Does she think Diane is incapable of retaliation?Yep, because she's a "floater" with no real allies with Jase gone.
AND...James should have threatened Janie with two things, that he himself would retaliate against her should he win HOH,
She knows he doesn'ty have the numbers to do that, and that to turn on S6 at this point is nuts.
AND that he was going to approach CT and beg to become a part of their alliance, making them even in numbers with S6: James, Will and Booger V. Janie, Kaysar and Howie. Of course CT most likely would have laughed James out of town.
And that's why he didn't use that threat, and why she would never believe him if he did.
One more thing, Janie could have turned the tables and replaced Booger with JAMES HIMSELF instead of Diane, just because of his anger with her choice.
Nope, she and S6 still need him for now. She'll let Kaysar and Howie talk him down from the ledge, and he'll see that they're still in the best shape right now.
Besides, James is nothing but a hypocritical coward. HE had the chance to evict Will or Booger, but made a deal with them, and took out Jase instead. But when Janie makes the same deal, he loses his mind over it.
Bottom line IMO is that Janie's true colors are showing. And that color is BLONDE.
Yep, smart blonde.