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Mar 17, 2019 12:45:01 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 12:45:01 GMT -5
(FYI, I am traveling with limited access to Internet this last week or so. In case anyone missed me
Anyway. I predict that in the very near future something is going to break relating to the Steele dossier--something bad for Trump--and that Trump knows already. We’ll see if I'm right.
I say this because out of the blue, for no obvious reason, Trump has begun to viciously attack McCain, and has referenced the "fake" dossier in doing so. McCain is still dead. No new McCain things have come up. The dossier has been pretty much out of the immediate news cycle as far as I can see. There is no obvious reason to dredge them up. But Trump has a tell -- when he goes off on something in this way, it means he knows bad news is going to break and he wants to prep his base to reject it.
I am stocking up on popcorn, just in case.
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Post by prozyan on Mar 17, 2019 18:16:04 GMT -5
Recently unsealed documents show that McCain played a much larger role in the distribution of the dossier than McCain admitted to.
That is what provoked the recent attack.
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Post by Vince524 on Mar 17, 2019 18:48:14 GMT -5
So you're predicting that something bad is going to come out about Trump?
I'm predicting the winners of the next Superbowl will consist mostly of football players.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 6:03:09 GMT -5
Ha, that's a point, Vince. But I mean exceptionally bad. It's not just the McCain tweets. He's been utterly batshit (and yes, I mean very noticeably more than usual) this last day or so, and there is a pattern of him doing that when he learns an associate of his will be indicted, etc. Also, there is a very marked increase in pro-Trump bot/troll activity on Twitter, which also tends to presage bad news-- Putin's troll factory goes into overdrive. I stand by my prediction that some bigger than usual thing will break shortly. God, I miss normal.
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Post by Vince524 on Mar 18, 2019 6:21:10 GMT -5
This is normal. We saw the same things with Clinton, Bush & Obama. (Probably farther back too)If something bad was coming, they'd try and distract away with it. The difference is intensity. It's like a brush fire compared to a nuclear bomb. (Trump is the bomb here.) Or like a ice cube compared to a iceberg hitting the titanic. (Trump is the iceberg here.) Or like a light bulb going out, vs a supernova. (Trump is the great, big ball of burning hot gasses exploding here.)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 6:35:20 GMT -5
Sorry, no. What we are seeing now leaves anything Obama, George W, etc., did so far in the dust it isn't funny. It does no service to anyone or anything (except Trump and his lackeys, and Putin and Kim Jong Un) to pretend that this is business as usual, just more of the same. It ain't.
We can talk about how stuff in previous administrations, gradual expansions of power, etc., helped contribute to making this moment worse, giving extra power to the lunatic now in office. I'll happily join you there. But that's not the same thing.
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Post by Vince524 on Mar 18, 2019 7:29:16 GMT -5
Sorry, no. What we are seeing now leaves anything Obama, George W, etc., did so far in the dust it isn't funny. It does no service to anyone or anything (except Trump and his lackeys, and Putin and Kim Jong Un) to pretend that this is business as usual, just more of the same. It ain't. We can talk about how stuff in previous administrations, gradual expansions of power, etc., helped contribute to making this moment worse, giving extra power to the lunatic now in office. I'll happily join you there. But that's not the same thing. <iframe width="22.660000000000082" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 22.660000000000082px; height: 4.199999999999989px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none;left: 15px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_57353162" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="22.660000000000082" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 22.66px; height: 4.2px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1074px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_63594970" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="22.660000000000082" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 22.66px; height: 4.2px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 149px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_99713144" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="22.660000000000082" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 22.66px; height: 4.2px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1074px; top: 149px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_39253845" scrolling="no"></iframe> It's not business as usual because of the scale and scope, but I would argue that both parties have engaged in the behavior and excused it in the past from their own party. Not just sitting politicians, but rank and file. Nothing nearly on this level, yes. But it's helped to build up the immunity. Bolded above mine. Yes, it leaves it in the dust, but the fact is we lived with the dust before.
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Post by prozyan on Mar 18, 2019 8:12:31 GMT -5
His rant about SNL was particularly off the rails.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 8:29:59 GMT -5
His rant about SNL was particularly off the rails. Indeed. And, I mean, it was a freaking rerun, too. It would be funny if he didn't have control of our nukes. ETA: I see a lot of prominent people last night an d this morning noting the ramped up level of insanity and speculating that something may be up. George Conway (Kellyanne's husband) is tweeting pages of a mental disorder reference volume. (Would love to be a fly on the wall of the Conway home during dinner--conversation must be lit).
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Post by Vince524 on Mar 18, 2019 10:16:21 GMT -5
He is a bad SNL skit, but we can't change the channel.
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Post by Don on Mar 18, 2019 10:33:04 GMT -5
He is a bad SNL skit, but we can't change the channel. It's reality TV, but we can't fire the star.
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Post by Vince524 on Mar 18, 2019 11:39:13 GMT -5
He is a bad SNL skit, but we can't change the channel. It's reality TV, but we can't fire the star. Well, we can. In the next election. But so far, the new people up for the part aren't very popular are some are nuts, just not is such a fun kind of way. time.com/5528621/andrew-yang-universal-basic-income/I think he wants to bill Amazon for that. Good way for them to go overseas.
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Post by prozyan on Mar 18, 2019 11:56:24 GMT -5
I like fining companies that robocall the shit out of you, I like paying college athletes, the cell phone idea is stupid, and I think as automation takes more and more jobs, we will eventually see some sort of basic income.
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Post by Optimus on Mar 23, 2019 9:53:53 GMT -5
Sooo...now that the Mueller report has been turned in, and it's been reported that no additional indictments are coming, what next for #Russiagate?
Do people think that Trump is free and clear now? Are those still sticking to the story (or clinging to the hopes) that there was collusion the Trump/Russia equivalent of "9/11 was an inside job" truthers?
Or, is there something more to this and there's some invisible hammer out there, somewhere, waiting to come crashing down on the White House?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2019 10:05:14 GMT -5
I don't see how anyone can report anything, when no one knows what is said in the report yet. Also, do not forget that Meuller spun off a number of things to other jurisdictions, so there's quite a bit that is still being actively investigated. Of course there is going to be a ton of spin. No matter what, Trump will claim he's been exonerated. This piece in the Bulwark does a pretty good job summing it what's going to happen spinwise, I think: thebulwark.com/four-arguments-about-the-mueller-report-you-should-ignore/Me, I'm waiting to comment until I've actually read the thing. Beyond who he indicted and who he didn't, there's why. Finding that something was out of the scope of his investigation or not in his power is not the same thing as pronouncing someone innocent, for example. Unlike Ken Starr, I think Mueller hewed to his mandate and accomplished quite a lot in a very concise period of time. if he says something definitely didn't happen, I'll trust and believe him. If he says he did not or could not get to the bottom of something for whatever reason, well, I'll be frustrated, but I will trust that he did the best he could, given the scope of his mandate. ETA: Another good, level-headed piece in the Bulwark on this. thebulwark.com/mueller-report-what-we-can-learn-from-barrs-letter-to-congressional-leaders/
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