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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Scorned FBI Lover Lisa Page Torched Cheating FBI Partner Peter Strzok;
Link from a comment post yesterday by our own Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
[True Pundit] In the end, Peter Strzok’s FBI lover Lisa Page "sold out" the FBI executive and divulged many improprieties he was involved in along with other FBI brass, according to FBI insiders.

Strzok was fired today from the FBI. FBI insiders said Page, his former lover, was "instrumental in getting him terminated."

"Lisa is on a warpath," one former colleague said. "She is not done either."

Fired FBI leaders Andrew McCabe, James Comey and other current FBI leaders like Bill Priestap could be on deck, according to officials familiar with Page’s congressional testimony in hearings and private sessions with her attorney.

Strzok, FBI sources said, is the target of several investigations. And more could be on the horizon, according to Congressional investigators who spoke to True Pundit’s Thomas Paine.

Lisa Page is angry, according to her associates inside FBI HQ in D.C.

"Remember you guys (True Pundit) had the story where McCabe was going to burn down the FBI?" one agent said. "You may want to rewrite it for Lisa Page. I think she could bring it all down on their heads."

That’s the word on the street. Page is angry and willing to testify against everyone linked to losing her FBI career. If her House testimony is any indication, that spells trouble for the Deep-State Sanhedrin. After Page testified, True Pundit reported China had hacked Hillary Clinton’s emails when she was Secretary of State.

That is something James Comey and Robert Mueller ‐ two former FBI chiefs spanning the time frame of the hacks ‐ never told Congress. Why?

What else does Page know?

Plenty. And everything about Andrew McCabe.

Some FBI insiders said Page has gotten a bad reputation because people only know her by her text exchanges with FBI Agent Peter Strzok, but Page is a capable, bright lawyer, according to FBI insiders.
and flexible in her marriage vows
And she knows almost all the FBI’s dirty little secrets. A very dangerous woman, indeed. Even Fox’s Catherine Herridge touched on Page’s inflammatory testimonies.

"Lawmakers are aware of new records after the recent closed-door depositions from FBI agent Peter Strzok and his former colleague and lover FBI lover Lisa Page." Catherine Herridge said. "Lawmakers are now seeking records related to the controversial Trump dossier. An internal FBI file documenting bureau efforts to verify the salacious allegations."
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This story not entirely accurate regarding Lisa's motive. After being fired she refused to testify to the congressional committee.

Then Strzok appeared before the committee on national television and appologized to Congress and his family for his relationship with Lisa. By Friday she in front of the committee singing to all the committee members like another Aritha Franklen.
Posted by: Lira, Euro, Other Currencies Crashing Early Monday || 08/14/2018 0:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Ah yes. "Your Name" change back to normal time. Done.
Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147 || 08/14/2018 0:31 Comments || Top||

#3  A female FBI lawyer walks into a bar. The bartender says - 'why the long face?'
Posted by: Raj || 08/14/2018 0:38 Comments || Top||

#4  Would you write a life insurance policy on her?
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/14/2018 0:52 Comments || Top||

#5  The Real Reasons Peter Strzok was Fired from the FBI
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 08/14/2018 10:58 Comments || Top||

#6  Maybe now Strzok can find employment with the FSB. There must be some outfit, somewhere in the world, that can use a man with his particular talents.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/14/2018 11:47 Comments || Top||

#7  Would you write a life insurance policy on her?

Can you 'short' a life insurance policy like you can 'short' stocks?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 08/14/2018 12:02 Comments || Top||

#8  Yeah, it's called a viatical...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/14/2018 12:29 Comments || Top||

#9  Haven't heard that he's been fired by the CIA yet.
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/14/2018 13:07 Comments || Top||

#10  So doing your job, upholding the law, and telling the truth under oath is selling out as far as the modern FBI is concerned?
Posted by: rjschwarz || 08/14/2018 13:45 Comments || Top||

#11 
Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 || 08/14/2018 17:46 Comments || Top||

#12  One just knew this was coming.

To borrow a Python line, "And there was much rejoicing".
Posted by: DooDahMan || 08/14/2018 17:48 Comments || Top||

#13  James Ellroy has written fiction about dirty FBI agents before. He could have a blast with FBI circa 2016...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/14/2018 17:52 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Lawmakers impeach all 4 West Virginia high court justices over spending
[SD Union Tribune] West Virginia lawmakers completed the extraordinary move of impeaching all four state Supreme Court justices Monday night for spending issues, including a suspended justice facing a 23-count federal indictment.

The state House of Delegates voted to impeach Justice Allen Loughry on eight articles, setting the stage for a trial in the state Senate.

Beth Walker became the final justice to be impeached when an article was approved stating all four justices abused their authority. It said they failed to control office expenses, including more than $1 million in renovations to their individual offices, and not maintaining policies over matters such as working lunches and the use of state vehicles and office computers at home.

Walker had dodged impeachment earlier Monday night when lawmakers decided to overlook her $131,000 in spending on office renovations. A short time later, another article was withdrawn against Chief Justice Margaret Workman, who spent $111,000 in renovations.

Justice Robin Davis was impeached for $500,000 in office renovations. And lawmakers approved articles against Loughry for spending $363,000 in renovations to his office; having a $42,000 antique desk and computers, all owned by the state, at his home; lying to the House Finance Committee about taking home the desk and a $32,000 suede leather couch; and for his personal use of state vehicles.

Loughry, Workman and Davis also were impeached for their roles in allowing senior status judges to be paid higher than allowed wages. Lawmakers say the overpayments violated state law and stopped when they were challenged by the Internal Revenue Service.

Another impeachment article was withdrawn dealing with an accusation Loughry used state money to frame personal items at his office.

Minority Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee that approved the articles last week had tried to speed up the impeachment process in the hopes of beating a Tuesday deadline for arranging a special election in November if any justice is removed from office or leaves office. Instead, the committee took its time, even conducting a tour of the state Supreme Court offices earlier this month.

Republican Gov. Jim Justice will be allowed to appoint new justices to replace any who are impeached ‐ with no requirement that they be from the same party as the incumbent.

Democrats have accused Republicans of attempting to wrest the court away from voters, who elected the current justices in nonpartisan elections.
Posted by: Frank G || 08/14/2018 11:11 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wait, you mean judges are not a law unto themselves? Somebody tell the MSM and Jeffy Sessions...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/14/2018 12:28 Comments || Top||

#2  Wake me up when these justices are all kicked out of office....
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 08/14/2018 14:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Law makers in Charleston have more huevos rancheros then those in the Beltway when it comes to the aristocratic behaviors of the third branch of government.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/14/2018 15:58 Comments || Top||

#4  They'll issue a restraining order.
Betcha.
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/14/2018 16:52 Comments || Top||

#5  That would be self dealing but don't look for the state bar association to squawk.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/14/2018 18:20 Comments || Top||


Another Keith Ellison Sexual Assault Charge Surfaces. With 911 records
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/14/2018 09:23 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Chickens coming home
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/14/2018 10:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Just practicing his religion. Move along.
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/14/2018 11:27 Comments || Top||

#3  Actually exploit women (Kennedys, Clinton, etc.) no big deal. Comment offhandedly about (hypothetically) feeling a woman up (Trump) the entire left has a conniption.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/14/2018 13:21 Comments || Top||

#4  The devil Moohamhead made him do it.
Posted by: Woodrow || 08/14/2018 17:36 Comments || Top||


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Sets A Poor Example For Women In Politics
Ever since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won the Democrat primary for New York’s 14th congressional district, her supporters have declared her the future of the Democrat Party. However, she has been making unforced errors since her June victory ‐ and the latest misstep shows it’s not just her policies that are misguided.
IMO, she learned how to do "Shirley Temple" in kindergarten and been getting on on cuteness and parroting the "smart" people (in her circles) ever since
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/14/2018 04:10 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:


#2  She is a poor example of a woman, and human, in general.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/14/2018 9:09 Comments || Top||

#3  But a good example of "The New Democrat".
Posted by: Bobby || 08/14/2018 10:26 Comments || Top||

#4  Indeed. Omarosa is a much better example.
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/14/2018 11:27 Comments || Top||

#5  Obama had a better crew of 'Handlers'? Or did Obama's career as a soldier in the Illinois Mob Democratic Machine give him much needed 'discipline' when speaking in public (know when you should Lie about what you really believe)...
Posted by: magpie || 08/14/2018 11:58 Comments || Top||

#6  She is a good example of how silly the trend is to just grab up young untried politicians and launch them into the national spotlight before they've been seasoned. Think George W, Palin, and even Trump to some extent.

The problem is our current pile of politicians are unworthy giving folks few other options.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 08/14/2018 12:43 Comments || Top||

#7  Not like crooked old ones who know the ropes are any bargain.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/14/2018 13:16 Comments || Top||

#8  ...Think George W, Palin, and even Trump to some extent.

I don't think it really matters at this point. The signs were already with the savaging that were given to earlier Republican politicos regardless of the length of their careers. Spiro Agnew, Dan Quayle, or Dick Cheney were all savaged by an increasingly monolithic 'Opposition Press' that has become a surrogate arm of the Democratic Party.
Posted by: magpie || 08/14/2018 13:56 Comments || Top||

#9  That is true. The search for folks with no track record to hold against them resulted from that. Not a great trend.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 08/14/2018 17:33 Comments || Top||

#10  remember Trump ran as just Trump until the GOP courted him. he's certainly NOT a politician thank God
Posted by: 746 || 08/14/2018 19:38 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
SJW's Flip Over "DOOM: Eternal" As It Mocks Leftist Political Correctness On Immigration
...During the recent QuakeCon in Grapvine, Texas at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Bethesda Software gave a 25 minute presentation of their new game "DOOM: Eternal." It was during the uninterrupted game play footage that we’re introduced to a holographic "greeter" artificial intelligence.

While this AI only appears several times throughout the gory video, when she does she spouts things that sound an awful lot like what a politically correct, sterilized, social justice figure would say. Apparently, her job is to encourage humans to greet the monstrous demons that have found their way into our realm with kindness and acceptance.

Within the video she can be heard rattling off phrases such as "my brothers and sisters, let’s help top make our friends transition into our world a comfortable one," or "remember: ’Demon’ can be an offensive term, refer to them as ’mortally challenged.'"

...At this time, the only people making comparisons are the SJWs. Apparently, without anyone having to point it out, the SJWs set about accusing the company of comparing murderous, and bloody demons to the migrants, unintentionally acknowledging that a lot of the violence people are seeing is due to the very group of people they think they’re righteously defending.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/14/2018 04:15 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  These are the same people who complain about "racism" in Tolkien because they see black people when reading his descriptions of orcs.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 08/14/2018 7:39 Comments || Top||

#2  everyone knows Orcs are "Green"
Posted by: Ebbumble and Company5278 || 08/14/2018 9:03 Comments || Top||

#3  It is called satire.

Of course the SJWs will flip their shit over it.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/14/2018 9:10 Comments || Top||

#4  Failure to Detect Sarcasm or Lies: A Sign of a Rare Dementia
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/14/2018 9:51 Comments || Top||

#5  Now I've *got* to get this game!
Posted by: CrazyFool || 08/14/2018 11:21 Comments || Top||

#6  Played many games, but have never played a 'shooter' like Doom... Maybe its time to try one out. SJW's are advertising again to a population segment, gamers, they just don't understand.
Posted by: magpie || 08/14/2018 11:46 Comments || Top||

#7  Now I've *got* to get this game!

Just hope that Bethesda realizes that none of the complainers were ever going to buy this game in the first place, and doesn't cave to the mob. Of course the mob will then attack the retailers (Amazon, etc.) for selling a "racist" (against demons? Hell, yes!) product.
Posted by: PBMcL || 08/14/2018 11:50 Comments || Top||

#8  The developers of pre and modern Doom are known for mocking most of what is popular or popular culture. This is pretty typical of Doom games.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/14/2018 12:38 Comments || Top||



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Tue 2018-08-14
  Islamic State member sentenced to death over killing security personnel in Nineveh
Mon 2018-08-13
  The FBI Finally Makes Peter Strzok Redundant
Sun 2018-08-12
  Antifa to Protest ‘Alt-Right’ in D.C.: Abolish ICE, No Borders, Close Prisons
Sat 2018-08-11
  Iraqi cleric "Tater" Sadr wins election vote recount
Fri 2018-08-10
  Report: Ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas
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  Death Toll Rises To 30 In Bombings On Paktia Mosque
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