In the dim corner, we have Trump! In the dictator corner, we have Kim! Or is that mixed up?

[TheClaws]

....aand we're expecting a dirty, unfair fight.

Old thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3015872-Trump-yes-we-have-no-Steve-Bannon

McCain and Dan Coats on boat in middle of a lake (no ears there) in Italy.

Not where you'd expect a man with brain cancer to be.

And Obama in Italy too.

Oooh.

North Korea nuclear crisis: Putin warns of planetary catastrophe
"As Kim Jong-un reportedly prepares further missile launch, Russian president says only way to solve issue is through dialogue"

Presumably with Putin as key middle-man?

www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/05/south-korea-minister-redeploying-us-nuclear-weapons-tensions-with-north

On a side note, The Guardian keeps our spirits high as they provide this biography:
North Korea’s ‘pink lady’: the newscaster set to announce the end of the world
www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2017/sep/04/north-koreas-pink-lady-the-newscaster-set-to-announce-the-end-of-the-world

Other kind of resistance (sometimes known as obstruction).

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/09/05/politics/russia-mueller-hill/index.html

Mueller is an operator.

TheHamptons Just checked and it is on the WaPo website so it isn't a fevered dream of Mensch's this time

Here's a good news story & a bit of Trump bashing (what's not to like?)

Exactly!

I tend to take LM with a pinch of salt but she's been on the money more than once so I do read her timeline.

Things seem to be going up a gear, though. It seems to be getting interesting.

A Beast piece.

The disastrous summer

A nuclear exchange is unlikely, however a EMP attack I think will be the most likely outcome.

Either way, spare a thought for poor Mrs Moon. That bunker must be starting to look awfully grim.

Just de-lurking - still outraged and grateful for all the updates on here.

www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/politics/daca-trump-congress/index.html

Not unexpected, but another fuck off for Scrotus because of it.

This is the type of thing that would have had former sheriff Arpaio rubbing his hands together with glee. And will have other LEO officials in Conservative states smiling as they prepare ways to profile, check status, and refer to ICE without getting caught.

Thank God for sanctuary cities!

Suki Kim's article was terrifying It's not just a case of taking out a dictator, it's 'reprogramming' a nation. Ethical nightmare.
I'm off to catch up on the articles pps have posted, but on a lighter note:

Trump has clearly never seen The Princess Bride

"Never get involved in a land war in Asia!"

I wonder who would get the gig of announcing The End of The World in the U.K.?
My money's on Ant & Dec although they may lack a little gravitas. Maybe Lord Sugar?

I recall once reading some advice on foreign policy given by, I think, a 19th Century politician - my heart keeps telling me Gladstone but my mind disagrees - to a young up-and-coming chap. The long list of Do's and Don'ts ended with one injunction. 'And never get involved with Afghanistan....' (or words to that effect.)

thehill.com/policy/defense/349232-haley-leaving-iran-nuclear-deal-is-tempting?amp

Haley: Leaving Iran nuclear deal is 'tempting'

🤔 @KFILE
In 2012 when Trump was doing a segment on DACA Fox and Friends he rejected the notion undocumented immigrants took American's jobs

Amy Siskind
Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind
While Trump is distracting us w/Arpaio, trans troop ban, DACA, etc., nothing is being done to protect our voting system from Russia (1/2)

We will never have a fair election again. This is how our democracy will fall.

WH farce press briefing coming up.

Channel 2 KWGN‏Verified account @channel2kwgn 2h2 hours ago
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#Breaking: Students at Denver schools are walking out of classes in protest of #DACA announcement

The weird thing about the Trump quote Pain just posted is that's its lucid and reasonably well-argued. Has he had a brain injury or some cognitive decline since 2012, or just gone raging narcissicist?

Julia Davis
Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews
Politician on #Russia's state TV admits that Consulate in San Francisco played a big part in obtaining secrets about U.S. nuclear program.

m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=eNeqoVDHxmw&t=1382

Joi Jackson Perle @joijaxx
Julia I just started following you so I don't know but...is this a new thing admitting spy games in public forums?

Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews
Seems that way. They like to boast and loose lips sink ships.

It's quite a marked difference isn't it bad? Not a bigly or [unintelligible] in sight

Trump voters are getting tired.
Even those who still support him and say they'd vote for him again (presumably against Hillary).

Politician on #Russia's state TV admits that Consulate in San Francisco played a big part in obtaining secrets about U.S. nuclear program.

It's almost like they are deliberately rubbing the US' nose in it, as if to say "look, we're flouting your statehood left, right and centre and your own president still won't denounce us. Makes you wonder what we've got on him, no?"