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rinselberg
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DEC 03, 09:31 AM
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There's a nightmare that lives in the subconscious of everyone who voted in the 2016 general elections to elect Donald John Trump as the 45th President of the United States. It's a nightmare with a name: Michael Thomas (aka "Mike") Flynn.
Flynn had twice pled guilty in federal court to the charge of perjury for lying to FBI agents during an FBI investigation.
When President Trump granted Flynn a federal pardon on the day before Thanksgiving, the President short-circuited a decision by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan about whether to approve a DOJ filing from "Bill Barr's shop" to dismiss the perjury case against Flynn, after Flynn himself tried to withdraw his guilty pleas.
With a gripping account that appears today in NBC News online, veteran reporter Carol E. Lee sets a new bar (bar, Barr... pun intended) in the genre of the Mike Flynn retrospective.
| quote | Michael Flynn's firing: A lie, a leak, and then a liability
Inside the 25 days that shook the Trump presidency. |
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Carol E. Lee for NBC News; December 3, 2020.
https://www.nbcnews.com/spe...liability/index.html
Read-o-Meter: 40 minutes.
The Unveiling
Art and Science
"The Unveiling" is a 600 by 338 pixels-sized JPG format image file. An online image editor was used to superimpose the face of Trump confederate and U.S. Army Lt. General (retired) Michael (Mike) Flynn onto a photograph of the Great Sphinx of Giza.
Transparency creates the impression of an ephemeral or ghost-like Flynn. The Sphinx seems to be looking through this 21st century apparition from behind, as if the enigmatic sculpture's 5000-year gaze upon the Giza Plateau is unperturbed by the former National Security Advisor, who reigned over the National Security Council for a mere 24 days at the very start of Trump's presidency.
The collage was completed with a simple, horizontal text overlay. This is a reference to March 30, 2017, when Michael Flynn's lawyer, Robert Kelner, released a statement about Mr. Flynn's willingness to testify before House and Senate subcommittees that were investigating Russian meddling in the U.S. 2016 elections.
Aura of Mysetery
Michael Thomas Flynn was at the epicenter of a swirling cloud of controversies about the Trump campaign organization, the Trump presidential transition team, and ultimately, the Trump administration itself. There was an aura of mystery about whether or when Flynn might be called upon to testify, and about what kind of testimony he would provide.
What are the moments and images in the collective human psyche that are most evocative of an aura of mystery? The Great Sphinx of Giza steps forward from the Jungian storehouse of universal archetypes. The Sphinx has always been cloaked in a veil of mystery, although recent archaeological investigations are finally revealing its true story.
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sourmash
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DEC 03, 10:03 AM
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Flynn was set up and railroaded. Thank God it was exposed. Praise be to Jesus, the blessed savior.
Wouldn't you agree? 
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rinselberg
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DEC 03, 10:25 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by sourmash:
Flynn was set up and railroaded. Thank God it was exposed. Praise be to Jesus, the blessed savior.
Wouldn't you agree? |
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I never mix Art with Politics.
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sourmash
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DEC 03, 11:01 AM
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Well, let's just all be thankful that Flynn's charges were reversed after what the FBI pulled.
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rinselberg
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DEC 03, 12:30 PM
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I'm thankful for the opportunity to improve "The Unveiling."
The Unveiling
Art and Science
"The Unveiling" is a 600 by 338 pixels-sized JPG format image file. An online image editor was used to superimpose the face of Trump confederate and U.S. Army Lt. General (retired) Michael (Mike) Flynn onto a photograph of the Great Sphinx of Giza.
Transparency creates the impression of an ephemeral or ghost-like Flynn. The Sphinx seems to be looking through this 21st century apparition from behind, as if the enigmatic sculpture's 5000-year gaze upon the Giza Plateau is unperturbed by the former National Security Advisor, who reigned over the National Security Council for a mere 24 days at the very start of Trump's presidency.
The collage was completed with a simple, horizontal text overlay. This is a reference to March 30, 2017, when Michael Flynn's lawyer, Robert Kelner, released a statement about Mr. Flynn's willingness to testify before House and Senate subcommittees that were investigating Russian meddling in the U.S. 2016 elections.
Aura of Mysetery
Michael Thomas Flynn was at the epicenter of a swirling cloud of controversies about the Trump campaign organization, the Trump presidential transition team, and ultimately, the Trump administration itself. There was an aura of mystery about whether or when Flynn might be called upon to testify, and about what kind of testimony he would provide.
What are the moments and images in the collective human psyche that are most evocative of an aura of mystery? The Great Sphinx of Giza steps forward from the Jungian storehouse of universal archetypes. The Sphinx has always been cloaked in a veil of mystery, although recent archaeological investigations are finally revealing its true story.
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I didn't change the image, but I worked on the text.
"Less is more."[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 12-03-2020).]
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sourmash
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DEC 03, 12:59 PM
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I don't smash hotlinks a s a general rule. If it can't be posted, then it must be questionable of content, is my opinion.
Probably anyone following knows the criminal FBI was exposed as setting up and misleading Flynn. Then there was the story of them threatening with pressure to his son if he wouldn't cop a plea. Then the charges pulled expost facto but the judge won't rescind the case.
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rinselberg
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DEC 03, 01:24 PM
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It's "The Unveiling." If it weren't "smashed" (hidden) how would anyone be able to unveil it?
It's an effort to create participatory art.
I'm not really here to argue about Mike Flynn or the disposition of his case before the court of justice.
I am surprised to learn that President Trump had already started to sour on Mike Flynn, even before Trump found it necessary or decided to show Flynn "the door."
I didn't learn that from this new retelling of the events from NBC News's Carol Lee. That's a 40-minute read, if anyone were to read it closely from start to finish. I haven't. But I just saw some small coverage of it on the MSNBC TV channel.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 12-03-2020).]
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sourmash
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DEC 03, 01:44 PM
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Trump was outmaneuvered on Flynn. The swamp was successful in defeafing the admin there. Trump tried to do something conciliatory, or more likely arse covering, by turning the corner on him.
Politics is all game theory and 'winning' (at all cost) and not what is right or fair.[This message has been edited by sourmash (edited 12-03-2020).]
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randye
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DEC 03, 07:16 PM
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randye
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DEC 03, 07:35 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
The Unveiling
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"Unveil" THIS:
"... in 2017, just days before leaving office, Barack Obama pardoned retired Marine Corps general James E. Cartwright, who pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the FBI.
https://pjmedia.com/news-an...d-to-the-fbi-n389610
Cartwright served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Obama, and was “a key member of Mr. Obama’s national security team in his first term and earned a reputation as the president’s favorite general,” according to the New York Times. Cartwright had leaked classified information regarding Iran’s nuclear program to the media and lied to FBI officials investigating those leaks. He faced up to two years in prison before Obama pardoned him."
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Cartwright didn't commit a provoked "process crime" like general Flynn that was later shown by the DoJ to not have happened.
Cartwright committed an actual crime of intentionally leaking National Security CLASSIFIED information.
You want to look for a "a nightmare that lives in the subconscious", then look at OBAMA'S own NSC people and look at Obama's pardon of a General that committed a real crime.[This message has been edited by randye (edited 12-04-2020).]
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