The DoJ is only stiff-arming Congressional committees. We don;t know much beyond that. I don't trust the press reports about "why" and what the FBI is sharing with Mueller, if anything.

See President Trump's Full Interview With Lester Holt - May 11, 2017, which the press chronically misrepresents. In that interview, President Trump says he wants the investigation to continue, hence it is nonsense to say that Trump admitted in the Holt interview, that he fired Comey to make the investigation stop.

Marlene - when licking the frog just isn't enough. Watch your fur baby for more hallucinations than usual.

FWIW, a trick I sometime use to get past the paywall (works great on NYT) is to visit the site with "lynx," a text-only browser. WaPo and NYT should experiment increasing readership using a trick akin to the trick liberals use to increase employment - increase the minimum wage. Why I'll bet if NYT cost say a buck per article, their revenue and influence would skyrocket. No more failing, no more charity.

Try that press conference link again ... Sarah Sanders Presser Transcript

Well isn't that great timing. I'm in Toulouse all next week. Look at the bright side, the attack is "out of the way." Sarah">https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/13/press-briefing-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-9132017-14">Sarah sanders Presser Transcript

The thing about Hillary, is that her mind set is typical among the professional political class. She just lacks charisma. And the smidgen of smarts it takes to hide sociopathy.

GUS - Ayup. "Dear FBI, 'Integrity' doesn't mean what you think it means." RHIP, and they all have rank.

The professional political class finds NWO to be an inevitable and good thing. "Nationalism" is considered a dirty principle. This political evolution has been going on for hundreds of years. In the US, manifested by ascendancy of FedGov over state govs starting in earnest with Woodrow Wilson. At the same time, all claim to be "pro-America." The open borders advocates assert their preferred policy is pro-America. Some with single payer health care, "pro-America."

I'm not confident that Ms. Awan is any big catch, immunity or not. She probably likes living in the US better than living in Poke-ee-stahn, and got a "good deal" to return. Not saying she isn't a criminal, just saying she may be in the dark about her hubby's espionage. She gets immunity, and he gets tagged with theft of services and equipment - BFD.

Or a herd of bison ...

Going to be messy, and not just the storm. A substantial number of criminals being displaced when clearing Miami and certain points nearby. There will be a surplus of looters - at least to start.

LOL at wisdom from kids. A future negotiator in there, "If you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse." Okay, well, what if you want a horse?

Current Irma-cone

It's too bad the old knowledge about universal suffrage has been lost, replaced with holding it to be good and valuable. Stable societies are stingy with the vote, not generous with it.

Maybe Irma can flood the swamp. More than one way to eradicate the parasites.

Rickie Lee Jones remembers Walter Becker It is September now. That fall will never come. I cannot tell you why his death has hit me so hard. I have seen a few friends go, but they are not close. People I go to see often. Something about this passing hurts.

"Not on the field" or "off the field." There are a few people who hang out there. Coaches, ball/bat boy, next up batter, umpires. The rest of the players are in dugouts or "the pen" where pitchers are warming up. The spectators are in the stands.

MM - thanks. I was going to ask about text of statement. This has a sort of "Cuban missile crisis" feel to it. At some point, events are going to spiral out of control. I don't foresee NK backing down.

Everywhere around me, I see jealousy and mayhem Because no men have all their peace of mind to carry them Night by Night Some good Fagen/Becker photos in the linked Youtube, covering a long span of years.

Donald Fagen's Tribute to Steely Dan's Walter Becker - Rolling Stone He concludes ... I intend to keep the music we created together alive as long as I can with the Steely Dan band.

Thanks for that "Peg" music theory piece. I can't recall watching anything of Fagen explaining while at the keyboard, and that was both musically fascinating, and technically impressive as he naturally switches between scales and chords to make his points.

Ext - I have a huge respect for SD music. many people dislike it, but that's music for you. Perfectionists, and often played pros "against each other" until they had the track that suited them.

Ignatz - exactly. NK isn't truly isolated, any more than California is. It is approximately a state of China. Westerners have little appreciation for the eastern mind and culture. Generally, they do not see or act as "individuals." Many things abhorrent to western thought (e.g., massive loss of life in service to the hive) are natural and normal to eastern thought.

MM - Fox and the rest of them are trying to put Trump on the hook of NK only understanding military force - as saber rattling. It's part of insinuating that Trump drew a red line and didn't enforce it. Then they will say Trump is a hypocrite for criticizing Obama.