Three Things: One Is Not a Transcript
What are these three things? Two seem self-evident, the third is quite a bit more sketchy.
Author Archive for: Rayne
About Rayne
Blogger since 2002, political activist since 2003, geek since birth. Opinions informed by mixed-race, multi-ethnic, cis-female condition, further shaped by kind friends of all persuasions. Sci-tech frenemy, wannabe artist, decent cook, determined author, successful troublemaker. Mother of invention and two excessively smart-assed young adult kids. Attended School of Hard Knocks; Rather Unfortunate Smallish Private Business School in Midwest; Affordable Mid-State Community College w/evening classes. Self-employed at Tiny Consulting Business; previously at Large-ish Chemical Company with HQ in Midwest in multiple marginalizing corporate drone roles, and at Rather Big IT Service Provider as a project manager, preceded by a motley assortment of gigs before the gig economy was a thing. Blogging experience includes a personal blog at the original blogs.salon.com, managing editor for a state-based news site, and a stint at Firedoglake before landing here at emptywheel as technology’s less-virginal-but-still-accursed Cassandra.
Entries by Rayne
Whip It Good: Time Has Come Today [UPDATE-3]
/324 Comments/in Congress, Impeachment, Trump Administration/by RayneIt’s time. There are only so many ways to say this. Refreshed whip list to come soon.
ODNI Whistleblower Complaint: The Next ConFraudUS? [UPDATE-4]
/129 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Congress, Trump Administration/by RayneWe still have open, unresolved questions about Trump’s July 25 call to Ukraine’s Zelensky which an impeachment inquiry would be best suited to handle. A Ukraine-oriented timeline reveals yet more questions.
Minority Report: Ukraine as Bugbear
/44 Comments/in Energy Policy, Foreign Policy/by RayneUkraine and NATO figured large, and the future of energy figured even larger in the run-up to and the outcome of 2016 U.S. general election. It looks as if Ukraine may play an outsized role in 2020.
ODNI Whistleblower Complaint: Shoes Dropping All Over the Place [UPDATE-2]
/325 Comments/in Congress, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Trump Administration/by RayneAfter a new report in Washington Post about the ODNI whistleblower’s complaint, we’re still wondering what the complaint is about. Is it a Trump-Russia issue alone, or does it also include a promise related to another country — like North Korea or Iran?
Something Smells — and It’s Not Burning Oil
/133 Comments/in Energy Policy, Foreign Policy, State Department, Trump Administration/by RayneThings don’t add up when looking at images of the aftermath from this weekend’s attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq oil processing facility.
Three Things: Kavanaughhh
/84 Comments/in Culture, Law/by RayneWe’re revisiting this dreadful wretch Brett Kavanaugh because The New York Times published an article this weekend about him. Too bad Kavanaugh is still a repeated liar and a serial abuser.
Crowdsource: Build a Timeline on ODNI Whistleblower Complaint [UPDATED-4]
/149 Comments/in Congress, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Trump Administration/by RayneThe ODNI is withholding a whistleblower complaint; what could it have been about, assuming there are other related matters in the public eye? A timeline might help–let’s build one.
History’s Rhyme, Part 5: Bad Faith, Unauthorized Acts and Crimes Against Humanity
/186 Comments/in Congress, Impeachment, Trump Administration/by RayneNext entry in a series examining the Nixon impeachment inquiry and a possible parallel today — Nixon’s covert bombing of Cambodia and Trump’s unauthorized attacks on human rights.
Scotland: A Nexus for Trouble?
/110 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, Mueller Probe, Treasury, Trump Administration/by RayneThis post is a bit clunky, composed of bits and pieces accumulated for nearly 18 months. But whatever is going on in Scotland is just as clunky and badly in need of sorting.