• Re: The Times They Are Changin

    From LowRider44M@1:229/2 to All on Saturday, July 07, 2018 13:32:13
    From: intraphase@gmail.com

    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike

    Apparently several people in my mentions think the coup is STILL underway.

    Like, Trump could be toppled any minute by these devious plotters.

    You know, everybody we spent the last year watching being fired, exposed and investigated.

    I'm clearly wasting my time on Twitter.
    7:02 AM - 7 Jul 2018



    I understand people are impatient for indictments. They want to move beyond firings, exposing, investigating, they want the end game NOW.

    This thing is going to happen on it's own time table. Crying about it won't speed it up.
    26 replies 133 retweets 515 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    But if you're seriously thinking Trump's in danger of being taken out by Bob Mueller, you have no idea of the entire Keystone Kops atmosphere his entire investigation has descended into over the past few months.
    20 replies 143 retweets 497 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    Mueller's team has totally botched that PR stunt of indicting a bunch of Russians supposedly operating a troll farm. One of the Russians actually showed
    up and filed for discovery, catching the Mueller team flat footed.
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    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    Then there's the Flynn case, where Mueller's team just asked for ANOTHER delay,
    after being granted two 90 day delays in a row.

    Now they want 60 more days.

    For what?

    Well they won't say.

    So Judge Sullivan has set a court date on Tuesday so they can enlighten him.
    18 replies 232 retweets 650 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    If you'll recall, Flynn pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2017.

    That was...well lessee here.....over seven months ago.

    With a guilty plea in hand, why is it taking seven months to set a court date for the sentencing?

    "Well Flynn is cooperating" we're told.
    9 replies 103 retweets 388 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    And we're told it's taking all this time for Flynn to spill his guts about all the Russian collusion he was participating in as a member of Trump's campaign team.

    Seven months later supposedly Mueller's team is still taking dictation or something about all that sweet collusion.
    11 replies 99 retweets 372 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    That's the fantasy Leftist version.

    Let me tell you what's really been going on and why the Mueller team is presently scared spitless and can't move forward on this case and keeps filing for delay after delay.

    The reason is simple.

    His name is Peter Strzok.
    5 replies 206 retweets 519 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    His name is Peter Strzok and after being the lead agent in the investigation of
    Flynn's phone calls with then-Russian Ambassador Kislyak, the guy who handled the interview of Flynn and who's 302 report of that interview is the basis for this perjury
    charge....
    5 replies 136 retweets 399 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    Strzok then JOINED MUELLER'S TEAM when it was first formed. Which means he was
    on it and played an instrumental role in the filing of this perjury charge against Flynn.

    Shortly after joining the team, Strzok was yanked off of it and sent to the FBI
    Human Resources Dept.
    6 replies 122 retweets 389 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    Despite the fact the key agent in charge of the Flynn case, who handled the interviews & upon who's 302 interview form the perjury charge was made, was removed from Mueller's team after DOJ IG Horowitz alerted Rod Rosenstein to serious issues regarding
    his conduct.....
    6 replies 108 retweets 344 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    ....Mueller's team stupidly decided to press forward with this perjury charge.


    Until they made their Russian troll farm indictment, Flynn's case was the ONLY case Mueller filed having any kind of Russian connection. Flynn was being interviewed about talking to a Russian
    5 replies 104 retweets 339 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    Despite the fact TRANSCRIPTS of the conversation with Kislyak existed, and that
    the FBI itself cleared Flynn of any wrongdoing after reviewing those transcripts before Strzok ever showed up to interview the General, several months later somebody decided
    to file a perjury charge.
    8 replies 115 retweets 360 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    How incompetent are these people? Both Comey & McCabe are on record telling members of Congress the 2 FBI Agents who interviewed Flynn did not think he was
    lying to them.

    Oops!
    5 replies 151 retweets 460 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    So here's the deal. Flynn unexpectedly pleaded GUILTY instead of going to trial. Now they're caught. Because RIGHT AFTER FLYNN MAKES HIS PLEA....

    all this STUFF about Strzok starts being made public by the IG & by Congress.

    The first batch of Strzok/Page texts are released.
    10 replies 146 retweets 411 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    The key agent central to the whole perjury plot to get Flynn is being EXPOSED in front of the entire country. The public spends seven months learning all about Peter Strozk, his biases, his part in creating the 'insurance policy' against a Trump
    presidency.
    4 replies 126 retweets 381 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    Too late the Mueller team figures out Horowitz is on their trail. He has everything. Emails, text messages, the official records, the 302's all of it.

    They are literally paralyzed. They have to shut down. They cannot proceed.
    13 replies 134 retweets 415 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    Their Flynn case is in limbo. Until they know exactly what Horowitz & John Huber are holding on Strzok and Page and Judge Contreras, they literally cannot
    go forward.
    11 replies 137 retweets 397 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    If they proceed to set a sentencing date, and THEN it comes out Strzok altered his 302 forms and the other agent at the interview, Joe Pientka, testifies before Congress Flynn did not lie, Strzok's 302 is not accurate, the entire Mueller team is in huge
    honking trouble.
    12 replies 186 retweets 460 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    So they can't go forward. The first date arrived, they asked for a 90 day delay. It was granted.

    That date arrived, they asked for ANOTHER 90 day delay. That too was granted.

    Then when that date arrived, they asked for 60 more days.

    The judge is not pleased.
    8 replies 121 retweets 391 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    So on the 10th, this Tuesday, the Mueller team is going to have to go in front of Judge Emmit Sullivan and explain at length why, after 180 days of waiting, they need another 60 days before Flynn can receive his sentence for the crime he pleaded guilty
    to.
    18 replies 209 retweets 486 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    Only the most blatant political partisans would refuse to admit, given what is now known about this case, that Flynn's prosecution should never have happened.
    It was 100% politically motivated and it was a manufactured crime.
    13 replies 212 retweets 508 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    6h6 hours ago

    Stzok is slated to publicly testify before Congress on July 12th. That's this coming Thursday.

    You can bet he's going to be asked about his interview of Flynn, his 302 form, his text messages with Lisa Page about influencing Judge Contreras but in a way
    it won't cause recusal.
    21 replies 132 retweets 367 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    5h5 hours ago

    Trump still in danger of being toppled by a coup?

    Only in Fantasy Land.

    In the real world all the plotters are scrambling to avoid being indicted. They are obsessed with saving their own asses at this point. Many will end up in prison anyway.
    17 replies 181 retweets 465 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    5h5 hours ago

    Mueller's team has contented itself with uncovering minor crimes by peripheral people like Manafort, Gates and Cohen, money laundering, tax evasion, illegal lobbying for foreign clients, etc etc.

    They haven't laid a finger on Trump and they're not going to.
    15 replies 176 retweets 470 likes
    STEALTH JEFF
    ‏ @drawandstrike
    5h5 hours ago

    So you can worry about the attempted coup that was blown up and exposed long ago, and the paralyzed/ineffective special counsel team it launched that is now
    uselessly spinning it's wheels, stuck in place.

    I don't worry about it.

    /end
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  • From LowRider44M@1:229/2 to All on Saturday, July 07, 2018 13:19:38
    From: intraphase@gmail.com

    The Times They Are Changin
    https://youtu.be/nRy4ZdOks1o

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  • From LowRider44M@1:229/2 to All on Saturday, July 07, 2018 13:25:08
    From: intraphase@gmail.com

    Charlie Reese | 545 vs. 300,000,000 People

    Sun, 08/28/2011 - 09:31


    Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel. The article below is completely neutral, neither anti-republican or democrat. -- Chris

    545 vs. 300,000,000 People
    - By Charlie Reese

    Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

    Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

    Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

    You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.

    You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

    You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

    You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

    You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

    One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

    I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to
    provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

    I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1
    million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

    Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they
    did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party

    What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of
    gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and
    criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose
    a budget. He
    cannot force the Congress to accept it.

    The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority
    party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

    It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545
    people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power
    of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

    If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

    If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.

    If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.

    There are no insoluble government problems.

    Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this
    power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy","inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

    Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

    They, and they alone, have the power.

    They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

    Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.

    We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess.


    Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
    What you do with this article now that you have read it is up to you. This might be funny if it weren't so true. Be sure to read all the way to the end:

    Tax his land,
    Tax his bed,
    Tax the table,
    At which he's fed.

    Tax his tractor,
    Tax his mule,
    Teach him taxes
    Are the rule.

    Tax his work,
    Tax his pay,
    He works for
    peanuts anyway!

    Tax his cow,
    Tax his goat,
    Tax his pants,
    Tax his coat.

    Tax his ties,
    Tax his shirt,
    Tax his work,
    Tax his dirt.

    Tax his tobacco,
    Tax his drink,
    Tax him if he
    Tries to think.

    Tax his cigars,
    Tax his beers,
    If he cries
    Tax his tears.

    Tax his car,
    Tax his gas,
    Find other ways
    Taxes to pass

    Tax all he has
    Then let him know
    That you won't be done
    Till he has no dough.

    When he screams and hollers;
    Then tax him some more,
    Tax him till
    He's good and sore.

    Then tax his coffin,
    Tax his grave,
    Tax the sod in
    Which he's laid...

    Put these words
    Upon his tomb,
    'Taxes drove me
    to my doom...'

    When he's gone,
    Do not relax,
    Its time to apply
    The inheritance tax.

    Accounts Receivable Tax
    Building Permit Tax
    CDL license Tax
    Cigarette Tax
    Corporate Income Tax
    Dog License Tax
    Excise Taxes
    Federal Income Tax
    Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
    Fishing License Tax
    Food License Tax
    Fuel Permit Tax
    Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
    Gross Receipts Tax
    Hunting License Tax
    Inheritance Tax
    Inventory Tax
    IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
    Liquor Tax
    Luxury Taxes
    Marriage License Tax
    Medicare Tax
    Personal Property Tax
    Property Tax
    Real Estate Tax
    Service Charge Tax
    Social Security Tax
    Road Usage Tax
    Recreational Vehicle Tax
    Sales Tax
    School Tax
    State Income Tax
    State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
    Telephone Federal Excise Tax
    Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
    Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
    Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
    Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
    Telephone State and Local Tax
    Telephone Usage Charge Tax
    Utility Taxes
    Vehicle License Registration Tax
    Vehicle Sales Tax
    Watercraft Registration Tax
    Well Permit Tax
    Workers Compensation Tax


    STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
    Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

    What in the heck happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'

    I hope this goes around THE USA at least 545 times! YOU can help it get there!!!

    GO AHEAD. . . BE AN AMERICAN

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