Scandal Watch

Captain Ed Morrissey keeps a weather eye on a couple of scandals the media would rather bury.

First, the Durham indictment of Clinton attorney Sussman may - I say MAY - be the start of something from Durham, finally. The notion that the Russian Collusion scandal was launched as a Hillary dirty trick and carried by sympathizers in the FBI, CIA and mass media is not a story the mass media has been eager to probe.

We all spent a lot of time waiting for Durham. Maybe he has more.

And, in other non-surprises, a Politico reporter is confirming the obvious - the Hunter Biden e-mails financially implicating "the big guy" look legit. Yet another "not in front of the kids" moment of infamy for the media, bith social and mainstream.

Comments

[Neo]

The billboard was the brainchild of David Oakley, owner of the BooneOakley advertising agency
https://twitter.com/booneoakley/status/1440308729413464064

[Narciso]

yes the bmi suggests fatter people

https://libertyunyielding.com/2021/09/22/trump-files-100m-lawsuit-against-new-york-times-over-illegally-obtained-tax-records/

[clarice]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/abolish-fbi-durham-indictment-russia-collusion-clinton-sussman-strzok-comey-corruption-11632256384

[Neo]

Win a 50 caliber rifle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WurKgebhaU

[Davod]

Best way to cook a steak, ever (1:03).

Yummy.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1439590446708133895

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

-- low BMI and malnutrition increased the risk of in-hospital mortality in geriatric COVID-19 patients who were mostly older than 75 years--

There's a shocker. Most people over 75 who are skinny and malnourished are in ill health, if not the process of dying.
There is a diminished number of morbidly obese people 75 or older; it's that morbid part that gets them before they get there.
So, many of the older people who are truly sick and most prone to Covid mortality are the remaining thin and sick people. Malnutrition from loss of appetite and atrophy of the body are characteristic of a great many progressive diseases that are especially prominent in geezers.
What did they expect to find, a bunch of healthy 85 year old, 400 pounders toddling along happily munching on double beef Whoppers on their Hoverrounds until Wuflu crept up and knocked them off unexpectedly?

[clarice]

Iggy, I think that's true of most diseases. The thin elderly are at highest risk of death.

[Jim Eagle]

Davod,

One time at a fundraiser for Conrad Burns (R-MT) in DC, they had a guy with top quality 24 oz. Sirloin steaks that he cooked by dipping them in a barrel full of very hot olive oil. Jut incredible.

[bubarooni]

i'll counter that davod, by smoking and drinking...

[Neo]

How to end the pandemic (from Hollywood) ...
https://www.care.org/end-covid-everywhere-open-letter-to-world-leaders/

BioNTech and U.S. partner Pfizer will be able to produce nearly 3 billion doses in 2021

[clarice]

https://taibbi.substack.com/p/russiagate-more-like-watergate-f45
About the media and Clinton campaign's daisy chain of lies

[Melinda]

Raheem J. Kassam @RaheemKassam
37m
🚨🚨🚨 At a 2017 conference featuring Fauci, Daszak, and a Hunter Biden-funded pandemic group (Metabiota), the EcoHealth Alliance chief bragged about how Fauci had funded his Chinese coronavirus experiments (ON VIDEO!)

Smoking gun. Get it everywhere:

thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/pete…

🚨 Here it is folks. The video of Daszak admitting Fauci funded his bat cave experiments.

h/t @nataliegwinters

WATCH/SHARE:

https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1440784765339144195

https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/peter-daszak-admits-china-coronavirus-work-funded-by-nih/

https://rumble.com/vmt61x-daszak-2017.html

[Should be all the links]

[Jack Lillywhite]

I’ll add to my 3:53, he used a pitch fork to hold the steaks into the hot oil.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Psaki just blamed Boris Johnson for the White House Press Corpse fiasco. These people have no shame in the preposterous lies they are telling.

I have a feeling that within a couple of weeks the Press Corpse will be carrying rotten tomatoes in their satchels for her press conferences.

[Melinda]

Day old thread on suit vs FB & its board:

Jason Kint
@jason_kint
!!! news. mother of all lawsuits quietly filed last month vs Facebook in Delaware. I'll explain why it avoided notice until now in a bit but Zuckerberg, Sandberg, CFO, board inc Peter Thiel and Palantir are defendants - it's a result of sealed docs between FB execs and board. /1

Major new plaintiff allegations - many long concerning:
1 FB spent billions to protect Zuckerberg personally
2 claims "epic corporate governance breakdown"
3 adds list of "insider trading" defendants
4 documents Zuckerberg misled Congress /2

https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1440304941428473857

Here's the whole thread: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1440304941428473857.html

[Tom Bowler]

I have a feeling that within a couple of weeks the Press Corpse will be carrying rotten tomatoes in their satchels for her press conferences.

I don't know, Matt. Rotten tomatoes seem a little harsh when they're all on the same team, after all.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Lawn darts, Tom?

[GUS]

They are FULL COMMIES. Does anyone expect them to stop their march??? Psaki is a scum.

[Tom Bowler]

Good one, Matt. It would be nice to think so, but with Psaki and the Press Corpse it's a lovers' spat.

[Tom Bowler]

Except for Doocy.

[henry]

This will throw a monkey wrench in the Elias / Holder redistricting scam here. But the Feds will claim jurisdiction anyway, it’s just who Odumbo judges are.

https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-takes-redistricting-lawsuit-filed-by-conservatives/article_049a84db-9c19-5874-a01b-2b8761614ce7.html

[Melinda]

Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
Prosecutors Lost A Fight To Keep A Set Of Jan. 6 Capitol Surveillance Videos Under Seal buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…

https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1440776133675388931

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/capitol-footage-lawsuit-release-insurrection

[Jack Lillywhite]

Youzs, finally I can type
.
It’s been JOM hell

Later.

[Neo]

Pompeo Announces That More Generals Than Milley Undermined Trump’s Presidency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDRkTnHE2Z8

[MJW]

Iggy, I think that's true of most diseases. The thin elderly are at highest risk of death.

I think Iggy point is that elderly people who are at the highest risk of dying are often underweight as a result of their deteriorating condition.

[clarice]

I KNOW THAT WAS HIS POINT, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE WHOLE STORY. Thin people seem less able to manage the extra trauma of disease.https://www.healthline.com/health-news/underweight-people-at-greater-risk-of-death-than-obese-040314

[clarice]

https://babylonbee.com/news/fbi-admits-its-really-hard-to-solve-crime-they-didnt-make-up-themselves

[clarice]

https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/a-salutary-reminder-from-swcf?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cta
Insiders who saw Mueller's team in action might be talking to Durham.

[henry]

Re thin people and disease… my recollection is the medical / pharma industry moved the goalposts on “thin” along with the goalposts on overweight, the goalposts on bp, etc. to increase the number of people on maintenance medications. (All while declaring morbidly obese as “healthy”.)

So anyone defined today as thin is seriously underweight as classified in the 70s. And being seriously underweight has always meant : malnourished, cancer, or illness. If you are already that sick, it doesn’t take much to end your days.

But that is just my memory.

[clarice]

FTA I linked "While also examining data on newborn weight and stillbirths, researchers found that the association between being underweight and a higher risk of dying applies to both adults and fetuses, even when smoking, alcohol use, and lung disease are taken into consideration and when adults with a chronic or terminal illness are excluded."

[MissMarple2]

Melinda,

On Major Dad Gunny (the female sergeant who serves as the Major's aide) made a killing in the commodities market and ended up teaching others how to invest in commodities, but cautioned them they had to be willing to accept the risk.

Highly entertaining and a bit educational for people like me (not a risk-taker).

[Melinda]

No sleep level risk.

And an attention to markets that precludes other work, which is why I dabble now, not “ trade”. One bet at a time, and it’s only what you plan to lose.

[lurkersusie]

Here we go

Pedro L. Gonzalez
@emeriticus
Two Afghans "refugees" brought into the United States by Republicans and Democrats are charged with sexually assaulting a minor and "strangling and suffocating" a woman

America's ruling class is deliberately making America and its communities less safe

https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1440857708194844673

[lurkersusie]

I thought we brought all the translators that helped us
to America

Organizations in need of translators as Afghans settle in US

https://www.foxnews.com/us/organizations-hiring-translators-afghan-refugees-resettle-us

[jim nj]

This is the first article I've seen that discusses how China's housing is financed.

https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/global-equity/evergrande-s-troubles-leave-unbuilt-city-the-size-of-los-angeles-15776311

"The unknown is how much the whole Evergrande episode has shaken faith in the property market as a whole. Chinese developers fund the construction of their projects by taking deposits on so-called "off-plan" apartments that have yet to be built. Confidence in that system is reeling right now."

"Evergrande owes money on 1.4 million properties that it currently has under construction, leaving it with around C¥1.3 trillion (US$201 billion) in presale liabilities for properties it has committed to build, according to Capital Economics."

[lurkersusie]

Former and recently retired border chiefs
letter to Schumer, McConnell, Peters and Portman
dated September 11, 2021.

https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2021-09/Honorable%20Rob%20Portman%20%20US%20Senate%20Secuirty%20Concerns%20-%20Rodney%20Scott.pdf

[Melinda]

jimnj-

Do a Chanos tied search on Chinese real estate and you’ll get all your answers. He’s been on it for over 15 yrs. I think his largest position.

[Melinda]

And the EverGrande mkt “exposure” is $2.4T, FYI, near as anyone can tell.

[jim nj]

https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/everybody-hates-the-jews

Everybody Hates the Jews
A disturbing new study confirms what many Jewish Americans are feeling.

I pretty much agree with everything she writes, but take exception to this:

"The far right says Jews aren’t white enough — that they appear to be white, but are, in fact, loyal to the people who are sullying the “real” America. This was certainly the motivation of the white supremacist who walked into Tree of Life and massacred 11 Jews. Meanwhile, the left says the opposite. It says we Jews are too white to be oppressed. It says, indeed, that we are the exemplars of white privilege, capable, as we are, of changing our Lifshitzes into Laurens and passing. And to make matters worse, Jews support Israel, which, they insist, is not Jews’ indigenous homeland but the last bastion of white colonialism in the Middle East.

In this way, Jews are being successfully transformed into neo-Nazis in the public imagination at the very moment that we are being targeted by actual neo-Nazis.

But unlike the alt-right, whose hatred is unabashed and familiar to a people who survived Hitler, those who promote this big lie — the lie of the Jew as the white man and the uber-imperialist — are our leading intellectuals, magazine editors, book authors and influencers."

This strikes me as a false equivalence. Maybe it's me, but I don't like to see neo-Nazis and their ilk described as being on the far or alt-right.

[jim nj]

Mel,

This guy?

https://nypost.com/2021/09/22/evergrande-collapse-could-be-worse-than-lehman-for-china/

Evergrande collapse could be ‘worse’ than Lehman for China: Jim Chanos

[jim nj]

Almost all of the stories about Evergrande have focused on its total debt and its expected failure to meet bondholder debt. Ergo, an expected bankruptcy.

300 billion in debt and that the bankruptcy might have world-wide consequences. 300 billion is a big number.

I think I have already discounted the impact on international markets. Then I found this from above:

"Evergrande owes money on 1.4 million properties that it currently has under construction, leaving it with around C¥1.3 trillion (US$201 billion) in presale liabilities for properties it has committed to build, according to Capital Economics."

Apparently Evergrande owes 2/3 of their known debt to the people who have already paid for apartments that haven't been built yet.

Best else I can find is there is about 20 billion of bond debt. So there is somewhere around 80 billion in other debt owed to domestic investors, suppliers and domestic banks.

This is going to be a Chinese real estate collapse more than anything else.

There are 1.4 million Chinese wondering if they are going to get the apartment they already paid for.

I don't care if there are other financially stronger Chinese developers who can take up the slack - their financing model just blew-up.

[jim nj]

https://nypost.com/2021/09/20/its-mental-health-stupid-how-team-biden-misunderstands-homeless-crisis/

It’s mental health, stupid: How Team Biden misunderstands homeless crisis

"Team Biden is asking mayors, governors and tribal leaders to pledge to reduce homelessness in exchange for new federal rental assistance and support for new housing construction. The initiative is called House America, but it should be dubbed Misunderstand America.

Yes, housing prices are up post-pandemic: Demand is growing, supply stalled. But that isn’t why there are massive homeless encampments plaguing cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle — and even New York, where the de Blasio administration is forced to play whack-a-mole with tent encampments.

Some rough-sleepers would relish permanent housing, yes. But many would also choose to stay on the streets. That’s because untreated mental illness, not a housing shortage, is the real source of the problem for a significant share of the homeless."

[jim nj]

https://www.eurointelligence.com/column/snookered-by-anglo-saxons

The Europeans have misread Biden and misjudged Johnson. A bad combination

On Aukus:

"From the second world war until the last decade US foreign and security policy was focused on Europe and the Middle East. Under presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden it shifted to the Indo Pacific.

This begs the question: why is the UK part of this shift, and not France? The US considers France and the EU unreliable with respect to China because of their special relationships. Germany and France have pushed the EU-China comprehensive agreement on investment just before Biden’s inauguration. Germany runs massive export surpluses with China that it wants to protect. Armin Laschet and Olaf Scholz are both in favour of extending the bilateral relationship. Europe has also left a door open to Huawei for its 5G networks. It was only the UK that really cut the links."

[jim nj]

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2021/09/22/glenn-greenwald-there-are-no-editorial-standards-as-long-as-you-feed-liberals-what-they-want-n417662

"Today, Greenwald released an hour-long video and a lengthy post on Substack in which he walks through the remarkable lies and media censorship that took place last year. You might imagine that an hour-long video would include a lot of rambling over the same points but that’s not the case. It just takes an hour to go through all the evidence even moving at a fairly good pace. It’s one of the most egregious widespread abandonments of journalistic principles in recent history and there’s not a bit of doubt that the whole thing happened for one reason: To protect Joe Biden from accurate claims weeks before an election."

Link:
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/new-proof-emerges-of-the-biden-family

[Pinandpuller]

“As individuals come across the river…”

Individuals would be an improvement.

[Dave (in MA)]

Michael Brendan Dougherty@michaelbd
Twitter: “Man, I wish this missing white girl had lived to see how unjust her death was to everybody less privileged

[Pinandpuller]

henry

If schools and the job market gave preferences to overweight people, nobody would have any trouble defining who was and who wasn’t “overweight.”

[Pinandpuller]

Likewise, it’s interesting to consider the studies of caloric restrictions on longevity and cancer.

Seems to me we should strive for moderation and “diversity” of food and I don’t mean spicy dishes from Haiti and Afghanistan.

[Pinandpuller]

Anyone truly interested in exploring the ‘Bari Weiss Question’ ought to read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s last book ‘200 Years Together.’

“Easier said than done,” you say.

“It’s never been printed in English,” you say.

That’s odd, why wouldn’t American printing houses translate, print and distribute an important Nobel Prize winning author’s final work?

Well, do not trouble yourself with the vicissitudes of a guy who can Wrongthink in multiple idioms. You can read it here if you can rent some time from the Hubble Telescope; https://mega.nz/file/iK4XBKbA#tzVBkH71Xg0l4R4WaqbvFnsMw7-Cs9JiWWPe4I0DUnQ

You can listen to it here if you are a Stephen Hawking Superfan: https://youtu.be/9PkCQYsgWUc

The White Murder Rate in America is probably double the rate of Americans who have read this work. I won’t speculate as to whether you are more likely to be murdered after reading it, but I would not be hanging around ATM’s in DC at 2 AM if you get my drift.

[MissMarple2]

Melinda,

That lawsuit is very interesting, including the notation that you have to pay Delaware in order to get the information.

[MissMarple2]

Brigitte Gabriel
@ACTBrigitte

· Sep 21
The Taliban follows Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib on Twitter.

[MissMarple2]

Well, lookie here. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has funded a new invention, TATTOOS which carry your vaccination record and which you acquire as you get vaccinated. This is a press release from Rice University, bragging about it.

https://news.rice.edu/2019/12/18/quantum-dot-tattoos-hold-vaccination-record/

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/22/house-republicans-deliver-three-articles-of-impeachment-against-joe-biden/

[MissMarple2]

Reuters
@Reuters
·
54m
Volkswagen building new EV battery system factory in China http://reut.rs/3lTntTs

[MissMarple2]

Bloomberg
@business
·
1h
A Berlin referendum will decide whether the government should take control of private apartments to protect affordable housing https://trib.al/uouwx4e via @citylab

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/09/23/uk-joining-the-usmca-shot-down-as-biden-snubs-brexit-trade-deal/

[MissMarple2]

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2021/09/22/another-russian-ransomware-attack-on-americas-food-supply-because-nobody-takes-biden-seriously-n1480663

I didn't know how heavily large grain operations depend on computer software, but apparently they do.

[Jack Lillywhite]

Good morning but still dark.

Is Joe still in bed?

[MissMarple2]

https://nypost.com/2021/09/22/tom-brady-sr-says-son-is-vindicated-after-leaving-patriots/

[MissMarple2]

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-new-york-floods-storms-business-e5be064e0ec53c565569b1fe7cd31e53

A lot of people don't realize that flood insurance is separate from homeowners insurance.

[Melinda]

Now, it has officially started.

Infinitus Capital
@InfinitusCap
Say what?

EVERGRANDE EV UNIT HAS ----------> STOPPED PAYING STAFF, FACTORY SUPPLIERS

https://twitter.com/InfinitusCap/status/1441010802060926977

[Melinda]

So, I'll get fined if I possess the iPhone charger?

AFP News Agency
@AFP
#BREAKING EU to impose universal phone charger, in blow to Apple

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1441002750477746183

[These people are jeanyusses.]

[henry]

Perhaps they decided Huawei phones should be standard.

[Melinda]

Caixin Global
@caixin
In Depth: How a regional bank in Liaoning got sucked into the Evergrande vortex as regulators probe $15.5 billion of transactions between the troubled property giant and the bank.
caixinglobal.com/2021-09-23/in-…

https://twitter.com/caixin/status/1440800906128154625

PayWalled: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-09-23/in-depth-how-a-liaoning-bank-got-sucked-into-the-evergrande-vortex-101776395.html

[Melinda]

Surf the headlines, here:

https://www.caixinglobal.com/

[Tom Bowler]

Tech executive referenced in Durham indictment is now gone from his company Posted on 9/22/21 at 1:52 pm

quote:

Kingmaker - Big IF! (True)
@KingMakerFT
Here’s some fairly strong evidence that Durham’s next shoe will drop soon. Tech Executive, Rodney Joffe. is out at Neustar. This follows Elias leaving Perkins Coie last month, Sussmann going on leave and then indicted, and now Joffe follows suit.

https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/tech-executive-referenced-in-durham-indictment-is-now-gone-from-his-company/98488489/

[Melinda]

It seems that Neustar is the private service that iBama outsourced their NSA search capabilities to.

Should be fun to learn more.

[Tom Bowler]

I suppose Kingmaker has concluded that Tech Executive-1 in the Sussman indictment is Joffe.

[jimmyk]

The thin elderly are at highest risk of death.

But is it thin or undernourished? Or both? We know Vitamin D deficiency is a big problem, and not just for Covid. But my mother has this folk wisdom that it's good for older people to have a few extra pounds to help get them through an illness.

Catching up, JimNJ, glad to hear your procedure went well.

[clarice]

http://preview.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/23/biden_security_adviser_sullivan_tied_to_16_clinton_plan_to_co-opt_cia_and_fbi_to_tar_trump_795498.html

[Melinda]

Tom B-

Joffe was the consensus winner pretty quickly in a number of corners that conspire with this stuff.

[Melinda]

Post-Evergrande: China’s Waterfall of Pain
September 22, 2021 KateIt's Probably Nothing 36 Comments
“This could snowball fast.” (Thread)

China’s top 200 property companies currently hold >$5.5 TRILLION in assets at 8x leverage.

If Evergrande catalyzes even a 15% decline in prices across the board, much of the industry becomes insolvent.

http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2021/09/22/post-evergrande-chinas-waterfall-of-pain/

[Melinda]

It had a wrapper, sorry:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1440411706543407110.html

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--But is it thin or undernourished? Or both?--

I understood the study clarice linked to be referring to seriously underweight individuals, not just someone thin.
Fer instance at 6'4" and around 208 my BMI is ~25.
To get to 18.5 or below [the threshold the study said put people at greater risk] I would have to weigh a maximum of 150.
IMO a 6'4" guy who weighs 150lbs or less may not have cancer or heart disease but there is usually something abnormal going on physically, mentally or both to cause that low a weight.

[henry]

Biden left Americans behind to import child molesters.

https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/2021/09/22/bahrullah-noori-mohammed-imaad/

[matt - deplore me if you must]

The way the Durham case is shaping up leaves two options for the CIA and DoJ. Were they duped or were they unindicted (so far) co-conspirators?

Either way it sucks to be them.

[henry]

Matt, the power of “and”

[GUS]

"to protect affordable housing"
Core function of government right?

[Melinda]

Alligator-wrestling Michigan doctor convicted in $100M fraud scheme

https://nypost.com/2021/09/23/alligator-wrestling-doctor-convicted-in-100m-fraud-scheme/

[Opiod Scammer]

[Melinda]

With Gucci Bags and Dyson Appliances, Evergrande Wooed Retail Investors

READ: https://www.ntd.com/with-gucci-bags-and-dyson-appliances-evergrande-wooed-retail-investors_679533.html?utm_medium=NTD&utm_source=telegram

@NTDNews
NTD
With Gucci Bags and Dyson Appliances, Evergrande Wooed Retail Investors
SHANGHAI—Lured by the promise of yields approaching 12 percent, gifts such as Dyson air purifiers and Gucci bags, ...

https://t.me/NTDNews/19881

https://www.ntd.com/with-gucci-bags-and-dyson-appliances-evergrande-wooed-retail-investors_679533.html

[Neo]

AUKUS [for Australia, UK, US], could be changed to FAUKUS.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2021/09/23/lame-mika-plays-defense-morning-joe-blasts-bidens-french

[Melinda]

https://www.projectveritas.com/news/fda-official-blow-dart-african-americans-with-covid-vaccine-is-where-were/

Projectveritas
FDA Official: ‘Blow Dart’ African Americans with COVID Vaccine is ‘Where We’re G...
Investigating and exposing corruption in both public and private institutions.

https://t.me/project_veritas/979

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Those air purifiers are at a premium along China's eastern seaboard. Not quite like S&H toasters.

Berlin's city government is certifiably insane. There are probably more squatters than renters, including Tante Angela. Property rights of landlords are almost nonexistent, and the real estate law is wide open to fraud by purchasers.

[Melinda]

https://rsbnetwork.com/featured/report-ballot-trafficking-will-soon-be-exposed-on-a-massive-scale-in-arizona-georgia-michigan-pennsylvania-wisconsin

Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN)
REPORT: 'Ballot trafficking will soon be exposed on a massive scale' in Arizona,...
True the Vote, an election integrity group conducting an investigation into voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, says massive ballot traffic...

https://t.me/jim_watkins/1525

[clarice]

Don't harsh my mellow, Iggy. I've been coasting along thinking my love handles will save me.

[Neo]

SCOOP: Special Envoy for Haiti, Amb Daniel Foote, a career member of foreign service, has RESIGNED. In his letter of resignation, he says he will not be associated with the U.S.'s "inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitian refugees." Letter attached.
https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1441004994694631428

[Melinda]

Dominion suit against Rudy dismissed by NY State Supremes.

[Melinda]

Ned Ryun
@nedryun
"The CIA did not ask for the source of Sussmann’s walk-in tip, including where he got several data files he gave the agency. The FBI exhibited a similar lack of curiosity when Sussmann told it about the false Trump/Alfa Bank connection." preview.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/…

https://twitter.com/nedryun/status/1441069093105270784

http://preview.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/23/biden_security_adviser_sullivan_tied_to_16_clinton_plan_to_co-opt_cia_and_fbi_to_tar_trump_795498.html

[Melinda]

Snorfle.

The New York Times @nytimes
3h
Facing high stakes in the next midterms, New York Democrats are considering a tactic long used by the Republican Party: gerrymandering.

What would redrawing the congressional districts do? Listen to today’s episode of The Daily.
nyti.ms/3AAHR23

Troy Hinrichs
@YourmanGodfrey
Replying to @nytimes
Has anyone at the NYT read any US history? 😂 🙄

https://twitter.com/YourmanGodfrey/status/1441065846776860673

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Don't harsh my mellow, Iggy. I've been coasting along thinking my love handles will save me.--

Actually somewhere in that article or another one I read, being older and overweight [but not obese] was associated with lower overall mortality and better outcomes.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Facing high stakes in the next midterms, New York Democrats are considering a tactic long used by the Republican Party: gerrymandering.

Has anyone at the NYT read any US history?--

Of course they have. The descendants of Tammany Hall don't accidentally say things like that. They know they're lying and are proud of it.
Whaddaya gonna do about it?

[MissMarple2]

Bannon had the author of "Woke, Inc. -Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam" today.

Very interesting guy named Vivek Ramaswamy, who saw it close up as the CEO of a newer tech start-up in Silicon Valley.

[clarice]

Whew--Thnx, Iggy.

[Melinda]

Snort.

zerohedge

@zerohedge

Michigan Gov. Whitmer Bans Masks/Vaxx Mandates As Polls Crash, Re-Election Fight Looks Grim zerohedge.com/political/mich…

https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1441077576458457088

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

It makes sense. Fat exists for a reason. Ask a hibernating bear.
When you're older and obese you stress your body with obesity related diseases and pathologies until you croak. If you're older and too skinny, when your body is stressed by disease or environmental conditions you have no reserves to draw on, as the hibernating bear does, nor do you have an appetite to replenish your reserves as the prehibernating bear does, so your body consumes itself, possibly before you can recover from the illness or stress.
When you've got just a bit of Rubensesque, Goldilocks-just-right chubbiness going on, you're in a happy medium.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/23/biden_security_adviser_sullivan_tied_to_16_clinton_plan_to_co-opt_cia_and_fbi_to_tar_trump_795498.html

Biden Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Tied to Alleged 2016 Clinton Scheme to Co-Opt the CIA and FBI to Tar Trump

by Paul Sperry

[clarice]

Two best bits of news today.Iggy on older chubbies and Whitmer going down in flames.(Doesn't she look like King Edward III or is it just my imagination?)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I have to hand it to Whitmer, usually de-Nazification happens after they lose a war, not before they lose an election.

[MissMarple2]

clarice,

I think you mean Richard III, but you are exactly right!

[jimmyk]

Hochul seems to be Whitmer's doppelganger, but unfortunately the NY electorate likely won't respond like Michigan's. Not to mention that NY's Republican party is even more clueless than the rest of the country's.