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jecojeco says:
Thanks for an informative hour ladies!
Just speaking as a layman the Hunter case seems impossibly flawed, I don’t think it will ever go to trial and unless they get trump’s ideal W Virginia jury theres little chance of conviction.
Right now I think Job #1 for Weiss is to find a way to extricate himself, he needs a long, long powerwash on this.
How can Garland be so naiive to turn GOP tools like Weiss and Hur loose to slime the Biden family? It’s a testimony to Biden’s patience keeping Garland til the end of his first term.
dark winter says:
Why? I really am curious about your comment regarding ‘is Israel’ helping Smirnoff re: reelect trump along w/the RU’s…that would make everything after Oct 7th more interesting. THAT. Bibi is pure evil like rat fucker is evil. Sure there is the racist hatred for Palestinians but snubbing Biden …well that’s to make our president appear weak. I do hope you choose to write more on this topic.
side note: I really love cardigan sweaters and that sweater? the really nice color Lavender? Looked really nice on you.
OneFineMonster says:
The Israeli intelligence mention raised my eyebrows as well. Unlike you though I didn’t immediately assume a connection with Netanyahu. Is that connection a given? I’ve been making an animated feature documentary about a lot of this mishigas, but there is so much that I don’t understand.
How much of this has to do with lunatic right wing evangelicals working with lunatic right wing Israelis pushing for an eschatological chain reaction that matches their fantasies? How many of the people involved are actual believers and how many instead just see short-term financial gain in backing the largest authoritarian movement of the past 100 years?
I often think that all of this is–in part– is a really unfortunate alliance of techbro fascists, evangelical morons, Russian oligarchs, anti-Semite and anti-western fundamentalists and pro-fascist conservatives.
It’s lunacy.
theartistvvv says:
I have to make the observation how amazing it is that you go through all of this with, apparently, no notes in front of you.
I love the “Michael Steel vs. Christopher Steele” analysis; that will be useful, among so much else.
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Thanks for an informative hour ladies!
Just speaking as a layman the Hunter case seems impossibly flawed, I don’t think it will ever go to trial and unless they get trump’s ideal W Virginia jury theres little chance of conviction.
Right now I think Job #1 for Weiss is to find a way to extricate himself, he needs a long, long powerwash on this.
How can Garland be so naiive to turn GOP tools like Weiss and Hur loose to slime the Biden family? It’s a testimony to Biden’s patience keeping Garland til the end of his first term.
Why? I really am curious about your comment regarding ‘is Israel’ helping Smirnoff re: reelect trump along w/the RU’s…that would make everything after Oct 7th more interesting. THAT. Bibi is pure evil like rat fucker is evil. Sure there is the racist hatred for Palestinians but snubbing Biden …well that’s to make our president appear weak. I do hope you choose to write more on this topic.
side note: I really love cardigan sweaters and that sweater? the really nice color Lavender? Looked really nice on you.
The Israeli intelligence mention raised my eyebrows as well. Unlike you though I didn’t immediately assume a connection with Netanyahu. Is that connection a given? I’ve been making an animated feature documentary about a lot of this mishigas, but there is so much that I don’t understand.
How much of this has to do with lunatic right wing evangelicals working with lunatic right wing Israelis pushing for an eschatological chain reaction that matches their fantasies? How many of the people involved are actual believers and how many instead just see short-term financial gain in backing the largest authoritarian movement of the past 100 years?
I often think that all of this is–in part– is a really unfortunate alliance of techbro fascists, evangelical morons, Russian oligarchs, anti-Semite and anti-western fundamentalists and pro-fascist conservatives.
It’s lunacy.
I have to make the observation how amazing it is that you go through all of this with, apparently, no notes in front of you.
I love the “Michael Steel vs. Christopher Steele” analysis; that will be useful, among so much else.