"The irony is, we can't even pay the Russians back by screwing with their elections. They are already rigged."
The breaking news yesterday, was we now have enough forensic proof to show it was the Russians (the military version) who tried to hack into the DNC server, as well as Hillary's. And this is news why? Like everyday some evil force hiding in the dark web is trying to hack into someone's account. As more and more of our lives become digitally connected in the age of IOT (Internet of all things), the opportunities for bad guys to meddle just goes up and up and up.
Glenn Beck often talks about World War III not being fought with bombs and missiles. Rather ones and zeroes. In today's environment, a nation without proper cyber security can be brought to its knees by a trained cyber force. Electric grids can fail, nuclear plants can go critical, water problems, sewer problems, and so on.
Back to the meddling. Before I get all holier than thou about the Russians being all up in the Democrats business, I would need to know that we have never done this to them. However, something happened when Hillary was SOS and Putin was up for re-election. Something which caused him to turn on her. And, this former KGB officer does not forget suspected treachery. So even though there was no Trump-Putin cabal, it would not surprise me in the least to see Putin try and rain on Hillary's parade.
Rosenstein did make it crystal clear yesterday that 1) no American was involved in the twelve people indicted and 2) the meddling did NOT influence the outcome of the election. So where does that leave us? First off, my vote is no harm, no foul. The election did not hang on this tampering. So learn from it and move on. Second (and this is the biggie), it does not matter who in the Russian military is indicted, this mischief will continue. If sites are vulnerable to intrusion, it is time to up the cyber security. And Hillary - if you should run again in 2020, don't use illegal and unauthorized servers. They will be low fruit on the tree for meddling Russians.
What is going to happen on Monday when Trump meets Putin? Trump will ask him about it, and Putin will deny it. Putin has probably been watching the nightly news about the alleged Russia ties with Trump and having a good laugh. He managed to get our political system all tied up in knots without hardly doing anything. Again, we can ask Putin not to do this anymore, and he will deny ever doing it in the first place. But it will continue, and get worse.
Maybe under Trump we can get a real reset button going with the Russians. I know under Obama with Clinton and Kerry as his SOS representatives, things got pretty bad. The irony is, we can't even pay the Russians back by screwing with their elections. They are already rigged.
seems to me that special prosecutor Mueller as previously indicted some international hackers for something like the same crime, and they surprised him by demanding the legal "discovery" of the evidence, to which they are entitled by law. The prosecutors promptly got cold feet (one might believe because of the actual lack of evidence) and as last I heard were leaning towards dropping the charges. I might suggest the same thing here, and that it is well-known that Guciffer is a widely available hack, and that it leaves traces that deliberately implicate the Russians. It is a very weak case based on the evidence, and one suspects it is strictly for show, hoping that the defendants never speak or appear for trial.
ReplyDelete“The timing (of the latest Rosenstein indictments) is no accident,” said John Dean, the former Richard Nixon White House counsel whose public testimony about the Watergate cover-up helped bring down the Republican president. “It forces Trump to confront Putin. If he fails to do so he is admitting guilt. This story will now consume U.S.A. news, and blows up Trump’s claim it is all a witch hunt and hoax.”
ReplyDeleteWho believes anything issuing forth from the DOJ? They've demonstrated themselves a den of tyrants deserving nothing more than scorn and derision.
ReplyDelete"It forces Trump...." LOL
ReplyDeleteAnd when Trump refuses to lose sight of the prize because of silly distractions like indictments that say, on their face, they have nothing to do with Trump or with any American, it will drive the American Left bonkers. And that, my friends, is the great appeal of Pres. Trump, that he annoys the Dickens out of all the right people.
Trump knows that he’s a deadbeat and an imposter. In real life he has no experience as a success at anything to inform him about how things work in general, let alone in government. His most relevant experience for the job he has right now is a role he play acted in a reality show loosely based upon the broad parameters of his life, sort of the city slicker version of “Duck Dynasty,” kids and all. That’s the best he’s got inside himself to draw upon, so that is what comes out.
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump promised to run the White House like a business, and that business appears to be a reality television production company.
At the NATO summit, the conflicting statements, the dramatic last-minute news conference — not to mention the buildup over what Trump would say and do there — all added up to a dramatic arc. There was suspense, confrontation and then a hero appearing tough to vanquish his adversaries.
Dave, you seem to be really annoyed with our president, and that makes me happy. You also seem to be very concerned about matters of style over substance. It seems to me that is how we have run our political system for far too long, and as upsetting as this change must be for the "establishment" folks, it is a delight for us mere commoners. I am just now looking at a list of some 32 major accomplishments-- real progress – already made by the Trump administration. it is like watching a construction site (Trump's business) – a real mess, with lots of sweat and gruff language, but in the end you have something big and Useful.
ReplyDeleteI am pleased you feel delighted.
DeleteMy guess is you view "accomplishments" differently than I do, but that is the nature of our partisan divide.
Why stop at 32, when there is a comprehensive list of 183 on the following site.. http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/4621979/
Try not to spill your Kool-Aid when reading it.
And then you can pick and choose a card to be sent directly to the White House, making their day!
http://www.wnd.com/the-trump-card-campaign/
This should provide you with a giant dose of "patriotic fever".
I'm always here, always ready to help. Dave
I understand that many view "accomplishments" far differently. For example, nominating Gorsuch to SCOTUS is seen by many as a significant accomplishment, by others as a disaster. "End of the world coming, women and children hardest hit."
ReplyDeleteI stop at 32 because that list is more or less recognized by several conservative groups as being significant. Again, to me his most significant accomplishment is driving the liberals nuts. Do you need evidence?
I feel the pain. Additional evidence unnecessary.
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