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Let’s keep score. Red Tail is suggesting the civil suit filed by General Flynn results in charges of treason against him. Now, you’re talking eggs, baskets, Durham, concrete walls, and things that look good on me. 🤦🏼‍♂️

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the whole treason thing was run up the flagpole with Mueller, Biden, Pelosi et al, to no avail. It’s fashionable to yell it out, but it goes nowhere and we don’t want to do that again, do we? I’m serious about my characterization of General Flynn’s case. Carry on, soldier. Oh, this is probably time #17 when the “we don’t care” crowd suddenly, selectively, and myopically cares again. How very flynnteresting.

I followed this story a bit to reporting by the BBC, and if you were to cast a villain in a government conspiracy movie, it would be a guy like Matt Hancock. He claims a breach of trust and privacy by the release of these texts, and that most folk are too simple to understand the nuances of his genius, but it reads pretty clearly that he wasn’t of Team Transparency or Team Let’s Tell The Truth.

Heaven can wait, And a band of Angels wrapped up in my heart, Will take me through the lonely night, Through the cold of the day. And I know, I know, Heaven can wait, And all the gods come down here just to sing for me, And the melody's gonna make me fly, Without pain, without fear.

It’s a civil suit, one of a kazillion filed every year. Worst case scenario is it’s frivolous, one of a kazillion every year. Best case scenario is that treachery and deceit are uncovered and the nation is better for it. Meanwhile, there are twisting tales of conspiracies, deep dives into the legal teams, and legal opinions from keen legal minds and noted scholars SkinsFans4Life, Mike O’Grady and DannoDisgust opine leading to claims of secret lieutenants in the Trump Illuminati. @L Ron Burgundy suggests no brains have been broken but I’m not so sure.

😂 Didn’t break your brains? You numbnuts believed Trump was a Russian plant sired of Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale for nearly 4 years, then transitioned from treason to obstruction when Fritz Mueller cuh-rapped the bed in spite of virtually unlimited police power to squeeze people into saying whatever he wanted. Rashkolnikov! But, thanks for the reply, it’s honest and I appreciate that. It makes no sense when considering what happened in our country prior to/post Trump election, but it does prove what I’ve longed believed: A true believer is 100% comfortable with their version of leadership lying, manipulating, selectively leaking bs stories, using the power and weight of the government and kicking in doors and knocking heads. For all the hand-wringing about Trump and tyranny, every time the coin is flipped on abuse of power, it lands donkey-side up on a garage floor near a classic Corvette and a box of our previously precious National Secrets.

Thanks APB. I’ll put it on my list.

It’s funny, maybe, but I feel the same about virtually every liberal poster here. Not necessarily the insane part, though a couple come to mind there, but on the general weakness of their positions to one of the great questions of our time. I’ll ask you since you’ve boldly stepped forward with a clinical diagnosis. Why were liberals comfortable with Democrat leaders declaring Trump was illegitimately elected in 2016, that some had documented evidence of treasonous behavior, and cast major, serious doubt about the safety and security of our election when nothing of the sort was eve le proven? The narrative was completely false. 100% completely made up. So far, virtually every person I have asked this have passed on answering. @nedboy7 didn’t share thoughts on Illegitimate elections of 2016, but as I recall, did suggest that Trump’s actions on 1/6 qualified as treasonous. @redtail hawk did opine that no one paid any attention to that stuff, as I recall, which in the context of a completely legitimate election, is mad-azzed crazy conspiracy stuff designed to mislead their base. It worked well. What say you, LaRon?

Well now, they call me the breeze I keep blowin' down the road Well now, they call me the breeze I keep blowin' down the road I ain't got me nobody I don't carry me no load Ooh, Mr. Breeze

It’s critical to tell a good story, establish a good narrative, and get some sympathetic people to listen to you. The upper echelon of the FBI certainly appeared to target him, and as they say, if there’s nothing to worry or be ashamed of, nothing to see here.

I’m not sure that accountability is coming, but there’s always hope. But, if General Flynn and his team can get some eyes on some of the corruption he claims to have been victimized by, good for him.

I checked this book out on Amazon after reading your post. The summary appeals to me, as I tend to think of the works/business moving in cycles anyways. Question for you—do the author(s) offer practical solutions for consideration as to how to manage the various cycles? I recognize it’s a nearly 30 year old work, but part of the challenge for me is reading a book like this with no actionable plan to consider. Bottom line…it’s great to consider all these things, but if the end game is I ride the wave one way or the other, I’d just as soon skip the anxiety that comes with it. Thanks for the reference though.

People can reinvent themselves, and if C. Cuomo can suppress his urge to throwing detractors down a set of stairs, his willingness to target and destroy accusers, and find humility he was surely lacking, maybe he can be that voice. Still, the model he has historically operated in doesn’t suited to straight down the line reporting.

Little known fact—-Shakespeare’s famous work “The Tempest” was originally penned as “Two Tempests, the Missing Petticoats and a Pillow Fight” when he was 17 years old. He changed it later because people said the title was too long. I’d think it’s from that one.

“Salad days”? The mind wanders.

Uh, yeah. Love her voice too.

Sorry to hear about your m-I-l, my amazing, wonderful, sweet, crazy and delightfully loyal mother-in-law is dealing with dementia and that’s been no picnic with the medical professionals. At some points it seems you have to walk on egg shells to get a favorable result. She ran out of meds at one point (lots going on in the hh, confusion between caregivers and her hubby/children) and my wife called to beg for a new supply. After a couple “she’s gotta come in, see you in 90 days” and surly staff members, she was able to get a short term supply and an earlier appointment. Again, to be fair, others have been great. With your mother-in-law, though, was it incompetence or just pure bad luck the cancer was missed?

Oh now you’re posting great music? What’s your game, man?

When he’s not mumbling incoherently, he’s creepy af. This whole nurse thing he’s fixated on is weird.

Interesting, though we’ve been through some challenging times recently. A loved one was admitted to a hospital due to internal bleeding. The doc ordered a colonoscopy, prep was completed including an awful lot of cajoling to drink the large volume of swill required for prep. Appointment time for early the next day comes and goes, and goes until ultimately it’s discovered the appointment was never scheduled. It makes you wonder…if you’ve got internal bleeding (passed out in his Internist’s office), and a colonoscopy gets f’d up, what about all the little things missed collectively in a large hospital? Flip side, to be fair, a leaking aortic aneurysm was discovered and some amazing medical personnel saved his life a few years back.

I think insolvency for the average American is real, for most businesses it real, for the federal/state government it’s business as usual. I agree on the standard of care though.

I think ultimately smoke, mirrors and political maneuvering provide a short term fix. Long term? Debt, hand-wringing, fair share, etc. Nothing really changes.

It’s more complicated than that imo. Health insurance companies are part of the problem to be sure. Personally, I’d prefer Teladoc for many interactions, though I’m generally pretty healthy and that shapes my opinion on things. However, legislation has perpetually been an issue as well. Prior to ACA, each state had its own fiefdom, rules and regulations that contributed to cost and benefit decisions. While the care associated with one’s health is an emotional and personal issue, the costs associated with delivery is a financial one. At the regulation level, it’s generally treated as a political issue, and that complicates things greatly. Many doctors operate on a for-profit model, where $$ are an integral part of the system. That can result in a mill-type process of health care. When it comes right down to it, people frequently prioritize other things in life over their health and health care. A person who has no concerns about perpetually upgrading their iPhone, or dropping $7 a day on specialty coffee, or $482 a month to lease a car, balk at the notion of out of pocket costs, co-pays and high deductible health plans that might actually save their lives one day. As for Medicare, sobering financial reality is it’s solvent through 2026 according to this recent projection from trustees. The argument is that resources directed to private health care would recaptured. Of course, that would lead to the potential for government to do government things, blowing up cost and leading to declarations like “….projected to be solvent through 2029.”. Also, let’s not forget that Medicare operates on a fee schedule approach not all that different than insurance companies use, but typically at a much lower rate. That begs the question, would Medicare for all be a popular option for the for-profit medical profession? https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2021-09-01-medicare-trustees-project-trust-fund-solvent-until-2026

Well then it’s crime, like, duh.

I wasn’t telling you anything, RiddlerGoose, I was just commenting on the message sent in the election. Agree, disagree, it’s largely irrelevant. Crime seems to have been top of mind for lots of voters, including some I know, but maybe it’s that she liked thin crust pizza.