FMJRA 2.0: Day Late & A Dollar Short

The FISA Abuse Memo is out and now we know why the Democrats were desperate to keep its contents hidden from the public: it confirms the worst fears not just of President Trump’s supporters but of everyone concerned about the abuse of police power, government corruption, and the sanctity of our elections.
The memo shows interference in the 2016 presidential election by hostile elements within a United States intelligence agency. It wasn’t the Russians we had to worry about — it was rogue actors at the highest levels of the FBI and Department of Justice. Left unanswered is to what extent the West Wing knew about or was complicit in this gross abuse of power. . . .
We now know that almost every accusation leveled against the president with regard to so-called “Russian collusion” actually reflects the actions of what amounts to a cabal of Democratic Party operatives working with FBI and Justice Department fellow-travellers. . . .

(Via Memeorandum.) Yesterday, I was talking to my brother and went on a rant about this: This was a set-up, an entrapment conspiracy. People associated with FusionGPS acted as agents-provocateurs to involve people associated with the Trump campaign with a make-believe Russian influence operation. There was no actual “Russian collusion” because the people who arranged the Trump Tower meeting weren’t working for the Kremlin, they were working for the Democrat Party.

It’s like what they used to say down South: If you ever go to a meeting of five Klansman, one of them will be an FBI undercover agent and at least two of the others will be confidential informants. In the case of the make-believe “Russian collusion,” it appears that practically everybody involved in trying to get the Trump campaign tangled up in this embarrassing mess was, in one way or another, working for FusionGPS, which was being bankrolled by the Clinton campaign and the DNC.

You can criticize the Trump people for having stumbled into the trap through carelessness or stupidity, and accuse them of “process crimes” in attempting to conceal their blunders, but you can’t charge them with “collusion” based on this FusionGPS hoax operation.

Underneath all the details, in other words, “Russian collusion” was as phony as the Rolling Stone gang-rape hoax.

“Haven Monahan” could not be reached for comment.

UPDATE: Roger Simon comments:

Adam Schiff, Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi, among seemingly dozens of Democrats, not to mention half the mainstream media, had been warning us for days that the release of the memo authored by Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee would place our national security at grave risk. “Sources and methods” would be revealed.
Now that we have seen the memo, it’s clear that was an absolutely bald-faced lie of the most obvious sort. Nothing in it impacts national security in the slightest. There’s no mention whatsoever of any “sources and methods.” . . .
Whatever else happened, the FBI clearly used a slanderous fictional document to get a FISA ruling to surveil Carter Page without telling the court the document was a pack of lies paid for by the Clinton campaign and written by a creepy spy with old-line Soviet connections. And they did it multiple times.

Well, of course, Democrats were lying. If they were honest, they wouldn’t be Democrats. But what bothers me is how the amateurism of the Trump campaign staff led them into a phony “Russian collusion” trap set up by Democrat operatives who then used the dossier — “a pack of lies paid for by the Clinton campaign” — to use government surveillance to catch them in this phony trap. What Democrats are angry about now is that the memo shows us how the strings were used to pull the puppets. People now have to start asking, who planned this operation?

Category: Democrats, Donald Trump, Politics, Scandal

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

Posted on | February 2, 2018 | 1 Comment

by Smitty

[Read Darleen first, as this is a continuation. And Happy Valentine’s Day!]

“Solved it,” said Steve.
“Do tell. What’s that man doing?” Kristy squirmed.
“I was in the Navy. If you interpret arm positions in the pictures as semaphore, you get: ‘WYMM’.”
Blank stare. “Yeah, maybe.”
Steve turned the camera over, revealing a ring cached beneath. Sat Kristy on a chair as he gracefully took a knee, sliding the beautiful band onto her finger, saying “Will you marry me?”
* * *
Years later: “OK, how’d you do that, Steve?”
“Do what?”
“Rig that proposal camera.”
“How did the car break down just ahead of that Yukon road trip?”
“I’m not telling you that.”
“Precisely.”

Category: Friday Fiction

In The Mailbox: 02.02.18

Posted on | February 2, 2018 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 02.02.18

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Groundhog Day
Twitchy: MSNBC’s Katy Tur Caught Straight-Up LYING About The Steele Dossier
Louder With Crowder: Parents Of Girl Slain By MS-13 Slam Democrats For SOTU Disrespect
According To Hoyt: The Weight Of History
Vox Popoli: SJWs Attempt Hit On DC Comics Artist
Business Insiders: Furious Formula 1 Grid Girls Lose Their Jobs Thanks To Feminists, Fight Back On Twitter (h/t NeoWayland)

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: The Right Woman For The Job, also, Friday Hawt Chicks & Links – Grid Girls Edition
American Power: Watching Europe Fall, also, Memo Day
American Thinker: The Center Of The Web
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Horse Squeeze Friday
BattleSwarm: LinkSwarm For 2/2/18
CDR Salamander: The Bear Is Hungry, The Oceans Are Vast – Uncle Sam & The Mountie Are Far Away
Da Tech Guy: My Memo/Prediction -Watch Dems/Media Suddenly Go Frank Drebin, also, In Cuba, Fidel Jr. Kills Himself
Don Surber: Memo Confirms Obama’s Corruption
Dustbury: Effacing The Prince
Fred On Everything:
The Geller Report: Iranian Cops Bust 29 Women For Appearing In Public Without Hijabs, While Western Feminists Impose World Hijab Day, also, UK Government Rejects Petition For Free Speech Act
Hogewash: Time For An Intervention? also, Team Kimberlin Post of The Day
Joe For America: FISA Memo Released – As Serious And Damaging As Advertised!
JustOneMinute: Watching The Sausage Factory
Legal Insurrection: Nunes Memo Alleges FBI Used Steele Dossier To Get FISA Warrant On Trump Campaign Member, also, Academics Suffers After Minnesota School District Adopts Social Justice Curriculum
Power Line: What The House Intelligence Committee Memo Says, also, The Wrong Side Of Z Street
Shark Tank: Obama Gets Trumped – Paychecks Rise Fastest In Eight Years
Shot In The Dark: Rumors Of Demise Greatly Exaggerated
STUMP: Friday Foolery – Dumb Taxes In General
The Jawa Report: Da Memo
The Political Hat: The Feminist Enwokening Of AI
This Ain’t Hell: Marketing & Myths Hurt Recruiting Efforts, also, NFL Should Be Freaking Out
Victory Girls: SJW Snowflake Wants UCF Student Expelled For Refusing Hijab
Weasel Zippers: Federal Judge Rules FL Lifetime Ban On Felon Voting Is Unconstitutional, also, Canada Changes Its Anthem To Be Gender Neutral
Megan McArdle: After 45 Birthdays, Here Are Twelve Rules For Life
Mark Steyn: Dreamers & Schemers, also, FISA Friday Fever!

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In The Mailbox: 02.01.18

Posted on | February 1, 2018 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 02.01.18

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Doubling up on the links today since yesterday’s linkagery was derailed by technical difficulties.

OVER THE TRANSOM
Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #152
EBL: Blondie SOTU – “Dreaming” & “Atomic”, also, FBI Memo Thursday
Twitchy: Jenna “Mad Dog” Jameson Owns Fauxcahontas For Heap Big Whining About SOTU
Louder With Crowder: Joy Reid Blasts Trump’s SOTU Message on “Church” And “Family”, also, Rose McGowan Blasts Alyssa Milano’s #MeToo Hypocrisy
Scientific American Blogs: Bill Nye Doesn’t Speak For Us And He Doesn’t Speak For Science

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: The Power Of Memes, also, Podcast #73 – The Invasion Day Episode
American Power: Guess Co-Founder Paul Marciano Denies Kate Upton Allegations, also, Laura Moriarty, American Heart
American Thinker: The Shabby, Sophomoric Behavior Of Democrats At SOTU, also, A Brief History of The Fake News Media
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Hump Day and Unintended Consequences News
BattleSwarm: Clinton Corruption Update – The Converging, also, Quick Impressions – TX-06
Bring The HEAT: Former Coastie Matt Udkow Still Saving Lives, also, About That “Lowest Of The Low” Rant – Psychology Today Looks At The Enlisted Force
CDR Salamander: Does Our Broader Middle East Strategy Need “Recalibration”? also, Your F-35A/B/C Cheat Sheet
Da Tech Guy: Notre Dame’s Next, also, CNN Already Crying About 2018 Election Russian Midterm Meddling, also also, Ed Morrissey On Why Trump Won SOTU Night
Don Surber: Trump Says “Americans Are Dreamers Too!” also, Democrats Blew Wave
Dustbury: Issue Skirted, also, I Want To Look Good For The Aliens
The Geller Report: Devout Muslim Shoots Cop 13 Times To Uphold Quranic Teachings, also, MUST SEE VIDEO – European Women Rise Up Against Migrants’ Rape Jihad With #120dB Movement
Hogewash: I’m Not Making This Up, You Know, also, Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, also also, Oh No! Not Again!
Jammie Wearing Fools: Journalist Claims Photo Of Obama & Farrakhan Was Suppressed, also, Two So-Called “DREAMers” Arrested On Human Smuggling Charges
Joe For America: Hamas Founder Dies After “Accidentally” Shooting Himself In The Head, also, Democrats Should Worry About SOTU Poll Results
JustOneMinute: The Next Big Collapse, also, We Need A Few Good Men (And Women!) To #ReleaseTheMemo
Legal Insurrection: DNC Going Broke As RNC Rakes In Cash, also, Trey Gowdy Won’t Run Again, also also, High School Play Cancelled After Activists Complain About Colorblind Casting
Michelle Malkin: “Dreamers” Versus Demons
Power Line: From The Sublime To The Ridiculous, also, Manchin Or Mousechin? also also, The FBI Has “Grave Concerns”? So Do I
Shark Tank: #ReleaseTheMemo – Speaker Ryan Calls For FBI’s “Cleansing”, also, Rick Scott’s PAC Crushes Bill Nelson’s Moving America Forward PAC
Shot In The Dark: Heard On Social Media – 1938, also, Land Of 10,000 Money Pits
STUMP: Illinois Idiocy – Let’s Issue Pension Obligation Bonds When Our Ratings Are Low!
The Jawa Report: Trump State Of The Union 2018
The Political Hat: A Drugged And Docile Populace – SciFi Dystopia Or Woke Utopia? also, Socialist Healthcare – Delayed Treatment, Dearth Of Nurses, Not So Free
This Ain’t Hell: Trump Says Gitmo Remains Open For Business, also, Goodell Says NFL Has Done Enough To Honor Veterans, also also, Will Colonel McDuffie Be Forced To Retire?
Victory Girls: #ReleaseTheMemo Panic Grips The Swamp, also, Tweets Gone Wild – Democrats’ Deranged Responses To Trump’s Sane SOTU Speech
Weasel Zippers: Trump Approves Release Of FBI Abuse Memo, also, 77 Illegals Found In Fake, Smelly, Lowriding UPS Truck, also also, Trump Compares Pelosi’s “Crumbs” Comment To Hillary’s “Deplorables” Gaffe
Megan McArdle: Can Amazon Transform Health Care? It’s Not A Crazy Idea
Mark Steyn: The State Of The State Of The Union, also, The Constitutional Right To A Long Goodbye

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75% Approval: President Trump Triumphs in His First State of the Union Speech

Posted on | January 31, 2018 | Comments Off on 75% Approval: President Trump Triumphs in His First State of the Union Speech

Even the Democrat-controlled media can’t deny it:

Three in four Americans who tuned in to President Trump’s State of the Union address tonight approved of the speech he gave. Just a quarter disapproved.
Eight in 10 Americans who watched tonight felt that the president was trying to unite the country, rather than divide it. Two-thirds said the speech made them feel proud, though just a third said it made them feel safer. Fewer said the speech made them feel angry or scared. . . .
Nine in 10 Republicans said the speech made them feel proud, while just over half of Democrats said it made them feel angry. Independents who watched the speech — nearly half of whom counted themselves the President’s supporters — tended to approve of the speech, and said it made them feel proud.

John Sexton at Hot Air writes:

The line of the night came at the end of Trump’s defense of an America First approach. After introducing two families whose teen daughters were killed by MS-13 gang members, Trump said he was proud America was a leader in helping people in need around the world but added, “As President of the United States my highest loyalty, my greatest compassion, my constant concern is for America’s children, America’s struggling workers, and America’s forgotten communities.” He continued, “I want our youth to grow up to achieve great things. I want our poor to have their chance to rise. So tonight I am extending an open hand to work with members of both parties, Democrats and Republicans, to protect our citizens of every background, color, religion, and creed.
“My duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend Americans, to protect their safety, their families, their communities, and their right to the American dream because Americans are dreamers too.”

Americans are dreamers, but Democrats were having their worst nightmare. Nancy Pelosi spent the night glum-faced, evidently fidgeting with her dentures, and one Democrat, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, walked out of the speech when Republicans began chanting, “USA! USA! USA!”

Chant of “U.S.A.” causes Democrat Luis Gutierrez to leave the #SOTU. If it offends him so much perhaps he shouldn’t come back to work tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/EMSxDZykIi

— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) January 31, 2018

The official Democrat response to Trump’s speech was given by Joe Kennedy III, whose personal wealth is estimated at more than $15 million, complaining about economic inequality and “privilege.” Also, he threw in a #MeToo reference — without any sense of irony.

Maybe a guy from the family that left Mary Jo Kopechne to drown and lobotomized Rosemary Kennedy isn't the best image for #MeToo.

— David Steinberg (@DavidSPJM) January 31, 2018

LOL, a Kennedy complaining about wealth inequality and attacking "power or privilege."

— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) January 31, 2018

Democrats are off-balance and out of touch. The voters they lost in 2016 — the ones who got nothing from eight years of Obama, and would have gotten nothing from Hillary — aren’t going to be persuaded by class warfare and identity politics arguments to vote Democrat again. If the Republican Party establishment will wake up, and stop trying to “distance” itself from President Trump, his popular policy agenda offers the GOP a chance to build a governing majority.

Democrats: The party of youthful energy and enthusiasm! #SOTU https://t.co/vqSknCcQei

— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) January 31, 2018

BREAKING !! 2 SCOOPS !!@CNN OFFICIALLY ON SUICIDE WATCH ……….

#StateofOurUnion #SOTU pic.twitter.com/tL1Wn5Pjjy

— ??#ReleaseTheMemo?? (@StockMonsterVIP) January 31, 2018

UPDATE: Da Tech Guy describes the contrast: “90 minutes of optimism from Donald Trump” followed by “pessimism pessimism pessimism from Joe Kennedy.” He also noticed that CNN wasted no time in returning to its “Russian collusion” conspiracy theories.