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Didn’t realize the discussion was theological. Thought it was political. Will adjust the register. —CGE > On May 13, 2017, at 6:25 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism > <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > On 5/13/17 6:44 PM, Carl G. Estabrook via Marxism wrote: >> >> There were indications this week (in addition to to the firing of >> Comey) that that was happening, viz., >> >> Russia - >> <http://www.atimes.com/article/trump-ignores-status-quo-apologists-engage-russia/ >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.atimes.com_article_trump-2Dignores-2Dstatus-2Dquo-2Dapologists-2Dengage-2Drussia_&d=DwMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=_83oy0QOxU9hI5RfiBqzDVM6pzyRWeMrVvfD8rClZHo&s=gKEJ4baUBhxaaGK21VBvkm_tdBc7-hG9tIy2rZrFSGc&e=>>; >> and > > > > I got a chuckle out of this from the article linked above: > > Therefore, Trump has retrieved his road map from the attic. The > presence of Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office for an unscheduled meeting > with Trump just before Lavrov walked in – accompanied by the famous “Russian > spy” Ambassador Sergey Kislayk – has been a deliberate ‘curtain raiser’. > Kissinger has longstanding personal equations with Russia’s President > Vladimir Putin, and of course the grey cardinal of US diplomacy had > engineered the era of détente with the Soviet Union. > > --- > > So fascinating how people like Carl, Paul Craig Roberts, Michael Hudson, Mike > Whitney, Diana Johnstone and Boris Kagarlitsky can get so enthused over Trump > and Putin becoming our age's Nixon and Mao. Kissinger was key to the first > rapprochement and seems to be key to the new one. > > Under ordinary circumstances, people on the left understand that where > Kissinger goes, Satan follows close behind. But when you decide to > automatically put a plus where Nicholas Kristof puts a minus, the results > stagger the imagination. > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/galliher%40illinois.edu _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
