Puterbac News Network and Political Discussion Thread

[Professor Tiger]

I'm sure it is.

What is the source that is reporting this latest tin foil hat conspiracy theory about Trump? Is it:

#Trumpfabricatedthelunarlandings

#Trumpisemittingmindcontrolwaves

#Trumpisbehindthechemicaltrailsbehindairplanes

#Trumpistheleaderofthebilderberggroup

[bluetick]

Btw, russian dressing was invented in Nashua, New Hampshire at the turn of the 20th century.

[Professor Tiger]

Nashua NH is colluding with the Russians?

[10ac]

I used to stay (drunk) at the Salem Inn in Nashua.

[hedge]

On the bright side, it's easy to say that town's name when you're drunk...

[bluetick]

REVEALED: Russian Hackers Posed As ISIS Operatives To Threaten US Military Wives In Facebook Messages

The Associated Press reports:

Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in
her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a message appeared on
her iPhone: “Dear Angela!” it said. “Bloody Valentine’s Day!”

“We know everything about you, your husband and your children,” the
Facebook message continued, claiming that the hackers operating under
the flag of Islamic State militants had penetrated her computer and her
phone. “We’re much closer than you can even imagine.”

Ricketts was one of five military wives who received death threats
from the self-styled CyberCaliphate on the morning of Feb. 10, 2015. The
warnings led to days of anguished media coverage of Islamic State
militants’ online reach. Except it wasn’t ISIS.

According to the AP, the threats came
from the same Russian hacking group that exposed the emails of Hillary
Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta

[Professor Tiger]

According to that rabid right wing nut job magazine, “The Nation,” a team of former NSA experts investigated the Podesta/DNC hack, and concluded there is a strong possibility that the hack was NOT done by the Russians at all:

https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new ... -dnc-hack/

[Cletus]

I wonder if you read the update to that article and the links in there? Lol, just kidding. I know you did nothing of the sort. In fact, I doubt you read past the headline of the original.

[Professor Tiger]

So the Russian “hacking” of the DNC was actually an inside job, done by someone with direct access to their computer system. Seth Rich worked at the DNC, no? No wonder the Dems whacked him.

[hedge]

Damn, Michael Cohen had a good gig. Getting hundreds of thousands of dollars from various sources who wanted "insights" into the new administration. I'm sure this sort of thing goes on all the time, but it's kinda funny that Trump ran on "drain the swamp" and then you see this. Actually, it's not surprising at all. I wonder how AT&T and Norvatis feel about their money being spent to silence former Trump hook-ups? Actually, I doubt they're terribly surprised either. Drain the swamp indeed...

[bluetick]

The 500k from the Putin crony was particularly interesting. Connecting the Russians with the Stormy payoff ...some wag described it as "crossing the streams", straight out of Ghostbusters. heh

[bluetick]

AT&T definitely wanted consideration for their big merger with Time Warner, as well as the net neutrality issue. The 4 payments of 50k doesn't stop there.

Norvatis obviously needed pharmaceutical advice from Cohen to the tune of 400k, but the interesting thing there was how Mueller ran that story down last November. Whereas the Stormy payoff story broken by the WSJ was just last March. No telling how long Cohen's operation has been known to authorities.

[Toemeesleather]

Money laundering is a fairly substantial crime.

....billions of economic stimulus...shovel ready jobs in 2009 went to union coffers and the DNC. STFU

[Toemeesleather]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/09/trump-s ... oners.html


Missiles fired!!!! Missiles fired!!!! World War III !!!!!!!!

[bluetick]

Toe brings up a goodpoint. You would think that, during the sentencing phase, the judge will take into account Donnie's success in getting those hostages released. Along with the stress the Trump children had to endure due to their father's misdeeds.

[Jungle Rat]

Chief Orange face is going bye bye

[crashcourse]

yep

just a question of whether its 2020 or 2024

[Jungle Rat]

Put down the pipe please. It won't help your guilt for voting for him.

[Professor Tiger]

I truly enjoy all this "Trump will be impeached soon" even as he is running circles around his opponents:

For starters, this "Blue Wave" in 2020 is looking as real as the Midwest "Blue Wall" of 2016.

The latest Economist/YouGov poll has lots of bad news for Democrats about Midwestern voters. A majority—53 percent—of Midwesterners have an unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party, the highest of any region. Forty-four percent of Midwesterners think the Democratic Party is too liberal, again the highest ranking of any geographic group. They are equally displeased with both Republicans and Democrats in Congress, and Nancy Pelosi is the least popular in the Midwest.

But Trump’s charm offensive in the Midwest seems to be working. The president is the most popular in the Midwest, where 46 percent approve of the job he’s doing and 44 percent view him favorably. Midwesterners give Trump the highest grades for being strong, patriotic, effective, inspiring, steady, and caring about them. They are the most optimistic about the next few years of Trump’s presidency and the least worried about losing their job. In other words, they like the guy.

The latest poll by that notorious Trumptard rag, CNN:

CNN poll: Democrats' 2018 advantage is nearly gone

Washington (CNN)The generic congressional ballot has continued to tighten, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with the Democrats' edge over Republicans within the poll's margin of sampling error for the first time this cycle.

The Democrats' advantage in the generic ballot dipped from 16 points in February to six points in March to just three points now.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/politics ... index.html

Also, outside the walls of the TDS asylum, more and more people are recognizing the Mueller investigation for the farce it is:

Poll: Majority says Russia probe is politically motivated

A majority of Americans say special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election is politically motivated, according to a new CBS News poll.

The poll, which comes nearly a year after Mueller’s investigation began, found that 53 percent of people think there are political motives to the investigation, while 44 percent think the investigation is justified.

Despite the perceived partisan motivations, 76 percent said President Trump should still cooperate with the investigation if he’s asked to be interviewed.

That is a drop, however, from January, when 84 percent of respondents said Trump should cooperate with the special counsel.

The drop in agreeing that Trump should cooperate was steepest among Republicans. In January, 73 percent of Republicans backed cooperation with Mueller, but in the latest poll, only 53 percent did so.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... y-politics

[Professor Tiger]

America’s economy continues to boom under Trump, after 8 years of malaise under Obama: Today’s numbers:

US records largest ever monthly budget surplus in April as individual tax receipts boom.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-re ... 2018-05-10

Inflation softer than expected in April

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/consu ... 2018-05-10

New US jobless claims cling to near 49 year low

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-u ... 2018-05-10

For the first time ever, there’s a job opening for every unemployed worker

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/for-t ... 2018-05-08

Meanwhile, Mueller is rummaging through Stormy Daniels’ drawers and sniffing her underthings, looking for Russian collusion.