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Obama Legacy Unraveling – Worse than Watergate
Richard Nixon had to resign over the famous scandal of the June 17, 1972 failed break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C. Watergate Office Building. After the five perpetrators were arrested, the press and the U.S. Justice Department connected the cash found on them at the time to the Nixon re-election campaign committee. Several major revelations came about with presidential action to try to cover up what took place. It was discovered that Nixon recorded meetings in the Oval Office. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Nixon must release the Oval Office tapes to government investigators. The tapes revealed that Nixon had conspired to cover up activities that took place after the break-in and had attempted to use federal officials to deflect the investigation. Nixon, however, never ordered the break-in.
The Obama Legacy is coming undone. It is looking more and more that President Obama was actually directing U.S. intelligence agencies to spy on Trump. Clearly, like Nixon, Obama at the very least knew what was going on. The likelihood that Vice President Biden also knew everything also remains very high.
Several Republican senators released the names of top Obama administration officials who had put in “unmasking” requests and might have gotten the identity of Michael Flynn, Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser who was captured on tape talking to Russia’s former ambassador before Mr. Trump was sworn in. The list of officials provided by Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell included Mr. Biden, former FBI Director James B. Comey, and ex-intelligence chiefs John Brennan and James Clapper. These are the men who have been most vocal against Trump – it appears that they have been taking that position knowing what they did was illegal to try to deflect blame if they became criminally indicted.
A federal judge is the Flynn case that appears to be acting more like a prosecutor. He has yet to accept the Justice Department dropping the case. The Judge himself in an unprecedented position suggested he might pursue contempt or perjury charges against Flynn. This is showing deep bias in a political case regarding this judge.
Newly declassified House transcripts show that Hillary Clinton presidential campaign chairman John Podesta met with a former Senate Intelligence Committee aide to join forces regarding the dossier with Fusion GPS for the post-election phase of trying to dig up dirt on President Trump. This is the same Fusion GPS that Mueller never mentions in his report and pretended that it was not part of his investigation.
The ex-aide is Daniel Jones, who in 2017 formed the secretive nonprofit The Democracy Integrity Project. For the project, Mr. Jones hired Fusion GPS, the Clinton campaign’s opposition research firm. During the election, Fusion co-founder Glenn Simpson took money from the Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party and retained Christopher Steele in June 2016. A former British intelligence officer, Mr. Steele went on to compile a dossier filled with felony allegations against Mr. Trump and aides that turned out to be bogus. Mr. Jones also hired Mr. Steele.
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Democrat Impeachment Witness Pamela Karlan Takes A Shot At Barron Trump
Democrat Impeachment hearings getting more and more sleazier. Listen to what this scumbag Democrat witness say's. Just when you thought this impeachment hoax couldn’t get anymore ridiculous, the witness invited by Democrats is throwing cheap shots at the 13 year old son of Donald Trump. Gross and shameful!
Stanford Law School Professor Pamela Karlan, an impeachment witness for House Democrats, took a shot at President Donald Trump’s 13-year-old son, Barron Trump, during the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing on Wednesday. The attack spurred intense backlash online.
While talking about the differences between kings and presidents, Karlan said, “So while the president can name his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron.”
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Stanford Law School Professor Pamela Karlan, an impeachment witness for House Democrats, took a shot at President Donald Trump’s 13-year-old son, Barron Trump, during the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing on Wednesday. The attack spurred intense backlash online.
While talking about the differences between kings and presidents, Karlan said, “So while the president can name his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron.”
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Excellent article from The Los Angeles Times regarding General Milley.
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Column: Gen. Mark Milley deserves commendation in the face of Deranged Trump Syndrome
By Jackie Calmes (Columnist)
Sept. 16, 2021 8:34 PM PT
MAGA disciples talk of Trump Derangement Syndrome to dismiss the former president’s critics — the majority of Americans — as simply unhinged.
What we actually suffer from is Deranged Trump Syndrome — the sense that Donald Trump was and is capable of just about any noxious act.
Few would have more reason to be afflicted than the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, given his many encounters with the cracked commander in chief. DTS apparently drove Gen. Mark A. Milley, the four-star Army general who is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to contact his Chinese military counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng, twice — once before election day and again two days after the defeated Trump incited his MAGA army to insurrection Jan. 6 — to reassure the rival power that the United States had no hostile intentions.
We need more information about Milley’s thinking, and he’s sure to be asked to provide it when he testifies later this month before senators about the flawed withdrawal from Afghanistan. But based on what’s been leaked from a book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa of the Washington Post, to be released next week, Milley mostly deserves our commendation.
Set aside for a moment that, as was often said, Trump put the country in uncharted territory given his penchant, delight even, in flouting norms, the Constitution and the rule of law.
For years, under presidents of both parties, national security officials kept lines of communication to their counterparts in the Soviet Union, now Russia, and China — to avert miscalculations that could provoke war. Milley continued that tradition. As his spokesman has said, Milley’s calls with Chinese and other foreign counterparts “were in keeping with” his responsibility “to maintain strategic stability,” and were coordinated with other officials at the Pentagon.
If Milley indeed had reason to fear what Trump might do to maintain his hold on power — stage a coup, order an attack, even a nuclear strike — then we should celebrate that Milley took action.
This is the same man who, in the summer of 2020, dressed in combat fatigues, accompanied the swaggering Trump through Lafayette Park, across from the White House, after it had been violently cleared of peaceful protesters for racial justice, to make way for Trump’s Bible-toting, electioneering photo op at the nearby historic church.
We already knew how desperately worried Milley was about a coup in Trump’s final days from another recent book by Washington Post reporters Carol D. Leonnig and Philip Rucker. “This is a Reichstag moment,” Milley reportedly warned his subordinates. “They may try, but they’re not going to f— succeed.”
The Woodward and Costa book disclosed more information about a previously reported conversation between Milley and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) on Jan. 8 — the same day as his call with Li — in which she fretted about Trump igniting a nuclear attack. When she called Trump “crazy,” the book relates, Milley replied, “I agree with you on everything.”
General, tell us more. For all the books that document just how crazy Trump was as president, it’s time to hear it directly from Milley, and others, so that the country knows what better guardrails might be erected against mad rulers.
Column: Gen. Mark Milley deserves commendation in the face of Deranged Trump Syndrome
By Jackie Calmes (Columnist)
Sept. 16, 2021 8:34 PM PT
MAGA disciples talk of Trump Derangement Syndrome to dismiss the former president’s critics — the majority of Americans — as simply unhinged.
What we actually suffer from is Deranged Trump Syndrome — the sense that Donald Trump was and is capable of just about any noxious act.
Few would have more reason to be afflicted than the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, given his many encounters with the cracked commander in chief. DTS apparently drove Gen. Mark A. Milley, the four-star Army general who is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to contact his Chinese military counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng, twice — once before election day and again two days after the defeated Trump incited his MAGA army to insurrection Jan. 6 — to reassure the rival power that the United States had no hostile intentions.
We need more information about Milley’s thinking, and he’s sure to be asked to provide it when he testifies later this month before senators about the flawed withdrawal from Afghanistan. But based on what’s been leaked from a book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa of the Washington Post, to be released next week, Milley mostly deserves our commendation.
Set aside for a moment that, as was often said, Trump put the country in uncharted territory given his penchant, delight even, in flouting norms, the Constitution and the rule of law.
For years, under presidents of both parties, national security officials kept lines of communication to their counterparts in the Soviet Union, now Russia, and China — to avert miscalculations that could provoke war. Milley continued that tradition. As his spokesman has said, Milley’s calls with Chinese and other foreign counterparts “were in keeping with” his responsibility “to maintain strategic stability,” and were coordinated with other officials at the Pentagon.
If Milley indeed had reason to fear what Trump might do to maintain his hold on power — stage a coup, order an attack, even a nuclear strike — then we should celebrate that Milley took action.
This is the same man who, in the summer of 2020, dressed in combat fatigues, accompanied the swaggering Trump through Lafayette Park, across from the White House, after it had been violently cleared of peaceful protesters for racial justice, to make way for Trump’s Bible-toting, electioneering photo op at the nearby historic church.
We already knew how desperately worried Milley was about a coup in Trump’s final days from another recent book by Washington Post reporters Carol D. Leonnig and Philip Rucker. “This is a Reichstag moment,” Milley reportedly warned his subordinates. “They may try, but they’re not going to f— succeed.”
The Woodward and Costa book disclosed more information about a previously reported conversation between Milley and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) on Jan. 8 — the same day as his call with Li — in which she fretted about Trump igniting a nuclear attack. When she called Trump “crazy,” the book relates, Milley replied, “I agree with you on everything.”
General, tell us more. For all the books that document just how crazy Trump was as president, it’s time to hear it directly from Milley, and others, so that the country knows what better guardrails might be erected against mad rulers.
Trump to Announce 2024 Presidential Run on Nov. 14
Former President Donald Trump is tentatively planning to announce the launch of a 2024 presidential campaign on Nov. 14, possibly kicking off a multiday series of political events, three sources with knowledge of the matter tell Newsmax.
Newsmax’s Mark Halperin reports that the 45th president’s inner circle is blocking off days in their calendars and preparing to travel in anticipation of the official announcement, as they await the midterm election results.
Following what is widely expected to be a night of historic gains for the GOP on Tuesday, Trump apparently plans to ride the post-election excitement to build momentum for his 2024 bid.
According to Halperin’s sources, part of the delay is also related to a personal reason.
Tiffany Trump, the fourth child of the former president, is getting married at her father’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Nov. 12, the sources said, pushing back any potential announcement about running to Nov. 14.
An announcement then would also come just days before the wedding of President Joe Biden’s eldest granddaughter Naomi Biden on Nov. 19 and Biden’s birthday on Nov. 20, according to the sources.
The daughter of Biden’s son Hunter and his first wife Kathleen, Naomi is set to be married at the White House, according to Women’s Health magazine.
In recent weeks, Trump has been endlessly teasing the prospect of running at his rallies, absorbing the applause as he hints that he’s about to make another run.
“In order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, I will very, very, very probably do it again,” he said at his rally in Sioux City, Iowa, according to Axios. “Get ready, that’s all I’m telling you — very soon. Get ready.”
According to Axios, the discussions are ongoing and plans could change, depending on Tuesday’s results, especially if the Senate is still undecided and the Georgia race between Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock heads for a runoff.
Newsmax’s Mark Halperin reports that the 45th president’s inner circle is blocking off days in their calendars and preparing to travel in anticipation of the official announcement, as they await the midterm election results.
Following what is widely expected to be a night of historic gains for the GOP on Tuesday, Trump apparently plans to ride the post-election excitement to build momentum for his 2024 bid.
According to Halperin’s sources, part of the delay is also related to a personal reason.
Tiffany Trump, the fourth child of the former president, is getting married at her father’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Nov. 12, the sources said, pushing back any potential announcement about running to Nov. 14.
An announcement then would also come just days before the wedding of President Joe Biden’s eldest granddaughter Naomi Biden on Nov. 19 and Biden’s birthday on Nov. 20, according to the sources.
The daughter of Biden’s son Hunter and his first wife Kathleen, Naomi is set to be married at the White House, according to Women’s Health magazine.
In recent weeks, Trump has been endlessly teasing the prospect of running at his rallies, absorbing the applause as he hints that he’s about to make another run.
“In order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, I will very, very, very probably do it again,” he said at his rally in Sioux City, Iowa, according to Axios. “Get ready, that’s all I’m telling you — very soon. Get ready.”
According to Axios, the discussions are ongoing and plans could change, depending on Tuesday’s results, especially if the Senate is still undecided and the Georgia race between Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock heads for a runoff.
What Do People Remember Best?
I wonder what part of a conversation is remembered best. Do people remember how you begin a conversation or how you end it? Or does it not work like that? Perhaps they remember the good part better than the bad part. Or is it the other way around?
Let’s assume that you need to reprimand somebody for some minor offense. Maybe it is your child, a student, or a junior at work. Do you first pay him a compliment to get him in a better receptive mood and then chew his balls? Or do you first cut him down to size and then pay him a compliment to insure that the meeting ends on a positive note? Of course, this is providing that the person took in what you said. Some people don’t listen to what you say.
And what if you cannot think of something good to say? It is easy to find a stick if you want to beat a dog but to find a brush for his coat is somewhat harder. I suppose one could make fun of it. I mean, if the person is sulking after you told him that he’s not using his head, you can always comfort him with a corny crack like telling him that for a dumb a**, he’s not really that dumb at all. It should cheer him up a bit.
I suppose one could argue that it may be best to start with something positive, do the unpleasant part, and then to pay another compliment but then the purpose of the meeting may be buried so deep between all the lip service that it may be missed altogether.
I notice this phenomenon on the blogs as well. A large proportion of the comments deal only with the heading (often misconstrued), the first paragraph, or the last paragraph, while the body of the blog, that contains the juicy morsels, often gets very little or no attention.
May you enjoy this day wherever you are.
Let’s assume that you need to reprimand somebody for some minor offense. Maybe it is your child, a student, or a junior at work. Do you first pay him a compliment to get him in a better receptive mood and then chew his balls? Or do you first cut him down to size and then pay him a compliment to insure that the meeting ends on a positive note? Of course, this is providing that the person took in what you said. Some people don’t listen to what you say.
And what if you cannot think of something good to say? It is easy to find a stick if you want to beat a dog but to find a brush for his coat is somewhat harder. I suppose one could make fun of it. I mean, if the person is sulking after you told him that he’s not using his head, you can always comfort him with a corny crack like telling him that for a dumb a**, he’s not really that dumb at all. It should cheer him up a bit.
I suppose one could argue that it may be best to start with something positive, do the unpleasant part, and then to pay another compliment but then the purpose of the meeting may be buried so deep between all the lip service that it may be missed altogether.
I notice this phenomenon on the blogs as well. A large proportion of the comments deal only with the heading (often misconstrued), the first paragraph, or the last paragraph, while the body of the blog, that contains the juicy morsels, often gets very little or no attention.
May you enjoy this day wherever you are.
A Simple Solution.
The stench followed me until I discovered what was stuck under my shoe. Wiping my feet on the lawn every time did not proof very effective because after a while it happened again – and again and in the end the lawn was also full of it.
Sometimes you don’t discover the source of the smell until it is too late and it would have gone on like that forever… until somebody told me that it is wiser to pay attention to your footwork when you walk because by the time you discover the problem, you have soiled a few carpets.
He also told me to avoid walking where the pigs have been trotting because the probability of a misstep increases while you walk amongst it.
It was then when I realized anew that there are people much smarter than what I am.
Relax, it is weekend again.
Sometimes you don’t discover the source of the smell until it is too late and it would have gone on like that forever… until somebody told me that it is wiser to pay attention to your footwork when you walk because by the time you discover the problem, you have soiled a few carpets.
He also told me to avoid walking where the pigs have been trotting because the probability of a misstep increases while you walk amongst it.
It was then when I realized anew that there are people much smarter than what I am.
Relax, it is weekend again.
online today!
Beauty inside out
Beauty is inside where the deepest of compassion and humility, kindness and generosity permeates among mankind.
That is what the true face of beauty is. Sadly our world evolved and falling into the abyss of the opposite.
We must recognize it is in our individual strength put together that we can truly achieve what is right. What is just and I am but a lowly hopeful.
Are you?
Note: 1. I am harassed and continuously labeled as a hater, racist and all that is too negative. But like Trump, I believe in my inherent right to fight for what is right, when someone is bent to kill me, I will definitely fight back. I don't care if you will negate my act to support for life, I am not the killer, I am definitely not the inciter, I am simply bent to defend the right to live. You are either with me or against me. I sure hope you would know who the enemy is.
That is what the true face of beauty is. Sadly our world evolved and falling into the abyss of the opposite.
We must recognize it is in our individual strength put together that we can truly achieve what is right. What is just and I am but a lowly hopeful.
Are you?
Note: 1. I am harassed and continuously labeled as a hater, racist and all that is too negative. But like Trump, I believe in my inherent right to fight for what is right, when someone is bent to kill me, I will definitely fight back. I don't care if you will negate my act to support for life, I am not the killer, I am definitely not the inciter, I am simply bent to defend the right to live. You are either with me or against me. I sure hope you would know who the enemy is.
Tell me why I don't like Mondays,................................
I'm gonna shoot the whole day down,.....................
My neighbours are listening to great music,......
Whether they like it or not!..........
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.....Any film writers or directors out there,........?
This is a must, got to make CS into a film or drama series, they done it with FB so why not CS,....?
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