Calling it now: Dems snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in 2016.

[Prelate Diogenes Shandor]

I'm reminded of the stories of Cesar appointing a horse as consul. Yeah, I know that never actually happened but with Trump? Shit, man, all bets are off. I feel a bit bad that America is about to sink like a led zep and probably take most of western civilisation with it but, lets face it, that was always going to happen anyway. At least with Trump, it'll be funny as fuck.

The US government already repeated some of Caligula's craziest acts. In particular the War On Drugs can be seen as the same general category of pointless stupidity as Caligula's war against the sea

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From the Battle of the Swamps to the Battle of Anzio.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://time.com/4573307/donald-trump-white-rage/?xid=fbshare

White rage got us here. While the economic anxiety of Trump supporters is often touted as the driving force behind the mogul's electoral college victory, that rationale is just a ruse, a clever red herring. The median income of a Trump supporter is more than $70,000 per year, which is well above the national average, and a 2016 study noted that it would take African Americans 228 years to equal the wealth of whites in the U.S. Clearly, Trump's pathway into the Oval Office is not really about white economic angst. Rather, Barack Obama's election — and its powerful symbolism of black advancement — was the major trigger for the policy backlash that led to Donald Trump, and which has now put America's national security at risk.

[Prelate Diogenes Shandor]

Smart is the new stupid and crazy is the new sane and Donald Trump is the Kalki Avatar, you faggots!

Isn't Kalki supposed to be exactly the opposite color? Blue rather orange.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Just posting on page 99 to say "I called it."

[Junkenstein]

Just posting on page 99 to say "I called it."

I hope you're proud of yourself. I propose holding you personally accountable. Due to mind lazors tech provided by reptonia, obviously.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Just posting on page 99 to say "I called it."

I hope you're proud of yourself. I propose holding you personally accountable. Due to mind lazors tech provided by reptonia, obviously.

I'm okay with that.  I'm already responsible for every bad thing ever.   

[Ben Shapiro]

AHEM

[The Good Reverend Roger]

AHEM

No, I totally am.  I am a libertarian racist Nazi and the worst friend EVER.

So are my wife and kids. 

Top that.  I double-dog dare ya.   

[Junkenstein]

Asked by a congressman if they "will ascribe a motivation to Putin", Mr Clapper replied "yes, we will ascribe motivation".
Mr Clapper described the Russian efforts as a "multifaceted campaign", which featured "classical propaganda, disinformation, [and] fake news".
In joint testimony prepared for the hearing, officials said Russia had an advanced cyber-programme that posed a major threat to a wide range of US interests.
"Russia is a full-scope cyber-actor that poses a major threat to US government, military, diplomatic, commercial and critical infrastructure," the testimony said.
It was written by Mr Clapper, Marcel Lettre, Undersecretary of Defense for intelligence, and Admiral Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38521503

This should be worth hearing.

[Junkenstein]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38532700

America's top intelligence officials are due to brief President-elect Donald Trump on Russian hacking claims related to the presidential election.
They will make their strongest case yet that Russia interfered in the November election by hacking Democratic emails.
Since winning the poll, Mr Trump has repeatedly questioned intelligence on the hacking claims.

Just worth noting the order of events here, it's definitely the order a super smart person does things in.

Gods, it's going to be 4 years of the three stooges.

[LMNO]

Fun little bit of hypocrisy:

A few years ago President Barack Obama came under conservative fire for choosing, at times, to read his daily intelligence briefings, rather than receive them in-person. Republican Rep. Paul Ryan was among those piling on.

"I have a hard time comprehending that, because the primary job of the commander in chief is to keep the country safe," Ryan said in an October 2014 interview on Fox News Channel. "And you need to get from your intelligence community, your defense community — especially when we have troops in harm's way — what's going on."

[Junkenstein]

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to help Donald Trump win the presidential election, a US intelligence report says.
The declassified report says the Russian leader "ordered" a campaign aimed at influencing the election.
The report was released shortly after intelligence chiefs briefed Mr Trump on their findings.
Mr Trump stopped short of accusing Russia of interfering, saying only that the election outcome was not affected.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38538002

Translation for intel agencies - It was totally affected but we can't re-run this shit without great effort, expense and publicly admitting our populace is retarded. So we're all stuck with this idiot for a while. To get round this, we'll release shit asap when we can, particularly if it shows up this day-glo luminous tit.

Translation for trump - Can't say anything because he's painted himself into a corner. This is what happens when you make statements without appropriate intel briefings. Bet this lesson hasn't been learnt. Also starting to suspect trump owes putin money in a big way.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38532700

America's top intelligence officials are due to brief President-elect Donald Trump on Russian hacking claims related to the presidential election.
They will make their strongest case yet that Russia interfered in the November election by hacking Democratic emails.
Since winning the poll, Mr Trump has repeatedly questioned intelligence on the hacking claims.

Just worth noting the order of events here, it's definitely the order a super smart person does things in.

Gods, it's going to be 4 years of the three stooges.

Or, possibly, several months of truly fascinating impeachment hearings.

[Cain]

I'm interested to see, if they ever reveal it, this info which shows the chain of events linking the DNC hack to Wikileaks, which the IC claims to have.

Revealing sources and methods is usually bad, but this is politically contentious enough that it may require it for there to be any sort of resolution.