Per Jacob Sullum of Reason, New Zealand has actually focused on function over form and essentially banned semiautomatic guns which can accept a detachable magazine above five bullets. They decided to abuse the language a bit by describing these as "military style" weapons, even though plenty of hunting rifles not tricked up to look like a prop in a Schwarzenegger film are on the market. The Ruger Mini-14 is the classic of the genre. In the US the hunting version is NOT SCARY but the Tactical version is a DEADLY WEAPON OF WAR.
Or off to war!
So NZ is showing a bit of logic. The gun culture there is much less prevalent and the legal rights are non-existent. This ban might even be somewhat enforceable on a small, remote island nation. OTOH, when they are already averaging around ten gun homicides a year (IIRC) its unlikely that statistically meaningful results will emerge.
Five o'clock on the first Friday of March Madness isn't the time to deliver a blockbuster. All those codgers hanging on for that? No fool like an old fool.
At least they have an excuse to drown their sorrows.
Posted by: Buckeye | March 22, 2019 at 05:34 PM
Screen cap of letter at the link.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 05:35 PM
https://nypost.com/2019/03/22/de-blasio-says-specialized-high-schools-practice-massive-segregation/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow
All they know is the race card.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 05:36 PM
She was in charge of the food ration and #hashtag delivery while javelins and live ammo were supplied in the administration
Posted by: Narciso | March 22, 2019 at 05:36 PM
narc,
Your 5:22 has gone to the NSA and even they can't decypher it.
Posted by: Jim Eagle | March 22, 2019 at 05:37 PM
Maybe, something Glubb didn't consider.
https://www.livescience.com/65039-punishing-gods-rise-with-complex-societies.html?utm_source=ls-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190321-ls
Posted by: Jim Eagle | March 22, 2019 at 05:43 PM
This is the crazy cat that forced admiral roorda to kill himself
http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/topic/5764-joseph-trento-prelude-to-terror/
Posted by: Narciso | March 22, 2019 at 05:45 PM
Periscope video by a guy who I follow on Twitter and who is usually accurate. He also towards the end says there are a lot of police around the Ecuadorean embassy in London where Julian Assange is.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 05:46 PM
Welp if Mueller's Report is out, no reason for the 4D chess pieces to stay stationary, no?
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 22, 2019 at 05:51 PM
How gov't sells bad policies:
1) CA has cap and trade
2) massive costs show up as price increases to basically everything
3) then a small portion of the cap'n'trade money is returned to citizens via a check from utility company PG&E
4) if you own a rental which includes utilities you need to cut a check to your tenants
Low Info types say "I got a check!" instead of "How come everything costs much more now?"
"In April 2019, the semi-annual electric California Climate Credit amount is $27.70 per dwelling unit, and the annual gas California Climate credit amount is $25.45 per dwelling unit." ...
"Each dwelling unit should receive the same credit amount regardless of length of service or energy discounts such as California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE). In addition, if the dwelling units are subject to Utility User's Tax (UUT) or a City Franchise Surcharge (CFS) an additional credit should be calculated by multiplying the UUT or CFS percentage by the amount of the credit."
Posted by: JimNorCal | March 22, 2019 at 05:51 PM
The latest MacNaughton painting in case you haven't seen it. Better than any political cartoon.
http://jonmcnaughton.com/patriotic/national-emergency/
Posted by: Jim Eagle | March 22, 2019 at 05:56 PM
I can't find the ketchup. Anyone know where it is?
Posted by: Jane | March 22, 2019 at 05:57 PM
The suicide hotlines in blue hells will be melting down:
BREAKING: Special Counsel Mueller is reportedly not recommending any further indictments - NBC News
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 22, 2019 at 05:58 PM
Jack,
Thanks! L kove McNaughton's paintings.
I hope he gets to do the presidential portrait.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 05:58 PM
So no more indictments.
Dems will insist on "full disclosure" knowing that it won't and can't happen. So they can continue to talk about this forever.
Now Trump needs to bitch slap the shit outta them in 2020.
Posted by: Buckeye | March 22, 2019 at 05:58 PM
Glenn Greenwald
Verified account @ggreenwald
The Mueller investigation is complete and this is a simple fact that will never go away: not one single American was charged, indicted or convicted for conspiring with Russia to influence the 2016 election - not even a low-level volunteer. The number is zero.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 05:59 PM
Blake News
Verified account @blakehounshell
6m6 minutes ago
What we know:
-Report is "comprehensive"
-Special counsel recommends no further indictments
-Mueller faced no interference in his work
-"principal" findings will be made public as early as this weekend
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 06:00 PM
I haven't been this happy since 11/8/2016.
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 22, 2019 at 06:04 PM
So $22 million of taxpayer's money for nothing. Great job democrats!
Posted by: Jane | March 22, 2019 at 06:05 PM
Chad Pergram
Verified account @ChadPergram
7m7 minutes ago
From colleague John Roberts. Giuliani: This marks the end of the investigation. We await a disclosure of the facts. We are confident that there is no finding of collusion by the President and this underscores what the President has been saying..that he did nothing wrong
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 06:06 PM
All the food I've had everywhere in Peru has been delicious but the portions are way too hearty.Lots of top chefs here and excellent fresh fish and produce.I can barely touch the food any more having even so much ceviche and salmon trout, avocado and such. I think the pills for altitude sickness have destroyed my appetite and taste buds.It's been a rather rugged trek for us even though our dil engaged the best luxury tour guides and we stayed at the top hotels everywhere. The Monasterio hotel in Cusco was our favorite--a former Inca palace, converted to a monastery, then a university and now a truly gorgeous hotel. It seems that every 20 miles or so we are in a different temperature zone.
Now that the Shining Path guerrillas have been defeated, money is pouring in here and the milleflores area along the coast in Lima looks like Santa Monica with one luxury apt bldg after another.
Posted by: clarice | March 22, 2019 at 06:08 PM
John Cardillo
Verified account @johncardillo
11m11 minutes ago
.@TheRickWilson, for two years you spewed lie after lie after lie about “Russia Collusion.”
Your status as a punchline was cemented when #Mueller dropped his report without a single additional indictment.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 06:08 PM
So good to hear from you Clarice!
Posted by: Jane | March 22, 2019 at 06:12 PM
Ace commenter predicts progtard spin:
It’s What’s Not In The Mueller Report That Is Important
Jane, your 6:05 conspicuously omits credit to the efforts by the R wing of the Uniparty™
Posted by: lyle | March 22, 2019 at 06:14 PM
Oh dear Lyle!
Posted by: Jane | March 22, 2019 at 06:17 PM
Yes, I am a dear...😬
Posted by: lyle | March 22, 2019 at 06:18 PM
Puppy break, before we get back to non-stop Mueller report news.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6839809/Puppy-love-Blind-11-year-old-golden-retriever-receives-helping-paw-seeing-eye-dog.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 06:20 PM
Man, Chris Wallace is really trying to paint these precess crime violators as significant criminals. Tell me what HRC did was different from what Flynn is accused of.
Posted by: anonamom | March 22, 2019 at 06:20 PM
I am absolutely sure of that!
Posted by: Jane | March 22, 2019 at 06:22 PM
Kamala Harris
Verified account @KamalaHarris
6m6 minutes ago
We need total transparency. The American people have the right to know the truth. Add your name to my petition demanding the Mueller report be made public and that Attorney General William Barr testify before Congress >>
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 06:24 PM
Mark Meadows
Verified account @RepMarkMeadows
The Mueller report delivery suggests no more indictments are coming from the Special Counsel. If that's true, it would mean we just completed 2 years of investigating 'Russian collusion' without ONE collusion related indictment. Not even one.
Why? Because there was no collusion
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 06:26 PM
Can't wait to see Rachel Maddow tonight.
Posted by: anonamom | March 22, 2019 at 06:29 PM
No, TM. NZ is showing zero logic.
Posted by: Another Bob | March 22, 2019 at 06:41 PM
See, Schumer just made it crystal clear he plans to drag this out forever.
He did look like he just got done sucking lemons:)
Posted by: Buckeye | March 22, 2019 at 06:41 PM
“TM - what about this ONE?”
Rocco, that’s exactly the Mini-14 model I have.
Well, had, before the tragic canoe accident.
Posted by: Another Bob | March 22, 2019 at 06:44 PM
MM, your 6:20 made my iPad screen get blurry.
Posted by: lyle | March 22, 2019 at 06:45 PM
lyle,
Thanks for reading it. Dogs are smarter and kinder than we deserve.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 06:46 PM
Here ya go, Kamala Toe: 🖕
Posted by: lyle | March 22, 2019 at 06:46 PM
Chad Pergram
Verified account @ChadPergram
42s42 seconds ago
Scalise: The only collusion was between Democrats and many in the media who peddled this lie because they continue to refuse to accept the results of the 2016 election..I look forward to Congress being fully briefed on its findings, including the cost to taxpayers.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 06:47 PM
Yashar Ali
🐘
Verified account @yashar
50m50 minutes ago
Yashar Ali
🐘 Retweeted Laura Jarrett
. @LauraAJarrett adds on air just now: this includes sealed indictments. Mueller has no sealed indictments remaining.
==========
By the way, Laura is Valerie Jarrett's daughter.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 06:50 PM
Well, I read it until it got blurry, MM...
Our Golden, Jazzy turns one year old a week from Sunday. We love so much. I dread the thought of her getting old.
Posted by: lyle | March 22, 2019 at 06:50 PM
You don’t actually watch Mr. Maddow, do you, a-mom?
Posted by: lyle | March 22, 2019 at 06:52 PM
Unpossible.
Posted by: Threadkiller | March 22, 2019 at 06:53 PM
Is the Mueller Report fast acting or long lasting?
Posted by: Pinandpuller | March 22, 2019 at 06:54 PM
Is the Mueller Report fast acting or long lasting?
If it lasts for more than 4 hours, call your doctor:)
Posted by: Buckeye | March 22, 2019 at 06:57 PM
I am going to tonight lyle!!!
It's all about schadenfreude for me.
Posted by: anonamom | March 22, 2019 at 07:02 PM
Kimberley Strassel
Verified account @KimStrassel
31m31 minutes ago
"Special counsel is not recommending any further indictments." Assuming this is true, I wonder when Americans can expect an apology from all those who spent two years getting it breathlessly, abjectly and irresponsibly wrong.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-committee-told-to-expect-word-that-mueller-report-has-been-delivered-to-attorney-general-barr-11553288563?shareToken=st55ba21da0e2049b2ad8f2dd2105013a1 … via @WSJ
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 07:04 PM
No additional indictments. How much research has been given to like minded prosecutors.
Posted by: Davod | March 22, 2019 at 07:04 PM
lyle,
My Maggie, the English shepherd, is 10. She has been with me through thick and thin, and I love her, too.
Only now I am facing when to call the vet for the dreaded end. She has bad arthritis and has a hard time getting up. She also has a tumor on her back.
I want to keep her with me as long as I can, but I know the day is approaching.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 07:06 PM
Fabulous meetup with Porch and spouse, Caro and Ed, Extraneus and spouse. Just like old friends getting together, great conversation for 2 + hours. I had to run off, they may all still be there.
Posted by: jimmyk | March 22, 2019 at 07:08 PM
Why doesn't Mueller have to testify before Congress?
Posted by: Pinandpuller | March 22, 2019 at 07:08 PM
Pin, that’s a great question. He ought to be.
Posted by: Another Bob | March 22, 2019 at 07:09 PM
Our Labradoodle, Poogan, is 9 1/2, and knock on wood, amazingly healthy.
He sleeps more, but still physically active and puppy like in his behavior.
Most people mistake him for 2 or 3.
Posted by: Buckeye | March 22, 2019 at 07:11 PM
Old Lurker:
I was wondering if I maybe should have added a :-) to my own post.
"In fairness, nobody here has ticked off ways we don't fit the Glubb model as to what we are as a people today vs what were were as a people in 1776..."
Well, for one thing, I don't see anybody filing extra-long thumbnails into points, the better to gouge out opponents' eyeballs in bar fights, as was common in colonial Virginia. I suspect that's not exactly what you had in mind, though it's not entirely irrelevant.
"Nor has anybody suggested counter arguments to the Glubb model by listing examples of great powers from history that evolved in the Glubb direction that survived is their greatness. (Somebody did point out that the series of Chinese dynasties had longer lives and differed from Glubb in other ways.)"
I don't think you can just summarily dismiss the relevance of Chinese dynasties. I could have sworn you scaled back "empires" to "states" last time around, but now we're not only back up to "great powers, but only those "that evolved in the Glubb direction." You seem to be working your way into a tautology. You can't effectively argue the inevitability of Glubb's failing state model, by just eliminating every state exception to it. You'll end up with a very selective list of states, and a very limited definition of world powers for comparison.
Indeed, Chinese Dynasties can't be said to conform to a Chinese model either, despite how much they might have in common. Longevity, alone, was all over the map from the Shang at 673 years to the Yuan at 89, or the Eastern & Western Zhou at 805 years collectively, to the Qin (China's namesake!) at a mere 14. Even Korea had long lasting successive dynasties like Goguryeo with 700 years, Silla 718 with an additional 274 as an imperial power, Baekje, at 678, Goryeo with 456. The Joseon dynasty would probably still be around after their first 471 years, if it were not for the Japanese who finally conquered them after 3 1/2 centuries of trying. Though relatively small, there were several periods in time where Korea controlled as much territory as Assyria, with a lot less unproductive sand.
So, yes, there are differences. But how much do we really share culturally or politically with the ancient kingdoms of Assyria or Persia, the Marmelukes or Arabs? And that's the point. Things can both start and finish in different ways. Yes, it's important to study how things fail. It may also be worth examining what we consider a success. Even though the British Empire, for example, may be no more, it dramatically changed the world in profound and often persistent ways. One could argue that much of it survives. We may be a hegemon of sorts, but I also believe we are profoundly unlike most former imperialistic powers, including most of those on Glubb's list. We certainly got off to a very different sort of start.
In any case, I'm not dismissing Glubb out of hand, and I certainly don't argue that "it couldn't happen here." I just don't assume the sky is necessarily falling, or that we will fail in the same way as those before us. Indeed, I think it more likely that we would fail in unexpected ways that we simply didn't recogize in time.
Posted by: JM Hanes | March 22, 2019 at 07:12 PM
You will know when it is time MM.
Posted by: Buckeye | March 22, 2019 at 07:12 PM
The whole point of The Blue Dress was that Starr could stop delving into the Clinton's vast financial malfeasance.
The whole point of The Russian Collusion investigation is that the Justice Department could stop delving into the half vast Clinton Global Initiative.
There should be a D.C. Law firm called Starr's & Barr's.
Posted by: Pinandpuller | March 22, 2019 at 07:14 PM
Sundown and Jack Diddley both predicted this!!
Posted by: GUS | March 22, 2019 at 07:16 PM
https://twitter.com/paul_serran/status/1109230896673181697
A thread explaining the Art of War by Sun Tzu, Trump's long affiliation with it, and passages which demonstrate it is being used by the President right now.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 07:19 PM
We should appreciate the advances in tehnology:
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 07:22 PM
Great looking meetup, jimmyk. I'm envious.
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 22, 2019 at 07:23 PM
I’m envious as well. Hi to Caro and Ed.
Ugh, MM.
Posted by: lyle | March 22, 2019 at 07:27 PM
via Insty:The Mueller Report:https://www.scribd.com/document/402800029/Report-from-the-Special-Counsel-Investigation-into-Russian-Interference-During-and-Before-the-2016-Presidential-Election
Posted by: clarice | March 22, 2019 at 07:28 PM
clarice:
Don't leave Peru without ordering churrasco, grilled beef served with the traditional rice and black beans. It was one of my all time favorites when I was in Arequipa, a gazillion years ago. Or maybe I should say that I hope you got a chance to enjoy that savory dish before you lost your appetite.
I never had any trouble with the altitude when I was there, but much to my chagrin, I have recently discovered that age matters in that regard. I drove up to the top of Haleakala on Maui with my son, a couple years ago (0 to 10,000 ft in 30 minutes). You have to climb a short, not very steep pat to look down into the crater, and I had to stop every few yards, to collect myself. An altitude pill may help with some of the unpleasant side effects, but I suspect it can't actually eliminate the physical stress on your body.
Posted by: JM Hanes | March 22, 2019 at 07:29 PM
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-officers-and-employees-indiana-loan-packager-and-servicer-charged-alleged-10-million
Pretty big news locally.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 07:31 PM
I wish Daddy was here to celebrate this report. Oh I have no doubt he is celebrating. I just wish it was with us.
Posted by: Jane | March 22, 2019 at 07:31 PM
Jane,
Me, too.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 07:33 PM
https://ilovemyfreedom.org/exposed-bernie-sanders-gets-bad-news-after-fec-reports-his-campaign-is-breaking-federal-law/
This has excerpts from articles and tweets.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 07:34 PM
Sidebar gloating is great gloating:
REAL JOURNALISM ALERT! CNN's spin is that there might be a "narrative" in the report of Trump being an "UNWITTING" agent of Russia, which would still be "terrifying." Erin Burnett, Real Reporter, just said this. She teed it up for a guest to say that there's still probably indictments coming.
They are still wishcasting out their fantasies with absolutely no adjustment to their conspiracy theorizing. None at all. Today is just a day where you spin out slightly different conspiracy theories, these altered just enough to not be in direct contradiction with today's refutations.
Well! Bret Baier sure swapped out Mollie Hemingway for his preferred Emergency Panel of liberals in a hurry!
I mean, why would you want Mollie Hemingway talking about this, just because she was the only reporters reporting skeptically -- and accurately -- about this all along? Nah, let's go to liberal Chris Wallace, Bushie Dana Perino, and retard Juan Williams. They won't embarrass Bret.
"Please don't imply that my college BFF Steve Hayes has been peddling lies and conspiracy theories for three years!!!"
Quick, let's get back to our Liberal Bubble of people who have been pushing the fake FusionGPS line for three years now. We don't want to hear from any of those few (brave, insightful) people who bucked Popular Kids Consensus Opinion and actually Read the Fvcking Documents.
Oh they brought Mollie on for the closing two minutes. Good thing we heard from Chris, Dana, and Juan for half an hour. We really needed more of the "But what if Drumpf is really guilty?" speculation that we've had so much of for three years without anyone present to rebut them.
LET'S NOT FORGET: Almost without exception, the GOP foreign policy "serious people" fell for a massive, absurd hoax conspiracy theory. It revealed their fundamental unseriousness.
And yet they continue to preen about other people's conspiracy theories.
AllahPundit still hanging on to hope!
@rkylesmith
So no indictments, no sealed indictments, the fork in this thing has been stuck.
@allahpundit
Well, almost. Conceivably Mueller declined to indict Trump only because DOJ policy prevents indictments of sitting presidents. We'll see if there's anything in the report about that.
The destruction of the earth I've prophesized for three years has been delayed; "we'll see" if my prophecy comes true in the unfolding days.
As Mollie pointed out, if there was collusion or conspiracy, then Trump couldn't have acted alone, surely -- there would be a lot of indictments about those who aided and abetted him or served as conduits and cut-outs. They can be indicted -- and yet, no indictments mentioning conspiracy, collusion, or illegally contacting Russia.
But the Conspiracy Theorists who are disdainful of all conspiracy theories except their own are keeping hope alive for their pet hysteria.
OMG, the liberal NeverTrumper Bret Baier tried to turn it around on Mollie and demand to know if those who suspected Mueller of being a "dirty cop" would also apologize, now that he's clearing Trump.
Yes, Bret, it was those of us who resisted this lunatic hysteria who have the most to apologize for.
We'll see if Bret has the stones to trot out one of his "Surely you must concede, Mollie" condescensions now that his college BFF Steve Hayes' conspiracy theory is dashed to pieces
Jonah Goldberg seized on exactly this spin. I imagine Baier picked it up from him, searching for angles for NeverTrumpers to claim victory:
@JonahNRO
So, if Mueller in effect clears Trump, I expect to see a lot of folks who insisted Mueller was a dirty cop, deep state, witch hunter to suddenly discover Mueller’s integrity. And a lot of folks who insisted Mueller was the Last Honest Man to vilify him as a cover up artist.
It's always "both sides" with this crew now, innit it?
lol get fvcked fatboy
This is a #MeToo-accused liberal, but expect the NeverTrumpers to pick up on this, suddenly:
@RyanLizza
*whispers* Mueller was always a side show the real action is in NY
*whispers* you are a disgraced, incompetent hack
Chuck Todd just says that trump has done permanent harm to the country because he has "spun up" 40% of the country to think the system is rigged against him. Then he conceded "And now 40% on the other side is going to think that." But he only seemed to think the first 40% was a problem. The mention of the other 40% was obligatory and without the fire and fear that accompanied his mention of right-wing people who think the system is rigged.
Leftist anti-government paranoia is... understandable, because Chuck Todd feels it too and is in fact a leftist. It's just right-wing suspicions about government corruption that are dangerous and contemptible.
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 22, 2019 at 07:35 PM
Personally, I think the altitude pills made it worse.I haven' found the beef as much to my liking--especially in the Cusco area. Tough actually. The many fruits which I must ea sparingly have been wonderful as have been the vegetables. Great looking breads everywhere which I'm not eating *sob*. I even found chocolate that's 99% cocoa sweetened with stevia..very pricey--saving if for home.
Maido, a Japanese fusion restaurant in Lima was the kid's birthday present to my husband an it was outstanding food.
Posted by: clarice | March 22, 2019 at 07:36 PM
ditto, Jane 07:31PM
Posted by: JimNorCal | March 22, 2019 at 07:36 PM
I had no smallamunt of trouble navigating around Much Picho but an attentive guide kept me from tripping on the uneven stone walkways and killing myself.
Posted by: clarice | March 22, 2019 at 07:37 PM
Duke has spent most of the first half behind NORTH DAKOTA STATE. daddy would have loved this.
Posted by: Ralph L | March 22, 2019 at 07:48 PM
Jonah Goldbrick can DIAF. When any of these dimwitted fukwits tries to make a case for US wrongly accusing MUELLER, respond with..... 13 RODHAM supporting DEMOTARD LAWYERS, didn't hire theselves.
Mueller was not playing this straight. EVER.
Posted by: GUS | March 22, 2019 at 07:50 PM
Reuters Venezuela
Verified account @ReutersVzla
39m39 minutes ago
U.S. senators call on #Venezuela to release jailed @CITGO executives https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-citgo-prison/u-s-senators-call-on-venezuela-to-release-jailed-citgo-executives-idUSKCN1R229W …
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 07:51 PM
CH, there’s a great scholarly book of many years ago by Frank Kermode, called The Sense of an Ending. His ultimate purpose is literary with a great treatment of Wallace Stevens, but his first chapters outline the human propensity to forecast the end of the world (say, given what happened in Europe in 999—suicides, hordes of public self-flagellations) and the equally human propensity to say not merely “never mind” when the apocalypse doesn’t come to pass but instead to come up with a new forecast (for instance, the idea that perhaps 1000 A.D. wasn’t really the year but rather 1033 A.D., 1000 years after the death of Christ, THAT was the ticket—there was a minor wave of suicides and so on in 1032 too). This is what the religious adherents of Russia-collusion are going to do, at least for a while.
I am sure daddy is enjoying this, if souls in bliss are capable of this kind of schadenfreude--I think actually probably they aren't, but then what do I know?
Posted by: Catsmeat | March 22, 2019 at 07:56 PM
diGenova on Howie Carr said that he'd be willing to bet money that there's going to be a new special counsel to investigate people like Brennan and McCabe.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | March 22, 2019 at 07:57 PM
Mueller should still be in jail for multiple things he did ruining the FBI pre-Queasy (h/t Frau, who would likewise enjoy this).
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 22, 2019 at 07:58 PM
Ok, another point of ignorance on my part: I have never understood the hatred of Israel. I didn’t understand it as a kid, and I don’t understand it now. What exactly have they done wrong. My only guess is they are successful, but that makes no sense. Can anyone explain it?
Posted by: Jane | March 22, 2019 at 07:59 PM
This is what the religious adherents of Russia-collusion are going to do, at least for a while.
Absolutely, Catsmeat; the true believers will let nothing interfere with their insanity.
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 22, 2019 at 08:01 PM
Clarice,
You need to walk carefully on those pavers, that is for sure. My visit was 20 years ago, and even then the oxygen tanks were at a premium.
le
We all knew the SC report would never settle anything between the #nevertrump, Dems, and commies. Nothing has changed the dynamic between Trump supporters and his enemies including the media. The Special Counsel was a futile exercise in delaying the inevitable, that Trump had nothing to do with Russia, and they had nothing to do with him. But not good enough for the left. Civil war is coming. Believe me.
Posted by: Jim Eagle | March 22, 2019 at 08:04 PM
What exactly have they done wrong.
Won the Yom Kippur and Six Days Wars.
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 22, 2019 at 08:05 PM
A sign this didn’t go well for the dems: Schiff is demanding Mueller testify “before his committee”.
Posted by: Another Bob | March 22, 2019 at 08:05 PM
As far as why people despise Israel, I think it's because the Israeli's decided 'Never Again' and they are warriors. The world doesn't seem to like warriors or winners.
Sort of reminds me of the same creed Trump live by -- he's going to fight back and not take guff from fools.
Joan
Posted by: joan | March 22, 2019 at 08:09 PM
My Glubb post might as well have been willowed! Great news!
Fronm Captain Hate's excerpt [Thank you, Captain! Now I can join in the schadenfreude.]
If the guy who hired on a tankful of Dem-friendly prosecutorial sharks couldn't find a damn thing, you know Trump is innocent. You know it wasn't for lack of effort, either.In lieu of an official scorecard, here is the Vox kids' list of All of Robert Mueller’s indictments and plea deals in the Russia investigation as of January 25th.
LOLOLOLOLPosted by: JM Hanes | March 22, 2019 at 08:12 PM
Yep, Joan, plus the old Jew hatred that never takes that much to stir up again--cf. some Jews are very, very rich, and so that's all you need to know. You don't need the blood libel (baking Christian babies for matzos) to hate Jews, at least historically. It just wells up. Very sad.
Posted by: Catsmeat | March 22, 2019 at 08:14 PM
Jack,
I don't know that a real shooting civil war will come. For one thing, our side has most of the guns.
Of course the other side can use pipe bombs and such, but that won't win them allies.
What are the college agitators going to do when the grants and student loans are cut off? What is the media going to do when a fair group of their reporters are indicted?
What are the Hollywood people going to do when the pedophile networks start being rolled up?
I think we are IN a civil war, but we are winning.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | March 22, 2019 at 08:14 PM
Clarice:
That was the beauty of churrasco; it was actually tender!
Posted by: JM Hanes | March 22, 2019 at 08:15 PM
You're welcome, JMH; your enjoyment is my enjoyment.
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 22, 2019 at 08:18 PM
Fuck it. Lost another long comment to typhupad. I need to just lurk and forget posting. It's for the more adventurous. Not me. Pissed off beyond recognition.
Good night.
Posted by: Jim Eagle | March 22, 2019 at 08:19 PM
Dave:
I'm trying to remember the last time one of diGenova's predictions came to pass...
Nope, nothing springs to mind.
Posted by: JM Hanes | March 22, 2019 at 08:19 PM
It seems to me remotely possible Roberto Mueller might very well be a disgusting, dirty, Deep State cop who nevertheless was a bit reluctant, if only for his own self interest, to try and frame a sitting president or bring an utterly specious charge against him.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | March 22, 2019 at 08:19 PM
JIB, compose them in notepad or somesuch. Cut-paste into Typhus.
Posted by: Another Bob | March 22, 2019 at 08:20 PM
You need to form the habit of copying them before you try to post them, Jack.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | March 22, 2019 at 08:20 PM
Typhus doesn't like the phrase "d i n d u n u f f i n"
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 22, 2019 at 08:25 PM
What are the college agitators going to do when the grants and student loans are cut off? What is the media going to do when a fair group of their reporters are indicted?
What are the Hollywood people going to do when the pedophile networks start being rolled up?
While this should happen, it won't.
And given the success colleges are having in brainwashing the snowflake generation, we are winning an occasional battle, but losing the war.
On my way to The Ledge.
Posted by: Buckeye | March 22, 2019 at 08:26 PM
Also, Jack, if you get a message that your post has timed out, you'll find that it's still there in the comment box below the warning. You can copy it, then refresh the page for a new comment box to paste it in and post.
Posted by: JM Hanes | March 22, 2019 at 08:26 PM
Dindunuffin?
Posted by: Another Bob | March 22, 2019 at 08:26 PM
Dindunuffin!
Posted by: JM Hanes | March 22, 2019 at 08:27 PM
Try putting a space between the first u and second n, AB.
Posted by: Captain Hate | March 22, 2019 at 08:28 PM
I just got a MAGIC BULLET blender smoothie thingy.
DISCUSS.
Posted by: GUS | March 22, 2019 at 08:29 PM