Frank Figluizzi, an NBC News national security contributor, voiced a bizarre criticism of President Donald Trump after Trump ordered flags to be flown at half mast because of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Figluizzi said that the date, August 8th, meant that the shorthand date of 8/8 could be viewed as a reference to 88 which could be a reference to HH (the eighth letter in the alphabet) which could be viewed as a salute to “Heil Hitler.” Figluizzi explained that Trump could be simply ignorant of the obvious reference. There is another possibility: Frank Figluizzi is a reference to FF which is a reference to 66 (as the sixth letter in the alphabet) which is a reference to Route 66 which is a reference to the song “Get Your Kicks On Route 66” which is a reference to freeing yourself from any obligations or responsibilities . . . like serious commentary.
Figluizzi is the former FBI assistant director of counterintelligence and told MSNBC’s Brian Williams:
“It’s the little things and the language and messaging that matters. The president said that we will fly our flags at half-mast until Aug. 8. That’s 8/8. Now, I’m not going to imply that he did this deliberately, but I am using it as an example of the ignorance of the adversary that’s being demonstrated by the White House. The numbers 88 are very significant in neo-Nazi and white supremacy movement. Why? Because the letter ‘H’ is the eighth letter of the alphabet, and to them the numbers 88 together stand for ‘Heil Hitler.’ So we’re going to be raising the flag back up at dusk on 8/8.”
He then added without a hint of humor or irony: “No one’s thinking about this, no one’s giving him the advice. Or he’s rejecting the advice.”
The reason that “no one’s thinking about this” is that it is perfectly insane. It is even hard to believe that a hardcore Nazi would celebrate an obvious pure coincidence of an abbreviated date memorializing victims. If they do, it is hardly a reason to delay the nation mourning the dead.
This is not the first such controversy of 88. We previously discussed how some people objected to a detergent because it happened to show a jersey with 88 on the box.
One has to give the NBC analyst some credit for finding a way — no matter how contrived — to criticize Trump for honoring the dead of these massacres and to suggest that it is actually a celebrating of white supremacy. I am highly skeptical that neo-Nazis would celebrate the coincidence but if they do it is because they are perfectly insane. That does not mean that Trump should wait until 8/9/2019 to mourn the fallen . . . which would translate to HITS for the alphabetically obsessional.
Where do they find these people? Figgy? Strzok? McCabe? Brennan? Clapper? OMG. Just look at them and listen to them and “read” their energy and you get a big hit in the face of “creepy slimy weirdos in charge” which translates as “God help us.”
Forgot to add Comey. Compromised creepy crawly lying leaker and limelight-lovin’ Comey. What a mess he made over at the FBI.
The FBI was a mess long before Comey.
Frank Figluizzi is a clueless dope. HH stands for Harry Houdini.
Oh and FF should know that no one “raises the flag at dusk.” The flag will be raised to full staff on 8/9 at daybreak (revelly) and it is lowered at dusk (retreat). What a Zero Figluizzi is!
Taps at 2100
Go ask Alice.
that’s hate speech. talks about killing. ban alice cooper too. hater, he is!
he even named his masterwork stripper song, “POISON,” !
Lol! And in college, “FF” meant “Feel Free” (said sarcastically when someone oversteps: like a visitor opening the fridge and grabbing a beer). Frank Figluizzi should Feel Free to crawl back to his padded cell with all the pictures stuck on the wall with red string connecting them randomly! The FBI is not looking good!
88 is also a super lucky number for gamblers. 88 is also super lucky for Asians. 88 is also considered a lucky car number in NASCAR.
these clowns are really full of garbage! Boycott MSNBC for letting a charlatan have the mic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DswM5J75ChY
88 fortunes is a machine in nearly every casino in america. seriously. if they want an 88 reference this is the most common one. preposterous? not nearly as much as what he said.
The reason that “no one’s thinking about this” is that it is perfectly insane.
It is not insane. It is slothful.
Figluizzi and the MSM would not have a following if Americans possessed intellectual vigor, idealism and rejected misanthropy.
Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, & Francis have all criticized Europe for its intellectual & spiritual decline. Clearly the USA is no better. That needs to change.
Oremus
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ECCLESIA IN EUROPA, POPE JOHN PAUL II, June 28, 2003
….the Churches in Europe, often tempted by a dimming of hope. The age we are living in, with its own particular challenges, can seem to be a time of bewilderment. Many men and women seem disoriented, uncertain, without hope, and not a few Christians share these feelings. There are many troubling signs which at the beginning of the third millennium are clouding the horizon of the European continent, which “despite great signs of faith and witness and an atmosphere undoubtedly more free and unified, feels all the weariness which historical events – recent and past – have brought about deep within the hearts of its peoples, often causing disappointment”
http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_20030628_ecclesia-in-europa.html
TO MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, POPE BENEDICT XVI, September 8, 2010
On different occasions I have pointed out the risks associated with relativism in the area of values, rights and duties. If these were to lack an objective rational foundation, common to all peoples, and were based exclusively on particular cultures, legislative decisions or court judgements, how could they offer a solid and long-lasting ground for supranational institutions such as the Council of Europe, and for your own task within that prestigious institution? How could a fruitful dialogue among cultures take place without common values, rights and stable, universal principles understood in the same way by all Members States of the Council of Europe? These values, rights and duties are rooted in the natural dignity of each person, something which is accessible to human reasoning. The Christian faith does not impede, but favours this search, and is an invitation to seek a supernatural basis for this dignity.
http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2010/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20100908_council-europe.html
ADDRESS OF POPE FRANCIS TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, November 2014
Indifferent individualism leads to the cult of opulence reflected in the throwaway culture all around us. We have a surfeit of unnecessary things, but we no longer have the capacity to build authentic human relationships marked by truth and mutual respect. And so today we are presented with the image of a Europe which is hurt, not only by its many past ordeals, but also by present-day crises which it no longer seems capable of facing with its former vitality and energy; a Europe which is a bit tired and pessimistic, which feels besieged by events and winds of change coming from other continents.To Europe we can put the question: “Where is your vigour? Where is that idealism which inspired and ennobled your history? Where is your spirit of curiosity and enterprise? Where is your thirst for truth, a thirst which hitherto you have passionately shared with the world? The future of the continent will depend on the answer to these questions.
w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/november/documents/papa-francesco_20141125_strasburgo-consiglio-europa.html
What gets me is that some people really listen to these wack jobs. I don’t believe that a majority of Americans really do their own thinking anymore.
Isn’t counter intelligence an oxymoron like military intelligence?
Is this the same Frank Figluizzi who recently escaped the St. Elizabeth’s Mental institution in DC?
Also, what a bozo to say “half mast”. It’s half staff, unless it’s on a ship you moron.
How does such a bozo get promoted at the FBI?
Says a lot about government employees and what it takes to get ahead.
Also says a lot about the institutional mindset at the FBI when the Trump investigation started.
And the Pinkos wearing blinders still cannot see that there is something fishy here.
“How does such a bozo get promoted at the FBI?”
Monument, I would ask the same thing but for the past 3 years which has demonstrated a portion of the FBI is out of control.
I can’t watch it – weak stomach – so I’ll just ask: What was Brian Williams’ response?
New subversive comedy on target.
https://youtu.be/oqJyhh2PFBw
A lot of the Press wants to foment a civil war. If war comes, I hope the first rounds (metaphorical ones of course) are lobbed squarely at Ft. MSNBC. Love to see it strike their peacock colors.
lamposts are ready for fake news operatives
To avoid feelings of abject terror like hearing on the radio that four planes are suddenly missing from US airspace, sarcasm and ridicule is probably the way to go today in the comments section as opposed to real, legitimate responses like:
“Oh My Good God in Heaven these are the kind of people that are in charge over at the DOJ…..I feel sick.”
Keep in mind that the internal dynamics of the FBI were such during the Mueller and Comey years that this person was promoted to a senior executive position. The FBI merits (1) decapitation and (2) being broken into about a half-dozen pieces.
Obviously this must be true because Trump is really the secret love child of Adolph Hitler and Heinrich Himmler (who was really a tranny) and who with Hitler escaped to Argentina while his fake body double Hitler and decoy fake narrative mistress turned wife Eva Braun distracted the Red Army bravely dying for the cause by carrying out their black op suicide mission. Adolph and Heiney later moved to Hollywood then to Queens and lived happily ever after under assumed names running a German deli that was really a front for laundering money for the local Mafia chief Benito the Knife til they died in 2007.
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“There is another possibility: Frank Figluizzi is a reference to FF which is a reference to 66 (as the sixth letter in the alphabet) which is a reference to Route 66 which is a reference to the song “Get Your Kicks On Route 66” which is a reference to freeing yourself from any obligations or responsibilities . . . like serious commentary.”
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Figl-etaboutit, Frank.
Perfect!