Tillerson sure is into that weird silent handshake kabuki. I’m waiting for him to install a toddler barrier and force photographers to snap pics from the adjoining room.
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More like a CYA operation…
“I was unaware of any climate change findings by Exxon, look, you can check my e-mail”…
The uncertainty that Exxon scientists had about AGW back in the late '70s is less than the uncertainty in the estimated production of the typical deep-water oil play…
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I guess he thinks that’s all the SoS’s job consists of.
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He certainly isn’t in it to discuss human rights or extradition treaties.
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He’s already made it. Look no further than his many connections to Rosneft, nearly 20% of which was “sold” in December to “unknown buyers.” Then look at Comrade Chaos (who owes 100s of millions to Deutshbank) and Wilbur Ross’ connections to the Bank of Cyprus, the official Russian money launderer for Deutshbank and, lo and behold, partially owned by Dmitry Rybolovlev, the Russian “Fertilizer King” whose airplane keeps showing up at the same airports as Drumpf; the aircraft left St. Croix on Monday and is currently parked in Nice. Everything is set up for all of these international criminals to cash out bigly.
The only problem with the scheme is that law enforcement may, hopefully, take them all down. If that happens it will truly be “The Scandal that Rocks the World.” And with the interconnectedness of it all, it will only take one thread to be pulled (Roger Stone? Paul Manafort? et al.) and everything will collapse. I hope.
OTOH, I’m still trying to figure out why no charges under the Foreign Corruption Practices Act have been leveled against TrumpCo. Hell, they’ve even got really nice photos of Iwanker for those trials to begin.
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icymi - I recommend this is really depressing article about what’s going on at the State Department.
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The silent shit eating grin seems to be a feature of the so called administration. trumpee does the same thing when questions he doesn’t want to answer are shouted out at him. He scowls, acts like he’s deaf, looks around, and then you hear someone say “Thank you!” meaning get the fuck out of here, reporters.
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Maybe we should look to see if any Cayman Islands shell companies are registered to a Wayne Tracker?
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Expedited?
Right.
Y’know, even after 2.5 decades as a network administrator / network engineer, I’ve never heard anyone justify a second email address with the excuse that it would make the email move quicker.
That’s a new one, Exxon spokespeople. Kudos.
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He may as well bring it back. Definitely has more juice than, “Hi, I’m Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State…when Jared let’s me.”
Being US Secretary of State is an incredible door opener too all kinds of business opportunities, and the best thing about them is that they all are overseas. When (if ever) the shit hits the fan, and these looters get called for account, Tillerson will just retire to Singapore, while Kushner and the Trump boys will either have to abandon their US assets or face the music in the US.
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I watched a guy on a train once have a conversation with his wife then pull out a second phone and have a conversation with his girl friend.
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Wouldn’t if be nice if Jared could follow
His daddy’s footsteps right down into jail?
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Maybe we should be shocked, and yet none of us are.
I was shocked when Trump got the Electoral College vote.
But following that shock? Unprecedented criminality, corruption, and incompetence are exactly what I expected from Combover Caligula and his Cronies.
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I hope so, too.
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Misdirection 101: when they’re accusing you of something, you can bet it’s 'cause they’re doing it themselves.
I am shocked … shocked!
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If I were a believer I would include that in my daily prayers.
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FIFY
Putin is also likely behind the Bharara firing. I can imagine a conversation between Assange and Farge to the effect that Putin thinks Bharara is getting too close for comfort. Please let Trump or Bannon know.
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Holy shit no wonder he fits so well with Donald! Did he make anonymous phone calls too?
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