Trumpettes are NOT Americans!
Trumpettes are NOT Americans!
1) Nothing has changed? Donald Trump fired Jim Comey which then brought on the Special Counsel. That Special Counsel has now indicted nearly 20 people, gotten guilty pleas from some who pose a BIG threat to Trump, and it is continuing to investigate those in Trump's inner circle including Trump himself and his red line finances. That's pretty big.
2) I'm not too focused on the 2018 elections. Things swing back during midterms typically anyway, so if there is a big swing Democrat (which there probably will be), that doesn't necessarily say anything about Trump. I'm really only focused on Trump and seeing him leave office...he is the criminal here who only attracts other criminals and incompetent people.
1100 wrote:
Trumpettes are NOT Americans!
You are very good at this...the comment and the timing especially. Impressive.
Fawtha....,
Flagpole wrote:... She doesn't have the qualifications to be the Communications Director.
But son...
She's got great, GREAT... qualifications to be communications director
(with apologies ;-))
You need to run the numbers on time spent though. 2000 posts saying essentially nothing and continuing to be wrong is ridiculous, to be sure. But how much of the poster's life has been wasted away doing so can really put things into perspective.
Based on his fairly long-winded, redundant posting style, let's say his average post takes 10 minutes to craft. Some appear to be much longer, as he often has to stretch to find what he considers a "fact."
2000 x 10 min = 20,000 min
20,000 / 60 min per hour = 333 hours
333 hours / 14 non-sleeping/-eating/-bathing hours in a day = 24 solid days of posting
24 solid days of posting for essentially no reason. Though seemingly sad, would I want Liberals to be doing anything else to cope with their grief? Nope.
Letsrun the numbers wrote:
Wow. Incredible it's been over two years already.
So lets run (ha) the numbers:
2 solid years + the month of February 2018 = 393 days.
393 days x 5 posts per day avg (at least- often much more) = 1965 posts
1965 posts, and still nothing has changed.
Can you imagine if the elections this fall don't pan out the way the Left likes? Ugh, gonna get real bad around here.
How is two years plus one month 393 days?
2016 - 366 days (leap year)
2017 - 365 days
Plus month of February (no January?) 28 days, or 28 + 31 days if we count January.
So, depending on whether we count Jan. 2018 or not, the math would be either 759 days or 790 days.
Hard to tell what you were really going for there (calendar years or some other arbitrary starting point), but 393 days doesn't fit into anything appropriate.
Tip - If you're going to bust out the math, make sure your numbers work.
channeling MP wrote:
Fawtha....,
Flagpole wrote:... She doesn't have the qualifications to be the Communications Director.
But son...
She's got great, GREAT... qualifications to be communications director
(with apologies ;-))
Stop that! Stop that! There'll be no singing while I'm here!
Ha! 10 minutes to craft? I type well over 100 words per minute, so it takes me next to no time to write these posts. Also, as I run some processes for my clients, this beats just sitting there waiting for the processes to finish.
No grief here, brother...just a need for justice to be served...and it WILL be.
Flagpole wrote:
Jared Kushner has had his Top Secret clearance taken away. As it should have been. Countries other than Russia were looking at him as fresh meat due to his inexperience with foreign relations. Just indicative of the Trump administration appointing people to roles they have no business in.
He had his interim clearance taken away. Not quite the same thing. His TS/SCI clearance can be restored when his background investigation is completed. By the way, the average TS clearance investigation takes 9-12 months. I imagine it's not unusual for the investigation to take longer when the individual has had extensive foreign contacts and foreign travel.
So much negativity. Can’t we just all give Trump a chance to succeed?
Yeah, that's why a year plus into presidencies you see a bunch of people having their interim clearances revoked. Pretty common with only exception being it never really happens.
Count Chocula wrote:
Flagpole wrote:
Jared Kushner has had his Top Secret clearance taken away. As it should have been. Countries other than Russia were looking at him as fresh meat due to his inexperience with foreign relations. Just indicative of the Trump administration appointing people to roles they have no business in.
He had his interim clearance taken away. Not quite the same thing. His TS/SCI clearance can be restored when his background investigation is completed. By the way, the average TS clearance investigation takes 9-12 months. I imagine it's not unusual for the investigation to take longer when the individual has had extensive foreign contacts and foreign travel.
For top White House staff, TS clearance doesn't take that long. It is prioritized. The reason Jared doesn't have a TS clearance is because he simply can't get one (unless the president gives it to him).
There is no evidence that the background investigation is still ongoing. He is just too much of a blackmail risk to ever receive a full clearance.
Count Chocula wrote:
Flagpole wrote:
Jared Kushner has had his Top Secret clearance taken away. As it should have been. Countries other than Russia were looking at him as fresh meat due to his inexperience with foreign relations. Just indicative of the Trump administration appointing people to roles they have no business in.
He had his interim clearance taken away. Not quite the same thing. His TS/SCI clearance can be restored when his background investigation is completed. By the way, the average TS clearance investigation takes 9-12 months. I imagine it's not unusual for the investigation to take longer when the individual has had extensive foreign contacts and foreign travel.
You're not paying attention. Kushner is screwed. I wouldn't be surprised if his indictment is unsealed in the near future (a few weeks, 1-2 months).
Fat hurts wrote:
Count Chocula wrote:
He had his interim clearance taken away. Not quite the same thing. His TS/SCI clearance can be restored when his background investigation is completed. By the way, the average TS clearance investigation takes 9-12 months. I imagine it's not unusual for the investigation to take longer when the individual has had extensive foreign contacts and foreign travel.
For top White House staff, TS clearance doesn't take that long. It is prioritized. The reason Jared doesn't have a TS clearance is because he simply can't get one (unless the president gives it to him).
There is no evidence that the background investigation is still ongoing. He is just too much of a blackmail risk to ever receive a full clearance.
I've known people for whom it took 2+ years to receive their full clearance. That said, I agree that Kushner is unlikely to ever actually get his full clearance.
I have to disagree with you on one point, however- the background investigation must still be ongoing, because if it had concluded, and he was deemed unfit to hold a clearance, why would he still be allowed to have an interim clearance? My understanding is that he lost his interim clearance on Friday when Kelly directed that all current WH personnel with an interim clearance lose their access. It was not a specific response to his investigation.
Flagpole wrote:
Monkeys typing wrote:
Inexperience aside, it's important to note that the primary reason Jared could not get a permanent clearance is due to his international dealings and financial obligations which could be used as leverage against him. This also applies to Trump who, if he were not the president, would likely never be granted a clearance without divesting his international holdings like every other president.
Yep. That's why those countries were licking their chops about Jared. They knew they could exploit him.
What Kushner got caught doing was having off-record meetings with foreign nationals. The reason they were off-record is that Jared was trying to make some side deals--cheap loans--to bail him out of trouble. He didn't what the NSA to know what he was actually up to.
Kushner was also noted to make the most requests for the highest level of classified documents. Many of them he had no reason so see.
Now, connect the dots.
Count Chocula wrote:
Flagpole wrote:
Jared Kushner has had his Top Secret clearance taken away. As it should have been. Countries other than Russia were looking at him as fresh meat due to his inexperience with foreign relations. Just indicative of the Trump administration appointing people to roles they have no business in.
He had his interim clearance taken away. Not quite the same thing. His TS/SCI clearance can be restored when his background investigation is completed. By the way, the average TS clearance investigation takes 9-12 months. I imagine it's not unusual for the investigation to take longer when the individual has had extensive foreign contacts and foreign travel.
Kushner will never get a TS/SCI clearance. Why, because he set of off-record meetings with foreign nationals, and he lied about those meetings. Daddy-in-law Don the Con would have to forceable give him clearance. And then Kushner will continue having off-record meetings with foreigners until he get the $1.2 billion he needs before his bigly loan comes due in January 2019.
Kushner's clock is ticking.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
8:17.34 wrote:
So much negativity. Can’t we just all give Trump a chance to succeed?
Define succeed
Nice LOWgic wrote:
Yeah, that's why a year plus into presidencies you see a bunch of people having their interim clearances revoked. Pretty common with only exception being it never really happens.
Hint: their clearances were never properly obtained to begin with
8:17.34 wrote:
So much negativity. Can’t we just all give Trump a chance to succeed?
He can progress as President as long as he is legally able. No one is standing in his way of succeeding.
As far as negativity goes though, he has brought that on himself with egregious actions...firing Comey, obstructing, serial lying, chaotic childish behavior, and on and on and on. He is by far the worst President we have ever had, and history will show the most criminal. He deserves all this negativity.
nontrumper wrote:
Count Chocula wrote:
He had his interim clearance taken away. Not quite the same thing. His TS/SCI clearance can be restored when his background investigation is completed. By the way, the average TS clearance investigation takes 9-12 months. I imagine it's not unusual for the investigation to take longer when the individual has had extensive foreign contacts and foreign travel.
You're not paying attention. Kushner is screwed. I wouldn't be surprised if his indictment is unsealed in the near future (a few weeks, 1-2 months).
Yep. Kushner is screwed. Trump and Trump Jr. are screwed. Ivanka might be also. A TON of people who have worked for Trump and/or are covering for him in the Senate are screwed. Just best to stay as far away from this crooked President as possible. Eric Trump just might end up being in charge of the Trump companies. That would be funny.
Trumpers are in such denial.
Mueller is coming.
The clown is done.