Off topic here, but brought over from the podcast, a thanks to Tim Miller for raising the NIMBY housing issue which is preventing accommodations for 3K students in Berkeley. For the record, State Senator Scott Wiener has been fighting FOR housing for years, and butting his head up against the "I've got mine, you can take a hike" NIMBYs statewide. And yes, you can see 30 million dollar mansions in SF Sea Crest neighborhood with Black Lives Matters posters -- but let no black person walk that area late at night without being prepared for a stop.
Any chance Putin escalating to give cover for TFG? With 1/6 filing on Eastman, Ukraine situation focus, not Trump (although I do hope one of the alphabets is monitoring Trump).
I would like to believe that Merrick Garland's Justice Department was investigating and considering possible charges against Trump, but if that were the case, it's hard to believe that we wouldn't have caught at least a whiff of it by now. If it happens, even if it takes the Committee's evidence to finally get the ball rolling, you can color me pleasantly surprised. But I'm not betting money on it: I only bet on sure things.
Just got off the phone with friends from Munich. The German people are very afraid of the invasion of Ukraine because they think it will spread. They hate Putin. They do like Biden, although some think he is a weak. They hate Trump and think is a fool, especially for cozying up to Putin who is a viper.
Biden's Justice Dept. will be there until 1/2025. The fact that Congress is likely to switch hands going into 2023 doesn't matter in terms of a possible prosection.
True, but Garland seems to be moving so slowly that a criminal prosecution won't happen until the next administration which, God forbid!, might be Trump's.
Fun Fact: More Russians are protesting Putin's bullshit invasion of Ukraine just a few days into the war as compared to the very few Americans who protested Bush's invasion of Iraq even months after it was determined that no WMDs existed and the civilian body count was in the tens of thousands.
Talk about decadence, even the anti-war left basically went back to doing drugs and fucking each other in college maybe 6 months after the Iraq invasion, how long do you figure it'll take America to forget about Putin's war in Ukraine? I'm keeping the stop-watch going and then comparing to the Iraq invasion timeframe. I figure America will forget about Ukraine sooner than it forgot about its own wars. Good times, weak men, hard times, strong men, etc., etc.
When Bush announced the Iraq invasion, I had deep misgivings. I believed our intelligence community, and I believed Colin Powell, but I said to myself, "I'll give them a year to find WMDs, and if they don't, it was a lie and I'll never vote for a Republican for President again." So I was watching and counting days, not doing the fun things you suggest (the greater fool I!), and I'm sure that I wasn't alone. Anyway, they didn't find the weapons, and I stopped voting for Republicans.
Despite being wrong about the WMD's there was a lot of history of Saddam's meddling in the Middle East to include his own invasion of a peaceful neighbor, Kuwait. These factors helped promote support of the invasion despite the WMD thing.
The way the US conducts a war vs. Russia's brutal approach will be on stark contrast transmitted in HD across the world. This will not only keep people's attention...at some point it will likely lead to more world involvement/attention than any other conflict since WW2.
Despite the fact that our invasion of Iraq seemed relatively quick and bloodless, it ended up not being so...
The conquest of Iraq took about 20 days, with less than 200 US casualties and less than 50 UK casualties.
Trouble is, the insurrection that resulted lasted past our withdrawal in 2011 and over 100k Iraqis died (some estimates range as high as a million+ if you include the post-occupation conflict that resulted).
So, can the committee send the DOJ the referral or is it the entire house? Garland certainly will be under pressure but the time to act is short. Ad to that the grand Jury time . Much as I'd love to see it, I don't tend to think Trump will be indicted. Time will run out in November.
Yesterday, I watched one of the Pod Save America bros eloquently talk about the grief of suffering a miscarriage and how men should be more vulnerable talking about this topic, followed by Ben Shapiro spewing this vile crap - and I thought to myself, "are all the men in Conservative, Inc. just emotionally stunted?"
Eesh. That Shapiro quote is just badly constructed. I never thought I'd miss the bloviating, disgusting prose of Rush freaking Limbaugh, however slightly. 🤢
Can we just create a position, President of the West, and elect Gary Kasparov to it? Maybe his successor could be Magnus Carlson.
I'm thinking it's going to take Putin firing a nuke off to get any military response from the West, because honestly I think the only thing preventing such a response right now is that Putin has the threat of using nukes.
And that is encouraging news from the 1/6 Committee. This needs to get done fast, though, before the next Congress, and if all they have time to get done is handing off very incriminating evidence to DOJ, Garland needs to do something with it. Too many examples in recent history of appalling behavior going unpunished and despicable villains becoming emboldened.
Kuddos to the one kid I saw in the background(there may have been more, I couldn't see) that kept their mask on after getting berated by that asshat...
Off topic here, but brought over from the podcast, a thanks to Tim Miller for raising the NIMBY housing issue which is preventing accommodations for 3K students in Berkeley. For the record, State Senator Scott Wiener has been fighting FOR housing for years, and butting his head up against the "I've got mine, you can take a hike" NIMBYs statewide. And yes, you can see 30 million dollar mansions in SF Sea Crest neighborhood with Black Lives Matters posters -- but let no black person walk that area late at night without being prepared for a stop.
Any chance Putin escalating to give cover for TFG? With 1/6 filing on Eastman, Ukraine situation focus, not Trump (although I do hope one of the alphabets is monitoring Trump).
I would like to believe that Merrick Garland's Justice Department was investigating and considering possible charges against Trump, but if that were the case, it's hard to believe that we wouldn't have caught at least a whiff of it by now. If it happens, even if it takes the Committee's evidence to finally get the ball rolling, you can color me pleasantly surprised. But I'm not betting money on it: I only bet on sure things.
Just got off the phone with friends from Munich. The German people are very afraid of the invasion of Ukraine because they think it will spread. They hate Putin. They do like Biden, although some think he is a weak. They hate Trump and think is a fool, especially for cozying up to Putin who is a viper.
Charlie, I loved your podcast yesterday with Michael Steele, however, you all were like, "Why not nuclear power? There's no downsides...." Yeah except, where do we store all the nuclear waste? I just needed to point this out. https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/dangers-and-effects-of-nuclear-waste-disposal.php
Yucca Mountain. Now that Harry Reid is off the field, that should be back on the table.
Could the Bulwark obtain a copy of the Court Filing for subscribers to read? or a link to it?
Could the Bulwark obtain a copy of the Court Filing for subscribers to read? or a link to it?
Garland better move fast or the GOP will smother it in the cradle when they get back in power.
Biden's Justice Dept. will be there until 1/2025. The fact that Congress is likely to switch hands going into 2023 doesn't matter in terms of a possible prosection.
Except Trump's Pets are threatening impeachment of Biden, and completely dumping the committee. You think anything will continue if that happens?
My point is the Rs taking control of Congress doesn't stop a criminal prosecution after the election.
True, but Garland seems to be moving so slowly that a criminal prosecution won't happen until the next administration which, God forbid!, might be Trump's.
Fun Fact: More Russians are protesting Putin's bullshit invasion of Ukraine just a few days into the war as compared to the very few Americans who protested Bush's invasion of Iraq even months after it was determined that no WMDs existed and the civilian body count was in the tens of thousands.
Talk about decadence, even the anti-war left basically went back to doing drugs and fucking each other in college maybe 6 months after the Iraq invasion, how long do you figure it'll take America to forget about Putin's war in Ukraine? I'm keeping the stop-watch going and then comparing to the Iraq invasion timeframe. I figure America will forget about Ukraine sooner than it forgot about its own wars. Good times, weak men, hard times, strong men, etc., etc.
When Bush announced the Iraq invasion, I had deep misgivings. I believed our intelligence community, and I believed Colin Powell, but I said to myself, "I'll give them a year to find WMDs, and if they don't, it was a lie and I'll never vote for a Republican for President again." So I was watching and counting days, not doing the fun things you suggest (the greater fool I!), and I'm sure that I wasn't alone. Anyway, they didn't find the weapons, and I stopped voting for Republicans.
Despite being wrong about the WMD's there was a lot of history of Saddam's meddling in the Middle East to include his own invasion of a peaceful neighbor, Kuwait. These factors helped promote support of the invasion despite the WMD thing.
The way the US conducts a war vs. Russia's brutal approach will be on stark contrast transmitted in HD across the world. This will not only keep people's attention...at some point it will likely lead to more world involvement/attention than any other conflict since WW2.
I don't share your opinion.
Despite the fact that our invasion of Iraq seemed relatively quick and bloodless, it ended up not being so...
The conquest of Iraq took about 20 days, with less than 200 US casualties and less than 50 UK casualties.
Trouble is, the insurrection that resulted lasted past our withdrawal in 2011 and over 100k Iraqis died (some estimates range as high as a million+ if you include the post-occupation conflict that resulted).
So, can the committee send the DOJ the referral or is it the entire house? Garland certainly will be under pressure but the time to act is short. Ad to that the grand Jury time . Much as I'd love to see it, I don't tend to think Trump will be indicted. Time will run out in November.
A referral doesn't mean that much. The DOJ doesn't need a referral to prosecute someone.
Johnson is so awful that anyone to the right of Abbie Hoffman should win easily. The fact that it's in doubt tells you quite a bit about WI.
Hey Ben Shapiro,
Dennis Miller called and he wants his shtick back.
Yesterday, I watched one of the Pod Save America bros eloquently talk about the grief of suffering a miscarriage and how men should be more vulnerable talking about this topic, followed by Ben Shapiro spewing this vile crap - and I thought to myself, "are all the men in Conservative, Inc. just emotionally stunted?"
Trumpers aren't conservatives. Even Matt Schlapp now admits that.
Eesh. That Shapiro quote is just badly constructed. I never thought I'd miss the bloviating, disgusting prose of Rush freaking Limbaugh, however slightly. 🤢
Can we just create a position, President of the West, and elect Gary Kasparov to it? Maybe his successor could be Magnus Carlson.
I'm thinking it's going to take Putin firing a nuke off to get any military response from the West, because honestly I think the only thing preventing such a response right now is that Putin has the threat of using nukes.
And that is encouraging news from the 1/6 Committee. This needs to get done fast, though, before the next Congress, and if all they have time to get done is handing off very incriminating evidence to DOJ, Garland needs to do something with it. Too many examples in recent history of appalling behavior going unpunished and despicable villains becoming emboldened.
I suggest firing several missiles at the oligarchs' homes/businesses. Putin might be gone after it hits them where it really hurts.
Kuddos to the one kid I saw in the background(there may have been more, I couldn't see) that kept their mask on after getting berated by that asshat...
I know! What an idiot.
Democrats --- save the tape for marketing pieces crosscuting videos of Disantis being Disantis...bullying kids and similar assholic outbursts.