tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post4853652305017550359..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Productive Slow News Daymark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-13534273978377089342020-09-08T16:38:29.641-05:002020-09-08T16:38:29.641-05:00Or, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand wor...Or, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words...<br /><br />https://twitter.com/PortiaAdams1775/status/1303173489785032704/photo/1Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-62813455983779762442020-09-08T14:43:20.307-05:002020-09-08T14:43:20.307-05:00"Timing" is one of the many challenges b..."Timing" is one of the many challenges before Barr. Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46513811741235749532020-09-08T14:32:51.340-05:002020-09-08T14:32:51.340-05:00It seems if any agency gets really slammed it'...It seems if any agency gets really slammed it'll be the FBI. Brennan was clever, and that will preserve the CIA to a great extent. But when you're talking about investigations of US citizens, that's the FBI. They're responsible for all the dishonesty and bad decisions.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-30822427563547365622020-09-08T14:15:56.095-05:002020-09-08T14:15:56.095-05:00Another juicy tidbit:
>> White House chief ...Another juicy tidbit:<br /><br />>> White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said he has seen "additional" documents that are pertinent to U.S. Attorney John Durham's criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation.<br /><br />Meadows, a former congressional investigator, told Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo on Tuesday that he does not have an update on Durham's work butEZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-40420675228290030132020-09-08T14:03:56.154-05:002020-09-08T14:03:56.154-05:00Yeah, quite a start, Cassander, perhaps too much o...Yeah, quite a start, Cassander, perhaps too much of one, for it to all be presented before the election.<br /><br />Rather than seeing Durham wait to write a comprehensive report", I'd rather see, first, a smaller report, zeroing in on (w/ enough evidence on) how "the *target* has been, and continues to be, our constitutional order."<br />It's key, that enough of such a aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-25838867407688974992020-09-08T12:39:47.944-05:002020-09-08T12:39:47.944-05:006. When Mueller failed to find collusion with Russ...6. When Mueller failed to find collusion with Russia, the conspirators (by late 2017 increasingly desperate to get Trump) attempted to manufacture 'obstruction of justice' claims against Trump, which they did in Part II of the 'Mueller Report'.<br /><br />7. Schiff was then activated to turn the obstruction claims into impeachable offenses. He, too, failed and, in even greater Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-17895002044212553922020-09-08T12:38:39.043-05:002020-09-08T12:38:39.043-05:00@EZ:
I believe Brennan's 'task force'... @EZ:<br /><br />I believe Brennan's 'task force', as you might as well, was part of an overall conspiracy which included as main principals, with differing roles at various times: Brennan, Comey, Clinton, Clapper, Mueller, and Schiff. Because I have (again) typed too many words to get my point across, this comment is divided into two parts.<br /><br />The conspiracy was to defeat, Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-2688284513642075452020-09-08T12:04:41.100-05:002020-09-08T12:04:41.100-05:00I read it and liked it, but Anton doesn't exte...I read it and liked it, but Anton doesn't extend it to a critique of the American constitutional founding. I may comment on that later, along with another article at The Federalist.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-61321322100103640402020-09-08T11:52:06.835-05:002020-09-08T11:52:06.835-05:00https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/08/americas-reig...https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/08/americas-reign-of-judges-has-left-us-with-an-unrecognizable-constitution/<br /><br />A new excerpt from Anton'slatest book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-90666714517392729642020-09-08T11:30:41.603-05:002020-09-08T11:30:41.603-05:00Today might not be such a slow news day!Today might not be such a slow news day!Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-74559809128709940222020-09-08T10:42:38.588-05:002020-09-08T10:42:38.588-05:00>> Paul Sperry
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DEVELOPI...>> Paul Sperry<br />@paulsperry_<br /> · 12h<br />DEVELOPING: Investigators have learned that Obama CIA Director John Brennan ran a secret task force out of Langley with its own separate budget to investigate Trump campaign and alleged ties to Russia. Task force set up before FBI officially launched its own probe on 07/31/16 <<<br /><br />>> https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-78053043663785469712020-09-08T10:26:21.061-05:002020-09-08T10:26:21.061-05:00I read them all in college...every one that Rossi ...I read them all in college...every one that Rossi mentions...I was an 'American Civilization' major in college (a major my alma mater has since dropped, perhaps after concluding it was an oxymoron...or more likely after concluding that various victim, race and gender studies were more appropriate for the left-wing petri dish the college has since become...)<br /><br />I'll have to Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-74437848394503008872020-09-08T10:01:36.959-05:002020-09-08T10:01:36.959-05:00I've spent a lifetime avoiding--to the extent ...I've spent a lifetime avoiding--to the extent possible--20th century American novelists. I enjoyed the comments re Hemingway, and I detested the Fitzgerald I was forced to read.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-36943319974905179732020-09-08T09:48:57.603-05:002020-09-08T09:48:57.603-05:00@Mark
Thanks for the link...I read Dos Passos in ...@Mark <br />Thanks for the link...I read Dos Passos in college during the tumultuous early 70s and am aware of his journey. I remember thinking at the time...I wonder if all liberals end up conservative? Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-56551166445922046612020-09-08T09:17:50.538-05:002020-09-08T09:17:50.538-05:00This article from AmCon today may interest you tan...This article from AmCon today may interest you tangentially:<br /><br />How John Dos Passos Left the Left<br /><br />https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-john-dos-passos-left-the-left/mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-23603435636836769492020-09-08T08:59:06.076-05:002020-09-08T08:59:06.076-05:00Like many (most?) of us who come to Mark's won...Like many (most?) of us who come to Mark's wonderful site, I have friends and family who are devout Dems and Trump-haters. I mostly avoid arguments about Trump with these people, although there are occasional flare-ups which leave everybody unhappy. It seems to be an insoluble problem.<br /><br />But if I am entirely honest, as much as I have come to appreciate Trump's strengths and Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-43244941446966312462020-09-08T08:00:36.312-05:002020-09-08T08:00:36.312-05:00I would agree that the American people deserve pro...I would agree that the American people deserve prosecutions for what happened as well as a full report. However any charges are framed, we know that the target has been and continues to be our constitutional order. The Dems are trying to change that and subvert than through extra-constitutional means. What they have attempted against Trump has been treasonous and seditious--in the commonly mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-25133989936659217902020-09-08T07:53:54.258-05:002020-09-08T07:53:54.258-05:00@Mouse
"Given the historic magnitude of thes...@Mouse<br /><br />"Given the historic magnitude of these crimes..."<br /><br />Mouse, I would like to see indictments of Comey, Clapper and Brennan for conspiracy to deprive the US of honest services (as Mark has articulated the crime, as well as any other crimes that are inherent in a bona fide coup attempt), as well as indictments of McCabe, Strzok, L Page, Priestap, etc. for fraud onCassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-3611068097011424672020-09-07T23:12:02.910-05:002020-09-07T23:12:02.910-05:00What I hate is the very new norm of current or jus...What I hate is the very new norm of current or just former government officials or elected politicians “writing” a book about the injustices that occurred while they were on duty. This appears to be mainly from the Republican side.<br /><br />How about y’all fight while a gov employee.<br /><br /><br /><br />- TexasDude <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-21878790452257088072020-09-07T22:10:46.846-05:002020-09-07T22:10:46.846-05:00Xi is in charge of China. Xi is a global oligarch....Xi is in charge of China. Xi is a global oligarch. None this has anything to do with party affiliation, or even nation states. This is Cloud People vs Dirt People, globally. Parties and the mechanisms of State are merely tools. If ideas such as Christianity, the Constitution, or Western Civilization itself cannot be usefully applied towards domination they are to be burned to the ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-7533014785619716682020-09-07T21:40:47.667-05:002020-09-07T21:40:47.667-05:00"It comes down to the Left's continuing c..."It comes down to the Left's continuing control of the public square."<br /><br />If Barr, Gowdy etc. fear that control now, and imagine that this control won't be hugely strengthened if Barr/ham duck busting at least some Big Fish, I must fear that those guys don't live on the same planet as I do.<br />Given the historic magnitude of these crimes, there will never be a *aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-80005877215333293002020-09-07T20:46:47.763-05:002020-09-07T20:46:47.763-05:00Twitter thread that seems to show that the covid l...Twitter thread that seems to show that the covid lockdowns were a scam, orchestrated by China.<br /><br />The West fell for it, except for Sweden and UK, although UK finally gave in.<br /><br />China in cahoots with Dems???<br /><br />https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1270925788389486593.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-70686386092453155752020-09-07T20:45:25.155-05:002020-09-07T20:45:25.155-05:00Barr is concerned with legal accountability. I su...Barr is concerned with legal accountability. I suspect that he also knows that if he fails other actors may attempt other forms of accountability. <br /><br />It is sad that it has come to that.Mojlnirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-44773145898323740192020-09-07T20:34:23.200-05:002020-09-07T20:34:23.200-05:00It comes down to the Left's continuing control...It comes down to the Left's continuing control of the public square, despite the changes that have come with the internet and social media. Dems took out Nixon--whom they'd been gunning for ever since his anti-Communist days. The GOP, and especially after Clinton, is reluctant to go there. And that's perhaps the larger point that Gowdy had in mind.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-32381294285642054812020-09-07T20:28:43.622-05:002020-09-07T20:28:43.622-05:00Perhaps I too had a more productive day than Judge...Perhaps I too had a more productive day than Judge Boasberg.<br /><br />I just finished Lee Smith’s recently published ‘The Permanent Coup’. In short, there isn’t much there that the most avid researchers and readers among us hasn’t already learned or surmised. But Smith does pull the entire conspiracy together very nicely. <br /><br />In fact he makes a very compelling case that all of the Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.com