tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post1688345610817147308..comments2024-03-28T16:40:20.681-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Don't Forget: Russia and China Are Our Enemies, Not Our FriendsComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-13415379944132610082020-04-25T07:10:47.819-04:002020-04-25T07:10:47.819-04:00Mueller asked Trump directly about two of the thin...Mueller asked Trump directly about two of the things he said in this speech (the Russia if you’re listening comment and the assertion they’d look at recognizing Crimea) and obliquely about a third (his public disavowals of Russian business ties). Trump refused to answer part of one of these questions entirely, and demonstrably lied about another. Publicly, Mueller stated that Trump’s answers were totally inadequate. And these statements happened even as his campaign manager and Konstantin Kilimnik were plotting a clandestine meeting to talk about carving up Ukraine.<br /><br />The FBI may have done this to stay way-the-fuck away from politics — though, to be clear, Trump’s call on Russia to find more Hillary emails in no way fits the bounds of normal political speech.<br /><br />But by doing do, they ended up using far inferior sourcing, and distracting themselves from actions more closely implicating Trump directly — actions that remain unresolved.<br /><br />The Carter Page application certainly backs the conclusions of the DOJ IG Report (though it also shows I was correct that DOJ IG did not know what crimes Page was being investigated for, and as such likely got the First Amendment analysis wrong). But it also shows that the Steele dossier, which fed the FBI’s inexcusable confirmation biases, undermined the FBI investigation into questions that have not yet been fully answered.<br /><br />https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/04/21/the-nuances-of-the-carter-page-application/<br /><br />Russia, if you’re listening........<br /><br />Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-85441375299450577862020-04-24T01:16:47.675-04:002020-04-24T01:16:47.675-04:00The Steele Dossier- the Clinton- funded and reques...The Steele Dossier- the Clinton- funded and requested foreign interference in our elections- was used to call Trump a tool of Russia and as "evidence" of collusion with Russia. It played a central role in the FISA warrant to wiretap Carter Page, which should outrage anyone. It is correct to call it "a dog-whistle, ...bullshit, a lie. Every goddamned (sic) bit of it."<br /><br />Doug, I am sure you would know.0_0https://www.blogger.com/profile/00086088624785365469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-86008852740889498082020-04-23T15:18:31.250-04:002020-04-23T15:18:31.250-04:00 It is unsurprising that consumers of propaganda b... It is unsurprising that consumers of propaganda believe propaganda to be harmless and ineffective.<br /><br /> -Doug in Sugar Pinedinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-10283839535138698082020-04-23T01:08:58.611-04:002020-04-23T01:08:58.611-04:00The Steele Dossier has been demonstrated by two se...The Steele Dossier has been demonstrated by two separate congressional inquiries to,have had no influence on anything. It is a dog-whistle. It is bullshit, a lie. Every goddanmed bit of it. You have zero credibility, zero.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-87136962314502110532020-04-22T23:41:09.676-04:002020-04-22T23:41:09.676-04:00Russia tried hamhanded interference. I'm nowhe...Russia tried hamhanded interference. I'm nowhere near convinced that it accomplished jack shit.<br />Russia also fed disinformation to Steele- you remember, the foreigner who was paid by Hillary's campaign to smear her opponent in the 2016 election- and people are still screeching about "Trump colluded with Russia!!!"<br /><br />Neither Russia nor China is friends with any of us. Everyone should keep that in mind. They (and Iran) are trying similar shit to blame this year's coronavirus on the USA.0_0https://www.blogger.com/profile/00086088624785365469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-40281872255689728692020-04-22T23:07:05.103-04:002020-04-22T23:07:05.103-04:00I've met plenty of trumpites, some monied or w...I've met plenty of trumpites, some monied or would be monied expats in Baja Mexico even, who are helpful, kind, not even very stupid really. Like Christians. Personally charitable but holding wicked beliefs. Such people never much notice trump's cruelty, corruption, stupidity, racism, treason, senility...Because he saved them a buttload of money! Trump is the king of the philistines in this age of the philistine. To trump and his cultists it is always about the bucks. It has to be about something when you are so empty inside, like trump is. So it's about the money. His name signed on your pandemic welfare check. Like he paid it. What a little man.<br />Only three sitting presidents have not been reelected. Please make this worthless criminal turd number four.Tod Germanicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036673218365709139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-12305910756840086132020-04-22T12:55:31.259-04:002020-04-22T12:55:31.259-04:00Fury, you can’t fix stupid. They get something in...Fury, you can’t fix stupid. They get something in their mind and refuse to realize they’re wrong.<br /><br />DaleDTWNDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10874818524204797652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-76807490966733346662020-04-22T12:07:47.987-04:002020-04-22T12:07:47.987-04:00Yeah yeah yeah but HILLARY !!!!!!!! On a related ...Yeah yeah yeah but HILLARY !!!!!!!! On a related note, my resident trumpanzee in the break room at work, said "that bitch pelosi gave Harvard 40 billion! " I tried to explain that their endowment was 40 billion. I was told to get over it Hillary lost. Sighseafuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05830246551560657504noreply@blogger.com