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.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
WHOOPS
Been there.
When I was still working at the Webster Groves, Missouri Public Library, one day I came out and sat behind the reference desk for my usual 4:30 to closing shift. Not long after that, I heard the loudest noise I ever heard in that building and I had no idea what it was. I thought a shelf had fallen over or something and I just prayed that no one was beneath it.
Turns out that some poor kid driving down Sylvester Avenue had gone into diabetic shock, his now-driverless car had crossed a very busy Lockwood Avenue, come up the library's front walkway, slammed into one of the pillars in front of our building and cracked it in several pieces.
How that car at that time of the day didn't kill somebody proves the existence of God.
Anyway, the kid turned out to be all right. And there was actually a company, in Indiana, if I recall correctly, that could replace stone pillars in front of buildings. So the library got in touch with them, they came out, did measurements, took pictures and everything was put in motion.
Eventually the company delivered the new pillar and went to put it in.
Only to find out that it was too tall.
True story.
They eventually replaced it with one that did fit.
When I was still working at the Webster Groves, Missouri Public Library, one day I came out and sat behind the reference desk for my usual 4:30 to closing shift. Not long after that, I heard the loudest noise I ever heard in that building and I had no idea what it was. I thought a shelf had fallen over or something and I just prayed that no one was beneath it.
Turns out that some poor kid driving down Sylvester Avenue had gone into diabetic shock, his now-driverless car had crossed a very busy Lockwood Avenue, come up the library's front walkway, slammed into one of the pillars in front of our building and cracked it in several pieces.
How that car at that time of the day didn't kill somebody proves the existence of God.
Anyway, the kid turned out to be all right. And there was actually a company, in Indiana, if I recall correctly, that could replace stone pillars in front of buildings. So the library got in touch with them, they came out, did measurements, took pictures and everything was put in motion.
Eventually the company delivered the new pillar and went to put it in.
Only to find out that it was too tall.
True story.
They eventually replaced it with one that did fit.
HOE...LEE...
The number-one-ranked Duke University men's basketball team lost a game.
At home.
At Cameron Indoor.
To Stephen F. Austin.
At home.
At Cameron Indoor.
To Stephen F. Austin.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
END OF AN ERA
One of my last connections to the Episcopal Organization here in Missouri, Bishop George Wayne Smith, is retiring. The Diocese of Missouri just elected his replacement.
The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri elected the Rev. Deon K. Johnson as its 11th diocesan bishop Nov. 23 at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis. He was elected on the first ballot during an election that involved 164 voting delegates. He received 71 votes from lay delegates and 42 votes from clergy.
If you bet on the black homosexual, don't spend all of your massive winnings in one place.
A veteran Episcopal priest with deep experience in social justice issues and ministry to gay and lesbian communities, Johnson, who lives in Michigan with his husband and two children, has been rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brighton, MI, since 2006.
“I am overwhelmed with joy, humility, and gratitude,” said Bishop-elect Johnson from his home in Michigan to the people of the Diocese of Missouri. “The Holy Spirit has brought us to this day, for such a time as this. I am looking forward to walking with you as we share the liberating love of Jesus. My husband and our family are looking forward to being with you in the new year.”
The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri elected the Rev. Deon K. Johnson as its 11th diocesan bishop Nov. 23 at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis. He was elected on the first ballot during an election that involved 164 voting delegates. He received 71 votes from lay delegates and 42 votes from clergy.
If you bet on the black homosexual, don't spend all of your massive winnings in one place.
A veteran Episcopal priest with deep experience in social justice issues and ministry to gay and lesbian communities, Johnson, who lives in Michigan with his husband and two children, has been rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brighton, MI, since 2006.
“I am overwhelmed with joy, humility, and gratitude,” said Bishop-elect Johnson from his home in Michigan to the people of the Diocese of Missouri. “The Holy Spirit has brought us to this day, for such a time as this. I am looking forward to walking with you as we share the liberating love of Jesus. My husband and our family are looking forward to being with you in the new year.”
ANY PUBLICITY
The World's Foremost Authority makes the BBC.
"Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn't," said international affairs professor Tom Nichols.
Critics called his comment a tasteless generalisation.
The remark led to a wider discussion of the immigrant experience and how many in the US have experienced racism in relation to food.
Mr Nichols - who teaches at the US Naval War College in Rhode Island - posted his opinion after another Twitter user had asked for "controversial food opinions".
I love Indian food. It might be my support for Trump or something but I love a good curry as much as anyone and if you pile on the turmeric, I am so there. Granted, my experience with it consists mostly of stuff I can microwave in a minute and a half and there's not a whole lot of meat there but it's fascinating that Indian food has been mainstreamed in this country.
A tweet from a US academic calling Indian food "terrible" has sparked a hot debate about cultural intolerance and racism in international cuisine.
"Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn't," said international affairs professor Tom Nichols.
Critics called his comment a tasteless generalisation.
The remark led to a wider discussion of the immigrant experience and how many in the US have experienced racism in relation to food.
Mr Nichols - who teaches at the US Naval War College in Rhode Island - posted his opinion after another Twitter user had asked for "controversial food opinions".
I love Indian food. It might be my support for Trump or something but I love a good curry as much as anyone and if you pile on the turmeric, I am so there. Granted, my experience with it consists mostly of stuff I can microwave in a minute and a half and there's not a whole lot of meat there but it's fascinating that Indian food has been mainstreamed in this country.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Sunday, November 24, 2019
ONCE AGAIN
Katie Bear? Sweetheart, you boinked your staff and you let yourself get filmed doing it. That's two different levels of monumentally criminal stupidity right there. Look in a mirror because "right-wing media" didn't do a damned thing to you, cupcake.
You too, Bri-Bri.
UPDATE: I'm not quite sure what happened there, Katherine, but thanks for the heads-up.
You too, Bri-Bri.
UPDATE: I'm not quite sure what happened there, Katherine, but thanks for the heads-up.
Saturday, November 23, 2019
OLD HOME WEEK
Stand Firm is back up. Thanks for alerting me, Myrmidon.
RELATED: American Anglicanism remains a sad joke.
RELATED: American Anglicanism remains a sad joke.
GAM-GAM?
Insofar as nobody has yet spelled out exactly what "crimes" Donald Trump supposedly committed and insofar as your husband committed an actual recognized felony WHILE IN OFFICE and was allowed by you Democrats to get away with it, I really wouldn't go here if I were you.
Friday, November 22, 2019
KRAUTSGIVING
I had absolutely no idea this was a thing. Thanks, @Gormogons.
The workmen who built the Great Wall of China ate it for strength. Sailors on early American clipper ships consumed it for health during long voyages.
It has tickled Teutonic taste buds and made its way across France, England and the New World. It has never lost its in-your-face pungency, its low-calorie, high-vitamin profile — or, in modern times, its capacity to tease just the right flavors from a hot dog or Reuben sandwich.
It's sauerkraut, that tartly tantalizing fermented-cabbage dish that long ago took its oddball place alongside gravy and sweet potatoes as a staple of Baltimore Thanksgiving dinners.
Though the custom has shown itself elsewhere, notably Maryland's Eastern Shore, foodies and food historians agree that the habit of consuming sauerkraut with the Thanksgiving bird is as essential to Charm City as painted screens and the pagoda in Patterson Park.
It's also a point of pride — one on which locals have opinions as pungent as the vegetable dish itself.
It makes sense when you think about it. The West doesn't do fermented cabbage anywhere near as well as the Koreans do but toss some Polska Kielbasa in there when you're cooking it (hell, Bratwurst, for that matter) and it'll get the taste of sweet potatoes/yams out of your mouth if your family insists on serving one or both of those culinary abominations.
UPDATE: In other pungent food news, step your game up, Collinsville, Illinois.
The workmen who built the Great Wall of China ate it for strength. Sailors on early American clipper ships consumed it for health during long voyages.
It has tickled Teutonic taste buds and made its way across France, England and the New World. It has never lost its in-your-face pungency, its low-calorie, high-vitamin profile — or, in modern times, its capacity to tease just the right flavors from a hot dog or Reuben sandwich.
Though the custom has shown itself elsewhere, notably Maryland's Eastern Shore, foodies and food historians agree that the habit of consuming sauerkraut with the Thanksgiving bird is as essential to Charm City as painted screens and the pagoda in Patterson Park.
It's also a point of pride — one on which locals have opinions as pungent as the vegetable dish itself.
It makes sense when you think about it. The West doesn't do fermented cabbage anywhere near as well as the Koreans do but toss some Polska Kielbasa in there when you're cooking it (hell, Bratwurst, for that matter) and it'll get the taste of sweet potatoes/yams out of your mouth if your family insists on serving one or both of those culinary abominations.
UPDATE: In other pungent food news, step your game up, Collinsville, Illinois.
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
Pete? Ecclesiastes 3:7 informs us that there is a time to keep silence and a time to speak. You're an Episcopalian so your working knowledge of the Christian religion is negligible to non-existent. Guess which time this is.
While talking about systemic racism and his challenge connecting with black voters, Mayor Pete said, "I care about this because my faith teaches me that salvation has to do with how I make myself useful to those who have been excluded, marginalized, and cast aside and oppressed in society."
As a mayor who has seen the consequences of systemic racism on my neighbors, as a person whose faith teaches me to stand with the marginalized, and as someone whose rights have been expanded by people who are like me and not like me, I'm determined to get this right.
Christ died on the cross for the "useful," did He? Kind of makes what He told the thief on the cross next to His that that thief, who had probably never been "useful" to anyone and who had never considered such matters prior to that moment, would be with Our Lord in paradise that day a little hard to understand.
But you do you.
While talking about systemic racism and his challenge connecting with black voters, Mayor Pete said, "I care about this because my faith teaches me that salvation has to do with how I make myself useful to those who have been excluded, marginalized, and cast aside and oppressed in society."
As a mayor who has seen the consequences of systemic racism on my neighbors, as a person whose faith teaches me to stand with the marginalized, and as someone whose rights have been expanded by people who are like me and not like me, I'm determined to get this right.
Christ died on the cross for the "useful," did He? Kind of makes what He told the thief on the cross next to His that that thief, who had probably never been "useful" to anyone and who had never considered such matters prior to that moment, would be with Our Lord in paradise that day a little hard to understand.
But you do you.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
THE CONTINUING COUP
Remember when Gam-Gam pretended to be worried that Donald Trump wouldn't accept the election results? Cuz I do.
That actually is Trump's only "impeachable offense," isn't it? Winning.
That actually is Trump's only "impeachable offense," isn't it? Winning.
49ERS
The rental site, RentHop, examined public data from the city’s website, including SF 311 complaints, where people can report a wide range of problems, including human and animal waste.
According to its analysis, San Francisco’s seen over 25,000 poop complaints this year from January to November, the most the city’s seen within this same time period.
And the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood received the most complaints.
When thinking of a number of different neighborhoods, Glen Park probably doesn’t come to mind.
Interestingly enough, this is the area that’s seen a 205% increase in poop complaints from 2017 to 2018 and it’s seen another increase this year so far.
In other news, Governor, guess who's leaving Cali and taking a billion-dollar business with him.
Rumors have swirled that Kanye West and wife Kim Kardashian are giving up on California ever since it was reported that the rapper had purchased a $14 million “monster ranch” in
Know where Mr. and Mrs. West are going? I'll give you a hint. Dick Cheney
Cody, Wyoming. (It’s actually called that: Monster Lake Ranch). The rumors intensified when it was revealed the couple, who have four children, are touring schools near the 4,500-acre property.
Apparently, the power couple is not done, though. TMZ reports that Kanye just closed on another ranch property near Cody, this one 6,713 acres and valued at $14.5 million. (Evidently, West’s money problems are a thing of the past.)
The purchases appear to be related to West’s label Yeezy, a billion-dollar apparel empire. West recently announced plans to move the company to Wyoming, and apparently it’s not all talk. The headquarters of Yeezy, previously in Calabasas, California, has already been moved to Cody (population: 9,828), West said, and all manufacturing is slated to happen there eventually.
Said it before and I'll say it again, Gav. Whenever you and Cali want out, just let us know.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
CIRCLES OF HELL
I, of course, have never had any of my own but I suspect that it must be peculiarly awful for parents when their kids turn out to be pieces of crap.
QUICK QUESTION, EUROPE
Why should anybody take you candyasses seriously?
In October 2018, an elderly nun applied for a place in a retirement home in Vesoul, run by the city's Centre Communal d'Action Sociale (CCAS) in her home prefecture of Haute-Saone. After nine months on the waiting list, on July 2019, her request for housing was accepted, but with one condition: "With due respect for secularism, any ostentatious sign of belonging to a religious community cannot be accepted in order to ensure the serenity of all. Indeed, religion is a private affair and must remain so." The nun was told she could only wear a discreet cross. Having worn her religious habit all of her adult life, she refused to comply and was thus denied a place.
The CCAS residence was ideal for her because although residents live in apartments, they benefit from the communal dining room for all meals. Instead, she had to move to an apartment found by the parish through a rental agency. As a result, an elderly nun who spent her life in a community must shop, cook, and eat alone in an apartment.
In October 2018, an elderly nun applied for a place in a retirement home in Vesoul, run by the city's Centre Communal d'Action Sociale (CCAS) in her home prefecture of Haute-Saone. After nine months on the waiting list, on July 2019, her request for housing was accepted, but with one condition: "With due respect for secularism, any ostentatious sign of belonging to a religious community cannot be accepted in order to ensure the serenity of all. Indeed, religion is a private affair and must remain so." The nun was told she could only wear a discreet cross. Having worn her religious habit all of her adult life, she refused to comply and was thus denied a place.
The CCAS residence was ideal for her because although residents live in apartments, they benefit from the communal dining room for all meals. Instead, she had to move to an apartment found by the parish through a rental agency. As a result, an elderly nun who spent her life in a community must shop, cook, and eat alone in an apartment.
COURSE CORRECTION
Some people see this release from Reuters
as a prime example of modern news media bias. Walter Cronkite forbid that anyone would dare impugn the presidency of St. Barack, praise and blessings be upon his holy name, so let's not allow anything that reflects badly on him or on his presidency.
I'm not so sure that's what's in play here. Granted, the media is biased but I think even Reuters understands that you can't plausibly claim that the United States is this or that while citing statistics that are four years old. I think this is the only thing Reuters could have done.
as a prime example of modern news media bias. Walter Cronkite forbid that anyone would dare impugn the presidency of St. Barack, praise and blessings be upon his holy name, so let's not allow anything that reflects badly on him or on his presidency.
I'm not so sure that's what's in play here. Granted, the media is biased but I think even Reuters understands that you can't plausibly claim that the United States is this or that while citing statistics that are four years old. I think this is the only thing Reuters could have done.
REDACTED FACE
You know what's soul-crushingly sad? When the criminally stupid make more money than you'll ever see in your entire life.
Harriet, the historical drama based on Tubman’s life released earlier this month, stars Cynthia Erivo. But the film’s screenwriter and producer, Gregory Allen Howard, says when he first started working on the movie in 1994 that one studio executive suggested Julia Roberts to portray the legendary slave turned abolitionist. Yes, that Julia Roberts.
“I was told how one studio head said in a meeting, ‘This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman,'” Allen explained. “When someone pointed out that Roberts couldn’t be Harriet, the executive responded, ‘It was so long ago. No one is going to know the difference.'”
Harriet, the historical drama based on Tubman’s life released earlier this month, stars Cynthia Erivo. But the film’s screenwriter and producer, Gregory Allen Howard, says when he first started working on the movie in 1994 that one studio executive suggested Julia Roberts to portray the legendary slave turned abolitionist. Yes, that Julia Roberts.
“I was told how one studio head said in a meeting, ‘This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman,'” Allen explained. “When someone pointed out that Roberts couldn’t be Harriet, the executive responded, ‘It was so long ago. No one is going to know the difference.'”
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
HERE'S AN IDEA
Three of them, actually. Men DO NOT have periods, get pregnant or give birth.
At all.
Suck it up and deal with it.
At all.
Suck it up and deal with it.
LIZ BANKS?
You just got finished making a movie based on an old 70's television show. Your movie is the THIRD MOVIE this old show has spawned. Your movie is tanking. Big-time.
Because of men.
Uh huh.
Here's the deal, Liz. When I go to a movie, one of the things I really like to be, at least on some level, is surprised. "No, Luke. I am your father." Stuff like that. The last thing I want from any movie is to know exactly what's going to happen in it every step of the way.
And by choosing this particular vehicle, that's the one thing that you've guaranteed. What, one of the Angels is going to die? So if it's all the same to you, Liz, I'll just save my money.
Want to make a movie where girls save the world? Great. You have two options.
(A) Write or find a script that has never been done or seen before. Something ORIGINAL, in other words. If the concept is interesting, I'd go see something like that.
(Deux) Tell the pitch meeting, "Here's what we do. We remake Ghostbusters only all the Ghostbusters are women. And if it's a bomb, we can say it's because of sexism." Yeah, hard pass. You know better than this, Banks.
Because of men.
Uh huh.
Here's the deal, Liz. When I go to a movie, one of the things I really like to be, at least on some level, is surprised. "No, Luke. I am your father." Stuff like that. The last thing I want from any movie is to know exactly what's going to happen in it every step of the way.
And by choosing this particular vehicle, that's the one thing that you've guaranteed. What, one of the Angels is going to die? So if it's all the same to you, Liz, I'll just save my money.
Want to make a movie where girls save the world? Great. You have two options.
(A) Write or find a script that has never been done or seen before. Something ORIGINAL, in other words. If the concept is interesting, I'd go see something like that.
(Deux) Tell the pitch meeting, "Here's what we do. We remake Ghostbusters only all the Ghostbusters are women. And if it's a bomb, we can say it's because of sexism." Yeah, hard pass. You know better than this, Banks.
Monday, November 18, 2019
THE HORROR
KEEP READING AT YOUR OWN RISK. DISCRETION ADVISED.
An American legislature may actually be forced to...oh my dear LORD...legislate.
An American legislature may actually be forced to...oh my dear LORD...legislate.
President Donald Trump says young undocumented immigrants have nothing to worry about from the Supreme Court. The Senate begs to differ.
Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has been on the front lines of the Senate’s immigration battles for decades, including trying unsuccessfully to work with Trump over the past three years. He says after so many stalemates, there’s no reason to believe Trump’s optimism this time around.
With the Supreme Court’s conservative majority casting serious doubt this week on the future of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Congress is facing the very real possibility of having the issue dumped on its doorstep.
I'm very sorry for subjecting you to this.
DIAL IT DOWN, CIGAR STORE
Death kills thousands of Americans every year. On World Day of Remembrance for People Who Have Died For Various Reasons, I'm sending my love to the families and friends of those who have lost loved ones. It's time to #EndDeath.
Sunday, November 17, 2019
BREAKING
Um...okay.
In other news, a recent study in the Journal of the National Medical Association indicates that your chances of catching any given communicable disease considerably lessen the longer and the farther away you stay from anyone who has already caught it.
Have an important meeting? Your chances of not arriving late for it go up exponentially the longer the amount of time you give yourself to arrive at the meeting location.
When picking the winner of a horse race, try to choose the horse that crosses the finish line before any of the other horses do.
Placing some kind of bait on the hook of your fishing line greatly increases your chances of catching some kind of fish.
It has been widely reported that the most successful teams in any sport are those teams who regularly score more points in their games than their opponents.
In other news, a recent study in the Journal of the National Medical Association indicates that your chances of catching any given communicable disease considerably lessen the longer and the farther away you stay from anyone who has already caught it.
Have an important meeting? Your chances of not arriving late for it go up exponentially the longer the amount of time you give yourself to arrive at the meeting location.
When picking the winner of a horse race, try to choose the horse that crosses the finish line before any of the other horses do.
Placing some kind of bait on the hook of your fishing line greatly increases your chances of catching some kind of fish.
It has been widely reported that the most successful teams in any sport are those teams who regularly score more points in their games than their opponents.
GET OUT
As long as they employ this hippopotamus turd, I have two words for any parents with children anywhere in the Willis Independent School District in Texas (near Houston, I think). One of those words is "home" and the other one is "school."
Anthony Lane, an English teacher at Willis High School who has vocally defended the school’s decision to bring in an adult male entertainer who performs at strip clubs to spend a day with the children, lashed out on Facebook at parents who have complained:
“I believe that raising a child is the responsibility of the community and that parents should not have the final say,” said Lane. “Let’s be honest, some of you don’t know what is best for your kids.”
“Parents believe they should be able to storm the school in the name of political and religious beliefs if something happens in the school that they are morally opposed to. They forget that we make a promise to prepare their children to live in a diverse world. We are not required to protect the misguided, bigoted views of their parents.”
Anthony Lane, an English teacher at Willis High School who has vocally defended the school’s decision to bring in an adult male entertainer who performs at strip clubs to spend a day with the children, lashed out on Facebook at parents who have complained:
“I believe that raising a child is the responsibility of the community and that parents should not have the final say,” said Lane. “Let’s be honest, some of you don’t know what is best for your kids.”
“Parents believe they should be able to storm the school in the name of political and religious beliefs if something happens in the school that they are morally opposed to. They forget that we make a promise to prepare their children to live in a diverse world. We are not required to protect the misguided, bigoted views of their parents.”
DEO VINDICE
My thermostat is set to "Confederate States." It's right beneath the Third National on my wall.
Saturday, November 16, 2019
ASKING FOR A FRIEND
Constitutionally, what US official decides American foreign policy?
A senior career official at the Office of Management and Budget testified on Saturday about a budget process that went off the rails when nearly $400 million in US military aid to Ukraine was withheld earlier this year, and that he did not know for sure the reasoning behind the freeze in funds, sources familiar with his testimony told CNN.
CNN previously reported that Michael Duffey, the OMB's associate director for national security programs and a Trump political appointee, signed at least some of the documents delaying aid to Ukraine, according to two sources.
ANNNNNNNNNND now for the punchline.
Normally a career budget official signs such documents.
A senior career official at the Office of Management and Budget testified on Saturday about a budget process that went off the rails when nearly $400 million in US military aid to Ukraine was withheld earlier this year, and that he did not know for sure the reasoning behind the freeze in funds, sources familiar with his testimony told CNN.
CNN previously reported that Michael Duffey, the OMB's associate director for national security programs and a Trump political appointee, signed at least some of the documents delaying aid to Ukraine, according to two sources.
ANNNNNNNNNND now for the punchline.
Normally a career budget official signs such documents.
Friday, November 15, 2019
JEW-BLAMING IN 5, 4, 3, 2...
Rash, Rash, Rash. A prominent member of the Democratic Party's Anti-Semite Caucus may have been a naughty girl.
The House Committee on Ethics Investigation released large batch of emails as part of its ongoing probe of Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) into whether she misused campaign funds to personal purposes.
This past August, the Office of Congressional Ethics voted to open an investigation of Tlaib, saying: “Rep. Tlaib’s campaign committee, Rashida Tlaib for Congress, reported campaign disbursements that may not be legitimate and verifiable campaign expenditures attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes. If Rep. Tlaib converted campaign funds from Rashida Tlaib for Congress to personal use, or if Rep. Tlaib’s campaign committee expended funds that were not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes, then Rep. Tlaib may have violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law.”
As part of its evidence uncovered during the investigation, the OCE has just released a tranche of documents that depict a financially strapped Tlaib discussing in 2018 with her campaign manager and other officials how her campaign could augment her Congressional salary.
The House Committee on Ethics Investigation released large batch of emails as part of its ongoing probe of Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) into whether she misused campaign funds to personal purposes.
This past August, the Office of Congressional Ethics voted to open an investigation of Tlaib, saying: “Rep. Tlaib’s campaign committee, Rashida Tlaib for Congress, reported campaign disbursements that may not be legitimate and verifiable campaign expenditures attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes. If Rep. Tlaib converted campaign funds from Rashida Tlaib for Congress to personal use, or if Rep. Tlaib’s campaign committee expended funds that were not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes, then Rep. Tlaib may have violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law.”
As part of its evidence uncovered during the investigation, the OCE has just released a tranche of documents that depict a financially strapped Tlaib discussing in 2018 with her campaign manager and other officials how her campaign could augment her Congressional salary.
ONE-THIRD OF A PAWN SHOP SIGN?
If I'm you, I don't question ANYBODY else's news judgment. #EpsteinABCCBS
DUMBING IT UP
It does not speak at all well about the American educational system when former CBS correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has to explain the United States Constitution to liberals AND CONSERVATIVES who, one would think, should have read it a long time ago.
Thursday, November 14, 2019
DO-OVER
Somebody dust off Gam-Gam's walker. She's seriously considering another bite at the cherry.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has refused to rule out adding herself to the crowded field in the Democrat primary race.
On a tour promoting a book she co-wrote with her daughter Chelsea, called The Book of Gutsy Women, the former New York senator was repeatedly pressed by BBC radio presenter Emma Barnett about whether she would repeat her 2016 run.
Initially replying "no," the former first lady then said: "I never say never to anything."
Could she make it? I wouldn't bet that way. With Cigar Store and Bernie in the field, the Democrats have tacked so far Communist that it's hard to see how Gam-Gam could plausibly maneuver herself into the nomination at all, never mind defeat THE GUY SHE LOST TO LAST TIME, DONALD J. TRUMP.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has refused to rule out adding herself to the crowded field in the Democrat primary race.
On a tour promoting a book she co-wrote with her daughter Chelsea, called The Book of Gutsy Women, the former New York senator was repeatedly pressed by BBC radio presenter Emma Barnett about whether she would repeat her 2016 run.
Initially replying "no," the former first lady then said: "I never say never to anything."
Could she make it? I wouldn't bet that way. With Cigar Store and Bernie in the field, the Democrats have tacked so far Communist that it's hard to see how Gam-Gam could plausibly maneuver herself into the nomination at all, never mind defeat THE GUY SHE LOST TO LAST TIME, DONALD J. TRUMP.
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
REUNION WEEK
From 2003, when Gene Robinson got his pointy hat and hooked stick, until 2008, when Rowan Williams gamed the Lambeth Conference with his Real African Word garbage in order to make sure that The Issue would never be directly addressed, I wrote extensively about the Anglican controversy. Made what little Internet rep I have off of them and lost interest when it became apparent that Anglican "conservatives" were never going to do anything that might jeopardize their membership in a jen-yoo-wine Apostolic Tradition.TM
If you're interested, the Anglican Communion is still, eleven years on, pushing that Real African Word crap. Here's how they define it (content edited slightly).
[Real African Word] begins with developing relationships. People are asked to discover one another’s context through conversations over meals, participating in worship in one another’s churches and exploring the Scriptures together. Participants honestly explore difference and disagreement, not seeking to change each others’ opinions. They commit to listen to one another, to pray and study Scripture and to participate in God’s mission together and are open to changing perceptions and a deeper commitment to Christ.
Which means yammering. More yammering. Still more yammering. Repeat.
But I spent the first 48 of my 64 years in the Anglican Communion's pseudo-Christian American branch (just because Shriners wear fezzes doesn't make them Muslims) so I like to pop back every so often and see what those wacky Episcopalians are up to. They're doing this in Boston.
Ayman Bassyouni arrives early at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul around noon each Friday to lay 15 rows of silk prayer rugs end to end on the sanctuary’s floor.
An Egyptian, Bassyouni regularly attends jumah, or Friday prayers, at the Episcopal cathedral. He is one of a few hundred men and a handful of women – mostly immigrants from North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the Balkans – who pray there together.
In Islam, Friday is considered the sacred day of worship; ordinarily, Muslims pray five times a day, but on Friday, males are obliged to pray in congregation at midday.
The cathedral’s longstanding welcome of the Muslim community is one way it lives into its mission to be “a house of prayer for all people.” In the United States, where religious literacy is in decline but religion plays an increasing role in the cultural narrative, interfaith relationships build tolerance.
There's that phrase again. "Lives into." Hasn't lost its power to annoy the hell out of me.
Am I shocked? I'm not even remotely surprised. The Episcopal Organization (a term I didn't invent out of sense of whimsy) hasn't been seriously Christian for 60 years or so. And if your "church" doesn't have any beliefs that it is not enthusiastically willing to negotiate away, this kind of nonsense should happen way more often than it does.
In other news, the Diocese of New York recently got a little virtue-signaling in which is always fun. Its diocesan convention let its members do what Piskie liberals enjoy doing more than anything else in the world. Repenting for sins that happened long before they were born.
At its annual convention on Nov. 8 and 9, the Diocese of New York established a task force to examine how it can make meaningful reparations for its participation in the slave trade and committed $1.1 million from its endowment to fund the efforts the task force recommends.
$1.1 million? Really? $1.1 million? That's all? I'm not terribly impressed. On a bad day, you can find $1.1 million in Trinity-Wall Street's sofa cushions.
It also passed four resolutions condemning slavery, which had first been introduced by John Clarkson Jay – grandson of founding father John Jay, governor of New York and first chief justice of the Supreme Court – in 1860. At the time, the resolutions were met with fierce opposition from the clergy and laity, many of whom were still profiting from the slave trade, and they had been tabled indefinitely until now, according to the diocese.
The convention went on to pass a resolution thanking God that it is not as other men are.
If you're interested, the Anglican Communion is still, eleven years on, pushing that Real African Word crap. Here's how they define it (content edited slightly).
[Real African Word] begins with developing relationships. People are asked to discover one another’s context through conversations over meals, participating in worship in one another’s churches and exploring the Scriptures together. Participants honestly explore difference and disagreement, not seeking to change each others’ opinions. They commit to listen to one another, to pray and study Scripture and to participate in God’s mission together and are open to changing perceptions and a deeper commitment to Christ.
Which means yammering. More yammering. Still more yammering. Repeat.
But I spent the first 48 of my 64 years in the Anglican Communion's pseudo-Christian American branch (just because Shriners wear fezzes doesn't make them Muslims) so I like to pop back every so often and see what those wacky Episcopalians are up to. They're doing this in Boston.
Ayman Bassyouni arrives early at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul around noon each Friday to lay 15 rows of silk prayer rugs end to end on the sanctuary’s floor.
An Egyptian, Bassyouni regularly attends jumah, or Friday prayers, at the Episcopal cathedral. He is one of a few hundred men and a handful of women – mostly immigrants from North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the Balkans – who pray there together.
In Islam, Friday is considered the sacred day of worship; ordinarily, Muslims pray five times a day, but on Friday, males are obliged to pray in congregation at midday.
The cathedral’s longstanding welcome of the Muslim community is one way it lives into its mission to be “a house of prayer for all people.” In the United States, where religious literacy is in decline but religion plays an increasing role in the cultural narrative, interfaith relationships build tolerance.
There's that phrase again. "Lives into." Hasn't lost its power to annoy the hell out of me.
Am I shocked? I'm not even remotely surprised. The Episcopal Organization (a term I didn't invent out of sense of whimsy) hasn't been seriously Christian for 60 years or so. And if your "church" doesn't have any beliefs that it is not enthusiastically willing to negotiate away, this kind of nonsense should happen way more often than it does.
In other news, the Diocese of New York recently got a little virtue-signaling in which is always fun. Its diocesan convention let its members do what Piskie liberals enjoy doing more than anything else in the world. Repenting for sins that happened long before they were born.
At its annual convention on Nov. 8 and 9, the Diocese of New York established a task force to examine how it can make meaningful reparations for its participation in the slave trade and committed $1.1 million from its endowment to fund the efforts the task force recommends.
$1.1 million? Really? $1.1 million? That's all? I'm not terribly impressed. On a bad day, you can find $1.1 million in Trinity-Wall Street's sofa cushions.
It also passed four resolutions condemning slavery, which had first been introduced by John Clarkson Jay – grandson of founding father John Jay, governor of New York and first chief justice of the Supreme Court – in 1860. At the time, the resolutions were met with fierce opposition from the clergy and laity, many of whom were still profiting from the slave trade, and they had been tabled indefinitely until now, according to the diocese.
The convention went on to pass a resolution thanking God that it is not as other men are.
COULDN'T HAPPEN TO A NICER GUY
Mikey Nats is indicted for extortion and wire fraud.
Attorney Michael Avenatti, who became well-known as the lawyer for Stormy Daniels and an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, has been charged with extortion and wire fraud in an alleged plot to extort Nike. He also faces fraud charges in two other cases.
Prosecutors said in a court filing on Wednesday that a grand jury in New York had returned a superseding indictment which charges Avenatti with 3 counts: Transmission of Interstate Communications With Intent To Extort, Extortion, and Wire Fraud.
Two conspiracy counts which were part of the original indictment were dropped by the grand jury, but one count of wire fraud was added. If convicted on all counts, Avenatti could face decades in prison.
Attorney Michael Avenatti, who became well-known as the lawyer for Stormy Daniels and an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, has been charged with extortion and wire fraud in an alleged plot to extort Nike. He also faces fraud charges in two other cases.
Prosecutors said in a court filing on Wednesday that a grand jury in New York had returned a superseding indictment which charges Avenatti with 3 counts: Transmission of Interstate Communications With Intent To Extort, Extortion, and Wire Fraud.
Two conspiracy counts which were part of the original indictment were dropped by the grand jury, but one count of wire fraud was added. If convicted on all counts, Avenatti could face decades in prison.
ACTION?
Meet Consequence.
NBC News wants you to pity Hoda Muthana, and who are you, O mortal, to answer back to NBC News? Hoda is a simple, down-to-earth, hijab-wearing Alabama gal who decided one day to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS). But hey, everyone makes mistakes, right? “I want to have my own car,” pines Hoda, and how could you possibly resist such an all-American appeal?
Only the most grudging “Islamophobe” would dare to note that Hoda’s desire to have her own car is downright chilling in light of her earlier call for Muslims in America to “go on drive-bys, and spill all of their blood” – that is, the blood of the unbelievers that Hoda can’t wait to return and live among now.
But surely Hoda Muthana herself wouldn’t take her brand new car and use it for one of those drive-bys she wanted, would she? Of course not: she says she “regrets every single thing” she said in those halcyon days of the Islamic State, and thinks it is only just to let her come back to her Sweet Home Alabama: “Anyone that believes in God believes that everyone deserves a second chance, no matter how harmful their sins were.”
NBC News certainly agrees. Hoda, NBC tells us, spoke to them from a “refugee camp in Syria where she and her 2-year-old son, Adam, live in a tent.” She “now claims to reject the extremist ideology that she once espoused so freely online,” but that isn’t good enough for “Islamophobic” American officials: she faces, says NBC, “an uphill battle to be allowed back into the U.S.”
Should this country allow her back in? Since she publicly advocated murdering people, you can see why the US might be reluctant to do that. A cynic might think that this was an ISIS strategy to get some ISIS fighters into America itself.
Is her repentance genuine? Has she brought forth "fruits worthy of repentance," as John the Baptist put it? Or has she "changed her mind" simply because she's having a rough time of it right now? “Anyone that believes in God believes that everyone deserves a second chance, no matter how harmful their sins were?" I suppose that's right in one sense.
I guess the guy who murdered his wife so he could marry his mistress and got the needle for it wouldn't turn down a second chance. And that kid, high on crack, who raped and murdered that ten-year-old girl and got life without parole probably looks out through the bars every morning and wouldn't mind a second chance himself.
See the rich man and Lazarus.
See the rich man and Lazarus.
But sins have consequences, sometimes those consequences last for the rest of your life and sometimes they affect more than just you. Maybe that crackhead I talked about above probably has a mom and a dad who still love him.
Maybe they have pictures of him from when he was a happy little boy, before his life went to hell. Those pictures are going to have to sustain them for the rest of their lives since they know that they're never going to be able to physically touch their son again.
For the rest of their lives.
STELTER THEATRE
On the next Reliable Sources, Brian Stelter sits down with CNN correspondents, Jim Sciutto, Jim Acosta and Jake Tapper to discuss Trump's blatant attempt to rig Dancing With The Stars in favor of his former press secretary Sean Spicer. Impeachable?
KNIFE SKILLS
Burn of the year.
An Alabama man charged with criminal mischief in the slashing of a towering “Baby Trump” balloon has defended his actions, saying it was a matter of good versus evil.
Al.com reports Hoyt Deau Hutchinson called the syndicated radio show “Rick & Bubba Show” on Monday to describe what happened. Hutchinson said he was shaking in anger when he drove past the balloon and its handlers Saturday during President Donald Trump’s visit to see Louisiana State play against the University of Alabama.
“It comes a point when you gotta take a stand. We don’t have two parties anymore. We have good versus evil. When you got one party that says it’s OK to kill babies and by the way, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a liberal get mad about chopping up a baby.”
An Alabama man charged with criminal mischief in the slashing of a towering “Baby Trump” balloon has defended his actions, saying it was a matter of good versus evil.
Al.com reports Hoyt Deau Hutchinson called the syndicated radio show “Rick & Bubba Show” on Monday to describe what happened. Hutchinson said he was shaking in anger when he drove past the balloon and its handlers Saturday during President Donald Trump’s visit to see Louisiana State play against the University of Alabama.
“It comes a point when you gotta take a stand. We don’t have two parties anymore. We have good versus evil. When you got one party that says it’s OK to kill babies and by the way, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a liberal get mad about chopping up a baby.”
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
OUR SAVIOR
The Democrats can rest easier.
Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, is considering jumping into the race for the Democratic nomination, according to two Associated Press sources.
Will Patrick get in the race? Hard to say. Would he have a chance if he did? Nope. Does the fact that Patrick's thinking about it indicate rather considerable Democratic qualms about either Cigar Store or Vladimir Ilyich Sanders ending up with the nomination?
I think there's a lot to that.
UPDATE: He's going for it. You have to wonder what Cory and Cigar Store think.
Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, is considering jumping into the race for the Democratic nomination, according to two Associated Press sources.
Will Patrick get in the race? Hard to say. Would he have a chance if he did? Nope. Does the fact that Patrick's thinking about it indicate rather considerable Democratic qualms about either Cigar Store or Vladimir Ilyich Sanders ending up with the nomination?
I think there's a lot to that.
UPDATE: He's going for it. You have to wonder what Cory and Cigar Store think.
BLAMING THE VICTIM
Over the last several days, Muslims have been raining rockets down all over Israel so the question must be asked. Why does Amnesty International object to Jews defending themselves?
My question was rhetorical, by the way.
UPDATE: If you don't think Jews should be able to defend themselves, than I guess you wouldn't have any problem whatsoever with lying through your teeth about them.
My question was rhetorical, by the way.
UPDATE: If you don't think Jews should be able to defend themselves, than I guess you wouldn't have any problem whatsoever with lying through your teeth about them.
SHOOMS?
Mere executive orders issued by one president can be changed or rescinded by another.* If you've got a problem with the laws of this country, work to change them but please don't bore me with stupid, pseudo-pious crap about what "we" do or don't do. Because if I wanted to listen to that garbage, I can visit an Episcopal church and hear it for free just about any time I care to.
*Unless the divine right of kings has made a comeback in which case, never mind.
*Unless the divine right of kings has made a comeback in which case, never mind.
HOT TODDY?
The following is why "American journalism" has become a sick joke.
Following Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd grilling Republican Senator Rand Paul and tossing softballs to Democratic Congressman Jim Himes on Sunday, regarding impeachment, the political panel admitted that House Democrats had an uphill battle in upcoming public hearings. The worried journalists urged liberal lawmakers to “dramatize” those hearings as much as possible and hoped some of the witnesses would cry or become “emotional.”
“I think in those two segments, with Rand Paul and Jim Himes, we had a good snapshot of how difficult this is going to be for the – for the Democrats to convince the country that this is extraordinary behavior that disqualifies the President from office,” The Washington Post’s David Ignatius admitted. He also acknowledged that impeachment effort against President Trump looked “purely partisan.”
You people want this to happen, don't you, Chuck? You've decided this issue already. And you can't define a reason for it to happen but I guess you think it should happen anyway because reasons or Orange Man Bad or something.
That was actually Trump's "impeachable offense," wasn't it, Chuck? Not only did Trump win in 2016, he deprived Hillary of her rightful presidency and to complete the trifecta, he made "American journalism" look like complete idiots in the process.
And you can't stand that, can you, Chuck? That, by the way, is why terms like "fake news" and "enemies of the people" are resonating, Chuck. None of us trust you anymore.
At all.
Following Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd grilling Republican Senator Rand Paul and tossing softballs to Democratic Congressman Jim Himes on Sunday, regarding impeachment, the political panel admitted that House Democrats had an uphill battle in upcoming public hearings. The worried journalists urged liberal lawmakers to “dramatize” those hearings as much as possible and hoped some of the witnesses would cry or become “emotional.”
“I think in those two segments, with Rand Paul and Jim Himes, we had a good snapshot of how difficult this is going to be for the – for the Democrats to convince the country that this is extraordinary behavior that disqualifies the President from office,” The Washington Post’s David Ignatius admitted. He also acknowledged that impeachment effort against President Trump looked “purely partisan.”
You people want this to happen, don't you, Chuck? You've decided this issue already. And you can't define a reason for it to happen but I guess you think it should happen anyway because reasons or Orange Man Bad or something.
That was actually Trump's "impeachable offense," wasn't it, Chuck? Not only did Trump win in 2016, he deprived Hillary of her rightful presidency and to complete the trifecta, he made "American journalism" look like complete idiots in the process.
And you can't stand that, can you, Chuck? That, by the way, is why terms like "fake news" and "enemies of the people" are resonating, Chuck. None of us trust you anymore.
At all.
THIS...IS...JEOPARDY
Let me have "Things That Never Happened" for $2,000.
A first grader who reportedly asked her parents for an impeachment-themed birthday party led other children in a protest outside the White House on Saturday.
The Washington Post reported that dozens of children as young as seven years old joined Kiyoko Merolli on Saturday at her seventh birthday party outside the White House, where they held signs bearing positive messages such as "Batman 2020" and "I love cats" and were led by an activist in several chants.
A first grader who reportedly asked her parents for an impeachment-themed birthday party led other children in a protest outside the White House on Saturday.
The Washington Post reported that dozens of children as young as seven years old joined Kiyoko Merolli on Saturday at her seventh birthday party outside the White House, where they held signs bearing positive messages such as "Batman 2020" and "I love cats" and were led by an activist in several chants.
METEOR WARNING
Great. Now I'm going to have to start ducking these things. Although I've seen this sort of thing before, I didn't see or hear this one. It happened over a town called O'Fallon, Missouri, one of St. Louis' far suburbs out in St Charles County, considerably northwest of where I live.
STELTER THEATRE
In a decision certain to cause a political firestorm, it is being widely reported that @realDonaldTrump has changed his preferred brand of breakfast cereal. CNN's own Jim @Acosta has the full story.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
TELL YOU WHAT, CIGAR STORE
Show me where in the US Constitution the word "automobile" appears and I might actually accept this idea. Not before.
Saturday, November 9, 2019
OKAY, BOOMER
Apparently this is a thing now.
I'm a Boomer. Born in 1955. Last October 30th, I turned 64, thanks awfully for remembering. A month before that, my sister turned 65 which means that there were either two REALLY nasty Montana winters right in a row or my old man was dynamite in the sack.
But I guess both could be true.
A while back, I decided to let my basically all-gray beard grow out, partly because I finally decided to embrace my inner old man (hell, I am old) and partly because of a bad fall I had at the apartment which pretty much cost me much of the use of my right arm for a while (one of the reasons why shaving was out and why this site went dark for as long as it did).
It's not all the way back. I still can't raise it all the way and I have all kinds of trouble writing things. Printing things, for that matter. So I'm going to say this as gently as I possibly can.
THERE IS NO WORD OR PHRASE IN THE ENGLISH OR ANY OTHER LANGUAGE THAT IS THE "EQUIVALENT OF THE N-WORD."
AND THERE NEVER WILL BE.
IDIOT.
I'm a Boomer. Born in 1955. Last October 30th, I turned 64, thanks awfully for remembering. A month before that, my sister turned 65 which means that there were either two REALLY nasty Montana winters right in a row or my old man was dynamite in the sack.
But I guess both could be true.
A while back, I decided to let my basically all-gray beard grow out, partly because I finally decided to embrace my inner old man (hell, I am old) and partly because of a bad fall I had at the apartment which pretty much cost me much of the use of my right arm for a while (one of the reasons why shaving was out and why this site went dark for as long as it did).
It's not all the way back. I still can't raise it all the way and I have all kinds of trouble writing things. Printing things, for that matter. So I'm going to say this as gently as I possibly can.
THERE IS NO WORD OR PHRASE IN THE ENGLISH OR ANY OTHER LANGUAGE THAT IS THE "EQUIVALENT OF THE N-WORD."
AND THERE NEVER WILL BE.
IDIOT.
LENINIST SAID WHAT?
Since you went there, Commie, "I don't think it's a radical idea to say" that nobody should own more than one house, never mind three.
WHERE WE ARE
It's sad when a profession dies. What's left of "American journalism," if you need it.
UPDATE: Son of a bitch.
NBC, ABC and CBS News have all now appeared to run cover for some of the world’s most powerful rape rings, allegedly killing stories and firing employees who tried to expose the outlets.
As three of America’s biggest networks, these outlets have each become embroiled in controversy in 2019 following multiple separate reports that they have played a part in covering up some of the world’s most powerful rape and pedophile rings.
The allegations range from killing entire stories outing disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, shutting down an interview detailing accusations against alleged child sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and firing an employee who might have tried to hold an outlet responsible.
UPDATE: Son of a bitch.
NBC, ABC and CBS News have all now appeared to run cover for some of the world’s most powerful rape rings, allegedly killing stories and firing employees who tried to expose the outlets.
As three of America’s biggest networks, these outlets have each become embroiled in controversy in 2019 following multiple separate reports that they have played a part in covering up some of the world’s most powerful rape and pedophile rings.
The allegations range from killing entire stories outing disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, shutting down an interview detailing accusations against alleged child sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and firing an employee who might have tried to hold an outlet responsible.
Friday, November 8, 2019
TRANSLATION
"Trumpist rot" is what happens when lots and lots and lots of Republican voters choose not to take instruction from the World's Foremost Authority and others like him anymore and decide to select a presidential candidate who can actually win and will actually do things.
UPDATE: Cupcake? Nobody ANYWHERE gives a rat's ass.
CAN'T ARGUE WITH IT
I have never liked the repulsive things. And there's no way to make them palatable.
CHRIS?
Journalisming is extremely tough if you spend eight years gently and lovingly kissing the presidential junk. We get that, Double C. But you might want to back on off declaring something to be a MASSIVE STORY, particularly when you work for CNN.
Because CNN doesn't employ actual journalists, Double C. Just Democrat Party secretaries.
Because CNN doesn't employ actual journalists, Double C. Just Democrat Party secretaries.
BLAMING THE VICTIMS
Congratulations, AP. The next time some Christians die at the hands of some Moslems, work in some crap about the Crusades and take the rest of the day off.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
EPISCOPALIANITY WATCH
An old favorite at one of this site's previous incarnations gets a new job.
The National Abortion Federation (NAF) has announced that its new president and CEO is Katherine Ragsdale, a lesbian Episcopal “priest” and longtime abortion activist.
“Abortion providers are some of my personal heroes and modern-day saints,” Ragsdale said when the news was announced. She had been NAF’s interim president and CEO since September 2018.
That's because Katie Rags has this whole neo-Aztec spirituality thing going.
In an April 2019 speech at a Kentucky Reproductive Freedom Fund fundraiser, Ragsdale claimed that the Bible says nothing about abortion
Katie Rags went there. The idiotic "the Bible doesn't say anything about..." dodge is pretty much her only play. I've got news for you, Katie Bear. The Bible doesn't say anything about a whole lot of stuff that you consider to be vitally important so you might want to dial that one back.
and that it’s dishonest and manipulative to call the human in the womb a “baby.”
“‘One inch from life,’ they say while showing a picture of a Gerber baby,” Ragsdale said of pro-life advocates who oppose partial-birth abortion. The audience laughed.
“Apart from ‘one inch from life’ being a lie, the Gerber baby image is a lie,” she continued. “And actually, using the word ‘baby’ is a manipulative lie.”
Of course it is. But you do you, Rev. Mengele.
#EpsteinDidntKillHimself
UPDATE: Molochianity? Fits, doesn't it, Katherine?
The National Abortion Federation (NAF) has announced that its new president and CEO is Katherine Ragsdale, a lesbian Episcopal “priest” and longtime abortion activist.
“Abortion providers are some of my personal heroes and modern-day saints,” Ragsdale said when the news was announced. She had been NAF’s interim president and CEO since September 2018.
That's because Katie Rags has this whole neo-Aztec spirituality thing going.
In an April 2019 speech at a Kentucky Reproductive Freedom Fund fundraiser, Ragsdale claimed that the Bible says nothing about abortion
Katie Rags went there. The idiotic "the Bible doesn't say anything about..." dodge is pretty much her only play. I've got news for you, Katie Bear. The Bible doesn't say anything about a whole lot of stuff that you consider to be vitally important so you might want to dial that one back.
and that it’s dishonest and manipulative to call the human in the womb a “baby.”
“‘One inch from life,’ they say while showing a picture of a Gerber baby,” Ragsdale said of pro-life advocates who oppose partial-birth abortion. The audience laughed.
“Apart from ‘one inch from life’ being a lie, the Gerber baby image is a lie,” she continued. “And actually, using the word ‘baby’ is a manipulative lie.”
Of course it is. But you do you, Rev. Mengele.
#EpsteinDidntKillHimself
UPDATE: Molochianity? Fits, doesn't it, Katherine?
AMERICA 101
The Hill has a piece up about an ex-evangelical pastor (and, as it turns out, ex-Christian, according to him) who thinks that the Church has seriously damaged itself by its support for Donald Trump. Why The Hill thinks any Christian should care is beyond me.
But I guess we'll have to go over this again. As much as Barack Obama's devotees, acolytes, sycophants and junk-kissers so fervently, even desperately, wanted to believe this, the president of the United States of America is NOT the king of the United States of America.
Nor is he/she, Dave and Nancy French, the United States of America's presiding bishop. The president of the United States of America is this country's First Civil Servant.
And that's all he/she is, ever will be or ever should be.
Class dismissed.
But I guess we'll have to go over this again. As much as Barack Obama's devotees, acolytes, sycophants and junk-kissers so fervently, even desperately, wanted to believe this, the president of the United States of America is NOT the king of the United States of America.
Nor is he/she, Dave and Nancy French, the United States of America's presiding bishop. The president of the United States of America is this country's First Civil Servant.
And that's all he/she is, ever will be or ever should be.
Class dismissed.
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
JOURNALISMING
Not even remotely surprised at this point.
UPDATE: The bastards are covering for each other now.
UPDATE: The bastards are covering for each other now.
UPDATE: Yeah, keep telling yourself that, Bri-Bri.
UPDATE: In other words, completely accurate.
HMMMMM
Interesting news from the South.
Sessions never should have left the Senate to begin with and it'll be great to see him back in.
Sessions never should have left the Senate to begin with and it'll be great to see him back in.
SON OF A...
It's great to see The Hill right on top of those issues that truly matter to the American people.
“Dancing with the Stars” judges took aim at Sean Spicer after the former White House press secretary avoided placing near the bottom of the show on Monday night, despite being awarded the lowest score from judges on the latest episode.
During the program on Monday evening, Spicer performed a nautical-themed jazz routine with Jenna Johnson, who filled in for his usual partner for the evening, to the song, “Come Sail Away.”
Despite some praise as well as 7 points from judge Carrie Ann Inaba for the performance, which she said she was “proud of,” Spicer receive an overall score of 20 points out of 30 from the panel of judges for the performance, as well as some negative reviews, according to USA Today.
Yeah, three quick things.
(A) This is a DANCING SHOW, YOU CANDY-ASSED MORONS. When you let people call or log in and declare who they thought the "winner" was, this kind of thing is going to happen.
(Dos) If Sean Spicer was George Stephanapoulos, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Would we? No, we wouldn't.
(Three) For the love of God, get an effing grip.
“Dancing with the Stars” judges took aim at Sean Spicer after the former White House press secretary avoided placing near the bottom of the show on Monday night, despite being awarded the lowest score from judges on the latest episode.
During the program on Monday evening, Spicer performed a nautical-themed jazz routine with Jenna Johnson, who filled in for his usual partner for the evening, to the song, “Come Sail Away.”
Despite some praise as well as 7 points from judge Carrie Ann Inaba for the performance, which she said she was “proud of,” Spicer receive an overall score of 20 points out of 30 from the panel of judges for the performance, as well as some negative reviews, according to USA Today.
Yeah, three quick things.
(A) This is a DANCING SHOW, YOU CANDY-ASSED MORONS. When you let people call or log in and declare who they thought the "winner" was, this kind of thing is going to happen.
(Dos) If Sean Spicer was George Stephanapoulos, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Would we? No, we wouldn't.
(Three) For the love of God, get an effing grip.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
SEPPUKU
It will be fascinating to see what emerges when the dust finally settles from American journalism's ongoing ritual suicide.
UPDATE: Right back atcha, Edward R.
UPDATE: Yup.
COUPLE THINGS
(Eins) Does anyone with an honest bone in their bodies seriously believe that an article given the title, "Electoral College Overwhelmingly Favors Democrats, Abolishing Entire System Only Remedy: Study" would have or will ever see the light of day?
(2) If you accept the premise of this article, you would seem to have only two options.
(A) PASSING A FREAKING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, BITCHES
(Deux) Shutting the hell up
(2) If you accept the premise of this article, you would seem to have only two options.
(A) PASSING A FREAKING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, BITCHES
(Deux) Shutting the hell up
YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE LEO SAYER
Here's my idea. A new professional football league. Eight, ten, twelve teams, something like that. Maybe more. We play the games in the usual way but here's the difference between our league and the XFL, the CFL or the NFL.
While the game's being played, we don't keep any scores. But at the end of each game, viewers phone or log in and tell us who the better team was. Team with the most votes wins.
Can't see a down side.
While the game's being played, we don't keep any scores. But at the end of each game, viewers phone or log in and tell us who the better team was. Team with the most votes wins.
Can't see a down side.
Monday, November 4, 2019
OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH WATCH
Things could get interesting up Canada way. Redacted Face barely won another term but without any support at all in two extremely important Western provinces.
If campaigners in oil-rich Alberta and other western Canadian provinces get their way, North America could be getting a new country. The separatist movement in the region, which has been on-again, off-again for almost a century, has been experiencing a resurgence since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party was narrowly re-elected last month despite not winning a single seat in Alberta or Saskatchewan. At a "Wexit" rally in Edmonton on Saturday, separatist leader Peter Downing wore a "Make Alberta Great Again" hat as he explained the movement to the CBC. He cited anger at carbon taxes and a "direct attack on western Canadian industry."
Will anything come of this? Probably not.
No doubt the sentiment's there. I once read an article quoting a western Canadian as saying something to the effect that western Americans understand us better than eastern Canadians do. And the fact of the matter is that this continent is now and has always been divided wrong.
But secesh talk is the easiest thing in the world.
If campaigners in oil-rich Alberta and other western Canadian provinces get their way, North America could be getting a new country. The separatist movement in the region, which has been on-again, off-again for almost a century, has been experiencing a resurgence since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party was narrowly re-elected last month despite not winning a single seat in Alberta or Saskatchewan. At a "Wexit" rally in Edmonton on Saturday, separatist leader Peter Downing wore a "Make Alberta Great Again" hat as he explained the movement to the CBC. He cited anger at carbon taxes and a "direct attack on western Canadian industry."
Will anything come of this? Probably not.
No doubt the sentiment's there. I once read an article quoting a western Canadian as saying something to the effect that western Americans understand us better than eastern Canadians do. And the fact of the matter is that this continent is now and has always been divided wrong.
But secesh talk is the easiest thing in the world.
Sunday, November 3, 2019
WORDS OF WISDOM
Good golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball. - Dag Hammarskjöld
Purple haze, all in my brain. - Montesquieu
Purple haze, all in my brain. - Montesquieu
EVER HAD SHINGLES?
Although this is extremely rare, I've had it twice. The second time, the pain was so intense and so damned-near impossible to avoid that I literally thought that I was going to go insane.
Let me pass sentence and the bitch gets five years, no parole, no early release.
Minimum.
Let me pass sentence and the bitch gets five years, no parole, no early release.
Minimum.
STELTER THEATRE
All the available evidence indicates that while Trump's cup of coffee this morning may have been good, it cannot in any sense of the term empirically be called "outstanding."
UPDATE: Brian Stelter assignment desk. Does Trump actually prefer stuffing instead of potatoes? CNN is on top of it.
UPDATE: Ballgame. Thanks for playing.
UPDATE: Seriously, Bri-Bri. Get professional help.
UPDATE: Brian Stelter assignment desk. Does Trump actually prefer stuffing instead of potatoes? CNN is on top of it.
UPDATE: Ballgame. Thanks for playing.
UPDATE: Seriously, Bri-Bri. Get professional help.
BRI-BRI?
Cigar Store's trillion-dollar health care plan doesn't need to be fact-checked but this does? Please don't ever again question why anyone thinks CNN is a joke.
UPDATE: OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, ONE THIRD OF A PAWN SHOP SIGN.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
Since California is SO well-governed, let's have Sacramento take over the power company.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) threatened Friday that the state of California could take over the Pacific Gas and Electric utility company if it does not pull itself out of bankruptcy by mid-2020.
"PG&E as we know it may or may not be able to figure this out. If they cannot, we are not going to sit around and be passive," Newsom said at a press conference. "If Pacific Gas and Electric is unable to secure its own fate and future ... then the state will prepare itself as backup for a scenario where we do that job for them."
Gav? I love you, buddy, but I just can't see this idea working on any level above total disaster.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) threatened Friday that the state of California could take over the Pacific Gas and Electric utility company if it does not pull itself out of bankruptcy by mid-2020.
"PG&E as we know it may or may not be able to figure this out. If they cannot, we are not going to sit around and be passive," Newsom said at a press conference. "If Pacific Gas and Electric is unable to secure its own fate and future ... then the state will prepare itself as backup for a scenario where we do that job for them."
Gav? I love you, buddy, but I just can't see this idea working on any level above total disaster.
Saturday, November 2, 2019
AND NOW...IDIOTS
Sure makes me wonder what those 600,000 corpses racked up here between 1861 and 1865 were all about but whatever you say, you drunken airhead.
PETE?
Yeah...no.
"The purpose of the presidency is not the glorification of the president, but the unification of the American people."
The president of the United States is neither this country's king not its presiding bishop. He is America's First Civil Servant.
And that's all he is or ever will be.
"The purpose of the presidency is not the glorification of the president, but the unification of the American people."
The president of the United States is neither this country's king not its presiding bishop. He is America's First Civil Servant.
And that's all he is or ever will be.
BRAIN TEASER
What's wrong with this sentence?
He told lawmakers that he was deeply troubled by what he interpreted as an attempt by the president to subvert U.S. foreign policy and an improper attempt to coerce a foreign government into investigating a U.S. citizen.
He told lawmakers that he was deeply troubled by what he interpreted as an attempt by the president to subvert U.S. foreign policy and an improper attempt to coerce a foreign government into investigating a U.S. citizen.
Friday, November 1, 2019
HOW TO TELL WHEN YOU'RE OLD
When one out of every eight to ten of your sentences begins with, "When I was a kid..."
DOUCHEBEARD HEARTS OLIVER CROMWELL
If you're interested in how well the following would work, read any decent history of the English Civil War, paying particular attention to England after the execution of Charles I.
SMOKE SIGNALS
Cigar Store has released details of her We're Going To Fix Health Care And We Mean It This Time Since From All Indications, The Democrat Passed Obamacare Seems Not To Have Accomplished Anything At All health care plan Want to know how I know it's worthless?
Quick tip: whenever a funding formula repeatedly mentions various iterations of "the wealthy," the money's not there, the money never will be there and you can take that to the bank.
So to speak.
UPDATE: Pretty much, yeah. Basically this monstrosity steals money from people Cigar Store doesn't like and showers it on people she does like.
UPDATE: Yeah, this is SO going to happen.
UPDATE: If you like your transmission, you can keep your transmission.
Quick tip: whenever a funding formula repeatedly mentions various iterations of "the wealthy," the money's not there, the money never will be there and you can take that to the bank.
So to speak.
UPDATE: Pretty much, yeah. Basically this monstrosity steals money from people Cigar Store doesn't like and showers it on people she does like.
UPDATE: Yeah, this is SO going to happen.
UPDATE: If you like your transmission, you can keep your transmission.
GREATLY EXAGGERATED
American journalism might not be as dead as I thought it was. I'm starting to have more than a little bit of a crush on CBS's Jan Crawford.
DAD?
Grampa's having another episode.
Right. "The greed of private equity vultures" is what's "destroying journalism across the country." I thought journalism itself was doing that but okay. Dear LORD, dementia is a horrible way to die. If I can't go in my sleep, give me a nice, quick heart attack any day of the week.
Right. "The greed of private equity vultures" is what's "destroying journalism across the country." I thought journalism itself was doing that but okay. Dear LORD, dementia is a horrible way to die. If I can't go in my sleep, give me a nice, quick heart attack any day of the week.
AHOY
Insert Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio or videoconference jokes here.
A group of climate activists crossing the Atlantic by sailboat to a UN summit in Chile were shocked to learn the event was canceled -- four weeks into their grueling voyage.
A group of climate activists crossing the Atlantic by sailboat to a UN summit in Chile were shocked to learn the event was canceled -- four weeks into their grueling voyage.
The 36 young environmentalists set off from Amsterdam on October 2, using a sailboat in order to highlight the impact of flying on greenhouse gas emissions.
If you give me a minute, I might be able to come up with a "hunter-gatherer migration" crack.
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