Here’s the latest from John Schindler on the Clinton email investigation. The skulduggery and conflicts of interest at the highest level of government is — well, I was about to say “astonishing”, but it really isn’t that at all. Dispiriting, at the very least.
That President Obama actually saw fit to endorse this woman, given the state of this investigation and the seriousness of the malfeasance being examined — that’s mighty dispiriting too. But this is what democracy becomes, as the culture decays.
A constitutional question: can a sitting President pardon herself? (It would obviously be an outrage, and violative of the most basic feature of the social contract, namely that a person may not be the judge in his own cause — but is it forbidden?) Imagine what will happen, both publicly and behind the scenes, if charges are brought after Mrs. Clinton is elected and inaugurated. (For that matter, imagine what’s happening behind the scenes right now.)
Monarchy’s looking better and better all the time.
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Hillary could abdicate in the dead of night to some welcoming place like Cuba. I imagine the FBI, NSA etc are sufficiently steamed over this and may do an end around DOJ if it comes to it.
It would be funny if the Russians sank her campaign. A former enemy does us a favor. I thought this blog’s talk of “Monarchy” and such things were funny when I first started reading here. I must confess, I ain’t laughing anymore.
I’ve been reading reports that the Russians are in possession of all of Hillary’s emails, and that they’re considering releasing them. If this rumor is true, it would be very much in their benefit to release these documents as Trump as president would treat Russia as a respected nation state, while Hillary would attempt to further push NATO into Eastern Europe and possibly threaten World War III.
Tim, agreed.
Russians have Hillary’s emails? sounds like something off of infowars
Here you go, Grey. But a quick google search would’ve shown you the same thing, so try that next time first.
Breitbart:
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/06/14/sources-russia-intercepted-hillarys-private-emails/
Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3641838/Russia-poised-release-emails-Hillary-Clinton-s-private-server-report-claims.html
There’s times Tim when linking to either Breitbart or The Daily Mail just doesn’t cut it (fully admitting I personally have biases) “credentialed” as the Journalist might be.
Mr. Schindler’s credentialing however, was more like (if Mr. Schindler had to submit an application listing his “educational qualifications” at all)
Very Probably garnered *special scrutiny* and at most listed the schools and Unis as: Classified/Confidential.
So. Where to obtain “basic foundation and reliable backup”?
https://20committee.com/category/usg/
(Don’t ask.)
I hate to break it to all of you, but the president controls the DOJ, and the DOJ – not the FBI, which is the DOJ’s manservant – decides who gets indicted. So Hillary will not be indicted, either under this administration or, in the future, hers. The FBI cannot do an end run around DOJ, even if they wanted to – and they won’t want to, they’re just employees doing a job, keeping their heads down, and trying to pay their mortgages and tuition bills. Most of the younger ones are probably on the left, anyway. You can be sure any unauthorized leaks from the FBI will be ruthlessly punished.
Putin wins whether Hillary or Trump becomes president (and it will be Hillary, don’t kid yourself). Either one will continue avoid serious conflict with Putin, just as Obama has, and continue to cede influence in the Middle East to Russia. The idea that Hillary is interested in starting World War III over Eastern Europe is rather nutty. The only foreign “enemy” she’s interested in fighting is Netanyahu (apparently, something she has in common with many in the AltRight). US support for Ukraine in the current conflict with Russia has been purely rhetorical (not that I think we should do more). Nobody is talking about having Ukraine join NATO at this point.
Putin no doubt has enough blackmail material on Hillary and Trump to keep either of them on a leash.
Well.
Golly Sarn’t DJF.
No shit? !!!
Are you familiar Djf with, Kurt Vonnegut’s illustrations? This one for instance
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I’ve one You’ve one Everyone’s one And each one …
But thanks for taking “the meanwhile” which: as you certainly appreciate …
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Again. Thanks for dropping by
The feeling is mutual, JK.
djf, I’m not so pessimistic about the FBI and intelligence community as you are. If Obama squelches any indictment to protect The Harridan, I believe there are patriots within the agencies that will come forward in one way or another to bring this woman to justice. We didn’t defeat the USSR just to become the American version of them via their surrogates.
Whitewall, I’d be interested in learning the basis for your belief that the FBI and intelligence community include “patriots” who will risk losing everything they have, and going to jail, “to bring this woman to justice” (assuming they have the power to do that). That would require a different kind of courage, and a different kind of motivation, than risking one’s life in pursuit of ordinary criminals and terrorists.
Well good am djf, I figured I was the only one up this early. My basis for belief is the oath of office these agents take across the spectrum of agencies to protect and defend the Constitution against all threats, foreign and domestic. HRC and her henchmen are the “domestic”. I believe among the “gray beards” that this oath means something larger than their own self interest. If they leak info or even better, come forward on camera and speak out, this forces the entire media to cover the event(s) and therefore a Constitutional crisis will result if the WH and DOJ refuse to act. What we have is cover up by the Administration and obstruction at the highest level as well as criminal activity at the highest level. This should force action by the DNC if before November, or the DOJ if after.
I know the feeling of a rigged set up to protect her, but it is either by this method or, God help us, America will undergo a bloodless coup via bureaucratic cover up. Trouble will follow.
Whitewall, you have more faith in the effectuality of oaths than I do. And I doubt that whistleblowing about this matter is going to trigger any constitutional crisis. The Democrats and the media never turn on their own, and most of the electorate does not care. IMHO, the coup you’re worried about has already happened. I wish it weren’t so.
Constitutionality? I’m not any too sure that the word has any meaning at all for the Left, except when arguing against something they don’t like. The question being, for them, constitutional relative to what? The Public Accommodations doctrine?
I don’t think there is any case law or any guidance really to answer the questions Malcolm posited.
If you applied for the bar exam and on your application you put down that you had a current multiple felony investigation by the FBI, your application would likely keep you from becoming a lawyer. Same with a nurse or doctors license. And for good reason. We don’t out doctor, nurses, and lawyers to be criminals.
But this is amazing. We have a sitting president endorse a candidate that his DOJ is investigating. One would think that BO would saying something like, “I’ll give you my endorsement after DOJ makes its decision.
Oh…. and what antiquarian said. I don’t think constitutionality means anything any more. It is a dead document.
Does it seem like Trump is deliberately self destructing? I don’t think he really wants any part of the convention next month or the WH if he somehow got there.
Troy,
If we can find a right to same-sex marriage in the Fourteenth Amendment, but not a right to bear arms in the Second, I’m inclined to agree.
And you are right, of course, that withholding an endorsement until the FBI has spoken would have been the right thing to do. We’re not in Kansas anymore…
So then I found out there’s a river named Feugh in Scotland, with a nice restaurant beside it.
How to Pronounce “Feugh”
What the Feugh?
Henry? Get a’holt of Jimmy Glesga quicktime! I think he’s back home from the Queen’s B’day surely.
JK, Henry, I was fearing for Jimmy’s well being as he went silent whilst in London for the Queen’s birthday “do”.
JK,
Not sure why I should get ahold of Jimmy. Besides, I wouldn’t know how to get ahold of him even if I knew why I should get ahold of him.
I responded to him. If he wants to continue chatting, he can get ahold of me in that thread.
I appreciate the support, Troy, but I said I wasn’t sure it meant anything any more for the Left. That’s no small distinction.
Robert,
Since JK hasn’t responded to me, do you know what he meant about “Jimmy Glesga”?
Henry, over on Duff’s blog, jimmy “glesga” is the resident Scotsman and speaker of all “them odd words” that appear Gaelic. You spoke with him a few nights ago.
Thanx, Robert. As I mentioned above, when this guy misunderstood my comment in that thread, I responded to him with a clarification. But he did not acknowledge my response. So I still don’t understand what JK wants me to do about it. My clarification is still sitting there in that thread where I originally posted it. Am I supposed to repeat it?
Henry, no probably not. Jimmy usually comes back around, often after hoisting a few, and sees what he got wrong. No problems.
OK, thanx, Robert. I appreciate your clarification.
BTW, Malcolm, some of these math problems require more than 10 fingers. What’s up with that?