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Trustee, FPC Montgomery would be nice.

Yep, that's on me. I was unaware of the NATO press conference. So it's only been two months. That's much better since not much has occurred. But it's interesting that the timeframe for a Biden press conference, or lack thereof, was the takeaway from my post and not the court-admitted fact that Hillary herself is responsible for the Trump-Russia collusion fiasco that took up several years of our nation's time. Different priorities, one supposes.

Hillary's campaign manager admitted under oath that she, personally, gave the go ahead for a false Trump-Russian bank story (Alfa Bank). Her lawyer admitted that the campaign paid for the false information. The former FBI chief of staff testified that the other lawyer on trial, Sussman, specifically represented that he wasn't representing a client, i.e., lied to the FBI. Also, 100+ days since the vegetable in chief held a press conference. Sure seems like some pressing topics to discuss - Ukraine war, inflation, gas prices, baby formula shortage, overwhelming illegal immigration, leaked Supreme Court draft ruling, etc. I dunno, you'd think he'd have some thoughts...

M2, you ol' dog! (The rail bent...) And slightly on topic, the hundreds of billions of dollars the federal government pays on interest for various loans doesn't seem to be contributing to anything positive. I'm a caveman on these matters, but that's a lot of cash paid by taxpayers (or borrowed from future taxpayers) that doesn't seem to benefit anyone, now or later.

Good idea for a thread. Hope this entry counts; if not, please put it in a more appropriate one: Government often fcuks things up, including NASA. However, the insane engineering of the soon to be operational Webb Space Telescope is something they did right. Besides the big brains for the concept and building the thing, the actual employment of the telescope involved some 300(!) single point of failure operations to unfold the solar shield, the mirror, etc. Any one of them crumps and another $10B is literally up in smoke. They nailed it. https://phys.org/news/2022-05-webb-telescope-explore-solar.html Well done! And I can't wait to see what this thing finds.

The Outfit. Mark Rylance plays an English tailor to 1950s Chicago mobsters. On Netflix now. Pretty good, not what I expected. Solid A-

Vettel's exit strategy for when he's not offered a contract next year: https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12611765/sebastian-vettel-admits-climate-change-makes-him-question-formula-1-role

https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/coronavirus-vaccine-blood-clots How many discharges for refusing to take the Kung flu non-vaccine and/or medical injuries and subsequent loss of deployable personnel have occurred vs. if the virus had been allowed run its course in nearly the least affected demographic in the nation? Seems a large own goal, but totally worth it, right? But sketchy orders are orders... Surely no correlation: https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/01/21/air-forces-enlisted-recruitment-pipeline-is-drying-up-general-warns/

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Meh... Nicholas Cage pokes fun at himself in a movie-within-a-movie kinda thing. A couple of chuckles, pretty scenary - of the foliage kind, not the flesh kind. Maybe worth it on some home service, not worth wasting date night on. A "C" rating. Sidenote: trailer for Top Gun 2 rolled. Mrs brickhistory said she didn't want to go. "Darling, I will miss you..."

The politics of this thing aren't quite so devastating as have been claimed. Remind me which major political party controls the legislature and the executive branch? If they want to pass a national abortion law, they can. They don't have the votes. Although some squishy Republicans will also have to fish or cut bait if put to the test. But neither side will apply said test. Too much fundraising to be had railing for/against the issue. Not so much in actually making it a law.

Progress: https://thekingofstocks.com/2022/05/03/maskless-hillary-clinton-walks-red-carpet-at-met-gala-as-masked-servant-tends-to-her-custom-gown-video/

I refer you to the FBI's deliberate misuse of the FISA legal system. Not just against people in Trump's orbit, but just American citizens. I refer you to several NSA programs that look at US citizens communications that deliberately circumvented the "legal review" system in place. I refer you to the IRS' targeting of Tea Party entities in the early 2000s. I refer you to the CIA's spying on Americans in the 1950s/60s/70s. I refer you to the DoD's program to monitor the social media of service members today. I can go from today back to the John Adams Administration and the Sedition Act of 1800 with such examples of the government not being trustworthy and stifling wrong think. But sure, you rail against the enemy of "white, Christian, conservative men" and trust the government. A) Let me know how that works for ya and B) that is a great gig if you can be the one deciding.

This guy...sigh... Just run along to K Street, Adam. Since CNN+ folded after less than a month and Psaki nailed (no sts) the MSNBC gig, the odds of you being the pet "Republican who bashes the GOP" TV gig is probably not gonna happen now. Liz Cheney is more photogenic and a better demographic than a crying white guy anyway. Just go away.

That is, indeed, some magnificent acting...

To be fair, both "Red Flag: The Ultimate Game," and Iron Eagles I-IV both sucked, just in different ways (sts...). However, at least Red Flag had Nellis backgrounds and lots of correct colored F-4s... Also:

It would take more than this year's fat cars to get me to go near Austin. However, the track there combined with the porpoising of the cars this year should be quite a show. Lewis earns the largest paycheck in the sport from Mercedes. Does he want the continued cash or the 8th title before he ages out? Dunno... I believe Latifi's dad pays a considerable sum to Williams so I don't expect his son to go anywhere.

Godwin squared:

Why?

"We find this belief to be disinformation. We shall be monitoring your communications, both incoming and outgoing, to ensure that you do not attempt to spread such disinformation." a note from your friendly Ministry of Truth... And given the support for such, even on this thread, it's likely to happen. And I can assure you, it's a GREAT gig to get if you can be the one that decides what is and isn't disinformation. Just ask any of the 50 former IC officials who signed the letter assuring us that the Hunter laptop was classic Russian disinformation. What could possibly go wrong?

And that, as the poem goes, has made all the difference...

"10 percent for the big guy..." "I've paid his bills for years..." "I don't know what Hunter does in his business dealings and don't know his associates." - 2 x letters of recommendation for sons of PRC business partners of Hunter's. - Photos of ol' Joe with Hunter and his business partners at a DC restaurant - 19 WH meetings with Hunter's business partners while VP - Hunter accompanied the VP on AF2 to trips to Ukraine and PRC. Shortely thereafter, major business deals for Hunter in those two countries Now some $5.2 million in unexplained income earning for Joe "Cornpop" Biden in the period from leaving the VP to becoming POTUS, including paying Hunter's business legal fees. https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/04/26/joe-bidens-unexplained-income-starts-to-connect-the-dots-to-his-degenerate-son-n556356 The linked site is conservative. The facts presented are not of a political bent. They are simply dollar amounts that haven't been explained.

So definitely not in the "latest" category, but I rewatched the 1960 "Judgement at Nuremberg." Simply outstanding movie. Great, understated acting. Superb writing. And a subject that makes you think about "orders."

Last Friday, Special Counsel Durham dropped court filings that state that five Clinton campaign staff have invoked 5th amendment regarding the Russia collusion matter while Durham is charging one lawyer already. In addition, court documents contain findings from the CIA, from early 2017, that the machine language supposedly between Trump, et al, and a Russian bank, was "user created," i.e., phony and manufactured by somebody. The indicted lawyer, Sussman, says he didn't lie to the FBI when he said he wasn't working for any client. Fusion GPS, hired by Clinton campaign, and the Clinton campaign itself, are trying to have the documents thrown out due to "attorney client privilege." So which is it? No client or attorney-client privilege? I still hope for some perp walks before I'm dead.

Jeezuz wept: https://nypost.com/2022/04/18/easter-bunny-stops-biden-from-answering-reporters-question/ And this was a WH strategy to keep the dementia patient from stepping on himself. You work hard in school, you pay your dues in various political jobs to land at the White House...and you're the bunny lady. Nice.

I remember which is why I asked him if he's happy that another unnecessary mort is occurring due to the goatrope that ensued. The ending of the mask mandate (mostly) is just a last gasp of the stupidity that occurred. Lest we forget...