Ex-president With No Class Deserves Class-Action Lawsuit

"Blackjack Believer" by Herr D on heromachine. Misplaced beliefs can be costly at Atlantic City and other locations, according to Gambler's Anonymous and philosophy professors.-Shelob

 

[reading about death threats to election workers, heard over microphone] No WONDER Trump likes Putin so much! Don't get your way, start causing problems for your adversaries. When presidents have kiddie tantrums, people wind up getting killed. At least Nixon had CLASS. When he wasn't going to get away with it, he left gracefully.

[opening chatbox over article] Evidence suggests article is understated, rather than sensational.

[startle reaction] Shelob? wel, yeah-- wire services are a tad more accurate, less sensational than regular news outlets. Not as much fun to read, but there for people intelligent enough to appreciate them.

You are interested in being talked through a truth table regarding Putin's relations with Trump?

Yeah, okay; talk me through that.

Putin may be innocently unaware of and unable to do anything at all about the Russian hackers.

[possible laughter] Right. Let's call that 'unlikely.' If he has so little power, he's toast quick.

He may be privately and untraceably contracting them for plausible deniability.

Well now, apart from the 'plausible' part, that's very possible. No one of any real brains would trust HIM.

He may have simply ordered several people to accomplish some goals no matter how, no matter the cost.

That sounds like ex-Soviet intelligence members. That's probably pretty likely.

Your word choice on these issues is closer to that of some people who work for MI6 than the CIA.

[pause] Do I want to know how you know that?

Unlikely.

[snort picked up by microphone] Maybe all the election officials should start a class action lawsuit against Trump. Couldn't happen to a more deserving person. I'm gonna go play chess for a while. Against a computer. No more politics today, Shelob; I'm nauseated at the behavior of some of my fellow citizens.

Happy mating.

[laughter picked up by microphone during beginning of warm boot]