tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post4243995513433777792..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Crisis in US and EU Unwanted Immigration Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74295135667030032812017-02-16T23:54:13.295-05:002017-02-16T23:54:13.295-05:00:):)samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29660405190718583572017-02-16T23:36:35.993-05:002017-02-16T23:36:35.993-05:00.
The Fly On The Wall
Whispers from the West Win....<br /><br /><b>The Fly On The Wall</b><br /><br /><i>Whispers from the West Wing...</i><br /><br />A number of blogs are repeating the story put out by CNN that one of their sources who is a friend of Vice Admiral Bob Harward says the admiral rejected the offer to become Trump's National Security Advisor because the White House is currently so chaotic. Harward is said to have called the offer a "s**t Sandwich". <br /><br />Whoa. On another matter, as reported earlier by the Enquirer, it appears the Trump White House is planning on trying to go back to the future.<br /><br />President Trump held what can only be described as a bizarre news conference today and has another one planned for Saturday. It's likely we see more of the same. Trump seems to feel confined by being restricted to the White House and seems to miss the rough and tumble jousting of the pressers he used to hold after all of his campaign events.<br /><br />That said, the content of the presser can only be described as vintage Trump and vintage nutz. I would think that audience reaction would fall into one of three types...<br /><br />- Wild enthusiasm by the die hard portion of his base...<br />- A 'there you go again' from another part of the audience, and...<br />- A 'Hell no, what is wrong with you, son?' from the remainder of the audience.<br /><br />Buzz...buzz...<br /><br />CK<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72436470766834701952017-02-16T23:00:25.535-05:002017-02-16T23:00:25.535-05:00Ash beat you to the next thread.Ash beat you to the next thread.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32374482889219774532017-02-16T22:56:51.908-05:002017-02-16T22:56:51.908-05:00Why not give him immunity?
...and why not bring b...Why not give him immunity?<br /><br />...and why not bring back the guys that were given immunity but still did not testify?<br /><br />Just a smidgen of law and order in DC couldn't hurt.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61103253576640985152017-02-16T22:43:14.446-05:002017-02-16T22:43:14.446-05:00House Oversight Chairman Chaffetz refers Bryan Pag...<b>House Oversight Chairman Chaffetz refers Bryan Pagliano to DOJ for charges</b><br />POSTED AT 9:21 PM ON FEBRUARY 16, 2017 BY JOHN SEXTON<br /><br /><br />Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions today asking Sessions to consider convening a grand jury or bringing charges against Hillary Clinton’s former IT guy, Bryan Pagliano. Pagliano was subpoenaed to testify before the committee last year but refused to appear on two occasions. After the second refusal, the Oversight Committee voted to hold Pagliano in contempt.<br /><br />Chaffetz’ letter to AG Sessions reads in part, “Because Pagliano’s job functions included supporting mobile computing issues across the Department, he was uniquely positioned to answer questions regarding State Department policies and practices for preserving records, as well as the technological procedures utilized to do so.” The letter concludes, “In light of Pagliano’s contumacious conduct in refusing to testify, the Department should bring the matter before a grand jury for its action or file an information charging Pagliano with violating 2 U.S.C. § 192.”<br /><br />In a statement released by the committee, Chaffetz says, “The authority to compel witnesses is integral to Congress’s and the Committee’s investigative powers. Allowing Mr. Pagliano’s conduct to go unaddressed would gravely harm Congress’s ability to conduct oversight.”<br /><br />Pagliano was the person responsible for managing Hillary Clinton’s private email server. He worked for Clinton at the State Department while she was Secretary of State but also maintained her homebrew server in his off hours.<br /><br />Pagliano was subpoenaed to appear before the House Oversight Committee twice last September. Mark MacDougall, Pagliano’s attorney, argued his client should not have to appear since he would only be invoking his 5th Amendment right not to testify. Chaffetz insisted he would need to do so in person.<br /><br />On September 22, 2016, after his second refusal to appear, the Oversight Committee voted to hold Pagliano in contempt. In a report by Politico published the day of the contempt vote, MacDougall said, “Bryan already asserted his Fifth Amendment right on the record before this Congress. He was ready to do it again today in Executive Session. But the Republicans voted for contempt because he wouldn’t play the role they had scripted – in the campaign ad that they wanted to tape six weeks before the election.”<br /><br />Pagliano did appear and give testimony in a lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch last year. During the deposition he invoking the 5th Amendment around 125 times. No video of the deposition was released but journalist Phelim McAleer made a short film based on the verbatim transcript. Watching this you can see why Pagliano did not want to appear before Congress in public....<br /><br />http://hotair.com/archives/2017/02/16/house-oversight-chairman-chaffetz-refers-bryan-pagliano-to-doj-for-charges/Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27779805071974217452017-02-16T22:37:11.360-05:002017-02-16T22:37:11.360-05:00"Since retiring I have the opportunity to add...<i>"Since retiring I have the opportunity to address financial and family issues that would have been challenging in this position," Harward said in a widely circulated statement. "Like all service members understand, and live, this job requires 24 hours a day, 7 days a week focus and commitment to do it right.<br /><br />...<br /><br />After Flynn's tumultuous resignation on Monday, the Trump administration floated a short list of potential replacements that included Harward, Lt. Gen. Joseph Kellogg and retired Army Gen. David Petraeus. Harward was considered the favorite, according to senior officials with knowledge of the matter, and Trump officially offered him the post on Tuesday, according to sources.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15915614200518482892017-02-16T22:31:54.852-05:002017-02-16T22:31:54.852-05:00.
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I won't call you nutz, but...
The 1.4....<br /><br />:o)<br /><br />I won't call you nutz, but...<br /><br />The 1.4 million number was for all gang members in the US, in 33,000 gangs. Somehow, I don't think you will find many illegal immigrants in the <i>Highwaymen</i> or the <i>Order</i>.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39017544429798691572017-02-16T22:23:58.670-05:002017-02-16T22:23:58.670-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70047858278137297852017-02-16T22:21:58.513-05:002017-02-16T22:21:58.513-05:00Trump: I didn’t order Flynn to talk sanctions with...<b>Trump: I didn’t order Flynn to talk sanctions with the Russians — but I would have if he hadn’t</b><br />Feb 16, 2017 4:41 PM by Allahpundit<br /><br />http://hotair.com/archives/2017/02/16/trump-i-didnt-order-flynn-to-talk-sanctions-with-the-russians-but-i-would-have-if-he-hadnt/<br /><br />:) HehCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86062708904061652932017-02-16T21:57:20.143-05:002017-02-16T21:57:20.143-05:00Harward left a military career for a job as chief ...<i>Harward left a military career for a job as chief executive for defense giant Lockheed Martin in the United Arab Emirates, where he is responsible for strategy, operations and growth, according to the company.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Trump said Thursday that he didn’t believe Flynn did anything wrong, but he said he did not direct Flynn to call the ambassador and discuss sanctions.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43417537337108528512017-02-16T21:06:42.830-05:002017-02-16T21:06:42.830-05:00FT: Report: Robert Harward turns down Trump’s nati...<br /><b>FT: Report: Robert Harward turns down Trump’s national security offer</b>Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57635168209576570842017-02-16T21:04:28.600-05:002017-02-16T21:04:28.600-05:00Report: Harward turns down Trump’s offer to replac...<b>Report: Harward turns down Trump’s offer to replace Flynn due to staffing conflicts, “dysfunctionality” in administration</b><br />POSTED AT 8:01 PM ON FEBRUARY 16, 2017 BY ALLAHPUNDIT<br /><br /><br />Yes, well.<br /><br />Donald Trump is trying to persuade his preferred candidate to succeed Michael Flynn as national security adviser to change his mind after the retired admiral tapped for the role told the US president that he could not accept the White House position, according to two people familiar with the situation…<br /><br />But Mr Harward is said to have turned Mr Trump down. “Harward is conflicted between the call of duty and the obvious dysfunctionality,” said one person with first hand knowledge of the discussions between Mr Trump and Mr Harward. The second person said Mr Trump had asked Mr Harward to return to the White House for another meeting to try to change his mind…<br /><br />One of the people familiar with Mr Harward’s decision said he was concerned about whether the top advisers around Mr Trump would allow him to install his own staff on the NSC — particularly after suggestions that KT McFarland, Mr Flynn’s deputy, had been asked to remain. When he was offered the position, Mr Harward had told Mr Trump that he wanted some time to think over the idea.<br />Or, to put it another way:<br /><br /> Follow<br /> Jake Tapper ✔ @jaketapper<br />A friend of Harward's says he was reluctant to take NSA job bc the WH seems so chaotic; says Harward called the offer a "shit sandwich."<br />4:22 PM - 16 Feb 2017 · Washington, DC<br /> 9,805 9,805 Retweets 17,719 17,719 likes<br />CBS is also reporting that McFarland staying on is a sticking point for Harward:<br /><br /> Follow<br /> Major Garrett ✔ @MajorCBS<br />Harward turns down National Security Adviser post - dispute is over Flynn staffers, chief among them Deputy NSA McFarland.<br />3:14 PM - 16 Feb 2017<br /> 379 379 Retweets 457 457 likes<br />Reports were floating around after Flynn quit that McFarland would soon follow him out the door, but Trump told McFarland that she could stay on. What’s odd is that McFarland is better known these days as a Fox News commentator than as some rock-star natsec specialist whose continued tenure is worth losing an able national security advisor over. The last time she worked in government before joining Team Trump was during Reagan’s first term. If you can have a well-respected NSA who’s a Mattis protege, who would doubtless work well with John Kelly, and who may very well bring some stability to a roiling intelligence bureaucracy, why not let him staff up the way he wants?<br /><br />But then, staffing conflicts have been a recurring problem in the early days of the administration. Ironically, the worst offender might have been Flynn himself, who wanted more influence in picking personnel at Defense, State, and the CIA than Mattis, Rex Tillerson, and Mike Pompeo were comfortable with. Flynn himself experienced what it was like to have someone go over his head on staffing when Tom Bossert was added as a counterterrorism advisor reporting directly to Trump, not to Flynn, and Steve Bannon was added to the National Security Council’s Principals Committee. The most recent report of a standoff on staffing came a few days ago when Reince Priebus and Rex Tillerson were reported to be at odds over choosing certain key ambassadorships. Tillerson had apparently been promised that he’d have input, then found that in practice he had less input than he thought. Just this morning we had yet another report of a staffing conflict involving Dan Coats, Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence. Why was Trump preparing to appoint an outsider, Stephen Feinberg, to review how America’s intelligence bureaucracy is structured when that would normally be Coats’s job? See why Harward is concerned about “dysfunctionality”?....<br /><br />http://hotair.com/archives/2017/02/16/report-harward-turns-down-trumps-offer-to-replace-flynn-due-to-staffing-conflicts-dysfunctionality-in-administration/Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14089621478058282702017-02-16T20:33:46.250-05:002017-02-16T20:33:46.250-05:00That's, what, about 5% or a little more, of th...That's, what, about 5% or a little more, of the illegals, as a rough estimate ?<br /><br />Might be fairly accurate for all I know.<br /><br />They are the ones most people would be happy to see leave the country.<br /><br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81731303900456026662017-02-16T20:25:40.006-05:002017-02-16T20:25:40.006-05:00I, Claus, to protect my dignity, and my reputation...I, Claus, to protect my dignity, and my reputation, do swear:<br /><br />1) I do not and never have known anyone called <b>Quirk</b><br /><br />2) I do not and never have known anyone called <b>Q____K</b><br /><br />3) I do not and never have known anyone called <b>"Q"</b><br /><br />4) I do not and never have known anyone called <b>Quart</b><br /><br /><b>5) Nor do I wish to ever know such 'people'</b><br /><br /><b><i>So help me God</i></b><br /><br />Signed,<br /><br /><b>CLAUS</b> Clausnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53736072113357960242017-02-16T20:13:26.836-05:002017-02-16T20:13:26.836-05:00Kamal Essaheb, director of policy and advocacy at ...<i>Kamal Essaheb, director of policy and advocacy at the National Immigration Law Center, called on the Trump administration and the Homeland Security Department to be clearer about their plans on immigration issues, saying recent actions appeared "scattershot."<br /><br />"We need to have a little bit of empathy for the families that are impacted, who have to sit at the dinner table and make a plan in case a member of the family is deported," he said. "It's all good to say he's got heart for 'dreamer' kids, but they're not the only ones that are afraid."<br /><br />Around 730,000 immigrants have been granted DACA status since the program began in 2012. The Homeland Security Department said around 1,500 had the status removed because of criminal convictions or gang affiliations.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16949439354198127572017-02-16T20:00:58.743-05:002017-02-16T20:00:58.743-05:00.
As are 1.4 million others in the US according t....<br /><br />As are 1.4 million others in the US according to the FBI.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-11486493652472505952017-02-16T19:54:20.831-05:002017-02-16T19:54:20.831-05:00.
NOOGIE
noog·ie
[ˈno͝oɡē]
NOUN
a hard poke o....<br /><br /><b>NOOGIE</b><br /><br /><i><b>noog·ie</b><br /><br />[ˈno͝oɡē]<br /><br />NOUN<br /><br />a hard poke or grind with the knuckles, especially on a person's head.</i><br /><br />.<br /><br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73783442381657822062017-02-16T19:52:12.500-05:002017-02-16T19:52:12.500-05:00Excellent judgement by Anon.Excellent judgement by Anon.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35345135890734512482017-02-16T19:51:25.157-05:002017-02-16T19:51:25.157-05:00AnonymousThu Feb 16, 07:18:00 PM EST
And, I really...AnonymousThu Feb 16, 07:18:00 PM EST<br />And, I really don't believe a word this internet QuirkCharacter is saying..Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24796700465727722672017-02-16T19:50:25.946-05:002017-02-16T19:50:25.946-05:00We shall see....if there's anything in it for ...We shall see....if there's anything in it for me.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52121429725523041372017-02-16T19:48:56.851-05:002017-02-16T19:48:56.851-05:00The "Dreamer" arrested by ICE has admitt...The "Dreamer" arrested by ICE has admitted he's a gang banger.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41512460303651001192017-02-16T19:47:11.648-05:002017-02-16T19:47:11.648-05:00Q____K's ass is already dripping in tomato jui...<b>Q____K's</b> ass is already dripping in tomato juice.<br /><br />I am thinking of releasing him from his <i>predicament</i> tomorrow, but not very seriously.<br /><br />We shall see.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60481263328856144442017-02-16T19:32:51.852-05:002017-02-16T19:32:51.852-05:00:)
Absolutely awesome, Quirk! :)
Quirk and Clau...:)<br /><br />Absolutely awesome, Quirk! :)<br /><br />Quirk and Claus. Just as I envisioned. Claus is going to end up saving Quirk's ass somewhere along the line. Well, I guess he already did back at the casino.<br /><br />Christmas is a long way away but it gives me something to look forward to. Big thank you to Quirk!<br /><br />Laughed all the way through that at my desk here. Great stuff.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42355839479353274522017-02-16T19:18:29.981-05:002017-02-16T19:18:29.981-05:00And, I really don't believe a word this intern...And, I really don't believe a word this internet QuirkCharacter is saying..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70801971255713609072017-02-16T19:08:36.884-05:002017-02-16T19:08:36.884-05:00It’s a safe bet that green-card holders will be ex...It’s a safe bet that green-card holders will be exempt from the ban in the new order, whereas in the old one they were initially to be admitted on a case by case basis. Rich Lowry considers another way to tighten things up:<br /><br />It could re-fashion the executive order by, say, removing the issue with lawful permanent residents and giving up on the temporary ban, while focusing on stricter vetting through visa issuance procedures at the embassies and via secondary screenings at the airports. This wouldn’t make the legal attacks go away. But it would shift the terrain in the administration’s favor at the same time it wouldn’t give up the core of the policy, as Krauthammer persuasively argues. Remember: the temporary ban is not supposed to be about the temporary ban, but about providing a bridge to stricter vetting.<br /><br />Right, the more the White House can do now to emphasize “extreme vetting” over “banning” the more it’ll help Trump by demonstrating that the new policy is narrowly tailored towards national security screening, not out-and-out persona non grata status for entire countries. It may also be that the new EO will make a point of stressing that the ban doesn’t apply to visitors from most Muslim countries, maybe even going so far as to name them individually (Turkey, Jordan, Indonesia, etc). Remember, one of the most controversial holdings in the Ninth Circuit ruling was that Trump’s criticism of Muslims as a private citizen and a presidential candidate could be used as evidence to consider whether the travel ban was actually designed to discriminate against people of a particular religion in the guise of targeting a small number of nations dominated by that religion. Anything Trump can do in the order to counter that impression of his motives is a good idea; you never know what the Supreme Court will do with the Ninth Circuit’s precedent of scrutinizing the president’s statements for evidence of intent. Another thing he could do, of course, would be to add non-Muslim countries with a major terrorist presence to the ban to prove that it’s not aimed at any religion, although that would create problems of its own. Is it worth alienating Colombia, even just for 90 days, by adding them to the order because of FARC?<br /><br />If you think Trump’s criticism of judges has been tough so far, wait and see what happens if the next order also ends up being blocked by a court....<br /><br />http://hotair.com/archives/2017/02/16/trump-to-withdraw-travel-ban-replace-it-with-new-executive-order/Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.com