Anything to keep the narrative going....... somehow.
At least until 2020 elections
AG Barr won't be helping them and Mr. "Legendary Lawman" Mueller won't be testifying either.
Next they'll see if Jussie Smollett is available and if not, maybe they will re-run the cast from the Justice Kavanaugh "hearings", which also includes...SURPRISE!! guess who:
John Dean...................Now there's a name I've not heard in a very long time...............
Neither has the Virginia state Bar Association since he was disbarred for life in 1974 for with‐holding evidence, inducing a witness to commit perjury, authorizing payment of hush money to the Watergate burglars, diverting money to his own use and his own perjury before the court. He is also a convicted felon, found guilty in Federal court of obstruction of justice and was imprisoned for 4 months.
Since all that met their hiring criteria has was subsequently hired by leftist CNN as a commentator propagandist.
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I see that earlier in this discussion, someone "name checked" me, without actually using my name.
It's that "legendary lawman" accolade that I attached to Bob Mueller.
I am going all the way back to January of this year, when I said this:
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Robert Swan Mueller III has already earned a place of honor in the pantheon of legendary and revered American lawmen, alongside of Eliot Ness, Allan Pinkerton, Wyatt Earp and August Vollmer. No matter what happens next, or how the Muller investigation is finally wrapped up and recorded in the history books.
Does anyone think that I could have been laying it on a bit "thick"... hyping or exaggerating... choosing certain words and phrases to signal that I had an arch attitude at that moment, in terms of what was being discussed? In other words, just a bit of "trolling" on my part?
I was (ostensibly) putting Bob Mueller in a group with four other legends of law enforcement from the history of the United States. I expected that the names of Eliot Ness, Allan Pinkerton and Wyatt Earp would be instantly recognizable to anyone who could be reading my "post." But August Vollmer? Was that a familiar name to anyone? I only came up with "August Vollmer" by using Google with the search words "legendary" and "lawman." Why would I have done that? I did it to convey an arch attitude on my part, about that discussion.
There's no doubt that Robert Mueller is already a significant name in the history of the United States. His name is emblematic of the (roughly) 24-month Special Counsel's investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 national election and the 400+ pages that ensued, commonly abbreviated in an informal way as the "Mueller Report." But that is only the end of his very notable career in government and law enforcement. After reaching prominence as a U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts and later, the Northern District of California, Robert Mueller was tapped by President George W. Bush to become the FBI director, just a few short months before the catastrophe of 9-11, and although he may share some of the blame for that, he is hardly alone on that count. He is the longest serving FBI director since J. Edgar Hoover. Students of history and public affairs and law school students will be encountering his name in textbooks, lectures and case studies for many years to come.
When I called Robert Mueller a "legendary lawman", some months ago in January, I was Joking and Not Joking, all at the same time.
He is already kind of a legendary figure in the modern history of the United States.
He is "quasi-legendary"... and that's no "bull."
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If you didn't like the John Dean testimony, wait until you see the other witness that is being scheduled: Click to show
The message that came just before this one is from someone, who on the clear evidence of his Pennock's T/OT commentaries, is steadily losing his mind.
There is an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD-like aspect to it. That individual is fixated upon me. He will not refrain from his vulgar, foul-mouthed (I consider that message foul-mouthed) TROLLING of me, wherever and whenever I appear on this forum. He acts like someone appointed him to be an Online Psychiatrist. His derangement is such that he has spammed this forum by endlessly repeating this same unacceptable kind of messaging about another forum member, and not for just weeks, or even months, but for years.
What this highlights, among other issues, is the indispensability of an active forum moderator. If I could get Cliff Pennock's attention and interest him in returning (for at least a moment) to his former moderator role, I think I could get Mr Pennock to agree that this constant TROLLING of me is a "super-sized" violation of the Keep It Civilized rule that is at the top of the list of the Posting Guidelines.
This individual's only purpose is to try to create a hostile and deeply and personally offensive atmosphere that he uses to target other forum members who are active on the forum AND are unambiguously out of line with HIS political and cultural thinking, or even what I will abbreviate as his "tastes", about any topic under the sun... from A to Z. I happen to be the only other current forum member that checks off those two boxes for him.
He is taking advantage of the "no moderator" condition of this forum to conduct himself without the slightest respect for the Keep It Civilized rule that tops the list of the Posting Guidelines: One of our legacies from the man who literally gave his name to this forum.
In terms of how this individual should be conducting himself here, he (literally) does not have a leg to stand on, were he to attempt to explain or defend his constant TROLLING of me.
I cannot wish him well, other than to suggest that he take this message seriously (except for the very first part ) and discuss it with a doctor or a family member. A friend who is not stupid enough to like what he is doing here and encourage him to continue. Maybe a clergyman, as it could be his eternal soul that is at stake here.
The individual very much needs to GET HELP.
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The message that came just before this one is from someone
Yes. Someone who knows how deeply MENTALLY ILL you are Ronald.
It doesn't matter if it's John Dean, James Dean, Jimmy Dean, Jan and Dean, Dizzy Dean, Paula Dean or Dean Martin, the undeniable fact is that you have a very serious, untreated, sociopathic ILLNESS.
YOU NEED HELP RONALD
You even know that you need help:
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Originally posted by rinselberg:
I won't say that I am a (good) model of sanity
Don't you even want to be mentally healthy Ronald?
John Dean...................Now there's a name I've not heard in a very long time...............
I thought (at first) he was the sausage king dude but then remembered that Jimmy Dean was the one I was thinking of. Nothing is else to add here, just bumping the thread.
I just thought it was absurd at best; a complete waste of everyone’s time and of taxpayer's money, and an act of pure, unadulterated showmanship and desperation to call up a convicted felon and left wing propagandist to testify in front of congress on a matter in which he has absolutely no involvement or special knowledge. In addition, he has proven that he cannot be trusted.
His only relevance is that his crimes actually parallel those of Clinton, Obama, Podesta, et al. He pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice involving spying on the opposition in a presidential campaign.
I'll be the first to admit that... while I try to learn as much about history as I can... my personal experiences really only go back to the mid 1980s as my formative years. I was born in the late 70s, but Reagan's second term is the only term that I remember him as president.
I'd never heard of John Dean, and furthermore... with the vast majority of Millennials (of which I am not) not even knowing who the Vice President was when Barack Obama was president... they most certainly will have NO CLUE who John Dean is.
If he was ever anything, he's at best, washed up.... but to be frank, he's really a no body. His "schtick" as the North Miami Beach and NYers say... was comparing everything Republicans did to Watergate. That hand has been played so many times, that he has nothing left to give.
So... why wasn't it televised? Because no one cares.
I think it was preempted by live coverage of a helicopter that crashed while trying to land on a rooftop heliport in New York City. The John Dean testimony.
That's what "they" were all saying.
Although that explanation strikes me as something of a contrivance.
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I'll bet more people recognize the name "John Dean" than have ever heard of that movie. Answer: Click to show the trailer on Youtube. I know there is at least one other member here who knows the movie, but I haven't seen him post in quite some time. I don't think a movie like that could be made today, and that's a shame.
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I thought (at first) he was the sausage king dude but then remembered that Jimmy Dean was the one I was thinking of. Nothing is else to add here, just bumping the thread.
Bob Evans is the all-you-can-eat pig out place, right?
I can't remember ever having gone there... but I have been to Golden Corrall.
Honestly, I love that place... but I really try to not make food a "thing" in my life. If I can convince myself that food is just something that keeps me alive, then I won't look to it for entertainment... hahah. Because honestly, if I didn't have self control, I would go ape-**** in the pie and cake section. I would be like that guy on the Monty Python skit... with the wafer thin mint.
The last time I went to Golden Corrall though, I really felt overwhelmed. Normally, when I find myself in really stressful situations, I get really, really calm. Someone gets run over and there's guts everywhere... no problem. I can find the torso and head and try to communicate with what's left and call an ambulance.
...but put me in a Golden Corrall and I'm lost. There's just too much going on. People are in a frenetic rush to get food, and I find myself bewildered on where to go. I'm not the kind of guy who gets stressed when looking at a menu. Drop me anywhere, and if I can read the menu... (and that's like 4 languages I can work through), I'll pick something in under 10 seconds and be pleased as punch with it.
But Golden Corrall... good Lord. Last time I went there, I didn't know what I was doing. It came to a head when I was getting desert. There was a chocolate station and all kinds of stuff to use in the chocolate station. I just looked at it. I didn't see any tongs or anything, so I grabbed a new fork from somewhere and put a bunch of macroons, strawberries, and hunks of pound cake on my plate.
As I looked at my plate, and then looked at the cascading fountain of chocolate... my brain broke. Without thinking, I literally took the plate and put it into the fountain of chocolate. Hahaha... it flooded my plate, and made a mess all over the place. It only took a second before I realized I was doing it wrong. I quickly pulled the plate out, and didn't know where to put it, so I held it over the other plates, which I had now covered in chocolate. I looked around quickly to see if anyone had noticed. Thankfully, most everyone was preoccupied with the meat section and the cutting station. There was one kid though who was patiently standing behind me... probably 9 or 10. He looked at me with this bewildered and frustrated look on his face. The look was essentially a mix of horror and confusion on how he should move forward, given the circumstances I had now placed the entire chocolate fountain station in. I apologized, grabbed some napkins, tried to clean up as much of the mess I could, grabbed the top plate, and then quickly went back to my table.
I returned to the table where my in-laws were sitting, along with my wife. My wife gave me this "wtf" look when she looked at my plate (it was a total friggin' mess). My mother in law just kind of looked at me with this... "I really thought he was the one... now I'm not so sure." Everyone stopped talking at the table as they kind of waited for me to explain myself. I didn't really know what to say so I said... "I brought some extra chocolate if anyone wants some... just help yourself... I clearly have enough."
Father in law was like... what happened? So I just said there was an accident, but everything's under control now, and I quickly changed the subject.
Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: Bob Evans is the all-you-can-eat pig out place, right?
I can't remember ever having gone there... but I have been to Golden Corrall.
Honestly, I love that place... but I really try to not make food a "thing" in my life. If I can convince myself that food is just something that keeps me alive, then I won't look to it for entertainment... hahah. Because honestly, if I didn't have self control, I would go ape-**** in the pie and cake section. I would be like that guy on the Monty Python skit... with the wafer thin mint.
The last time I went to Golden Corrall though, I really felt overwhelmed. Normally, when I find myself in really stressful situations, I get really, really calm. Someone gets run over and there's guts everywhere... no problem. I can find the torso and head and try to communicate with what's left and call an ambulance.
...but put me in a Golden Corrall and I'm lost. There's just too much going on. People are in a frenetic rush to get food, and I find myself bewildered on where to go. I'm not the kind of guy who gets stressed when looking at a menu. Drop me anywhere, and if I can read the menu... (and that's like 4 languages I can work through), I'll pick something in under 10 seconds and be pleased as punch with it.
But Golden Corrall... good Lord. Last time I went there, I didn't know what I was doing. It came to a head when I was getting desert. There was a chocolate station and all kinds of stuff to use in the chocolate station. I just looked at it. I didn't see any tongs or anything, so I grabbed a new fork from somewhere and put a bunch of macroons, strawberries, and hunks of pound cake on my plate.
As I looked at my plate, and then looked at the cascading fountain of chocolate... my brain broke. Without thinking, I literally took the plate and put it into the fountain of chocolate. Hahaha... it flooded my plate, and made a mess all over the place. It only took a second before I realized I was doing it wrong. I quickly pulled the plate out, and didn't know where to put it, so I held it over the other plates, which I had now covered in chocolate. I looked around quickly to see if anyone had noticed. Thankfully, most everyone was preoccupied with the meat section and the cutting station. There was one kid though who was patiently standing behind me... probably 9 or 10. He looked at me with this bewildered and frustrated look on his face. The look was essentially a mix of horror and confusion on how he should move forward, given the circumstances I had now placed the entire chocolate fountain station in. I apologized, grabbed some napkins, tried to clean up as much of the mess I could, grabbed the top plate, and then quickly went back to my table.
I returned to the table where my in-laws were sitting, along with my wife. My wife gave me this "wtf" look when she looked at my plate (it was a total friggin' mess). My mother in law just kind of looked at me with this... "I really thought he was the one... now I'm not so sure." Everyone stopped talking at the table as they kind of waited for me to explain myself. I didn't really know what to say so I said... "I brought some extra chocolate if anyone wants some... just help yourself... I clearly have enough."
Father in law was like... what happened? So I just said there was an accident, but everything's under control now, and I quickly changed the subject.
Uh.....Thanks for that confession, but Bob Evans is just a regular country themed restaurant and a brand name for packaged sausage and a few other foods......
) and discuss it with a doctor or a family member. A friend who is not stupid enough to like what he is doing here and encourage him to continue. Maybe a clergyman, as it could be his eternal soul that is at stake here.
