Month: April 2017

Athenae, Film

GMIOTM: Inaugural Post

Allison Hantschel

As with most things that get posted by me on this site, this feature came out of a conversation Jude and I had while we were avoiding other work. I present to you the very first installment of GREAT MOMENTS IN OTHERWISE TERRIBLE MOVIES: This movie is so devoid of attention to detail that the dialogue is nearly drowned out by the armor clickety-clacking, like your SOUND MIXING is what is fucking up the experience. Some of that is the age of the thing but also muffle the goddamn joints. Yet … that line is a keeper. A. Continue reading GMIOTM: Inaugural Post

Free Republic, Stupid Republican Tricks, The Darnold, Tommy T1 Comment

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – in like Flynn edition II

Tommy T

Uh oh.

Ex-Trump adviser Flynn offers testimony if he gets immunity
Market Watch ^ | March 30, 2017 | Shane Harris

Posted on 3/30/2017, 5:46:07 PM by Coronal

WASHINGTON — Mike Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, has told the Federal Bureau of Investigation and congressional officials investigating the Trump campaign’s potential ties to Russia that he is willing to be interviewed in exchange for a grant of immunity from prosecution, according to officials with knowledge of the matter.

As an adviser to Trump’s presidential campaign, and later one of Trump’s top aides in the White House, Flynn was privy to some of the most sensitive foreign-policy deliberations of the new administration and was directly involved in discussions about the possible lifting of sanctions on Russia imposed by the Obama administration.

He has made the offer to the FBI and the House and Senate intelligence committees though his lawyer but has so far found no takers, the officials said. Flynn’s attorney, Robert Kelner, declined to comment.

1 posted on 3/30/2017, 5:46:07 PM by Coronal

Okee dokee – how are the Freepers dealing with the whole “Flynn’s going to testify if he’s given immunity” thingy?

To: Coronal

 

Has he been threatened ?

2 posted on 3/30/2017, 5:48:51 PM by WashingtonFire (President Trump – it’s like having your dad as President !)

CornholioThreateningMe
To: Coronal

 

Maybe he’ll suffer an industrial accident.

3 posted on 3/30/2017, 5:50:31 PM by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can’t give you anything he hasn’t first stolen from you.)

The Russians are faking industrial accidents now? I thought shooting and polonium poisoning was more their style.
To: Coronal

 

I’m thinking fake news.

8 posted on 3/30/2017, 5:55:00 PM by BlueCat
STFU
To: BlueCat

 

They just broke story on FBN. Don’t think it’s fake,

10 posted on 3/30/2017, 5:57:08 PM by jersey117

To: Coronal

 

Grant him immunity, he might roll over on Obama.

13 posted on 3/30/2017, 5:58:33 PM by Timpanagos1

OK – now that’s funny.
To: SE Mom

 

National security reporter was signaling this about flynn last weekend. Most here just claimed it was fake news

30 posted on 3/30/2017, 6:08:08 PM by RummyChick

BanHimKitteh
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Wait a minute! Maybe it IS fake news??
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To: BlueCat

 

Lou Dobbs just had an alert that Flynn has NOT offered to testify for immunity. You were right. Fake news.

56 posted on 3/30/2017, 6:30:02 PM by jersey117

Lou Dobbs? How could anyone doubt him!
To: RummyChick

 

Flynn lawyer released statement. He is looking for protection

68 posted on 3/30/2017, 6:54:06 PM by RummyChick

Spoilsport.
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More after the jump.  If you didn’t know that Flynn’s getting Russian rubles wasn’t Hillary’s fault, it’ll be a revelation!
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Athenae, Immoral Values, Law/Justice, Sports3 Comments

Fuck Penn State and All Its Works

Allison Hantschel

There’s no proof of the thing we’re only talking about because there was TONS OF PROOF:  Penn State trustee Albert L. Lord said he is “running out of sympathy” for the “so-called” victims of former Nittany Lions assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, according to an email sent to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Lord, a former CEO of student loan company Sallie Mae, also defended Graham Spanier, the dismissed Penn State president who was convicted of one count of child endangerment last week for his handling of complaints about Sandusky. “Running out of sympathy for 35 yr old, so-called victims with … Continue reading Fuck Penn State and All Its Works

Free Republic, Stupid Republican Tricks, Teabaggery, The Darnold, Tommy T4 Comments

Bonus Sunday “Obsession” – Freedumb Caucus edition

Tommy T

Sorry to spring this on you folks this quiet Sunday morning, but just – damn.

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Donald Trump declares war on Freedom Caucus
Twitter ^ | March 30, 2017 | Donald Trump

Posted on 3/30/2017, 8:57:15 AM by Tea Party Terrorist

“The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don’t get on the team, & fast. We must fight them, & Dems, in 2018!” – Donald Trump

1 posted on 3/30/2017, 8:57:15 AM by Tea Party Terrorist
Well.
This should be interesting.
To: Tea Party Terrorist

 

He is getting very bad advice. Does he think conservatives voted for him so he could cave to the RINOs who did not? He is killing his chances to hold the House next year.

3 posted on 3/30/2017, 8:59:13 AM by txrefugee

It’s not advice.
It’s him. It’s the way he is, and the way he’s always been.
They made him look foolish, so they must pay.
To: Tea Party Terrorist

 

Super-sized mistake , if an accurate report. IMO, unimaginable.

5 posted on 3/30/2017, 9:00:01 AM by faithhopecharity (“Politicans are not born, they’re excreted.” — Marcus Tillius Cicero)

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To: faithhopecharity

 

If an accurate report??????????

It’s a tweet. Word for frickin word.

11 posted on 3/30/2017, 9:02:16 AM by KyCats

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To: faithhopecharity

 

He tweeted it this morning. I almost fell over. This is nuts.

10 posted on 3/30/2017, 9:01:56 AM by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)

To: Tea Party Terrorist

 

News Flash: Trump is a populist, not a conservative.

26 posted on 3/30/2017, 9:05:41 AM by rayvd

Actually, according to his poll numbers, he’s a un-populist.
I think this next one is my favourite :
To: momincombatboots

 

Trump is just being true to his real nature – a self-centered big-mouthed New York leftist. The angst around here as Trump continues to reveal himself for what he really is will be something to behold.

9 posted on 3/30/2017, 10:45:04 AM by liberty_lvr (My personal likes and dislikes are totally irrelevant to the salvation of this nation.)

I seem to be detecting some buyer’s remorse here…or maybe just angst in their pants.
To: davikkm

 

Trump really screwed up with this one. The Guys in the Freedom Caucus are in very “Safe” Districts. His threat is only going to be greeted with laughs. I am a trump supporter, but sometimes I wish he would run his proposed Tweets by some of his staff before he cranks them out. Ronald Reagan had an eleventh Commandment about not talking ill of fellow Republicans. Trump would do well to remember that.

18 posted on 3/30/2017, 10:51:25 AM by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)

To: faithhopecharity

The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don’t get on the team, & fast. We must fight them, & Dems, in 2018!
@realDonaldTrump – 9:07 AM – 30 Mar 2017

It’s real alright.

Unwise, to be polite about it. “Real stupid” to be more blunt, and to be frank about it, he’s starting to piss me off.

53 posted on 3/30/2017, 9:11:12 AM by Cboldt
More Et Tu, Brute? below the fold…

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Adrastos, British Politics, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, R.I.P., So Called Liberal Media, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Roll With It

Peter Adrastos Athas
Composition VIII by Vasily Kandinsky.

It’s April Fool’s Day. I’m not planning to prank y’all but if I were I wouldn’t tell you. I like to keep my readers off-balance with this offbeat and off-kilter feature. I hope the previous sentence wasn’t off-putting.

We’re going to a kid’s birthday party/crawfish berl today. That’s boil to you auslanders. It’s young Harper’s second birthday and she’s already out of fucks to give. She actually reminds me of Della the cat. That’s how she is. Of course, the toddler will stop being a cat whereas Della Street is defiantly feline for life. It’s a good thing that she’ll never learn how to speak: she’d never shut up.

We’re back in same title, different song country with this week’s theme songs. I hope y’all can Roll With It, baby. We begin with Steve Winwood’s tribute to Stax-Volt soul music followed by Oasis and *their* song Roll With It.

I’m keeping it relatively light this time around. It’s going to be heavy on the magic and light on the Nazis and such. Of course, *that* could be the April Fool’s joke. You’ll find out after the break.

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