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Home Front: Politix
Donald Trump Has Done An Amazing Job At His Most Important Job
h/t Instapundit

...There can be no serious debate. Donald Trump has done a truly outstanding job of not being Hillary Clinton.

...Now, that is not to say there have not been challenges, but we must be careful not to confuse the lies of the media and their Democrat masters, repeated by the Never Trumper geek chorus, with problems Trump himself caused.

Here’s the brutal reality: No matter what Trump does, he will always be evil, awful, criminal, and/or treasonous. It doesn’t matter if he does something good. It’s doesn’t matter if Obama famously did the same thing ‐ or worse. It doesn’t matter if it’s an outright and obvious lie. It will never stop. The soft coup plotters’ plan is to generate a constant barrage of bullSchumer designed to eventually browbeat the weak-hearted among the GOP into going along with their impeachment scheme as the first step on the road to the left retaking power and consolidating it so that we normals can never again have our voices heard.

If you want to blame Trump for the phony "controversy" surrounding him, ask yourself ‐ what actions could he take that would stop the liberal feeding frenzy? Be nicer and gentler and act like "the bigger man? Worked great for W.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/22/2017 15:58 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


The Inside Story on How Trump Dropped the Hammer on James Comey
[Defense Watch] There are very few crime/mystery novels that approach this true story for compelling drama, intrigue and brinkmanship (with the nation in the balance).

* Don’t believe the fake-media story that Trump made a mistake or huge gaffe by firing Comey.

* Don’t believe the media narrative from the left that it was an attempt to silence Comey from some investigation into Trump.

* Don’t believe the RINO narrative that Comey is a good guy just trying to do his job in terrible circumstances and the timing was bad.

* Don’t believe the lie that Comey was admired and respected by career FBI investigators and agents.

* Don’t believe the lie that Trump’s "tweets" are not professional and have no strategic purpose. His tweets are weaponized and deadly.

James Comey is a poisonous snake of the highest order... a deep-water Swamp Denizen who has been highly paid to deliberately provide cover for high-level corruption by the Clintons and Obama. He is has been central to trying to destroy the Trump campaign and then the Trump administration from the start. He is as dirty as they come in DC. He had highest-level cover (the FBI no less) and was deep into an effort to eliminate Trump. Trump had to move hard, fast, and at exactly the right time to cut the head off the snake without getting bitten by the snake or being finished by the other swamp denizens.

Begin by noticing how the President fired Comey when Comey was 3,000 miles away from his office, that Comey had no inkling he was being cut, that all his files, computers, and everything in his office were seized by his boss Sessions and the justice department. This was not a violation of protocol, it was tactical. Notice how Prez Trump compartmentalized the strike and did not inform any of his White House “staff” to prevent leaks. Notice how he emasculated Comey and the swamp denizens by letting them know in a tweet that the Attorney General got information (surveillance “tapes” from the seizure of Comey’s office) to let Comey and his handlers know that Trump’s DOJ has the goods on them. This was a brilliant, strategic and totally imperative move at exactly the right time against horrible, evil and corrupt powers infesting our government.

The swamp is on notice that the President is on to them, they are sweating bullets because their criminal games of corruption are being pursued and they know it. They are screaming and ranting because they are desperate denizens of the swamp who are beginning to realize they are roadkill.

THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE COMEY SCAM. Taken from credible public sources (readily available if you want to look or want me to send them to you), with a few reasonable “fill in the blank” conclusions of my own.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2017 11:43 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  MUCH more at the link. An interesting story that'd make a good book. I bet a lot of folks don't think Trump has the brains to pull of what is described. We shall see! Interesting times.
Posted by: Bobby || 05/22/2017 12:42 Comments || Top||

#2  that all his files, computers, and everything in his office were seized by his boss

That was SOP when you fire someone in a sensitive position (after various compromises with computer based materials we've all watch unfold these past couple of years). You fire'm, and then have security escort them to HR for their papers and out the door. They get their 'personal' stuff sent to them and don't get to rummage through anything in their old office or cube.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/22/2017 12:42 Comments || Top||

#3  There is a meme going around that the contents of Comey's computer was stored on a flash drive and given to the Russians. It's as believable as The Saudi King converting to Christianity.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 05/22/2017 13:27 Comments || Top||

#4  I bet a lot of folks don't think Trump has the brains to pull of what is described.

That's been the standard line of crap the Dems throw at every Repub. president since I've been alive. Of course it's bullshit, and it doesn't explain how a guy builds a huge real estate business through his own efforts, or (in the case of W.) why the Air Force Reserve would let a blithering idiot fly multi-million dollar jet aircraft.
Posted by: Raj || 05/22/2017 14:15 Comments || Top||

#5  ... all his files, computers, and everything in his office were seized by his boss Sessions and the justice department...

Heh, heh. Kinda makes me wonder again exactly where that one famous Comey memo is.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/22/2017 17:15 Comments || Top||

#6  "THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE COMEY SCAM. Taken from credible public sources(readily available if you want to look or want me to send them to you...)"

I'd be wary of clicking on the "available" as my computer gives me a warning about a Zeus virus.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/22/2017 17:57 Comments || Top||


Gorka says if anyone can bring peace to the Middle East, it's Trump
[Wash Times] Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Trump, said Monday that if anyone can broker peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, it’s Mr. Trump.

"If any president over the last 40 years can bring peace to this part of the world, it is Donald J. Trump," Mr. Gorka said on Fox News. "He has said explicitly he’s not going to impose any deal upon the parties. They have to come together, and we can help midwife it."

Mr. Gorka said that the main negotiator between the parties is the president’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner.

"It is his son-in-law, it is Jared Kushner, one of his most trusted advisers, who is the point person for all of these issues. So he will be right in those meetings, especially."

The president is currently in Israel as part of his first foreign trip in office. His visit will include a meeting with Palestinian leaders.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2017 07:46 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

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Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/22/2017 9:11 Comments || Top||

#2  El SISI had words of praise for Trump "“Mr. President, let me express our appreciation and respect,” Sisi said through a translator.

“Let me say that you have a unique personality that is capable of doing the impossible.”

Trump laughed and replied, “That’s very interesting…I agree.”" I agree...,I love it.
Posted by: Dale || 05/22/2017 9:45 Comments || Top||

#3  It is my opinion that it cannot be done. But President Trump is the first American president who might possibly recognize that fact after performing the experiment, and the first who might openly place the blame where it properly belongs -- and make it stick. I think Bibi Netanyahu is counting on that.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/22/2017 10:14 Comments || Top||

#4  Nope. Bibi just practicing an old Jewish descipline of "ein brera"
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/22/2017 10:34 Comments || Top||

#5  It is my opinion that it cannot be done.

Mine too. Short of a catastrophic war. Which may well be coming. The current Syrian and Yemen wars look to me like the Balkan wars that were the prelude to WWI.
Posted by: phil_b || 05/22/2017 14:52 Comments || Top||

#6  Gorka is a very interesting man. From time to time he shines brightly. "midwife it" yes, best way to present this approach. Hands on leadership in action.
Posted by: Dale || 05/22/2017 16:40 Comments || Top||

#7  The Muslim middle east is fueled by hate filled zealots, oil revenue, and Saudi enlightened self-interest.

Oil revenue are drying up and the Saudi princes may be looking for survival now. Who knows what could happen when the jihad financing dries up. Can a frothing zealot survive on a diet of sand and blood?
Posted by: rjschwarz || 05/22/2017 17:55 Comments || Top||

#8  The one thing you need to know about the coming conflict in the Gulf is all Shiia oil exports need to transit the gulf. Most Sunni exports don't.
Posted by: phil_b || 05/22/2017 18:03 Comments || Top||


Will Former FBI Director Mueller's Mooslim Apologist Tour need a look see ?
BLUF: [Daily Caller] That last piece appeared after the jihad attack on the Boston Marathon, where, it might well be argued, Mueller’s see-no-Islam FBI policies, honed over both the see-no-Islam Bush and Obama administrations, came to deadly fruition. In the explosive video clip above, Rep. Louie Gohmert extracts from Mueller the extraordinary admission that he, as FBI Director, did not know the mosque the Tsarnaev brothers attended ‐ Islamic Society of Boston/ISB (Muslim Brotherhood) ‐ was founded by Al Qaeda financier Abdurahman Alamoudi. Director Mueller defended not sending FBI agents to the ISB [until] after the bombing because the FBI was there before the bombing doing `outreach’ with the Imam."

Which brings me to my question. How can someone who has long engaged in the political and ideological exercise of blinding himself, the FBI, and the USG to Islamic influence on terrorism and subversion suddenly be expected to assess Russian influence on the Trump (and, a must, Clinton) campaign(s) free from politics and ideology?
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2017 06:19 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda

#1  Yes, it deserves a good look. "Apology tours" are part of the problem left over from previous admins. As the result we ended up with many in the government who are not really a part of American culture and who don't believe in American ideals.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/22/2017 8:36 Comments || Top||


Mercer: Pubs Will Regret Celebrating Robert Mueller As Savior (Video)
Short Mercer video discusses 'deep-state' operatives and more.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2017 00:02 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Since Republicans are part of the same swamp, why should they regret?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/22/2017 2:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Melania Trump who has recently won several personal slander lawsuits against journalists is now letting the White House Communications people know she is not happy with the weak defense they have put forth for her husband who is under constant attack. Look for her to step up on his behalf.

Posted by: Elmavimp Slavish7164 || 05/22/2017 4:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Such appointments are always fraught with risks. Special counsels often feel/think they are supposed to find some wrongdoing and go to great lengths to prove it. What are the chances Mueller will (a) Find something that rises to the level of criminality, or (b) Find nothing and pack up his bags and depart? Either way, there will be one party or the other who complains about the results. I never saw the need for a Special Counsel in the first place. If Mueller says "nothing to see here," Trump will be able to keep his enemies at bay but barking. If there is something that is problematic, Trump will be fighting calls for impeachment, resignation, and become a lame duck.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/22/2017 8:30 Comments || Top||

#4  and become a lame duck.

The two houses have already made him lame.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/22/2017 11:45 Comments || Top||

#5  The two houses, two parties, and two federal judges....
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/22/2017 12:16 Comments || Top||

#6  'Some mistakes were made, but nothing rising to the level of prosecution'.
Posted by: Bobby || 05/22/2017 12:22 Comments || Top||

#7  The leftists are going to attempt to assume power asap by any means necessary. They have no regard for democracy.
Posted by: Gleatle Bourbon9730 || 05/22/2017 19:57 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Russiagate Cover-Up Artist Robert Mueller (Lenthy Video)
[NoisyRoom.net] Does Russiagate Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the former FBI director, have any credibility? Kenneth J. Dillon, a former Foreign Service officer and intelligence analyst, says, "My research on the 2001 anthrax mailings case suggests that former FBI Director Robert Mueller was responsible for the suicide of the alleged, but wrongly accused mailer, Bruce Ivins, as well as for the subsequent cover-up."

Link to Kenneth J. Dillon's Scientia Press.com
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2017 13:13 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nothing like having a prepared position.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/22/2017 14:10 Comments || Top||



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Mon 2017-05-22
  Manchester 'explosions': Police warn people to stay away from arena after loud bangs heard at Ariana Grande concert
Sun 2017-05-21
  Police arrest knife-wielding 14-year-old girl in West Bank
Sat 2017-05-20
  Saudi Arabia confirms Yemen’s missile strike on Riyadh
Fri 2017-05-19
  ICJ orders Pakistan to stay Jadhav execution
Thu 2017-05-18
  Blasts heard inside Afghan state TV compound in Jalalabad after gunmen attack
Wed 2017-05-17
  Female Bombers Attack NE Nigeria Village, Kill Two
Tue 2017-05-16
  Accused bomber Rahimi seeks reduced charges in New Jersey case
Mon 2017-05-15
  Kurdish forces reach the northern gates of Raqqa after liberating four more villages
Sun 2017-05-14
  Iraq: ISIS leaders killed during ‘meeting’ in al-Qaim
Sat 2017-05-13
  Syrian Army Makes Gains in Rebel Area of Damascus
Fri 2017-05-12
  Turkish court sentences notorious British ISIS member wanted by US, UK
Thu 2017-05-11
  Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for blasphemy
Wed 2017-05-10
  US ignores Turkey’s objection, approves arming Kurdish forces in Syria
Tue 2017-05-09
  Egypt issues life sentence for Muslim Brotherhood chief
Mon 2017-05-08
  Confirmed: Head of ISIS In Afghanistan Killed In Raid By 50 U.S. Special Ops, 40 Afghan Commandos


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