[It’s remarkable how well these C19 utility functions perform in their ability to predict the statements – ranging from policies to pabulum – of the three cohorts today exhorting us to do this vs that.
For those comfortable with such models of the realworld, they compress a whole lot of explanatory power about the debate to loosen the lockdown. (more here). gjr]
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659 responses to “Sandbox – 10may20”
Can some LIB explain just why this ISN’T criminal?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flynn-attorney-claims-president-obama-was-in-on-plot-to-frame-him
“According to recently released testimony, President Obama revealed during an Oval Office meeting weeks before the interview that he knew about Flynn’s phone call with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, apparently surprising then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.
After the meeting, Obama asked Yates and then-FBI Director James Comey to “stay behind.” Obama “specified that he did not want any additional information on the matter, but was seeking information on whether the White House should be treating Flynn any differently, given the information.”
“The whole thing was orchestrated and set up”
So the the banana republic style “president*” “O”
was in on it.
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Brother Walt, the lefties ain’t touch that with a ten foot pole…unless to say this whole Great Right Wing Conspiracy Hoax. Is just a distraction from Trump’s disastrous handling of Pandemic. “He screwed the pooch, big time on SARS 2.0. Thousands died while he played golf!!! The is blood on Trumps hands. A tin-foil hat distraction! We need to investigate!” Something like that. That’s if they come near it.
Consider it like waiting for Punchy for denounce Shifflips or say he kind of got the Flynn case wrong. How long have you been waiting? 2 days now? Best to put that on the back burner and do’t leave a candle in the window waiting.
Well, if none of our wretched TDS grunt sandwiches will touch it, then I will. Softball thrown to Walt.
AN ABSURD AND OUTRAGEOUS SHOT AT BILL BARR
“The Justice Department’s decision to dismiss the prosecution of Gen. Flynn caused left liberal heads to explode. None exploded more loudly than that of Norman Ornstein. He tweeted, “Bill Barr is a fascist.”
No serious analyst would make such a claim, even in the heat of the moment. It’s certainly not fascist to call for review of a case in which a public servant may have been set up for prosecution by his political enemies, and then to drop the prosecution based on a thorough review by a respected U.S. attorney.
If Barr had ordered dismissal of the case against the recommendation of that U.S. attorney, his action would be problematic, but not fascist. It’s also worth noting that Sally Yates, the acting attorney general and no fan of Gen. Flynn or President Trump, was “flabbergasted and dumbfounded” by the FBI’s treatment of Flynn.
The treatment of Flynn comes closer to being fascist than does Barr’s decision, which has nothing to do with fascism. One characteristic of fascist regimes is the tendency to lock up political enemies without affording them due process.“
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/05/an-absurd-and-outrageous-shot-at-bill-barr.php
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Your right Bill,, but it’s a fine day to rub their collective noses in it. Their refusal to step up to the keyboard shows how yellow bellied they are.
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Gentlemen, I’ve argued here for a long time that Obama has to be a key player in the coup attempt.
When Comey let HRC slide for literally hundreds or thousands of felonious transgressions in connection with her not-so-secret server, he surely wasn’t acting on his own authority(which he made rather clear in his opening remarks) but would have needed an ok from DOJ and it, in turn from Obama.
If Hillary wasn’t absolved, she becomes automatically ineligible to for president with unforeseeable consequences.
There is no remaining doubt about the coup nor its participants, the only question is whether or not the perps will be punished or the left will continue to trample our laws and traditions like so many demented Bolsheviks adored by the low grade intellects that plague this blog.
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Talk about Derangement Syndrome, we got three prime vectors right above.
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so, has Katie Miller started Hydroxychloroquine yet?
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The circle of clueless above asks if it is criminal that Obama knew about a phone call from general Flynn to kislyak.
No, it is not criminal that Obama knew of a phone call.
But is it criminal that Flynn called kislyak, you tell me.
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Tru dat –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/10/pollak-barack-obama-himself-was-the-threat-to-the-rule-of-law/
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Sure Dung, Just like John Kerry medding as a private citizen
in foreign affairs. Same law asswipe,, I see you don’t whine about him.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/09/politics/donald-trump-john-kerry-logan-act-iran-facts-first/index.html
No FBI paying HIM a visit.
Flynn was setup, and “O” was involved. So Diaper man is just fine with a manufactured crime .
Got it.. Thanks.
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Posted by: Walt | 10 May 2020 at 01:30 PM
“Their refusal to step up to the keyboard shows how yellow bellied they are.”
Yes, because courage is measured by ones ability to type in CAPS 🙂
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Not a “phone call” Capt. Diaper.
“President Obama was in on plot to ‘frame’ Flynn”
Miss that part? Selective reading loss? Just don’t give a shit?
The end justifies the means?
And you wonder why people say LIBS like you have no honor.
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L and Walt;
What the hell did you say? Somebody got triggered, bigly. Mt. Menopause erupted. Yuge blowing out molten rock. ‘Heavens to Murgatroyd..
Let’s talk about the Logan Act again, roflmao. Walt, have your fun. Like men playing tackle football with boyz. What confounds me, Walt and L, is they always walk right back into the lion’s cage and always forget to bring their whip and chair.
Flynn made an illegal call, ROFLMAO. And Omaha had his backdoor to Iran up and running and talking six months before the election.
Let’s see. Flynn was talking to all our allies and the world leaders’ representatives, and Australians and Brits and Israel and Canadians, all that was Kosher…but if the incoming National Security Adviser to the President of the United States talks to or receives a call from the Russian Ambassador to the United States on behalf on our new President….that’s illegal?!?!!
I can’t stop laughing. I can’t even type no more, laughing too hard. Carry on. Priceless.
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Oh my. Our local Musk worshipping flamers won’t like this one bit. Time for them to walk away from the dark side and join Elon in the sunshine.
‘California Democrat reacts to Tesla lawsuit, pullout plan over coronavirus rules: ‘F— Elon Musk’
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/california-democrat-reacts-to-tesla-lawsuit-pullout-plan-over-coronavirus-rules-f-elon-musk
Musk may be a bit odd, he may be crazy, but he ain’t stupid.
He may even sell all his earthly possessions and go live in a cave…but it won’t be in Blue California. He ain’t no dummy. Kinda weirdo at times, but he sure has heck ain’t stupid. Thanks for nothing, Gavin. You shut Musk down, not Trump.
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OHH.. Stevey.. You have bigger fish to fry. Mikey Moore turned on ya’!! Going to cut him out of the ECO bastard will?
And your bitch is the use of “caps”. Cry me a river.
Hummm…. No complaint about the real charges leveled. Guilty as charged?
I use “all caps” for the reading challenged.
It’s going to be tough for those looking for grant handouts.
That money is going to those who REALLY need it.
Buy maybe if you shine The Queen of the DAMNED’ stiletto knee high black leather boots she may find a way to throw you a few farthings.
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And in typical Walt fashion he only read the propagandistic Fox News fake news headline and didn’t bother to read the article that said Obama knew of a phone call
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Trump may break his own record for hate tweets in a single 24-hour period today,
https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1259503987130318851?s=19
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Posted by: dugsKKKi Wanna | 10 May 2020 at 03:11 PM
Trump may break his own record for hate tweets in a single 24-hour period today,
Is there nothing he can’t do?
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Walt. No, no, no. They. turned on Moore for reporting that wind and solar ain’t going to make it with anyone anyhow. Takes more energy (and money) to produce solar and make wind farms than the energy they produce. Heretic! Bring Moore before the Inquisition, then burn him alive tied to the stake… if he does not recant the heresy publicly. Or, to be more civilized and evolved, tie Michael Moore down with rocks and see if he floats!
Oh, Punchy just absolutely idolizes that man.
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“He may even sell all his earthly possessions and go live in a cave…but it won’t be in Blue California. He ain’t no dummy. Kinda weirdo at times, but he sure has heck ain’t stupid. Thanks for nothing, Gavin. You shut Musk down, not Trump.”
Honestly I’m surprised that he went to CA to begin with. He’d have no problem recruiting for technical people no matter where he located and Nevada seems kind of a no-brainer for any aerospace company.
It would be interesting to see how much cheaper it is to set up a car factory in Nevada vs. California when you factor in all the Blue Craziness, not to mention the income tax difference. There’s a spreadsheet somewhere at Teslacorp showing quite a difference I expect, plus he’s to the point where he can really hammer out some deals with state governments. Really, what did he get from NUMMI besides a weathertight large space?
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That’s one way to suppress the conservative vote –
One key criticism is that New York took weeks after the first known care home outbreaks to begin publicly reporting the number of deaths in individual homes — and still doesn’t report the number of cases. By the time New York began disclosing the deaths in the middle of last month, the state had several major outbreaks with at least 40 deaths each, most of which were a surprise to the surrounding communities and even some family members.
“They should have announced to the public: ‘We have a problem in nursing homes. We’re going to help them, but you need to know where it is,’” said former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey, a Republican now heading the nonprofit Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths. “Instead, they took the opposite tack: They hid it.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/with-lockdown-order-set-to-expire-within-days-cuomo-touts-new-yorks-dramatic-decline-in-deaths-hospitalizations
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That’s right diaper man, still believe fake news CNN The damage control outlet for all things Proggy.
Like I figured.. Just fine with setting up Flynn to get the ball rolling No crime,, so invent one. It’s all good.
Anything to try and get to Trump. And you and yours STILL failed.
So run for the dark like the roaches you are.
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They have a word for that Dung,, it’s called “conspiracy”.
Another word, “sedition”. You might want to look those up.
Both are offences in the criminal code.
(then again I’m dealing with one who thinks laws don’t apply to him either) Right Dougy? Shall we remind the good readers?
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Pointed cowboy boots work pretty good for stepping on and squishing cockroaches in corners, fyi.
We have been watching you and we will never forget.
‘Democrat Law Professor Blasts Obama For False Statements About DOJ Dismissing Flynn Case’
http://dlvr.it/RWNbjZ
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Buck sez:
Reminder that a lot of journos who puff up their chests about “doing the real journalism” at major outlets think that being spoon-fed politically motivated, unsubstantiated garbage from officials like Schiff over the phone is some kind of investigative feat
Laughable
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Finally trumpler is starting to, at least try, to drain the swamp: President Donald Trump hosted nearly 20 House Republicans at the White House on Friday to talk about rebuilding the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic ― and not one of them wore a mask or practiced social distancing.
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@SidneyPowell1
@GenFlynn
Was Victim Of A Plot and
@BarackObama
was in on it
https://mobile.twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1259576913913356289?
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Posted by: Roberta Cross | 10 May 2020 at 04:26 PM
I’m sure they’ll be fine Bertie……..sweet of you to care though.
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Popcorn time. Munch, munch.
Vice President Pence Signals Support For Flynn’s Return To Trump Admin.
https://www.oann.com/vice-president-pence-signals-support-for-flynns-return-to-trump-admin/
One America News, Flynn, Pence and the only thing missing is the President of the United States praising Devin Nunes for being the FIRST to figure the Russian Delusion Hoax out. Thats on another OSN News site.
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John Solomon, a real investigative reporter speaks. Just the facts, maam.
Dirty Dozen: The 12 revelations that sunk Mueller’s case against Flynn
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/dirty-dozen-12-revelations-sunk-muellers-case-against
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The transcript of Entous’ remarks at Georegetown was first spotted Sunday by Twitter user Techno_Fog, who has extensively reported on the Trump-Russia investigation.
“Initially, I didn’t know what to make of it,” Entous said. “There were divisions within the newsroom. At that point, I’m at the Washington Post… Why is it news that Michael Flynn is talking to the Russian ambassador? He should be talking to the Russian ambassador. He should be talking to him about saving the children of Aleppo, for example. There’s no reason why he shouldn’t be having that conversation. I was arguing internally that we need something more than just the fact that there was a conversation, but I’m one of many reporters.”
Ignatius’ column ran on Jan. 12, 2017 – after the leaks and the internal Washington Post discussions about how to use the Flynn information.
Entous, at the Georgetown discussion, explained why a Post columnist could publish the information when the news division wouldn’t:
“David Ignatius wrote a story around the 12th of January, which revealed that Kislyak had been having these conversations with Flynn but it wasn’t clear to Ignatius what the conversations were about,” Entous said. “This is something a columnist can do, unlike me as a news reporter, he was able to just throw this piece of red meat out there and just say, ‘There was this conversation. What was it about?’ I’m defending our decision not to run with this story earlier about just this flurry of questionable communications because I didn’t think it was enough.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/washington-post-michael-flynn-russia-divisions-opinion
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What happened next, Entous said, “is the story of the whole Russia story in a nutshell.”
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They are looking like they are coming for your title oh great pony tail of ignorance –
NBC News’ Chuck Todd aired a deceptively edited clip of Attorney General Bill Barr discussing the Michael Flynn case during his “Meet the Press” broadcast on Sunday, prompting the network to concede the mistake hours later — but there is still no word on whether Todd will apologize on-air.
Asked by CBS News’ Catherine Herridge how history would judge the DOJ’s decision to move to dismiss the Flynn case, Barr initially responded, laughing: “Well, history is written by the winners, so it largely depends on who’s writing the history.”
After the brief clip aired, Todd remarked that he was “struck by the cynicism of the answer — it’s a correct answer, but he’s the attorney general. He didn’t make the case that he was upholding the rule of law. He was almost admitting that, yeah, this was a political job.”
In the full clip, which the NBC show did not air, Barr immediately went on to state explicitly that, in fact, he felt the Flynn decision upheld the rule of law.
“I think a fair history would say it was a good decision because it upheld the rule of law,” Barr said. “It upheld the standards of the Department of Justice, and it undid what was an injustice.”
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chuck-todd-meet-the-press-barr-flynn-edit
😉
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It’s sure not the first time they have deceptively edited video
to make someone look bad. Yet the usual crew here will believe it, and even defend it.
Just like the fact that the evidence that “O” and Co. set up Trump and his people from day one is out for all to see. Have the resident proggys seen the light that they got sold a wagon of snake oil that was pure shit? Nope,, they still swill it down and say Thanks to they ly’n media, and fellate with gusto
their elected subversives.
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Let’s see.. who else tried speaking for the United states while being a private citizen?? Yes, we have John “horse face” Kerry,
Jimmy Carter, speaking to China, (well after he was out of office) then there is Dennis Rodman, trying to influence N. Korea.
The FBI go pay the visits? Charge them with the same crime as Flynn? Of course not. Flynn was Trump’s man. That was different. “O” didn’t like Flynn.
Yup The DEMS are the party of injustice. And “O” started it.
Weaponized most branches of gov. from the IRS, to the FBI and DOJ. And pretty much got away with it. And a big thanks to the Proggy Press for being complicit.
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Walt.
Yep, that John Kerry is something else. As a private citizen (not a member of an incoming administration or working on behalf of the Administration to deliver a back channel message) took it upon himself to craft forgein policy with the Iranians. “Don’t listen to Trump, don’t listen to his forgeign policy…just hang on and he will be gone in 6 months max, and then things will get back to normal and you can build your nukes and billions will be flowing in just like Obama and me and France and Brussels agree to. Oh yeah, death to Israel.”
Now that was what the Logan Act was written for; private US citizens conducting their own policy foreign policy with a foreign power to the detriment of US foreign policy…as set by the President.
Traitor! Traitor!
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Walt
Still no Punchy? Ok, I will play the role of the bony fingered one.
‘FLASHBACK: MSNBC, CNN, Ponytail of Ignorance Derided Flynn as Treacherous Russian Asset’
“ Pundits at MSNBC, the News Director at KVMR, and CNN derided former national security adviser and retired Gen. Michael Flynn as treacherous and a possible Russian asset after he was charged with lying to the FBI about interactions with the Russian ambassador in 2016.
The Justice Department sought to drop the charges against Flynn this week, saying the investigation into him was unjustified.”
https://freebeacon.com/media/flashback-msnbc-cnn-derided-flynn-as-treacherous-possible-russian-asset/?
He’s at threat to our national security! No, not Flynn…Punchy and the rest of The Enemy of the People.
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Lying Schifflilis meme.
https://patriot.imgix.net/c6564012208113cadd5a3d56cb8ac17898a4ce314b530dbca634a18a79bba687.jpg?w=720&auto=format
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I saw Punchy taking a walk with a couple of similarly aged (older) women yesterday down Old Downieville Hwy in the vicinity of 5PM. They weren’t wearing masks and were within 6′.
Taking liberties with community safety. For shame!
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Keach @ 2:02- It’s good that you answer when your name is called.
@2:11- I’d think it remiss if the incoming Director of National Intelligence wasn’t talking the Russian ambassador, particularly after Obama poked his thumb in Putin’s eye for no good reason…
Hardly a place for Jim Comey’s opinion to have any relevance.
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Oh Gregory @ 9:26 pm
There is nothing wrong with a couple of old bittres taking the dog for a walk.
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It’s a coverup, a Coverup I say!
Stelter: ‘Right-Wing Media’ Trying to ‘Downplay’ Virus Deaths By Covering Flynn Case
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2020/05/10/stelter-right-wing-media-trying-downplay-virus-deaths
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‘Chris Hayes: Trump’s ‘Sociopathic Casualness’ on Virus Deaths Is ‘Almost Insanity-Inducing’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2020/05/10/chris-hayes-trumps-sociopathic-casualness-virus-deaths-almost
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Channeling the mayor of Nevada City??
‘CNN Panel Devolves Into Chaos When Guest Screams ‘Rogue Cops’ ‘Shoot Black People for Sport’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2016/07/08/cnn-panel-devolves-chaos-when-guest-screams-rogue-cops-shoot-black
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If I had spelled old bitties correctly, my last comment would have been perfect.
You would think our moral preener would take one old bitty and finally make an honest woman out of her. But, nooooo.
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 10 May 2020 at 09:52 PM
If I had spelled old bitties correctly, my last comment would have been perfect.
Just tell anybody who complains that “bittres” is the German spelling.
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Trump definitely has Mommy Issues,
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-loses-his-mothers-day-mind-topping-100-twitter-shares-997123/
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Trump doesn’t need to “shoot down” Iranian boats, The Iranians are doing just fine all by themselves,
https://news.yahoo.com/iran-accidentally-fires-missile-own-101818958.html
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Climate Deniers – Virus Deniars Coincidence,
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fight-over-viruss-death-toll-162445594.html
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Drinking real early there Marty in drag?
Getting LIED to about Trump by the proggy Press like the Mrs. getting done by the whole bar, and just finding out now?
Denial will take some time to work through.. Just drink more, post less.
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One man and his Twitter machine. Can’t argue with that. And therein lies the crux of the problem:
Buck Sexton
@BuckSexton
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May 9
“If you read a news story about some European country where, after a fair election, the outgoing president used his last weeks in office to target incoming officials and sabotage the new administration, you’d be appalled
It happened here, and half the country thinks it was fine”
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Trump liked Buck’s tweet so much he retweeted it. Moving on up, young buck.
“President Trump retweeted conservative commentator Buck Sexton, who claimed that “the outgoing president used his last weeks in office to target incoming officials and sabotage the new administration.” Trump in his retweet wrote, “The biggest political crime in American history, by far!”—The Week on Trump’s Mother’s Day twitter storm. Happy Mother’s Day, sugar frosted O.
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2020/05/11/trump-goes-on-100-tweet-storm-lashes-out-at-obama-over-flynn-comments.html
https://www.facebook.com/BuckSexton/photos/a.568156706588519/3655529334517892/?
Now that’s two men with a twitter machine. The movement is growing…..
“Half the country thinks it’s fine.” That is what happened to ‘consensus’.
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Posted by: Walt | 11 May 2020 at 08:02 AM
Drinking real early there Marty in drag?
One could be forgiven for thinking that he hasn’t stopped from last night! It would explain the urine soaked Laz-e-Boy.
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There are advantages to not watching TV. They don’t call it the Boob Tube for no reason. Always a silver lining.
DEFEAT THE PRESS
“The Sunday morning gabfests have become a complete waste of time and brain cells except insofar as one seeks to understand the line the media are enforcing. I am glad to have missed the story Andrea Widburg relates in the American Thinker column “Chuck Todd grievously misquoted Bill Barr on Meet the Press.” Picking up the story via Twitter (below) helped me to minimize the pain and the neurological injury.”
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/05/defeat-the-press.php
“….we regret the error.” No, you regret getting found out and called out. It was just ‘an error’, lol.
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‘Confused Democrats Call Justice A Miscarriage Of Justice’
“Now to understand why the Obama administration’s dealings with Flynn were so corrupt, you have to understand that Hillary Clinton hired Christopher Steele to collude with Vladimir Putin to give disinformation to John Brennan who gave it to James Comey who decided that Donald Trump was colluding with Vladimir Putin like Christopher Steele who’d been hired by Hillary Clinton.
And since you can’t possibly understand that, the left is screaming about a miscarriage of justice in the hopes that you’ll believe them because you’re ignorant and confused.
In a speech given before donning a fake mustache and buying a one-way ticket to Caraccas, Barack Obama said, “It is a dangerous threat to the rule of law to expose my complete disregard for the rule of law.”
The New York Times, a former newspaper, editorialized, “Attorney General William Barr has perverted the Department of Justice by turning it into a Department that seeks Justice.”
And CNN’s Brian Stelter complained, “Conservatives are seizing on the lies we told about Russian collusion to distract America from the lies we’re telling about the Chinese Flu.”
Stelter then retired to bed for a good cry, saying it was all too much for him, especially at this particular time of the month.
I have no idea what he meant by that.“
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It has a name…….. “Obamagate”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/11/donald-trump-signals-obamagate-investigation-he-got-caught/
“Hope you had fun investigating me. Now it’s my turn.”- Donald Trump
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