“I will make sure that you and I meet one day while we’re in the courthouse. And I will take you for every penny you still don’t have. And I will come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know,” Cohen told the website. “So I’m warning you, tread very fucking lightly, because what I’m going to do to you is going to be fucking disgusting. You understand me?”
Let's see if Cohen can swear and threaten and bluff his way out of this one.
In the spring of 1938 a 19 year old outfielder failed to break into the Boston Red Sox' outfield of Vosmik, Cramer, and Chapman- .300 hitters all. At the end of spring training, they bid him adieu to the minor leagues with the taunt of "So long, busher". As the equipment manager Johnny Orlando saw they young man off on a train to Minneapolis, the Sox' Triple A farm club, the young man said "Tell them I'll be back, and that I'm going to make more money in this game than all three of them put together".
That young man was Ted Williams. You, Mr. Cohen, are no Ted Williams.
Best part of the story so far (per MSNBC lawsplainer Chuck Rosenberg): when the FBI raids an attorney's office or home, they have to bring along a Taint Team.
A what? you ask.
That's right, a Taint Team, a special group of lawyers who sift through the evidence to separate out that which might be tainted by attorney-client privilege, such as papers related to Cohen's non-Trump clients, if there are any.
Fox now blaming news of the FBI raid on Michael Cohen's office for "almost 400 points erased from "what was a magnificent rally" in the stock market: https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/983440743644…
While MSNBC and CNN are discussing the FBI raid , Tucker Carslon is discussing that the Boston Marathon allows trans gender athletes, because of course.
Well, 30% is half of 60%, so you can go ahead and round that up right away. And 60% is actually–and no one really knew this but many people are saying–more than half of 100, so really, truthfully, his approval rating is somewhere between 120% and infinity. Very high marks.
"
Well… so… here we are. The system is, so far, working as designed. Mueller found evidence of a crime that was outside his purview, and according to Bloomberg, he sent it up the chain to Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein then called up Joon H. Kim, and suggested that he should deal with it… and he did. (And none of that is hyperbole, by the way, Kim would have had to sign off on the warrant. And so would someone at the DoJ in Washington, because the target was a Lawyer.)
This is the end of the world for Trump. Obviously for Cohen, too, of course, but it's the end for Trump. He has run out of places to hide. Even pardoning Cohen would likely fail, since Trump is a co-conspirator.
The end of Trump, or our Republic, starts tonight; there's no way both can survive.
"
Off day for the Red Sox. Their shortstop, Xander Bogaerts, is out for ~14 days with a tiny fracture on his talus bone.
Hunter Greene: dayum
My Achilles tendon pulled some bone away from my heel, which somehow also fractured the lateral process of the talus. That fracture was no joke, cost me a lot more than 14 days!
well that sucks. How long before you got back to playing shortstop?
I didn't mind the missed work as much as I hated living in an upstairs condo at the time.
Let's see if Cohen can swear and threaten and bluff his way out of this one.
Well, he did do something fucking disgusting. That's what got him into this spot in the first place.
A fucking plus for the hed pic
And for the Shakespearean reference in the post title.
Some statements of bravado can be backed up-
In the spring of 1938 a 19 year old outfielder failed to break into the Boston Red Sox' outfield of Vosmik, Cramer, and Chapman- .300 hitters all. At the end of spring training, they bid him adieu to the minor leagues with the taunt of "So long, busher". As the equipment manager Johnny Orlando saw they young man off on a train to Minneapolis, the Sox' Triple A farm club, the young man said "Tell them I'll be back, and that I'm going to make more money in this game than all three of them put together".
That young man was Ted Williams. You, Mr. Cohen, are no Ted Williams.
Speaking of Cohen, is it time for some [ hallelujah? ]
But the Joe Vosmik Room in Cooperstown is one of the highlights.
I never said otherwise
<img src="https://m0.her.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20105635/Hysterical-Laughing-Gif-11.gif" width="300" height="300">
Hold onto your butts!
Best part of the story so far (per MSNBC lawsplainer Chuck Rosenberg): when the FBI raids an attorney's office or home, they have to bring along a Taint Team.
A what? you ask.
That's right, a Taint Team, a special group of lawyers who sift through the evidence to separate out that which might be tainted by attorney-client privilege, such as papers related to Cohen's non-Trump clients, if there are any.
TEAM TAINT
Thoughts and prayers…
Fox now blaming news of the FBI raid on Michael Cohen's office for "almost 400 points erased from "what was a magnificent rally" in the stock market:
https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/983440743644…
Focus on the real tragedy here, people!
"no one could have imagined…"
Trump just called the raid an attack on our country. What the fuck?
I hope he doesn't make any
bonespur of the moment decisionsACID-WASHED EMAILS
L'etat, c'est moi
<img src="http://wonkville.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Poor-little-Donald-Trump-hes-being-treated-unfairly.jpg">
He delivered some world-class maunder during that, uh, "statement."
"We'll see what happens. Many people have said, 'You should fire him.'" -Donald J. Trump, like five minutes ago
…and here's the video. Talks tough but sounds subdued. He's scared.
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/98347374769598…
That was like 2 minutes of filling out a Trump speech bingo card.
Really. You'd have to be fast or you'd miss squares. High score!
That video was with Bolton by his side, and he's going to decide about Syria in 48 hours? Fuuuuck
NOBODY ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS- he led off the event with this on his own!
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/983488209727512…
"They broke into" the office?
Donald, I know you're limited, but executing a search warrant =/= breaking into an office TYVM…
Deep State closes in on Shallow Leader
Grifteraptera
Trump's Attorneys have Attorneys, retained to help him fight 'em
Now those Attorneys need Attorneys
and so, ad infinitum.
It is Poetry Month, after all.
You're very clever, young cephalopod, but it's attorneys all the way down!
Thanks. Don't tell the children, they've got enough to worry about.
No reason we can't have news-appropriate haikus:
Cohen, searched today
angry dotard, innocent?
not on your life, pal
Making
Attorneys
Get
Attorneys
..And so they march in single file
Into the court, defiant
"And who is this?", the judge demands
"My client's client's client"
awesome. Is that from somewhere else?
Thanks.
I think I made it up in response to CR's, right inside my brain, but who the hell knows where it's been?
you, sir, are a poet
Oh man, today is just so full of Win:
| "TAKE THAT DOWN!" |
I'm thinking of getting this tattooed on my forehead:
<img src="https://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/howard-kurtz-oopsies.jpg">
Lying Bags of Shrugs
Cohen, once National Deputy Finance Chair of the GOP, is now gone from their web site.
https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/983480…
Has the Twitter temper tantrum started yet?
Judge who OKed the warrant and raid was a Trump appointee
Will their testimonies before the grand jury be open book, pre-booking, or post-booking orange?
Don’t judge a booking by its cover
I had no idea what booking.com was all about.
you had no idea
…
neither did I
For extra giggles………………
|A federal judge on Monday signed off on a $25 million agreement to settle fraud claims arising from Trump University|
so unfair. I didn't get *any* dvds from any of the institutions I attended
Heavy weather ahead. Batten down the hatches!<img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaX0DnwVQAAZHvy.jpg">
Oh myyyyy!
Trump, after the cameras were turned off:
<img src="https://media1.tenor.com/images/d470329d3016e1491ac301c87d30a72f/tenor.gif">
Also
<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/TijL9TieqPfLq/giphy.gif"</img>
While MSNBC and CNN are discussing the FBI raid , Tucker Carslon is discussing that the Boston Marathon allows trans gender athletes, because of course.
He thinks that 30% is unreasonably high.
Well, 30% is half of 60%, so you can go ahead and round that up right away. And 60% is actually–and no one really knew this but many people are saying–more than half of 100, so really, truthfully, his approval rating is somewhere between 120% and infinity. Very high marks.
Record setting, if I do say. The best.
From the FP:
<img src="https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2f9d63d7bb4f93168e54d594de762713505cd456d14d2dbee3cec61964bf31ef.png"</img>
Meanwhile on Trump teevee: <img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaYrwS1WkAAndN9.jpg">via twitterer Sulome Anderson
<img src="https://media.makeameme.org/created/meanwhile-at-the-5acc12.jpg">
Comment on an | article in TPM | by karlwlewis:
"
Well… so… here we are. The system is, so far, working as designed. Mueller found evidence of a crime that was outside his purview, and according to Bloomberg, he sent it up the chain to Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein then called up Joon H. Kim, and suggested that he should deal with it… and he did. (And none of that is hyperbole, by the way, Kim would have had to sign off on the warrant. And so would someone at the DoJ in Washington, because the target was a Lawyer.)
This is the end of the world for Trump. Obviously for Cohen, too, of course, but it's the end for Trump. He has run out of places to hide. Even pardoning Cohen would likely fail, since Trump is a co-conspirator.
The end of Trump, or our Republic, starts tonight; there's no way both can survive.
"
So much for nice time…
I've been in a training session, away from my computer and phone all day. Anything interesting happen?
Lindsey Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac
Aw SHIT.
The Mariners lost to KC.
Hunter Greene struck out 8 batters in 3 innings and peaked at 100 mph tonight
Off day for the Red Sox. Their shortstop, Xander Bogaerts, is out for ~14 days with a tiny fracture on his talus bone.
Hunter Greene: dayum
My Achilles tendon pulled some bone away from my heel, which somehow also fractured the lateral process of the talus. That fracture was no joke, cost me a lot more than 14 days!
well that sucks. How long before you got back to playing shortstop?
I didn't mind the missed work as much as I hated living in an upstairs condo at the time.
Yes. This is beautiful.
<img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaZD5PYVQAAHXt-?format=jpg" width=400>
you have to get up pretty early in the day to beat Dewey to posting
<img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaXmxsGWsAA2Y_O.jpg">
The Trump kids have been strangely quiet
https://mobile.twitter.com/IvankaTrump
https://mobile.twitter.com/jackrox/status/9835777…