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This story represents the best part of Biden the politician. Never mind it’s likely completely made up, but it’s got a warm feel and ends with a chuckle. Of course, it’s highly likely that as the interview continued, Biden revealed that later in life, he and Frank worked together on a secret mission to bring down a group of terrorists who had holed up in Alcatraz with a number of hostages from a local Christian school. Came up through a Civil War era tunnels, of course, and dispatched them only using hand to hand combat and some real Scranton moxy.

Some people are more equal than others! -Holly Wood

And fabricating intelligence to force a war that leads to the death of a million people, including thousands of our finest, and horrific injuries to tens of thousands more. For that, you get a cushy gig in Texas and an everlasting friendship with Barrack and ‘Shell, Bill n Hill. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Our current system seems to have been fashioned using the Thunderdome model, where pretty much everything goes, no one gives a $&&$, and we can pretend nobody knew nothing about nothing for decades at a clip because of, uh, SLIPPAGE! Your suggestion actually makes sense.

Kemp currently is arguing with me because I suggested that Trump never should have taken the files to begin with. I think he actually may be a MAGAnon.

You've already said that multiple times, Kemp. Have you forgotten (again)? You asked 7 hard-hitting, well-researched, punch-in-the-gut questions, abandoned 5 upon my initial response, then the other two when it became apparent you hadn't really contemplated the answers to the questions that you prepared. A friendly word--don't just focus on the question, consider the answer you might receive based on information readily available. I appreciate you.

It’s amazing that in a world of greed, power, deception, betrayal, drugs, misogyny, casting couches and Harvey Weinsteins on every other corner, that this sort of thing could happen. 🤫

If you rewound the clock a couple years, you likely would have suggested there was nothing there at all with respect to Hunter Biden, and Trump conspired with Russia to win the election. It’s time to get to the bottom of this story, and investigations, leaks, innuendo and allegations is how it’s done in Washington. It seems painfully clear that J Biden is involved to a large degree in partnering with adversaries, let’s get to the bottom of that, John. But if you’re right, the worst thing that comes of it is political posturing. It’s the journey, John, and as been said many times by leaders of all political stripes and interested voters, if there is nothing to hide, all will be well. In fact it would be worth the price of admission to watch JB answer questions about his involvement and hearing him riff about tea with Neville Chamberlain last year in Paris.

I’m not sure Hollywood exists without cops/soldiers/law enforcement sniffing out and dispatching bad guys. Even now, I believe the redo of The Equalizer with Queen Latifa as a 50 something tough talking real woman badass with a soft side was critically acclaimed and involves the dispatching the occasional law-conflicted-individual.

Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State and Democrat nominee for President, co-mingled classified and personal documents. Joe Biden, former senator, VP, and current President has acknowledged possessing and maintaining classified material in a variety of places, including the garage of his personal residence. Mike Pence, classified material, personal residence. Is it your contention that these three, high ranking government individuals had no personal documents within the 4 square walls of their personal residence(s). No tax documents, medical bills, cell phone bills, children’s artwork, Corvette owner’s manuals etc? It seems fairly obvious that while frowned upon, it’s common knowledge that it happens, often, and there are apparently precious few safeguards to prevent the unauthorized removal of documents. I’ll go so far as to state that upon resolution of the SC Biden investigation, there will be no commentary, nor legal jeopardy, for Biden, nor the individuals who mishandled the classified documents on his behalf on a problem so vast and far reaching that our very nation is in peril. When you factor in the Biden problem spans decades and multiple positions at the highest level of government, it seems clear to me that the stated rules are really more soft guidelines. As for your second question, I’ve answered that multiple times. I urge you to review the transcript if confusion lingers.

Where’s the fun in calling you SoCalSensibleSpendingDeek?

I drove from Albany to Buffalo several times recently. I have a Grand Cherokee, didn’t worry too much about gas mileage, gas cost, but the logjams at the new rest areas sucked somein awful. The I4 is a nice looking car So Cal Richboy Deek.

The teacher said you’re sassy! There’s a way that things should be. You’ll paint flowers the way they are, So repeat after me: Flowers are red. Green leaves are green. There’s no need to see flowers any other way Than the way they always have been seen. Don’t be the teacher, Red.

1. I think he should have left the documents at the WH, in spite of the wrongdoing by Biden, Clinton etc. 2. Because the government allows such things. 3. Yes, because the government allows such things. 4. See #3. 5. I understand how you feel. 6. Addressed previously. 7. Addresses previously.

I appreciate the question, but you seem to be starting with the premise that any player in this sordid game can be trusted. I don't start there, I start with "Question everyone's motives.". You also start at the premise that 'securing the documents was important', I'll reply that 'securing the documents definitely seems like a major issue and threat to our National Security...this time'. As near as I can tell, there is no significant attention paid to removal of documents, no one really accountable for the proper handling of said documents, no real concern about unprotected access online, or the sharing of classified information with others, or wasn't until 2023. It seems to me, Chi, it's a major sh8t show on that level, where the relative aggressiveness of the response is directly related to who the target is. Trump created this problem, Trump is being steamrolled by this problem, and Trump exposed his throat to his enemies and they attacked. As I've said before, the dems were willing to tear the country apart to get him, it was reckless and foolish to give them more ammunition to destroy him. There were other options. There are always other options.

That's no way to treat a moderator. The funniest part was the lead up, as you argued that you didn't want to get drawn into a political conversation. Now, it was also funny that the other poster clearly wanted to debate the political element and prodded accordingly, presumably un-pointed. Btw, I don't really find anything about the US Team (men's or women's) all the compelling. I used to love the amateur element of it all (or at least the appearance of it), but now, watching professional athletes banging away in b-ball is sorta boring. By the way--are you Farley? Is Farley you?

I think I was pretty clear on H Clinton and the FBI. I'm not sure why you're struggling with what I wrote? On the second question, you've positioned the choices as: Trump gets to keep the material; The FBI has to storm the castle; That reflects a closed mindset and limitation of thought. There were additional options, including providing Trump more time to review the material to see if there were personal items intermingled with classified docs, allowing Trump to shred/destroy items he felt were beyond the scope of the government authority, and engaging in civil discourse as to the ultimate resolution of the matter. I do agree that bustin the door down was an option as well. Your commentary on RReagan is interesting. Not to me, per se, but maybe to someone else. My commentary was limited to the subject at hand. I think you addressed the Irv and Farley question to yourself, but in case you don't answer, I have no idea. I do think the @Irv reply to Simon in the thread about the Women's Soccer team is one of the funniest I've seen in a long time. Kudos to Irv in that regard, and if he is Farley, Kudos to @Chris farley as well.

Hillary Clinton's actions cost her the election, the special treatment allowed her to stay in the game and walk away unscathed. It didn't move the needle for dem loyalists to any great degree, many of whom are up in arms today over safety and security of our nation's secrets. I agree that Trump's handling of classified material was an unforced error, and didn't need to happen. The argument, however, that the only option to resolve the matter involved an armed raid makes little sense. It makes even less sense when considering how it all played out when the agents conducted the raid. It makes less sense, still, when it seems logical to assume that national security issues aren't really all that big a deal on that level, given the treatment of Clinton, Pence, and Biden. It seems that those folks can remove documents at will, stash 'em wherever, share as they see fit, but must be prepared to say "Geesh, I never knew I had 'em!" to beat the system. As I said, it's an emotional issue when it comes to voters any way you slice it. The persecution in question commenced in 2015, Kemp. It's well-established, documented, and has been discussed by leaders of the free world regularly. You may not like those people, but it's true nonetheless.

It's not on the average voter to follow each case closely, and it never is. In many cases, probably most, the average citizen votes on emotion. The typical politician leverages that emotion, in many cases manipulating, embellishing or lying to appeal to as many voters as possible. Voters are not prosecutors, defense attorneys, experts on classified document handling, but most have a strong ability to detect bull sh8t when it is served up. The challenge is Dems see bs when it's served by Rs, and Rs see bs when served up by Dems. The facts are, from the R point of view anyway, that Trump was a victim of extreme political persecution by DOJ, FBI, dems. There's plenty of evidence to support that, and there's plenty of evidence to support very questionable practices--up to illegal behavior. It's not just Hillary Clinton getting special treatment, it's well beyond that. The DOJ raids Trump's place, sets up a photo shoot of allegedly classified documents strew about on the floor and leaks said photos. They spend hours there and 'accidentally' grab client/attorney documents, tax returns and private material, then suggest everybody trust them with the documents. Meanwhile, the Biden SC investigation is locked down tighter than a drum, though classified and illegal documents were found in a garage. Then there's this, of course, where one of the most powerful men in the world tells truth. Which leads to this (from the notoriously right wing ACLU): https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/do-us-politicians-need-fear-our-intelligence And of course, reinforces the point that nobody trusts everybody, and just about everybody distrusts somebody, but it's usually limited to the guy who doesn't vote like you or run the agenda you like. "Whataboutism" isn't really the problem, and the average voter using it isn't the problem, either. The problem is the political class is completely and irrevocably untrustworthy. The other problem is that people forget what they were upset about when the last guy was in office, and remember that it's not really a big deal when their guy is running the show.

I responded earlier, didn’t like how it made me feel and deleted it a short time later. I had a very cool Saab for about 5 years (one of those you really like, or really hate), love grapes and am not much of a runner. I did roller skate through a very nice public park in Minneapolis in the late 80s. Have a good night, Kemper.

I’m getting old—that was 2005. My buddy reminded me his son was in kindergarten and he graduated from UCLA not long ago. I had forgotten about the Niagara Falls airshow tragedy. On a video, your friend talked about trying to pass within a few feet of each other, that’s incredible. What a shame. Very cool story about Top Gun! My oldest son has a nice movie theater style set up in his basement, we had a family movie night a couple weeks ago and watched the original.

One of my old friends was born/raised in San Francisco. His parent's house was shown in the opening credits of the old Streets of San Franscisco TV show, it's in a great location with views of the Bay and Alacatraz. I visited him a decade or so ago (probably longer), and he showed me around the city. Beautiful, majestic, awesome and his family treated me like gold. He is a liberal leaning fellow, his family is as well, yet they powered through 😇. Of course, I'm delightful, so there's that. He told me not long ago the downtown area was really a problem, for all the reasons noted, and it was hard to see. He lives in Morin now but still works in the city. @sherpa, just remembered that I was there when the Blue Angels did their air show for Fleet Week. It was an amazing thing to behold.

No one cares about nothing (except when the other guy does it, then it's fascism)

You don't have to whisper...you're not a particularly complex people.

This story is sad, but it seemed destined for a tragic ending. While much is made of her issues with the church, she also spoke about physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her mother. I’m not sure how one ever recovers from that, and it seems she never really did.