Roger Stone

The Times wonders with the rest of us just what the relationship between Trump advisor Stone and Wikileak's Julian Assange:

Roger Stone Sold Himself to Trump’s Campaign as a WikiLeaks Pipeline. Was He?

One wonders why this remains an open question two years after Trump's election. One might also wonder how many members of The Resistance consider this to be an open question.

Mr. Bannon and two other former senior campaign officials have detailed to prosecutors for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, how Mr. Stone created that impression, according to people familiar with their accounts. One of them told investigators that Mr. Stone not only seemed to predict WikiLeaks’s actions, but that he also took credit afterward for the timing of its disclosures that damaged Hillary Clinton’s candidacy.

But at the same time, the top tier of Mr. Trump’s campaign was deeply skeptical of Mr. Stone, who has made a career of merging fact and fiction and seems to prize attention over credibility.

Whether Mr. Stone was, in fact, a trusted intermediary to WikiLeaks — or simply a master of puffery that made him appear so — remains a paramount question for Mr. Mueller’s investigators, who are examining Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential race and whether any Trump associates conspired with Moscow’s effort.

To tease out the truth, prosecutors have summoned Mr. Stone’s former employees and longtime political allies to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington or be interviewed at the special counsel’s office. Investigators asked them about a range of issues, including Mr. Stone’s relationship with WikiLeaks, his attempts during the presidential race to raise money for his political causes and whether he tried to persuade one associate not to cooperate with the inquiry.

Resist!

Comments

[JMHanes]

I wondered about the "first country you get to," myself. That generated a lot of ill will and friction in the EU, because, of course, the hordes of migrants were all coming ashore in Italy and areas around Greece, IIRC. The Italians were inundated, and resented have to bear the brunt both people & money-wise, while the migrants were all determined to make their way to Germany.

I certainly don't recall any such imposition wrt to migrants moving through Mexico in the past, although this time Mexico did offer asylum to the caravan(s), presumably at President Trump's behest.

[Miss Marple]

Porchlight,

I will think about what you said.

We may go earlier, if I can figure out how to bundle up and we take folding chairs.

I have to tell you, if that line is long at 10:00 AM I am pretty sure we won't get in.

[narciso]

She's the nifong of dade county, yet she may be right?

https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/11/01/miami-prosecutor-argues-stand-ground-unconstitutional/

[Miss Marple]

John Ashcroft is at the rally!

[Porchlight]

I understand, MM. Check in the morning. The_Donald should have a post on the front page or you can check Twitter.

[narciso]

On second thought, scratch that.

The interesting detail about central America and Israel is speciAlly in the 70s when the company got squeamish the mossad lent a hand to the army and security services in the region.

[Porchlight]

Veritas is supposed to drop something on O'Rourke tonight.

[Beasts of England]

Not much better in life than a draft Turbodog and a few dozen oysters at Acme Oyster House on Iberville Street...

[Janet]

They make great wheeled walkers that have a seat & a bit of storage. Not that you need a walker, but they are really handy for any events when there is a long line & waiting.
Water bottles etc. can be stored in the seat.

At my kids VA Tech graduation there were tons of them....used by all ages of people. Bad knees are pretty common!

https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=walker+seat+wheels&&adid=22222222224311919728&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=e&wl1=o&wl2=c&wl3=10381944128&wl4=kwd-64005961384:loc-190&wl5=90441&wl6=&wl7={loc_interest_ms%20}&wl14=walker%20with%20wheels%20%26%20a%20seat&veh=sem&msclkid=4e818408d3ac15f5efffdfd34f35b7e5

[Porchlight]

Are you in NO, Beasts?

[Beasts of England]

Josh Hawley's got game. Thirty-eight years old. I hope he's taking good notes. :)

[Beasts of England]

Not at the moment, Porch, but I'm always ready. 😎

[Momto2]

Ex - that is a cool story about the Kobe beef. I have never had Kobe beef and I have been known to use A-1 before. Maybe it was not the best analogy to use.

AK-47 by Black Rifle Coffee - Black - Two cups before breakfast every day.

MM - I hope things go smoothly for you at the rally. I think part of the fun would be hanging out with the crowd before it starts. The rain and cold temps would not be enjoyable, I agree.

[narciso]

Yes creamer I take with just regular coffee when needs must, a little sugar with expresso, keeps the microprocessors firing.

[Pinandpuller]

I did the oatmeal because I'm half Scottish and it was great. I will look into Dragon's Milk henry.

[narciso]

Prayer request, on subsequent review, they did find additional cancerous tissue with my mothers friend and she's being operated on tomorrow.

[Pinandpuller]

I'll be doggone if it ain't trying to snow in TN Miss Marple.

[Beasts of England]

Prayers for her friend, narciso.

[narciso]

Like strangeloves arm reflex:

https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/01/andrew-gillum-anti-semitic-event/

[Momto2]

Diamond and Silk®
‏
@DiamondandSilk

We just want Oprah to know that we've earned the right to think and vote for ourselves too. We're not voting based on who's The First; we're voting based on who's The Best. Georgia Needs @BrianKempGA for Governor
Vote Right, Vote Red, Vote Republican!

[Another Bob]

From the previous thread...

Why is Trump required to denounce whomever the left points at again?

Must have missed that memo.

[henry]

Prayers sent Narciso. I hate cancer.

Pin, I'm a quarter Scot (or 40% if you believe Ancestry DNA). Dragons Milk is tasty, and has a healthy ABV.

[GUS]

Beasts, Felix's on that same corner at Bourbon AND Iberville best po-boy in N.O.

[JMHanes]

Here, I'll save you the trouble of all that copy/pasting: empty wheel. Now folks who want Marcy's opinion can go straight to the source, and skip the middleman.

[Miss Marple]

Ha!

Trump: "Might as well talk about yourself, because nobody else is going to." (Gestured towards the press pool.)

[narciso]

Well well, I guess they took part of that third Bourne film as a how to guide:

https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/01/chuck-grassley-obama-cia-whistleblowers/

[Pinandpuller]

JM Hanes

Mija = Mi Hija= my daughter. In who I am well pleased. I don't think that picture will ruin her future as a Vo-Tech teacher in Wyoming. She's a certified welder going back for a secondary ed degree.

[Beasts of England]

I've been in Felix's twice - when Acme was swamped. Never had a Po Boy there, but their oysters are plenty good, GUS!

[Momto2]

The left seems desperate...

Dirty Tricks! Leftists Target Christian Churches in Texas
Graves said his organization received calls from a number of churches in Texas from pastors who noticed the Vision America voter guides had been altered.

“They kept our logo, our look, our colors, but they flipped the issues of the candidates,” Graves said. “The fake voter guides clearly favored O’Rourke. They made Ted Cruz look like he was pro-abortion.

“I’ve been around this type of work for 20 years and I’ve never seen anyone go to this level of deceit and dishonesty to try to deceive Christians,”

[JMHanes]

Beasts:

"Not much better in life than a draft Turbodog and a few dozen oysters at Acme Oyster House on Iberville Street.."

Well, I'm having chicken on toasted, buttered, home made Irish Soda bread, made with currents and tender as all get out, dressed with minted yogurt diluted with fresh squeezed orange juice. Ran out of arugula to top it off, but that's sort of like gilding the lily.... If you don't think that sounds like an AbFab supper, you'd be as surprised as my son was!

[narciso]

That's sounds excellent jmh

https://www.steynonline.com/8961/bannin-bannon

[Clarice Feldman]

That Daily Caller article is really something, You have to understand when brennan and his pals are so desperate.

[Rocco]

Cheap DIY body warmers...

https://www.instructables.com/id/The-5-minute-instant-hand-warmer/

[Rocco]

and prayers narc

[Momto2]

Veritas:

https://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1058162930418675712

[Momto2]

BREAKING @PVeritas_Action: BREAKING: "Nobody needs to know" Beto Campaign Appears to Illegally Spend Funds on Supplies for Caravan Aliens, Campaign Manager Says "Don't Worry"

[Janet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfPyJK3eDf4

Time Will Tell (Neosfaidh An Aimsir) · Colm Mac Con Iomaire

[Miss Marple]

https://www.projectveritasaction.com/2018/11/01/beto/

Beto seems to be spending money on the caravan.

[Frau Indianerherz]

Dr J - the program ran until 1958. Before your time, I bet.

[Pinandpuller]

Zagorski Rides the Lightning and eats a last meal of pig tails and pigs feet. WTG

Tesla-Edison's Medicine

https://youtu.be/-2zwBRa0YhA

[Beasts of England]

Okay, JM Hanes, you win!! :)

[Jane#walkaway]

I drank black coffee with cinnamon for years. When I started keto it took 2 weeks for me to dare and try their prescribed coffee: coffee with butter, coconut oil, and heavy cream (I still add the cinnamon ). It is absolutely fabulous.

[Beasts of England]

Smegma, dogmatagram, fishmarket stew,
Police in a corner, gunnin' for you.
Appletoast, bedheated, furblanket rat...
Laugh when they shoot you, say:
'Please don't do that!'

Control for smilers can't be bought.
The solar garlic starts to rot.
Was it for this my life I sought?

Maybe so, and maybe not...

Nytol

[Miss Marple]

I think I will head to bed. I may post from my iPad if I can't sleep.

Nytol!

[Janet]

link to Momto2's 9:07 - https://www.toddstarnes.com/politics/voter-fraud-leftists-target-christian-churches-in-texas/

"Video from one Dallas-area church shows a male and female walking into the church building on a Sunday and replacing the real voter guides with the fraudulent guides.

Graves said once they identify the culprits they will consider pressing charges."

[Pinandpuller]

Actually I had the lamb meatballs in marinara sauce and what seemed to be fried mashed potatoes, green beans and corn. So I blew through the keto.

[Frau Indianerherz]

Janet - "Whatever it takes" guides the democrats.

[DrJ]

Frau, not quite.

[Pinandpuller]

Fake "Cryptic"Pregnancy is the new trans. Woman thinks she's pregnant so we have to treat her like she's really pregnant, right? Defying science woman says her cryptic pregnancy gestation is two to seven years. Why is Dr Phil acting like she's nuts? She feels like a pregnant woman: Title IX.

https://youtu.be/9rwLXGZasHQ

[Clarice Feldman]

Goodnight.

[Pinandpuller]

I was walking thru a Black Church before the last election and there was a bulletin board covered in Hillary paraphernalia. There was probably a Trump serial killer collage wall somewhere else, right?

[Frau Indianerherz]

Pin - maybe it's time to change the national anthem to Cole Porter's "Anything Goes."

[Pinandpuller]

Metallica-Ride the Lightning

https://youtu.be/kk6wLZN4X74

Dude thought the electric chair was less painful than lethal injection.

[Bernardi Dr la paz]

I'm reminded of Kate capshaw lip synching that song in mandarin, in the opening montage of temple of doom.

[Ralph L]

My dad doesn't particularly like coffee, but he discovered as an Ensign that he could sit peacefully in the ward room with a cup in front of him. Without it, he'd be ordered to go do something.

[Pinandpuller]

Frau

I've heard that song before but never really listened to it...

I know one Vanderbilt that doesn't need baby clothes unless they're for the non dangerous Caravan.

[Pinandpuller]

mr narciso

Do you know about these guys who redid Indiana Jones shot for shot?

https://youtu.be/3gV6QMj0fvQ

[Bernardi Dr la paz]

'Did not know that' Johnny Carson head snap

[Porchlight]

Bye bye Beto. Not like you were going to win anyway.

[JimNorCal]

"BREAKING @PVeritas_Action: BREAKING: "Nobody needs to know" Beto Campaign Appears to Illegally Spend Funds on Supplies for Caravan Aliens, Campaign Manager Says "Don't Worry" "

It occurs to me, and doubtless to all, that no campaign can afford to turn away volunteers.
It is probably just as easy to infiltrate Repub candidate orgs.
Still, there is that second pathway into the Dems: pretend to be a reporter. Dems will assume you are on their side and Repubs will assume you are an enemy.

[Captain Hate]

Pin,

Nice haul I'm sure but I haven't had any of 'em.

[Janet]

I noticed all the 'Viva Beto' signs. Good grief.

Here's a bit from Milo again -
"All of these Left-wingers want to shed their whiteness because they think their bodies are costumes that can be refashioned for expediency or advantage. While claiming that “whites have all the privileges,” Dolezal, King and Warren demonstrate through their actions that they know otherwise. The same is true of Robert Francis O’Rourke, a man you might know better as his fake Spanish alter ego Beto O’Rourke. Beto tans to look more Spanish, though even the Hispanic Congressional Caucus aren’t fooled and rejected him when he tried to join. Because he’s white. These people all know that in media, culture, politics and entertainment, being white can be a handicap and being “of color” can be an advantage. So they put on a different costume."

[Bernardi Dr la paz]

They had something like 38 million dollars. If memory serves in that race, on betos side.

[gentlejim]

MM,
If you get arrested just holler. I’ll come down fast with bond money then we can go have a few adult beverages.

Coffee should only have coffe in it. Better if accompanied by a smoke.

Pin,
I think it’s awesome that your daughter is a welder. Smart move on her part.

[Pinandpuller]

International law states that asylum seekers must apply in the first contiguous country they come to..,

According to a YouTube comment I just read.

[Pinandpuller]

gentlejim

She tried several weeks in a man's world of industrial fab and didn't find it to her liking.

When she said she wanted to go back to school to be an English teacher I was like," Do you remember back in seventh grade when you talked your mom into writing a book report for you? (She only got a B)

Now she's going to try and be a shop teacher. She may end up being a bit of a pioneer in that field.

[jimmyk]

Willard seems not to have grasped what happened to him in 2012:

Matthew Sheffield
‏Verified account @mattsheffield

Romney: I cannot conceive of saying the media 'is an enemy'

[gentlejim]

Pin,
That’s sucks. Best of luck to her. She has a great skill.

[JMHanes]

Apparently, he cannot conceive of Regan's rule either. I promise you, he wants to run for president again. He's already started running against Trump., so I have to agree with you jimmyk, and add that he seems not to have grasped what happened in 2016, either.

[Pinandpuller]

Hasan Pike must be the biggest moron I've ever seen 'debate' with Ann Coulter.

She says," No Christmas Pageant this year kids we have 16 ESL classes to pay for."

He says," These people are coming from Christian countries are you implying they would stop a Christmas Pageant?"

She says," Traditionally political violence has come from the left."

He says," Without the left you wouldn't have a weekend."

The Youngest Turk is an idiot.

[narciso]

Macron aka le boi toi is poseidon adventure in yougov 21/69, sacre bleu

[Pinandpuller]

Even better, Hasan PIKER.

[narciso]

Cent was tube smart one, pin.

[narciso]

Cenk was the smart one, in other news its taken thres years to expel the t dawgs kazakh roommate.

[JMHanes]

If you want to recharge your 2020 batteries, read this article in Politico (via Instapundit)
The Democrats’ Culture Divide. Seriously. The Democrat party is becoming the party of privileged, ever whiter, elite gentry whose agendas diverge ever more sharply from those of the traditional blue collar and minority base. As usual, they are turning into the party they accuse Republicans of being. It's as if the developments Politico describes are custom made for Trump to exploit.

I also enjoyed this Roger Kimball column, They Can't Bear the Thought That Trump's Win Was No Anomaly:

If only the Democrats sweep the midterm elections, they say to themselves, then we can put this awful anomaly, this hideous wrinkle in the order of the universe, behind us.

Kimball indulges in a bit of pre-game schadenfreude:

[I]f, as seems to me increasingly likely, the Republicans hold the House, the anti-Trump and NeverTrump fraternity will be dealt a cruel blow. Not only will they have lost, not only will their confident [blue wave] predications have been in vain, but their entire sense of the way the world works will have been further undermined. The thing that was impossible, that could not have happened, will have turned out to be not an inexplicable singularity but a corroboration of a new dispensation -- a dispensation, moreover, that has no place for them.

He suggests that it will be especially hard on the "anti-Trump and NeverTrump" commentariat. That, on a purely emotional level, is a big piece of why I want to see us keep the house, but I'll say no more lest I jinx it up.

[rich]

>>>Rex's dartboard deduction:

UK, Germany, the Ukraine,Turkey, Iran or China could be the mystery country.

Oh.

Posted by: Threadkiller | November 01, 2018 at 01:53 PM<<<

if he has evidence of the warrant it is because of Israel with information provided via a third country most likely Malta, but i could believe Great Britain (and for a dark horse, Italy)... mostly i'm tired of the whole thing and wish they'd all just go away.

something along the lines of he talked to xyz-person of Israeli citizenship and xzy-person is close to abc-agency of the Israeli government ... (surprisingly a short drive if someone has a career in the political economy of the oil industry and is looking to capitalize on some high risk plays). the information would come from j-country using g and h type methods ...

like i said, i wish they'd all just go away.

evening all.

[Dave Seville]

--Romney: I cannot conceive of saying the media 'is an enemy'--

And that is why you're referred to as Governor not President Mittens.

[rich]

of course others got to it ...

[Bernardi Dr la paz]

Um those words you are using,...

Yes the straight line would point to Israel, not Russia.

[Bernardi Dr la paz]

This is who Mueller seems to following like a blood hound, I have my theories about that.

[rich]

>>>Why was the murder of the head of Interpol a one-day story while the WaPo columnist's death was covered for weeks?

Posted by: Miss Marple | November 01, 2018 at 03:38 PM<<<

insubordinate units of the ic feeding the info to the english language media ... how likely is it that the main authors of the reporting speak arabic or turkish (on the assumption, a big one, that their are in fact tapes of some sort)? a better question might be what was being hidden during that distraction ...

[lurkersusie]

I have a few questions

Shannon Bream
@ShannonBream
BREAKING: Group of migrants travelling on foot from Honduras file federal lawsuit against Pres Trump and others. "Trump’s professed and enacted policy towards thousands of caravanners seeking asylum in the United States is shockingly unconstitutional." (link: https://bit.ly/2yM9sPF) bit.ly/2yM9sPF

[rich]

Posted by: lurkersusie | November 02, 2018 at 12:17 AM

weird ... who knew so many us lawyers needed to flee to honduras, then wear out their welcome there too?

[Bernardi Dr la paz]

It's just a game of telephone, according to one source two Turkish reporters, heard the tape from two post reporters btw the prosecutor fidan they are staking their blame on, is Turkish for nifong, he the one that charged pastor Brunson with espionage.

[Bernardi Dr la paz]

That was what an exiled reporter bozkurt pointed out.

[jim nj]

Loved the Milo article.

Anybody notice that in the deployment to the border that two groups of combat photographers were listed. I find that very interesting. Is that for ammo in a PR war or for Prosecutions?

[DrJ]

As a diversion to all the seriousness around the elections, allow me to post a fluffy version of a fluffy composition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-7S9fjyfU

The last movement of Saint-Saens's Organ Symphony stripped of the irrelevant first couple of movements.

[JMHanes]

To post or not to post, that is the Question. Since I don't want to mope all by myself. According to the Cook Report:

[O]ne week out, the overall House outlook is fairly stable: Democrats are the clear favorites for the majority and appear poised to gain between 25 and 40 seats.

Republicans could gain 5 seats in the Senate. Here's hoping Republican turnout will be the November surprise.

[jim nj]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/11/01/migrant-caravan-mexico-president-donald-trump-honduras-us-mexico-border-troops-immigration/1843469002/

Mexico interdicted the buses the migrants expected to use.

[JMHanes]

A bit more upbeat report from south of the border: Caravan's plea for buses is DENIED,: Migrants must walk the remaining 900 miles to nearest US border as Mexico ignores demand for transport. Looks like Mexico is hedging its bets.

[rich]

hummm they could arrest them and deport them ... and run the fingerprints through the US and extradite the criminals with open warrants?

[jim nj]

https://hotair.com/archives/2018/11/01/judge-orders-release-yvette-felarcas-emails/

Anti=fa leader.

[jim nj]

https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2018/11/01/whats-the-point-of-citizenship-anymore-n2533707

[JMHanes]

DrJ:

It must be something to listen to the Saint-Saens in person. Those are some of the biggest organ pipes I've ever seen! I suspect you can "feel" the lower registers.

[DrJ]

JHM,

I've played the piece, though not as the organist. There is nothing like it.

[Bernardi Dr la paz]

Well that's one way to put it:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/01/bolsonaro-sergio-moro-brazil-justice-ministry-anti-corruption

[Bernardi Dr la paz]

You betcha:

https://babalublog.com/2018/11/01/members-of-this-trumps-administration-will-never-take-pictures-in-front-of-che-guevara-we-will-not-reward-torturers-and-murderers-john-bolton-while-announcing-new-sanctions-against-cuba-and/

[JMHanes]

My last entry of the day, in DrJ's spirit of having a little fun, a short piece that alternates back and forth between high emotion and a cellist sounding like he's playing a violin for Russians doing that famous kick dancing for which the name escapes me at the moment. No there aren't any actual dancers on the stage. I just don't know the technical terms for describing what the piece actually is, either. Anyway, here's Luka Sulic on cello, playing:

Czardas by Vittorio Monti.

Sweet dreams to all.

[jim nj]

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/trump-curveball-what-china-didnt-expect-34782

This makes a lot of sense, given what Trump has been doing regarding China.

He's basically saying we don't need you. Trade deal? We don't need your products.

[jim nj]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-has-disarmed-the-left-of-its-politically-correct-weapons