No Longer in the Shadow

 

Six observations: 

1. With his call to overturn the U.S. Constitution, Mr. Trump has without a doubt transformed himself into a seditious vampire, indiscriminately sucking the life blood out of the American people. On the treason scale, he rates higher than Benedict Arnold and no longer is in Arnold's shadow.
2. By invading Ukraine, killing, or wounding hundreds of thousands of innocent people, both Ukrainian and Russian, Mr. Putin, has secured his place in history next to Joseph Stalin.
3. By supporting Mr. Trump, the majority of serving Republicans in the U.S. House are insurrectionists and therefore they must be removed from office and forbidden from holding future public office.
4. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, Jr. have now crossed into unethical territory as defined under the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges and now must voluntarily either recuse themselves or resign. (Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has no Code of Conduct.)
5. After his Twitter takeover, Elon Musk has now earned his rating as No. 1 on the scale of the worst CEOs of history.
6. The Hunter Biden laptop story really is a "nothing burger".

Why Best Buds?

Perhaps you’ve been trying to cipher out why Mr. Trump appears to be so smitten with Mr. Putin.  I have.

So, what’s the deal?

Writer Neil Baron of Salon turns a spotlight on a reasonable answer in his recent article.

“It has nothing to do with politics.”

"Since Trump’s nomination, 70 percent of Trump sales were to limited liability companies frequently used by Russians to hide their identity, stow cash and, most likely, violate U.S. sanctions. Hundreds of millions of dollars from unidentified sources funded Trump’s unprofitable golf courses in Ireland and Scotland. Testimony before Congress suggests they were used to launder money for the Russian mafia. Steve Bannon told Michael Wolff, in speaking of White House corruption: “This is about money laundering … the path to …Trump goes right through Paul Manafort, Don Junior and Jared Kushner.”

"The blackmail potential in all these financial shenanigans is abundant. Implicating Trump in almost any of these schemes could expose him to charges of money laundering and bank fraud."

Please go here for the rest of the story.

Money Makes the World Go Round - Liza Minnelli & Joel Gray - Cabaret - 1972

The Talkin' Truth

 

Why would Kim Jong-un suddenly decide to meet with Mr. Trump? Several reasons come to mind, of course. But none have to do with being cowed by the Amerikanski bully president. Au contraire! Now, with the world as his stage, and Mr. Putin as his wily ally, he can "outdeal" the "dotard".

Talkin' Points

Russian media claim its military is now capable of neutralising US warships with electronic jamming devices, Julian Robinson, MailOnline, 19 Apr 2017

Putin’s ‘Invincible’ Missile Is Aimed at U.S. Vulnerabilities, Neil MacFarquhar, David E. Sanger, The New York Times, 1 Mar 2018.