Alfa Bank

computer server three-way. I bet Erik Prince is in it up to his eyeballs.

Posted by tanyev | Sat Jun 26, 2021, 12:48 PM (1 replies)

Project Very TASS.

Posted by tanyev | Fri Jun 25, 2021, 06:35 PM (1 replies)

Yep. "What's the downside of humoring him?" from Nov. 2020

leads to a full-blown insurrection on Jan. 6.

Speaking about President Trump’s and his legal team’s myriad and baseless claims of massive voter fraud, an anonymous senior Republican official offered a rhetorical shrug.

“What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time? No one seriously thinks the results will change,” the official said. “He went golfing this weekend. It’s not like he’s plotting how to prevent Joe Biden from taking power on Jan. 20. He’s tweeting about filing some lawsuits, those lawsuits will fail, then he’ll tweet some more about how the election was stolen, and then he’ll leave.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/10/whats-downside-humoring-him-gop-officials-unintentionally-revealing-quote-about-trump-era/

Posted by tanyev | Tue Jun 22, 2021, 01:27 PM (0 replies)

And we sent (literally) tons of PPE to China.

Concerns about a dwindling supply of PPE are not new. Back on February 7, the World Health Organization sounded alarm bells about "the limited stock of PPE," noting demand was 100 times higher than normal for this equipment.

Yet the same day as the WHO warning, the Trump administration announced that it was transporting to China nearly 17.8 tons (more than 35,000 pounds) of "masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials." As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted in the press release announcing this shipment, "These donations are a testament to the generosity of the American people."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/opinions/coronavirus-personal-protective-equipment-obeidallah/index.html

If the moron in the White House had activated the Defense Production Act and gotten the manufacturer in Texas and others cranking out PPE to replace what was sent to China, it might have been OK. But he didn’t, and it was disastrous.

Posted by tanyev | Mon Jun 21, 2021, 07:04 PM (0 replies)

I am I, Don Baloney, the Lord of Mar'Lago

A Name all the world hears with woe
And the wild winds of fortune will carry me onward
Oh whither so ever they blow

Whither so ever they blow
Onward to Glory I go!

Posted by tanyev | Thu Jun 17, 2021, 09:20 AM (0 replies)

I wish the editorial had pointed the finger at REPUBLICANS in Congress

instead of just saying Congress over and over. The real problem here isn’t Trump. The problem is that nearly every Republican in Congress is either fully complicit, shamelessly opportunistic or scared witless. Or even some combination of the three. If most Republicans had stood up to Trump every time he tried violating norms or skirting the law, Donny wouldn’t have gotten very far. He might have thrown in the towel before his term was up.

Posted by tanyev | Mon Jun 14, 2021, 05:35 PM (0 replies)

"What's the downside of humoring him?"

This. This is the downside, idjits.

Nov. 10, 2020:

Speaking about President Trump’s and his legal team’s myriad and baseless claims of massive voter fraud, an anonymous senior Republican official offered a rhetorical shrug.

“What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time? No one seriously thinks the results will change,” the official said. “He went golfing this weekend. It’s not like he’s plotting how to prevent Joe Biden from taking power on Jan. 20. He’s tweeting about filing some lawsuits, those lawsuits will fail, then he’ll tweet some more about how the election was stolen, and then he’ll leave.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/10/whats-downside-humoring-him-gop-officials-unintentionally-revealing-quote-about-trump-era/

Posted by tanyev | Sat Jun 12, 2021, 02:38 PM (1 replies)

OMG, The Mark of the Best!!1!

Posted by tanyev | Wed Jun 9, 2021, 01:20 PM (1 replies)

Their concerns are valid.

It was horrifying for them (and us) to see how easily our nation's safeguards could be overturned by one authoritarian asshole and one complicit political party. Thank goodness Biden won, but what happens in 2024? (Or August of this year, according to some.) We're not out of the woods yet.

Posted by tanyev | Wed Jun 9, 2021, 09:49 AM (0 replies)