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Congress Opens Probe Into FBI's Handling of Clinton Email Investigation (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Two House committees announced Tuesday that they would conduct a joint probe into the FBI's handling of the Clinton e-mail investigation. The Clinton investigation concluded with no charges being levied against the former secretary of state who was running for president under the Democratic ticket. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) said in a joint statement that they are unsatisfied with how the probe into Clinton's private e-mail server concluded. Among other things, the chairmen want to know why the bureau publicly said it was investigating Clinton while keeping silent that it was looking into President Donald Trump's campaign associates and their connections to Russia.
"Our justice system is represented by a blind-folded woman holding a set of scales. Those scales do not tip to the right or the left; they do not recognize wealth, power, or social status," Goodlatte and Gowdy said in a joint statement. "The impartiality of our justice system is the bedrock of our republic, and our fellow citizens must have confidence in its objectivity, independence, and evenhandedness. The law is the most equalizing force in this country. No entity or individual is exempt from oversight."
"Our justice system is represented by a blind-folded woman holding a set of scales. Those scales do not tip to the right or the left; they do not recognize wealth, power, or social status," Goodlatte and Gowdy said in a joint statement. "The impartiality of our justice system is the bedrock of our republic, and our fellow citizens must have confidence in its objectivity, independence, and evenhandedness. The law is the most equalizing force in this country. No entity or individual is exempt from oversight."
For anyone who has forgotten what we know about this.
We should also mention that we have emails, from the FBI, showing that she had things like classified pictures of NK in there. Yeah, sure, sending it off to her uncleared staff to print it out on insecure printers is totally a good idea. It's not like this is a crazy little country with nuclear missiles or something. Let's just make sure the Chinese know how much we know about their little brother Kim's big missiles. I'm sure that's totally reasonable....
Yes, the "FREE STUFF!!!!" campaign was very popular among weak-minded sheep
Bernie's supporters were not sheep. They were simply voting in their own interest. He was promising free stuff to young educated white people, so of course they are going to support him. The problem is that his support didn't extend beyond that group. He never got much support from minorities, working-class whites, or voters old enough to realize that someone has to pay for the free stuff, and it was going to be them.
>The ONLY reason the emails were even discovered was because of the Benghazi witch hunt. And as we found out, it was all because the Pentagon didn't have any "military assets" (as they put it) close enough to respond. NOTHING to do with Clinton. That's bullshit and either reveals a gross ignorance about assets in theatre or an intentional distortion.
Charlie Company, 1 Battalion, 10th SFG could have flown from Zagreb to Benghazi in 3 hours. Instead they were routed to Italy.
US could have sent fighter bombers in from air bases in Italy. Embassy security forces had laser designators to use for laser guided munitions.
The only reason neither happened is because Obama was unavailable and either could not or would not grant the permission needed for military forces to cross an international border. Because he was at a fund raiser.
Yes, the "FREE STUFF!!!!" campaign was very popular among weak-minded sheep
Bernie's supporters were not sheep. They were simply voting in their own interest. He was promising free stuff to young educated white people, so of course they are going to support him. The problem is that his support didn't extend beyond that group. He never got much support from minorities, working-class whites, or voters old enough to realize that someone has to pay for the free stuff, and it was going to be them.
Bernie is quite up front in saying that some taxes would have to be raised. A web site that lays it out:
* http://www.bernietax.com/
He basically tweaked some, and added a few, marginal tax brackets:
* $250,001-$500,000: 37%
* $500,001-$2,000,000: 43%
* $2,000,001-$10,000,000: 48%
* $10,000,001+: 52%
If you were making less than $250,000 your taxes would not have changed.
Trump is more than happy that you complain his administration is a clusterfuck. because it keeps you and the other sheeple ignorant as to real changes he is making.
I say that as an outsider to both parties, able to see when the Democrats are clearly being snookered and going down a really bad path.
Speaking of wondering about such an investigation, one "wonders" if the investigation will do anything about the FBI director drafting orders to clear Hillary months before the investigation was over...
That is the kind of people you and other Democrats are backing. On purpose it would seem! I almost have to wonder if you are in fact an agent of Trump, working on multiple fronts to make people think Trump is not really doing anything... I mean, if I was a hypothetical Trump agent I can't imaging doing anything differently than what you are doing right now.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Chad pulled their forces out of Niger as retaliation for being put up on the "travel ban" list. The US troops there didn't have the backup they where used to. Why they still went ahead with the mission is a big question...
The Senate has had classified "behind closed doors" briefings twice now.
The general DC "swamp" of globalist foreign policy self-appointed so-called "experts" of the permanent political machne (AKA the people who've been getting us into these messes for decades becuase) are resisting deeper congressional digging (just as the similar swamp denizens in the justice department are still protecting Hillary) so it will probably be a while before the senate and then the public get full answers. Keep in mind though the two-faced nature of the swampy senators involved like McCain (R-AZ) and Feinstein (D-CA) who both actually support all these globalist policies and the covert military actions involved; they pretend to be outraged if these things are kept secret, but they go insane if Trump suggests pulling back from these actions (calling him a reckless isolationist) and they whine if the administration lets details out. The "deep state" sort are still trying to pressure Trump to keep some of the Kennedy assassination records secret.
Remember: Most of the people in government are carreer-types and/or Obama appointees (the Dems in the Senate are STILL blocking Trump appointees and the establishment Repubs are still helping in that effort). The same sort who were leaking everything for the past 8 months. This military op was very like the insanity of the globalist Clinton administration which is why it bears echoes of "black hawk down" - putting too few Americans into harms way with too little intel and then depending upon a foreign force (the UN, the French, etc) to bail them out when the going got rough. Very sad.
If using private email servers for government business equals prison time then Palin, D. Trump, Kushner, and I. Trump need to go to jail as well. They all used private or unsecured email servers for government business...although in regards to the Trump clan, government business is also their private business. The sole purpose of the Trump presidency is to gain more control, more money, and get away with more illegal activities.
Do you even have any idea what the cost of living is in Denmark? If the income is the same a Dane pays more taxes, higher prices for homes or apartments, higher restaurant prices, clothing costs, higher prices for gas, higher prices for all utilities, etc.... Some of these higher prices are very daunting as they are 100-160% higher than in the US. That means more than double what those things cost in the US. For example, a pair of Levi's 501 jeans in the US averages $41.48 nationally. In Denmark that same pair of jeans is $108.49. All things considered a Dane's purchasing power is 16% lower than someone of comparable income in the US. Meaning, of course, that overall a Dane is 16% poorer than the equivalent American.
There is no free ride.
"while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude." de Tocqueville
*Of course* there's no free ride! That Dane is part of a society whose members have decided it is better (and cheaper) for everyone to band together and buy a shit load of stuff collectively (healthcare, social care etc) rather than buying it individually. So your jeans are cheaper, but your healthcare is waaaaaaaay more expensive. And guess what? No-one drops dead or loses a house from not being able to afford jeans, but they sure as hell do if they can't afford healthcare.
Danish healthcare expenditure totalled 10.8% of GDP in 2014.
US healthcare expenditure totalled 17.1% in the same year.
The Danes spent an average of $5199 on healthcare in 2016, of which $4374 was for government / compulsory services. Americans spent an average of $9892 on healthcare in the same year, of which $4860 was for government / compulsory services. Yes, you actually spent 12 US Levi jeans *more* per year on government / compulsory services in 2016 than the Danes, despite their being able to provide a universal service for that money, while you put up with terrible safety nets, all because of the ridiculous state you've allowed your health system to get into, by being so in thrall to the notion of the free market as a political construct (although obviously not an actual political objective in US health policy for the Republicans or the Democrats).