Sure, Mark can be a bit cheeky...Your right to be an atheist, but mocking believers is a really bad look.
But I also think it's easy to diagnose hypocrisy, and it doesn't get much easier than with VPM
Sure, Mark can be a bit cheeky...Your right to be an atheist, but mocking believers is a really bad look.
Context matters.Felony assault in a police officer. For a first time offender in DC, pretty much unheard of to get more than three years.
Ergo. In a fair and impartial justice system, pretty much all of these 1/6er’s should have been out already.
To some. Not to me. At least not in this respect.Context matters.
Sure does. It didn’t happen until the police sprayed them with pepper spray and rubber bullets when they had broken no law yet. The media never wants to mention that.Context matters.
Huh???Sure does. It didn’t happen until the police sprayed them with pepper spray and rubber bullets when they had broken no law yet. The media never wants to mention that.
Sure does. It didn’t happen until the police sprayed them with pepper spray and rubber bullets when they had broken no law yet. The media never wants to mention that.
Van has no bigger critic here than me. But calling someone out for hypocrisy and labeling religious beliefs/faith/conviction as “fantasy” are two very different things.Sure, Mark can be a bit cheeky...
But I also think it's easy to diagnose hypocrisy, and it doesn't get much easier than with VPM
Pastor. As a man of the cloth I would like your opinion on something in which you are a subject matter expert.
What are your thoughts on the below sermon?
Episcopalians amiright?
I don’t know what these people knew or didn’t know. I agree that this was politically orchestrated.But see...that's the problem. Your last sentence there "It's easy to believe Rudy was up to no good."
These were intelligence professionals. They knew very well what that letter would mean -- to the media, to official Washington, and perhaps even to the American people themselves. The only reason they signed it is *because* they were intelligence professionals. It was to discredit the laptop, right? Who else is in a position to do that, other than members of our intelligence community?
This is why I'm saying that people have a hard time reckoning what happened because of the personalities involved. But that's a very irresponsible and short-sighted way to look at this. "Oh, well, it was easy to believe because Rudy Giuliani was involved. And besides, they were working against Trump."
No. That is not how professional people are supposed to operate. They are supposed to make assessments based on facts. And they obviously didn't have the facts to do it, because what they said was flat wrong. Even CBS was able to hire a couple forensic guys to go through it and confirm its authenticity. So a news network is capable of figuring out that it's authentic....but our top intelligence pros aren't?
And you can say "Well, they didn't have access to it." Which is certainly true. But the FBI did. They'd had it for nearly a year. And the DNI made it known publicly that they were off base, too.
What they did was simply indefensible. And I honestly think it would be easier for everybody to see if it involved somebody other than Donald Trump.
I don’t know what these people knew or didn’t know. I agree that this was politically orchestrated.
But they could be wrong but still have had facts to make them think it might have been a Russian disinformation campaign. Intelligence assessments by their very nature are probabilistic, like weather predictions or the like.
In general, though, I agree that too many intelligence/foreign policy “experts” aren’t held to account for their mistaken predictions or assessments. The Iraq invasion is the prime example of my lifetime.
Yup, dumb unarmed bitch. What did she think was going to happen? They were going to welcome her with open arms? LOL! Boom - she dead.You left out the word unarmed. Let that sink in.
God has already spoken about homosexuality and there being two gendersPastor. As a man of the cloth I would like your opinion on something in which you are a subject matter expert.
What are your thoughts on the below sermon?
Episcopalians amiright?
Have you always been filled with hate?Yup, dumb unarmed bitch. What did she think was going to happen? They were going to welcome her with open arms? LOL! Boom - she dead.
He’s been out for a while
The letter is a con job on its face.Read the letter, they explain why they signed the letter (believe them or not):
I don't think they should have signed that letter. I didn't cheer them, but I'm sure it was easy to believe Rudy was involved in some dirty tricks.
The letter is a con job on its face.
None of the signers saw or read any email.
The signers had no basis to say anything.
Dropping Rudy’s name was a distraction.
The media amplified the con.
The letter served its intended purpose.
Lev disagrees.The letter is a con job on its face.
None of the signers saw or read any email.
The signers had no basis to say anything.
Dropping Rudy’s name was a distraction.
The media amplified the con.
The letter served its intended purpose.
The Biden campaign found 51 people to lie. Biden repeated it as if he had nothing to do with it.The MO is to find someone to lie, then repeat the lie as if you had nothing to do with it.
Lev disagrees.
The perfect phone call is proof.
The MO is to find someone to lie, then repeat the lie as if you had nothing to do with it.
Look at Rudy's lie in the Georgia election case. 119 million. Read the transcript of the 2nd perfect call to the SoS. Notice how many times the lie was used.
"Everyone says". "All the people are saying".
Fake outrage. Wash. Rince. Repeat.
They all deserve exactly what they got. They thought they were untouchable and could do anything they wanted to.Not according to the attorney for several of them....
The order, which includes many who likely no longer hold security clearances due to the length of their time out of government, could be seen as an opening salvo against members of the intelligence community, which Trump and many of his supporters accuse of plotting to discredit him.
“The signatories willfully weaponized the gravitas of the Intelligence Community to manipulate the political process and undermine our democratic institutions,” according to the order.
Trump in 2018 revoked the clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan, an outspoken critic.
The new order is significantly broader. Topping the list of those stripped of access is Leon Panetta, a lifelong government official who served in Congress, as well as a variety of positions in both Democratic and Republican administrations including leading the CIA during the Osama bin Laden raid. He also served as defense secretary and White House chief of staff.
Others to make the list include James Clapper, who was Director of National Intelligence under former President Barack Obama; and Michael Hayden, a retired Air Force 4-star general, former director of the CIA and director of the National Security Agency.
While many of the 50 people named likely do not have active clearances, the order could mean that companies would no longer rely on them for strategic advice.
Attorney Mark Zaid, who represents eight of the people named, posted on X Monday evening that “few” of the former government officials named in the order “even maintain current eligibility or access to classified info,”
My point exactly. Your hidden premise is that DJT got outplayed at his own game by an unfit dementia patient and his crack head son.The Biden campaign found 51 people to lie. Biden repeated it as if he had nothing to do with it.
They all deserve exactly what they got. They thought they were untouchable and could do anything they wanted to.
Biden repeated it as if he had nothing to do with it.
I’d be surprised to learn that the former CIA directors and former DNI, at least, didn’t have active security clearances.Maybe you don't understand. They didn't get anything. It's a fake news story. None of them had anything to take away.
Important point.
Morell testified that the genesis of this letter was a phone call he received from Antony Blinken, who was an adviser to the Biden campaign.
And you’re right: Biden cited the letter (a) as proof the laptop was a Russian plant, and (b) as if it was written and signed independently of their own volition.
Okay, taking away their security clearances isn’t taking away anything. Got it.Maybe you don't understand. They didn't get anything. It's a fake news story. None of them had anything to take away.
Their value on the rubber chicken circuit is their security clearance and presumed inside info. They are now worthless as public speakers and authors.Maybe you don't understand. They didn't get anything. It's a fake news story. None of them had anything to take away.
God has already spoken about homosexuality and there being two genders
The issue of illegals is about law. Every undocumented peoples are law breakers so they are criminals. What taxes are they paying if they are being paid under the table? Every employer who does this is also a criminal bad message from her from a biblical point of view
There is nothing hateful about stating facts and truth. She was a dumb brainwashed MAGAt bitch and she deserved to get shot. It's not like I'm a ****ing Nazi...Have you always been filled with hate?
I’d be surprised to learn that the former CIA directors and former DNI, at least, didn’t have active security clearances.
But it’s not even that important if they do or don’t. What’s important is there was something done to hold them accountable for injecting disinformation into a presidential campaign.
Their value on the rubber chicken circuit is their security clearance and presumed inside info. They are now worthless as public speakers and authors.
Okay, taking away their security clearances isn’t taking away anything. Got it.
In this USA article it indicates most still have their clearances.Good God you can't be this dumb.
They don't have them. They expire within 24 months of leaving govt. If they were still working for some govt contractor that required them, they'll have an employment problem... But they are a bunch of geezers way beyond employment age. And if not I'm sure they'll do fine elsewhere without a clearance.
Going around telling stories about their career is not reliant upon a security clearance
The amazing stupidity shared in this thread about govt security clearances is unbelievable. No wonder we continue to elect dotards.
In this USA article it indicates most still have their clearances.
Check out this article from USA TODAY:
Trump revokes security clearances of former intelligence officials
Trump revokes security clearances of former intelligence officials
Trump took the action after the former officials said in 2020 that leaks from Hunter Biden laptop could be "a Russian information operation."www.usatoday.com