The impeachment goat and pony show

[Dashinka 24,505]

4 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Schiff: ReaSchiff: Real question is if Trump is under the influence of a foreign powerl question is if Trump is under the influence of a foreign power

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/schiff-real-question-if-trump-under-influence-foreign-power-n984911n power

This says it all.  Apparently, a Adam Schiff is a conspiracy whacko.

 

The California Democrat also expressed concern that Mueller hasn't fully investigated Trump's possible financial history with Russia.

[Dashinka 24,505]

Just curious, does Nancy realize that if the House sends this over to the Senate, McConnell could drag this out for months which could impact the aspirations of certain Senators, and tremendously help out Quid Pro Joe and/or other non-Senator candidates politically?

Edited November 19, 2019 by Bill & Katya

[Dashinka 24,505]

Andrew McCarthy: Trump impeachment inquiry obstructed by Democrats' 'whistleblower' secrecy charade
 

 By Andrew McCarthy | Fox News
 

Congressional Democrats are obstructing the impeachment inquiry.

You heard that right. It has become rote for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and his fellow Democrats to chide the Trump administration for blocking testimony from White House staffers and the president’s private lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Yet, those witnesses actually have confidentiality privileges that are well settled in federal law, shielding communications between the chief executive and his top advisers, and between attorney and client, from disclosure.

 

When a person asserts a privilege recognized by law, we don’t call that obstruction. We call it the law in action.
 

By contrast, Schiff is playing a lawless game with the so-called whistleblower: predicating the impeachment inquiry on this intelligence official’s complaint while blocking Republicans from questioning the official and other policy officials with whom he dealt. The suppression of relevant information obstructs the congressional investigation.

I have argued from the outset that the “whistleblower” is not actually a whistleblower in the strict legal sense because the statute governing the protection of such sources is inapposite. (That is, the statute covers disclosures relating to activities of the intelligence services, not the president’s conduct of foreign relations.) For present purposes, though, let’s assume I am wrong and that the “whistleblower” is covered.
 

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-impeachment-inquiry-democrats-whistleblower-andrew-mccarthy

 

[TBoneTX 45,298]

I automatically read anything writ by Andrew McCarthy and Victor Davis Hanson.

[TBoneTX 45,298]

By the way, "quid pro quo" isn't Classical Latin.

Everyone says it means "something for something (else)."

However, 99.99999% of the time, "quid" means "something" only after "si" ("if"), and maybe a couple of similar instances.

So "quid pro quo" in Classical Latin means "what for what."

 

"Something for something else" would be "aliquid pro aliquo," but rarely if ever has that phrase probably been used.

"Do ut des" ("I give so that you may give") would be better.

It's often used in a religious context, meaning sacrificing to a god to get something back (the granting of a favor).

I like the Romans' practicality when it comes to religion!

 

My head hurts from this research, the hunt for archived Latin/English dictionaries/grammar books, and dim memories of Latin class.

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3 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

I automatically read anything writ by Andrew McCarthy and Victor Davis Hanson.

Ask and ye shall receive.

 

The Impeachment Clock

By Victor Davis Hanson  November 19, 2019 6:30 AM

 

 

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/trump-impeachment-inquiry-adam-schiff-working-against-the-clock/

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Wow, SOMEONE is up early this morning!

[Dashinka 24,505]

11 minutes ago, ALFKAD said:

Wow, SOMEONE is up early this morning!

If one is not up and working by 5am, they are wasting the day.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

2 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

If one is not up and working by 5am, they are wasting the day.

Right? That's when I'm most energized. Perfect running/biking/shooting/golfing/disc golfing time.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

6 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

If one is not up and working by 5am, they are wasting the day.

Anything that happens between 0500 and 1000 doesn't need my assistance.   

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1 minute ago, ALFKAD said:

Anything that happens between 0500 and 1000 doesn't need my assistance.   

That's what I say to him-who-must-not-be-named; he's perfectly capable of taking care of things by himself if it's truly an urgent need.  

[TBoneTX 45,298]

Days that somehow begin before noon shouldn't.

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Andy McCarthy: 'There's a flaw in Schiff's theory' of bribery by Trump
 

https://www.foxnews.com/media/adam-schiff-impeachment-sondland-hearing-trump-bribery-ukraine-mccarthy

 

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Since everything I have seen is that Independents are souring on Impeachment and that it is going badly for the Democrats. Rep. Ted Lieu has said that impeachment can go away if the President just apologizes for what he did. 

 

https://www.radio.com/articles/rep-ted-lieu-says-if-president-trump-apologizes-impeachment

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8 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

Since everything I have seen is that Independents are souring on Impeachment and that it is going badly for the Democrats. Rep. Ted Lieu has said that impeachment can go away if the President just apologizes for what he did. 

 

https://www.radio.com/articles/rep-ted-lieu-says-if-president-trump-apologizes-impeachment

Like the grab the kitty apologies?