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Techne said:
Q and the NPCs do not approve. So it is going just great:cool:. What is that? Q's scrotum?
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Looks like the Vatican to me. Didn't think they'd be all that hot on the snake motif, tbh... Weird, huh?
 
Techne said:
It certainly got a whole lot more fun with him back here. I will enjoy the defenestration of Q quackery.
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@Techne knows I am no fan of his. We stand apart (mostly far apart) on many aspects of the political divide. Except this one. @Xarog. Would you care to suggest an explanation for this bi-partisan dismisal of your odd ideas?
 
Xarog said:
Spoke too soon... :sneaky:
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I don't agree with most of what NBFTW says; nor do I have much respect for his style of argument.

I believe, however, he is a man of his word, a man who honestly believes in his arguement, a man who would follow through on a bet.

I see that you are not a man of your word.
 
https://saraacarter.com/fmr-top-fbi-official-rosenstein-was-serious-about-secret-trump-recording/
On Thursday, Republican lawmakers heard testimony for a second time from former FBI General Counsel James Baker in a closed-door session. The interview focused mainly on allegations that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was “serious” about secretly recording President Donald Trump and that he consulted with several other administration officials about invoking the 25th Amendment, said sources with knowledge of the testimony.
Baker resigned in May from the bureau after he came under intense scrutiny by lawmakers when it was discovered that he possibly disclosed classified information to journalists. As the former top lawyer for the FBI, Baker was a close confidant of former Director James Comey.
Baker’s testimony several weeks ago before the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees (both of which are leading a joint investigation into the bureau and Department of Justice) was described by lawmakers as “explosive.”
Thursday’s testimony was considered just as explosive as the former lawyer went into detail about why he believed that Rosenstein was not joking around when he told former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and former FBI Lawyer Lisa Page that he wanted to secretly record Trump. The pair also informed Baker that Rosenstein had discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment under the guise that Trump was “unfit” to serve as president, according to his testimony.


“Invoking the 25th can only be accomplished with the signature of the Vice President and there is no way the Vice President would have ever agreed to any such thing,” said a former administration official, who claimed the only reason such an idea would have been discussed would be “to isolate the president and poison the media well.”

In May 2017, then Deputy Director McCabe and Page had a private meeting with Rosenstein in which the two former FBI officials discussed various concerns regarding President Trump, who had just fired Comey. However, it was Rosenstein’s memo to Trump that month, which outlined the various reasons Comey should be fired.
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Things aren't looking good for Rosenstein.
 
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/19/mueller-investigation-findings-914754

President Donald Trump's critics have spent the past 17 months anticipating what some expect will be among the most thrilling events of their lives: special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on Russian 2016 election interference.

They may be in for a disappointment.

That’s the word POLITICO got from defense lawyers working on the Russia probe and more than 15 former government officials with investigation experience spanning Watergate to the 2016 election case. The public, they say, shouldn’t expect a comprehensive and presidency-wrecking account of Kremlin meddling and alleged obstruction of justice by Trump — not to mention an explanation of the myriad subplots that have bedeviled lawmakers, journalists and amateur Mueller sleuths.

Perhaps most unsatisfying: Mueller’s findings may never even see the light of day.

“That’s just the way this works,” said John Q. Barrett, a former associate counsel who worked under independent counsel Lawrence Walsh during the Reagan-era investigation into secret U.S. arms sales to Iran. “Mueller is a criminal investigator. He’s not government oversight, and he’s not a historian.”

All of this may sound like a buzzkill after two years of intense news coverage depicting a potential conspiracy between the Kremlin and Trump’s campaign, plus the scores of tweets from the White House condemning the Mueller probe as a “witch hunt.”
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Care to comment, Greg? :sneaky:
 
cerebus said:
Voter signature fraud is WAR, albeit non violent.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/brian-kemp-voter-mismatch-georgia-stolen-election.html

Body slamming reporters is WAR, albeit semi-violent.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1053096071231164416

Chopping up journalists with bone saws is WAR, albeit probably with no consequences.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/us/politics/trump-khashoggi-dead.html
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Voter fraud and beating up journalists are American hobbies. Like eating apple pie. Local problems. Foreign invaders are extra problems from outside... war problems.
 
Trigger warning: Mueller report PSA: Prepare for disappointment
President Donald Trump's critics have spent the past 17 months anticipating what some expect will be among the most thrilling events of their lives: special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on Russian 2016 election interference.

They may be in for a disappointment.
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Meh, the people pretending to be Q just got hold of his schedule and studied his tweet habits.
 
Techne said:
Meh, the people pretending to be Q just got hold of his schedule and studied his tweet habits.
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Ok, so anyone can get a hold of a schedule. So we all knew where Trump was going...

But how do you study someone's tweet habits such that you can anticipate the one time they conspicuously don't tweet like they're supposed to? :unsure:
 
Xarog said:
So the staffer is Q?

I mean, you're still establishing a line of communication between Trump and Q here. :p
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At best, at the very best, Q (which is more than one dufus probably) is some low level staffer Trump doesn't give a damn about and there is nothing that can be gleaned from the Q stuff other than a bunch dufusses having shits and giggles while stringing along Q supporters for the ride.
 
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