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““You know what uranium is, right? It’s this thing called nuclear weapons. And other things. Like lots of things are done with uranium. Including some bad things. But nobody talks about that.”
– President Trump ” – My Comments : I never thought I’d miss the days when W mispronouncing “nuclear” was the most irksome thing about a presidential press conference.

“"I just wanted a nice, quiet dinner, but this rowdy table of high-ranking government officials keeps rudely shouting about classified policy initiatives.” “ – My Comments :

“President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would be open to a Mideast peace agreement that doesn’t include separate states for Israel and the Palestinians, abandoning a U.S. position that has underpinned more than a decade of failed negotiations between the two sides. ” – My Comments : Someone forgot to do his homework again! Most elementary schoolers have a better grasp of the issues than this dolt.

“‘I like the one that both parties like,’ Trump said of the path to peace during a joint news conference with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ‘I can live with either one. I thought for a while that two states looked like the easier of the two. If Israel and the Palestinians are happy, I like the one they like the best.’”

“You’ll hold your breath for a minute there. ” – My Comments : Very cool. After all of our work on the Bronco, I think I only saw one fly over once at a distance… 🙁

“Watergate is the biggest political scandal of my lifetime, until maybe now. It was the closest we came to a debilitating Constitutional crisis, until maybe now. On a 10 scale of armageddon for our form of government, I would put Watergate at a 9. This Russia scandal is currently somewhere around a 5 or 6, in my opinion, but it is cascading in intensity seemingly by the hour. And we may look back and see, in the end, that it is at least as big as Watergate. It may become the measure by which all future scandals are judged. It has all the necessary ingredients, and that is chilling.

When we look back at Watergate, we remember the end of the Nixon Presidency. It came with an avalanche, but for most of the time my fellow reporters and I were chasing down the story as it rumbled along with a low-grade intensity. We never were quite sure how much we would find out about what really happened. In the end, the truth emerged into the light, and President Nixon descended into infamy.

This Russia story started out with an avalanche and where we go from here no one really knows. Each piece of news demands new questions. We are still less than a month into the Trump Presidency, and many are asking that question made famous by Tennessee Senator Howard Baker those many years ago: "What did the President know, and when did he know it?” New reporting suggests that Mr. Trump knew for weeks. We can all remember the General Michael Flynn’s speech from the Republican National Convention – “Lock her up!” in regards to Hillary Clinton. If Hillary Clinton had done one tenth of what Mr. Flynn had done, she likely would be in jail. And it isn’t just Mr. Flynn, how far does this go?

The White House has no credibility on this issue. Their spigot of lies – can’t we finally all agree to call them lies – long ago lost them any semblance of credibility. I would also extend that to the Republican Congress, who has excused away the Trump Administration’s assertions for far too long.

We need an independent investigation. Damn the lies, full throttle forward on the truth. If a scriptwriter had approached Hollywood with what we are witnessing, he or she would probably have been told it was way too far-fetched for even a summer blockbuster. But this is not fiction. It is real and it is serious. Deadly serious. We deserve answers and those who are complicit in this scandal need to feel the full force of justice. “ – My Comments :

“Zebulon, Hohokam, and Comancheria are among the 50 economic zones designated by researchers on a new map. ” – My Comments : I’ve seen similar concepts before, but this one is presented really nicely. The actual interactive site is here [http://ift.tt/2k6Uj4P].

“The president was there with the Japanese prime minister when news broke that North Korea had test-fired a ballistic missile. ” – My Comments : Unacceptable.

“Our Intelligence Community is pushing back against a White House it considers dishonest and penetrated by the Kremlin. ” – My Comments : Some very disturbing stuff in this article, not the least of which is this:

“What’s going on was explained lucidly by a senior Pentagon intelligence official, who stated that ‘since January 20, we’ve assumed that the Kremlin has ears inside the SITROOM,’ meaning the White House Situation Room, the 5,500 square-foot conference room in the West Wing where the president and his top staffers get intelligence briefings. ‘There’s not much the Russians don’t know at this point,’ the official added in wry frustration.”

“439 points and 34 comments so far on reddit ” – My Comments : Cool.

“You’re a wizard, Bruce. ” – My Comments :