Newt on Towergate Drama: ‘All of this Smells to High Heaven’

Does anyone seriously doubt that the Obama administration could’ve been surveilling Trump? This is an administration that has denigrated privacy for its citizens more than any administration in the history of the country. In the era of Snowden, wanton disregard for the rights of privacy by Obama’s NSA, it’s absurd to dismiss Trump’s charges as being baseless, until all of the facts are investigated.

Newt chimes on recent events, saying the media is trying to cover up for Obama’s actions.

The President’s tweets regarding alleged Obama wiretapping of Trump Towers during the campaign is making a lot of waves this afternoon — with the Sunday lineup of shills being interviewed on political discussion talk shows. From what we can gather thus far, the White House is calling for an investigation into the President’s claims that Obama wiretapped his offices.

Rep. Schiff (D) calls the charges baseless and without merit, pointing out that Sean Spicer has said he would not discuss the matter further until it was investigated through the proper channels.

MORE: @RepAdamSchiff responds to WH request for wiretap inquiry: “Not even Spicer wishes to have to speak to such a unsubstantiated charge.” pic.twitter.com/3xVJmRHNeI

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 5, 2017

Trump’s spokeswoman said she did not trust the Obama denial, illuminating a few points where the Obama administration had been less than forthcoming about their meddling in the past.

WH spokesperson on Obama’s denial of unsubstantiated wiretap claim: “They don’t have the best track record” https://t.co/sjsbtCrwyq pic.twitter.com/c1ATYUNLkr

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 5, 2017

Here’s the former Director of National Security, James Clapper, saying, unequivocally, that there wasn’t a FISA court ordered wiretap on candidate Trump.

George Bush’s former AG, Mukasey, said there was some sort of surveillance taking place on Trump or his cohorts during the campaign.

If we strip it all away and simply look at the facts on the ground, President Obama either illegally wiretapped candidate Trump’s offices or did so legally — that much is certain. If James Clapper is correct that there wasn’t a court order for surveillance, then logic dictates they were done outside the boundaries of the law. The middle ground is a revelation that someone other than Trump was being surveilled at Trump Tower and Obama’s talking heads are merely obfuscating the facts, in order to derail a proper inquiry.

Radio talk show host and former assistant to AG Meese wraps it all up nicely, concluding that Obama’s spying was overt and blatant tactics of a police state.

According to USCIS, the ever important H1b visas for highly skilled foreign labor will be suspended for up to 6 months, starting April 3rd. Approximately 70% of H1b visa recipients come from India, gobbling up highly coveted tech jobs in the United States — at discounted rates.

People are speculating this is a precursor to Trump’s revamped immigration policy, placing restrictions on the 85,000 H1b visas issued by the government on an annual basis. Some believe the President will require a much higher minimum wage for recipients, which currently stands at $60,000 per annum. There is a bill hanging in the balance which would increase that amount to over $100,000 — effectively ending the Silicon Valley gravy train or force them to move facilities overseas.

This is bad news for Indian IT firms like $CTSH and $INFY.

Indian official says H-1B visas bolster jobs 01:31
Premium processing costs an additional $1,225 and ensures a response from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services in 15 days or the fee is refunded. Processing of standard H-1B applications — those that are not premium — takes between three to six months.

The visas are doled out by a lottery, and the number of applicants continues to swell each year. Last year, the demand was three times greater than the quota.

Outsourcing firms flood the system with applicants, obtaining visas for foreign workers and then farming them out to tech companies. They take a sizable cut of the salary.

While the visas are used to fill the US skills gap, Trump has spoken out about abuse of the program.

There it is folks, it’s over. Whatever light that you gleaned from the recent flurry of Trump tweets, accusing the great Obama of wiretapping his offices, is over.

According to Obama’s spokesman, LEWIS, Obama never, ever, ordered a wiretap on any American citizen (extra Snowden).

Just in: Obama spokesman says Obama never ordered surveillance, after Donald Trump claims he was wiretapped https://t.co/tqr6FG8AyV

— CNN (@CNN) March 4, 2017

How will Trump recover from this rebuttal?

UPDATE: ‘We need a serious investigation.’

They DID get #FISA & wire tap Trump Tower. Couldn't find anything so they resort to lies. Obama holdovers must go. #MAGA & lock Obama up. pic.twitter.com/8y1xdhKlYZ

— NanasForTrump?? (@deplorable_k) March 4, 2017

UPDATE: Nevermind. It’s literally nothing. Former Obama administration officials said Obama did nothing wrong, according to CNN.

The more I bear witness to the events transpiring around me, the more I believe the timeline has been altered in the multiverse. We’re now living in truly interesting times. You can feel it in every second of existence, even if said seconds are measurably less than before (Mandela time counting theory!).

In a barrage of morning tweets, President Trump accused Obama of wiretapping his offices at Trump Tower. He didn’t reveal any evidence and I find this allegation to be incredible, especially since he’s going to be pressed like a panini, by the media, to provide some sort of evidence for making these claims

The first meeting Jeff Sessions had with the Russian Amb was set up by the Obama Administration under education program for 100 Ambs……

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

Is it legal for a sitting President to be "wire tapping" a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

We’re rolling a slow burn towards anarchy. It’s coming.

The good folks at iBankcoin, in conjunction with the grande recursive order of the knights of the lambda calculus, hereby demand a thorough and swift investigation into Rep. Pelosi’s dealings with the Russians.

Just today, in an interview with Politico, she said she had never met with the Russian Ambassador. Later it was revealed, she in fact lied and had met with him.

Asked if she'd met with Kislyak, Pelosi said: "Not with this Russian ambassador, no."
A 2010 photo shows otherwise. https://t.co/sgFkvdY8A6 pic.twitter.com/RCdPLOeU4u

— POLITICO (@politico) March 3, 2017

When will the madness end?

If found guilty, we wish to reinstate public hangings so that future generations will learn the expensive cost of treason is in fact paid for in blood.

Strange things have been happening the past few years.

Black swan errors have been taking place on a regular basis — such as the wrong crowning of Miss Universe, an egregious error in the announcement of the best movie of the year — an unbelievable super bowl victory by the New England Patriots and a stock market that goes up on any news.

Set aside the fact that a reality, shit posting, teevee star is now our President, tweeting all day long, casting aspersions at his many enemies — the god damned spelling of the Berenstein Bears has been altered, forever.

I did a poll last night about the spelling of the Berenstein Bears and 75% of you said it ended with ‘stein’ — yet that spelling is, inexorably, wrong.

Which spelling is correct?

— The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) March 3, 2017

It’s called the ‘Mandela Effect‘ and we’re all part of it. The timeline in the multiverse has been changed and the matrix is now being controlled by a prankster, someone fucking around with things to see how we deal with it.

Or, we’re all gone mad.

The idea that we’re living through an indiscernible simulation is looking increasingly plausible.

Your theory?

President Trump has entered the kindergarten playhouse today by trolling the democrats with a picture of Chuck Schumer with Vlad Putin. We’ve come to this ebb tide in American politics, which started with democrat refusal to accept the election of Donald Trump. Since then, they’ve done everything in their power to undermine the very fabric of democracy, trying to impose their will using rogue elements of the intelligence agencies, and shills in the media, to ‘resist’ Trump.

And so, we’re left here, talking about who met with Russians and the President of the United States shitposting on twitter.

We should start an immediate investigation into @SenSchumer and his ties to Russia and Putin. A total hypocrite! pic.twitter.com/Ik3yqjHzsA

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2017

Here’s Pelosi scared to mention that she merely met with Russians.

The timeline in the multiverse has been altered. I’ll prove it later.

Gold stocks have been scrotum punched to death the past two weeks, as the bitcoiners stole all the thunder. On average, gold stocks are down a catastrophically 15% during the same time bitcoins crested towards new highs.

Simultaneously, uranium stocks have fallen hard — leaving both gold and nukes in an unlikely ménage with one another — OVERSOLD — according to the basic principles and laws set forth by Exodus.

Both oscillators, which are a composite grade of our technical rankings, are at extremely low levels — based off data compiled over the past year.

In other words, gold and uranium haven’t been this oversold since December.

Do what you like with the information. I’ll continue to hold out for better prices for my wretched $UEC and $URG holdings. SAD!

Barry Eggers from Lightspeed Ventures had two kids in St. Francis catholic school in Mountainview, CA. These children enjoyed playing with Snapchat and this caused Eggers to seek out the founders of Snapchat and invest $500k in the company — making Lightspeed the first investors in the start up.

Then, which is unbelievable to me, Barry convinced his kids’ high school to invest $15k in Snapchat, from a fund started by parents for the little school back in 1990.

Who does that?

How did Eggers approach the school and say ‘hey Father, why don’t you take some of your endowment money and invest it with me in this little app that permits people to send naked photos of themselves to each other?’

Yesterday, St. Francis sold two thirds of their position, 1.4m shares, at $17.

I suppose the good catholics are letting the additional third run, justifiably, since it’s all found money at this stage.

St. Francis’ statement

“The school’s investment in Snap – which this morning announced the completion of its IPO – has matured and given us a significant boost as we continue our work towards realizing the bold vision and goals set out in our community-inspired strategic plan: leading with Hope & Zeal.”

How does that make you feel, honestly, knowing that investable opportunities like this only come by way of private markets that are mainly enjoyed by connected VCs and lucky catholic high schools who happen to educate their children? When was the last time the market truly produced a long term winner, based on growth, and now just some stock coming back from the dead?

All of the winners, $AAPL, $AMZN, $NFLX, have been chosen and their big gains are behind them. Aside from the occasional biotech stock shooting higher Off breakthrough clinical data, the markets gains have been muted and pale in comparison to what’s being made in the private markets.

In a sense, the public markets have been relegated to a dumping grounds for those early investors in the private markets hoping to get liquid on the Johnny Come Latelies.