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Wombaticus Rex » Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:28 pm wrote:

Nordic » Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:13 pm wrote:Because it makes a point?

No, because that point is aimed at someone here.

I know I can be inscrutable but this one is pretty straightforward.

You're not making a point about Hillary, you're scoring points on SLAD.

That said, of course: this is what makes America great, so by all means, carry on.

Point taken. Will edit.

Wombaticus Rex » Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:28 am wrote:

Nordic » Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:13 pm wrote:Because it makes a point?

No, because that point is aimed at someone here.

I know I can be inscrutable but this one is pretty straightforward.

You're not making a point about Hillary, you're scoring points on SLAD.

That said, of course: this is what makes America great, so by all means, carry on.

SLAD peaced if you didn't know. She told me over PM. I begged her to stay and so did NeonLX. But I think she might be gone for good.

Rory » Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:33 pm wrote:http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/28/fbi-probing-new-clinton-emails.html

The FBI is probing new emails related to Hillary Clinton, FBI Director James Comey said in a Friday letter.

"In previous congressional testimony, I referred to the fact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had completed its investigation of former Secretary Clinton's personal email server. Due to recent developments, I am writing to supplement my previous testimony," Comey wrote.

"In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation. I am writing to inform you that the investigative team briefed me on this yesterday, and I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation," he added.

"Although the FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant, and I cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work, I believe it is important to update your Committees about our efforts in light of my previous testimony," Comey concluded.

This news actually gives me a little bit of relief. While I've never been completely sold on the certainty some people express here that 'President Hillary Clinton = nuclear war', (the corollary to that being that President Donald "Bomb the Shit Out of ISIS" Trump could somehow avoid the pitfalls of nuclear conflagration I'm even less sold on) I do find her to be significantly more bellicose than Obama where foreign policy is concerned.

But if there's one thing history has taught us, it's pretty hard for a President to start or conduct a war while their administration is in the midst of a criminal investigation. Not only did the US war in Vietnam end while Nixon was going through Watergate, but I think it's possible if Watergate hadn't been such a significant distraction for Nixon while the Yom Kippur War was going on, he might have been tempted to meddle even more directly than an airlift of arms, which would have necessitated a Soviet response that would have taken US lower than the DEFCON 3 setting during that crisis.

That's how I foresee the next four years. For all of Donald Trump's "law and order" blathering, Hillary Clinton really is the new Richard Nixon.

That's not a bad call, and certainly wouldn't be the worst outcome foreign policy wise. The lulz this election have provided are a source of *popcorn gif* entertainment at every step of the way.

My hat is respectfully doffed to the relevant deities

I do hope that the entire Bush administration is thrown into a gulag for their 22 million emails.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/29/us/po ... p=cur&_r=0

WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials said Friday that the new emails uncovered in the closed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server were discovered after the F.B.I. seized electronic devices belonging to Huma Abedin, a top aide to Mrs. Clinton, and her husband, Anthony Weiner.

The F.B.I. is investigating illicit text messages that Mr. Weiner sent to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina. The bureau told Congress on Friday that it had uncovered new emails related to the Clinton case — one federal official said they numbered in the thousands — potentially reigniting an issue that has weighed on the presidential campaign and offering a lifeline to Donald J. Trump less than two weeks before the election.

In a letter to Congress, the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said that emails had surfaced in an unrelated case, and that they “appear to be pertinent to the investigation.”

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*breathe*

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lots more to come (<-- the tongue out is my fave part)

10 days before the election, the FBI decides to reopen the criminal investigation of Clinton springing from evidence they found while investigating Clinton top aide's pedo perv husband's sexting with minors.
That can't be good.

But if the Clinton body-count is really a thing, Weiner would have been dead by now.

For clarification, the investigation is not actually "reopening" as it was never closed to begin with.

That point aside, 90s nostalgia is alive and well as we can look forward to headlines containing the words "Clinton", "Scandal" and "Weiner" for at least the next several weeks.

Just when you thought the trainwreck known as "Election 2016" couldn't get any more tawdry.

norton ash » Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:18 pm wrote:But if the Clinton body-count is really a thing, Weiner would have been dead by now.

She wasn't going to murder her waifu's babydadda.

Though she might if todays events spin out of her control

Sam Stein –
Verified account ‏@samsteinhp
Pete Williams sources say in course of a separate investigation, FBI came across "a device." found emails there. but emails NOT from HRC
11:14 AM - 28 Oct 2016

https://mobile.twitter.com/samsteinhp/s ... 9286542337

So...what's the scandal?

stillrobertpaulsen » Fri Oct 28, 2016 11:35 am wrote:

Sam Stein –
Verified account ‏@samsteinhp
Pete Williams sources say in course of a separate investigation, FBI came across "a device." found emails there. but emails NOT from HRC
11:14 AM - 28 Oct 2016

https://mobile.twitter.com/samsteinhp/s ... 9286542337

So...what's the scandal?

The emails are to/from Huma Abedin. The device was shared by Abedin/Weiner (presumably a cell phone). Maybe they expose the conspiracy, the deliberate intent to destroy evidence as opposed to "Whoopsie where did those silly emails go?" But I guess we'll find out.

Freitag » Fri Oct 28, 2016 5:50 pm wrote:

stillrobertpaulsen » Fri Oct 28, 2016 11:35 am wrote:

Sam Stein –
Verified account ‏@samsteinhp
Pete Williams sources say in course of a separate investigation, FBI came across "a device." found emails there. but emails NOT from HRC
11:14 AM - 28 Oct 2016

https://mobile.twitter.com/samsteinhp/s ... 9286542337

So...what's the scandal?

The emails are to/from Huma Abedin. The device was shared by Abedin/Weiner (presumably a cell phone). Maybe they expose the conspiracy, the deliberate intent to destroy evidence as opposed to "Whoopsie where did those silly emails go?" But I guess we'll find out.

Well, considering it's only three emails the FBI found that "might" be relevant to the case and Podesta has already asked them to provide "full details" on those emails to the public, I'm willing to go out on a wild limb and predict there's no there there. But yes, we will find out soon enough. And, as Rory pointed out above, it's wonderful popcorn to enjoy with this magnificent theater!