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Friday, July 13, 2018

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    1. If Cocksure Arrogance had a face, it would look just like Peter Strozk.

      If Defiance had a face, i would look just ike Peter Strozk

      If Utter Contempt for Humanity had a face, it would look just like Peter Strozk.

      If Withering Scorn had a face, it would look just like Peter Strozk.

      +++++++++++++++++++++++++

      By the way, where did that infernal Z come from in his name, and why shouldn't he get rid of it? What could such a flamboyant anomalous silent letter like that mean in the context of an English speaking society?

      Or why don't we just just call him Pete Strozick, and be done with it?

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    2. Eli Whitcomb Jovanovich said

      Do you know who Peter Strzok wife is?

      She is Melissa Hodgeman, recently appointed SEC chair...

      Hmmmmm wouldn’t an investigative journalist worth his salt want to know how and why Melissa got the appointment?

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    3. Graf Zeppelin said

      Peter Strzok is not as shameless as the grandstanding, totally unprepared Republicans like Gowdy and Gohmert. Any first year law student would have calmly and methodically used Strzok´s own words to prove his crimes. Any chairman would have the "point of order" Democrats removed to prevent their interruptions. Instead, the rudderless GOP encouraged a food fight and made sure nothing but rewards will happen to Strzok. Disgusting!

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    4. I. Emma Saddel-Burr said

      Hey FRANCO! couldn't you at least spell the guy's name right?

      It's STRZOK.

      S-T-R-Z-O-K.

      S___T___R___Z___O___K.

      Got that?

      SHEESH!

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    5. If only we had an attorney general that was as aggressive and unconcerned with appearing partisan as Eric Holder or Loretta Lynch he would wipe the smirk off that Strozk's face with an indictment! It's always amazed me how we bend over backwards to be fair to the same people who would break every rule in the book to go after us.

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    6. What exactly would an AG indict Strzok for? Engaging in asinine tweeting? On second thought, that would set an interesting precedent......

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    7. I understand EXACTLY what you are saying, Mike, and couldn't agree more.

      Rigid, iodeological purists never have and, apparently, never will, understand the concept of fighting fire with fire.

      At the very least Strzok is guilty of thoroughly unprofessional conduct unbecoming an employee of the FBI or any other federal agency. That may not be technically classified as a crime, just as "collusion" is not technically a crime, but it certainly must be classified as an offense warranting summary termination of employment on discovery, and if it's not, then by God ought to be.

      Apparently, in the corrupt culture of Washington, D.C., the definition of a prosecutable offense is fluid and entirely subject to the whims and caprices of whomever happens to hold the reins of power at any given interval.

      In ther words, like it or not, REALPOLITIK almost invariably holds sway.

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    8. Doesn't mitigate the fact that at present, an AG would have to invent a crime to indict Strozk with. Apparently, that's not an issue with the 'pragmatists'?

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    9. Franco,
      In my view, Strzok is a disgusting worm. Vermin, even.

      And he held -- maybe still holds -- such a high office at the FBI? The mind reels!

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    10. So, still....this is based on a couple of tweets? Where is the outrage when the POTUS you voted for....lies to you?

      There was outrage aplenty when Obama was an arrogant ass......it appears to be AWOL these days.

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  2. While Trump was in Britain telling the British how to handle Brexit (he's a stable genius so they should listen) there was a meeting scheduled with the North Koreans concerning the transfer of American remains. The North Koreans were no shows.
    Time to admit that he was completely played but it went virtually unreported.

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    1. "Virtually unreported" but in nearly every major newspaper.

      Hey Ducky, this is the game North Korea plays. I didn't notice you flapping your feathers when they did it to Obama.

      North Korea is just trying to see if Trump will blink like Obama did SO MANY TIMES....

      The only reason the Norks are playing this game is because your precious savior blinked so often his eyelashes fell out!

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    2. Here's an update for you Ducky: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/07/15/0200000000AEN20180715001353315.html

      SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The United States and North Korea held general-level talks for the first time in more than nine years on Sunday to discuss the details of an agreement to repatriate the remains of American troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War.

      The meeting had originally been scheduled to take place Thursday, but the North called it off at the last minute, citing a lack of preparations. The North then suggested holding general-level talks with the U.S.-led U.N. Command (UNC) on Sunday, and the U.S. agreed.

      Now, remind me again how successful OBAMA was in getting the remains of U.S. troops returned.... Oh, that's right, HE NEVER TRIED.

      I would think you would get tired of embarrassing yourself again and again with these poorly informed attacks on Trump.

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    3. Oh, that's right, HE NEVER TRIED.

      That of course, is patently untrue.

      In 2011, the United States and North Korea again began negotiating parameters under which U.S. military teams could travel alongside North Korean representatives to sites at the Chosin Reservoir and Unsan County, where the U.S. military suffered significant fatalities after China entered the war. The Pentagon announced the plan in January 2012 but ultimately scuttled the mission after more ominous suggestions from North Korea about the safety of U.S. troops involved.

      The group [Richardson Center for Global Engagement] returned to the United States in September 2016 with an offer from North Korea to repatriate the remains of about 200 deceased service members, Bergman said.

      The timing was complicated. The Obama administration continued to be “quite wary of taking the North Korean bait on some sort of diversionary tactic,” as Washington prioritized the threat of Pyongyang building up its nuclear weapons program, Russel said.

      Then Trump won the presidency that November. Bergman said his group floated another proposal in which the president-elect would send a Trump Organization plane to the Korean Peninsula to recover remains before he took office. But the plan never got traction.

      “We tried. It’s not that he said, ‘No,’ ” Bergman said. “We just couldn’t get it in front of him. And then the inauguration happened, and we were waiting to see what happened.”


      https://tinyurl.com/yacp3lko

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    4. You didn't prove your point. You just copied and pasted a bunch of nonsense showing just how incompetent and feckless (isn't that the word Samantha Bee used) in dealing with the North Koreans. But of course we ALL knew that.

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    5. Mike,
      The only reason the Norks are playing this game is because your precious savior [BHO] blinked so often his eyelashes fell out!

      Come to think of it, his eyelashes were MIA. LOL.

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    6. You didn't prove your point.

      I see...so showing where the Obama Administration entered into talks in 2011, to repatriate American remains.....that constitutes HE NEVER TRIED?

      Fascinating......I'm willing to bet that your the type of person who employs the applause line Trump Derangement Syndrome" without noting the irony....

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  3. Peter Strzok´s Smirk Said He Was Lying

    PJ Media, by Roger L. Simon

    Although his texts to his paramour indicate he hated Donald Trump as much or possibly more than most of us hate Hitler or Saddam Hussein, Peter Strzok insists his extreme feelings did not affect his work in the Hillary Clinton email matter or the subsequent Russia probe. He repeated that ad nauseam throughout the circus-like congressional hearing Thursday. But no matter how many protestations the man makes, under oath or not, Occam´s razor plus most of our life experiences tell us that Strzok is full of shit. Still, you need concrete evidence and, in a situation like this, that is hard to find ...

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  4. Strzok Admits He ‘Detested’ Trump, But Was Still Unbiased

    Daily Caller, by Chuck Ross

    Peter Strzok admitted to Congress on Thursday that he “detested” Donald Trump and was rooting for Hillary Clinton to win the 2016 election. “You were both rooting for Hillary Clinton to win and you both detested Donald Trump, were you not?” Republican Ohio Rep. Steve Chabot asked Strzok during a joint congressional hearing. “I think that’s fair to say,” said Strzok. While acknowledging his animus to Trump, Strzok insisted in Thursday’s hearing that bias did not affect his work on the Trump-Russia investigation. Strzok led the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government as deputy chief ...

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  5. Strzok out

    Donsurber.com, by Don Surber

    Televised congressional hearings are the political equivalent of a telethon without any money being raised for charity. The House hearing today with Peter Strzok, the disgraced FBI agent, was as partisan as one could expect, with Democrats propping up the man who tried to overturn the last presidential election. Forget Russian collusion. This was worse: Deep State interference. The newsers rallied round their anti-democratic hero.(Snip )But Melissa Quinn of the Washington Examiner tweeted the highlight of the day: "Holy moly, Louie Gohmert went there: ´I can’t help but wonder when I see you looking there with a little smirk how many times ...

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  6. 5 Key Takeaways From The House Hearing With FBI Counterintelligence No. 2 Peter Strzok

    The Federalist, by Mollie Hemingway

    An embattled FBI official who led investigations into both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump testified in a cantankerous open hearing on the Hill yesterday. Peter Strzok, formerly the second in command of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division, lost his position after texts he exchanged on government systems with his also-married lover and colleague Lisa Page revealed extreme bias against President Trump and his voters ...

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    1. Ida Ho said

      That guy Struck sure is Number Two all right.

      Number Two as in Pee Eeuw! flush it quick!

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    2. Despite many long held misgivings about the intelligence of the electorate, I've decided we are smarter than the enemedia.

      After all we elected Donald Trump, despite the media machinations, didn't we?

      I don't think it was just a fluke. I believe the average Joe, and even the bottom feeders from the slums have caught on to the way they've been deceived and cynically exploited by the Defecrats, the RINOS and the oligarchs wo own them for decades.

      You don't have to have an Ivy League education, or any other kind of univerfshitty degree, to be smart you know. The show has been run by processed indoctrinated intellectual morons far too long.

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    3. Unfortunately, that is tempered by the defense of the pathological lying we see emanating from 1600 Penn.

      Are the Trump supporters who do so...intellectual morons...or merely bereft of integrity?

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    4. I would define us Trump enthusiasts as realists –– i.e. inveterate pragmatists willing to take the best of all possible good alternatives we could hope to get, –– as oppsed to hidebound letter-of-the-law idealists whose purblind views gurantee them a loss to the greatest of all available evils at every turn.

      I'm sure that won't satisfy you or any other member of the Never Trump Camp, but it is a perfectly honest answer to your question. Please accept it as such, and be done with it. I have nothing more to say on the subject.

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    5. Cool....so I'l flip a coin on what Trump 'enthusiasts' are.

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  7. Mike Flynn Jr. Sounds Off on Peter Strzok ‘This Man Interviewed My Father,
    Let That Sink In’


    Gateway Pundit, by Christina Laila

    On Thursday the House Oversight Committee and House Judiciary Committee held a joint hearing with former top FBI invesigator Peter Strzok. Strzok was angry, defiant, smug and looked downright evil as he refused to answer questions on Mueller.

    The hearing quickly devolved into chaos as contentious FBI agent Peter Strzok refused to answer his first question on how many interviews he held before the bogus investigation of the Trump campaign colluding with Russia.

    After several minutes of complete chaos Chairman Bob Goodlatte threatened FBI Agent Peter Strzok with contempt for declining to answer questions on Russia probe. Jim Jordan and ...

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  8. "What do Trump supporters smell like, Mr. Strzok?"

    Donsurber.com, by Don Surber

    Diana West of Newsmax tweeted a question, "What do Trump supporters smell like, Mr. Strzok?"

    Let me answer that. In my case, Old Spice. But we all have a different smell or combination of smells. Mostly, it is sweat.

    I forget who said it but Trump supporters shower after work, not before. The dairy farmers smell like cow manure. The mechanics smell like grease. The waitresses smell like a different kind of grease. But generally, we smell American, which is a wonderful mixture of hard work and fun. Some Trump supporters smell like cotton candy and corndogs as they work the fairs. ...

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  9. Sahara Pippelini Laidlow said

    UK Pound Falls, UK Politicians Reel after Trump Broadside

    By JILL LAWLESS

    https://apnews.com/c6caedb5d97a4a8a93513444c555671d
    Link copied!

    LONDON (AP) — The British pound fell and U.K. politicians reeled Friday from the tornado-blast of U.S. President Donald Trump, who humiliated Prime Minister Theresa May, dashed hopes of a quick U.S.-U.K. trade deal and praised May’s opponents in the high-stakes battle over Brexit.


    The pound fell 0.6 percent to $1.31 after Trump’s comments, and May’s government struggled to put a brave face on a presidential visit that has veered wildly off course.

    “Trump claimed that Theresa May’s current Brexit plan ‘will probably kill’ any potential U.S. trade deal, a comment that not only undermines the prime minister at the end of an already challenging week, but one that understandably sent sterling sharply lower,” said Connor Campbell, an analyst at SpreadEx.

    In Britain, where vicious differences are often masked by formal politeness, many politicians expressed shock that the U.S. president could be so downright rude.

    In one of the milder responses, Universities Minister Sam Gyimah tweeted: “Where are your manners, Mr. President?” _ _ _

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  10. O. Tutut Ayntitashayme said

    UK’s Labour Party rips Trump’s behavior: ‘What did his mother teach him?’

    BY JOHN BOWDEN - THE HILL

    07/13/18 08:32 AM ED

    The spokeswoman for the United Kingdom's Labour Party slammed President Trump's behavior on Friday after he criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May's plan for leaving the European Union and attacked mass immigration as a source of terrorism in Europe.

    Labour Party foreign affairs spokeswoman Emily Thornberry appeared on ITV's "Good Morning Britain" on Friday and slammed Trump's remarks to British newspaper The Sun as evidence of poor parenting, according to The Associated Press.

    "She is his host. What did his mother teach him? This is not the way you behave,” she said, adding that it was “extraordinarily rude of Donald Trump to behave like this.”

    In a statement posted to Twitter, the Labour Party's leader, Jeremy Corbyn, added that Trump's policies were "dangerous and inhumane.”

    "Theresa May has invited President Trump to our country at a time when his dangerous and inhumane policies are putting the lives and wellbeing of millions of people at risk," Corbyn said of May, who leads the Conservative Party.

    Theresa May has invited President Trump to our country at a time when his dangerous and inhumane policies are putting the lives and well being of millions of people at risk.

    “The theory that if we are nice to Trump he’ll be nice to us doesn’t seem to be going brilliantly," former Labour leader Ed Miliband said, according to The Guardian.

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  11. B. S. Outerino said

    London's [Muslim] mayor says the UK is not afraid to call out Trump: ‘We think you’re wrong’

    “The great thing about our city is you can have a fraternal and positive relationship with a country and its citizens but disagree in a mature and adult way with the president,” London's [Muslim] Mayor Sadiq Khan told CNBC’s Wilfred Frost on Friday morning

    Shortly after arriving in the U.K. on Thursday afternoon, Trump sought to reignite a long-running feud with London’s mayor.

    The U.S. president has decided not to tour the U.K.’s capital city during his working visit after hundreds of thousands of Britons vowed to take to the streets to protest against him.

    by Sam Meredith

    CNBC.com

    Americans welcome in London Trump is doing an 'interesting' job: London's [Muslim] mayor

    President Donald Trump should understand the U.K. will always be prepared to challenge his views in a respectful way — regardless of whether his feelings get hurt, London' a [Muslim Mayor] Sadiq Khan told CNBC Friday.

    “The great thing about our city is you can have a fraternal and positive relationship with a country and its citizens but disagree in a mature and adult way with the president,” London's [lying, hypocritical, Muslim] Mayor Sadiq Khan told CNBC’s Wilfred Frost on Friday morning.

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    1. President Donald Trump should understand the U.K. will always be prepared to challenge his views in a respectful way — regardless of whether his feelings get hurt, London' a [Muslim Mayor] Sadiq Khan told CNBC Friday.

      Respectful, my foot!

      Image here. Just imagine if Queen Elizabeth 2 were "welcomed" to Washington in that manner! Sheesh.

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    2. The Queen has seen protests before, eg. fairly recently in Ireland (where I expect there was much worse than an inflatable baby effigy to worry about), and no doubt elsewhere during her long reign.

      The monarchy is of course an absurd institution, but the Queen herself seems decent enough, I'm sure her skin is thick enough to take all sorts of protest in her stride.

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    Media, Dems Can´t Find Dirt On Kavanaugh — So Instead They Throw Mud

    Investor´s Business Daily, by Staff

    Supreme Court: Now the long, hard slog of getting a Supreme Court nominee onto the bench begins. As always, Democrats, the FBI and the media have launched into an intense investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh´s background. And, so far, there´s not much grist for the old Washington, D.C. scandal mill. But it´s not for a lack of trying. We´ve found out that Kavanaugh, despite his extraordinary legal mind, is kind of a regular guy. He loves baseball. He volunteers to feed the homeless at his church. He uses his credit card too much at times. Everyone who knows him thinks he´s . . .

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  13. TitleJust in time to meet Putin

    I'll admit that the timing is a little obvious but is it still a witch hunt if you find witches?

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    1. Did you miss the part where Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said:

      There is no allegation in this indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. There is no allegation in the indictment that the charged conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election.
      ...
      Again, there's no allegation in this indictment that any American had any knowledge.

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  14. I gatt-a-know_ask
    Catching 12 Russian Agents for hampering the DemocRats campaign by having a look see in the deep dark servers,
    and how they rigged Bernie's defeat; just in time to paint Trumps met with Putin, a foul order.
    If I walk in a Starbucks or any book store will I
    smell some democRATS?

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  15. Kid,
    Tell us how you really feel. **smile**

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  16. Loved the newest media misinformation!:
    Trump is said to have been 'clueless' in having walked in front of the Queen (which, I admit, I thought was really rude until...) and the media had pictures and video. Except one article accidentally included the earlier part of that same video where the Queen gestures to him to please walk in front of her as they review the color guard.
    This morning, Scottish are yelling awful things at Trump as he got some time on his golf course...he waved back and the headlines are TRUMP TAUNTS CROWD........um...........who taunted WHOM?
    You just have to laugh. And hope the American people are smarter than our media.

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    1. And hope the American people are smarter than our media.

      I think it's been proven time and again....that their not

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    2. Z,
      I missed the misinformation stories you mentioned!

      The Anti-Trump Derangement Syndrome is surreal.

      The word Orwellian is overused, but I can't help but think of the Ministry of Truth.

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  17. ALso, there are articles showing how much Putin hates Hillary and why...but it doesn't get TV news coverage. Here's a quote from NBC: "If Russia is indeed behind the damaging leak of Democratic Party emails on the eve of its national convention, it’s not just because President Vladimir Putin likes Republican nominee Donald Trump and his pro-Russian views, former U.S. officials and experts tell NBC News.

    It’s because the former KGB operative hates Trump’s Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, with such a passion that he wants to embarrass her personally and undermine — if not derail �— her presidential campaign, they say."

    PUTIN wants Trump to win? You bet. With Trump's help? Um...apparently, not necessarily!?

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