People have made this point before but it can't be underscored enough that this is in fact the argument Sideshow Bob made in The Simpsons: "Attempted murder. Now honestly what is that? Can you win a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?" https://t.co/74Ee6roINA
@Major Major Major Major: The dumb thing is that it WAS withheld. For months. It was eventually given after everyone started raising a stink about it, but it harmed Ukraine for quite some time.
Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine exploded into public view this month, with the revelation that Trump pressured the country’s new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to work with Giuliani and Attorney General William Barr to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and information to discredit Mueller’s probe. A complaint filed by an intelligence community whistleblower that triggered this new Trump scandal depicted Giuliani as a Trump henchman prowling Ukraine for negative material Trump could use against Biden. But the former New York mayor’s involvement in Ukraine and other former Soviet bloc countries has been more extensive and even more sketchy than these disclosures indicate.
The New York meeting and an earlier trip Giuliani trip took to Kharkiv in November 2017 were arranged by TriGlobal Strategic Ventures, the firm says on its website. TriGlobal, which claims to have offices in New York, Moscow, and Kiev, sells itself as an international business consultancy that does public relations work for clients in Russia and Ukraine. The firm also brags that it has worked with Giuliani since 2004, arranging trips for him to former Soviet states. Last October, Giuliani took a break from his work representing Trump to speak about cybersecurity at a conference TriGlobal organized in Armenia to promote a Russia-led economic bloc, the Eurasian Economic Union. Giuliani appeared at the event alongside a Russian official, Sergey Glazyev, who was sanctioned in March 2014 for his role in the annexation of Crimea and who has been accused of advancing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Ukraine, an accusation he’s denied. Giuliani was reportedly invited to a conference by Russian Armenian multimillionaire Ara Abramyan, a member of TriGlobal’s board, who reportedly suggested at the time that he expected Giuliani to deliver a message for him to Trump.
Hey, Rudy, WYDHASM? (“Why do you hate America so much?”)
Grr…
Cheers,
Scott.
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TomatoQueen
The cuddlepantz have grown enough to be at the stage of Big Kittens or Not-Quite-Cats-But-We’re Working-On-It so now they can mess with the grownups’ heads.
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Kattails
OMG I just want to bury my face in that pile and make squoosh-y noises. Look at da eyes on that black one….
Sure Lurkalot
Someone will wanna know who took that picture.
Four kitties going to grow up together?
opiejeanne
Thank you, Mr Cole. A pile of kittens is just what I needed.
Major Major Major Major
Oh my!
Jackie
That black kitten…♥️?♥️
NotMax
See what happens if you leave the tube of glue uncapped?
:)
No One of Consequence
@NotMax: Warn a casually-browsing milk drinker before you comment like that, Goddamnit!
(wipes off keyboard with a sore nose…)
(grumble)
– NOoC
rikyrah
I just can’t????
I needed this, Cole????
ThresherK
I can’t keep track. Is that a cuddle puddle of five kittens?
??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??
Grammar Nazis of BJ, would this be called a kerfuffle of kittens? Eh? ?
I’ll see myself out. Cute kitties! Thanks for sharing Cole!
trollhattan
TBogg on Twitter shares the sad news Fenway Bassett has cancer. Sending some Bassett-fan love. :-(
Aleta
@trollhattan: Saw that, heartbreaking.
AnotherBruce
The pile seems to have 5 kitties at least. This photo could become legendary!
Major Major Major Major
@??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??: apparently you may call it a kindle of kittens.
Aleta
@NotMax: a furmerge ?
ThresherK
@AnotherBruce: Ahh, I thought so also, but now I have figured out there’s one tabby in the center. I think.
(For the record I never got into that dress color debate.)
mrmoshpotato
For you Lewis Black fans – https://youtu.be/H_T1feDGnuI
?BillinGlendaleCA
@mrmoshpotato: Lewis is in TO?
ETA: At the Civic Arts Plaza, that used to Jungleland.
JaySinWA
@ThresherK: My eyes see four.
Chetan Murthy
@JaySinWA: Yeah, me too. The head in the middle is from the body comin down the middle.
AnotherBruce
That’s what makes the photo great. It’s kind of an Escher thing. It’s definitely a figure/ground challenge.
smike
Oh, look! There’s a cute puppy in that picture, too. And a little bitty kitty that you just see the side of his face. No, wait – two puppies.
Interesting pic. Would probably make a good jigsaw puzzle.
TomatoQueen
Squee. FIVE cuddlepantses. Squee.
HumboldtBlue
@trollhattan:
Wasn’t he the snowstorm pup?
TomatoQueen
Okay, now there are four. Still not seeing a puppy.
mrmoshpotato
@TomatoQueen:
?
TomatoQueen
@mrmoshpotato: youbetcha
Major Major Major Major
mrmoshpotato
@TomatoQueen: I agree completely.
MisterForkbeard
@Major Major Major Major: The dumb thing is that it WAS withheld. For months. It was eventually given after everyone started raising a stink about it, but it harmed Ukraine for quite some time.
Sigh.
Bad Santa 3?
@Major Major Major Major:
This shit with Ukraine started in 2017. It’s all going to come out.
Manafort is in jail. What was his deal again?
Another Scott
@Bad Santa 3?: I think you mean 2004. MoJo:
Hey, Rudy, WYDHASM? (“Why do you hate America so much?”)
Grr…
Cheers,
Scott.
TomatoQueen
The cuddlepantz have grown enough to be at the stage of Big Kittens or Not-Quite-Cats-But-We’re Working-On-It so now they can mess with the grownups’ heads.