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Wow, everyone can be

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 03 May 2018 05:08:53 +0000

In reply to Always loved me some Little

Wow, everyone can be rehabilitated, eh? Thus the beauty of PR.

Always loved me some Little

artappraiser — Thu, 03 May 2018 04:11:17 +0000

In reply to OK, this is in response to

Always loved me some Little Rascals when I'd catch one here or there when they ran one to fill out a segment on TV, especially Spanky. But I never really appreciated Alfalfa that much, maybe my least favorite, until Eddie Murphy did a new version as "Buckwheat". Eddie made me see Alfalfa anew.

OK, this is in response to

CVille Dem — Thu, 03 May 2018 03:22:43 +0000

In reply to "Justice Department Won't Be Extorted"

OK, this is in response to Rosenstein’s WTF attitude in his interview. When he laughed he really looked like Alfalfa (minus the straight up lock) from Little Rascals. I know, I am showing my age yet again. But just thinking about all the things that you youngsters missed out on gives me a big sad.

look it up. Maybe you can even find Alfalfa signing the Joyce Kilmer poem. “Only God Can Make A Tree.”

Here it is: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aGONkkyp4Zw

Headline story @ NYTimes

artappraiser — Wed, 02 May 2018 22:40:28 +0000

In reply to "Justice Department Won't Be Extorted"

Headline story @ NYTimes right now:

Trump Assails Justice Dept., Siding With Conservatives

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and NICHOLAS FANDOS 3:06 PM ET

President Trump plunged into the simmering dispute between conservative House Republicans and the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein.
In a tweet, Mr. Trump called the legal system “rigged” and threatened to “use the powers granted to the Presidency and get involved” in the conflict.

Goes with the firing of Ty Cobb and hiring of Emmet Flood today, "Trump's aggressive new approach" et. al., which I just posted over at the Mueller thread.

WaPo version: Rosenstein on

artappraiser — Wed, 02 May 2018 01:07:36 +0000

In reply to "Justice Department Won't Be Extorted"

WaPo version: Rosenstein on GOP lawmakers impeachment threat: ‘The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted’

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein also said he would have no comment on the drafted articles of impeachment “that nobody has the courage to put their name on.”

By Matt Zapotosky

Note they also have broken more news on the Mueller thing, I posted it on that thread, copying here:

Mueller warned of a possible presidential subpoena in meeting with Trump lawyers

The tense March encounter kicked off weeks of turmoil among the president’s lawyers and led to the development of a list of questions Trump’s team expects he would be asked.