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LanternWaste

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60. Trump administration far too incompetent to fathom the mere concept of fire

Wed Feb 15, 2017, 01:25 PM

Feb 2017

Trump administration far too incompetent to fathom the mere concept of fire, let alone any political purposes it could be used for.

Applying Machiavellian schemes or a Martin Bormann-style cabal to Trump's people is as the application of Gustav Eiffel's or James Watt's engineering genius to Wile E. Coyote.

We are wasting time looking for subtlety of ideas and deftness of practice in an otherwise clumsy and obvious little fella whose administration suffers from "left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing" syndrome.

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I'm Just Waiting for the Reichstag to Catch Fire. [View all] msanthrope Feb 2017 OP

I'm right with you. AJT Feb 2017 #1

There's nothing these assholes won't do to us. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #5

What is Bill O doing in this segment? GeoWilliam750 Feb 2017 #38

No, they're being watched. And they'll be blamed. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #2

I don't think they perceive that. Truly...I think these people msanthrope Feb 2017 #7

Exactly, being watched only matters if you have a sense of shame. Exultant Democracy Feb 2017 #43

it has nothing to do with shame. Any plans will be exposed. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #55

By whom? nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #59

They aren't in a vacuum. They are being watched/listened to. They THINK they're untouchable. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #56

Yes, and by and large, they are untouchable. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #58

No madaboutharry Feb 2017 #3

I don't think they do. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #9

They may "know we are on to them" regnaD kciN Feb 2017 #27

Will that really work this time around with so many expecting it and in light of what we've learned? SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #44

The problem is that the people most likely to do such an act have no msanthrope Feb 2017 #54

The people will be angry because .. coco22 Feb 2017 #68

Bannon and Miller must get out along with Trump. dem4decades Feb 2017 #4

Not at all. Crumbling and away they go. They are beyond trust now. Nt jmg257 Feb 2017 #6

I don't think they know that. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #10

Ah now i get your point...acts of desperation. Hmm... jmg257 Feb 2017 #11

Not just desperation......but these people have no moral boundaries. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #13

I don't think they care. Cha Feb 2017 #22

Exactly Cha. littlemissmartypants Feb 2017 #31

Thank you for that, littlemisssmartypants.. it's so obvious Cha Feb 2017 #32

Yep.I dread finding out what they're about to pull. GoCubsGo Feb 2017 #8

That's what I mean. Really big.....and there's no one they wouldn't sacrifice. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #12

Yeah, I'm afraid people are going die over this. GoCubsGo Feb 2017 #17

Forewarned is forearmed. Let's get to work and bring the whole wormy rotten rightwing tower struggle4progress Feb 2017 #14

I would not put it pass Trump/Bannon workinclasszero Feb 2017 #15

Trumps time is getting closer Jim Beard Feb 2017 #64

Yes...same feeling pangaia Feb 2017 #16

Two possibilities IMO... Adrahil Feb 2017 #18

Cats out of the bag, now. Reichstag type shit would bring millions into the streets. roamer65 Feb 2017 #19

I think you're right. Bad move on their part if they pull that crap. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #45

They don't see that as a consequence. Millions could come out they'd msanthrope Feb 2017 #53

I think they were trying to invent one BainsBane Feb 2017 #20

I agree-hopefully they are wounded enough to stop it's effects. jalan48 Feb 2017 #21

I don't think he can help himself bellmartin Feb 2017 #23

This is it in a nutshell. The normal boundaries don't apply to Trump. msanthrope Feb 2017 #24

Nope BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #25

Unless they use Russia's intel community instead regnaD kciN Feb 2017 #28

Nah, this isn't a Tom Clancy novel BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #30

I'm hoping they aren't as clever as the Nazis CanonRay Feb 2017 #26

It wasn't the Nazis were clever Dallasdem1988 Feb 2017 #35

He might have been the Nazis' fool through. Well never really know. Kablooie Feb 2017 #37

This is true Dallasdem1988 Feb 2017 #48

I completely share your dread Generic Brad Feb 2017 #29

I thought something was going to happen at the superbowl to get jO456 Feb 2017 #33

If Trump's NFL besties hadn't been in the game...maybe jmowreader Feb 2017 #52

As long as we Dallasdem1988 Feb 2017 #34

Bannon might do it. Kablooie Feb 2017 #36

Yeah Bannon would be the mastermind workinclasszero Feb 2017 #57

Exactly. Bannon is to Trump as Cheney was to W. VOX Feb 2017 #72

Even when I'm pleasantly high, this very thought intrudes. VOX Feb 2017 #73

I agree workinclasszero Feb 2017 #74

Every morning when I wake up I am almost surprised BringBackBarack Feb 2017 #39

Very much so. nt zentrum Feb 2017 #40

Yes. Sorry to say, yes. I suspect they wouldn't think twice about it, if they thought it would calimary Feb 2017 #41

Agree with you. Makes me sick to my stomach. Hope some relief is in site. #NewElection iluvtennis Feb 2017 #42

As you already know, the GOPs is for its party and not for the people. akbacchus_BC Feb 2017 #46

Yeah it does go with the clich Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #47

I took the day off from existential dread and simply enjoyed the cluster* that was the Japanese PM's Hekate Feb 2017 #49

I'm hoping Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #50

Yeah.... but why do you think incompetence stops death? nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #62

It doesn't, by any means. But my point is I don't know if this is some well-crafted plot Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #63

The military planes flying over my place (since election day) have given me that feeling. nt bathroommonkey76 Feb 2017 #51

Trump administration far too incompetent to fathom the mere concept of fire LanternWaste Feb 2017 #60

They'll contract it out. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #61

To the current KGB or whatever it's called workinclasszero Feb 2017 #65

Yes. I do. I keep waiting for the BIG ONE. Tatiana Feb 2017 #66

Trump BETTER NOT with the Intelligence Community scrutinizing his every move! ElementaryPenguin Feb 2017 #67

And after that presser....nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #69

I'm telling ya'....every hour I check the BBC to make sure we are here. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #70

It's already started with his media Quislings. The MSM is the kindling. kairos12 Feb 2017 #71