The Trumpet 1-6-2017

[Matata]

Witches!!! It's the witches fault! There be witches all around us!! Dust off the Malleus Maleficarum. Let the trials begin. Death to witches! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D_81DcOSPE

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/us/politics/donald-trump-wall-hack-russia.html

Envoys! Dangerous! More Witches! Exterminate!
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/us/politics/trump-ambassadors.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Exterminate All Enemies. ExterminateExterminateExterminateExterminateExterminate

And here's what the future leader of this nation is tweeting about today.
"Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got "swamped" (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT. So much for being a movie star-and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1. But who cares, he supported Kasich & Hillary.

Anna Wintour came to my office at Trump Tower to ask me to meet with the editors of Conde Nast & Steven Newhouse, a friend. Will go this AM."

 

[Matata]

Republicans have decided that giving a tax cut to the top 0.1% is more important than the health and economic security of the other 99.9% -- Senator Bernie Sanders.

 

[Matata]

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[Matata]

I would happily pay for this one.

 

[ksinger]

Witches!!! It's the witches fault! There be witches all around us!! Dust off the Malleus Maleficarum. Let the trials begin. Death to witches! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D_81DcOSPE

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/us/politics/donald-trump-wall-hack-russia.html

Envoys! Dangerous! More Witches! Exterminate!
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/us/politics/trump-ambassadors.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Exterminate All Enemies. ExterminateExterminateExterminateExterminateExterminate

And here's what the future leader of this nation is tweeting about today.
"Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got "swamped" (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT. So much for being a movie star-and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1. But who cares, he supported Kasich & Hillary.

Anna Wintour came to my office at Trump Tower to ask me to meet with the editors of Conde Nast & Steven Newhouse, a friend. Will go this AM."

I confess I have a copy of the Malleus Maleficarum. Heading for the feather duster right now.

And I like your mashup of witches and daleks. Works for me.

 

[Matata]

I confess I have a copy of the Malleus Maleficarum. Heading for the feather duster right now.

I, too, have a copy along with the Farrar's Witches Bible, Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft, Secrets of Magickal Grimoires and a lot of other books on the subject. All of it is fascinating history to me -- pagan religion, persecution of non-christians, the role and rise of women in pagan religions vs judeo christian.

 

[ksinger]

I confess I have a copy of the Malleus Maleficarum. Heading for the feather duster right now.

I, too, have a copy along with the Farrar's Witches Bible, Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft, Secrets of Magickal Grimoires and a lot of other books on the subject. All of it is fascinating history to me -- pagan religion, persecution of non-christians, the role and rise of women in pagan religions vs judeo christian.

Oh wow, I'd forgotten about Buckland's. I had a copy ages ago, but got rid of it to make room on my limited shelves. I still have most of my stuff by Starhawk though. I always liked her take on resistance versus rebellion. Wonder what she's up to these days. And clearly, you and I would have much to discuss over our whiskey (or whisky if you prefer).

My reading has moved to other stuff these days. According to my husband, I NEED to read "American Nations" by Woodard, and "Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America", and most relevant to now, "The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, Civil Warfare, And The Triumph Of Anglo-America" by Kevin Phillips. Kinda tough on that one, since he's LOANED IT OUT! Grrr.

All of that reading would be facilitated by staying off here though, it's a fact. I'm weak....

 

[Matata]

Sooooo,
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-russia-hacking-intelligence-briefing-233275

The full report for anyone who cares to read it:
https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

 

[Karl_K]

The full report for anyone who cares to read it:
https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

Read it. Interesting that the nsa only placed a coin toss confidence level on it.
Reads more like a political hit piece written by politicians than anything else.

The entire last portion about the tv station and social media is all legal and above board.
Weird that it is even in there.
It is nothing the US and Britain don't do.

Again no proof of anything.
Because we say so is not proof.
I place a .5 of a coin toss confidence level on it :}

 

[Matata]

Parts of it seem bloviated to me too. Payback for disparaging intelligence agencies?

 

[Karl_K]

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/us/politics/trump-ambassadors.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Given how inept Obama's foreign policy was it is smart to get rid of them asap.
If it takes months to confirm new ones that is the democrat's fault.

 

[Karl_K]

Parts of it seem bloviated to me too. Payback for disparaging intelligence agencies?

Wow we actually agree on something. :}

 

[Karl_K]

I actually agree with Bernie that some parts of the first round proposals from the republicans are very bad.
Hopefully that will be better by the time they hit Trump's desk.

 

[Tekate]

The full report for anyone who cares to read it:
https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

Read it. Interesting that the nsa only placed a coin toss confidence level on it.
Reads more like a political hit piece written by politicians than anything else.

The entire last portion about the tv station and social media is all legal and above board.
Weird that it is even in there.
It is nothing the US and Britain don't do.

Again no proof of anything.
Because we say so is not proof.
I place a .5 of a coin toss confidence level on it :}

No proof to you you should say. I'm perfectly confident that Russia is a schmuck and people fall for their tricks.

Unless Putin sat down with you and chatted and then Assange came walking by to confirm I highly doubt you would believe anything out of the government of the United States of America. Your choice, your loss.

I find the report compelling a more than a might be scary.

 

[Tekate]

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/us/politics/trump-ambassadors.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Given how inept Obama's foreign policy was it is smart to get rid of them asap.
If it takes months to confirm new ones that is the democrat's fault.

Inept.. ha! you haven't seen anything yet.. Unless we are in full war there Karl, with all our tax money going for the war machine you would consider any prez as having an inept foreign policy.

 

[Tekate]

Parts of it seem bloviated to me too. Payback for disparaging intelligence agencies?

Typical corporate/government talk, full of big words. The jist is there.. the Russians essentially spammed Clinton and threw the election to Trump.. He's been elected under false pretense.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Funny, even after 2 months the Dems. still looking for excuses on why HC lost the election...

 

[Dancing Fire]

Parts of it seem bloviated to me too. Payback for disparaging intelligence agencies?

Typical corporate/government talk, full of big words. The jist is there.. the Russians essentially spammed Clinton and threw the election to Trump.. He's been elected under false pretense.

Listen to uncle Joe!... IT IS OVER!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ruGV_ms1c

 

[Matata]

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