Yet Another Dumbf*k Appointment By Trump

Elliot Abrams will handle relations with Venezuela!

[Side Note:  If that’s not a near perfect caricature of (((you know what))) then I don’t know what is.]

.@SecPompeo announced today that Elliott Abrams will lead @StateDept efforts on #Venezuela to help the Venezuelan people fully restore democracy and prosperity to their country. #EstamosUnidosVE pic.twitter.com/iUFHnRhi8x — Department of State (@StateDept)

Marco Rubio sure is happy about the assignment!

John Bolton is delighted!

Pleased to hear that my good friend Elliott Abrams is rejoining State as Special Envoy for Venezuela. Welcome back to the fight. https://t.co/3W9J0VHIHb

— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton)

January 26, 2019

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But, what about his record?

“As the Reagan administration’s assistant secretary of state for human rights in the 1980s, Abrams supported the US-backed dictators in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras in their campaigns of repression, including death squads. He was also involved in working with Iran to arming the US-backed rebels in Nicaragua, the infamous Iran-Contra scandal.

Abrams was eventually convicted of lying to Congress about Iran-Contra, but was pardoned right away by President George H.W. Bush. In the 1990s, Abrams became a founding member of the Project for a New American Century, a hawkish neoconservative think-tank.

He returned to the corridors of power in 2001, as a director on the National Security Council for President George W. Bush. He played a key role in the 2002 attempted coup in Venezuela against President Hugo Chavez, and was one of the architects of the 2003 Iraq war.”

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Jeebus Effing Christmas!!  Trump makes absolutely the WORST picks of all time.  Neocons. Warmongers. One percenters. Swamp creatures, one and all …. and this Golden Golem of Motherfuckedness is gonna drain the swamp???

What a fucken asshole this guy is.  His only saving grace is that all DEMONcraps are even worse.  Fuck this shit. 

I don’t even feel like mailing that letter I wrote, and posted here on Sunday. I’m not gonna hump this idiots’ leg in hopes that he’ll pat me on the head.  Much as I hate to say it, it’s becoming clearer with every dumbass move he makes — this guy is a LOSER and he’s not gonna drain anything except his little dick, then piss on us just like all the rest, and tell us it’s fresh rain. 

How much more can a peon like me take????!!!!  (That’s a cue for you Trumpeteers to tell me how awesome he is, playing 4d chess, blah blah blah.)

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Southern Sage
Southern Sage
January 29, 2019 7:13 am

Boy, is Stucky right. Abrams is one of the worst people on earth. Hell, why not go all the way and appoint Netanyahu White House Chief of Staff!

BL
BL
  Southern Sage
January 29, 2019 12:47 pm

Southern Stooge- Trump has Jerry Kushner in that position , same/same. MAGA

TC
TC
  Southern Sage
January 29, 2019 5:41 pm

Duh, because that would be a demotion.

Hollywood Rob
Hollywood Rob
January 29, 2019 7:18 am

There is only one bright side to this. You are all finally coming to the realization that there is no democracy. There is no Democrats and there is no Republicans. There are just criminals who want to take shit. Now that you realize that you can begin to help others still in the haze of righteous liberty to come out into the sunshine and put on their yellow vests.

Ned
Ned
  Hollywood Rob
January 29, 2019 8:02 am

Bingo!

Bob P
Bob P
January 29, 2019 7:27 am

I wonder what Q adherents would make of this. Another 4-D chess move by Trump, making the neocons think they have control? By the way, what’s become of Q anyway? I used to have to skip all sorts of Q nonsense on a couple of sites I visit. Nothing recently. Has the nonsense finally faded into irrelevance?

We are Screwed
We are Screwed
  Bob P
January 29, 2019 10:07 am

Every time Trumpmloses they say “D” chess the first loss was excused as the trumpster playing 3D chess the next loss was him playing 4D then 5,6,7. I think we are around 44D chess now. The art of the deal is to lose every fucking time? What a crock of shit. He getsbhis ass whipped eberytime. These conservatives, koolaid drinkers and Q idiots think because he elects a Scotus he be good. Anyone sitting in the chair if potus would have that power. A dud died and needed replacing. He left it to the republicans to choose. He didnt even choose Kavanaugh, idiots. I have been well reserved regarding trump. Secretly inwas extremely excited and loved him much and wanted his success. But outwardly i was middle of the road showing no emotion. EIther way. Glad i did now i have made up my mind. He is a shill. A distraction like them all. I have forever lost faith in all politicians. I had about 1% trust left in me and he stepped on that. They are ll in it for themselves they k ow its a ponzi scheme and want to get theirs before it all goes pop. I said it many times before. the thing to do is become a politican and gets your share while you can…….its over you just dont know it. Its simple math. Settled math. QE killed any chance to fix things. Bush and obama did this. Together. They acted like dfoes but now we see they their families are very much very close. Fucking liars!

Platoplubius
Platoplubius
  We are Screwed
January 29, 2019 10:11 am

Nice honest rant!

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
  Bob P
January 29, 2019 10:50 am

Bob..
Hopefully yes.

Ned
Ned
January 29, 2019 7:39 am

“What a fucken asshole this guy is. His only saving grace is that all DEMONcraps are even worse. Fuck this shit. “

Maybe I’ll catch hell for saying this but I personally see not much difference. Especially from the neoliberal, neocon, imperialist ambitions. They both use the exact same playbook.
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Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
  Ned
January 29, 2019 10:44 am

Ned..
Right. We are allowed to choose candidate A or B from the bankers party.

BL
BL
  Fleabaggs
January 29, 2019 12:45 pm

Ned- Keep up the good work, if you are savy, turn up the heat.

BL
BL
  Stucky
January 29, 2019 5:01 pm

Says the guy who was giving him shit.

EL Coyote
EL Coyote
  Stucky
January 29, 2019 11:56 pm

Taking no shit is not the same as being smart. Neddy has posted some real boners in the recent past so don’t go praising him too much.

Donkey Balls
Donkey Balls
January 29, 2019 7:50 am

The world is a vampire…
Despite all my rage I’m still just a rat in a cage…

Ginger
Ginger
  Donkey Balls
January 29, 2019 2:22 pm
hardscrabble farmer
hardscrabble farmer
January 29, 2019 7:53 am

He’s one of the 9/11 plotters.

PNAC well under way.

IluvCO2
IluvCO2
  hardscrabble farmer
January 29, 2019 9:11 am
Tim
Tim
  hardscrabble farmer
January 29, 2019 10:05 am

Seeing the guy’s photo, I can remember one thing:
Physiognomy is real

BL
BL
  hardscrabble farmer
January 29, 2019 12:31 pm

PNAC indeed, can’t daddy M control his creation, send Becky back in to direct this shit show.

John
John
  hardscrabble farmer
January 29, 2019 11:57 pm

Elliott Abrams and John Bolton are members of the Rockefeller CFR, along with most of the other PNAC neocons. See lists in the CFR annual report. Abrams is also a director at the notorious National Endowment for Democracy, a CFR affiliate:

ned.org/experts/elliott-abrams/

Hollywood Rob
Hollywood Rob
January 29, 2019 8:50 am
RiNS
RiNS
January 29, 2019 9:10 am

And so again
The proles are told
To wait outside
For the NeoCons
Are in charge
And the swamp
Not yet drained
Behold trumpeteers!
Donald fashions
yes still another turd
Qtards choke
all the while calling it great.

Chubby Bubbles
Chubby Bubbles
January 29, 2019 9:24 am

It’s all about the oil.

Pequiste
Pequiste
  Chubby Bubbles
January 29, 2019 9:45 am

Beg to differ Chubby.

It’s all about doing what The Evil Fuckers command one to do, in a single word – power.

Ivan
Ivan
  Pequiste
January 29, 2019 3:46 pm

EXACTLY power is the end, everything else is superfluous.

Platoplubius
Platoplubius
  Chubby Bubbles
January 29, 2019 10:02 am

Chubby, require et al,

From the horses ass himself…

“John Bolton Says Ultimate Goal In Venezuela Is To Take Their Oil
On Thursday, John Bolton told Fox Business host Trish Regan the administration had the goal of putting U.S. companies in charge of Venezuela’s oil production. Because freedom!”

https://crooksandliars.com/2019/01/john-bolton-says-ultimate-goal-venezuela

Prof. Mandelbrot
Prof. Mandelbrot
January 29, 2019 9:57 am

Unfortunately i have concluded Trump was selected to stop a massive civilian revolt and full on revolution. If Hillary was elected they knew there would be bloody revolution. They gave us Trump to appease us with bulkshitnwords and more obama hope to keep us at bay until they finish the rigging of things. Our electoral system that pelosi is bringing us with HR1, fake border security with drones so they can catch and release and lie they are not doing anything other than documenting them so they can chain migrate 48 other useless brown people to immigrate into the usa. Trump is a shill and nothing more than a distraction. If they think we are seeing through this they will allow him to be reelected. If they are full on or mostly ready to wipe us out they will allow Kamala as potus. Beware next election. It should tell you how far along the deep state has gotten under Trump amd Obama. And Bushy and Clinton. The last 25 years they succeeded in moving their agenda a full century right under your noses. The usa is over as you know but you just dont know it , yet. You will once its too late and they lie in waiting for you to type, speak, think one wrongbthing and someone levels a gotcha at you and you are ruined. No job, lawsuits, you are broker than a shattered vase. Made an example of for all to see and all to fear. And then the dystopianism takes hold. True patriots will sit back and watch and laugh at the pain and suffering these jackasses have brought upon themselves. THE Glee felt of their misery of their own making. Get me some popcorn as this shitshow is gonna get fun. Cant wait and see how the gubbermrent deals with the monsters they have created by allowing every fucking single fringe group to gain traction and attention and protection. Then when these same fringe groups turn on the gubberment the gubberments true nature will be shown and govicide will ensue.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
  Prof. Mandelbrot
January 29, 2019 10:48 am

Prof..
That’s it in a nutshell.

Ivan
Ivan
  Prof. Mandelbrot
January 29, 2019 3:49 pm

Well, at that pointg nbo one’s got anything b to lose so let the shooting beginb

Platoplubius
Platoplubius
January 29, 2019 9:59 am

4D chess….you see Stucky, he had to appoint this guy and he has to send troops into Venezuela to start another war because he is fighting the DEEP state and this appointment was his leverage to build the wall.

Bwahahahaha

Platoplubius
Platoplubius
January 29, 2019 10:14 am

I wonder what Maduro will do if the Bank of England hands over the country’s gold to an American Puppet?

“Just hours after The Bank of England refused to hand over $1.2 billion of Venezuela’s gold from its custody vaults (stored there after the completion of a gold-swap transcation with Deutsche Bank) to President Maduro (after heavy lobbying from US officials), The Guardian reports that a UK foreign office minister is now urging the same Bank of England to transfer the bullion to the self-proclaimed interim leader Juan Guaidó.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-28/bank-england-urged-hand-over-venezuelas-gold-guaido

Taras 77
Taras 77
January 29, 2019 10:38 am

This guy is just as absolutely evil as he loo ks.

Admiral Crowe, chairman of JCS during Ray Gun Iran contra, had it right when he said: it is impossible to kill this snake.

i am very disappointed that ollie north was not selected but he may be busy with his gun running duties as pres, NRA.

GoneWest
GoneWest
January 29, 2019 10:49 am

Stucky, you are 100% correct. Next we will see Bill Barr’s true swampy self. Funny how everyone thinks he’s going to drain the swamp as attorney general. Won’t happen…he’s a swamp creature through and through. Been there forever. Could Trump not find a lawyer outside the swamp to appoint as attorney general? He definitely could but certainly won’t because he is a swamp creature himself.

When will the majority of people start judging people by what they do instead of just listening to what they say? I’ll answer my own question. Never going to happen. We are truly fucked.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
January 29, 2019 10:55 am

What a face!! If Father Martin were alive he might say he’s
PERFECTLY POSSESSED.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
January 29, 2019 11:12 am

In “1984” the 3 power blocks constantly fought over control of the resources of the Southern Hemisphere.
The new Brown Hordes from the South will do double duty as Brown Shirts (if you’ll pardon the pun) to bludgeon the holdouts like us into submission or Oblivion.
I’m choosing Oblivion.

BL
BL
January 29, 2019 11:29 am

Stucky- Send a letter to the WH…….Start it off like your rant above.

Dear Golden Golem of Motherfuckedness,

Yeah, just do it Mr. letter writer. What a difference a day makes in the Stucky World (not to be confused with Wayne’s World).

David Erickson
David Erickson
January 29, 2019 11:56 am

Great post Stucky. I have also finally given up completely on Trump. I recently asked Admin to post a commentary of mine (which I haven’t seen yet, but hopefully it will get posted). Among other things, it outlines all of the reasons that I gave up on Trump. The only thing I haven’t figured out yet is why he is a complete failure. The apparent choices are that he is either dumber than a box of rocks, or he is working for the Deep State. But I don’t think the ongoing war between him and the other faction of the swamp (Mueller et al) is theater, I’m pretty sure that is real. If it is real, there must be a huge rift in the Deep State, with different factions vying for power.

Ivan
Ivan
  David Erickson
January 29, 2019 3:55 pm

“The only thing I haven’t figured out yet is why he is a complete failure.”

He was an appeasement to (R) after 8 years of halfrican (D), chosen to win the illusion of choice 2016 election. Why is obvious.

mark
mark
  David Erickson
January 29, 2019 11:46 pm

“there must be a huge rift in the Deep State, with different factions vying for power.:

I think your on to something there.

nkit
nkit
  mark
January 29, 2019 11:49 pm

you’re

mark
mark
  nkit
January 30, 2019 12:32 am

nkit,

I knew that…I just wanted to trigger you’re…oops I mean your TBP Tourette’s spelling correction syndrome!

Tourette Spelling Correction Syndrome is one type of TBP Typing Tic Disorder. TBP Typing Tics are involuntary, repetitive spelling corrections. They are the defining feature of a group of childhood-onset, neurodevelopmental conditions known collectively as actually saying: “Hey asshole learn how to spell” and individually as Tourette TBP Spelling Correction Syndrome, Chronic Tic Disorder (Motor or Vocal Type), and Provisional Tic Disorder.

(I stand ashamed and corrected and upvoted your)

nkit
nkit
  mark
January 30, 2019 1:00 am

No problem, Mark.. I was filling in for the Coyote…

mark
mark
  nkit
January 30, 2019 11:57 am

nkit,

Ahhh…I see said the guy who daydreamed his way through English class…Its a dirty job but sombody’s gotta like it!

ursel doran
ursel doran
January 29, 2019 11:57 am

“Stupid is as Stupid does.”

1. Their oil is sour crude so they have to buy light sweet to mix for refining.
2. The ongoing CAPEX necessary to keep production from the massive decline in place has been gone for years, and the workers have quit for lack of pay.
3. NATGEO had a piece on Lake Maracaibo fisherman battling the SUBSTANTIAL oil on the lake and washing it off the fish as the pipelines at the bottom are all rusted out and leaking big time.

Repair of this mega disaster will take many many Billions, and many many years.

wdg
wdg
January 29, 2019 1:14 pm

Donald Trump – RIP. Trump is finished and will go down in history as The Great Betrayer, a man without morals or a shred of common decency who sold his soul for 30 pieces of silver. This is all very painful but the truth must be faced by all Trump supports. Of course red flags have been flying for some time but where these is hope, there is also blindness.

nkit
nkit
January 29, 2019 1:15 pm

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Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
  nkit
January 29, 2019 3:04 pm

NKIT…
If only it were that simple and cut and dry.
60 years ago the bottom 90% were in abject poverty. Only the White Elites had any money to be economically free with. Hence the constant turmoil and demagogues riling up the poor in the slums.
The same was true in 98, hence a demagogue using Democracy to promise to give some to the masses in the slums. I’m not defending Socialism. I’m growing weary of the same old memes being put forward to explain 3rd world problems. This is supposed to be a free thinking Libertarian/conservative sight and yet it’s full of simplistic Deep State created memes and Always Trumpers holding on to pipe dreams. We will soon be just like them with 1% owning everything they don’t already own. Are we then going to blame democratic socialism.

Platoplubius
Platoplubius
  Fleabaggs
January 29, 2019 3:55 pm

Flea,

Absolutely brilliant! When that happens the rest of the world will be like, “How do you like it when the shoe is on the other foot?”

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
  Platoplubius
January 29, 2019 4:06 pm

Plato..
I don’t know if it’s brilliant. I thought it should be obvious but apparently the only thing obvious is my naivete in thinking it’s obvious to anyone who wanted to know. Silly me huh?

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
  Platoplubius
January 29, 2019 4:12 pm

Plato..
Mary C is trying to put something together showing the 3 way Kabuki being played on us by the Zionists in the U.S., Russia, China and with Israel directing the show. Few are aware that the Chicoms are as chock full of Talmud Loving Zio-Neocons as we are. Neither of us know how to splice pieces of videos into an essay so It might be awhile.

Platoplubius
Platoplubius
  Fleabaggs
January 29, 2019 7:41 pm

Flea,

I will be looking forward to reading it!

As far as videos go, I just go to the link in the address bar and copy and paste it.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
  Platoplubius
January 29, 2019 9:10 pm

Plato..
I should have said splicing parts of long rather dry videos while providing a link to the full video. James Corbett was the first that I’m aware of who supplied the info on Mao’s cabinet or inner circle but Mary is taking the talmud/Jewish connection back to about 600 AD.

Platoplubius
Platoplubius
  Fleabaggs
January 29, 2019 9:14 pm

Gotcha, waaay more time-consuming that simply right clicking hahaha

BL
BL
  Fleabaggs
January 29, 2019 9:16 pm

Flea, Now you’re talkin’, that is real info that needs to be presented on this platform. Also can’t wait to read that gem.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
  BL
January 29, 2019 10:33 pm

BL, Plato..
And all that from such a fine looking young honey too. If she wasn’t married I’d be on the next Tornado to Kansas.

nkit
nkit
  Fleabaggs
January 29, 2019 4:14 pm

Like the meme or not, it speaks to truth.

In 1998, when Chavez came into power, the country was on an upward trajectory, socially, politically and economically thanks to abundant oil wealth. It was a prospering democracy moving in the right direction and ahead of many South American countries.

But Chavez was swept into power by promises of free healthcare, which he had written into the constitution, – (“Health is a fundamental social right, an obligation of the State.”) income equality and fairness, as the solution to poverty and he mandated higher wages. His policies were based on his country’s existing wealth, not on creating new wealth. He took from the private sector to buy off the electorate, and destroyed investment and the growth of new businesses. When oil prices went south he took to printing money.

Sound familiar? I’m hardly an Always Trumper, in fact, before he won the Republican nomination I trashed him on this site as bad as anyone – or worse. However, like many I could not stand the thought of HRC as President. I do agree that the U.S. is headed in the same direction as Venezuela and will make an expedited arrival if AOC, HRC, KH, BS or any of the morons promising free healthcare, college, childcare, mandated wages and greater wealth redistribution, (i.e. “fairness”) are allowed to sit in the driver’s seat especially with their cohorts in the passenger seat and back seat. Sorry to bore you with a Deep State meme.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
  nkit
January 29, 2019 5:15 pm

Nkit..
By that yardstick why haven’t all the other free shit countries collapsed and turned into shitholes with millions starving. The saudis have lots of oil and everyone gets free paychecks and the leaders are as corrupt as any to be found anywhere, yet their infastructue is fine. Chavez and Maduro could never waste that much potential or real mineral income by giving out free medical unless they had our system. Qadaffi gave everyone in his country 1000 a month free income and yet his infrastructure was fine and he didn’t have near as much oil, let alone huge iron and gold and tantalum deposits.
Socialism whether dictatorial or democratic will fail just like our socialist Crapitolism will fail just like all governments become corrupt and fail over time. When socialists fail because we infiltrate and undermine and destroy their currency and bring the drug trade into their country by way of our puppets next door in Columbia it’s because socialism is bad so we sanction them and cause uprisings by way of our ownership of all their media, people suffer and we have to go in and take over to save the kiddies from being gassed by their evil democratically elected dictator. 10 years later when they are still starving and living in squalor because they have to pay the loans they were given to rebuild out of their food money because Big oil can’t be expected to pay for all that free oil. That would be against the free market principle. Have you looked at any news or pictures of Libya since we saved them from a brutal dictator.

nkit
nkit
  Fleabaggs
January 29, 2019 5:47 pm

Flea, I get that. Denmark, Sweden and the rest of the European Social Democracies haven’t failed either. Each country varies in size, population and strategic resources and location.

All countries, even the U.S. will fail because, what we call the Deep State are all intent upon owning everything, and I mean everything. The psychopathic need for power and more importantly , wealth ( one in the same). The Rothschild banks wish to own the world. That’s why Iran and North Korea are on their hit list.

However, one of their methods of achieving their goals is the use of Marxist economic policies to bring down countries. They can push those buttons behind the scene and watch the cancer spread, while people starve and go without what was once their free healthcare, and scream for regime change. Yeah, a lot of good free healthcare is to them now. Wealth acquisition is the name of the game and Marxist economic policy is the weapon. And while the Central Bank of Venezuela is a Rothschild owned bank, Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves just waiting to be plucked. Again, civil unrest via failed Marxist policies is the weapon to strip mining Venezuela’s (and other countries’) wealth.

BTW, two weeks after the U.S. backed rebels attacked Ghadaffi they had a brand new Rothschild central bank courtesy of U.S. backed Marxists.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
  nkit
January 29, 2019 6:13 pm

Nkit..
Right. And the oil was flowing soon as well. I guess we’re on the same page. Probably misunderstood you.

nkit
nkit
  Fleabaggs
January 29, 2019 6:35 pm

I think what it is Flea is that I have known about all this unseemly shit for no less than a decade, and I used to write about it on another site years ago. When I came here four years or so ago I posted more often, and at more length about it all before quickly realizing that I was singing to the choir.

Anymore, I’m tired of it all. It never changes. So, I post memes and other visuals hoping some will think or laugh, or to get my mind off that which I am powerless to change. All I can do is be prepared. Like you, I am no spring chicken. But, I still enjoy poking the Marxists bastards.

BL
BL
  nkit
January 29, 2019 7:29 pm

nkit- Finally fallen off the Trump train?

nkit
nkit
  BL
January 29, 2019 7:57 pm

If you read for comprehension, I was never really on it BL..Show me where I was. I criticized him more than you 3-4 years ago.

Yeah, I’m glad he got us out of the Paris Climate Accord and the TPP. I do like the way he trolls Marxists, but it pretty much ends there. It doesn’t matter anyway… Don’t bear false witness…

BL
BL
  nkit
January 29, 2019 9:05 pm

Don’t read venom into my question nkit. I was asking casually as you would a friend. Sheesh, way too touchy.

nkit
nkit
  BL
January 29, 2019 9:17 pm

Not reading venom but you were unfairly putting me in a box. I’ve never spouted pro Trump stuff here, Damn this place is getting crazy. Can’t post a meme or a gif without being attacked. Fuck it. Knock yourselves out.

BL
BL
  nkit
January 29, 2019 9:22 pm

I mostly remember Yober and someone (nkit) posring meme after meme of El Douche as a god figure etc., seriously lighten up bud. I was not attacking you.

nkit
nkit
  BL
January 29, 2019 10:04 pm

Wasn’t me, Bea. You need to chill.

EL Coyote
EL Coyote
  BL
January 30, 2019 12:04 am

Bea, nkit was cool before he became YoBo’s fool. He’s not a tool. Yokes is like Pigpen in Charlie Brown comics, he contaminates everything he touches, TBP, T4C, even Hello Kitty is now tainted.

nkit
nkit
  EL Coyote
January 30, 2019 12:20 am

Yobo was my fool…

nkit
nkit
  nkit
January 30, 2019 12:27 am
AC
AC
January 29, 2019 1:18 pm

When is Jeb going to pull off his Trump mask?

motley
motley
January 29, 2019 5:48 pm

Don’t worry …. Q will set us straight.

james the deplorable wanderer
james the deplorable wanderer
January 29, 2019 6:33 pm

OK, just to be contrary …
How do you really get rid of malfeasors? Evil, malicious, mendacious, possessed by devils or just plain stupid?
You put them in minor positions of influence and let them screw it up.
Suppose the Venezuelans really want to get rid of Maduro and row their boat differently? What if they resent, resist and interfere with Abrams as soon as they see his shadow, just because he is a gringo / exploiter / reminder of colonialism? Wouldn’t that be license for Trump to send him to obscurity with a lost reputation for good?
THIS is what will send AOC back to bartending (if anyone is stupid enough to hire her) after her one term is over: she will be put on committees, fail to work well with others (she is already showing the signs) and even her own party will primary her out of the running just to shut her up.
The trick is MINOR positions of influence; don’t give them anything important, just a show of power and when they fail, throw them out.
The tentacles of the neocons (as some have observed) are deep in D.C. and the Deep State; but after someone screws up spectacularly, getting rid of them is much easier. Just let them have enough rope to hang themselves, and wait.
I wonder if Trump’s personnel decisions are often driven by this; after all, he is famous for firing people, especially if they fail to accomplish their objectives. And you wouldn’t want to set one of your helpful, talented people up for failure, right?
We shall see.

Platoplubius
Platoplubius
January 29, 2019 10:26 pm

Stucky et al,

Did you hear about the Russian 777 that landed in Venezuela?

On Monday, a plane belonging to Nordwind Airlines, a company based in Moscow, landed at the international airport near Caracas, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-30/venezuela-has-20-tons-of-gold-ready-to-ship-destination-unknown

I wonder why Venezuela is sending some of its physical holdings of gold out of the country?

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Platoplubius
January 29, 2019 11:57 pm

100+ metric ton payload, enough range to reach Moscow from Caracas without refueling.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs
  Anonymous
January 30, 2019 1:27 am

Or 500 people.

j ob
j ob
January 31, 2019 9:10 am

I sure hope there is a method to Trumps madness. Abrams looks like one of those sinister cartoon characters.