Nicely developed wicked streak.

And you’re very welcome.

The naked selfie was found on one of the phones belonging to the Russian trolls/KGB who got indicted a couple months ago. Apparently Mueller's investigators found a whole bunch of stuff on their phones because they never thought they'd be arrested, so they weren't very careful to delete things. Well that's what I've read in the last couple of days anyway.

submitting her "resume" to Putin? He really IS rich, unlike tRump. Since her only talent was nude modeling and sidelines(!) what else does she have to offer? She is a little long in the tooth now, pushing 50.

I am hopeful, but I sense nothing beyond the usual nonsense from this group.

...with the government shutdown and the trip to Iraq. I think he's acting like a cornered rat.

Everyday someone on DU says the end is near.

I remember all the predictions of him quitting during the primaries, then he was going to quit after he won, then in six months....on and on.

It’ll be over when it’s over. I can’t wait.

But no one here has a damn clue when that will happen.

No one is pretending to have absolute knowledge, merely speculation, guesses and hope. If you're still confusing that with prophecy, that's on you alone.

On the other hand, "everyday someone on DU" pretends their bumper stickers are common sense.

True dat.

Not sure we need this level of intentionality and provability, but I'll run it through the speculometer, perhaps.

<grins>

I can hardly wait for the next revelations from Mueller's "witch hunt".

Have a happy 'last weekend of the worst year in America' (in a long long time), Ken.

Can't imagine what Trump feels. Whatever he feels is delusional.

probably far worse than we are imagining. He's undoubtedly freaking out, wondering how much of it Mueller knows. I don't generally believe in torture, but for all the cruel mean things that Trump has done to other people, he deserves the pain and anxiety he is going through right now.

Not even Trump. I want him to wake up and see the light. I doubt that he knows the extent of what he has done, or much care. He probably knows that he has laundered Russian mob money and lied on his taxes. But to him it's not wrong; it's just being "smart." That tax dollars fund stuff like food inspections, mine safety, environmental clean-ups, education, and feed people, etc -- well he doesn't think that far ahead. He sees only the bottom line in his profit & loss statements.

If I thought it was possible that Trump would have some Scrooge like epiphany, I would prefer that, but I find it highly unlikely. He needs to face the consequences of his actions and that will include some pain and suffering.

I know what you mean about Trump thinking he is being "smart", not necessarily corrupt, though he'd be quick to attack anyone else who did business the way he does. He is very selective in his judgments and his goal seems to be "Don't get caught".

big big suffering. The Wheel of Sharp Weapons will roll right over him, back up and re-roll over him. When his karma ripens, it won't be pretty. And he won't learn anything from it either. But even so, I don't wish him, or anyone, ill.

I try to not put any negativity into the universe, but karma is waiting for Trump.

though not nearly as bad and when karma pays a visit, they still don't get it. They are quick to blame others or the system or the government or bad luck.

There are people who just can't get out of subjective gear and see the big picture. I once was riding with my sister-in-law who was mad at her husband and it showed in her driving, as she aggressively tailgated the car ahead of her. She looked up at the rear view mirror and saw someone on her ass and she exploded, never seeing the obvious lesson.

His life is going to be a misery, and rightly so, for all the misery he has caused.

Judgment is coming
And that right soon

when that idiot backed into it, 10 times.

There is always an "alternative" representation of the truth. The trick is in getting people to believe it. Another word for it is "bullshit".

will always believe the Trump/Giuliani narrative. They question nothing coming from the Trump propaganda Wurlitzer.

Have a Happy New Year, Kentuck! It should be mighty interesting, at the very least.

to ratchet up the nonsense to focus the news cycle back to him alone?

This time is a little different the struggle is between his paid for protection and those who have always assumed they are the owners who pay taxes and make things work. Dictators, autocrats, murders and thieves make poor role models for most people.

When I read the first paragraph of your post, I thought, "Damn, I missed that...I'll ask for a link." Then I realized you were using it as a metaphor for the chaos, and Rudy's excuse making. At least that's what I've convinced myself. Please tell me you were using it as a metaphor.

And yes...the panic is palpable.

Nothing surprises me anymore

Haven't heard back from Kentuck if it's his take on things or not. And some people here seem to think it's true. And the scariest part is how tough it is to decide if it's true or not, because we all know that he's totally capable of saying something like this.

And not a damned thing suprises me anymore, either. Can not wait for January 3rd. His flop sweat should start with-in an hour of Nancy taking that gavel.

But with Rudy, who knows??

The GOP base believes most of this. They think Liberals make up things and lie.

Of course they are misinformed and have been from years of watching fox news but its still the case.

Guilliani is trying to muddy the waters so we are exhausted and want o move on.

This will just end with Trump getting defeated in 2020 or 2024 (2020 most likely) and people move on.

Then you will see real panic.

The Prague GPS spotters on Cohen's phone makes it look suspiciously like Donnie used Cohen's phone and took it into Czech Republic. Plus Donnie Jr. speaks fluent Czech since his childhood. The only thing that could save him is if Cohen falls on his sword and says he's the one who went to Prague. Pretty sure that's not gonna happen.

There's a possibility they both went to Prague together, but either way they've nailed Donnie Jr.
Anybody taking bets on how much Jr. will tell about what his Dad knew before the election?

So we have to factor that in.

If Junior passed himself off as "Michael Cohen" maybe the Russians were fooled. (?)
I have no idea if that's what happened, but somebody suggested it on another thread.

Unreal. The mental giant gave the burner phone back to Cohen, and Cohen kept it. The depths of stupidity we are seeing are mind boggling.

Reading the tea leaves of press releases will drive one crazy.

The Trump voters that I know. Seem pretty unfazed. They don't even seem to care that the government is shutdown

Both Trump and 911uia911.

and relayed to Trump what is on the horizon.

No doubt in my mind that Trump is scared shitless.

The AG can smother Mueller's work but the Judiciary Committee, according to Rep. Nadler, will call Mueller before them and ask what he's found. The big reveal is coming one way or the other.

before his birthday on December 31st. (I wonder if that faked his birth certificate so they could take the tax deduction--sorry that just popped into my head.)

Scott Dworkin found an interview where Jr is on tape saying that he spoke Czech language fluently and spent a lot of time there when he was growing up with his grandfather while it was Communist.
Here's his thread with this info in it.
https://twitter.com/funder

Here's my wild theory.
Michael Cohen swears he was not in Prague, but his phone pinged there. My guess is that Jr went to Prague to pay off the hackers and there is the direct link to what's his name drumpf - trump - orange maggot.

He's continuing with his plan to destroy the Federal Government.

Mueller, hurry the fuck up so Impeachment can start.

Destroy the Federal Government.

Empty it out of skilled employees at all levels.

Bring in only "acting" cabinet members.

Shutter diplomacy.

Shut the borders.

Break it all.

He'll go down hard, and it won't be pretty.

nonsense.

My suspicion is that the billionaires that put tRump in office like Mercer, Adelson and the Koch bunch are livid that their boy ain't doing so well and they fear a total GOP collapse. I'm betting the word was passed down to tRump's minders for him to get his shit together or they'll turn on him. Just look at the things he's been doing that just are not his style.

The signs:
* Trump didn't go to his big party at Mar-A-Lago. Traditionally, no one tells tRump he can't go anywhere, much less a worship-a-thon like that party would have been. And, his golf buddies lost a lot of money on that lost deal.

* Trump visited the troops, including a very long flight. We all know he hated doing that.

* I also suspect some people made some very high-level calls to resuscitate the stock market to pull it out of dead cat bounce mode.

* The recent installation of more radical right-wing nutjobs in key positions like Sec. of Defense and Chief of Staff.

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These guys you mention - the Koch Brothers, Robert Mercer, Marvin Adelson and several others - aren't Republicans, they're Libertarians. They hate all government and they hate the GOP probably just as much. They tried to run a Libertarian candidate for President in 1980 and flopped on their faces.

So the Koch Brothers decided to slowly methodically take over the Republican Party and mold it into what they really wanted. It's taken them a long time but they finally succeeded. They got their huge payday with the tax cuts bill, and they've packed the courts with the RWNJ judges. The Executive Branch is non-functional and that's all they cared about. If Trump hangs himself out to dry now, it won't matter in the slightest. They always knew he'd be a liability, they just bet they could keep him in long enough to get the "real" dirty work done.

I knew those guys had Libertarian leanings but hadn't thought of it in that light. In other words, they're covertly converting an existing party rather than trying to sell their ideas independently. The Paul boys should be delighted!

Republicans have always been good at masking-over their dirty work, and I agree that Trump has been the perfect tool to execute Libertarian concepts. I remember well myself being fooled for a while in thinking that the AntiWar.com web site was a great thing back at the start of W's Iraq war. I finally saw through the ruse after seeing links to Rothbard, Mises, and all those freaks.

What's killing us is the marriage of Libertarianism with free-market ideology, the perfect couple for destroying the America we know and love.

In essence, greedy wealthy people are capturing and adulterating almost every human ideology (religion, liberal philosophy, art, pure science, etc.) and using them for their gain.

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I'm suffering from a reading backlog but will catch up.....(maybe).

I've been saying for a while that if there's a single good thing that comes out of the Trump era, it is that the global public will be far more aware of the dark, corrupt underbelly of the corporate world.

Thanks goodness for our courts and revelations such as the Panama Papers investigation.....