An Excellent New Samantha Bee Segment: White Collar Crime [VIDEO]
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We are truly living in the golden age of white collar crime, but with an extra emphasis on white.
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Right now Freshman members of Congress are at a “Bipartisan” orientation w/ briefings on issues.
Invited panelists offer insights to inform new Congressmembers‘ views as they prepare to legislate.
# of Corporate CEOs we’ve listened to here: 4
# of Labor leaders: 0— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 6, 2018
Wow. The corruption of democracy begins during the orientation sessions. https://t.co/2GuciOVFSB
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 6, 2018
re: #1 Charles Johnson
I love the fact that this woman is basically using a flame thrower to remove the veil of how government really works.
Plus, why the hell am I not watching Full Frontal more?
re: #1 Charles Johnson
We need more people like Alexandria in office; after 10 years of experience, she’ll be old enough to run for President! And unlike Bernie, I think she will make a mark in her office. It certainly helps that she is a master of the new media platforms.
re: #2 Mattand
I love the fact that this woman is basically using a flame thrower to remove the veil of how government really works.
Plus, why the hell am I not watching Full Frontal more?
You and me both!
Federalist Society Judges think that discovery should be denied in all cases worth less than a half million bucks. Forget about justice in the federal courts if you’re a little person.
Quick derail of the main thread: this article in the Atlantic details the “Eh, fuck it, we’ll wing it” attitude of the Trump gang towards dealing with Muller.
One thing struck me about the Rudy Giuliani quotes: maybe it’s just me, but is Rudy basically laying the ground work for “I did what I could, but Trump is unmanageable” defense? It’s how I’m seeing it.
re: #6 Mattand
That sounds like something Rudy would do. Everyone will start bailing from Trump when the shit really hits the fan.
re: #6 Mattand
Quick derail of the main thread: this article in the Atlantic details the “Eh, fuck it, we’ll wing it” attitude of the Trump gang towards dealing with Muller.
One thing struck me about the Rudy Giuliani quotes: maybe it’s just me, but is Rudy basically laying the ground work for “I did what I could, but Trump is unmanageable” defense? It’s how I’m seeing it.
That doesn’t really work as a defense of Trump, though.
House will question Comey tomorrow. Some members didn’t want to; wanted Rosenstein instead. But Comey it is, so what to ask? Some Rs will hit Hillary emails, while others say that’s over, done with. Others will focus on Trump-Russia, dossier. 1/7 https://t.co/CKbiKw7yfa
— Byron York (@ByronYork) December 6, 2018
Here’s your daily laundry list of wingnut talking points for the James Comey session. https://t.co/J7wylUStSk
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 6, 2018
re: #6 Mattand
Quick derail of the main thread: this article in the Atlantic details the “Eh, fuck it, we’ll wing it” attitude of the Trump gang towards dealing with Muller.
One thing struck me about the Rudy Giuliani quotes: maybe it’s just me, but is Rudy basically laying the ground work for “I did what I could, but Trump is unmanageable” defense? It’s how I’m seeing it.
Rudy’s tweets over the last week make me think he’s just fucking senile and doesn’t have a plan.
The Trump administration announced on Thursday afternoon it is proposing to rollback another coal rule, one that limits how much carbon pollution new coal plants can emit. https://t.co/GkcHsK9x5v
— Zahra Hirji (@Zhirji28) December 6, 2018
The @EPA livestream cut off for the question/answer period around @EPAAWheeler’s new coal announcement. It appears an EPA official (pictured below) is signaling to cut the feed in the final few seconds of the video, just after announcing the Q/A rules pic.twitter.com/pFeL3j9pH1
— Zahra Hirji (@Zhirji28) December 6, 2018
re: #10 goddamnedfrank
Rudy’s tweets over the last week make me think he’s just fucking senile and doesn’t have a plan.
I love this quote from the article
“It’s like, ‘Jesus, take the wheel,’” the source added, “but scarier.”
There are a lot of reasons why white collar crimes don’t get aggressively prosecuted. High on that list is because the defendants typically can afford to hire top flight criminal defense lawyers - it’s much easier to prosecute cases against underfunded public defenders or smaller firms that are typically looking to churn and burn files. It’s also typically more difficult to explain white collar crimes to juries - everyone understands “he hit her” or “he shot him”; it’s less easy to explain when you have to call a forensic accountant to explain how diverting half a cent on ATM transactions results in this guy illegally walking away with ten million dollars. Throw in that the reward structures for prosecutors incentivize pleas on par with convictions, and it makes sense that white collar crime doesn’t get the scrutiny the other stuff does.
re: #5 Big Beautiful Door
Federalist Society Judges think that discovery should be denied in all cases worth less than a half million bucks. Forget about justice in the federal courts if you’re a little person.
So dumb. How the fuck are plaintiffs supposed to fight a motion for summary judgement without discovery?
re: #15 goddamnedfrank
So dumb. How the fuck are plaintiffs supposed to fight a motion for summary judgement without discovery?
They aren’t; it’s the Federalist Society remember?
re: #10 goddamnedfrank
Rudy’s tweets over the last week make me think he’s just fucking senile and doesn’t have a plan.
He may be senile but how can anyone have a plan when Trump ignores everything you may advise. The only plans that offer themselves are (1) pleading insanity on behalf of your client or (2) finding the best time to make a quick departure.
re: #5 Big Beautiful Door
Federalist Society Judges think that discovery should be denied in all cases worth less than a half million bucks. Forget about justice in the federal courts if you’re a little person.
Gah.
re: #15 goddamnedfrank
So dumb. How the fuck are plaintiffs supposed to fight a motion for summary judgement without discovery?
I think that’s kind of the point.
re: #15 goddamnedfrank
So dumb. How the fuck are plaintiffs supposed to fight a motion for summary judgement without discovery?
Also it works both ways, you get sued by a student loan lender for $100K and then can’t demand they provide proof before trial that the loan is valid? AYFKM?
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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Appreciate her bringing attention to this. This is awful. I really like her. I think she’s going to be a thorn in the side of many on the right for years to come.
re: #21 goddamnedfrank
They don’t seem to have thought this one through.
re: #15 goddamnedfrank
So dumb. How the fuck are plaintiffs supposed to fight a motion for summary judgement without discovery?
It’d be pretty hard to win a motion for summary judgment without discovery. Using the other side’s answers are kind of important in establishing “undisputed material facts.”
And I get it, discovery sucks, it is the bane of every litigator’s life. And the Rule 26 disclosures are supposed to help reign in some of that discovery. But you still need depositions, you still need basic interrogatories, and document production.
If you got rid of discovery, you’d end up making 3 day trials into 30 day trials. You’d also end up having many, many more trials because discovery is also pretty useful in convincing parties of liability and the benefit of settlements.
This paragraph from the Atlantic article gets me.
“The thing that upsets potus the most is the treatment of Manafort,” Giuliani said. When Trump learned that the former campaign chairman was in solitary confinement, Giuliani said, “he said to me, ‘Don’t they realize we’re America?’”
Right, didn’t you realize we’re America when you ordered babies to be ripped from their parents and put in cages, you Orange Ass Stain?
re: #10 goddamnedfrank
Rudy’s tweets over the last week make me think he’s just fucking senile and doesn’t have a plan.
Who? Rudy or Trump?
It’s painful to see what’s happening in Britain; it was clear from the start that #Brexit was going to be a massive clusterfuck. We seem to have an epidemic lately of democratic societies voting against their own best interests.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 6, 2018
So Republicans favor a new election — probably because the format favors them. How do you manage to have early voting and mail-in ballots in this situation? They know that this approach hampers minority voters. Unfortunately, there is no way around this; the original election is totally contaminated beyond repair. And the new election will also be unfair because of its impediments to minority and senior voters.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
The problem with her observation about the lack of Labor representation is that 35% of the country considers them an enemy to be exploited.
With Libertarians taking over, a zero-sum game philosophy has emerged where there are two peoples- the exploiters and the exploited. Winners and Losers. One must aspire to be an exploiter. The average White Male and Trump voter has been reprogrammed during the last 40 years or so to believe that only the winners should be given consideration by the government. Labor is now seen as not worthy of representation at all… Too Socialist.
2. Actually, according to the Washington Post, @DallasWoodhouse has known about Harris’ suspect absentee a ballot operation for MONTHS.
He initially pretended he wasn’t told about it, then admitted to the Post that he was told but basically ignored it https://t.co/pyo04kfWWt pic.twitter.com/igz0X79waj— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 6, 2018
re: #31 jaunte
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Right, so when he realized they’d been caught it was national news he threw up.
Is the FBI or any federal law enforcement involved in the NC-9 scandal yet? If not, why?
Cool news for Columbus, if it comes off like proposed.
The Columbus Crew MLS ‘football’ club had a new owner that was not investing in the team and was thought the reason he was doing it is he wanted to take the team to Austin Texas. And that is exactly what he tried.
Problem is, he ran into the “Modell Rule” a law passed in Ohio after Art Modell took the Browns away from Cleveland without the city having any say. The Modell rule as far as I know the details states a city must be made aware of those kinds of plans by the owner and must be given a fair chance to work to keep the team.
So Columbus sued the new owner (Anthony Precourt) and MLS using that law and managed to hold up the team from being moved.
Then thankfully a local business group along with Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam came up with a financing plan to keep the team and worked it out with MLS to give Precourt a new franchise. But part of the plan stated there was to be a replacement for Mapfre (Spanish Insurance Company) Stadium that was originally built by Lamar Hunt the original (family) ownership.
Today it was announced the new stadium would be built downtown and be a private/public funded deal. I don’t know the funding details, but I think they are pretty aware local Columbus folks are not going to dump a bunch of tax money in a new sports stadium, so it better be creative.
Here is a tweet that shows the proposed stadium. It is going to be in an area of Columbus that was once industrial/warehouse that will really help fill in the downtown which is growing daily. It also will put in a row with Nationwide Arena where the Columbus Bluejackets NHL team plays and Huntington (Bank) Park where the Cleveland Indians AAA baseball team plays. Also in the whole area is a slew of new apartments and condos which has created the need for more commercial areas like shopping, restaurants, clubs, a concert venue, etc.
I hope it works for all. It is a pretty good looking project.
Here are the renders of the proposed $230 million, 20,000-seat downtown stadium for Columbus Crew SC. #CrewSC #SaveTheCrew pic.twitter.com/VMOQCmxUcn
— D.J. Switzer 🅆🅂🄾🅃🄿 (@wrongsideofpond) December 6, 2018
Link to article at Major League Soccer.
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/12/06/columbus-crew-sc-reveal-plan-new-stadium
Seems like NC vote fraud was an open secret https://t.co/LO8rE7NBqX via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 6, 2018
After years of fake whining about imaginary liberal fraud, of course when a genuine case of serious voter fraud is discovered it’s the Republicans doing it. They scream the loudest about things they want to do themselves. https://t.co/28z2zw524F
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 6, 2018
re: #35 Charles Johnson
[… They scream the loudest about things they want to do themselves.]
Want to do and/or have been doing for some time now.
Sean Hannity tells Mueller probe witnesses who have information about crimes: “Don’t talk to the FBI” https://t.co/WpY0cTdb0X pic.twitter.com/2re0EdM9az
— Media Matters (@mmfa) December 5, 2018
Client #3 now openly engaging in witness tampering. https://t.co/iEFTu80lbM
— Very Legal & Very Cool Frank (@goddamnedfrank) December 6, 2018
Well, my new modem arrived from UPS, only taking four days for next day service.
After my Internet service was restored again this morning, I spent three hours on the telephone trying to get the mail address to return the old modem. The telephone company insisted I had to use UPS (a 120-mile round trip for me).
I finally got to someone in the business office of the telephone company who would admit they have an address and I can mail it to them.
I don’t know what the corporate love-fest with UPS is. Everyone in this part of the state despises UPS for their lack of concern about delivering packages since the depot is so far away.
In regular political news, Nancy Pelosi notes that it is the prerogative of the US House to seat a new member, and in the case of NC-9, that means any incoming House member can protest the alleged winner of that race over the allegations of electoral fraud. She notes Republicans in the district are also upset because it appears the same fraud was perpetrated in the Republican primary for that race.
And so it begins. pic.twitter.com/eBYuqLO8KX
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) December 6, 2018
re: #37 goddamnedfrank
Client number 3 is busy interfering in ongoing federal investigation because his buddy, individual no. 1 knows he’s in real trouble.
Quid meet pro and quo.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 6, 2018
When did they ever? Not in my lifetime. I would ditch the word “current” in this:
“In the long run, the GOP’s turn against democracy could well be a greater threat to the American experiment than anything President Donald Trump has done.” https://t.co/6I1zNtCwCG
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) December 6, 2018
Let’s stop pretending the current GOP gives a shit about democracy, representative government, or anything other than what its rich patrons want, please. https://t.co/EyGp925O4w
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) December 6, 2018
re: #39 goddamnedfrank
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story changed.
yesterday it was can of bear repellent ‘fell off a shelf’
re: #40 lawhawk
Client number 3 is busy interfering in ongoing federal investigation because his buddy, individual no. 1 knows he’s in real trouble.
Quid meet pro and quo.
also possibly because he has an ‘individual’ number himself
“Soros himself admitted in a 60 Minutes interview with Steve Kroft on December 20, 1998 that he had no regrets whatsoever about assisting the Nazis in confiscating property from the Jewish people during the Holocaust. That is a fact …” FULL STATEMENT: https://t.co/Z9ZDcLl4s0
— Louie Gohmert (@replouiegohmert) December 6, 2018
Louie Gohmert is often treated as a goofy crackpot, but this dishonest antisemitic tweet really exposes his underlying malice. https://t.co/IJCXbbvsWg
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 6, 2018
I went to the VA clinic in Sidney yesterday (a 120-mile round trip) for routine blood tests related to the medications I take.
The nurse practitioner in charge of the clinic is my next-door neighbour. She also has to take that 120-mile round trip to go to work.
I suggested when we were in the clinic “you know, I could have just gone over to your house and saved us both the drive and the VA paying me travel pay for the trip.”
“Oh no” was her response. “Everyone would be coming to my house.”
The judge has now given Maria Butina until Dec. 10 at 5pm to explain why the transcript of the sealed part of today’s hearing shouldn’t be made public pic.twitter.com/MlDnikJkNb
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) December 6, 2018
re: #44 Charles Johnson
Louie Gohmert is often treated as a goofy crackpot, but this dishonest antisemitic tweet really exposes his underlying malice.
“Soros himself admitted in a 60 Minutes interview with Steve Kroft on December 20, 1998 that he had no regrets whatsoever about assisting the Nazis in confiscating property from the Jewish people during the Holocaust. That is a fact …” FULL STATEMENT: https://t.co/Z9ZDcLl4s0
— Louie Gohmert (@replouiegohmert) December 6, 2018
— Charles Johnson
That 60 Minutes nonsense is also a conserva-lie. Rep. Gohmert is repeating a neo-Nazi lie.
Bloomberg’s contemplating a WH run, and is now wondering how to deal with his ownership of Bloomberg News, which reports on things like politics.
His response to how they should handle this should set off red flags every step of the way.
“‘Quite honestly, I don’t want all the reporters I’m paying to write a bad story about me,’ Bloomberg said… One serious option for handling his campaign, he said, would be to ‘not cover politics at all’” https://t.co/kAP4I0cc6f
— Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) December 6, 2018
Bloomberg’s approach is to make sure no one investigates his own background or give it scrutiny, least of all the very news company he founded.
There’s no way a news org should allow that - it violates the very principles of the org.
Business necessarily involves politics. https://t.co/cz12ltDWg2— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 6, 2018
Things I am not going to do today:
#1. Argue with wingnuts about George Freaking Soros.
re: #8 Big Beautiful Door
That doesn’t really work as a defense of Trump, though.
Sorry, I meant the quotes were a cover-your-ass defense for Rudy himself, if Trump eventually goes down.
on this business of trump’s ‘housekeeper’
“During more than five years as a housekeeper at the Trump National Golf Club, Victorina Morales has made Donald Trump’s bed, cleaned his toilet and dusted his crystal golf trophies. When he visited as president, she was directed to wear a pin in the shape of the American flag adorned with a Secret Service logo,” the New York Times reports.
proof positive there are some jobs americans wont do
re: #49 bd(Redacted)
Things I am not going to do today:
#1. Argue with wingnuts about George Freaking Soros.
Call them liars, and leave it at that.
re: #49 bd(Redacted)
Things I am not going to do today:
#1. Argue with wingnuts
about George Freaking Soros.
danger says dont engage crackpots
It can be very difficult for average people to distinguish fake news from real news outlets, said journalist Sarah Kendzior. https://t.co/znp2QGhEqX
— CBC Books (@cbcbooks) December 5, 2018
Gohmert (R) Batshit Crazytown Tx, goes there on Fox Business Channel over Soros alt-right Nazi meme.
Yay, I won $20 in the lotto!
I also reached the milestone of 123,095 karma points here just now.
I wonder if these are related.
The website Spurious Correlations notes the average rainfall in my county correlates within a percentage point or two of the United Kingdom’s defence spending, so maybe there is something with LGF karma points and me winning lotto prizes. /s
Proud to be one of the “Lady Dems” demanding these rights! Fun piece on my bill with @KamalaHarris around rights for @domesticworkers. Thanks, @Wonkette! https://t.co/Y9Uk9DnmVT
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) December 6, 2018
A great point about Trump’s Mueller issues and how he is going to fight the report when it comes out was just made on Nicole Wallace’s MSNBC show.
It is being reported the White House has no plans for a come back. I think there were some tweets mentioning that around here.
NY Times reporter Nick Confessore said the problem for the White House legal team is Trump most likely has not fessed up to his own lawyers what he has done, so they have no idea what faces them if he is in deep with Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc., etc.
I hadn’t considered that. Good chance they have no clue what Trump may have done because he is probably both withholding facts and lying to them because that is what he does.
If that Report is a real bomb, I think his lawyers might just hang him out to dry because how do you represent a client that won’t tell you the truth?
huffingtonpost.com (video, auto play)
A senior aide to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) resigned on Wednesday amid reports that the state paid $400,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him while Harris was the California attorney general.
Harris has denied knowledge of the lawsuit against Larry Wallace, who directed the state Department of Justice’s Division of Law Enforcement during her tenure as attorney general, and continued to work for her after she began her term in the U.S. Senate last year.
Danielle Hartley, former executive assistant to Wallace, accused him of “gender harassment,” including forcing her to perform demeaning tasks like washing his car and crawling under his desk to refill the paper in his printer.
The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 30, 2016, shortly before Harris was sworn in as a senator. The California Department of Justice settled the suit in May 2017 under Harris’ successor, Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
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Just go away.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 6, 2018
re: #58 ObserverArt
Only ones who didn’t seem to realize that this was a problem Trump the client were Trump’s buddy Rudy and his ongoing counsel.
Everyone else wanted precisely nothing to do with Trump’s case. No major law firms wanted to do anything with it. There’s no David Boies. No Schiller. No one even approaching that level of legal acuity on the team - precisely because anyone with that level of acuity realized the problems:
1) Trump can’t be trusted as a client to be truthful with his own counsel
2) Trump thinks he’s the smartest in the room and ignores counsel advise;
3) Trump will lie to anyone about anything, and thinks he can get away with it scot-free;
4) Trump is notorious for not paying his bills to counsel, even when he does a good job.
Smaller firms balk at 4, because it’s the kind of thing that can bankrupt a smaller firm with unpaid billables. Larger firms might go for it, hoping to benefit from prestige of repping a president, but even there, the negatives around Trump are so bad, no one wants to rep him. He’s stuck with people who tell him what he wants to hear, not what he needs to hear - and tunes out anything contrary to his worldview.
Trump’s shitshow is only going to get worse from here.
Wow, the Dow almost broke even on the day, and the Nasdaq actually had a small gain.
chrome users:
if you havent seen the fix, you can turn off the ‘not secure’ flag messaging
Open Chrome and open a new tab
type chrome://flags in the address bar, then press “Enter”.
Scroll down to the “Mark non-secure origins as non-secure” setting and change it to
either
- “Always mark HTTP as neutral”
- “Disable’
depends on your version of chrome
also there may be more granular options as well
change to “default” to enable again
re: #42 dangerman
story changed.
yesterday it was can of bear repellent ‘fell off a shelf’
Obviously, they’re trying to cover up for the robot.
Maybe it’s related to someone in Management….
re: #61 lawhawk
Only ones who didn’t seem to realize that this was a problem Trump the client were Trump’s buddy Rudy and his ongoing counsel.
Everyone else wanted precisely nothing to do with Trump’s case. No major law firms wanted to do anything with it. There’s no David Boies. No Schiller. No one even approaching that level of legal acuity on the team - precisely because anyone with that level of acuity realized the problems:
1) Trump can’t be trusted as a client to be truthful with his own counsel
2) Trump thinks he’s the smartest in the room and ignores counsel advise;
3) Trump will lie to anyone about anything, and thinks he can get away with it scot-free;
4) Trump is notorious for not paying his bills to counsel, even when he does a good job.Smaller firms balk at 4, because it’s the kind of thing that can bankrupt a smaller firm with unpaid billables. Larger firms might go for it, hoping to benefit from prestige of repping a president, but even there, the negatives around Trump are so bad, no one wants to rep him. He’s stuck with people who tell him what he wants to hear, not what he needs to hear - and tunes out anything contrary to his worldview.
Trump’s shitshow is only going to get worse from here.
As Steve Bannon reportedly said in Fire and Fury, Mueller has assembled a team of killers, and Trump has a couple of guys with post-it notes.
Looks like my iphone 6 is about ready to head to a farm upstate where it can run free. The battery is getting bad, and I’m probably due for an upgrade, both on phone and plan. Rather annoyed that an unlimited plan is going to cost me $70-80 plus all the additional fees and the phone - apparently that $40 rate everyone advertises is for at least three phones.
re: #66 KGxvi
Looks like my iphone 6 is about ready to head to a farm upstate where it can run free. The battery is getting bad, and I’m probably due for an upgrade, both on phone and plan. Rather annoyed that an unlimited plan is going to cost me $70-80 plus all the additional fees and the phone - apparently that $40 rate everyone advertises is for at least three phones.
If you can get to an Apple Store before the end of the year, you can replace the battery for only $39, instead of spending hundreds on a new phone.
re: #64 Jay C
Obviously, they’re trying to cover up for the robot.
Maybe it’s related to someone in Management….
undocumented maybe?
re: #66 KGxvi
Looks like my iphone 6 is about ready to head to a farm upstate where it can run free. The battery is getting bad, and I’m probably due for an upgrade, both on phone and plan. Rather annoyed that an unlimited plan is going to cost me $70-80 plus all the additional fees and the phone - apparently that $40 rate everyone advertises is for at least three phones.
I’ve got a droid phone that has battery issues too - and the only way to replace is to send out and have someone do it because the battery is hardwired. So, my options become more limited since I need phone for work (things like MFA), etc.
So, instead of being able to keep a phone that’s in serviceable condition but for a battery that’s going, I have to consider a new phone.
Cellular providers run a scam, and they know it - which is why they make it so hard to accurately compare prices and phones and plans. Throw teaser promotions that don’t apply to current customers, and you’ve got a mess.
(and what I say about cellular providers counts doubly for cable/satellite/tv providers).
I want to also congratulate our esteemed host Mr. Johnson on reaching 694,741 karma points. He will shortly surpass 700,000 points.
I don’t feel Mr. Johnson receives sufficient recognition for his insightful commentary here.
Give him a few upfists to push him over 700,000, y’all.
But thanks to our shiny new Democratic House, it will be DOA.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) December 6, 2018
re: #72 Big Beautiful Door
They’re hoping to lame duck that POS across the line, except that they can’t even do that right - they don’t have the time, and not enough GOPers want to be in DC for the holidays.
EXCLUSIVE: Documents point to illegal campaign coordination between Trump and the NRA https://t.co/Ljzs3nsnxZ via @MotherJones
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 6, 2018
re: #67 Big Beautiful Door
If you can get to an Apple Store before the end of the year, you can replace the battery for only $39, instead of spending hundreds on a new phone.
I’ll echo what lawhawk said…get it to an apple store before you make any other decisions. My old 5s still works like a charm, but nobody will touch it for less than $70. Only the 6 and above are eligible for the discounted battery replacement.
Edited for clarity…
re: #5 Big Beautiful Door
Federalist Society Judges think that discovery should be denied in all cases worth less than a half million bucks. Forget about justice in the federal courts if you’re a little person.
It isn’t a “little person” issue. Discovery is typically the most expensive part of litigation. The proposal makes no fucking sense though, as it would make litigation for all sides impossible. No one wants to be involved in litigation by ambush…its impossible for everyone.
Just take a personal injury case, how is the defense supposed to prepare if it can’t get medical records or have an IME performed, Hell, they would not even be able to get copies of medical bills to know what the total amounts at issue are in order to properly evaluate settlement options. The proposal is fucking stupid.
re: #72 Big Beautiful Door
Mexico You will pay for Trump’s wall.
re: #14 KGxvi
Plus a lot of people would have to rethink their worship of capitalism. It would hit such people as hard as a RC Cardinal being charged and convicted of sex crimes would freak Roman Catholics.
Better just not to do anything and leave my faith unchallenged. Yeah, people get hurt but shit happens.
re: #71 Anymouse 🌹
I want to also congratulate our esteemed host Mr. Johnson on reaching 694,741 karma points. He will shortly surpass 700,000 points.
I don’t feel Mr. Johnson receives sufficient recognition for his insightful commentary here.
Give him a few upfists to push him over 700,000, y’all.
he’s got the keys
he could push the odometer anytime
// (with utmost respect and love)
re: #5 Big Beautiful Door
Federalist Society Judges think that discovery should be denied in all cases worth less than a half million bucks. Forget about justice in the federal courts if you’re a little person.
I don’t think it’s going to fly very far. Nobody I know in the legal profession wants to have a Perry Mason moment on the stand and that’s exactly what’ll happen here.
re: #18 Hecuba’s daughter
He may be senile but how can anyone have a plan when Trump ignores everything you may advise. The only plans that offer themselves are (1) pleading insanity on behalf of your client or (2) finding the best time to make a quick
departureplea bargain.
FTFY.
PC RUN AMOK, y’all:
.@TxDMV board rejects Confederate group’s proposed license plate https://t.co/IXLjAwILgv
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) December 6, 2018
I eagerly await all the bleating about the liberals at the Texas DMV wanting to suppress history. Should be fun.
re: #77 Anymouse 🌹
MexicoYou will pay for Trump’s wall.
only the brain dead didnt know it was ever thus
re: #69 lawhawk
I’ve got a droid phone that has battery issues too - and the only way to replace is to send out and have someone do it because the battery is hardwired. So, my options become more limited since I need phone for work (things like MFA), etc.
So, instead of being able to keep a phone that’s in serviceable condition but for a battery that’s going, I have to consider a new phone.
Cellular providers run a scam, and they know it - which is why they make it so hard to accurately compare prices and phones and plans. Throw teaser promotions that don’t apply to current customers, and you’ve got a mess.
(and what I say about cellular providers counts doubly for cable/satellite/tv providers).
There’s a place in Michigan called The Pod Drop where you take in your phone, go grocery shopping for 45 minutes or so and then go pick up your phone. $50 for a new battery.
They’ve replaced many a battery of mine over the years.
re: #82 Lidane
Fuck’em.
Losers don’t get participation certificates (or license plates) for the losing side in the war of Southern Insurrection.
They’re patriots? Not for the USA, because they’re rooting and touting the losing side - the side that fought the Union.
So yeah, fuck ‘em.
re: #27 Charles Johnson
That’s because many people, probably most, do not understand democracy and when they do they don’t like it very much. They think democracy is about ‘winning’, winning power specifically, and respond to promises of it.
The other side knows that democracy is about balance, which means you don’t get your own way all the time. This puts them at a distinct disadvantage against the authoritarians and barbarians masquerading as conservatives.
The results are Brexit, Trump, Orban etc.
re: #69 lawhawk
I’ve got a droid phone that has battery issues too - and the only way to replace is to send out and have someone do it because the battery is hardwired. So, my options become more limited since I need phone for work (things like MFA), etc.
So, instead of being able to keep a phone that’s in serviceable condition but for a battery that’s going, I have to consider a new phone.
Cellular providers run a scam, and they know it - which is why they make it so hard to accurately compare prices and phones and plans. Throw teaser promotions that don’t apply to current customers, and you’ve got a mess.
(and what I say about cellular providers counts doubly for cable/satellite/tv providers).
I cut the cord on TV, still pay a ridiculous amount for internet, but get my TV via hulu, netflix, and the hbo app. I like that set up much better.
But as for wireless carriers, yes, they all blow and/or suck at the same time. And I’m in the same boat as you in needing a phone since I don’t have a landline and basically use my phone for everything.
Cucker Tarlson recognizes now what everyone who isn’t in Trumpworld has known all along. Trump isn’t fit to serve.
Tucker Carlson: Trump Has Not Kept His Promises, Incapable of ‘Sustained Focus’ https://t.co/x1W9EXlTcZ pic.twitter.com/jxVguecC0f
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) December 6, 2018
Trump lacks focus? He’s got the attention span of a gnat. He doesn’t know anything about policy more than a few canned empty platitude lines he cribs and repeats endlessly.
I’m not naive to think Carlson’s turning on Trump signifies that Trump’s toast, but I think he’s signaling that Trump’s troubles may end up overwhelming the GOP/Fox nexus with criminal misconduct being exposed by Mueller and prosecutors all over the place.
re: #51 dangerman
more on this business of trump’s ‘housekeeper’
“Because of the ‘outstanding’ support she has provided during Mr. Trump’s visits, Ms. Morales in July was given a certificate from the White House Communications Agency inscribed with her name.”
a housekeeper was given a certificate from the white house
she must have either
- made those toilets sparkle like no one ever has before! or
- cleaned up some substantial filth no one wants to discuss
to earn such recognition
or tell me that doesnt smack of ….i dont know what to call it any more
abuse of something
not to mention outright stupidity - yet again, no one in this ever shrinking circle of ‘advisers’ has the brains to NOT draw attention to an undocumented individual has been working for the president for years
re: #67 Big Beautiful Door
If you can get to an Apple Store before the end of the year, you can replace the battery for only $39, instead of spending hundreds on a new phone.
I might just do that. But I do kinda want a new one anyway. I just haven’t researched the ten thousand models they now have to figure out exactly which one I want.
re: #82 Lidane
PC RUN AMOK, y’all:
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I eagerly await all the bleating about the liberals at the Texas DMV wanting to suppress history. Should be fun.
Debate centered on how the design is similar to an existing plate that raises money for biketexas.org, not on whether it celebrates 19th-century Texans fighting to preserve slavery. …
… Robin Stallings, executive director of the Texas Bicycle Coalition Education Fund, or biketexas.org, objected. He said his group’s “God Bless Texas” plate also displays on the left side a furled Texas flag.
“The plates are very similar,” he told the board. “It could cause a lot of confusion.” From several car lengths behind, Stallings told a reporter, “it’s the same — just a spitting image of ours.”
A Mysterious Imposter Account Was Used On Facebook To Drum Up Support For The Migrant Caravan - and Facebook Refuses to Say Who Did It https://t.co/ugmMMcFtOp via @kenbensinger
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 6, 2018
re: #71 Anymouse 🌹
I want to also congratulate our esteemed host Mr. Johnson on reaching 694,741 karma points. He will shortly surpass 700,000 points.
I don’t feel Mr. Johnson receives sufficient recognition for his insightful commentary here.
Give him a few upfists to push him over 700,000, y’all.
Good idea re the LGF Karma points, but you might want to work on the phraseology a bit….
PS: I’m surprised Charles (the bloghost, after all) only has 694,000
re: #86 Romantic Heretic
That’s because many people, probably most, do not understand democracy and when they do they don’t like it very much. They think democracy is about ‘winning’, winning power specifically, and respond to promises of it.
The other side knows that democracy is about balance, which means you don’t get your own way all the time. This puts them at a distinct disadvantage against the authoritarians and barbarians masquerading as conservatives.
The results are Brexit, Trump, Orban etc.
- Political parties lead to divisiveness, and they should
- If we have honest disagreements, arguments are good
- Arguments are good only if they lead to statesmanship, or it’s just theater
- Statesmanship *is* compromise
——
Also
Ben Franklin thought the only hope for democracy was if people respected each other enough to compromise
what’s going on with some of these lame duck maneuvers is more proof positive that one side and only one side is abdicating its position in this process
they think they’re solidifying it. ultimately the curtain will be drawn back and they will lose it all
re: #85 lawhawk
Fuck’em.
Losers don’t get participation certificates (or license plates) for the losing side in the war of Southern Insurrection.
They’re patriots? Not for the USA, because they’re rooting and touting the losing side - the side that fought the Union.
So yeah, fuck ‘em.
I’m waiting for some lost cause group to promote Confederate license plates in a Union state.
There is a fellow in my county’s seat who flies the Dixie Swastika. In Nebraska.
re: #88 lawhawk
Cucker Tarlson recognizes now what everyone who isn’t in Trumpworld has known all along. Trump isn’t fit to serve.
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Trump lacks focus? He’s got the attention span of a gnat. He doesn’t know anything about policy more than a few canned empty platitude lines he cribs and repeats endlessly.
I’m not naive to think Carlson’s turning on Trump signifies that Trump’s toast, but I think he’s signaling that Trump’s troubles may end up overwhelming the GOP/Fox nexus with criminal misconduct being exposed by Mueller and prosecutors all over the place.
from the article, when carlson says trump hasnt “kept his promises to the american people”, he means:
“…that he would build the wall, de-fund planned parenthood, and repeal Obamacare, and he hasn’t done any of those things.”
notihng loftier than that
Oh no. Pete Shelley has died. RIP. Loved the Buzzcocks.
RIP Pete Shelley…
Couldn’t love you more…https://t.co/zAdcn9w1Me— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) December 6, 2018
re: #95 dangerman
- Political parties lead to divisiveness, and they should
- If we have honest disagreements, arguments are good
- Arguments are good only if they lead to statesmanship, or it’s just theater
- Statesmanship *is* compromise
——
Also
Ben Franklin thought the only hope for democracy was if people respected each other enough to compromisewhat’s going on with some of these lame duck maneuvers is more proof positive that one side and only one side is abdicating its position in this process
they think they’re solidifying it. ultimately the curtain will be drawn back and they will lose it all
Our system of government is ultimately designed to generate consensus. You need to get 218 of 435 people from 50 different states to agree to something, then you need to get 51 of 100 other people from those 50 states to agree to that exact same thing in the exact same language, then you need a president to sign off on it and enforce it, then you have the courts to make sure its constitutional and being implemented/enforced fairly. Oh, and we stagger our elections to prevent political fads from taking hold.
Unfortunately, this all breaks down when you have people involved who don’t believe in compromise or building toward a consensus. And that’s where we are now.
re: #93 Jay C
Good idea re the LGF Karma points, but you might want to work on the phraseology a bit….
PS: I’m surprised Charles (the bloghost, after all) only has 694,000
while charles has made a place for the rest of us here who dont, im sure he has a life
//
re: #99 KGxvi
Our system of government is ultimately designed to generate consensus. You need to get 218 of 435 people from 50 different states to agree to something, then you need to get 51 of 100 other people from those 50 states to agree to that exact same thing in the exact same language, then you need a president to sign off on it and enforce it, then you have the courts to make sure its constitutional and being implemented/enforced fairly. Oh, and we stagger our elections to prevent political fads from taking hold.
Unfortunately, this all breaks down when you have people involved who don’t believe in compromise or building toward a consensus. And that’s where we are now.
re: #47 Anymouse 🌹
Crazy man’s pinned tweet
What I have accumulated here is absolutely shocking upon the realization that #Mueller’s disreputable, twisted history speaks to the character of the man placed in a position to attempt to legalize a coup against a lawfully-elected President. DOWNLOAD: https://t.co/4GTxG83QRQ
— Louie Gohmert (@replouiegohmert) April 25, 2018
re: #93 Jay C
Good idea re the LGF Karma points, but you might want to work on the phraseology a bit….
PS: I’m surprised Charles (the bloghost, after all) only has 694,000
How about “upthrusts” then?
re: #96 Anymouse 🌹
I’m waiting for some lost cause group to promote Confederate license plates in a Union state.
There is a fellow in my county’s seat who flies the Dixie Swastika. In Nebraska.
There are idiots that fly the damn Confederate flag in Lancaster Ohio.
That town is the birthplace of William Tecumseh Sherman.
And I bet some of those folks have no idea who Sherman was and what he meant to the whole Confederacy and history.
“pup playing with kitty friend, how can the pats be so gentle from a golden retriever??” pic.twitter.com/snG0uOJdwg
— Fluff Society (@FluffSociety) December 6, 2018
re: #93 Jay C
Good idea re the LGF Karma points, but you might want to work on the phraseology a bit….
PS: I’m surprised Charles (the bloghost, after all) only has 694,000
He probably got a lot of negative karma from the flouncers just before they left, but that’s just my guess.
The new U.S. ambassador to Canada says when it comes to climate change she believes in “both sides of the science” https://t.co/A4ciW1pkhT pic.twitter.com/UNKhgSMj74
— CBC Politics (@CBCPolitics) October 24, 2017
Uh, one side is a scientific consensus; the other side is Ted Nugent. https://t.co/zX7BGNiowX
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 6, 2018
re: #102 gocart mozart
Crazy man’s pinned tweet
What I have accumulated here is absolutely shocking upon the realization that #Mueller’s disreputable, twisted history speaks to the character of the man placed in a position to attempt to legalize a coup against a lawfully-elected President
The law and order party.
There is no one a Republican will throw under a bus, including a fellow Republican and decorated veteran, to maintain a death grip on power.
re: #104 ObserverArt
There are idiots that fly the damn Confederate flag in Lancaster Ohio.
That town is the birthplace of William Tecumseh Sherman.
And I bet some of those folks have no idea who Sherman was and what he meant to the whole Confederacy and history.
Note to aspiring presidents: if you hire criminals as your campaign chair, deputy campaign chair, foreign policy advisor, and national security advisor, expect “harassment” from the Justice Department. I’d assumed this was obvious, but maybe not.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) December 6, 2018
Descent into autocracy requires more than just the will of a strongman - it involves complicity of those around the autocrat, supporting abuses for self gain.
Mike Pence’s role as the head of Trump’s transition makes him a key accomplice.
via @owillishttps://t.co/q061kP2cdQ— The Loyal Opposition 🇺🇸 (@TheLoyalO) December 6, 2018
“…complicity of those around the autocrat, supporting abuses for self gain.”
Hey look it’s a column in which William Barr says it was totally okay for Trump to fire Comey.https://t.co/kGw9HgbzJ8
This is quite the coincidence.— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) December 6, 2018
The Justice Department Inspector General should investigate how serial sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein got what the @MiamiHerald called “the deal of a lifetime” — including Alex Acosta’s role in it. I’m leading this letter with @PattyMurray to demand they do just that. pic.twitter.com/23Zl0A43KM
— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) December 6, 2018
pretty sure I’ve already seen this movie…
A 5,000-year-old mass grave harbors the oldest plague bacteria ever found https://t.co/G8n59SfCzO
— Steven Carraher (@StevenCarraher) December 6, 2018
re: #114 Backwoods_Sleuth
pretty sure I’ve already seen this movie…
And it doesn’t end well for humanity.
re: #114 Backwoods_Sleuth
pretty sure I’ve already seen this movie…
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I didn’t know that plague was a bacterial infection.
re: #116 Big Beautiful Door
I didn’t know that plague was a bacterial infection.
Yersinia pestis, a fantastically deadly little bugger.
re: #116 Big Beautiful Door
I didn’t know that plague was a bacterial infection.
Which is why the US will be wiped out, but Europe will be mostly fine.
re: #118 Belafon
Which is why the US will be wiped out, but Europe will be mostly fine.
And that’ll be the second time they’ve done that particular trick, the bastards.
I saw this and couldn’t resist it. Didn’t even try, in fact. #Byzantine neep? #StarTrek neep? #Klingon neep? #SantaClaus neep? All in one tiny .png? I’m so there.
It poses interesting questions about early alien contacts, yes? #StNicholas is called the Wonderworker, remember. pic.twitter.com/gzrbdbvARV— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) December 6, 2018
St. Nicholas is in the Public Domain. Klingons, otoh, are in the Litigious Domain.
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) December 6, 2018
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team could reveal new details in its investigation into possible Russian collusion on Friday thanks to court filing deadlines involving Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former lawyer Michael Cohen https://t.co/69I5sv9B9D
— CNN (@CNN) December 6, 2018
mohr robots…
Bottle flipping robots at @OfficialRobocon. pic.twitter.com/CNDlXga6P4
— Machine Pix (@MachinePix) December 6, 2018
Meanwhile in Michigan. pic.twitter.com/yBf8aNz4j0
— Only in America (@Crazzyintheusa) December 6, 2018
re: #120 gocart mozart
We really need to fix copyright laws. There should be a way for copyright holders who still have a profitable property to protect it, if they so wish, while allowing other things to fall into the public domain.
I think a renewable copyright with a substantial publication requirement makes the most sense. Make the original copyright the life of the author plus some amount of years or a set number of years for an entity like we have now, and then have the copyright renewable for shorter and shorter periods of time - 10 years, 5 years, 2 years, annually; but require some sort of substantial publication (not just running Steamboat Willy at 3:00 am on the third Saturday of June on the Disney Channel) within the prior 3 years.
BREAKING: Dan McCready tells me he is officially withdrawing his concession.
In an exclusive interview, he tells me he thinks Mark Harris knew what McCrae Dowless was doing and that Harris bankrolled “criminal activity.” #ncpol #NC09 @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/m7LhB2vGnM— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) December 6, 2018
re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m loving the hashtags
#devilslettuce #saferthanromainelettuce
re: #126 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’m loving the hashtags
#devilslettuce #saferthanromainelettuce
safer than romaine until the FDA starts to deregulate the market!
Which raises an interesting question: how do you deregulate a market that has no regulations?
HAPPY HANUKKAH! 5TH LIGHT!!
#HappyHanukkah 5th Light! #Hanukkah #Hanukkah2018 #Chanukah #HappyHolidays pic.twitter.com/nKl8pMMRAd
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) December 6, 2018
re: #54 Anymouse 🌹
It can be very difficult for average people to distinguish fake news from real news outlets, said journalist Sarah Kendzior.
I still have a terrible crush on Sarah K
Even wrote her to tell her that.
Never got a response.
re: #99 KGxvi
Our system of government is ultimately designed to generate consensus. You need to get 218 of 435 people from 50 different states to agree to something, then you need to get 51 of 100 other people from those 50 states to agree to that exact same thing in the exact same language, then you need a president to sign off on it and enforce it, then you have the courts to make sure its constitutional and being implemented/enforced fairly. Oh, and we stagger our elections to prevent political fads from taking hold.
Unfortunately, this all breaks down when you have people involved who don’t believe in compromise or building toward a consensus. And that’s where we are now.
Now imagine that you need the support of a majority in 25 nations and you see why the EU is turning into a major headache.
re: #129 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I still have a terrible crush on Sarah K
Even wrote her to tell her that.
Never got a response.
What are we gonna do with you Wendell?
You didn’t get into the whole smoking in bed after thing did you?
: ) /
oh dear…
Ohio woman faces theft, drug charges less than a month after police chase https://t.co/Kkcc9ZWt1y pic.twitter.com/d4TkbQaIsl
— Enquirer (@Enquirer) December 6, 2018
FUN FACT: know who Barr’s head of the criminal division was when he was AG under Bush 41? That’s right! Robert Mueller! https://t.co/U8LfBvFx0a
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) December 6, 2018
re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh dear…
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Yeesh…what a couple.
The images in the tweet link to the Cinci news article make her look even more crazy. He is a piece of work too.
Youngstowners. I often mention the area is ‘rough.’
re: #131 ObserverArt
What are we gonna do with you Wendell?
You didn’t get into the whole smoking in bed after thing did you?
: ) /
well, not all the details…I told it was okay, I have a girlfriend who is educated and intelligent and versed in economics and we sit up and discuss things in bed (she doesn’t smoke, though)
Newborn at The Columbus Zoo.
Let this BIG bundle of joy melt your heart! Asian #elephant Phoebe gave birth to her calf early this morning at 3:09 a.m. 💗🐘 Check out the birth announcement post here: https://t.co/ItaQ9ghLbV pic.twitter.com/Pk2hVe7ZjU
— Columbus Zoo (@ColumbusZoo) December 6, 2018
An Italian joke
The Italian time telling donkeyhttps://t.co/WExWfQ5xFL
— The Monkey’s Paw (@TheEdMix) December 6, 2018
Sen. Ted Cruz, others announce bill to fund $25 billion border wall https://t.co/vPvjQ8aggK
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 6, 2018
Just to be clear: Cruz is proposing to destroy the private property of hundreds of Texans as well as a Texas state park and what’s left of the endangered ocelot’s territory in the #RGV. https://t.co/yoEwjULplR
— Forrest Wilder (@Forrest4Trees) December 6, 2018
Yes, this is satire
This allows for things Americans love, such as big maps colored red, as well as a sense of vague powerlessness that, when you have lived with it long enough, becomes kind of freeing. https://t.co/Nz3KeKh8yX
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) December 6, 2018
re: #143 jaunte
Included in the bill (per the story):
A work-authorized Social Security Number (SSN) will be required to claim refundable tax credits like Earned Income Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit
Welfare applicants will be required to verify citizenship
Minimum fines will be increased for people who illegally cross the border and a minimum penalty will be established for those who overstay their visa in the country.
And how exactly does he plan to get 60 votes in the Senate?
re: #98 Barefoot Grin
Oh no. Pete Shelley has died. RIP. Loved the Buzzcocks.
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Sorry to quote myself, but purists are reminding us that it is not “The Buzzcocks” but simply “Buzzcocks.” I have the same problems with the Tottenham team name. Anyway, one band i was in did play “Ever Fallen in Love.”
For the United States of America. pic.twitter.com/sQUkMH4Urx
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) December 6, 2018
Abolish the Senate!
What wisdom @JohnDingell voices here! If only those able to make a difference would listen. https://t.co/se00A5pF2V
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 6, 2018
Q: Is there anything you would like to say to the members of Congress about refugees?
Malala: Yes, let’s not greet refugees with tear gas! @JFKJrForum #MalalaForum pic.twitter.com/z36ZeDzPUX— Jahana Hayes for Congress (@JahanaHayesCT) December 6, 2018
re: #58 ObserverArt
A great point about Trump’s Mueller issues and how he is going to fight the report when it comes out was just made on Nicole Wallace’s MSNBC show.
It is being reported the White House has no plans for a come back. I think there were some tweets mentioning that around here.
NY Times reporter Nick Confessore said the problem for the White House legal team is Trump most likely has not fessed up to his own lawyers what he has done, so they have no idea what faces them if he is in deep with Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc., etc.
I hadn’t considered that. Good chance they have no clue what Trump may have done because he is probably both withholding facts and lying to them because that is what he does.
If that Report is a real bomb, I think his lawyers might just hang him out to dry because how do you represent a client that won’t tell you the truth?
This is the reason that John Dowd quit after the mock interview they set up turned into an epic shit show and why he’s on his third tier of personal outside lawyers which is mostly just Giuliani yelling at clouds. It’s also why White House Counsel Don McGahn eventually quit, why in-house Special Counsel Ty Cobb gave up. None of these lawyers trusts Trump to come clean with them and help them to prepare a competent defense, so they’re just stuck waiting for the axe to fall.
re: #146 KGxvi
And this wont save a dime, but actually cost more to implement and enforce. Same as always - and that means the costs to enforce come out of the program itself, reducing available funds.
Same as always.
It’s like drug testing for welfare recipients. It’s a giveaway to drug testing companies, which find folks on these programs aren’t using drugs and get millions in payments that come out of the program funding - reducing the available funds.
re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh dear…
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Well gotta admit, robbery and drugs was probably the only employers that would call her back for a second interview.
re: #146 KGxvi
Included in the bill (per the story):
And how exactly does he plan to get 60 votes in the Senate?
Doesn’t need 60 votes
re: #58 ObserverArt
A great point about Trump’s Mueller issues and how he is going to fight the report when it comes out was just made on Nicole Wallace’s MSNBC show.
It is being reported the White House has no plans for a come back. I think there were some tweets mentioning that around here.
NY Times reporter Nick Confessore said the problem for the White House legal team is Trump most likely has not fessed up to his own lawyers what he has done, so they have no idea what faces them if he is in deep with Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc., etc.
I hadn’t considered that. Good chance they have no clue what Trump may have done because he is probably both withholding facts and lying to them because that is what he does.
If that Report is a real bomb, I think his lawyers might just hang him out to dry because how do you represent a client that won’t tell you the truth?
I suspect they still think they can just round file/top drawer the report and nobody will do anything about it. Afterall, the special counsel just has to file his report with the AG, and the AG doesn’t actually have to release the report.
The interesting bit in that second link, though, is this:
The Attorney General will notify the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Judiciary Committees of each House of Congress, with an explanation for each action -
Upon conclusion of the Special Counsels investigation, including, to the extent consistent with applicable law, a description and explanation of instances (if any) in which the Attorney General concluded that a proposed action by a Special Counsel was so inappropriate or unwarranted under established Departmental practices that it should not be pursued.
That’s probably why they haven’t tried to actually stop Mueller, because at some point, they’ll have to explain why.
re: #81 Romantic Heretic
He may be senile but how can anyone have a plan when Trump ignores everything you may advise. The only plans that offer themselves are (1) pleading insanity on behalf of your client or (2) finding the best time to make a quick
departureplea bargain.FTFY.
I’m thinking more along the lines of what Giuliani is going to do — i.e. give up and leave because even he can no longer deal with Trump, unless you believe that he is so entangled that he has to get a deal for himself, which is certainly possible.
re: #159 Hecuba’s daughter
I’m thinking more along the lines of what Giuliani is going to do — i.e. give up and leave because even he can no longer deal with Trump, unless you believe that he is so entangled that he has to get a deal for himself, which is certainly possible.
He certainly knew about the Comey letter beforehand, going on to Fox and giggling about hos something was going to shake up the race a couple of days before the letter came out.
I think there’s a high likelihood that Rudy was involved in getting that letter out.
Hmmm… Perhaps what someone mentioned above about Rudy saving his own ass could be on the money.
Giuliani absolutely skewered Trump while describing how insanely hard it was for the “stable genius” to answer Mueller’s questions.
“Answering those questions was a nightmare! It took him about three weeks to do what would normally take two days.” https://t.co/0Twv9xKPVO— Wes Jordan✌💙 (@wesley_jordan) December 6, 2018
So I’m reading in People magazine about Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’ wedding which, yes, seems was a truly beautiful pair of ceremonies (Christian and Hindu). But…
Her red dress took 3800 hours of work; her white dress 1800 hours. Those two dresses, all by themselves, took 30 people working full-time for a month. Then there’s clothes for the rest of the bridal party, and the flowers, and the food, and the fireworks. In a country where 600 million people have no access to clean water.
Am I the only one who finds this extravagance Exhibit A that inequality really has reached torches and pitchforks level?
(I don’t think William and Kate spent as much on their wedding as Priyanka and Nick; and William and Kate at least generated a gazillion dollars in tourism and other spending with their event.)
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Views: 266 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1- Pictures From Today’s Exhibition of Paintings Done by Jane LilienthalPROPS TO MICHELE AND SAGEHEN FOR CATCHING THE SPELLING ERROR IN THE TITLE THAT MY DIABETIC EYES COULDN'T CATCH I wanted to share pictures of the art show I visited today. The portraits were created by the mother of my ...
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... Cheechako
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Views: 518 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 5- A Closer Look at the Eastman State Bar DecisionTaking a few minutes away from work things to read through the Eastman decision. As I'm sure many of you know, Eastman was my law school con law professor. I knew him pretty well because I was also running in ...KGxvi
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Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
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Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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