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July 22, 2019

I never put my party dress on until the day of the party..nor do I prejudge

if I will have a good time or not..At this link you will find 35 questions many think congress should ask Mueller....including questions from Readers - my feeling about this, if Mueller answers any and all of these questions, having read through them all, we will have a more clear picture - I just don't see how the questions presented at this link veers from the report...

https://www.justsecurity.org/64137/what-congress-should-ask-robert-mueller-when-he-testifies/

For example....

3. Upon concluding your work and submitting your final report, did you anticipate the Attorney General reaching and publicly announcing a conclusion on whether the President had obstructed justice? Would you have recommended that the Attorney General do so?


At Just Security another story of interest...

https://www.justsecurity.org/64972/house-should-prepare-criminal-referral-of-a-g-barr-for-lying-to-congress/

Be well..
July 20, 2019

Got Cabin Fever from heat..Here is Rachel's Homework Assignment from last night..

https://www.lawfareblog.com/introducing-report-podcast-series-lawfare

Podcast further down in article..I just finished listening - most impressive was Clint Watts...

Stay cool..and most of all, stay informed....
June 17, 2019

Woodbury Fire Burns More than 36K acres - no end in sight..possible July 1st containment...

Bad area to get to on the ground....the large, very large planes being used for retardant, fly over the house to fuel up at Falcon Field just to our west.....as well as the helicopters....

This fire is in the hills just NW of Superior..a distance from us, but many are wary, obviously, closer to Superior and the Roosevelt Dam...winds have picked up today...This fire started June 8th -

Reported 721 - 15 different crews and 30 fire engines...

Smokey the Bear says...make sure your campfires are extinguished.....

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-wildfires/2019/06/17/woodbury-fire-fire-burns-over-36-000-acres-zero-contained/1474844001/

May 25, 2019

I support your sentiments 100% - I will try to make a long story short from meeting

the wife of one of my hubby's golfing friend last night-

Friendly enough on our back patio - she is from TX...small talk, getting to know you kinda chit chat..then she goes into a story about her friend, who's husband is carrying on a tryst at the CC (Country Club..of which I have ZERO interest in)..

She tells me she confronted the little twit in the lady's room..and how everyone at the CC knows about their affair...she is telling me ALL this...(oh, and the little twit went around saying this gal from TX hit her, not true).. okay..they get ready to go..hand shake, hug, and then she says - "I'm for trump" - clearly she did not expect my reaction - SHE JUST MET ME - WTF..

I took her story of confrontation in the lady's room, and invited her to join me in my lady's room..just she and I, and we can have a little chat..AND I told her I wouldn't hit her...I was emphatic, but moderate in tone...kinda like guys do, let's take this outside..but, with a smile on my face..flustered, she was...

Walking out to their golf cart in our driveway..she took a swipe at the eight years of Obama...REALLY???walking away????? I got the last word as they drove off...I said " get used to it", remember this name", and I threw out my choice for Dem Prez... and said "by now"...this all transpired within 2 minutes walking out..tops…..

I told my husband, (we have agreed to NOT talk politics with HIS friends), because he was thinking I started it, I said, "she started it"....my motto has always been - I won't start it, but, I sure as hell will finish it....boom.....he said now that I know what happened...good on you girl....the kicker..SHE KNOWS hubby is a DEM....he said I will take care of it at the CC..I told him I can fight my own political battles...with a smile.....

May 9, 2019

Totally agree..I said yesterday, I wish I could just call the pentagon and tell them to stand down..

2 brothers Viet Nam, and my son, Ret. Navy Chief, 21 years...he said he would NOT put a uniform on for this pos.....he was in the gulf at the beginning of the shit show, shock and awe bs....more military need to step up and sound off...

At least some in congress recognize the need for legislation on the war front...

May 9, 2019

STOP THE DRUMBEAT TO WAR WITH IRAN.....

https://www.fcnl.org/updates/stop-the-march-to-war-with-iran-2040

Pompeo, the Secretary of State is suggesting that Trump already has permission from Congress to go to war.


Fortunately, a bipartisan group of senators and representatives are taking steps to prevent an unauthorized war. Sens. Tom Udall (NM), Rand Paul (KY) and Richard Durbin (IL), and Reps. Anna Eshoo (CA-18) and Mike Thompson (CA-5), recently introduced the “Prevention of Unconstitutional War with Iran Act of 2019” (S. 1039/H.R. 2354). These bills would ban funding for a U.S. military attack against Iran without specific, prior authorization from Congress. The legislation would thus assert the constitutional authority of Congress to determine if and when the U.S. goes to war.
May 8, 2019

Forbes republishes 1990 investigation of Trump's wealth

This article is lengthy...as well, another article why Forbes took the pos off Forbes 400 most wealthy during his decade of tax losses...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/forbes-republishes-1990-investigation-of-trumps-wealth/ar-AAB67iQ?ocid=spartanntp

The Forbes piece from 1990 estimated Trump "bleeding at the rate of at least $40 million a year."




https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2019/05/08/why-we-took-trump-off-the-forbes-400-during-his-decade-of-tax-losses/#446960a233d9

Leaning on nonpublic documents, Forbes writers Richard L. Stern and John Connolly identified the same sort of profitability problems that are still making headlines 29 years later.

May 8, 2019

Chairman Nadler is sooo ready..from his home page...the timeline at the link - enough...

“Tonight, in the middle of good faith negotiations with the Attorney General, the Department abruptly announced that it would instead ask President Trump to invoke executive privilege on all of the materials subject to our subpoena. This is, of course, not how executive privilege works. The White House waived these privileges long ago, and the Department seemed open to sharing these materials with us earlier today. The Department’s legal arguments are without credibility, merit, or legal or factual basis.

https://nadler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=393910

I read this last night at DU, and have posted elsewhere..didn't want it to get lost......

March 26, 2019

Top 4 Things To Look For in Mueller Report in Light of Barr's Letter - Just Security

The more we question - my excerpts don't do the article justice..

https://www.justsecurity.org/63377/top-4-things-to-look-for-in-muellers-report-in-light-of-barrs-letter/


Barr’s determination that “the evidence developed during the Special Counsel’s investigation is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense” has rightly generated considerable debate already..

1. Counterintelligence findings on coordination with Russia.

Will Mueller’s report shed light on the intentions of the American participants in the infamous summer 2016 Trump Tower meeting, the intentions and actions of members of the presidential transition team who met with Russian officials including allegedly to create a “backchannel” with the Kremlin, and apparently coordinated efforts on the part of the Trump circle to conceal all their Russian contacts?

2. Counterintelligence findings on whether Trump is compromised.

Barr’s letter also sheds no light on what Mueller found, if anything, regarding Trump’s ongoing relationship with the Kremlin. In particular, may Trump’s financial interests in Russia present a national security threat?

3. The “several matters” Mueller referred to “other officers for further action./b]

Potentially unfinished business (Jerome Corsi and individuals who may have made false statements before Congress) or hitherto undisclosed active criminal investigative matters?

4. Alleged conspiracy and coordination with Russia.

But that’s not to say Mueller failed to find evidence of those crimes. As former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance explained, it may mean anything from Mueller finding zero evidence to his finding a mountain of evidence just shy of beyond a reasonable doubt.

Barr's letter IS NOT the Mueller Report..but then, you know that!!!!

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