Yeah. Mueller wanted a change of venue for obvious reasons. sigh
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"āa reminder that ultimately, our system of checks and balances and limitations on each branchās powers, although exquisitely designed, ultimately works only if people of virtue, sensitivity, and courage, not affected by the winds of public opinion, choose to work within the confines of the law.ā
Has this fucking nutjob even met the current GOP and POTUS? Or does he think Nixon is still POTUS (and hasnāt been caught yet)? Frankly, his blather suggests to me he may still be bitter over Nixon.
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Maybe he wants to be tossed. Itāll be a long, time-consuming case in the spotlight, and his political leanings are with the side likely to lose.
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Sounds about as appropriate as Comey editorializing on Hilaryās email server.
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Interesting theory, assuming you can get away with that. If he were urged to recuse he could say, āSee? See? Obvious bias!ā Poisoning the well, these jackals. (Sorry for the mixed metaphor.)
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We must assume he also hopes "such people" includes congress and members of the judiciary such as himself but somehow it is no surprise he failed to mention it.Ellis said that āthis caseā was āa reminder that ultimately, our system of checks and balances and limitations on each branchās powers, although exquisitely designed, ultimately works only if people of virtue, sensitivity, and courage, not affected by the winds of public opinion, choose to work within the confines of the law.ā
āLet us hope that the people in charge of this prosecution, including the Special Counsel and the Assistant Attorney General, are such people,ā he said.
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Sounds like a judicial equivalent of āget off my lawn, you darn kidsā, from a grouch who couldnāt find a justification to close the case.
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Ellis said that āthis caseā was āa reminder that ultimately, our system of checks and balances and limitations on each branchās powers, although exquisitely designed, ultimately works only if people of virtue, sensitivity, and courage, not affected by the winds of public opinion, choose to work within the confines of the law.ā
Thatās why thereās a special prosecutor, Einsteinā¦
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Indeed. This kind of frolic and detour in a decision holds a special kind of irritation for me (and I would assume other lawyers). He was tasked with deciding a single legal issue, not opening his asshole and emptying his rectum of the full universe of his personal opinions on politics, policy and the inner workings of the Constitution. The only reason he did so was because the spotlight is on him and he is very aware of it. This was a decision written for the camerasā¦especially the parts where he actually appears to lament having to rule in the manner heās supposed to rule.
And is he so fucking partisan and ignorant himself that he doesnāt realize that this special counsel is a lifelong registered Republican investigating Republicans, including the POTUS, after being appointed by and while being overseen by Republicans who were appointed by that Republican POTUS? Fuck this vapid self-serving clown. His opinion is grossly inappropriate and factually asinine.
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This would be all well and good, yer judgehsip, if we had a functioning government. But we donāt. Your wish for bipartisian oversight is impossible today, thanks to the GOP.
And as others in this comment thread have already pointed out, this is an of investigation of Republicans that is completely run and controlled by Republicans. So it canāt possibly be partisan, can it?
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Distasteful? WFT? Are we to not examine the possibility of unconstitutional activities because doing so would be ādistastefulā?
I say the hell with good taste. Protecting the country against authoritarian enemies, both foreign and domestic, is not something that can be done with good taste, decorum and party manners.
Iām surprised Judge Ellis didnāt add something about the Red Hen.
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So was any of this within the scope of what he was sup,pose to rule on.
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Ken Starr? Crickets.
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Trigger alert: this is Off Off Topic.
Does that mean On Topic? You tell me. Joke!
You can skip it. I wonāt mind. Iām a bit socially isolated lately, but I feel good. Anxiety, you know.
I am still in my underwear, unshaven. Iāve been writing all day, hunched over my laptop on a beat-up cat-scratched recliner sofa. I think I will shave, go out for some toilet paper and pizza (donāt go there), come back and listen to Elton John (Caribou ā I donāt like the stuff he wrote after he stopped writing the kind of fantastic stuff you never hear anymore because it didnāt make the top 40 but was better than Crocodile Rock. Examples: Grimsby, Iāve Seen The Saucers, Sick City, Youāre So Static, Stinker, Ticking. Donāt even get me started on Honky Chateau: Mellow, I Think Iām Going To Kill Myself, Susie (Dramas), Salvation, Slave, Amy, Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, and, especially, Hercules).
After that, it has to be Iggy Pop, A Million In Prizes: The Anthology, Discs I and II (there are only two discs).
Iād cut and paste something I wrote lately elsewhere, but itās not worth the shpilkes.
Did I say I was anxious about all the news lately? I havenāt even kept up today of all days. Something happened today, involving the Supreme Court. Iāll catch up later, youāre released from that task. Youāre welcome.
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If he is a Republican (and he is) then he very likely is still bitter over Nixon.
Remember Nixonās Republican support never fell even as far as 50%, not even once.
And the very solid reason for not seating Robert Bork on the SCOTUS was his willingness to be the hatchet man for Nixon when no one with honor and integrity would. The Bork nomination was the Republican Party reward for staying with party over country.
And we know that the right-wing keeps itself in a constant state of rage over Bork being voted down (oh yeah, he got a vote and four Republicans voted against him).
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Wow. So, wondering when the NYT is gonna publish another piece asking for civility from these trump supporters?
Also, if you follow the link, there is this picture:
The post describes them as trump supporters, which seems correct given the sign. Folks, weāve just seen a picture of the absolute most deluded people in the country. There are plenty in trumpās base who love trumpās hate. Apparently, there are also trumpers who love hisā¦ love? Ye gods.
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Yep. I gotta agree. This is too much. He crossed the line into prejudicial and revealed he cannot be an objective, unbiased arbiter. People will say āSure, he threw his feces but still ruled in Muellerās favor, so you canāt claim heās biased.ā No, thatās precisely why I can claim heās a danger. He wants control over this thing so he can ruin it. A dismissal would just have gone to the Appeals Court, but him keeping control allows him to exercise ādiscretionā in what evidence is permitted to be introduced and all sorts of other games he can play to pack the record and, ultimately, attempt to prove his opinions of special counsels and the legislation that created themā¦which BTW it is the legislative purview to determine the appropriateness and necessity of, not judicialā¦to be justified, accurate and true. He will be looking to āah HA!ā Mueller at every turn and āuncover and exposeā the political witchhunt he seems to already believe exists. Heās gotta go.
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Inappropriately blabbering your inner thoughts in a professional situation seems to be a Republican disease.
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Iām wondering when the NYT is going to publish its FIRST article calling for civility from Trump.
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I feel for you and all good attorneys in the years to come with all the right wing assholes McConnell is ramming into lifetime judgeships.
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