re: Shep Doin Work on Uranium One

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it really is amazing the clockwork consistency you can time this place with how the usual suspects will fall all over themselves to buy into the latest red meat conspiracy to distract and keep the base riled up about the right’s political enemies.

Birther-gate(which gained Trump a lot of his endearing notoriety), 13 Benghazi investigations, the scandal at the non-existent Comet pizza basement, Obama tapping my phones, Seth Rich, and now we have Uranium One.

A completely non-sensical conspiracy that requires an abandonment of reason and logic that almost puts to shame what came before it.

That somehow Clinton, who there isn’t even evidence was involved in the review of this sale, was somehow engaged in a quid pro quo, primarily with a donor that left the company years before the sale, a year before she had even lost the nominee and became Secretary of State. A sale we should make note is between a Canadian company and a Russian company. That only consists of a small amount of America’s produced uranium and less than a quarter of its capacity, primarily for energy. All America had the capacity to do was deny the sale of a fraction of the business portfolio being transferred that resides in the US. Which based on all evidence would not of prevented the sale had it been denied. A transfer that could only actually be dissaproved by the president, only reviewed by numerous agencies for recommendation. Including a non-government nuclear agency and a regulatory body in the state of Utah, a Republican dominated state. A sale that isn’t actually transferring American mined uranium to Russia because of export laws. For a resource the world is awash in already. That if the right was really so enormously concerned about the national security implications, could try to step in to take legaslative or administrative action. But somehow Clinton, years before this sale was even considered, engaged in a quid pro quo knowing she would lose the nomination, get picked by Obama to be SOS, than somehow convince numerous agencies and all their staff to approve the sale for the benefit of some Canadian donors, including convincing a Republican state and non-government agency and the president. Which somehow is also evidence of collusion with Russia. Yeah, makes perfect sense.

The key seems to be taking something righties are wholly unfamiliar with like the national security review and approval process of a sale of uranium resources mined in the US, or unmasking, or how FISA courts work, or cyber hacking, or how basements work; never explain the ins and outs to the audience in an honest way, than fill the knowledge gaps with the conspiracy and innuendo you want them to believe. Let it play out and build up until the lie can no longer be sustained, than you just drop it and move onto the next manufactured scandal.

I give the shelf life of this one more month at best. Maybe it sticks around if some more Mueller indictments come out and Trump needs a handy distraction. Since once pushed, Sessions already testified yesterday that there is currently no factual basis justified to warrant a special counsel. He’s basically just playing nice with that vague innuendo for his boss to get his brownie points.

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Stellar post

Though I think you're overly invested in a Russia collusion narrative that won't bear fruit