Nikki Doesn't Feel So Saucy Anymore...

... after she is told to her face what she is--a neocon shill. Look at this screenshot and her eyes--she is defeated. 

Here is the video: 

The issue is, what the fuck is wrong with people in South Carolina. I can understand a collection of perverts and creeps from Oregon--they drank water contaminated with drugs flushed down the toilets for generations, but what is this South Carolina's propensity for love of war criminals and neocons--a euphemism for war criminals? Is there something in the water in South Carolina? Give Vivek a credit where the credit is due--this psycho-bitch cannot accuse him of "racism", Vivek is Indian himself, and brilliant one at that. But then again, if not for imbecile Trump, this creature would have never been appointed to the position for which she is utterly unqualified.

Pardon My French, Yet Again!

So, they finally figured it out what it takes to stay relevant in the real world. 

Boeing suspends its dividend, holds up buybacks and stops paying CEO and chairman amid pandemic. 

About fvcking time. The only legitimate "buyback" is known as "stock options" which are granted to people working at the company. Obviously, clowns populating a spin machine, aka US media, immediately jumped on the fact of Nikki Hailey leaving Boeing's board of directors and started to speculate that this is the move designed to get Nikki into the WH as VP or, maybe, even as POTUS. I understand that only qualifications pundits have are those of sorting out different varieties of shit, but Hailey, being incompetent idiot and being considered as a viable candidacy for any top two posts in US political hierarchy is a sign of times, the end of times that is. As if we don't have enough problems in hoarding enough booze to survive, in adequate mental state, upcoming presidential debates between current orange genius and senile imbecile Biden, who seems to be positioned to finally qualify the DNC and Democratic Party as an ultimate freak show.  

Speaking of the "geniuses" and the reasons why Russia, as an example, sees no value in talking to Trump. As Daniel Larison points out:

The division in the administration is between the hard-liners in the administration that want to attack the Iranian military directly and the U.S. military that doesn’t want to jeopardize the relationship with Iraq any further. According to the report, the Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, and the acting Director of National Intelligence all urged a larger attack earlier this month. It was only the Defense Secretary and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs that argued against this. They prevailed in the debate because they said that they did not have evidence that the latest rocket attack on was directed by Iran. 

As I wrote previously, last vestiges of the geopolitical competence in the United States are concentrated primarily around armed forces professionals--it is understandable, since they have to plan based on more-or-less realistic data. Yeah, let's call it "more-or-less". The main hawk in Trump Administration today is Richard Grenell, a run-of-the-mill mediocrity who passes under the title of "diplomat" in the US and who is now Director of National Intelligence and is known for creating a shitstorm in Germany, while being an ambassador there, and, in general the guy who is utterly unqualified for either diplomat or "intelligence" positions probably even in the Kingdom of Lesotho (nothing personal against this fine country). But that is the story of the American geopolitical "thought" in the last, well, many years.  

Obviously, the main question remains--how Grenell sees (hint, he cannot--he has degree in Public Administration) this "larger attack" on Iran. Pompeo, another geopolitical "thinker" and insane hawk, who graduated West Point in 1986, at least should have some clue on how modern battlefield is shaped and what happens in it--I think--but there is no guarantee that fat Mike actually remembers any of it. So, here we have a bunch of chickenhawks with dubious religious indoctrination (like Pompeo) trying to kill as many US servicemen in the ME as humanly possible by mounting a "larger attack" on Iran. What can possibly go wrong, right? But even Pompeo, I think, is not well versed in the realities of modern warfare against such state actor as Iran and should be periodically reminded that the United States doesn't have a viable object (bases, HQs, industrial plant) and troop level (brigade, regiment, company) Air Defense capable to stop Iranian cruise and ballistic missiles. So, no surprise then, that it is namely, for all its major flaws, US military which pushes against these insane ideas. I would suggest to Mike Pompeo and Grenell to concentrate on the only thing that are good at--imposing sanctions. As I said many times--more sanctions on Russia, please. I mean it.  

Two Can Play The Game.

I return back to my last week (or last several days--I don't remember really) figure of speech about somebody flipping the "switch", which I also mentioned today. The Russia's Foreign Ministry's response to UK with its threat to shut down RT due to Russia, obviously, committing the last poisoning of whoever he (she, it) was and being solely responsible for FC Arsenal not having any prospects, yet again, at EPL title, plus some other British calamities (dentistry?), was rather remarkable:

No British outlet will work in Russia if London shuts down RT - Foreign Ministry

Maria Zaharova was explicit in explaining to London that:

“I can tell you right now that not a single British media outlet will be working in our country if they shut RT down,”

Lavrov's rebuttal to this stupid neocon former waste management company accountant turned "diplomat" Nikki Hailey was also rather straightforward: 

Госпожа Хейли должна понимать, что одно дело — безответственно эксплуатировать микрофон в Совете Безопасности ООН, а другое — когда военные — и российские, и американские — имеют каналы общения, и по этим каналам очень четко сказано, что можно, а что нельзя. И американская коалиция это прекрасно знает

Translation: 

Madame Haily must understand that it is one thing to exploit a microphone  in the UN Security Council, totally another is when military people, both Russian and American, have channels of communications and it is clearly articulated through these channels what is allowed and what is not. American coalition knows this very well.

Far from being idealistic on this issue but I always stated that if left to actual real military people in US, chances of Russia and US to settle would grow exponentially. It is also clear that US (and UK) political "elites" are irrational, corrupt and incompetent--a perfect combination for screwing things up big time and, as overwhelming empirical evidence shows, they were doing a swell job in destroying both their own (???) country and the world. Below is not a joke, but aspiration.