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Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to turn over his “records” of the recent Oval Office meeting between Donald Trump and senior Russian diplomats.

“If the U.S. administration finds this appropriate, we’re ready to provide a record of the conversation between Lavrov and Trump to the U.S. Senate and Congress,” ~Vladimir Putin

Hmm…he has a “record” of the Oval Office meeting— between Trump and Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov and Moscow’s ambassador to Washington, Sergey I. Kislyak—the meeting photographed by the Russian press, but banned to America press— the meeting when trump disclosed highly classified intelligence to a hostile foreign government— yes that meeting…he has records of it. And this is supposed to ease our minds of any concerns.

Putin went on to say— Trump’s foes in the U.S. “don’t understand the damage they’re doing to their own country, in which case they are simply stupid, or they understand…

Source: The New Yorker

There is current discussion on whether our president has a complete grasp and understanding for the necessities required to fulfill the duties of his office. In particular, his awareness of the need for caution, restraint, and discretion.

I can sort of relate to his predicament.

Many years ago someone rather high in my workplace had a habit of calling me just to gab. At first I thought it was work related, and I so I would quickly grab a paper and pen to write down everything he said. I figured wherever he was going, it would ultimately end up as some kind of assignment. But it never did. I would write furiously, add in a few oral “mm-hmm’s” just to let him know I was still on the line, and eventually he would end the call with a thanks for the chance to bend my ear. I would shake my head, ask myself what…

Sometimes I come across an article or a story that doesn’t leave me alone. People I don’t know -and never will know- are all of a sudden on my mind for days. 

I wish I could make people sit down and listen to this. I am not sure if it would do any good, it seems you can’t reach people on the other side anymore. 

Picture if you will a pot simmering on a cast iron stove, filled with various fragrant blossoms each of which is a political occurrence. They’re all different, but they all smell…nice? That’s what I’ve made for breakfast, ingredients via mainstream news (aka fake news), and predictions on Twitter by those who seem to be in the know. This fog of pollen in the Washington air seems to be the result of Donald Trump’s unpopular decision to fire FBI director James Comey. He kicked the beehivewith that clumsy move.
Today’s blooms:

• A frenzy of activity in Virginia: FBI agents obtaining dozens of warrants, multiple US Marshals and their vans frantically doing official looking things. (I’m not a reporter.)
• FBI and NYPD Joint Organized Crime Task Force arrested ten men in New York City, charging each with running a racketeering conspiracy as part of an organized crime effort. These men and…