Darn It

One big trial of hydroxychloroquine with and without azithromycin came up empty.

If Trump is willing to settle for a lay-up rather than a Hail Mary, he should talk up Vitamin D. Its cheap, safe, probably more than half of us have low-ish serum levels of D, and Vitamin D is already a standard recommendation for good health even if it does not specifically help with COVID-19.

Lots here.

Comments

[danoso]

Happy belated jimmyk!

It's a long video (55 mins) but I recommend the discussion Jim posted last night (https://youtu.be/289NWm85eas). Talks about the MLB study among other virus thangs.

Something I didn't realize -- there are no vaccines for the known corona-viruses (6 total, plus the new one). So don't put too much faith in a vaccine any time soon, if at all. We might just have to slug this one out, doing what we can on the preventative/treatment side of it.

[Extraneus]

Mitch McConnell says Obama should have 'kept his mouth shut' about Trump response to coronavirus

"Generally former presidents just don't do that. I remember that President George W. Bush and his father, went right through eight years of Democratic administrations after they left office and kept their mouths shut, because they didn't feel it was appropriate for former presidents to even critique a president of another party," he said.

"So I think President Obama should have kept his mouth shut," McConnell continued.

"We know he doesn't like much this administation is doing, that's understandable. But I think it's a little bit classless frankly, to critique an administration that comes after you," he added.

"You had your shot, you were there for eight years," McConnell concluded, "I think the tradition that the Bushes set up of not critiquing the president comes after you is a good tradition."

[Threadkiller]

Timothy Shea is the bloodhound that Barr assigned to the Flynn debacle, CH. He signed the motion to dismiss the charges against Flynn. The Yellow Loon hates Shea for being smarter than him. He hates SWC for the same reason.

I do not know SWC’s identity. It is now a race between Hugh Hewitt’s inevitable name-dropping and Patterico’s abuse of his office’s resources for us to know.

[Melinda]

henry-

He played "bait", and ran the other things to ground that are now unfolding. I remain unchanged in that view since before his resignation, as you know.

[peter]

jimmyk@9:01, LOL!

Re: McConnell, Bush 43 isn't a particularly good example, since he opened his yap recently.

[Melinda]

Sen. Dirksen, call your office:

FCCED - Financial Crimes News
@FinCrimeEdu
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi is fighting extradition to India on money laundering and fraud charges involving nearly $2 billion from Punjab National Bank. fcced.com/nirav-modi-ext…

https://twitter.com/FinCrimeEdu/status/1260191154433413122

[Threadkiller]

One thing you may not know is that I advised from the beginning of the administration that Comey should be removed and the FBI given a fresh start.

That isn’t exactly what he said in the recently released transcript. He deferred much of this bravery to RR.

[Melinda]

Dash Riprock 🇺🇸
@PhilMcCrackin44
Has anybody in America died of anything other than the #ChineseVirus in the past 60 days ? 🙄

https://twitter.com/PhilMcCrackin44/status/1260195724299579392

[JimNorCal]

Thanks danoso, yes that YouTube is well with the investment of time if you're a WuFlu nerd.

[Captain Hate]

Thank you, TK. I knew the loon, like the lowlife coward he's always been, was sniping at someone more accomplished in life than he is. When he's proven wrong yet again, his less than 10 support group monkeys will pretend it didn't happen.

[JimNorCal]

well "worth"

[henry]

You can’t leave home anyway, so quit complaining.

@vickimckenna

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY: Madison announces social media/public art initiative to "promote a sense of CONTENTEDNESS". So IGNORE the murders, drug dealers, drive by shootings, car thefts, robberies and beatings--and be CONTENT! channel3000.com/city-of-madiso… @jedsanborn @empowerwi

https://twitter.com/vickimckenna/status/1260199044565131265?s=21

[MissMarple2]

My friend texted me that Fauci is testifying before the Senate this morning. Sh thinks he should be kept out of the public eye as much as possible. I agree. The guy is the biggest scaremonger and crepe hanger I can think of.

Also the gal who cuts our hair is fed up and is going to start taking appointments. She is a 1-woman salon and she can't afford to do without the income.

[Melinda]

Thread:

Jeff DeRiso
@JeffDeRiso
Ex-DARPA chief Regina Dugan, Illumina founder Jay Flatley lead $300M Wellcome Trust fund to tackle global health's Sputnik moment
endpts.com/ex-darpa-chief…

[Threadkiller]

Word games:

Some have asked, why take the job as Attorney General if I knew I would have to recuse myself from the investigation? I knew no such thing. I wasn’t informed of Comey’s secret investigation until after I became Attorney General, and the investigation wasn’t publicly confirmed by the FBI until weeks after my recusal.

Knowing of the President’s disagreement with my decision, I tendered my resignation in writing the morning after Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel.

He admits he knew about Comey’s secret investigation right after he became AG but attempts to make the casual reader focus on the “public” release timeline. Then he acts like he reflected on the President’s earlier angst over the recusal and decided to coincidentally submit his resignation the same day Mueller was appointed.

The truth is, Trump blew up at him over how he allowed such a cancer to grow unchecked and culminate in a disastrous special counsel appointment. That is what inspired his resignation “attempt.” Sessions knew full well that by prolonging the hoax well after Comey’s firing there would be very little chance that Trump would fire him in the face of the constant “its a coverup” climate that had fomented.

Sessions is a real disappointment. He talks about being “honorable” but he showed no such trait wen he, now admittedly, discovered the Comey witch-hunt and boxed Trump in instead of quitting in his first week.

[Melinda]

Mateusz Zawadzki
@Matt_Zawadzki
Explain to me why the media takes their masks off when they think the cameras are off? Is it all for show? #fakenews #LamestreamMedia looks like the rules only apply to us peasants. #obamagate #qanon

https://twitter.com/Matt_Zawadzki/status/1260091180190240768

[Jack Lillywhite]

If you go to henry’s 6:59, beside the graph their is a table showing the rankings of all 50 states plus DC in re infection and deaths worst to less. The lower 10 states (best) all have Republican governors, IIRC.

Talk about casaution/correlation 😷

[Jack Lillywhite]

...causation....

[Buckeye]

And if the Dems had made even a token effort to try and work with him, they could have driven a real wedge between him and his base and blown up his reelection chances right at the start. But they chose madness instead.

Au contraire James D! I think madness chose them:)

[Captain Hate]

I feel bad for Sessions. He was one of Trump's earliest high level supporters and now looks pathetic and confused.

[Melinda]

Consider the possibility that they knew of all the surveillance early in 2016. Now look at their actions, given that perspective.

[GUS]

"I am setting the record straight on recusal"
He acknowledges that COMEY is a criminal or at least corrupt. Then he recuses himself, and leaves the criminals in control.
Then he says.

“We Dare Defend Our Rights.”

Not so much MY RIGHTS.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
10m
California should let Tesla & @elonmusk
open the plant, NOW. It can be done Fast & Safely!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
23m
Crude Oil prices going up as Saudi Arabia cuts production levels. Our great Energy Companies, with millions of JOBS, are starting to look very good again. At the same time, gasoline prices at record lows (like a big Tax Cut). The BEST of all Worlds. “Transition To Greatness”

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
1h
Wisconsin, please get out NOW and vote for Tom Tiffany for Congress. A great guy!

[Melinda]

Joel B. Pollak
@joelpollak
Joe Biden Admits He Was Aware ‘They‘ Asked for Investigation of Michael Flynn breitbart.com/politics/2020/… via @BreitbartNews

https://twitter.com/joelpollak/status/1260206031029690370

[This line of public questioning is ripe with potential.]

[Melinda]

Reuters Legal
@ReutersLegal
Morgan Stanley settles SEC charges it misled clients, to pay $5 mln penalty reut.rs/3cmf5pA

https://twitter.com/ReutersLegal/status/1260206233761562626

[Jack Lillywhite]

Did Joe have one of these?

[GUS]

Joe "fingers" Biden, was telling the truth. She said "don't stop".
It is seared in my memory.
She said "stop don't, stop don't, stop {{DON'T STOP}}"
This is how THEO and his friends operate.

[Melinda]

🇺🇲 Avenge Flynn Now 🇺🇲
@k_ovfefe2
Eric very rarely trolls. It's definitely happening.

Eric Trump @EricTrump
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

https://twitter.com/k_ovfefe2/status/1260030046892257280

[Do note the pic.]

[Melinda]

This was the business, and why he needed Rahm to execute it, from his experience as Nahncee's #3:

John Hayward
@Doc_0
Obama weaponized every part of the federal government for political and ideological purposes. We're still paying the price, with debacles like the Centers for Disease Control being unprepared to actually control a disease and seeming surprised that anyone would ask it to.

https://twitter.com/Doc_0/status/1259831218058792960

[Threadkiller]

The Tucker Carlson clip at the top of Trump’s Twitter is excellent.

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

Carlson is a sane version of Glen Beck. No chalkboard is necessary.

[hoyden]

I appreciate Trump’s challenging the media narrative. None call what they report news. If Trump didn’t speak up how would we know what he’s telling us? How did GWB’s turn the other cheek work out?

[MissMarple2]

Melinda,

That's right about Eric. He's usually busy with the hotels and golf courses and doesn't like to get unfavorable publicity.

I guess they have finally realized that when he said "Because you'd be in jail" in that debate, he meant it!

[Captain Hate]

I just filled out a survey on my remote cardiology visit. I wonder if my written response after "although I know you're not operating with a free hand" will get a followup query.

[D]

CH at 6:38!
Excellent post!
Also agree with the assessment of OL.
SBW:
If you ever watch Morning Joe it is a non-stop trashing of President Trump every single moment of each day.
The insults fly continuously and the character assassination of him is endless.
One tweet about turncoat Joe is mild by comparison.

[Melinda]

Juanita Broaddrick
@atensnut
This tickles the sh!t out of me.

‘The View’ Co-Host Joy Behar Plans To Stay At Home 'Until Trump Is Out Of Office' - Conservative Brief conservativebrief.com/the-view-co-ho…

https://twitter.com/atensnut/status/1260187335804715009

[Melinda]

Picking up a head of steam:

Mark R. Levin
@marklevinshow
Why shouldn't NBC’s Chuck Todd and CBS’s Scott Pelley be fired? They’re blatant liars.

https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/1260179338345021440

[Rocco]

Sessions didn't have to recuse himself from a counterintelligence investigation. Criminal, yes but this witch hunt was a counterintelligence investigation.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/06/jeff-sessions-recusal-unnecessary/

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
37m
As long as other countries are receiving the benefits of Negative Rates, the USA should also accept the “GIFT”. Big numbers!

[Extraneus]

China Slashes Australian Beef, Barley Imports After Warning Against Coronavirus Probe

China slapped an import ban on four Australian abattoirs Tuesday in an escalation of Beijing’s warning of a consumer boycott in retaliation for Canberra’s push for an independent coronavirus probe.

[Rocco]

I suppose I could accept that Sessions was just in over his head and got rolled by a stacked state department during his chaotic transition.
Except for the Hillary Issue! He refused to subpoena Hillary's IT guy and when forced, appointed Huber who didn't even interview the whistleblower. I can't forget that.

[Extraneus]

China factory prices plunge as virus hammers demand

Also

But the cost of livestock continues to push inflation upwards, with pork prices — a staple meat in China — rising 96.9 percent last month after a 116.4 percent on-year spike in March.

China’s pig herds were ravaged by African swine fever, and prices have been rising since, at times forcing authorities to release supplies from reserves.

Racists!

[danoso]

You're not a wartime Consigliari, Jeff.

Unfortunately, there wasn't a "You're out, Jeff"

[henry]

@vickimckenna

Leftwing political rag posing as a "news" org claims opening WI regionally is RACIST. ALL of WI should stay shut down because MKE (which has the most cases) has a outsized number of black residents dying-so everyone should suffer to prove how woke we are.

https://twitter.com/vickimckenna/status/1260214025050361858?s=21

[Extraneus]

Good one, danoso.

[MissMarple2]

https://amgreatness.com/2020/05/11/is-obamas-long-history-of-playing-dirty-finally-catching-up-with-him/

Pretty good article by Julie Kelly.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--You give me the impression you think Comey could have replaced the senior management he inherited and replaced them with his own hires. The federal civil service bureaucracy doesn’t operate like that.--

I note you usually choose the weakest argument or the weakest interpretation of that argument to refute.
Yes, it is very hard to summarily fire civil service bigwigs.
But it's not that hard to demote and/or reassign them to places they can't do anymore harm.
Why not tackle that argument? Because to do so makes it very difficult to defend Comey's retention of and work with a bunch of corrupt political hacks?
Trump fired Comey and evidently hates him. Comey evidently hates Trump. Comey's actions while not universally and in every respect criminal or corrupt were on balance incompetent, corrupt, contrary to FBI policy, destructive, self serving and in some cases very possibly criminal and at times bizarre.

There's no shame in being wrong about an issue or person. There is in denying it when it becomes undeniable.

[D]

Austin, Texas. Is closed down until May 30th.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--As of a few days ago, I would appreciate it if people would start using 65+ rather than 60+ to refer to the elderly or vulnerable. :)--

No kidding. And in four or five years I suspect it might need to be adjusted higher again.

[Extraneus]

Bryan Adams ripped for 'racist' rant about 'f***ing bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards' after canceled concerts

Tonight was supposed to be the beginning of a tenancy of gigs at the @royalalberthall, but thanks to some fucking bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards, the whole world is now on hold, not to mention the thousands that have suffered or died from this virus. My message to them other than “thanks a fucking lot” is go vegan.

I always liked his music, especially his arrangements, but now I think I like him, too.

[mike in houston]

Rare blue dragons wash ashore at Padre Island National Seashore

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/slideshow/Beautiful-terrifying-creatures-that-inhabit-the-202247.php?cmpid=hpctp

[Buckeye]

I think Sessions intentions are/were mostly good.

I also think he is a pussy and extremely uncomfortable with confrontation.

[hoyden]

Fits ya good.

[Buckeye]

The PPI plunged 3.1 percent on-year in April — a 1.3 percent monthly drop compared with March — according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics.

Same here, just a few months behind.

[Dave (in MA)]

Jimmy 'Guess What's In My Pants' Kimmel Jussies himself back into the news.

[Buckeye]

No kidding. And in four or five years I suspect it might need to be adjusted higher again.

Voice of experience:)

[henry]

Reasons to hate government...

@vickimckenna

.@GovEvers dumps new rule late on Friday that would allow limited term state employees to get full pay while NOT WORKING. Meanwhile, tens of thousands still can't get their UE claims processed by the state. thewheelerreport.com/wheeler_docs/f… @Vanwanggaard @empowerwi

https://twitter.com/vickimckenna/status/1260228635061030913?s=21

[lyle]

As of a few days ago, I would appreciate it if people would start using 65+ rather than 60+ to refer to the elderly or vulnerable. :)

Hear, hear!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Not crunching a bunch of numbers but in looking at other countries, what happens is after the rapid ramp up there is a plateau that may see a slow decline and then the decline accelerates as all areas of the country pass the peak.
Daily deaths will almost certainly bounce back up today but the weekly lows of Sunday and Monday have declined for three straight weeks and yesterdays deaths were the lowest since late March. The growth rate of yesterday in both deaths and new cases was the lowest since February.
The political risk seems to me to run in both directions. If we open up and there is no significant second wave then what the hell was the point of it all?
We could have simply protected the most vulnerable and avoided the majority of the economic damage. Instead NY shipped the sick into nursing homes and made everyone else stay home, which in itself seems to have caused many if not most of the cases.

[Tom R]

CH @ 6:38

What I am trying to do is take the anti-Sundance approach on this new info we only recently learned of thanks to the documents released in the Flynn case. Regardless of what your opinion is of Comey, an objective analysis of his behavior results in a Jeckyll and Hyde conclusion. Prior to his firing his actions in total helped Trump get elected. After his firing his actions have been 100% anti-Trump. I am just trying to figure out why he did what he did pre-firing where there is clear evidence he was opposed to Brennan, Clapper, Yates and McCabe.

The dots that don't connect is figuring out why Comey would take two major actions to help Trump get elected and make himself Public Enemy #1 with the Democrats and then turn around and be part of the Obama criminal cabal's coup attempt against Trump? That is what I am trying to figure out.

BTW I will admit I was wrong about Flynn's legal fees if/when he ever pays them. One good explanation for why he never paid them is because he was running a sting operation to entrap corrupt DOJ/FBI officials, he knew at some point the truth would be revealed and he would not have to pay Covington the $4+ million they billed him

[Tom R]

So I'm done putting up with someone arguing in bad faith

CH @ 6:38

BTW I don't think you can fairly accuse me of arguing in bad faith. When someone does the right thing you can't blow it off and ignore it just because you have already made the decision that person is guilty. That is one of Sundance's biggest faults which is why I said I am taking the anti-Sundance approach.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Imagine that fat tub of shit Kristol taking the side of Nixon, Haldeman, Ehrlichman and John Michell and calling it a defense of the rule of law.
Because that's exactly the take he has on this scandal.

[MissMarple2]

Regarding Sessions:

Here is the question I want answered:

During the campaign he was all about stopping illegal immigration. One would have thought he would have taken Homeland Security as a cabinet position.

Instead, President Trump said he showed up FOUR times asking for the Attorney General's' position. That indicates to me that someone wanted him in that position, perhaps so that he could be forced to recuse, putting Rosenstein in a position of power.

I don't know the answer and I can be convinced almost as easily in either direction. Since Obama politicized almost everything (Fauci is at the Senate now advocating mail-in voting, as we expected)
==========================================
Jali_Cat
@Jali_Cat
·
34m

@CDCgov recommends mail-in voting due to COVID19 despite Trump’s concerns about voter fraud!!!!

@CDCDirector is corrupt. He is a swamp monster who should be investigated by @TheJusticeDept!

Ppl stand in line for groceries, we can stand in line to vote.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/cdc-recommends-mail-methods-voting-due-coronavirus-contradicting-trumps

[Tom R]

Melinda @ 9:00

Thank you for sharing that. I liked this part the most.

My principles, like my faith, are immovable and non-negotiable. I believe it is always right to do the right thing. My opponent, Tommy Tuberville, calls that weakness, which reveals his true lack of integrity.

[Rocco]

I'm with Jali-Cat!

[Rocco]

Or...was that you MissM? Because I totally agree re Sessions.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Dear Media, Governor Kemp Will Accept Your Apology Now
Didn't realize it's been nearly three weeks since they began to open up.
And yet no second wave?
As he tweeted on May 10th, their numbers continue to decline.
Maybe it's too early to tell yet. We'll see.

[Narciso]

Its not a coincidence he replaced fitzgerald, because of some kerfluffle with tobacco stocks.

[Tom R]

I note you usually choose the weakest argument or the weakest interpretation of that argument to refute.
Yes, it is very hard to summarily fire civil service bigwigs.
But it's not that hard to demote and/or reassign them to places they can't do anymore harm.

Prior to Trump getting elected and Spygate information like Strzok/Page texts released to the public, how many people here were well informed on McCabe, Strzok, Pientka, Priestap, Baker, McCord etc? Was there any evidence publicly available that would lead an informed person to know these people were so corrupt they would spy on fellow Americans and take part in a coup against Trump?

The answer is no. I knew McCabe was Deputy FBI Director but I didn't know who any of those other people were. AFAIK the evidence of their corruption wasn't discovered until Horowitz uncovered it in his IG investigation of the FBI's handling of the Hillary email server case. That IG report wasn't released until Trump took office.

What we have now are people with 20/20 hindsight blaming Comey for not firing/reassigning corrupt members of the FBI whose corruption was not publicly exposed until Horowitz uncovered it. I don't that is fair/legit criticism. Not one person here knows at what point in time Comey discovered most of his senior leadership at the FBI was corrupt. People are just pulling a Sundance and assuming Comey knew his people were corrupt from the start because he was corrupt too and part of the Obama criminal cabal. What I have been pointing out is the evidence that conflicts with that assumption. I would hope that kind of discussion is welcome here.

[MissMarple2]

Does anyone remember back when Bush43 was president and the Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords switched parties?

I remember this because he was on Fox talking to someone and said he switched because the dairy subsidy was going to be revoked. (This was a big deal in Vermont.) Later, McConnell said he had no idea where he got that news because he had no such intention. Kristol was on the panel and he was grinning like a Cheshire cat.

I also thought Kristol was instrumental in Quayle's destruction. Quayle was not stupid; he was a graduate of DePauw and IU Law and much smarter than Bush Jr. I think Kristol maneuvered him, too, according to Quayle's autobiography. He was Quayle's aide at the time and counseled him to stand up to Bush 41 and not give in. (Old man Bush didn't like it, and now that we know more about the family, I am not surprised. He was probably also thinking either GW or Jeb would run next, and wanted all of the competition our of the way. Little did Jeb expect Donald Trump!)

Kristol likes to play a big shot without ever running for anything or doing any work. I despise him.

[boris]

I always liked his music

Definite knack for catchy rhythm vamps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFjjO_lhf9c

Similar in that regard to INXS

https://youtu.be/psDTiUV0PNI?t=18

[Narciso]

Went to the barber shop, they are a no nonsense kind of place, the kind that drive karens to conniptions (wait a moment)there was one person there with a mask,

[KevlarKid]

"My principles, like my faith, are immovable and non-negotiable. "

Principles concerning what EXACTLY, Jeff?

Faith in what, whom EXACTLY, Jeff?

This proclamation by a politician is a fig leaf. And bad form in a "cover-my-ass" letter while trying to restore one's career.

[Rocco]

When Rosenstein slow walked the Mickerin case, he covered up the fact that four years after, Obama, Hillary and Holder sold our uranium to Russia, Russia invaded Ukraine. Rosentein buried that scandal.

Then General James Cartwright was charged with perjury for leaking classified info about the Stuxnet Virus. McCain believed that leak came from the White House and threatened a special prosecutor. Well wouldn't you know, General Cartwright was charged for the leak but has always maintained that the leak didn't come from him, he was just trying to remedy the damage that the leak had caused. So who ya gonna call...no not ghost busters, Rod Rosenstein to the rescue. Holder appoints Rod who throws the book at Cartwright and then Obama pardoned his "Favorite General."

And of course....Russia. Holder and RR have a history.

[Narciso]

Hes too much like. Foghorn leghorn in love with the sound of his voice, he fell into the same ashcroft had done 14 years earlier, sprung by the same rats.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

The always excellent Michael Fumento;
While COVID-19 Kills The Elderly, The Panic Is Killing Kids

[Tom R]

During the campaign he was all about stopping illegal immigration. One would have thought he would have taken Homeland Security as a cabinet position.

The AG has more power and authority to enforce immigration laws than DHS Secretary. No Trump supporter can criticize Sessions when it comes to his success in enforcing immigration laws.

Two examples:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/956841/download

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-announces-zero-tolerance-policy-criminal-illegal-entry

[MissMarple2]

Rocco,

That was me talking about Sessions, and me quoting Jali Cat about Fauci. Glad you agree!

Fauci needs to be sent home to retire. He's 79 and cannot possibly be as alert as he pretends, and all he cares about is getting that vaccine through that he has a financial interest in.

He is as political as some of the lawyers in the DOJ!

[Threadkiller]

Prior to his firing his actions in total helped Trump get elected. After his firing his actions have been 100% anti-Trump. I am just trying to figure out why he did what he did pre-firing

Here is a theory. Comey never thought Hillary was going to lose. He was making it clear to her that when she won, he wasn’t going to lose the power he wielded.

Think of Comey as an arrogant would be puppet master and all of your concerns are resolved.

[Threadkiller]

BTW I will admit I was wrong about Flynn's legal fees if/when he ever pays them.

Your argument used to be that he couldn’t have possibly be billed as much as was being reported. Were you incorrect?

[Threadkiller]

...been billed...

[MissMarple2]

Not arguing with you, TomR.

Going to see if the Kroger ad is posted this week.

Back later.

[Tom R]

KK @ 12:14

The answers to your two questions are Christian principles and God. Are you questioning Sessions integrity? The fact Sessions entire political career has been heavily influenced by his faith is one reason Progtards hate him so much.

[Jane]

As of a few days ago, I would appreciate it if people would start using 65+ rather than 60+ to refer to the elderly or vulnerable. :)

How rude! Just move it to 70!

[sbwaters]

elderly or vulnerable

I'm neither one. I'm a young kid with wrinkles.

[peter]

70, subject to upward revision

[henry]

@vickimckenna

Federal Court Overturns Kentucky Ban on In-Person Church Services: 'The Constitution Will Endure'

https://twitter.com/vickimckenna/status/1260247030691135489?s=21

[JM Hanes]

lyle:

Not sure I'll ever catch up! I'd like to place my money on MR/MS Nobody, if he/she remains unclaimed in the pool, because I don't think Biden will get that far. He might announce a VP choice in hopes of salvaging his chances, but he unless he makes it through the convention as the nominee, it won't count.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Prior to Trump getting elected and Spygate information like Strzok/Page texts released to the public, how many people here were well informed on McCabe, Strzok, Pientka, Priestap, Baker, McCord etc? Was there any evidence publicly available that would lead an informed person to know these people were so corrupt they would spy on fellow Americans and take part in a coup against Trump? What we have now are people with 20/20 hindsight blaming Comey for not firing/reassigning corrupt members of the FBI whose corruption was not publicly exposed until Horowitz uncovered it. I don't that is fair/legit criticism...

...Not one person here knows at what point in time Comey discovered most of his senior leadership at the FBI was corrupt.--

That's a curious argument.
The public revelations are utterly irrelevant to what Comey knew or should have known.
If the FBI director's job is not to assess the competence and corruption level of his underlings then whose is it?
Moreover he certainly knew how corrupt they were when he was setting Flynn up and setting Trump up for an SC.
He is a self-evidently self serving, corrupt demagogue with a weird streak a mile wide.
The most curious thing is why you continue to give him the benefit of the doubt as one of the good guys over things you assess to have been of great benefit to Trump. Given his overall record of incompetence and corruption and hostility to Trump and Trump's detestation of the guy, wouldn't the more rational course in trying to reconcile those moments you assess as pro-Trump be to assume this self serving guy was serving himself? Let's assume you're correct and some of his actions benefitted Trump before the election. Doesn't Occam and common sense say he was playing both sides of the fence because that's what guys do who like power and want to retain it after the election? That's not helping Trump. That's helping himself. And then, once he got canned, he no longer had power and so he could show off just how crooked and vindictive he was since he was no longer trying to curry favor with Trump.
That's what lying, sneaking conniving weasels do. Why you insist on painting it in some noble light is beyond me except that it's too hard to just admit you were wrong about the creep.

I have never served in a large DC bureaucracy [though I did serve n SAC] just as I have never spent any time locked up in a mental health facility. But I know that the former is overweighted with ambitious, scrupleless, backstabbers just as surely as I know the latter is chock full of mental cases.
Comey seems to me one of those unfortunate specimens who would be quite at home in the habitat of either ecosystem.

[sbwaters]

JMH and I, sittin' on the sidelines, munchin' popcorn.

[JM Hanes]

Ignatz:

"[I get a lot of pleasure using words that don't exist but should.]"

Hmmm. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? And here I thought that neologisming was anathema to you.

[sbwaters]

neologisming

I think it's spelled differently, and ...

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

[MissMarple2]

Steve Herman
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Responding to @SenatorHassan, Dr. Fauci "general testing for all" in nursing homes "is a good start," but also need surveillance capabilities.
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This guy is a statist and needs NOT to be in charge of the CDC. In fact, he needs to RETIRE. If not be indicted for corrupt practices!

Who decided we needed SURVEILLANCE? Good Grief!

[Tom R]

Your argument used to be that he couldn’t have possibly be billed as much as was being reported. Were you incorrect?

That wasn't my argument. My argument was based on the fact he plead guilty the day after he was indicted, why would Flynn allow Covington to bill him $2000 per hour (that bill rate info came out in the trial of Flynn's business partner) and accumulate $4+ million in legal fees? That is 2000 hours of legal services for someone who wasn't even going to trial. That many billable hours still doesn't pass the smell test. Covington didn't have to spend any time preparing for a criminal defense case.

Keep in mind it was the Mueller SC who kept requesting delays for Flynn's sentencing. I still think Flynn agreed to the delays because the plan called for his case not getting resolved until Durham's investigation was completed. All of the damning info we have learned about recently had to be kept under wraps until the timing was right. Now that the corruption within the Obama administration is public knowledge, the battlefield has been prepped for the release of Durham's indictments.

If I was the screenwriter for the Spygate movie that is how I would write it.

[Extraneus]

Yeah, that was a good one, boris. The change halfway through is an example of what I was talking about re: arrangements. Nice clean-cut boys too.

[Narciso]

The eagleton play in other words.

[Captain Hate]

[i]BTW I will admit I was wrong about Flynn's legal fees if/when he ever pays them. One good explanation for why he never paid them is because he was running a sting operation to entrap corrupt DOJ/FBI officials, he knew at some point the truth would be revealed and he would not have to pay Covington the $4+ million they billed him[/i]

This is why I accuse you of arguing in bad faith; you and RG were both denying that the bills could be as large as were claimed no matter how they were generated. And others here knew otherwise. Furthermore if he was running a sting, I think an ethical problem was created by Flynn allowing people to raise money for him. Granted I believe they were done for him by other people but I still have a problem with it, like funding someone who lost their house in a storm versus gambling it all away.

Regarding Sundance, as irritating as I find him he is still arguably on our side and isn't wrong all the time.

[Extraneus]

Chinese constitutional scholar detained and questioned after criticizing the government online

A Chinese constitutional scholar was temporarily "taken away" and questioned by police Sunday after posting an open letter criticizing the Chinese communist government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

In the widely circulated letter — which was viewed by the South China Morning Post but has since been removed from social media sites — Zhang Xuezhong, 43, reportedly called on China's legislature to carry out political reforms such as instituting freedom of speech.

He wrote that in the absence of a modern constitution, China's governance was backward and that "the outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 epidemic is a good illustration of the problem."

Zhang also slammed the Chinese government's police state tactics such as silencing early whistleblowers amid the outbreak.

"Twenty-two days before the [lockdown] in the city, Wuhan was still investigating and punishing citizens who had disclosed the epidemic, including Dr. Li Wenliang ... showing how tight and arbitrary the government's suppression of society is," he wrote.

A day after posting the letter on his WeChat, Zhang was removed from his Shanghai home by police, according to friends.

"He was taken away on Sunday night. Three police cars came to his house," said Wen Kejian, a close friend of Zhang who is also an independent political analyst.

Another friend, who remained anonymous confirmed that Zhang had been taken into police custody, but said that "he [was] mentally prepared after his open letter."

[matt - deplore me if you must]

neologisming sounds gross.

One of the best concerts with the hottest 30 somethings ever that I went to was INXS at the Greek.

The media set to forget that the Obama administration was caught spying on Members of Congress and reporters long before there was a whiff of Russian collusion. SOP. Chicago style deep dish corruption.

The same holds true with the Big Lies they got caught in with F&F and Benghazi. They knew their acolytes would bury or soon the stories away.

This time they are well and truly screwed and it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of statists.