When Is A Flip-Flop Not A Flip-Flop

I always thought McConnell was quite clear that his refusal to give Garland a hearing was based on a principle of non-cooperation with the other party in an election year. A principle articulated by Joe Biden in 1992.

I need to fact-check my memory.

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[Another Bob]

Re. trigglypuff’s signage (I got nuthin’ for trigglypuff herself)...

The weird part is women have never had more “choice” that way. From abstaining from PIV sex through morning-after pills, condoms (male and female), birth control pills, Norplant, diaphragms, IUDs. Are there more these days I haven’t mentioned? (Not a subject I’ve had to worry about for a long time.)

The only “choice” on the table to be eliminated is the one fraught with moral hazard. But you’d think it was the end of the world.

[Buckeye]

Rich progressives are making cities unlivable.

The voters could do something about it, if the majority of them weren't groupthink prisoners or stupid.

Or both.

[MissMarple2]

I just heard on the radio that this stupid Red Line express bus service with a dedicated center lane and fancy boarding stations every so often is being paid for by a $75 million grant THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN AWARDED.

So that is why the roads are in such bad shape. The money which normally would go to chuckhole/pothole repair is going for this stupid bus plan.

Now I am all for public transportation if it makes sense, but the more I read about this system, the madder I get. It's not going to be free, as a bunch of my daughter's friends originally thought. It will take up the center lane of the commuter street nearest us, will prohibit left turns across the center lane (instead installing U-TURN lanes at certain intersections, and generally seems to be a source of confusion and accidents until people get used to it.

Furthermore, the mayor is now asking the outlying counties to chip in for street repair!!

[Buckeye]

Now I am all for public transportation if it makes sense

Were politicians involved in coming up with the idea?

[Narciso79]

You can add that to govt misconduct in Nisan sour gate shooting and haditha investigations , we send our men to fight I'm the forever campaign of Afghanistan where Kipling told us the rules more than a century ago. And we expect then to abide like gentlemen.

[MissMarple2]

Listen to this!!! Finally truth! They will and have tried to kill him ⁦@GeraldoRivera⁩ ⁦@POTUS⁩ pic.twitter.com/QEt9K3rUSG

— Karli Bonne’⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@kbq225) May 29, 2019

Short clip. Geraldo says "regardless of the economy, they're gonna try to kill him."

[Buckeye]

Between stupid voters and corrupt politicians, the fact that anything works speaks to divine intervention:)

[Narciso79]

Palins son fought in both Diyala and Helmand, the second is perhaps the most violent region of Afghanistan like the central highlands of Vietnam and she couldn't get help for him when he came home.

[Another Bob]

“Only in the Swamp could one DOJ official (Comey) spend 20 minutes reading a list of Hillary's crimes, then tell you there is nothing to prosecute - then the other DOJ official (Mueller) lists no Trump crimes at all, but tries to convince you he's guilty of something.”

https://twitter.com/marksimoneny/status/1133836853889650688?s=21

[MissMarple2]

Buckeye,

Why yes they were! How did you know?

This stupid Red Line goes from the University of Indianapolis, a small college about 10 blocks south of me, up through downtown and then north to the CHldren's Museum at 30th and Meridian and then northeast to the club district in Broad Ripple.

Buses are supposed to run every 15 minutes with only stops at these fancy stations. I think the tickets are around 3 bucks, but I am not sure about that.

The construction of the station south of us has been going on now for almost 2 years. I am not exaggerating. All it is is a concrete platform with a roof over it and some lighting and a place where they will install a ticket machine.

I am going to be as aggravated as Janet was about the DC street car mess before this is all over with.

[JM Hanes]

Tom R:

"Are you siding with JackisBack and now thinking Barr is part of the Deep State?"

Don't you recognize the same question you've asked everyone else about Trump a gazillion times? Do you take Barr "100% literal" all the time? Or do you think he will shade the truth in service to a higher cause?

[Tom R]

So why didn't Mueller make a "finding of fact" and pass it on without triggering an indictment?

That’s what Weissman wanted him to do. Mueller answered your question already. He said it wouldn’t be fair to do that.

[Narciso79]

Bill lehmans boondoggle metrorail rund up Collins Avenue thr major downtown thoroughfare west toward Hialeah, through the part of town you dont want to venture.

[Narciso79]

Good grief you are tedious, if yesterday didnt abuse you of why Mueller deserves to be shunned I domt know what will.

[henry]

CNBC @CNBC
3m

China makes next move in trade war, reportedly halting US soy purchases

[Tom R]

JMH @ 8:21

Of course I recognize it. As JackIsBack learned the hard way I already explained how he was wrong to say either Mueller lied or Barr lied. There was no conflict between Mueller’s statement and Barr’s testimony and thus no reason for Barr to lie about it in his press release.

[MissMarple2]

Steve Herman
‏Verified account @W7VOA
2m2 minutes ago

Today or tomorrow, @POTUS says, he'll make a "dramatic statement" on #BorderSecurity.

[Narciso79]

Is 5hat an in kind contribution to Biden, their lackey

[MissMarple2]

Michael Del Moro
‏Verified account @MikeDelMoro

Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe on @Morning_Joe: “Mueller would not have come out and made this statement yesterday... if he wasn’t concerned about the way the results of his team had been misrepresented by the AG’s original comments.”

[MissMarple2]

I think President Trump is going to be speaking about Mueller shortly. At least that's what my local radio says.

[Tom R]

TK @ 1:33

Thanks for the link to Rudy’s tweet. Last night on Fox Rudy, Mark Levin, Jay Sekulow, Sol Wisenberg and Brad Parscale all said the same exact thing I said here yesterday. Nothing Mueller said yesterday was new. He just repeated what was in the official report.

PS Now that I provided you with the link to the FBI files are you going to answer the question I posed about Comey?

[Beasts of England]

'That’s what Weissman wanted him to do.'

Prove it.

[MissMarple2]

Mark Knoller
‏Verified account @markknoller
9m9 minutes ago

Pres Trump says he'll be doing "something dramatic" about the southern border situation. Says he may have announcement today or tomorrow. "It's a national emergency," he told reporters before boarding Marine One,

[henry]

Somebody already found the missing strawberries through geometric logic.

[Beasts of England]

lol, henry!! :)

[Tom R]

Beasts,

We’ve gone down this road already. Would it make you feel better if I restated it to: “Since Weissman was in charge of writing Part 2 there is a 99.9999999% probability Weissman wanted Mueller to issue a formal finding and conclude Trump committed OOJ”?

[MissMarple2]

https://humanevents.com/2019/05/29/twitter-bans-analyst-who-revealed-journalists-antifa-connections/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2Fi4BIBNERza

[Narciso79]

Maybe they were working with brennan as well:

https://mobile.twitter.com/BrianHubbs1/status/1133814847655665664

[Beasts of England]

Just admit that it's speculation, Tom R.

[Tom R]

https://twitter.com/sethjlevy/status/1134071888425213952?s=21

[henry]

Miss M, does that mean Twitter employs most antifa dorks?

[MissMarple2]

https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1134077756852047872

Quotes from President Trump about Mueller before he boarded Marine One. This is a Voice of America reporter.

My favortie quote (which I heard on the radio): ""You know who got me elected? I got me elected," says @POTUS. "Russia didn't help me at all."

[Narciso79]

Send a drone to Ireland?

https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/30/make-sure-terrorists-like-john-walker-lindh-dont-stay-threat-release/#.XO_JDsYoSmA.twitter

[MissMarple2]

henry,

I don't know. I definitely think that most of the employees are leftists.

[Beasts of England]

Now that the Dems have set the thresholds for their debates, maybe some enterprising lefty will demand an intersectional or adversity score to assist the candidates who fall short. :)

[Davod]

If the President authorizes something does that make it legal? Would this authorization be a get out of jail card for all those people who acted on the President's authorization?

[MissMarple2]

CC
‏ @ChatByCC
49m49 minutes ago
Replying to @realDonaldTrump

Mueller short version—

•We didn’t find shit while wasting your money.

•I’m still covering my ass.

[James D.]

pete-buttigieg-brother-in-law-accuses-2020-candidate-of-lying-about-his-family-for-political-gain

Of course he lies about his family for political gain. He lies about everything, all the time.

[Tom R]

This may explain why McCabe is speaking up.

https://twitter.com/actual_chaos/status/1134064877209825280?s=21

[GUS]

The little creep is mentally ill.

[Davod]

"You forgot to mention concensus gentium (Lat., “consensus of the people") which is when something is accepted because the relevant authorities or people all agree on it."

Is this the same as leaking information to the media, then using the articles as an independent verification of the prime evidence, on your FISA app.

PS. I am amazed that any reference to a news article is considered supporting evidence of anything, especially a FISA.

[Narciso79]

I've noted comeys memoir can best be narrated with Shatner voice, whereas McCabe is like that fellow who did the character of major flagg on mash.

[Narciso79]

Have you seen many of the amici briefs and main briefs in many of these case like the immigration pause there is precious little law in them

[Threadkiller]

Avoid the accusations of Alinskying, BoE and JMH. You are dealing with a modified BunkerBuster/Jor. No hope.

[Narciso79]

No more like that fellow that I used to joke with the diehard reference from gruber.

[Extraneus]

So now it's time again to assess Rosenstein.

He's solely responsible for Mueller, including his the stacking of the SC team with partisan and conflicted Democrats. He knew Mueller himself had a conflict, owing to his long-time association with Comey and previous stint as FBI Director, yet appointed him anyway. He allowed Mueller to bypass DoJ regulations about not dirtying up an unindicted person, which Rosenstein himself vowed were sacred and would be adhered to only weeks before. And then he rode off into the sunset just as the stink bomb he originated and nurtured began emanating fumes.

In retrospect, my gut was wrong about Rosenstein.

[Narciso79]

So that Lyon bomber quelle surprise was a known wolf after all.

[Beasts of England]

I had almost forgotten those two monikers, TK! And speaking of missing JOMers - where's DublinDave? :)

[GUS]

TK. The little creep said this today...
"As JackIsBack learned the hard way I already explained how he was wrong to say either Mueller lied or Barr lied."

He has some inferiority issues. He's not well in the head.

[MissMarple2]

Ha! Listening to Chicks on the Right on local radio and they think President Trump likes talking to the press by Marine One because since he has to yell over the chopper noise it gives him an excuse to yell at the press.

They play a bunch of clips and then end it with a clip of "I Will Always Love You." (They really love Trump.)

[Narciso79]

Remember when spunkmeyer insisted Afghanistan was not in Asia and he had this thing about Kobe japan?

[Narciso79]

From what I could grok:

https://mobile.twitter.com/JcBrisard/status/1134079502672453633

[henry]

Yikes!

WAUPACA, Wis. - Three Wisconsin men are charged after a homemade "cannon" exploded in Marion, killing an Illinois man last weekend.

https://www.channel3000.com/news/wisconsin-men-charged-in-homemade-cannon-death/1081950412

[MissMarple2]

The President is speaking at the Air Force Academy commencement today. C-SPAN lists the time as 12:30 Eastern.

[Narciso79]

That's not the way you make a cannon is it, or are they following the acme manual?

[Threadkiller]

Waiting for a transcript but I am certain I heard this correctly:

Guess who just said this:

"I think Mueller is a true never Trumper."

[Davod]

"https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1133886855701762049

.Sundance thinks the OIG report will be a dud."

I think someone mentioned this before - The IG may be neutral but the 2IC is a ratbag. Who do you think handles the day to day operations?

The 2IC probably has a lot of input into the executive summary - arguably the most important part of the report. Why? because the executive summary is the part the media and politicians read first. It shapes opinion - even if it doesn't reflect the larger report. By the time the full report is digested it is to late to change the narrative.

[Narciso79]

What was his first clue?

[Threadkiller]

Gus, he is masochistic. It has taken me too long to figure that out. I now believe that he takes pleasure in reading your comments.

I won't interact with him anymore and I ask you to join me.

[Melinda]

Here’s where the Mueller and Barr statements overlap, and confirm each other

https://twitter.com/realsaavedra/status/1133877460993548288?s=21

Clear as mud because, of course, IANAL.

Will grab actual link in a sec.

[Melinda]

Still looking for the actual statement:

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/446077-doj-special-counsel-say-there-is-no-conflict-on-mueller-barr

[Narciso79]

If he can let two men die in prison, to protect a bureau snitch, drive another man to suicide, this is near beer for mueller.

[MissMarple2]

https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/30/john-durham-needs-investigate-info-generated-mueller-probe-linked-hillary-clinton/

Title: John Durham Needs To Investigate Why The Info Generating The Mueller Probe Is All Linked To Hillary Clinton

[Threadkiller]

The DoJ statement would be unnecessary if Mueller's presser was clear. That they had to write shows what a mess Mueller was making of things.

Barr has now put Mueller on the defensive if he wants to continue to say stupid things. This is no different than Trump sometimes saying "they found no obstruction" despite that not being what the report actually said.

The DoJ statement simply says that Barr is correct.

[Melinda]

Yes, I agree. Clear as mud.

[MissMarple2]

Almanor
‏ @Sunrise51052
26m26 minutes ago

Our ‘Cover Up’ President just spent about 20 minutes answering reporter questions before boarding Marine One.

[Narciso79]

Welcome to the party alan, have a beer:

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/445983-dershowitz-shame-on-robert-mueller-for-exceeding-his-role

[Threadkiller]

The answer to my 9:20 is Donald Trump.

Trump called Mueller a Never Trumper at his press gaggle this morning.

8-D

[Threadkiller]

One of the reporters asked Trump about China during the flurry of obstruction questions. Trump went to shake his hand and thanked him for being a real reporter.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7e1Kf1Wbkg

President Trump on the way to Marine One.

[Jane]

Today in Paradise the pool is closed and we have no running water. Luckily it's only about 130 degrees.

Let it snow ~ Let it snow ~

I've posted about Mueller's past before - he left 4 innocent FBI guys in jail for years (2 died there) in order to protect Whitey Bulger. He has never been anything but a complete asshole.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
3m3 minutes ago

Congressman John Ratcliffe, “The Trump Campaign clearly did not conspire or collude.” @FoxNews

[Narciso79]

And one can add what Edward Epstein discovered re the anthrax investigation with hatfill and Ivins that Carl cannon has brought up.

[GUS]

I agree Tk.

[henry]

rain and 60 here. plenty of puddles to splash around in.

[henry]

Ari Fleischer @AriFleischer
8m

Some 10% of House members support impeachment. About 20% of House Ds support it. I just watched two CNN morning shows. I’d say about 80% of their anchors and contributors think Trump should be impeached, based on their strident, anti-Trump rhetoric.

[Narciso79]

What's wrong with the pipes jane?

[Narciso79]

Pavlov's network no surprise:

https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/29/china-trying-wait-trump-trade-deal-cost/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=d22362020e-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-d22362020e-83954709&fbclid=IwAR2K0Ei_4A0mM_Xd0yITSNFeVkSMy3tDk4ejZBPCdvLnjJK5jO4Wqaea1Do

[Melinda]

Yet no correction or point of clarification was made by DoJ other than agreement?

The statement says, specifically, "There is no conflict between these statements", which comes from BOTH Kerri Kupec, Spokeswoman for the Dept of Justice AND, I repeat AND, Peter Carr, Spokesman for the Special Counsel's Office.

Not one or the other. Both.

The Joint SC & DoJ Statement says BOTH are correct.

[MissMarple2]

Threadkiller,

That step in to shake the reporter's hand is on the video.

[MissMarple2]

https://thehill.com/policy/international/446106-trump-says-turkey-has-released-a-us-prisoner

[Captain Hate]

Barr created the situation for that whole Mueller fiasco by being out of town yesterday; then all of a sudden Mueller cobbles together a quick presser where he reads something awkwardly that he obviously didn't write and then Barr's underlings put out some lying statement about there being no disagreements when there obviously were.

Barr needs to stop going to these fucking conferences, just like Jeff Sessions did, until the Swamp is drained. That is Job 1 for him now and going forward.

[henry]

Deep State preferred over Deep Space at NASA.

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said Thursday there's only one way to get the first female astronaut to the moon's south pole by 2024, and it won't involve Elon Musk's help.

https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-head-rules-out-spacex-rockets-for-2024-moon-mission/

[Threadkiller]

New thread.

[Threadkiller]

New thread.

[Manuel Transmission]

The President is speaking at the Air Force Academy commencement today. C-SPAN lists the time as 12:30 Eastern.

Hah! I knew this two days ago when I spotted a double TFR over Springs on my radar app.

[Melinda]

CH-

If I'm being told to "Find the Red Queen!" by Mueller, and then I'm told by Barr's Team "Yes, find it!", and in no way that statement was issued without Barr's specific approval, then I'm going to question what game I'm actually watching.

Because it patently doesn't involve a Red Queen.

I think I'm looking at a NAND gate at work and I don't know who that message was for yesterday.

[Threadkiller]

Mueller didn't contradict Barr although he added more flavor to his alternative story.

Barr said that A happened. Mueller didn't that that A didn't happen. That equals "no conflict."

The clever part of the DoJ statement is their use of "or." " the office concluded that it wouldn't not reach a determination -- one way or another -- "

Barr version is not in conflict because A wasn't disputed despite Mueller dangling B.

[Threadkiller]

...one way or the other...

[Melinda]

You're ignoring it's from both of them. OK, got it.

[Narciso79]

I'm not in bureau countetintel and I could guess this was bogus.

[sbwaters]

AP spinning as usual. As we corrected it:

The Associated Press and others in the national media reported only one half of Mueller’s statement, "If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so."

But, the AP left out Mueller’s sentence that followed, "We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime."

[Jane]

Narc,

I think it's a standard replacement before something is really wrong. But how dumb to do it on the same day they clean the pool.