Longtime Republican political flack and national security lightweight K.T. McFarland got the “Singapore Sling” on Friday. Ms McFarland was named as the new U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, bringing an end to her role as a Deputy National Security Advisor. Dina Powell now has the Deputy portfolio all to herself.
McFarland had been, among other things, a semi-regular political and foreign policy commentator on the Fox News cable channel.
Mother Jones capitol bureau chief David Corn explains how the move adds new capability and responsiveness to the White House National Security Council. Queue it up from YouTube:
I understand your lunacy more every time you post.
The Mother Jones reference confused me but I don't get out much. What is concerning though is, you understood it? Not sure if you're supposed to be taking medications or not but, it may be time to check it out............
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Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun....
Open your frigg'n minds, think about all the other tools that can be made into WMDs.
If you wish to upset a Conservative, lie to him. If you wish to upset a Liberal, tell him the truth.
MotherJones has for years been 'out there'. Similar but opposite some of the far right wing websites I sometimes see quoted here. Operated, targets and posts blog type articles written for a narrow, specific demographic. They are idiots on the same scale but opposite end of that scale as WND
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MotherJones has for years been 'out there'. Similar but opposite some of the far right wing websites I sometimes see quoted here. Operated, targets and posts blog type articles written for a narrow, specific demographic. They are idiots on the same scale but opposite end of that scale as WND
OK then. Obviously, I don't get out much....
------------------ Ron
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun.... Open your frigg'n minds, think about all the other tools that can be made into WMDs.
I sincerely hope that life is never discovered on another planet because, sure as hell Progressives and Socialists will want to send them money.
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Mother Jones capitol bureau chief David Corn explains....
Question: Who wouldn't trust a "pillar of objectivity and non-bias" such as David Corn?
Answer: ANYONE with even 2 working brain cells to rub together.
David Corn is a long time, well known, hard left, political hack.
Some of his "great works of objective literature" include:
The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception. New York: Crown Publishers, 2003.
Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War. New York: Crown Publishers, 2006. (Co-author with Michael Isikoff.)
Showdown: The Inside Story of How Obama Fought Back Against Boehner, Cantor, and the Tea Party – William Morrow, 2012.[21]
Corn was the one that first fanned the flames and wrote article after article on the Valerie Plame / CIA leak back in 2003. It wasn't until MUCH later that it was finally disclosed publically that Corn is *best buddies with Plame's husband*, Joe Wilson.
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I trust the truth, accuracy, objectivity and content of anything David Corn writes or speaks about as much as I trust a rattlesnake with a "Pet Me" sign on it.
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I don't know if anyone used the http link which I posted to audition the YouTube video, but I enjoyed it myself. I appreciate satire, or mild sarcasm. In this case, it came from David Corn. And I didn't think it was carefully rehearsed or meticulously planned ahead of time. I thought it was rather spontaneous. "Improv"... you know that term. I thought it was an imaginative "take" on his part.
I was not pleased when President Trump selected Michael Flynn as his (first) National Security Advisor, and I was not enthused when I learned that K.T. McFarland had been hired in to report to Michael Flynn as a (or "the") Deputy.
Michael Flynn, 'nuff said.
I didn't (and do not) have any massive criticism of K.T. McFarland, except that I had seen some of her on-air (TV) interviews and conversations over the years, and seen some of her columns or Op-Eds, and she just came across to me as "nothing special". Not the dullest knife in the drawer, but not the sharpest. Predictable. Maybe "too" predictable.
The fact that she was hired by (or during) Michael Flynn only knocked her down that much more, in terms of what I want (or imagine that I want) in a Deputy National Security Advisor. (The actual title for that posting is some other string of words, but not much different.)
I think I have seen one or two "pieces" in Mother Jones, online, but not recently enough for me to remember any of it.
I don't find anything particularly dislikable about David Corn, with the caveat that I am only familiar with him as a regular commentator on MSNBC. I find him humorous. Perceptive. I had not been aware of any of the "points" about him that are posted here from "the guy in the yellow automobile".
As far as the current makeup of the White House National Security Council, I think General H.R. McMaster (at the top) and Dina Powell ("Deputy") sounds a lot better than the way it first got started, with Michael Flynn, K.T. McFarland and (shutting my eyes because it's such a horrible thought) Steve Bannon. Steve Bannon no longer has a formal role or a "seat" on the National Security Council.
"Sounds good to me." To use that somewhat shopworn phrase. Or, at least, sounds better to me.
I hope that K.T. McFarland is already finding the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Singapore to be "outstanding".
I've not ever been to Singapore. I've not ever been hardly anywhere.
There's some cute sounding thing that means "so long" or "see you later", but I can't exactly remember it. Sounds like "chow"..?
Given what I suspect is the proclivity of some people to venture into one of these Pennock's threads without going back to the very first post, I would like to duplicate my original offering of David Corn "Improv", which is video that can be viewed right here and right now.
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Mother Jones capitol bureau chief David Corn explains how the designation of K.T. McFarland as the new U.S. Ambassador for Singapore adds capability and responsiveness to the Trump administration's national security team.
Here's something new from one of the great folks who are so proud to call the city of New Orleans "home."
MSNBC tops Fox, CNN in weekly primetime ratings for first time
The continuing swirl of controversies enveloping the Trump White House can't be good for Americans' confidence in their elected leaders. But it sure appears to be good for MSNBC.
According to Variety and other trade publications, the cable news network finished top among the big three cable news nets in total primetime viewership (with 2.44 million viewers) and in the key 25-54 demographic (611,000) for the full week starting May 15. It is a first for MSNBC in its 21-year history.
Among the clear winners was MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, whose "Rachel Maddow Show" finished first in two time slots for the week: 8 p.m. CT, during which it airs live every weeknight; and again at 11 p.m. CT, during its nightly rebroadcast. Other MSNBC shows finishing first in their respective time slots were "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" and "The 11th Hour with Brian Williams."
Coming in second place overall in primetime was Fox News, with 2.41 million primetime viewers. CNN was third with 1.65 million. In the key 25-54 demo, CNN finished second behind MSNBC with 588,000 viewers, while Fox came in third with 497,000.
In total viewership irrespective of time period, Fox News still finished first overall, with 1.5 million viewers, compared to 1.2 million for MSNBC and 1.05 million for CNN.
The numbers suggest what could be the beginning of a shift in viewing trends away from longtime cable news ratings leader Fox News. Not only do they come amid a series of White House scandals that have drawn the focus of MSNBC, but they also notably comes on the heels of the ousting of longtime Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, who for years dominated the 8 p.m. CT time slot, and continuing claims of sexual harassment at Fox News. Click to show
~ Mike Scott, for NOLA(.com) and The New Orleans Times-Picayune; May 23, 2017.
Originally posted by olejoedad: FOX losing The OReilly Factor wouldn't play into that statistic at all........😒
If anyone is hungry to read even more about how the cable news networks are dividing up the viewing audience, the Los Angeles Times came out with this, on May 23. Same day as that other one that I put up here from the New Orleans Times-Picayune's Mike Scott.
Kathy Griffin has had contracts for appearances on CNN, but not (as far as I know) for any such thing at MSNBC. When I think "Kathy Griffin... CNN", all I come up with is those every-year New Year's Eve shows from Times Square with Anderson Cooper.
Kathy Griffin on the "Trump's head" photo shoot:
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Yeah, sorry, I went a little overboard with that.
That's my interpretation of what she said. Not the verbatim of her on-air or on-Twitter apologies.
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