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Texin

(2,596 posts)
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 03:41 PM Apr 2018

Louise Mensch tweet about Pompeo

from earlier this morning indicated she was picking up "things" from unspecified sources that Pompeo's appointment might have a very, very short shelf life. Did anyone else see that this morning and is there any other rumor flying elsewhere and what would be the reason? Of course, he's purported to be as bullheaded and undiplomatic in his speech as Shitler, which could definitely cause terminal friction.

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Louise Mensch tweet about Pompeo (Original Post) Texin Apr 2018 OP
Fuck Louise Mensch! Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2018 #1
Rofl. pile on Some who never read her but cuz someone else said so then ..... Wwcd Apr 2018 #12
I have read her. Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2018 #14
Then you haven't read much by her. Sorry you missed the many times she Wwcd Apr 2018 #15
I get it, you think she's the bees knees... Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2018 #16
Holy crap MyNameGoesHere Apr 2018 #17
Paste, Patheos, and Vox are obscure? Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2018 #18
Haaahaaa..Right you are. They don't read her but believe what some other Wwcd Apr 2018 #20
. Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2018 #25
Ya, that's how the MSM watchers gave us fascist Trump. Wwcd Apr 2018 #29
What if I told you that both Russia Today AND Louise Mensch are full of shit? Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2018 #48
But MSM grabbed that turd and claimed it was theirs! Wwcd Apr 2018 #50
No they didn't. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author Wwcd May 2018 #57
You'd know the answer if you followed her! ☺ Wwcd May 2018 #58
Wait, the MSM is a RW craphole, Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #59
What happened to your now deleted post? Wwcd May 2018 #60
I never deleted a post. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #61
INteresting Me. Apr 2018 #2
Louise Mensch seems to be pretty unreliable. comradebillyboy Apr 2018 #3
Louise Mensch? Botany Apr 2018 #4
Sure, I can help you out, here's her twitter link: Wwcd Apr 2018 #13
Put her last name as an ignore feature. You'll never have to bang your head again. Blue_Adept Apr 2018 #35
Must hurt. Ignore is a better alternative Wwcd Apr 2018 #42
Why would anyone care what she thinks about anything? MineralMan Apr 2018 #5
She's referring to an ABC News piece on Pompeo's statement on NATO Wwcd Apr 2018 #9
I'm sorry, MineralMan. I'm not sure how to do that with a tweet. Texin May 2018 #56
Think Putin doesn't like the Koch Bros choice in Pompeo Wwcd Apr 2018 #6
Found This Me. Apr 2018 #8
Thanks ME. Pompeo is like waiting for explosives to detonate. Wwcd Apr 2018 #10
I don't Know If I Can Trust Someone Me. Apr 2018 #22
I haven't gotten past Pruit in our top tier WH, & now we have to be watching the slick Wwcd Apr 2018 #24
And Don't Forget Zinke Me. Apr 2018 #28
He's probably sold off half of our lands to drilling & mining & Russia & China by now. Wwcd Apr 2018 #30
I'd Make A Money Bet He'll Be HIs Own COS Me. Apr 2018 #31
Wow, you may be right on that, ME. Wwcd Apr 2018 #34
FRightening/Hopeful Me. Apr 2018 #36
Haahaa..omg, ME, THAT'S the Trump admin in an understandable graphic! Wwcd Apr 2018 #43
Maybe he'll get raptured! Since the republican justhanginon Apr 2018 #7
Agggh! The entire Sec of State Position may be raptured Wwcd Apr 2018 #11
This may well be prescient. triron Apr 2018 #19
Yup. Watch that space! Does anyone think Pompeo is in this for honor & justice? Wwcd Apr 2018 #21
It Wouldn't Be The First Time Me. Apr 2018 #23
Meh. There's always naysayers..too bad cuz Preet's replies are always a hoot. Wwcd Apr 2018 #26
And Lest We Forget Me. Apr 2018 #27
Yes Louise's sources gave her the Steel Dossier info & reported it while most barely heard of it Wwcd Apr 2018 #37
Pretty sure she was the one who said Steve Bannon was in line for the death penalty. bearsfootball516 Apr 2018 #32
Well Mueller's not finished with Bannon yet, is he? Wwcd Apr 2018 #39
You are reaaaally stretching with that. bearsfootball516 Apr 2018 #40
Well you can be demeaning in your reply or you can answer whether such a charge would fit what Wwcd Apr 2018 #41
I don't doubt that he deserves it. bearsfootball516 Apr 2018 #44
Fair enough. At this point some believe he might just be in that spot Wwcd Apr 2018 #46
Sing out, Louise... Mike Nelson Apr 2018 #33
May I summarize... sarisataka Apr 2018 #38
The wolves ate her long ago LostinRed Apr 2018 #45
Well zero cred to the naysayers. But plenty cred to the many followers of her blog & twitter accts. Wwcd Apr 2018 #47
Louise Mensch... demmiblue Apr 2018 #49
A "very short shelf life" to Louise Mensch is a very long time in the real world. onenote Apr 2018 #51
I did see it as well. Thanks for posting. triron Apr 2018 #52
Bullshit Artisit 101: SomethingNew May 2018 #54
#TeamPillowForts...nt SidDithers May 2018 #55
 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
12. Rofl. pile on Some who never read her but cuz someone else said so then .....
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 04:19 PM
Apr 2018


Its ok. No one has to like everyone.


 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
14. I have read her.
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 04:57 PM
Apr 2018

She lies. Her "sources" are the bullshit she pulls out of her ass.

Also, she's a fucking right wing hack.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
15. Then you haven't read much by her. Sorry you missed the many times she
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 05:02 PM
Apr 2018

..has been spot on long before our beloved MSM's "selectively reported truths"
Ya know, the MSM that gave us 24/7 Trump.


 

MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)
17. Holy crap
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 05:11 PM
Apr 2018

Now that I have read those obscure reliable sources you posted I totally believe you now.
How can 500 or 1000 people possibly be wrong?

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
18. Paste, Patheos, and Vox are obscure?
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 05:13 PM
Apr 2018

While a blog that was just registered in January is not?

The mental gymnastics one must practice to support a LYING RW hack over reputable sources
must be exhausting.


 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
20. Haaahaaa..Right you are. They don't read her but believe what some other
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 05:40 PM
Apr 2018

..editorial opinion says about her.

We know what that's called right?

Oh well, She & the others of 20 Committee, Eric Garland, Tea Pain, etc have been relentless in digging up associations & naming names of those who hold deep global alliances to Putin, Trump & the crime syndicate they belong to.
This group of indy reporters are far more reliable than the sanitized predictable MSM, Sinclair cleaned-up news media shoved at us 24/7.

This group like Mensch, Garland, Pain are more investigaive reporters than anything MSM TV Media has ever been.

I'll stick with these indy reporters long before the conservative liars of MSM.

Hey, when twitter followers are reinforcing what 20 Committee & Mensch say, like Swalwell, Preet, Schiff..then someone here has another agenda, or they really haven't read much of them at all.

THANKS. I'll stick with actual investigating reporters.



I believe I know the REAL reason why some are so slanderous against her.
She spoke the truth about someone & they didn't like it, too much.


Whatever...




 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
29. Ya, that's how the MSM watchers gave us fascist Trump.
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:12 PM
Apr 2018

That's exactly who they were.

I'll stick with 20 Committee, Preet, Sciff..and the many contributors to their ever interesting & most often correct twitter sites.

Great pic of MSM beeelieeevers & the 24/7, year long sales pitch for Putin's right hand man.

Like when posters here linked to Russia Today as a viable news source..well untill they had to register with FARA.
kinda blew their cover of shovelling RU propaganda down our throats as they do.

That pic is spot on for those avowed RTers also.

SEE?

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
48. What if I told you that both Russia Today AND Louise Mensch are full of shit?
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 08:02 PM
Apr 2018

Louise Mensch has been right ONCE. Two years ago.

Since then, she has pushed out NOTHING but absolute BULLSHIT. There's a reason the MSM doesn't report on the turds she's pulling out of her ass and flinging all over the internet. Because IT STINKS!

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
50. But MSM grabbed that turd and claimed it was theirs!
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 11:46 PM
Apr 2018

The stole her turd and sat there in a race for ratings and said "Exclusive..you smelled it here first!!"

And viewers ate that turd riģht up & said damn that MSM serves up a good turd.

MSM steals other people's turds cuz they're too lazy to scoop up their own.

SEE?


 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
53. No they didn't.
Tue May 1, 2018, 01:03 AM
May 2018

Name any other time that LM was right about something.

Pro-tip: you can’t. Lying right wing hack (who takes a paycheck from Rupert Murdoch for Heat Street) has been right about one thing, one time, two years ago.

I’ll never understand why Democrats would follow an obvious RWer.

Response to Dr Hobbitstein (Reply #53)

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
58. You'd know the answer if you followed her! ☺
Tue May 1, 2018, 04:20 PM
May 2018

She's been right on the money many times.

Not my problem if you don't read the work she & 20 Committee have done.

Stay with the vendetta that someone told you to believe.. Or do what it takes & find out for yourself.

I really don't give a sh** .
I''ll follow them all before I give a moment of time to our RW propaganda craphole MSM.

You can do whatever you choose.





 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
59. Wait, the MSM is a RW craphole,
Tue May 1, 2018, 04:34 PM
May 2018

but Louise Mensch, an actual FUCKING right wing hack who has been on Rupert fucking Murdoch’s payroll is not?

Bizarro fucking world you live in. Or wait? Do you live on Bullshit Mountain??

The RW hack that you’re worshipping has been right ONCE. ONE FUCKING TIME. And you swallow all the gish she can gallop.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
60. What happened to your now deleted post?
Tue May 1, 2018, 05:10 PM
May 2018

Just a hunch...

BYE..'Ignore' feature is really useful

Enjoy your day. This debate is over

Botany

(70,552 posts)
4. Louise Mensch?
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 03:48 PM
Apr 2018

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
13. Sure, I can help you out, here's her twitter link:
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 04:51 PM
Apr 2018
https://mobile.twitter.com/LouiseMensch?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

And here's her Patribotics blog link:

https://patribotics.blog
She is quite interesting. And she despises Putin & Trump & the GOP that shelters him, which is why she has the following she does.

Enjoy.



Pleased to help you out!

MineralMan

(146,324 posts)
5. Why would anyone care what she thinks about anything?
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 03:54 PM
Apr 2018

But, if you're going to talk about something she wrote, at least provide a link, please. Without that, we have no idea what she said or didn't say. That's the polite thing to do here.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
9. She's referring to an ABC News piece on Pompeo's statement on NATO
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 04:00 PM
Apr 2018

Putin will not approve of Pompeo as SS.

I wouldn't be surprised if, under Trump, Pompeo is the final Sec of State.

Apparently a lot of people care about what she says.
And she's veen correct more times than wrong, but you'd have to follow her to actually know that.
Understood.
Have a great day!

Texin

(2,596 posts)
56. I'm sorry, MineralMan. I'm not sure how to do that with a tweet.
Tue May 1, 2018, 10:46 AM
May 2018

I have read many and several of her tweets and she's generally been absolutely clear about her contempt for tRump and the rest of the worthless RW rethugs, along with Putin. I know she was a former conservative member of Parliament, but I only started following her on Twitter after the *election* last year. I don't know anything about any comments from her prior to that, but she has been nothing but open about her opposition of tRump and this so-called administration. The level of vitriol within this thread has been surprising to me. I certainly wasn't trying to stir anything up. I was simply wondering if anyone else had read anything being circulated somewhere about the recently confirmed SoS.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
6. Think Putin doesn't like the Koch Bros choice in Pompeo
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 03:55 PM
Apr 2018

?s=20

Could be this, or gee maybe NKorea, or a myriad of things that come with Pompeo.

Twitter link:

https://mobile.twitter.com/cwbrewer/status/989929920875958273

Me.

(35,454 posts)
8. Found This
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 03:59 PM
Apr 2018

“Mike Pompeo confirms he was interviewed by Robert Mueller…(As a suspect, btw, in obstruction of justice)

Pompeo, with his rerouting of all RUS related foreign intelligence intercepts to his desk exclusively at @cia , IS the backchannel.”



 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
10. Thanks ME. Pompeo is like waiting for explosives to detonate.
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 04:02 PM
Apr 2018

He's gives a LOT of reasons to flee the opposite direction

Me.

(35,454 posts)
22. I don't Know If I Can Trust Someone
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 05:49 PM
Apr 2018

who never stops smiling, it's like it's plastered on his face...

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
24. I haven't gotten past Pruit in our top tier WH, & now we have to be watching the slick
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 05:57 PM
Apr 2018

..movement of Pompeo too!
They just get worse & worse & the rot is such an oozing stench already!


 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
30. He's probably sold off half of our lands to drilling & mining & Russia & China by now.
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:20 PM
Apr 2018

I believe our country is in a fragile state of affairs right now, as we watch Trump slow-mo his way to streamlining out govt in a most extreme way.

He'll probably just eliminate the Office of Sec of State altogether once Pompeo has made it obviously useless.

Sounds just like how Trump & the Repubs do the 'art of the deal.'

Destroy it then eliminate it, since its purpose is no longer viable.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
34. Wow, you may be right on that, ME.
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:28 PM
Apr 2018

Frightening thought. If we'd had a glimpse of the Putin, Trump master plan before 2016, we'd have thought they were nuts. "No way, never happen to America!"

Here we are.
MONEY & MEDIA & THE MOB

Me.

(35,454 posts)
36. FRightening/Hopeful
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:35 PM
Apr 2018

Take your pick it could go either way. It might be such an unmitigated disaster that it will pull out the supporting Jenga.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
43. Haahaa..omg, ME, THAT'S the Trump admin in an understandable graphic!
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 07:01 PM
Apr 2018

The Trump Regime is modelled after JENGA!

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)
7. Maybe he'll get raptured! Since the republican
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 03:55 PM
Apr 2018

controlled congress is such an abominable pesthole our options are rather limited for getting rid of these scumbags.

On edit for context. Pompeo has been quoted as saying "he will fight till the the rapture".

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
11. Agggh! The entire Sec of State Position may be raptured
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 04:04 PM
Apr 2018

..under Trump.

Putin won't be needing that dept for long.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
21. Yup. Watch that space! Does anyone think Pompeo is in this for honor & justice?
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 05:45 PM
Apr 2018

We're talking about the biggest mobsters in the world.
Pompeo is neck deep in some nasty kind of business.
I'm betting on this being
✔ TRUE.
The details will be interesting, also.

I hope we survive.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
37. Yes Louise's sources gave her the Steel Dossier info & reported it while most barely heard of it
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:37 PM
Apr 2018

That was when I came to respect her & the 20 Committee.
They were months, & sometimes an entire year ahead of the scrubbed MSM.

Ya, I'll stick with those who have proven themselves.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
39. Well Mueller's not finished with Bannon yet, is he?
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:42 PM
Apr 2018

What's the sentence given for espionage, and aiding a foreign enemy to overthrow the US Govt?

Just asking.
Maybe at worst, it is the death penalty. And if so, then he's standing in a long long line.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
41. Well you can be demeaning in your reply or you can answer whether such a charge would fit what
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:56 PM
Apr 2018

Bannon's roll in the Putin coup was about.

I don't know since Mueller's investigation isn't complete.

Point is, neither you nor I can be certain.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
44. I don't doubt that he deserves it.
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 07:06 PM
Apr 2018

But the chance that it actually occurs is extremely unrealistic. I'll go as far as to say there is a 0 percent chance of it happening.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
46. Fair enough. At this point some believe he might just be in that spot
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 07:25 PM
Apr 2018

..someday.
We know more now than we did a yr ago.
Bannon's fate may depend on what info he gave, or what he refused to give Mueller.

Mike Nelson

(9,961 posts)
33. Sing out, Louise...
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:27 PM
Apr 2018

...really, predicting a Trump pick might not last long? Ha-ha... that's like the annual Jean Dixon prediction that Liz Taylor will re-marry (unless she was married, then the prediction was divorce). My crystal ball works, fine, too!

sarisataka

(18,733 posts)
38. May I summarize...
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:40 PM
Apr 2018

A certain blogger posted hearing unspecified rumors from unnamed sources about a certain person's nomination and undetermined actions which may occur soon, or not, based upon the afore mentioned rumors.
And you want to know if anyone can confirm this?


Nice

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
47. Well zero cred to the naysayers. But plenty cred to the many followers of her blog & twitter accts.
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 07:40 PM
Apr 2018

Hey, even Joy & Malcom quoted a case that was months earlier, reported on Louuse's Patribotics blog.
MSM eventually catches up.

Naysayers don't read Louise so of course they would believe she has zero cred.

Funny thing discovered about those pile on attacks to Louise & 20 Committee early on.
They were traced back to the Ukraine & RU troll & bot attacks that set out to take down & disrupt any anti-Trump messaging.

Many of those accts were outed & removed from Twitter.
For sometime, 20 Committee would screenshot those accts leading back to RU origins.

So believe whomever you want. Like I said, I'll stick with the indys who have the where-with-all to know their enemy & the savy ppl around them who tracked them all the way to their pro-Putin troll & bot farms.

But one would have had to follow these Indy Investigaters to know this.





onenote

(42,737 posts)
51. A "very short shelf life" to Louise Mensch is a very long time in the real world.
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 11:47 PM
Apr 2018

Aren't we getting close to the one year anniversary of "imminent" arrests emanating from the Southern District of New York (or was it the Eastern District of Virginia) in the Russia probe?


?lang=en

(For the record, almost all of the Mueller indictments to date (the first of which was announced in October) have been from the District of Columbia District Court. None have come from the SDNY and the only ones from the ED VA were less than 2 months ago and were "superseding indictments against Manafort and Gates, who previously were indicted in DC).

SomethingNew

(279 posts)
54. Bullshit Artisit 101:
Tue May 1, 2018, 02:24 AM
May 2018

If you pick a few reasonably likely events and "predict" them, you can gain some marginal credibility.

What do you think goes through the minds of people who make things up for a living? Do you think they grow to believe their own delusions?

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