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jimmyjazz

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    Edited by jimmyjazz

    2 hours ago, Anastasis said:

    Ok. So we got jimmy1 and jimmy2, anyone else maybe care to chime in?

    I noticed you never responded to my post.  Funny how that works.  Do you agree that many of were saying the report wasn't vetted and that it wasn't required to proceed, based on quotes by informed officials?  Horowitz corroborates.

  2. 37 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

    This is fucking silly. I get it, majority of the Shag hates rap

    I actually don't think that's true.  At least, it doesn't seem to be true among those who participate on this particular forum.  I mean, I'm a pretty typical mid-50s white Dad who mostly listens to rock and pop but I own a little rap and listen to it fairly often.  I think it's pretty fucking obvious that over the past few decades there have been an abundant number of rap artists with massive talent.  Most may not "sing" but they write and perform lyrical content that can be every bit as evocative as Springsteen or whoever your favorite lyricist might be.  Throw in what I hear as pretty innovative vocal timing and delivery (I guess that's "flow"), and I'm not gonna criticize them for not being a terrific singer when I don't criticize Bob Dylan in that way, either.

    /soapbox

  3. 8 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    So has anybody changed their prior stated opinions on this thread regarding the veracity of the Steele dossier or the probable cause basis for the FISA application based on the OIG report?

    No.  The Steele report was never submitted as a vetted document, and it was never sold as standalone evidence of the need for surveillance of page.  Horowitz doesn't contradict this.

  4. 18 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

    My bad JJ. Poor assumption. I am a little more hopeful about the electorate and the outcome of the election. I hope it is a broad mandate to right some of the wrongs. 

    Again, my apologies.

    No worries, I'm a overly sensitive prick these days, even moreso than usual.

  5. 1 minute ago, washparkhorn said:

    Impeachment conviction? No?

    Hell no, he's not going to be convicted.  My only hope is that it will put enough Republicans on record and they might have to pay a price if the evidence is damning enough.  I'm not hopeful.

    I think the actual end game will be far uglier.

  6. 1 minute ago, washparkhorn said:

    We wouldn't want the people to decide if there needs to be FISA reform. FFS, lean in and work in all areas to improve this nation. Especially when your solution is guaranteed to fail.

    What is my solution and how is it guaranteed to fail?

  7. 10 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

    Would stop them from launching an investigation into any number of political candidates. The election will be the final say. 

    That's fucking idiotic.  I mean, flat fucking idiotic.

    Mr. "Rule of Law" is advocating that we ignore the laws and let the people decide.

    Ever hear the phrase "Tyranny of the Majority"?  Look into it.

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    Edited by jimmyjazz

    8 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

    Focus, please. Not all issues are partisan or about the current occupant of the White House.

    On a thread regarding the DOJ investigation of the President's campaign?

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    Edited by jimmyjazz

    6 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

    No disagreement there. But that was not the issue raised by the NYT piece.

    One should probably question the point of the NYT piece as well. 

    Point of order:  I am a NYT subscriber.  (Digital only, no crossword or food, in case anyone doubts my motives.)

  10. I can find just as many if not more experienced officials who have gone on record saying the opposite.  They've been plenty vocal over the past few days.

    The overarching point here is that the process is not our biggest threat.  I don't have a problem with efforts to improve the process.  I'm not even a big Patriot Act guy and never have been.  That said, within current statute, the report is clear -- no political bias motivated the surveillance and the findings speak for themselves.

     

  11. Just now, Anastasis said:

    Have you read the relevant chapters I am referring to?

    I've read both documents -- I'm not exactly sure what you're referring to but regardless I don't have the docs here at work.  Nothing has ever alarmed me even close to the level that it apparently alarms you.

    You need to get it through your extraordinarily thick skull that people can take a higher perspective on the situation, considering current statutes, and come away with a different viewpoint.  But no, you'll never do that.

  12. 1 minute ago, washparkhorn said:

    The IG report has primarily been interpreted through a Trump lens. But if we shelve politics for a moment and focus on surveillance policy & civil liberties issues, what it revealed about the FBI's national-security wiretapping powers is devastating. - The author Charlie Savage. 

    What are you missing JJ?

    I'm missing nothing.  The ACLU and our local "Libertarians" routinely fail to separate law from dreams and we suffer the ignominy of repetitive, deflective bullshit as a result.

  13. 1 minute ago, washparkhorn said:

    FFS - jimmy jazz, this is an article by Charlie f'in Savage (NYT/MSNBC). It quotes the ACLU. READ FFS. One can dislike the President and still find FISA abuse. 

    I have read, and I find that summary way the fuck off base.  "FFS".

  14. It's interesting how people keep spinning Horowitz' findings in a manner that in no way represents . . . Horowitz' findings.

    Come on, washparkhorn.  We know you're a Libertarian stooge, but "Michael E. Horowitz, and his team uncovered a staggeringly dysfunctional and error-ridden process in how the F.B.I. went about obtaining and renewing court permission under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA" ???

    That's not even close to the truth.  Literally, be better.  You don't even have to try for "best", you just need to be better.

    For fuck's sake, this country is done.  

  15. 26 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Also, from the comments:

     

    Replying to @realDonaldTrump

    Donald, thank you for being a hero. My family looks up to you. They want to vote for republicans because you make this country the best country ever thanks to your unlimited wisdom.

    69 replies11 retweets78 likes
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    No doubt Dr. Sam is quite beefy, with tears in his eyes.

  16. 11 minutes ago, Fozzz said:

    Dahobbs and I were specifically discussing the charges of impeachment being leveled against Trump, not the actions of his administration more broadly.  I think you understand this.  

    You asked who had he hurt.  Seemed a reasonable answer.  I'm sure you can handwave it away because it isn't directly reflected in the 2 articles of impeachment, you being a boot-lickiing ass-kissing Trumpkin.  You'll regret it, perhaps sooner if not later.

  17. 4 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

    Now that I think about it it might be Chad or Kevin in the afternoons.  I don't know.  

    It wouldn't be Chad, he's just a goof.  Might be Kevin.  He hit his Peter Principle about 15 years ago.  (Hi Kevin!)

  18. I don't really recall mind-blowing coffee experiences in France, either.  Best I've had was an Americano in Barcelona, Spain.  I don't know if Spanish coffee is a thing or if that was just that particular coffee shop, but I'll never forget it.

    I'm interested in trying the home-roasted angle.  Is a roaster necessary, or is the "whirly-pop" technique viable?

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