A Story: Narrative Control

 The subject of today's therapeutic analysis is Time writer, Philip Elliott's latest offering.

We start off the opinion piece generously classified as analysis, though it is more like a TMZ celebtard article.

It starts off with this idea that Trump wanted a "crisis" in CA that he could exploit for political gain. This denies the idea of legitimate actions and seeks to undermine principled action and intentions. No longer can he have good intentions - merely Machiavellian Power Calculation and Megalomaniacal self aggrandizement.

This, folx, is what we call confession by projection. The author is giving you his own motives through the accusation on another. How telling. He smuggles in the idea that the ICE raids were just a vehicle for getting a political showdown with Gov. Newsome and get some red meat politically. 

This is retarded - the nugget of reality in this paragraph is that it's not a good look for Gov. Newsome who looks like he's more into having the violence increase rather than to restore social order. Moving on...

The only important piece of this section is the typical tactic of pointing out the age of a law in order to subvert in the reader's mind it's level of appropriateness. 19th century? must be out of date - y'know like the 18th century Constitution! So old! We hate Old! Old is bad! Your parent's suck and don't know shit kids! (they do this all the time.) It is obviously horseshit if you think about it because the standard they are applying is that only a standard invented now in the moment is good and only for that moment because now is then. When is now? Now! When? You just missed it!

The lawsuit is just a tactic to try and get a stay or TRO or some other garbage - but it won't work given the emergency state of things in LA and the restrained use of power. The propaganda starts with the J6 reference - Trump never "unleashed" anything of the sort, it's a filthy smear. There was no insurrection. There was a riot. There was no plan, no planning at all - unlike these riots which appear to have funding and organization.

Then he engages in blame shifting - that somehow it's Trump who has brought the riots on himself by ***GASP*** enforcing basic immigration law.. No it is those interfering with law enforcement that are acting criminally. What a strange way to view the world. Part of teh "character" of immigration is who DOESN'T get to immigrate. Who doesn't is literally everyone. Like... there are limits, there is a legal process and it takes time. 

The vague reference to the poem on the statue of liberty - literally has nothing to do with the statue itself but is conflated with being so. Nor is it nor has it ever been the policy to flood the nation with constant waves of never ending migration from across the planet with literally zero controls.

The previous administration was literally engaged in human trafficking and that is only beginning to be undone - and all the right people are screeching. Your boo's mean nothing, I have seen what makes you cheer.

Spitting is assault. If you assault an officer expect it to come back at you and hard. His reaction to BLM causing billions of dollars in damage across the nation with rioting for an entire season was not impertinent - it was far too soft. BLM ended up being just another scam that helped only the founding organizers launder corporate and individual donor money into their pockets. No black person in the USA was helped by this sham of an organization - the founders even bought themselves the former Canadian Communist Party HQ using donated funds. Never mind enriching their own real-estate profiles.

Protests are not "in response" they are a planned mobilization as part of a broad strategy to get in the way of President Trump. The Summer of Love 2.0 was long ago predicted and the rent-a-mobs are showing up for a good ole time.

Mostly peaceful? Trotting that gas lighting shit out again? By that standard Jan. 6 was mostly peaceful. The last sentence is simple trash opinion and not fact.

Letting what play out? the unlawful assembly and violent targeting of Federal Officers? This sounds like the talk of a rapist, "shhhh just lay back, let it happen and remember to breathe." the White House in declaring it an illegal demonstration - informs those demonstrators that they should probably stop being violent and leave before consequences get worse ( And they have ) 

Why the governor of CA is fighting on the side of illegal aliens, many of whom are also criminals. The proper punishment for being in the USA illegally is...being deported. It's a civil process and a ride home a very gentle way of being punished. Imagine you broke into someone's house and all they did was call an Uber and have you get inside? That's deportation. In some cases it's more like getting kicked out of a bar at closing time. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.

Mayor Bass and Governor Newsome in their strident opposition to simply ALLOWING ICE to do their duty, have become conspirators fanning the flames of chaos, not the President who is enforcing the law. The reality is far worse and the author here continues his gaslighting.

 

They had in mind that the left is insane and is behaving irrationally and may have to be confronted with force. The author is hoping that the protesters can out-will-power or out-media-play the Trump admin. The problem now is that his ilk don't have, as Hillary Clinton would say, "...Total Control..."

Power Rival? to DC? Ok now I know it's an insurrection. The author out and out admits it here. If Newsome thinks that pro-criminal riots are going to set him up nicely for a 2028 run he is extraordinarily mistaken. Trump's polling numbers are still rising amidst this. Yes, we voted for this. In reference to the aforementioned lawsuit by Newsome - who attempted to judge shop in the Northern District rather than the Central or Eastern in CA, was rejected by the judge in that there will be no TRO, and parties are ordered to present arguments. It's going to go away.

Upswing... Upswing Deez Nuts

The Inanity

 The "Debate Me Bro" culture that has risen on Youtube, Rumble, Twitch etc is patently annoying because it devolves into howling monkeys with no objective overview as to ascertaining correctness or at the very least scoring fouls by pointing out the use of fallacies in poor argumentation.

Poisoning the Well

Argument of Authority

Argument of the Bandwagon

Hasty Generalization (this isn't the worst)

Appeal to Ignorance (or of Ignorance)

Red Herring

Straw Man (often composed of a combination of other fallacies in a gishgallup*)

Moving the Goal Post

Motte and Bailey (connected to a moving goal post)

and many more.

This kind of thing happens as a result of a weak or absent moderator and a poor format as well as limited time for both the observer and for the presenters. The real issue here is often a lack of good faith, though not always.

So let us start with a high minded-ish example of a Debate Me Bro format.

You may watch the entire thing HERE

They begin by asserting vague "American Interests" without ever either discussing them or coming to a common understanding or listing what they think those interests are and where they diverge. It is in this discussion where the real divide is. 

The two sides fall like this: The American Republic vs The American Empire.

The Empire desires to Seize Eurasia, not for territorial control but for financial control over resources for now and for the future. 

The Republic desires to develop internally now and to as much as possible live and let live.

The Imperialists refer to Republicans as "Isolationists" to propagandize and portray negatively their reticence to get deeply involved in foreign affairs and meddling on behalf of the various banking interests (Oh I'll do an International/Central Bankers blog at some point)

The Republicans (not the party, but those that do not like an Imperial America and are not Communists either) refer to the Internationalists as Globalists - which has its own negative connotations, though less so. If they were accurate they would just call them all War Criminals, World Butchers or some other epithet.

In either case everyone does it because it's memetic. It packs in dense layers of meaning in a few words and lets one smuggle in other precepts as well. Moving on...

On The Republic Side: War Is bad, it's always bad and is the least desirable state between nations. It results in the destruction of whole portions of domestic societies and economically results often in the growth of "war profiteers" who are viewed skeptically because their wealth is sourced in the blood of dead men and state power as opposed to the voluntary transactions and laborious sweat of a free people.

On The Imperial Side: War is a tool of the State. The State is the embodiment of the popular will and the sovereign is the personification of that will, and is like God, above and beyond the rules that govern  the general public beneath them. Thus in such a state there is no morality except that which the State provides and if you are in disagreement you are outside of society and unprotected by it because you are outside of its norms.

War is just Hot Diplomacy and being held accountable is non-existent in a domestic sense because it would require the society to rise up and assert itself over the sovereign who is next to God. For the Imperialist Americans  - whatever the State says is good is good and requires no more examination of that than when Solomon told two women to cut a baby in half and one was willing to do that...

The Imperialists will cut babies in half all day. They do not ever engage with the substance of an argument, instead preferring to tone police and have a meta conversation ( a conversation about the conversation) as a distraction topic to keep The Republican off balance. And this works. The Republican is often easily baited and distracted by the bad faith of the Imperialist who wins not by argumentation but by frustration, obfuscation and fallaciousness. It is effective to call someone a Russian Propagandist in less time than it is to counter by explaining all the ways in which one is not the thing they have just been asserted to be.

"You're a big poopy-head" works. Just like bullies picking on a poor kid in their school class or someone who is ugly or short or whatever. There's no substance - but it makes those observing uncomfortable enough that even if they feel it is wrong, that intervening is dangerous to them in a group sense. Easier to stay quiet and not get involved.

Broader in society we now punish said involvement. Zero tolerance in schools for fighting - so even defending yourself or defending others is punishable by authority. This extends to self defense laws in various states where even in your own home you are required to retreat in the face of a threat of death or grievous bodily harm, rather than confronting and subduing or destroying the invader. At the same time the criminal justice system seeks a "harm reduction strategy" where criminals largely are diverted from the prison system (seen as an even worse harm) . This is a true perversion of justice where the prosecutor is looking to do social-justice rather than justice.

Social-Justice in this context means that you forget the victim of the crime, instead you look at the accused criminal as a victim, and apply prosecutorial discretion favorably towards the accused, rather than towards the victim, who in this formula is actually reformulated as the oppressor because they have the advantage of the state (which the prosecutor is now undermining and saying that that is their real job - because it's never about the thing, it's always about the communist revolution).

Whenever an Imperialist (who may be a communist as well) hyphenates a concept, it is not to come up with a better subset of rules for that thing. It is to provide excuses and exceptions to the thing itself. Social-Justice exists to undermine Justice. You can tell from the consequences of its implementation every time. This is because words are a tool and thus a weapon and the armor is plausible deniability.

So in debates like the one linked above or worse those featuring *shudder* Destiny, it isn't important to ever respond to their baiting. Argue like they aren't there. Let them sperg and spit and rage. You have nothing to say to them. You are speaking to the third party always. They want you to talk to them. Ignore them, attention is what they seek. They act like pickup artists negging you to get you to want to be like them and hold yourself to their standards. Don't do this. 

rant over.

What about Bob?

 It has been a long time.

In this upcoming election for Governor in CT we, conservatives, libertarians and independents have an opportunity to push back and to do some interesting things.

If Bob Steffanowski can manage to win the election - now that he has a lock on t he primary there are so many things to do and so little time to get them done given how the legislative schedule works and that it is unlikely he'll have control of the legislative agenda.

This means that he has to be cunning in how how approaches the legislature.

Prioritize making CT a more livable state.

That means:

•     Energy
• Nuclear
• Natural Gas
• Re-Regulation of Utilities (Deregulation has not served the populace as advertised)
• "Reforming PURA" principally by annihilating it and replacing it with a new organization focused on cheap and abundant power rather than the scam of "Affordable"
• Housing
• Dumping affordability for inexpensive & available with redevelopment focused on walkability, promoting single family housing over high density and a rising tide of economic mobility.
• De-financialize housing
• End taxation on the sale of primary residences
• Sunset property tax collection on primary residences for those over 70, disabled veterans and a defined rate reduction for all other veterans (not an assessment modifier)
• Economics
• Map out the state based on culture and county.
• encourage reasonable exploitation of raw resource extraction, heavy industry and finished goods
• Develop under-used ports like New Haven, Bridgeport & Norwalk
• Widen I-95 to at least 3 lanes from New Haven all the way to RI including wide breakdown lanes
• Improve rest area amenities to compete with states like NY
• End Regionalization Push
• Make cities responsible and prohibit reaching into other communities tax revenue
• No more reach-arounds: end municipal aid packages
• require unsustainable communities to fuse with revenue positive communities. If they cannot be autonomous their failures ought not be subsidized - require plans else go into receivership.
• Veto all spending bills that do not prioritize debt reduction.
• Present plan for Debt Reduction to Zero within 8 years even if it means shuttering large portions of the bureaucracy. Show them what it means,
• Break SEBAC by any means.
• It was not negotiated in good faith. It cannot be a valid contract.
• Remove sovereign immunity so politicians can be properly held responsible for violations of the public trust like borrowing from pension funds and not repaying, like playing shell games with the General Fund, like kicking the can down the road on spending issues. That means jail time and prosecutions. Yes that is the only way. No you can't ho hum your way around it. Lots of people have to go to prison for a long time for this debt.
• Constitutional ban on toll roads & highways

Rights:

• 2A 
• Affirm individual right to keep and bear arms. All of them. Not just the flavor of the month.
• Make CT a Constitutional Carry State
• No plea deals for crimes involving firearms
• Make sure it is clear that the 2A covers knives, swords, nuclear fucking weapons if you can afford them and everything else.
• Appoint only judges that agree that the 1934 NFA is unconstitutional and become a 2A Sanctuary State
• Pass laws enhancing citizen arrest, defense and patrolling. Allow neighborhood watches to have armed patrols and arrest powers - let communities fight for themselves since traditional law enforcement has failed to ameliorate the violence endemic in certain urban neighborhoods.
• The answer is to decentralize as centralization has failed.

Elections: 

• No Early voting
• No mail-in voting except for Active/Deployed Military.
• If you can't be bothered to be here - get fucked.
• No online voting
• Go back to paper ballots.
• The only reason to introduce complexities is to obscure cheating.
• require yearly purging of voter rolls ahead of any election 
• Confirm registration status via mail if voting has lapsed, non-response is automatic de-registration within 1 month of the election.
  
• No same-day voting with exceptions for errors on part of registrar (failure to process valid registration)

Think about it. Hard.

You can't do it all - but do your enemies have to know that? Overwhelm the with things to oppose - get through anything you can.

The Intelligence Community is Psychotic

The original Politico...piece... is HERE, by Natasha Bertrand - whoever the fuck she is. Go read it.

There are times... And these times are exasperating. Every so-called journalist is either openly shilling for someone or is an asset for the Intelligence Community (IC). CIA hence forth CI, FBI = Scooby Doo, and honestly no one cares about the rest unless they screw up like the BATF did with Operation Fast & Furious.

So this piece entitled: Trump's intel power play spooks the spooks is written from the perspective of the "spooks" being on the side of all that is good and just and that this Trump interloper is destroying the "institutions" that keep us safe! This from the same institutions that gave us Operation Gladio, Operation Mockingbird, The Shah of Iran that lead to the Islamic Revolution (that they failed to foresee which led directly to the Hostage Crisis), No WMD in Iraq, Failed to prevent 9/11 also failed to prevent the first WTC bombing, the Russians gave us warning about the Boston Bombers - Intel failed to treat it seriously.

The FBI manufactures the terrorists it catches regularly. How did they miss that terrorist training camp in New Mexico run by the son of a co-conspirator in the WTC bombing in 1993?

Okay... so moving on from that let us get to the article itself.

And Ratcliffe — an intel greenhorn with only one year of experience on the House Intelligence Committee and a resume that now includes serving on Trump’s impeachment team — is the epitome of what intelligence officers “reflexively” reject, said David Priess, a former CIA officer and daily intelligence briefer.

“Anyone who does not come with extensive intelligence experience is automatically and quickly viewed as a threat because of the risk of the politicization of intelligence,” Priess said.

Those concerns are particularly acute given the abrupt departure of Joseph Maguire, the acting director who was forced out of the job after his office briefed lawmakers on the intelligence community’s assessment of Russian interference in the 2020 election.

Oooh a Greenhorn is he? Worried about politicization? Maguire was fired due to leaks that got politicized. He was fired for mishandling it all. Brennan, a communist and CIA 'veteran' does nothing but politicize things. As you will see later in the article - the IC would like nothing better than to relegate the DNI/ODNI to nothing but politics a la James Clapper.

And the writer tosses in the Russia Hoax meme at the end of that bit.

“When ODNI was first created, some of its proponents harbored grand ambitions, believing that the DNI could forcefully herd the 17 cats that make up the modern Intelligence Community,” said David Kris, the former assistant attorney general for DOJ’s national security division and a founder of Culper Partners.

But Kris said the role had since evolved, with subsequent DNIs focusing more on day-to-day bureaucratic issues, inter-agency coordination, and, sometimes, providing support in political battles.

John McLaughlin, who was serving as acting CIA director when the ODNI was established, initially opposed the concept when it was being debated in 2003-2004.

But, he said in an interview, the office “went through an evolution from 2004 through four directors,” reaching maximum effectiveness under James Clapper, who served as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency before taking over as DNI in 2010.

“Clapper figured out the secret,” McLaughlin said. “Let the agencies do their jobs and do only the things that the DNI alone is empowered (and authorized by the president) to do — mainly shaping the budget, coordinating tasking, briefing the president and Congress.”

So here the article reveals the actual fears which are the opposite of the original statement. They are afraid that Ratcliffe will try and re-assume the original powers of the office. They are afraid he will try and control or reform them and find out just maybe some of what they have been up to. Clapper just let them do whatever they wanted and he just went full advocate for them rather than trying to reign in their power. He became an asset that was handled.

The IC doesn't own Ratcliffe (yet) and that is what makes them nervous.

What vexes intelligence veterans most, Priess said, is the prospect that a partisan director like Ratcliffe might take an active role in managing the President’s Daily Brief instead of letting analysts do their job -- substituting his personal opinions for the consensus view of the $70-plus billion intelligence community.

So the writer's handler...erm source... places the value of the intelligence based on the budget size? Riiiiiight. How about them WMD's buddy? Where's my return on investment? Asshole. I don't like Dennis Kucinich but his opinion carries more weight given that he is right far more often. Also his opinions don't lead to trillions of dollars spent in a wasted war and thousands of dead US soldiers.

It must be nice being paid to be a useful idiot.

Panic At The Disco - Or - How Fucked Up Israel/Palestinian Peace Process Is

So there are two basic things that the Palestinians want.
1) To be an autonomous and recognized state.

2) some form of territorial integrity

Israel - not a big country - much less wide appears to be dubious about both of those things and not without reason - but lets take this one at a time and I'll explain why 1 & 2 are connected an essentially the same thing.

The PA & Hamas want territorial integrity and control of the movement of their people between The Gaza Strip & The West Bank. You will notice that they are bisected by the state of Israel. Huh. Weird right?

Yeah since #2 is about as likely as Lawrence Krauss suddenly becoming a card carrying member of ISIS and going on the Haj - lets just say that that won't happen.

That means that #1 is impossible. What nation do you know that does't have some form of territorial integrity and is dependent on goodwill just so your people can move from one town to another? LITERALLY NONE.

So what's the solution? Well... Israel has a couple options (none of which it can sell easily).

1) Jordan Annexes the West Bank and Israel gets the Gaza Strip back as all of the palestinians are re-accommodated to The West Bank. - Israel pays Jordan a shitload of money for resettlement costs and some extra because it is already a refugee populated nation.

2) Israel allows the construction of an underground tunnel that allows bike/pedestrian and car/truck traffic to connect The West Bank and Gaza. Problem - zero trust plus probably existing infrastructure issues.

3) Israel absorbs the palestinian territories in a treaty where Israel gives up its status as a Jewish State and goes in for some more egalitarianism. So Nope. It is the best option - that these people at odds can come together and achieve a union wherein there is mutual respect. But they haven't been there for 5,000 years. 

Oh

4) War. probably not nuclear but holy schnikies.

 

A Study In Red

Red Journalism that is... As the cultural marxism onslaught continues... The Independent Reports!

So he has a private elevator to his office.  That means that every Sec. State in recent memory before him did - but they point it out only now because it serves the upcoming narrative that he is absent and aloof.

He blocks out reading time - which is in quotes for some reason - likely to indicate editorial disdain like maybe he's just napping or something as opposed to learning - and being in his office is cloistered now. One would think reading memos ahead of meetings would be a good thing - but the author and editor clearly think its just a sign of incompetence.

Yes so he has an insular circle of political aides.  Which is to say he has political aides... and the insular is an editorial choice - narrative firmly established.  And then comes the rumor mongering about not looking him in the eye.  How do I know its a rumor? No leaked memo or other attribution present and the following statement in the article.

So people are talking shit and it is alluded that some people believe this shit because they have cartoonish imaginations about their Sec. State probably thanks to the media.  I say that because people don't get ideas from nowhere and these career bureaucrats ought to know better by now.

So onto the modus operandi for this article - as to why talk about any of this at all. The State Dept Budget.  It is proposed to be cut by 30-37% by this admin.  Well that throws a monkey wrench in a whole lot of interventionist plans by the establishment types (neocon/neoliberal foreign policy hawks).

Interesting - they quote the top Democrat - but don't seek out the Republican Chair. Weird right? So why does Tillerson not fight the cuts? Well for one - this is a part of the strategy of the White house to cut the bureaucracy - that is to drain the swamp.

Ok so what swamp might I be referring to? The Swamp that resulted in chaos in Iraq/ Syria/ Turkey/ Libya/ Georgia/ Ukraine and the spread of that to sub-Saharan Africa in a real way - and the migrant crisis in the EU (especially southern and eastern areas).  There isn't a single part of those regions made better in the last 8 years - even Egypt is worse off by far thanks to our meddling. The swamp is murky as fuck.

So why cut the State Dept budget of all places right? It seems counter intuitive and counter productive right? Well what if I told you it makes sense if you wanted to stop, slow, stymie or otherwise inhibit US interventionism and involve ourselves less in other nations' domestic affairs? Consider the large number of spies acting under official cover through the State Dept - like this moron who got himself caught and beat up outside the US Embassy in Moscow

We see in TV, movies and other media how often spies are run out of embassies.  Well the logical first step to curtailing this provocation is to cut the funding for it.  Often we have seen various bureaucracies go rogue - The State Dept in Ukraine appeared to be running its own little thing with the help of Sen. McCain, the CIA hacked the Sen. Intel Oversight Committee during the torture probe.  Back in the 1962 Operation Northwoods nearly went through if JFK hadn't shut that down. Other related operations were Operation Mongoose, Mockingbird, Dirty Trick (using a malfunctioning Mercury Space Launch to provoke hostilities) and Bingo ("create an incident which has the appearance of an attack on U.S. facilities (GMO) in Cuba, thus providing an excuse for use of U.S. military might to overthrow the current government of Cuba.")

The idea that our government is as pure as the driven snow is one of the false pretenses that arguments are based on.  The idea that the state department is a force for good or something - or even successful at pursuing US interests is dubious at best. The TPP and TTIPS were both pathetic treaties that would have only made trade less free world wide and neutered sovereignty and our ability to seek recompense through the courts. Why would you fund an agency that would negotiate against you? It is ludicrous.

So what about people having issues working with Tillerson?

Ok well there goes that narrative - but despite this the author continues without attribution - but full of apparent refutation...

Yes *some complain* and *other* unnamed *diplomats* are cited.  John Sullivan was rejected  - es I wonder why? a Republican Lawyer under...oh yeah GWB - remember that guy? Well anyone who served under him would be suspect - and he has no State Dept XP either - so why double down on that? Seems like a good decision to me.

Oh...really? so *some* unnamed *diplomats* again are meeting (conspiring) to swap notes (plot) on how to decipher (createively interpret to their own benefit) the fledgling *editorial word choice to denigrate Trump* administration's policies?  Why I am shocked shocked that there is plotting going on around here.  Might I suggest taking the policies at face value you cock stains?

Well that's why you're former...and the rogue bureaucracy is getting benched.  It got uppity and was usurping power and being disruptive. Senior acting officials were refusing to do their jobs as ordered and so were relieved.  Bye!

Yes and the bureaucracy has shown itself to be untrustworthy especially with all of these leaks, rumors and anonymous shit talking..erm...sourcing.  As to whether or not it will lead to success - I will say that the jury is out.  The old system wasn't working at all - so maybe, just maybe it is time to try something new and if that means firing a whole bunch of people well then so be it.  Control over information is paramount.  The idea that there should be or even was a free flow is absurd. No I reject that notion.  Info is controlled to control leaks and perception here and abroad.

Ah and back to rumor mongering then a correction to show how full of shiat these sources really are...

Well ok. So he is finding a way to work that helps him.

Well gee a political appointee expecting his underlings to harden the fuck up and adapt? The price of pearls must have shot up with all of the clutching and fainting on victorian era couches that is going on here.

Welp - maybe - but it is a former official - he might not know things or perhaps there is internal sabotage being done through withholding of information - like has been rumored with the CIA, FBI and others with President Trump.

So he course corrected and its all ok - gee.  I think we can leave that there then.

Indicated here is that other Sec. States have also not filled the counsellor position - yet the editor and author try to portray this as an oddity. And yes the bureaucrats are an obstacle to change - hence all of the whining in the paragraphs above and below! Do you even read what you are writing for content?

Why the fuck would the Sec. State for Trump work for *both* parties? What in the name of fuck is that about? See this is why they are a problem - they just don't get it. They think they ought to get their way all the time. The author - clearly doesn't read for comprehension very well though he'd make an excellent copywriter.  Oh well except for the fact that he forgets Nato is spelled NATO because its an acronym.  What a tool - also hello editor do your freaking job - you're an editor not an officer for the soviet politbureau!

Oh no he has a smaller staff and will travel less? Heavens to fucking Mergatroyd! Oh and he had no official note taker - so his aides did that job - so there were still records.  So there was a problem that there was no problem. Oh. Fuck right off you cunt.

In other words - feel free to express your differences and we will listen - we just won't take it as gospel and always accommodate you. Ah finally a boss who is taking charge!

Update: Called It - Rumor of Not Making Eye Contact IS FALSE and spread by Jeff Bezos personal blog the Washington Post. #FakeNews

Deconstruction of a Polity Article

From the Leftist Rag: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/city-of-spies/519321/

So - every day encounters eh? Let's see where Molly Ball goes with this...

So... you're at a formal party with many many other diplomats and assorted other hangers-on and *clutches pearls* you meet a slavic looking fellow in a dark suit who turns out to be *gasp*...

WHOA you just met a diplomat at a party with a ton of other diplomats! Why...this must be a sinister plot!  Why in the fuck does meeting the Russian Ambassador at a formal party at the French Ambassador's residence (with whom he is acquainted) "feel a little bit creepy"? Oh wait - it doesn't and Molly is laying it on thick - like Nutella thick to justify the very thin premise of the article.  Moving onward...

So she says that Sergey Kislyak is reputed to be an intel operative.  Ok - all ambassadors are to some extent.  I'm not sure what her point is here except to stoke unnecessary fears and undermine Trump's credibility by alleged association.  Very thin - but also laden with propaganda, assumptions and lacking in the truth as to Trump.

So no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing - back in January - and yet to day we still have reporters banging on that very very dead horse.

A suspect of what? You should know when meeting an ambassador that they are always looking for something in their own nation's interest.  Are you stupid? No - Molly Ball is one of those dangerous people playing on general public ignorance. You know how I know?


Well, here's Kislyak at Trump's address to Congress where he sat on the Democratic side of the aisle.  Also a tweet from Brit Hume who has seen other senators (in this case Democrat Diane Feinstein) have lunch with him.

This is normal for senators who have their jobs to write legislation to support treaties they have signed and to engage in foreign relations.  Sen. Feinstein isn't some Pro-Russian collaborator or useful idiot any more than Jeff Sessions, Flynn or Trump are.  It is all McCarthy-esque horseshit.

So...what else does Molly Ball have to say on this?

So now she relates a story about the attempted suborning of a staffer by what is presumably a Taiwanese asset/agent.  Well that says nothing about Kislyak - nor about "everyday" situations - rather that people in positions of access are routinely approached in Washington.  So...yeah - also that the Chinese might be conducting routine surveillance on people at popular eateries.  *shocking*.  Molly...what in the name of fuck is wrong with you?  Of course this shit goes on - it always has.  Are...are you high?

Well no shit sherlock. Yes attractive Israeli women from an embassy are spies! Holy shit...are we sure anyone receives training?  Why yes people get paid to put out propaganda all the time.  In fact the CIA had a whole domestic operation about that. There are journalists who say that it continues today - just more under-the-table.  And with all the leaks in the press from unnamed sources - releasing not much more than rank speculation and vague hints - yeah I'm sure it does and right now Molly Ball (love the name btw) is basically all in. More shit to follow for a page or so...and we get to the end with a wrap up on the initial story to which by now the reader has likely forgotten...

So Trevor is an idiot - strikes up a meaningless conversation with Kislyak only for Kislyak to show him what sop he is.  And the guy acts like he was just being polite not talking about the election.  What a self important turd.  You made a dumb statement *hurr durr Rusia's cold right hurrrrr* and Kislyak pointed out your little error.  You thought you were being cute - only to show Kislyak that you're a moron not worth his time.

Well I suppose Trevor is more dangerous to himself than anyone else.  The good news is that I doubt Kislyak will have him on the list of people to target.  He's too stupid to be useful. Thanks Molly. Bang. Up. Job.