Seeing Through Pea Soup

Guest Post by Jim Kunstler

Just as Regan, the possessed tweenager in the horror movie classic, The Exorcist, vomited streams of green sludge at Father Merrin in the final hours of her extremis, so, in the final weeks of election 2020, the possessed US news media will be boofing “bombshells” against its loathed and detested adversary, the president who attempted to exorcize the demons of the Deep State out of the federal government.

Thus, Democratic Party legal imp, Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, Jr., or someone on his staff, leaked (illegally) years of Mr. Trump’s tax information to The New York Times as a counterweight to last week’s Senate report on the international grifting exploits of Joe Biden & Family. The difference is that Mr. Trump’s doings represent compliance with the US tax codes while the Biden activities represent payoffs from shady figures in foreign lands for services rendered. The Times and its DNC patrons are calculating that the public will not understand the difference.

It’s whispered that The Times was hoping to unload the tax story much later in the campaign but needed desperately to provide some ammunition for Mr. Biden’s turn in the debating ring with the president on Tuesday night, when both these matters are sure to come up for review. That is, if Mr. Biden dares to show up. Those of you with a taste for history may recall the final hours of another Democratic eminence of yore, William Jennings Bryan, when he was vivisected on the witness stand by Clarence Darrow at the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, 1925. Five days later, Bryan dropped dead, and his reputation as a humiliated old fool is much better remembered than his moment of glory in 1893 as a 36-year-old nominee for president (youngest ever).

If Joe Biden does show up at Tuesday’s debate, it will be under at least one severe disadvantage: the contest happens at night. Through the preceding weeks, Mr. Biden’s handlers have “put a lid” on his campaign activities at ten o’clock in the morning more days than not, and sometimes at eight-thirty a.m., before the press pool has even digested its oat-milk honey lattes. “A lid” means the candidate makes no appearances nor is available to the media that day. You have to wonder whether Ol’ White Joe can even function after sundown.

Senile dementia typically presents more vividly in the evening. The Biden team may seek to counter that with doses of Adderall, an amphetamine. The side-effects are interesting: “mental / mood changes (such as agitation, aggression, mood swings, abnormal thoughts) uncontrolled movements, continuous chewing / teeth grinding, outbursts of words / sounds, prolonged erections (in males).” Watch for these.

Also watch to see whether Mr. Biden steps onstage wearing his trademark black mask. (Mr. Trump, of course, will not mask himself.) The optic will be two-fold: 1) Mr. Biden has something to hide, and 2) Mr. Biden is a weakling for playing up Covid hysteria. Then wait to see if he pulls the mask down under his chin as though he was acting the role of Abe Lincoln in a middle school history pageant. That will be a visual-to-remember! Also, wait for Mr. Biden to deliver a self-knockout punch to himself when he attacks the President’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, for being a Catholic.

There was an uproar of consternation across the red regions of the land on Sunday when Maria Bartiroma announced that US Attorney John Durham is unlikely to report any actions (i.e., indictments) before election day. There is a very good analysis at the news site RedState.com. It boils down to this: Mr. Durham and his fellow US Attorney on the case, Jeff Jensen, received testimony only ten days ago from an FBI agent named William Barnett which alleges in detail how DOJ rogue attorney Andrew Weissmann ran Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation as a “checking function” on the President. (Mr. Weissmann states this explicitly in his forthcoming book.)

There is no constitutional basis for this so-called checking function. Rather, it suggests gross illegality. Days after William Barr was sworn in as Attorney General, the Mueller office was shut down. Mr. Barr, apparently, became aware of his old colleague, Robert Mueller’s, pronounced cognitive decline, and was indignant over the hijacking of his Special Counsel mission by Democratic Party activists on-staff. Now, with Mr. Barnett’s testimony, additional witnesses must be interviewed before any cases can be made. So, these matters will have to wait until after the election.

As a tactical election consideration, it is probably for the best, at this point, that there is no appearance of using the Durham investigation as a campaign weapon. It’s unfortunate that it took Mr. Durham so long to unravel the seditious intrigues of RussiaGate, but that only suggests how complex and far-ranging the scheme was, overlapping several agencies, the two houses of congress, and a host of sketchy characters outside of government. Mr. Trump will have to make his case for reelection by other means. Mr. Biden, or rather, his handlers and stand-ins, will make his case by any means.

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SoTexGuy
SoTexGuy

Great piece, thank you. And especially for this. “The difference is that Mr. Trump’s doings represent compliance with the US tax codes while the Biden activities represent payoffs from shady figures in foreign lands for services rendered. The Times and its DNC patrons are calculating that the public will not understand the difference.” And yes, the insouciant public will not detect the difference. Yet it begs the question of the larger issue; why do big financial players enjoy such advantages in the Tax Code?

I myself place little confidence in Durham or the Justice (sic) Department to bring any of the seditious ringleaders of the Russia Hoax to justice.

Thanks.

Just Thinking
Just Thinking

Because they (their tax attorneys) write the laws.

I’m a partner in a couple of small family businesses (s-corp/partnership, both pass through) so ALL income shows up on our personal tax return. Anyone that might ever see them would say we’re rich!

Then I could show them my take home salary.

Not so much.

Point being, looking at someones taxes is a myopic view of the whole picture.

B.S. in V.C.
B.S. in V.C.

It don’t matter if his tax returns were in compliance with U.S. tax code all the msm has to do is say they weren’t and all the snowflakes and never Trumpers lose their minds no matter what the truth is

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

Tex. There is a Department of Justice that prosecutes normies and there is a Department of Just Us that protects the elite. I do not ever expect the latter to do anything about the attempted coup d’etat, just as they refused to prosecute those who have been referred by Congress and various IG’s.

Corporations and the rich hire lobbyists & make “contributions” to politicians to make sure the tax code is beneficial to them. I remember reading about GE having a Tax Avoidance division that was one of the most profitable in the corporation. They spent a few hundred million to save billions each year. A flat tax would screw all of them and be beneficial to We the People.

Carlin was absolutely correct – It’s a big club and we (the people) ain’t in it.

Auntie Kriest
Auntie Kriest

Perhaps the Demoncratz will utilize the skills of a ventriloquist to have their candidate say the proper things at the “debate”.

Auntie thinks that the proceedings could wind up a vivisection as JHK suggests rightly, with historical precedent (think Nixon versus Kennedy), or even a Halloween themed sneak-preview autopsy, if the stars align just right tomorrow night.

Anonymous
Anonymous

“(think Nixon versus Kennedy)” I’m think’n Milli Vanilli. Ha! That would be a hoot.

22winmag - I was told about 2020 in 1981
22winmag - I was told about 2020 in 1981

As a tactical election consideration, it is probably for the best, at this point, that there is no appearance of using the Durham investigation as a campaign weapon. It’s unfortunate that it took Mr. Durham so long to unravel the seditious intrigues of RussiaGate, but that only suggests how complex and far-ranging the scheme was, overlapping several agencies, the two houses of congress, and a host of sketchy characters outside of government.

Trump apologists are now busy rationalizing and excusing Trump’s obstruction of justice in failing to release the Durham report.

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Mr. Trump will have to make his case for reelection by other means.

Yeah, by forcing his base drink COGNITIVE DISSONANCE RETARD JUICE.

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On The Beach
On The Beach

Mormontard Romney troll.

William Williams
William Williams

You know, very few boards have their own Mormontard Troll.
Burning Platform stands out yet again!

Just Sayin'
Just Sayin'

Don’t listen to uninformed twits like “22”. Durham is a prosecutor he does not “issue reports”, he prosecutes crimes. Everyone gnashing their teeth over this does not understand. It won’t be a report it will be either indictments or no indictments.

The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against an individual accused of breaking the law. Typically, the prosecutor represents the government in the case brought against the accused person.

Just Sayin’

22winmag - I was told about 2020 in 1981
22winmag - I was told about 2020 in 1981

Semantics. Durham is a SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR.

There is only one AG who calls the shots. Junior prosecutors and special investigators write reports to the AG and nothing goes public or moves forward without his okay.

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Panzerlied

Yeh, Barr was a great choice. He isn’t deep state or a standby political hack,or anything, but he sure kept Lon Horiuchi,s fat out of the fire. What are you trying to do, derail the Trump train?

William Williams
William Williams

Here’s hoping that, when Horiuchi finally dies, his grave site will become public knowledge so I can go piss on it.

ursel doran
ursel doran

Prosecutors do NOT issue indictments.
They present their findings to Grand juries, to issue indictments if required.

Panzerlied

Winnie – Looks like you might have ruffled more than a few feathers in the Trump’s Okay camp.
They’ll still be waiting for Trump to circle the wagons when BLM and Antifa is running off with their scalps. It’s easier to fool someone than to convince them that they’ve been fooled – Mark Twain.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs

Man is that last line ever true.

BL
BL

Ever notice there are very few 20 to 30 uppers but .22 can get 31 downers in a heartbeat….how is that? There aren’t even 30 Trumptards left on TBP, who is this silent downer army?

Foot in the Forest
Foot in the Forest

I am sure that Barr and co. will have wrapped up their investigation with a report of nothing to see here by the 2024 presidential race.

G C
G C

Don’t forget what Trump said about the Clintons after he won the 2016 election:
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Anonymous
Anonymous

That was a warning. If they let Trump alone, he would not hassle them. But Hillary just can’t fade away.

RHS Jr
RHS Jr

I would not socialize with two Murdering Thieving Communist Traitors; something’s wrong here.

Anonymous
Anonymous

There had to be an eye opening event, this might have been it.

BL
BL

RHS- That is the wedding of Donnie to Melania, Hitlery and Bill were the most honored guests and sat in the front row where family sits. Yeah, they are tight and you have been had. I have read the guest list, a who’s who of liberal Dems.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs

Looks like they’re swapping for the night. Ugh, trump must have really needed a favor.

BL
BL

Flea-You’d have to need a kidney AND a liver to be that hard up. Also it would be impossible to get a hard up.

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

If you are rich, you always buy the politicians who are in power, whether you agree with them or not. Trump has bought a lot of politicians in his time.

BL
BL

TN- Trump was also a liberal DEM up to 2008 and Ivanka and Jared666 were ultra-liberal DEM up to 1 month before the 2016 election. Trump attended and participated in the DEM conventions every election until TPTB had him switch so he could be the SELECTED puppet .

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

BL – Trump ran a third party candidacy from within the republican party. He saw how well Perot was accepted by the disaffected and added his own little twist to it. He is a Populist running as a republican.

BL
BL

That’s what I said TN, you just forgot to add SELECTED PUPPET to your last comment.

Anonymous
Anonymous

He says this about most despicable people yet he is labeled as “divisive”.

Anonymous
Anonymous

If Biden drops down and does 20 push-ups, you’ll know they overmedicated him.

RHS Jr
RHS Jr

You’ll know it’s his Dopple-ganger.

ursel doran
ursel doran

Well organized and financed gullible children to create strife and chaos for the election.
8 minute video lays it out, with Armstrong notes.
BLM is the front for all this election strife chaos.  Green New Deal is admitted to be NOTHING about anything Green.

Youth Against Parents

BUCKHED/BUY MORE AMMO
BUCKHED/BUY MORE AMMO

More like someone’s peeing in the soup .

piearesquared
piearesquared

I like Kunstler, but he is hopelessly delusional on the subject of the Durham investigation. If Trump and his allies actually had any intention of rooting out the “traitors” in the Deep State, Trump would have fired Jeff Sessions immediately when it became obvious that he was completely incompetent as Attorney General (which was about two days after the Mueller investigation started), and then instructed his successor (someone other than Barr) to clean house in the FBI and other government agencies, and start issuing indictments. Most people don’t seem to understand that the FBI is part of the DOJ, which is an Executive Branch agency. Trump is the boss of the DOJ and the FBI. Trump apologists always excuse Trump by saying that he can’t get cooperation from the DOJ and the FBI. So what? Trump can legally do anything that can be legally done by the DOJ and FBI. He can walk into the DOJ headquarters and instruct the AG to do XYZ. If the AG doesn’t do it, then he fires the AG and moves on to the next person in the chain of command and instructs him to do XYZ. If that person doesn’t do it then he fires that person and moves on to the next person in the chain of command, and so on down the line. If he can’t find anyone in the DOJ to do what he wants then he can do it himself.

Of course none of this happened, and can’t happen, because Trump isn’t in charge of anything. He is completely captured by the Deep State (through threats, blackmail, or possibly is just a useful idiot who doesn’t even understand what is happening) and just does what he is told by his handlers, of which Bill Barr is one.

Stucky

“The side-effects are interesting: …… prolonged erections (in males). Watch for these.”

1. Huh! No comments about this?

2. After writing “prolonged erections” isn’t it redundant to write “(in males)”?

3. Watching for boners in a presidential election …. what is this country becoming??

Stucky

*********** STUCKY Q.O.T.D. ****************

Q: — Whose boner is this?

——– UP-vote if Trump’s
——– DOWN-vote if Biden’s

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Diaperless in NH ILuvCO2
Diaperless in NH ILuvCO2

That beak has to hurt like hell on the pull back stroke.

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

Could Jill and the handlers be “changing his clock” so he thinks night is now day so he will be more lucid tomorrow night?

Anonymous
Anonymous

Or he wears a mask with a hidden speaker under it which someone with a voice changer uses to carry on the debate. Anything can be faked nowdays.

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