Tea at Trianon: But Will They Face Justice?

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Sunday, April 19, 2020

But Will They Face Justice?

From The Stream:

The seditious infection inflicted on the Trump campaign and administration by Comey’s FBI and the Obama legions has been further exposed. Though lost in the 110-decibel coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, two words from Friday will ultimately echo louder: “They knew.”

The FBI — James Comey and Andrew McCabe’s FBI — knew Russia had fed false propaganda to Christopher Steele. Propaganda the FBI was using to justify spying on the Trump campaign.

This shocking information was discovered in a footnote de-classified Friday from the DOG Inspector General’s report on the FBI’s FISA abuse.

At some point in 2017, an FBI unit discovered Russia had spoon-fed disinformation to Steele, hoping to interfere with the election. The unit was also suspicious of Christopher Steele’s ties to a Russian oligarch. (The Daily Caller‘s Chuck Ross has the details. As does John Solomon.)

And yet, the spying continued. And yet, the special counsel was appointed. And yet, Robert Mueller’s squadron of Trump hunters and haters was allowed to run wild on our dime. (Read more.)

julygirl said...: That is the puzzling question...why nothing has been done about this and no one has had to pay the price for this unconstitutional attack. Considering the hearings regarding "Russian collusion", and the Impeachment charges against the President, one wonders just who is in charge and has the power.; April 19, 2020 at 12:14:00 PM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: They are gathering so much evidence that the Left will not be able to wriggle out of it.; April 19, 2020 at 2:22:00 PM EDT