"Letters of Marque & Reprisal'? ... $niff ... $niff ... Sounds promising ... "
~ Erik Prince

Reminder we are stealing Venezuela's oil
#16 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS

No two ways about it.
It's been Trump's s.o.p. for decades.
The members of the Republican Party know exactly who they sold out to.
Happy 250th.

A "blockade" is an act of war. Which is why, during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) what JFK established was technically a "quarantine" rather than a "blockade," therefore not an act of war under international law.

How is this not piracy?
#8 | POSTED BY JPW

A quick consultation with the machines indicates "piracy" is an act carried out by private parties.

A "privateer" is different, behaving piratically but operating with a "letter of marque" from a government. Think Sir Francis Drake. "Letters of marque and reprisal" have been and may still be issued by Congress under its Article 1 powers..

#1
Did you intend to produce a wordish sound effect reminiscent of a navel-gazing then straight up yer own arse microscopic examination of nothing middle school cheerleader failed tryout burnout yammerthon? Asking for a friend,

Guess she didn't have time to explain how she landed herself an EB-1 "Einstein Visa" for "extraordinary ability." In that crowd, could be anything.

JayVee is not a negotiator. He's a Yale DEI grad pontificator sent on a fool's errand by his boss, who just got his ample arse handed to him by ... himself.

JD Vance made it clear: lying to get attention among this crew is not just okay ... it's desirable.

Thanks, MAGAts, your votes made this possible. Without your help Trump, his investors, and coconspirators would still be thieving, of course, but from outside the White House. Go ahead, shoulder the burden, you've definitely earned it.

Both Donald and Melanie seem to associate with an abnormally high number of crooks, pimps, and general lowlifes.

Oh, well, birds of a feather.

"A" as in "a Trump"

On April 2, 2011, Jeffrey Epstein emailed his coconspirator and chief procuress Ghislaime Maxwell:

Pickled Pete is a lapdog in a murderous, cartoonih regime presided over by an Ubu Roi-ish grotesque creature, whose lies he repeats, feet he kisses, shoes he licks, and fat arse he kisses incessantly.

As a source of accurate information?

Like the rest of Trump's cabal, simply cannot to be trusted. Never. Ever.

"Ceasefires are always good news. Especially if they lead to a just and lasting peace. But this momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost. The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket."
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
April 8

Well, Coriolanus, I could not help but smile. I was there in the early 1980s, visiting NYC from out of town. A friend who was gay (still would be except he's deceased) got a wicked grin when explaining he was gong to take me to a "special place," no, really, it would be okay, blah, blah. Had no idea what he was babbling about. Standing in the line outside the club waiting to get in, looking around at the rest of the folks - AIDS really hadn't hit too hard yet, so this was a loud and proud crowd, easy with being there - well, it was an image that could have fit in well in an early Woody Allen movie. I survived intact, found the experience not my cup of tea but fascinating.

If he discuss the effects thermal burn puffing has on a huffer's voice it's just possible he might be able to slink towards doing something positive, for a change.

This is what happens when Yale lowers its standards enough for a DEI lifer like Vance: he gets the prestige, we get his prancing and posing.

The out-and-about homoeroticism among Trump and his fanboys is weirdly reminiscent of a trip to NYC's "The Saint" nightclub in the early 1980s. Except for the suits and ties. Otherwise, expect a crowd, lots of noise, and the occasional gentle ass-grab somewhere along the way. Oh, and "The Village People" - lots and lots of that.

Nothing legally wrong with being part of an old man's harem, boys, but, hey, loosen up.

Well, he sure got it.

Well, first off: Trump exhibits no interest in exposure to the truth. He seems to practically waddle-run from it in a panic, like a cockroach from a light but somewhat slower.

And then there's the matter of the people with whom he has freely decided to surround himself: suckups and fluckups totally beholden to him who he bills as "the best." That they can actually deliver those quiveringly Norkish declarations of fealty to him at cabinet meetings - and he can sit there smugly taking their ritualistic displays of humiliation in - says a lot about the state this country is in.

As usual, the US demonstrated it has the tech and firepower to blow up lots of stuff. Winning wars? That's a whole other department.

And as for those pesky quagmires?

Historians are going to have a ball writing up this march of folly. Especially since they will find resounding echoes in some ancient memories.

Does Corey come with it?
(What a cuddly pair!)

Someone please hand this boy a hanky to wipe his lips.
They'll never be clean, but at least he'll be able to pretend better.

Couldn't have done it without a compliant and complicit congressional majority of pathetic baa-baas.