The Swamp Deepens
Harlotte Spins Breakfast
Good Morning, Breakfastpoppers. Today is Saturday, June 16, 2018. Harlotte is at the stove preparing Ham and Potato Frittatas for our enjoyment. She is very disappointed in the conclusions of the long awaited IG report. She was hoping for the truth, but instead she believes that the IG is a part of the Swamp. "They" got to him plain and simple. Please join Harlotte at the breakfast table for a chat and a really fine breakfast. Come as quickly as you can, and bring the entire family.
Caught in the Web of Deceit
Thanks so much for joining me at the breakfast table. If I tell you that I am very disappointed in the IG report, it would be a gross understatement. The report revealed a great deal of wrong -doing at the highest levels of the Justice Department and the FBI. Most of it was known to us, but what we didn't realize was that this report was reminiscent of the childish taunt, "sticks and stones can break my bones, but names will never harm me." There were a great many names tossed around to describe very bad behavior, but in the end, the IG turned into a twin of Comey when he unbelievably concluded that there was no bias involved in any of this behavior. That conclusion is so inane and insane that it takes my breath away. For example, James Comey was essentially guilty of the exact same thing as Hillary Clinton, namely that they both used private email accounts to conduct official government business. In fact, he was using this email account at the same time that he was investigating Clinton for violating government protocol. This might be funny, if it wasn't true. The IG report revealed that FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page also used personal email accounts to conduct bureau business. Clearly, everyone involved felt that he or she was above the law. The bad guys were in charge of investigating the bad guys. Under the circumstances, should we be surprised at the results?
Weaving a Tale
Michael Horowitz, the Inspector General, made an incredible statement to the nation, "we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that improper considerations, including political bias, directly affected the specific investigations we reviewed." Oh my, oh my, only an idiot would find his statement to be credible. He went on to say, that "while we did not find that these decisions were the result of political bias on Comey's part, we nevertheless concluded that by departing so clearly and dramatically from FBI and department norms, the decisions negatively impacted the perception of the FBI as fair administrators of justice. Comey has to be delighted, the IG should be embarrassed and the American people should be outraged. Those are my conclusions, and I am sticking to them. The FBI has fallen from grace under the auspices of James Comey. It is going to take a miracle to restore the faith that Americans once had in the FBI and the DOJ.
Hold Your Nose
The IG report uses words like "careless" and "insubordinate". It bends over backwards in its conclusions to protect the creatures in the swamp. James Comey protected Clinton, the IG protected Comey and Clinton, and life in the swamp goes on while the American people are still waiting for justice to be served. The IG called Comey's actions insubordinate. Comey departed from department norms, but got a pass from the IG. The American people, once again, got kicked where it hurts, because the perception of justice is just that, a perception in the eyes of the beholder. The IG thought it out of the norm for Comey to consult with Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Comey got a pass on that, too.
Peter Strzok and his lover, Lisa Page, exchanged texts that expressed pro-Clinton and anti-Trump sentiments. The IG didn't find bias in the texts. Strzok vowed to stop Trump from winning the election. Again, the conclusion was that no bias existed. By the way, agent Strzok is still employed. If an ordinary "Joe" had done the same thing, he would be serving a term or two in federal prison.
The meeting between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch was characterized as an "inappropriate discussion." What it really was, in my unbiased view, was a set-up to make sure Clinton's, in name only wife, wasn't prosecuted. The swamp isn't even fit for alligators or snakes.
Harlotte's Song
Oh, what a tangled web they weave
When first they practice to deceive
Sir Walter Scott
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AUTHORGood Morning TSAD,
Losers come in all shapes, forms and colors. We have way too many of them around these days. I'm off to the Inn.
- AUTHOR
Good Morning Paula,
Nothing anyone could say about the disgusting Clintons would surprise me. I turn stone cold when I get to the story about Epstein's island where young girls are hunted like prey. See you at the Inn. I need to lie down.
Pretty tough to compete with Wilt the Stilt’s claim ofbedding 20,000 women. If he started at age 18 (A close childhood friend, Tom Fitzhugh, said, "I don't remember him having a date. He was probably a virgin when he left high school.") he would have averaged 1.5 women a day even when sick.
additionally, he did have a six-month schedule, for 14 seasons, of playing professional basketball. That's 82 games a season, not including playoffs, exhibitions, practices, and travel time! 20,000 and no pregnancies, no sexual assaults, no rapes. Clinton should have been taking lessons from Wilt, after all Slick Willie is known as our first black president. Wilt the Stilt and Slick the Dick...what a “ball” team that would have been!
I've done extensive investigating (no doubt there is much more sound info available) and even as exacting & skeptical as I can be~~it's very difficult to disbelieve Chelsea is, in fact, Webb's daughter. Webb himself has been point blank asked (in public) more than once. One time in particular by a reporter. This info is online and I'm sorry I did not look up the reporter's name B4 beginning this comment. Webb never has denied it ( doesn't that seem odd?) His response on each account was "No comment!") Really? Think of how you might react to a question like that if you were 100% positive of the answer...??
There is also a well-known report of Billy boy saying "I shoot blanks.Webb Hubbel sired Chelsea." (Good grief, referring to breeding horses!?) That response is even stranger. Chelsea's comment to the question about Hubb was, "I'm so proud to be my parent's daughter." Not a one of those answers were even close to a denial. Bill's was fairly blunt.
There are numerous sites on this controversy that someone went to the trouble of posting photos of Chelsea next to Webb & next to Bill. We all have eyes. She does not look like the lying bitch she calls, Mama.....she damned sure doesn't look like Bill. She DOES strongly resemble Webb.
This story does not shock me nor do I care much who her Dada is....it's merely one more revealing issue on the ever-continuing sick saga of Bonnie & Clyde of D.C. My curiosity simply involves my astonishment that any man would take that rag to bed. Obviously Bill has had more sex with more partners than Wilt Chamberlin. Oh Yuk, they're all a barnyard of disgusting pigs.
That news article about Danny Williams started this whole thing!! I need to stop reading. LOL.
POP
I still like the story, because we are talking about people:)
Thanks for the nice comment, and I feel the same.
Have a great Sunday. looking forward to your next article.
- AUTHOR
Dear brad,
Personally, I don't care bout squirrels or rats. I do care about people I respect and admire. That would be you.
POP
I take that as a compliment, and think of the inn as sanctuary.
BTW, I think calling a cesspool a swamp is PR:)
It reminds me of what my friend said about squirrels and rats. He said that squirrels are rats with better PR:)
- AUTHOR
Good Morning brad,
The truth is that I don't recognize the America I grew up in. I don't even recognize some of my friends and family! I do recognize you, and it will be a pleasure to meet you at the Inn.
POP
Again, you are right on.
I have to believe that Trump is letting this play out until the Nov elections. This will keep the left from providing any kind of political platform that even the loyal democrats would vote for in the election.
It is as if the reality of America,is a sick episode of Saturday Night Live. It says it is America, but nothing really shows America.
Or are we in the Matrix or Bizarro world which was in season 7 of SNL.
- AUTHOR
Good Morning maven,
Check outside for black SUVs. If the coast is clear head for the Inn. The cast of "bad" characters keeps growing, and I have had enough. I want to see indictments. I want to see Comey pay for his lies. I want Loretta Lynch nailed for her lies. McCabe belongs in prison along with the Clintons. I could go on and on and on, but what's the point. I like Gowdy, and I watched his interrogation of the wimp Horowitz. He won't be returning to Congress, which is a shame, but I imagine he is sick and tired of spinning his wheels. I am sick and tired of Congress. The only thing they excel at is wasting time and money. I'll meet you at the Inn, and I'll check to make sure I'm not being followed. You do the same.
- AUTHOR
Good Morning brad,
We need hip boots to wade through all this garbage. Our democracy is under attack. If this isn't a coup, that what is a coup? Come refused to testify before Congress, as did Loretta Lynch. McCabe pleaded the fifth. All of them need to be held accountable, along with all the other characters for the crimes they have committed. Clinton should be at the top of the list. I believe that the American people have had enough of this garbage. It is time for all of them to pay the piper. See you at the Inn.
Paula, what about Chelsea’s DNA ? You know if she wasn’t Hiliary & Hubble's daughter there would be DNA proof and there isn’t. Likewise Danny Williams will never see a DNA comparison.
Here we are talking in a community of writers, story writers, and you tell me if anyone could dream up such an unbelievable story as this about the Clinton’s, it has to be true which begs the question how much of the other Clinton lore is probably true, the Clinton body count, the elite pedofile ring, Satan worship!
Someone should write a screenplay about what the government would be like if Hiliary won the election, imagining all the covering up and conversations with all the Democrat players would be riveting. It would make house of cards look like a walk in the park.
Pop...Just heard Gowdy's interrogation of the IG and his tepid report...Wow...He flat nailed it...If the machinations of the top brass of the FBI resulted in creating the special investigation by Mueller then it should be terminated immediately...The phony "dossier", the female Russian spy/reporter, and the FISA manipulation all were generated by FBI brass...
Gowdy was incredulous that the IG found nothing 'written" that would show political bias by several FBI management personnel...
The corruption of our government has seeped into the IRS, EPA, Education, and the intelligence community at large...And it is not only the democrats...Something smells over at the Transportation department...Trump needs to shut that down immediately...
Have to run, now...That helicopter is returning, or is it a drone..?
Pop
Your article should replace the IG report. It is a terse compendium containing more lucid conclusions than the entire 568 pages from the IG.
If Comey and the IG wrote a treasure map, and you followed it you would be on the old garbage barges headed out to sea, and no one wants it to stop in their port.
I mixed two thoughts here, but still better than the conclusions of the IG.
Did you know that HRC and friends still have their government clearance, as well as Comey, McCabe, and Strzok?
BTW
Judicial Watch: New Justice Department Records Show Strong Support by Mueller Deputy Andrew Weissmann, Other Top DOJ Officials for Yates’ Refusal to Enforce President Trump Travel Ban
Judicial Watch filed suit after the DOJ failed to respond to a December 15, 2017, FOIA request for:
All text messages sent to or from DOJ official Andrew Weissmann regarding Donald Trump and/or Hillary Clinton between August 8, 2016 and the present.
All calendar entries, whether in physical or electronic form, for Weissmann from January 1, 2015 to the present.
Weissmann’s objectivity in Mueller’s investigation was called into question in December 2017 when a Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit uncovered an email Weissmann wrote praising former acting Attorney General Sally Yates for defying Trump on enforcement of the president’s so-called travel ban.
Weissmann wrote to Obama appointee Yates in the email: “I am so proud. And in awe. Thank you so much. All my deepest respects.” President Trump fired Yates over her refusal to defend the policy. Yates was appointed by President Obama and was serving in an acting capacity as Attorney General for President Trump.
Also in December 2017, the Wall Street Journal reported that Weissmann had been in attendance at Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election night party. According to the Washington Post, Weissman contributed more than $4000 to the Obama Victory Fund in 2008 and $2300 to the Clinton campaign in 2007.
Weissmann, described by The New York Times as Mueller’s “pit bull,” is the lead prosecutor in the Mueller team’s case against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.
“Andrew Weissmann is demonstrably an anti-Trump/pro-Clinton activist,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “And it is suspicious the Justice Department refuses to turn over any Weissmann text messages, especially given the anti-Trump bias documented in the FBI”s Strzok-Page texts.”
- AUTHOR
Good Morning Paula,
Everything you said i news to me. I have to gt busy finding out more. I'll meet you at the Inn on the early side.
- AUTHOR
Good Morning TSAD,
That is the plain truth, and we all should be grateful for President Trump. That said, he still needs to clean out the swamp, and that is an even bigger job than we thought. I am so sick of the lying, exaggeration and fake news. The left is now synonymous with the Dems and the media. It is a huge swamp crawling with snakes and alligators. See you at the Inn.
Interesting tidbit of news, pop....Speaking of smelly garbage....Bill Clinton has been called upon by his bi-racial son, Danny Williams, to submit to DNA testing. Danny felt that would be a move toward decency, in honor of Father's Day.
Blaring Oxymoron of the day: "Clinton Decency.?" Young Mr. Williams may have to discover a method to force his scumbag bio dad to give up his DNA.
How stunningly IRONIC,,,,Billy boy has spent a fortune (of tax payer dollars) to raise Miss Chelsea, bio daughter of Webb Hubbell, while his bio-son, pleads for recognition. What a low-life pile of excrement is Billy-boy!
Just imagine for one minute what things would be like if Hiliary had been elected president! Talk about swamp, the federal government would be operating out of a sewer.
The things the swamp is fighting to hide would never have come to light, Harvey Weinstein would be an adviser in the whitehouse and there would be no “me too” phenomenon while the media would make sure Donald Trump’s name never appears in any headline again while they portray Hiliary as a goddess.
The borderless USA would be on its way to cease being a country while we drown in a flood of illegal immigrants and all investigations, past present or future, of anything of a benefit to Hiliary (or Obama and his DOJ, FBI and CIA) in any way no matter how criminal would disappear forever.
Thank God Trump was elected, and even if he were to be found guilty of anything and/ or removed from office for any reason America would still wind up far better off than had that evil witch been elected - that’s just the plain truth.
- AUTHOR
Dear maven,
Thank you for your insightful and always articulate comments. Yes, the swamp is much deeper than we realized, but there is one fact that I sometimes forget to concentrate on. Donald Trump won the election. The swamp couldn't touch him or us, and that is the good news that gets lost among all the vile lying and name-calling. I had heard that there were rank and file FBI members who wanted to speak out. I hope that wasn't fake news, because that's exactly what this nation needs. The American people deserve to hear the truth. We also deserve to rid ourselves of the swamp creatures. See you at the Inn, maven. I'll save you a seat.
Good morning, Pop and Harlotte...
FBI director Wray's tepid response to the IG report is most revealing...It merely confirms that the Swamp is still running the show in DC...And the deafening silence of the Intelligence community rank and file shows just how deep the Swamp is...Truth and Justice have been twisted into a meaningless and corrupt system that benefits the bloated bureaucrats and their rank and file employees..The more power, the larger the budget, the higher the wage distribution...
This is a war, an internal war that is fragmenting our American culture, our system of government, and our traditional family unit...President Trump, as the nation's leader, is taking all the slings and arrows rained upon him by the media and a delusional Democrat congress...Now is the time for concerned Americans to stand up for those ideals we cherish, Truth and equal Justice for all...We have the power of the vote, use it !!..."The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (and women) should do nothing"...
I watch this President, at age 72, working tirelessly to make America great again...It's not just a slogan, he is actually doing it...Draining the Swamp will take more than 4 years, and draining the Swamp will require a congress that is dedicated to our Constitution and not to themselves...and if our voting system is corrupted by the swamp then we must water Jefferson's tree...
My name is Larry L. Conners, and I approve this comment...( Is that the sound of a helicopter ? )
The very institution, the 'halls of democracy' in D.C. are corrupt and collisional to the core... only an outsider combined with a few patriotic supporters could hope to undo any of the damage done by a government that for at least a quarter century has done nothing to help the American people, only harm them, and sell out the sovereignty of the Nation to foreign and corporate interests.
- AUTHOR
Good Morning Pamela,
No need for money, everything's my treat. Can you imagine what it would be like if all the guilty people actually went to jail. We would run out of room! See you later.
- AUTHOR
Good Morning Paula,
Okay, it's ham and eggs for you. You could never be a politician. You have way too much intelligence and integrity, two attributes that are not required in order to govern. I'll see you at the Inn.
- AUTHOR
Good Morning Pino,
Yes, Manafort is a victim of a very corrupt system. As a matter of fact, we are all victims of the same system. President Trump has upset their applecart, which explains their over the top insanity. This madness will continue for years. I'll see you at the Inn.
- AUTHOR
Good Morning Billy,
Yes, the stench coming from Washington is like lava flowing freely and scorching the earth. See you at the Inn.
- AUTHOR
Good Morning Tom,
This isn't the America I believed existed. Now, I am not sure it ever exited. The DOJ, FBI, IRS and the EPA are certainly deep in the swamp. We need to clean house, but there isn't a broom big enough to handle all the liars. See you at the Inn.
- AUTHOR
Good Morning Carolyn,
It is absurd to state that bias wasn't present during the Hillary investigation. She was pronounced innocent before the investigation! There may not be enough orange jumpsuits to go around. That said, none of the guilty people have anything to worry about. The American people, on the other hand, have plenty to worry about. The DOJ and the FBI are corrupt from the top down. I have to believe that there are many, many people in justice who have integrity. They belong at the top. See you at the Inn.
- AUTHOR
Good Morning FitnezzJim,
Thanks so much for the link, It's very helpful. I have a feeling we will be investigating the investigators for years. The IG will go before Congress where, I hope some serious questions will be asked. Of course, nothing will come of that either. See you at the Inn.
I expected to much more also. Peter Strzok is still employed despite his biased attitude, and the fact he was demoted. He should have been firedQ Comey should be in jail for leaking classified information, and the beat goes on. I am beginning to think there is no honest person in the political arena. It is a shame we can no longer trust DOB or the FBI, at least those in leadership roles.
Loved the breakfast and may need more than one cocktail at the inn tonight. Good think I went to the bank today!
pop & harlotte. GREAT colorful photo of Washington DC! I wonder who's operating the heavy equipment?? Let's hope he/she drives better than he/she governs!
Hate to be a pain in the derriere, but I prefer ham & eggs...special order. Yeah, I know, I have a lot of nerve. I actually missed my calling as a politician.......Hugs to all!!
POP:
I am speechless - almost! What a waste of 18 months of work and our taxpayer money! No one has the guts to stand up and state the obvious, and as a result everyone goes on with their business as if nothing happened.... that is, all but Paul Manafort, who now has to spend months in jail because the judge did not sign a document stating that Paul Manafort could not talk to any witnesses. I am beginning to believe that I am living in a third world country. It is embarrassing to think that the IG and others believe that rural America is that stupid. I cannot wait for November; I hope all of them are voted out. Now that I have had nothing to say, I am off to the Inn where there are only honest friends......
Yep, an ugly, stinking, foul, despicable mess....that pretty much sums up Washington D.C. in general and the Justice Department in particular.
Pop and Harlotte,
Not one deep state gator or crock yet charged and meanwhile Paul Manafort gets to serve time until his trial based on a swampy accusation of Mueller's pit bull and the ruling of a snowflake judge.
This is America??????
I, too, am saddened is disgusted by the report. So, saying that you will prevent Trump from becoming president isn't bias? My follow-up question would be: What, exactly, DOES bias look like? Do you have to say something like, "I am hiding evidence that makes Hillary look guilty." Would that be bias? Or is that just insubordinate too?
The link https://www.justice.gov/file/1071991/download gives a pdf version of the report, minus classified appendix and minus law enforcement sensitive information.
It is a 568 page report on the "review of various actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department in connection with the investigation into the use of a private email server by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton".
Providing the link just in case your readers seek how the documents read without being subjected to the perspectives of what passes as news nowadays.
That said, the days when the FBI, DOJ, and other government organizations could be perceived as seekers and reporters of "just the facts" are long gone.
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