it is what it is. They can't be punished. Just sent home.

Sent home is better than staying put in their offices, but it ain't exactly just.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2025 06:18 PM (CgKt6)

255 Any possibility the jewels on display were replicas?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2025 06:18 PM (QGLzn)

256 The blue slip process is moronic but it's up to Thune to end it not the DOJ.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Chairman's perogative (eg Grassley's) which can be changed, I think, by a committee vote. Blue slips are not in the Senate rules and have been unevenly applied depending on who was chair of Judiciary on the Senate. Came about for Southern senators back in seg days to block integrationist judges (aka Republicans) from being seated in the South.

Frankly outdated and unconscionable nowadays.

Nominees can and have been forced directly to the floor without Judiciary signoff but controversial as usually at least a tie vote is used to send to the floor with no recommendation.

Bork got a non recommended vote from Senate Judiciary and sent to the floor anyway because of WH and Bork's insistence on a floor vote.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 06:19 PM (WDjG6)

257 Yea, it would be great to see Brennan, Clapper, Comey and more in an orange jumpsuit but don't overlook the benefit of it being proven once and for all how corrupt the Obama/Biden/Clinton team was. I want their reputations shredded. - Jack Straw

That is so. It's no small thing for the truth to be made known far and wide, regardless of whether or not the individual principals spend any time in jail. And they still might.

Posted by: Paco at October 21, 2025 06:19 PM (mADJX)

258 Wish Jim did more than talk but that's what we get
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2025 06:17 PM (XlD6C)

* ********

That guy from Utah, I think, had better hair.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 21, 2025 06:19 PM (Zz0t1)

259 Or say fk you, I' m quitting government and so free and clear

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2025 06:20 PM (XlD6C)

260 >>But the problem as I see it that doesn't matter that the Trump admin is actually fighting, because the fight cannot be won.

You're probably right with cases in DC or VA. Rigged game.

Florida might be a different story.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 06:20 PM (viF8m)

261 255 Any possibility the jewels on display were replicas?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2025 06:18 PM (QGLzn)

The only dummies on display were the security staff.

Posted by: Inside job at October 21, 2025 06:20 PM (TbWk/)

262 Any possibility the jewels on display were replicas?
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Great question--I heard years ago that much of the art in Paris was replicas because of the risk posed by the Muslims.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2025 06:20 PM (TN0g+)

263 There might be a NOOD. It's up for debate.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 06:20 PM (nhCoE)

264 12 The process is the punishment.

I hope this asshole gets grinded to dust.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 21, 2025 05:19 PM (Sco7b)

The initial process punishment is making these execrable DeepState Made Men - Comey, Brennan, and hopefully many more - sweat about their future for the first time in many, many decades.

Posted by: Gref at October 21, 2025 06:21 PM (5rh/l)

265 They left a big display jewel. It must have been fake.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 06:21 PM (+U7B7)

266 Harry Reid bragged about lying on the floor about Romney's taxes. "It worked, didn't it?" The only bad thing for these f*cks is the fact that Trump eventually won again.

They won't serve one moment in jail and will get paid by the media for the rest of their lives.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 21, 2025 06:22 PM (Zz0t1)

267
don't overlook the benefit of it being proven once and for all how corrupt the Obama/Biden/Clinton team was. I want their reputations shredded. - Jack Straw

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Reputations, by definition, are perceptions. Those are easily manipulated. The Obama/Biden/Clinton team can easily turn it all back on Trump as a wild-goose-chasing, witch-hunting revenge project that ended in failure.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 06:23 PM (ldc7S)

268 254 But the problem as I see it that doesn't matter that the Trump admin is actually fighting, because the fight cannot be won. - Joe Mannix

Maybe because nobody on our side ever really fought before. One thing's for sure: the fight can't be won if it's never joined. We could still lose, of course. The rot has set in deep.

Posted by: Paco at October 21, 2025 06:23 PM (mADJX)

269 I'd bet my net worth on it.

And not one of them will be punished. They may get cashiered and sent home, but not one of them will ever wear stainless steel bracelets and a fetching orange outfit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Not so sure. Winds seem to be changing direction where the past may no longer predict the future accurately. Crimes have gotten egregious lately up to an attempted coup and perhaps widespread electoral cheating at a massive scale.

I think the real problem for the Trump administration is how much do they want to go with their investigations as some of them are pretty explosive in nature.

Government, since the Cold War ended, has simply carried on with secrecy to the extent that those in it felt emboldened to do all sorts of things because they felt they could get away with it. Like the Covid Vaxx conspiracy and so on.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 06:23 PM (WDjG6)

270 Good.

Trump let Brennan, Clapper and Hillary all walk away in the name of 'bipartisanship' and 'grace' despite clear and unambiguous evidence of actual, real crimes.

They knifed him in the back and tried to throw him in prison for the rest of his life on made-up 'novel interpretations' of law.

Now he's going full scorched earth.

They shouldn't have started this fight.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 21, 2025 06:24 PM (lCHt6)

271 266 Harry Reid bragged about lying on the floor about Romney's taxes. "It worked, didn't it?" The only bad thing for these f*cks is the fact that Trump eventually won again.

They won't serve one moment in jail and will get paid by the media for the rest of their lives.
Posted by: Sponge
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Something happened with Harry remember his exercise band 'accident' which led to his retirement shortly after. He pissed off someone.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 06:25 PM (WDjG6)

272 Yea, it would be great to see Brennan, Clapper, Comey and more in an orange jumpsuit but don't overlook the benefit of it being proven once and for all how corrupt the Obama/Biden/Clinton team was. I want their reputations shredded.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2025 06:15 PM (viF8m)
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We are the only people who care about their reputations. For the left, being a corrupt piece of shit is a feature, not a bug.

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2025 06:25 PM (5aZAZ)

273 Maybe because nobody on our side ever really fought before. One thing's for sure: the fight can't be won if it's never joined. We could still lose, of course. The rot has set in deep.
Posted by: Paco

GOP has never in its modern incarnation fought like Democrats. Remember how they went after all of Nixon's supporters. It wasn't just Nixon that served time. They went after Reagan's administration too lock stock and barrel requiring a ridiculous last minute going out the door pardon for Caspar Weinberger over Iran Contra. Caspar opposed the whole deal in the first place.

And they went after GWB (Scooter Libby), after Trump with fake charges, and so on.

The problem for Dems is that Trump fights like a Democrat.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 06:27 PM (WDjG6)

274 Reputations, by definition, are perceptions. Those are easily manipulated. The Obama/Biden/Clinton team can easily turn it all back on Trump as a wild-goose-chasing, witch-hunting revenge project that ended in failure.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Not so much. Repetition, Repetition, Repetition is the key to destruction of a reputation which is why the Russia Russia bullshit lasted so long that a small percentage of the American population still believes it is true that Trump was a Russian asset.

Dems learned that playing hardball which is why, like Kevin Costner teaching Nuke how to deal with reporters, they have a long line of cliches that they repeat over and over again to ensure it sticks with low information voters.

Trump, and now others in the GOP finally seem to be getting the message. And once the public has come to judgment of a character repeatedly in the news for bad behavior, almost impossible to climb out of the hole entirely. Nixon came as close as anyone and still was essentially relegated to behind the scenes roles. Truman, similarly for Democrats as was Hoover for the GOP.

Posted by: whig at October 21, 2025 06:32 PM (WDjG6)

275 Haven't danced a step since my wedding night, but I'll do an Irish jig if this commie gets perp walked.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 21, 2025 08:52 PM (R86kT)

276 You have to use Login.gov or ID.me. And to get one of those accounts you have to upload pics of your ID front and back, and your SS card; and then have a video call to confirm you are you and not Hannibal Lecter.
I had to deal with the IRS last year - same routine, except my ONLY option was ID.me.
It's a PRIVATE company that the gov DEMANDS you give all of your personal.info to.
Talk about a hacker target.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 21, 2025 09:20 PM (1jBX9)

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