All The People In Power. At Every Opportunity. All The Time (August 14, 2023)
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J “Absolutely. Without exception. Your ‘favorite’ politicians. My ‘favorite’ politicians. The big people who are supposed to protect the little people.”
K “The big people who are supposed to protect the little people. My ‘favorite’ politicians. Your ‘favorite’ politicians. Without exception. Absolutely.”
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K “The Special Counsel regulations state in pertinent part: ‘The Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States Government.”
J “The way I see it, the regulation uses the mandatory verb ‘shall’ not the discretionary verb ‘may’ so the duty is clear and absolute and simple to implement. Even the non-lawyer can interpret the language. Maybe we need more non-lawyers to interpret the language.”
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K “David Weiss is not outside the government.”
J “Nope.”
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J “John Durham was not outside the government.”
K “Nope.”
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K “Robert Mueller was outside the government?”
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K “My ‘favorite’ politicians. Your ‘favorite’ politicians. Without exception. Absolutely.”
J “Absolutely. Without exception. Your ‘favorite’ politicians. My ‘favorite’ politicians.”
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J “It is always an inside job.”
K “Last time I looked, I was on the outside.”
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K “All the people in power breaking the law all of the time.”
J “At every possible opportunity.”
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Bumper stickers of the week:
28 Code of Federal Regulations § 600.3 Qualifications of the Special Counsel “The Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States Government.” (Emphasis added.)
Near the end of the movie “Rancho Deluxe”, Slim Pickens said to Henry Dean Stanton: “Son, all large-scale crime is always an inside job.”
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