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Maxine Waters Flips Her Wig After MSNBC’s Peter Alexander Confronts Over Comey Flip-Flop

Wed May 10, 2017 10:53pm EST 5

Maxine Waters had a bit of difficulty conveying her position on former FBI Director James Comey in an interview with MSNBC’s Peter Alexander Wednesday. Waters expressed outrage over Trump’s Comey’s dismissal – a man she said was incompetent to lead the Russia investigation less than four months ago.

Alexander: To be clear, you believe it would have been better to keep in place an FBI director who you said had no credibility to oversee this investigation, than to find someone who you think would be a better choice?

Waters: No, but I believe the President thought that. Don’t forget, you’re talkin’ about what some Democrat said, what I said, but don’t forget – he was the President.

Alexander: But you said he had no credibility, so it would seem to make sense that he should get rid of him!

Waters: No, no no no.

Alexander: The bottom line is that you think an FBI director without credibility would have been best served in this position to try to pursue this investigation?

Alexander then challenged Waters to a hypothetical on whether or not Hillary should have fired Comey had she won:

Alexander: So if Hillary Clinton had won the White House, would you have recommended that she fire FBI director James Comey?

Waters: Well, let me tell ya something; if she had won the White House I believe that given what he did to her, and what he tried to do, she should have fired him – yes.

Alexander: So she should have fired him but he shouldn’t have fired him?

Waters in January:

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Dalai Lama Tells Nancy Pelosi To Quit Being So Negative

Wed May 10, 2017 7:23pm EST 9

Ok, his holiness didn’t exactly say it like that, however the Dalai Lama did tell the Democrat House Minority Leader worth upward of $100 million that he would pray for her to “rid herself of her negative attitude about dwelling on the negative too much.”

What does Pelosi have to be negative about? Oh right – the DNC lost the house, senate, and hundreds of upcoming judicial appointments across the country.

She caught heat for charging taxpayers over $100K for in-flight booze while on official business.

Her daughter led the failed faithless elector charge.

Ol’ Nancy didn’t get that huge increase in Syrian refugees she wanted – saying in 2015 that raising the U.S. refugee cap by 5,000 was “far too low.”

Or maybe she’s incurring some negative karma for her support of regime change in Syria? She was a huge fan of Trump’s Tomahawk attack, after all.

Pelosi loved Bashar Al Assad before calling for his head in 2013 over Syrian chemical weapons use – which many have suggested was a false flag to drag the US into yet another regime change. The NYT even retracted it’s claims blaming Assad for the attacks.  The April 14th gas attacks in Syria have been similarly called into question, yet St. Pelosi is calling for another game of “We came, We saw, He died.”

Maybe she’s not right with the cosmos after steering Billions of taxpayer dollars into projects which benefitted her husband’s investments?

The top Democrat in the House of Representatives steered more than a billion dollars in subsidies to a light rail project that benefitted a company run by a high-dollar Democratic donor and in which her husband is a major investor. -Free Beacon

Is Nancy’s exemption from insider trading laws, allowing her to profit in IPOs like Visa while having material nonpublic information weighing on her soul?

Perhaps Miss Nancy has incurred some negative karma for promoting gun control – which has proven time and time again to raise crime, as criminals have no problem disobeying gun-free zones. Maybe history will remember Pelosi’s wish to disarm Americans yet another precursor to oppression? After all, successful genocides have all started with gun registration followed by confiscation.

But nothing like fighting for Tibet to ease a guilty conscience, right? It’s all the rage with Nancy’s base in California – if I’m to believe the bumper stickers.

Whatever is causing Nancy Pelosi to dwell on the negative, the Dalai Lama is praying for her.

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COMEY REACTIONS: Trump Trolls Schumer, Olbermann Explodes, Assange Teases New Leaks

Wed May 10, 2017 5:05am EST 8

Well, the Democrats got their wish from just 6 short months ago; James Comey is no longer Director of the FBI – fired yesterday for his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server. The former FBI director apparently thought it was a prank when he saw news of his dismissal on TV while giving a speech to employees at the Los Angeles office.

Democrats loved Comey before they hated him, and now love him again

Democrats were enamored with Comey over the summer when he famously recommended against pressing charges in the Clinton email investigation. Then, they soured on Comey after he reopened the investigation a little over a week before the election – based on information obtained by the NYPD from Anthony Weiner’s laptop while under investigation for sexting an underage girl.

Comey closed the pre-election investigation two days before polls opened, finding no wrongdoing – however the many in the DNC said the damage had been done – with many (including Hillary) blaming him for Clinton’s loss. Comey was vilified by the left, which is perhaps why Stephen Colbert’s audience cheered last night when the rabid Trump foe (and Podesta pal) broke the news of Comey’s firing. Meanwhile, Democrats in Washington are totally melting down – suggesting Trump “staged a coup,” and is a traitor for firing the (once again venerable) James Comey.

And it seems that Trump is back to his old ways, talking shit over Twitter. This felt like campaign trail Trump:

Some have even suggested Trump even trolled Comey and/or the deep state on Comey’s dismissal letter, which spells out “I WIN” down the left side.

Let’s take a trip back in time to recall how Democrats felt about Comey after the second email investigation:

Chuck Schumer

Harry Reid (D-NV)

Steve Cohen (D-TN)

Obama’s handler new roommate Valerie Jarrett urged Obama to fire Comey.

James Brown Maxine Waters had this to say in January

Keith Olbermann is having a grand-mal meltdown:

Let’s compare Olbermann from yesterday vs. November 6th

More idiocy:

And so on and so forth – Democrats are SHOCKED and APPALLED that Trump would fire the honorable Jim Comey in the middle of the Russia investigation – much of which has been based on an increasingly discredited Russian hacking report from CroweStrike, an Irvine, CA company partially funded by Google, which was the only entity to analyze DNC servers in relation to claims of election hacking.

Quite interestingly – Julian Assange’s FBI source says we should prepare for more leaks:

Perhaps, as some have suggested, Comey had been stonewalling internal FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation. Consider the following:

Comey has been a deep state operative for most of his professional career:

  • He earned more than $6 million in one year working for Lockheed Martin (manufacturer of the F-35 debacle), the year they became a Clinton Foundation donor.
  • He became a member of the board at HSBC bank shortly after NY AG at the time Loretta “tarmac” Lynch let the Clinton Foundation partner slide with a slap on the wrist for laundering drug money.
  • He let Hillary off the hook for egregious illegal violations of national security by recommending not to prosecute her.

BUT THEN HE TURNED ON HER!

Here’s a thought, get on your tin-foil hat… Thanks to incredibly sophisticated technology at their disposal, the ‘deep state’ knew early on that Hillary was in big trouble – which is why they started seeding the phrase “fake news” in early 2016 to try and discredit rapidly growing support for then candidate Trump. Using highly predictive data collected from Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the NSA, they were able to gauge national sentiment in near real-time with pinpoint accuracy. Assuming that’s what happened, because it did, now imagine that as the election drew nearer the deep state absolutely knew Hillary was going to lose…

What to do?

Have Comey re-open the email investigation, let Hillary lose, and blame the loss on a combination of Russian hacking and Comey’s erratic investigative actions throughout the election. Have a Rothschild blame Clinton campaign chair John Podesta for good measure, thus solidifying the notion that poor Hillary was a victim of the Russians, James Comey, and John Podesta’s “arrogant out of touch campaign” – thus ensuring HRC wasn’t to blame for her own loss, and keeping that sterling Clinton reputation intact.

Lastly, Alex Jones has apparently got some dirt on the Comey situation to be released later today…

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COMEY FIRED: Trump Lets FBI Director Go After DOJ Recommendation

Tue May 9, 2017 5:40pm EST 15

After receiving a recommendation from the DOJ, President Trump just gave FBI Director James Comey the axe.

“… you are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately. While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgement of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau.”

Quite frankly, this should have been done on day one – instead of days after Comey testified in the middle of the investigation into Russian election interference. The optics are bad – and carries the appearance of retribution for the FBI investigation into Trump / Russia connections during the 2016 election. Surprisingly, Edward Snowden has come to Comey’s defense!

Unsurprisingly, the left is flipping out:

Meanwhile, senator Chuck Grassley defends the decision, citing the Clinton email investigation debacle as a “clear example of how Comey’s decisions have called into question the trust and political independence of the FBI”

What do we know about Jim Comey?

He appears to have spent several years as a Clinton / Globalist operative – earning $ 6 Million dollars  in one year as Lockheed’s top lawyer, the same year the egregiously overbudget F-35 manufacturer made a huge donation to the Clinton Foundation. Comey also landed a seat on the board of HSBC bank shortly after NY AG (at the time) Loretta “tarmac” Lynch let the Clinton Foundation partner slide with a slap on the wrist for laundering drug money.

Then there was the kangaroo court FBI investigation of Clinton’s private server – in which Comey’s team recommended not prosecuting Hillary despite admitting horrendous breaches of protocol that would have landed any other Federal employee in prison. Back then, democrats loved him!

But then – reportedly under threat of leaks from the NYPD over Anthony Weiner’s laptop contents, Comey re-opened the investigation into Hillary’s private server a week and a half before the election, sifting through hundreds of thousands of emails in mere days – only to find no wrongdoing the day before polls opened. The Clinton camp has openly blamed Comey for contributing to Hillary’s loss – though they haven’t clarified if he’s ever spoken with a Russian ambassador, or where Comey’s actions rank in the whole blame game.

So, Comey is out. Good riddens to a another swamp monster – though the timing is at best ill advised. Read Trump’s letter to him below:

And Jeff Sessions’ letter to Trump:

As well as part of the deputy AG’s letter:

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Clapper: US Intel Couldn’t Corroborate Trump Dossier Used For FOIA Spy Warrant

Tue May 9, 2017 3:44pm EST 1

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified on Monday that the intelligence community couldn’t verify the claims of a 35 page dossier produced by former British MI6 agent Christopher Steele.

We couldn’t corroborate the sourcing, particularly the second and third order sources -James Clapper

Two weeks ago it emerged that the FBI never paid Steele an agreed upon $50,000 if he could back the dossier’s claims. Steele was hired by intelligence firm Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on then candidate Trump, an effort funded by #NeverTrump Republicans. Steele’s deal with the FBI was allegedly part of his efforts to shop the document around the US intelligence community – with none other than John McCain delivering it to FBI director James Comey.

Despite the low level of confidence in the document, the FBI then used the dossier as the basis for a FISA warrant request in September of 2016 spy on one-time Trump campaign associate Carter Page. The warrant was granted, and Page was surveilled – presumably along with everyone he was contacted.

Former DNI Director Clapper’s testimony yesterday serves to further confirm the document’s inauthenticity. When asked by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) whether he found the document to be credible, clapper responded “We didn’t make a judgement on that and that’s one reason why we did not include it in the body of our intelligence community assessment.”

Meanwhile, Carter Page, a one-time member of a Trump foreign advisory committee, has agreed to testify in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee – however he is refusing to turn over records pertaining to the investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 US election (which James Clapper said there was no evidence of yesterday). In a letter issued to the committee and the press, Page called them “illogical,” “groundless,” and “distasteful.”

“I would like to reconfirm for you that I am still cooperating with the Committee’s investigation in the form of a future open testimony,”

I am increasingly coming to understand that these proceedings have thus far followed the precedent of prior show trials, which have historically been used as a means of intimidation.

Page also stated in the letter that he has had no financial stake in Russia since divesting shares of Gazprom oil in August, noting that he took a large loss on the transaction. He then slammed Obama and Hillary Clinton for the decline in share price:

Given the complete disaster that the Clinton/Obama regime made of U.S.-Russia relations and the related problems they inflicted on private industry across the Russian economy, I held no other financial or real estate holdings related to Russia between June 16, 2015 and January 20, 2016,”

We look forward to Page’s testimony…

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ISIS Magazine Suggests Terrorists In The West Use Craigslist, Ebay And Fake Apartment Ads To Lure Hostages For Execution

Tue May 9, 2017 1:09pm EST 7

In case you didn’t know, ISIS has a disturbingly high quality magazine it produces to keep Jihadis cook on ideas for their next attack. Published in 10 languages and distributed widely, Rumiyah‘s May issue features an article entitled “Just Terror Tactics” – a guide for Radical Islamists living in the West to lure infidels “to an appropriate location before attacking, subduing, binding and then slaughtering them” using such fronts as Craigslist, Ebay, fake apartments, and potential jobs.

Online sales by way of buy and sell websites such as Craigslist, Gumtree, eBay, the Loot and others are an alternative means to luring one’s victims. –Rumiyah, Issue 9

Falsely advertising property for rent is an effective way to lure victims (Rumiyah)

Suitable weapons

According to the International Business Times, Rumiyah suggests taking potential hostages from night clubs, college campuses, theatres, malls, and ice skating rinks – and most importantly, to have an appropriate weapon:

“It is essential to have a suitable weapon for one’s operation, i.e. a strong, sharp knife, and possibly a bat or a small club that one may use to subdue the victim by striking them over the head before slaugh­tering them.”

In a previous issue, readers were taught how to plot their attacks:

When seeking to initiate an attack, it is important to define the objective. One’s attack may be to harvest a large kill count. It may be aimed at disrupting the financial stability of a specific nation. It may simply be aimed at terrorizing the enemies of Allah and depriving them of a peaceful sleep.

The objective of hostage-taking in the lands of dis­belief [i.e. West] – and specifically in relation to just terror op­erations – is not to hold large numbers of the kuffar hostage in order to negotiate one’s demands. Rather, the objective is to create as much carnage and terror as one possibly can until Allah decrees his appointed time and the enemies of Allah storm his location or succeed in killing him [i.e. the attacker].

And of course, advice on conducting vehicle attacks

Though being an essential part of modern life, very few actually comprehend the deadly and destructive capability of the motor vehicle and its capacity of reaping large numbers of casualties if used in a premeditated manner. This was superbly demonstrated in the attack launched by the brother Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel who, while traveling at the speed of approximately 90 kilometers per hour, plowed his 19-ton load-bearing truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, harvesting through his attack the slaughter of 86 Crusader citizens and injuring 434 more.

The method of such an attack is that a vehicle is plunged at a high speed into a large congregation of kufar, smashing their bodies with the vehicle’s strong outer frame, while advancing forward – crushing their heads, torsos, and limbs under the vehicle’s wheels and chassis – and leaving behind a trail of carnage.

And in Eurpe, networking with criminals in order to obtain firearms:

Maybe all these angry Islamists need is a nice taxpayer subsidized apartment and their own no-go zones throughout America? I hear it’s working well in France.

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Horrendous Security Flaw Allows Windows Computers To Be Taken Over By Single Unopened Email $MSFT

Tue May 9, 2017 3:59am EST 1

If you’re running a Windows system, make sure you run Windows Update pronto…

Google Project Zero researches Natalie Silvanovich and Tavis Ormandy have found a particularly insidious security flaw in virtually every iteration of Microsoft’s anti-malware software in Windows 8, 8.1, 10, and Server 2012, which allows a hacker to take over a vulnerable PC by sending a single email which doesn’t even need to be opened for the hack to activate. As soon as the anti-malware scanner inspects the virus “payload,” it executes the file, allowing it full access to the system where it can install spyware, steal files, deploy ransomware, or a multitude of other things.

Ormandy described the bug as “crazy bad” and the “worst in recent memory.” In a description, he wrote:

On workstations, attackers can access mpengine by sending emails to users (reading the email or opening attachments is not necessary), visiting links in a web browser, instant messaging and so on.

Vulnerabilities in MsMpEng are among the most severe possible in Windows, due to the privilege, accessibility, and ubiquity of the service.

Matthew Hickley, co-founder of Hacker House said

The [proof-of-concept hack] demonstrates remote code execution capability in various scenarios: you could exploit a system by uploading a file to [a] web server or sending an email to a Microsoft desktop. The malware protection service is enabled by default in Windows 8 and up. It’s a very critical bug.

“It seems this malware protection service might be an Achilles heel in Microsoft security model and system owners should consider disabling it.” –Forbes

In response, Microsoft has rushed out a fix to all potentially affected machines, greatly impressing Ormandy.

In case you haven’t done so already, here’s the official patch:

Microsoft Emergency Update

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Has President Trump Fallen Out Of Love With H.R. McMaster? The White House Is Leaking Again

Mon May 8, 2017 10:33pm EST 31

While the national spotlight has shifted to Trump’s former Director of National Security, Mike Flynn, Bloomberg is out with a piece by Eli Lake (previously of Daily Beast and  Kurt Eichenwald’s employer Newsweek)  suggesting that Flynn’s replacement, H.R. McMaster, is seriously undermining President Trump’s agenda and has fallen out of favor. This is all according to new leaks from McMaster’s ‘allies and adversaries’ inside the White House.

[I]nside the White House, the McMaster pick has not gone over well with the one man who matters most. White House officials tell me Trump himself has clashed with McMaster in front of his staff.

On policy, the faction of the White House loyal to senior strategist Steve Bannon is convinced McMaster is trying to trick the president into the kind of nation building that Trump campaigned against. Meanwhile the White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, is blocking McMaster on a key appointment. –Bloomberg

So, McMaster – an ‘establishment masterstroke’ and intellectual, has clashed with Trump in front of underlings, and has allegedly been trying to trick Trump into regime changing guys like Bashar Al Assad and Kim Jong Un – actuibs which would be in direct opposition to the “America 1st” platform Trump was elected on. Moreover, McMaster has apparently been talking down to his new boss.

McMaster’s allies and adversaries inside the White House tell me that Trump is disillusioned with him. This professional military officer has failed to read the president  — by not giving him a chance to ask questions during briefings, at times even lecturing Trump.

And while President Trump explicitly reaffirmed his public support of McMaster, the National Intel Director allegedly went behind the President’s back and called South Korea to let them know Trump was full of shit on them paying for their own missile defense Apparently this upset the President, according to the leakers.

Opponents of McMaster have pointed out that he was very close to David Patraeus, former director of the CIA under Obama and commander of US Central Command. McMaster is also a member of the globalist hive known as the ‘Council on Foreign Relations’ – an institute ideologically polar opposite to the nationalist platform Trump campaigned on. And apparently McMaster’s antics have pissed off the boss:

Trump was livid, according to three White House officials, after reading in the Wall Street Journal that McMaster had called his South Korean counterpart to assure him that the president’s threat to make that country pay for a new missile defense system was not official policy. These officials say Trump screamed at McMaster on a phone call, accusing him of undercutting efforts to get South Korea to pay its fair share.

This was not an isolated incident. Trump has complained in front of McMaster in intelligence briefings about “the general undermining [of] my policy,” according to two White House officials. The president has given McMaster less face time. McMaster’s requests to brief the president before some press interviews have been declined.

So – McMaster is apparently on the outs, though word that dyed in the wool neocon John Bolton was apparently considered as his replacement makes me think this all might be 4D kabuki theater.

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Happening Now: Sally Yates and James Clapper Testify On ‘Russian Interference’ – Grassley Grills

Mon May 8, 2017 4:01pm EST 3

For the past several hours, former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper have been testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions regarding alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US Election.

Yates was famously fired after refusing to enforce Trump’s travel ban Executive Order in January, stating:

The acting Attorney General, Sally Yates, has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States. This order was approved as to form and legality by the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel.

Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration.

Here are some of the highlights surrounding today’s hearing:

President Trump fired off an early morning Tweet before the hearing, suggesting the committee ask Yates if she knows how classified info leaked to newspapers;

Senator Graham (R-SC) opened by asking Clapper and Yates whether either had evidence which would confirm collusion between the Trump team and the Kremlin. Clapper said no, and Yates refused to answer – saying it would reveal classified info.

Clapper opened by suggesting Russia must be very happy with themselves:

Yates said she made the determination that the travel ban was unlawful:

But then Senator Kennedy (R-LA) asked Yates “Who appointed you to the United States Supreme Court?”

On her recommendation to be careful of incoming Nat. Sec. Advisor Flynn, Yates said that he could be blackmailed by the Russians:

Yates testified that she had two meetings in person at the White House and one phone call regarding Flynn, including a discussion of “potential prosecution.”

From Axios:

Yates’ reasoning for telling the White House about Flynn:

  • “The underlying conduct that Gen. Flynn had engaged in was problematic in and of itself.”
  • “We felt that the Vice President and others were entitled to know that the information they were conveying to the American people was untrue.”
  • “We were concerned that the American people had been misled about the underlying conduct and what Gen. Flynn had done.”
  • “The Russians also knew what Gen. Flynn had done and that Gen. Flynn had misled the Vice President and others…that created a compromise situation — a situation where the national security advisor essentially could be blackmailed by the Russians.”

Both Yates and Clapper deny being the source of the leaks:

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) grilled Yates and Clapper on unmasking:

Will update as the hearing progresses…

 

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Renowned Oil Trader Pierre Andurand Liquidates Last Longs, Running At “Very Reduced Risk” $USO $OIL

Sun May 7, 2017 10:32pm EST 1

Andurand Capital – one of the largest and historically bullish hedge funds specializing in oil has just closed out the last of their long positions and is running at “a very reduced risk at the moment,” per Reuters, while crude oil prices have dropped to their lowest level since November – following reports of Libya’s return to the oil export market. Moreover, technicals suck per Citi’s Ed Morse. That said, Macron’s win in France seems to have woken up some oil spirits.

As oil began to crater in March and April, Pierre Andurand, considered one of the world’s best-known oil traders, remained “fundamentally bullish on oil,” resulting in a loss of 15.4% through April for his $1.5 billion fund. The loss was in stark contrast to 2016, when Andurand achieved a 22 percent return after nailing crude’s January slide and subsequent recovery, however he remained fervently bullish into 2017. Oil is down 17% YTD.

Just two weeks ago Andurand said he thought there was a rebound in sight despite the “choppy market,” betting that slowing production out of the Middle East and declining U.S. fuel inventories suggest prices should rise. In a letter to investors, he wrote:

“While the price action year-to-date has proven to be extremely frustrating, our bullish outlook for oil prices has not changed,” Andurand wrote. “We maintain the view that front month oil prices will reach new highs over the next few months as fundamentals improve considerably going into the summer.”

That’s all out the window as of yesterday…

Andurand throwing in the towel follows months of scrutiny after he quickly lost $130 million in the first part of 2017, before oil prices plunged. Ouch.

Want to try your hand at nailing the oil trade? Here’s a way to play via various ETFs:

$USO – United States Oil Fund

$OIL – iPath Crude Oil Total Return Index

$UCO – Proshares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil (2x)

$UWT – 3x long

$SCO – UltraShort (2x)

$DWT – 3x short

Complete list here.

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