But that ship sailed a long time ago. And the only way the SS Media Credibility will ever again be seen anywhere near these shores will be if "American journalism" tears itself completely down and starts completely over.
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
OPEN JOKE
Mike Bloomberg demonstrates why he has no business ever being US president.
Bloomberg also made some operational news by saying how he would run his White House. He’d turn the historically guarded East Room into an open office environment — “where I’ll sit side by side with our team.” And he’d use the Oval Office for some official functions — “never for tweeting” — but added: “The rest of the time, I’ll be where a leader should be: With the team.”
“In sports, the coach or manager is right there with the players, giving directions, drawing on white boards, huddling during timeouts, motivating and inspiring — and picking someone up when they’ve made a mistake,” he wrote, adding another unsubtle dig at Donald Trump. “Managers in every organization should be performing those same roles. Walls just get in the way, by stifling communication and making collaboration more difficult. Some people like to build walls. I like to tear them down.”
When I was a kid going into the sixth grade, the Webster Groves, Missouri School District, where I lived, turned two of its elementary schools, Douglass in the black north end of town and my school, Washington Park, on the whiter-than-snow south side into what they called "demonstration centers" for every dumbass new educational concept that happened to catch someone's eye.
Any parent anywhere in the district could send their kids there. There were VERY few takers. My mom, who taught in the District at the time, was enthusiastic about the whole idea. She was considerably less so after a bunch of us sixth-graders were temporarily assigned to read Paradise Lost, for God's sake, after which she sort-of figured out that the District was just kind of making crap up as it went along.
One of the new concepts the District was particularly keen on was the idea of the "open classroom." What they essentially did was to knock down the walls between classrooms essentially making one big room. I don't know what that was supposed to have accomplished except to make it damned near impossible to read, to concentrate or to do much of anything else necessary and worthwhile for the advancement of my education.
My sixth-grade year was a complete waste of time.
But sure, Mike. That's this country's problem. Office walls.
Go with that.
Monday, December 30, 2019
Sunday, December 29, 2019
BUMPER CROP
A few days ago, there was a rather-more serious anti-Semitic attack in the New York City area.
A suspect is in custody after a man attacked a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home north of New York City late Saturday, stabbing and wounding five people before fleeing in a vehicle, police said. Grafton E. Thomas, 37, of Greenwood Lake, will face five counts of attempted murder, police said Sunday. The attack appeared to be the latest in a string targeting Jews in the region, including a massacre at a kosher grocery store in New Jersey earlier this month. Police said the stabbings happened around 10pm in Monsey, one of several Hudson Valley towns that have seen an influx in large numbers of Hasidic Jews in recent years. Top state officials, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Letitia James, condemned the attack, reports the AP.
The left knows, or should, that it has a serious anti-Semitism problem. How do I know that? I know that because of the left's desperate, damn near psychotic, efforts to somehow blame all this on Trump. Here's one example. Here's another particularly stupid one.
Pinheads like those are all over Twitter.
Right. Donald J. Trump, a man with an Orthodox Jewish son-in-law and grandkids who defied decades of US governmental practice and moved the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, is a secret anti-Semite who secretly hates Jews.
Secretly.
A suspect is in custody after a man attacked a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home north of New York City late Saturday, stabbing and wounding five people before fleeing in a vehicle, police said. Grafton E. Thomas, 37, of Greenwood Lake, will face five counts of attempted murder, police said Sunday. The attack appeared to be the latest in a string targeting Jews in the region, including a massacre at a kosher grocery store in New Jersey earlier this month. Police said the stabbings happened around 10pm in Monsey, one of several Hudson Valley towns that have seen an influx in large numbers of Hasidic Jews in recent years. Top state officials, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Letitia James, condemned the attack, reports the AP.
The left knows, or should, that it has a serious anti-Semitism problem. How do I know that? I know that because of the left's desperate, damn near psychotic, efforts to somehow blame all this on Trump. Here's one example. Here's another particularly stupid one.
Pinheads like those are all over Twitter.
Right. Donald J. Trump, a man with an Orthodox Jewish son-in-law and grandkids who defied decades of US governmental practice and moved the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, is a secret anti-Semite who secretly hates Jews.
Secretly.
Saturday, December 28, 2019
AND NOW...IDIOTS
What's wrong with this picture?
Three Oklahoma teenagers were killed last week when they broke into a house and were met by a homeowner with an AR-15. Now the grandfather of one of the teenagers is speaking out about his grandson's death.
What's he saying?
According to KTUL-TV, Leroy Schumacher, grandfather of 17-year-old Jacob Redfearn, believes the death of Redfearn was unjustified because the homeowner's AR-15 gave him an unfair advantage over the three burglars.
"What these three boys did was stupid," Schumacher said. "They knew they could be punished for it but they did not deserve to die."
"Brass knuckles against an AR-15? C'mon. Who was afraid for their life?" Schumacher said.
And there it is. Two things. If you're ever stupid enough to break into someone else's house without knowing what's on the other side of that door, you're not getting any sympathy from me. Seems like that might be something you might want to find out before you even start such a bone-crushingly moronic activity. And if you ever do break into my house, THE VERY LAST EFFING THING THAT I'M EVER GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IN THE DEFENSE OF MY HOME AND MY FAMILY IS WHETHER THIS FIGHT IS "FAIR" OR NOT.
Take another run at it, old man.
Three Oklahoma teenagers were killed last week when they broke into a house and were met by a homeowner with an AR-15. Now the grandfather of one of the teenagers is speaking out about his grandson's death.
What's he saying?
According to KTUL-TV, Leroy Schumacher, grandfather of 17-year-old Jacob Redfearn, believes the death of Redfearn was unjustified because the homeowner's AR-15 gave him an unfair advantage over the three burglars.
"What these three boys did was stupid," Schumacher said. "They knew they could be punished for it but they did not deserve to die."
"Brass knuckles against an AR-15? C'mon. Who was afraid for their life?" Schumacher said.
And there it is. Two things. If you're ever stupid enough to break into someone else's house without knowing what's on the other side of that door, you're not getting any sympathy from me. Seems like that might be something you might want to find out before you even start such a bone-crushingly moronic activity. And if you ever do break into my house, THE VERY LAST EFFING THING THAT I'M EVER GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IN THE DEFENSE OF MY HOME AND MY FAMILY IS WHETHER THIS FIGHT IS "FAIR" OR NOT.
Take another run at it, old man.
HE MAY BE A RACIST
But he's OUR racist.
The history of U.S. politics is full of second chances — of scandal-scarred, disgraced and irredeemable public figures staging improbable comebacks — but few back-from-the-dead narratives have been as swift and sure-footed as the one Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has managed this year.
Complete garbage. Raise your hand if you seriously believe that any conservative Republican would have had or would have even been allowed by the Post anything close to a "swift and sure-footed" political comeback under any circumstances.
Thought not.
In the process, Mr. Northam, a Democrat, persuaded many [leftist Democratic] Virginians to allow him a season of penitence. Not least among them are African Americans who were stunned when the governor first admitted, then denied, appearing in the photo in which one figure is in blackface and another is in a Ku Klux Klan costume, while adding that he did don blackface, appearing as Michael Jackson at a dance contest, the same year the yearbook was published.
Content edited slightly. But once again, raise your hand if you seriously believe that Democracy Dies In Hypocritical Crap would ever have allowed any conservative Republican anywhere "a season of penitence" under any circumstances whatsoever.
Thought not.
Throughout, Mr. Northam, a self-effacing
Except for that one time.
pediatric neurologist,
Ben Carson was a pediatric neurologist, wasn't he?
has expressed remorse
Or pretended to.
and projected what many [leftist Democratic] Virginians regard as genuine humility.
Content edited slightly.
“I’ve had to confront some painful truths,” he said in August at an event commemorating the arrival 400 years ago of the first African slaves in North America, where Hampton, Va., is today. “Among those truths was my own incomplete understanding involving race and equity.”
Bumper stickers. But you have to give the Democrats this much credit. They always stand by their own no matter what. Back in the day, Bill Clinton could have done a 12-year-old girl in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue at one o'clock in the afternoon and The Washington Post editorial page would have wondered what the kid was wearing.
Statutory rape, schmatutory rape. Clinton was Right On The Issues.
The history of U.S. politics is full of second chances — of scandal-scarred, disgraced and irredeemable public figures staging improbable comebacks — but few back-from-the-dead narratives have been as swift and sure-footed as the one Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has managed this year.
Complete garbage. Raise your hand if you seriously believe that any conservative Republican would have had or would have even been allowed by the Post anything close to a "swift and sure-footed" political comeback under any circumstances.
Thought not.
In the process, Mr. Northam, a Democrat, persuaded many [leftist Democratic] Virginians to allow him a season of penitence. Not least among them are African Americans who were stunned when the governor first admitted, then denied, appearing in the photo in which one figure is in blackface and another is in a Ku Klux Klan costume, while adding that he did don blackface, appearing as Michael Jackson at a dance contest, the same year the yearbook was published.
Content edited slightly. But once again, raise your hand if you seriously believe that Democracy Dies In Hypocritical Crap would ever have allowed any conservative Republican anywhere "a season of penitence" under any circumstances whatsoever.
Thought not.
Throughout, Mr. Northam, a self-effacing
Except for that one time.
pediatric neurologist,
Ben Carson was a pediatric neurologist, wasn't he?
has expressed remorse
Or pretended to.
and projected what many [leftist Democratic] Virginians regard as genuine humility.
Content edited slightly.
“I’ve had to confront some painful truths,” he said in August at an event commemorating the arrival 400 years ago of the first African slaves in North America, where Hampton, Va., is today. “Among those truths was my own incomplete understanding involving race and equity.”
Bumper stickers. But you have to give the Democrats this much credit. They always stand by their own no matter what. Back in the day, Bill Clinton could have done a 12-year-old girl in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue at one o'clock in the afternoon and The Washington Post editorial page would have wondered what the kid was wearing.
Statutory rape, schmatutory rape. Clinton was Right On The Issues.
KAPO
In the last several weeks, there have been violent, anti-Semitic attacks on Jews all over New York City, a fact which has David Klion gravely concerned.
But not for the reason you think.
In other words, Dave thinks that physical attacks on "Persons Of Color (POC)" would be a horrifying crime. Physical attacks on Jews are nothing to worry about.
Just part of doing business.
But not for the reason you think.
In other words, Dave thinks that physical attacks on "Persons Of Color (POC)" would be a horrifying crime. Physical attacks on Jews are nothing to worry about.
Just part of doing business.
Friday, December 27, 2019
WORST BIGOT EVER
Apparently, Donald Trump is already considering who his next secretary of state is going to be.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he isn’t running for Senate next year. Those close to him say he hasn’t made a final decision yet. But that hasn’t prevented a barely concealed competition from breaking out within the administration over who might replace him as the nation’s top diplomat. President Trump has fueled the fire by sounding out lawmakers and officials as he considers his options.
Trump seems to be considering quite a few names; among these is Florida Senator Marco Rubio (ew). Another one's this guy.
Trump has also asked people what they think about Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell becoming secretary of state. The German government has complained about Grenell’s aggressive style, but that’s actually a selling point for Trump. Grenell’s confirmation would also be tough; he was confirmed for his current job by a vote of 56 to 42. O’Brien and Grenell have been friends for many years. They were both acolytes of former national security adviser John Bolton.
Know what else Grenell is?
HE'S GAY.
Please let this happen, please let this happen, please let this happen. Leftist heads would explode from Boston to Los Angeles and all points in between.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he isn’t running for Senate next year. Those close to him say he hasn’t made a final decision yet. But that hasn’t prevented a barely concealed competition from breaking out within the administration over who might replace him as the nation’s top diplomat. President Trump has fueled the fire by sounding out lawmakers and officials as he considers his options.
Trump seems to be considering quite a few names; among these is Florida Senator Marco Rubio (ew). Another one's this guy.
Trump has also asked people what they think about Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell becoming secretary of state. The German government has complained about Grenell’s aggressive style, but that’s actually a selling point for Trump. Grenell’s confirmation would also be tough; he was confirmed for his current job by a vote of 56 to 42. O’Brien and Grenell have been friends for many years. They were both acolytes of former national security adviser John Bolton.
Know what else Grenell is?
HE'S GAY.
Please let this happen, please let this happen, please let this happen. Leftist heads would explode from Boston to Los Angeles and all points in between.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
EPISCOPALIANLIZATION
Over the weekend, Francis, the Presiding Bishop of the Romano-Unitarian Church, had some interesting words for some high school students in Rome.
In a dialogue with Catholic high school students in Rome this weekend, Pope Francis responded to a question about how to deal with atheists and people of other faiths by saying that Christians should never proselytize — and any who do are not truly Christians.
"But listen: Never, never bring the gospel by proselytizing."
"If someone says they are a disciple of Jesus and comes to you with proselytism, they are not a disciple of Jesus."
The first is all. In front of an unbeliever the last thing I have to do is try to convince him. Never. The last thing I have to do is speak. I have to live consistent with my faith.
But with faith there is no proselytism.
Despite the fact that shortly before His resurrection, the Lord told us that that was precisely what we should be doing?
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20).
In a dialogue with Catholic high school students in Rome this weekend, Pope Francis responded to a question about how to deal with atheists and people of other faiths by saying that Christians should never proselytize — and any who do are not truly Christians.
"But listen: Never, never bring the gospel by proselytizing."
"If someone says they are a disciple of Jesus and comes to you with proselytism, they are not a disciple of Jesus."
The first is all. In front of an unbeliever the last thing I have to do is try to convince him. Never. The last thing I have to do is speak. I have to live consistent with my faith.
But with faith there is no proselytism.
Despite the fact that shortly before His resurrection, the Lord told us that that was precisely what we should be doing?
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20).
A FEATURE, NOT A BUG
You mean that "professional foreign policy civil service" which believes that it and and it alone should determine what American foreign policy should be?
Monday, December 23, 2019
ONE MORE TIME
Well, probably not one more time; all kinds of more times, more than likely, as stupid as people like you seem to be, Dave.
The president of the United States is this country's First Civil Servant. That's all the US president is and all the US president ever should be.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS NOT, NEVER EVER HAS BEEN AND, GOD WILLING, NEVER EVER WILL BE THIS COUNTRY'S PRESIDING BISHOP.
Grow the damn hell up, Dave.
UPDATE: I guess I need to apologize in advance for boring the hell out of you but it seems that I'm going to be saying this over and over and over again.
The president of the United States is this country's First Civil Servant. That's all the US president is and all the US president ever should be.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS NOT, NEVER EVER HAS BEEN AND, GOD WILLING, NEVER EVER WILL BE THIS COUNTRY'S PRESIDING BISHOP.
Grow the damn hell up, Dave.
UPDATE: I guess I need to apologize in advance for boring the hell out of you but it seems that I'm going to be saying this over and over and over again.
YOU KEEP USING THAT WORD
I do not think it means what you think it means.
As long as we're playing Somebody Else's Money, what are you going to do for me, Leninist? I paid off my student loan debt; is "Wall Street" going to cut me a check for a couple hundred grand or whatever it was? Or do I just get a letter robotically "signed" by you thanking me for taking one for the team, as they say? Why is government-sanctioned robbery ever a good thing?
And while I've got you, you babbling old fool, why just student loan debt, Bernie? Why not all debt, everywhere? I've got credit card debt that you'd need to sell one of your three houses to pay off, he's paying off a car, she's paying off her one and only house and $e sure as hell can't pay for $er abortion what with that Gender Studies Masters $e still owes for.
As long as we're playing Somebody Else's Money, what are you going to do for me, Leninist? I paid off my student loan debt; is "Wall Street" going to cut me a check for a couple hundred grand or whatever it was? Or do I just get a letter robotically "signed" by you thanking me for taking one for the team, as they say? Why is government-sanctioned robbery ever a good thing?
And while I've got you, you babbling old fool, why just student loan debt, Bernie? Why not all debt, everywhere? I've got credit card debt that you'd need to sell one of your three houses to pay off, he's paying off a car, she's paying off her one and only house and $e sure as hell can't pay for $er abortion what with that Gender Studies Masters $e still owes for.
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Saturday, December 21, 2019
STRAWS, GRASPING AT
It's a sign of the desperation of NeverTrumpistan to somehow get clear of The Worst Human Being Who Has Ever Lived Or Ever Will Live Until The Antichrist Comes If He Hasn't Come Already If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do that so many people have so frantically grabbed on to this Christianity Today (founded by Billy Graham, we are hurriedly and insistently informed) editorial by CT editor-in-chief Mark Galli that Trump needs to be removed from the presidential office.
Theologically, however, this editorial will have to go a good distance to even aspire to be weak tea; at best, this is lukewarm water. Mark does admit that "impeachment" in this case is politically motivated.
Let’s grant this to the president: The Democrats have had it out for him from day one, and therefore nearly everything they do is under a cloud of partisan suspicion. This has led many to suspect not only motives but facts in these recent impeachment hearings. And, no, Mr. Trump did not have a serious opportunity to offer his side of the story in the House hearings on impeachment.
But it's not that the Democrats don't have a point.
Theologically, however, this editorial will have to go a good distance to even aspire to be weak tea; at best, this is lukewarm water. Mark does admit that "impeachment" in this case is politically motivated.
Let’s grant this to the president: The Democrats have had it out for him from day one, and therefore nearly everything they do is under a cloud of partisan suspicion. This has led many to suspect not only motives but facts in these recent impeachment hearings. And, no, Mr. Trump did not have a serious opportunity to offer his side of the story in the House hearings on impeachment.
But it's not that the Democrats don't have a point.
But the facts in this instance are unambiguous: The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents. That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral.
No, Mark, the "facts" are not "unambiguous" at all. Did you even read the transcript? Can you point to a single quote where President Trump did what you claim he did? Because if you can't, it would seem to me that your statement falls under the "false witness" strictures of the Bible. Which means that your problem's not with me, big dog. It's with a much Bigger Dog.
Trump’s evangelical supporters have pointed to his Supreme Court nominees, his defense of religious liberty, and his stewardship of the economy, among other things, as achievements that justify their support of the president. We believe the impeachment hearings have made it absolutely clear, in a way the Mueller investigation did not, that President Trump has abused his authority for personal gain and betrayed his constitutional oath. The impeachment hearings have illuminated the president’s moral deficiencies for all to see. This damages the institution of the presidency, damages the reputation of our country, and damages both the spirit and the future of our people. None of the president’s positives can balance the moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character.
Mark? What part of Psalm 14 is tripping you up? What part of Romans 3:23 are you having problems with? Because you just described EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HAS EVER OCCUPIED THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON DOWN TO THE PRESENT DAY. And every single other person who has ever lived throughout all eternity, for that matter.
To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: Remember who you are and whom you serve. Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior. Consider what an unbelieving world will say if you continue to brush off Mr. Trump’s immoral words and behavior in the cause of political expediency. If we don’t reverse course now, will anyone take anything we say about justice and righteousness with any seriousness for decades to come? Can we say with a straight face that abortion is a great evil that cannot be tolerated and, with the same straight face, say that the bent and broken character of our nation’s leader doesn’t really matter in the end?
How seriously do they take us now, Mark? How much influence have we had in rolling back atrocities like abortion?
Quite a bit, as it turns out. Mitch McConnell has gotten a couple of boatloads of federal judges confirmed while Trump got Gorsuch and Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court and will get Amy Coney Barrett there as soon as Ruth Ginsberg kicks off.
So take another run at it, Mark.
Friday, December 20, 2019
STFU
Two things, Charming Billy.
(A) The "proper functioning of our constitutional government" REQUIRES Nanner McBotox to officially submit the articles of impeachment to the Senate. So who's really holding things up?
(3) The only "fair Senate trial" you and other NeverTrumpies will ever accept is a "trial" where Trump is convicted and removed from office since you decided the question the day after the election long before any Trump "wrong-doing" was even named, never mind voted upon.
Two more things. Kiss off.
(A) The "proper functioning of our constitutional government" REQUIRES Nanner McBotox to officially submit the articles of impeachment to the Senate. So who's really holding things up?
(3) The only "fair Senate trial" you and other NeverTrumpies will ever accept is a "trial" where Trump is convicted and removed from office since you decided the question the day after the election long before any Trump "wrong-doing" was even named, never mind voted upon.
Two more things. Kiss off.
AIN'T GOING TO BE THE FAKE INDIAN
With ass-kissing like this, Cigar Store's presidential candidacy is circling the drain.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
TAKE THIS TO THE BANK
Well they've done it. Straight partisan vote. No Republicans at all voted in favor while there were a few Democratic defections. Since Nanner McBotox is apparently considering not sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate at all unless the Democrats get the trial set-up that they want, since Mitch McConnell is not going to go out of his way to oblige the Democrats and since the issue in the Senate is a foregone conclusion anyway, the impeachment of Donald Trump is basically as dead as Millard Fillmore.
Two predictions. Donald Trump's reelection next year is going to be massive. And the next time a Democratic president has to face a Republican Congress, that president will be impeached. For something or other.
UPDATE: One of my two senators.
Two predictions. Donald Trump's reelection next year is going to be massive. And the next time a Democratic president has to face a Republican Congress, that president will be impeached. For something or other.
UPDATE: One of my two senators.
WHY YOU GOT TRUMP
Vote for whoever we experts tell you to vote for and keep your opinions to yourselves.
Gap-toothed ignorant hillbillies.
Gap-toothed ignorant hillbillies.
WE FEW, WE HAPPY FEW, WE BAND OF SISTERS
Why I don't go to movies anymore. Apparently this is an actual thing. And when it craps out, it'll be blamed on "misogyny" or something.
STELTER THEATRE
Brian Stelter has a question.
On a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 is serious journalism and 0 is a dictation-taking secretary, I'll be as generous as I can and give American "journalism" a -20. We all know you want to undo the last election, that you want Trump gone by any means necessary, fair or foul. We also know that Trump's only "impeachable" offense was winning the 2016 election and depriving Crooked Hillary of her rightful presidency, which was absolutely intolerable to the Democrats.
Try being honest for a change.
Your own network, the Democratic Party Steno Pool, has been particularly awful in this regard. I still don't know exactly what Trump allegedly did to merit impeachment (I knew what Clinton did). I just get sneers from formerly-worthwhile reporters like Jake Tapper that I'm deliberately ignoring the perfectly obvious because I'm a bigoted Trump-supporting Nazi or something. Shouldn't it the responsibility of American "journalism" to actually explain this and not simply assume that smart people already know what you decided pretty much the day after the 2016 election?
Because that's sloppy and lazy, Brian.
And biased as all hell.
UPDATE: Case in point, Bri-Bri.
On a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 is serious journalism and 0 is a dictation-taking secretary, I'll be as generous as I can and give American "journalism" a -20. We all know you want to undo the last election, that you want Trump gone by any means necessary, fair or foul. We also know that Trump's only "impeachable" offense was winning the 2016 election and depriving Crooked Hillary of her rightful presidency, which was absolutely intolerable to the Democrats.
Try being honest for a change.
Your own network, the Democratic Party Steno Pool, has been particularly awful in this regard. I still don't know exactly what Trump allegedly did to merit impeachment (I knew what Clinton did). I just get sneers from formerly-worthwhile reporters like Jake Tapper that I'm deliberately ignoring the perfectly obvious because I'm a bigoted Trump-supporting Nazi or something. Shouldn't it the responsibility of American "journalism" to actually explain this and not simply assume that smart people already know what you decided pretty much the day after the 2016 election?
Because that's sloppy and lazy, Brian.
And biased as all hell.
UPDATE: Case in point, Bri-Bri.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
PAPER OF RECORD
The Babylon Bee continues to impress. This right here is the whole impeachment show.
A new study found that support for impeaching President Trump would rise significantly if someone, anyone could just tell people what crime Trump is supposed to have committed.
Republicans and many independents are stubbornly resisting the impeachment inquiry, as though you have to have some kind of reason to impeach the president. Democrats oppose this logic, saying that impeaching a president who insists on being Trump is a constitutional duty. Many Americans are just kind of confused by the whole thing and are waiting for something more interesting to come on TV.
They're right. Show me a high crime or a misdemeanor that Trump committed, other than winning an election, and I'll be the first to back the conviction and removal of the guy. But I'm not going to back convicting and removing Trump just because Jenny Rubin feels bad that nobody anywhere gives a crap what she thinks anymore.
A new study found that support for impeaching President Trump would rise significantly if someone, anyone could just tell people what crime Trump is supposed to have committed.
Republicans and many independents are stubbornly resisting the impeachment inquiry, as though you have to have some kind of reason to impeach the president. Democrats oppose this logic, saying that impeaching a president who insists on being Trump is a constitutional duty. Many Americans are just kind of confused by the whole thing and are waiting for something more interesting to come on TV.
They're right. Show me a high crime or a misdemeanor that Trump committed, other than winning an election, and I'll be the first to back the conviction and removal of the guy. But I'm not going to back convicting and removing Trump just because Jenny Rubin feels bad that nobody anywhere gives a crap what she thinks anymore.
FIXED IT FOR YOU, PETE
Content edited slightly.
THE RIGHTWING VIEW:
"Stealing money from some people and giving it to other people is an assault on liberty, entrepreneurship, and hard work."
THE RIGHTWING VIEW:
"Stealing money from some people and giving it to other people is an assault on liberty, entrepreneurship, and hard work."
MR. POTATO HEAD HAS A QUESTION
Maybe for the same reason that it's appropriate for people to appear on CNN, one of America's two most wildly-partisan television networks, Bri-Bri.
Justice Neil Gorsuch is on "Fox & Friends" right now. The Q: How is it appropriate for a Supreme Court justice to try to goose sales of his three-month-old book by chatting on one of the most partisan shows on TV?
Justice Neil Gorsuch is on "Fox & Friends" right now. The Q: How is it appropriate for a Supreme Court justice to try to goose sales of his three-month-old book by chatting on one of the most partisan shows on TV?
Monday, December 16, 2019
CONFIRMED
Back when I still drove, I cannot tell you the number of times I slowly and carefully drove on snow-covered roads and highways around here only to watch some moron pass me doing at or near the speed limit. Whenever we're due for a serious snow, the very first piece of advice the Missouri Department of Transportation (known locally as MODOT) always gives us is, "If you don't absolutely have to be out in it, stay home." The unspoken part of that is, "We're going to be pulling enough of you idiots out of ditches, medians and whatnot so how about you stay home and not make more work for us? Deal?"
IS THIS A TRICK QUESTION?
Hillary's number-one fanboi asks:
Simple, Pete. Did you invent the personal computer? Did you invent the laptop computer? Did you invent the smart phone? Did you invent the hybrid automobile? Did you come up with an online shopping experience that just about all of us patronize from time to time? All you have to do is invent something that everybody in the world wants and I certainly won't begrudge you a billion or two or three or four.
Simple, Pete. Did you invent the personal computer? Did you invent the laptop computer? Did you invent the smart phone? Did you invent the hybrid automobile? Did you come up with an online shopping experience that just about all of us patronize from time to time? All you have to do is invent something that everybody in the world wants and I certainly won't begrudge you a billion or two or three or four.
PULLING THE PLUG
Know what the Democrats are apparently considering about impeachment?
On one level, I can understand this. They're not going to get a conviction in the Senate and they know it so why not bail now? They'll get their impeachment, declare that Mitch McConnell would rig the Senate trial so they will not give the GOP the satisfaction.
One thing I am curious about. NeverTrump die-hards like The Bulwark and Charming Billy claim that President Trump violates "constitutional norms" every hour on the hour, although they never explain exactly how he does it. This proposal would seem to be a far more serious violation of a "constitutional norm" than anything that Trump has allegedly done.
Please explain. How is what Trump supposedly does any worse than this?
UPDATE: Bat crap insane law professor Larry Tribe is on board.
We know what you mean by "fair trial," Larry. Only a trial in which Trump is convicted and removed from office; everything else will be declared a sham and a fraud. I don't remember you criticizing Bill Clinton's Senate trial for COMMITTING AN ACTUAL FELONY WHILE IN OFFICE but your case of Stage 4 Trump Derangement Syndrome has shut down what's left of your mind.
UPDATE: Let me see if I have this straight, Jenny Poo. The only "fair" Senate trial is a trial in which Trump is convicted and removed from office. Any other result is rigged by Mitch McConnell. Doesn't seem like a position that a "conservative" ought to take; I mean, Clinton's offenses were real crimes, far more obvious than Trump's alleged offenses. And the Democrats refused to convict the contemptible old rapist.
On one level, I can understand this. They're not going to get a conviction in the Senate and they know it so why not bail now? They'll get their impeachment, declare that Mitch McConnell would rig the Senate trial so they will not give the GOP the satisfaction.
One thing I am curious about. NeverTrump die-hards like The Bulwark and Charming Billy claim that President Trump violates "constitutional norms" every hour on the hour, although they never explain exactly how he does it. This proposal would seem to be a far more serious violation of a "constitutional norm" than anything that Trump has allegedly done.
Please explain. How is what Trump supposedly does any worse than this?
UPDATE: Bat crap insane law professor Larry Tribe is on board.
We know what you mean by "fair trial," Larry. Only a trial in which Trump is convicted and removed from office; everything else will be declared a sham and a fraud. I don't remember you criticizing Bill Clinton's Senate trial for COMMITTING AN ACTUAL FELONY WHILE IN OFFICE but your case of Stage 4 Trump Derangement Syndrome has shut down what's left of your mind.
UPDATE: Let me see if I have this straight, Jenny Poo. The only "fair" Senate trial is a trial in which Trump is convicted and removed from office. Any other result is rigged by Mitch McConnell. Doesn't seem like a position that a "conservative" ought to take; I mean, Clinton's offenses were real crimes, far more obvious than Trump's alleged offenses. And the Democrats refused to convict the contemptible old rapist.
Sunday, December 15, 2019
CIRCLING THE DRAIN
Watching Jake Tapper's credibility take one last spin around the toilet.
Here's the deal. Set yourself up (or let yourself get set up) as the spokesperson of a Vitally Important MovementTM and you better expect criticism. Even people making fun. Even if you have Asperger's. You can't have it both ways.
Talk to her parents, Jake.
Here's the deal. Set yourself up (or let yourself get set up) as the spokesperson of a Vitally Important MovementTM and you better expect criticism. Even people making fun. Even if you have Asperger's. You can't have it both ways.
Talk to her parents, Jake.
Saturday, December 14, 2019
AXE?
Here's the deal, Ron Jeremy. We know all about the FELONY that Democratic president of the United States Bill Clinton committed WHILE IN OFFICE. Perjury before a grand jury. Nothing ended up happening to the old rapist. So either come up with some actual proof of some actual crimes or stuff your "concern" where the sun don't shine.
Friday, December 13, 2019
CRY ME AN ENVIRONMENTALLY-PROTECTED RIVER
I'm 64 years old, I haven't had a job since December 2012 and I'm not likely to have one ever again. So excuse me if I have a real hard time getting bent out of shape about this.
Opponents of the Trump administration’s plan to break up the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the country’s public lands bureau are warning of a brain drain, saying many staffers who are being reassigned are opting to quit rather than move out West.
So?
The Trump administration says the plan will save taxpayers millions of dollars, lead to better, faster decisions and trim a “top heavy” office in Washington. Moving the bureau out of Washington is a long-cherished goal of Western state politicians who cite the preponderance of public lands in their part of the country and their lack of access to decision-makers.
Yeah. God forbid anyone should be intimately familiar with what they regulate.
Bernhardt has called for about 300 positions to be switched from Washington to other offices in 11 Western states, including Nevada, Arizona and Utah. About 25 will be going to the new headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado.
I've been to Grand Junction several times. Beautiful town. If I had a reason to and enough money to do it, I'd relocate there the day before yesterday.
Several Democratic lawmakers and an organization of former land bureau employees, the Public Lands Foundation, are among those opposing the move. They argue that breaking up and moving the bureau’s headquarters staff across the American West would mean losing some of its most experienced employees.
Once again. So?
Here's how actual grown-up, mature, adult life actually works. When your job relocates, you do too. If you don't like where it relocates, you quit your job and you find another.
Actually.
Opponents of the Trump administration’s plan to break up the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the country’s public lands bureau are warning of a brain drain, saying many staffers who are being reassigned are opting to quit rather than move out West.
So?
The Trump administration says the plan will save taxpayers millions of dollars, lead to better, faster decisions and trim a “top heavy” office in Washington. Moving the bureau out of Washington is a long-cherished goal of Western state politicians who cite the preponderance of public lands in their part of the country and their lack of access to decision-makers.
Yeah. God forbid anyone should be intimately familiar with what they regulate.
Bernhardt has called for about 300 positions to be switched from Washington to other offices in 11 Western states, including Nevada, Arizona and Utah. About 25 will be going to the new headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado.
I've been to Grand Junction several times. Beautiful town. If I had a reason to and enough money to do it, I'd relocate there the day before yesterday.
Several Democratic lawmakers and an organization of former land bureau employees, the Public Lands Foundation, are among those opposing the move. They argue that breaking up and moving the bureau’s headquarters staff across the American West would mean losing some of its most experienced employees.
Once again. So?
Here's how actual grown-up, mature, adult life actually works. When your job relocates, you do too. If you don't like where it relocates, you quit your job and you find another.
Actually.
SMACKDOWN
Great Britain just had a general election. As is usually the case with parliamentary democracies, the final numbers aren't in yet but from all indications, the Conservatives seem to have won one of their most crushing victories in a couple of decades.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is celebrating what he calls a "huge great stonking mandate" to deliver Brexit after a landslide win for his Conservative Party in Thursday's election. The party won a majority of at least 76 seats in Parliament, its biggest since the 1980s, while the Labour Party saw its share of the vote collapse in its "red wall" of supposedly safe seats in northern England and the Midlands, the BBC reports. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, whose party lost 59 seats, said he would stay on for now, but he would not be leading the party in "any future general election campaign." Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson resigned after losing her own seat to a Scottish National Party candidate.
The British left is taking it as well as you might expect. All sorts of Labour constituencies seem to have broken ranks. Does any of this mean anything on this side of the Atlantic? No, not at all, insists The Nation's Katrina Vandenheuvel. Whatever are you talking about?
Must not allow Labour Party loss to be read as warning to Progressive Dems, their popular issues and Election 2020.
Translation: oh CRAP, the Democrats are screwed.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is celebrating what he calls a "huge great stonking mandate" to deliver Brexit after a landslide win for his Conservative Party in Thursday's election. The party won a majority of at least 76 seats in Parliament, its biggest since the 1980s, while the Labour Party saw its share of the vote collapse in its "red wall" of supposedly safe seats in northern England and the Midlands, the BBC reports. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, whose party lost 59 seats, said he would stay on for now, but he would not be leading the party in "any future general election campaign." Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson resigned after losing her own seat to a Scottish National Party candidate.
The British left is taking it as well as you might expect. All sorts of Labour constituencies seem to have broken ranks. Does any of this mean anything on this side of the Atlantic? No, not at all, insists The Nation's Katrina Vandenheuvel. Whatever are you talking about?
Must not allow Labour Party loss to be read as warning to Progressive Dems, their popular issues and Election 2020.
Translation: oh CRAP, the Democrats are screwed.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
QUICK QUESTION
What Christmas song do you absolutely and unequivocally hate with all the possible passion God has granted to your Earthly existence? Put it in the comments. For my part, I despise pretty much all secular Christmas music but every time I hear Andy Williams or anybody else sing "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year," I die a little more inside.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
SECOND THOUGHTS
Some Democrats appear to be getting queasy about the whole Trump impeachment circus.
A small group of vulnerable House Democrats is floating the longshot idea of censuring President Donald Trump instead of impeaching him, according to multiple lawmakers familiar with the conversations.
Why is that? Guess.
Those Democrats, nearly all representing districts that Trump won in 2016, huddled on Monday afternoon in an 11th-hour bid to weigh additional — though unlikely — options to punish the president for his role in the Ukraine scandal as the House speeds toward an impeachment vote next week.
Because they know that they're going to get MURDERED for this back home.
The idea of censure, according to the lawmakers, is to offer a competing alternative to impeachment that could attract at least some Republican support on the floor. It would also help Democrats avoid a lengthy impeachment trial in the Senate, which some in this group fear could tilt public opinion toward the GOP in the final months before the 2020 election.
It wouldn't be unprecedented; Andrew Jackson got censured. But will it happen? Extremely doubtful. As long as she has the votes to push impeachment through to the Senate, I don't think Nanner McBotox would mind some Democrats breaking ranks to protect themselves. Because ultimately, I think even Nanner knows this dumpster fire isn't going anywhere.
A small group of vulnerable House Democrats is floating the longshot idea of censuring President Donald Trump instead of impeaching him, according to multiple lawmakers familiar with the conversations.
Why is that? Guess.
Those Democrats, nearly all representing districts that Trump won in 2016, huddled on Monday afternoon in an 11th-hour bid to weigh additional — though unlikely — options to punish the president for his role in the Ukraine scandal as the House speeds toward an impeachment vote next week.
Because they know that they're going to get MURDERED for this back home.
The idea of censure, according to the lawmakers, is to offer a competing alternative to impeachment that could attract at least some Republican support on the floor. It would also help Democrats avoid a lengthy impeachment trial in the Senate, which some in this group fear could tilt public opinion toward the GOP in the final months before the 2020 election.
It wouldn't be unprecedented; Andrew Jackson got censured. But will it happen? Extremely doubtful. As long as she has the votes to push impeachment through to the Senate, I don't think Nanner McBotox would mind some Democrats breaking ranks to protect themselves. Because ultimately, I think even Nanner knows this dumpster fire isn't going anywhere.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
JOURNALISMING
Kettle? This is Pot. Do you have any idea how black you are?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is asking that a disclaimer be added to Clint Eastwood's Richard Jewell, out Dec. 13., stating that the events portrayed in the film are not wholly accurate and that the filmmakers took dramatic license when constructing the narrative.
Such as?
The main concern is with the portrayal of journalist Kathy Scruggs, who broke the news that Jewell (played by BlackKklansman actor Paul Walter Hauser) was a suspect in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing on July 27, 1996. The film implies that the journalist traded sexual favors for information about the FBI investigation.
Golly. AJC "reporting" destroyed Jewell's reputation and eventually led to his suicide, something the paper won't even admit, never mind apologize for.
[CORRECTION: I've been informed that Jewell did not, in fact, commit suicide but did die eleven years later, his reputation still in tatters.]
"The Richard Jewell film falsely portrays the AJC and its personnel as extraordinarily reckless, using unprofessional and highly inappropriate reporting methods, and engaging in constitutional malice by recklessly disregarding information inconsistent with its planned reporting," begins the letter addressed to Eastwood, screenwriter Bill Ray, journalist Marie Brenner (who wrote the Vanity Fair feature on which the film is based) and Warner Bros.
Forget Richard Jewell. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the real victim here.
"We hereby demand that you immediately issue a statement publicly acknowledging that some events were imagined for dramatic purposes and artistic license and dramatization were used in the film's portrayal of events and characters. We further demand that you add a prominent disclaimer to the film to that effect."
For its part, Warner Brothers told the paper to kiss off.
In its own statement, Warner Bros. said, "The film is based on a wide range of highly credible source material. There is no disputing that Richard Jewell was an innocent man whose reputation and life were shredded by a miscarriage of justice. It is unfortunate and the ultimate irony that the Atlanta Journal Constitution, having been a part of the rush to judgment of Richard Jewell, is now trying to malign our filmmakers and cast. ‘Richard Jewell’ focuses on the real victim, seeks to tell his story, confirm his innocence and restore his name. The AJC’s claims are baseless and we will vigorously defend against them.”
American "journalism." The rot goes back a long time.
UPDATE: Annnnnnnnnnd...boom goes the dynamite.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is asking that a disclaimer be added to Clint Eastwood's Richard Jewell, out Dec. 13., stating that the events portrayed in the film are not wholly accurate and that the filmmakers took dramatic license when constructing the narrative.
Such as?
The main concern is with the portrayal of journalist Kathy Scruggs, who broke the news that Jewell (played by BlackKklansman actor Paul Walter Hauser) was a suspect in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing on July 27, 1996. The film implies that the journalist traded sexual favors for information about the FBI investigation.
Golly. AJC "reporting" destroyed Jewell's reputation and eventually led to his suicide, something the paper won't even admit, never mind apologize for.
[CORRECTION: I've been informed that Jewell did not, in fact, commit suicide but did die eleven years later, his reputation still in tatters.]
"The Richard Jewell film falsely portrays the AJC and its personnel as extraordinarily reckless, using unprofessional and highly inappropriate reporting methods, and engaging in constitutional malice by recklessly disregarding information inconsistent with its planned reporting," begins the letter addressed to Eastwood, screenwriter Bill Ray, journalist Marie Brenner (who wrote the Vanity Fair feature on which the film is based) and Warner Bros.
Forget Richard Jewell. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the real victim here.
"We hereby demand that you immediately issue a statement publicly acknowledging that some events were imagined for dramatic purposes and artistic license and dramatization were used in the film's portrayal of events and characters. We further demand that you add a prominent disclaimer to the film to that effect."
For its part, Warner Brothers told the paper to kiss off.
In its own statement, Warner Bros. said, "The film is based on a wide range of highly credible source material. There is no disputing that Richard Jewell was an innocent man whose reputation and life were shredded by a miscarriage of justice. It is unfortunate and the ultimate irony that the Atlanta Journal Constitution, having been a part of the rush to judgment of Richard Jewell, is now trying to malign our filmmakers and cast. ‘Richard Jewell’ focuses on the real victim, seeks to tell his story, confirm his innocence and restore his name. The AJC’s claims are baseless and we will vigorously defend against them.”
American "journalism." The rot goes back a long time.
UPDATE: Annnnnnnnnnd...boom goes the dynamite.
Monday, December 9, 2019
BRAINZZZZZ, BRAINZZZZZ
What is it about working for CNN that turns so many formerly-interesting people into corporate zombies? Jake Tapper, Mandy Carpenter and now Skup.
Just when you thought that CNN's many hosts couldn't possibly become even more anti-Trump, S.E. Cupp writes on Twitter that she is confident that Donald Trump will demand a "third term" as president. Amazingly, she does this while simultaneously attacking former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whom she apparently also hates.
"Remember when Bloomberg demanded a third term as mayor and got it?" Cupp asks her followers. "Trump will do the same. Beware, the same autocratic impulses..."
Sunday, December 8, 2019
SCARBOHYDRATE?
Man to whatever it is you are, you might want to dial back on monumentally stupid high school crap like this. It's not helping your cause nearly as much as you think it is, champ.
Saturday, December 7, 2019
CAN CONFIRM
Here are a few of mine.
"I find this wine complex but also rather flatulent."
"I find this wine insistent but also considerably sandy."
"I find this wine multi-layered but also way too peppery."
"I find this wine vigorous but also a little too ontological."
"I find this wine evocative but also intensely sugary with a hint of sewage treatment plant."
This is a fun game. Give it a try in the comments, as many times as you want, and if I see something I like, I'll update this post, include it and give you credit.
Friday, December 6, 2019
FUSION CUISINE
I'd buy one of these in a heartbeat. Replace the dogs with bratwurst and I can easily see living exclusively on it for however many more Earthly days God allows me.
JOURNALISMING
American journalism. Always on top of the issues that truly matter to the American people.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
AND NOW...IDIOTS
Somebody named Chris Hale wrote and actually seems to believe the following.
Hoe. Lee. Crap.
Other than to say that the "Jesus" Hale thinks he knows was some kind of first-century Jewish rabbi who had a way with words, was real nice to people and that was all. Of course, there was Christ's familiar Biblical quote, "Suffer the little children to come to me and forbid them not so that I can cut their little bodies into pieces."
Apart from that, I literally have nothing. Top-shelf stupidity sometimes does that to me.
UPDATE: Hale's pulled the tweet. Maybe he was getting too much crap about it, which is actually kind of encouraging. Thanks, ur.
Hoe. Lee. Crap.
Other than to say that the "Jesus" Hale thinks he knows was some kind of first-century Jewish rabbi who had a way with words, was real nice to people and that was all. Of course, there was Christ's familiar Biblical quote, "Suffer the little children to come to me and forbid them not so that I can cut their little bodies into pieces."
Apart from that, I literally have nothing. Top-shelf stupidity sometimes does that to me.
UPDATE: Hale's pulled the tweet. Maybe he was getting too much crap about it, which is actually kind of encouraging. Thanks, ur.
OUR DISTRICT MANAGER WHO ART IN HEAVEN
What are those wacky folks in the Organization of England up to these days? This.
Three things, Randy.
(A) Jesus never said anything about patriarchy.
(2) The Creator of the universe isn't going to have an Althing, a parliament or a congress. Know why that is? Because He doesn't need one; Creators of universes generally don't. So that sort-of makes Him a...oh, what's the word I'm looking for? And since He can create universes and I can't, "Lord" would seem like a good term to keep around.
(Drei) What say we Christians continue refer to God the way the Bible does while you...whatevers refer to your deity any way you care to?
Three things, Randy.
(A) Jesus never said anything about patriarchy.
(2) The Creator of the universe isn't going to have an Althing, a parliament or a congress. Know why that is? Because He doesn't need one; Creators of universes generally don't. So that sort-of makes Him a...oh, what's the word I'm looking for? And since He can create universes and I can't, "Lord" would seem like a good term to keep around.
(Drei) What say we Christians continue refer to God the way the Bible does while you...whatevers refer to your deity any way you care to?
THE WHEELS ON THE BUS COME OFF AND OFF
No, this has not been a Democratic /NeverTrumper hissy fit over the fact that DONALD TRUMP BEAT HILLARY CLINTON.
LANGUAGE WARNING
Aristotle himself couldn't work his way through this "logic." Some lefty broad tweeted this.
To the people trolling me and @GloriaSteinem because we said there is no democracy without a woman’s right to choose...I SAID WHAT I FUCKING SAID and you’re clueless if you think I’m going to take it back. My life *is* more important to me than an unborn fetus’ one. Suck on that.
And this.
You people are Pro birth. Not pro life. There are plenty of starving, homeless babies currently. Over 100k currently seeking foster care. You care about fetuses, Once they’re out the womb, you don’t give a fuck. Help the kids who are alive first, then call yourself “pro-life”
Suck on this, bitch. If you're okay with slicin' em and dicin' em if you don't want 'em, it follows that you don't do any fostering yourself. Why should you? Bunch of kids running around, having to love them and take care of them. Who needs that? Why weren't they aborted? And how exactly do we "help the kids who are alive first" if you don't think they should ever have been alive at all?
Bottom line: you think that killing them would be more "merciful" than letting them be born and getting a chance to rise above whatever their circumstances happen to be. Really want to run with that? Why not let them be born and live? They're eventually going to die either way.
To the people trolling me and @GloriaSteinem because we said there is no democracy without a woman’s right to choose...I SAID WHAT I FUCKING SAID and you’re clueless if you think I’m going to take it back. My life *is* more important to me than an unborn fetus’ one. Suck on that.
And this.
You people are Pro birth. Not pro life. There are plenty of starving, homeless babies currently. Over 100k currently seeking foster care. You care about fetuses, Once they’re out the womb, you don’t give a fuck. Help the kids who are alive first, then call yourself “pro-life”
Suck on this, bitch. If you're okay with slicin' em and dicin' em if you don't want 'em, it follows that you don't do any fostering yourself. Why should you? Bunch of kids running around, having to love them and take care of them. Who needs that? Why weren't they aborted? And how exactly do we "help the kids who are alive first" if you don't think they should ever have been alive at all?
Bottom line: you think that killing them would be more "merciful" than letting them be born and getting a chance to rise above whatever their circumstances happen to be. Really want to run with that? Why not let them be born and live? They're eventually going to die either way.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
RULES TO LIVE BY
You never sound as stupid as when you think you're clever.
UPDATE: Because she...is? I know you don't much bother with this stuff anymore, CNN, what with all the Trump-bashing you do. But I've got NEWS for you. If this contemptible harridan once crossed the street to avoid passing directly in front of a building with Trump's name on it, a psychotic hatred of conservatives is the only inference any reasonable person can make.
UPDATE: Jim Treacher.
UPDATE: Pam Karlan, if you need her.
UPDATE: Because she...is? I know you don't much bother with this stuff anymore, CNN, what with all the Trump-bashing you do. But I've got NEWS for you. If this contemptible harridan once crossed the street to avoid passing directly in front of a building with Trump's name on it, a psychotic hatred of conservatives is the only inference any reasonable person can make.
UPDATE: Jim Treacher.
UPDATE: Pam Karlan, if you need her.
GOOD RULE OF THUMB
You can "identify" as a can of anchovies, a band saw or an Apple Brown Betty, for all anyone cares, but if you still have male junk, you're a man. Sack up and deal with it.
AND NOW...IDIOTS
Congressman Thomas Massie. Moral pygmy.
It calls for "targeted sanctions" on members of the Chinese government - and names the Communist Party secretary in the Xinjiang autonomous region, Chen Quanguo.
The Uighur Human Rights Policy Act 2019 bill was passed by 407 to 1 in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night.
Its passing comes days after Mr Trump signed into law a bill that supports pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong - also leading to condemnation from China.
The purpose of the bill is "to address gross violations of universally recognised human rights, including the mass internment of over 1,000,000 Uighurs".
It also accuses China of "systematically discriminating" against Uighurs by "denying them a range of civil and political rights, including the freedoms of expression, religion, movement and a fair trial".
Considering the Chinese treatment of the Uighurs, what pinhead could possibly vote against that resolution? This pinhead.
REPUBLICAN Thomas Massie, from Kentucky, voted against the Uighur bill. He also voted against the Hong Kong bill.
In a series of tweets, Massie ineptly tried to explain his monstrous vote.
This was the purpose of tonight’s bill: to sooth the consumer’s conscience, so that everyone can buy Chinese goods with no fear of the moral encumbrances broadcast on the news. Also possibly the reason a few are outraged over a single NAY vote - it diluted that salve?
No, that's not it. It's just that most moral people REALLY don't like concentration camps filled with people of a particular religion (gee, that's never happened before) and genocide and have no patience whatsoever with people who aren't bothered by those things.
Reasonable people can come to different conclusions on this vote
No, Tommy, they can't. Because if genocide is a matter of indifference to you, your sense of right and wrong is dead. I'd get a handle on your Libertarian Derangement Syndrome if I were you. We're not talking about a farm bill here, candyass.
but, Before expressing righteous indignation re: my vote against these sanctions, please consider whether you committed enough to the issue that you would personally go a week without buying something made in China
Not a problem. You? What do the Red Chinese have on you anyway?
I voted no tonight on the UIGHUR Act (sanctions against China) for the same reason I voted no in the Hong Kong bill two weeks ago: When our government meddles in the internal affairs of foreign countries, it invites those governments to meddle in our affairs.
Got news for you, Tommy. Red China's doing that right now. And since they are, my choices apparently are staying silent or condemning Chinese savagery and taking my chances about Chinese "meddling" in American affairs.
Which is happening right now.
Guess which way I'm going, moron.
For God's sake, Kentucky GOP, primary this turd and get him out of my sight.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to counter what it calls the "arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment" of Uighur Muslims in China.
It calls for "targeted sanctions" on members of the Chinese government - and names the Communist Party secretary in the Xinjiang autonomous region, Chen Quanguo.
The Uighur Human Rights Policy Act 2019 bill was passed by 407 to 1 in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night.
Its passing comes days after Mr Trump signed into law a bill that supports pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong - also leading to condemnation from China.
The purpose of the bill is "to address gross violations of universally recognised human rights, including the mass internment of over 1,000,000 Uighurs".
It also accuses China of "systematically discriminating" against Uighurs by "denying them a range of civil and political rights, including the freedoms of expression, religion, movement and a fair trial".
Considering the Chinese treatment of the Uighurs, what pinhead could possibly vote against that resolution? This pinhead.
REPUBLICAN Thomas Massie, from Kentucky, voted against the Uighur bill. He also voted against the Hong Kong bill.
In a series of tweets, Massie ineptly tried to explain his monstrous vote.
This was the purpose of tonight’s bill: to sooth the consumer’s conscience, so that everyone can buy Chinese goods with no fear of the moral encumbrances broadcast on the news. Also possibly the reason a few are outraged over a single NAY vote - it diluted that salve?
No, that's not it. It's just that most moral people REALLY don't like concentration camps filled with people of a particular religion (gee, that's never happened before) and genocide and have no patience whatsoever with people who aren't bothered by those things.
Reasonable people can come to different conclusions on this vote
No, Tommy, they can't. Because if genocide is a matter of indifference to you, your sense of right and wrong is dead. I'd get a handle on your Libertarian Derangement Syndrome if I were you. We're not talking about a farm bill here, candyass.
but, Before expressing righteous indignation re: my vote against these sanctions, please consider whether you committed enough to the issue that you would personally go a week without buying something made in China
Not a problem. You? What do the Red Chinese have on you anyway?
I voted no tonight on the UIGHUR Act (sanctions against China) for the same reason I voted no in the Hong Kong bill two weeks ago: When our government meddles in the internal affairs of foreign countries, it invites those governments to meddle in our affairs.
Got news for you, Tommy. Red China's doing that right now. And since they are, my choices apparently are staying silent or condemning Chinese savagery and taking my chances about Chinese "meddling" in American affairs.
Which is happening right now.
Guess which way I'm going, moron.
For God's sake, Kentucky GOP, primary this turd and get him out of my sight.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
WE'RE 182!! WE'RE 182!!
The area where I live achieves another distinction.
If "safety" is at the top of your list when it comes to requirements for your a place to live, don't move to St. Louis. That city is at the bottom of the list of 182 cities across the US evaluated by WalletHub and ranked from safest to least safe. The site used 41 metrics related to home and community safety (presence or lack of terrorist attacks; number of mass shootings and other types of crimes; number of first responders; number of deaths from other causes including drug poisonings and traffic accidents, etc.), natural disaster risk, and financial safety (unemployment and underemployment rate, poverty rate, foreclosure rate, and more).
I don't actually live in the City but just across the River Des Peres from it in a town called Shrewsbury which is in St. Louis County (the City is not part of the County). Rest assured that a lot of us who live around here have the same opinion of St. Louis that people in other places do.
We'd really rather not go downtown, thank you very much.
The City's murder/shooting numbers don't approach Chicago's but they're a far larger town than St. Louis is. Factor town size in and St. Louis' numbers are pretty damned impressive. And you can get shot pretty much anywhere down there. Bars, restaurants, Cardinal games. Yup. Several years ago, some poor guy was shot and severely injured just outside Busch Stadium right after the Birds played.
So you can see why some of us would be rather reluctant.
If "safety" is at the top of your list when it comes to requirements for your a place to live, don't move to St. Louis. That city is at the bottom of the list of 182 cities across the US evaluated by WalletHub and ranked from safest to least safe. The site used 41 metrics related to home and community safety (presence or lack of terrorist attacks; number of mass shootings and other types of crimes; number of first responders; number of deaths from other causes including drug poisonings and traffic accidents, etc.), natural disaster risk, and financial safety (unemployment and underemployment rate, poverty rate, foreclosure rate, and more).
I don't actually live in the City but just across the River Des Peres from it in a town called Shrewsbury which is in St. Louis County (the City is not part of the County). Rest assured that a lot of us who live around here have the same opinion of St. Louis that people in other places do.
We'd really rather not go downtown, thank you very much.
The City's murder/shooting numbers don't approach Chicago's but they're a far larger town than St. Louis is. Factor town size in and St. Louis' numbers are pretty damned impressive. And you can get shot pretty much anywhere down there. Bars, restaurants, Cardinal games. Yup. Several years ago, some poor guy was shot and severely injured just outside Busch Stadium right after the Birds played.
So you can see why some of us would be rather reluctant.
TOP TIER
Kammi's out. Tulsi, Marianne are still in. Oh and, uh...karma.
UPDATE: Charles C. W. Cooke was not a Kammi fan.
On the contrary: She’s a would-be tyrant whose primary contribution to American life thus far has been to fight “tooth and nail to uphold wrongful convictions that had been secured through official misconduct that included evidence tampering, false testimony and the suppression of crucial information by prosecutors”; who has openly promised to act without Congress; and who showed us exactly who she is during the Kavanaugh hearings, at which she implied that she knew something terrible about the nominee for the sole purpose of sharing the insinuation on her Twitter feed. Harris is a woman who, if successful (“successful”), would have overseen the mass confiscation of millions of firearms, the seizing of patents, the federalization of abortion law, and, depending on the polling, the elimination of (her word) the private health insurance plans of 180 million people.
Everything that is wrong with American politics is summed up in Kamala Harris. She’s a weather vane. She’s dishonest. She’s a coward. She’s condescending. And she’s a phony. She’s the answer to no useful or virtuous question. Nothing good has come from her election. She has nothing of value to offer America. Goodbye. Bad luck. That’s all, folks.
Pretty sure that's what the phrase "dancing on your grave" means.
UPDATE: Charles C. W. Cooke was not a Kammi fan.
On the contrary: She’s a would-be tyrant whose primary contribution to American life thus far has been to fight “tooth and nail to uphold wrongful convictions that had been secured through official misconduct that included evidence tampering, false testimony and the suppression of crucial information by prosecutors”; who has openly promised to act without Congress; and who showed us exactly who she is during the Kavanaugh hearings, at which she implied that she knew something terrible about the nominee for the sole purpose of sharing the insinuation on her Twitter feed. Harris is a woman who, if successful (“successful”), would have overseen the mass confiscation of millions of firearms, the seizing of patents, the federalization of abortion law, and, depending on the polling, the elimination of (her word) the private health insurance plans of 180 million people.
Everything that is wrong with American politics is summed up in Kamala Harris. She’s a weather vane. She’s dishonest. She’s a coward. She’s condescending. And she’s a phony. She’s the answer to no useful or virtuous question. Nothing good has come from her election. She has nothing of value to offer America. Goodbye. Bad luck. That’s all, folks.
Pretty sure that's what the phrase "dancing on your grave" means.
SO?
And the problem with this is what exactly? Bloomie's little "news organization" recently came out and declared that it wasn't going to investigate Democratic presidential candidate anymore and that it was now, for all practical purposes, the Democratic Party's Völkischer Beobachter.
What the hell would you do?
What the hell would you do?
NOTES FROM THE NEW RED SCARE
@JoeNBC on the GOP ahead of the impeachment hearing: "They're not ignorant. They've actually turned themselves into being Russian assets. That's where we are as a nation as this week begins."
Whatever, comrade. Say, who's up for a Rocky IV reboot?
UPDATE: Told you.
Sunday, December 1, 2019
REALITY CHECK
Cigar Store? Here's how life works, cupcake. "We all" did not come up with the idea of the iPad or any other tablet nor did "we all" develop them. For that matter, neither did "we all" come up with the idea of the smart phone or develop those. So what say "we all" allow the people who actually developed all these things to benefit from them even if that means that they end up with more money than you and I will ever see in our lives?
They can't take it with them.
Idiot.
They can't take it with them.
Idiot.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Friday, November 29, 2019
BILLINGS
Major League Baseball means to take a band saw to its low minors.
A Major League Baseball proposal would drastically alter the landscape of minor league baseball, severing the major league affiliations of 42 teams in the lower levels of the minors. Some of those teams have been part of their communities for generations, like the Chattanooga Lookouts, whose roots date to 1885; some are playing in stadiums built as recently as 2008, when the Billings Mustangs’ Dehler Park opened.
This particular team that MLB wants to cut bothers me. It bothers me a lot.
A Major League Baseball proposal would drastically alter the landscape of minor league baseball, severing the major league affiliations of 42 teams in the lower levels of the minors. Some of those teams have been part of their communities for generations, like the Chattanooga Lookouts, whose roots date to 1885; some are playing in stadiums built as recently as 2008, when the Billings Mustangs’ Dehler Park opened.
This particular team that MLB wants to cut bothers me. It bothers me a lot.
Billings (Mont.) Mustangs
Level: Advanced Rookie
League: Pioneer League
Major league affiliate: Cincinnati Reds
I entered this plane of existence in Billings in 1955 (Deaconess Hospital) and this team was already there. I've never seen them play. Always wanted to, probably never will.
And it's not like these teams don't have options. Since MLB seems intent on plowing the Pioneer League under, it would seem to be a great candidate for another independent minor league like the one that currently operates in this part of the country.
Thursday, November 28, 2019
THE WHITE THE BLACK
Just about everyone agrees that Twitter is a cesspool, a septic tank, a public toilet or any other disgusting metaphor you can come up with (or up with which you can come; my mom was an English teacher) and most of the time, I have absolutely no desire to get back on it.
Most of the time. This twat claims to be a Chinese government official.
Stop China's Uighur genocide. Glass houses and all that.
Most of the time. This twat claims to be a Chinese government official.
Stop China's Uighur genocide. Glass houses and all that.
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