leh-nerd skin-erd

Jiminy..you forgot to be outraged the first time!

I recall quite a few conversations with certain liberal legal folk here about the appearance of impropriety with Biden sniffing around thieve issues in close proximity to his dopey son. The feedback was that everyone in the international community knew there was one guy—and apparently one guy only in the country that needed to be dealt with. He was THE billion dollar man. It made no sense then, and with the benefit of 5 years of Biden/dem behavior in the rear view, it seems pretty clear Biden was doing business on behalf of Biden. I guess it goes into the category of “special rules for electeds.”

I have a friend born and raised in SF. Liberal fellow, funny, smart and from a wealthy family, and we’ve disagreed about politics many times in the past. Admittedly it’s been a while since we talked about San Francisco but he was quite disillusioned at the decline in standard of living he had seen of late last time we spoke. Garbage, trash, drug addicts, human excrement all over the place, and squarely placed the blame of extreme liberal policies. Perhaps they’ve fixed those issues, or maybe they’re kept out of view of visitors v allowing the locals to suffer, but how they even allowed it to get there was enough to keep me from voting for those people.

I always feel like the time he never spent with Susan Collins is time he wished he could never get back. It would make a good country song.

I'm a few days in and still trying to unpack what you're saying. All I can take away is that you don't think everything from one side or the other should be referred to as a 'hoax', though in this case you think that allegations of surveillance of GOP Senators is, indeed a hoax, that is to say, it never happened. Then, you refer to my 'mental gymnastics' when what I offered was the only truth we all can agree on: 1. Biden didn't release files. Trump has not released files. 2. Using your logic about 'way more to it', I offered that Biden would have burned Trump/GOP if possible. I further offered that Trump would have burned Biden/Dems if possible. 3. Since neither Biden nor Trump released, it stands to reason that either there is nothing in the files, or enough that either side releasing data results in mutually assured destruction. I'm open to your view on what I am missing here, but it seems to me you've decided to hyper-fixate on the politics of word tracks and accusations to the detriment of applying simple common sense to this issue.

It’s not for you to question. Blaze your own trail, follow your own path, and apply introspection when possible. —Leh-nerd 4:11

I think for taking off and landing aircraft, Drew. What are you hearing?

Latina lady? prICE? Goodness.

Yeah, that was pretty freaking awesome, to pit taxpayers on the hook for allegations of wrongdoing on a personal level. Same old story—- people like Spitzer, Cuomo, Schneiderman and now James are in charge of securing the greater good, and seem perpetually inclined toward wrongdoing.

I have known a few people who had fires in their home and to my knowledge, the president has not been involved in the investigations. It starts on a local level, and then goes from there. Now maybe the FBI was involved quite discretely in every one of those cases (some of these people are Catholic, and we know how the last admin’s DOJ felt about those people), real cloak and dagger under the radar stuff, but I do not think so. Your latest theory is that our President Trump actually set the fire based on some imagined track record? That’s nuts.

That’s what she says it was about, but then again, she was deemed ineligible to receive the honor of walking at graduation. She can address that issue by releasing a full accounting of the matter. I’d think the attack on her credibility would be the exact point of attack that would be followed given her graduation issues. These races can be decided by narrow margins, and you want to reach people that might have an issue on that sort of thing. It’s especially appropriate because she’s targeting those who released the information and because she’s done her best to position herself as the hero of the tale.

Wow, you took that in an unexpected, cruel and completely unhinged direction. I’ve been trying to follow the updates on the fire, and all I can find so far is that officials are urging patience while they sort through evidence and statements, and that they do not believe arson was the cause of the fire. You’ve characterized it as an “attack” on a judge, and wondered if the fire was the result of “terrorism”. What are you seeing that has you leaning that way? Oh—just to clarify, if you hear officials are looking closely as a “Mr. Coffee”, admittedly that can be a little confusing for some liberal voters. Read up on that one a bit before jumping to conclusions.

It’s important to remember that while Fergie was a bit slow to call for Jones to drop out, there was that confusion on Jones that, per former VP Candidate Kaine surmised was really “hacked off” about something when Jones called for the multiple murders, suffering, and urination on graves issue. Better to do a little research, get the context on all this stuff before deciding if such comments are outrageous or hurtful in any way.

I see myself as rational, and just responded to your suggestion that story about surveillance of GOP senators is as a “hoax”. From there you asked about the FBI and pardons. If what I wrote is irrational, feel free to point out the irrational part. I think it’s common knowledge and generally acceptable that this is how things work. There is precious little purity involved, just deal-making and people doing all sorts of nasty and distasteful stuff. It’s not all bad, there are good people doing hard work too, but it really is what it is. But, I get it. I hope you have a good night.

Hmmm, you think Kash Patel manufactured evidence, and that he has conspired with Chuck Grassley to deceive the public in a manner similar to the Steele dossier? I think that’s unlikely, and naive on your part. You’re consistent in that regard. As for “protecting” anyone, you’re going to have to expand on that a bit. Help me out, especially as it relates to the last, non-Kash Patel FBI. Surely they were prosecuting someone, somewhere in the ring before leadership changed? Or, were they part of the cover up? On “considering pardons”, I would be against pardoning Maxwell, as I was against pardoning the hardcore J6 perps and Joe Biden’s entire family tree. Still, law enforcement in general has a long history of working deals, using confidential informants and letting very bad guys go in exchange for something else they perceive as valuable. On the level of pardons, most people seem to get upset when it’s the other guy pardoning, and apathetic when it’s their guy doing the pardon. I think you’re probably in that camp. I guess if Maxwell offered enough value in getting the really big fish in exchange for a pardon, it would get done and most people would move on, disgusted, feeling dirty but knowing it happens. The challenge is there doesn’t seem to be any big fish to get. Team Biden would have burned Republicans and anyone in Trumps orbit. Team Trump would do the same, yet here we are. Personally, I think evidence against powerful people was deep-sixxed, and/or kept for leverage by very powerful people in govt.

Where you at on your investigation, Jimmy Olsen?

Good stuff on morons. You mentioned Project 25, so kudos to you as a centrist for working that in on a thread about the Biden DOJ conducting surveillance on senators from the other side. What are your thoughts on the allegations, well, actually the facts here? The FBI seems to think it’s problematic, and the Senators think it’s problematic.

So, I get some of the theories…..expanding. 9/11 implosion for example. Someone says the building collapsed funny and scientifically it looked like a controlled demolition….and next thing you know everyone is quoting like they are a structural engineer with a minor in architecture who worked for 20 years in the demolition game. The whys and hows of Biden being deceased…not so much. Then again Fergie thinks I run with @ComradeKayAdams as an alternate screen name for reasons I’ve never quite understood, and some fools worship Luigi Mangione.

I was talking to a guy I know, and who I think is a good dude, during the Biden admin. We got to talking about all that and he told me, calmly, rationally his theory on who was really in charge, the election of Biden v Trump and I asked him about stolen elections. His theory was that Trump won, was in power and that Biden was dead and it was all going to come out in a couple weeks. Trump triumphant, Trump Deep State etc. He saw the look on my face, said “I lost you with Biden being dead, huh?”. Truth is he lost me before that, but I said “Yeah, I don’t think that’s true.”. He kinda shrugged, laughed and told me his wife says he always loses people when he revealed that Biden was dead (natural causes btw, he had actually been dead for a while). That was a few years ago and as sure as I’m sitting here, he just laid out the facts as he saw them. If I saw him today at the supermarket, car wash whatever, a very likable guy who wasn’t looking for trouble or a fight. I just don’t ever understand how he got there.

There's some truth here. We had "Biden cognitively sharp", Hillary playing fast and loose with security, Obama blaming some poor bast@rd for making a video and inciting the Benghazi incident, and all those stories of surveillance and authoritarian overreach by DOJ, Comey, Smith et al. Add to that private companies recognizing civil exposure and settling to avoid getting hammered in court, the Ashli Babbitt settlement and everything else. Who would have bet all those stories get sorted out in 2025 with he way things looked through 2023 and up through November of 2024? What a wild ride! Like here though, these issues will move some people and not so much others.

Under normal circumstances, I’d have asked you directly for clarification. However, after your most recent debacle with lifting comments from posters past without attribution, and being outed in about 6 minutes for doing so, I thought it wise to go directly to JD. Mind your business, (maybe) Dr. Karen.

I think I missed a series of texts here. Fergie is like Rick James--super freaked about the fire, not so much about the democrat who is apparently pro-murder. He seemed to start off with the assumption that the owners of the home were the targets of a hit, but then segues to beloved politicians shaking hands like an old Southern gent and people not wanting to honor him. Can you fill in the gaps for me? The fire was awful, of course, as it would be for any family who lost their home. Thankfully the injuries appear to have been minor, and at this point it seems like there is no evidence of arson. I'd think we would all agree that's a good thing?

I always hate to see people lose their job, but it’s the Opinion section and one guy has been there nearly 40 years. Maybe time for some new blood?

No fireworks on July 4th, either. Crazy.

It’s the military, L, where orders are given and results follow. If it’s like most of these events, some people buy in, some people dial out, some people roll with the flow.