[QUOTE=only_human;463395]This sentence is difficult to parse as an article headline:
[URL="http://mynewsla.com/hollywood/2017/07/13/trump-twitter-attack-kudos-for-john-oliver-from-stephen-colbert/"]Trump twitter attack kudos for John Oliver from Stephen Colbert[/URL]
Looking for a verb might not help much.[/quote]You have to go into "headline parsing mode." Headline writers often omit verbs, and sometimes prepositions. As a result, not only do verbs go missing in action, but clauses get misplaced and mashed together without a connecting preposition. All for the sake of brevity, which, as that old windbag Polonius told us, is the soul of wit.

Key words help. In this case, "kudos" is a good place to start. Literally -- if you skip the first three words, then what remails --

[i]kudos for John Oliver from Stephen Colbert[/i],

though not a complete sentence, at least makes sense. But -- kudos for what? Ahh, that's what the first thee words must be about... so the clause "Trump twitter attack" is adjectival, modifying "kudos."

Trump’s Worst Collusion Isn’t With Russia — It’s With Corporations -By Peter Certo
 

[URL]http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47436.htm[/URL]
Beating the Russia drums sure seems to be the Dem's main occupation, these days. I have heard Pelosi more times than I care to, and that only on [B]N[/B]at [B]P[/B]rop [B]R[/B]adio. We don't go near MSNBC since two or three years ago. We still see [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oliver"]John Oliver, [/URL]Bill Maher, whom I can only sometimes tolerate, and some Vice stories, which I don't always sit through.
[QUOTE]I’ve always been a little skeptical that there’d be a smoking gun about the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia. The latest news about Donald Trump, Jr., however, is tantalizingly close.

The short version of the story, revealed by emails the New York Times obtained, is that the president’s eldest son was offered “some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary” and “would be very useful to your father.”

More to the point, the younger Trump was explicitly told this was “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.” Donald, Jr.’s reply? “I love it.”

Trump Jr. didn’t just host that meeting at Trump Tower. He also brought along campaign manager Paul Manafort and top Trump confidante (and son-in-law) Jared Kushner.[/QUOTE].....and a host of others yet to be identified, or even mentioned by ANYBODY involved, until caught out.

[QUOTE]Perhaps. But it’s worth asking: Who’s done the real harm here? Some argue it’s not the Russians after all.

“The effects of the crime are undetectable,” the legendary social critic Noam Chomsky says of the alleged Russian meddling, “unlike the massive effects of interference by corporate power and private wealth.”

That’s worth dwelling on.

Many leading liberals suspect, now with a little more evidence, that Trump worked with Russia to win his election. But we’ve long known that huge corporations and wealthy individuals threw their weight behind the billionaire.

That gambit’s paying off far more handsomely for them — and more destructively for the rest of us — than any scheme by Putin.[/QUOTE]
[B]EDIT:[/B] @rogue: EXACTLY!

One could argue that the media focus on Russian involvement is a good thing for everyone in Washington, including Trump. It masks the bigger problem of corporations having a more significant sway in new laws than the electorate.

[QUOTE=kladner;463552][URL]http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47436.htm[/URL]
Trump Jr. didn’t just host that meeting at Trump Tower. He also brought along campaign manager Paul Manafort and top Trump confidante (and son-in-law) Jared Kushner.

.....and a host of others yet to be identified, or even mentioned by ANYBODY involved, until caught out.[/quote]

Yes, the cast of characters said to have been at the meeting has grown by leaps and bounds. Exclusive video [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFu0KyrNAAA]here[/url].

Mysterious 8th person at Trump Jr. meeting allegedly ran massive Russian money-laundering scheme
 

[URL]https://thinkprogress.org/trump-jr-meeting-ikakly-kaveladze-russian-money-laundering-scheme-9986f528982a[/URL]
Well whadaya know! And I thought it was all about adopting Russian babies in the US. Silly me.
[QUOTE]The meeting was set up by a Russian billionaire, Aras Agalarov, through several intermediaries including his son Emin, to pass along “official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary” as “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.”

On Tuesday, the 8th person was identified: IraklyKaveladze.
Kaveladze, a U.S. citizen who was born in the former soviet republic of Georgia, currently works for the Agalarovs as a vice president of their family company, Crocus International. But Kaveladze also has a checkered history.

An October 2000 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) accuses Kaveladze of being involved in a massive effort, over nearly 10 years, to launder $1.4 billion of Russian and Eastern European money through U.S. banks.
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[QUOTE=kladner;463730][URL]https://thinkprogress.org/trump-jr-meeting-ikakly-kaveladze-russian-money-laundering-scheme-9986f528982a[/URL][quote]On Tuesday, the 8th person was identified: IraklyKaveladze.
Kaveladze, a U.S. citizen who was born in the former soviet republic of Georgia, currently works for the Agalarovs as a vice president of their family company, Crocus International. But Kaveladze also has a checkered history.

An October 2000 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) accuses Kaveladze of being involved in a massive effort, over nearly 10 years, to launder $1.4 billion of Russian and Eastern European money through U.S. banks.[/quote]

Well whadaya know! And I thought it was all about adopting Russian babies in the US. Silly me.[/QUOTE]

According to this [url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-eighth-man-20170718-story.html]L.A. Times article[/url], the Special Counsel's office is ahead of the media on this one.[quote]Investigators for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who is leading the federal probe into possible coordination between the Trump presidential campaign and the Russian government, have asked to interview Kaveladze, according to Scott Balber, Kaveladze’s lawyer.[/quote] Reminds me of the advice "Deep Throat" gave Woodward and Bernstein during Watergate: "Follow the money." Always good advice in understanding Trump-related matters. Hmm. Wonder if the Prez will do a sequel to the "Saturday Night Massacre."

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;463769]According to this [URL="http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-eighth-man-20170718-story.html"]L.A. Times article[/URL], the Special Counsel's office is ahead of the media on this one. Reminds me of the advice "Deep Throat" gave Woodward and Bernstein during Watergate: "Follow the money." Always good advice in understanding Trump-related matters. Hmm. [B]Wonder if the Prez will do a sequel to the "Saturday Night Massacre."[/B][/QUOTE]
Considering how he flails about on an average day, I can only suppose that he would be truly berserk under real pressure.
"But Steve! Why can't we use just a very very small nuke to take out Mueller?"

[QUOTE=kladner;463775]Considering how he flails about on an average day, I can only suppose that he would be truly berserk under real pressure.
"But Steve! Why can't we use just a very very small nuke to take out Mueller?"[/QUOTE]

From [u]Catch-22[/u] by Joseph Heller:[quote]
"What was that?" roared General Dreedle incredulously, and whirled around in a murderous rage upon Major Danby, who staggered back in terrified confusion and began to quail and perspire. "Who is this man?"

"M-major Danby, sir," Colonel Cathcart stammered. "My group operations officer."

"Take him out and shoot him," ordered General Dreedle.

"S-sir?"

"I said take him out and shoot him. Can't you hear?"

"Yes, sir!" Colonel Cathcart responded smartly, swallowing hard, and turned in a brisk manner to his chauffeur and his meteorologist. "Take Major Danby out and shoot him."

"S-sir?" his chauffeur and his meteorologist stammered.

"I said take Major Danby out and shoot him," Colonel Cathcart snapped. "Can't you hear?

The two young lieutenants nodded lumpishly and gaped at each other in stunned and flaccid reluctance, each waiting for the other to initiate the procedure of taking Major Danby outside and shooting him. Neither had ever taken Major Danby outside and shot him before. They inched their way dubiously toward Major Danby from opposite sides. Major Danby was white with fear. His legs collapsed suddenly and he began to fall, and the two young lieutenants sprang forward and seized him under both arms to save him from slumping to the floor. Now that they had Major Danby, the rest seemed easy, but there were no guns. Major Danby began to cry. Colonel Cathcart wanted to rush to his side and comfort him, but did not want to look like a sissy in front of General Dreedle. He remembered that Appleby and Havermeyer always brought their.45 automatics on the missions, and he began to scan the rows of men in search of them.

As soon as Major Danby began to cry, Colonel Moodus, who had been vacillating wretchedly on the sidelines, could restrain himself no longer and stepped out diffidently toward General Dreedle with a sickly air of self-sacrifice.

"I think you'd better wait a minute, Dad," he suggested hesitantly. "I don't think you can shoot him."

General Dreedle was infuriated by his intervention. "Who the hell says I can't?" he thundered pugnaciously in a voice loud enough to rattle the whole building.

Colonel Moodus, his face flushing with embarrassment, bent close to whisper into his ear.

"Why the hell can't I?" General Dreedle bellowed. Colonel Moodus whispered some more. "You mean I can't shoot anyone I want to?" General Dreedle demanded with uncompromising indignation. He pricked up his ears with interest as Colonel Moodus continued whispering. "Is that a fact?" he inquired, his rage tamed by curiosity.

"Yes, Dad. I'm afraid it is."[/quote]

A couple of people in my town want to change the White House sheets. No word about leaving a mint on the pillow though. Maid in America?

[URL="http://mynewsla.com/government/2017/07/20/trump-takes-time-for-redondo-beach-business-couples-made-in-america-success/"]Trump takes time for Redondo Beach business couple’s ‘Made in America’ success[/URL]

[QUOTE]Seated three seats to the right of Trump in the East Room, Steph MacDonald, said Authenticity 50 was “the only company making 100 percent `seed- to-stitch’ luxe bedding in the U.S.” meaning the entire manufacturing process, from growing the cotton, spinning the yarn to weaving the fabric, is done in the U.S.

“As we like to say, we’re bringing it back to America one sheet set at a time. We sure do hope to have our bedding in the White House one day,” MacDonald said, drawing laughs.

Trump said, “That sounds like a very good idea.”[/QUOTE]

Trump is a coward. At least it limits the damage he does -Jill Abramson
 

[url]https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/26/donald-trump-coward-limit-damage-jeff-sessions[/url]

This column says something I have been saying for days, at least the first part:
"Trump is too much a coward to fire Sessions, and Sessions is too much an a**hole to quit."
[QUOTE]Like most bullies, [URL="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump"]Donald Trump[/URL] is really a coward.
Although he spent a dozen seasons on “The Apprentice” playing the boss who loved saying “You’re fired,” he doesn’t have the guts to lower the boom as president.


When he did fire former FBI director James Comey, he [URL="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/10/rod-rosenstein-james-comey-firing-memo-trump"]hid behind[/URL] the skirts of deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein. With his beleaguered press secretary [URL="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/21/sean-spicer-resigns-press-secretary-trump-white-house-feud"]Sean Spicer he waited until the poor man resigned[/URL] after weeks of mean-spirited critiques behind Spicey’s back, of everything from his suits to his speaking style.[/QUOTE]Love that "hid behind the skirts" line! :devil:

[QUOTE=kladner;464430][url]https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/26/donald-trump-coward-limit-damage-jeff-sessions[/url][/QUOTE]

The [url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/21/sean-spicer-resigns-press-secretary-trump-white-house-feud]link[/url] to the article about Sean Spicer's departure is OK, but it doesn't mention the New Yorker piece [url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon]Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus[/url].


If Sarah Huckabee Sanders doesn't work out as press secretary or Anthony Scaramucci as communications director, the following news story indicates a worthy successor:

[url=http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/271007264-story]1.3 million Ford Explorers now under federal investigation in exhaust fume probe[/url], [quote]The Austin Police Department removed all Ford Police Interceptors from its fleet because of an ongoing carbon monoxide issue. Meanwhile, there is an investigation into the consumer version of the Ford Explorer.
[....]
Hau Thai-Tang is with the Ford Motor Company. “If you are the driver of a non-police Ford Explorer there is no reason to be concerned. We've not found elevated levels of carbon monoxide in any Ford Explorer. [b]While there have been reports of exhaust odors in some Explorers, those instances are unrelated to carbon monoxide which is odorless[/b],” he said.[/quote]