Comments on: How is that swamp draining going? https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/22/how-is-that-swamp-draining-going/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RobVG https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/22/how-is-that-swamp-draining-going/#comment-41120 RobVG Sun, 25 Feb 2018 02:44:10 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=69649#comment-41120 Good read, thanks. n/t Good read, thanks. n/t

]]> By: podrock https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/22/how-is-that-swamp-draining-going/#comment-41118 podrock Sat, 24 Feb 2018 22:19:04 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=69649#comment-41118 Birds of a feather. Birds of a feather.

]]> By: hank https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/22/how-is-that-swamp-draining-going/#comment-41116 hank Sat, 24 Feb 2018 18:34:55 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=69649#comment-41116 It may seem like a purely academic question, but do the Trumps of this world deliberately surround themselves with people like this, seeing in them something they find familiar and reassuring? Or are the Manaforts of this world naturally attracted to people like Trump because they sense in him the sort of personality and enterprise where their talents and proclivities can flourish? Its not quite the Corleones, they had more class. Its more like watching the Sopranos. It may seem like a purely academic question, but do the Trumps of this world deliberately surround themselves with people like this, seeing in them something they find familiar and reassuring? Or are the Manaforts of this world naturally attracted to people like Trump because they sense in him the sort of personality and enterprise where their talents and proclivities can flourish?

Its not quite the Corleones, they had more class. Its more like watching the Sopranos.

]]> By: podrock https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/22/how-is-that-swamp-draining-going/#comment-41115 podrock Sat, 24 Feb 2018 04:08:48 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=69649#comment-41115 <p>dramatis personae: the man of the hour</p> Excellent bio of the man at center stage: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/paul-manafort-american-hustler/550925/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/paul-manafort-american-hustler/550925/</a> It's a long read. Pour a tall one. dramatis personae: the man of the hour

Excellent bio of the man at center stage:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/paul-manafort-american-hustler/550925/

It’s a long read. Pour a tall one.

]]> By: hank https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/22/how-is-that-swamp-draining-going/#comment-41108 hank Fri, 23 Feb 2018 03:17:02 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=69649#comment-41108 We'd better get used to it. We're finally getting a good look at the Inner Party. These are the kind of sleazeball Vegas houseboys running this country now. The people who admire and idolize these <em>apparatchiks</em> have finally gotten their wish; at last, REAL businessmen are in charge. We’d better get used to it.

We’re finally getting a good look at the Inner Party. These are the kind of sleazeball Vegas houseboys running this country now. The people who admire and idolize these apparatchiks have finally gotten their wish; at last, REAL businessmen are in charge.

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