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Jared Kushner’s Mideast Peace Push Is Going Nowhere. That’s Why Israelis Love It. - ‘Past administrations jumped into the peace process pool,’ says an Israeli official, praising Team Trump’s go-slow approach. ‘There’s no water in this pool, no reason to jump in.’

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Slowly unraveling but more proof it was an 'op' all the way down.

From the York piece:

"The idea that the FBI and associates of the Clinton campaign would pay Mr. Steele to investigate the Republican nominee for president in the run-up to the election raises further questions about the FBI's independence from politics, as well as the Obama administration's use of law enforcement and intelligence agencies for political ends," Grassley wrote.

#1 drowningpuppies on 2017-08-29 10:59 (Reply)

And this is why I have no fear of the Mueller investigation. If Grassley has uncovered this, then Mueller also has.

#1.1 MissT on 2017-08-29 11:17 (Reply)

Cautionary note - In the Plame investigation, Fitzgerald found out very early that Richard Armitage was the actual leaker, and still decided to set a perjury trap for Libby.

#1.1.1 Christopher B on 2017-08-29 12:33 (Reply)

Are you saying Grassley would just go along with Mueller conclusion without interviewing the FBI people for himself? There are multiple investigations going on, not just Mueller's.

Additionally, I am of the belief that Mueller is not interested in 'faking' conclusions to take down a legally elected president and cause a constitutional crisis based on lies.

But you believe the conspiracy theories all you like. We will get to the bottom of this b/c Trump is all about law & order. He won't let things slide.

#1.1.1.1 MissT on 2017-08-29 13:26 (Reply)

Is the old photos linky dead or is it me?

#2 Fred on 2017-08-29 11:13 (Reply)

Doesn't work for me either Fred.

#2.1 feeblemind on 2017-08-29 11:48 (Reply)

It's dead. I've emailed BD.

#2.2 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2017-08-29 12:19 (Reply)

"the Lessons of Katrina"

Blame the Army corp of Engineers but the problem will still be there. The South and East coast of America is always will be prone to hurricanes with some of them being cat 4 and 5 killers. Am I the only person who sees a beach house and wonders out loud who in their right mind would live there? I am not happy either that our federal government uses taxpayer money to bail out these homeowners (i.e. flood insurance) and in effect encourages this stupid behavior. In my state you are not allowed to build a habitable structure in a flood plain. Most of Houston and almost all of New Orleans is a flood plain. I don't think the problem is the Army Corp of Engineers.

#3 GoneWithTheWind on 2017-08-29 12:42 (Reply)

I'm with you on how ridiculous it is for taxpayers to underwrite the idiots who build on a flood plain or on a cliff in the mountains that can be toppled by one huge mud slide or snowstorm. It's particularly disingenuous when they return after a disaster to build bigger and grander and more expensive because they never have to pay the true cost of such indulgence.

The government should get out of the insurance business (among many others) and let the private insurance companies handle risk assessment with the land owners paying the true price. We have plenty of history to identify such areas.

#3.1 jma on 2017-08-29 14:19 (Reply)

30+ years ago, I knew a guy who got transferred to SoCal. Bought a house. Within 30 days a mudslide took it downhill.

#3.1.1 Sam L. on 2017-08-29 16:01 (Reply)

Re: Mideast Peace Push.
You cannot force a alcoholic to stop drinking they must arrive at that choice by themselves. Experience and common sense tells us that the only thing that works is to stop enabling alcoholics and allow them to fail and thus reach that point where they are ready to make the decision themselves. The world, especially the U.S. is the co-dependent to the palestinians and enable them to continue to oppose peace. We are as much the problem as the palestinians are.

#4 IdahoBob on 2017-08-29 12:48 (Reply)

"Are you smart if you look smart?"

I notice the authors didn't include their pictures in the paper's title page.

#5 Aggie on 2017-08-29 13:48 (Reply)

Republicans brace for September chaos: Because they ignored the Tea Party, and did not try to repeal Obamacare before, OR AFTER, Trump's election. Seven years wasted, and working on eight.

Labour Party can't handle the truth. The Tories, too. The EU forbids it.

#6 Sam L. on 2017-08-29 16:09 (Reply)

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Tuesday, August 29. 2017

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