Hello Don, got a new tax cut? Trump continued

[PerkingFaintly]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3035639-Is-he-Right-Left-or-is-He-Nothing-at-All-Trump-thread-continued?pg=1

Nice work if you can get it.

Fortune has a fickle heart and a short memory (Chinese proverb)

You know who’d be really disappointed in Lindsey Graham today? 2016 Lindsey Graham. A play in 4 tweets.
twitter.com/brianklaas/status/917504425542987776

Pic is from the map ..

September and October are usually the worst fire months in California due to the winds and dry heat.

Air quality is horrible right now pretty much from one end of the state to the other.

This is the link to the interactive fire map for those of you who may be interested.

www.esri.com/services/disaster-response/wildfire

It's going to be a long road for those who were burnt out. And I'm sure CA won't be getting much federal help if Scrotus has his way.

That's really extensive, Across. I'd seen a headline about fires, but as you say, there's usually something in these months. I hadn't realised the scale this year.

Are you in danger yourself, Across?

A Beast piece.

Stephen Miller (and DACA)

Not directly, cozie. I'm in the Sierra Foothills on the way to Lake Tahoe. There are some smaller fires north of here but they pose no danger. The smell of smoke is in the air and my asthma is kicking up a bit.

But during this time of year where I live we're always alert to the spotter planes or the Borate bombers flying overhead and the sound of them circling rather than just flying past or even a whiff of smoke sends us outside to scan the hills for fire or smoke. We've had to pack up as a precaution a couple of times but have never had to evacuate. Knock wood, cross fingers, spit on the ground and circle three times.

What do they have on him? What have they given him?

www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-ophelia-nhc/tropical-storm-ophelia-expected-to-strengthen-to-hurricane-by-thursday-idUSKBN1CE1Q6?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter

They’re betting the farm, lion.

It still sounds a bit dodgy, Across. Lots of luck.

Hope it works out Across.

Keep safe, across.

Kyle Griffin
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
New NYT audio: "Mr. Corker asked that I tape our conversation. 'I know they’re recording it, and I hope you are.'"

<a class="break-all" href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/reader-center/trump-claims-we-tricked-bob-corker-heres-the-truth.html?referer=t.co/PKGWFlIidQ?amp=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/reader-center/trump-claims-we-tricked-bob-corker-heres-the-truth.html?referer=t.co/PKGWFlIidQ?amp=1

How Facebook Helped Russia To Invade Ukraine.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Oab_8gjvHBY

Moira Whelan
Moira Whelan @moira
This is 100% accurate. Many of us inside of the State Department tried to help our colleagues in Ukraine, Georgia and elsewhere. Facebook was simply unresponsive.

Renato Mariotti
Renato Mariotti @renato_mariotti
Former State Department official explains how Facebook ignored Russian efforts to subvert Ukraine. Facebook needs to change its approach.

A college professor criticized Trump. Now the White House wants an investigation

www.salon.com/2017/10/10/a-college-professor-criticized-trump-now-the-white-house-wants-an-investigation/

WTf is actually wrong with them?

CBS News
CBS News @CBSNews
"Cal Fire is inspiring the nation. And we stand with them with great admiration and appreciation," Pence says cbsn.ws/2y9OkBv

Meanwhile, Spain may be about to explode.

Trump May Visit Demilitarized Zone During Trip to South Korea

www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2017-10-10/trump-may-visit-demilitarized-zone-during-trip-to-south-korea

U.S. President Donald Trump may travel to the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas as part of his first visit to South Korea in November, Yonhap News reported Tuesday, citing an unidentified military official.

Trump is expected to send a "significant message" to North Korea either verbally or "kinetically" during the trip, Yonhap said, without elaborating on what that may mean.

A visit to the DMZ would fit Trump’s appetite for high theatrics, Bong Youngshik, a researcher at Yonsei University’s Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul, said by email.

"The image of him narrowing his eyes to stare across the DMZ. It is tweeting by another means," Bong said. "Mr Trump may also think that if it provokes Pyongyang, all the better."

Sarah Kendzior
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior
This is an extremely dangerous idea. That no one is holding him back is another very bad sign.

Premature posting

Sarah Kendzior
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior
Replying to @sarahkendzior
Trump is doing everything possible to provoke NK aggression to give pretext for "preemptive US strike" -- if up to him, a nuclear strike

As I've documented in this thread, these tactics have gone on for months, with other admin factions encouraging him

mobile.twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/916291983873847299

Experts on nuclear weapons warned you. Experts on authoritarianism warned you. Experts on NK warned you. In return, denial and blind hope

And now this as well...

North Korea Suspected of Hacking U.S.-South Korean War Plans

Stolen secrets include plans detailing how to eliminate the Pyongyang leadership

www.wsj.com/amp/articles/north-korea-suspected-of-hacking-u-s-south-korean-war-plans-1507636641

Am I the only one hoping they take him to China instead, and tell him the Great Wall marks the DMZ?

He'd never realise.

And on the other side of the lecture theatre.

www.theroot.com/white-women-who-assaulted-black-men-for-kneeling-during-1819320556?rev=1507654344838&utm_source=theroot_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

I wonder if Scrotus thinks to reverse his popularity's downward spiral via the 'rally 'round the flag effect'. Not only does it (usually) increase approval ratings (most notably GW Bush's post-9/11) but it also serves to deflect criticism of/attention to otherwise unpopular or 'sneaky' policies.

I can't decide if his tweaking of KJU is due to his own ego and stupidity or if his advisors (eg more savvy business 'comrades') are using his ego and stupidity for their own advantage to push through things that would otherwise raise eyebrows (and hackles). A very dangerous game of 'Look, a fish!!!".

Mensa offers to help with IQ dispute.

www.iflscience.com/brain/mensa-offers-to-host-an-iq-test-with-tillerson-and-trump/

I'd love to see it.

Oh, Lweji so would I

Me too.

thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/354531-epa-to-begin-repealing-obamas-landmark-climate-rule-tuesday