More Random Thoughts #64

More Random Thoughts #64

Adam Schiff, Biden’s mental acuity, Epstein, Fed renovation and ET go home (and get paid)

Adam Schiff who led the Trump inquisition witch hunt (nee impeachment trial) which landed him in the Senate is now being investigated by the Justice Department for alleged mortgage fraud. Seems that Schiff claimed Maryland as his primary residence to receive more favorable loan terms. The law clearly states that a US senator must have primary residence in his home state. Schiff of course is whining that he is being investigated by the Trump Justice Department solely because he led the House impeachment trial. You think?

The House Oversight Committee, which has nothing better to do, is investigating the cover up of Biden’s mental decline. Witnesses have been subpoenaed. Rumor has it that Jill Biden may be called. I guess the reason is to invalidate any actions signed by the autopen. This is stupid. Apparently the only ones who did not know of Biden’s mental state were democratsand the media. My sainted mother who died at age 101 used to refer to Biden as “that pitiful old man.” Two of Biden’s aides took the 5^th. One of Biden’s defenders was Jasmine Crockett who defended Biden while criticizing President Trump. “So yeah, he would maybe clobber over some words or something like that. But if you talk to him about foreign policy – one of the most vivid memories that I have was after that debate that did not go well, we saw him have this complete command of foreign policy, something that this president doesn’t. And this president seemingly doesn’t even know who our allies are.” You know, she may have a point there.

I don’t know anything about the Epstein files. Was there a client list? It seems that Trump once thought there was and his attorney general said when asked directly about the client list responded, “It’s sitting on my desk right now to review.” The MAGA universe was all atwitter (now I guess that is all aX) because the democrats had sat on it while Biden was in office so it must contain some dirt on some really big dems. Right? Well all of a sudden Bondi the AG says that “systematic review of documents revealed no incriminating client list” and “no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.” WTF? No incriminating client list? Then what was Trump and Bondi talking about before? Now half of the MAGA universe is suddenly supporting Trump’s new revelation while the other half is seething. Thomas Massie who is Trump’s republican nemesis in the House is demanding to see all the government’s records on Epstein. He has introduced a discharge petition in the House to “make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorneys’ Offices” that have links with Epstein.”  Massie said members of the public “deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes.” He has some support from some of his colleagues including my congressman Tim Burchett along with Marjorie Taylor Greene (Georgia), Eric Burlison (Mississippi), Jeff Van Drew (New York) and Lauren Boebert (Colorado).

But interestingly hardly a peep from the democrat leadership. Surely given their hatred of the president and their desire to see him gone, they should be leading the charge. But again, they did not want the now non-existent list released when Biden was president and it seems that they do not want it released now. Why? Is there a cover up both by the democrats and now by Trump. Didn’t Musk say that Trump’s name was on the list? Is something there? Why is the media – with the exception of the Wall treet Journal – which incessantly gave us stories about the Russia hoax is almost ignoring this one.

Is there a conspiracy? Trump who loves conspiracy theories – he has tweeted over 100 of them including most famously about Obama’s birth certificate, – now says that there is a conspiracy out to get him. “Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bull—t,’ hook, line, and sinker. I don’t want their support anymore!” Poor baby. Even the MAGA apologists have a hard time defending Trump now. For a truly astounding list of Trump’s conspiracies go to 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories_promoted_by_Donald_Trump

You have to feel sorry for the MAGA apologists. They have had to keep the stiff upper lip though two impeachments, porn actress payoff, criminal indictments, lawsuits, the raid at Mar-a-Lago, two assassination attempts, all the conspiracy theories and all the bombastic and profane tweets. What are they saying now especially since Dan Bongino – another MAGA favorite – seems to be at odds with AG Bondi? It’s a bad look. Trump has been a survivor and may survive this one too. If it were just Trump, he would be out. But it all looks like there are too many mega biggies in politics, business and the media itself with too much influence to be outed. 

Trump grasping at every straw is trying to oust Fed chairman Powell over cost overruns on the renovation of the Fed’s headquarters in DC. The original cost was $1.9 billion and is now $2.5 billion. The difference is chump change. Mind you nothing was said about the original cost estimate – I guess it is all that union labor. The Fed said its headquarters buildings are in a significant state of disrepair with asbestos contamination, antiquated plumbing and old ventilation. I can tell you that in my many visits to their William McChesney Martin building, I have marveled at the old grandeur of the building and the barely functioning toilets.

Trump, of course, accuses Powell of mismanagement and thinks it may be grounds for firing him. Huh? If that is the case, then there are grounds for firing everybody on Capitol Hill including Trump himself. One would say that these grounds are dubious at best. But MAGA apologist Anna Paulina Luna of Florida is criminally referring Powell to the Justice Department for alleged perjury. Russell Vought, a Trump hack at OMB claims that Powell violated the National Capital Planning Act – whatever that is – and could be grounds for removal. Yea sure. When has there not been a cost overrun in any budget allocation in DC? This would be embarrassing if it were not so stupid. BTW, the Fed is using its own money and not – like congress – the taxpayers.

Seems like one million illegals have self deported. They are using something called the CBP home app to receive $1,000 when the app confirms that they are in their home country. I wonder if a family leaves will each family member get $1,000? Regardless, if all used the app then the total bill is $1 billion. Where did that money come from? How much was budgeted? Is this a cost overrun? Homeland Security says that at the end of April, 207,000 illegals have been deported. The cost of Homeland Security deporting an illegal is $14,000 to $20,000. So let’s use $17,000 as an average figure and multiply 207,000 and get $3,518,900,000. Hum. Self deporting is a bargain. You think that if they offered say $10,000 they could save money and there would a a flood of illegals rushing to self-deport. However, this would surely result in a cost overrun.