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*closetfishfoodie wrote: I can see this turning out like Caligula; complete with Pence; pissing himself, being dragged from a cupboard*, by the Secret Service & proclaimed President.
Turbogoat wrote:Aw c'mon, you're only as old as the pornstar you're feeling.
Actually, that peccadillo was weeks ago, and a Playboy bunny or two ago. This week's installment comes live from a Thai prison where a Russian 'sex coach' is offering to spill the beans:
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/28/asia ... index.html
. Sheâs totally fucked. Thereâs no way the septics will want her - or rather there is a certain Orange shitgibbon - who does not want her in the 
and the Russians will certainly want her back.I think by now it should be obvious that WT only derives such meaning from the printed word that endorses his own beliefs and prejudices. Anything that runs counter to these is discarded.Fat Old Git wrote:To be fair it's easy to mistake laughter as impotent hate and spewing....
#makeamericafunnyagain
it's funny how WT sees any ridicule or criticism of Der Drumpf as a sign of impotence...do you think Drumpf's Aryan vigour gets WT's er, "Dander" up?Fat Old Git wrote:To be fair it's easy to mistake laughter as impotent hate and spewing....
#makeamericafunnyagain
It's too early for this type of thinking.Taranaki Snapper wrote:it's funny how WT sees any ridicule or criticism of Der Drumpf as a sign of impotence...do you think Drumpf's Aryan vigour gets WT's er, "Dander" up?Fat Old Git wrote:To be fair it's easy to mistake laughter as impotent hate and spewing....
#makeamericafunnyagain
Laurent wrote:It's too early for this type of thinking.Taranaki Snapper wrote:it's funny how WT sees any ridicule or criticism of Der Drumpf as a sign of impotence...do you think Drumpf's Aryan vigour gets WT's er, "Dander" up?Fat Old Git wrote:To be fair it's easy to mistake laughter as impotent hate and spewing....
#makeamericafunnyagain
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-deep- ... own-princeSF-86âD
The Deep State Takes Out the White Houseâs Dark Clown Prince
Jared Kushner had a very bad terrible no good day. Couldnât have happened to a nicer guy.
Rick Wilson
RICK WILSON
02.27.18 10:21 PM ET
If youâve ever filled out a form SF-86 for a U.S. government security clearance, youâll know the hassle of dealing with the sheer volume of information it entails. Listing contacts, personal, financial, and travel information in enormous, painstaking detail isnât trivial, and even small errors will get the form kicked back to you or your clearance rejected. Applicants are required to spell out in great detail the specifics of foreign travel and overseas contacts. Investigators need to know where youâve made your money and to whom you have debts.
I did it in my early twenties when my life was relatively uncomplicated, and it was still a pain in the ass. Itâs not easy, and itâs not supposed to be.
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Itâs even harder when youâre a corrupt, entitled snake who repeatedly lies about your finances to federal investigators and serves as a living, breathing poster child for privileged venality. Itâs even harder when youâve rather clumsily attempted to use both your familial relationship and proximity to the president of the United States to save your familyâs failing real-estate empire.
All of which helps explain Jared Kushnerâs very bad day on Tuesday. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, a man who has compromised himself and his supposed values to accommodate and indulge President Trumphausenâs various whims, impulses, urges, feuds, and paranoid episodes, finally drew the line and busted Kushnerâs security clearance down from TS/SCI to Walmart Greeter Background Check (Provisional).
Hear that? That was Americaâs intelligence community, down to the last GS-7, breathing a loud sigh of relief.
Kushner is a man who needs a billion dollars fast, and is willing to cast shame on the winds to get there. The stench of his venality and desperation hangs around him like stripper perfume, cloying and obvious. Jared all but hiked up his sassy pink petticoats while whistling âHey, sailor!â to the Chinese, Israeli, Arab, and Russian investors he begged to invest in his failing 666 Fifth Avenue white elephant.
Kushner has no one to blame but himself. His ambition exceeded his abilities by orders of magnitude so vast it would take a team of advanced mathematicians a generation to devise a system by which to measure the differential. Even his simpering beta-male, child-voiced affect couldnât hide his spectacular reach and overpowering thirst for the power, influence, and financial rewards of Washington.
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It wasnât just that Kushner omitted tens of millions of dollars of investments from his SF-86 and was forced to revise again and again and again, or that his listing of foreign contacts and engagements was glaringly insufficient. Itâs that he lied and omitted information in a way that was painfully obvious to the FBI and government officials examining his qualifications for the most elevated intelligence clearances. Then, the whispers in foreign capitals started; Kushner, they whispered, is for sale. American intelligence was listening.
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Tuesday night, The Washington Post broke a massive story on intercepted intelligence from the UAE, China, Israel, and Mexico in which foreign officials capered in glee over how to manipulate and bribe the Naif Prince of Trumplandia. Itâs one thing to be a target. Itâs another thing to be an easy target.
The knowledge that every foreign intelligence agency in the world saw Kushnerâs desperation for cash no doubt set Americaâs beleaguered counterintelligence community into a state of raw panic. The fact that Kushner is up to his hot-yogaed ass in dealings with Sergei Kislyak and was a key member of the infamous Trump Tower meeting in which Russia offered a quid for a still mysterious quo is just the icing on that cake.
Until today, Jared Kushner was one of a handful of recipients of the Presidentâs Daily Brief, a product that compiles the crown jewels of the American intelligence communityâs input and analysis. He was exposed to source and methods, high-grade analytical product, and the darkest secrets we have gleaned from the most sensitive sources. Although President Postliterate Bestwords has his PDB presented in graphic-novel form or performed by costumed dancers, Jared was apparently an aggressive consumer of intelligence, ordering up briefings and information outside even his broad purview. What he knows after a year in this position makes him the juiciest intelligence target in the world.
Trumpâs nepotism always put the soft-handed Kushner on an impossible pedestal. By the time it was clear even to a slowcoach like Trump that Jared couldnât be the Minister of All Portfolios, it was too late. The imagined power couple of Jared and Ivanka waged their snippy, passive-aggressive media war from their offices in the West Wing, leaking diligently to boot first Reince Priebus, and then Steve Bannon from the White House. The humiliation of being ousted by Jarvanka must rankle Bannon to this day. Kelly was their next target, but he moved first, and struck hard.
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For now, Kelly has skillfully maneuvered his boss into a tight corner. Trump can either give in to the simpering âBut Daaaaaaaadyâ whinge of Princess Ivanka and restore Jared to his full suite of security clearances, or face a tornado of razor cuts from leaks over Jaredâs business dealings and behavior.
The almost certain knowledge that Robert Mueller isnât done with Jared by a long stretch doesnât make it any easier for Trump, even as the red flags thrown up by Rod Rosenstein over the presidentâs son-in-law and very special adviser were one more sign of the urgency of closing up the leakiest, riskiest White House in history. The best part of this trap is that Trump (R-Oppositional Defiant Disorder) will be tempted to do the one thing that will make his political situation more politically tenuous and legally risky by restoring Jaredâs clearances. Itâs within his rights as the president, but he would be dumber than a sack of hammers to do so. A smart president would have already told Jared to pack up and get the hell out, but... oh, who are we kidding?
This battle was only ever going to end one way, and in the war of the Deep State vs. Team Trump, the bad guys often make it easy by being greedy, sloppy, and stupid. Jared was all three.
freewheelan wrote:This, from Rick Wilson, is very good on Kushner...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-deep- ... own-princeSF-86âD
The Deep State Takes Out the White Houseâs Dark Clown Prince
Jared Kushner had a very bad terrible no good day. Couldnât have happened to a nicer guy.
Rick Wilson
RICK WILSON
02.27.18 10:21 PM ET
If youâve ever filled out a form SF-86 for a U.S. government security clearance, youâll know the hassle of dealing with the sheer volume of information it entails. Listing contacts, personal, financial, and travel information in enormous, painstaking detail isnât trivial, and even small errors will get the form kicked back to you or your clearance rejected. Applicants are required to spell out in great detail the specifics of foreign travel and overseas contacts. Investigators need to know where youâve made your money and to whom you have debts.
I did it in my early twenties when my life was relatively uncomplicated, and it was still a pain in the ass. Itâs not easy, and itâs not supposed to be.
ADVERTISEMENT
Itâs even harder when youâre a corrupt, entitled snake who repeatedly lies about your finances to federal investigators and serves as a living, breathing poster child for privileged venality. Itâs even harder when youâve rather clumsily attempted to use both your familial relationship and proximity to the president of the United States to save your familyâs failing real-estate empire.
All of which helps explain Jared Kushnerâs very bad day on Tuesday. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, a man who has compromised himself and his supposed values to accommodate and indulge President Trumphausenâs various whims, impulses, urges, feuds, and paranoid episodes, finally drew the line and busted Kushnerâs security clearance down from TS/SCI to Walmart Greeter Background Check (Provisional).
Hear that? That was Americaâs intelligence community, down to the last GS-7, breathing a loud sigh of relief.
Kushner is a man who needs a billion dollars fast, and is willing to cast shame on the winds to get there. The stench of his venality and desperation hangs around him like stripper perfume, cloying and obvious. Jared all but hiked up his sassy pink petticoats while whistling âHey, sailor!â to the Chinese, Israeli, Arab, and Russian investors he begged to invest in his failing 666 Fifth Avenue white elephant.
Kushner has no one to blame but himself. His ambition exceeded his abilities by orders of magnitude so vast it would take a team of advanced mathematicians a generation to devise a system by which to measure the differential. Even his simpering beta-male, child-voiced affect couldnât hide his spectacular reach and overpowering thirst for the power, influence, and financial rewards of Washington.
RELATED IN POLITICS
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting at the Customs and Border Protection National Targeting Center in Sterling, Virginia
Trump Is Making a Mockery of the Security Clearance Process
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It wasnât just that Kushner omitted tens of millions of dollars of investments from his SF-86 and was forced to revise again and again and again, or that his listing of foreign contacts and engagements was glaringly insufficient. Itâs that he lied and omitted information in a way that was painfully obvious to the FBI and government officials examining his qualifications for the most elevated intelligence clearances. Then, the whispers in foreign capitals started; Kushner, they whispered, is for sale. American intelligence was listening.
ADVERTISING
Tuesday night, The Washington Post broke a massive story on intercepted intelligence from the UAE, China, Israel, and Mexico in which foreign officials capered in glee over how to manipulate and bribe the Naif Prince of Trumplandia. Itâs one thing to be a target. Itâs another thing to be an easy target.
The knowledge that every foreign intelligence agency in the world saw Kushnerâs desperation for cash no doubt set Americaâs beleaguered counterintelligence community into a state of raw panic. The fact that Kushner is up to his hot-yogaed ass in dealings with Sergei Kislyak and was a key member of the infamous Trump Tower meeting in which Russia offered a quid for a still mysterious quo is just the icing on that cake.
Until today, Jared Kushner was one of a handful of recipients of the Presidentâs Daily Brief, a product that compiles the crown jewels of the American intelligence communityâs input and analysis. He was exposed to source and methods, high-grade analytical product, and the darkest secrets we have gleaned from the most sensitive sources. Although President Postliterate Bestwords has his PDB presented in graphic-novel form or performed by costumed dancers, Jared was apparently an aggressive consumer of intelligence, ordering up briefings and information outside even his broad purview. What he knows after a year in this position makes him the juiciest intelligence target in the world.
Trumpâs nepotism always put the soft-handed Kushner on an impossible pedestal. By the time it was clear even to a slowcoach like Trump that Jared couldnât be the Minister of All Portfolios, it was too late. The imagined power couple of Jared and Ivanka waged their snippy, passive-aggressive media war from their offices in the West Wing, leaking diligently to boot first Reince Priebus, and then Steve Bannon from the White House. The humiliation of being ousted by Jarvanka must rankle Bannon to this day. Kelly was their next target, but he moved first, and struck hard.
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For now, Kelly has skillfully maneuvered his boss into a tight corner. Trump can either give in to the simpering âBut Daaaaaaaadyâ whinge of Princess Ivanka and restore Jared to his full suite of security clearances, or face a tornado of razor cuts from leaks over Jaredâs business dealings and behavior.
The almost certain knowledge that Robert Mueller isnât done with Jared by a long stretch doesnât make it any easier for Trump, even as the red flags thrown up by Rod Rosenstein over the presidentâs son-in-law and very special adviser were one more sign of the urgency of closing up the leakiest, riskiest White House in history. The best part of this trap is that Trump (R-Oppositional Defiant Disorder) will be tempted to do the one thing that will make his political situation more politically tenuous and legally risky by restoring Jaredâs clearances. Itâs within his rights as the president, but he would be dumber than a sack of hammers to do so. A smart president would have already told Jared to pack up and get the hell out, but... oh, who are we kidding?
This battle was only ever going to end one way, and in the war of the Deep State vs. Team Trump, the bad guys often make it easy by being greedy, sloppy, and stupid. Jared was all three.
EverReady wrote:Stormy Daniels must be in line for something. She is tight lipped, except when it matters, and has very obvious other assets.
I wish I could be this savage, for just a day.guy smiley wrote:shanky wrote:Day-um!
Thatâs some savage burn.
That guy should come on here!
Although President Postliterate Bestwords has his PDB presented in graphic-novel form or performed by costumed dancers
A wizened old hag under a moonless night once told him that he could only use his waiver 3 times before he turned into a pumpkin.shanky wrote:Trump has the power to waive this guy as well.
Wonder why he doesnât use it.
I didnât think he talked to Hillary.Turbogoat wrote:A wizened old hag under a moonless night once told him that he could only use his waiver 3 times before he turned into a pumpkin.shanky wrote:Trump has the power to waive this guy as well.
Wonder why he doesnât use it.
Judging by his skin tone he's used it twice already.
Dunno - maybe he will. As someone who greatly enjoys watching each new paroxysm Trump induces amongst the right people, I hope he will.shanky wrote:Trump has the power to waive this guy as well.
Wonder why he doesnât use it.
Turbogoat wrote:A wizened old hag under a moonless night once told him that he could only use his waiver 3 times before he turned into a pumpkin.shanky wrote:Trump has the power to waive this guy as well.
Wonder why he doesnât use it.
Judging by his skin tone he's used it twice already.
SecretAgentMan wrote:Turbogoat wrote:A wizened old hag under a moonless night once told him that he could only use his waiver 3 times before he turned into a pumpkin.shanky wrote:Trump has the power to waive this guy as well.
Wonder why he doesnât use it.
Judging by his skin tone he's used it twice already.
zzzz wrote:Dunno - maybe he will. As someone who greatly enjoys watching each new paroxysm Trump induces amongst the right people, I hope he will.shanky wrote:Trump has the power to waive this guy as well.
Wonder why he doesnât use it.
You picked the least prosaic element in order to prove your âpointâ.Seneca of the Night wrote:Yes, day-um Shanky girlfriend. That is some burn so bad you could fry some chickens on them words:shanky wrote:Day-um!
Thatâs some savage burn.
That guy should come on here!
Phew-wee, dude is laying down some fine prose.His ambition exceeded his abilities by orders of magnitude so vast it would take a team of advanced mathematicians a generation to devise a system by which to measure the differential.
Santa wrote:I read that and all I wanted to do was go up to him and say...
How many dudes you know roll like 'dis
How many dudes you know flow like 'dis
Not many. If any
Not many. If any
How many dudes you know got da skillz to go rrrrock the show like ' dis
Uh uh. Uh uh
I don't know anybody
Then I would smash the mike in his face and walk off stage.
You don't know who Ben Rhodes is do you?shanky wrote:zzzz wrote:Dunno - maybe he will. As someone who greatly enjoys watching each new paroxysm Trump induces amongst the right people, I hope he will.shanky wrote:Trump has the power to waive this guy as well.
Wonder why he doesnât use it.
Perhaps because he canât admit he was a tad optimistic to put a 35 year old rich-kid in charge of the middle east peace process in the first place?
Seneca of the Night wrote:It is shit writing.shanky wrote:You picked the least prosaic element in order to prove your âpointâ.Seneca of the Night wrote:Yes, day-um Shanky girlfriend. That is some burn so bad you could fry some chickens on them words:shanky wrote:Day-um!
Thatâs some savage burn.
That guy should come on here!
Phew-wee, dude is laying down some fine prose.His ambition exceeded his abilities by orders of magnitude so vast it would take a team of advanced mathematicians a generation to devise a system by which to measure the differential.
Cos you is sardonic, innit.
Even you have to admit the âPresident Postliterate Bestwordsâ is a thing of beauty, no?
I know his situation is not analogous with that of Jared K, if thatâs what youâre asking?zzzz wrote:You don't know who Ben Rhodes is do you?shanky wrote:zzzz wrote:Dunno - maybe he will. As someone who greatly enjoys watching each new paroxysm Trump induces amongst the right people, I hope he will.shanky wrote:Trump has the power to waive this guy as well.
Wonder why he doesnât use it.
Perhaps because he canât admit he was a tad optimistic to put a 35 year old rich-kid in charge of the middle east peace process in the first place?
Seneca of the Night wrote:
I will be the judge of that.
Most comments on this thread do.shanky wrote:Santa wrote:I read that and all I wanted to do was go up to him and say...
How many dudes you know roll like 'dis
How many dudes you know flow like 'dis
Not many. If any
Not many. If any
How many dudes you know got da skillz to go rrrrock the show like ' dis
Uh uh. Uh uh
I don't know anybody
Then I would smash the mike in his face and walk off stage.
I think this comment says more than you would probably like it to.
Iâve noticedSanta wrote:Most comments on this thread do.shanky wrote:Santa wrote:I read that and all I wanted to do was go up to him and say...
How many dudes you know roll like 'dis
How many dudes you know flow like 'dis
Not many. If any
Not many. If any
How many dudes you know got da skillz to go rrrrock the show like ' dis
Uh uh. Uh uh
I don't know anybody
Then I would smash the mike in his face and walk off stage.
I think this comment says more than you would probably like it to.
Wow, worse that Papapapapapapapapawhossiname?Seneca of the Night wrote:The least competent most under qualified foreign policy advisor since ww2.zzzz wrote:You don't know who Ben Rhodes is do you?shanky wrote:zzzz wrote:Dunno - maybe he will. As someone who greatly enjoys watching each new paroxysm Trump induces amongst the right people, I hope he will.shanky wrote:Trump has the power to waive this guy as well.
Wonder why he doesnât use it.
Perhaps because he canât admit he was a tad optimistic to put a 35 year old rich-kid in charge of the middle east peace process in the first place?