Tactical Peek
Tactical Peek's Journal"One of the most annoying conversations on the internet goes something like this:"
Atrios:
Saturday, April 07, 2018
BURNNNNNN
One of the most annoying conversations on the internet goes something like this:
Me: This is bad.
Internet people: And this surprises you??????
I didn't say it surprised me. I said it's bad. I'm not exactly a sunny soul. Bad stuff usually doesn't surprise me. More than that, I'm usually not an idiot, and some bad things are completely predictable. They're still bad! It's worth pointing that out!
A related thing is people who always say things like, "Trump told us who he was on the campaign." Some people say that as a kind of sage, "all of this was foretold to those who cared to listen." And some use it as a weird justification, as if saying it on the campaign makes it ok. "This is what we voted for, now we just must accept it."
Neither is true, of course. Trump said a billion things on the campaign, often contradicting each other. That doesn't mean a reasonable person shouldn't have concluded that Trump Is Bad, but there is no straight line from campaign promise to action. His campaign promises were gibberish because the man's brain is gibberish and because he's a liar and because the press rarely tried to actually divine what President Trump might be like because they didn't think he would win and didn't care.
And this isn't how politics works. 'Well, he campaigned on this, so you have to shut up for 4 years and not criticize as he implements his agenda.'
[more]
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2018/04/burnnnnnn.html
Amiot: Deuxime divertissement chinois Le Baroque Nomade, Jean-Christophe Frisch
Amiot (1718 - 1793) was an interesting cat.
https://blogs.harvard.edu/preserving/2014/01/28/jean-joseph-marie-amiot-introduces-the-art-of-war-to-the-west/
Dem: Trump presidency 'very serious security threat' for US
Source: The Hill
Dem: Trump presidency 'very serious security threat' for US
By John Bowden - 03/16/18 08:58 PM EDT
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) said Friday that he's "had it" with President Trump, asserting his presidency has become a "very serious security threat" for the country.
“This presidency is a very serious security threat for the United States,” Garamendi said during an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room."
"I ought to say, it’s time to get this guy out of there.”
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer noted that Garamendi was using "strong words" to describe the president.
“I’ve had it with this president," the California Democrat responded.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/378888-dem-trump-presidency-very-serious-security-threat-for-us
Texas notary's failure to sign Stormy Daniels' hush agreement is under investigation
Source: Dallas News
Terri Langford, Investigative reporter
Texas officials are investigating whether a Dallas-area notary properly signed off on Stormy Daniels’ agreement to stay quiet about her alleged affair with President Donald Trump.
The notary issue is the latest in a string of curiosities surrounding the murky deal involving Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen and the adult-film actress, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
A notary in Forney, where Daniels lives, did not sign and date the 2016 agreement, which was finalized a few days before the presidential election. She also did not provide a certificate reflecting whose signature she was witnessing, according to the Texas Secretary of State.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/donald-trump-1/2018/03/12/texas-notarys-failure-sign-stormy-daniels-hush-agreement-investigation
Mueller Subpoenas Communications With Trump and Inner Circle
Source: Daily Beast / Axios
A grand jury subpoena reviewed by Axios that special counsel Robert Mueller sent to a witness indicates that many in President Trump’s known inner circle, and the president himself, are within the scope of the Russia investigation. The list subpoenas “all communications—meaning emails, texts, handwritten notes, etc.—that this witness sent and received” to Carter Page, Corey Lewandowski, Donald J. Trump, Hope Hicks, Keith Schiller, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, Roger Stone, and Steve Bannon. The subpoena calls for all communications to be turned over from Nov. 1, 2015—five months after the president first announced his campaign—to the present. All of the people listed were either part of the Trump campaign or are former and current employees of the Trump White House. The subpoenas come as those within Trump’s inner circle have been suspected of being within Mueller’s sight lines, and as Manafort and Gates have already been indicted by the special counsel, with Gates recently pleading guilty.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-subpoenas-communications-with-trump-and-inner-circle
Gov. Greitens indicted on a felony invasion of privacy charge from March 2015 incident
Source: KSDK
Gov. Greitens indicted on a felony invasion of privacy charge from March 2015 incident
According to court documents, Greitens knowingly took a photograph of a woman in a state of full or partial nudity without her knowledge and consent and in a place where a person would have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Read more: http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/gov-greitens-indicted-on-a-felony-invasion-of-privacy-charge-from-march-2015-incident/63-522189622
$6 million tax break sought for Mississippi Trump-managed hotel
Source: AP
$6 million tax break sought for Mississippi Trump-managed hotel
NEW YORK – A Mississippi developer that has joined with the Trump Organization to open the first of possibly dozens of hotels in the U.S. president’s new mid-priced chain has applied for millions of dollars of state tax breaks.
Chawla Hotels filed an application in December for a tax break with the Mississippi Development Authority worth as much as 30 percent of eligible construction costs, or roughly $6 million, CEO Dinesh Chawla said Friday.
. . . The Trump Organization, which is based in New York, announced its two new chains – the mid-priced Scion, and the budget-priced American Idea – with great fanfare last year. Trump Hotels CEO Eric Danziger said he expected dozens of Scions, for instance, in short order.
But the chains have gotten off to a slow start, with only Chawla Hotels agreeing to join up with the company so far.
Read more: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/business/2018/02/09/mississippi-trump-hotel/324789002/
Bwaahahaha!
Only one sucker since last June, and that one asks for corporate welfare from taxpayers to help Trump violate the Emoluments Clause.
Profile Information
Gender: MaleHome country: USA
Member since: Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:21 AM
Number of posts: 1,212
