# Is Sidney Powell insane? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 22, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169 "2020-11-22T04:25:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/61 "2020-11-23T14:36:08Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > she describes the coming legal battle as “biblical”. They’re printing all the documents on that flimsy paper with Trump’s name in red? ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/62 "2020-11-23T14:37:34Z")
She was fired because she took precious attention away from Giuliani. He’s going to get that $20,000 a day for his, ahem, legal services, and nobody else. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/63 "2020-11-23T14:58:16Z")
For those of us who don’t get “The Mule” reference - huh? ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/64 "2020-11-23T15:00:58Z")
From Asimov’s [Foundation series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series), specifically _Foundation and Empire._ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/65 "2020-11-23T15:03:31Z")
The Mule was a mutant who had the power to alter people’s emotional states. He used that to change former political opponents into fervent supporters. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/66 "2020-11-23T15:04:24Z")
If you like science fiction at all, you should really read Asimov’s Foundation series. In particular the original trilogy, Foundation, Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/67 "2020-11-23T15:36:13Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > The Mule was a mutant who had the power to alter people’s emotional states. He used that to change former political opponents into fervent supporters. … and he was eventually stopped by the Deep State. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/68 "2020-11-23T15:43:05Z")
56% of Republicans believe Q-anon is mostly or partly true. Powell is not insane, she’s just Republican. Republicans are in general so misinformed as to be delusional, she’s just one with a platform and enough status that people nod their heads when she starts saying stupid shit. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/69 "2020-11-23T17:27:30Z")
she probably doesn’t know Chavez is dead. Or maybe she forgot about his death. It was not a big story here that I recall. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/70 "2020-11-23T21:38:50Z")
The best part about dead folks on the opposition is they don’t issue denials when you invent crazy stuff about them. So of course she’s citing Chavez; he’s an ideal opponent. It’s about like taking martial arts practice against this guy and thinking you’ll do well against real people. [![](https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-5nfcahck7c/products/2450/images/7514/BBXL__75765.1580517692.1280.1280.jpg) ](https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-5nfcahck7c/products/2450/images/7514/BBXL__75765.1580517692.1280.1280.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/71 "2020-11-24T23:05:58Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > btw, what’s Orly Taitz up to these days? Evidently still insane. > **[Even 'Birther' Orly Taitz Isn't Sure About Trump Lawyer's Claim He 'Won In A...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/orly-taitz-rudy-giuliani-jenna-ellis-trump-voter-fraud_n_5fbd18b3c5b63d1b7706ce52)** > > But the lawyer said she'd "absolutely" be willing to join Jenna Ellis and Rudy Giuliani on Trump's “elite strike force team." Snarky highlight: > Taitz said she was willing to give Trump’s team “whatever help they need,” but said she wasn’t sure they would need assistance because they were “prominent, very capable attorneys.” Giuliani, the recent unwitting star of “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment on WhatsApp. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/72 "2020-11-24T23:53:16Z")
> [@ctnguy](#): > > Giuliani, the recent unwitting star of “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment on WhatsApp. That’s only because HuffPost had the wrong journalist reach out. 🙂 [![](https://compote.slate.com/images/93cd40ce-51e5-4e2c-a4d6-d18b2c6d8c50.jpeg?width=780&height=520&rect=1560x1040&offset=0x0) ](https://compote.slate.com/images/93cd40ce-51e5-4e2c-a4d6-d18b2c6d8c50.jpeg?width=780&height=520&rect=1560x1040&offset=0x0) Yes, there are “better” pictures, but since we aren’t sure what he’s touching in those, I didn’t want to break any forum rules around obscenity ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/73 "2020-11-25T00:24:49Z")
I somehow got on the mailing list of an outfit called “The Populist Press”. Their latest breaking email alert, which I just received mere seconds ago, is: > Sidney Powell files her lawsuit tomorrow and one of the biggest stories today is that “Kraken” is DoD cyber warfare program and Sidney Powell is a military Tribunal lawyer who can bring treason charges. There are no conspiracies but also no coincidences. There’s a big storm brewing here with Sidney and it’s probably why Trump had to distance from here because the DoD is about to release the “kraken”. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/74 "2020-11-25T13:04:48Z")
As long as the Kraken eats the Populist Press I’m not sure it’s such a bad thing to release. Or as Mr. Burns might say: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ORvkElqw0QM/hqdefault.jpg "Release the hounds") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORvkElqw0QM) ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/75 "2020-11-25T14:20:46Z")
I know what it means when I announce that I am going to “release the kraken,” and I have a feeling the two events will not be completely dissimilar. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/76 "2020-11-25T18:16:57Z")
When Lou Dobbs thinks your conspiracy theories are too crazy for Fox, I believe that insane might even be an understatement. I’m pretty sure she’s entered [wiggida wiggida wiggida wack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBeRxBttLm4&feature=youtu.be&t=39) territory. Sidney at her finest, on Lou Dobbs: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NCPcbUqiLY0/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Disavows Sidney Powell as His Legal Team Embarrasses Itself: A Closer Look") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCPcbUqiLY0) ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/77 "2020-11-25T18:20:21Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Wow, she didn’t even last a scaramucci. I love how that’s now a unit of time, and I didn’t even have to pause for a single second to figure that out! ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/78 "2020-11-25T20:23:05Z")
but she’s not Randy Quaid crazy ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/79 "2020-11-25T21:36:21Z")
It’s like Randy is auditioning for a part in a movie that doesn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169/80 "2020-11-26T14:03:16Z")
Oily gazes into the future: “I wouldn’t be surprised if Donald Trump, if he does not succeed in this election, will be the new civil rights leader, where we will have to fight for our civil rights,” And I wouldn’t be surprised if he spent long days writing his memoirs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169.md?page=5)