Wit, Wisdom, and Whimsy. (your mileage may vary)
September 6, 2019
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In their 2016 platform, the Republican party says “Federalism is a cornerstone of our constitutional system. Every violation of state sovereignty by federal officials is not merely a transgression of one unit of government against another; it is an assault on the liberties of individual Americans.”
My, how times change. More
June 20, 2019
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The bombs were ready to fly. Hair Trigger (Trump) had already given the orders to attack. Iran had taken the bait by shooting down a United States drone, and Trump was ready to start his war. Suddenly he pulled back. Why?
Probably because Vlad said:
Putin talks (no more Russian Mob money), Donnie obeys. The war hawks in the United States are going to have to work that much harder to make Hair Furor ignore Vlad’s plans for Iran. I’m sure they’re already plotting how to get around Putin.
Keep your wits about you, it’s only going to get worse.
Hey, NANCY PELOSI! ITMFA! What are you waiting for?
June 7, 2019
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See the celestial object on the left? That’s Mars. See the one on the right? That’s the Moon. They are not part of each other. The President of the United States in 2019 does not know this.
The Republican Party in the 21st century has given us George Bush and Donald Trump. While I always thought Bush was not the brightest bulb in his family’s chandelier, I always assumed he had a basic knowledge of how things were. With Trump, one wonders if he ever learned anything over his lifetime other than how to get rich cheating contractors, the government, and banks.
Donald J. Trump. The best the GOP has to offer. Putin approved, protected by McConnell.
Hey, Donnie? Going to Mars *IS* rocket science, so lets leave it up to the rocket scientists to figure out the best way to get there. It’s clear they’ve decided the Moon is an important waypoint in that journey, so we go there first.
Oh, and in case you missed it, the Moon is 238,000 miles away, and Mars is 34 million (at it’s closest approach). The Moon is not part of Mars. And it’s not made of green cheese. Just thought you’d like to know.
March 26, 2019
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The alt-right* in this country is in a terrible pickle.
On one hand, they are cheering the apparent conclusion of the Mueller investigation. From Trump on down, they’re crowing that this proves “NO COLLUSION!!!” and “NO OBSTRUCTION!!!” (even though the Barr summary clearly says the report does NOT exonerate the President from obstruction). They feel so confident now that some of them (the President and spokesperson Sanders) are hinting they want to charge those who said there was evidence of collusion and of reporting those claims with treason, to be punished by death. It’s party time in the alt-right.
Except.
On the other hand, they are in vapor-lock, looking feverishly for their fainting couches, over prosecutors in Cook County, Illinois dropping charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s claims of being attacked. Prosecutors initially charged Smollett for staging the attack.
What to do, what to do? Celebrate “the system” for “clearing” Dear Leader? But then how do they condemn the system for doing the same thing for a black gay actor?
Well, don’t worry. Logic and consistency has never been a prerequisite for anything coming from the alt-right in this country. They’ll quite easily hold two contradictory views of “the system”, since it suits them. They won’t even see the contradiction.
Meanwhile, the nation turns it’s hopes towards SDNY and other district and state courts to finish what Mueller started. Smollett might have skated, but it doesn’t look like Trump et al will, in the long run.
*sometimes also called white supremacists, white nationalists, white separatists, anti-Semites, neo-Nazis, neo-fascists, neo-Confederates, Holocaust deniers, and conspiracy theorists. To name just a few.
March 25, 2019
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders today threatened political opponents of President Trump with the death penalty for treason. In an interview today, Sanders said “They are literally, the media and Democrats have called the president an agent of a foreign government. That is an accusation equal to treason, which is punishable by death in this country,” she said to NBC.
The President said “There are a lot of people out there that have done some very, very evil things, some bad things, I would say some treasonous things against our country. And hopefully people that have done such harm to our country — we’ve gone through a period of really bad things happening — those people will certainly be looked at. ”
“I’ve been looking at them for a long time,” he added, “and I’m saying why haven’t they been looked at? They lied to Congress, many of them, you know who they are. They’ve done so many evil things.”
So now you have the Office of the President of the United States saying in so many words that he’s going to take a page from the Russian and North Korean playbooks, and go after those he views as enemies.
He’s been spending some time, apparently, studying the ways of Putin, Kim, and other despots around the world, and deciding their methods will work for him.
Trump sent out an email blast today, complaining about $25 million spent, and the two year “witch hunt” about collusion. Not a peep about the multiple investigations of Hillary Clinton by the Republican Congress, nor the money wasted there.
The GOP better move to clean up it’s act, and do something to reign in this madness, before Trump and party destroy what’s left of the United States.
These people are despicable.
February 19, 2019
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“Big hands”? You decide.
I know emergencies, and, let me tell you, this isn’t one of them!
Betcha’ thought I was going to talk to you about 9-1-1 calls, didn’t you?
Nope, this time it’s all about a grifter who managed to get himself elected President of the United States invoking emergency powers to bypass Congress and the Constitution.
Can you imagine the hue and cry if President Obama had declared a national emergency, bypassed Congress, and imposed single payer? Our health care system actually is in crisis, but the GOP would have blown it’s collective gasket.
The Republicans and their base, however, are just fine with Hair Furor attempting an end run around the Constitution and the funding mechanisms of the United States government.
November 19, 2016
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This came across my Facebook feed today, reposted by George Takei.
” I listened as they called my President a Muslim.
I listened as they called him and his family a pack of monkeys.
I listened as they said he wasn’t born here.
I watched as they blocked every single path to progress that they could.
I saw the pictures of him as Hitler.
I watched them shut down the government and hurt the entire nation twice.
I watched them turn their backs on every opportunity to open worthwhile dialogue.
I watched them say that they would not even listen to any choice for Supreme Court no matter who the nominee was.
I listened as they openly said that they will oppose him at every turn.
I watched as they did just that.
I listened.
I watched.
I paid attention.
Now, I’m being called on to be tolerant.
November 6, 2009
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In the latest round of the saga of poor Carrie Prejean, a sex tape of the former Miss California USA has been introduced into the plot. As you’ll recall, Miss Prejean became a darling of the right wing after coming in second in the Miss USA contest. Her response to a question on same-sex marriage, not noted for it’s intelligence or delivery, even if a dearly held belief of Miss Prejean’s, became instant fodder for the judge who asked the question, on-line gossip Perez Hilton. Quickly taken up by the religious right, who echoed her claims that she lost the Miss USA crown due to her “moral” stand on same-sex marriage, her cause became a national sensation, portrayed as an attack on her personal “family values” beliefs. The latest chapter in this never-ending saga now includes reports of a video of Miss Prejean in a solo performance of a sexual nature.
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Breaking U.S. policy, Trump was set to meet with Taliban terrorist group at Camp David
September 7, 2019
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This is a bad holo-novel, isn’t it, Number One?
The stupid continues to flow from this White House. On Saturday, September 7, 2019, President Donald J. Trump tweeted the following:
The official policy of the United States has, for decades, been that we do not negotiate with terrorists. Now, we have negotiated with terrorists before, on the down-low, but never at the level of the Presidency, and never at such a respected historical site.
Idiot-in-Chief was going to bring Taliban terrorist leaders to Camp David! This is not Israel-Egypt, and Trump is no Jimmy Carter.
On top of all of that, Trump was going to have the Taliban at Camp David a couple of days before 9/11! The optics of that are just incredibly bad. Did no one at the White House even consider that?
So who was our point man on this? Why am I suspecting it was Jared? After all, isn’t he in charge of all of these peace plan things?
Idiots. All of them. Led by the biggest one of all.
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