Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by James Brown

Unbelievable.  I actually verified this with Google, since it is so preposterous, I thought it might be a hoax!  Not sure what Fox was thinking. 

According to PBS, "Fox said in a statement Wednesday that “the chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed.” The website Mediaite reported that the message was onscreen for 27 seconds."  

So maybe this explains why Richard has been missing for a day or two?   Do you reckon he got (and then lost) a job as chyron writer for Fox???

_{(Trigger warning for the humor challenged, this is an attempted joke)}

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Long post, sorry guys.

I am retiring after 40 years in the retail food trade.... 

Congratulations!   Great post too!  Jim

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Congrats on surviving the journey..... I hear you on the glad to see the daily grind coming to a halt. I semi-retired going on 3 years ago and have been doing only exactly what I feel like doing for a while now. Between building outdoor kitchens and astronomy I keep busy enough to suit me just fine. 

In fact I am getting real close to hitting the road to New Mexico where I will be able to say I am fully retired. I just bought a 5th wheel RV trailer which I am taking out there to live in on some property I bought years ago FAR from the city lights. Will be less than 6 months. When I get there the 1st project will be to build an roll off observatory and the 2nd will be a large shed for the RV. Need to get those things done before I am unable to handle it myself lol. The trip out will take a couple months as I have been taking orders for building kitchens along the way. Pulling my 16 foot cargo trailer with the tools behind the 5th wheel. 

That sound like a lot of fun.  I have been winding down my practice, transferring clients to younger lawyers and so on for 2.5 years now.   December 31, 2023 is a hard stop retirement for me!   I am ready.  Although, I have to admit that I have never worked a week as hard as Jim M's weekly routine!   Still, I'm ready.   Already got the roll-off built too!

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

Sounds familiar

That is pretty cool!

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65965473

Hmmm, you cooperate with an investigation and you get to plead guilty to two misdemeanour tax crimes and a gun offence.

Okay, can we finally put to rest the Hunter's laptop conspiracies? You guys on the right will need to find something or someone else to complain about. Mostly a nothing burger.

Hi Jim:

These misdemeanors have nothing to do with the bribery allegations or Hunter's laptop.  So, I think you'll be hearing about the "big guy" and the laptop for a long long time.  At least until some more light is shed on the bribery, Ukraine, FBI "situation."

I'll be surprised if Joe took a 5 million dollar bribe, but that is the sort of thing that needs to be fully investigated.   About a million times more important than lying on a gun form or run of the mill tax evasion.   J

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

You're still buying into that debunked crap?

No, I am keeping an open mind.   Like I said, I doubt Biden took a 5 million dollar bribe.   There is a lot of new information to sift through on these issues though, and some of the more thoughtful right-side writers have written competent pieces detailing the need for more transparency.    Also, I do not trust the FBI much after their complicity in the second biggest lie of the millennium (so far) as detailed in the Durham report, and after their complicity in what is arguably the third biggest lie, so far.

I understand that the left press, and you, will use Hunter's plea to say, "well that is all behind us."  That is a painfully obvious dodge though.   Hunter's plea has no bearing whatsoever on the bribery allegations.   Biden would do well in my opinion to open the book on the entirety of the FBI processing and investigation of the FD-1023 form and associated files.   What follow up was done with this information and when?   It is not unreasonable to know the details, given the nature of the charges.   Initial stonewalling and subsequent redaction are not a good look for Biden.

So, only a true partisan would say "debunked crap" or alternatively "guilty of treason" at this point.   I will await more details.   Jim 

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65965473

Hmmm, you cooperate with an investigation and you get to plead guilty to two misdemeanour tax crimes and a gun offence.

Okay, can we finally put to rest the Hunter's laptop conspiracies? You guys on the right will need to find something or someone else to complain about. Mostly a nothing burger.

"The two misdemeanour tax charges stem from a failure to pay more than $100,000 (£78,000) in taxes in both 2017 and 2018. A former justice department official told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that these amounts would lead to most clients being charged with misdemeanours, but "in the jail time range".

In a statement, Joe Biden said that neither he nor Jill Biden would comment further on Hunter Biden's case.
The gun charge stems from a 2018 possession of a firearm while a drug user.

In a 2021 book, the younger Mr Biden admitted to being a heavy user of crack cocaine at that time.

But he reportedly said "no" on a federal form asking if he was "an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug or any other controlled substance". Lying on these forms can lead to jail time."


Of course, the right will say this is an example of a two tiered justice system but compared to trump's crimes it's small potatoes.

Jim, I've been reading around this morning from many sources.   I think the right and the center will acknowledge that this is a sweetheart deal for Hunter.  It is, undeniably a sweetheart deal.   

Some are noticing that the deal more than undercuts the left's anti-gun rhetoric.   Hunter could have gotten 10 years for lying on his weapons permit application.  Instead, he is not even prosecuted on that charge under this deal.   The anti-gun lobby is going to have this thrown in their faces for years, along the lines of, "you say we need new laws, but you refuse to prosecute the laws we have on the books!"

The perception of a two tiered justice system by everyone except the mainstream press and Biden's core supporters is, along with many other issues, going to doom Biden to lose in '24 in my opinion.  I am not happy with the prospect of Trump winning again.   The D's need to intervene and get a candidate who is not 80 years old and who does not have the baggage Biden does.   

Maybe Newsome?  Someone else?  A nice liberal housecat with a penchant for foreign policy?    

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Didn't intend to make this about trump but this video came up just after the other one ended.

There is no doubt that Trump is his own worst enemy.   MAGA Americans love this about him though.  His pugnaciousness,  even though his lawyers must be near death over it, endears him to his base.   The polls show no loss of support after these indictments.  The polls show Trump and Biden at or nearly tied.   Biden is one or two "God Save the Queens" away from losing in 2024.    


 

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"I think the right and the center will acknowledge that this is a sweetheart deal for Hunter.  It is, undeniably a sweetheart deal. "
Er, uh, cooler heads know better:
"Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) also held back from lashing out at the Justice Department, pointing out that the U.S. attorney who cut the deal was a Trump appointee. '"Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declined to comment about Biden’s legal problems as he walked to the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon. "
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4059290-republicans-rage-over-hunter-biden-with-some-notable-exceptions/

Cooler heads?  You must be mistaking me for someone else.  You and I would never get this sort of deal for similar crimes committed 5 years ago!   No need to lash out at the DOJ to acknowledge that this is objectively a sweetheart deal.   

It's kind of lonely in my head with Richard on vacation!  Just kidding, but I did think of Rich last night.   Around 10-11 p.m. Colorado Springs got literally pounded by lightning, especially on the south side according to https://www.lightningmaps.org  (This is a cool web page by the way, if you are unfamiliar.)   The clouds were flashing like a disco strobe from our place to the west.   It must have been incredible under the storms.  I took a bunch of shots with a 100mm cameral lens and about a 5-10 second exposure.