There Is No Joy At CNN
Mighty Comey has struck out.
James Comey confirms President Trump was not under investigation while he was FBI director https://t.co/8NNYhQvBr8 https://t.co/tU8OzqJjph
— CNN (@CNN) June 8, 2017
Make Canada Great Again
Losers
What kinds of people join the Losers? Mostly young males. And you know what brand young males do not want on them? Right: Losers.
If you call them monsters, they like it. If you call them ISIS or ISIL they put it on a flag and wave it around. If you call them non-Muslim, it just rolls off their backs because they have Korans and stuff. Almost any other “brand” you can imagine is either inert or beneficial to Loser recruitment.
Loser is different. No one joins the Loser movement.
Morning Paper In Riyadh
Morning paper in Riyadh. #Trumptrip pic.twitter.com/auOmFmxzz0
— Debra J. Saunders (@debrajsaunders) May 21, 2017
Jennifer Jacobs’ tweeted reports are unintentionally funny.
Bumped for livestream: Trump’s speech on terrorism.
Find them, fix them and then destroy them.
On the imports front, [Trump] needed to lay down a marker to foreign exporters to America that the old days of dumping subsidised goods until domestic manufacturers went under, and then being able to hike their prices in the face of no local price opposition were over. There was no point in taking on all the transgressors at once and potentially kicking off a trade war with the whole world when all he had to do was pick someone out to make a very public example of. Harking back to Machiavelli, one he was sure to beat and one he could completely crush should that become necessary.
Enter Trudeau. (Read the comments for reader corrections).
h/t Another Ian
So Much Winning!
That OPEC is now complaining. (h/t Maz2)
You’re Fired
Developing… Trump fires FBI director James Comey
Comey learned of firing as he addressed FBI employees in LA. TV screens in background flashed news of firing. Letter was then given to FBI.
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) May 9, 2017
I think he did it for Hillary.
Lots of links at Drudge, I’ll just send you there as the probable best source for developments.
Heh.
Very risky of Trump to fire Comey without first getting permission from a federal judge in Hawaii.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) May 9, 2017
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
Conrad Black warns: “If the Trump administration does not get a tax bill through that rekindles economic expansion, the entire American project is going to face its greatest crisis since Roosevelt came in to grapple with the Great Depression.”
If only he had a Republican congress.
The Planet Has A Fever
Amarillo, Texas — yesterday.
Snowing sideways in Amarillo!! Yes it's still April 29th! #phwx #TXwx pic.twitter.com/A1uUzLtY4U
— Luigi Meccariello (@LFMWx) April 30, 2017
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Just 15 months ago, the people at National Review decided to bind themselves together with a few friends elsewhere in the Washington Establishment with an Against Trump edition. They would stop him just as they had stopped Patrick Buchanan and Newt Gingrich…
Now they want back in.
Art Of The Deal
I received calls from the President of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada asking to renegotiate NAFTA rather than terminate. I agreed..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2017
Global News: Trump sounded satisfied that his peers had agreed to negotiate swiftly…
Related.
Meanwhile, the president’s battle to restore U.S. competitiveness is just warming up, right when Canada’s is looking weaker than it has in a long while. Business investment in this country is already anemic. As Jack Mintz noted last month, private investment in manufacturing and services, averaging less than eight per cent of GDP in recent years, is lower even than in economic basket-case Greece, significantly lower than in the U.S. and U.K., and less than half the level in Germany and France.
Pony Ride
@Brad Jaffy – “Prime Minister’s office readout of Trudeau’s phone call with Trump”
“White House readout of the very same call. Um…”
Bill’s Wife
HAHAHAHAHA: Trump would beat Clinton in a rematch among 2016 voters
Heh
And they said 1st 100 days weren't great. If he does nothing but Gorsuch & this, his legacy should be pretty secure. https://t.co/cA7RP3VMBv
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 22, 2017
All Shook Up
China and South Korea agreed on Monday to slap tougher sanctions on North Korea if it carries out nuclear or long-range missile tests, a senior official in Seoul said, as a U.S. Navy strike group headed to the region in a show of force.
North Korea marks several major anniversaries this month and often marks the occasions with major tests of military hardware.
The possibility of U.S. military action against North Korea in response to such tests gained traction following last week’s strikes against Syria. Previously, Washington has leaned toward sanctions and pressure to deter North Korea, but comments from U.S. President Donald Trump’s top aides at the weekend suggest that position may be hardening.
All Shook Up
China offers concessions to avert trade war with U.S.
I’ll See Your Assad And Raise You A Kim
A U.S. Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force, a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday, as concerns grow about North Korea’s advancing weapons program.
Earlier this month North Korea tested a liquid-fueled Scud missile which only traveled a fraction of its range.
Who’s Russian Whom?
Hey, did anyone else notice that last week, very quietly, every single staffer at the DNC was fired?
Strikes On Syria
The United States carried out a missile attack in Syria on Thursday night in response to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack this week that killed more than 80 civilians, American officials said.
Dozens of Tomahawk missiles were fired at an air base in Syria, military officials said.
[…] The speed with which the Trump administration responded — and remarks earlier in the day by American officials who said that options were still being considered — appeared intended to maximize the element of surprise and sharply contrasted with the methodical scrutiny of the use of force by the Obama administration.
Broader commentary from Michael Ledeen and Glenn Reynolds: THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY