Bidengate Breaks... err... down

[Jimmy Higgins]

Me explain why the GOP did nothing about the laptop? Why would I be obliged to explain that? Why does anything "need to be done" about the laptop? The story here isn't so much about what was on the laptop, as hilarious as they are but about how government agencies were trying to censor it. Why government went to great lengths to suppress sharing The New York Post articles about the laptop.

Suppress the NY Post articles? As in, the articles that were published?

Suppress the sharing of the article online. But you knew what I meant. Plus the effort that went into trying to make it all look like a Russian misinformation operation.

Oh, you mean the actions under taken by the Trump Administration in October 2020?

 

[TSwizzle]

Me explain why the GOP did nothing about the laptop? Why would I be obliged to explain that? Why does anything "need to be done" about the laptop? The story here isn't so much about what was on the laptop, as hilarious as they are but about how government agencies were trying to censor it. Why government went to great lengths to suppress sharing The New York Post articles about the laptop.

Suppress the NY Post articles? As in, the articles that were published?

Suppress the sharing of the article online. But you knew what I meant. Plus the effort that went into trying to make it all look like a Russian misinformation operation.

Oh, you mean the actions under taken by the Trump Administration in October 2020?

And the main stream media, old chap.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Me explain why the GOP did nothing about the laptop? Why would I be obliged to explain that? Why does anything "need to be done" about the laptop? The story here isn't so much about what was on the laptop, as hilarious as they are but about how government agencies were trying to censor it. Why government went to great lengths to suppress sharing The New York Post articles about the laptop.

Suppress the NY Post articles? As in, the articles that were published?

Suppress the sharing of the article online. But you knew what I meant. Plus the effort that went into trying to make it all look like a Russian misinformation operation.

Oh, you mean the actions under taken by the Trump Administration in October 2020?

And the main stream media, old chap.

Looking up a few quotes, you were shitting all over the lawn about Trump Administration "government agencies" trying to "censor it".

 

[TSwizzle]

Me explain why the GOP did nothing about the laptop? Why would I be obliged to explain that? Why does anything "need to be done" about the laptop? The story here isn't so much about what was on the laptop, as hilarious as they are but about how government agencies were trying to censor it. Why government went to great lengths to suppress sharing The New York Post articles about the laptop.

Suppress the NY Post articles? As in, the articles that were published?

Suppress the sharing of the article online. But you knew what I meant. Plus the effort that went into trying to make it all look like a Russian misinformation operation.

Oh, you mean the actions under taken by the Trump Administration in October 2020?

And the main stream media, old chap.

Looking up a few quotes, you were shitting all over the lawn about Trump Administration "government agencies" trying to "censor it".

OK

 

[Patooka]

I love how Trumptards can't shut the fuck up about Hunter's laptop, and yet in the same breath cry about censorship without any self awareness or appreciation of irony.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I hope pwning the libs makes it worth paying the notably higher taxes from the tariffs. Personally, I can wait until they 2007 Trump... and all of a sudden all of the talk, it'll belike they never supported Trump before.

 

[TSwizzle]

I hope pwning the libs makes it worth paying the notably higher taxes from the tariffs. Personally, I can wait until they 2007 Trump... and all of a sudden all of the talk, it'll belike they never supported Trump before.

If you think Trump winning was about "pwning the libs", you are as delusional as the same folks that think it was about racism and sexism.

The Dems better make sure they have the right candidate and policies for 2028 but so far it seems they are going to be in the wilderness for a while yet.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I hope pwning the libs makes it worth paying the notably higher taxes from the tariffs. Personally, I can wait until they 2007 Trump... and all of a sudden all of the talk, it'll belike they never supported Trump before.

If you think Trump winning was about "pwning the libs", you are as delusional as the same folks that think it was about racism and sexism.

The Dems better make sure they have the right candidate and policies for 2028 but so far it seems they are going to be in the wilderness for a while yet.

Enjoy your higher taxes.

 

[TSwizzle]

I hope pwning the libs makes it worth paying the notably higher taxes from the tariffs. Personally, I can wait until they 2007 Trump... and all of a sudden all of the talk, it'll belike they never supported Trump before.

If you think Trump winning was about "pwning the libs", you are as delusional as the same folks that think it was about racism and sexism.

The Dems better make sure they have the right candidate and policies for 2028 but so far it seems they are going to be in the wilderness for a while yet.

Enjoy your higher taxes.

I live in California, we just LOVE higher taxes!!! Just got a couple of taxes raised April 1st. Sales tax and gas tax. Fuck all to do with Trump.

Enjoy your long spell of republican Whitehouse administration.

 

[thebeave]

I hope pwning the libs makes it worth paying the notably higher taxes from the tariffs. Personally, I can wait until they 2007 Trump... and all of a sudden all of the talk, it'll belike they never supported Trump before.

If you think Trump winning was about "pwning the libs", you are as delusional as the same folks that think it was about racism and sexism.

The Dems better make sure they have the right candidate and policies for 2028 but so far it seems they are going to be in the wilderness for a while yet.

Enjoy your higher taxes.

I live in California, we just LOVE higher taxes!!! Just got a couple of taxes raised April 1st. Sales tax and gas tax. Fuck all to do with Trump.

Enjoy your long spell of republican Whitehouse administration.

I just checked my town here in the South Bay. No tax increases here on April 1. Staying at 9.125% for now. Woo hoo!! I see Santa Monica jumped 0.5% and is now at 10.75%. Holy crap.

CA gas taxes and prices are such a clusterfuck of mismanagement. Came across this article just now from a few days ago.

Policies, not greed, driving California’s sky-high gas prices, study finds

As Californians continue to wonder why they suffer disproportionately at the pump compared to other states, a new study from a prominent researcher says the state’s perpetually high gas prices are largely “self-inflicted.”

Michael Mische with the USC Marshall School of Business recently published “A Study of California Gasoline Prices,” diving into the reason why California is typically the most expensive state in the U.S. to fill up your vehicle.

The conclusion: California’s high gas prices are the “result of directed policies and a litany of regulations, taxes, fees, and costs,” according to Mische.

 

[TSwizzle]

I just checked my town here in the South Bay. No tax increases here on April 1. Staying at 9.125% for now. Woo hoo!! I see Santa Monica jumped 0.5% and is now at 10.75%. Holy crap.

The sales tax increases in LA County were approved by the voters. The extra money is supposed to help "the homeless". Madness.

CA gas taxes and prices are such a clusterfuck of mismanagement. Came across this article just now from a few days ago.

Oh yes, we are going to get royally screwed on fuel this year. Another increase on gas of $.60 is in the works, brought on by some climate change bullshit no doubt. Some shady group called CARB or something. I heard gas in California is higher than Hawaii!

 

[Swammerdami]

The sales tax increases in LA County were approved by the voters. The extra money is supposed to help "the homeless". Madness.

First: I DO realize that Mr. Swizzle likes to emulate Ernest Hemingway's laconic style. I still hope he links to his peer-reviewed articles on climatology. I expect to see delicious prose like

CO-Two is a "molecule"? Lunacy.

or

Glaciers are "melting"? Rapture me up, Scotty!

Yet even knowing TSwizzle's style, I don't get "Help the homeless. Madness." Why is THIS phrasing preferred among many alternatives:

• Tax the "rich." Idiocy.
• Extra "money." Neurosis.
• "Pay" for gasoline. Thrombosis.
• Gulf of "America." Genius!
• Emulate "Jesus." Larceny!
• Price "of" eggs. Dystopia.
• Babies bleating. Beautiful.
• "Voters" voting. Vileness.
• Grumpy Rump dump. Drain the sump!

I don't think I'm alone in appreciating Mr. Swizzle's brevity. But if he wants to be understood I'd recommend investing in slightly longer phrases. May I suggest 17-syllable haikus?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I hope pwning the libs makes it worth paying the notably higher taxes from the tariffs. Personally, I can wait until they 2007 Trump... and all of a sudden all of the talk, it'll belike they never supported Trump before.

If you think Trump winning was about "pwning the libs", you are as delusional as the same folks that think it was about racism and sexism.

The Dems better make sure they have the right candidate and policies for 2028 but so far it seems they are going to be in the wilderness for a while yet.

Enjoy your higher taxes.

I live in California, we just LOVE higher taxes!!! Just got a couple of taxes raised April 1st. Sales tax and gas tax. Fuck all to do with Trump.

Enjoy your long spell of republican Whitehouse administration.

Republican?

Regardless, yeah, over 3.5 years more of this bullshit.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

The FBI ordered its agents to stop discussing Hunter Biden’s laptop just hours after one of its own employees inadvertently confirmed its authenticity to Twitter, according to newly disclosed internal communications obtained by congressional investigators. The revelation, reported by investigative journalist Catherine Herridge in a joint investigation with Michael Shellenberger, stems from internal FBI chat logs released to House committees. The messages show that senior officials moved swiftly to clamp down on internal discussion following the unintentional confirmation — just as the New York Post published its explosive October 14, 2020 report. “I recall that when the question came up, an intelligence analyst assigned to the Criminal Investigative Division said something to the effect of, ‘Yes, the laptop is real’,” the FBI’s former Russia unit chief told House investigators during a closed-door transcribed interview, according to Herridge’s report.

News

A lot of effort went into suppressing this nothing burger story it seems.

Law enforcement tends to try to keep things quiet when the powerful are being framed. Nothing unusual in this. The "laptop" (it's not, it's a hard drive image that purports to be from his laptop) contains things which are unquestionably falsified (activity when there could not have been any). Thus it's value is absolutely zero.

 

[ZiprHead]

The FBI ordered its agents to stop discussing Hunter Biden’s laptop just hours after one of its own employees inadvertently confirmed its authenticity to Twitter, according to newly disclosed internal communications obtained by congressional investigators. The revelation, reported by investigative journalist Catherine Herridge in a joint investigation with Michael Shellenberger, stems from internal FBI chat logs released to House committees. The messages show that senior officials moved swiftly to clamp down on internal discussion following the unintentional confirmation — just as the New York Post published its explosive October 14, 2020 report. “I recall that when the question came up, an intelligence analyst assigned to the Criminal Investigative Division said something to the effect of, ‘Yes, the laptop is real’,” the FBI’s former Russia unit chief told House investigators during a closed-door transcribed interview, according to Herridge’s report.

News

A lot of effort went into suppressing this nothing burger story it seems.

It is against the rules for the FBI agents to release details of an investigation in an unauthorized manner. It puts the prosecution in jeopardy.

Which do you prefer, trigger the libs or prosecute Hunter?

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Sigh! In April 2024, a joint investigation lead by two republican house oversight committees found that the laptop belonged to Hunter but it demonstrated no wrong doing by Joe Biden. Just google “Hunter Biden laptop conspiracy” in Wiki.

Sure but a lot of people went to a lot of trouble to cover that fact up.

Since you refer to the "laptop" it's clear you still don't get it.

Yes, it's an image of his laptop but the way it was obtained does not pass the laugh test. And it contains activity from a time when he was in rehab and couldn't have done anything. Thus it's the equivalent to photoshop and has absolutely no value as evidence. Burying it is the proper reaction, same as any other private information you come across in an investigation. I've been in the IT world for 40 years, you don't do that without sometimes coming across stuff. As with any other field that gives you privileged view of personal information you don't disclose it other than in ways that do not provide any ability to identify who it is.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

A lot of people have gone to incredible lengths to demonstrate that big foot exists. But who cares? Again the issue to me is simple, we should not be snooping into other people’s lap top (it’s just weird), unless there is evidence of a crime, and after 3 years of investigation, there is no evidence.

<Stomps in in my 14W hiking boots>
He does too exist! I just haven't figured out where he is in my family tree.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

The contents of the laptop while amusing and salacious are neither here nor there. The interesting part, for me anyway, is how the government and MSM went to great lengths to suppress a nothing burger as some sort of Russian disinformation operation etc.

They did the proper thing. It's just Putin kept trying to promote his disinformation operation.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

The contents of the laptop while amusing and salacious are neither here nor there. The interesting part, for me anyway, is how the government and MSM went to great lengths to suppress a nothing burger as some sort of Russian disinformation operation etc.

??????! Maybe they did this because it is a nothing burger!! After the fact, we now know that it wasn’t a Russian disinformation operation. But I can understand why so many thought this!

The image was tampered with. Thus it's a disinformation operation, what makes you sure it wasn't a Russian one? They seem like by far the most likely candidate.

 

[barbos]

The contents of the laptop while amusing and salacious are neither here nor there. The interesting part, for me anyway, is how the government and MSM went to great lengths to suppress a nothing burger as some sort of Russian disinformation operation etc.

??????! Maybe they did this because it is a nothing burger!! After the fact, we now know that it wasn’t a Russian disinformation operation. But I can understand why so many thought this!

The image was tampered with. Thus it's a disinformation operation, what makes you sure it wasn't a Russian one? They seem like by far the most likely candidate.

Wow! You really believe this "Russia did it" shit