tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post5216695320241284640..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: UPDATED: Rosenstein's Day In The Senatemark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-89820871778070008222020-06-05T15:42:32.491-05:002020-06-05T15:42:32.491-05:00This is why the conspirators were so desperate to ...This is why the conspirators were so desperate to get Flynn fired. Flynn knew everyone who had skeletons in their closets, and would have exposed all of those who have been participating in the coup attempt; and he would have exposed them. He will soon have that opportunity again.CTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716968497758364477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-7596434103910717742020-06-04T23:33:39.235-05:002020-06-04T23:33:39.235-05:00"How can you get to the bottom of anything wh..."How can you get to the bottom of anything which is broken and start fixing it without getting to the truth? How can we get to the truth if we keep lying about the facts?"<br /><br />I realize that's rhetorical, but when people have been indoctrinated for decades that objective truth is really whatever they prefer it to be, society, civilization itself, is in very serious jeopardy.C.I.Shmoehttps://www.gijobs.com/badasses-make-up-omega-teams/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-84066959010694243052020-06-04T22:08:08.647-05:002020-06-04T22:08:08.647-05:00Actually rather that the Rosenstein defense I shou...Actually rather that the Rosenstein defense I should have written "Art imitates life" since the NYT hasn't been a serious purveyor of news in at least 20 years.<br />Tom S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-34584098737202779552020-06-04T21:28:13.145-05:002020-06-04T21:28:13.145-05:00"New York Times now says editor didn’t read S..."New York Times now says editor didn’t read Sen. Tom Cotton’s op-ed before publishing it..."<br /><br />Just saw this headline over at Twitchy. The Rosenstein defense!<br /><br />Don't they understand we can see how cliché this is? Can't they at least pretend to some imagination in their lies and dissimilation?<br />Tom S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-28693676960971231742020-06-04T12:29:22.519-05:002020-06-04T12:29:22.519-05:00Rosenstein's overall defense is that he's ...Rosenstein's overall defense is that he's incompetent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-32181035385612978032020-06-04T11:57:28.768-05:002020-06-04T11:57:28.768-05:00Others didn’t understand “accessed” either. It wa...Others didn’t understand “accessed” either. It was my understanding from something I read a while back that both Mattis and McMaster came via recommendations from Condi Rice.<br /><br />Who is Rich Higgins? I didn’t know, so I looked him up. Here is a rundown from the Atlantic, always suspect, but here it is:<br /><br />https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-53860302487137701982020-06-04T10:51:19.299-05:002020-06-04T10:51:19.299-05:00What counts is not what you *expect*, it's wha...What counts is not what you *expect*, it's what you *inspect*, but that comes, only if you have a media which cares to perform more than (at most) cursory inspection, of one Party's orgies of deceit/ criminality.<br />If DJT can't break the MSM oligopolies, it'll be time for Heartland America to secede from the rest of the country. <br />aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-35315377205019447592020-06-04T10:39:07.795-05:002020-06-04T10:39:07.795-05:00Good points, Cassander. He had a lot of items on ...Good points, Cassander. He had a lot of items on his to do list. A FISA that involved associates of the President was just one of many important duties. (sarcasm)Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-90197714126622369862020-06-04T10:35:50.626-05:002020-06-04T10:35:50.626-05:00Actually they would/did probably cheer him on. I&...Actually they would/did probably cheer him on. I'm sure that if he had consulted with them, maybe he occasionally bragged about making Flynn or Stone squirm over dinner, they would have considered the odds of success very good and expected to hold, or possibly advance, their position with the DS Dinner crowd when the new regime took over.<br /><br />Cloud People law firms don't let Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-63632836628609671632020-06-04T10:00:46.499-05:002020-06-04T10:00:46.499-05:00When are we going to stop lying to each other?
H...When are we going to stop lying to each other? <br /><br />How can you get to the bottom of anything which is broken and start fixing it without getting to the truth?<br /><br />How can we get to the truth if we keep lying about the facts? <br /><br />Lindsey Graham says he's trying to get to the bottom of what happened so that it doesn't happen again. Sounds valid. Even noble. So he Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-5029306590799679582020-06-03T21:09:54.473-05:002020-06-03T21:09:54.473-05:00I don't understand the wording, "accessed...I don't understand the wording, "accessed," but ...<br /><br />https://twitter.com/RichHiggins_DC/status/1268330216285495296mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-45279433493477306982020-06-03T21:03:29.745-05:002020-06-03T21:03:29.745-05:00Another irony.
In so many cases Trump either rewa...Another irony.<br /><br />In so many cases Trump either rewarded loyalty...or reposed trust...in those who ultimately betrayed him. <br /><br />I was saddened to read General Mattis's denunciation of Trump today.Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-84372284805057528182020-06-03T21:01:25.043-05:002020-06-03T21:01:25.043-05:00@Forbes, Cassander,
On that front, I see that Kay...@Forbes, Cassander,<br /><br />On that front, I see that Kayleigh Mcenany, a halfwit masquerading as press secretary, blamed AG Barr for ordering the space cleared for Trump at Lafayette Park. She thinks this is defending her chief, throwing the AG under the bus. I don't have the heart to tell her. Bad Day at Black Rock.Titan 28https://www.blogger.com/profile/09046922743675836512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-48014459403322735982020-06-03T21:00:01.736-05:002020-06-03T21:00:01.736-05:00Tonite on Hannity was shown Cruz saying (to RR) hi...Tonite on Hannity was shown Cruz saying (to RR) his presumption, that RR *wasn't* complicit.<br />Minutes later, Hannity slobbered all over Lindsey, daring not to go near to pressing him on this issue.<br />With Hannity so laying in such tall grass, I must fear that some sort of fix is in. <br />aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46113869623191889922020-06-03T20:31:41.455-05:002020-06-03T20:31:41.455-05:00Cassander...Yup. Unknowing the events to unfold, S...Cassander...Yup. Unknowing the events to unfold, Sessions was the wrong man for the job. Trump rewarded loyalty to a supporter who would help on the border wall and immigration, and as a bridge to Congressional Republicans who didn't know Trump. <br /><br />It turned out Trump needed a viper to go after the Deep State and Dems. Sessions was not that guy.Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-58848937675204281012020-06-03T20:07:29.854-05:002020-06-03T20:07:29.854-05:00The good news seems to be that Durham is very much...The good news seems to be that Durham is very much focused on the ICA.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46255603656874987112020-06-03T20:00:55.759-05:002020-06-03T20:00:55.759-05:00@Forbes
Bear with me. Lets give Jeff Sessions the...@Forbes<br /><br />Bear with me. Lets give Jeff Sessions the benefit of the doubt (to which he is probably not entitled) and submit that he is a 'nice guy'. <br /><br />But for him to suggest that he served Trump well is ridiculous. <br /><br />Because, as you say: "It has taken Bill Barr as AG for Trump to take control of his administration. And still..."<br /><br />Sessions Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-39523896097855912322020-06-03T19:54:57.721-05:002020-06-03T19:54:57.721-05:00I agree. Good job by Mirengoff. I do have a questi...I agree. Good job by Mirengoff. I do have a question, however. <br /><br />Mirengoff mentions 'Russian disinformation' four times as the basis for the FBI investigations. Many other intelligent and articulate observers do the same. Including many who are as offended by FBI and DOJ wrongdoing as I am.<br /><br />But please.<br /><br />Where is the Russian disinformation? Which Russians, Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-51486907091491638202020-06-03T19:35:12.997-05:002020-06-03T19:35:12.997-05:00And still he's just now getting some control--...And still he's just now getting some control--some, not total--over the IC.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-33419861648964439762020-06-03T19:02:57.578-05:002020-06-03T19:02:57.578-05:00Even Andy McCarthy said from day 1 the special cou...Even Andy McCarthy said from day 1 the special counsel appointment was invalid because it never cited the crime to be investigated (predication), and that on day 1 of the SCO it was similarly evident that there was no collusion. And in those early days, as until recently, he was bending over backwards to give FBI/DOJ the benefit of doubt as to their motives and intentions. <br /><br />And as I&#Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-65529038677198523722020-06-03T18:45:28.994-05:002020-06-03T18:45:28.994-05:00It seemed to me to be stronger than usual, perhaps...It seemed to me to be stronger than usual, perhaps indicating a shift in his view.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-609717747971086482020-06-03T18:16:59.868-05:002020-06-03T18:16:59.868-05:00While I rarely agree with what Mirengoff posts, he...While I rarely agree with what Mirengoff posts, he nailed this one. Compare this post to some of his previous posts on the subject... Some might call it a "Come to Jesus" moment.<br /><br />DJLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-7566762870121418822020-06-03T18:04:45.128-05:002020-06-03T18:04:45.128-05:00And I'm sure he doesn't think he's stu...And I'm sure he doesn't think he's stupid at all. Far from it.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-58846899988717847732020-06-03T18:03:51.552-05:002020-06-03T18:03:51.552-05:00Totally. When we had long running cases, we had to...Totally. When we had long running cases, we had to do yearly summaries. But more frequent if there were developments that led to a higher level of investigation. The move to a Special Counsel would seem to cry out loudly for such a summary justification of what was being done.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-86574838347622689362020-06-03T18:01:55.706-05:002020-06-03T18:01:55.706-05:00I think that's absolutely true. This couldn...I think that's absolutely true. This couldn't have been just a handful in the USIC. Not even just with WH support.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com