My brain is friggin melting after all the sh!t that went down today.

[Burney]

You're going to have to hold yer horses a little there, Hank. It's all still a big nothingburger.

But since the news business is on its knees and your sort are the only ones still tuning in to CNN, even a nothingburger is better than nothing at all, so to speak. Manna from heaven, it ain't, though. Anyway, not yet.

I for one couldn't give a flying fùck, r. Although granted I'm not a Yanqui and have no skin in the game.

[redgunamo]

I for one couldn't give a flying fùck, r. Although granted I'm not a Yanqui and have no skin in the game.

I never go to the office nowadays so this sort of thing is my only source of politics. I find it all terribly compelling

[Burney]

I never go to the office nowadays so this sort of thing is my only source of politics. I find it all terribly compelling

I'm struck by what appears to be the widespread assumption that Russians have acquired magical powers in recent years to rig elections. When did this happen? Is Ivan now magically competent at such things?

[redgunamo]

I'm struck by what appears to be the widespread assumption that Russians have acquired magical powers in recent years to rig elections. When did this happen? Is Ivan now magically competent at such things?

Oh, it's nothing new; people have always tried it on, and often succeeded too. Anyway, at least achieved their desired result.

Politics is a dirty business, always has been.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

I'm struck by what appears to be the widespread assumption that Russians have acquired magical powers in recent years to rig elections. When did this happen? Is Ivan now magically competent at such things?

Don't dismiss it b. Russia being a mafiocracy means that their hackers can operate without fear of prosecution.. They are, after all, doing Godfather Putin's will. Politicians freed from the nuisance of having to win elections fairly and squarely would consider this kind of thing small beer.