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
I am writing this blog on the K380, first made by Logitech in 2015 or so. C-Net did a review, basing their experience the way I am — writing this article using it.
Starting with the most visible features, it is predictably a small keyboard. You could feel cramped if you have large hands, but then you probably wouldn’t be making a practice of writing text into a smaller device, as I am doing with the K380 into an iPad. Despite this, the space is managed surprisingly well, and the keys are well-spaced for a keyboard this small.
I am also a fan of Logitech input devices, since all of my external mice and keyboards are made by Logitech. My two PC keyboards are solar-powered (available at a range of prices — no one should pay more than $80 for it), the only ones I can find like it. I liked the concept, and they have been serving me well on my two desktop computers for several years.
I also own a small “Keys-to-go” keyboard which works nicely with my android. But with my iPad, it didn’t work so well. The k380’s behaviour on the iPad is quirky in comparison — sometimes the output would freeze, and sometimes it would be quite responsive. It was surprising that I was able to connect to the keyboard without a pairing code.
I tried the k380 on my Motorola Moto 3G cellphone, and while it recognizes it and offers a pairing code, I could not get my K380 to connect. At least, I couldn’t until I found a way to do a kind of hard reboot of my Android. I pressed the power and “up” volume buttons at the same time for a few seconds while it was shut off. This is nearly the same keypress combo as for a factory reset. I was able to avoid a factory reset, and I still have my apps, music and personal info. But be it known that an ordinary power off/power on reboot didn’t work.
Outside of that, I liked the feel of the keys, and its quiet sound.
There is always “the oldest living person” somewhere. Sooner or later, they will pass on, and it is someone else’s turn to be the oldest. But the demise of Nabi Tajima of Japan would not be worthy of further comment, except that it appears as though with a birth date of 4 August 1900, she was the last living person known to have been born in the 19th century (the 20th century begins in 1901, to be clear). To our knowledge, there are no longer any people born on or before 1900 living anymore. She was said to have more than 160 descendants, counting children, grand children, and great grand children.
In 1900, the year of her birth, she lived in a world pre-dating Jack London’s Call of the Wild, Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz; just before the days of films and the existence of movie theatres; there were no airplanes, zippers or toasters; no Panama Canal, no Australia, and no radio or TV — to say nothing of internet. Electronic communication was by Morse code over telegraph wires. Transport was either by horse or other beasts of burden, unless you were walking or riding a bike.
Males always seem to die younger than women, and I have found that in going through “oldest living persons” lists, oldest males are usually younger than oldest females. Of the 100 oldest people still living, only 7 are male right now. 1 in 1000 people living past age 100 live past their 110th birthday. Worldwide, there are likely as many as 600 people alive past age 110. Going by the 100 oldest living persons’ list referred to above, the number that can be verified may not be much over 100.
Nabi died of natural causes yesterday in a nursing home where she had been living since 2002.
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
Without any apprehension
Trump screwed McCabe out of his pension
He never gets tired
Of saying "you're fired"
Or increasing national tension
Said Donald, "I just had to try it"
So Stormy got paid to be quiet
Republicans blamed her
Evangelists shamed her
Trump did what he does -- he denied it
Controlling guns seems a lost cause
The NRA writes its own laws
Trump plans to do naught
'Cause his ass is bought
It's an endless parade of last straws
A YouTube viewer who goes by the name Todd Taliaferro posted a comment on YouTube that showed a prolific hand at making limericks (link here). His series of limericks goes on for some 45 or more stanzas. I was so impressed, I am going to post three of these per week.
Trump's "University" was a scam
It put Trump once more in a jam
Sure, Donald's reptilian
But twenty-five million
Makes even rich bastards go "Damn!"
McMaster done sealed his own fate
By bad-mouthing Donald's soul mate
Though his words were true
Trump gave him the screw
Which helps make America great
Trump's secret is Putin's paid trolls
Their propaganda fooled the polls
With Trump's sneaky lies
They tricked the unwise
Who still choose to act like assholes
Humans are a curious species. We like to ask the questions about why things exist/happen/not happen, and so on.
When I built my search engine questions, I began with the word “WHY”, then gradually built on that, one word at a time. Now, I pass on the list of questions to you.
If the list of Google autocomplete suggestions which is to follow is taken to be the true distillation of human thought, we seem to be very preoccupied with aches and pains, bodily functions, and weather events, and not a whole lot outside of that.
WHY
⦁ him
⦁ is the sky blue
⦁ don’t we
⦁ him cast (sic)
⦁ do whales beach
⦁ am i so tired
⦁ are you running
⦁ do cats purr
⦁ am I always tired
⦁ do we yawn
WHY DOES
⦁ my cat lick me
⦁ my dog lick me
⦁ it hurt when i pee
⦁ salt melt ice
⦁ ice float
⦁ my stomach hurt
⦁ my head hurt
⦁ my jaw hurt
WHY DOES IT
⦁ snow
⦁ snow in Canada
⦁ rain
⦁ always rain on me
⦁ hurt to swallow
⦁ hurt to poop
⦁ hurt to have sex
⦁ hurt to breathe
⦁ hurt when I cough
WHY DOES IT SEEM
⦁ like everyone is rich
⦁ impossible to lose weight
⦁ impossible to get a girlfriend
⦁ hard to breathe
⦁ hard to swallow
WHY DOES IT NEVER
⦁ work out with guys
⦁ snow in London/Manchester/Swansea/England/Florida
⦁ snow on Christmas
⦁ snow
⦁ rain in California
⦁ get dark in Alaska
WHY DOES IT ALWAYS SEEM
⦁ to be (Phil Collins lyric)
⦁ to rain at night
⦁ to rain on the weekend
⦁ to rain on Good Friday
⦁ to be my fault