Monday, May 20, 2019
Ex-FBI Lawyer Claims He Was ‘Concerned’ With Steele Dossier, But Still Used It To Get Carter Page Spy Warrant | The Daily Caller
Ex-FBI Lawyer Claims He Was ‘Concerned’ With Steele Dossier, But Still Used It To Get Carter Page Spy Warrant | The Daily Caller:
Former FBI general counsel James Baker said Friday he viewed the Steele dossier “skeptically” and was “concerned” about the veracity of the document when the bureau received it before the 2016 election.
But despite those concerns, Baker was one of the FBI officials who reviewed the Carter Page surveillance warrant application, which relied heavily on information from the dossier.
Former FBI general counsel James Baker said Friday he viewed the Steele dossier “skeptically” and was “concerned” about the veracity of the document when the bureau received it before the 2016 election.But despite those concerns, Baker was one of the FBI officials who reviewed the Carter Page surveillance warrant application, which relied heavily on information from the dossier.
MOTUS A.D.: See The U.S.A. in your Chevrolet
MOTUS A.D.: See The U.S.A. in your Chevrolet
See The U.S.A. in your Chevrolet
See The U.S.A. in your Chevrolet
"It’s worth noting that even in the Jetson’s future world of flying cars a driver was still required.
That’s because the Jetsons lived in a world where technology may have advanced but the fundamental elements of human nature remained the same.
Which is to say most humans like to be in control.
Driving gives us that sense, we can’t control the other idiots on the road but we can control how we maneuver around their stupidity.
And that may be why we may actually be closer to the flying car than the driverless car.
...I cannot in a thousand years imagine why you’d turn your car controls over to a computer whose guts were built in China and will be, like your laptop, prone to failure at the most inopportune moment…leaving you completely vulnerable.
...But then, I’ve written about this before: Driverless Cars: The Pinnacle of Soul-Sucking Anti-American Wussification.
Could there be anything less American than driverless cars?
I suppose sexbots might quality but certainly driverless cars are right up there..."
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Yes, this was the headline---In Michigan basketball's coach search, winning shouldn't be top priority
"Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel isn’t just trying to replace a winning basketball coach.
He’s trying to find a coach who will keep the program’s established culture intact.
Winning, obviously, is important.
But sleeping is more important.
...No one worried about the police blotter.
Or the NCAA policing committee.
Or whether Beilein would say the wrong thing after a tough loss..."
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Why Bill de Blasio is running for president | Spectator USA
Why Bill de Blasio is running for president | Spectator USA
"...the grounds on which de Blasio is operating becomes clearer.
It all stems from the corruption cloud that has long engulfed his mayoral administration.
People might not even remember (if they ever knew in the first place) that he ended up embroiled in serious legal jeopardy for much of his tenure in office.
...There were two simultaneous investigations happening at the time; both federal and state.
...Really, all of this just scratches the surface – more corruption-related leaks are destined to surface in short order.
...All of this gets to the fundamental corruption at the heart of the American presidential election system: it’s become a racket, effectively a jobs program for useless consultants.
What with the hyper-politicization observed during the Trump era, even the most hopeless candidate at least has a shot to raise significant sums and blow it on sleazy operatives promising that they alone possess the tools to successfully bolster the candidate’s image on TV and the web.
...In de Blasio’s case, his city-based fundraising operation has already been basically shuttered by the cops, so why not take that same approach to the national stage and see who bites.
It’s too tempting to pass up, especially if you’re operating with boundless hubris to begin with.
Reach for the stars, Bill!"
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"...the grounds on which de Blasio is operating becomes clearer.
It all stems from the corruption cloud that has long engulfed his mayoral administration.
...There were two simultaneous investigations happening at the time; both federal and state.
...Really, all of this just scratches the surface – more corruption-related leaks are destined to surface in short order.
...All of this gets to the fundamental corruption at the heart of the American presidential election system: it’s become a racket, effectively a jobs program for useless consultants.
What with the hyper-politicization observed during the Trump era, even the most hopeless candidate at least has a shot to raise significant sums and blow it on sleazy operatives promising that they alone possess the tools to successfully bolster the candidate’s image on TV and the web.
...In de Blasio’s case, his city-based fundraising operation has already been basically shuttered by the cops, so why not take that same approach to the national stage and see who bites.
It’s too tempting to pass up, especially if you’re operating with boundless hubris to begin with.
Reach for the stars, Bill!"
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Utility Halts Natural Gas Hook-Ups For NYC, Long Island After Cuomo Administration Blocks Pipeline | The Daily Caller
Utility Halts Natural Gas Hook-Ups For NYC, Long Island After Cuomo Administration Blocks Pipeline | The Daily Caller:
“We are not processing new applications for any new customers,” National Grid New York President John Bruckner said Thursday. “We’ll continue to receive requests for service, but we’re not processing them.”
New York officials rejected a water permit application for the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline project Thursday, claiming it would “result in water quality violations” as currently planned. (RELATED: Trump Strips High-Speed Rail Funds From California)
For many observers, the rejection wasn’t much of a surprise. Cuomo wants the state to adopt his version of the Green New Deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions and end fossil fuel use.
New York officials rejected a water permit application for the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline project Thursday, claiming it would “result in water quality violations” as currently planned. (RELATED: Trump Strips High-Speed Rail Funds From California)
For many observers, the rejection wasn’t much of a surprise. Cuomo wants the state to adopt his version of the Green New Deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions and end fossil fuel use.
Sea level data ALTERED by scientists to create false impression of rising oceans
"A scientific paper published by a team of Australian researchers has revealed a startling find: Scientists at thePermanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) have been “adjusting” historical data regarding tide levels in the Indian Ocean.
Their “highly questionable” activities have depicted rapidly rising seas — but the truth is that there is no reason to be alarmed at all.
Scientists have found that sea levels are stable — and have been for the entirety of the 20th century..."
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History for May 20
History for May 20 - On-This-Day.com
Dolley Payne Madison 1768 - U.S. First Lady, wife of 4th President James Madison, John Stuart Mill 1806 - Editor, philosopher, Jimmy Stewart 1908 - Actor (Philadelphia Story [1940]; The Glenn Miller Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)
William R. Hewlett 1913 - Co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), Joe Cocker 1944 - Singer, songwriter, Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre) 1946 - Singer (Sonny & Cher), actress (Moonstruck [1987]; The Witches of Eastwick, Silkwood, Mask)
1774 - Britain's Parliament passed the Coercive Acts to punish the American colonists for their increasingly anti-British behavior
1939 - The first regular air-passenger service across the Atlantic Ocean began with the take-off of the "Yankee Clipper" from Port Washington, New York.
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Barr: ‘Very Unusual’ For FBI To Rely On Steele Dossier Given ‘Clear Mistakes’ | The Daily Caller
Attorney General William Barr said in an interview that aired Friday that he is investigating what role the Steele dossier played in the Russia probe, and that the salacious document had “a number of clear mistakes.”
“It’s a very unusual situation to have opposition research like that, especially one that on its face had a number of clear mistakes and a somewhat jejune analysis,” Barr told Fox News’ Bill Hemmer.
Why can't we do this?-----China Adapted US and European Nuclear Reactor Technology at Four Times Lower Cost | NextBigFuture.com
China Adapted US and European Nuclear Reactor Technology at Four Times Lower Cost | NextBigFuture.com"China will start operating two new large Hualong nuclear reactors this year and another two next year.
Each Hualong nuclear reactor will generate one gigawatt of nuclear power.
They were made by adapting third generation US and European nuclear reactor technology designs.
...This is about four times lower cost than US and European reactors built in the USA..."
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Read the comments!-----Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming
Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming--Jason Mamford shared a post.
OK I need help here.
Please tell me the amount of carbon in limestone (in gigatonnes), and where you got that information from.
This is very important because many people are worried about the amount of CO2 absorbed by the ocean, and claim that will cause "ocean acidification".
The IPCC and NASA simply ignore limestone completely.
It is my contention that over 99% of Carbon is contained in limestone and sediments at the bottom of the sea. It got there by sea creatures dying and their shells falling to the bottom of the sea.
Those creatures got the carbon from dissolved CO2 from the air.
I am beginning to think there is a conspiracy to ignore limestone.
They call it "Earth's crust" or "sedimentary rocks" but mostly ignore it completely.
FBI Officials Who Worked On Clinton Email Case Never Suspected Strzok-Page Affair Under Their Noses | The Daily Caller
FBI Officials Who Worked On Clinton Email Case Never Suspected Strzok-Page Affair Under Their Noses | The Daily Caller:
FBI personnel are trained to look for activity that could lead to an agent being blackmailed, which could include an extramarital affair.
A former undercover federal agent, Wayne Black, told The Daily Caller News Foundation the officials’ blindness to the affair says something about the Clinton probe, in which important leads were allegedly not followed. (RELATED: ‘If The FBI Missed This, What Else Was Missed?’ Strzok Wrote Of Email Probe).
But it also, he said, suggests Strzok used his FBI-provided training in the art of deception to become a cunning liar, a talent turned against his wife, his colleagues and investigators examining his role in the Trump-Russia investigation.
A former undercover federal agent, Wayne Black, told The Daily Caller News Foundation the officials’ blindness to the affair says something about the Clinton probe, in which important leads were allegedly not followed. (RELATED: ‘If The FBI Missed This, What Else Was Missed?’ Strzok Wrote Of Email Probe).
But it also, he said, suggests Strzok used his FBI-provided training in the art of deception to become a cunning liar, a talent turned against his wife, his colleagues and investigators examining his role in the Trump-Russia investigation.
Must read!!-----Today's Deep State Crisis Was Predicted 100 Years Ago | Restoring Liberty
Today's Deep State Crisis Was Predicted 100 Years Ago | Restoring Liberty
"Paid Agitators?
Deep State?
Calvin Coolidge exposes their plan to have “authority over everybody” and “responsible to nobody”.
President Calvin Coolidge warned in a speech given May 15, 1926, at the College of William and Mary: “But there is another … recent development … the greatly disproportionate influence of organized minorities.
Artificial propaganda, paid agitators, selfish interests, all impinge upon members of legislative bodies to force them to represent special elements rather than the great body of their constituency.
When they are successful, minority rule is established. …
The result is an extravagance on the part of the Government which is ruinous to the people and a multiplicity of regulations and restrictions for the conduct of all kinds of necessary business, which becomes little less than oppressive. …”
Coolidge continued, exposing the autocratic deep-state bureaucracy: “No plan of centralization has ever been adopted which did not result in bureaucracy, tyranny, inflexibility, reaction, and decline.
Of all forms of government, those administered by bureaus are about the least satisfactory to an enlightened and progressive people.
Being irresponsible they become autocratic. …
Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.
It … sets up the pretense of having authority over everybody and being responsible to nobody. …”...
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"Paid Agitators?
Deep State?
Calvin Coolidge exposes their plan to have “authority over everybody” and “responsible to nobody”.
President Calvin Coolidge warned in a speech given May 15, 1926, at the College of William and Mary: “But there is another … recent development … the greatly disproportionate influence of organized minorities. Artificial propaganda, paid agitators, selfish interests, all impinge upon members of legislative bodies to force them to represent special elements rather than the great body of their constituency.
When they are successful, minority rule is established. …
The result is an extravagance on the part of the Government which is ruinous to the people and a multiplicity of regulations and restrictions for the conduct of all kinds of necessary business, which becomes little less than oppressive. …”
Coolidge continued, exposing the autocratic deep-state bureaucracy: “No plan of centralization has ever been adopted which did not result in bureaucracy, tyranny, inflexibility, reaction, and decline.
Of all forms of government, those administered by bureaus are about the least satisfactory to an enlightened and progressive people.
Being irresponsible they become autocratic. …
Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.
It … sets up the pretense of having authority over everybody and being responsible to nobody. …”...
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Bernie Kerik: Bill de Blasio Used 'Race-Baiting' to Fuel 'Hatred' for Cops
Bernie Kerik: Bill de Blasio Used 'Race-Baiting' to Fuel 'Hatred' for Cops
"Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik told Breitbart News Daily host Alex Marlow that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, former President Barack Obama, and Obama administration alumni used “race-baiting” to incite “hatred” and “animosity” towards law enforcement, offering his analysis in a Friday interview on the SiriusXM program.
Marlow noted that police officers are “routinely demonized” across the political and news media landscapes..."
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