Today’s Poser

For what did Hunter Biden receive a $3.5 million wire transfer from the wife of the former mayor of Moscow, Russia?  (See: Newsweek Article). Quid pro quo anyone? Again, the poser ... what exactly was the quo?


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Headlines

Trump pushes forward conservative transformation of Medicaid

Trump impeachment trial: Senators ask final questions before critical witness vote

Republicans could move to quick acquittal vote ... claim momentum ...

Graham there are ‘53 Republican votes to call Hunter Biden’

Wilbur Ross says coronavirus could bring jobs back to the U.S. from China

GM resurrecting Hummer as ab all-electric ‘super truck’ with 1,000 horsepower

Mexican economy suffers first contraction in decade ...

Impeachment poll: 47% for removal, 48% against

U.S. economy grew at moderate 2.1% rate in fourth quarter

Economic growth looks even weaker this quarter virus now a wild card

Fed pumps another $82 billion ...

Netanyahu in Moscow to discuss Mideast peace plan

Headlines

Moscow police use force to end election protests, arrested 600

20 dead in mass shooting at Walmart in El Paso — suspect in custody

Suspect circulated manifesto about ‘Hispanic invasion’ ...

Democrat candidates call for gun control in wake of El Paso shooting

Trump prepares push to woo back voters

Traders are betting big on a sudden drop in stocks and it’s starting to pay off

Pelosi cites progress in Trump probes as impeachment calls rise ...

David Axelrod: Elizabeth Warren ‘running a brilliant campaign’

Puerto Rico governor resigns as promised; successor sworn in

US warned Sweden of ‘negative consequences’ if A$AP Rocky wasn’t released

Embattled Ocasio-Cortez aides leaving Capitol Hill ...

Baltimore cannot account for millions in federal funding

Headlines

Democratic governors sound alarm on Trump re-election

Trump calls Baltimore a ‘rat and rodent infested mess’ in attack on Rep. Elijah Cummings

Fed’s to turn over ‘highly-sensitive’ material to Epstein’s lawyers ...

Rand: Maybe Ilhan Omar would ‘appreciate’ USA more by visiting Somalia

Trump, Boris Johnson working already on U.S.-U.K. trade deal

Safety groups, want FTC, state probes of Tesla’s Autopilot system — and its marketing efforts

Police arrest hundreds at Moscow election protest ...

Levin: Nadler has ‘declared war on American people’

Covington student’s defamation suit against Washington Post is dismissed

Facebook bans sale of alcohol, tobacco between users

China could wait for U.S. election for trade deal ...

Bill de Blasio: Trump ‘will not be welcome back in New York City’

Headlines

Trump’s Biden bashing splits his advisers

Qualcomm expects at least $4.5 billion from Apple settlement

Buzz Aldrin: Time to plot migration to Mars ...

Mueller objected to report rollout, but did not say it was inaccurate

Biden goes light on policy, heavy on emotion

Major Wall Street banks are telling clients to be ready for a sudden rip higher in the market

Moscow ‘installs nukes’ in Venezuela?

Mueller report: Special Counsel did not examine DNC servers

Powell ignores Trump, sees no need for Fed to cut rates

Tesla files for a shelf offering to raise capital

American military prepping for Guaido takeover ...

Ilhan Omar: ‘This is not going to be a country of white people’

Headlines

Lamar Alexander to exit polarized Senate: 'I just wish it were easier'

Stock market on pace for its worst December since Great Depression

Moonves doesn't get a penny [in severance] ...

James Comey: 'Bug hit' to FBI's reputation 'has nothing to do with me'

Trump offering farmers extra $4.9 billion in trade relief

Cramer; 'Irs not a safe market' -- in fact it's the most treacherous market in years

China's secret Google project 'effectively ended' ...

[English] Schools told to tell 8-year-olds that 'boys can have periods too'

Comey blasts GOP after closed-door hearings on Capitol Hill

Most Americans want action on climate change. Republicans are the exception: Poll

Beijing, Moscow band together on experiment to modify atmosphere ...

Christopher Steele: I was hired to help Hillary challenge the election

Headlines

Is Trump driving women away from the GOP for good?

Google did not disclose security bug because it feared regulation, report says

Hurricane heads for Florida Panhandle ...

Robert Redford feels 'out of place' in bigoted, mean-spirited America

Trump's ethanol rule delivers gift to corn country

IMF cite global growth forecast, citing trade disruptions

Japan passport most powerful in world ...

Reports: Kim Jong-un to meet Vlafamir Putin in Moscow

Trump: No plans to fire Rosensrein

Richard Branson gives Elon Musk some advice: Learn to delegate and get some sleep

UN report on 'global warming' carries life-or-death warning ...

Hillary Clinton suffers coughing fit at Oxford University

Headlines

Pruitt support in Senate erodes as GOP lawmakers seek hearings

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to visit China 'in a few days' Trump says

ICE busts 225 in New York raids ...

Trump promises 'big problems' for Iran if it restarts nuclear program

Trump blasts Iran deal as 'insane' in meeting with the French leader

AG Sessions will not recuse himself from criminal probe of Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen: Report

Car crashes onto DC sidewalk, 4 injured ...

Report: Trump denies spending night in Moscow, flight records

'Stupid question' Trump dismisses talk of pardoning Michael Cohen

Dow drops more than 550 points. Tech stocks Alphabet and Amazon get pummeled

Bernie's USA: promises [$15 per hour] federal jobs to all!

Facebook published 27-page Content Moderation Guide

Ice Canapés

There was a skater from Moscow

Who couldn't get enough of her chow:

Blinis and Servuga,

Borscht and Beliga.

Until she couldn't even do a salchow.

Headlines

Progressives storm Democrat primaries

Pence says US is open to discussions with North Korea

Plane with 71 aboard crashes near Moscow ...

Rob Porter's ex-wife pens op-Ed against Trump

The mysterious oppo researcher working in the White House lawyer's office

Bull market looks safe for now as fewer than half of corrections deepen into full-blown bears

Hawaii cesspools threaten drinking water, tourism

FBI's Lisa Page to Peter Strzok: 'I truly hate pro-lifers'

Devin Nunes creates his own alternative news site

[Sen.] Jim Jordan disgusted by budget deal, 'The swamp won'

Obama campaign manager: Public pollsters should be shot ...

Trump's $1.5T infrastructure plan: shorten permitting, invest in rural areas, train workforce

Headlines

All from Internet news sites. Guess which from Politico?

White nationalists try on an unfamiliar role: Police victims

Kim Jong un backs down in nuclear showdown with Trump

Iran moving warships to Atlantic ...

Study: Donald Trump's merit immigration reform saves $1 trillion by 2027

Sessions embraces federal role in probing Charlottesville violence

Exclusive: Obama holdovers still hold dozens of key National Security Council jobs

Israel arrests Islamic cleric for 'incitement' ...

Moscow takes control of Venezuelan oil assets amid Socialism meltdown

Trump signs memo setting up potential [trade] showdown with China

Left wing agitators call for escalated tactics in response to Charlottesville

DOJ demands IP addresses of sites related to 'resistance' ...

Hindus demand Kellogg CEO resign due to including beef in products

Headlines

All headlines come from Internet news sites. Guess which ones come from Politico?

Trump Organization renews rights to Trump Tower Moscow

House Dem. IT suspects wanted untraceable payments -- and, sure enough, millions disappeared

Update: Steve Scalise readmitted to intensive care ...

Report: 100 shot in gun-controlled Chicago over July 4th weekend

[PM]May to meet Trump one-on-one at G-20 summit

Exclusive: Study finds that temperature adjustment account for nearly all the warming in climate data

Bill Gates: Must make [it] harder for migrants to reach EU

Swedish feminists to organize 'no men' music festival

Pentagon: North Korea missile 'not one we've seen before'

On-duty cop fatalities up nearly 20 percent since same time last year

Drug-fueled gay orgy at Vatican ...

[Andrea] Mitchell: Trump 'doesn't read, doesn't absorb facts, isn't reality based'

Headlines

These headlines are real ... they have all been discovered on Internet news sites. 

Guess which ones came from Politico?

Kremlin-backed media turns on Trump ...

Former CIA Director slams DRUDGE [Report] for peddling 'illigimate' world view

GOP refuses to back Trump's wiretap charge

Nobody likes the Obamacare replacement

Trump proud to support GOP healthcare bill

Trump: GOP healthcare bill 'up for review and negotiation'

Trump, Netanyahu discuss antisemitism, Iran danger in phone call

Supreme Court throws out transgender case, sends it back to lower court

NSA whistleblower backs Trump on wiretapping claims ...

Panama ex-dictator, Noriega, in critical condition after brain surgery ...

Nike introduces swoosh branded Muslim hajib sportswear

Trump campaign approves advisers trip to Moscow

Headlines

These headlines are real ... they have all been discovered on Internet news sites.

Berlin manhunt as killer escapes, Europe on Xmas alert

[Obama] Uses executive authority for 'permanent' bans on off-shore drilling

Refugee resettlements accelerate in Obama's final months ...

India overtakes Britain as world's 6th largest economy ...

Naples mega volcano 'reawakening' ...

Poll: Democrat women most likely to block, unfriend over politics

Report: Boccelli out of Trump inauguration after boycott threats

Stock market adds $1,600,000,000,000 since election ...

CEOs who supposedly love Trump are dumping stock in post-election rally

Uber admits it has a problem with driverless cars cutting off cyclists

California secession organizers say they've opened an embassy in Moscow ...

Illinois loses more residents than any other state ...

Drain

Current New York Times reporting is that, before he flew to Moscow from Hong Kong, the Chinese government “drained” Edward Snowden’s four laptops of all their data (see: NY Times Article).  Four laptops!  That’s a very large parcel of National Security Agency (NSA) secrets that Snowden took with him while he was becoming a pop hero to America’s young’ins … by outing the NSA for their imagined or real misdeeds. 

Now Snowden is in Moscow and he has missed his first flight to Havana on his way to Ecuador (see: NY Times Article).  I can’t help but suppose that, during this delay,  the Ruskies are duplicating the Chi-Coms in their downloading of all the United States’s most secret data that Snowden could get his weaselly hands on.  And I also suspect that Cuba and Ecuador will be duplicating this tapping of our twitty traitor's cyber-tree.  United States’ intelligence operations have not been sabotaged … they have been devastated …  The worst part is that we probably don't know exactly what data has been compromised!

And where is President Obama on this intelligence catastrophe … hiding under his desk once again so as to not show his hand to the youth of America?  I don’t think he can blame this one on a YouTube video.

I have previously written a blog on this Snowden incident (see: Excluded Middle) in which I suggested that Eddy Baby should be tried for treason and, if found guilty, he be executed. 

I think I was too easy on him.