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Blackout: The Other Russian Hacking Scandal

"Still, it’s a sobering development – one every bit as threatening to national security as the integrity of our election system. Chaos, it has long been said, is only an extended blackout away. It’s been a matter of public record for more than two months that nefarious Russian hackers have zeroed in on U.S. energy companies. The only thing more frightening than having a hostile nation proven capable of controlling your energy grid is the execution of that control.

It’s also a matter of public record that Russian hackers deliberately disabled the Ukrainian electric system in December 2015, leaving a quarter of a million Ukrainians without power for hours on end. The Russians have since tested a cyberweapon capable, experts say, of upending power grids on every continent, with nuclear facilities at the top of their target list."

 

Source: Senate leaders to offer $200 billion to win over moderates

 

I don't recall anyone in that campaign questioning his service. Policy, sure. But not his service. Like Trump did.

If you have evidence of the Obama campaign disrespecting McMain's status as a military hero, I will apologize and correct myself.

 

Trump would fail a high school civics test and a U.S. citizenship test.

He has no idea what he's doing or how any of this works.

 

True. When I've been drinking, I'm not so good on mere implications.

 

Trump also back to people being "unfair" to him. In the Times interview, it's Sessions.

The media. The DOJ. The FBI. Democrats. Everyone treats Donald so unfairly.

The man has never been told no or been denied anything in his life. But he's never been treated "fair."

 

A true story for what it's worth. Met McCain at several big Vegas fights in the late '80s. Good fight fan, very knowledgable. So I goto Tyson-Ruddock, and as the fight ends and and the swirl of humanity heads out, over in an eddy of the swirl of bodies. I see McCain, who's deep in conversation with Spike Lee. I tried to hack my way across to them, but you know what fight night is like, One of the big missed opportunities of my life.

 

Only if your party is hellbent on starting WWIII.

 

I couldn't care less what Trump tweets about McCain. He showed what he really thinks about him -- he's a sap for serving and a loser for getting captured.

But her e-mails.

 

McCain was also one of the main supporters of the government cleaning up boxing; getting rid of the alphabet organizations, ending the system of state athletic commissions in favor of a federal system and having a standardized system of judges.

It's too bad he didn't get further with that.

Plus, he fought for a long time to get Jack Johnson a pardon.

 

He doesn't, but go out on the street and ask 25 people: Does the FBI report to DOJ or president?

Point being: There's a lot we don't know about how Washington really works. I know who the FBI reports, but there's shit I don't know

 

Trump and Putin discussed adoptions during their private sidebar? He can't come up with a better cover story so he retreads Don Jr's?