Russia! Russia!! Russia!!!

[Smitty-48]

You're not rich because you have the reserve currency, you have the reserve currency because you're rich, the richness is due to a confluence of factors, but in broad strokes, you're just the best there's ever been, in terms of quality and quantity, there's never been a more dynamic economy, on the scale of the third most populist country on earth, with access to so many resources, big, and fast, that's the key, and you don't have to be lightspeed fast, you just have to be faster than everybody else, and since everybody else is quite slow in comparison, you end up on top by default.

You don't have quite the same edge you used to have, because there's not as many idiot Communists around, but there are still enough of them, that you remain way out ahead. Unless the Communists seize control in America that is, but that seems unlikely, Bernie Bros notwithstanding,

America is rich, because America is awesome.

Smittynomics.

Just more awesome than everybody else, that's the key, if there was another America out there, you'd be under some serious pressure, but since there's not another America out there, you can actually cruise, Netflix n' chill.

[C-Mag]

Manafort Counter Punches !
Brings Suit against DOJ for overstepping Authority
https://assets.documentcloud.org/docume ... plaint.pdf

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Wednesday sued the Department of Justice, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and special counsel Robert Mueller for overstepping their authorities to bring charges against him that are unrelated to the probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.
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Grab your popcorn, it’s about to get good!
If you thought Paul Manafort would quietly roll off into the Russian conspiracy sunset, you were sadly mistaken.
Manafort was just filed suit against Robert Mueller and the DOJ.


Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Wednesday sued the Department of Justice, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and special counsel Robert Mueller for overstepping their authorities to bring charges against him that are unrelated to the probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.

According to the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Manafort alleged that Rosenstein exceeded the scope of his “authority” to appoint Mueller, and Mueller’s investigation has overstepped his authority with his investigation.

“The actions of DOJ and Mr. Rosenstein in issuing the Appointment Order, and Mr. Mueller’s actions pursuant to the authority the Order granted him, were arbitrary, capricious, and not in accordance with the law,” the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit said the May order Rosenstein signed to appoint Mueller “exceeds the scope of Mr. Rosenstein’s authority to appoint special counsel as well as specific restrictions on the scope of such appointments.”


From Washington Examiner

[C-Mag]

Hey, FBI, DOJ its 1700 on January 3rd

[SuburbanFarmer]

We will find out in 2 weeks. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... cktake-q-a

China is now the world's largest crude oil importer. New oil contract launches on the 18th.

[Okeefenokee]

Yep, you guys will say anything to stay away from actually talking about the FBI coup attempt that is currently being uncovered.

Hey, if you want to argue for the FBI and illegal spying, argue for it.

Haven't seen anyone doing that here.

And, 'coup attempt' is just a bit hyperbolic, doncha think?

What the hell would you call FBI agents caught planning an "insurance policy" to remove a president just in case their candidate lost?

Yeah, he's not a democrat guys.

[Okeefenokee]

Let's see how Trump worshippers spin this one:

Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president’s son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”

Shapiro used to work for Bannon, and I've never heard him say anything good about him. Seems like he's pissed about being shut out in the cold and wants attention. Funny that fakenews wants us to listen to Bannon now, but said he was Hitler when he was in the white house.

I wonder why they decided it was time to listen to hitler. I wonder.

[C-Mag]

Christopher Wray head of the FBI and DOJs Rod Rosenstein met with Deep Stater Paul Ryan for 2 hours this afternoon. I imagine trying to craft a deal to get out of turning over the documents. The result seems to be now the FBI and DOJ have agreed to turn over the documents.

I call bullshit, they are still trying to drag this out. Lock the bastards up for contempt.

[C-Mag]

Shapiro used to work for Bannon, and I've never heard him say anything good about him. Seems like he's pissed about being shut out in the cold and wants attention. Funny that fakenews wants us to listen to Bannon now, but said he was Hitler when he was in the white house.

I wonder why they decided it was time to listen to hitler. I wonder.

I kind of liked Bannon. The Judge Moore thing in Alabama wasn't my cup of tea, but I liked what he said. So this surprised me.

Who it didn't surprise was the from FBI guy at True Pundit who was on the case in August, and basically predicted this. He also fingered Bannon as the Whitehouse Leaker, which would be a big shock to me.
You can read his tweets from August calling out Bannon here
https://truepundit.com/four-tweets-fore ... ald-trump/

[Speaker to Animals]

Bannon is right.

You usually know when politicians are in the wrong when they immediately go to character assassination instead of respond with facts and argument (even a bad one). These guys did meet with that lawyer in the hopes of getting damaging information from the Russians. It was obviously a set up. Fucking dumb.

[Fife]

Somebody start up the "Bannon Did Nothing Wrong" thread so the commies and the fascists here will have a stroke-space for each other. There's about to be plenty of raw material.