Tag Archives: Diane Feinstein

A message to Red Lobster

Posted on by

You can’t hurl a dead cat more than three feet before you happen to hit some business that has decided to cave like craven bastards and bastardettes before the various SJWs flitting about on the internet and on social media.

Another corporation has bitten the dust in my book, and that is Red Lobster. From the WashingtonTimes.com:

Red Lobster says Tucker Carlson’s show ‘no longer in line’ with company values, pulls ads

by Jessica Chasmar

Red Lobster is pulling advertisements from Tucker Carlson’s prime-time Fox News show amid an ongoing boycott against the conservative host for comments he made about illegal immigration and women’s pay.

“Red Lobster’s advertising buying guidelines reflect our core values and commitment to supporting programming that represents the highest standards of good taste, fair practice and objectivity,” the seafood chain said in a statement Tuesday.

“We reserve the right to make changes to our purchases when the dialogue is no longer in line with our criteria,” the company said.

Mr. Tucker sparked outrage last month after he claimed illegal immigration made the U.S. “poorer and dirtier.”

One moment. Yes. BZ agrees. Unchecked illegal immigration — as is fully not just desired by demanded by the LDAMM (Leftists, Demorats and the American Media Maggots) — is making the United States poorer and dirtier. First, there aren’t merely 11 million illegals in the nation; there are 22 million. Second, please reference:

Third, in terms of “dirtier,” we have this from the CanadaFreePress.com:

Crisis of Seriously Ill Migrants Slams Border Patrol — TB, Pneumonia, Influenza, Parasites

by Judicial Watch

Weeks after mainstream media outlets reported that illegal immigrants don’t bring disease into the United States, the Border Patrol reveals that it is getting slammed daily with dozens of illegal immigrants carrying “serious illnesses.” This includes tuberculosis, influenza and pneumonia. In fact, a Guatemalan migrant who died in U.S. custody on Christmas Eve had Influenza B, a virus that causes respiratory infections.

Federal agents are referring 50 illegal immigrants a day for urgent medical care, according to figures obtained by Washington D.C.’s conservative newspaper. Authorities say “it’s unlike anything they’ve ever seen before.” Many of the migrants have tuberculosis, parasites or the flu, the feds confirm.

There are also lots of pregnant women about to give birth. The article quotes Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan saying that most of the illegal immigrants were sick when they arrived at the U.S. border. “Many were ill before they departed their homes,” McAleenan said. “We’re talking about cases of pneumonia, tuberculosis, parasites. These are not things that developed urgently in a matter of days.”

A separate story published by a mainstream newspaper on New Year’s Eve discloses that in the last few weeks of 2018 more than 450 illegal immigrants required medical attention for illnesses. More than half were children. In the piece CBP Commissioner McAleenan refers to the situation as a “crisis.”

Here’s an excerpt from the article: “The ill migrants have been arriving with all kinds of ailments, many with flu or pneumonia that can be particularly pervasive and dangerous this time of year.” It proceeds to reveal that 17 illegal immigrants have been hospitalized and that the Coast Guard has been deployed to help, sending medical teams to Border Patrol sectors getting bombarded with sick migrants. They include Yuma and Tucson, Arizona as well as the Rio Grande Valley.

That sounds like veracity to me.

The corporate nits at RL also said:

More recently, he cast doubt on the claim that higher pay for women is a “victory for feminism.”

“Casting doubt” — i.e., “asking questions” — is now anathema to Leftists. Whoa buddy. No questions allowed. Dogma 24/7/365.

I believe that this is the segment referenced.

So. Did you live after watching and listening? Or did you turn into a festering, quivering pile of lipoma butter? Because Tucker Carlson told the actual truth?

Let there be no mistake. This Red Lobster decision didn’t occur by happenstance, coincidence or indifference. This was a concerted corporate decision by the CEO of Red Lobster. This was an active decision on the part of Red Lobster. They meant to make a statement and then live by it.

But wait; there’s more.

Red Lobster doesn’t operate in a vacuum. Formerly owned by Darden, it is now owned by Golden Gate Capital, an investment firm in California. Shocked, not shocked? GGC now owns Macaroni Grill, California Pizza Kitchen and is associated with Blum Capital.

Who or what is Blum Capital?

Oh, right. Richard Blum. Who happens to be the husband of Diane Feinstein since their marriage in 1980. DiFi is married to an investment banker.

Connecting the dots now, are you?

Thanks to Lonnie Poindexter for pointing out the situation. And because of that I responded to both Lonnie and Red Lobster in this fashion:

“Dear Red Lobster:

As Tucker Carlson no longer comports with your values, so does Red Lobster no longer comport with mine. I am letting my friends know of your decision. 

Since when does a food franchise decide it’s going to alienate 70% of its customer base?

So, I have decided to help you alienate even more customers by passing along your desire that Conservatives not patronize your establishments.

Consider it done.”

After all, information is power.

And you need to know when corporations stand against you.

Red Lobster and Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital and Leftists stand against you.

When you dine at Red Lobster, your money goes to support Leftists.

It’s that simple.

Never again.

BZ

 

 Share

Susan Collins: one rational female voice in the political Senate wilderness

Posted on by

Senator Susan Collins at podium, with Republican Senators Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi sitting behind. They too were a “yes” on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. 

And I certainly never thought I’d write that but, after all, these are the times of Kabuki Theater, lies, betrayal, backstabbing politics, abject character assassinations and the reversal of most everything people commonly knew as “good.” Here is but one example, embraced lovingly by the Demorats. It’d be laughable — which it actually is — if it weren’t true.

Also note that Senator Collins had to wade through all this extraneous flotsam in order to get to the chambers.

Nothing like being tracked down, hounded, followed and stalked. Nah. Nothing creepy or fraught with potential violence there.

And yet, Republican Senator Susan Collins managed to proffer this to the Senate. Something that should have been embraced by every other clear thinking Senator because, damn her, she managed to eschew simple emotion and embrace the law.

One brave woman. Who received these immediate threats for displaying a grasp of logic, proportion, facts, history, common sense and rationality.

This is a fraction of what Susan Collins faced thereafter.

Not so brave? In fact, a miserable, duplicitous wretch? Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who caved following this physical bracing by Diane Feinstein in the halls, caught by cell phone camera. Note the posturing and body language inherent in the shot. This is a power pose like no other, meant to do nothing more than belittle, frighten, humiliate and, mostly, intimidate. As in “you’d better stand with the women or we’ll make your life a living hell.” Murkowski, of course, caved #BecauseWomen.

Feinstein is invading Murkowski’s personal space. She has backed Murkowski up against a wall. Another naked display of power is the placing of Feinstein’s left arm, upraised, against a wall. An upraised arm is a signifier of potential power as in “I could easily bring this down on top of you.” This is primeval but very clear.

What do you think would be the reaction from the LDAMM, the Leftists, Demorats and American Media Maggots if, say, a man were to position himself in this fashion, publicly, against a female? Answer: bedlam, unbrage, protests, calls for a public hanging.

On the other hand, couldn’t one say that Feinstein appears to be Skeletor’s grandmother? She’s likely 95-cents, dripping wet. Ew, sorry. Brainworm. Bad visual. Apologies.

Ask yourself, however, if you have seen that stance, by a Demorat, in politics before. Right. Demorat Lyndon Baines Johnson — who was 6’4″ tall — and used it to intimidate whenever possible.

By the way Lisa, heads-up: from GatewayPundit.com:

Sarah Palin Fires Warning Shot: Strongly Hints at Senate Run Against Lisa Murkowski

by Kristinn Taylor

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin strongly hinted at a challenge to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) when Murkowski is next up for reelection in 2022. Murkowski, a three term incumbent, is undecided on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, but gave several indications Friday that she will vote no.

Palin and Murkowski are longtime political foes. Plain defeated her father Gov. Frank Murkowski in 2006 in the GOP primary, thwarting his reelection bid. Palin successfully endorsed GOP challenger Joe Miller who defeated incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the 2010 primary. Murkowski then controversially ran as a write-in candidate, winning reelection over Miller in the general election.

Interesting point:

Wikipedia notes Murkowski, who initially was appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father Frank Murkowski when he left the Senate after being elected Alaska governor, has never won a majority of the vote in the general election.

Murkowski needs to be removed because she’s simply anti-American. And a sexist. She believes that men are guilty until proven innocent.

Then there were the protesters. Tell me you don’t think either one of these videos illustrates brainless, uninspired walking dead Leftists. Example 1:

Example 2:

But wait, there’s more. A picture is frequently worth a thousand words.

You’re welcome.

BZ

 

 Share

Kavanaugh: what next? (Updated)

Posted on by

The Senate Judiciary Committee is currently comprised of 11 Republicans and 10 Demorats. On Friday the 28th Judge Brett Kavanaugh passed this committee and will move to the Senate itself.

With one major caveat. Republican Senator Jeff Flake — yes, we knew that we had a Republican Judas/Brutus within the committee — demanded that there must be a week-long delay in order for the FBI to conduct “an investigation” of Kavanaugh before Flake’s affirmative vote could be acquired. That was his “thirty pieces of silver” and his dagger.

A hostage situation if you will, because six prior independent FBI investigations into Kavanaugh’s background were plainly insufficient.

The GOP Senate went along with those demands for a week’s delay. From AZCentral.com:

Sen. Jeff Flake gets Senate to seek FBI inquiry of Brett Kavanaugh sex allegations

by Ronald J Hansen

U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake sided with Senate Democrats Friday to try to force a one-week FBI investigation of the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Flake agreed to send Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate, but would not support a floor vote for Kavanaugh without allowing the investigation to happen. With Flake’s help, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines 11-10 to send Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Senate as a whole.

The Senate Judiciary Committee asked the White House to have the FBI conduct an investigation within hours of the hearing. The requested probe “would be limited to current credible allegations against the nominee and must be completed no later than one week from today,” the committee noted.

Flake, an Arizona Republican, had indicated earlier in the day his support for the judge, but pushed the nomination in a new direction after meeting privately at length with U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, who is a member of the committee and a close personal friend.

In immediate response I wrote on Facebook:

Continuing in the fine tradition of John McCain by shitting on the GOP bed, Senator Jeff Flake — a lame duck who realizes he cannot possibly be held responsible for any of his actions — has decided to hold up a Senate floor vote on Kavanaugh. Why, do you suppose? Because he despises President Trump. Facts in evidence.

There was this from the WashingtonTimes.com:

Trump orders FBI to probe Supreme Court nominee

by Stephen Dinan

GOP pushed Kavanaugh through committee but agrees to weeklong pause

President Trump ordered the FBI on Friday to reopen the background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, giving investigators time to to make sense of sexual assault allegations that have been lodged.

Mr. Trump insisted the new review be “limited in scope and completed in less than one week.”

He made the move in response to Senate Republicans, who after powering Judge Kavanaugh through the Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote earlier in the day said they would take extra steps to try to dispel the cloud that has arisen around the nominee.

Senate Demorats got their way with the able assistance of Republican Senator Jeff Flake. But not before admitted juvenile female breast-groper — who wrote about the situation in college — Corey Booker (see my post here) decided to act again like a child and exit the Senate Judiciary Committee room in a puerile tantrum along with Richard Blumenthal, Kamala Harris, Mazie Hirono and Sheldon Whitehouse.

J’accuse?

Let’s be blunt. We know about the molesting Demorat Corey Booker (and Demorat Keith Ellison for that matter). Let me remind you about Demorat Richard Blumenthal, from TheHill.com:

Cotton to Blumenthal: You don’t have credibility to question Kavanaugh

by Megan Keller

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) ripped into Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Thursday for lying about his military service and then questioning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s credibility.

“@SenBlumenthal lied for years about serving in Vietnam, which is all you need to know about his courage & honesty,” Cotton, who is not on the Senate Judiciary Committee, tweeted during the questioning. “Maybe he should reconsider before questioning Judge Kavanaugh’s credibility.”

Blumenthal has said he served in Vietnam, when he in fact sought at least five military deferments and eventually landed a spot in the Marine Reserve, where he was essentially guaranteed not to serve in the conflict itself, The New York Times reports.

So it would appear that Senator Blumenthal is another Stolen Valor liar. But of course you didn’t hear about that. Nor would you ever. The LDAMM conspire to keep It quiet. He serves their purposes so he must be covered and supported.

Then there is the Kamala Harris, who had an affair with the then-married black Demorat California power broker Willie Brown, 30 years her senior, so that she could herself be inserted into the California political power structure. Read this article.

Mazie Hirono is simply a buffoon who has no concept of America. And doesn’t want to. Hawaii? You deserve everything you don’t get from her. Like knowledge. Competence.

Sheldon Whitehouse is a zero who isn’t even worth mentioning. No one has heard of him. Ever. He’s as significant as my hemorrhoids and with much less seniority.

But what about that Jeff Flake guy? He was kinda sorta “in”, maybe, for giving a, perhaps, thumbs-up to Kavanaugh. Conceivably. Perchance. Or not.

Here’s what happened to Jeffie. He got a little bit of pushback from a couple of women in an elevator. Jeffie went full GOWP. Guilty Overeducated White Person.

But what do we know about these women, and what did they trumpet after this confrontation with Republican Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona? Oh, right. That they are connected with George Soros. From BigLeaguePolitcis.com:

Woman Who Confronted Flake In Elevator Runs Soros-Funded Organization

by Patrick Howley

Ana Maria Archila, one of the women who confronted Jeff Flake on the elevator at the Capitol after he said he was voting for Brett Kavanaugh, is the co-executive director for the Center for Popular Democracy and the Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund.

The Center For Popular Democracy is heavily funded by George Soros. The organization also identified Maria Gallagher to the press as the other woman confronting Flake.

Thanks for being duped into leaning far Left, Jeffie.

The Free Beacon previously reported: “George Soros is one of the largest funders to the CPD. Soros provided the CPD with $130,000 from   the Foundation to Promote Open Society in 2014 and $1,164,500 in 2015. Soros provided an additional $705,000 from the Open Society Policy Center in 2016.”

With regard to Jeff Flake, how do people operating on common sense and with actual convictions respond?

They say this: “My vote gets revealed when back in the committee hearing room. Up to that point, no one is privy to my vote. Not you, not my fellow Senators. I won’t give fodder to any side pro or con until called upon. I work for my Arizona constituents. No one else.”

Instead, it was proven that Jeff Flake will fold but upon a full front assault by a fresh slice of Velveeta cheese product.

Former NYPD officer and Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino responded on Fox and Friends regarding Jeff Flake.

Here is what happened to Jeff Flake: he became, once more, nothing but a useful tool utilized by the Demorats. They couldn’t care less about him, any more than a person cares for a pair of pliers or a ball peen hammer. When Demorats praised Flake for his “bipartisanship,” that’s code for him being said useful tool.

Any time you hear a member of the LDAMM — Leftists, Demorats or American Media Maggots — utilize one or more of the words “bipartisanship,” “compromise” or “agreement” with regard to any Republican, that means they got their way and the GOP got hosed.

The other thing you must realize is that the “favor” almost never gets returned. Ever. Who, on the Demorat side, is the equivalent squish to Jeff Flake, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins or Bob Corker? There are no more Zell Millers or Joe Liebermans. JFK himself would be summarily drop-kicked from the current Demorat party.

As President Trump indicated, the Demorats were collectively larfing their arses off behind closed doors when Flake flaked. They are certainly sadder than Republicans to see Flake leave the Senate. But Flake is leaving because he knows there’s no way in hell he’s ever getting re-elected by pulling this shite.

Let’s go another direction. What does body language tell us about Brett Kavanaugh? Is he a liar? Who’s zooming whom? Who is placed more convincingly into the “believable” category? Kavanaugh or Ford?

What about another examination? Time to read Paul Ekman and Carl Stincelli?

Some might call this despicable. But once proffered onto Front Street, all is now fair. Ford and her lawyer opened the door. I’m simply walking through the door she herself opened.

This is interesting, from CNSNews.com:

No One Has Come Forward to Back Up Ford, Not Even the Person Who Drove Her Home

by Susan Jones

(CNSNews.com) – Christine Blasey Ford, a psychologist who has been in therapy herself, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday that she has vivid memories of the alleged attack, but not where or exactly when it happened.

In her opening statement, Ford said, “The details that — about that night that bring me here today are the ones I will never forget. They have been seared into my memory and have haunted me episodically as an adult.”

But again, no memories of any specificity whatsoever.

Mitchell asked her, “Would it be fair to say that somebody drove you somewhere, either to the party or home from the party?”

“Correct,” Ford said.

“OK,” said Mitchell. “Has anyone come forward to say to you, ‘Hey, remember, I was the one that drove you home?'”

“No,” Ford said.

But wait. Flake wasn’t just influenced by Soros Women. He met secretly with the Demorats as documented here by McClatchy.

“This is a better process”: Promise from Feinstein, Dems helped Flake with decision

by Kate Irby

WASHINGTON  – Jeff Flake got the attention for being the driving force behind delaying a Senate vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. But it was backroom talks with Democrats that gave the idea the political fuel it needed.

Flake worked with Democrats Friday to craft the latest twist, a deal prompting the FBI to launch an investigation over Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh.

Flake and McCain: two political hacks who attached themselves like destructive remoras to the sides of swimming Republicans when, had they been honest and clear, would have declared themselves what they truly were: both Demorats.

The Senate timetable is now pushed back, as other key Republicans such as Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, aligned with Flake in calling for the investigation before they would vote to approve Kavanaugh.

The sudden deal was all due to some quiet, secretive backroom talks with Democrats, including top committee Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California..

“In an anteroom, back hall conversation, first with Sen. Flake, then with Sen. Feinstein and then with many other senators of both parties, there was a broad agreement that this committee has been too divided and too partisan in this process,” Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, told reporters.

We know enough about opened doors — which is why I also wrote this on Facebook:

Jeff Flake has single-handedly guaranteed that the Kavanaugh vote won’t occur until after the midterms — if at all. Here’s what will happen:

1) It won’t be “just a week” to conduct an FBI investigation on the Ford allegations. You have to be able to contact ALL relevant persons involved and that will be extremely difficult to do in such a limited time frame.

2) Once Demorats realize they can force an investigation of the Ford allegations, they will then:

3) Force an investigation of the Ramirez allegations, and then:

4) Force an investigation of the Swetnick allegations.

That will be WAY past the midterms. Demorats take the House or Senate on November 6th because not enough Republicans showed up at the polls? Game over.

Jeff Flake has managed to, as his final gesture, swive the entire GOP — with his ire aimed directly at President Trump.

I was apparently prescient because the FBI investigation has been expanded to include the Deborah Ramirez allegations. Just as I predicted.

FBI’s Kavanaugh Investigation To Include Ramirez’s Allegations

The investigation will also look into allegations made by Deborah Ramirez, who accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a party when they were students at Yale University, according to the New York Times. Kavanaugh and the White House have denied those allegations.

When the Demorats sense blood in the water, like sharks they circle and sharpen their teeth.

People are bemoaning that there is no more civility left in DC. I wouldn’t necessarily disagree but with one major caveat: the incivility is on the part of Leftist Demorats.

What happened is remarkably similar to something that recently occurred to a friend of mine, who is now getting a divorce. All was generally “well” in the marriage for some years until my friend finally realized that, well, everything was unilateral.

When my friend began to insist that things shouldn’t be quite so one-sided, a major camshaft was thrown. All was well until my friend began to stand up and point out the obvious. There was actually no equality. Not a good recipe for success. But successful only on the part of the person being constantly catered-to. It was an awakening.

The same holds true for Leftists. They’ve been accommodated for years due, mainly, to the inability of Republicans to sack up and unify. Republicans generally lack commitment and testicles. As my goateed high school and civics teacher Mr Helms said back in the 1960s: “Demorats don’t win elections; Republicans lose them.”

Absolutely prophetic.

Mark my words. Demorats will push for more time and push for an investigation of the Swetnick allegations.

Why?

Because Republicans cave so readily.

UPDATED, MONDAY OCTOBER 1st:

White House authorizes FBI to expand Kavanaugh investigation: report

by Brett Samuels

The White House has reportedly permitted the FBI to interview anyone deemed appropriate in its investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

The New York Times reported on Monday that the White House gave authorization to expand the investigation from an initial limited list of witnesses, provided that the review is completed by the end of the week.

The FBI has already spoken with the four individuals it had been given permission to speak to, the newspaper reported.

The Demorats are cheering with gusto right now.

Trump on Monday did appear to leave the door open to changing his mind about his nominee depending on the FBI’s findings this week.

“Certainly if they find something, I’m going to take that into consideration,” the president said. “I have a very open mind. The person that takes that position is going to be there a very long time.”

That’s today. There’s always tomorrow.

BZ

 

 Share

FBI reveals: for 10+ years Senator Feinstein had a Chinese spy as a limo driver

Posted on by

And isn’t that a delicious headline? A dash of schadenfreude, eh wot? Just as the Demorats have been screaming RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA to Trump, perhaps everyone should start screaming CHINA CHINA CHINA to Demorats. Who needs Russian hacking when you have Chinese inserts and stupid Demorats?

From FoxNews.com:

Feinstein was ‘mortified’ by FBI allegation that staffer was spy for China: report

by Lukas Mikelionis

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein fired a staffer a few years back who was allegedly part of an effort to spy and pass on political intelligence to the Chinese government.

The staffer, based in the Democrat’s San Francisco office, was suspected of delivering political intelligence, though nothing top secret, to officials based at the local Chinese Consulate, Politico reported.

The FBI informed Feinstein, the then-chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, about five years ago about the staffer and allegations that the staffer was a spy. The source who confirmed the incident to the San Francisco Chronicle said “Dianne was mortified” upon learning about it.

Of course nothing classified was overheard from the front seat during those years. I’m absolutely certain that Demorat Senator Diane Feinstein held top intelligence information in equally high regard as her good friend and cohort Hillary Rodham Clinton.

But let’s ask ourselves a fundamental question. Could it be remotely possible that the Chinese determined to insert an agent directly into Feinstein’s vehicle because she was the Chair of the Senate Committee on Intelligence — a committee upon which she still sits?

The suspected spy served as the lawmaker’s driver in California, but took on other roles as well, including helping out in her San Francisco office and being Feinstein’s liaison to the Asian-American community in the state. He attended Chinese Consulate events on behalf of the senator.

This is worth a chortle:

A former official said that the spy’s handler “probably got an award back in China” for his efforts to penetrate Feinstein’s office and pass on intelligence.

Politico.com wrote:

Political espionage happens here, too. China, for example, is certainly out to steal U.S. technology secrets, noted former intelligence officials, but it also is heavily invested in traditional political intelligence gathering, influence and perception-management operations in California. Former intelligence officials told me that Chinese intelligence once recruited a staff member at a California office of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, and the source reported back to China about local politics. (A spokesperson for Feinstein said the office doesn’t comment on personnel matters or investigations, but noted that no Feinstein staffer in California has ever had a security clearance.)

Why would they ever need one? They can get all they can hear, copy or steal from the one-time Chair of the entire Senate Committee on Intelligence herself.

But wait, there’s more. KPIX in San Francisco is indicating the Chinese spy was insinuated into Feinstein’s life for 10 years; oh no. It was 20 years.

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – New details emerged Wednesday about how a mole for the government of communist China managed to stay by Senator Dianne Feinstein’s side for nearly 20 years.

On Wednesday, the San Francisco Chronicle uncovered additional details in a column written by reporters Phil Matier and Andy Ross.

The column revealed that the Chinese spy was Feinstein’s driver who also served as a gofer in her Bay Area office and was a liaison to the Asian-American community.

He even attended Chinese consulate functions for the senator.

This observation, then.

Former FBI agent and KPIX 5 security analyst Jeff Harp said he was not surprised.

“Think about Diane Feinstein and what she had access to,” said Harp. “One, she had access to the Chinese community here in San Francisco; great amount of political influence. Two, correct me if I’m wrong, Dianne Feinstein still has very close ties to the intelligence committees there in Washington, D.C.”

However, after all we know about the FBI and its former and current directors, can we assume we’re getting the full story? Of course not. I’m surprised even this information escaped.

This from the GatewayPundit.com:

Dianne Feinstein Was Warned About Chinese Bribes and Infiltration in 1990s — When She Hired Her Chinese Driver Spy

by Cristina Laila

The San Francisco Chronicle claims none of her staff ever knew what was going on and just kept the story quiet.

Feinstein reportedly ‘found out’ that her staffer was a Chinese spy in 2013–while she was the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

That’s right–the CHAIRMAN of the Senate Intel Committee had a Chinese spy working for her for 20 years and she supposedly didn’t know.

Another strange coincidence? Feinstein’s 3rd husband whom she married in 1980, Richard Blum is DEEPLY and PERSONALLY connected to China as a prominent investor.

Now isn’t that an odd bit of connective tissue?

Since 1995, Feinstein has made three visits to confer with senior government officials in Beijing. Blum has accompanied her each time at his own expense and has attended many of her meetings with President Jiang Zemin and other top Chinese leaders–an unusual degree of access for a private businessman.

On their trip to China in January of last year, Blum accompanied Feinstein to dinner with Jiang in the exclusive leaders’ enclave, Zhongnanhai.

Then this:

The Chinese spy mysteriously appeared on the scene in 1993 just ONE YEAR after Feinstein was elected to the Senate in 1992. Coincidence? We think not.

And this:

On Capitol Hill, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has emerged as one of the staunchest proponents of closer U.S. relations with China, fighting for permanent most-favored-nation trading status for Beijing.

At the same time, far from the spotlight, Feinstein’s husband, Richard C. Blum, has expanded his private business interests in China–to the point that his firm is now a prominent investor inside the communist nation.

For years, Feinstein and Blum have insisted that they maintained a solid “firewall” between her role as an influential foreign policy player and his career as a private investor overseas.

With this:

Richard Blum’s investments in China ballooned after his wife Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, was elected to the Senate in 1992.

Feinstein hired a Chinese spy in 1993 only to see her husband’s businesses flourish.

Total co-inky-dink.

Let’s break this down for even the most addled Leftists amongst us. With a few questions.

Taxpayer money paid this Chinese mole or spy. Yours and mine. First question: did he get a pension? How would we know? Wouldn’t it behoove the Demorats to keep such a cock-up quiet? Of course it would. What a great job. Steal secrets, spy on the gweilo, then take a cushy retirement.

Then let’s break this down as well:

The suspected spy served as the lawmaker’s driver in California, but took on other roles as well, including helping out in her San Francisco office and being Feinstein’s liaison to the Asian-American community in the state. He attended Chinese Consulate events on behalf of the senator.

He was a driver and, apparently, much more. Let’s be serious. After her husband’s close associations with China and her comfort factor in dealing with same, would it not be logical that the amount of time spent with her day after day, week after week, year after year, a bit of a confidant, would result in her guard letting down? Of course.

Russell Lowe registering Democrat voters in San Francisco. Democrats.

It turns out that Russell Lowe wasn’t just her driver — he was her office manager as well. Read this post.

It was his job to acquire her trust which he did by dint of sheer service in terms of time itself. Tell me and assure me that he was never let alone with even one scintilla of classified information as her briefcase lay on a desk. As a computer screen lay open. As papers were left exposed. As he walked by. As she was in the bathroom. As she was in another room. When she left the vehicle for an hour to make a speech, with a tablet or a phone or a briefcase or a folder left behind. With perhaps even her cell phone left behind.

Go ahead. Assure me. Convince me it never happened or the opportunities never existed.

What I just said, confirmed:

Harp pointed out politicians with access to classified information are generally trained on what not to say and when not to say it. But he also noted when you have a driver behind the wheel day in and day out for 20 years, there are more opportunities to slip up.

From TheFederalist.com:

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Ties To China Go Way Deeper Than An Alleged Office Spy

by Ben Weingarten

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s warm relationship with and advocacy for Communist China go back decades and involve millions, if not billions, of dollars.

As media, intelligence agency, and political scrutiny of foreign meddling is seemingly at its apex, a story with big national security implications involving a high-ranking senator with access to America’s most sensitive intelligence information has been hiding in plain sight.

The story involves China and the senior U.S. senator from California, and former chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Democrat Dianne Feinstein. It was buried eight paragraphs into a recent Politico exposé on foreign efforts to infiltrate Silicon Valley, as a passing example of political espionage.

Did the senator expose herself to potential blackmail, or the public to danger through leakage of sensitive, highly classified information? Is firing really the proper punishment for providing political intelligence to a foreign power?

Excellent questions that need to be asked and answered. Were they?

In May 1993, Feinstein expressed her strong support on the Senate floor for continued trading with China. Contemporaneously, her husband was seeking to raise up to $150 million from investors, including himself, for a variety of Chinese enterprises.

In August 1993, Feinstein and her husband visited Beijing for extensive meetings with Chinese leaders at President Jiang’s invitation. As the Los Angeles Times reported in a 1994 exposé on Feinstein’s husband’s business ties and the potential conflict of interests they presented: “Such encounters are fondly remembered when deals are clinched back in China, according to American experts in Chinese business practices. They said that Feinstein’s consistent support for China’s interests cannot help but benefit her husband’s efforts to earn profits there.”

The historical record suggests these American experts were right. Blum successfully raised $160 million for the aforementioned Asia fund under his Newbridge Capital investment company, including investing $1-2 million himself. The fund invested in several state-owned and Chinese government-linked businesses.

A lot more exists, and you should read the complete story. But you get my point.

I transition next to this, BZ’s Reversal Axiom:

If we found out in 2023 that a guy on Devin Nunes’ staff in CA was a Russian spy but they kept this quiet for 5 years after Nunes forced the guy to retire, who would buy it was OK because all the guy ever had access to was local CA political info?

So take your pick. Russia or China. Both are threats to the US. I would submit, however, that the most credible and immediately existential threat to the US is China. There is no proven “collusion” between Trump and Russia. But there is certainly credible linkage between Feinstein and China.

Then there is my final thought. The FBI decided to do Senator Feinstein a solid by notifying her and her staff of the potential threat from within due to this individual. They told her something similar to “we think you have a Chinese spy problem.”

That is precisely what the FBI did not do for the Donald Trump campaign. They could have taken the staff and then-candidate/nominee Donald Trump aside and said something similar to “eh, just thought you should know, we think you have something of a Russia problem,” as with Feinstein.

But no.

Gosh. I wonder what the difference was?

BZ

 

 Share