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A Big Deal

10 Wednesday Apr 2019

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Yeah. Yeah, spying on a political campaign just might be a big deal.

Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday U.S. intelligence agencies engaged in spying directed at the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump and that he would look at whether the surveillance was undertaken legally.

“I think spying did occur,” Barr told a Senate hearing. “But the question is whether it was adequately predicated and I am not suggesting that it wasn’t adequately predicated. … I am not suggesting those rules were violated, but I think it is important to look at that. And I am not talking about the FBI necessarily, but intelligence agencies more broadly.

“I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal – it’s a big deal.”

If it wasn’t adequately predicated (and, on what did they have for the predicate, anyway?), then when do the treason trials/drone strikes start? Maybe about the same time as the wall?

“C-O-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N”

08 Monday Oct 2018

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568 pages of it. Here’s your reward for waking up this fine Monday:

DOJ IG (CYA) Report on FBI BS (OMG!!!)

In a nutshell, it says, “blah, blah, need more money, blah.”

Seriously, of interest (to someone) may be the “notes” from page 294:

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Thanks, Q.

If that’s too much reading, then, here:

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Thank you, Legs Network.

Carry on.

2016 Year In Review

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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As we close out 2016, here’s a look back at a few posts from the last 12 months. I’ve done nearly 600 this year alone. Some were excellent. Others were … a little less. Some I thought would be hits, flopped. Some came out of nowhere and surprised me. A little blog history:

January. Half Day Snow Day.

February. The Old Man’s Guide to the Gym.

March. Death at the Academy.

April. A Den of Vipers and Thieves.

May. FDA ASSAULTS CIGAR INDUSTRY.

June. The Battle of Orlando – connected to – My Name is I Pledge of Allegiance…

July. Death of a Facebook Friend. This might have been my highest trafficked article of the year, at least by initial views. And just something I wrote on a whim.

August. Come Out of the Churches, Thou Unclean Spirits.

September. Mapping The Real Vote.

October. The Time I Met Reagan.

November. Ohio State Terrorist Attack Highlights Need For Guns On Campus.

December. Maybe The Russians Are Not THEIR Friends.

And that should be a wrap for 2016.

rtss

Next year will be fantastic. See you then.

-P

Election Coverage 2016

08 Tuesday Nov 2016

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For what it’s worth, tonight you can use Politico’s Election Results tracking tools.

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They break the count down by state and by county in addition to the electoral totals.

They also cover:

Senate

House

Governor

Ballot Measures

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The Ballot Measures are interesting to watch as they are, mostly, barometers of how the voting public view various freedoms. MJ is on the ballot in numerous states as is the right to work, the right to hunt, school initiatives, and other matters.

Another curiosity is the wide gap between party choices in different states. Most states offer: Dems, Repub, Libertarians, and Greens. Georgia and a few other backwards states only offer the first three. Some have an array of choices. I think the record is something close to 20.

Polls begin to close at 6 PM EST, cascading from East to West. The last polls in the Pacific region close around 11. During this time the counts will begin. Grab some popcorn or a hammer or something. In keeping with my September electoral call, I still predict a Trump presidency. Not a Trumpslide, but not that close either.

We’ll know for sure tomorrow barring the return of the hanging chads.

Stay tuned for that totally unrelated fun story a little later this evening.

Cheers,

Perrin

May 2016

01 Sunday May 2016

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Happy May Day. Forget the roots, green or red. I’m happy just to sip coffee and watch bees buzzing around the boxwoods.

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Wiki.

I’m going to try to do a post each and every day this month – hopefully a little more insightful than this one though. Next month marks the four-year anniversary of the blog and may see my 500th post.

Have a wonderful spring day, friends.

Perrin