Naw, feeding suspected foreign agents misinformation to see if it gets back to you via foreign channels is spycraft 101.
Someone could casually mention the new F-69. You know the one. Maverick flew it inverted in Top Gun.
I half expect him to announce that we are joining the Warsaw Pact.
I admit, my prediction about Trump’s trade war gambit might turn out to be way wrong, and not in a good way. I was of the opinion that Trump would start a mini trade conflict but back off and declare himself the winner before shit gets real.
Alas, I really don’t know what the fuck he’s doing - and apparently neither do all of the news outlets that usually try to wipe his ass, like the WSJ, Fortune, and Washington Examiner.
I’m beginning to wonder if he’s determined to see riots in the streets of Beijing.
You misspelled “American cities”.
At this point I would see it as the right thing to do, and a valid piece of CounterIntel.
Tell him bogus shit, knowing he will share it? I think that is exactly what they should do, with an official verbatim record of exactly what they “fed” him, cc: to Meuller and all news agencies foreign AND domestic afterwards. But Meuller should get the advance copy.
Then we can all look forward to Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell telling us how “concerning” they find this incontrovertible proof of treason, and Sean Hannity and Rudy Giuliani telling us how it shows that Trump is a saint being persecuted for his sainthood, and Alan Dershowitz telling us that none of it matters because presidents are above the law.
Yeah, probably, but I think it’s equally reasonable to end up where you did.
The actual court document is eye-opening.
Remember how, a couple of weeks ago, Manafort’s was whining about being in “solitary confinement”. It turns out he’s not even in a cell. It sounds like he has a little apartment inside the jail all to himself, with a private bath and shower and a separate workroom. And a computer and a phone for his exclusive use. They even gave him extension cords so he could use the computer in the bedroom as well as the workroom.
And they aren’t even making him wear a prison uniform. It seems like he’s living well, no wonder he was looking to postpone the trial.
Good read. Thanks for posting the link, Ann Hedonia.
Judge Ellis denied Manafort’s request that he be allowed to remain at Warsaw. He’s heading to Alexandria after all. Hoist on his own petard. <chortle!>
Judge Ellis says, "Enjoy your new digs! (Reuters)
I liked this:
Those rotten bastards! What kind of dirty lawyer trick is this?! 
Well, if that’s the case, I’m sure Mr. Manafort’s attorneys will have no trouble showing plenty of other conversations that contradict, eh. :dubious: :rolleyes:
Lol, a well-known poster here also accused someone of, how did he put it, “writing what you wanted to write and omitting what you wanted to omit.”
Also, the judge made a valid point:
“The professionals at the Alexandria Detention Center are very familiar with housing high-profile defendants including foreign and domestic terrorists, spies and traitors.”
http://www.kimt.com/content/national/487940471.html
D’oh!
(Remember this was the “Trump-friendly” judge whom the Rightards thought would be Mueller’s biggest obstacle a few months ago.)
Donald Zarda is suing his former employer in federal court, claiming they fired him for being gay. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sided with Zarda, saying discrimination against gay people is a violation of federal law. On the employer’s side, a lawyer for the Department of Justice argued that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not protect LGBT Americans from being fired because of their sexual orientation
Nitpick (which you had to know was coming): it’s pretrial confinement in lieu of being able to trust him to comply with the conditions of bail, not a jail sentence. The fact that it is pretrial confinement probably factors into his access to relatively comfy conditions at Warsaw.
One hopes that his accommodations will be a bit less luxurious at Alexandria.
You won’t catch Giuliani doing this. In fact, he often seems to go out of his way to say things that damage his client’s case.
Donald Trump loves asbestos so much, a Russian asbestos manufacturer put Trump’s face on their product.
…its scary when the local news websites use the “breaking news ticker” with Trump in the title because that hardly ever happens. My heart actually held a beat. And this is what it said:
“Donald Trump makes an unscheduled speech amid crisis talks at NATO.”
Fuck this bullshit. I’m too angry to quote what’s he said.
I’m going to go watch Wellington Paranormal. I can’t deal with this shit.
But…but…but…her emails!
Where Donald is heading, they’ll need to bury him in asbestos underwear.
Nah, I mean that Trump might have already envisioned China getting a complete ass kicking, and that he envisions the Chinese bending down and kissing his ring. If that’s where his mind is at, if it’s not enough to simply win a few concessions (which the Chinese and US probably already agreed to anyway) then holy Christ are we in for a wild ride.
Putin’s.
Bitch.