At this point, beyond anything beneficial arising from Kim actually giving up the nukes he may not even have, I so very much want to see Nancy Pelosi and all the leftist media children eat their smarmy words. I cannot express how badly I want to hear their stuttering bullshit, or even witness their silence when the President manages to negotiate a deal, something which didn't even cross the tiny, arrogant mind of the Krimson Kenyan. These arrogant assholes think Donald Trump is the clown, but in reality, they're the clowns and I want to see President Trump do this and let them see how things really are.

A factor which occurs to me now and then, in between all the events and fake news etc., is how little we out here in the hinterlands actually know about events.

In the first place, we get all of our info from news reports which are inevitably incomplete, slanted and often misleading.

From reading history, I am struck by recalling news at the time, then reading the histories, memoirs, etc which have much more detail, often inconsistencies, factors known to participants but either covered up, lost in the hubbub, which give a much greater understanding of why decisions were made as they were, why they had to be made that way, etc. The media reports are little more than cover stories to distract from actual pressures.

JALLEN,

that is an awesome article by McCarthy. He hits the nail on the head. I hope it turns out to be political suicide for Marco Rubio.

Republicans should fire every REP member of the Senate Intel comm and replace them. It has been obvious for months that Richard Burr (so called chairman) has let DEM Mark Warner run that committee.

Where was Rubio? Cornyn? Cotton? etc They haven't done crap. They took 16 months to "review" the ICA. That should have taken a week.

The only piece in McCarthy's article that I think he missed is that Adam Schiff let the cat out of the bag about the FISA application. Schiff said the only part of the dossier that was presented to the FISA court was the part about Carter Page.

That is important for two reasons.

1. It kept the judge from asking questions about verification of the wild accusations of Donald Trump himself working w the Russians.

2. It allowed the Isikoff story (that only discussed Carter Page) of Sep 2016 (planted by Steele himself) to "verify" the Carter Page part of the dossier.


listen to Schiff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRpqZit48AA

starting about 45 sec in

"If You Don’t Read the Newspaper You Are Uninformed, If You Do Read the Newspaper You Are Misinformed"
~Mark Twain (maybe)

"The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them."
~Thomas Jefferson (another maybe)

Nothing new.

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that is an awesome article by McCarthy. He hits the nail on the head.

I agree completely. McCarthy--not a Trump True Believer by any means--has clarified an entire cloud of rumor, lies, and speculation surrounding this issue. He does it from the viewpoint of an experienced prosecutor used to dealing with the world of the FBI.

His comments on Gowdy's support of the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign (and an aside about Gowdy's handling of the Benghazi investigation) have changed my mind about Gowdy's integrity and competence.

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
From reading history, I am struck by recalling news at the time, then reading the histories, memoirs, etc which have much more detail, often inconsistencies, factors known to participants but either covered up, lost in the hubbub, which give a much greater understanding of why decisions were made as they were, why they had to be made that way, etc. The media reports are little more than cover stories to distract from actual pressures.

Indeed, that’s the exact reason I skim through news stories and even the more detailed accounts posted here rather than trying to absorb, analyze, and reconcile every claim and tidbit as they’re breathlessly reported. I can’t think of a single significant event that has occurred in my adult lifetime that was reported accurately, much less fully, as it was transpiring. The same people who will say, “Hah! They called a Bushmaster AR an ‘automatic’ weapon,” will happily believe that other equally uninformed claims are the gospel. The goal of the BS media companies is first and foremost to entertain the masses who flock to them for their continuous hits of titillation, awe, and outrage. The secondary goal is to promote their own agendas, which is closely tied to the first. Providing accurate information is a distant third, if that.

But anyone who ever reads serious history books knows all that—or at least should.

Some of us are waiting for the DoJ IG report.

When it does get released, this is one of the places you might be able to find it:

https://oig.justice.gov/reports/all.htm

This is the site for "All Reports" from DoJ IG


a pretty busy group

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Originally posted by sigfreund:

Indeed, that’s the exact reason I skim through news stories and even the more detailed accounts posted here rather than trying to absorb, analyze, and reconcile every claim and tidbit as they’re breathlessly reported. I can’t think of a single significant event that has occurred in my adult lifetime that was reported accurately, much less fully, as it was transpiring. The same people who will say, “Hah! They called a Bushmaster AR an ‘automatic’ weapon,” will happily believe that other equally uninformed claims are the gospel. The goal of the BS media companies is first and foremost to entertain the masses who flock to them for their continuous hits of titillation, awe, and outrage. The secondary goal is to promote their own agendas, which is closely tied to the first. Providing accurate information is a distant third, if that.

But anyone who ever reads serious history books knows all that—or at least should.

This is why I resist drawing firm conclusions about current events and actors. One day, they seem one way, stupid, sordid, venal, the battle lost; another day more details, not as dumb as they looked, playing the winning hand.

At best, we can only speculate about events likely misreported and incomplete.

It is essential to have all the facts accurately before misjudging events.

Lawfare is Ben Wittes site that is completely in the tank for Comey

Adam Schiff puts up an open letter to the FBI on the Lawfare site

https://lawfareblog.com/open-l...bureau-investigation

"I can assure you that the vast majority of the American people share my high regard for the FBI, and so do my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans. While I wish that more of them felt free to say so, the FBI is widely respected on the Hill for its professionalism, talent, and integrity. Despite the static that you may hear from time to time, do not for a moment believe that it is otherwise."

Seems a bit out of sync with the fact that the entire upper management of the FBI has been fired or resigned.

trump tweets he's pardoning dinesh d souza as he was treated unfairly from our government.

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Originally posted by Deqlyn:
trump tweets he's pardoning dinesh d souza as he was treated unfairly from our government.

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This is almost bitter-sweet, as it would have been poetic justice for Rosie O'Donnel to be jailed for doing THE EXACT SAME THING!!! The wheels of justice unfortunately do not turn both ways when Libtard Leftists are involved. But we knew that already...

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:

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Originally posted by Deqlyn:
trump tweets he's pardoning dinesh d souza as he was treated unfairly from our government.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is almost bitter-sweet, as it would have been poetic justice for Rosie O'Donnel to be jailed for doing THE EXACT SAME THING!!! The wheels of justice unfortunately do not turn both ways when Libtard Leftists are involved. But we knew that already...

Not the exact same thing. His was one time out of ignorance. Hers were multiple instances with an effort to hide what she was doing. Poetic justice would still see her tried and convicted. Sadly, justice isn’t usually all that poetic...

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Originally posted by Deqlyn:
trump tweets he's pardoning dinesh d souza as he was treated unfairly from our government.

Great News!

Still throw the book at RO.

Some German luxury car enthusiasts are going wild on the internet over a “reported statement” between Trump and the French president where Trump said he wanted to ban German luxury sedans so that none are seen on 5th Avenue. The hill reported it so it’s obviously just a distraction from something positive our president did recently. Maybe it was intended to be a jab at Merkel. Either way I find the whole thing to be extremely amusing.

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Originally posted by slosig:

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:

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Originally posted by Deqlyn:
trump tweets he's pardoning dinesh d souza as he was treated unfairly from our government.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is almost bitter-sweet, as it would have been poetic justice for Rosie O'Donnel to be jailed for doing THE EXACT SAME THING!!! The wheels of justice unfortunately do not turn both ways when Libtard Leftists are involved. But we knew that already...

Not the exact same thing. His was one time out of ignorance. Hers were multiple instances with an effort to hide what she was doing. Poetic justice would still see her tried and convicted. Sadly, justice isn’t usually all that poetic...

Ignorance? He funneled funds through other sources. Why would he do that if he were ignorant?

I love D'Souza, but I'm not giving him the benefit of the doubt here. I think he was selectively prosecuted by a vindictive Obama, but you avoid being selectively prosecuted by being innocent.

Surfing around websites on the right this morning, you can see a general waking up to the reality that Trey Gowdy is a swamp creature, bought and paid for. Sundance at The Conservative Treehouse was on to Gowdy long ago, while most conservatives and libertarians were still hailing him as a hero. And he stayed on Gowdy's case with specific critiques and information, until now-- when it is pretty clear to almost everyone that Gowdy is treacherous. Here is a recent sample of Sundance's work:

https://theconservativetreehou...ygate-was-justified/


There is a tug 'o war going on in our country right now. It can't really be described as good vs. evil, but it is something close to that. One side or the other will ultimately be obliterated. If we lose, the country pitches headlong toward totalitarianism.

I have begun to re-read The Gulag Archipelago, and it begins with Solzhenitsyn saying that the idea that "it could not happen here" is the height of naivety. It can happen anywhere.

Those of us paying attention have seen that not only could it happen here, it was in the process of happening. It was going forward at a rapid clip, and Hillary's expected election would have accelerated it vastly.

We are caught up in the day-to-day tensions and conflicts-- When will the IG report come out? Will Trump testify before Mueller?-- that we seldom step back and look at the whole picture. The whole picture is scary as hell.

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Originally posted by Keystoner:

Ignorance? He funneled funds through other sources. Why would he do that if he were ignorant?

I love D'Souza, but I'm not giving him the benefit of the doubt here. I think he was selectively prosecuted by a vindictive Obama, but you avoid being selectively prosecuted by being innocent.

He mistook the regs as offering a loophole. A lot of them do.

He might not have heard of Bob Haldeman’s caution, “we’re so [expletive deleted] square, we’d get caught.”

Trump apparently told reporters that he's considering pardoning Rod Blagojevich, releasing him from federal prison for trying to sell Obama's senate seat.

Blago epitomizes The Swamp! I hope he was pulling some chains, but one never knows until it happens or it doesn't.

Blago is a corrupt as one could be. I dearly hope Trump soon realizes this would be a mistake.

I can't see any benefit for letting Blago skate.
Makes no sense.
Hearing Martha Stewart now.