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Watch the RESULTS of the summit. Seems clear to me Trump called this summit for several reasons:
1) Do a deal with Putin to expose Obama-era Russian bribery to Clinton & others
2) Do a deal with Putin to further isolate Iran
3) Discuss Ukraine & other FP issues
1) Do a deal with Putin to expose Obama-era Russian bribery to Clinton & others
2) Do a deal with Putin to further isolate Iran
3) Discuss Ukraine & other FP issues
How far does Trump get on those 3 things if, as the media keeps shrieking he should've done, he spent the summit browbeating Putin over social media posts and hacking stuff that was known about on Obama's watch where nothing was done with it & it didn't affect the election?
Trump didn't set up this summit with Putin & ask him to be there so he could browbeat him in front of the cameras over stuff that Obama let slide.
Everybody on the same page here?
Everybody on the same page here?
(1) Boy.
I'm now 100 percent convinced that Peter Strzok was an Iranian agent, and Barack Obama was being blackmailed by the mullahs.
This has some interesting things in it.
bigleaguepolitics.com/exposed-peter-…
I'm now 100 percent convinced that Peter Strzok was an Iranian agent, and Barack Obama was being blackmailed by the mullahs.
This has some interesting things in it.
bigleaguepolitics.com/exposed-peter-…
(2) It makes claims that we can't verify, but it's true that Strzok lived in Iran, and his father is a fan of the mullahs.
Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), February 21, 1979, Page 7.
Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), February 21, 1979, Page 7.
(THREAD) This thread unpacks the language and implications of the charges just brought against Russian national Marina Butina—Conspiracy to Commit An Offense Against the United States and Acting As An Agent of a Foreign Government Without Notification. Hope you'll read and share.
1/ The Washington Post somewhat misleading says in its article on the charges that they're "not part of the special counsel investigation into Russian interference." Note that in the sense any of us would ever care about that sentence—the practical sense—that statement is untrue.
2/ Whether or not Mueller is the prosecuting authority in the charges against Butina means absolutely nothing for whether he was and is being kept apprised of the work being done to prosecute her *and* any information that may result from that prosecution. The second part is key.
I really can't believe May is carrying on as if this isn't happening. As if Britain's not right in the middle of it. As if Brexit isn't absolutely part of it. It's not just US citizens who should be appalled & alarmed. This is absolutely our disaster too
Forget economics,forget immigration, forget whatever you thought Brexit was about. It doesn't matter. Because it's not any more. THIS is what it's about. The destruction of the North Atlantic alliance. We are in a new world order. We URGENTLY need to re-frame the Brexit debate
This is our national security on the line. The Trump debacle & the Brexit debacle cannot continue on two railway tracks. They are the same debacle. And today Trump plunged us into an entirely new & deeply sinister new era. We MUST recognise how it changes everything for us too
#BroochDecoderRing
The following data relies heavily on the work of the blogger at "Her Majesty's Jewel Box". If you swing by there (I will be linking), BE ADVISED THE BLOGGER WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS POLITICAL STUFF THAT IS NOT WHY SHE IS THERE so take it easy.
The following data relies heavily on the work of the blogger at "Her Majesty's Jewel Box". If you swing by there (I will be linking), BE ADVISED THE BLOGGER WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS POLITICAL STUFF THAT IS NOT WHY SHE IS THERE so take it easy.
All right. You need ninety-two years of background. The Queen (hereafter QE) has always loved brooches and so everyone gives them to her as gifts. Everyone. A horse-racing org gave her a gift for lifetime achievements a while back - the 'trophy' was a brooch. You get it.
QE also does hundreds and hundreds of appearances, and maybe 95% or higher, she wears a brooch. And the brooch is ALWAYS significant. Badges of military regiments - she inspects some troops, she wears the badge of them to do it.
1. A thread on how Team Trump is preparing the normies for what is coming : major Swamp Draining.
Many look at the kabuki theater in Congress, as the way to evaluate 'Trump v Swamp'.
They misunderstand the role Trump has assigned to Congress, in this great American scandal.
Many look at the kabuki theater in Congress, as the way to evaluate 'Trump v Swamp'.
They misunderstand the role Trump has assigned to Congress, in this great American scandal.
2. The strategy is becoming clearer now.
Consider : Trump KNOWS EVERYTHING.
This isn't a situation where he is flying blind. The evidence is in, all of it. Has been for a long time.
The issue isn't WHAT Trump has. It's HOW to bring the perps to justice. And WHEN.
Consider : Trump KNOWS EVERYTHING.
This isn't a situation where he is flying blind. The evidence is in, all of it. Has been for a long time.
The issue isn't WHAT Trump has. It's HOW to bring the perps to justice. And WHEN.
3. IMO, Trump's main challenge hasn't been so much in the evidence gathering, or even in enforcement.
Sessions, Huber (& I suspect other USAs) are quietly going about their business.
The main challenge has been EDUCATING & PREPARING the public, for what is to come.
Sessions, Huber (& I suspect other USAs) are quietly going about their business.
The main challenge has been EDUCATING & PREPARING the public, for what is to come.
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Technology
Happy to oblige! The biggest reason that a few frameworks dominate the landscape is probably straightforward inertia. Most devs (those of use who chat about this stuff on Twitter are NOT representative) don't want to investigate and learn alternatives; they have better things 1/
to do, and engineering PMs aren't picking the 'best' technology, they're picking the safe one that means they'll be able to hire some poor sap to maintain everything a couple of years down the line. Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM. These dynamics favour incumbents. 2/
So does the cacophony of options. Why do tech meetups always serve pepperoni pizza, even though almost no-one would actually *choose* it given alternatives? Because it's something that very few people will object to. It gets the job done — it's 'good enough'. 3/
Today's doodle on Google features Georges Henri Joseph Édouard q. A Priest, a physicist, and an astronomer.
A furthered our understanding of the universe. He applied Einstein's theory of general relativity. His ideas on the expansion of the universe preceded Hubble.
A furthered our understanding of the universe. He applied Einstein's theory of general relativity. His ideas on the expansion of the universe preceded Hubble.
Effectively he contributed significantly to the idea that the universe began to exist. A theory which we now know as the Big Bang.
He saw no conflict in his theology and his science. The man was religiously commited and found harmony in his beliefs.
He saw no conflict in his theology and his science. The man was religiously commited and found harmony in his beliefs.
Today there is a strange attack on theists. We get blamed for not being objective, for being less educated, for not progressing in science and technology.
Yet here we have a fine example of a deeply religious figure establishing one of physics most influential discoveries.
Yet here we have a fine example of a deeply religious figure establishing one of physics most influential discoveries.
1/ to understand a city, try to find its economic core. This likely explains what is unique about that city.
I will give you some examples that I am familiar with:
I will give you some examples that I am familiar with:
2/ Miami makes money out of excess capital coming mostly from the northeast in the US and from third world countries. Both monies are looking for comfort. The business of that city is to sell comfort (and its cousins, luxury, and safety)
3/ The San Francisco Bay Area makes money by taking high-risk bets that information & communication technology can create new industries & disrupt old ones.
In a sense, this is the continuation of the gold rush, looking for outsized returns & taking in a ton of risk to get it
In a sense, this is the continuation of the gold rush, looking for outsized returns & taking in a ton of risk to get it
Science and Space
Happy to oblige! The biggest reason that a few frameworks dominate the landscape is probably straightforward inertia. Most devs (those of use who chat about this stuff on Twitter are NOT representative) don't want to investigate and learn alternatives; they have better things 1/
to do, and engineering PMs aren't picking the 'best' technology, they're picking the safe one that means they'll be able to hire some poor sap to maintain everything a couple of years down the line. Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM. These dynamics favour incumbents. 2/
So does the cacophony of options. Why do tech meetups always serve pepperoni pizza, even though almost no-one would actually *choose* it given alternatives? Because it's something that very few people will object to. It gets the job done — it's 'good enough'. 3/
Today's doodle on Google features Georges Henri Joseph Édouard q. A Priest, a physicist, and an astronomer.
A furthered our understanding of the universe. He applied Einstein's theory of general relativity. His ideas on the expansion of the universe preceded Hubble.
A furthered our understanding of the universe. He applied Einstein's theory of general relativity. His ideas on the expansion of the universe preceded Hubble.
Effectively he contributed significantly to the idea that the universe began to exist. A theory which we now know as the Big Bang.
He saw no conflict in his theology and his science. The man was religiously commited and found harmony in his beliefs.
He saw no conflict in his theology and his science. The man was religiously commited and found harmony in his beliefs.
Today there is a strange attack on theists. We get blamed for not being objective, for being less educated, for not progressing in science and technology.
Yet here we have a fine example of a deeply religious figure establishing one of physics most influential discoveries.
Yet here we have a fine example of a deeply religious figure establishing one of physics most influential discoveries.
Are you now or have you ever been on a board of directors?
If you are now or have ever been on a board, why do you do it?
When you go to your board meetings, do you ever look around the room and think about who isn't there?
Culture and Books
[Analytical & Intelligence Comments] Mossad ran 9/11 Arab "hijacker"
terrorist
Mossad ran 9/11 Arab "hijacker" terrorist operation
By Wayne Madsen
terrorist
Mossad ran 9/11 Arab "hijacker" terrorist operation
By Wayne Madsen
British intelligence reported in February 2002 that the Israeli Mossad ran
the Arab hijacker cells that were later blamed by the U.S. government's 9/11
Commission for carrying out the aerial attacks on the World Trade Center and
Pentagon.
the Arab hijacker cells that were later blamed by the U.S. government's 9/11
Commission for carrying out the aerial attacks on the World Trade Center and
Pentagon.
WMR has received details of the British intelligence report which
was suppressed by the government of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair.
was suppressed by the government of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair.
(thread) Making of America
I woke up on Nov. 9, 2016 to discover it was 1828—the year Andrew Jackson (white supremacist, dangerous demagogue, defender of slavery)—won the presidency against a brainy super-qualified policy wonk & former secretary of state.
I woke up on Nov. 9, 2016 to discover it was 1828—the year Andrew Jackson (white supremacist, dangerous demagogue, defender of slavery)—won the presidency against a brainy super-qualified policy wonk & former secretary of state.
2/ Plenty of people despised Jackson's racism. Given the all white male electorate, though, most of them couldn't vote. Of those who could, a small but vocal minority loathed his racism and treatment of Native Americans and were appalled that so many people could vote for him.
3/ I picked myself up on Nov. 10th with a purpose: combat ignorance with education.
I was in the early stages of researching and writing a series of biographies for young readers, tracing American Constitutional history.
I was in the early stages of researching and writing a series of biographies for young readers, tracing American Constitutional history.
1/ to understand a city, try to find its economic core. This likely explains what is unique about that city.
I will give you some examples that I am familiar with:
I will give you some examples that I am familiar with:
2/ Miami makes money out of excess capital coming mostly from the northeast in the US and from third world countries. Both monies are looking for comfort. The business of that city is to sell comfort (and its cousins, luxury, and safety)
3/ The San Francisco Bay Area makes money by taking high-risk bets that information & communication technology can create new industries & disrupt old ones.
In a sense, this is the continuation of the gold rush, looking for outsized returns & taking in a ton of risk to get it
In a sense, this is the continuation of the gold rush, looking for outsized returns & taking in a ton of risk to get it
Politics
1. Before I started the Editorial Board, I wrote a (somewhat) controversial piece for the Washington Monthly arguing that the Democrats should unite the country against Russia. washingtonmonthly.com/2018/01/31/dem…
2. I said majority opposition to an enemy that attacked our national sovereignty would help mitigate the toxic polarization dividing the nation as well as remind Americans what they are not: willing patsies to an authoritarian mafia state.
3, In the years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the Republican Party had made partisanship and patriotism virtually synonymous in the minds of many Americans. But it was clear to me it permanently lost its way after Russian flags were seen waving at the 2016 RNC.
This is a fascinating article pointed out by Rex in his thread that I just retweeted. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
“President Donald Trump gave the go-ahead to announce new Russian election-hacking indictments before his meeting with Vladimir Putin rather than after -- in the hopes it would strengthen his hand in the talks, according to accounts from people familiar with the decision.”
Boom. Now all the people screaming that Rosenstein did this to embarrass Trump before the summit will have to scream that this is #FakeNews. (What other choice do they have?)
#unhackthevote
BOOM!
More than 250 Trump Organization Subdomains are in Communication with Computers in Russia!!
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BOOM!
More than 250 Trump Organization Subdomains are in Communication with Computers in Russia!!
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The Trump Organization, like most large organizations, has a lot of domains registered to it. Let's take a look.
Many of these domains have subdomains - like reservations.trumphotels.com. This is a normal practice. But we found something HIGHLY unusual.