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-Land of the Free
Dan McLaughlin Self Identifies As Rube In This Tweet; Inspires Other Rubes To Do The Same
But you should still listen to him, 'cuz he knows better than you, peasants!
Posted by: charger || 09/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
Democrats (now self-branding as a party for and about women) are having trouble attracting male voters.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/23/2018 05:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  There will always be pink hat men. Democrats today are like spinning tops in a box going about hitting walls then going one way or another. Usually the wrong way.
Posted by: Dale || 09/23/2018 8:03 Comments || Top||

#2  Every time an election nears, I look at the signs. And what I notice EVERY time, on almost every sign is that Republicans put their party on their signs and the Democrats do not. So....why is that? Are they afraid to be labeled democrats?
Posted by: Silentbrick || 09/23/2018 8:47 Comments || Top||

#3  They will attract the beta and cuck white knight wannabies. Men that actually like being men and are unapologetic about it will be turned off by this party.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/23/2018 11:07 Comments || Top||

#4  No hugging no nothing means no next generation. Quick path to extinction.
Posted by: 3dc || 09/23/2018 14:06 Comments || Top||

#5  Yup, we will go the way of the Shakers.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/23/2018 14:42 Comments || Top||

#6  3dc, for some people, extinction is a feature, not a bug.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 09/23/2018 15:28 Comments || Top||


Postal Service Contradicts Dem Candidate's Claim in Controversy Over Security Clearance Form
[Free Beacon] The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service says it has "no record" of anyone officially requesting Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger's official personnel file, despite the 2018 congressional candidate claiming a researcher working on behalf of her campaign submitted the request in December 2017.

Spanberger, an ex-CIA officer who is challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Dave Brat in Virginia's 7th District, and her allies have suggested that the improper release of her unredacted security clearance questionnaire from the USPS was part of a GOP-led effort to hurt her campaign, CNN reported Friday. Spanberger and her allies have also suggested that the United States Postal Inspection Service, where she worked prior to joining the CIA, mishandled her own campaign's request for the same information.

America Rising, a Republican research firm, obtained a copy of Spanberger's questionnaire from the USPS through a Freedom of Information Act request. The file included sensitive information, such as her social security number.

The Postal Service said that releasing Spanberger's file without her authorization was a mistake, calling it "human error."

Still, Spanberger's campaign and other Democrats insinuated that the release was politically motivated.

"There's no legal way they could have gotten this fully unredacted SF-86," Spanberger told the New York Times last month. "And the next question, what does it mean they are actually pushing it around? What do I have to hide? Absolutely nothing."
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Just shut up men. Believe cuz I'm woman.
Posted by: anymouse || 09/23/2018 21:34 Comments || Top||


Keith Ellison Runs Away From Crowd of Domestic Abuse Survivors
[BIGLEAGUEPOLITICS] Investigative news hound and Big League Politics contributor Laura Loomer was in Minnesota on Friday night where she confronted Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), a candidate for State Attorney General, over police reports of domestic abuse by two women.

Loomer confronted Ellison after the State Attorney General debate along with a group of domestic abuse survivors.

The latest confrontation came only three weeks after Loomer crashed an Ellison campaign event, police report in hand, where Ellison’s goons tried to intimidate her into leaving. He eventually hung his head in shame and left his own event.

Ellison is also the deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

Friday night, he jumped into his Prius in a parking garage, refusing to answer for his actions to a crowd of protestors as they swarmed the vehicle holding signs and the police report.

Two women, Amy Alexander and Karen Monahan have accused Ellison of domestic abuse. He has denied the allegations.
No, no! Certainly not!

Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Two women, Amy Alexander and Karen Monahan have accused Ellison of domestic abuse. He has denied the allegations.

But they remember all the details and have proof - so it's totally unacceptable!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/23/2018 4:43 Comments || Top||

#2  In addition, Ellison is a Donk. They have a different standards of proof. Fewer than 5 rapes or 2 or fewer incidents of domestic abuse seems to be acceptable on the left.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/23/2018 20:25 Comments || Top||


Christine Blasey Ford Hires Andrew McCabe Lawyer Who Was Iran Contra Assoc. Counsel
[Gateway Pundit] The Deep State push to block the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh just got reinforcements with the hiring by accuser Dr. Christine Blasey Ford of Michael Bromwich, a lawyer representing fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and whose work in Washington goes back to the Iran Contra investigation where he served as Associate Counsel and prosecuted Oliver North. Bromwich also heads a consulting firm that specializes in crisis and government investigation communications.
Poor Deb Katz, back to the dugout. Perhaps the "butch hair and school shooter eyes" were a beltway, crooked media turn off.
CNN Justice Department reporter Laura Jarrett, the daughter of Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett, broke the news Saturday afternoon on Twitter, "News ‐ former DOJ inspector general Michael Bromwich has joined Christine Blasey Ford’s legal team. (Note he also represents former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe). He has just resigned from his law firm effective immediately in light of objections within the partnership." (Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP)
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  bad timing by Bromwich as another identified 'witness' (the only female identified by Ford) denied having even met Kavanaugh late yesterday
Posted by: lord garth || 09/23/2018 0:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Maybe she's beginning to understand just what kind of troubles her stupid lies got her involved in.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/23/2018 4:44 Comments || Top||

#3  p.s. University professors don't earn all that much - who's paying?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/23/2018 4:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Her husband appears no slouch in the career department, g(r)omgotu, according to Daily Entertainment News:

56-year-old Russell Biddle Ford a New Jersey native was born on August 7, 1962. He is the son of Ruth Guthery Ford and John Bailey Ford, of Wyckoff, New Jersey.

He graduated from Stanford University School of engineering with a PhD and MS in Mechanical Engineering and a BS Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester.

Russell Ford worked for Abbott Medical Optics; also spent some time with Boston Scientific Neurovascular, Zosano Pharma. Nowadays, Russell Ford, is a principal mechanical engineer at Triple Ring Technologies*. Prior to that, he worked for the Cygnus Corporation in Redwood City, California.


* His name does not appear on the company employee page, possibly in response to the current situation.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/23/2018 6:50 Comments || Top||

#5  How's life outside the academic bubble treating you?
Posted by: P2kontheroad || 09/23/2018 8:01 Comments || Top||

#6  You asking Crissy or me?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/23/2018 8:21 Comments || Top||

#7  and grassley has folded(yet again) and agreed to fords testimony on thursday. how soon before that tool makes more demands? i bet before sunday is over.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 09/23/2018 8:30 Comments || Top||

#8  I hear they also want Ford's testimony to appear *after* Brett's. That way he won't be allowed to defend himself against any additional accusations they pull out of their ass.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 09/23/2018 8:42 Comments || Top||

#9  That didn't fly. She goes first
Posted by: Frank G || 09/23/2018 8:53 Comments || Top||

#10  A little surprised she did not hire Anita Hill; but I would bet Anita shows up to sit behind her during testimony.
Posted by: Airandee || 09/23/2018 9:03 Comments || Top||

#11  So who is paying Bromwich? He quit his job to take this gig. There must be some Soros Slush in there, somewhere.
Posted by: Bobby || 09/23/2018 9:24 Comments || Top||

#12  Ford's husband might be doing alright but I don't believe he's the one paying for the lawyer any more than I believe Kavanaugh assaulted her. grom asks a very good question.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/23/2018 9:25 Comments || Top||

#13  FOX is reporting Soros is footing the bill.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 09/23/2018 12:09 Comments || Top||

#14  His actions speak louder than her words.

I just thought that up, all by myself!
Posted by: Bobby || 09/23/2018 12:26 Comments || Top||

#15  #14 Good one.
Posted by: Dale || 09/23/2018 12:35 Comments || Top||

#16  FOX is reporting Soros is footing the bill.

I thought I could smell a rat and it doesn't surprise me that its name is Soros.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/23/2018 13:53 Comments || Top||

#17  I'm tired of this name.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/23/2018 14:01 Comments || Top||

#18  Below quote from sources reported via Fox News. All 5 witnesses have no knowledge of any alleged sexual assault nor did they see young Kavanaugh at the alleged party. All stated this in either written depositions or telephonically under other. Who's left, Prof Ford ?

"All five witnesses Dr. Ford places at scene have weighed in, now all but Ford say the incident didn’t happen. The four she names besides herself contradict her. Last witness, Leland Keyser, says she doesn’t know #Kavanaughhttps://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/22/kavanagh-ford-woman-party-letter- Sep 22, 2018 Woman denies attending party where alleged Kavanaugh assault occurred Leland Keyser said she does not know Kavanaugh or remember being at a party with him. politico.com"
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/23/2018 16:00 Comments || Top||

#19  Crissy
Posted by: P2kontheroad || 09/23/2018 16:33 Comments || Top||

#20  Good
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/23/2018 17:19 Comments || Top||

#21  Who are Ford and Katz? Soros connection.

Not just kooks out of left field who popped up but a well-organized effort to AnitaHillize Kavanaugh.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/23/2018 18:22 Comments || Top||

#22  The Soros connection is extensive.
Posted by: Eohippus Dribble5682 || 09/23/2018 18:51 Comments || Top||

#23  Bus trackspoint to MoveOn.org
Posted by: Eohippus Dribble5682 || 09/23/2018 19:13 Comments || Top||

#24  The Soros connection is extensive.

Eohippus Dribble5682, your Soros connection link gave me a 404 Cannot Find error. A search of the term “George Soros” there does give back lots of links, but it isn’t clear to me which you meant.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/23/2018 19:42 Comments || Top||


Firing Rosenstein obstruction of justice, lawmaker says
[PRESSTV] US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
has been warned over an attempt to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein amid a probe into the billionaire’s ties with Russia.

Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Democratic Representative Ted Lieu told MSNBC on Saturday that sacking the official who appointed special counsel Bob Mueller would amount to obstruction of justice.

"You just had Paul Manafort flip, you had Michael Cohen, his longtime lawyer, flip," he said. "And then all of a sudden we see these sources talking about what Rod Rosenstein said."
Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Naww. Let Rob play his little game out. Don't fire him. Watch him.

He dug his own grave.
Posted by: newc || 09/23/2018 3:00 Comments || Top||

#2  He is the obstruction of justice.
Posted by: Dale || 09/23/2018 7:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Isn't he the dude who recommended firing Comey?

What else do you need to know?
Posted by: Bobby || 09/23/2018 12:32 Comments || Top||

#4  I don't trust Rosenstein. He should have recused himself from anything to do with Mueller's SC. Rosenstein can't be both a witness in the SC and in charge of Mueller's SC according to Federal law. He also signed the 4th FISA warrant application based on what info. It was made-up info which was known to Rosenstein.

It is probably best to go with what #1 news said. Turn over to the DOJ IG and let the recommendations come from him. RR will be recommended for prosecution or firing or he will resign. Trump can bypass the Dem criticisms of obstruction of justice or interference with Mueller's SC if RR were fired.

Posted by: JohnQC || 09/23/2018 14:41 Comments || Top||

#5  I really wonder sometimes...do some of these congresscritters have any idea what laws actually mean? Cause from the crap they say, they should all be committed for having some seriously hard breaks from reality.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 09/23/2018 19:11 Comments || Top||

#6  Let an Inspector General referral manage the flak until post-midterm.

Thence bye-bye.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 09/23/2018 20:44 Comments || Top||



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