Good Cop, Bad Cop, Bitterly Divided

A man of better character than I (or grammar skills than me?) would read past this headline and lede at the flailing NY Times to see if the obvious counter point is made. I cannot.

Kim Jong-un’s Overture Could Drive a Wedge Between South Korea and the U.S.

SEOUL, South Korea — Beyond a New Year’s declaration by North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, that he would move to the mass-production of nuclear weapons and intercontinental missiles in 2018 lies a canny new strategy to initiate direct talks with South Korea in the hope of driving a wedge into its seven-decade alliance with the United States.

Just remember - if South Korea and North Korea reach a meaningful and reassuring detente the Times will only embrace it if they can "blame" Trump.

ERRATA: NO, Trump did not invent the 'good cop/ bad cop' ploy. Nor did this LA DA.

Comments

[hoyden]

What's to complain in the Norks are off our chessboard?

[Captain Hate]

Here comes the boom:

PDT, a few minutes ago:

"Crooked Hillary Clinton's top aid, Huma Abedin, has been accused of disregarding basic security protocols. She put Classified Passwords into the hands of foreign agents. Remember sailors pictures on submarine? Jail! Deep State Justice Dept must finally act? Also on Comey & others"

[Davod]

The Fall Woman cometh!

[henry]

Stepping stone woman. Gotta get them all, Hilligula did the same thing.

[Jim Eagle]

Since when is the DoJ not part of the POTUS cabinet?

Did Congress sneak in a Constitutional Amendment making DoJ independent of the Executive?

PDT, do your job and start managing all your departments. This execution by tweet is getting tiring.

[Buckeye]

Put th skinny muzzie broad in prison. The fat one deserves early onset rigor mortis.

[hoyden]

I don't know about a wedge, but if Trump succeeds he will have given the flailing NYT and their Democrat denizens major wedgies.

[sbw]

What is happening in Iran must scare the bejeezus out of Fat Boy.

The nuclear bluster probably covers Yet Another paranoic NK crackdown to reaffirm Right Think.

[Ralph L]

BBC and PBS were pushing the same theme last night. Do they coordinate, or do their minds run in the same rut?

[Ralph L]

The Endowed Carnegie ferriner on PBS said the right words about Iran & protests, then did the obligatory Dump on Trump.

[Extraneus]

I'm not buying this twitter whining about the DoJ. It's a feint.

[Captain Hate]

Ralph, I think it's both. They're pursuing a crumbling narrative that they're trying to patch together like Humpty Dumpty. And they're fooling a dwindling number of people who relish being lied to.

[narcisoyea]

They have the same hive mind, different lobes

My willowed comment was about general hafter, he fights, so he is unwelcome in the west. The won who rules the roost is bel hadj, who is al quedas franchisee who had hafters predecessor general younis murdered.

[rich]

so basically a rerun of the failed Sunshine Policy of the 90's.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
7m7 minutes ago

Sanctions and “other” pressures are beginning to have a big impact on North Korea. Soldiers are dangerously fleeing to South Korea. Rocket man now wants to talk to South Korea for first time. Perhaps that is good news, perhaps not - we will see!

[rich]

Posted by: Extraneus | January 02, 2018 at 09:09 AM

iirc Abedin got some sort of immunity deal prior to her limited cooperation. not that she needed it.

and when the FBI was acting like the Clinton Crimes Clean Up Crew ... the Awan Bros were stealing an unknown amount of equipment and exfiltrating an unknown amount of data from Congress.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
4m4 minutes ago

Since taking office I have been very strict on Commercial Aviation. Good news - it was just reported that there were Zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record!

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

I think I posted this article link yesterday, but am posting it again, as it might break the back of government workers' unions.

http://freebeacon.com/issues/trump-admin-throws-weight-behind-union-challenge/

[Extraneus]

Anyone know what Trump did to improve aviation safety?

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
1m1 minute ago

The Failing New York Times has a new publisher, A.G. Sulzberger. Congratulations! Here is a last chance for the Times to fulfill the vision of its Founder, Adolph Ochs, “to give the news impartially, without fear or FAVOR, regardless of party, sect, or interests involved.” Get...

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I am assuming there will be a second tweet, but here is what he's got up so far.

[anonamom]

Same thing Obama did to stop the oceans from rising.

[JimNorCal]

What's the ref to sailors and subs?
"Crooked Hillary Clinton’s top aid, Huma Abedin, has been accused of disregarding basic security protocols. She put Classified Passwords into the hands of foreign agents. Remember sailors pictures on submarine?"

[henry]

Ali Safavi @amsafavi
1h

Just in: 30 protesters killed by security forces. 1000-plus arrested. Protests to continue for sixth day today.

[henry]

JimNorCal, sailors took pictures, ended up in the brig.

[JimNorCal]

"Anyone know what Trump did to improve aviation safety?"
Agree with A-mom.
Lord knows the guy gets blamed enough, I don't begrudge him taking credit as every Administration does when something goes right LOL.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

There was a Twitter post about it yesterday with a photo. Sailor took a couple pictures of the sub he was serving on and he wasn't supposed to as it was a classified type. He ended up getting 2 years in the brig.

[Extraneus]

https://hotair.com/archives/2018/01/02/the-return-of-the-mooch/

The former White House communications director has privately told friends and associates that the president and other members of the Trump family, including White House adviser and first daughter Ivanka Trump, miss him and want him back in the West Wing. Three sources close to Scaramucci have independently told The Daily Beast that the Mooch continues to brag that he and President Donald Trump talk on the phone, and that the Mooch believes his resurrection in Trump-world could be imminent. One of these sources said that the Mooch claimed he was flying out to either Washington, D.C. or Mar-a-Lago early this month to meet Trump to talk about it.

There are several major hurdles the Mooch must clear before all systems are a go. Most serious among them: Trump himself doesn’t appear to be on board. In fact, it’s not clear if President Trump, or Ivanka, is even in touch with the sacked comms director.

[Extraneus]

Scaramucci, for his part, denied that he’s been telling people at all about a Trump administration resuscitation.

“[T]his is absolute nonsense,” he said in text messages to The Daily Beast. “Happy new year [and] be well. I have said nothing like that at all…Don’t believe BS.”

[Old Lurker]

Jack, I maintain the Ledge stocked at 100% because of essentially two beliefs, both of which you have expressed in the last week or two:

1. It IS Trump's FBI, DoJ, CIA, NSA, DIA et al and has been for 51 weeks.

2. You and I both date our DC time, like Clarice, back to the early 70's. In all that time, I don't think I can recall a single IG Report which has done more than punish flunkies while protecting all founding members of the Club.

THAT SAID...

1. Trump knows that.

2. Sessions knows that.

3. Competing priorities could account for a 90-120 day delay, but hardly anything except a grand plan would seem to account for an entire year, more if you start counting back to the campaign when Trump discovered they were tapping his phones.

4. So. RG & MM might just be right in which case the Flash Bangs will be seen soon.

Or not.

But, like the liquid assets in Lyle's cellar, the inventory on the Ledge does not decline in value over time.

[rich]

Posted by: JimNorCal | January 02, 2018 at 09:48 AM

an actual case

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/navy-sailor-pleads-guilty-pictures-nuclear-submarine-article-1.2652586

[JimNorCal]

Submariner goes to jail.
I had forgotten about the story but remember the "Clinton Defense"
https://legalinsurrection.com/2016/08/hillary-did-it-too-defense-fails-sailor-gets-jail-for-submarine-photos/

Shame about LI. Segments of the commenting community there became frothing anti-Trumpers and I gradually drifted away.

[JimNorCal]

Thanks, Rich, MissM, henry

[Flyboi]

"Anyone know what Trump did to improve aviation safety?"

The travel ban.

[JimNorCal]

Heh. Dog bites man.
http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2018/01/ap-notches-first-fake-news-of-2018.html#more
The Associated Press could not make it to noon on New Year's Day before posting the first Fake News of 2018. ... At 10:24 a.m., it tweeted: "Pence visit to Israel postponed again, no reason given."

The Associated Press did not wait for a comment from the White House -- or Pence's office. For some reason, AP felt it needed to urgently tell people at 8:15 a.m. on a holiday morning that OMG the vice president has inexplicably postponed his trip again.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Old Lurker,

I still think my theory (about finding something so indisputably bad that there can be no arguing about the need to prosecute) is the right one.

As you know, I frequent a lot of sites on the internet, some more conspiracy-oriented than others. I am still wondering about those sealed indictments, which DO exist, but we don't know what they are for. For example, some could be for MS-13 gang members, which we know Sessios was going after.

There are some wild cards in the mix. What has been discovered in the questioning of Prince Talwal, who was a big donor to the Clinton Foundation?

The Haitians are none too happy with Clinton either, and there are rumors about the money they diverted from Haiti after the earthquake. (How evil do you have to be to steal from the poorest people in this hemisphere?)

Other avenues of prosecution might be profiting from drug or arms dealing or child trafficking. Also, let's not forget North Korea and uranium.

Like I said, the prosecution will have to be for an easily understandable bad crime with evidence making it an open and shut case.

We will see.

By the way, there seems to be an undercurrent of panic about the Iranian protests in the Clinton/Obama camps. One wonders what communications they had with the mullahs. It would be such a shame if that came to light.

[rich]

always thought that story odd, in that the photos were on an old device that just happened to be found ... anyway, I'll put away the tin foil hat.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Second part of the NYT tweet!!

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
26m26 minutes ago

....impartial journalists of a much higher standard, lose all of your phony and non-existent “sources,” and treat the President of the United States FAIRLY, so that the next time I (and the people) win, you won’t have to write an apology to your readers for a job poorly done! GL

[JimNorCal]

An indirect proof.
http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2018/01/how-we-know-trump-understands-iran.html
"The world got safer over the holiday weekend as the final two legs of the Axis of Evil appear to be buckling. ... How do we know Trump is getting it right? Because the experts are saying he is getting it wrong."

Surber explains his position, then concludes "Common sense is in short supply in academia."

[narciso]

The daily basilisk seems to inhale from the same bong as rupert pupkin, looking up some details about firtash the fellow who was extradited for bribing in India, is that even a felony over there it seems much of this comes from fusion

Yes rich it's like Deja hi all over again, like the Rhodes road show stemmed from the same dangle w didnt bite.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
4m4 minutes ago

Democrats are doing nothing for DACA - just interested in politics. DACA activists and Hispanics will go hard against Dems, will start “falling in love” with Republicans and their President! We are about RESULTS.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

David Martosko
‏Verified account @dmartosko
24m24 minutes ago

Trump has found the time this morning to write more words than I have.

[narciso]

Mousavian and co, fooled flynts leaveritt and Hilary mann, such east marks of course we know the sepah have too al queda bigwigs like seif Adel lots of running room, which they used among other things to stage the attacks in the kingdom

[henry]

Deep state still throwing wrenches into the works. This time EPA ozone standards. (Most ozone in SE WI comes from Chicago, make them cut back).

http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2018/01/zombie-obama-administration-threatens-southeast-wisconsin-manufacturing/

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

ChiTown informs me that sealed indictments now number over 10,000.

[Chicken Alaska pop. 7]

Tell us about it, henry.

[rich]

ababra cadabra

[Extraneus]

The travel ban.

Good point!

[rich]

fixed now?

[Extraneus]

Frau, if you check in today, I was wondering if you'd cleared your cookies or at least deleted the typepad cookies and still had the problem.

The only way a web server can know you is through cookies they'd previously set when you've visited their site. Your typepad cookie would include the stuff you've typed into the name, email and websute URL textboxes below the comment box. This is how the site remembers you the next time you visit. But once the cookies are deleted, those boxes should come back empty until the next time you enter text and post a comment.

Have you tried deleting cookies and still had the problem? If so, I'd guess it's due to something you've typed into one of those boxes.

[narciso]

Mark thiessen who is usually pretty sharp turns in his requisite deep state drivel.

[Captain Hate]

Lots of moron butthurt at an all SEC championship game. Not sure which of those retards schools they think got stiffed but anybody but UCF needs to shut their whore mouths.

[Dave (in MA)]

Not buying the Bannon crap at the top of Drudge.

[Another Bob]

Was there any actual proof of any actual Russian attempt (or success) to manipulate any election system anywhere?

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609641/six-cyber-threats-to-really-worry-about-in-2018/

[Another Bob]

Can one be indicted without one’s knowledge?

I don’t think so, correct?

[narciso]

So the hot take offered by the ap, is get this, it's the mullahs who are pushing the protest.

[rich]

not that I'm aware Another Bob ...

[rich]

a sealed indictment?

[Extraneus]

Commie sworn in to second term as NYC mayor.

“What’s been hardest is the way our legal system is structured to favor private property. I think people all over this city, of every background, would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it, what the rent will be,” de Blasio told New York Magazine in September 2017.

“I think there’s a socialistic impulse, which I hear every day, in every kind of community, that they would like things to be planned in accordance to their needs,” de Blasio said. “And I would, too.”

De Blasio went on to say that it is unfortunate the law stands in the way of “hundreds of years of history” of Americans having the right to private property.

“Unfortunately, what stands in the way of that is hundreds of years of history that have elevated property rights and wealth to the point that that’s the reality that calls the tune on a lot of development,” de Blasio said.

The solution to fixing housing and other perceived ills in the city, according to de Blasio, is to rid itself of exclusionary private property rights.

“Look, if I had my druthers, the city government would determine every single plot of land, how development would proceed. And there would be very stringent requirements around income levels and rents. That’s a world I’d love to see, and I think what we have, in this city at least, are people who would love to have the New Deal back, on one level,” de Blasio told New York Magazine.

“They’d love to have a very, very powerful government, including a federal government, involved in directly addressing their day-to-day reality.”

De Blasio promised Monday at his second swearing in as New York City mayor to usher the city into a “new progressive era” that will spread beyond the city’s “borders.”

http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/02/de-blasio-really-has-an-issue-with-a-basic-american-right/

[lyle]

I agree, CH, on UCF.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Kurt Schlichter
‏Verified account @KurtSchlichter
16m16 minutes ago

Ben Sasse is the kid who tells the teacher she forgot to assign homework.

[Another Bob]

So can we stop thinking these sealed indictments are at all meaningful?

If it were the beginning of a massive swamp draining, something would have leaked.

[rich]

most likely a gang round up in the works ...

[henry]

What’s been hardest is the way our legal system is structured to favor private property.

Can't have that fundamental key to freedom lying around. People might just use it.

[Captain Hate]

Drudge has gone full retard over Trump. Time to think of him as just another Jarles Chohnson.

[Old Lurker]

Gangs or Drugs or Criminal Illegals, Rich.

Zero chance they are alligators.

50 sealed indictments would be more than enough to Drain the Swamp. (3 Kings, 22 Princes, 25 Soldiers)

[Old Lurker]

Agree about Drudge, Cap'n.

And with your goal of suffering no idiots in 2018.

Plus I will not believe either Bannon or Mooch are doing other than playing their parts.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Name me ONE sealed indictment that was leaked ahead of time.

The reason you do this is so that you can arrest people before they get wind of their indictment and flee.

AS I SAID, I am sure many of them are MS-13 gang members. Ten thousand?

We will see.

[anonamom]

Private property?
Like the promise of which drained Italy of something like 70% of its population over 80 years to come here?
No hope of owning a thing there, as the Medicis et. al. had divided up the entire country centuries before.

Why live somewhere where the sun shines nearly every day, food grows year round, and olives and grapes and lemons are hanging off trees and vines everywhere, when you can move to Gloversville, NY, where it's subzero today, and work in a factory?

PRIVATE PROPERTY, that's why! The chance to own some for yourself.
Many of those factory workers became homeowners, had a kitchen garden where they grew their own tomatoes and grapes and zucchini and eggplant, sent their kids to high school and beyond, and lived very satisfied lives.

Was that DeBlasio interview in The Onion??? Who the heck does he hang out with who wants the federal government determining the daily aspects of their lives???

[Old Lurker]

Me: "Gangs or Drugs or Criminal Illegals"

Given that those circles overlap, I can see a grand immigration deal which on the one hand Trump grants DACA rights, but in return he gets his Wall, his Bans, and the certainty of rounding up and jailing or deportins 10K known bad guys.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/raw-water-heath-drink-cost-san-francisco-los-angeles-california-live-water-world-health-orgnisation-a8138231.html

Newest nutty health craze: "raw water."

[henry]

Who the heck does he hang out with who wants the federal government determining the daily aspects of their lives???

The Sulzbergers and Clintons?

[matt- deplore me if you must]

I would say some panic in the Clintoon/Obama camp on Iran is justified. Giving a rogue regime $1.5 Billion to buy bullets to kill their own citizens is very bad press, even from an Iranian perspective.

[Old Lurker]

A'mom: "The chance to own some for yourself."

...and being able to pass it to your kids to improve their lives and those of your grandchildren.

[Extraneus]

MSNBC Reporter Refers to Iran’s Support of Hezbollah, Assad as ‘Endeavors’

"There is truth that the Iranian people did not reap the benefits of what was supposed to be a windfall of money, and that has been a consistent argument made by American critics of the Iran nuclear deal, that the money that the Iran government was going to receive was probably going to be diverted and used in those endeavors in Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen," Mohyeldin said.

Iran's "endeavors" in those countries include bolstering dictator Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian civil war, supporting the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, and supplying missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen.

"Ayman, does the president have a point here, that the sanctions relief that was given through the Iran nuclear deal doesn't seem to have filtered down to the people on the streets of Iran? Is that because it hasn't filtered down yet, and it will do, we just need to give it more time, or is it just that it's being diverted into military programs and Syria, for example?" Kay asked.

"Yeah, I think it's a blend of both," Mohyeldin said. "There's no doubt that Iran has been engaged in costly endeavors, both in Syria …in Yemen, it supports Hezbollah in Lebanon. All of that is a drain on the resources of the state."

[Captain Hate]

And with your goal of suffering no idiots in 2018.

They've had a year to get on board with the President who Levin has called the most conservative since Reagan. If they persist with this prolonged snit they deserve nothing better than the back of the hand. And they aren't conservative so much as snotty elitists.

[Old Lurker]

Matt (and MM), if I were to list my top five stories which qualify for MM's "Too bad to not understand", they might be:

1. Using the massive powers of the Feds to obtain and keep control over all US citizens.

2. Selling our Uranium to Russia for cash in secret Clinton bank accounts.

3. Selling access to all of our secrets to our enemies for private gain.

4. Transferring billions to enemies like Iran so they can use it to kill Americans.

5. Conspiring with our global enemies to destroy the standing of the US in the eyes of the world, eliminate our borders and sovereignty, and otherwise erase our Constitution and Founding Documents.

Just off the top of my head.

[RattlerGator]

RG,
Thanks for indulging me. Asking that question triggered my own brain for the entire day and resulted in my making a fairly monumental New Years resolution.

I truly appreciate it.

Posted by: Janeprobably about 10 minutes after getting there| January 01, 2018 at 10:59 PM

You're quite welcome, Jane. But . . . will we get some hint or, perhaps, full disclosure on this new resolution ???

[Momto2]

The term "Raw water" makes me think of "Raw sewage" - Yuck!

From Ex's 11:28 Is that because it hasn't filtered down yet, and it will do, we just need to give it more time,
Yes - I'm sure that's it - just give it some time and those Iranians will be happily reaping the rewards of Obama's original intent!

[RattlerGator]

So. RG & MM might just be right in which case the Flash Bangs will be seen soon.

Or not.

But, like the liquid assets in Lyle's cellar, the inventory on the Ledge does not decline in value over time.

Posted by: Old Lurker | January 02, 2018 at 10:00 AM

OL, you are aware -- correct? -- that the DOJ I.G. waged a successful WAR with the Obama Admin and a new law was passed giving him and the other I.G.s significant independent power they've never had before -- right?

Y'all keep talking as if you're completely ignorant that it's a new day, with a *very* different President, and new laws. It ain't 1970, bruh, and DC ain't driving this train. MoFu's are going to prison.

The President or his people may be reading this board because (is it just me?) that tweet this morning? Yeah, man. It had OL's name on it. Didn't it?

So . . . yo, wassup 45 !!! I wants a tour of the White House, Mr. President, and I wants to meet Melania. Cool?

[cathyf]

anonamom:

For the record, I don't think God gets too involved with college football.

Lou Holtz:

God doesn't care who wins... but His Mother does.

[Extraneus]

ZeroHedge:

Chinese Military Rushed To North Korean Border In "Preparation For War": Report

[narcisoyea]

Good grief, are they drinking from the same bong water. Gave Sherman's fan fiction, was enough to delude Rupert's spawn, but it shouldn't betaken seriously.

[henry]

Ext, ZH has been dragging that out monthly for a while. If NK troops are fleeing across the DMZ, they're fleeing to China as well. China doens't want them.

[Extraneus]

Trump “The Dunce” Predicted Iran Uprising Months Ago

[Extraneus]

http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2018/01/02/john-zmirak-pope-francis-talks-like-angry-south-american-politician-pushing-anti-american-worldview-with-hysterical-leftist-agitprop/

[Captain Hate]

From the Horde:

What's the difference between Franken and Planned Genocide?

Al will check women's breasts.

[narcisoyea]

Mohyledin comes from al jazeera, which seems to be the same folks behind middle east eye, so caveat emptor.

Yes Iran's endeavors included the bombing of marine French and Italian peacekeeping, the embassy and consulate, and the amia in Buenos Aires, they also were directly involved with the El encanto attack near torrejon in 1985, although al suri of the brotherhood chipped in

[Momto2]

Things you couldn't make up if you tried:

A former Philadelphia judge who was caught up in a ticket-fixing scandal, resigned over charges of sexual harassment, and was jailed for lying to the FBI, is now running for Congress as a Democrat with the slogan “A Fresh Start for Pennsylvania.”

http://dailyrelated.com/crooked-judge-resigned-sex-scandal-going-run-congress-democrat/

[anonamom]

Hear, hear all:

They've had a year to get on board with the President who Levin has called the most conservative since Reagan. If they persist with this prolonged snit they deserve nothing better than the back of the hand. And they aren't conservative so much as snotty elitists.

Posted by: Captain Hate | January 02, 2018 at 11:31 AM

Indeed!

[Rocco]

MoFu's are going to prison.

Well that just made my day, thank you! And since when can convicted felons profit from book deals?

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/21/robby-mook-wont-rule-hillary-clinton-running-2020/

[Jane]

"will we get some hint or, perhaps, full disclosure on this new resolution ??? "

RG,

If we ever meet in person I'll tell you. (It is about changing what leads me, and since most had no clue what I meant...best not to re-open that door) There were 58 more questions I wanted to ask you so I'll ask those too. You have been warned - others will attest I have a very weird mind. Thanks again for your indulgence.

[jimmyk]

Economist Brian Wesbury on the Trump revolution:

"[T]he U.S. hasn't seen economic policy changes like this in a long time. The forces that support markets and entrepreneurship over government control are reasserting themselves."

http://www.ftportfolios.com/Blogs/EconBlog/2018/1/2/revolution

Also this, which I hadn't heard about:

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is set to rule on Janus vs. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. Based on a similar case from a few years ago, it's likely the Court will rule that all government workers (state, local and federal) will have a choice to pay union dues, or not. We know from experience that, when given a choice, many workers stop supporting the political activities of unions. This would be another force significantly altering the balance of power.

Wisconsin showed the way.

[rse]

a'mom-please do not get too hung up on the federal govt as the boogeyman. DeBlasio's agenda and the full prog vision is intended to primarily be implemented at the local level.

It is the local that controls physically both people and property and language describing subsidiarity is a Right Pincer favorite for masking the reality of the UN SDG/ICLEI/Rule of Law as an affirmative weapon agenda.

I have been getting all their mailings for at least 5 years now and the local, like education and data as a tool for manipulation, are the favorite reshaping tools.

[Extraneus]

Sailor cited by Trump as evidence of Hillary Clinton double standard now works as garbage man

Saucier, 31, was released from prison in September after receiving a one-year sentence for mishandling classified information. With a felony conviction, he now works up to 70 hours a week collecting garbage in Vermont.

“Obviously with his tweet today he still recognizes my case, so hopefully he will do something about it. I think my family and I have been punished enough," Saucier told the Washington Examiner. "I made an innocent mistake as a kid, it wasn’t planned like Hillary Clinton and them blatantly flouting the law."

The home where Saucier lives with his wife and two-year-old daughter is in foreclosure and credit card debt collectors call frequently. His cars were repossessed while he was in prison and the family has a payment plan for their electricity bill.

Because he has an other-than-honorable discharge, Saucier doesn’t get veteran benefits, including disability payments for service-related injuries. He wears an ankle monitor until April.

But most frustratingly to Saucier, a felony record makes finding a job difficult.

“We’re struggling,” he said. “No one will hire me because I’m a felon ... All the skills I worked so hard for in the military are useless.”

[narcisoyea]

Luftmensch or backfleinich:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AmirTaheri4/status/948154362089570305

[jimmyk]

And Sir Ringo is playing in Israel. I recall that he also spoke positively about Brexit.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/tim-blair/back-off-bds/news-story/9620cdfa0b49142913eaf22232140bb7

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://blog.dilbert.com/?utm_source=dilbert.com&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=brand-engagement&utm_content=navigation

How President Trump changed your imagination.

[exdemocrat]

a reminder of Nunes' letter to the DOJ/FBI with tomorrow as deadline:

https://www.scribd.com/document/368046067/Devin-Nunes-letter-to-Rod-Rosenstein

[glasater]

In the "what in the heck for" department..

FBI Obtained Search Warrant For Former Sheriff David Clarke https://trib.al/0wCJIw1