Over the weekend (or today for you lazyboners who do not hang out on Wonkette all weekend long), we learned that the CIA has determined that Russia hacked the DNC and Hillary Clinton's campaign chair, in order to aid the very shiny Donald J. Trump. We also learned that Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, had told that dastardly Barack HUSSEIN Obama that if he, Obama -- who thought he was still president at the time, isn't that adorable? -- were to tell the American people about this, he, McConnell would consider it an act of
- calls payment on sovereign/convertible bonds- places massive tariffs on US exports- nationalizes US/China commercial joint ventures- sends a massive military force to the South China Sea- isolates Taiwan ROC diplomatically/commercially even more than usual
Either/or/any combination of the above/pickseys chooseys!
Well ... just for the challenge, I was trying. For a moment I thought I'd come up with something, his campaign technique, which did get results, repulsive though it was, but on second thoughts that wasn't smart. More like raw basic reptilian instinct for recognizing and appealing to the worst in people.
Still can't forgive Obama over this. He's leaving, McConnell has been up his ass since dinner party on Day One, and wtf cares if release of Russian subterfuge would have been deemed "political"? There was an election going on, for Chrissakes; keeping this under wraps had consequences far more political, doncha know? Nothing McC could have threatened justifies O letting this slide. Maybe I'm dense, but I still don't get it.
My read of this is that everyone has shit on everyone else and they're playing a mean game of chicken. Obama's probably thinking "do I give enough of a fuck about America to be outed with what they have on me, Dems, the gov'ment to blow this up sky high and risk future economic and/or civil catastrophe or do I let it go, hope Drumpf doesn't fuck everything up TOO much, and collect 8 figures for the rest of my and my children's life? Hell, no one seems to GAF what Rethugs do anyway.". McConnell's probably thinking "do I give enough of a fuck about what power we Rethugs have now now now to not throw just that asshole Drumpf under the bus in exchange for Obama not dropping his TreasonBombs™ on all of us, or do I hate that n-clang so much, and think my shit smells like rosewater, that I can play chicken to the very end and dare he and the Dems not to back down?".
Not a bad assumption on McConnell's assessment of O and the Dems, with precedent in the Johnson "hell, I have Nixon committing treason with N. Vietnam on TAPE, but whachagonna do, let's not rock the boat...".
Time for Moses to visit all those deplorables and smash some tablets over their heads. The Charleton Heston version would include a few earthquake special effects and some of them falling into a newly opened fissure.Maybe that could happen in Florida if they would all meet there with their Russian friends? They have some lovely sinkholes that could open up.
Question: has anyone heard a reaction to all of this from the Kremlin? Are the Russians too busy laughing their asses off, drinking Diva vodka and high-fiving to respond?
Too fucking little, too fucking late.
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Whoops, wrong thread. I'll leave it up anyway.
That would be door #2
Or gold-plate it.
My money's on the majority of those fuckwads "stayed home/spoiled ballot/voted third-party"
Fuckwads.
ahem, "economic anxiety".
Preen the messenger/shoot the messenger/repeat as necessary
China. Xi Jinping gets tired of Trump's shit.
- calls payment on sovereign/convertible bonds- places massive tariffs on US exports- nationalizes US/China commercial joint ventures- sends a massive military force to the South China Sea- isolates Taiwan ROC diplomatically/commercially even more than usual
Either/or/any combination of the above/pickseys chooseys!
Well ... just for the challenge, I was trying. For a moment I thought I'd come up with something, his campaign technique, which did get results, repulsive though it was, but on second thoughts that wasn't smart. More like raw basic reptilian instinct for recognizing and appealing to the worst in people.
Oh man that made me laugh
Still can't forgive Obama over this. He's leaving, McConnell has been up his ass since dinner party on Day One, and wtf cares if release of Russian subterfuge would have been deemed "political"? There was an election going on, for Chrissakes; keeping this under wraps had consequences far more political, doncha know? Nothing McC could have threatened justifies O letting this slide. Maybe I'm dense, but I still don't get it.
There has got to be something wrong with me that this always makes me laugh.
My read of this is that everyone has shit on everyone else and they're playing a mean game of chicken. Obama's probably thinking "do I give enough of a fuck about America to be outed with what they have on me, Dems, the gov'ment to blow this up sky high and risk future economic and/or civil catastrophe or do I let it go, hope Drumpf doesn't fuck everything up TOO much, and collect 8 figures for the rest of my and my children's life? Hell, no one seems to GAF what Rethugs do anyway.". McConnell's probably thinking "do I give enough of a fuck about what power we Rethugs have now now now to not throw just that asshole Drumpf under the bus in exchange for Obama not dropping his TreasonBombs™ on all of us, or do I hate that n-clang so much, and think my shit smells like rosewater, that I can play chicken to the very end and dare he and the Dems not to back down?".
Not a bad assumption on McConnell's assessment of O and the Dems, with precedent in the Johnson "hell, I have Nixon committing treason with N. Vietnam on TAPE, but whachagonna do, let's not rock the boat...".
Time for Moses to visit all those deplorables and smash some tablets over their heads. The Charleton Heston version would include a few earthquake special effects and some of them falling into a newly opened fissure.Maybe that could happen in Florida if they would all meet there with their Russian friends? They have some lovely sinkholes that could open up.
Your read sounds spot-on!
Question: has anyone heard a reaction to all of this from the Kremlin? Are the Russians too busy laughing their asses off, drinking Diva vodka and high-fiving to respond?
Conning people into putting his brand on their buildings.