Cats, Guns, and National Security

A few tidbits have come out about the Trump Jr. "Russia" meeting: 1. Trump Sr. may have been told that information was forthcoming about Hillary. 2. Trump Sr. MIGHT vaguely recall a meeting about the orphan issue, but is not sure. 3. There were apparently more "Russians" at the meeting than previously believed--a translator and a member of a Russian family concerned about the orphan issue--i.e., people not actively involved in the discussion itself. 4. Jay Sekulow raised a question about the matter based on an incomplete and incorrect understanding of basic facts. CONCLUSION: You are seeing how rumors and conspiracy theories get started. People like to think everything is ideallic in how it happens. Even I myself like to try to figure out logical reasons for seemingly illogical actions. But this whole story has forced me to officially cease that effort, because (my words): Otherwise decent, rational, intelligent people can do indecent, irrational, and/or utterl...

It keeps coming back to three failings: 1. Lack of broad analytical skills or effort. 2. Political naiveté. 3. Business approach to information communication. Click on to enlarge and read.

"LIBERALS ARE LIARS; CONSERVATIVES ARE CONFUSED"* PEOPLE TEND TO PROJECT THEIR OWN MOTIVATIONS AND TRAITS INTO OTHERS. THAT'S WHY LIBERALS SAY CONSERVATIVES LIE, AND CONSERVATIVES SAY LIBERALS ARE DUMB. Liberals tend to think that wrong statements or actions by opponents are willful efforts to be wrong, when quite often they are honest expressions from ignorance. Todd Akin was not pushing a falsehood to promote an anti-woman agenda. He honestly thought women couldn't (or that it was very difficult to) get pregnant from a rape. Sarah Palin was once caught calling for "profiling" to combat terrorism, then quickly followed use of that term up by saying we need to keep "profiles" on specific suspects. She wasn't trying to cover for a slip in support of something the Left considers "racist." She genuinely thought that's what the term meant. And Donald Trump Jr. didn't try to engage in or hide the smoking gun evid...

I tweeted regarding the event: "Not evidence of collusion, as none occurred, but politically naive 'satellites' (w/ a dirty trickster) being suckered into such a move." The point to remember--and many may not realize this--but the emails were completely wrong regarding the Russian government connection. It was a ruse, demonstrated by the fact that there is no "Crown prosecutor" in Russia. Don Jr.'s acquaintance was fed a ruse, which he passed on. So this is by its nature n o more evidence of collusion than a Bullwinkle cartoon of Boris and Natasha walking into Trump Tower. A legitimate issue exists regarding the thinking of Don Jr, et al, on this, but as the full substance regarding the emails and event spreads over the next couple of days, anyone saying otherwise will be either ignorant or lying. One question some have raised is why this is stretching out so much. Trey Gowdy, for instance, has suggested that the campaign staff...

A strong Poland is a blessing to the nations of Europe, and a strong Europe is a blessing to the West, and to the world. pic.twitter.com/vHzPwMtJSm — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 6, 2017