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Correct. Take at-risk money from the equities market, move it into a failing government scheme and issue the recipient a "guarantee monthly payout". redistribution naturally follows.

I didn't see the clip, just wondering what he said when Anderson Cooper asked him the obvious follow up?

Interesting approach. Brennan reaching out with an olive branch to the good and decent people who trump hoodwinked, v the previous narrative that everyone not in their camp is deplorable and irredeemable. Seems to me the water he's in is starting to boil....

My goodness, are you joking? When you're a pretend governor you're not responsible for all the people in your state. As pretend president, there are 350m people across the country you lay awake at night not worrying about. It must be overwhelming.

I don't understand why any pretend-Governor of Georgia would ever want the stress of Pretend-President of the USA.

I think you might worry too much about what other people worry about. "Live your truth and don't let nobody tell you nothing different" --Miley Cyrus

Actually I think that is exactly what he said, and he and his family members should answer for this sort of vile hate speech. (I didn't bother to listen or fact check, just trying out the lib self-hypnosis DVD I bought on Amazon the other day.)

Outstanding post. Thank you.

I don't think you are even remotely considering how all of this makes people feel. People are hurting.

I didn't make the connection. In fairness, I usually don't. Sorry, my bad.

"Sorry, my bad."??? What's this all about? Are you sick?

I'm envisioning 700 old guys wandering back into the office, telling all the kids how things used to be back in the day, and sharing their wisdom on how much things have changed for the worse. This is always followed by the awkward silence when everyone involved realizes that it's sad to be unable to let go, to relive the glory days that weren't all that glorious, and the stark realization that in most cases a "former federal prosecutor" is best described as just another guy with an opinion.

Bob, it's the old adage "It's not your innocence, it's that you had the audacity to fight back" that comes to mind here. I think most observers who follow this sort of thing would say you never, ever volunteer anything, and you never assume that just because you're innocent that your political enemies won't try to gut you like a fish. The reality is that that no one would cooperate, innocent or guilty. You don't prove your innocence by being submissive to your enemy. I am 100% on board with executive privilege and declining to voluntarily assist the jackals withh anything. F 'em.

I live in the Albany area and was downtown last summer. While waiting for my daughter to finish a meeting, I sat in front of the Capitol building in the photo from the article on a nice sunny day. I wanted to head up the front steps of that incredibly beautiful building just to walk the path that so many famous Americans had tread previously, unfortunately, there were barricades up front preventing ordinary citizens like me from doing so. No notes, no apparent construction, just a cold steel barrier and quite a few cops around the area. I did wonder what might happen if I jumped the...let's call it a wall...and made my way to the top. Would law enforcement come and harass me, maybe ask me for my...let's call them papers? Would good old Andy Cuomo intervene on my behalf? I decided not not to risk it. I'm not Andy's type of NYer. Fair enough, but when Cuomo first broke the news of the decrease in revenue, he sounded troubled by it. I'm not one to suggest he's scared or panicking, but he most definitely sounded unsettled. for all their reassurance, nearly $4bill is a damn chunk of money they most definitely need to keep this little 3 Card Monty game rolling.

Well, we have Trump as a Russian plant with no evidence, Kavanaugh as the conductor on a high school r train, and a MSM that seems perfectly comfortable perpetuating whatever narrative the dems spin. No allegation is too low, no report too unsavory. My bet is no, it's not going to end, and it's going to get worse. I have to tell you, it really creeps me out to even type the train comment. It's nothing to laugh about, and I'd have never believed a political party would have tried to run with something that vile (and so callous where actual victims are concerned) if I hadn't seen it happen.

It's quite a world the dems live in. Attempt to brand a president a traitor to the country, use media sources to spread disinformation, work to assign a SC to perpetuate the fraud, and watch it all evaporate when the only traitors to be found are members of their own cabal. Then, feign outrage over the thought crimes and trot out some ridiculous statement about some nameless insiders purporting to be outraged over charges that would never pass muster. Kavanaugh hearing where a good and decent public servant is torn to shreds. Trump, a less good and less decent man is branded a traitor based on nothing more than conjecture and political animus. I am really struggling to think how the old school dems with standards could support these leftists. I know many will, but what's the next new low for them--public hangings?

Excellent point Mr. Foxx.

True. We are not a few months removed from bathing the freedom tower in pink to celebrate the end of human life. Forget the right to choose and whatever side you're on, is the termination of the life of a full term child for whatever reason cause for joy, celebration and spending the money to pink up a skyscraper? I hope they have overplayed their hand as well. NBC did a story this am about the job numbers and trumps job approval numbers "remaining level". It took a bit but the reporter indicated this all started during the Obama presidency. She knew that, but was unable to fit in 2 years of trashing the president for being a spy, the repatriation. of $$$ due to reduction in capital gains tax, the mainstream tax cuts, deregulation or the high profile CEOs who have credited Trump policies with sparking growth. It doesn't get ugly for either party until the dem candidate that best communicates how sh6tty America and Americans are, how we're speeding toward a totalitarian regime and how the only way to save us from ourselves is to return to a morose and depressing existence lead by BarryJoe Banders. I am confident that Trump will push back at the narrative, appeal to the common sense of people who are better off than they were, and punch back at anyone who punches him first. That alone is a step in the right direction. Add in some good news about justice prevailing against the russian narrative cretins, who knows.

Plenz- not arguing the lie thing because it's unfounded, or because you're tired of talking about it? i agree with you on your characterization of the article as it relates to Mueller's alleged intent. I try to remember that much of reporting, or even opinion-based analysis deals with characterizations, innuendo and speculation. I'm not always successful. I enjoyed the read, it fits what seems to make sense to me. I do find it amusing that Mueller and his team would suddenly worry about the optics of it all given his team's world class leak machine feeding the press at every juncture. 2+ years of stony silence punctuated by leaks while the country is ripping at the seams but now we have a problem?

Why is Anderson Cooper interviewing Rachel Maddow? What a world.

You have more faith in BO than I do. Other than believing his overlords were pulling strings and he was simply a puppet in all this, I can see no logical path to anything othe than BO being deeply involved in this. His arrogance and belief in his vision alone lead me to this conclusion. I'm all for revelation, public shaming and moving on so long as his co-conspirators see some variation of whatever justice fat cats get in DC. Still, you'll have so many uninformed and casually complicit American voters seeing this all as no big deal.

you did Nair? That's the %#*#ing angel dust of hair removal products!!! You're crazy man, crazy!

I answered the question in my first post, I think you just didn't like the answer. I'll recap this way. The record is clear, and unlike a few months back, we have closure. You see, it would seem, the totality of what happened----the use of the intelligence agencies to investigate, the sudden dismal of Russian diplomats as Obama skulked out of office, spying on Americans, the pressuring of witnesses, the SC directive, the reliance on a disgraced foreign operative and his absurdly lurid tales of fantasy, the comey leaks--all of it as some sort of Eagle Scout investigation for the greater good. A necessary step to safeguard Americans. That makes no sense to me, especially in light of the goose eggs they came up with. I ask you--these men and women of good will--how did they miss so badly? How could the best of the best run all these issues up the flagpole, discuss options, pursue a course of action and miss so badly on the outcome? I mean you saw it all with clarity, and you're sitting in a damn lighthouse on Lake Huron warning boats to stay off the rocks. They--the people at the top, were so sure trump was a putinite that they pulled out every stop to save us from ruin and it turns out they just made an oopsie? I'll acknowledge it could have played out that way if you'll acknowledge that at mid50s and a buck70 I still have a shot to get picked up as a receiver (I'd be a #3 as I lack an explosive twitch off the line, have trouble tracking the football due to issues with depth perception and my hands are suspect) by the Bills. Absent the co-conspirators admitting to wrongdoing, or Our President Trump fessing up to being a junior cosmonaut, why go around in circles on it? The fact is given all we already know, NBC news could air a grainy videotape of all the dirty birds copping to their malfeasance and more than likely you would still maintain the position that this was the doj's finest hour--they cleared trump! So so why bother? I think the OJ jury analogy makes the most sense for me to try and understand you. We can write it off to my limitations as a deep thinker, unable to see the purity in the deeds of the unsung heros of fisa abuse, beurocrats gone wild and the like. Thank you sir, but I lack the patience to even copy and paste a reply. I can accept Bob feels as he does, I just don't see much value in going over things again. Plus my commute is 3 miles, two lights and I'm home. Barely enough time for my phone to synchronize with my car let alone voice to text.

Forget the offense--which sounds innovative to be sure. Why would anyone be offended by jimbo's wunderlic??

Less of a hill, more of a crumbling speed bump in a long closed strip mall outside of Omaha.