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Picture of Nobel Prize medal with caption,

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Chris-Crossed 0

Chris Christie demonstrates that it is indeed possible to espouse two opposing views at almost the same time.

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

Texas-sized Trumpling.

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Peas and Pods 0

GOP Elephant to Michael Cohen:  Is it easy to sleep at night knowing  you are a sleazy mob-like fixer for Trump?  Cohen replies:  You tell me.

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A Joint Venture 0

Headlines I never would have predicted, episode one.

Martha Stewart enters the legal marijuana business with help from Snoop Dogg

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The Last Voyage 0

Title:  Feeding time on the Climate Change Deniers cruise.  Image:  Ship labeled S. S. Darwin surrounded by hungry polar bears on shrinking ice floes.

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Lady Gaga:

Social media, quite frankly, is the toilet of the internet.

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Demon Dryer Cat 0

Cat in clothes dryer

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Cohen Events 0

I know that I claimed that nothing new except a few stray facts and details emerged from the testimony of Michael Cohen before the House Oversight Committee.

Nevertheless, Shaun Mullen reports that he learned something, not from the testimony, but from some of the questioners.

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“Thugocracy” 0

Thom wonders what the hell is going on.

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The Art of the Deal, Coming Home Empty Dept. 0

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No There, There 0

Title:  The Art of the Deal.  Image:  Empty picture frame labeled

Via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.

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The Environmental Pollution Panel 0

Cartoon lampooning Trump's pick to head his own climate change panel for having said,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Self-politeness is the politest kind.

The shooting victim, Mark Anthony Jones, 46, told officers he was walking near the Girl Scout Cabin when his 9mm handgun began to slip in his waistband. He reached down to adjust it and the gun discharged, striking him just above the penis. The bullet then exited his scrotum.

The victim did not have a license to carry and the D. A. is considering charges, but, frankly, I suspect he’s already suffered enough.

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Walter Gropius:

The mind is like an umbrella – it functions best when open.

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Lies and Lying Liars 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Stanton E. Samenow argues that there is no such thing as a “compulsive liar,” that is, someone who lies because he can’t help him- or herself. He suggests that what others may see as compulsion because it happens so frequently may, in fact, be convenience.

He cites an example (emphasis added):

A sixteen-year old was referred to me for evaluation and possible treatment. His parents had a number of problems with him. But most frustrating was his incessant lying. They wanted to believe their own son, as most parents do, but discovered they could not trust what he said. Then they started to doubt nearly everything he said. Knowing that people generally function on the basis of trust, this teenager took advantage of that awareness. He explained, “I lie because it’s so easy to do it and get away with it.”

Remind you of anyone in the news Follow the link for more.

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Pokemon Gone Wild (Updated) 0

The stupid. It burns.

Addendum:

At the confluence of Pokemon, prejudice, and stupid, some good news.

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The Art of the Con 0

Will Bunch considers Michael Cohen’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee and extracts the essence:

. . . Cohen’s Big Reveal was as simple as this: Donald Trump, our 45th president, thinks that you’re a sucker . . . .

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Cohen Events 0

I gather that Michael Cohen’s testimony was quite the show, but I did not watch. As I’ve mentioned before, “read about it tomorrow” is my M. O.

Nevertheless, I agree with Elie Mystal. There was nothing of substance in it that anyone who has been paying attention did not already know, though there were a few new details and documents, and, no, it’s not going to sway the Trumpettes and may not even penetrate their Fox News bubble.

Aside:

Shaun Mullen watched and has the blow-by-blow.

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Twits on Twitter 0

Musky twits.

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