Fanis the bodyguard episode 30 Circuitous routes

                Fanis is hanging out in London where he lives with his cousin and employer Kera.  Kera is an international Chinese artifact dealer and Fanis is the best person that has a combination of willingness to drop his life for her and would never betray her for any sum of money.  Despite assumption that may be made about them, neither Fanis nor Kera have any genetic or territorial ties to Britain or China as their ancestors as far back as they know are from Greece.  They each were born and raised in America and are still American citizens.

                As the whole world was interested in American politics, Kera and Fanis were no exceptions as they sat on the couch watching the impeachment hearings.  The Democrats are excited because the US Ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, is going to testify.  Fanis is a little confused as to why since it was Sondland that told Bill Taylor, who was also a witness and was the most vocal against Donald Trump about his phone call with Ukrainian Zelensky, that there was no quid pro quo and President Trump didn’t pressure the Ukrainians in any way.  He had seen the text messages that completely refuted everything the Democrats were saying.  He didn’t have to wait long as Sondland told the intelligence committee on national television that he could confirm there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine.  After this news, Kera glared over at Fanis who groaned and rolled his eyes.  He pulled up the text where Sondland unequivocally said no quid pro quo.  Kera cried out, “Fake News!” in response.

                Fanis then showed her sworn testimony in which Sondland mentions that he called President Trump and Trump told him he wanted Ukraine to do the right thing and didn’t want a quid pro quo.  “So, is he lying then or is lying now?”

                “This is under oath”

                “So was the sworn testimony I just showed you.”

                “Come on!  You know the Greek guilt trick.  ‘I know you’ll do the right thing’ is saying that you’ll do what I want.”

                “Yes, because you’d disappoint your parents if you don’t”

                “Ukraine doesn’t want to disappoint America just like kids don’t want to disappoint parents.”

                “Whatever, when you change your story, it doesn’t make for a credible witness”

                As they keep watching, Sondland will tell people that the aid was not tied to investigations into Hunter Biden and Burisma.  It was Fanis’ turn to glare at Kera and ask, “So what exactly was the quid pro quo?”

                “Like you said, he’s not credible.  Besides, it’s about bribery not quid pro quo.  That’s what Pelosi said”

                “Oh okay, well Radcliffe addressed that when he said that in 35,000 pages of sworn transcripts in the closed door sessions, the word ‘bribery’ only appears once and it was in reference to Joe Biden’s actions not President Trump’s.”

                “Look, I’m not a lawyer.  We’re not litigating this.  All I know is that we have to go.”

                “Where we going?”

                “Hong Kong”

                “Aren’t they a little pissed at China right now?  They really want to buy Chinese artifacts?”

                “Yes.” She simply declared

                “Oh” he responded because he didn’t know what else to say

                They get on the plane and head toward Hong Kong.  From the plane, they are still watching the hearings.  As Vindman, who is a member of the National Security Council and is a lieutenant colonel in the army, continues to deny knowing anything about Ukraine, Fanis picks up on something.  He volces, “If Colonel VIndman is the primary go to guy on Ukraine, then why was he not consulted about Ukraine or know anything about major scandals that were occurring.”

                “What do you mean he wasn’t consulted?”

                “He stated that he never talked to the President about Ukraine.  That means the president sought counsel from someone else.”

                “No, it doesn’t.  For all we know, Trump could have just unilaterally decided about Ukraine and didn’t consult anyone.”

                “True, yet nobody is making that allegation.”

                “Maybe he should’ve contacted Vindman”

                “Not what I’m seeing.  He wasn’t even aware of anything about Burisma and Democrats or Hunter Biden payments.  He doesn’t know about the pressure on Ukraine to not prosecute people that former ambassador Yovanovich already confirmed in her testimony.  People are aware of the DNC operative Alexandra Chalupa meeting with then-president Porchenko to dig up dirt on Manafort yet Vindman had no idea.  Does he not read any press clippings whatsoever?  What does he actually know about Ukraine?  It seems we all know more about Ukraine than he does.”

                “He knows the stuff that’s not in the news”

                “Fine, but he should also know the stuff that is.  He should be a reference point on if they’re valid or not.  He’s not giving his opinion on their validity either way. He denies he knew about them at all, which is a problem when you claim to be an expert on Ukraine.”

                They land in Hong Kong and take the train into the city.  As they go over the water, Fanis gets a kick out of seeing the Hong Kong version of Disneyland.  Hong Kong is a strange city in that you think with the Buddha statues and clientele that’s it’s got an old history like China.  The reality is that everything in Hong Kong is new.  It’s not a mixture of the modern skyscrapers with old temples because the temples date back to the late 80s.  Fanis, at 35, is older than the Buddha statues in Hong Kong including the famous one on a mountainside on Landau Island.  Fanis still wants to go because he enjoys the skyride through the mountains on the way there.  They take the Starr Ferry through the harbor and go to the Peninsula Hotel.  Fanis immediately goes up to the top floor to use the bathroom at the café.  He goes not because he has to but because they put the urinal in front of a gorgeous view of the city and harbor.  After dropping their stuff off, they take the Starr Ferry back to Central, which is appropriately named.  This is where the real Hong Kong is.  Tourists are normally scared off because it is a layered city, which means that simply walking down the street requires you to get on an escalator to get to the next level of the street or sidewalk.  It then circles back on itself.  The odd thing is describing how Hong Kong is laid out is extremely confusing but somehow when you’re there, it just seems to make sense and you can reach your destination logically.  Fanis never understood how he could rationally figure out just how many escalators to go up before circling back but he could.  If one is willing to take the adventure, you will find fabulous food for a fraction of the price as the area around the Peninsula Hotel and tourist areas.  When people complain about how expensive Hong Kong is, it’s because they stayed solely in the touristy areas and didn’t venture into the layered maze that is central.

                After a fabulous meal for a couple of dollars, they get egg pies for dessert.  They then head to the bar area of Hong Kong and bar hop before returning to their hotel.  The next day, Kera heads back to Central for her meeting and Fanis is close behind.  While tourists fight over taking the Peak Tram to the top of a mountain for the best views of the city, Kera and Fanis know that you can take a cab to the exact same place for less than ten dollars, which is cheaper than the peak tram that you have to crowd into a platform and then pack into a train car like sardines as it goes up the mountainside amongst greenery so even if there weren’t several people blocking your view, you couldn’t see anything anyway.  Fanis has an ear piece in so he can always hear Kera.  That is why he elects to wait outside and look at the view of the city rather than sit inside.  After fighting his way to the front, he remains there as tourists jockey for position.  He couldn’t care less that he’s blocking their view as Asia has no personal space and it’s no holds barred for spots.  There is no common courtesy and nobody is even going to bother asking you to move so they can get a chance to look.  That only happens in the west because an Asian person would never give up their spot that they had to fight so hard to get.  Someone does stand next to him and comments, “You look American.”

                “There’s a good reason for that.”

                “Then you are?”

                “Yup”

                “You’re more cultured than most Americans.  Well travelled.”

                “And you know that how?”

                “You haven’t given up your spot or even looked behind you to see if you’re being inconsiderate.”

                “When in Rome.”

                “Exactly, you know enough to know that this is doing as the Hong Kong people would.”

                “I guess I’ve been known to travel every now and then.”

                The man smiled but kept going, “Alas, you’re on the other side of the world, and some random Asian is going to ask you about America.”

                “Trust me, I’m used to it.”

                Again he grinned as if to remark, ‘I told you so.’  “The Colonel Vindman testimony, I’m not quite sure what to make of it.  He emphatically denies that he didn’t leak the phone call but then he says how he told a bunch of people.”

                “Well, if you were listening, Jim Jordan called him out on this exact thing.  He didn’t tell his supervisor but he told a bunch of other people including the Whistleblower.”

                “Whom he doesn’t know.”

                “Right, he told his brother and George Kent and then told someone that he can’t tell us because he may reveal someone’s identity that he doesn’t know himself.”

                “Funny how that works out.”

                “Absolutely mind boggling.”

                Sarcasm has been very present in their conversation.  The man opines, “I did see Nunes call him out on that.  He asked him straight up if he doesn’t know who the whistleblower is, then how can he expose it.  Then he says he can’t talk about people in the intelligence community when he’s in a hearing to the House intelligence committee.”

                “Ah, so ridiculous and déjà vu.”

                “Why déjà vu?”

                “Well, the Democrats say that Vindman is corroboration for the Whistleblower”

                “Yes”

                “We know the whistleblower didn’t have any first-hand knowledge.  He heard it from someone that was on the call.  Vindman was on the call and then he told someone who can’t be named.  They all but said that he told the Whistleblower.  If Vindman told the Whistleblower, then he’s not corroborating the whistleblower, he’s the whistleblower’s source so it’s the same information.”

                “Still don’t see why it’s déjà vu.”

                “The Steele Dossier.  It was said that the media reports corroborated the dossier but really Steele co-wrote the dossier and leaked the dossier information to the press.  Both came from the same source so it’s a circular reference and not corroboration at all.”

                “Wow, I never thought of that.  That’s good.  Vindman didn’t really say anything at all then.”

                “Not true.  He just didn’t say anything that helped the Democrats.  He admitted that the President sets foreign policy not the NSC advisers.  He admitted that President Trump didn’t bribe the Ukrainians.  He admitted that the president has a right to ask Ukraine to investigate and he admits that he had no first-hand knowledge of the aid but heard it in the press reporting.” 

                The man laughed and then Fanis heard Kera’s voice in his ear as she was leaving.  Fanis said good bye to the man and then went to where Kera was meeting with the clients.  Kera sees Fanis and walks up to him and they take a bus back down to the city.  Kera and Fanis walk around the park that has turtles that like to stack on top of each other.  There is also an animal sanctuary in the city with gigantic tortoises and birds.  They take a short break to go to Mak noodles and enjoy how restaurants in central come with free tea.  Kera declares, “With these hearings, the Republicans are in trouble.”

                “I don’t know which hearings you saw.”

                “I saw the truth not your right-wing conspiracy spin.”

                “Yea, well apparently Republicans missed the memo because GOP fund raising has skyrocketed this week setting a new record of 61 million dollars.  This impeachment hearing is uniting the party and calling them to action, just like they did in 2016.”

                After they eat, they go back to the park and walk and talk.  Soon, day turned to dusk and then nighttime.  Kera had been to Hong Kong several times and knew her way around very easily.  Seemingly out of nowhere, Fanis is ambushed by a group of Asians.  Fanis tries to fight them off but there are too many of them.  They force him to his knees as one Asian grabs each of his arms holding him while a third holds his head up.  With the self-preservation, he hadn’t notice where Kera was but that’s why the third Asian was holding him.  He was focusing his head on Kera who was on her back.  Just like Fanis, Kera had multiple Asians holding her down.  The difference was, she had one Asian for each limb holding her in place as she squirmed.  A fifth Asian straddled her and grabbed her shirt by the collar and snapped his hands to the side ripping it down the middle.  He grabbed Kera’s breasts and smiled revealing decayed teeth.  Fanis took a deep breath as he realized they wanted to make him watch them rape his cousin.  He struggled knowing that his restraints would pull him back thinking that he would move forward.  That was why it wasn’t hard when Fanis jumped back and used their pulling momentum to flip himself around.  The two Asians lost their grip on his arms, which Fanis extended and wrapped around their necks as his full 220 pounds snapped them back.  Fanis put out his knee and the back of their necks slammed against his knee causing them to writh in pain on the ground holding their heads.  The third Asian stared at him dumbfounded and Fanis took out his knife that he always carried and stabbed him repeatedly in the chest. 

                As Fanis approached, he heard Kera and her assailants screaming at each other.  Fanis knew that Kera was fluent in Mandarin but Hong Kong natives speak Cantonese.  If Kera was communicating with them, it meant they were not locals but Chinese.  The men holding down Kera got up to shield the rapist from Fanis.  Given that she was no longer restrained, Kera put up more of a fight with her rapist. 

                Fanis pulled out a gun and opened fire killing two of them quickly but as they charged, they overtook him before he could get all of them.  He dropped the gun and started avoiding swinging arms with his.  He knew that he needed to stop them from being on either side of him.  He spun to his left and shoved the guy on his left into the other one.  The fists came quick as Fanis blocked or ducked what he could and then struck when they opened themselves up.  As they had four arms and Fanis only had two, some blows connected but as it continued, the restrainers were getting slower and more hurt.  Finally, Fanis reached both his hands out and grabbed them by their ceratoid arteries.  He dragged them over to Kera, whose rapist had her pants off but she was kicking him trying to stop him from penetrating.  Fanis swung his right arm and drove the guy’s head into the rapist’s back.  When he turned around Fanis grabbed the left restrainer and drove the top of his head into the rapists face.  When you control the neck, you control the body and Fanis was using the restrainers as weapons.  Kera got up and struggled with her pants.  The rapist punched Fanis in the stomach and since his arms had around 100 pounds in each of them, he was unable to block.  He dropped the restrainer and found another punch across the face by the rapist.  Fueled only by hate, Fanis spun right back and delivered a punch of his own.  The rapist blocked it and drove his shoulder into Fanis driving him back. Fanis fell back and kicked his right leg up flipping the rapist over him and on to his back.  Both of them got up and they circled each other.  The rapist called out, “You Americans think you’re better than us but 100,000 children are being detained in the US.”

                “That AFP story was retracted because they realized it wasn’t current numbers but the numbers in 2015.”

                “But Trump wasn’t president then.”

                “Exactly, that’s why they deleted the story instead of just attack Obama for the same reason they attacked Trump when they thought it was him.”

                “So it was Obama?”

                “Not really in one point in time but it was an accumulation of his eight years in office.”

                “But Bernie Sanders….”

                “Bernie Sanders is a liar.  I know he parroted the point but he knows it’s a lie but he won’t retract his statement like AFP did.”

                “

 

                The rapist took two quick steps forward and Fanis kicked at his right knee anticipating his would plant his leg to stop himself.  The rapist anticipated Fanis would make a defensive move, not attack.  The kick collapsed his planted leg and he knee buckled as his entire body weight was transferred to his left leg.  Naturally, Fanis quickly kicked at his right knee buckling that.  He then grabbed the back of the rapists’ hair and drove his face into his right knee repeatedly.  He turned to look for Kera and saw the men he had by the throat moments ago had run off.  Kera stood there with the gun Fanis dropped in hand.  Fanis knew she was not proficient with a gun but nobody else did.  During the Hong Kong protests for China’s surveillance state of Hong Kong, it was common to see protestors waving American flags and chanting the American national anthem.  As Fanis looked up, he saw an American flag on the ground.  He let go of the rapist’s hair and the rapist feel flat on his face barely conscious in a crimson mess.  Fanis walked over and picked up the American flag.  He looked at the rapist face down and at the flag and scowled as rage filled his face. He walked over to the rapists and jammed the pole into his butt twisting it as it dug his pants into the crevice between his butt cheeks deeper and deeper.  The rapist cried out and Fanis walked toward Kera.  Kera had her pants on but her bra was still exposed as her shirt was ripped.  She took Fanis’ hand and they walked toward the street to hail a cab. 

                Fanis was a little woozy but he was more concerned about Kera.  He had gotten there in time as nothing penetrated any orifice of Kera’s body.  Still though, it was close.  The next day, they got on the plane and headed back to London.  Kera inquired, “You should get that looked at when we get home.”

                “Yea, I’ll make an appointment and maybe in a year, they’ll see if I have a concussion.”

                “The NHS is transporting people to temporary units in movie theaters to help with demand.”

                “That’s for surgeries not concussions.  They are severely understaffed because with universal health care, there’s no incentive for medical care professionals to work in the medical field.”

                “And they want to bring it to America.”

                “So you admit it’s a bad idea.”

                “Yes, I live in London.  I know how hard it is to see a doctor here.”

                “Normally people blame the wrong source”       

                “Trust me, you can’t live with you and not know why it’s the case.”

                “Well, it’s hard to undo all the indoctrination from your public school education.”

                Kera shot him a dirty look, “You know, even though you went to private school your whole life, you’re not very good at acting like a rich kid.  Don’t try to be a snob, it doesn’t suit you.  Besides, how ridiculous is it that you work for this public school product?”

                “It’s odd, I must admit.”

                “Yea, it’s not fair that rich people get a choice for schools.  Some areas really have shitty schools.”

                “That’s why conservatives advocate for Charter Schools”

                “Yea, but they hurt public schools”

                “How?”

                “The drain money from them.”

                “That’s a nonsensical statement.  Charter schools are public schools so you can’t drain from one and give to the other.  They’re both supposed to be paid for by taxpayer money.”

                “That’s the point though.  You have to pay for two schools with the same amount of money.”

                “With $40,000 a student, you can afford that.”

                “So then why are they attacked?”

                “Charter Schools aren’t union.  The teachers unions hate them because they don’t get the cyclical cash flow.”

                “What do you mean?”

                “The city gives money to public schools.  The public schools have to pay union dues so they pay the union.  The union then donates to Democrats that run the city.  In effect, the money comes back to them, which is why the school is neglected.  They know that parents have to send their child to the public school so there’s no competition, therefore no incentive to make it good.  If there was a competing school that was independent of union money, then they’d have to invest in their school before getting it back because everyone would just go to the Charter School.”

                “It still sounds like draining to me.”

                “Do you call it draining when families move to cities with better schools?”

                “No, that’s just leaving.”

                “So is going to a Charter School except you don’t have to buy another house or go through the hassle of moving your entire household.  You just take your kid or have your kid taken elsewhere.”

                “I got to think about that.  I don’t really see a reason why parents shouldn’t be able to choose where to send their kids.”

                “Do you call it sabotaging public schools when a parent decides to send their kid to private school?”

                “No, if they can afford it, then more power to them.”

                “So, it’s not draining the community or the schools because instead of sending them to private school, you don’t’ have to ‘afford’ the alternative because it’s free.  It’s just not supplemented by the government but by private people independent of the union.  That’s why it’s better.”

                “I don’t know enough about this to argue.”

                “Alright then”

                They arrive in London and go back to their flat.  As Kera unpacks, she snaps, “Do you have any problem with Trump?”

                “Yes, plenty.  The big one is the national debt has increased 50% under Trump.  He’s signed two omnibus bills when he said after the first one he would never do it again.  Yes, he’s proposed budget cuts but the House always refuses them.  He should’ve just let the caps expire so there would be a 15% reduction across the board.”

                “Why didn’t he?”

                “Across the board also meant the military”

                “Ah, yea he couldn’t have that” Kera remarked with venom in her voice.”

                “I mean, our entire GNP is $ 20 Trillion a year and we owe 22 Trillion.  That’s like making 50,000 a year and owing $ 52,500.  Eventually people are going to stop lending to you.”

                “ Or jack up the interest rates.”
                “Yea, there’s no good option.”

                “That is a pretty big criticism.”

                “I agree but every president in my lifetime added to national debt, including Clinton every year, so it’s not something unique to him.”

                “Still bad”

                “I said that already.”

                Fanis and Kera are worn out from a stressful trip so immediately go to sleep.  As Fanis lied down, he wondered if Kera’s deal was worth going to a country that was in the middle of political strife.  That wasn’t his place.  His place was to protect her no matter how precarious of situations she put herself in.  He was able to fend off eight people from raping her so by that measure, he was successful.  The fact that they got so close and got her exposed to her bra and underwear worried him immensely and he felt guilty though he shouldn’t have.  Either way, they were safe at home and Kera wasn’t very shaken up by it.  All in all, a successful trip for Fanis. 

 

Nouno the Vigilante Episode 31 First Hand Knowledge Still Not Credible

                Edward Buck is a very wealthy man.  Like many wealthy men, he virtue signals by being a very vocal liberal spokesman and donates an enormous sum of money to various Democrat candidates. Living on the outskirts of Los Angeles, he has a house with a scenic view that makes hosting a treat for his guests as well as gives him peace and tranquility as he gazes into the horizon.  At face value, he seems like just another average white male liberal that finds himself organizing and participating in rallies for liberal causes.  His favorite cause is LGBT issues and he uses his vast resources to raise awareness and champion gay rights.  Unfortunately, there is an ulterior motive to go to these events and rallies.  Since FDR, Democrats have known that promising people free stuff is the way to their hearts.  While socializing at the rallies, he often invited people back to his house in exchange for money and drugs.  On one occasion, two men by the names of Timothy Michael Dean and Gemmell Moore took him up on his offer.  Dean was 55 so it wasn’t even in the realm of possibility that Buck would be looking to rape him.  Gemmell Moore, in a drug induced stupor, learned of Buck’s darker side. 

                Moore and Dean had taken a variety of drugs before Edward demanded of Moore to call him his slave master.  At first, Moore thought to be offended but Edward was a Democrat and Democrats were on his side.  Besides, they met at a LGBT rally so he was completely safe.  Just as how Joy Behar is allowed to wear blackface and black celebrities such as Whoopie Goldberg will praise her for it and deny the obvious, Moore thought nothing of it.  Unfortunately, this drug-filled night would be Moore and Dean’s last.  Moore would be raped and die of an overdose in Buck’s care, whereas Dean would also perish.  Buck would show what ‘white privilege’ really meant as this wasn’t his first time and probably wouldn’t have been his last.  After all, people only refrain from doing things because they fear the consequences.  As of yet, there had been no consequences for Buck.

 

                While Buck is luring adult males to drug and rape in California, Abby and Nouno are watching the impeachment hearings in their home in Arizona.  Today, Colonel Vindman and Jennifer Williams are the star witnesses.  Abby is more excited about this day since these two people were actually on the infamous phone call between President Trump and President Zelensky.  Vindman works for the National Security Council and Williams is a former aid to Vice President Mike Pence.      Nouno is less interested.  Since the transcript is released, actually being on the phone call is irrelevant because everyone can read it.  Recently, Nancy Pelosi had called what Trump did with Zelensky, ‘bribery’ undoubtedly because she knows the qualifications for impeachment is high crimes and misdemeanors, treason or bribery and thus far, nobody had made a case for either of them.  John Radcliffe, a Republican congressman, will take a stack of papers representing the released transcripts of the closed door statements from Democrat committee chairmen Adam Schiff’s witnesses and point out that the word ‘bribery’ only appears once and it wasn’t in relation to Donald Trump.  When asked point blank, Vindman and Williams both say that they never called anything in the call ‘bribery.’

                The highest ranking Republican on the committee, Devin Nunes, is about to give his opening statement.  Nouno comes around and sits down focused on the TV and his wife, Abby laughs, “Wow, don’t get too excited there.  People might get the wrong impression about your infatuation with Devin Nunes.”

                “Yes, and calling it an ‘infatuation’ doesn’t give people the wrong idea at all” he responded sarcastically

                Nunes addresses Pelosi’s bribery charge and remarks that if the Democrats were suddenly interesting in bribery, you’d think they would be interested in Burisma paying Hunter Biden $ 80,000 a month and Biden withholding a billion dollars unless Ukraine fires the prosecutor general Shokin.  Abby rolls her eyes, “There he goes using his time to attack Democrats.  Next he’ll probably attack the media.”

                As if on cue, Nunes states, “If the media wants to be the Democrats’ puppet, that is their prerogative but the American people recognize fake news when it’s there.  They are listening to their puppet masters and alienating half the country.”

                Nouno pumps his fists, “That’s right you tell him” he shouts

                While Nunes is speaking, Abby is on her phone.  She announces, “Well, we got a case.”

                “Where?”

                “LA”

                “At this point, we should just move to California since all our cases are over there.”

                “We’d have to severely downsize and pay a shitload more in taxes”

                “Good point, staying in Arizona.”

                They elect to drive as Los Angeles isn’t too far from them and Arizona is a very pretty state to drive through.  Abby states, “Vindman is a decorated military man.  He’s fought for this country and got injured in the field of battle.  He’s not some college student living in his parent’s home playing video games.  He was actually on the phone call and he seemed credible.”

                “Compared to the people that heard their information fourth hand?”

                “Everyone on CNN’s panel said that the Republican talking points were crumbling”

                “Consider the source”

                “Yes, a decorated military hero”

                “I thank him for his service but that doesn’t make him an expert on Ukraine like he claims.”

                “Who are you to judge that?”

                “An informed viewer.  He said it himself; he knows nothing about Ukrainian meddling in the election.”

                “Maybe it’s because Ukraine didn’t meddle.”

                “There’s a lawsuit against Ukrainians for their meddling so he can’t be much of an expert if he doesn’t know about the lawsuit.”

                “Well, at least he didn’t leak.”

                “So he says”

                “He said he went through the proper channels”

                “True but then he admitted that the transcript of the phone call didn’t go into the standard communication system like it usually does.  It went into another system, which he admits he had access to.  Then he slips and says he made some changes….no annotation to the transcript.  Sounds like someone doctored the transcript.”

                “There’s no evidence of that.”

                “I just gave you evidence of that.  This is the strange thing.  When it helps Trump, the words are “No evidence” but if it’s about a Democrat like Biden or negative to Trump, it is stated as a fact then hedged with, ‘still pending verification’  or ‘proof is imminent.’  Why the double standard?  There is more evidence, proof and verification of the Biden scandal than the Trump one yet you say ‘no evidence’ or ‘supported by no evidence’ for Biden stuff and ‘not yet proved’ for Trump.  Why is that the case?”

                “We just assume Trump is guilty of something”

                “And there’s the bias”

                “Schiff vouched for VIndman’s character.”

                “Again, consider the source.  Vindman’s boss at the NSC, Tim Morrison said that he and his colleague Fiona Hill thought Vindman had judgment issues.”

                “They asked Vindman that and he didn’t know why Morrison said that.  He wrote it off as that he hadn’t been there too long to get to know him.  As for Fiona Hill, he had a performance review where she had very complimentary things to say.”

                “When the Republicans asked him for that though, he seemed to say it was classified.  Schiff asked if he minded handing it over and I honestly don’t even know what VIndman’s response meant to the yes or no.”

                “I’m not sure either but I don’t think he handed it over to anyone from what I remember.”

                “It doesn’t matter, bottom line is, he had serious policy issues with President Trump who never was in the military.”

                “Irrelevant, he’s still the commander in chief.  Vindman also admitted that the president is in charge of foreign policy.  If he didn’t like the policy, he was free to resign. We don’t force people to work in this country.  Slavery is outlawed; he can leave whenever he wants.”

                “Well, President Trump was against the consensus foreign policy.”

                “That doesn’t exist.  It’s not a consensus.  People advise the president but the president makes the ultimate decision.  It’s not a vote.  President listens and decides; end of story.  Whatever he decides, is the American policy.  If the people don’t like it, they can vote him out.  If they advisers don’t like it, they can resign.”

                They arrive in Los Angeles and check into an Air BNB.   Abby starts hacking into his social media account and declares, “This one may be tricky.”

                “How so?”

                “Well, he’s really rich”

                “A lot of people we kill are rich.”

                “Yea, but they’re drug rich.  This guy is just loaded.”

                “You never told me what he did.”

                “Yea, I know” she responds with a smile.

                Nouno gives her a weird look, “Why are you looking at me like that?”

                “Well, he likes to give people free drugs and money and then rapes them.  Sometime, he gives them a little too much and they OD.”

                “Well, I don’t do drugs so why would you be looking at me like this would entice me?”

                “Because it’s not women he gets drugged up and fucks.”

                Nouno nodded and grinned.  “Looks like I’m going to be the bait this time.”

                “Yup!”

                “Alright, so what’s the plan?”

                “He likes LGBT events.  I packed some nice clothes that you hate to wear but gay guys have style so you’re going to need some too.  Party it up and make sure he sees you.  Then when he invites you back to his place, wait for everyone to either leave or be too drugged out to function and make your move.”

                “I get to go to an LGBT function!” Nouno rejoined with excitement in his voice

                “Why does that excite you?”

                “Because, I get to know what it’s like to be a hot chic.  I never get hit on on the street but one time I went to a gay bar and I got great service and a guy hit on me.  It was great.”

                “It gets old, trust me.”

                “That’s what hot girls say but then they get older and they miss it.”

                “It happened to you once.  It happens to me every time I walk alone in public; even if I’m in work clothes or just going to the bathroom.”

                “Well, let me have my moment now.”

                “By all means” as she rolls her eyes and shakes her head

                Nouno goes to the LGBT event and starts drinking.  It wasn’t hard to find Edward as he made himself the focal point of the party.  Nouno hung around him.  Not too long after Nouno got near Edward, a man asked if he wanted his salad tossed.  Nouno knew the reference to licking jelly or syrup off someone’s butt.  He couldn’t really fault the guy as Nouno loved taking body shots off women’s behinds but he turned him down anyway.  Edward took notice and walked over to him, “You know, I’ve been watching you.  You’ve turned down a lot of guys tonight.”

                “Yea, I know.  I’m not very promiscuous.  I guess that’s weird for a gay man but I still believe in romance and more intimate environments than just going into some random bathroom and getting a quickie.”

                “I know just what you mean.  Do you like molly?”

                Nouno knew that was the street name for ecstasy.  He snapped back, “Of course I do.”

                “I have some” as he handed him a pill that looked like a sweet tart to him.

                Nouno slammed his palm into his mouth but held the pill in place with his thumb.  He cupped it in his hands as he put them to his side.  He looked up and uttered, “Thanks man.”

                “My pleasure” Edward replies with a sinister smile

                Nouno was unsure how long it took ecstasy to take effect as he had never done it before and wasn’t really around it.  He subtly tossed the pill into the crowd with a backward flick of his hand and decided he’s wait five minutes.  When he did, he feigned drunk as he didn’t really know how else to act high.  It seemed to have the desired effect, since Edward came back and posed, “Do you want to come back to m place where it’s quieter?”

                “Yea, definitely”

                They go outside and Nouno and Edward get into a limousine.  Nouno is still rocking back and forth wondering if he should strike now but then the driver will notice.  As they’re driving, he can’t help but smile widely as he knows that he would never let Abby go this far when she’s the bait.  Nouno strikes before she can get into a car, whereas Nouno is going all the way back to his house.  He was okay with the double standard but wondered if Abby wasn’t.  They arrive at a large house and Nouno is unimpressed as he grew up in a pretty big house himself.  The lack of reaction, made Edward think he really was drugged out.  They walk into the house and Nouno can’t believe his luck that he is the only one that Edward invited back.  What Nouno doesn’t know, is that Edward makes multiple trips and restrains people in his home with chains as he dominates them.  While tied up, he leaves to get more victims.  Nouno turns around and takes out his syringe.  At first, he’s alarmed because Edward notices but he casually inquires, “I got some heroin if you want.  I bet it’s better quality than what you got.  Here’ let me show you.”

                Nouno couldn’t believe his luck.  He follows Edward and then jams the syringe into his neck rendering him unconscious.  He decides right then and there that he’s not going to do what he normally does.  Nouno notices that the driver did drive off.  He calls Abby and tells her to drive to the house and she does.  While waiting for her, Nouno uses the chains and restraints to tie up Edward.  When Abby got there, she searched the room for cameras and gathered them all up.  She walked to the backyard and placed them in a garbage pail and lit it on fire using a plethora of branches and leaves found in his yard.  She looked around and realized there wasn’t a house for miles.  They were secluded, which is probably how Edward got away with it for so long.  She was still nervous about deviating from their plan but at this point, it seemed just as risky to do it at the hotel with their make shift soundproofing than in here.  She did one final sweep of the rooms they were in and decided that she couldn’t see any more cameras

                Edward woke up and glared at Abby and Nouno.  He started screaming obscenities at them and Abby casually commented, “Call me your master.”

                “I only do that to black people.  You guys are as white as it gets.  Why do you care?”

                “We hate slavery” explained Nouno

                “Fine, I’m your bitch, you’re my master.  I learned my lesson can I go now?”

                “Oh, no, we’re going to kill you.” Nouno fired back

                “You can’t kill me, I’m too important.”

                “You’re just rich, not famous.  Nobody cares about you.” Mentioned Abby

                “We got off on the wrong foot.  Let’s talk about the impeachment hearings.  I helped Colonel Vindman.  I donate a lot of money to Democrats trying to take back the Senate and the presidency.  I’m instrumental in ousting Trump in 2020.”

                “I’m a Trump supporter” Nouno blurted out.

                “Well you must hate the hearing this week.”

                “Actually, it’s kind of entertaining to watch the Democrat narrative implode.”

                “How do you figure that?”

                “Every witness has hurt their story.”

                “Not VIndman’s.  The Republicans claim that they had nobody on the actual call; VIndman was on the actual call.  The Republicans claimed that Vindman leaked but he said repeatedly that he went through the proper channels.”

                “And then Morrison, Vindman’s boss, testified that VIndman never reported his concerns about foreign policy to him and it was part of the proper channels for Vindman to notify him but he didn’t.  Someone’s lying.  Or, maybe, Vindman doesn’t even know what the proper channels are.”

                “At that time, Vindman has been there longer than Morrison.  It is more likely that Morrison doesn’t know what the proper channels are.”

                “Morrison was his superior.  That’s not an accident.  I believe him.  Besides, they’re both Democrat witnesses so if you attack one’s credibility, it reflects on Adam Schiff”

                “What about Jennifer Williams? She actually worked for the Vice President.”

                “And yet, she didn’t know that aid was being held up.  She also admitted there was a call when Pence expressed unwavering support for Ukraine.  If he had unwavering support, there were no conditions that would amount to pressure or a quid pro quo.  If she was on the call but didn’t know aid was being withheld, then that means President Trump didn’t threaten to withhold aid on the phone call or even imply it since the implication was lost on Williams.”

                “Perhaps your bias clouds you from seeing what objective people see in the hearings.  People hear what they want to hear you see.  It’s not your fault.  I’m a liberal so I twist everything the Democrat witnesses say to be damning and truthful.  You’re a conservative so you view it with skepticism and look to attack it.”

                “That is a very good generic talking point that makes someone sound smart when they really didn’t say much.  Unfortunately for you, there’s a way to test this and that’s in polling independents.  Politico, which is normally respected by you liberals, ran a poll about impeachment before and after the hearings.  Before the hearings, independents were up 15 points in impeaching President Trump.  Now, it’s negative five.  That’s a 20 point swing based on this fiasco so my bias is closer to reality.”

                “Or just closer to Independents”

                “Keep in mind this is with Schiff and the Democrats controlling everything.  We’ve only heard from Democrat witnesses because Republicans aren’t allowed to have witnesses.  Elise Stefanik wasn’t even allowed to ask questions.  If they impeach, however, then the Republicans control the Senate and they make all the rules.  It’s likely to get much worse when the public is able to hear the other side of the story.  After all, look how well the opposing side of the story went for us.”

                “I guess we’ll just find out in the election” Abby offered

                Edward snapped back “Nancy Pelosi already said that blowing off the impeachment is weak and waiting for the election is dangerous.  She is the highest ranking Democrat so we need to support her.”

                Nouno asserts, “The fact that Pelosi said that exposes the hearing for what it is; a reaction to avoid an election because they think president Trump will win re-election.”

                “I, for one, want to see the impeachment hearings through.” Buck announced confidently

                “Well, that I can guarantee you won’t” Nouno replied as he lunged a knife into Edward’s chest. 

                Abby and Nouno lit Edward’s clothes on fire and then lit various other things in the room before calmly walking out of the house after lighting some curtains on fire.  They got in Abby’s car and drove out of the estate into the night.  The fire took hold fast and spread among the mansion.  As the house was so secluded, maximum damage would be caused before anyone noticed.

                Nouno and Abby go to a restaurant and sit down.  Abby inquires, “Did you read the Washington Post today?”

                “You know I don’t read fake news.”

                “Well, they are saying that the hill is reviewing the articles written by your boy John Solomon when he worked there.”

                “Interesting, Solomon must be on to something if they are threatened enough to do that.”

                “Or, maybe Solomon didn’t just leave the Hill to pursue his own news site.  Maybe he was fired.”

                “It would have been widely reported.  They’re getting desperate.”

                “What did Solomon say that was so bad that they would be getting desperate?”

                “Well he’s been talking to the prosecutor general in Ukraine that replaced Shokin.  His name is Lutsenko.  All of Schiff’s witnesses unwittingly corroborated Solomon’s articles”

                “Which were?”

                “Hunter Biden was hired by Burisma while it was under a corrupt investigation.  This is a conflict of interest for Joe Biden who was the point man on Ukraine and he’s on tape getting the Prosecutor General Shokin fired to be replaced by Lutsenko.  This leads us to the confirmation that Ukraine officials had a shaky relationship with the US embassy in Kiev because they pressured Lutsenko to not investigate activists like Soros’ anti-corruption group AnTAC.  Lastly, Ukraine influenced the US election by giving a Democrat contractor named Alexandra Chalupa the black ledger to attack Manafort.   All of this was confirmed by the witnesses, whom you say are credible.”

                “But you say they’re not so why believe them?”

                “Because it doesn’t help their narrative.  Also, I believe John Solomon.  I believe concessions more than the gist of a testimony.  All the impeachment hearing did for me is prove that it’s a cover up for everything Solomon has been telling us.”

                “You see a conspiracy in everything.”

                “I do.  Like this new budget bill they want to pass.  I think it’s called ‘CR.’  Buried in the bill is a reauthorization of the NSA database about queries so they can start spying on American citizens again.  They also put in language to resurrect the Patriot Act.  That’s a little strange in a budget bill don’t you think?”

                “There’s always riders in bills”

                “Yes, and some are more egregious and problematic than others.”

                “Whatever, I’m not going to convince you and you’re not going to convince me.”  There was a pause and then Abby turned her head, “You know normally we go back to clean up but we don’t have to do that now.”

                “Nope”

                “Alright, so I guess we’ll go back to the Air BNB.”

                “They return to their accommodation and clean up the plastic that was going to be used to dispose of Edward.  They then got in their car and drove home.  Abby posed, “Do you want to go to Chick Fil-A on the way home?”

                “I can’t believe they caved to the liberal mob.”

                “I know they won’t donate to Christian organizations anymore.  What on earth are you going to do?”

                “I’m not very good at boycotts”

                “Especially food.”

                “I wish Chick Fil-A knew that too.  It wasn’t working.  It actually infuriated black people and got them to come to our side.   Like all liberal mob talking points, it wasn’t even true.  The Salvation Army serves everyone including the LGBT.  They’re probably the largest contributor to LGBT homeless people.”

                “Well, we just killed a massive donor to LGBT organizations and look how horrible a person he was.”

                “That actually makes my point.  Why do corporations never learn that apologizing and giving in is like giving food off the table to a dog and expecting him to be satisfied and go away.”

                “What are you talking about?  It just emboldens the dog to stay there because he’ll get more.  Then, every time you eat, he’ll beg.”

                “Just like liberals.  Look at GLAAD’s response to Chik Fil-A giving in.  On cue, they talk about how it’s not enough because their restaurants aren’t a safe environment for LGBT people to work in.  They are mean to their LGBT employees simply because they’re Christian.  Now that Chik Fil-A realized that.  They should give even more to Christian organizations and blame GLAAD for it.”

                “Don’t hold your breath.”

                “Yea, I know.  I just don’t understand.  When has apologizing to the liberal mob ever worked for a right leaning person or organization?  In the history of mankind, it has never worked yet people still do it.”

                “Peer pressure is a bitch.”

                “Just look at the data for Christ’s sake.”

                “Did you just use the Lord’s name in vain while you tried to argue that a restaurant should continue its Christian ideals?”

                “Yes, I may not be religious but I’m okay if other people and organizations are.  People should be free to give money to whoever they want.”

                “Fine, no Chik Fil-A.  We’ll just go somewhere else.”

                “I didn’t say ‘no’ but fine.”

                They got something else to eat and then went back to their home.  This is the most nervous they were since they just left the body but although they saw the fire on the news, they didn’t have any suspects.  The story quickly died and Nouno believed that it was because as people came forward, his dark secrets were revealed and the mainstream media couldn’t have another wealthy Democrat donor be exposed for raping people and dominating black men referencing slavery. Abby thought he was just being conspiratorial but whatever the reason, she was glad that the heat was not on them. 

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