Russia Collusion Scandal (aka A Leftist fantasy)

[bravesnumberone]

Opinion piece.

"While the memo is heavily redacted, it does state that the Justice Department provided additional information in FISA renewals obtained through multiple independent sources that corroborated Steele’s reporting. What is intriguing here is that nearly the entire section supporting that conclusion is blacked out. What parts were confirmed? How were they confirmed? We still don’t know, but the prospect of ample corroboration of the dossier’s allegations (salacious or not) should be extremely troubling to the Trump team."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...e87d6e8I'm

[Runnin]

Anyone know how to convert this to a word document so I can cut and paste the relevant passages?

I believe Rick Gates knows how.

[Runnin]

Page 3:

By then, the FBI had already opened sub-inquires into XXX individuals linked to the Trump campaign: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and former campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page.

[bravesnumberone]

Anyone else curious what parts of the phony dossier were corroborated and why that whole section practically was redacted? Lol.

[Runnin]

This is an embarrassing memo. Poorly put together and contained absolutely zero new information.

Thank you for consistently lifting my mood.

[57Brave]

Seeing how I still have the farm to wager, I am willing to bet it again.

Robert Mueller/crew knows what is in the redacted lines

Bottom line, that is all that needs to know

[CK86]

This is an embarrassing memo. Poorly put together and contained absolutely zero new information.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Runnin]

This is an embarrassing memo. Poorly put together and contained absolutely zero new information.

Actually, it was well organized with bold headings for each section and 2 pages of footnotes, easy to read and understand and did exactly what it intended to do, show the Nunes memo for what it was, a ham-fisted, misguided political stunt, full of lies and false implications that gloriously backfired and proved the exact opposite of what it attempted to prove.

[Hawk]

Actually, it was well organized with bold headings for each section and 2 pages of footnotes, easy to read and understand and did exactly what it intended to do, show the Nunes memo for what it was, a ham-fisted, misguided political stunt, full of lies and false implications that gloriously backfired and proved the exact opposite of what it attempted to prove.

This is more impactful (fiction) than any one bit of information produced in the Schiff memo.

[Hawk]

Me saying pretty easy is an opinion, not an uninformed one taking the words of the right.

But you're right we don't have any questionable actions from Trump during this whole situation. None.

Even if it were an opinion, you should still be able to account for it. You go after thethe for being in the ideological weeds on this, but you are just as in the bag on the opposite end of the field.

Which is surprising to me, because I feel like you've done a political 360 since the primaries.

[Runnin]

This is more impactful (fiction) than any one bit of information produced in the Schiff memo.

My favorite part:

...clear forensiXXXXXXXXX DoXXXX J. XXXXXp was filXXX froliXXX XXXXXX 3 blond RuXXXXX wXXXXXXX XX X pudXXXX XXX bed, etc.

[Julio3000]

Putin also ordered an attack on the US-affiliated SDF, who we defended (quite well), in skirmish that cost ~100 Russians.

About a week and a half ago.

Funny how our newly minted Rossiya experts didn’t have any crack analysis to deliver on that score.

It's our putative friend (as you'd have it) showing his ass and probing the perceived weakness of our patchwork alliances in Syria. I'm not one to cheerlead for the war machine, but I'm glad the attempt was rebuffed with disproportionate force.

It's also weird for you to be underscoring what a dirtbag Manafort is after defending his hire, not to mention the bloodhounds and the banks, etc.

Great job with the delegates, though.

[Julio3000]

Anyone want to make an argument that Russia has benefited from the trump presidency?

I think subsequent events have overtaken that situation. I'll refer you to the numerous articles from winter 2017 about attempts inside the Trump WH to unilaterally undo the Crimea sanctions. That they didn't succeed doesn't invalidate the fact that they tried.

[bravesnumberone]

Even if it were an opinion, you should still be able to account for it. You go after thethe for being in the ideological weeds on this, but you are just as in the bag on the opposite end of the field.

Which is surprising to me, because I feel like you've done a political 360 since the primaries.

If you want to talk about in the bag, here's a nice little quote from you:

"We were promised a categorical disassembly of the Republican memo. This literally does nothing of the sort, not even if you squint." Since you are apparently the king of objectivity, perhaps you can explain, in detail, how you come up with that assertion.

I assume you mean a political 180. I've thought Trump was full of **** from day one. Did not think he would be this terrible and did not pay enough attention to his background. Never cared for Hillary and there were a couple of Republicans I would have supported over her. I also don't think she murders people, and I don't believe she was in cahoots with the FBI to derail Trump (which is far more bat**** than my and others' belief that the ultimate goal with the memo was to tarnish the FBI and Justice Department so badly that it would get rid of Rosenstein — either by prompting his resignation or outright firing him — and in effect, Mueller. I still believe our two-party system is broken. I cannot support the Republican Party any longer and am skeptical of the Democratic Party in general. I regret bashing people for taking a lesser-of-two-evils approach in 2016. My vote was pretty much useless.

[Hawk]

It's our putative friend (as you'd have it) showing his ass and probing the perceived weakness of our patchwork alliances in Syria. I'm not one to cheerlead for the war machine, but I'm glad the attempt was rebuffed with disproportionate force.

It's also weird for you to be underscoring what a dirtbag Manafort is after defending his hire, not to mention the bloodhounds and the banks, etc.

Great job with the delegates, though.

I wonder why the SDF were generally considered to be a ****-show until a few weeks ago.

Also, for what it's worth, I don't think Manafort is a dirtbag. I think he's extremely good at what he does (did). But I'm not shocked that he may have been involved in money-laundering given the people he worked for, and I think that anybody who is shocked is either grossly uninformed or just putting on a show.

[Julio3000]

Also dropped on a Saturday afternoon.

Like that surprisingly unsatisfying first **** after you've been constipated for a few days.

Um, whose decision was it to release it Saturday?

[Runnin]

I think subsequent events have overtaken that situation. I'll refer you to the numerous articles from winter 2017 about attempts inside the Trump WH to unilaterally undo the Crimea sanctions. That they didn't succeed doesn't invalidate the fact that they tried.

I think we're going to find out one day that Mattis, McMaster and others effectively stifled and counteracted Trump's plans with Putin.

[bravesnumberone]

It's our putative friend (as you'd have it) showing his ass and probing the perceived weakness of our patchwork alliances in Syria. I'm not one to cheerlead for the war machine, but I'm glad the attempt was rebuffed with disproportionate force.

It's also weird for you to be underscoring what a dirtbag Manafort is after defending his hire, not to mention the bloodhounds and the banks, etc.

Great job with the delegates, though.

The book has been out on him since 1980 but it was a necessary evil to hire a foreign agent/financial criminal (alleged) as campaign chairman. The best people.

[Hawk]

Um, whose decision was it to release it Saturday?

The House Intelligence Committee.

[bravesnumberone]

I will move my support for Trump up a notch, though. He called the Dem memo a "nothing" and not a "nothing-burger." So he has my respect for the rest of the hour.