Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

We have seven kinds of breakfast cereal and fresh berries in our kitchen, and a service that picks up your dry cleaning on-site. How could anyone be disgruntled?

Here at Starvision we are the absolute best! We take care of our team members bigly! 7 cereals, berries all paid for by the investors!

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Would Lindsey Graham's antics be such a constant shitshow if John McCain were still alive to shame him once in a while?

Yes.

TM

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Things I did not know: Congress does not recognize the attorney-client privilege.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took part in a July phone conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that is at the heart of a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...ejQHBHTj1s0WsI

TM

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Things I did not know: Congress does not recognize the attorney-client privilege.

That would seem like it would present lots of ethical issues. I mean, for someone with ethics doing lawyering, not Rudy.

Enough so that it makes me think that they likely do functionally recognize the privilege, in the form of generally not subpoenaing people's lawyers.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I only watched 2 seasons of Silicon Valley, but even I knew this. It’s like an entire industry ran by clones of Trump’s ego.

The number of SF companies that are just puffery and salesmanship has risen considerably. I blame Elon Musk.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

That legal immigration should be more merit/self-sustainability based, not based on chain migration.

What do I win? You admitting you were full hyperbolic shit? Somehow I doubt it.

LessinInleLakeMyanmar

Wait, you think conservatives aren't just a bunch of assholes on immigration? How long have you been out of the country?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

I think the next thing we'll start seeing is some of the rats fleeing the ship. That will make Trump look more vulnerable and then his own people will start turning on each other. Big question is, how many will go down? I'm betting we'll see more than a dozen high Trump officials in jail before it is over.

I just really, really hope that the list expands to include some his fan club in Congress, including McConnell.

I'm really late to this (and Wonking), but I'm guessing that a lot of this stems from Bolton's, er, disagreements with the current administration.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

No, but I have seen ads for it and it looked pretty funny.

I second the endorsement for Superstore. It's really well done, and on top of that, funny as shit.

I am pretty certain that every single one of us has been on a call like this one:

https://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi4010392857

(Background: Employees seeking clarification from Corporate if they have to fill out the relationship form if they're just fucking)

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I'm really late to this (and Wonking), but I'm guessing that a lot of this stems from Bolton's, er, disagreements with the current administration.

I have seen it suggested that he is the source for the leaks about the Administration's propensity to use the super-top-secret systems to stash records of his embarrassing phone calls with foreign leaders. That started before he got there, but seems like the sort of thing he would learn as NSA.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I second the endorsement for Superstore. It's really well done, and on top of that, funny as shit.

I am pretty certain that every single one of us has been on a call like this one:

https://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi4010392857

(Background: Employees seeking clarification from Corporate if they have to fill out the relationship form if they're just fucking)

Be the TJ in the world.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by greedy,greedy,greedy

be the tj in the world.

tj?

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Wait, you think conservatives aren't just a bunch of assholes on immigration? How long have you been out of the country?

Try again. Your challenge wasn't re whether the people taking the position are assholes, but whether any position they take is non-assholish. Strike one at changing your own question. Care to fail again?

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Things I did not know: Congress does not recognize the attorney-client privilege.

But how would his refusal to testify, I.e. contempt of Congress, be enforced? I presume only the DOJ has that power, so ...

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

But how would his refusal to testify, I.e. contempt of Congress, be enforced? I presume only the DOJ has that power, so ...

I think the typical route is a referral from Congress to the DOJ. But if it appeared that DOJ were representing the Executive Branch instead of the country, I imagine that Congressional lawyers would go directly to a judge and ask that the subject be held in contempt, and fined or held in custody until no longer in contempt.