Talbott's "smuggling" a copy of the Soviet leader's personal paper calls to mind Igor Danchenko's mysterious acquisition of Vladimir Putin's dissertation.
The accusations are so lurid and so over the top that they feel off to me.
It reads as if it was constructed in response or in conjunction with the release of the Access Hollywood tape, the infamous recording of a lewd conversation between Donald Trump and a reporter.
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Shearer's memo emphasizes Trump's mistreatment of women.
"This guy has mental issues with women."
"He is a psychopath. He likes to make the women scream."
Someone in a DM pointed out to me an interesting discrepancy between the Simpson/Steele version of the timeline and the Danchenko indictment.
So I did some digging and here's what I found.
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According to Glenn Simpson's & Peter Fritsch's book, Crime in Progress, Marc Elias first met with them on April 20, 2016, the day after Donald Trump won the New York primary.
He loved their pitch and agreed to contract with them, but formalizing the agreement took "weeks."
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Next: "By the time Fusion decided to turn to Christopher Steele in May 2016, the firm had amassed a mountain of research about Trump's business past..."
The Apocalyptic Vision of Ray Crabtree and the One Man Who Can Save Us
(Can you guess his name?)
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I have been recently digging through my collection of fringe, weird and often conspiratorial literature. Most of it amassed prior to 2005.
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I have quite a few "End of Days" books, including Apocalypse Culture. It's a collection of essays from various authors on topics about the evils of civilization. The book is more or less a case for an apocalypse.