American Politcs Today.

There is a good ol' Russian (Soviet, really) anecdote: two cowboys, Bill and John, ride their horses in prairie. While riding there, Bill sees a pile of horse shit and because he has 100 dollars it occurs to him--why wouldn't I dare John to eat this pile of horse shit for a hundred dollars. So, he dares John to do just that. John thinks: hm, of course, eating horse shit is really humiliating and disgusting but 100 bucks, damn, too serious of a money to pass on such an opportunity. So, he agrees and eats this pile of shit and Bill gives him his 100 bucks. They continue to ride side-by-side after that. While riding both think. 

Bill: well, it is all cool that John ate a pile of horse shit but, man, 100 bucks is too great sum of a money to pay even for such an atrocious challenge. I wish I never dared Bill and kept my 100.

John: well, it is really cool to have 100 bucks, but, man, I ate a pile of horse shit for that and now Bill will taunt and humiliate me for this. I wish I never agreed to accept his challenge. 

While thinking like that they pass another pile of horse shit and John dares Bill to eat this pile of shit for 100 bucks. Bill agrees and does just that, John gives him 100 bucks. After that both cowboys continue to ride side-by-side in full silence. After few minutes of riding in silence John breaks it: 

"Hey, Bill, you know what? Don't you think that we both just ate a load of horse shit for free?" 

This is a description of modern American politics which is an exercise in eating an excrement. In related news, US MSM is officially dead and its rotting corpse poisons atmosphere, and US political house is a house of organized crime, this is what Mueller Report confirmed today. 

The short version? Mueller is done. His report unambiguously states there was no collusion or obstruction. He was allowed to follow every lead unfettered in an investigation of breathtaking depth. It cannot be clearer. The report summary states, “The Special Counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 US Presidential Election…the report does not recommend any further indictments, nor did the Special Counsel obtain any sealed indictments that have yet to be made public.” Robert Mueller did not charge any Americans with collusion, coordination, or criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia. The special counsel also considered whether members of the Trump campaign “coordinated,” a much lower standard defined as an “agreement, tacit or express,” with Russian election interference activities. They did not. Everything—everything—else we have been told since the summer of 2016 falls, depending on your conscience and view of humanity, into the realm of lies, falsehoods, propaganda, exaggerations, political manipulation, stupid reporting, fake news, bad judgment, simple bull, or, in the best light, hasty conclusions.

The only way United States will be able to recover at least some self-respect (forget it on the international arena) is if those people, including in both Clinton and Obama clans, who came up with this whole coup attempt and unprecedented attack on Constitution and Due Process will see real justice and prison terms. If not, and it will continue to be business as usual, then it is really over. As per sanctity of Office of POTUS, since Bill Clinton times all efforts were put in discrediting this important office, including by its present occupant.    

There Was Never There There.

I know, some liberals are in agony but. Well, let's Politico talk:

President Donald Trump's critics have spent the past 17 months anticipating what some expect will be among the most thrilling events of their lives: special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on Russian 2016 election interference. They may be in for a disappointment. That’s the word POLITICO got from defense lawyers working on the Russia probe and more than 15 former government officials with investigation experience spanning Watergate to the 2016 election case. The public, they say, shouldn’t expect a comprehensive and presidency-wrecking account of Kremlin meddling and alleged obstruction of justice by Trump — not to mention an explanation of the myriad subplots that have bedeviled lawmakers, journalists and amateur Mueller sleuths. Perhaps most unsatisfying: Mueller’s findings may never even see the light of day.

I can only imagine what a hit the whole "industry" of Russian "experts" in US will take. How about illustrious "career" of people like Malcolm Nance who expressed a truck load of amateur "intelligence" trash, including just making shit up, as he went on-- issues which are (always were) beyond the grasp of some chief petty officer encryption technician in US Navy. He sure capitalized on people's ignorance by pushing sophomoric Bellingcattish imbecility of unimaginable scale. But isn't it an American tradition, same as baseball and apple pie, to have people with zero background to write on the subjects they have no clue about. Nance is just one example of such utter failure. There are many others. Any of them speaks Russian? 

In general, I find things like that (from Wiki on Nance) insulting to intelligence in both meanings:

In 2011,^[4] he received a bachelor of arts degree^[5] from New York's Excelsior College.^[6] Nance began working in the civilian intelligence arena through research into the history of the Soviet Union and its spying agency the KGB.^[7] He subsequently analyzed Middle East terrorism and sovereign nations with ties to the Russian Federation.^[7]

So, as you understand, the guy who gets undergraduate degree from some on-line college AFTER he exits service begins "analyzing" things. At least John Le Carre has two degrees from Bern University and Oxford plus significant service experience in Humint in MI-6, which then, unlike today, had a very good professional reputation among friends and enemies alike. But even renowned spy novelist leaves a lot to be desired in his fiction whenever writing about Soviets. Yet, here we are. It is a zeitgeist--cash register trained "analysts" analyze "intelligence" and "weapons" without  serving a day in uniform, cryptology technicians wax Humint creative, myriad of "bloggers" with "degrees" and backgrounds in... typing express their opinions on things real experts study and train half of their lives for. Why should we be surprised when the whole meaning of real expertise has been long ago hollowed out and left out to dry on a thin fragile line of attention span about to hit negative values. 

So, Politico is admitting that there will be no impeachment because there was no Russian involvement in US elections. Sad, for many. And as they say in the article:

All of this may sound like a buzzkill after two years of intense news coverage depicting a potential conspiracy between the Kremlin and Trump’s campaign, plus the scores of tweets from the White House condemning the Mueller probe as a “witch hunt.”  

Why may? It is a buzzkill and it was witch-hunt from the get go, which was paraded around for the whole world to see and finally arrive to inevitable conclusion that there is no point in dealing with the US in rational manner, especially with the "experts" like Nance or any other talking head in US TV.