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wademh
2022-12-06 12:06:41 PM  
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Resistance is futile
 
Chariset [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 12:31:43 PM  

wademh: [render.fineartamerica.com image 545x400]
Resistance is futile


Eh, okay.  I'll start.

Ohm.
 
snowjack [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 12:47:37 PM  
FTFA: "As for the question of whether a criminal referral for former President Donald Trump is still under consideration, Thompson replied to reporters, "Good try." "

They're really edging the hell out of this, aren't they?
 
TommyDeuce [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 12:48:45 PM  
May'nt somethin gonna happen?
 
offacue [TotalFark]
2022-12-06 12:49:26 PM  
Amps currently being renamed anghs.  Yes, currently.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 12:53:34 PM  
Getting this out of the way right now:

YAWN MORE PROCEDURAL DRIVEL AIN'T NOTHING GONNA HAPPEN WAKE WE UP WHEN THEY'RE ALL THROWN INTO THE RANCOR PIT
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 12:54:31 PM  
It's ALMOSTlike Nancy, Chuck, and the committee members knew the midterms were coming and they would probably lose seats.

It's ALMOSTlike they decided to run as long as they could to fully utilize the time committee had available.

It's ALMOSTlike they understood that they could send referrals at the 11th hour if they lost their majorities.

It's ALMOSTlike they know sending referrals to the DOJ will make GQP farkery harder next session.

But that can't be it, because that would mean the Eeyores DON'T know more about this stuff than the trained professionals.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 12:54:46 PM  
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markie_farkie [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 12:58:47 PM  

snowjack: FTFA: "As for the question of whether a criminal referral for former President Donald Trump is still under consideration, Thompson replied to reporters, "Good try." "

They're really edging the hell out of this, aren't they?


Good Try was the reply to the reporter who thought he could get Thompson to tip his hand on the scope and targets ahead of the actual referrals.
 
AdmirableSnackbar [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 12:59:02 PM  
This is just the thing to get Garland to stop ignoring Trump and other high-level Republicans. This will get our DOJ to act, just like they did against Mark Meadows and how they threw the book at Bannon. Things are really going to start moving now!
 
APO_Buddha [TotalFark]
2022-12-06 1:04:38 PM  
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Outshined_One [TotalFark]
2022-12-06 1:06:52 PM  

AdmirableSnackbar: This is just the thing to get Garland to stop ignoring Trump and other high-level Republicans. This will get our DOJ to act, just like they did against Mark Meadows and how they threw the book at Bannon. Things are really going to start moving now!


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snowjack [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 1:07:08 PM  

markie_farkie: snowjack: FTFA: "As for the question of whether a criminal referral for former President Donald Trump is still under consideration, Thompson replied to reporters, "Good try." "

They're really edging the hell out of this, aren't they?

Good Try was the reply to the reporter who thought he could get Thompson to tip his hand on the scope and targets ahead of the actual referrals.


Yeah but they just keep teasing, and teasing, and I'm soooo close
 
Nick el Ass
2022-12-06 1:07:10 PM  
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Hugh2d2
2022-12-06 1:07:34 PM  
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HugsAndPuppies
2022-12-06 1:07:40 PM  
I am glad to see it, but I seem to recall Bennie stating at the start that they explicitly were NOT going to do any criminal referrals.  Wonder what changed their minds?
 
whidbey
2022-12-06 1:07:58 PM  

SpectroBoy: [Fark user image 850x592]


I love how when it really comes down to it, they really don't like to be called that.
 
sniderman
2022-12-06 1:08:03 PM  
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red230
2022-12-06 1:08:51 PM  
Some staffers that we've never heard of are going to see some time in prison for following orders. The high ranking people that gave them the orders won't be prosecuted.
 
Majin_Buu [OhFark]
2022-12-06 1:08:57 PM  
That reminds me I need to buy one of those giant tins with three flavors of popcorn in it. Even if nothing happens with J6, I can sit at a park and ride off I35 and livestream all the crashes I see during the next snowstorm.
 
Soup4Bonnie [TotalFark]
2022-12-06 1:09:18 PM  

HugsAndPuppies: I am glad to see it, but I seem to recall Bennie stating at the start that they explicitly were NOT going to do any criminal referrals.  Wonder what changed their minds?


I do not recall that.
 
Mad-n-FL
2022-12-06 1:09:39 PM  

wademh: Resistance is futile


With republicans, just avoiding MAGA "Deliverance" may become vital.
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]
2022-12-06 1:09:42 PM  
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odinsposse
2022-12-06 1:10:26 PM  

snowjack: FTFA: "As for the question of whether a criminal referral for former President Donald Trump is still under consideration, Thompson replied to reporters, "Good try." "

They're really edging the hell out of this, aren't they?


That's their job. It's not like the DOJ has been waiting for Congress to reveal that there are crimes here considering the DOJ has already made arrests and convictions. Congressional investigations are always political in nature and the point of this one was to keep the criminal acts of 1/6 in the headlines. They could probably have done a few more years of hearings if they had kept the House.
 
Tax Boy
2022-12-06 1:10:28 PM  

HugsAndPuppies: I am glad to see it, but I seem to recall Bennie stating at the start that they explicitly were NOT going to do any criminal referrals.  Wonder what changed their minds?


The promise of a thread filled with raerae's Aubrey Plaza gifs
 
rudemix [OhFark]
2022-12-06 1:10:39 PM  
'Your empirical evidence that as of yet nothing has happened is nothing compared to my belief it totally is happening' - Pollyanna

'Once you get past these 400 posts of Pollyannas saying 'Was I in before the eeyores...oh too late' you may actually see an eeyore post' - also Pollyannas
 
EyeballKid
2022-12-06 1:11:16 PM  

red230: Some staffers that we've never heard of are going to see some time in prison for following orders. The high ranking people that gave them the orders won't be prosecuted.


sEe, eEyOrEs?! sOmEtHiNg hApPeNeD!

/All worth it for the week-and-a-half that criminal mastermind George Dopplepoppoloppolloppolloppolollipoppolis spent in a federal country club.
 
BlazeTrailer
2022-12-06 1:12:07 PM  

SpectroBoy: It's ALMOSTlike Nancy, Chuck, and the committee members knew the midterms were coming and they would probably lose seats.

It's ALMOSTlike they decided to run as long as they could to fully utilize the time committee had available.

It's ALMOSTlike they understood that they could send referrals at the 11th hour if they lost their majorities.

It's ALMOSTlike they know sending referrals to the DOJ will make GQP farkery harder next session.

But that can't be it, because that would mean the Eeyores DON'T know more about this stuff than the trained professionals.


You're proposing that this has all been theatre. I'm not sure the Eeyores would argue with you.
 
qorkfiend [TotalFark]
2022-12-06 1:12:19 PM  

rudemix: 'Your empirical evidence that as of yet nothing has happened is nothing compared to my belief it totally is happening' - Pollyanna

'Once you get past these 400 posts of Pollyannas saying 'Was I in before the eeyores...oh too late' you may actually see an eeyore post' - also Pollyannas


This is a novel definition of "empirical evidence"
 
Vansthing [OhFark]
2022-12-06 1:12:26 PM  

Soup4Bonnie: HugsAndPuppies: I am glad to see it, but I seem to recall Bennie stating at the start that they explicitly were NOT going to do any criminal referrals.  Wonder what changed their minds?

I do not recall that.


The PURPOSE was not for criminal referrals, it was to gather the information, whether or not referrals were to happen depending on the evidence obtained. I'm sure some low level coffee boy shall get the blame and TFG shall be determined to be the victim of another political witch hunt.
 
discrete unit
2022-12-06 1:12:48 PM  
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See? That was nothing. But that's how it always begins. Very small.
 
Soup4Bonnie [TotalFark]
2022-12-06 1:12:50 PM  

Soup4Bonnie: HugsAndPuppies: I am glad to see it, but I seem to recall Bennie stating at the start that they explicitly were NOT going to do any criminal referrals.  Wonder what changed their minds?

I do not recall that.


But I found supporting evidence for your statement here, so you are very correct and this is probably why my wife has me write a list if there's more than three things to pick up from the store.
 
Kitty2.0 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 1:13:06 PM  

Soup4Bonnie: HugsAndPuppies: I am glad to see it, but I seem to recall Bennie stating at the start that they explicitly were NOT going to do any criminal referrals.  Wonder what changed their minds?

I do not recall that.


Neither do I and I watched every minute of it.
 
JimmyTheHutt
2022-12-06 1:13:19 PM  
The DOJ will ignore those recommendations.  They are real good at that.
 
CCNP
2022-12-06 1:13:39 PM  

SpectroBoy: It's ALMOSTlike Nancy, Chuck, and the committee members knew the midterms were coming and they would probably lose seats.

It's ALMOSTlike they decided to run as long as they could to fully utilize the time committee had available.

It's ALMOSTlike they understood that they could send referrals at the 11th hour if they lost their majorities.

It's ALMOSTlike they know sending referrals to the DOJ will make GQP farkery harder next session.

But that can't be it, because that would mean the Eeyores DON'T know more about this stuff than the trained professionals.


Everybody needs to understand the best investigators, with the deepest knowledge of crime, are in Congress.

When it comes to crime, people in the DOJ are rank amateurs, compared to the criminal experts in Congress.
 
sleze
2022-12-06 1:14:35 PM  

SpectroBoy: [Fark user image 850x592]


OK, I'll bite.

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/wake me when the prominent politicians involved start getting sentenced to prison.
 
I know a guy
2022-12-06 1:15:20 PM  
Oh, good. So if the committee sends criminal referrals to the DOJ, that means we should see Garland's team indicting TFG by spring... of 2028.
 
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2022-12-06 1:15:20 PM  
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Oysterman
2022-12-06 1:16:05 PM  
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geocacherphil
2022-12-06 1:17:17 PM  
Referrals are not charges.  Garland says just throw them on the pile
 
Vansthing [OhFark]
2022-12-06 1:17:17 PM  

Soup4Bonnie: Soup4Bonnie: HugsAndPuppies: I am glad to see it, but I seem to recall Bennie stating at the start that they explicitly were NOT going to do any criminal referrals.  Wonder what changed their minds?

I do not recall that.

But I found supporting evidence for your statement here, so you are very correct and this is probably why my wife has me write a list if there's more than three things to pick up from the store.


Huh, I forgot about that and to answer H&P's question, probably the other members on the committee, as per your linked article, that immediately pushed back on the idea of giving the results before the hearings.
 
DoctorCal
2022-12-06 1:18:04 PM  
As for the question of whether a criminal referral for former President Donald Trump is still under consideration, Thompson replied to reporters, "Good try."

Good try at what? Like they're trying to trick him into revealing Oscar winners before the show? It would be absolutely tragic if we had any transparency.
 
Tarl3k
2022-12-06 1:18:05 PM  

SpectroBoy: It's ALMOSTlike Nancy, Chuck, and the committee members knew the midterms were coming and they would probably lose seats.

It's ALMOSTlike they decided to run as long as they could to fully utilize the time committee had available.

It's ALMOSTlike they understood that they could send referrals at the 11th hour if they lost their majorities.

It's ALMOSTlike they know sending referrals to the DOJ will make GQP farkery harder next session.

But that can't be it, because that would mean the Eeyores DON'T know more about this stuff than the trained professionals.


They'll still whine until TFG is convicted, and then they'll whine that he isn't in solitary.
 
ElwoodCuse
2022-12-06 1:18:33 PM  
lmao you idiots think this means something is going to happen

no, nothing is. George W Bush out front should have told you

/and Reagan
//and Nixon
 
Gin Buddy [TotalFark]
2022-12-06 1:18:36 PM  

Soup4Bonnie: Soup4Bonnie: HugsAndPuppies: I am glad to see it, but I seem to recall Bennie stating at the start that they explicitly were NOT going to do any criminal referrals.  Wonder what changed their minds?

I do not recall that.

But I found supporting evidence for your statement here, so you are very correct and this is probably why my wife has me write a list if there's more than three things to pick up from the store.


To be fair though, his statement didn't seem to be very popular with the rest of the committee.

So the committee didn't change course, Bennie did.
 
quo vadimus
2022-12-06 1:19:42 PM  

SpectroBoy: It's ALMOSTlike Nancy, Chuck, and the committee members knew the midterms were coming and they would probably lose seats.

It's ALMOSTlike they decided to run as long as they could to fully utilize the time committee had available.

It's ALMOSTlike they understood that they could send referrals at the 11th hour if they lost their majorities.

It's ALMOSTlike they know sending referrals to the DOJ will make GQP farkery harder next session.

But that can't be it, because that would mean the Eeyores DON'T know more about this stuff than the trained professionals.


On what date can we agree that, if nothing has happened yet, nothing's gonna happen? Because otherwise Polyannas might as well also say that I'm going to bed with Anna Kendrick. It's gonna happen. Just keep waiting.

Not a single Polyanna has ever responded to this question. Wanna step up to the plate?
 
AdmirableSnackbar [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 1:19:44 PM  

Gin Buddy: Soup4Bonnie: Soup4Bonnie: HugsAndPuppies: I am glad to see it, but I seem to recall Bennie stating at the start that they explicitly were NOT going to do any criminal referrals.  Wonder what changed their minds?

I do not recall that.

But I found supporting evidence for your statement here, so you are very correct and this is probably why my wife has me write a list if there's more than three things to pick up from the store.

To be fair though, his statement didn't seem to be very popular with the rest of the committee.

So the committee didn't change course, Bennie did.


Kind of goes to show how we need better leaders who are willing to actually stand up and fight for what's right.
 
whidbey
2022-12-06 1:19:56 PM  

Tarl3k: SpectroBoy: It's ALMOSTlike Nancy, Chuck, and the committee members knew the midterms were coming and they would probably lose seats.

It's ALMOSTlike they decided to run as long as they could to fully utilize the time committee had available.

It's ALMOSTlike they understood that they could send referrals at the 11th hour if they lost their majorities.

It's ALMOSTlike they know sending referrals to the DOJ will make GQP farkery harder next session.

But that can't be it, because that would mean the Eeyores DON'T know more about this stuff than the trained professionals.

They'll still whine until TFG is convicted, and then they'll whine that he isn't in solitary.


There's always some goalpost move, isn't there?  Enough to power a mid-sized city.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 1:20:21 PM  

BlazeTrailer: SpectroBoy: It's ALMOSTlike Nancy, Chuck, and the committee members knew the midterms were coming and they would probably lose seats.

It's ALMOSTlike they decided to run as long as they could to fully utilize the time committee had available.

It's ALMOSTlike they understood that they could send referrals at the 11th hour if they lost their majorities.

It's ALMOSTlike they know sending referrals to the DOJ will make GQP farkery harder next session.

But that can't be it, because that would mean the Eeyores DON'T know more about this stuff than the trained professionals.

You're proposing that this has all been theatre. I'm not sure the Eeyores would argue with you.


No that's not what I am saying.

I'm saying they played the hand they were dealt.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-06 1:21:12 PM  

CCNP: SpectroBoy: It's ALMOSTlike Nancy, Chuck, and the committee members knew the midterms were coming and they would probably lose seats.

It's ALMOSTlike they decided to run as long as they could to fully utilize the time committee had available.

It's ALMOSTlike they understood that they could send referrals at the 11th hour if they lost their majorities.

It's ALMOSTlike they know sending referrals to the DOJ will make GQP farkery harder next session.

But that can't be it, because that would mean the Eeyores DON'T know more about this stuff than the trained professionals.

Everybody needs to understand the best investigators, with the deepest knowledge of crime, are in Congress.

When it comes to crime, people in the DOJ are rank amateurs, compared to the criminal experts in Congress.


Por que no los dos ?
 
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