{"id":6979,"date":"2019-10-30T00:11:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T07:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=6979"},"modified":"2019-10-30T00:11:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T07:11:05","slug":"the-three-stooges-slinging-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=6979","title":{"rendered":"The Three Stooges: Slinging in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The impeachment inquiry rolls on and more disturbing evidence is surfacing about America&#8217;s CEO\/Dictator Donald Trump&#8217;s shakedown on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for information about Democratic rival and former Obama administration Vice President Joe Biden. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Damning testimonies like those of William B. Taylor  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/powerpost\/diplomat-who-raised-alarm-about-withholding-aid-to-ukraine-testifies-in-impeachment-probe\/2019\/10\/22\/086fb850-f436-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Damning testimonies like those of William B. Taylor <\/a>portray our orange-haired, megalomaniac man child in the White House as some kind of mafioso wise guy trying to put the screws to Zelensky whose country needs help from western NATO nations but is also being squeezed from the east by Putin&#8217;s Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole operation sounds fubarred from the very beginning. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Supposedly, Trump's carny barker and chief of staff Mick Mulvaney brought in his three amigos, or in this case, the three stooges to coordinate the action (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/10\/15\/770482694\/wh-replaced-pro-ukraine-staff-with-three-amigos-congress-reportedly-told\" target=\"_blank\">Supposedly, Trump&#8217;s carny barker and chief of staff Mick Mulvaney brought in the Donald&#8217;s three amigos, or in this case, the three stooges to coordinate the action<\/a>.  Slick Mick thought that Kurt Volker, Gordon Sondland and Rick Perry could convince various people in the Ukraine to arrange a deal for information on Joe Biden&#8217;s son Hunter&#8217;s business dealings which might help Trump in the 2020 election. Volker and Sondland have both testified before the House with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sondland stating that there was some kind of quid pro quo involved (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/sondland-trump-ukraine-quid-pro-quo-wsj-4020d352-581b-4e3b-b3b4-1a8989b7b610.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sondland stating that there was some kind of quid pro quo involved<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The really funny thing about this is that Rudy &#8216;Captain Colludiani&#8217; Giuliani became involved with his <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"now arrested henchman Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/giulianis-ukraine-henchmen-lev-parnas-and-igor-fruman-arrested-on-campaign-finance-charge\" target=\"_blank\">now arrested henchman Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman<\/a>, who look like they came directly from central casting, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"allegedly used them to try and dig up dirt on Biden (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/10\/25\/773100403\/as-ukraine-affair-expands-so-could-giulianis-legal-exposure\" target=\"_blank\">allegedly used them to try and dig up dirt on Biden<\/a>, thus fubarring the operation even more. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Add Mick Mulvaney's confession of a quid pro quo agreement  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/10\/21\/20924687\/mick-mulvaney-fox-news-sunday-ukraine-quid-pro-quo-mike-pompeo-this-week\" target=\"_blank\">Add Mick Mulvaney&#8217;s confession of a quid pro quo agreement <\/a>and impeachment is looking now like a done deal even without <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the ten cases of obstruction laid out by the Mueller report (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=6760\" target=\"_blank\">the ten cases of obstruction laid out by the Mueller report<\/a>. <strong> (Helpful reminder and hint: the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mueller report wasn't a witch hunt because it produced 37 indictments (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=6625\" target=\"_blank\">Mueller report <em>wasn&#8217;t<\/em> a witch hunt because it produced 37 indictments<\/a>. We repeat 37 INDICTMENTS!!!  Please, corporate media &#8211; mention this FACT next time poor, little victim Trump cries that he is being persecuted or lynched!)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is why Trump desperately tried a little tail wagging the dog action this past weekend by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"announcing that  ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi&nbsp; was killed by special op forces (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/baghdadi-monday-dle-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">announcing that  terrorist ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi&nbsp; was killed by special op forces<\/a>. This is a good thing and we should be able to pat Trump on the back. . . but he made it impossible to do even that. In true Trumpian fashion, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"he made the operation all about him (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-columnists\/donald-trump-makes-the-raid-that-killed-al-baghdadi-all-about-him\" target=\"_blank\">he made the operation all about him<\/a>. He bragged about the killing and morbidly regaled the press with how al-Baghdadi cried and died like a dog. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Many people have even compared Obama's address when Osama bin Laden was killed to Trump's (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OsBOWSjOLsE\" target=\"_blank\">Many people have even compared Obama&#8217;s address when Osama bin Laden was killed to Trump&#8217;s<\/a> and well. . . there&#8217;s no comparison: Obama is the adult and Trump is the arrogant, spoiled little child looking for attention. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Trump even got royally booed at game 5 of the Astros-Nationals World Series (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-booed-world-series-lock-him-up-chant-break-out-during-game-5-washington-nationals-stadium-pa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump even got royally booed at game 5 of the Astros-Nationals World Series<\/a> as the crowd broke into chants of &#8220;Lock him up!&#8221;  Oh, the irony!  So Trump&#8217;s little distraction action failed miserably and it looks like <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Nancy Pelosi is bringing forth a vote to formalize the impeachment inquiries (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/10\/28\/774170607\/house-will-vote-to-formalize-impeachment-inquiry\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy Pelosi is bringing forth a vote to formalize the impeachment inquiries.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But at least we can enjoy Donald Trump&#8217;s latest film about all the hilarious hijinx that happened (or didn&#8217;t happen) <em>The Three Stooges: Slinging in Ukraine<\/em>, featuring, of course, <em>the very best people:<\/em> Kurt Volker as Larry, Gordon Sondland as Curly, Rick Perry as Moe and Rudy Giuliani as Captain Colludiani, rated I for Impeachable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"725\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trumpukrainethreestoogesgiuliani.jpg\" alt=\"The Three Stooges - Slinging in Ukraine: American CEO\/Dictator and master dealer Donald Trump needs some mud for slinging at his chief political rival Joe Biden. But because of stupid democratic laws in America he needs to put the squeeze on foreign governments like Ukraine. So he sends his best stooges to dig up some dirt. Hilarity ensues when Rudy Giuliani appears as Captain Colludiani and fubars the whole secret quid pro quo operation. Rated I for Impeachable.\" class=\"wp-image-6976\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trumpukrainethreestoogesgiuliani.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trumpukrainethreestoogesgiuliani-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>The Three Stooges &#8211; Slinging in Ukraine: American CEO\/Dictator and master dealer Donald Trump needs some mud for slinging at his chief political rival Joe Biden. But because of stupid democratic laws in America he needs to put the squeeze on foreign governments like Ukraine. So he sends his best stooges to dig up some dirt. Hilarity ensues when Rudy Giuliani appears as Captain Colludiani and fubars the whole secret quid pro quo operation.  Rated I for Impeachable.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impeachment inquiry rolls on and more disturbing evidence is surfacing about America&#8217;s CEO\/Dictator Donald Trump&#8217;s shakedown on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for information about Democratic rival and former Obama administration Vice President Joe Biden. Damning testimonies like those of William B. 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