Posted on 01/18/2017 7:47:34 AM PST by CharlesOConnell
I'm listening to what I think is Bach's greatest work, Mass in B Minor Jordi Savall, along with the Goldberg Variations Murray Perahia, as Bach's other greatest.
My Russian friend, Venjamin, who has more music in his little pinky than I have in my whole body, but he doesn't really do the 'Highbrow' thing, asks me, 'Do you think there are any modern composers as good as those classical ones in the 17- and 1800s?'
My answer is, 'Yes, I think Prokoviev was terrific'. (Lieutenant Kije was a terrible film, that promoted immorality, but the music is wonderful.)
'But he was a Communist'. Prokofiev signed a public letter, I think in the NY Times, protesting that Ethyl Rosenberg shouldn't be executed for atomic spying.
But consider, espionage and treason are future murder. There would be people in the future who will die because of today's spooks. So those crimes are worse than murder, worse than individual instances of mass murder, because, potentially, unlimited numbers of people could die in the future.
Was Bradley Manning pardoned because he was Trans?
Yes
Worst POTUS by far, so far!
Manning is a He-SHe-IT that won’t last in the real world for long.
I believe so. Poor tearful snowflake... we now have a blueprint for how to get out of consequences.
The only group Obama did not screw over was the LGBT community. it is the only group that years from now will be talking positively about what he did. Chelsey Manning is just Obama pandering.
It was bammy’s gift to the dick choppers.
Remember a few months ago when Assage threatened to release information that would put Hillary in jail? Shortly thereafter, he didn't release any bombshells, but he did start negotiations with Obama on his not being tried and his getting out of the Ecuadorian embassy?
He never did release any “go directly to Jail” information on Hillary even though he said it was coming.
I think that the bombshell was something between Hillary and Obama that was really illegal for both.
Assange has made it clear that he wants Manning to get a pardon. He recently said he would allow extradition to the US if Manning is released. Assange has something that he offered not to release if Obama granted Manning a pardon.
As a result expect Obama to give Hillary and himself or some close associates some pardons on his last day in office that will be buried in the news of the inauguration riots Democrats are arranging.
If Assange has real dirt on 0bama and/or Hillary, do you think 0bama will also pardon Assange?
It appears that Barry has an established pattern of attraction to manly looking women, or men that used to be women..ok I’m not sure what they are, but he likes them!
I agree, at a minimum it was a significant contributing factor.
Dear Leader doing as much damage as he can as he heads out the door.
Maybe. But surely also because he would have no problem in harming this country. One has to look at how many of Obama’s actions have involved in doing what is NOT in the best interest for the survival of this country.
No. Bradley Manning wasn’t pardoned because he is a tran. Bradley Manning was pardoned to minimize the impact of Hillary’s treason. If Manning did this and it wasn’t so bad, why are we bothering to prosecute Clinton, when that time comes?
This is the left’s game. They will make a moral equivalence between Hillary and Manning and the only thing they have in common is their hatred for this country.
I have a theory about this:
Since the Obama administration is considered to be a great persecutor of whistle-blowers, do you think he might have thrown this up to combat that legacy, due to an error in thought, drawing an equivalence between civil matters within a society and treason against a society?
Yeth.
Bathhouse Barry wanted a new friend.
Yes; but, I believe he was also pardoned because what he did hurt American interests. For the Dems and Leftists, that was a two-fer.
Also, thank you for using "he"; which is what "he" is, no matter how hard he tries to convince us otherwise.
On one of the shows I was watching today, they mentioned that he was depressed and had attempted suicide. I had to laugh (not meaning to be cruel), but, anyone who has read anything about these poor, confused souls, knows that their sucide rate (attempted or successful) is much, much higher than the general population. These people are very troubled; and, mutilating themselves really doesn't solve the problem. And, joining them on their crazy train by calling him "Chelsea" and referring to him as "she" is also, not helpful.
I think that if Obama doesn't have Assange killed, yes he probably will recommend to Trump that Trump pardon Assagne. I don't think Obama will want his fingerprints on the pardon. And yes I think that Assange has some pretty special dirt on Hillary that implicates Obama corruption.
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