Reflections From a Murky Pond

The Empty Cookie Jar

After far too long; after far to great of a cost to the American taxpayers; and after far too much damage to America, even some Democrats are beginning to realize that we, the People know that the cookie jar of President Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia is empty. Their propaganda corps, the Lamestream Enemedia, however, seems somewhat slow to realize this. 😉

Deport Them! Deport Fashisom!

Our domestic enemies, the Liberals, Progressives, and the various abnormal demographics the enable- and pander to, are ever and always so quick to insult, deride, and lampoon any American who protests their agenda while using improper spelling. To them, we, the People are always uneducated, anti-intellectual, knuckle-dragging, regressive primitives.

This is why it’s so funny when our domestic enemies – who are so hubristic over their over-vaunted educations – prove that they are no better than Americans when it comes to spelling simple words. Then again, anyone who’s #StillWithHer and believes that #SheWon is showing a distinct pathology of cognitive degeneration.

Then again, I could be completely misinterpreting this Millenial’s protest and who and what xe’s outraged over. Perhaps he’s angry at the fashion industry and just created something a neologism to denote his beliefs that the fashion industry is fascist in nature and agenda. If so, #ImWithHim 😆 since somebody needs to be the voice of the fashion nazis’ victims.

Of course, if the latter is the case, ze has an intersectional problem. Those same evil fashionistas are centered in New York City and Los Angeles, the two strongholds of modern liberalism and two of the very few localities in the US that are staunchly democrat. Hence, he’d be voting to deport some of the very sorts that supported Hillary.

Six Stages Of Grief

Grief is a very powerful emotion, in practical terms it may well be the most powerful emotion experienced. It also the singularly most selfish emotion. Hence, why it seems to affect Liberals. Progressives, and the professional politicians they follow so extremely.

The Russian Did It

Yep! Even dogs are getting into the narrative that the Russians are to blame for anything and everything.

President Trump has “accused” Obama of having wiretapped his telephones and data connections at Trump Tower during the 2016 election cycle. The President’s allegation, made as it was through Twitter, lit the internet on proverbial fire. The Lamestream Enemedia wasted no time is deriding the President’s claim and Obama’s spokesman, Kevin Lewis quickly fired back with a denial of any wrongdoing on the ex-President’s part.

Of course, these denials are almost Clintonian is their use of facts that don’t necessarily – depending on what words and terms mean – lead to the truth.

The facts of the matter are that the FBI did twice seek to gain Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) court warrants to wiretap Trump’s communications and those of several of his advisers. The first attempt in June, 2016 was denied. The second, narrower request, now focused on a server in Trump Tower, in October, 2016 was granted.

So during the 2016 elections the FBI did conduct surveillance of Trump’s assets in Trump Towers, i.e., they did wiretap him, though this may have been limited to electronic communications and did not included telephony, which i what most of people still think of when wiretapping is brought up.  So, for the purposes of the truth and culpability, it comes down to the Clintonian question of what words and phrases mean, a particularly form of verbal tap-dancing that Obama has always been quite skilled at.

The FBI is ultimately under the authority of US Attorney General, during the time frame in question an Obama Appointee. So whether or not the wiretapping was done by the Obama Administration comes down to where you draw the line around the term “Obama Administration” and from whom exactly the order ultimately came from.

As to whether or not Obama “had” Trump’s assets tapped, that is a matter of great and fruitless conjecture. Obviously, Obama didn’t formally order the surveillance operation. No POTUS can formally and legally order such surveillance except in very limited circumstances that didn’t apply in this case. That, however, doesn’t address an informal, verbal order, suggestion, or spoken lament – Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest? – that Obama might have made to AG Loretta Lynch.

Then, we come to “had” vs. “known of” and “approved.” Personally, I find it hard, though not impossible, to lend credence to the idea that the FBI would undertake such a very, very sensitive operation – as proven from the fallout thereof – without walking it up the chain of command to get at least verbal approval for it. Hence, it seems very unlikely to me that Obama wasn’t both apprised of the planned investigation of the opposing party’s presidential candidate and given the chance to quash it before it started.