Wednesday, May 27, 2020

The Revolting Inquisition of K.T. McFarland �|� Ricochet

The Revolting Inquisition of K.T. McFarland �|� Ricochet
"In her brief but agonizing stint as Deputy National Security Advisor under General Michael Flynn, K.T. McFarland played a key role in helping the new Trump team get organized following the 2016 election. 
...In her new book, McFarland takes us back to the interviews that the FBI conducted with her. 
Image result for K.T. McFarlandTheir actions were shocking and, as I said in my original post, could have destroyed her life. 
...The FBI ended up scheduling three more interviews with her over several hours. Each time when she asked about her status, they insisted she was only a fact witness. 
She realized fairly early in the process they were setting her up for a perjury trap. 
Here’s her description of the methodology:
As with the three previous FBI interviews, I found the challenge was in following their format. They would ask rapid fire questions, switching back and forth from one topic to another, and one time period to another, and then circle back to the same questions again, but worded slightly differently. I forced myself to remain on high alert for hours on end, knowing that one slip-up might prove fatal...
...Once they charged Gen. Flynn, they lost interest in her. She was never accused of anything.
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Keep in mind that McFarland was no novice to the workings of government; she had served in four administrations. 
...One concluding statement she made:
If anything, I am now more convinced than ever that what we are experiencing now is not just a group of Democrats, Never-Trumpers, and the liberal media who have made common cause in their efforts to get rid of Trump. It is an entrenched self-perpetuating Washington Establishment locked into a battle with the American people over who is sovereign. Is it the American electorate who voted for populism and nationalism with Donald Trump as their flagbearer? Or does the ultimate power rest in the hands of the entrenched Administrative State and the governing class who are using the system to get rid of Trump and everything he stands for?
It is time, against at all levels of government, for us to take back our country!"
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AM Fruitcake


History for May 27

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History for May 27 - On-This-Day.com
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794 - Entrepreneur (shipping and railroads), Wild Bill Hickok 1837 - gunfighter, scout, lawman, Vincent Price 1911 - Actor
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Herman Wouk 1915 - Author, Henry Kissinger 1923 - Former U.S. Secretary of State, Louis Gossett, Jr. 1936 - Actor
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1647 - Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a "witch." It was the first recorded American execution of a "witch."
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1907 - The Bubonic Plague broke out in San Francisco.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Four Dead, 11 Injured in First 36 Hours of Chicago's Memorial Weekend

Four Dead, 11 Injured in First 36 Hours of Chicago's Memorial Weekend:
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Four people were shot dead and at least 11 were injured as shootings occurred across gun-controlled Chicago during the first 36 hours of Memorial Weekend.
NBC Chicago reports the first shooting of the holiday weekend were recorded around 2 p.m. Friday and the last one reported during the 36-hour window took place about 7 p.m. Saturday.

The way we were-----Peggy Lee -- Is That All There Is? 1969

Boob-tube-----PT.2 - "BLAZING SADDLES": BACK IN THE SADDLE - A RETROSPECTIVE (2001)

Michigan regulators moved fast on dangerous dam. To protect mussels. | Bridge Magazine

Michigan regulators moved fast on dangerous dam. To protect mussels. | Bridge Magazine
"...when Michigan regulators assumed oversight of the dam in late 2018 after its owners lost their federal license to generate energy, they took action.
Image result for whitmer dam memeTo protect mussels.
Three weeks before the 96-year-old dam failed this week amid heavy rains and caused the worst flood in Midland history, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued its owner, alleging it illegally lowered Wixom Lake in 2018 and 2019, killing “thousands if not millions, of freshwater mussels.”
“Defendants wrongfully exerted dominion over the freshwater mussels and caused their death which denies and is inconsistent with the state’s right to them,” state lawyers wrote in an April lawsuit.
..."How we got to the point where environmental issues trumped public safety, I don't know,"
...Michigan assumed oversight in September 2018 after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission revoked the dam’s license to generate and sell power...
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