The Resistance Regroups

The Mueller report, as summarized by AG Barr, is a bit of a downer for The Resistance. The NY Times:

Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Conspiracy, but Stops Short of Exonerating President on Obstruction

For whatever reason, Mueller punted on the obstruction question. Barr and Rosenstein, reviewing the report [letter], concluded an obstruction charge should not be brought.

The Special Counsel's decision to describe the facts of his obstruction investigation without reaching any legal conclusions leaves it to the Attorney General to determine whether the conduct described in the report constitutes a crime. Over the course of the investigation, the Special Counsel's office engaged in discussions with certain Department officials regarding many of the legal and factual matters at issue in the Special Counsel's obstruction investigation. After reviewing the Special Counsel's final report on these issues; consulting with Department officials, including the Office of Legal Counsel; and applying the principles of federal prosecution that guide our charging decisions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and I have concluded that the evidence developed during the Special Counsel's investigation is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense. Our determination was made without regard to, and is not based on, the constitutional considerations that surround the indictment and criminal prosecution of a sitting president.

Without seeing the report it is hard to guess just how close to the line Team Trump came with obstruction. Barr notes that the absence of an underlying crime makes obstruction problematic and includes this:

In cataloguing the President's actions, many of which took place in public view, the report identifies no actions that, in our judgment, constitute obstructive conduct, had a nexus to a pending or contemplated proceeding, and were done with corrupt intent, each of which, under the Department's principles of federal prosecution guiding charging decisions, would need to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt to establish an obstruction-of-justice offense.

Former Federal prosecutor Ken White has more, noting that this summary will satisfy no one. As to "no collusion":

But crucially, Mueller reported that his investigation “did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities,” whether expressly or tacitly. To use the popular cable-news vernacular, Mueller did not establish “collusion.” (Never mind that collusion is not a legal term, and that the special counsel’s mission was to investigate “links and/or coordination” with the Russians.)

Trump’s triumphant supporters notwithstanding, we don’t yet know what that means. When prosecutors say that an investigation “did not establish” something, that doesn’t mean that they concluded it didn’t happen, or even that they don’t believe it happened. It means that the investigation didn’t produce enough information to prove that it happened. Without seeing Mueller’s full report, we don’t know whether this is a firm conclusion about lack of coordination or a frank admission of insufficient evidence. The difference is meaningful, both as a matter of history and because it might determine how much further Democrats in Congress are willing to push committee investigations of the matter.

Obstruction also remains hazy.

Still, a tough day for The Resistance. If they were capable of disciplince and maturity the Democratic leadership would urge a pivot to the 2020 election and focus on ousting Trump the old-fashioned way - offer a positive agenda that wins the support of the American public and have the guy voted out. Pelosi would favor that but then again, she was dismissive of the Green New Deal.

 

 

 

Comments

[Melinda]

1st!

[Melinda]

Back to ketchup.

[MissMarple2]

Since I was last on the previous thread, am reporting this here:

In case you doubt that pain is coming for the dems, a reminder from the campaign. Video at the link.

Ready. Set..........
say the word Boss, say the word. pic.twitter.com/a59KUVpdvI

— Rosie memos (@almostjingo) August 29, 2018

[Beasts of England]

'Back to ketchup.'

Thread winner

[clarice]

Nytol. I have to get up at 4 to begin the trek to the amazon and will probably have no IT connection for 4 days. So behave.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Yeah, spending $97 trillion so we can all take Flintstone buses [in Bearded Fred Bedrock all the kulaks have to put their feet through the floorboards together] to Jellystone Park and live in a cave with Yogi and Boo-Boo is a real positive agenda.

[GUS]

Yes, a bad day for the RESISTANCE. But TRUMP is still a RACIST who hates TRANNIES.

That is a winning campaign message.

[MissMarple2]

I will try to post some links early in the morning. However, I will have to leave here early in order to take a friend to the hospital for back injections.

Heading to bed so I can get up early.

Good night, everyone!

[GUS]

Reparations.
FULL TERM ABORTION. ^or later, consult your local listings.
MOAR TAXES.
ABOLISH I.C.E..
16 Year old VOTE.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT VOTE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CITIZENSHIP and AMNESTY.
ABOLISH ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
FREE COLLEGE
FREE MEDICARE FOR ALL *Including ILLEGALS
$15 PER HOUR MINIMUM WAGE.
Free needles and syringes
Free Drivers licenses for ILLEGALS

I'm skeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeered.

[Beasts of England]

'Barr notes that the absence of an underlying crime...'

Forget about the nonexistent underlying crime, I'd like to see the sworn basis for the alleged predicate crime which launched this witch hunt.

[Narciso79]

'It's a travesty of two mockeries of a sham' beasts, last week they were all kerfluffle over some practically unknown north Korean nuclear site that opened in 2012, who knows what mcguffin they will chase down next week.

[Gentlejim]

Beasts at 1102.

That, right fucking there.

[JM Hanes]

Ignatz:

LOL, I guess my 10:03 comment wasn't quite long enough to trigger a new thread... but it looks like I managed to willow the next one. Maybe it's because it was addressed to TomR.

[JM Hanes]

In the previous thread, I'm afraid I misattributed the line from Tom Bowler's 7:43pm post ("the absence of such evidence bears upon the President's intent with respect to obstruction.") as being from Mueller. It was from Atty. General Barre. I still think that it's a fairly clear exoneration: if there was no collusion with Russia, then the President no motive to obstruct the investigation.

[GUS]

Beasts, email me when you have time.

The underlying crime was supposed to be COLLUSION with TEH RUSSIANS. Collusion is not in the FEDERAL STATUTES. Collusion to do WHAT??? Let your imagination run wild. RODHAM and BILLY THE RAPIST did. Trump said.......RUSSIA IF YOU ARE LISTENING..........
The ability of the CLINTONS and their paid CRIME STAFF, to create plausible LIES is a full time job.
The MEDIA ran with it. The PISS DOSSIER that RODHAM PAID $10 MILLION FOR, was given to BUZZFEED, it was used as BAIT for JOHN McSlime, and he bit. NO ONE. NO ONE, with an iq over 100, would be suckered by the PISS DOSSIER. Yet, the FBI and DOJ got 4 FISA WARRANTS using that CRAP as evidence, after planting that evidence with NEWS outlets as backup.
THE FBI and DOJ KNEW IT WAS BULLSHIT. That is where the new "INVESTIGATION SHOULD BEGIN". Begin with the 4 peeps that signed off on the FISA APPS, squeeze them, separate them and get different stories, and RIP DOWN THE FBI.

[Narciso79]

Is that your final answer?

https://mobile.twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1109832102910910465

[JM Hanes]

Ha, Narciso! Frum is letting his disappointment show. Sweet.

[JM Hanes]

#5. The TVS are in the Clintons' garage.

[Another Bob]

Talk about an echo chamber on that Frum tweet.. Damn.

[Narciso79]

That color Texan linguist with a heinlein character found it,

[Captain Hate]

A truck of butter and skillets is hijacked...

[GUS]

Frum is Murf backward.

No truckload of TEEEEVEEE'S was hijacked.
I struggle to even understand what FRUM is blabbering about. No accusation of TEEVEEEEE hijacking has ever been asserted.

Trump's Son, never met with anyone accused of stealing tv's, e-mails, secret servers or empty vodka bottles.

And, what was "found" in Trump's Sons garage???

The responses to FRUM are incredible. The level of hate and ignorance is astounding.

[GUS]

JMH, like Billy Boom boom Ayers, the FULL COMMIE FRUM left, is setting up a case for REVOLUTION.

[Captain Hate]

Frum is the type of RINO trash the Bushes inflicted on the country. Thanks again.

[Narciso79]

Sadly so, did he flunk analogies at that fancy Canadian prep school,

[JM Hanes]

A good analogy is hard to find. I avoid 'em for the most part. It seems to me that you always end up arguing about the analogy instead of the actual point at issue.

[GUS]

1} Rodham gets ridiculed during debate with Donald Trump. Mr Trump asks RUSSIA about hacked e-mails that RODHAM and the DNC allowed to get into the hands of GOD KNOWS WHO.
2) Rodham gets drunk. Rodham gets drunk again. Rodham wakes up pissed on and pissed off. She agrees to pay for the PISS DOSSIER. $10 MILLION DOLLARS.
3} RODHAM loses election. Rodham and Obama realize that they are in deep shit. They release the DOSSIER to friendlies.
4} SMEAR in full swing Media on board.
5) TRUMP VINDICATED.

[jimmyk]

Frum's brain was hijacked.

[Narciso79]

By the alien ants from that series fron a few summers ago.

[GUS]

FRUM's analogy indicates his bias and ignorance.

Strawman upon strawman. The FULL COMMIE IMPLOSION is emotional.

[Dave (in MA)]

Apparently H a a r e t z links are blocked.
Typhuspad is anti-Semitic. Headline and subhead from an article TP won't allow.
Six Wounded After Gaza Rocket Hits House in Central Israel
Alarm set off north of Tel Aviv, less than two weeks after rockets targeted main coastal city

[Dave (in MA)]

Try, https://bit.ly/2TrhSDz

[Narciso79]

Haaretz is Yiddish for Carlos slims recall they were a fan of a fellow whose now back in God graces sort of.

[Dave (in MA)]

Give it up, hag. https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1109990962359463936

[Captain Hate]

And when she's kissing me
I hear the Drells or is it T-Rex?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul9cSr4u7cQ

Nytol

[Narciso79]

What's she been smoking?

[GUS]

Narciso. She's just not real smart.

Trump spent an hour alone with Putin.

WOW.

[Narciso79]

I guess she was hunted by sentinel robots but that doesn't happen for another 10 years

[JimNorCal]

No idea if this is photoshopped but funny either way.

[Tom R]

Iggy from the last thread:

Does that mean prosecutors who don't find any evidence against a murder suspect are working with him if they admit they have no evidence?
You must have a Rip Van Winklesque beard cuz you haven't let Occam out of the medicine cabinet for about two years.

I like invoking Occam's Razor but IMO it doesn't apply here. IMO the Art of War by Sun Tzu and The Prince by Machiavelli are the best examples to describe what is going on with Spygate and the Mueller SC. You can throw in a Robert Ludlum novel as well to cover all the plot twists.

From the outset I have been taking the stance that Mueller was working with Trump to defeat the Deep State/Swamp. Over the past two years I have documented several reasons why all based on my connecting of the dots as I interpreted them.

Those who have criticized me the most for taking that stance took the position that Mueller was himself a corrupt member of the Deep State/Swamp and that he was trying to destroy Trump. As Jimmyk correctly pointed out in the last thread, that position (taken mostly by Ledge dwellers) has been completely refuted. If Mueller is a Black Hat he sure does suck badly at it thanks to his exoneration of Trump and increasing Trump's chances of getting re-elected into landslide territory.

For those unwilling to now consider the possibility that I (and RG) have been correct all along lets cover all your new possible explanations for what happened.

Lets call the first possibility the Rule of Law option. Its possible that I am just as wrong about Mueller as all the Ledge dwellers were. Mueller was not working with Trump nor was he trying to destroy him. There is the possibility the SC investigation was an impartial, unbiased, objective investigation following the rule of law to discover any evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia. Everything Mueller did was based on the facts and evidence his team uncovered. Along the way they uncovered evidence of crimes unrelated to Russian collusion and those criminals were held accountable for their crimes. Raise your hand if you now believe this explains Mueller's actions.

A second possibility is that Mueller is indeed a Deep State/Swamp creature but he realized Trump was innocent of the collusion accusations and that he would never be able to prove it with factual evidence. In this case Mueller just bent the knee to Trump and admitted defeat. Of course the problem with this possibility is that there is no evidence to back it up other than the assumptions, speculation and confirmation bias of those who believe this is the adopt this possibility.

If anyone else has some other legit possibilities to explain what happened let me know. I'm sticking with what I said earlier. Since the original position on Mueller of the Ledge dwellers has been completely refuted, that moves the needle in the direction towards my position. We won't know for certain who is correct until all the facts come out and the indictments start flowing. My guess is the floodgates are about to open.

I'll address how I think Mueller helped Trump "drain the Swamp" tomorrow.

[JimNorCal]

h/t BJG blog

[Tom R]

Forget about the nonexistent underlying crime, I'd like to see the sworn basis for the alleged predicate crime which launched this witch hunt.

For that I think you gotta wait for Horowitz and Huber to finish.

[JM Hanes]

I don't know if this has already been posted, but Dershowitz lays into Mueller and makes some interesting points about what is and isn't a prosecutor's job.

[JimNorCal]

"Trump spent an hour alone with Putin."

And Obama secretly promised a Russian envoy that he, Obama, would be more flexible after the election.
I know which worries me more. It ain't Trump.

[Narciso79]

No Tom r. With do respect, Mueller just couldn't force certain people into tearalying into things that were not true, notice with the catering company case they tried to ignore the matter of the analytics they tried to force the swiss subsidiary of an Israeli firm owned by zamel who did contracting work in the gulf states.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

The colossus that these freaks told us was immaculately conceived by James Comey to emasculate Trump as SC says "nuttin here" and yet they act as though nothing has changed.

These are the same shitbirds [or their spawn] who ridiculed McCarthy about believing a Russian to be under every bed, even though McCarthy wasn't far off.
Now, these geniuses think there are two of them peeing on every bed, even though Crazy Guggenheim could figure out what's what here.
Loon. A. Ticks.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Gronkowski retires.
I have a sad.

[jim nj]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article228350134.html

Another Parkland suicide. That's two in a week's time.

[Narciso79]

Terrible if they hadn't been chasing this snipe maybe this tragedy would have been spared:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/260846

[JimNorCal]

Maybe Mueller wanted to frame Trump.
He got his secretive orders from Rosenstein.
He hired rabid, Hillary-donating lawyers.
He consistently ignored Dem smoking guns and only went after Trumpsters.
He's persistent but not very smart (cf. the anthrax investigation)
He and his team did what they could but failed.
None of his "small fish" provided a path to Trump.

Seems just as convincing.
In either case: reading tea leaves

[jim nj]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taiwan-military/us-navy-coast-guard-ships-pass-through-strategic-taiwan-strait-idUSKCN1R50ZB

[GUS]

So MUELLER the white hat working with TRUMP, does his investigation, and it takes him to MANAFORT and COHEN. 2 sleazy bit players. One a very very very short term CAMPAIGN advisor to DJT, the other, DJT'S lawyer for PERSONAL MATTERS. Mueller found those 2 useful in this RUSSIA PROBE. He did everything in his power to FLIP them for JUICY TIDBITS that could be indictable.
His investigation DID NOT take him in the direction of the FRAUDULENT DOSSIER, Rodham, Simpson, Ohr et al. WHY?

[Narciso79]

I think that's a fair assessment. Jim sc, I dont grant him any leniency based on his record

[Tom R]

It’s also a dish best served cold.

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/544611347255013376?s=21

[JM Hanes]

Old Lurker: I'm afraid I spoke too soon!

TomR is the rightful winner of the Black Knight Prize, hands down, for declaring victory at every turn, no matter how lost the cause.

[Tom R]

His investigation DID NOT take him in the direction of the FRAUDULENT DOSSIER, Rodham, Simpson, Ohr et al. WHY?

The simple and obvious answer is because then Mueller would have been interfering with the Horowitz/Huber investigation already addressing the things you listed. Mueller only investigated what was in the scope of his appointment letter. Next question.

[Narciso79]

So this happened:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/work/nsw-election-result-raises-key-question-for-prime-minister-scott-morrison/news-story/c15f67209aff1dbac0e4f5e418b60b38

[Tom R]

JM Hanes,

Rest assured when its appropriate to declare victory I will. For now if you wanted to be both accurate and honest you would admit all I said was that the new facts move the needle towards my position.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

TomR would I be wrong in assuming you believe that, with Muller finishing that there is no real reason for Trump to hold back any longer?
If so, if he doesn't let the hammer down in the next 6 months or so, would concede your theories have been wrong?

[Tom R]

Iggy,

When I wrote " My guess is the floodgates are about to open." I certainly didn't think we would have to wait 6 months for Trump to drop the hammer. I expect to see things coming to a fruition very soon.

[Narciso79]

Summon the daleks:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1104735/brexit-news-theresa-may-brexit-deal-chequers-cabinet-coup-revolt-eu

[Threadkiller]

If so, if he doesn't let the hammer down in the next 6 months or so, would concede your theories have been wrong?

I asked a similar question in the months that led up to Top Kabuki player Sessions getting shitcanned. Tom screamed about Felix Sater and then called me a Coward Nazi.

What he didn't do was answer the question. Good luck, my friend.

[GUS]

Yes. Mueller went after 11 year old IRS/FINANCIAL crimes vis a vis MANAFORT, but not crimes related to his own investigation RODHAM et al.

NEXT QUESTION??

[JM Hanes]

TomR,

You have a strange definition of accurate and honest. You've been claiming vindication of one sort or another all day, and insisting that anyone who doesn't admit that they were wrong and you were right must have a defective moral compass of some sort. Paraphrasing, of course. I'm not sure why such admissions seem so important to you, especially when you to keep having to come up with new reasons why you've supposedly been right all along, while everybody else has just been wandering in the wilderness.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--I expect to see things coming to a fruition very soon.--

Should I take that as a yes?

[Tom R]

Tom screamed about Felix Sater and then called me a Coward Nazi.

Since I have never called you a Coward Nazi are you intentionally telling a lie here or have you completely forgotten how that conversation went?

[jim nj]

Iggy,

I had a similar IQ test issue in HS. Two test varied by ten points. Good day, bad day? Or bad day, worse day?

I've got similar strengthens in number sequences, spatial tests - I had a lot of building toys as a kid - so exploded drawings and blueprints are intuitive to me.

In the 4th grade I was tested and found to be reading at a 12th grade level.

I'm not sure IQ tests measure absolute mental capacity, only parts of it.

I'm quite sure I would fail an inner city survival IQ test.

I also remember they had occupational fitness tests back then that were designed to assess what you might be good at.

One poor kid was told that he would be great as a Park Services fire-watcher perched in a lonely watchtower.

[Narciso79]

And sater will perform before the committee on Tuesday unless schiffless changes his mind.

[jim nj]

...while everybody else has just been wandering in the wilderness.

Posted by: JM Hanes | March 25, 2019 at 01:26 AM
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I've never cited a thread winner before, but this is one.

[JimNorCal]

So ... are Glenn Greenwald (sp) and Matt Taiibi (sp) unusually upstanding and principled libs? Or just angry CNN stopped calling them to appear on shows?

[GUS]

Jim nj. Hello friend. I had an IQ test in Catholic grade school. 4th grade I believe.
I had the highest score in the school. I was rewarded with more school work and projects.
Later in High School, I was tested again. SAME SCORE.
I quite while I was ahead.

[Narciso79]

Man that triple frontier is worse than that series about the,Iraq war vet bank robbers, besides not taking advantage of the unique themes that region presents it paints supposed fmr serviceman in a very bad light

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--I'm not sure why such admissions seem so important to you...--

Cuz people call him crazy, and worse, for believing what he does?

All things considered Mueller's report does render the black hat position more tenuous.
A real black hat with prosecutorial immunity would not have shut it down, with or without evidence, even if he knew he couldn't bring a plausible indictment.

Equally obviously to me he doesn't seem a white hat, because a w.h. would not have stuck that "not exonerated" crap in there or dragged it out as long as he did.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Hittin the sack.

[Narciso79]

Greenwald hates Israel and the us by proxy, he was the middleman with Snowden if you recall, but a,broken clock strikes correctly twice. Taibbi is given license to say one sensible thing every six months

[JM Hanes]

I love this: Jonathon Last at the Bulwark posts an advisory: Four Arguments About the Mueller Report You Should Ignore and wanrs readers, "Don't fall for these four canards."

[B]efore you read the report, there are four arguments that you are absolutely, positively, 100 percent going to hear from Trump supporters that you should dismiss out of hand

HaHaHa!

"(1) It’s fruit of the poisonous tree." Haven't heard that one, probably cause there wasn't any fruit.
"(2) None of this is about Russian collusion. True.
"(3) It’s not an impeachable offense." We don't have to say that, because there is no offense at all."
"(4) There’s no smoking gun. " No gun, no crime, no nuffin.

It's so bad for Dems that even their battleground prep is already outdated.

[Narciso79]

Yes I saw that, he was portioning out the strawberries remember he thought the Empire were the good guys.

[Tom R]

You have a strange definition of accurate and honest.

When you incorrectly accuse me off things I never wrote I don't know for certain whether you made a mistake or you did it intentionally. I suggest in the future if you want to criticize me or make a snide comment like you did at 1:06 then you quote my comments so there is no confusion.

[GUS]

Ig, after 675 days of NOTHING. Mueller could not just close shop and tuck tail. He looked high and low, hither and yon, and found NOTHING.
He left a parting shot.

[JM Hanes]

"Cuz people call him crazy, and worse, for believing what he does?"

Maybe if he didn't impugn the moral character of those who don't see things his way, he'd have an easier time of it.

[Narciso79]

They are practically at the face melting stage, Sharpton says knock it off:

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2019/03/24/msnbc-analysts-panic-over-barr-letter-theres-no-complete-sentences

[Narciso79]

And after that charming image, I bid adieu.

[Tom R]

Equally obviously to me he doesn't seem a white hat, because a w.h. would not have stuck that "not exonerated" crap in there or dragged it out as long as he did

I'll bet you a six pack beer that if we ever find out the truth, the reason the Mueller SC took so long is because Manafort refused to cooperate and testify against Tony Podesta. That's a conclusion that the sentencing memo supports. Whether Manafort ever eventually testified against Podesta remains to be seen but my guess is he didn't.

[JM Hanes]

Well, that was fun narciso! They're really struggling to keep hope alive. They should have watched the Dersh video before coming onstage. Sweet dreams indeed.

[Tom R]

JMH @ 1:48

Whose moral character do you think I have impugned?

[GUS]

So going after MANAFORT and COHEN was part of MUELLERS task.
Going after a real connection, and the exact reason that this witch hunt ever existed, was out of bounds???

[GUS]

Wow. So Mueller had to stay within the lines. Yet he went after Manafort, because Manafort would not turn TURTLE on Podesta????? What did either of them have to do with RUSSIAN COLLUSION?

wow.

[JM Hanes]

Hi jimnj:

I remember taking an IQ test in the 6th grade, which came in lower than the school expected. So they tested me again a week or so later, and I came out where they thought I should be. Bad hair day the first time around I guess, but it was a pretty big spread. Who knows?

[JM Hanes]

TomR:

You could start by not questioning people's honesty and just go from there.

And that's it for me.

[GUS]

Goodnight JMH.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Question:

Now that the report is out, should Trump hire Lin Wood to go after any Political/Celeb/Mediots who continue to insist that he did what the report says he didn't do? I hear them stating it as fact not opinion so as to continue to sway other's views and with the report's findings rendering their continued ravings as a reckless disregard for the truth ISTM that they are on pretty thin legal ice.

I know Trump is a public figure, but at some point, a public figure should have the right to protection from intentional slander.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Keep in mind while reading this letter, there are 20+ of these employees out there looking for a new job.

LETTER TO MY BOSS

I have enjoyed working here these past several years.
You have paid me very well and given me benefits beyond belief. I have 3-4 months off per year, and a pension plan that will pay my salary til the day I die, and then pay my estate one year salary death bonus, and then continue to pay my spouse my salary (with increases) until he (or she) dies, and a health plan that most people can only dream of having -- no deductible whatsoever.
Despite this, I plan to take the next 12-18 months to find a new position.
During this time I will show up for work when it is convenient for me. In addition, I fully expect to draw my full salary and all the other perks associated with my current job.

Oh yes, if my search for this new job proves fruitless, I will be coming back with no loss in pay or status.
Before you say anything, remember that you have no choice in this matter. I can, and I will do this.

Sincerely,
Every Senator or Congressman running for re-election.

[GUS]

Stephanie, the FULL COMMIE LEFT, including the MFM, have been emboldened to NOT CARE, about TRUTH, ETHICS, JOURNALISTIC PRINCIPLES of OBJECTIVITY etc.
There are no INFLUENCES in their EDUCATION, COLLEGE EDUCATION, nor their CAREER ETHIC, thas has been in any way REASONED, RATIONAL, BALANCED nor OBJECTIVE.
It's a LIBTARD BALLROOM BLITZ.
THE FULL COMMIE does not fear REPERCUSSIONS for their HATE and BIAS. They are not arriving at reasoned opinions. They are the PRODUCT of their schooling, propaganda, and miseducation.
TRY DEBATING ONE OF THEM ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY.

[GUS]

Steph. Rudimentary basic retirement pension STARTS after 5 years of SERVICE in CONGRESS/SENATE.
2 and a half terms for BETOFF O'Dork, AND 5/6th of one term for SPARTACUS NJ or KAMALA-TOE CALI. Many many many many PUBLIC EMPLOYEES are eligible for multiple PENSIONS.
I have an intern, whose Mom is a retired COP. YOUNGER THAN ME. His DAD, is a retired FIRE FIGHTER, also younger than me.
BOTH Mom and DAD, are now CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES of their former POLICE and FIRE jobs.
My intern has insurance thru them at 24. He did not UNDERSTAND that I had ZERO BENEFITS at ALL, as I am an INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR for our firm.

[jim nj]

JMHanes,

That's the funny thing about IQ tests. It's supposed to measure your innate intelligence, but people with knowledge of your abilities are just as good a predictor. Performance and "innate" intelligence do seem to be correlated.

Yet I'm not aware of a "common sense" test.

When I was much younger I was intrigued with biorhythm charting as a performance tool. I don't pay much attention io it now. It dig however, in hind sight, show a "triple critical" day on the day that I had a car accident on a very snowy, icy day at age twenty.

https://www.biorhythmonline.com/

https://www.biorhythm-calculator.net/

Two calculators above, try them, you might find the idea intriguing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biorhythm

Wiki takes a dim view of biorhythms which is probably correct and, yet somehow unconvincing.

While Wiki is correct that people believe that there are highs and lows to performance due to biorhythm cycles it negates the central point that the day when you hit the mid-line is considered a critical day when you are subject to large errors of judgement.

It may be no better than Astrology, but having an accident on a "triple critical" day all those years ago makes me wonder at least a little.

Everybody else, give it a try and see what you think of it all. Speculating on this as about as useful as speculating on what's next in the Trump saga.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

2 weeks ago Democrats voted unanimously to protect Mueller. Today they want to drag him in under oath and beat him up!

[GUS]

Jim nj. IQ tests ostensibly test the POTENTIAL intelligence on an individual on several metrics.
As we ALL KNOW, this is RACIST.

I use CASH CAB as my METRIC.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Q: What do spring and the end of the Mueller investigation have in common?

A: Snowflakes melting all over the place! 🤣

[GUS]

Steph, my interns are ALWAYS hired. The 22-24 year old NEWLY MINTED GRADS. Start with a SALARY.
I mentor them, I try to show them the ropes. I am knd and decent to them. And sometimes, I share a DEAL with them. THEY HAVE A SALARY.

I do not.