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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...