Apocalypse Now 0
Via Job’s Anger.
Afterthought:
If Donald Trump knows what “2 Corinthians” is or says, I’ll eat my hats. And I have a lot of hats.
When I worked at Amtrak, one of the conductors on my morning commute called me the “hat guy.”
The Republican Reality Sham 0
Eugene Robinson calls out the hypocrisy of Republicans’ claims to represent “real Amurricans,” implying that others are somehow ersatz Americans. A nugget:
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen does a deep dive into the reeking stew of Donald Trump, Russian agents, and Hillary Clinton’s emails, reverse-engineering the recipe and laying out the list of ingredients.
A snippet (all caps in the original):
The events surrounding the June 6, 2016 meeting — both before and after — suggest that Trump not only encouraged members of his campaign team to assist Russians working for Vladimir Putin to interfere in the forthcoming election, but expected the meeting to pay dividends for his long-shot bid for the presidency because it would provide new ammunition with which to assail the chief target of his incendiary stump speeches — Hillary Clinton.
Emolumentous 0
Shorter Dick Polman: The “For Sale” sign is up.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 2
Crossing the teas of politeness . . . .
As she did that, he headed into an outbuilding to get a glass of sweet tea off the shelf above his head.
As he brought the tea down, however, it apparently knocked off the firearm, which landed on the floor in a way that the hammer clicked and the gun went off.
Stray Thought 0
I used to live in a country. Now I live in a joke.
Nobels No Bells Are Ringing
0
As of today, it looks as if Donald Trump’s attempt to cut a deal with North Korea will likely be a flailure. Jay Bookman takes a look at the situation; a snippet (emphasis added).
(snip)
The alternative Trumpian response — anger and frustration that his dreams of being world peacemaker have been dashed, making him look foolish in the process — is equally likely and even more troubling. History tells us that Trump is not a man who responds maturely to public failure; his instinct is to get vindictive and lash out blindly, blaming everyone but himself. And in this context, that could get an awful lot of innocent people killed.
Afterthought:
Not many are saying this outright, but it’s clear that Kim Jong-Un has played Dealmeister Trump like a drum. Kim kept dropping the breadcrumbs, and Trump obligingly gobbled up the bait. Now drops the hammer.
In the process, Trump has given the despotic regime in North Korea a patina of international legitimacy it has not previously had, which, methinks, was Kim’s goal throughout.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
My old boss used to say, “It’s a poor carpenter who blames his tools.”
In more news of the polite . . . .
Both Sides Don’t 0
Thom talks to a caller who equates George Soros with the Koch Brothers. Thom explains why that bird won’t fly, then explores the darker aspect of Republicans’ Soros fetish.
(Misplet wrod corrceted.)
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Trumpled on the way to the convenience store:
Dusty Leo, 27, and Maurice Diggins, 34, have been charged criminally with aggravated assault. They also could face up to a year in prison and fines of $2,000 on the civil complaint if they are convicted of committing what prosecutors say was a racially motivated attack on the African-American as he walked toward a convenience store near his home in Biddeford on April 15.
More at the link.
The Proof Is in the Prurience 0
University of Maine professor Robert Klose considers the current state of the Trumpling and draws two conclusions.
Second, the idea of an informed electorate being essential to democracy has been rendered quaint, and should be replaced by another axiom: an entertainment-needy nation finds gratification in what amounts to political pornography — the more wildly prurient, the better.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Afterthought:
I’m so old, I can remember when there were Republicans who were Americans first and Republicans secon–oh, never mind.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Walk politely.
According to the Latah County Sheriff’s Office, the man told deputies he was walking when the .22 caliber pistol in his pocket discharged.
The stupid.
It burns.
