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Howard Fineman re: NYPost Hunter "Bombshell" : ARE YOU F$!&$ KIDDING ME? (Original Post) sabra Oct 2020 OP
Oh it's all perfectly legit Blue Owl Oct 2020 #1
They have gone down the rabbit hole with Hillary's emails Bev54 Oct 2020 #2
LOL - this smells worse than the Dubya letter nt sweetloukillbot Oct 2020 #3
and Twitter pulls it down but M$Greedia will cover it malaise Oct 2020 #4
The trump campaign is like an old washed up vaudeville act Walleye Oct 2020 #5
Brilliant, hahaha!!! Talitha Oct 2020 #13
Time for the hook. C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #15
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2020 #30
Seriously. paleotn Oct 2020 #49
Yep, this is shakier than even the "new" Hillary emails found on... brush Oct 2020 #6
A nice summation, sir or madam. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2020 #41
It's a sir, and thank you. brush Oct 2020 #55
Turns out the man with the laptop was JKF, Jr. RGTIndy Oct 2020 #7
Aha! underpants Oct 2020 #12
KNR Lucinda Oct 2020 #8
Your headline is misleading. Mme. Defarge Oct 2020 #9
Did it have the name of the shadowy figure from the grassy knoll? ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #10
& Hunter was living in L.A. at the time Qutzupalotl Oct 2020 #11
Oh my . . . Iliyah Oct 2020 #14
This sham story is crumbling into stinky bits. C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #18
But sadly McEnany, Eric, Junior, Gargoyle, Steve Guest, Giuliani himself, and others are ALL... George II Oct 2020 #25
Bullshit walks. C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #27
Hey, It Could Happen, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #26
Isn't that a plot to a Coen Brother's movie? PaulRevere08 Oct 2020 #16
Burn After Reading waddirum Oct 2020 #42
Perhaps a sub-plot. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2020 #43
one would think that lying as much as they do... stillcool Oct 2020 #17
I'm sure none of the Trump children Mr.Bill Oct 2020 #19
Didn't know that Russian agitprop came as a preloaded feature on laptops. roamer65 Oct 2020 #20
Does this repair shop do pizza ? OnDoutside Oct 2020 #21
Yes, in between trafficking in children out of the basement. George II Oct 2020 #24
A BASEMENT !!! OMG 😃 OnDoutside Oct 2020 #39
Actually, MyOwnPeace Oct 2020 #40
Seems legit gratuitous Oct 2020 #22
Whoever the owner is, the fact that the store owner copied is and gave it to someone else.......... George II Oct 2020 #23
Since Bannon is out on bail, does any of this BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #28
http://www.demacshop.com/ C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #29
Quite True, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #33
Very disappointed, George II MyOwnPeace Oct 2020 #44
Aaaand who is calling the FBI about this? ancianita Oct 2020 #31
I have to disagree with Fineman. The emails are not "criminal". Midnight Writer Oct 2020 #32
Past experience tells us that fabrication of everything here -- emails, software, even the ancianita Oct 2020 #34
He's clearly being sarcastic. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #35
Oh, that is nothing! Aussie105 Oct 2020 #36
NY Post has the Q-Mails! dchill Oct 2020 #37
worse than a pumpkin patch. pansypoo53219 Oct 2020 #38
This is so stupid! Let's just make up stuff just to make up stuff UCmeNdc Oct 2020 #45
There is no evidence that war on Christmas and Easter plans bluecollar2 Oct 2020 #46
Comrade Soros is financing the entire operation through H̵i̵l̵l̵a̵r̵y̵ usual sources. NBachers Oct 2020 #50
Did Hoffa's body turn up along with this? davsand Oct 2020 #47
Fucking laughable! BlueJac Oct 2020 #48
Couldn't they at least have brought in James O'Keefe or Jacob Wohl to enhance their credibility? NBachers Oct 2020 #51
O'Keefe wouldn't touch them. HubertHeaver Oct 2020 #54
Rt.. I wish they would put "criminal Hunter" in Quotes! Cha Oct 2020 #52
They are like high school misfits always getting caught... WyattKansas Oct 2020 #53
How hard would it be to do some research to identify a nosy, conservative, activist computer repair applegrove Oct 2020 #56
Let me get this straight. halfulglas Oct 2020 #57

Walleye

(31,028 posts)
5. The trump campaign is like an old washed up vaudeville act
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 04:04 PM
Oct 2020

They keep doing the same jokes and routines and can’t figure out why they are not getting any applause

paleotn

(17,931 posts)
49. Seriously.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 07:05 PM
Oct 2020

Like Pompeo and the stupidity shit about Clinton's emails. They really are THIS incompetent.

brush

(53,788 posts)
6. Yep, this is shakier than even the "new" Hillary emails found on...
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 04:04 PM
Oct 2020

Weiner's laptop in 2016—duplicate emails already investigated but announced as new on Oct. 28 by Hillary hater Comey, the now eternal redemption seeker, trying to absolve himself of the sin of cursing the nation with trump.

And if it's shakier than that, you know it's BULLSHIT.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
18. This sham story is crumbling into stinky bits.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 04:48 PM
Oct 2020

And some laws may have been broken along the way. Who will go down? Rudy deserves to be behind bars but it seems they set this repair store guy to be the patsy. Sucks to be him.

George II

(67,782 posts)
25. But sadly McEnany, Eric, Junior, Gargoyle, Steve Guest, Giuliani himself, and others are ALL...
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 04:56 PM
Oct 2020

...tweeting it and retweeting it over and over again.

Many of those tweets have been reported, wonder if they'll be removed.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
27. Bullshit walks.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 05:01 PM
Oct 2020

Twitter and Facebook are doing okay zapping these lies today. More important, the story has flipped and now features the Republican fraudmakers. Possibly forgers. Glorious blowback. Will Giuliani be arrested for this shit?

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
26. Hey, It Could Happen, Sir
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 05:01 PM
Oct 2020

People do stuff like that all the time. All the time!


"There is nothing so fine and rare in human affairs as competence, and any who display it, in any art from adultery to zoology, are the only ones worth the oil it will take to fry them in Hell."






roamer65

(36,745 posts)
20. Didn't know that Russian agitprop came as a preloaded feature on laptops.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 04:50 PM
Oct 2020

Ah, wait Kaspersky...yeah.

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
40. Actually,
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 06:08 PM
Oct 2020

the "repair shop" guy lives in the Watergate Complex and commutes to work each day on the same train Biden rode!
They would exchange flash drives when they passed each other en route!


George II

(67,782 posts)
23. Whoever the owner is, the fact that the store owner copied is and gave it to someone else..........
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 04:52 PM
Oct 2020

...IS A CRIME!!

Steve Bannon committed a crime by receiving stolen goods.
Rudy Giuliani committed a crime by receiving stolen goods.

Looks like there are enough crimes to go around.

LOCK THEM UP!

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
28. Since Bannon is out on bail, does any of this
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 05:03 PM
Oct 2020

have the possibility of him going to jail now (breaking bail agreement in some way?). I don't know much about the law.

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
33. Quite True, Sir
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 05:09 PM
Oct 2020

I expect state law has been broken in Delaware, where a Democrat governs. Always on the courteous assumption any of this is true.

I wonder if there could be a way to apply some sort of fraud charge, if money changed hands at points along the path, as it likely did, and if the contents 'sold' were not as described. Admission it was made-up, and known to false all around, would of course be a perfect defense.

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
44. Very disappointed, George II
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 06:14 PM
Oct 2020

I would have thought by now that you would know:

IF A REPUBLICAN DOES IT - IT IS NOT A CRIME!!!!!!

(but Hillary's e-mails..............)

Midnight Writer

(21,768 posts)
32. I have to disagree with Fineman. The emails are not "criminal".
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 05:08 PM
Oct 2020

Even if everything here is on the up and up, there is nothing criminal as far as I can see.

ancianita

(36,095 posts)
34. Past experience tells us that fabrication of everything here -- emails, software, even the
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 05:11 PM
Oct 2020

hardware and all said 'guys', should be checked out, and if any of them is fake, it's a criminal conspiracy to criminalize a national public figure.

Aussie105

(5,401 posts)
36. Oh, that is nothing!
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 05:37 PM
Oct 2020

I bought an old laptop off eBay and it had many emails on it from Abraham Lincoln addressed to his mistress!

Going to put that laptop back on eBay, bidding starts at $1M!

Seriously though, as a conspiracy concept that 'Hunter Biden' laptop deserves a medal - or something.
But The mega MAGA Stupid will believe, the rest of us will just go . . . . nice try, but no sale!

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
45. This is so stupid! Let's just make up stuff just to make up stuff
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 06:18 PM
Oct 2020

Then add some democratic politician name to the BS then say "see they are guilty."

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
46. There is no evidence that war on Christmas and Easter plans
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 06:19 PM
Oct 2020

have been compromised at this time.

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davsand

(13,421 posts)
47. Did Hoffa's body turn up along with this?
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 06:27 PM
Oct 2020

Maybe pictures of Nessie or of Elvis hanging out with Batboy?




Laura

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
53. They are like high school misfits always getting caught...
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 08:58 PM
Oct 2020

With pathetic stunts and schemes that they didn't think through...

'Okay, I know my coat was left in the trashed principles office, but I didn't do it.'

'That wasn't me hiding on the air ducts in the girl's locker room, because I was the one who sprang into action and tried to catch the culprit. Can I have my phone back that I dropped up there?'

'I don't know why the teacher put Teacher's Copy on the top of my test after I turned it in. Maybe I am just that smart?'

'No, we weren't joyriding with the missing Drivers Ed car, we were practicing to make sure we got everything perfect in class. Maybe the Drivers Ed teacher made all those donuts on the football field, put all those dents in it, and fled the police.'

'That wasn't me who downloaded porn into every classroom computer to open when they were turned on. Maybe a glitch happened when I logged in after hours to do my homework, since it was traced back to my IP home address.'

applegrove

(118,696 posts)
56. How hard would it be to do some research to identify a nosy, conservative, activist computer repair
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:27 PM
Oct 2020

How hard would it be to do some research to identify a nosy, conservative, activist computer repair show owner likely to pass on political dirt, then lure him with stickers on the bait machine? pic.twitter.com/DZkL8FGTXJ

— Thomas Rid (@RidT)October 14, 2020

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/new-york-post-biden-emails/

halfulglas

(1,654 posts)
57. Let me get this straight.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 04:06 PM
Oct 2020

I have an about 6 year old laptop and a few other not even identified electronic devices and I drop them off at a random IT repair shop to a guy who does not even come out front in the shop and log them in so his customers can identify him, apparently don't sign anything to even say what I want done. Because there is more than one item, said repairman assumes I'm "rich" and because there is a Beau Biden Foundation sticker on the laptop I presume it belongs to Hunter Biden and decide to copy the hard drive. How does even the beginning of this story make any sense? Not to mention "his emails" having weird or missing metadata. Oh, and by the way, actually my schedule says I'm on the other end of the continent when this happened.

This guy shouldn't be afraid for his life from unnamed people, he should be afraid of losing is business license for whatever the charge is for this kind of thing.

I think originally this wasn't supposed to be the actual October surprise. This was supposed to be one more thing to make Biden seem dirtier. They really thought Biden would be a lot more "dirtied up" by now, but as the previous attempts by Trump himself, Trump's surrogates, Fox, et al haven't been very successful, this one lands all alone and gets a lot more scrutiny than they thought it would letting so many of us to say "Is that all there is?"

There's probably more coming so we have to keep our eyes open and ready to rebut, but this is so unbelievable it sounds like a plot out of a TV show that got rejected.

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