05-10-2017, 11:04 AM
(05-10-2017, 10:02 AM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: Smash the Ugly Green Toad. Prosecute Treason!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powe...835653ed57
'“The Comey putsch heightens the mystery at the center of the Flynn case,” David Ignatius, who first broke the news of Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador, writes in a must-read column. “Trump has been digging a hole for himself from the beginning on Russia-related issues. It’s an odd pattern of behavior. Trump may have done nothing improper involving Russia, but why does he act so defensive? In a book called ‘Spy the Lie,’ a group of former intelligence officers explain the behavioral and linguistic cues that indicate when someone is being deceptive. Interestingly, many of these are evident in Trump’s responses to questions about Russia’s covert involvement in U.S. politics. The authors’ list of tip-offs includes ‘going into attack mode,’ ‘inappropriate questions,’ ‘inconsistent statements,’ ‘selective memory’ and the use of ‘qualifiers,’ such as ‘frankly,’ ‘honestly’ and ‘truthfully.’ The authors’ point is that people who are innocent answer questions simply and directly.”'
Donald Trump's campaign began in attack mode. He asked ill-founded, accusatory questions. One gets nothing but inconsistency from someone who makes vague promises in one place and then contradicts them elsewhere. Finally, such a zinger as "Believe me!"has little difference from the infamous "Trust me!"
I knew that he was trouble from the outset.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.