Political Randomness

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:17 pm

El Guapo wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:13 pm *Can* Guiliani's reputation get lower?

Possibly, there's:

Pond scum
Bloody pond scum
Decaying pond scum
Toxic pond scum
Radioactive pond scum

It's all a continuum.

Little Raven · Post by **Little Raven** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:06 pm

A nice reminder that it's not all bad.

https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox/status/ ... 1471708162

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:20 pm

LordMortis wrote:
dbt1949 wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:52 am I find it odd that the republicans say they are for less government but are for more government keeping tabs om everybody.
I think the main thing they are against is logic.
The party of individual responsibility, private arbitration, and decentralized government is now the party of Law and Order, Federal Hit Squads, and concentrated federal executive power unless it comes to COVID.

The Party of Law* and Order.

*Law part is optional for Republicans.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:20 pm

I expected the Dell dude to jump between them at the end and yell "Dudes we're going to hell!"

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:30 pm

Notable Cyber Security expert Rudy Guiliani with another winner.

https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/ ... 4787331074

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:52 pm

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:13 pm

malchior wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:30 pm Notable Cyber Security expert Rudy Guiliani with another winner.

https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/ ... 4787331074

He's a little late:

https://twitter.com/Kafkaesque_Blog/sta ... 80/photo/2

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:20 pm

Law and Crime

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) terminated one of the staffers who earlier this month accused him of committing several crimes including bribery and abuse of office, the Texas Tribune reported on Tuesday evening. Lacey Mase, who served as deputy attorney general for administration, was one of seven top aides to Paxton who wrote to the state agency’s director of human resources seeking an investigation into Paxton “in his official capacity as the current Attorney General of Texas.”
...
The employees accused Paxton of improper influence in the case of Nate Paul, an Austin real estate investor who donated to Paxton’s 2018 re-election campaign.

According to the Austin American-Statesman, Paul has been under FBI investigation for more than a year; in the months following a series of Aug. 19 federal raids on Paul’s properties in Austin, the investor filed for more than a dozen bankruptcies.
...
Her performance reviews, coupled with the timing of her firing, are likely to give rise to allegations that she was terminated unlawfully.

“This looks and smells like classic whistleblower retaliation,” North Texas employment attorney Jason Smith told the publication, adding that the circumstances were “suspicious.”

“This situation looks like what the Texas Whistleblower Act (TWA) was designed to prevent. And the timing looks bad,” he said.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:49 pm

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:46 pm

malchior wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:30 pm Notable Cyber Security expert Rudy Guiliani with another winner.

https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/ ... 4787331074

The tweet was deleted because it came out that it was a parody. Oh well, we'll always have Borat (I hope).

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:12 pm

Can you give us the gist?

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:39 pm

Jaymann wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:12 pm Can you give us the gist?

Someone presented themselves as tricking Rudy by pretending to be Ivanka in text messages. Apparently it wasn't real.

It has nothing to do with the Sacha Baron Cohen episode.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:03 am

I think I would like to see Biden win the election by a landslide. If he wins by a landslide it means there are not more followers of Trump and maybe there's hope for the US.
And, of course no more Trump presidency. Now we just have to hope he doesn't try to ruin the country even more out of spite.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:37 pm

The Ghislaine Maxwell deposition was just dropped on the web. I am going to spend an hour skimming. I read the first few pages and it starts off strong. The first non-procedural question to Maxwell was when did you first recruit a woman for Epstein and I'll presume her lawyer sets the tone because he immediately demands one of the lawyers leave the room because the answer is confidential. High quality stuff.

Kurth · Post by **Kurth** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:47 pm

Little Raven wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:06 pm A nice reminder that it's not all bad.

https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox/status/ ... 1471708162

Never thought I’d say this, but I think I want to move to Utah after watching that.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:49 pm

malchior wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:37 pm The Ghislaine Maxwell deposition was just dropped on the web. I am going to spend an hour skimming. I read the first few pages and it starts off strong. The first non-procedural question to Maxwell was when did you first recruit a woman for Epstein and I'll presume her lawyer sets the tone because he immediately demands one of the lawyers leave the room because the answer is confidential. High quality stuff.

I object to the form and foundation of your characterization.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:49 pm

Kurth wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:47 pm Never thought I’d say this, but I think I want to move to Utah after watching that.

It gives me hope that I can be pulled back in to the fold. I don't see the path but I hope to one day find it.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:10 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:49 pm
malchior wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:37 pm The Ghislaine Maxwell deposition was just dropped on the web. I am going to spend an hour skimming. I read the first few pages and it starts off strong. The first non-procedural question to Maxwell was when did you first recruit a woman for Epstein and I'll presume her lawyer sets the tone because he immediately demands one of the lawyers leave the room because the answer is confidential. High quality stuff.
I object to the form and foundation of your characterization.

Q: You can answer the question.

That said like many depositions it is pretty much rubbish on its own. Maxwell's lawyer is stalling and putting the brakes on anything that'll get her into criminal trouble. It's clear by her response that she is evasive and manipulative. Is she this way in general? Hard to tell. Though the idea that she hung around spas and found "masseuses" and then Epstein did all the "hiring" is nauseating.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:57 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:20 pm Law and Crime

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) terminated one of the staffers who earlier this month accused him of committing several crimes including bribery and abuse of office, the Texas Tribune reported on Tuesday evening. Lacey Mase, who served as deputy attorney general for administration, was one of seven top aides to Paxton who wrote to the state agency’s director of human resources seeking an investigation into Paxton “in his official capacity as the current Attorney General of Texas.”
...
The employees accused Paxton of improper influence in the case of Nate Paul, an Austin real estate investor who donated to Paxton’s 2018 re-election campaign.

According to the Austin American-Statesman, Paul has been under FBI investigation for more than a year; in the months following a series of Aug. 19 federal raids on Paul’s properties in Austin, the investor filed for more than a dozen bankruptcies.
...
Her performance reviews, coupled with the timing of her firing, are likely to give rise to allegations that she was terminated unlawfully.

“This looks and smells like classic whistleblower retaliation,” North Texas employment attorney Jason Smith told the publication, adding that the circumstances were “suspicious.”

“This situation looks like what the Texas Whistleblower Act (TWA) was designed to prevent. And the timing looks bad,” he said.

There is a second one now - another was suspended and yet another has resigned.

First Article wrote:A second whistleblower has been fired from the Texas attorney general’s office after reporting his boss, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, to law enforcement for crimes including bribery and abuse of office, according to a former senior official with the agency who had knowledge about the firing but did not want to be named for fear of legal repercussions.

Blake Brickman, who had served as deputy attorney general for policy and strategy initiatives for less than a year, was fired Tuesday, the official said. Lacey Mase, the deputy attorney general for administration, was also fired Tuesday, The Texas Tribune reported earlier this week.

Second Article wrote:Since then, one of the top aides — Jeff Mateer, who previously spent years as Paxton’s top deputy — has resigned, and another, Mark Penley, has been placed on leave.

Paxton has dismissed the scandal as “rogue employees” wielding “false allegations” and said he will not resign, though some in his party have called on him to do so.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:09 pm

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:13 pm

It's totally normal for an entire group of lawyers in the AG's office to go rogue on the AG. Happens all the time.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:04 pm

on the news they were showing protesters at the debate. Saw one woman holding my slogan on her sign..Ride'n with Biden.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:26 am

https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1319818795557416961

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:35 am

The Lincoln Project replied (for real):

Nuts!

(although they should have all-capped it)

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:34 pm

This was in one of the comments on that. I love it:

https://twitter.com/kergeey/status/1319992067796455427

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:47 pm

Lou Dobbs goes viral for slamming Lindsey Graham.

https://twitter.com/AngrierWHStaff/stat ... 86016?s=20

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 4:48 pm

Dobbs is a top notch piece of shit. He is essentially upset that Graham couldn't find a way to get both Barrett slammed through hearings and also go after Trump's enemies (in effect investigate Hunter Biden and techs 'censorship' issues).

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 6:26 pm

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/stat ... 12929?s=20

Nigeria, biggest economy on the continent, top 25 worldwide. 200M+ people.

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 6:49 pm

Amazing there's a money problem with all those generous Nigerian princes.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:11 pm

Princes one and all with tons of money to give out and the people raid a food warehouse.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:26 pm

https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/stat ... 46656?s=20

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:40 pm

"This will not be the last they hear from us."

It's even the final sentence in the legal letter.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:54 pm

I am saving this letter for posterity. Printed the shit out. That is an amazing letter.

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:12 pm

In case anyone else wondered why Trump suggested Egypt would blow up an Ethiopian dam.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-i ... sance-dam/

Recently, the tensions among Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile have escalated, particularly after Ethiopia announced that it had started filling the GERD’s reservoir, an action contrary to Egypt’s mandate that the dam not be filled without a legally binding agreement over the equitable allocation of the Nile’s waters. Egypt has also escalated its call to the international community to get involved. Already, the United States has threatened to withhold development aid to Ethiopia if the conflict is not resolved and an agreement reached.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19089-x

When construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is completed, the Nile will have two of the world’s largest dams—the High Aswan Dam (HAD) and the GERD—in two different countries (Egypt and Ethiopia). There is not yet agreement on how these dams will operate to manage scarce water resources. We elucidate the potential risks and opportunities to Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia by simulating the filling period of the reservoir; a new normal period after the reservoir fills; and a severe multi-year drought after the filling. Our analysis illustrates how during filling the HAD reservoir could fall to levels not seen in recent decades, although the risk of water shortage in Egypt is relatively low. The new normal will benefit Ethiopia and Sudan without significantly affecting water users in Egypt. Management of multi-year droughts will require careful coordination if risks of harmful impacts are to be minimized.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:06 am

If you don't have a view into the derp-i-sphere here is a taste. Spoiler tagged to avoid sanity checks if you don't want to face this insanity. For context, this was on more than one wall tonight so it is sourced from some right-wing copy pasta factory. I kept the original formatting as best I could to capture the craziness.

Spoiler:

The Truth About the Bidens

Here is a TRUE story you don't want to miss. The Bidens...

Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia, had three children: Hunter, Beau and Naomi.
In 1972, Neilia and Naomi, died in a car accident. Joe eventually married a woman named Jill (his current wife).
He already knew her because she had been Hunter's babysitter at the time of the car accident. (Yeah, THAT seems normal- marry the babysitter). They had a daughter named Ashley. Ashley lives 'a quiet life' and is frequently in and out of rehab for various substance abuse issues.
Now sadly, the sanest, most normal one of the 3 surviving kids, Beau, dies in 2015 from a brain tumor. He had been married to Haillie and they had 2 children, a boy and a girl named Natalie, who was 11 yrs old when her dad died.
Enter Hunter Biden, in 2015, to "comfort" his brother's widow. Mind you, Hunter is married at the time, to Kathleen Biden, since 1993. He starts screwing around with his dead brother's wife in 2015...his wife Kathleen finds out about it and they separate. Hunter moves in with his dead brother's wife, Haillie,and her two kids and they have a grand old time. He ultimately gets divorced from Kathleen in 2017. Meanwhile, he starts screwing around with a stripper, while still shacking up with his dead brother's wife, before his divorce is finalized, and gets the stripper pregnant. Haillie kicks his butt to the curb supposedly for this indiscretion in 2018. He denies the stripper's baby is his, although a paternity test proves otherwise and eventually he marries a woman named Melissa in 2019 after knowing her for 6 days...
Does the tale end there? Why no, no it doesn't.
That just sets the stage...
Enter the laptop from hell...loaded with emails, text messages, photos, child pornography, videos, and other sordid digital images of drug use and rampant weirdness....
Hunter Biden dropped the laptop off in Delaware, his home state, to get it repaired. It seems he dropped it in some water while in a meth-induced state of mind. He then neglected to pay the $85.00 repair fee and the laptop became the repair shop owner's property for non-payment. When the owner saw what was on it, he was ao disturbed that he contacted the FBI. No response. The DOJ? No response. Eventually, it landed in Rudy Giuliani's possession and he turned it over to the Delaware State Police AFTER making 4 copies of the hard drive. Turns out, there's quite a lot of child pornography on there...much of it involving children on Hunter's many trips to China. The Chinese Communist Party uses this as a blackmail tactic... They supply the young girls, they film you, unknowingly, and then they can keep you "in line", while paying you the big $$$ to do their bidding, like lucrative deals with your VP father.
Millions of dollars were paid to Hunter Biden for favors with the US Govt while Joe Biden was VP under Obama.
For 8 years Hunter made the contacts and split the money with his father, referred to as the "Big Guy" in all emails detailing how their ill gotten gains would be split up amongst all the criminals involved.
Joe Biden sold out his country and used his meth head son to do it. ...
But, IT GETS WORSE. Today, on the laptop, emails were released between Beau Biden's widow, Haillie, and Joe Biden in 2017 and more in 2018 when she and Hunter were still living together. They were casually talking about the continual "sexually inappropriate behavior" she had witnessed from Hunter toward her 14 year old daughter, Natalie, HIS NIECE!..
She told Joe that she felt she had put her children in a dangerous situation by getting involved with Hunter Biden. Joe knew his son was screwing around with his niece and he advised his daughter-in-law to go to therapy.....No one went to the police and the abuse escalated. THAT is the main reason she broke off her relationship with Hunter. Among the pictures of Hunter having sex with young Asian children, there were hundreds of provocative pictures of a 14 year old girl, mainly topless, and hundreds more of Hunter Biden, in sexual poses with her, HIS NIECE. She was 14 yrs old and HE WAS 48!!
BOTTOM LINE: ANY MAN WHO CAN'T TAKE CARE OF HIS OWN HOUSE, HAS NO BUSINESS BEING IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE END.....but, is it? Nope. Rudy says there is more to come, primarily involving Joe Biden getting rich off laundering foreign money through our country, using his son as intermediary. Biden is as dirty and crooked as they come. Hillary looks clean compared to him. Now it makes sense why Obama REFUSED to endorse him as the DNC candidate until he was the last man standing!
More to come...
Dear God, how much worse can this get?

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:19 am

Kids do the darnedest things.

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:57 am

Well, it does say TRUE, so how can you dispute it?

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:35 am

"Eventually, it landed in Rudy Giuliani's possession" is doing a lot of work there.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:20 am

We all saw Rudy trying to get his joystick working.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:15 am

Perhaps the laptop was stuck in his pants. He was REALLY working to fish something out, which makes sense considering the size of a laptop. Do we have to always assume the worst?!