Donald Trump is infamous for being a counterpuncher, for every perceived slight he responds with a flurry of haymakers.
But Trump`s favorite mode of attack isn`t a jab or a haymaker, he`s the master of the downward punch.
When
you`re the Leader of the Free World you should be very judicious when
and how, and indeed if you punch back, because every punch will be a
downward punch. Trump excels at criticizing and ridiculing individuals
and communities that are in a position of social, political, or
economic weakness.
Trump
isn`t content to punch the little guy, he prefers to punch someone who
can`t punch back. For almost two years Trump relentlessly attacked
Special Counsel Robert Mueller, knowing that he was legally prohibited
from responding to any criticism.
But
now Cadet Bone Spurs has found his perfect victim: John McCain, a war
hero who died eight months ago. When McCain was alive he wasn`t afraid
to criticize Trump`s comments and policies, but now that he`s dead he
can`t punch back, thus he makes the perfect punching bag.
In
a sense McCain is still alive in Trump`s brain, our fearless speaker
speaks about McCain in the present tense, as if the cantankerous
maverick was still in the Senate turning his thumb down at all his
ridiculous proposals.
Every
time Trump attacks McCain he succeeds only in diminishing his own
reputation and legitimacy, and reminding us of the heroism and
integrity of the recently departed war hero.
There are a
hundred and one reasons why Donald Trump shouldn`t be president of the
United States, and we often overlook one disqualifying factor: his age.
The
septuagenarian president has been in re-election mode since his
inauguration, and the two leading Democratic challengers (former vice
president Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders) will be in their late
seventies by 2020.
It`s
not ageist to point out the obvious: if your daily routine includes
putting on a fresh pair of adult diapers you are too freaking old to
hold the most stressful job in the world.
The
aforementioned septuagenarians better make way for an octogenarian
that has just joined the crowded Democratic presidential field, former
Alaska Senator Mike Gravel.
Gravel,
88, is as energetic as Beto, minus the spastic arm waving, and he`s
full of piss and vinegar — eager to shake up the Democratic primary
season.
Gravel announced his candidacy not by Telegram but via a tweet:
The goal will not be to win, but to bring a critique of American imperialism to the Democratic debate stage.
How refreshing that from the outset Gravel publicly acknowledges that he doesn`t have a snowball`s chance in hell of winning.
The
Eleventh Commandment was a phrase used by President Ronald Reagan
during his 1966 campaign for Governor of California. The Commandment
reads: Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.
The Democratic presidential hopefuls have adopted this motto for the
2020 election cycle, they refuse to criticize each other.
Gravel not so much!
This is what he had to say about Rep. Tulsi Gabbard:
She
is a wonderful public servant, and she and I agree on many issues.
That being said, her campaigning has been ineffective, her stance on
Israel needs tweaking, and she lacks the bluntness necessary to get the
message across.
He may actually have done Gabbard a favor by reprimanding her, she`s such a non-entity that hardly anybody mentions her.
Gavel cut Senator Amy Klobuchar to shreds with this withering tweet:
@amyklobuchar it`s hard to fight the big tech firms that abuse American workers when you also like to abuse American workers.
Gravel
is as old school as a dinosaur and he isn`t afraid of being called
sexist by politically-correct wimps for condemning Klobuchar for the
horrible way she treats her staff.
Gravel ridiculed Sen. Cory Booker`s Spartacus moment during the Kavanaugh hearing.
Spartacus
moment. This is me, in 1971, reading the Pentagon Papers into the
record for hours on end, risking expulsion from the Senate. That`s real
courage, Cory.`
He reserved his most potent vitriol for former vice president Joe Biden:
I sure do hope the faucets at @JoeBiden`s house are strong, with the amount of Iraqi blood on his hands.
We
don`t need old codgers the likes of Trump, Biden and Sanders running
for president, but thank God Gravel is running, he`s destined to make
the 2020 presidential race entertaining and educational.
Discussion of powerful female politicians often devolves into a debate over their physical attributes.
What`s
good for the goose is good for the gander, so let`s discuss Beto
O`Rourke`s physical appearance, especially considering the most
striking quality about him is his energetic physical presence. To
declare that Beto is like a dervish on crack is the understatement of
the 2020 presidential campaign.
Beto
is generally considered attractive, and I agree that he`s attractive
in a Robert Kennedy sort of way. Robert didn`t possess the matinee idol
good looks of his brothers John and Ted, but he had enough resemblance
to his siblings to be considered handsome or at least semi-good
looking.
Compared
to politicians the likes of Ted (Zodiac Killer) Cruz and Donald
(Orange Orangutan) Trump Beto is a rock star, but does he have enough
physical charisma to compensate for his inexperience, arrogance and
lack of a coherent political platform?
Beto
stands above the crowded Democratic presidential field, because he`s
so darn tall. But tall stature isn`t synonymous with physical
attractiveness, in my opinion he`s just a tall dork. Case in point Paul
Ryan, I don`t know anyone who considers the Eddie Munster looking putz
hot.
I`m
neither female nor gay and maybe women and gay men find the Texas
politician hot; I`d love to hear your take on him. I don`t want to hear
from freaks who equate power with sex appeal and froth over any
powerful politician, regardless of gender.
I`m
not going to vote based on physical attractiveness, after all I was
for Bernie in 2016, but I am curious. Please send me a tweet or an
email?
“When
President Donald Trump made a rare appearance at church on Sunday, he
heard a pointed message from the minister: call out hate speech
whenever you hear it because it`s a sin against the Gospel.
The
entreaty to rebut the type of language and mentality that spurred a
gunman in New Zealand to open fire on mosques last week came from Rev.
W. Bruce McPherson, who delivered Sunday`s sermon at historic St.
John`s Episcopal Church, situated just across a small park from the
White House.”
CNN
Donald
Trump isn`t a regular churchgoer, he attends services on Christmas,
Easter, and for state funerals. The short-fingered vulgarian would
attend church more regularly if the ushers were buxom young ladies who
leaned in real close to collect the offerings from the faithful.
On
Sunday Trump was moved by the spirit to attend church, unfortunately
for him he made the mistake of attending a mainline Protestant church
instead of an evangelical church where he would have been welcomed as
the Messiah.
The
Rev. W. Bruce McPherson of St. John`s Episcopal Church spoke truth to
power, he delivered a searing sermon on calling out hate speech. If
only Trump`s inner circle and Republican leaders had the holy boldness
to rebuke him for failing to condemn White Nationalism in the wake of
the New Zealand mosque massacre.
Thank
God that there are still some outposts of real Christianity in the age
of Trump. Thank God that there are still some true prophets of God who
speak truth to power and speak out on behalf of the powerless. Thank
God that there are still ministers who preach the message of love from
the Gospels instead of preaching hate by focusing on the handful of Old
Testament verses that prohibit acts of homosexuality.
I
would urge Christians to shun churches where the vulgar, obscene
racist Trump is welcomed with open arms. I would urge Christians to
avoid churches were fetuses are adored and poor children are neglected
and ignored. I would plead with Christians not to attend churches where
the kind of people Jesus ministered to (migrants, the poor, social
outcasts) aren`t accepted.
Let
me break it down, screw Trump-loving white evangelical places of
worship and attend an enlightened and loving temple like the historic
St. John`s Episcopal Church.
As the scion of a
billionaire businessman and as a former hacker and punk rocker Robert
(Beto) O`Rourke was born to be a digital currency entrepreneur or an
alternative music festival organizer.
But
the three-term congressman feels he was born to be the president of
the United States. His main claim to fame and political legitimacy is
that he lost his bid to unseat Senator Ted Cruz last November.
In
spite of Beto`s paltry political resume he considers himself
presidential timber because he`s charismatic, tall, boyishly handsome
and WHITE. Social media aptitude, fundraising prowess, and a winsome
smile is not synonymous with presidential gravitas.
In
the least surprising development of the nascent 2020 Democratic Party
primary season, Beto finally declared his candidacy with a video that
was heavy on gesticulating and light on substance.
In
his announcement video Beto is gesticulating wildly with one arm while
his longsuffering wife is clutching his other one. Her main function
seems to be to keep him from flying away or at least to restrain his
flight of rhetorical fancy. He seems oblivious to his spouse`s
presence, he doesn`t look in her direction, his focus is on the camera.
On
the campaign trail Beto joked that his wife Amy raised their three
children, sometimes with my help. He quickly apologized for his
politically-incorrect joke, but the fact remains that she is raising
their children by herself while he`s on his vanity tour.
In
the current Vanity Fair issue Beto appears on the cover (photo by
Annie Leibovitz) and in the accompanying interview white privilege
oozes out of him when he states that he was “born to do this.”
Maybe
so, but Senator Kamala was also born to run. Ditto, Senator Cory
Booker and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian
Castro.
I
might hire Beto as a scarecrow or as a windmill of sorts to power my
house, but I`m voting for a seasoned and qualified candidate and a
legitimate progressive like Kamala Harris. She was born to run and to
win.
In days gone by
young women lived in fear that they would die a spinster or old maid.
Their version of happiness and fulfillment was spawning a brood of
bouncing baby boys and adorable baby girls.
In
the age of climate change, overpopulation, and not to mention
feminism, women don`t judge their self-worth by how many children they
have. Children are viewed as an infection, rather than as a blessing
from God, by a growing number of enlightened individuals.
Today
women fear that they will become cat ladies, “OMG I`m going to be a
cat lady” a woman wails when she`s 30-something and still single. Cat
ladies – who are just single older ladies with felines — represent
abject failure in the eyes of young women.
But
cat ladies shouldn`t be looked down upon with disdain or sympathy,
they deserve our respect for realizing that a small fluffy kitten will
give them more comfort, companionship and fulfillment than any man or
woman ever could.
They
also deserve our gratitude for not giving birth to greedy insatiable
little monsters who pollute the Earth and kill off thousands of other
species of living creatures.
Indeed
I would urge all women and men to save the Earth, and forgo having any
children, and adopt a kitten or a puppy from an animal shelter
instead.
God save cat ladies, they are the hope of humankind!
When tragedy
strikes whether in the homeland or somewhere else in the global village,
the president in his role as comforter-in-chief soothes our anxiety
and fear with soothing words.
President
Donald Trump has the best words, but in times of turmoil his tweets
and comments always inflame rather than soothe the national psyche.
When
White Nationalists, Nazis and assorted racist scum paraded their
racism for all the world to see in Charlottesville, instead of uniting
our country with words of condemnation for bigotry and racism, Trump
made things exponentially worse with his despicable “good people on
both sides” rhetoric.
In
the aftermath of the horrible massacre in New Zealand when a white
nationalist gunned down dozens of Muslims while they were worshipping
in a mosque, Trump once again failed to call out white nationalism.
Here`s Trump`s tepid response to the abominable act of terrorism, via a tweet:
“My
warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of New Zealand
after the horrible massacre in the Mosques. 49 innocent people have so
senselessly died, with so many more seriously injured. The U.S. stands
by New Zealand for anything we can do. God bless all!”
Later in remarks in the Oval Office, he said:
“I
spoke with Prime Minister Ardern of New Zealand to express the sorrow
of our entire nation following the monstrous terror attacks at two
mosques.”
Trump
didn`t express empathy or solidarity with the Muslim community in
America and around the world, and he didn`t explicitly condemn white
nationalism. Granted Trump is a psychopath incapable of empathy, but he
should have forced himself to fulfill his responsibility as
comforter-in-chief.
Less
than 24 hours after the terrorist slaughtered 49 Muslim worshippers at
two mosques in New Zealand and posted a manifesto online citing the
“invasion of France and the West by nonwhites” our fearless leader had
this to say:
“People
hate the word `invasion,` but that`s what it is. It`s an invasion of
drugs, criminals, & people…in some cases, they are killers.”
Trump
boldly echoed the rhetoric of white nationalists by referring to
hardworking immigrants as “invaders.” Trump utterly failed to moderate
his language given the rise in violence and terrorism by white racists
all over the world.
You don`t need to be a member of
the “Southern Poverty Law Center” to deduce that Trump is an implacable
racist. By word, deed, executive action and policy Trump has proven
that he is racist to the core, and it is incumbent upon all Americans
who hate racism and bigotry to remove him from office by any means
necessary.
“A
large group of conservative donors and scholars were shocked last
weekend after a friendly exchange between Vice President Mike Pence and
Dick Cheney, the former vice president, turned tense.
Cheney,
a fierce defender of the foreign policy of President George W. Bush,
politely questioned the approach of Pence`s boss, President Donald
Trump, on foreign policy and national security.”
CNN
Actually
by most accounts the “friendly exchange” was more like a grilling,
Cheney accused the Trump administration of treating American foreign
policy like a “New York real estate deal,” and he demanded answers from
the hapless Pence.
The
current vice president is normally mild-mannered and even-tempered but
he`s a loyal lieutenant and he vociferously defends his boss`s
contradictory and irrational domestic and foreign policies.
Most
Republican leaders are too afraid to confront Trump, so they take out
their frustrations on Pence, they rightly deduce that a milquetoast
whose nose is perpetually brown is just going to stand there like a
mannequin and take it.
I
rarely find common ground with Darth Vader, but Cheney is spot-on:
Trump treats foreign policy like a “New York real estate deal.”
When
deciding what action to take in hot spots around the globe the stable
genius doesn`t take geopolitical concerns or our democratic values into
consideration, he merely does a cost-benefit analysis.
Take
Syria for example, Trump wanted to remove our troops from the
god-forsaken country immediately and precipitously as a cost-saving
measure. He didn`t consult with our allies, and he was willing to leave
the Kurds to the tender mercies of the brutal Turkish army.
Nobody treats Pence with the deference due a vice president, and he`s in for at least two more years of Cheney-like attacks.
But
reaming Pence is as challenging as taking candy from a baby. I wish
Republican politicians would grow some gonads, and attack Trump
directly for destroying their party and doing indelible harm to our
democracy.
In the aftermath
of an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 passengers on board,
the stable genius offered his ideas on improving airline safety.
We
might be wise listen to the owner of defunct Trump Airlines, the
shuttle service that operated flights from LaGuardia Airport to Logan
International Airport and Ronald Reagan Airport.
Maybe
not, after all the fuc*ing moron bankrupt Trump Airlines in less than
five years due to his mismanagement and incompetence.
Here`s what the engineer-in-chief had to say, on Twitter of course:
Airplanes
are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but
rather computer scientists from MIT. I see it all the time in many
products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often
old and simpler is far better. Split second decisions are….
… needed, and the complexity creates danger. All of this for great
cost yet very little gain. I don`t know about you, but I don`t want
Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that
are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!
We
don`t need Albert Einstein or a computer scientist from MIT flying
commercial airplanes, and we also don`t need tips from a businessman
who has several bankruptcies under his belt telling us how to run an
airliner or any other business.
I
wouldn`t be surprised if Trump petitions the FAA to reduce cruising
altitude from 35,000 feet to five thousand feet so commoners will be
able to read the Trump logo when he`s flying one of his private jets.
Can you imagine Trump as an commercial airline pilot?
I`d like to welcome the ladies and gentlemen on first class, never mind the losers flying coach.
My
copilot for this flight is Mike Pence, his primary responsibility is
serving me coffee and fluffing my hair. But in case of an emergency,
the Holy Roller will recite a prayer over the PA system.
But
don`t worry! This will be a beautiful flight, believe me! I will
probably set a world record getting you to your destination.
To
reduce tension and anxiety feel free to flirt with all the
stewardesses, believe me, they are all hot! I picked the bitches
myself!
I`d
like to ease your mind by informing you that there are no therapy
animals onboard this flight, crapping and pissing all over the cabin.
God, how I hate puppies, kittens and all fluffy animals that losers and
mental cases rely on for comfort.
Pence
you moron! Wait until I get up to stretch my legs before you try to
kiss my ass. Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, it`s so hard to get good help
these days.
Thank God Trump isn`t a pilot, engineer or anything having to do with the airline business.
At a meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board Donald Trump called Apple CEO Tim Cook “Tim Apple.”
Here`s the actual quote:
“We`re
going to be opening up the labor forces because we have to. We have so
many companies coming in. People like Tim – you`re expanding all over
and doing things that I really wanted you to do right from the
beginning. I used to say, `Tim, you gotta start doing it here,` and you
really have you`ve really put a big investment in our country. We
appreciate it very much, Tim Apple.”
Nobody
present smiled or acknowledged Trump`s faux pas, after all he has a
long history of butchering people`s names. The stable genius once
referred to Melania Trump as “Melanie” on Twitter, he`s safe as long as
he doesn`t call her “Stormy” during one of their annual intimate
interludes.
Tim
Cook wasn`t offended, in fact he playfully changed his name on Twitter
to Tim and the Apple logo. Naturally, Trump haters on social media
gave him a hard time, just like they do every time he says something
stupid, racist or ignorant.
But
Trump has such a thin orange skin that he just can`t let it go. At a
meeting with donors he told them that what he actually said was “Tim
Cook Apple” really fast and “Cook” was just really soft.
And today he tweeted:
“At
a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after
formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim +
Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake
News was disparagingly all over this, & it became yet another bad
Trump story!”
The
hallmark of a pathological liar is that he can`t keep his story
straight. I don`t know why the fuc*ing moron lied to cover up his
gaffe, his critics know he`s a compulsive liar and his supporters don`t
care. If Trump had called Cook “Johnny Appleseed” more than a few of
his cultists would name their firstborn “Johnny Appleseed” in tribute
to their Messiah.
If
Trump doesn`t want to see another bad Trump story, he should try
keeping his trap shut because nothing but obscenities, lies and
nonsense emanates from his pie hole.
Trump`s mantra and
rallying cry during the 2016 presidential campaign was “I will build a
wall and Mexico will pay for it.” It was a perfect metaphor and slogan
designed to appeal to Trump`s racist white evangelical base.
Trump`s
mythical wall crystalized the xenophobia, racism and bigotry of his
base into a tangible and concrete object. When his supporters chant
“Build the Wall” they are thinking to themselves: Deport those
wetbacks! Stop spics and niggers from invading our homeland!
Trump`s
base doesn`t know geopolitics from a prayer cloth, and they assumed
that it would be a piece of cake for their Messiah to hoodwink the
Mexican president into paying from his damn wall.
In
1626, a Dutch trader, Peter Minuit, purchased the island of Manhattan
for the equivalent of $24 worth of beads and trinkets, so why couldn`t
the art of the deal businessman con the ignorant Mexicans into paying
for his vanity project?
It`s
now become obvious to even the most deluded Trump supporters that
Mexico isn`t paying for the damn wall, but such is their hatred of
everyone who isn`t white that they will gladly pay for the abomination
with their taxes.
Trump
himself has become the manifestation of the wall, his supporters
perceive him as a bulwark against godless abortionists, activist
liberal judges, disease-ridden criminal immigrants, feminists and
secular scientists.
To
quote Martin Luther King Jr, “Let us realize the arc of the moral
universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” The MAGA crowd is
terrified of this universal march toward justice where white people
will no longer be at the top of the pecking order, and they see Trump
as their last Great White Hope.
Fortunately,
Trump and his sycophants are fighting a losing battle against
demographics, democracy, and the innate desire of people for justice
and liberty.
The
wall will never be built, but every day that Trump remains in power he
erodes our constitutional democracy, he must be impeached and removed
from power now rather than later.
“Six
degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six, or fewer,
social connections away from each other. As a result, a chain of a
friend of a friend statements can be made to connect any two people in a
maximum of six steps. It was originally set out by Frigyes Karinthy in
1929 and popularized in an eponymous 1990 play written by John Guare.
It is sometimes generalized to the average social distance being
logarithmic in the size of the population.”
Wikipedia
This
maxim hold true for most individuals, but in the case of Donald Trump
there are only two or three degrees of separation between him and any
porn star, madam, Playboy bunny, racist, political trickster or
pedophile.
I`m
not surprised that at a Super Bowl party at his golf club Trump took a
selfie with Li Yang, the owner of the massage parlor where New England
Patriots owner Robert Kraft paid a masseuse/prostitute for a happy
ending.
There
are no degrees of separation between the short-fingered vulgarian and
deviants and criminals the likes of billionaire registered sex offender
Jerry Epstein, former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort convicted
of filing false tax returns and bank fraud, porn star Stormy Daniels
who disgraced her noble profession by having a close encounter of the
third kind with Trump`s toadstool, White supremacist David Duke and 101
Russian mobsters, oligarchs and spies.
I
am determined that there will be more than six degrees of separation
between me and Trump and any of his supporters. If you still support
Trump after two years of the lies, racism and misogyny of his
administration you are dead to me.
Touring the area
where a devastating tornado touched down, Donald Trump signed Bibles for
supporters who gathered to see him at a Baptist church in Opelika,
Ala.
In
the aftermath of the violent tornado you`d think evangelicals would be
in fear of the awesome power of their God, and for at least the next
few days and weeks live righteously.
Instead
the white evangelicals thrust their Bibles at the man who embodies all
seven deadly sins, so he could defile their holy books with his huge
vain autograph.
“Donald Trump signing bibles is like Hannibal Lecter signing cookbooks.”
Adam Best on Twitter
Or
I might add like a prostitute signing a book titled: Purity Ring, the
story of a girl who exchanged her dildos and romance books for the
ultimate symbol of virginity when she found Christ.
Atheists
would have been convinced of the existence of the Almighty had he
smote that Baptist church with a lightning bolt while the
short-fingered vulgarian was signing Bibles.
Jesus
would bless the Bibles and the lives of white evangelicals if they
followed the teachings of the Gospels, and repudiated the man who is
the antithesis of the precepts of love, compassion and peace of the
true Messiah.
I close with this warning from Two Corinthians (as the Donald would say):
For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one
may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath
done, whether it be good or bad.
II Corinthians 5:7
I`m glad I won`t have to explain to Jesus why I begged the Antichrist to sign my Bible.
“A
Connecticut man who is terminally ill received a phone call from
President Donald Trump on Tuesday night, fulfilling a personal wish.
Jay
Barrett, who has cystic fibrosis and is receiving palliative care, is
an avid Trump supporter. Having some contact with the president was on
his bucket list.
The call was facilitated by Bridgette Hoskie, Barrett`s sister, who is a local politician and a Democrat.
USA TODAY
If
I was terminally ill and receiving palliative care, I would be
cognizant that my days are numbered and every minute is precious. I
certainly wouldn`t waste any precious moments chatting with a conman
and blithering idiot like Donald Trump.
I
would call my out-of-town family and friends, and perhaps a spiritual
advisor. I would call a sex line before I would ring up Trump, even a
sex phone operator is more sincere and genuine than the pathological
liar who sits in the Oval Office.
Talking
to the stable genius was on Barrett`s bucket list, I wonder what else
is on his list: Taking a selfie with Kim Jong-un? Doing the Tango with
Putin?
Trump is such an insincere bastard, he told Barrett: I`m very proud of you. I`ll talk to you again, Jay, OK? Unless Trump is a medium who can communicate with the dead, he ain`t gonna talk with Barrett again.
Anyway, to each his own I guess; I hope talking with Trump gave Barrett a small measure of peace.
“Another championship football team visited the White House on Monday.
And President Donald Trump once again had a buffet of fast food waiting for his guests.
Trump
welcomed the Football Championship Subdivision champions – the North
Dakota State Bison – to the White House on Monday. And, according to a
pool report, he served them a lunchtime spread of Big-Macs, Chick-fil-A
chicken sandwiches and French fries, among other fast-food items.
Trump served a similar meal to the Clemson Tigers when they visited the White House in January.”
USA Today
College
football players are world-class athletes, and their bodies are their
meal tickets — naturally they are very conscious about eating
nutritionally balanced meals.
But
a glutton thinks everyone is a glutton, and it`s not surprising that
the morbidly obese Big Mac-loving president served his guests a feast
of calorie-laden fast food.
I
don`t think Trump`s fast food spread deserves to be called a “buffet,”
even the most humble and inexpensive buffet offers at least a couple
of fancy items like lobster tails or salmon. Unless the condiments
included Grey Poupon mustard, there was nothing fancy about Trump`s
lunchtime spread.
Not
that I feel any sympathy for the North Dakota State Bison, that`s what
they deserve for attending a function at the White House of the
racist-in-chief.
Most
champions of professional leagues, like the NBA champion Golden State
Warriors, have refused to legitimize the presidency of Trump by
visiting the White House.
I
guess that only a team that few people have heard of, like The North
Dakota State Bison, would accept an invitation to meet the president at
the White House.
Lynne Patton, a
regional administrator at the Department of Housing and Urban
Development was an unknown before her appearance before the House
Oversight Committee, now she is universally reviled as a useful idiot
and token black friend of the racist-in-chief.
Michael
Cohen, Trump`s former personal lawyer, and fixer testified before the
aforementioned committee that his former boss was a racist.
Cohen`s opinion carries a lot of weight because he was a Trump insider for over a decade.
To
counter that claim, Rep. Mark Meadows, the chair of the far-right
Freedom Caucus, and someone who himself has been accused of being a
racist, invited Patton to Capitol Hill to serve as his prop.
When
Meadows mentioned her name at the hearing, Patton who was standing
right behind him, stood up so everyone could see her black ass, and
didn`t utter a single word. I`m sure I wasn`t the only one who was
reminded of a slave at an auction block.
“She
says that as a daughter of a man born in Birmingham, Ala., that there
is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist,” Meadows said. “How do you reconcile the two of those?”
As
if having a black acquaintance or a black employee is proof that Trump
isn`t a racist. Patton should be ashamed for allowing herself to be
used in such a cynical fashion, and for letting a white man speak on
her behalf.
Cohen exposed the stupidity of Meadows` stunt by responding: “Ask Miss Patton how many people who are black are executives at the Trump Organization. And the answer is zero.”
Lynn Patton will go down in infamy as the biggest Uncle Tom of the Trump administration.
Donald Trump
hugged the American flag after walking on stage at the Conservative
Political Action Conference (CPAC) to deliver a two-hour speech where
he proceeded to denigrate everything Old Glory represents. He lambasted
Congress, the Department of Justice, spread lies and conspiracy
theories; he basically delivered an address that would be greeted with
wild applause in Moscow.
It
was a stream-of-consciousness diatribe, naturally it was riddled with
expletives, and the conservative and evangelical audience couldn`t get
enough of it.
I
don`t want to parse or fact check Trump`s rant, suffice to say it was
vintage Trump bullshit, only it dragged on longer than usual.
I
want to zero in on Trump shameless stunt of humping the American flag
before he started spewing his toxic views. When a religious or
political leader is addressing his cult he doesn`t have to present a
rational and logical basis for his philosophy. He`s cognizant that his
followers have already ceded their thinking capabilities to him, and
will accept anything he says as the Gospel truth.
In
lieu of apologetics and reasoned discourse he will engage in shameless
antics like embracing the flag. Those of us who haven`t swallowed the
Kool-Aid will exclaim: OMG what a joke! Who would fall for such a corny
and shallow display of patriotism? The answer is quite obvious, the
millions of white evangelicals who voted for the bastard.
What
lesson can we glean from Trump`s embrace of the flag, and the
enthusiastic reaction from the CPAC audience? Namely this, you can`t
reason with MAGA devotees, it`s as foolhardy a task as trying to
convince Nazis that Hitler was a genocidal monster. White evangelicals
are a lost cause, even atheists are praying that hell is real and that
they will burn forever.
Forget
the MAGA cultists, we must reach out to Independents and rational
Republicans (There`s still a few of them left), and plead with them to
join Democrats in voting out the abomination in 2020.
“Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told Late Night With Seth Meyers on Thursday
that no matter who wins the Democratic nod, all of the candidates will
rally around the nominee in order to defeat Donald Trump.
`We
all understand that no matter who wins, everybody is going to rally
around that candidate and defeat Donald Trump,` the 2020 contender
said.”
The Hill
I
couldn`t agree more with Sanders, regardless which of the hundreds of
Democratic candidates for president eventually wins, it`s imperative
that we rally around the nominee in order to defeat the abomination
known as Donald Trump.
All
of the Democratic hopefuls are infinitely more qualified morally,
intellectually and in every other conceivable way than Trump.
But
that doesn`t mean that Democrats and Independents must refrain from
criticizing Democratic candidates for president before a winner emerges
from the huge field.
I
want the most qualified candidate to win, therefore I won`t stop
criticizing Democratic candidates starting with the interloper
Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders, he is too white and too old. The
last thing the Democratic Party needs facing off against Trump is a
77-year-old white man, who isn`t even a Democrat.
Enough
said about Sanders, let`s move on to Joe Biden. The former vice
president is too old, too white and too moderate. The last thing the
Democratic Party needs facing off against Trump is a gaffe-prone crazy
76-years-old white man with a penchant for molesting young girls.
Now
let`s consider Elizabeth Warren. The Senator from Massachusetts is too
old and notwithstanding the fact that she`s
.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 percent Cherokee, too
white. The last thing that the Democratic Party needs facing off
against Trump is a 69-year-old white woman who falsely claimed to be
Native American in order to advance her career.
Then
there`s Amy Klobuchar, the boss from hell. It`s not misogynist to
point out that the Senator from Minnesota isn`t just a demanding boss
but a psychopath who demeans and humiliates her staff. The last thing
the Democratic Party needs facing off against Trump is the only person
who could rival the stable genius as the worst boss in the world.
That
said there are dozens of eminently qualified presidential candidates
such as Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and Julián
Castro. In this upcoming presidential election cycle it`s imperative
that a minority or a woman face off against Trump.
“President
Trump was chosen by God to run for the White House, My Pillow founder
Mike Lindell said on the opening day of the annual Conservative
Political Action Conference (CPAC) in suburban D.C.
Mr.
Lindell, a 57-year-old businessman who advertises heavily on
conservative outlets, repeatedly claimed during his nine-minute speech
Thursday that Mr. Trump was picked by a higher power to seek the
presidency.
`I
see Donald Trump coming down an escalator and announcing he is running
for president. For me it was a divine and miraculous moment – I felt
something miraculous was about to unfold.`
`God
answered our prayers, our millions of prayer, and gave us grace and a
miracle happened on November 8, 2016,` Mr. Lindell said. `We were given
a second chance and time granted to get our country back on track with
our conservative values and getting people saved in Jesus` name.`”
Washington Times
Mike
Lindell is the founder and CEO of My Pillow, Inc. a pillow
manufacturing company. A pillow is a pillow is a pillow, but Lindell
has managed to sell over 30 million pillows by convincing shmucks that
his pillows have a patented design that will cure insomnia and make you
sleep like a baby.
It`s
no accident that Lindell runs his commercials primarily on Fox News,
he rightly figures that people who believe the alternate facts on the
conservative news network will swallow his lies that his pillows
possess magical properties that will instantly lull you into a deep
sleep.
These days Lindell is almost as well known for praising Trump as he is for extolling the virtues of his pillows.
Lindell
said that when Trump came down the escalator to announce he was
running for president, he knew that something miraculous was about to
unfold. Some miracle, Trump branded Mexican immigrants as rapists and
criminals.
After
two years of corruption, racism, xenophobia, homophobia and deceit
that is rampant in the Trump administration, Lindell`s adoration of the
president hasn`t diminished.
At
this year`s CPAC convention Lindell praised Trump to the high heavens,
illustrating the fact that regardless what obscenity Trump commits he
won`t lose the support of white evangelicals.
I
wonder how white evangelicals sleep at night resting their empty heads
on their My Pillows, while their Messiah is leading our democracy to
ruin and damnation.
Donald Trump is
the first American president in over 130 years not to have a dog in the
White House. However, it could be argued that he doesn`t need a dog
when he has his human lapdog, Mike Pence. Like any pooch worth his salt
Pence stares adoringly at his master, and the brownish tint to his
nose is testament of his subservience and loyalty. Pence loves Trump,
his vindictive God and Mother, in that order.
A
dog is man`s best friend, a narcissist like Trump doesn`t have any
genuine friends, but Pence is the president`s favorite sycophant. I
wonder if Trump sometimes lets Pence sleep on his bed to reward him for
his loyalty – God knows there`s plenty of room in his bed since
Melania never sleeps with him.
Trump
doesn`t share the spotlight with anyone, and Pence`s sublimation of
ego is complete. Pence is like a dog who is so terrified of his cruel
master that he never barks or whines. Pence rarely speaks unless spoken
to, and when he does speak it`s to praise his master.
Pence
is like a dog, but he`s also like a mannequin. Whenever he`s in the
presence of his master, the only muscles that he moves are the ones
that activate his subservient smile. If Pence is an
anatomically-correct mannequin his anus must be the size of the head of
a pin.
The
White House staff realizes that Pence doesn`t wield any real power,
and nobody has any respect for the spineless Mother-loving yes man.
However they treat him with deference because if Trump isn`t impeached
before the end of his term the actuarial charts will catch up with the
obese buffoon.
In
that horrible day Pence will let his freak flag fly high, he will
demand that his Cabinet hold a Bible study every day, and he will ban
sodomites from serving in his administration. Mother will be venerated
like the Virgin Mary, and our democracy will be turned into a
theocracy.
“Prosecutors
say an elderly man was assaulted inside a New Jersey supermarket after
he was confronted over a Make America Great Again hat he was wearing.
Somerset
County Prosecutor Michael Robertson says the 81-year-old Franklin
Township man was shopping at the Shop Rite on Elizabeth Avenue Monday
afternoon when he was approached regarding his red cap.
The victim was assaulted and sustained minor injuries, according to prosecutors. He declined medical attention at the scene.”
CBS News
Octogenarians
are granted a wide latitude in how they dress, they can wear tighty
whitey drawers in lieu of a hat and nobody will bat an eye.
But nobody, not even senior citizens, can don a MAGA hat without provoking a visceral reaction.
The MAGA hat is the KKK hood of our generation, and it brands anyone wearing it as a racist.
I
don`t condone or advocate violence, but I can certainly understand why
a person of color would react violently to a yahoo with a MAGA hat.
I
doubt that this old racist was assaulted, when somebody that freaking
old is assaulted he`s going to sustain more than just minor injuries,
in fact he will probably end up in intensive care.
We
must respect our elders, but an old reprobate sporting a MAGA hat
deserves a verbal lashing. I implore my readers to refrain from
physically attacking an 80-something bigot wearing a MAGA hat, he will
be in the hands of the devil soon enough.
Nobody was
surprised when the opening salvo in Donald Trump`s 2016 presidential
campaign was a blatantly racist attack on Mexican immigrants, branding
them criminals and rapists.
For
decades Trump has fanned the flames of racial controversies, in the
70`s a young Trump and his KKK-loving father were sued over
discriminatory rental practices in their New York apartments.
In
1989, after black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were accused of
assaulting and raping a white woman in Central Park, Trump spend
thousands placing full-page ads in the four daily newspapers in New
York City, demanding their execution.
A
decade and a half later when their sentences were overturned based on
DNA evidence and the confession of the real rapist, Trump refused to
apologize.
Trump
ran a racist campaign, demonizing Muslims and Hispanic immigrants to
appeal to his racist white evangelical base, and his presidency has
been marked by racist tweets, comments and policies.
Once again I`m not surprised, very few racists ever have an epiphany.
But
I am somewhat surprised by Trump`s anti-gay sentiments and policies
since he became president. Trump has been a life-long racist, but as a
businessman and as a reality TV star he never expressed any homophobic
views. As an entertainer he had contact with many gays and lesbians in
the entertainment industry, and he was friendly with many of them.
But
when he made common cause with white evangelicals in order to win the
presidency he adopted their anti-gay agenda. Hence his choice of the
anti-gay bigot Mike Pence as his vice president and the banning of
transgender soldiers from the military.
Pence
is explicitly anti-LGBTQ, and has been throughout his political
career. Pence uses his extreme brand of Christianity to justify his
right to discriminate. He quotes scripture to justify treating women
and gays and lesbians as second-class citizens.
Trump
recognizes Pence as an anal-retentive religious zealot, but he gives
his second-in-command free rein to treat gays and lesbians with
disdain, because he realizes it solidifies his support with his
evangelical base.
Trump
and Pence are the most damaging one-two punch democracy has suffered
in our lifetimes, and everyone who loves freedom and democracy must
devote their lives to the impeachment and removal from office of both
of them.
“A Florida doughnut shop is celebrating its grand opening with a $100 doughnut containing 24-karat gold and Cristal champagne.
Bjorn
Delacruz, pastry chef at Enter Through the Donut Shop, in Miami Beach,
said the Gold Cristal Ube Donut is loaded with luxurious ingredients.
`It`s created from a base of ube, which is a sweet purple yam from the Philippines,` he told WVSN-TV.
`Within
the ube mousse we suspend little bits of Cristal gelee, basically
Jell-O shots made from Cristal. We cover it with Cristal icing. I
airbrush it with some gold, and then I guild it with about with six to
nine sheets of edible gold,` he said.
UPI
Doughnuts
are the staple of Joe the mechanic, Bob the cop and Larry the truck
driver; it`s the delicious morning treat that provides nourishment to
the working person.
Leave
it to a trendy douchebag to commit sacrilege by introducing a $100
doughnut containing 24-karat gold and Cristal champagne. The mere
thought of this culinary abomination makes me want to vomit.
Doughnuts
and champagne just don`t go together, what I need in the morning to
get me going is a doughnut or two and an industrial strength cup of
coffee.
The
pastry chef at Through the Donut Shop brags about the luxurious
ingredients of his $100 doughnut, with all due respect he can stick his
ube mousse and edible gold up his wazoo. The only ingredients that a
doughnut needs are fried flour and sugar, lots of sugar.
I prefer my doughnuts to be laden with sugar sprinkles, it goes without saying that edible gold is fool`s gold.
When
you bite into a $100 doughnut you might remark: I can taste the sweet
essence of the sweet purple yam, and the aftertaste of the Cristal
gelee is divine!
But
when you devour a delicious poor man`s doughnut, you will be so
overwhelmed by the fried sugary delight that all you will be able to
utter is: mmm donuts!
“Bill Maher believes every news story about President Donald Trump should begin in the same way.
The
`Real Time` host said the following phrase – `President Trump, who
suffers from a malignant narcissistic personality disorder` – should be
written at the beginning of every story in a bid to explain his
actions that are subsequently detailed.
Huffington Post
Maher
is spot on, if you look up Donald Trump in the index of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders you will find him in the
chapter that deals with narcissistic personality disorder.
George
Conway, the spouse of top White House aide Kellyanne Conway, and
frequent critic of Trump agrees with Maher. He tweeted that “American
foreign policy is now driven more by one man`s narcissist personality
disorder than by the national interest and rational consideration of
intelligence assessments.”
Trump
who probably can`t find Montana, let alone North Korea, on a map is
such a delusional narcissist that he told South Korean President Moon
Jai-in that he is the only person who can solve the North Korea
problem.
But
a case could also be made that every news story about Donald Trump
should begin with the phrase: Pathological liar Donald Trump …
Almost
every tweet, speech and press release that emanates from the White
House is riddled with lies. Trump wouldn`t know the truth if it shook
his tiny hand and bit off his puny presidential pecker.
Some would argue that every article about Donald Trump should begin with the phrase: Serial sexual predator Donald Trump …
Trump
thinks with his penis, he has used his status and power as a real
estate tycoon, reality TV star and President of the United States to
exploit, harass and assault women.
One
thing is damn sure, every news story about Trump should include a
description of a pathology that explains his words and deeds.
“The
East Hill neighborhood and downtown Pensacola communities are paying
respects to Moose the East Hill Publix cat, a cat they considered their
own.
Moose`s
owners say they found his gray flea collar Tuesday afternoon while
visiting the site on Cervantes Street and 11th Avenue where a cat
fitting Moose`s description was found dead by an East Hill Publix
employee on Sunday morning.
The
tabby cat, brightened the lives of Publix customers over the past two
years simply by sitting in front of the store and showing affection to
strangers.”
Pensacola News Journal
Cats
leave a lasting impact on the lives of their owners, and I
memorialized by felines Ebony and Patches when they died by posting
online obituaries. It`s been almost twenty years since Patches died and
I still remember her mischievous nature, her constant meowing, and her
penchant for cuddling with me while I was watching TV.
Moose
didn`t belong to one owner, he was a fixture in downtown Pensacola,
and he is mourned by hundreds who came in contact with him every day.
Moose didn`t perform tricks to earn the love of the people who lived or
worked in downtown Pensacola, he earned their undying affection simply
by sitting in front of the East Hill Public store.
I hope that when I die somebody will send flowers to my funeral or post an online memorial.
