Trump: yes, we have no Steve Bannon

[PerkingFaintly]

"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention."

This comes under the banner of worrying but probably even more shocking for not being surprising. Though the headline is about the use of cars as a weapon, the bit that I found most disturbing was section six, which talks about their connections with the police and their expectations that the police would be on their side.

White Supremacists Joked About Using Cars to Run Over Opponents Before Charlottesville
Leaked chat room conversations reveal expectations of violence — along with detailed planning and intelligence gathering on left-wing adversaries.

www.propublica.org/article/white-supremacists-joked-about-using-cars-to-run-over-opponents-before-charlottesville?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1504295759

I've just seen this, my apologies if I missed someone else posting it earlier, I do read the threads but tend to suffer from information overload.
Trump just nominated a climate change denier to run NASA.
Apparently he is not a scientist, let alone a rocket scientist, but is an executive director of a science museum, so clearly overqualified for the job.

This is a good read on how to approach the NK situation but was written a couple of weeks ago, before the further escalations.

medium.com/freeman-spogli-institute-for-international-studies/cold-war-lessons-in-coercive-diplomacy-for-dealing-with-north-korea-today-5a729f719ce

Oh, my gosh, Rousette!
South Korea calls national security meeting

Or even Roussette, sorry.

Sorry, I think I cross-posted with TheClaws

ouais which pairs nicely with

@thehill
Trump nominates coal exec whose company violated safety standards to top mining safety post

thehill.com/news-by-subject/energy-environment/349015-trump-names-former-coal-executive-to-top-mining-safety?amp

Just woke up to the news of a 100kt H-bomb. Not quite sure if NK having achieved this feat makes us (the rest of the world) more, or less, safe.

Pain, what with the NK thing, I've decided to go back to living my life in the "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die" mode.

It would be so nice to wake up to good news for once.

Not sure what is good news anymore.
If Trump was out, it might only be the start of further problems.

I wouldn't be surprised if NK hadn't developed any nuclear weapons, but rather had been given them.

I've also mentioned before that I think Putin has a hand in ISIS, but that looks like one for history.

I think that's the best way tbh.

I've embraced that too ouais. Had a very hearty breakfast this morning, arteries be damned

Damn! I just made healthy porridge - but only so that I could try out the date syrup that I bought this week. It's very good - like molasses but nicer.

When will the trump tweets on NK begin I wonder?

Will silence on Twitter signal the start of the coup?

(a bit like the nuclear subs surfacing for the Today programme to check all is OK.)

All good, OuaisMaisBon!

I had pop tarts for breakfast

This is a Portuguese cartoon.

(Notice the Al Capone hat. And for anyone highly distracted, he was arrested for tax fraud)

'Scarface'.

oybbk we used to call them "top parts" when we were younger

Crooks.

nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/trump-devos-and-the-creation-of-an-american-oligarchy.html?utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1

scarface

Ah, ah. You're right, upon closer inspection. They meant Al Capone in the accompanying article, but it seems they need some US culture brush up.

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 25m25 minutes ago
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North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States.....

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 16m16 minutes ago

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..North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success.

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South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!

Trump, aka the great negotiator.