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341 responses to “Sandbox – 28may19”
Hmmmm fresh kitty litter – Triggered!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/28/troops-wearing-make-aircrew-great-again-patches-triggers-outrage-left/
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DonB 1124am – Being somewhat familiar with the UCMJ, I know of nothing in there that prohibits military personnel displaying or wearing likenesses of their commanding officers, and most certainly of their Commander-in-Chief who must needs be an elected civilian politician.
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“One professor worried that the military was not loyal to civilian control and the Constitution, and was now “part of a presidential personality cult”
An idea so ridiculous it could only have originated in the mind of an “academic”.
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fish 1200pm – Agreed. But if it truly is part of a presidential personality cult (which I doubt), then it is one that spontaneously started with the troops and not originated from the WH. And evidence of that kind of affinity for the President spells trouble for the Dems.
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Just read that story.. It sure don’t take much to send a LIB screaming buck naked down the street.
I don’t believe there were any worries that air crews would have made up an Obama patch. But if they had,, the same group would see no problem. (Well,,, ISIS may have made up one or two.. They liked him)
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Talk about tone deaf!
https://freebeacon.com/politics/aoc-to-bartend-for-a-day-to-advocate-policies-that-closed-former-employer/
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George.. I have bad news,, and good news… First,, the bottles of Whiskey were broken in shipment..(alcohol abuse if there ever was)
BUT!!! They are sending a second batch.
So we wait another two weeks…..
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Walt 136pm – Mr Branson, you are a true gentleman – be still my palpitating heart! I will enjoy hoisting a tumbler with you.
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And the headline reads “Biden front runner n every metric-except crowds.”
The headlines over the last couple of days said Biden kicking back, no events for the three day weekend, press barred from asking him questions, few public appearances to avoid reminding folks just how old and old looking he has become, lol.
My, it sounds like he is taking a page out of My Gal’s 2016 run for the roses.
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Wow. Don’t know if this is fakenews or verified, but it’s a curveball that I was not expecting. Source is PJ Media…which is pretty accurate: Samatha Powers and did it start with Israel?
Last sentence:
“I don’t begin to understand how these pieces fit together. We can only hope that as Attorney General Barr pursues his investigation, the true story will come out.”
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/05/did-it-start-with-israel.php
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So its ok for Iran to meddle with our elections as long as its anti-Trump?? The socialist dems sure are carrying Iranian water a lot lately –
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-iran-socialmedia/fake-social-media-accounts-spread-pro-iran-anti-trump-messages-during-2018-election-fireeye-idUKKCN1SY26K
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A couple of quotes:
For the record: “The common thread here isn’t just right-wing populism. It’s contempt for the ideology of them before us: of the immigrant before the native-born; of the global or transnational interest before the national or local one; of racial or ethnic or sexual minorities before the majority; of the transgressive before the normal. It’s a revolt against the people who say: Pay an immediate and visible price for a long-term and invisible good. It’s hatred of those who think they can define that good, while expecting someone else to pay for it.” —New York Times columnist Brett Stephens on why conservatives are gaining ground worldwide and why Trump will win a second term
The BIG Lie: “President Trump in Tokyo: ‘Kim Jong Un is smarter and would make a better President than Sleepy Joe Biden.’” —Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer (As Bremmer later admitted, Trump said no such thing — though Trump did unnecessarily stir the pot with a callous statement.)
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Anyone heard of “Parler”? It’s suppose to be the “Righty” version of Twitter.
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Updates from the socialist dem clown car –
Beto Apologizes To Campaign Staff: ‘I Was A Giant Asshole To Be Around Sometimes’
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/28/beto-orourke-senate-documentary/
Joe Biden is the front-runner by every measure — except big crowds
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/28/biden-energy-crisis-1345359
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Don.. One of the better ones I heard was, “Two months ago, Beto was mowing my lawn,, and now is running for President?”
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Told ya so!
CNN’s Jim Acosta says media ‘neutrality’ doesn’t serve us in the age of Trump, admits to ‘showboating’ and ‘grandstanding’
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cnn-jim-acosta-trump-media-neutrality
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FOIA supports the President not the fake news TDS narratives –
“It was an embarrassment, and he let down our veterans, he let down our country,” former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel grumbled to CNN after news outlets made the canceled trip the highlight of their coverage.
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper also criticized the president on CNN.
“His failure to go because of the rain was an insult, not only to World War I veterans but to all veterans,” he said.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell accused Trump of canceling the trip because he had a “bad hair day.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/28/foia-navy-really-did-cancel-donald-trumps-flight-to-world-war-i-memorial-in-france-because-of-rain/
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OH a trifecta!
James Comey has ‘no one to blame but himself’ if he’s concerned about new Barr probe, Trey Gowdy says
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/james-comey-trey-gowdy-durham-barr-russia-investigation-trump
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Biden has no one to blame but himself. Even the NYT & Wa Compost reported on it.
Stephen Miller tweeted: “And that’s when aides fired the tranquilizer dart.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/47760/biden-touches-girl-rally-despite-pledge-respect-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro
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Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww! Oh, wait I got a little vomit in the back of my throat!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/28/biden-praises-10-year-old-girl-as-good-looking-and-holds-her-shoulders/
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But I am an award winning journalist! You can’t do that to me, I am an award winning journalist, you fat-fingered f@*k!
“During the encounter with authorities, Monet reportedly “told the deputies multiple times that she’s an award-winning journalist and to ‘look [her] up,’” KRQE News 13 reported.
“Still, Monet is sticking to her story, and has even threatened to sue KRQE News 13 for their coverage of the story. The news outlet has disclosed that Monet worked for their organization some 20 years ago, but has not since had any affiliation with KRQE.”
“The fact that I’m an award-winning journalist and that I said that to these officers, and they didn’t even run an ID check on me or check my name, or even validate the fact that I had called them for help …” Monet added.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/47718/watch-journalist-claims-she-was-abused-racially-amanda-prestigiacomo?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwbrand
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STICK IT TO SILICON VALLEY? “Amid censorship fears, Trump campaign ‘checking out’ alternative social network,” by POLITICO’s Ben Schreckinger: “Having Trump’s imprimatur would give [social media platform Parler] overnight cachet and satisfy calls from his social media-savvy supporters for the president to stick it to the Silicon Valley companies with which he maintains a strained, symbiotic relationship.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/28/trump-campaign-twitter-1345357?nname=california-playbook&nid=00000150-384f-da43-aff2-bf7fd35a0000&nrid=00000159-364b-d48f-a359-7ecfadea0000&nlid=641189
Par Lay that!
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I’m so glad we’re not dependent on ‘foreign oil’ any more!
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/china-ready-hit-back-u-rare-earths-ruling-025323000–finance.html
The fact that China has been actively working to control major areas of rare earth element production for years has been reported on for some time. Always shoved to the back pages. I had to laugh at the fools that touted electric cars being the answer to getting America out of foreign entanglements and wars. As long as this nation continues to sleep walk its way in how we trade with China, we will have trouble.
Actually – if you look at the pie chart in the article, it shows we only depend on China for 80% – a chart showing our dependence on China for TV sets would reveal the real stranglehold they have on us! No TVs???!!! Now you’re talking real pain!
I’m sure there’s some Indian reservations that have the necessary stuff under the ground. That’s why they’re called ‘sacred areas’!
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https://www.breitbart.com/health/2019/05/28/san-francisco-considers-free-mental-health-care-for-all/
Comments section is good for the ‘chuckle of the day’.
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@ 7:34 am
“I’m sure there’s some Indian reservations that have the necessary stuff under the ground.”
It’s called firewater. The stash. Happy feet. And dummies think it’s the buried hatchet. 🙂
Actually, the Confederate Tribes of the Colville Indian Res has an interesting history. They got moved to a spot, but then got moved by settlers and other interests. Then they got moved again when silver or something was found. Finally, some of the tribes got moved again. This time they found uranium on the land. Unfortunately for the Great White Fathers in Washington, the sixties and early seventies were a period when a big push was going on to educate them savages in the Northwest. Free college and all that stuff. Native Americans’ moment in the lights. Billy Jack, Little Big Man, I Buried My Heart at Wounded Knee, etc.
Then the young people started returning home from the Ivy League schools as lawyers and if you want that uranium, you are going to pay, paleface. They done got educated, lol. From memory, every man, woman, and child got an advance of 50k upfront by the mining company with more yearly cash to come. Yes, it’s buried in the ground. Now it ends up in Russian and Iran.
https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/native-humor-natives-be-like-13-funny-native-style-memes-that-went-viral-vXlUMOAKpkyE_pP1eQ4KQQ/
As a side note, US Grant designated the Colville Rez to the tribes, headed by Chief Moses. Yes, Chief Moses.
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I carefully listened to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement this morning. It was simply a five-minute summation of the 450-page report. Nothing new. And in America jurisprudence, if there is no indictment then the person is innocent. Trump is innocent of collusion and obstruction. The talking heads of both sides though are parsing every word but in my humble opinion, they are misreading what Mueller said. And it appears that Mueller is done and does not want to be involved anymore. Now we see that democrat loon Nadler, a man that has already said Trump is guilty of crimes, yapping about impeachment. Well, he has nothing but his opinion which along with a dime can’t even get a cup of coffee. So let us move along America and get the people’s work done. Amazing
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Truer words never spoken……
https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article230917393.html
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,,,George you might have missed some of the comments from the preceding Sandbox
Most, if not all, of the commenters with viewpoints not towing the line of the Ruminators seated at the roundtable have jumped off this out-of-control clown car.
It’s Kumbaya time!!!
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Hmmmmm….economy is really going to have to auger in for Trump to lose…..
Joe Biden Asks For 10-Year-Old Girl’s Address, Tells Her She’s “Good Looking.”
…..it’s like they aren’t even trying anymore!
https://summit.news/2019/05/29/joe-biden-asks-for-10-year-old-girls-address-tells-her-shes-good-looking/
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AVMan 9:45 – “Most, if not all, of the commenters with viewpoints not towing the line of the Ruminators seated at the roundtable have jumped off this out-of-control clown car.”
Ha!
Sorry AV boy – no one has to ‘tow’ any line around here.
Love that Freudian slip.
You leftys could start to present an argument that can be backed up with facts and reason. You should try it some time.
Meanwhile… Bad Orange Man still POTUS and the Dems have Uncle ‘feeler’ Joe for opposition!
Say – what happened to that Russian Collusion stuff you leftys were always going on about?
Just wondering – how does major crow 24/7 taste these days?
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ScottO 1005am – If memory serves, the lefties got used to eating “major crow” years ago. They discovered that it went down better after renaming it African-American chicken, and today it is a regular part and parcel of their inclusivity diet when engaging in substantive debates. Now they’re so used to it that KFC and crow taste the same – that’s why they persist 😉
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Wonder why Punchy hadn’t posted for a while…..
From Drudge:
Talk about taking the Mueller report hard!
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@ 10:32
Or maybe he got all punched out. One is young only once. I imagine him in some motel room swinging wildly at the air when the fire alarm goes off. Probably downing a bottle of Woolite somewhere.
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 29 May 2019 at 11:10 AM
I imagine him in some motel room swinging wildly at the air when the fire alarm goes off.
I admit it……I LoLed.
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Some fool from the left named Keebler wrote a screed today and the idiot named Howell responded that Mueller actually convicted Trump. These people are mentally ill.
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Todd. @ 9:08 am…..re: Mueller statement,
Yep, won’t change one mind. Why bother to try? Some time ago, I did one of my infrequent post on the Union’s comments. I cannot believe how plumb ignorant (unknowing) those D posters on the Union comments are. Jaw dropping. Just don’t have the words to capture that kind of ignorance
I merely mentioned that the Steele Dossier was bought and paid for by HRC and the DNC. A political hit job with the payments laundered through the law firm of Perkins Coie to Fusion GPS. I also mentioned that Obama’s personal lawyer works for Perkins Coie. minor detail. The ignorant instantly shot down that comment I wrote as preposterous, wild Right Winger conspiracy theories, and PROOVE IT! I pointed to Senate testimony and walked away.
Why bother. I do not have the time, energy, or needed desire to school them on the facts. It would take up way too much space to begin from the start. Even leaving out details and sticking to general main points, it would beyond their capabilities (and desire) to absorb.
If they cannot get their heads around Hillary behind the Steele Dossier, how in the heck do you get them to understand that the DOJ/ CIA did not have a reasonable basis for launching a politically motivated criminal investigation into theTrump Campaign. Nay, the motivation was illegitimate. A political hit job.
But, why bother. They still believe that Michael Cohen flew to Prague to meet secretly with the Russians about a Trump Hotel in Moscow or whatever their twisted sick imaginations can fathom. There is not one piece of evidence, not one credit card, hotel or airline receipt….no passport stamp and the Mueller Report thoroughly debunked that tall tale. But, never mind. Why bother. May they live happily in everlasting ignorance. Ignorance is bliss. :). Oh yeah, CNN and MSNBC gets it right many times over more than does Fox, roflmao. Why bother.
Think Lindsey Graham said it best when he recently stated that not one Democrat seems to care when the Russian investigation started or whether the FBI and DOJ defrauded the FISA court. Not one Democrat seems to care. Even here in Clinton Country. 🙂
When they know so much that isn’t so, where do you start? Do you think they even care that the previous Administration spied on a political campaign and unmasked hundreds of citizens to do some heavy duty “ surveillance” on them….for being part of the political opposition
Shoot Howdy, I am old enough to remember when the Left were the self-proclaimed vanguards of protecting Americans’ civil liberties. Obsessed with the issue. Now, not one of them cares. Why bother?
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The fool Keebler is aka Joe Koyote (JoKe) when he used to post here.
Punchy, when he caught up to me in town a few weeks ago made it clear that he had abandoned all pretense of being a Green Libertarian, he’s working to ensure Trump loses in 2020. Got to turn out that vote to make sure all of California’s Electors vote for the Democratic Socialist Party candidate, or something like that. Trump is too dangerous to be allowed to stay in orifice.
I’m not too sure if the meaning of “you can’t get more Electoral votes than all of them” from your own state has sunk in.
In other state and local news, it cost me 63 bucks to fill my car’s gas tank yesterday.
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Posted by: Todd Juvinall | 29 May 2019 at 11:33 AM
Yeah Todd….that’s our old friend Joe Koyote……or JoKe to his closest blog friends.
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@ 12:12 pm
It cost me 65 bucks to fill my car! Almost 66 bucks. And it’s an import. Boy, I got a ribbing from some out of state salt of the Earth folks on my timeline. Sent pics of the prices at the pump in CA and were laughing at (mocking) the crazy socialist Californians after the initial shock of the national newsfeeds wore off. They did not appear to feel our pain.
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Posted by: Gregory | 29 May 2019 at 12:12 PM
Sad to see “Party of One” go the way of the California Republicans……..
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 29 May 2019 at 12:28 PM
Yes Bill, gasoline is expensive here……the taxes allow us some of the highest quality roads in the country!
/sarc
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You know, there are places where the State has one party. China comes to mind. We no longer say “Communist China” because the State and party are one and the same.
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 29 May 2019 at 12:46 PM
We no longer say “Communist China” because the State and party are one and the same.
……and we no longer say “Green Libertarian” because like Unicorns they don’t exist.
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BillT don’t burn out man. We need your snark and knowledge in these comments and the Union. The left are nuts and it is truly fun to mock them and post the truth that makes them look like the snakes they are.
I have friends in South Texas around McAllen and gas there is 2.39. My son bought a used Prius and he says it gets 50 MPG.
So Keebler is JoeK eh? Same illogic BS so it is not surprising.
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It amazes e the left reads things 180 degrees different than me. I wonder who taught them?
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Toes 1228pm
Well, if I let my trike’s fuel go to Empty it would cost nearly $550 to fill all four tanks with 100LL from the local gov’t monopoly fuel concession at the airport, approaching a third of my monthly Social Security check. I need more! Get off my lawn!
In this crowd, including the Winnebagos, that’s probably the record, unless there’s a stinkpot Boaty McBoatface here I don’t know about.
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Who gets to pick up the pieces?
The NYU professor who foresaw that Whole Foods Market would be taken over by Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is now predicting that troubled electric carmaker Tesla Inc. (TSLA) will become an acquisition target in the near future.
NYU professor Scott Galloway expects shares of the Silicon Valley car company to plunge by 50% in the next year, making it prey to a takeover by a competitor such as Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) or Daimler AG. He also views it as likely that tech giants with ambitions to lead in autonomous vehicle technology such as Apple Inc. (AAPL) or Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) could buy Tesla, according to a detailed story in Business Insider.
https://www.investopedia.com/will-tesla-be-taken-over-by-ford-apple-or-toyota-4688794?utm_campaign=quote-yahoo&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&yptr=yahoo
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Re: a spot of petrol in your eye.
Just think of all the money Trump is saving by parking his 757 and taking Air Force One.
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Get caught lying and you pay a price line CNN –
Fox News Channel finished May as the most-watched network across all of basic cable for the 35th straight month as CNN continued its downward spiral and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow had her worst month of the Trump administration.
Fox News averaged 1.3 million total day viewers, while MSNBC finished second with an average of 909,000. TNT, ESPN and HGTV round out the top five while the liberal CNN finished eighth, averaging only 552,000.
Beleaguered CNN’s most-watched show was “Cuomo Prime Time,” which finished No. 25 overall, behind 14 different Fox News shows and 10 programs on MSNBC. CNN’s other struggling primetime shows, “Anderson Cooper 360” and “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon,” finished 26th and 35th, respectively.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/fox-cnn-may-ratings
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The end is near –
The IG first indicated in its June 2018 report on DOJ and FBI misconduct that “although FBI policy strictly limits the employees who are authorized to speak to the media, we found that this policy appeared to be widely ignored during the period we reviewed.”
The IG, flagging what it called an apparent “cultural” problem at the bureau, said at the time it would announce the conclusion of multiple separate “investigations” into the matter at a later date. The Wednesday report appeared to be the opening salvo in those reports. A distinct, comprehensive IG report covering a variety of additional matters, including potential FBI surveillance abuses, is expected in a matter of weeks.
The investigative summary released Wednesday specifically found by a preponderance of evidence that the DAD had “engaged in misconduct when the DAD accepted a ticket, valued at approximately $225, to attend a media-sponsored dinner, as a gift from a member of the media, in violation of federal regulations and FBI policy.”
The report also assessed that the DAD “disclosed to the media the existence of information that had been filed under seal in federal court, in violation of 18 USC § 401, Contempt of Court, provided without authorization FBI law enforcement sensitive information to reporters on multiple occasions; and had dozens of official contacts with the media without authorization, in violation of FBI policy.” Contempt of court can be punished by a jail term or a fine, at the court’s discretion.
The IG concluded by describing “the harm caused by leaks, fear of potential leaks, and a culture of unauthorized media contacts.”
“We do not believe the problem is with the FBI’s policy, which we found to be clear and unambiguous,” the IG added. “Rather, we concluded that these leaks highlight the need to change what appears to be a cultural attitude.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-watchdog-finds-fmr-fbi-deputy-assistant-director-leaked-sensitive-information-took-gift-from-media-but-declines-prosecution
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Gentlemen, I salute your above entries. I know of no other blog hereabouts that has a cohort of such cogent and convivial commenters as you. Thank you.
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