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I'm still betting there was collusion, and if nothing else, GOP house members are engaging in corrupt and apparent treasonous behavior in covering up for Trump . The GOP report does address that Trump Tower meeting, allowing that it showed “poor judgment” on the part of the Trump campaign. As we learned from Trump Jr.’s emails, those top Trump campaign officials went to the meeting in the full expectation of receiving dirt on Hillary Clinton, supplied by the Russian government. But the GOP report brushes this off, concluding there was “no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded, coordinated, or conspired with the Russian government.” But the Democratic response fills in some extremely important context — and it may involve the president himself, though we cannot know one way or the other right now. According to the Democratic response, right after Trump Jr. set up the specifics of the meeting, he had two calls with a number in Russia belonging to Emin Agalarov. Between those two ...

... instead, it's totally lost in the corrupt madness of the Trump administration: In Trump's first year, FISA court denied record number of surveillance orders More surveillance orders were denied during President Donald Trump's first year in office than in the court's history. Annual data published Wednesday by the US Courts shows that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court last year denied 26 applications in full, and 50 applications in part. That's compared to 21 orders between when the court was first formed in 1978 and President Barack Obama's final year in office in 2016. 26 rejected in one year versus 21 over 38 years. That's a >50 fold increase in improper warrant applications. This totally suggests that Trump is trying to spy improperly on political enemies that aren't legitimate surveillance targets, because his administration is corrupt and/or incompetent as fuck. Funny how we used to care about such things.

David Cay Johnston: You have studied and written about Donald Trump for three decades. What does the public need to know about his background, to understand his behavior as president?    Here are the key things people should know about Donald Trump. He comes from a family of criminals: His grandfather made his fortune running whorehouses in Seattle and in the Yukon Territory. His father, Fred, had a business partner named Willie Tomasello, who was an associate of the Gambino crime family. Trump's father was also investigated by the U.S. Senate for ripping off the government for what would be the equivalent of $36 million in today's money. Donald got his showmanship from his dad, as well as his comfort with organized criminals. I think it is very important for religious Americans to know that Donald Trump says that his personal philosophy of life is revenge. He has called anyone who turns the other cheek -- which is a fundamental teaching of Christ in the Sermon o...

This podcast interview with Dean Radin, who studies the paranormal, magic and pan-consciousness ideas , is really good and worth a listen. He discusses the ideas in this article I posted a couple weeks back, that consciousness is a fundamental property of the universe. It sounds crazy, of course, and easy to dismiss. But it does make some degree of sense as it can explain certain phenomena we don't understand very well. One thought I had in support of this concept is R emote Viewing . If RV is real, and it seems like there is some real phenomenon behind it (even though conventional science dismisses it), then the best explanation for it is some sort of pan-consciousness across the universe that people can tap into. It sounds nuts but clearly this whole field seems nuts at first. Also this paranormal discussion still makes me wonder if there was some bizarre "magick" or mystical aspect to 9/11, since that day was so freaking weird.

This seems like a sound analysis : One can hardly imagine a more obvious signal that Ryan fears the prospect, if not of losing his own seat, than of losing the majority and hence his speakership. In the past, speakers — understanding the demoralizing impact that premature white-flag-waving would have on their troops — had the good sense to wait until after the election to announce that they would exit the leadership of their party. Ryan’s move has several consequences. First, Democrats (who were heavily spending to defeat Ryan) can declare victory in that race and save the money it would have taken to knock out a sitting speaker. Get ready for Democrats’ taunts that Ryan lacked the courage to stand before the voters with a record like his. Second, this is a flashing light to donors and candidates on both sides. For Republican money-men, the message is: Don’t throw away cash trying to save the House. (One wonders whether Ryan, previously a strong fundraiser, will still be able to get do...

Yesterday: The FBI raid on the home and office of Trump fixer and attorney-sort-of-at-law Michael Cohen has predictably triggered President Trump. In addition to raging against Robert Mueller both on camera and on Twitter, Trump is reportedly subjecting everybody around him to angry tirades. In case you don’t have time to read all the tirade coverage, here are the best quotes from freaked-out sources, ranked in ascending order: 5. Quote: “There was fear in Trump’s orbit that the president is liable to erupt in anger in coming days, escalating his attacks against Mueller at a time when his attorneys are negotiating a possible interview.” Source: “Trump’s orbit” 4. Quote: “Mr. Trump’s advisers have spent the last 24 hours trying to convince the president not to make an impulsive decision that could put the president in more legal jeopardy and ignite a controversy that could consume his presidency.” Source: “several people close to Mr. Trump” 3. Quote: “He’s sitting there bitching and moa...

The man interviewed here, Robert Schroeder explains a plausible physics-based theory for faster than speed of light travel. It is quite fascinating and exciting. It's based on a double membrane view of the universe, involving gravitational particles that exist primarily in another dimension, which is consistent with modern physics theory.  The large Hadron Collider is trying to find evidence of the K-K particles he refers to in his theory. He says one could make a light year trip in minutes. What I like about this guy, besides his easy explanations of modern quantum physics, is that he basically accepts that UFO sightings are evidence of advanced ET species visiting us, which is my thinking too. Also, I should note his theory explains many of the phenomena associated with UFOs What's really interesting to think about is, if this guy can come up with this theory and it works, first, we are really not that far off from having interstellar travel with our current technology.  But...

Either way, just a great rock song, and great live performance. "Watcher Of The Skies" Watcher of the skies watcher of all His is a world alone no world is his own, He whom life can no longer surprise, Raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown. Creatures shaped this planet's soil, Now their reign has come to an end, Has life again destroyed life, Do they play elsewhere, do they know more than their childhood games? Maybe the lizard's shed its tail, This is the end of man's long union with Earth. Judge not this race by empty remains Do you judge God by his creatures when they are dead? For now, the lizard's shed it's tail This is the end of man's long union with Earth. From life alone to life as one, Think not now your journey's done For though your ship be sturdy, no Mercy has the sea, Will you survive on the ocean of being? Come ancient children hear what I say This is my parting council for you on your way. Sadly now your thoughts turn to the sta...

Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which took place April 4th, 1968. As you likely know, the official story of King's assassination is very wrong.  According to research by Dr. William Pepper, detailed in his two books (“Orders to Kill: The Truth Behind the Murder of Martin Luther King” and “An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King”), it was a government-sponsored killing with specific help from the FBI.  King was a major threat to the US regime and they were especially concerned with his anti-Vietnam war efforts. A good essay on King and his killing is here . 

A basically reasonable overview on the latest in UFO-ology. Sections in this piece: 1. The Government Literally Just Admitted It’s Taking UFOs Seriously 2. Harry Reid Says We’re Not Taking Them Seriously Enough 3. Scientists Are Suddenly Much More Bullish About the Possibility of Life Out There 4. They’re Especially Bullish About These Planets 5. And There Is “Documentation” 6. That “Asteroid” Looks an Awful Lot Like a Rocket Ship 7. These Masters of the Universe Are Obsessed (They Are Also All Men) 8. As Are Some Prominent Military and Government Folks 9. (And This Genius Thinks He Can Talk to Them) 10. There Have Been Enough Well-Known Encounters to Fill Encyclopedias 11. And Continuing Right Up to the Present Day 12. We Even Have Some Pretty Developed Theories About Why We Haven’t Heard From ET Yet 13. And in the Meantime, Aliens Can Be Whatever We Want Them to Be I tend to be much less skeptical about all this and just think the best explanation is they are here, and are watching u...

Just another lovely member of the crooked Trump Crime Family -- Officials from China, the United Arab Emirates and at least two other countries privately talked about ways they could control Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, a Washington Post report said on Tuesday, citing current and former U.S. officials. The foreign officials, also from Israel and Mexico, sought to take advantage of Kushner’s business arrangements, financial difficulties, and lack of foreign policy experience, according to unnamed U.S. officials the report said were familiar with intelligence reports on the matter. ...  This, of course, is cited as one of the reasons that Kushner lost the top security clearance he never should have had in the first place. But does anyone really believe that the president* will abide by this decision? My guess? He and Jared will be chatting over the presidential daily briefing paper by the middle of next week. Hell, somebody in the White House ...

I knew it was bad at Ground Zero, but hadn't heard of this happening at the Pentagon site: Special Agent Melissa Morrow died on Thursday. Kansas City, MO - FBI Special Agent Melissa Morrow, 48, died on Thursday from a 9/11 related illness. On September 11, 2001, agent Morrow was assigned to the Evidence Response Team at the FBI's Washington Field Office, according to Kansas City Star. ODMP reports that she spent 10 weeks collecting evidence in contaminated conditions at the site of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon. In 2013 she also responded to a six-alarm fire at a warehouse containing contaminated evidence from the Pentagon, according to Kansas City Star. Agent Morrow later developed brain cancer as a result of those conditions, which ultimately killed her. Her death is classified as a line of duty death. Agent Morrow served in the FBI at the Kansas City field office at the time of her passing. Former FBI agent Ali Soufan tweeted: Ali H. Soufan ‏ Verified account @...

Fun stuff to think about: Consciousness permeates reality. Rather than being just a unique feature of human subjective experience, it’s the foundation of the universe, present in every particle and all physical matter. This sounds like easily-dismissible bunkum, but as traditional attempts to explain consciousness continue to fail, the “panpsychist” view is increasingly being taken seriously by credible philosophers, neuroscientists, and physicists, including figures such as neuroscientist Christof Koch and physicist Roger Penrose. “Why should we think common sense is a good guide to what the universe is like?” says Philip Goff, a philosophy professor at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. “Einstein tells us weird things about the nature of time that counters common sense; quantum mechanics runs counter to common sense. Our intuitive reaction isn’t necessarily a good guide to the nature of reality.” David Chalmers, a philosophy of mind professor at New York University, la...