Prickly City by Scott Stantis for February 07, 2020

“It’s water over the bridge, or under the dam”, as Orangeade might say.

Carmen can’t bridge that cross before the horse is left up the creek without a place to drink and can’t count the chickens without paddles.

You, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow

With crying snowflakes lying to you everywhere you go

Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain

And, like the old red, white, and blue rise again

Rise again, rise again

May America her name not be lost to the knowledge of men

To those that love her best, and will be with her to the end

Like the old red, white, and blue rise again

Rise again, rise again

Apoligies to Stan Rogers?

Well, that’s what happens when you mat your mixaphores.

The White House is weighing a plan to dismiss Alexander Vindman from the National Security Council after he testified in President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, preparing to position the move as part of a broader effort to shrink the foreign policy bureaucracy, two people familiar with the matter said.

Any moves would come after the Senate on Wednesday acquitted Trump on a near party-line vote at the conclusion of the two-week impeachment trial. The White House intends to portray any house-cleaning as part of a downsizing of the NSC staff, not retaliation, according to the people.

Vindman was one of the Democrats’ most crucial witness in their impeachment proceedings — a decorated Army lieutenant colonel, who raised the alarm over the president’s July 25 telephone call with Ukraine’s leader.

Before Vindman’s testimony, the only account of that call came from an anonymous whistle-blower whose identity has remained largely hidden to this day, and a partial transcript released by the White House.

Some of the officials being targeted for removal from the NSC would be reassigned because they’re perceived as being disloyal to the president, three people familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity owing to the sensitivity of personnel moves.

Senior staff were informed on Thursday that some aides would be leaving the White House, the people added. The moves have been in the works since at least last week and could come as soon as Friday.

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-02-07/white-house-weighs-ouster-of-aide-who-testified-against-trump

Well, the FBI says it is finally going to go after all those radical leftists that are so dangerous!

Wait… Did I say leftists? I meant:

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The FBI has elevated racially-motivated violent extremism to a “national threat priority,” in yet another sign that the U.S. government has finally woken up to the threat posed by white nationalists and neo-Nazis at home and abroad.

In a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray outlined several concrete steps the agency had taken to combat violent far-right extremists, explaining that the “national threat priority” designation puts those groups or individuals on the same footing as ISIS” in terms of the resources the FBI will devote to it.

“We’re particularly focused on domestic terrorism, especially racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists,” said Wray. “Not only is the terror threat diverse, it’s unrelenting.”

Wray’s announcement comes just two weeks after FBI agents arrested eight members of the violent neo-Nazi group The Base, three of whom were allegedly discussing firing into the crowd during the large pro-gun rally in Virginia last month.

In recent months, the FBI also foiled two synagogue bombings, Wray said.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3a8awn/the-fbi-just-put-white-nationalists-and-neo-nazis-on-the-same-threat-level-as-isis

Really slow day, Scott?

Darsan54: And yet, one of Scott’s (Eric’s) better efforts.

To quote a line from a movie that may apply, “We’re off the edge of the map, Jack. Here there be monsters (to be done in your best pirate voice).”

She looks like a rat jumping off a sinking ship…

As a great poet and philosopher once wrote;

Breathe In, Breathe Out Move On

That ship is sinking.

The orange iceberg won and now owns the ship.