Another love affair gone sour.
How time flies! Seems like just a few days ago, The Mooch was telling us how much he "loved" Der Trump.
Kiss kiss. Kiss kiss.
Wait a minute, it was just days ago!
That didn't take long, did it?
DonDon is a fickle mistress...
As the Trump administration continues its erratic and yet highly amusing death throes, one wonders who's next?
Will it be that talking scarecrow Kellyanne? What does she do, anyway? Besides bleat out nonsense, I mean.
Or the sanctimonious Huckleberry Sanders?
Could one of the Generals be sacrificed at the altar of Dear Leader's Huge (yet baseless) Ego?
The Peckerwood Grand Wizard Sessions would have to be dragged away kicking his tiny white feet, and screaming his Son o' Dixie head off. And DonDon, being a coward at heart, doesn't like confrontations like that.
The Golden Children are safe of course...right up to point where Der Trump feels he has to give up one or two to save his sagging skin.
Even the dullest amongst us, and I'm looking at you unrepentant Trump voters, should realize now that we have an Insane Clown Posse entrenched in the White House.
Time to put down the crystal meth, turn off Alex Jones, and try to use what little brain power you have left to figure out that you've been suckered by a gold plated grifter.
Na, I'm just kidding.
Go back to your complete ignorance, you bogus religion, and your deep seated hatred of "them". It's too late. You're beyond redemption.
And you are going to get exactly what you deserve.
Monday, July 31, 2017
Monday, July 24, 2017
It's The Voter Suppression, Stupid
As the various postmortems of the 2017 election continue to dribble in, there seems to be a somewhat consistent theme in many of them:
Hillary Clinton ran a terribly flawed campaign. She didn't do enough of this or she did too much of that or....Therefore it's her fault she lost.
Let's set aside the fact that she got almost 3 million more votes than our so-called President. (We all know that the only "real" Americans live in the heartland. Big city votes just don't count as much because those aren't real Americans.)
Though there were some faults with the Clinton campaign, the major problems she faced were as follows:
1) It is hard to run against a pathological liar, especially when the media seems to think his pathology is "amusing" and good for ratings.
2) This same media is devoted to the "both sides do it" meme, which allows any minor Democratic misstep to outweigh 1000 Republican lies.
3) James Comey's unprecedented behavior in the last days of the campaign.
4) President Obama's reluctance to loudly and repeatedly announce the Russians' ongoing interference.
5) The above mentioned Russian interference, the size of which we're still trying to figure out.
All of these things might have been surmounted, by the way.
But then there was one other thing, something completely un-American, that couldn't:
6) Voter suppression.
The one thing Republicans are really good at, perhaps the only thing* they're good at besides fund raising and scaring simpletons, is voter suppression. Every state controlled by Republicans has systematically made it harder for voters who lean Democratic to vote.
EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
They can't govern worth a damn, but boy can they stop minorities from voting!
*I forgot LYING. That's really what Republicans are best at.
LYING.
Hillary Clinton ran a terribly flawed campaign. She didn't do enough of this or she did too much of that or....Therefore it's her fault she lost.
Let's set aside the fact that she got almost 3 million more votes than our so-called President. (We all know that the only "real" Americans live in the heartland. Big city votes just don't count as much because those aren't real Americans.)
Though there were some faults with the Clinton campaign, the major problems she faced were as follows:
1) It is hard to run against a pathological liar, especially when the media seems to think his pathology is "amusing" and good for ratings.
2) This same media is devoted to the "both sides do it" meme, which allows any minor Democratic misstep to outweigh 1000 Republican lies.
3) James Comey's unprecedented behavior in the last days of the campaign.
4) President Obama's reluctance to loudly and repeatedly announce the Russians' ongoing interference.
5) The above mentioned Russian interference, the size of which we're still trying to figure out.
All of these things might have been surmounted, by the way.
But then there was one other thing, something completely un-American, that couldn't:
6) Voter suppression.
The one thing Republicans are really good at, perhaps the only thing* they're good at besides fund raising and scaring simpletons, is voter suppression. Every state controlled by Republicans has systematically made it harder for voters who lean Democratic to vote.
EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
They can't govern worth a damn, but boy can they stop minorities from voting!
*I forgot LYING. That's really what Republicans are best at.
LYING.
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Signor Baseball's "What The Hell Is Going On Here?" Sort Of Midseason MLB Update
Lots of crazy stuff going on here.
A couple of teams having great years. A handful of teams having awful years, including a perennial contender. Some good teams, and a whole lot of mediocre teams.
In the NL West, the Diamondbacks are much better than I thought they'd be and the Giants are simply bad. The former will still fade--I think. That pitching staff just isn't very deep. And the Dodgers are simply better than they are. But, with so many teams having indifferent years in the NL, Arizona may have a chance at a Wild Card slot. For San Francisco, losing their best pitcher to a stupid accident hurt them badly, but not "20 games out of first place" badly. Too many other players are having off years, and all at the same time. Which happens sometimes. The Rockies are also playing well above projections, but their fade will be more precipitous than the D-Backs.
In the Central, Chicago has been struggling all year, but they still have the best team and should come out on top. St. Louis is the only team with a realistic chance to keep pace with them. Milwaukee has been in first practically the whole season, but the Brewers just don't look like a legitimate contender to me and the Pirates, though they put a very solid lineup on the field, continue to have undependable pitching.
And in the NL East, injuries have doomed the Mets, and the Braves and Marlins just aren't good enough, so it looks like smooth sailing for the Nationals...until the playoffs, when I anticipate another melt down. However, if Scherzer and Strasburg get hot at the same time they could carry the team to the Series, just as Johnson and Schilling did for the Diamondbacks way back when.
In the AL East, the Yankees have a lot of good young bats, but are still sporting a less than stellar, prone to injury, pitching staff. Unless they can come up with some dependable arms via trade, I don't see them catching Boston, though they may have enough to grab a Wild Card berth. The same thing applies to the rest of the division, though Toronto has been a huge disappointment so far.
In the Central, Cleveland should hold on to first, barring any major injuries. Kansas City and Minnesota have an outside chance at a Wild Card, though both are currently mired close to .500. The Royals are the more likely of the two to rise from there.
Houston has run away from the rest of the West. At this point the Astros are the best team in the AL by far, and it would take a catastrophic collapse for anybody to catch them. With so much of the league languishing in mediocrity, Los Angeles, Seattle and Texas all have a shot at one of the Wild Card slots.
By my count there are 9 teams in both leagues that still are contenders for the Wild Cards. Which should make for a very interesting August and September...
A couple of teams having great years. A handful of teams having awful years, including a perennial contender. Some good teams, and a whole lot of mediocre teams.
In the NL West, the Diamondbacks are much better than I thought they'd be and the Giants are simply bad. The former will still fade--I think. That pitching staff just isn't very deep. And the Dodgers are simply better than they are. But, with so many teams having indifferent years in the NL, Arizona may have a chance at a Wild Card slot. For San Francisco, losing their best pitcher to a stupid accident hurt them badly, but not "20 games out of first place" badly. Too many other players are having off years, and all at the same time. Which happens sometimes. The Rockies are also playing well above projections, but their fade will be more precipitous than the D-Backs.
In the Central, Chicago has been struggling all year, but they still have the best team and should come out on top. St. Louis is the only team with a realistic chance to keep pace with them. Milwaukee has been in first practically the whole season, but the Brewers just don't look like a legitimate contender to me and the Pirates, though they put a very solid lineup on the field, continue to have undependable pitching.
And in the NL East, injuries have doomed the Mets, and the Braves and Marlins just aren't good enough, so it looks like smooth sailing for the Nationals...until the playoffs, when I anticipate another melt down. However, if Scherzer and Strasburg get hot at the same time they could carry the team to the Series, just as Johnson and Schilling did for the Diamondbacks way back when.
In the AL East, the Yankees have a lot of good young bats, but are still sporting a less than stellar, prone to injury, pitching staff. Unless they can come up with some dependable arms via trade, I don't see them catching Boston, though they may have enough to grab a Wild Card berth. The same thing applies to the rest of the division, though Toronto has been a huge disappointment so far.
In the Central, Cleveland should hold on to first, barring any major injuries. Kansas City and Minnesota have an outside chance at a Wild Card, though both are currently mired close to .500. The Royals are the more likely of the two to rise from there.
Houston has run away from the rest of the West. At this point the Astros are the best team in the AL by far, and it would take a catastrophic collapse for anybody to catch them. With so much of the league languishing in mediocrity, Los Angeles, Seattle and Texas all have a shot at one of the Wild Card slots.
By my count there are 9 teams in both leagues that still are contenders for the Wild Cards. Which should make for a very interesting August and September...
Sunday, July 9, 2017
"Republican" Is Now Officially A Synonym For Traitor
And for their 30 pieces of silver (it was probably hundreds of millions if not a couple billion, but since our country is rapidly devolving into a oligarchic theocracy I thought I'd better practice using a biblical reference) the Russians were able to buy themselves an American president!
And his nominal Party, too!
Who says there are no bargains anymore?! You just have to know how to shop...
The most powerful and richest country on the face of the earth is now essentially a vassal state of Russia.
And our so-called President is a puppet of Vladimir Putin. Nice, huh?
And all those Republican "patriots" who wrap themselves in the flag and the Bible at the drop of a hat...where are they now?
Why, they're making excuses for Der Trump, of course! Remember, he's "new at this."
As long as they're free to implement all of their regressive, stupid, and downright cruel policies, Trump can do whatever he wants to dismantle the various alliances of the free world, up to and including handing over state secrets to his boyfriend Vlad.
There's a word for that kind of behavior:
Treason. As practiced by traitors.
And his nominal Party, too!
Who says there are no bargains anymore?! You just have to know how to shop...
The most powerful and richest country on the face of the earth is now essentially a vassal state of Russia.
And our so-called President is a puppet of Vladimir Putin. Nice, huh?
And all those Republican "patriots" who wrap themselves in the flag and the Bible at the drop of a hat...where are they now?
Why, they're making excuses for Der Trump, of course! Remember, he's "new at this."
As long as they're free to implement all of their regressive, stupid, and downright cruel policies, Trump can do whatever he wants to dismantle the various alliances of the free world, up to and including handing over state secrets to his boyfriend Vlad.
There's a word for that kind of behavior:
Treason. As practiced by traitors.
Sunday, July 2, 2017
The Checklist
Uh, let's see...
Racist swine running the Department of Justice?
Check!
Russian stooge oilman in charge of the State Department?
Check!
Climate change denier seeing how quickly he can destroy the EPA?
Check!
Moron fronting the Department of Energy?
Check!
Unqualified fool running HUD?
Check!
Supreme Court appointee turning out to be just exactly the kind of reactionary piece of shit we thought he would be?
Check!
Clueless piece of billionaire scum dismantling the Department of Education?
Check!
Influence peddling slumlord son-in-law "solving" the Israeli-Palestinian issue and "fixing" government?
Check!
Beloved (in a creepy, backwoods' way, of course) daughter cashing in at every opportunity?
Check!
Republican controlled Congress set to dismantle over 100 years of progressive legislation?
Check!
Nazi sympathizers, Russian agents, white supremacists etc, scuttling around the White House?
Check!
So called "President" using the office to pocket any pennies he can get his tiny hands on, from whatever source?
Check!
Racist swine running the Department of Justice?
Check!
Russian stooge oilman in charge of the State Department?
Check!
Climate change denier seeing how quickly he can destroy the EPA?
Check!
Moron fronting the Department of Energy?
Check!
Unqualified fool running HUD?
Check!
Supreme Court appointee turning out to be just exactly the kind of reactionary piece of shit we thought he would be?
Check!
Clueless piece of billionaire scum dismantling the Department of Education?
Check!
Influence peddling slumlord son-in-law "solving" the Israeli-Palestinian issue and "fixing" government?
Check!
Beloved (in a creepy, backwoods' way, of course) daughter cashing in at every opportunity?
Check!
Republican controlled Congress set to dismantle over 100 years of progressive legislation?
Check!
Nazi sympathizers, Russian agents, white supremacists etc, scuttling around the White House?
Check!
So called "President" using the office to pocket any pennies he can get his tiny hands on, from whatever source?
Check!
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