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The Royal We

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  1. 31 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Do you agree that at least the public version initially should be redacted for:  grand jury information, national security/intelligence information, information concerning ongoing investigations, and information concerning peripheral third parties not charged with wrongdoing (e.g. any Monica Lewinskys)?

    If so, how long do you think it might take to redact a 400 page report of that material?

    Finally, don't you think it might be important to determine what the proposed redactions are before attempting to go to court to unredact?  Also, that there might be a need to establish an adversary position (pro-redaction vs. anti-redaction), or are you unfamiliar with the principle against courts rendering advisory opinions?  If not, someone like Barr doesn't just go to the DC District Court and say "well, here's the redacted report, we understand some people may want to see this stuff, but we don't care or don't think they should, you figure it out."  Or maybe the court should just go through all 400 pages on its own and determine what should be redacted, while knowing basically nothing about it?  Think that would take two weeks?  Maybe a little longer?

    Given all of the above, why do you insist on calling it a "slow roll"?  It's been two bloody weeks.

    Again, Barr may be up to all kinds of no good, but there is nothing objective about the process the report is undergoing to so indicate.  Rosenstein is right.  Bizarre.

    It looks like slow rolling when compared to Starr's report.  He filed his report on Sept 9, 1998, it was made public on Sept 10, 1998 and by Sept 21, 1998 3,200 pages of grand jury testimony were released to the public.

    Mueller filed his report on March 24 and as of April 12, not even the intelligence committees who have the clearances to review everything in the report have seen anything other than Barr's summary/not summary.

    I know the laws governing the reports have been changed since then, but due to the timelines above, it appears to be a slow roll. 

     

    Edited to add that you've been very impartial and shared a lot of good information in this thread, so I do take your comments seriously and appreciate your insights.

  2. Again, then why are they slow rolling the release, not seeking judicial approval to release Grand Jury testimony, continuing to attack Mueller, etc.?  If it was truly a "total exoneration" then why are they so reluctant to release the report?  And why the leaks from Mueller's otherwise leak-proof team that claim Barr misrepresented the contents of the report?

    Sorry/not sorry I'm taking not the word of a seemingly conflicted Barr as gospel as you are choosing to do.

  3. You might be right GR, but Barr's actions in his summary/not a summary, slow rolling the release of a redacted report, "spying" comments, etc. don't give me the same confidence as they seem to give you.  Trump firing up the Mueller attack machine again after apparently reviewing the report also don't indicate it's a "total exoneration" either. 

    But sure, those of us that want to see more of the actual report before reaching a conclusion are the ones grasping at straws here.

  4. I respect you guys that post links to facts and information that is readily available in the public space, but no amount of repeatedly posting this information can overcome the Hannityitis that a handful of shitposters suffer from.  The back and forth has made this thread hard to follow for actual information.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Loco said:

    I don't trust anyone whose garage is that empty / clean...  probably a serial killer...  you're on the list

    This was my exact thought as well.  No kids, pets, hobbies - or you've got a 10 car garage or somesuch.  Or, serial killer.

  6. I've been peripherally aware of Pete, but the more that I read about him and hear him speak, the more I like him.  What a breath or fresh air to have someone so intellectually curious and thoughtful in politics. 

    I might have to throw a few frog pelts his direction.

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  7. I live out in the sticks and am hoping/praying that this gets rolled out with the quickness, but am dubious about how much it will cost and/or how much data you will get.

    Our only options for high speed internet are satellite, long-haul fixed wireless using ubiquiti gear (what we have) and Verizon MiFi (we recently got).  The long-haul internet has speeds of ~5mbs gets fouled up every 8 months or so by trees growing and blocking the signal and the latency is too much for online gaming.  It's truly unlimited though.

    The Verizon hotspot has higher speeds up to ~20 mbs but is capped at 15 Gbs per month.  It works fine for online gaming but I can't use it for anything else during the month or I hit the 15 Gbs and get throttled to 600k/s.  You can purchase a "boost" at that point and get another 5 Gbs for $35.

     

  8. Welp, I pulled the trigger yesterday.  These pictures are shit, but this watch is a stunner.  I had an isofrane on my SKX and didn't fully appreciate how much larger that made the watch wear.  This feels very comfortable and doesn't seem to wear as big as the 007.  The guy from WUS was very nice and knowledgeable about everything on this watch and just watches in general.  Totally painless process that allowed me to purchase much more watch than if I'd been buying new. 

    Thanks for all of the advice and thoughts.

    https://imgur.com/Gn2ZZPf

    https://imgur.com/4CUQ6G1

     

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  9. I'm going to try on the IWC tomorrow.  I live way out in the sticks, so getting to a shop to try something on is a little more difficult for me.

    In general though, if someone has good rep on WUS and on ebay, you guys feel comfortable with making a big purchase from someone?  I know it's not a big deal, but I don't think I'd be comfortable with it without reading so much from you guys on buying used/from a random dude on the internet...

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