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Too Many year drawing dollars from TAX PAYERS

Neal DeBenedetto

March 30

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The Unspooling

James Howard Kunstler

May 25, 2020

What “the Resistance” really fears more than anything is General Michael Flynn’s mouth. He’s been under a judicial gag order since his case went before Judge Emmet Sullivan’s federal district court. Understandably, Gen. Flynn wasn’t eager to complicate his unjust plight with a contempt citation. Judge Sullivan’s recent shenanigans have one object: to keep that gag order in force as long as possible. The moment Judge Sullivan confirms the DOJ’s move to dismiss the charges, as he is duty-bound to do, General Flynn will be free to offer his views to the public. That might be inconvenient in an election season.

I’m sure he has a lot to say. Gen. Flynn was head of the Defense Intelligence Agency for two years (2012 – 2014) under Barack Obama, and he knows a ton about every crooked operation Mr. Obama presided over, including the Benghazi fiasco, the Ukraine regime change op, and especially Mr. Obama’s hijacking of the NSA supercomputer surveillance database known as “the Hammer,” which was set up originally to track terrorists and then used by DNI James Clapper and CIA chief John Brennan to spy on Americans, most particularly Mr. Obama’s political adversaries. It’s rumored that Mr. Obama took the database with him when he left the White House, and it is said to contain great gouts of usefully damning information about just about everyone in government, including senators, congressmen, and Supreme Court justices.

Gen. Flynn became an antagonist to Obama & Co. when he objected to the nuclear deal they were cooking up with Iran and when he spoke out against the CIA’s 2013 Timber Sycamore op to arm and give money to Isis terrorists opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Mr. Obama canned Gen. Flynn in 2014. What really sealed Gen. Flynn’s fate was when he started publicly complaining about the politicization of John Brennan’s CIA. The New York Times quoted him saying, “They’ve lost sight of who they actually work for. They work for the American people. They don’t work for the president of the United States. Frankly, it’s become a very political organization.”

And a few months later, he jumped on Donald Trump’s campaign bandwagon. When he led the cheer “Lock her up” at the Republican convention, you can imagine how that gave the heebie-jeebies to a whole lot of other Deep State denizens besides She-Whose-Turn-Was-Foiled. And then, Lord have mercy, he was appointed to sit at Mr. Trump’s very elbow in the West Wing as National Security Advisor! Well, you can imagine the tremors that provoked. Gen. Flynn had declared his intention to completely reorganize, partially dismantle, and audit the intel community monster that had spread like a slime mold through the government. Mr. Brennan especially feared the audit part of the deal, since his agency regarded the billions of dollars that flowed in and out of it as just another one of its sacred secrets. Flynn had to be stopped.

So, John Brennan concocted the RussiaGate scam to put over the idea that General Flynn was an errand boy of Vladimir Putin ­—lock him up! — and for good measure, Mr. Trump probably was, too. Once they embarked on that grand misadventure, and enlisted the foolish James Comey and his FBI zealots to assist, the gang found themselves involved in a dangerous game of sedition, poorly thought out and executed desperately. And finally, by all that’s holy, the improbable Mr. Trump actually won the election, ensuring that he would be privy to every dark secret moldering in the vaults of the US government.

For three years, the whole wicked scheme has been slowly but steadily unspooling. The hapless (and perhaps senile) Robert Mueller was brought in to cap what threatened to become a political nuclear meltdown. We must suppose that Mr. Mueller was just a figurehead, and yet the supposedly brightest gang of Lawfare attorneys he enlisted — Weissmann, Van Grack, Rhee, Zebley, et. al. — absolutely blew it. They came up with zilch on Russian collusion, they muffed the attempt to nail Mr. Trump on an obstruction of justice rap (and watched helplessly as the inept Schiff & Nadler flopped fecklessly at impeachment), and now, having been exposed in the malicious prosecution of Gen. Flynn, they were forced to drop the case against him.

Finally, Judge Sullivan was recruited by The Resistance in a last-ditch effort to keep Gen. Flynn silent for a couple months more by ginning up an amicus circus that would invite a zillion bogus filings of briefs to be meticulously examined and argued, a pointless exercise in sound and fury. In doing so, he contradicted 25 of his own previous rulings against amicus filings by the defendant, and also moved in violation of a Supreme Court decision (Sineneng-Smith, 2020) and a DC Circuit case (Fokker Services 2016), as well as federal court rules against the use of amicus filings in criminal proceedings.

Now he has a few days to answer a mandamus motion from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to cut the shit and do his bound duty in the case. I won’t rehearse the separation-of-powers argument, except to say that Judge Sullivan doesn’t have a leg to stand on, and will be lucky if he is not reprimanded by the higher court. He’s been played by the Lawfare gang and exposed as a useful idiot. They’ve tossed aside his personal honor like a banana skin. Gawd knows what else prompted him to lawyer-up.

The colossal melodrama of a sedition conspiracy is unspooling swiftly now. Before much longer, US Attorney John Durham will weigh in with something, whether it’s a mere report detailing gross abuses of power, or perhaps a string of hard indictments against the seditionists. With bales of evidence of their misdeeds now in the public domain, the various players must be turning on each other viciously now. There’s probably not enough room under the proverbial bus to throw anybody else. They’ll need a train.

Also, comically, FBI Director Christopher Wray opened an “internal investigation” last week to ascertain whether any current members of his agency engaged in any misconduct around the Flynn case. That’s cute. It only took him three years. Of course, most of the major perps have already been fired, Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page. Why is Mr. Wray even still in that job, where his main occupation has been obstructing the release of court-ordered and congressionally subpoenaed documents?

You know what would be really a great move? Fire Chris Wray’s ass and replace him with outgoing Acting DNI Richard Grenell. Let Mr. Grenell just be Acting FBI Director for the statutory six months moving toward the election. Don’t even bother to nominate him and go through a senate confirmation. I bet a lot remaining information would get unstuck fast.

Oh, and get ready for Gen. Michael Flynn to speak. He might have a few interesting things to say. Not all of the news media will ignore him, and then those who do will have a lot to answer for about their long-running complicity in the criminal conspiracy to overthrow a president.

Today is Memorial Day

Today is the day we honor the people who served and died for our nation.  On this day across our nation flags were placed at graves in the Military Cemeteries across our land.

Memorial ceremony of “Laying the Wreath at the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier is a notable time.  There stood two Sentries of the solemn wreath and military representations. Notable is their steadfast attention of not moving: not breathing motion, blinking nor wavering, throughout their duty in station. Their Station immobility was reflective of the Tombs Representative Honored in the Hereafter for Eternity.  Following the symbolism came the mournful reverence of the twenty-four note Taps, “Extinguish Lights”. 

May all the deceased and injured find peace.  

Infrastructure:Some possible $$$$ controls or improvements.

An idea has been floated for states to be responsible for Infrastructure. Question include; who will control or be responsible for Interstate Highways and structures? When the work is bid what will the contract controls be? On highways that are toll roads will someone finally awaken and provide more exits which would access area to avoid congestion in the location of the long established exists, as well as access to US highways and major state high ways, but do not provide entrances at the auxiliary exits? eg; The NJ turnpike should have exits to NJ 42, or US 30, without entrances to the same. Compare the Turnpike to the parallel,  I-295.   Maybe California Highways could have tolls, to pay the cost, I must assk what is the cost of the massive beltway around Washington DC

With respect to entertainment or Sports facilities, it is questioned should Teams or corporations put up a greater share or spend the monies? Not cities or states. Per Google,The City of Arlington provided over $325 million (including interest) in bonds as funding, and Jones covered any cost overruns.  Also, the NFL provided the Cowboys with an additional $150 million loan, following its policy for facilitating financing for the construction of new stadiums.                                                
The recovery of dollars for bonds is a long standing weight on municipalities. Of course they usually are Tax free bonds. Cost overruns drive up Bond Costs with lower or weaker credit ratings on Municipalities.
Cost overruns are a typical problem. Look at NJ, The $$$$$$$$$ Met Life Company.
The Channel Tunnel, CHUNNEL, cost? 
NJ has PILOT, or Payment in Lieu of Taxes. As a senior citizen what will the return on taxes in 25 years? To see a return a 65 year old would need to last to 90------.

Experts, expertise

Recent Article from "HILLSDALE COLLEGE" POINTS OUT THE HISTORY OF OUR CDC.
Seems it began in 1942 as the Office of National Defense Malaria Control Activities. The article goes through its growth and merger into a bureaucratic evolution to our today's CDC. The article provides insight to the dollars spent and misdirection or evolutions, into another Washington Swamp dweller agency. Same as others independent of real government (political) controls and spending monies beyond original purpose. Today they even tell how to be safe at home along with many facets of mission creep.  

Congressional Committees a source of the fight

Congressional Committees;

Excerpt from http://clerk.house.gov/committee_info/commfaq.aspx

Congressional Standing Committees are permanent panels identified in Chamber rules which list the jurisdiction of each committee. Because they have legislative jurisdiction, standing committees consider bills and issues and recommend measures for consideration by the House. They also have oversight responsibilities to monitor agencies, programs, and activities within their jurisdictions, and in some cases in areas that cut across committee jurisdictions. Most standing committees recommend authorized levels of funds for government operations and for new and existing programs within their jurisdiction, but a few have other functions.

There are 28 standing committees of the House of Representatives. The proportions of Congress Representatives are assigned based upon the political parties elected to the House divided to the numbers of Representatives

The House’s committees consider bills and issues and oversee agencies, programs, and activities within their jurisdictions.

1.      Agriculture

2.      Appropriations

3.      Armed Services

4.      Budget

5.      Education and Labor

6.      Energy and Commerce

7.      Ethics

8.      Financial Services

9.      Foreign Affairs

10.    Homeland Security

11.    House Administration

12.    Judiciary

13.    Natural Resources

14.    Oversight and Reform

15.    Rules

16.    Science, Space, and Technology

17.    Small Business

18.    Transportation and Infrastructure

19.    Veterans’ Affairs

20.    Ways and Means

21.    Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

22.    Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

23.    Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress

24.    Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans

25.    Joint Economic Committee

26.    Joint Committee on the Library

27.    Joint Committee on Printing

28.    Joint Committee on Taxation

An opinion:

Three years and four months we have witnessed a House of Representatives with a sole intent to defeat, obstruct, and harass the President of the United States. The probable cause is that he is a member of the Republican Party. The recent impeachment attempt was led by Adam Schiff, California (D) the Head of the Intelligent Committee.  

Three years and four months we have witnessed a House of Representatives with a sole intent to defeat, obstruct, and harass the President of the United States. The probable cause is that he is a member of the Republican Party. The recent impeachment attempt was led by Adam Schiff, California (D) the Head of the Intelligent Committee (Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence). There are twenty-eight Standing Committees within the House of Representatives. Seating on the committees is based upon the proportions of party affiliations as elected to the House.

Unique is that there is no requirement in the Constitution with regard to Political Parties. There is a provision for Freedom of Speech and News Media. The question is what will happen in November 2020. Will, the Democrat Party as supported by Press and News, with Adam Schiff who is financed by Government Employee Unions, feed the daily sedition against President Trump?

Conservatives, You, work toward voting out that majority which is supporting the staffing of the Standing Committees of the House of Representatives. The only savior of The United States is Get rid of Nancy (with the grinning puss) Pelosi.