Maduro denies he is a Latin American dictator. After all, he points out, he never went to the School of the Americas, or worked for the CIA, or had the backing of the oligarchs.
You call it sanctions, though it's only the US that has decided it can sanction Venezuela. This sort of reminds me of the German sinking of the Lusitania, which was Woodrow Wilson's rationale for entering the First world War.
Codename : Shambles, never willing to pay for a Christmas Gift out of his own pocket, enlists the U.S. Military to secure a special little something for the Chevron Board.
NPR this a.m., with Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations:
NPR: Before we let you go, very briefly, the president also said - sort of issued a sort of a vague warning to Colombia, saying, you know, you're next. What do you think that means?
HAASS: Well, again, I think it reinforces the sense that we see the Western Hemisphere as a priority as our backyard. I don't think it'll be well received in the hemisphere, but guess what? It might be well received in both Moscow and in Beijing 'cause they like the idea that this administration increasingly sees the world in terms of spheres of influence - we can do what we want to do here. But that suggests Russia can do what it wants to do in Europe, and China can do it in Asia.
"...Meanwhile, Americans are not fucking interested in whatever Trump’s got going on. In a CBS/YouGov poll a few weeks ago, only one in five had even heard that there was a military buildup in the first place...."
I think even 20% of Americans paying attention to current events, especially global current events, is an overestimate - and a dreadful commentary on us.
What the fuck is he going to do with it? Extort the Venezuelans like the incompetent thug that he is? Park it offshore of Houston for lack of adequate refining capacity?
Donny has had a hard-on for making a tiny little war every since his meeting with Zelenskyy, when the subject of elections in Ukraine came up. I've never witnessed Trump so pleased when Zelenskyy explained why the elections in Ukraine had been canceled. So that's the endgame. Oh, and Epstein, Epstein, Epstein.
That cargo of Venezuelan crude oil now has to go somewhere and Trump has it. It is worth a whole lot of money. Trump will sell it as fast as that vessel hits an American port. So, where will the money go? Will Trump pocket it ? Will it be sold by the U.S. Government and the money goes into the U.S. Treasury?
More warcrimes for the eventual tribunal.
Oh, Lord, the Rule Britannia video was too perfect. Thank you! Thank God for some humor in these desperate times.
Maduro denies he is a Latin American dictator. After all, he points out, he never went to the School of the Americas, or worked for the CIA, or had the backing of the oligarchs.
Ta, Marcie. First murder on the high seas, now piracy. I. Just. Can't. Even.
Trump = Pirate of the Caribbean?
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AcQAAOSw4KhnI0aD/s-l400.jpg
You call it sanctions, though it's only the US that has decided it can sanction Venezuela. This sort of reminds me of the German sinking of the Lusitania, which was Woodrow Wilson's rationale for entering the First world War.
Anything that tells the truth is anathema to DJT.
Codename : Shambles, never willing to pay for a Christmas Gift out of his own pocket, enlists the U.S. Military to secure a special little something for the Chevron Board.
Take notice, US Warships in the Caribbean are now flying the "Jolly Roger"
Racking up international crimes, are we?
NPR this a.m., with Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations:
NPR: Before we let you go, very briefly, the president also said - sort of issued a sort of a vague warning to Colombia, saying, you know, you're next. What do you think that means?
HAASS: Well, again, I think it reinforces the sense that we see the Western Hemisphere as a priority as our backyard. I don't think it'll be well received in the hemisphere, but guess what? It might be well received in both Moscow and in Beijing 'cause they like the idea that this administration increasingly sees the world in terms of spheres of influence - we can do what we want to do here. But that suggests Russia can do what it wants to do in Europe, and China can do it in Asia.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/11/nx-s1-5640173/veteran-diplomat-weighs-the-meaning-of-the-u-s-seizure-of-a-venezuelan-oil-tanker
"Spheres of influence"??? WTF... is this 2025 or 1925?
Soon to be a Sphere of Influenza.
Rimshot!
"...Meanwhile, Americans are not fucking interested in whatever Trump’s got going on. In a CBS/YouGov poll a few weeks ago, only one in five had even heard that there was a military buildup in the first place...."
I think even 20% of Americans paying attention to current events, especially global current events, is an overestimate - and a dreadful commentary on us.
I work with people who don't even pay attention to the weather forecast, or much else.
"Turn that boring news stuff off, I wanna see my shows."
Maybe he hates Somalia so much now because he feels like they are competing with him in piracy
What the fuck is he going to do with it? Extort the Venezuelans like the incompetent thug that he is? Park it offshore of Houston for lack of adequate refining capacity?
Jesus Fucking Christ, this guy.
Donny has had a hard-on for making a tiny little war every since his meeting with Zelenskyy, when the subject of elections in Ukraine came up. I've never witnessed Trump so pleased when Zelenskyy explained why the elections in Ukraine had been canceled. So that's the endgame. Oh, and Epstein, Epstein, Epstein.
Donnie wants a piece of the international drug trade.
You mean to say a "bigger" piece
His son Junior knows a guy.
This should get interesting.
If ever a meme was applicable, it is here.
Follow the money.
That cargo of Venezuelan crude oil now has to go somewhere and Trump has it. It is worth a whole lot of money. Trump will sell it as fast as that vessel hits an American port. So, where will the money go? Will Trump pocket it ? Will it be sold by the U.S. Government and the money goes into the U.S. Treasury?
He will surely find some way to bogart that swag cause if he doesn't get paid off no one gets paid off.