This is when some media have nailed it. The New York Post wrote a news article yesterday regarding a certain Florida retiree making an announcement. The headline is below the fold and cross-references you to turn to page 26 to see the actual article. When you turn there, you see the article referenced, this time with the headline “Been there, Don that” (sic).
This is Rupert Murdoch doing the ultimate in damning someone with faint praise. The retiree referred to here is apparently an avid golfer and collector of classified documents. He is also senile and is known to throw ketchup at the television. The retiree, a certain Donald J. Trump, is saying he will run for president in 2024. The article, which was not much over 100 words in its entirety, was bylined by “Post staff”.
That day’s issue headlined the wounding of a 3 year-old and another about a crackdown on gangs as the day’s top stories, the usual fare in the Murdoch-owned tabloid daily.
A protestor with no understanding of communism, thinks that it is its opposite, and winds up supporting communism by being against that which separates us from being communal.
According to a Google search, a Madison media organ will say that a protest against social distancing back on April 25th will be reported by TV stations if their channels are a multiple of 9. Channels 9, 18, and 27 in Madison have reported that the protests where people had been refused a permit to hold the rally in the first place, and violated social distancing orders have defeated their own object by inadvertently shutting down businesses that would normally be open.
There has been a spike in serious illnesses and deaths from people ingesting household cleaners, following a suggestion made by Dr. Donald Trump about a week ago. Emergency hotlines from all over the country are receiving calls asking about ingesting household disinfectants.
For their Covid-19 medical stats, some countries are counting as “no longer contagious”, dead people.
Among the protestors in Michigan, was a woman who told a reporter that there was nowhere where she could get her hair colored. Another told a reporter that it was now difficult to obtain lawn fertilizer or grass seed, body piercings or tattoo services.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has classified live professional wrestling as an essential service.
Missouri, a state which begain the re-opening process on May 3, is suing China for economic losses and suffering.
Donald Trump, after bragging about brokering a deal with OPEC, saw the oil prices in the United States become negative (-38 dollars a barrel) by April 20. Oil producers were paying buyers to take oil they couldn’t store.
Arkansas, whose state had not issued stay-at-home orders except for schools, has now denied visas to Chinese students who wish to study the sciences.
Maybe lawyer and former drug company lobbyist Alex Azar, the head of the U. S. Health and Human Services Department, could have done better than to pick Brian Harrisson, a labradoodle breeder, as head of the Coronavirus Task Force (a position later replaced by Vice President Mike Pence, whose background was as a lawyer and former Congressman). Remember to keep away people with science backgrounds at all times.
Florida corrections ordered inmates to manufacture face masks without wearing facemasks themselves, or any other protection, risking contamination to the facemasks they were making for the wardens and guards in the correctional facility.
The American people face the most serious time in their history. We are observing politicians submitting to a ruler who thinks he “is” the people. Not since the doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings has such a mentality become the ideology of the day. To oppose this nonsense, you would think that the Democrats would put their differences aside and select a politician more committed to the rule of law than by fiat, and the contenders throw their support behind him or her.
What we are getting instead is the same style of nomination process that worked for Donald Trump, with the same thinking in mind: If Bernie Sanders is thought of as such a loony toon (I think he is fine but this is the wrong time for him), why don’t the others forget their ambitions and unite against him? Once again, like the Coronation of Trump, this is appearing to be a coronation of Sanders, which all but hands Trump his second term, and exacerbates any divisions in the country.
The reason it hands the victory to Trump, is because Sanders exactly fits the stereotype of the Democrats that Trump wants to attack. Trump and those in his party stereotype the Democrats as “socialists” and “extremists”, and so on. While none of that has been remotely true for over 50 years, and the Dems have been just as guilty of abandoning the working class over that time (half the reason Trump appealed to those same people in the Rust Belt), they open themselves to the worst attacks, nigtmare scenarios and conspiracy theories that the Republicans can throw at them.
Overall, I actually hope for a Sanders win, with control of the house and senate turned over to the Democrats. I just think that the dems are better off with a more moderate foil to Trump. But this lack of united front seems to be more helpful to Trump, since they thrive on division, and the choice of dems to divide themselves just makes the Republican’s job easier.
While I sip on my Covfefe, I find that the New York Times has already declared that Trump will lose the 2020 race. To be sure, Trump’s popularity is tanking, but that’s also what the press said before the 2016 race. I don’t consider this fake news, just premature news.
Like in the 2016 election, I wonder if this prognostication of Trump’s 2020 demise, albeit based on very real unpopularity, is still premature. I notice that there are not a whole lot of Republican opportunists sensing a vacuum and denouncing Trump to take the leadership for themselves. Why is that happening? I am sensing that Republicans, despite some rumblings, are getting a different message, and are still throwing their support behind Trump despite, as the Times reports, the lowest polling for a sitting president in 70 years or so.
Also, why aren’t more notable opponents running for the leadership of the Democrats?
A whole lot of the media coverage smells funny surrounding Trump, according to an analysis by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). For example, has anyone read any media reports as to why the figure $5.7 billion is touted as being needed to build the wall/slats/barrier/whatchamacallit along the Tex-Mex border? Why that amount? How are they spending it? Where did that number come from, outside of Trump’s declaration-by-fiat that that is what it will cost? Why was that figure unchanged after Trump changed the material from concrete to steel slats? The media appears silent on all of this. These are not minor questions, these are at the heart of the reason for the longest government shutdown in American history.
For those of us who read this news, it would be a good question to ponder: how does this premature prognostication help the far right?
Exactly how valuable to the Republicans is this “base” they like to appeal to so much? Why is this “base” not being abandoned without a second thought?
This is the last entry. I would like this to go on forever, but all things must end.
Trump just can't be bothered with laws
He scoffs the Emoluments Clause
Though most folks suspect him
The brain dead protect him
At most we've got probable cause
Kim Jong Un and Trump should be friends
Upon them our future depends
They both have weird hair
But clearly don't care
They're focussed on how the world ends
Trump's lawyer makes violent threats
A ploy that's as wrong as it gets
He should be on guard
He could get disbarred
Then Stormy would have no regrets
The closer we get to the facts
The more freakin' guilty Trump acts
He thinks we're all dumb
And under his thumb
I hope that I'm there when he cracks
Trump tries to pretend he's not nuts
His clan plays along for tax cuts
And Putin's web trolls
Still act like assholes
From far off (cuz they ain’t got no guts)
Trump's guilty of serious crimes
A fact that's been proved many times
His fans are insistent:
It's all non-existent
"Fake news" as one voice the mob chimes
I think we can agree that Business Insider is not exactly a Leftist online publication. The news item has been echoed on MSNBC, GQ, The Cut, Vice – and possibly many other media (Politico apparently broke the story), and it lays bare a rather painful on-the-job hazard of a Trump Employee or supporter working in the DC area.
They can’t get laid.
Being a Trump staffer or supporter takes a toll on their private lives, apparently. Young staffers going on online dating find that the lifespan of the relationship is cut short soon after they have “the talk” with their partner. “The talk” is when the date comes out of the closet and admits to being a Trump staffer or supporter. It appears you would have better luck admitting that you’re bisexual or that you howl at the moon.
So, you don’t even need to work for him. This is also happening to people who came out of the closet during “the talk” saying they voted for Trump. One of the reasons reported for the impending break-up in this case is that they voted against birth control by voting for Trump. If this “talk” is happening over a text messaging, then it could devolve into the partner screaming in all caps calling the Trump supporter a “RACIST” and a “BIGOT”. One staffer was asked: “Did you rip babies from their mothers and send their parents to Mexico?”
DC. Whether you want to call it the District of Columbia or the District of Calamity, it is one of the most Democratic districts in America. Where coming out the building from work at your Trump-appointed government job at the end of the day means you have to endure getting yelled at, or having people flipping the bird at you.
The coping mechanism for dates has become either evasive, vague answers, or simply lying about their job or support. Looks like dating people who work for a racist, corrupt demagogue is falling out of style these days. Staffers will now be well advised to steer clear of bars where people might heckle them; or in restaruants where protestors might suddenly gather and loudly play recordings of crying babies and toddlers held in detention centres while they are quietly eating Mexican food.
In the end, they may be forced to look at each other for companionship. In fact, they do tend to gather with friends at home rather than go out into the town. But every niche needs to be filled. There are now Trump-friendly dating apps. And rumor has it that there are local bars in the DC area which cater to Trump supporters.
In most of these articles, including Business Insider, the article usually ends up with some kind of equivocal statement about the great career prospects and connections of the Trump staffers more than compensating for a decreased level of popularity.
But there is a deeper question here that is not getting looked at. The divisiveness of Trump’s style of governing is being felt to not too small a degree by his employees. Divisiveness, sustained as it is, is a sign of society devolving.
Trump's doc says he's fit as a fiddle
But I think he's fudging a little
No doc talks like that
Plus Trump's crazy fat
Too fat for a framework that brittle
All of the president's men
Run out of mean tricks now and then
Trump chides them, "You jerks,
Just go with what works:
Investigate Clinton again!"
Trump's mindless supporters don't know
Their hero's tough act's just for show
He not only cries
When critics crack wise,
He pouts when his way things don't go.
Republican voters must wonder
What sort of a spell are they under?
Fox News says Trump's cool
But he's Putin's tool
Should we have to pay for their blunder?
We can't keep on going this way
Our plight seems more desperate each day
I think we all know
That Trump's got to go
There's just no time left to delay
Because he was honest and wise,
George Washington never told lies
But now Trump's the guy
And his lies are why
All over the world he's despised
Stress made Devin Nunes get sick
Trump told him, "This should do the trick"
"Hey wait," Devin cried
"That's pure cyanide!"
"Don't worry," Trump said, "It works quick."
"Those bastards have me in a fix,"
Trump whined, "Democrats are all dicks
I'm useless, they say
'Cause I sleep all day
Please tramadol 50mg buy move your hand faster, Ms Hicks"
Trump's ass was in trouble, no doubt
He prayed to his god "Help me out"
But Trump's god is money
(and this part is funny)
It turns out that cash has no clout
Stress made Devin Nunes get sick
Trump told him, "This should do the trick"
"Hey wait," Devin cried
"That's pure cyanide!"
"Don't worry," Trump said, "It works quick."
"Those bastards have me in a fix,"
Trump whined, "Democrats are all dicks
I'm useless, they say
'Cause I sleep all day
Please move your hand faster, Ms Hicks"
Trump's ass was in trouble, no doubt
He prayed to his god "Help me out"
But Trump's god is money
(and this part is funny)
It turns out that cash has no clout
There once was a VP named Pence
Whose passion for God was intense
He called his wife "Mother"
Had eyes for no other
And lacked but one thing: common sense
A filthy rich fat guy named Trump
Saw his pageant beginning to slump
His beauty queen cried
Trump took it in stride
And canned her when she became plump
Trump likes to watch hookers go pee pee
The sparkle and warmth thrills him deeply
Some may think it's funny
To pee pee pee for money
But most people think it's just creepy
Our president promised a wall
The neighbors would pay for it all
But when it came time
To show us the dime
All Trump could do was just stall
A well-to-do nitwit named Trump
Was a liar, a thief and a chump
He said "Yes I'm rich,
The son of a bitch,
My real name's actually Drumpf
Keebler Elf Jeffy Sessions
Had style that just begged bad impressions
In courtroom confusion
He copped to collusion
Which led to more heartfelt confessions
While driving his daughter to school
Trump farted and felt like a fool
Ivanka said "Dad,
It really is bad
I'll just walk from here if that's cool"
What's up with Sean Hannity's hair?
Did he mean to put his part there?
The way that it's cut
It looks like a butt
I bet little kids point and stare
Some leaders like to educate
While others just pontificate
But ol' Trump is sly
And I'll tell you why
His secret is to obfuscate
Trump met a young girl named Melania
They went out to dine on lasagna
He plied her with liquor
And told her, "Eat quicker,
By seven I plan to be on ya"
One evening while roaming the White House
Trump wondered if he had the right house
Melania said "Hey,
If I had my way
We'd live in an Uglegorsk lighthouse"
"My daughter is gorgeous" Trump said
"I can't get her out of my head
That tight, sexy body –
God damn, she's a hottie!
And one day I'll get her in bed"
Back on 26 April, what I understand should have been the last of the JFK documents released to the general public and made available for download. Apparently, the deadline to release the last of them has been now moved to 2021.
With all the distractions surrounding Donald Trump, including those distractions Trump made for himself, you could be excused for not hearing about these rather ground-breaking developments, moving toward trying to end over 50 years of speculation and conspiracy theories.
The irony is, you can thank Trump for allowing the release of these documents. You wouldn’t know it from his preoccupation with making angry tweets about the news of the day. This would have actually made him look good, had one of his tweets mentioned it.
Since 24 July 2017, over 54,000 documents were released relating to the JFK assassination, made available largely as PDF scanned copies. A good deal of the early releases are listed as “NBR” or “Not believed relevant” on the Excel spreadsheet I downloaded, which lists the files and their links. There are hundreds of documents that are just plain illegible. I noticed a lot of newspaper clipping among the interviews and transcriptions of what must have been handwritten notes. There are also official correspondences on government letterhead., memos, and so on.
Now that the memo's released
And all of the screaming has ceased
Those four little pages
That seemed so outrageous
Have gone from "the worst" to "the least."
Melania hated her life
She didn't like being Trump's wife
To deal with the man
She thought up a plan
Involving scotch, roofies and a knife
While styling his coiffure last May
Trump wondered if he might be gay
So he stuck his thumb
Deep into his bum
And there it remains to this day
Not clapping for Trump is now treason
A big deal to him for some reason
He's so full of crap
Why bother to clap?
With luck he'll be gone by next season
Republicans say we're unfair
For laughing at Donald Trump's hair
That orange cotton candy
He thinks looks so dandy
Came straight from the New York State Fair
"What sanctions?" Trump asked insincerely
"The Russians are our allies, clearly
Obama's just jealous
Of me and the fellas
'Cause we love the Motherland dearly"
Of Putin no ill has Trump spoken
Such words anyway would be token
As Trump's critics know
His bluster's for show
Vlad's end would leave Donald heartbroken
What sort of man needs a parade?
Is this moron in the fourth grade?
His hour of fun
Will cost US a ton
It won't be his money that's paid
An ass-kissing Fox shill named Hannity
Takes pleasure in stroking Trump's vanity
His audience buys
Each one of Trump's lies
Thus perpetuating insanity
