McCabe is as much a creep as most of the other players in this soap opera-slash-'Reality' TV charade. Meanwhile, an unanimous appeals trio rules that members of the House have no standing to sue over Trump's Emoluments violations. :rant: :picard:

Bloomberg Apologized for Stop-and-Frisk. Why Won’t He Say Sorry to Muslims for Spying on Them?
 

NOTE: In the kindest of terms, Bloomberg's apologies for Stop and Frisk (and Terrorize People of Color) have been half-assed. Note, also, that he is a Turncoat. He was a Republican mayor.

"I'm not a Democrat, but I play one in my blizzard of political advertisements." In other words, he is a rank opportunist who can buy his way in as the Great White Savior[SUP]®[/SUP] for the DNC, the DLC, the DCCC.......and their billionaire donors.

Meanwhile, it is duplicitous to say that Bernie Sanders isn't really a Democrat, when the Two Party System is the only path. For that matter, his proposals do not adhere to classic Socialist agendas. He is closer to European Social Democrats. It just seems radical in this benighted country. When someone says, "He's too far Left," remind them just how far to the Right we've been dragged, especially starting with Ronnie Raygun, and carried on since by administrations including Bill Clinton's, with "Welfare Reform," and tough on crime (if committed while Black or Brown) policies.
Also remember what Mr Biden, the Drug Warrior and Harsh Sentencing Guy, was up to during our slide to the Right. :censored:

[URL]https://theintercept.com/2020/02/17/mike-bloomberg-new-york-muslim-surveillance/[/URL]
[QUOTE]The 2016 Republican presidential primaries were a living nightmare for Muslim Americans. From start to finish, GOP candidates fell over one another to fan the flames of anti-Muslim bigotry, anti-Arab racism, and Islamophobic hysteria. We all recall, of course, Donald J. Trump calling for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on.” But do you also remember Trump saying that he would “strongly consider” closing mosques and setting up a database for all Muslims in the United States? How about Sen. Ted Cruz’s pledge to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods,” or Sen. Marco Rubio’s plan to shut down Muslim cafes and diners? “If I have to monitor a mosque, I’ll monitor a mosque,” proclaimed Sen. Lindsey Graham.

In 2016, Republican presidential candidates were openly fantasizing about surveilling and spying on Muslims. Yet just a few years earlier, in the nation’s biggest city, a Republican mayor had succeeded in going beyond mere rhetoric: Michael Bloomberg oversaw the mass warrantless, suspicionless surveillance of Muslim New Yorkers, as the New York Police Department “mapped” where they prayed, ate, studied, and worked.

Today, the billionaire media mogul is polling third in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination and has secured endorsements from dozens of high-profile Democratic mayors and members of Congress.

I cannot help but ask: Have these elected Democrats lost their minds? Have Democratic voters in, say, Florida, where Bloomberg is now leading in the polls, taken leave of their senses?[/QUOTE]

[i]Il Duce[/i] went to the Daytona 500 yesterday, and was warmly received by all. He did a victory lap around the track in the presidential limousine.

However, God Almighty decided the race should be postponed until Monday. Rain showers made racing impossible.

God is now under criminal investigation for disloyalty.

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;537801][I]Il Duce[/I] went to the Daytona 500 yesterday, and was warmly received by all. He did a victory lap around the track in the presidential limousine.

However, God Almighty decided the race should be postponed until Monday. Rain showers made racing impossible.

God is now under criminal investigation for disloyalty.[/QUOTE]
LOL. Well put. :davieddy:

The law stops here
 

[i]Il Duce[/i]'s border wall has stopped at least one enemy dead in its tracks:

[url=https://apnews.com/1689fa48a2e177d1f397b95ff0cb97db]Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall[/url]
[quote]SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S. - Mexico border.

The Department of Homeland Security said waiving procurement regulations will allow 177 miles (283 kilometers) of wall to be built more quickly in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The 10 waived laws include requirements for having open competition, justifying selections and receiving all bonding from a contractor before any work can begin.

The acting Homeland Security secretary, Chad Wolf, is exercising authority under a 2005 law that gives him sweeping powers to waive laws for building border barriers.[/quote]

Followup on Daytona 500
 

At the Daytona 500, [i]Il Duce[/i] said [quote]For 500 heart-pounding miles, these fierce competitors will chase the checkered flag, fight for the Harley J. Earl Trophy and make their play for pure American glory. And that’s what it is, pure American glory.[/quote]

Denny Hamlin won the 2020 Daytona 500, driving a Toyota.

Ryan Newman finished ninth after his car hit the wall, went airborne, and was then hit by another racer on the last lap, the flaming wreckage of his car skidding across the finish line upside-down.

It took workers several long minutes to extract Newman, who is hospitalized in serious condition with injuries described as "non-life-threatening."

It seems DJT is on a bit of a pardoning spree this day - [url=https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/02/200pm-water-cooler-2-18-2020.html#comment-3295270]discussion on NC[/url]. Lambert Strether points out the bipartisanship displayed by the Blagojevich pardon, but maybe that one had more to do with Blago having the kind of great hair that Trump clearly but vainly tries to emulate. Urblintz points up the weird aspect of the Roger Stone pardon, namely that Stone was convicted for making false statements of a nature which arguably hurt Trump at the time, because they supported the now-debunked Russia-Wikileaks collusion narrative:
[i]
Aaron Maté tweeted at the time: “Roger Stone was found guilty on charges stemming from his [b]false[/b] claim of a Wikileaks backchannel. In reality, he had none. Let that sink in: the top proponents of Trump-Russia-Wikileaks “collusion” are now pretending that this verdict doesn’t undermine their conspiracy theory.”[/i]

Another reader notes that were Trump to pardon some high-profile African-Americans, that could get him some votes there. It certainly wouldn't be any crasser a way to curry favor in the black community than Mike "Mr. stop and frisk" Bloomberg's outright vote-buying there. Bloomberg's record on race and vis-a-vis women are, if anything, worse than Trump's, which makes it hilarious that the establishment Dems are flocking to support him now that their original manufactured-consent candidate, Biden, he of the rigged polls ("gosh, who could've guessed that landline-polling was demographically unrepresentative?") has flamed out spectacularly in the first few D-primary states.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;537882]It seems DJT is on a bit of a pardoning spree this day - [url=https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/02/200pm-water-cooler-2-18-2020.html#comment-3295270]discussion on NC[/url]. Lambert Strether points out the bipartisanship displayed by the Blagojevich pardon, but maybe that one had more to do with Blago having the kind of great hair that Trump clearly but vainly tries to emulate.
<snip>[/quote]
Funny thing about that. In a line that's now disappeared from the AP news story I read it in, [quote]Blagojevich's hair turned white behind bars because hair dyes are banned in prison.[/quote]Oh, the humanity!
[quote]Another reader notes that were Trump to pardon some high-profile African-Americans, that could get him some votes there.[/QUOTE]
[i]Il Duce[/i] already [i]has[/i] pardoned a high-profile African-American -- Jack Johnson.

The president tweeted today that he would pardon whoever killed any "Democrat" candidate running for federal office.

The president also tweeted that he would pardon whoever was involved in killing any US Senator or Representative who voted against his wishes, or any Federal judge who ruled against him.

Senator Lindsey Graham said, "It's about time we had a president who truly stood up against this country's enemies."

Rep. Devin Nunes said, "The Democrat majority in the House is about to come to an end."

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;537913]The president tweeted today that he would pardon whoever killed any "Democrat" candidate running for federal office.

The president also tweeted that he would pardon whoever was involved in killing any US Senator or Representative who voted against his wishes, or any Federal judge who ruled against him.
[/QUOTE]

Links, please?

[QUOTE=masser;537924][QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;537913]The president tweeted today that he would pardon whoever killed any "Democrat" candidate running for federal office.

The president also tweeted that he would pardon whoever was involved in killing any US Senator or Representative who voted against his wishes, or any Federal judge who ruled against him.[/QUOTE]
Links, please?[/QUOTE]Well gee whiz, it appears I may have jumped the gun on this one. Sorry!