Guest Post by Kurt Schlichter
The FBI has managed to transform its image from Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., into Special Agent Boogaloo Shrimp, and the Inspector General’s report was the bureaucratic self-policing equivalent of Breakin’ Faith 2: Electric Bamboozle.
Here’s the punchline: MC Hammered, who dropped his Glock and shot a dude whilst bustin’ a move, was one of those “top 5% of applicants” that zombie FBI Director Christopher Wray kept babbling about during his excuse conference following the report’s release. But that guy would not have even placed in competition for the title “Worst FBI Agent Ever” against the toadies, flunkies, and hacks the report highlights.
During his spin cycle news conference, Wray spent a surprising amount of time – that is, any time – boasting about the quality of his FBI honors interns. Great. Put one of them in charge. He, she, or (knowing the current liberal culture of the FBI) xe, can’t do any worse.
Wray’s ruined agency’s best n’ brightest conspired to undo the results of an election to ensure that the liberal politician who wouldn’t derail their gravy train would take office, but hey, a couple hours of diversity classes will fix that right up. I know I feel much better knowing that these bureaucratic superstars are finally going to get some training to inform them that trying to use their power as federal law enforcement agents to swing an election to their preferred political party is wrong. Apparently, that was previously unclear.
The IG report bait n’ switch was just another example of our elite shrugging in the face of indisputable evidence of its own wrongdoing. The bombshells in the IG report could justly be classified as “thermonuclear,” but remember the Comey conference back in July 2016? Its bombshells were thermonuclear too. Integrity Boy laid out an utterly devastating case against Felonia Milhous Von Pansuit, highlighting in damning detail her litany of crimes that would have consigned you, me, or anyone else not in the elite to a long tour in the stony lonesome. And then that Looming Doofus concluded his lengthy summation with, “But never mind.”
The same with the IG report. Yeah, the report demonstrated intense and pervasive political bias. Yeah, at every turn the FBI/DOJ hacks gave unprecedented deference and breaks to Hillary. Yeah, from the get-go they talked about how no one was ever going to be prosecuted. Nah, nothing to see.
It’s like a prosecutor laying out a crushing case to a jury, then saying, “And in conclusion, I’d like you to find the defendant not guilty.”
“No evidence,” concludes the IG report. It’s 500+ pages of evidence.
Let’s try a hypothetical. You are on a jury. My client is a black man claiming racial discrimination by his company. I present you with texts from key leaders in the company – who are still employed in high positions at the company – discussing how they hate black people. I demonstrate that at every single opportunity, the company made choices that hurt my client, just like at every opportunity the FBI and DOJ made choices to help Hillary the Harpy. Then, I show the company fired my client with no evidence of his wrongdoing, just like the FBI exonerated Stumbles O’Drunky with tons of evidence of her wrongdoing. Do you think I presented “no evidence?”
You, as a juror, have a choice – was my client discriminated against?
I, as his lawyer, also have a choice – Ferrari or Lamborghini?
The IG report sidestepped the most critical point, the one that is resulting in the American people losing their last remaining fragments of faith in our system, the fact that there are demonstrably two sets of rules, that there are two brands of justice in America.
There is one for you, me, and everyone else not in the elite – the infuriated, angry Normals. And there is another one for the elite.
I bet if you, me, or anyone else not in the elite were being prosecuted by the feds, the feds would be totally neutral regarding our politics, they would show us deference and give us breaks, and they would resolve from the beginning that we were going to walk. Let’s ask Scooter Libby or Dinesh De Souza or Conrad Black or Mike Flynn about that.
President Trump, you’ve already fixed the injustices suffered by Scooter and Dinesh. Pardon the other two guys. Pardon Conrad Black and General Mike Flynn. Show that this unAmerican, tyrannical garbage is unacceptable by refusing to accept it.
Hell, pardon everyone Robert Mueller and his team of Democrat operatives have ever even talked to. The report’s incoherent conclusion notwithstanding, it shows that this whole process is irredeemably tainted with political bias. Shut it down and let the voters decide if they want to validate injustice or not.
Our country cannot go on like this. The rule of law matters, and the rule of law does not have exceptions that exempt preferred people and groups. We have tolerated this abomination long enough – it has to stop. Either the elite rediscovers its sense of duty and service and stops it, or we will stop it. Donald Trump is our latest attempt to do that. If he is unable to do so, the elite is really going to hate what we try next.
See, they don’t get to win.
Some have taken to calling our political/cultural response to this abandonment of the rule of law “tribalism.” And it is, because tribalism is the only alternative to the rule of law. Some like Jonah Goldberg rightly warn against the tribalist trend, and it is bad, but it sure beats the hell out of being the liberals’ serfs. Others are fussily upset that we choose uniting to protect ourselves over surrender – to them I say, if you Fredocons don’t like tribalism, then help us fix the freakin’ problem instead of trying to shut us up and pretending everything is groovy.
Once again, here are the two, and only two, options:
- Rule of law
- My tribe – the Normals – wins
Notice how there is no option for “The elite tribe exercises unchallenged dominion over us.” So, choose wisely.
The IG report, simultaneously a devastating indictment of elite misconduct and a total whitewash, is a symptom of the moral leprosy infecting our elite. It is rotting away our institutions, and the foundations of the United States as we knew it. But the elite can’t, or won’t, even admit to itself what we all see.
And this means that means the elite can’t, or won’t, do what is necessary to repair the damage the elite itself has caused our country. No wonder the Normals are getting militant – and if the elite does not wake up to the danger, this country will be torn apart, or even worse.
The funky FBI guy’s breakdance antics were almost funny. But what his incompetence and the IG’s devastating whitewash are is terrifying.
No justice…as I’ve written at least a few times.
Our Gov’t now SUCKS. FBI is a Piece of Shit.
Maybe someone will deliver IED’s to the scum at the FBI.
Hey, FBI, you reading this (IED would be a trigger).
FBI – cowards; Fuck You; ES&D
Why is thi entire incident not being treated as a Coup. This is apparently the first time in history the deep state attempted to prevent a candidate from being elected and then actively tried to over turn it once the candidate was elected. It is coming from within our own government and it’s law enforcement agencies. Should this not be part of a Military Teibundl? Is this not Treason? Why is it not being called what it is? Where is our AGand where is the duly elected government. When will they call it what it is?
It’s the Boiled Frog Conundrum. They want to boil the frog without alarming it and making it jump, so they try to change things carefully, out of sight.
The idea is that eventually we’ll wake up and we’ll have a full-fledged police state with all the trimmings, and it will have just been that way for so long that there will be too few people willing to overthrow the totalitarian regime, and we’ll just all grab our ankles and accept it.
Best analysis of the IG report I’ve seen. The analogue to Comey’s “exoneration” of Clinton is perfect. I could just see the IG and his staff sitting in endless meetings trying to determine how to have it both ways–damn the felons without condemning them–in case the Dems take Congress in Nov. Protect their asses, in other words. Of course, the media will roll with the whitewash, and if Nunes and company press for charges they’ll scream “Bias!”
Why Trump doesn’t step in and deal with the mess is a mystery. Just more proof he’s under the Deep State thumb.
A few weeks ago Zero Hedge was bubbling over with anticipation of this upcoming report, how it was sure to be the one that put the knife into the gut of the Deep State.
Not so much, since its release.
What does it take for people to see that the bad guys won? The only way to get back the Republic is force of arms.
The government has been the same for a long time. The only difference is that now it’s corrupt nature has become obvious.
You’re not going to change elitist, government culture. It’d be like trying to get an 80 year old, life-long chain-smoker to quit smoking. It would be so much easier for all of us if they would just quit breathing.
WHAT A FARCE, WRAY GAVE THE FIX BE IN SPEECH #623 RIGHT OUT OF THE FIX BE IN SPEECH BOOK.
YOU CAN TELL ME ALL DAY LONG WHAT GREAT GUYS AND GALS WORK FOR THE FIX BE IN,
BUT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. WRAY’S AND THE ACTIONS OF THE FIX BE IN SHOWS ME AN ARROGANT, CORRUPT, ABOVE THE LAW RICO ORGANIZATION CONTROLLED BY THE CLINTON CRIME FAMILY.
I WANT TO SEE PRISON TIME FOR THESE PEOPLE, NOT COUNTRY CLUBS, BUT LOCK DOWN PRISONS, LIKE YOU WOULD GIVE ME FOR THE SAME CRIME.
I’m thinking that if you were to ask a hundred random people walking down the street what they thought of the IG report and why, maybe only 3 or 4 would come up with any kind of reasoned answer and most would likely be unaware of what it was even really about.
Anonny, agreed.
Too many confusing details, too many working class people find it frustratingly useless to give a damn, or expect anything to come from it, by those that are knowledgeable about it. Way too few are paying attention, and even more just don’t have a clue.
And, unfortunately, TPTB know this, too.
I fear for the young kids in my circles, and the future they’ll be inheriting. Sad, indeed.
“The rule of law matters, and the rule of law does not have exceptions that exempt preferred people and groups.”
I appreciate the article, I really do and I can relate, but you cannot write and article like that and then make that statement.
The rule of law clearly does NOT matter, particularly to those entrusted to uphold it. And not only can they have exceptions and exempt people and groups, that is the rule, not the exception, from Title IX to Affirmative Action, right on up to the corrupt bureaucracy that defines our very political system.
If you do not see the problem as it exists today, then you are part of the problem.
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
And then they killed him. In front of everyone. And then exonerated themselves. Everything that followed was simply the logical consequence of those actions.
There are two sides on the law coin.
The one that is on the books is one side and the law as it is practiced on the other.
Maybe we need to flip the coin more often, it seems to have been laying on that second side for far too long.
You are entirely correct. However, violent revolution will not be possible until the collapse of the global false economy, and the Gravy Train comes to a halt. Then and only then will the millions of people dependent on food stamps, Section 8, SSSI and the rest of government largess be willing to upset the apple cart. Until then, they will not dare to shake any trees.
There it is again, that word “militant”. I like it. I am convinced that until the “elites” have something to be afraid of, they won’t be afraid. Once the concept of “militancy” has become widely familiar, the next set of conversations needs to be about who, exactly, the “elites” are and where they are found.
What they want: Trust us, if you knew how bad things are inside here, you would go insane. So, trust us, we know some bad things went on, but with some training and some firings of a few scape goats to sacrifice, we will make our FBI better again.
What should be done: the leaven has consumed the whole department and as such the whole loaf must be discarded. Proof of the purging will be jail time for the traitors and not training for the incompetent agents.
What will happen: in a word, nothing. For as sure as there are criminals among the FBI agents, there are a majority of Americans who are blackmailed by the security they have in the economy rolling on, welfare checks going out (read: no food riots) and the fear if they rock the boat, it will all come crashing down.
When Americans finally get tired of the endless postponing of justice, whatever revolt that may have happened will have finally run out of gas and the elites will win; just in time to crash the economy and form whatever government that will benefit them. The end game is before us.
For months any of us who might have been paying attention were assured that as soon as the IG report came out, the house would come tumbling down. Oops. Played for fools one more time.
Referring to Southern Sage’s piece: when the midterm election rolls around, if you want all hell to break out quickly, vote for the Democrat. If you prefer more leisurely ruination, vote Republican or any other party.
In reading the article, I copied the exact sentences as did Hardscrabble:
Our country cannot go on like this. The rule of law matters, and the rule of law does not have exceptions that exempt preferred people and groups.
This is the heart of the matter. Decent Americans voted for Trump in protest.
I had a friend text me the following rant that he read on Facebook:
“I still haven’t figured out why Hillary lost. Was it the Russian uranium deal? Was it Wikileaks? Was it Podesta? Was it her sexual predator husband? Was it her staff’s husband’s immoral pictures? Was it her subpoena violation? Was it the corrupt foundation? Was it the congressional lies? Was it the Benghazi scandal? Was it the pay for play? Was it the Travel Gate scandal? Was it the Haiti scandal? Was it the Whitewater scandal? Was it the Cattle Gate scandal? Was it the $15 million for Chelsea’s apartment bought with foundation money? Was it Comey’s investigation? Was it her husband’s interference with Loretta Lynch and the investigation? Was it stealing debate questions? Was it forensically deleting 33,000 emails? Was it the secret server in her house? Was it the Seth Rich murder? Was it calling half of the USA population deplorable? Was it the underhanded treatment of Bernie Sanders? Was it the Vince Foster murder? Was it the Jennifer Flowers assault? Was it the $800,000 Paula Jones settlement? Was it the lie about taking on sniper fire in Bosnia? Was it her husband’s impeachment for lying under oath? Was it the 6 billion $ she “lost” when in charge of the state department? Was it the 10 million she took for the pardon of Marc Rich? Or was it because she was the worst presidential candidate our country has ever had to choose from?
Gee, I just can’t quite put my finger on it, but it seems to be right in front of me.”
Here was my reply:
“That’s a great rant. But the reason we are likely doomed is this: After all that, she still won the popular vote.”
We live in a land populated by the people of Walmart satiated by a steady diet of fake news, processed foods, electronic fairy tales, and antidepressants.
The trends (i. e. transitional revelations) are pointing towards violent revolution and global depopulation; exactly what the Technocratic Elite desire and right
on schedule.
Any attempt to divert the ultimate outcome would be akin to a flea trying to steer a dog like a horse.
There is a difference between pessimism and realism.
It is what it is. Nothing more nothing less.
Prepare accordingly and, for those so inclined, pray.
That’s all there is. There isn’t any more.
Who said life was fair? And who was it again that promised you that rose garden?
I agree with Kurt’s recommendations, but would expand them to include everyone being harassed by Mueller and/or the FBI…But also, Trump needs to truly understand that if these FBI and DOJ criminals are not prosecuted, he is in a lot of trouble with his base.
Trust the Plan
Trust in Sessions
Pray
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A couple of hits and you too will be a parallel universe 36DD chess master.
tst, tsk, making fun of the Q believers
I really hoped, but never expected that we see any consequence for all the criminality that went on. Trump should pardon Flynn, Cohen, and anyone else that has been arrested or harassed by Mueller and his kangaroo court jesters. He should fire Sessions, Mueller and Wray, and stop this whole thing since it is accomplishing nothing except wasting millions of tax payer dollars.
Qhopium of the day?
By giving the IG a prosecutor they can now go after the deep state without looking like a political witch hunt. This is critical.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who is working with Huber, has a staff of 470 investigators, giving Huber access to enormous investigative firepower that far exceeds the staff of any special counsel.
The inspector general’s jurisdiction to conduct civil and criminal investigations includes “actions taken by former employees after they have left government service.” Then Huber can act on any of those matters.
A Grand Jury can be empaneled anywhere, in any deep red state, away from D.C. (This is very important and why Trump needed to appoint as many Judges as possible)
Huber is a lawyer from deep red Utah, not the D.C. swamp.
“If a special counsel were appointed, there would be a great deal of delay,” Turley stated, versus the team of Huber and Horowitz, who are already five months into this investigation. (It’s too late to even appoint a SC. Charges can be filed before midterms.)
Huber and Horowitz were both appointed to their positions by the Obama administration. This helps optics a lot. Pretty much decimates the “Trumped rigged the investigation” argument that’s sure to be made.
If this was a story line in a book, rather than a 90 minute movie, the author would have to delay and circumlocute the story line until the reader was in a fine rage before delivering climactic justice. Perhaps Trump’s minions are trying to get a hundred Kranky Kurts all cranked up?