Ten miles off the coast of Maine lies a 20 acre, treeless Island, named Machias Seal Island. The only people who live on the island are Canadians who operate the lone lighthouse, Canada inherited the island from Great Britain when...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that “peace with Iran would be the mother of all peace and war with Iran would be the mother of all wars.” This was Trump’s mature response. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021234525626609666 Unsurprisingly, they’re laughing at him. Washington Post: Iran’s state-owned...
Aww. Is Melania's widdle man getting cranky again? Who else but Trumplethinskin could spend the weekend in the finest suite, in a schlock golf palace that he owns, playing endless rounds, tearing up the greens with his overloaded cart,...
Andrei Kozyrev Russia's former Secretary of Foreign Affairs warned that Trump "appeared to be repeating, almost verbatim, Putin’s talking points on a variety of topics." He added, that he believed Americans should be worried. That's strong stuff. We all suspect...
Mike Pompeo’s opposite number in Russia, Sergei Lavrov, said that charges that Maria Butina is a Russian agent were fabricated and Butina should be released at once. Reuters: Sergei Lavrov made the comments about Maria Butina in a phone call...
Zero collusion will soon be followed up by zero conspiracy, in Trump's lexicon of mantras. https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1020104140557496320 Bloomberg: Vladimir Putin told Russian diplomats that he made a proposal to Donald Trump at their summit this week to hold a referendum to help resolve...
 Trump told reporters just before a meeting at the White House, unbelievably, that he's the toughest president so far and don't worry about Russia at all. The Hill: "There has never been a president as tough on Russia as I...
Apparently, the Russian Embassy knows things that we don’t: The Russian Defense Ministry is ready for the practical implementation of agreements in the area of global security reached in Helsinki between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump,...
Let the games begin. As I write this, the world is waiting for the Tangerine Tantrum Machine to tell us all how we totally misunderstood what he said yesterday, and how strongly he shoved Putin into the corner when nobody...
When a new blockbuster movie comes out, the producers know that they're in trouble when the rave reviews they can put on their ads are all about the scenery, the costumes, and the theme song. When the critics don't...

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