a common sense approach to a liberal world
The worst kind of lies are the half-truths so often weaponized by the media.
A partial truth converted into propaganda by the omission of facts.
Kyle Griffin is a Producer at MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.
Today he tweeted out the following:Continue Reading
A letter worth reading. Carefully.
My thoughts/comments follow.Continue Reading
The testimony of Department of Justice (DOJ) official Bruce Ohr has provided Congressional investigators with a unique insight into the activity at the FBI and DOJ that led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
“Bruce Ohr is creating a link for us between people who had animus, who were in fact desperate to stop candidate Trump from being President Trump, both before and after he became the President-Elect,”Continue Reading
Bruce Ohr is going to become more and more important in this investigation. I think people should pay close attention to it. – Devin Nunes
Newly released texts, emails and handwritten notes have thrust former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr back into the spotlight.Continue Reading
There are two ways to do something…the right way, and again – Navy SEAL saying
The Inspector General’s Report will now be released on June 14, 2018. The Inspector General will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 18, 2018.
Note: This is the first time Inspector General Horowitz has provided a hard date for release of his Report. Previously, everyone has been forced to infer release dates based on testimony scheduling.Continue Reading
“There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen.” – Frederic Bastiat
“The Law of Unintended Consequences is a fact of life. Humans act when acted upon and generally in their own interest. People and markets adjust their behavior – often in ways not predicted or planned for.” – themarketswork
President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank legislation into law, all 2,300 pages of it, in 2010. The legislation was in response to the financial crisis of 2008 and was intended to decrease risks to our financial system and “promote financial stability”. Obama told the public Dodd-Frank would “lift our economy”. He also told us that the financial crisis of ’08 was the result of deregulation.
Sadly, the exact opposite was true. The financial crisis of ’08 – like so many before it – was the result of regulations – bad ones – implemented by Washington over many years.Continue Reading
The release of the House Memo provided us with a wealth of new information – most of it damning.
In particular the inference that a likely Title I Request – or a Traditional FISA – was issued on Carter Page.
But the Memo also provided us with some important additions to our timeline. Which leads to some new conclusions.Continue Reading
President Trump officially fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday, March 13, 2018.
Tillerson was privately told of the firing on Friday, March 9, 2018:
A senior White House official said Trump asked Tillerson to step down on Friday but did not want to make it public while he was on a trip to Africa.Continue Reading
Yesterday I wrote about Devin Nunes and his list of referred names. For the third time, I wrote the following words:
Note that names cut off at a certain political level. Below Sally Yates at DOJ. Below Comey at FBI. Below Kerry at State.Continue Reading
Bill Priestap has suddenly become a popular name, despite – or because of – so few knowing much about him.
This should have John Brennan and James Clapper worried.
As we have long suspected, it seems quite likely that Bill Priestap – the FBI’s head of Counterintelligence – has been flipped and is now a cooperating witness.
We have long suspected this for four primary reasons:Continue Reading