American Politics

[MarquisdeSade1]

It could be funny if all of us weren't the victims of their utter gross incompetence.

Lest we forget Maos Cultural Revolution.

And Maos Great Famine.

History is repeating itself, Biden style!!

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/o...lago-raid.html

[Villainy]

No, Hiliary was found to have committed a crime. She was not prosecuted. Loretta Lynch was compromised and was relieved of her prosecutorial duty when she took a meeting with Bill Clinton that was inappropriate.

That left the decision to prosecute not to the prosecutor but to "the cop" James Comey. Comey elected not to prosecute which was never his job. When the decision was made not to prosecute by Comey, some FBI agents were throwing sandwiches in disgust at the TV screen Comey was speaking on.

Comey said that he was not prosecuting Hiliary but was clear that no one should do what she did, and they would be prosecuted if they did as she did with classified documents.

For those who prefer to read the commentary and analysis from the people who examined whether or not Hillary should have been prosecuted:

https://time.com/4394178/hillary-cli...investigation/

As almost everyone who is fair-minded would conclude: Hillary acted carelessly but not with criminal intent. Somewhat surprisingly the people who made the decision whether or not to prosecute were life-long experienced investigative agents and prosecutors and not a partisan hack here on ISG who hasn't been to college much less law school.

More than that, being a Democratic douche, you believe Republicans should not have civil rights. The 4th Amendment states "no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized".

And there were about a hundred things wrong with the search: the number of agents, kicking people out of the house, searching the whole house, the warrant being partially sealed and being shown from 10 feet away, asking to turn off the video cameras, 30 agents being present and going through Melania Trump's closet. You will never get a conviction with any one of these tactics let alone all of them. There are too many red flags and you will never get beyond a reasonable doubt where the FBI could plant whatever it wanted. The warrant was not limited to time, place, and scope.

This search / raid was out of the headlines faster than Covid disappeared after the Ukraine war, and you know why? Because it was never about getting Trump. It was getting documents the FBI did not want the public to see.

Whatever the FBI seized, they will keep as part of an ongoing investigation. The warrant will never see the light of day because it is part of an ongoing investigation as well.

No, this was part of a criminal investigation to get the documents the FBI did not want people to see. The FBI would have to show its hand if they charged Trump with anything and they are not going to do it.

Here is an article about the Judge who signed the warrant to allow the search / raid. Oddly enough he has a reputation as a stickler for legalities and details.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...o/10293403002/

I found this quote in the article from a colleague interesting:

Ellen Cohen, who worked with Reinhart when he was a prosecutor, a defense attorney and a magistrate, described her former colleague as meticulous.

Every time I brought a search warrant to him and I brought many he read it, digested it and asked questions, said Cohen, who retired recently after a 41-year career as a prosecutor. He wasnt someone who would sign off on it just because the government presented it to him.

Once again the questions arises? Does a partisan hack, with no educational credentials to speak of and with no knowledge of the law or legal procedures, know anything that experienced prosecutors and a "meticulous" judge didn't know? I think not.

[Travv]

USA — FBI Director Christopher Wray has come under criticism for his raiding of former President Trump's residence. He responded this morning by announcing that all who criticize the FBI's raid will have their own homes raided as well.

"We will not tolerate any disparagement of this proud and incorruptible federal law enforcement agency that has never done anything wrong," said Wray. "All who oppose us are dangerous and deplorable. Prepare to be raided, suckas!

Wray then directed bureaus to cooperate with local S. W. A. T. Teams and search the homes of everyone who expressed anger and disgust at the FBI raid on Trump's home in Mar-A-Lago. "We will not rest until every deplorable sock drawer has been dumped out and every dangerous home safe has been broken into. Anyone who resists will be sent to GITMO. Don't mess with me, man!

News media assured the country the raids were completely legal as a federal judge formerly from Epstein's defense team signed off on them. . .

Yes, reports are Trump took the Fifth Amendment 450+ times:

Donald Trump Pleads the Fifth After Saying Only Guilty People Do

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trum...ple-do-1732549

In Hillary Clinton's case, the Repub-appointed FBI Director found no criminal wrongdoing by Clinton in the deletion of her largely personal emails months before a subpoena was issued for them and scant evidence any of them were clearly designated as "Classified" as usual anyway:

FBI: No evidence Clinton ordered deletion of subpoenaed email archive

https://thehill.com/policy/national-...email-archive/

FBIs Comey says no reasonable prosecutor would bring a case against Clinton for emails

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/05/fbi-...ns-emails.html

[ScatManDoo]

That today (8/11) was the 58th straight days of US gas price declines.

That the gas price declines were a big reason that overall July consumer prices had no inflation from June.

That terrorist Ayman al-Zawahri is still dead.

The $22,000 per night rooms in the exclusive lower level 'Archive Wing' in Mar-a-Lago resort is no longer taking Christmas season reservations.

Lock him up. Lock him up. Lock Shit up.

[MarquisdeSade1]

Report: By 2026 Everyone In USA Will Be Working For IRS And Will All Just Be Auditing Each Other.

USA A new report is predicting a 0% unemployment rate by the year 2026, as every American will be working for the IRS and be hard at work auditing other American citizens who work for the IRS.

"America's glorious future is upon us," said President Biden to a statue of Mao Tse Dung in his office. "Soon we will have perfect compliance with tax code as everyone becomes a tax collector for the IRS. Everything will be funded and we'll make the transition to green energy, and no one will ever suffer again! Come on! It's not rocket science, Jack!

The job will require no intelligence or formal education, as tax calculations can be easily made by computers that will monitor the transactions of every American. Workers will simply press a button at their computer to initiate the auditing sequence and will be equipped with a gun and a badge to arrest any friends and neighbors found to be incompliant.

Unfortunately, the report also predicts GDP plunging to zero dollars in 2027 and mass starvation and death by 2028 as farmers spend all their time filling out IRS forms and responiding to audits and not having time to grow food for people to eat. . .

It could be funny if all of us weren't the victims of their utter gross incompetence.

Lest we forget Maos Cultural Revolution.

And Maos Great Famine.

History is repeating itself, Biden style!!

[ScatManDoo]

I wonder if Mitch McConnel and TrumpShit wish Merrick Garland was instead sitting on the Supreme Court today?

[ScatManDoo]

Report: By 2026 Everyone In USA Will Be Working For IRS And Will All Just Be Auditing Each Other.

USA A new report is predicting a 0% unemployment rate by the year 2026, as every American will be working for the IRS and be hard at work auditing other American citizens who work for the IRS.

"America's glorious future is upon us," said President Biden to a statue of Mao Tse Dung in his office. "Soon we will have perfect compliance with tax code as everyone becomes a tax collector for the IRS. Everything will be funded and we'll make the transition to green energy, and no one will ever suffer again! Come on! It's not rocket science, Jack!

The job will require no intelligence or formal education, as tax calculations can be easily made by computers that will monitor the transactions of every American. Workers will simply press a button at their computer to initiate the auditing sequence and will be equipped with a gun and a badge to arrest any friends and neighbors found to be incompliant.

Unfortunately, the report also predicts GDP plunging to zero dollars in 2027 and mass starvation and death by 2028 as farmers spend all their time filling out IRS forms and responiding to audits and not having time to grow food for people to eat. . .

More unblogworthy amateur humor copied here by Travv.

[Elvis 2008]

Hilary Clinton's e-mail matters were deeply investigated.

When no evidence of mishandling was found, no charges were filed. People who are not criminals usually don't get locked up.

No, Hiliary was found to have committed a crime. She was not prosecuted. Loretta Lynch was compromised and was relieved of her prosecutorial duty when she took a meeting with Bill Clinton that was inappropriate.

That left the decision to prosecute not to the prosecutor but to "the cop" James Comey. Comey elected not to prosecute which was never his job. When the decision was made not to prosecute by Comey, some FBI agents were throwing sandwiches in disgust at the TV screen Comey was speaking on.

Comey said that he was not prosecuting Hiliary but was clear that no one should do what she did, and they would be prosecuted if they did as she did with classified documents.

I very much look forward to seeing the results of the FBI's current investigation.

Well then you are going to be very disappointed. You see unlike Hiliary a president has the right to declassify whatever he wants so you cannot get a president for having classified documents because he can say he had the right to declassify them. In fact, what happened is Trump had documents he meant to declassify likely about Russiagate and the FBI was fucking around and saying they could not declassify them at the current time which they do not have the right to do.

More than that, being a Democratic douche, you believe Republicans should not have civil rights. The 4th Amendment states "no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized".

And there were about a hundred things wrong with the search: the number of agents, kicking people out of the house, searching the whole house, the warrant being partially sealed and being shown from 10 feet away, asking to turn off the video cameras, 30 agents being present and going through Melania Trump's closet. You will never get a conviction with any one of these tactics let alone all of them. There are too many red flags and you will never get beyond a reasonable doubt where the FBI could plant whatever it wanted. The warrant was not limited to time, place, and scope.

Then you have an old FBI agent telling the media it was a search not a raid: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/...ent-complained.

This search / raid was out of the headlines faster than Covid disappeared after the Ukraine war, and you know why? Because it was never about getting Trump. It was getting documents the FBI did not want the public to see.

Whatever the FBI seized, they will keep as part of an ongoing investigation. The warrant will never see the light of day because it is part of an ongoing investigation as well.

No, this was part of a criminal investigation to get the documents the FBI did not want people to see. The FBI would have to show its hand if they charged Trump with anything and they are not going to do it.

[ScatManDoo]

Maybe all those old listening devices TrumpShit was contantly whining about (until he forgot about them) might bear fruit.

HaHaHaHa.

[EihTooms]

The week started with a raid of a crime scene. On humpday TrumpShit took the fifth. Best thing to round out the week would be an indictment.

I really don't expect an indictment as soon as this week, but it could happen.

The FBI took out 12 boxes from Mar-a-lago containing items.

TrumpShit has a copy of the search warrant and a list of the items taken by the FBI on Monday. Why won't TrumpShit release the warrant and list?

If we keep on hearing his continued whining about the raid.

And if the real news and Fox news continues to be filled with other GOP hacks whining about the raid.

DOJ will just be compelled to charge TrumpShit and detail some of the contents of the 12 boxes they carried out of Florida.

My guess is before the end of August.

Which will really work out well for the bet I made nearly half a year ago that TrumpShit gets indicted by September 1st.

Yes, reports are Trump took the Fifth Amendment 450+ times:

Donald Trump Pleads the Fifth After Saying Only Guilty People Do

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trum...ple-do-1732549

During the 2016 campaign, Trump had blasted aides of his former opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, for pleading the Fifth in the probe of her use of a private email server.

"So there are five people taking the Fifth Amendment, like you see on the mob, right? You see the mob takes the Fifth. If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016.

In Hillary Clinton's case, the Repub-appointed FBI Director found no criminal wrongdoing by Clinton in the deletion of her largely personal emails months before a subpoena was issued for them and scant evidence any of them were clearly designated as "Classified" as usual anyway:

FBI: No evidence Clinton ordered deletion of subpoenaed email archive

https://thehill.com/policy/national-...email-archive/

FBIs Comey says no reasonable prosecutor would bring a case against Clinton for emails

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/05/fbi-...ns-emails.html

[Travv]

Report: By 2026 Everyone In USA Will Be Working For IRS And Will All Just Be Auditing Each Other.

USA — A new report is predicting a 0% unemployment rate by the year 2026, as every American will be working for the IRS and be hard at work auditing other American citizens who work for the IRS.

"America's glorious future is upon us," said President Biden to a statue of Mao Tse Dung in his office. "Soon we will have perfect compliance with tax code as everyone becomes a tax collector for the IRS. Everything will be funded and we'll make the transition to green energy, and no one will ever suffer again! Come on! It's not rocket science, Jack!

The job will require no intelligence or formal education, as tax calculations can be easily made by computers that will monitor the transactions of every American. Workers will simply press a button at their computer to initiate the auditing sequence and will be equipped with a gun and a badge to arrest any friends and neighbors found to be incompliant.

Unfortunately, the report also predicts GDP plunging to zero dollars in 2027 and mass starvation and death by 2028 as farmers spend all their time filling out IRS forms and responiding to audits and not having time to grow food for people to eat. . .

While it provides a golden opportunity for the all too typical MAGA victimhood. Also this "the govt is coming to get you" (With 87000 new IRS Agents?) hysteria didn't start here but traces back to the 90's and has fueled plenty of violence.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...rant-violence/

[ScatManDoo]

I see. So they should arrest Trump for the same thing they let Hiliary Clinton walk on.

Hilary Clinton's e-mail matters were deeply investigated.

When no evidence of mishandling was found, no charges were filed. People who are not criminals usually don't get locked up.

I very much look forward to seeing the results of the FBI's current investigation.

Was TrumpShit too stupid to just rent a copier, copy what he wanted, and return ALL the originals?

What a fucking idiot!

Lock him up. Lock him up. Lock him up. Lock the idiot up!!

[EihTooms]

He must be asking himself that question today. Unless the rat ratted on himself in order to squeeze more much needed donation money from his sucker cult followers, of course.

https://youtu.be/GcVSC-BgTww

I think his own Repub FBI Director appointee timed it to coincide with and distract a willing Mainstream Media's attention from the announcement of Biden and the Dems' latest historic positive achievement on behalf of the America people with the passage of their terrific (Trump / Repub-caused) Inflation Reduction Act.

At the same time, his Repub FBI Director apppintee gave Trump and his Repub Party a phony "victim" scenario on which to raise campaign funds they desperately need and have been lagging far behind on vs their Dem opponents.

[Paulie97]

If Traitor Trump thinks the legal entry and confiscation of items that were subpoena'd but never returned to its rightful owners (We, The People) was not done properly, there is a place for him to make a case for that; under oath in a court of law.

Making a case for it NOT under oath on the steps outside a courtroom, on FUX News, by Tweet or shouting on a street corner by him or any of his hired or free spokesmen is for cowards and liars.

While it provides a golden opportunity for the all too typical MAGA victimhood. Also this "the govt is coming to get you" hysteria didn't start here but traces back to the 90's and has fueled plenty of violence.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...rant-violence/

[EihTooms]

So, where are my stock and option traders?

Credit Suisse is calling for another 1000 drop in the S&P 500, to 3120 (see attached).

The rising wedge pattern (see attached) was broken yesterday (my chart, attached).

This President and Democratic Congress are totally leading the USA into unnecessary wars, and blowing up the economy with inflation due to leftist tree hugger environmental nazis!

I think S&P 500 drops after this CPI related bounced today?

What are your political economic opinions?

Would that be this Credit Suisse?

Credit Suisse plots comeback after costly mistakes took it to the brink.
April 28, 2021

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/busines...brink/46571798

As Credit Suisse executives finalised an emergency $1. 9 billion (CHF1. 75 billion) fundraising from investors last week, a group of the bank's prized super-rich clients from across Europe and Asia were on a separate Zoom call hosted by law firm Boies Schiller Flexner to plot a class-action suit against the lender.

The clients had been persuaded by Credit Suisse to invest in its collection of supply chain finance funds, backed by the now collapsed Greensill Capital, that were marketed as ultra-safe with limited credit risk given multiple layers of protection.

Those on the call are among the 4,000 investors who ploughed a total of $10 billion into the funds but who now look set to lose up to a quarter of their stakes after Credit Suisse suspended the funds in March. Just weeks later, the bank was pummelled by its biggest quarterly trading loss in more than a decade $4.7 billion linked to the collapse of family office Archegos Capital.

The twin blows have again put Credit Suisse in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, raising doubts about the 165-year-old banks very existence and whether it will be broken up or survive in a European banking market that is under pressure to consolidate.
.....
Credit Suisse has lurched from one disaster to another in recent years. Its previous chief executive, Tidjane Thiam, was forced out over an embarrassing spying scandal. Barely a year later, the Greensill and Archegos calamities have led to multibillion-dollar losses, more executive departures, the threat of litigation and a cratering share price.

Now that America has experienced its first year in decades without being at war with any other country, you'll have to remind us when and where Biden and the Dems declared war, deployed troops, occupied Capitols, etc lately.

So, will that 1000 point drop in the S&P 500 Index happen "soon" after today? Will it be tomorrow? Within a week or so?

Because if it is just "someday", well, that is a prediction that pretty much anyone could make and eventually be proven correct, wouldn't you say?

Right now, I don't see anything in the fundamentals that would suggest a 25-30% plunge in the S&P 500 Index. But I suppose it could happen if some weird thing occurs that triggers a panic sell-off.

If so, I would see that as a terrific buying opportunity, a major retesting of a low (which in itself could be a good thing), and nothing more frightening than that. I already went on record here 2-3 months ago by posting my judgement that the S&P 500 Index will likely be tickling around the 5000 level "within a year and possibly by the end of this year. ".

Nothing since then has yet changed my judgement about that and instead has only firmed it.