tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post5289841972034926472..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: BREAKING: Rosenstein Wrote THREE Scope Memos--And Counting?mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-76567476737159478982019-06-21T12:58:44.844-05:002019-06-21T12:58:44.844-05:00"My experience has been that anytime you info..."My experience has been that anytime you inform someone of the details, they are amazed, but not sufficiently to change their mind"<br /><br />Not sufficient to break the conviction that the tide of history moves with the Democrat party no matter what aberrations are exposed. No other narrative can be considered. Thanks.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-60883709671535202402019-06-21T12:28:09.237-05:002019-06-21T12:28:09.237-05:00Indoctrination with The Narrative--from elementary...Indoctrination with The Narrative--from elementary, secondary, through higher education--has worked wonders to make Democrats (the party of the KKK and Jim Crow South), as the champions of civil rights, while Republicans (the party of Lincoln and emancipation), a footnote to history that no one bothers to read. E.g., a higher proportion of House & Senate Republicans, than Democrats, voted forForbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-66925714168731157962019-06-20T21:56:09.212-05:002019-06-20T21:56:09.212-05:00Last night you were commenting re how out of touch...Last night you were commenting re how out of touch with the real world liberals, even educated ones, seem to be. Here's a great example:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/06/republican-segregationists.php" rel="nofollow">Republican Segregationists?</a>mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-73226354866255280022019-06-20T21:12:06.905-05:002019-06-20T21:12:06.905-05:00No problem. Actually, as some have said, this thir...No problem. Actually, as some have said, this third memo is rather a mystery. No obvious explanation so far.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-26630764238576235912019-06-20T21:05:23.364-05:002019-06-20T21:05:23.364-05:00maybe you'll like this one from the very liber...maybe you'll like this one from the very liberal guardian:<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/20/four-reasons-why-trump-is-cruising-towards-re-electionmark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-76829269210456230792019-06-20T21:04:38.742-05:002019-06-20T21:04:38.742-05:00Sorry, I mistyped above using 2018, not my intende...Sorry, I mistyped above using 2018, not my intended 2017--but thanks for debunking it anyways... ;-)Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-36855902772408117992019-06-20T20:43:21.694-05:002019-06-20T20:43:21.694-05:00Mr. Wauck,
I've been working late hours and c...Mr. Wauck,<br /><br />I've been working late hours and coming home too tired to comment. <br /><br />There's a good Twitter commentator who goes by the handle "Rosie Memos." Sad to say that it was only recently that I had the aha moment and realized the meaning. <br /><br />Anyway, I read an infuriating article by John Sipher. He is NeverTrump. I found out that he writes Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-56169639472494760892019-06-20T17:27:48.769-05:002019-06-20T17:27:48.769-05:00I strongly doubt that would have happened in 2004,...I strongly doubt that would have happened in 2004, but in 2016--just about anything seems to have been possible.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-81567044310874040962019-06-20T17:17:44.553-05:002019-06-20T17:17:44.553-05:00I reviewed Corsi's talk, and I want to clarify...I reviewed Corsi's talk, and I want to clarify two dates.<br /><br />Corsi and his wife were in Italy in July and August (not October) 2016.<br /><br />Corsi thinks that the FBI began to wiretap his phone calls beginning in 2004, because of the book he published in that year about John Kerry's Swift Boat experiences in the Vietnam War.Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-2922757607264075442019-06-20T16:38:13.777-05:002019-06-20T16:38:13.777-05:00It's possible, although I thought I read somew...It's possible, although I thought I read somewhere that the FBI got it from one of his emails or texts. Anyway, I've read previously that that was Corsi's reasoning--speculative, not based on contacts--but they tried to jam him up and get him into a plea deal that would smear Trump.<br /><br />BTW, I've been out quite a bit today, but the last thing I saw is that Trump made a mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-1333878699890819182019-06-20T16:20:07.032-05:002019-06-20T16:20:07.032-05:00I recommend that you watch the video of Corsi'...I recommend that you watch <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?461313-1/silent-more" rel="nofollow">the video of Corsi's talk</a> on BookTV.<br /><br />He thinks that he himself has been subjected to FISA surveillance for several years. When he was questioned by Mueller's gang, Corsi figured that questions were informed by contents of his telephone conversations from years previously.<Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-61020939737523703662019-06-20T15:57:19.896-05:002019-06-20T15:57:19.896-05:00Also, check out Mike Sylwester's comment above...Also, check out Mike Sylwester's comment above re Corsi. Corsi's account confirms to me what I've always believed, namely, that while Team Mueller knew there was no collusion, they never gave up on the possibility of framing a collusion narrative for political damage.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46705987403460485352019-06-20T15:50:40.855-05:002019-06-20T15:50:40.855-05:00The final FISA would have expired in August, 2017,...The final FISA would have expired in August, 2017, which means that the decision not to seek renewal would have been made probably by July at the latest. As for obstruction, 28 CFR § 600.4 specifies "The jurisdiction of a Special Counsel shall also include the authority to investigate and prosecute federal crimes committed in the course of, and with intent to interfere with, the Special mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-64137710834977795532019-06-20T14:27:48.936-05:002019-06-20T14:27:48.936-05:00I'm just speedballing here, but the October 20...I'm just speedballing here, but the October 2018 date would be around the time that the Page FISA was not renewed, so the investigation was taking another tact, e.g. obstruction, and likely needed direction/authorization...Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-50935097553096278682019-06-20T07:21:04.258-05:002019-06-20T07:21:04.258-05:00I agree re the August memo--it was a retroactive a...I agree re the August memo--it was a retroactive authorization in a sense, since they'd already done the search. It may also have extended the already existing investigation of Manafort. However, I believe the original authorization includes obstruction. We'll just have to see. There could be some other angle to it, although the Mueller Dossier gives no hint that anyone has mentioned.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-35303255999034002632019-06-20T07:18:08.060-05:002019-06-20T07:18:08.060-05:00Yes, I recall you speculating on Corsi's menta...Yes, I recall you speculating on Corsi's mental condition. However, I've seen interviews with him and I agree he seems quite sharp. I certainly wish him all success in his law suit.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-60227505097797960782019-06-19T23:56:51.115-05:002019-06-19T23:56:51.115-05:00Just now I finished watching Jerome Corsi's ta...Just now I finished watching <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?461313-1/silent-more" rel="nofollow">Jerome Corsi's talk on BookTV</a> about his new book <i>Silent No More</i>. <br /><br />I think it was on your blog that I speculated that Corsi was not charged because was suffering from dementia. I was absolutely wrong about that (wherever I wrote it). <br /><br />In this talk, Corsi Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-7474413980948135752019-06-19T23:45:04.096-05:002019-06-19T23:45:04.096-05:00The August memo seems clearly to have been the aut...The August memo seems clearly to have been the authorization to pursue Manafort for the old charges as leverage to get him to cooperate on the collusion investigation already authorized by the May memo. I would bet the October memo, if it exists, is the obstruction investigation authorization. I think it might be worth it to see what Trump was tweeting around that time.Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.com