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To Hell in a Handbasket
Author: BobR    Date: 06/14/2018 14:37:50

We have a common saying around here that every day seems like a week and every week seems like a month with this administration. This past week has been no different. Every day seems like the country is descending further into a fascist dictatorship, as congressional Republicans seem content to let tRump freely trample on everything this country has stood for. There are 3 major areas that have dominated my conscious observations.

The G-7 summit is supposed to be easy. We get together with our allies and discuss how to move trading and human rights forward for everyone. The occupant of the White House seems to take a special joy in pissing in everyone's corn flakes, and so he called for punitive tariffs on all of them. Once there (showing up late, of course), he warned them all not to retaliate. Of course they will, and Canada said so after tRump had ducked out early. Naturally, tRump had some nasty words for Trudeau and Canada, our longest and closest ally. To add a moldy cherry to the rancid whipped cream on top of the shit sundae, he called for Russia to be added back into the G-7, seemingly completely unaware as to why they were booted out in the first place.

After that international embarrassment, he headed off to Singapore for the much vaunted summit with N. Korean leader Kim Jung Un. Back when President Obama was in charge, FOX "News" and every right-winger who could get themselves in front of a microphone and/or camera claimed that he was being "naive" by trying to meet with Kim. Fast-forward to this week, and they are all glowing praise, suggesting a Nobel Prize should be a given. The reason that previous meetings have not worked out is that we set some pre-conditions to meeting, usually having to do with Kim's horrendous record of imprisoning, torturing, and murdering any of his countrymen who dared to criticize him (or even family he considered a threat to his power). pResident tRump set no pre-conditions and met with him anyway. What tRump got out of it was an agreement to continue the discussion; what tRump apparently thinks he got was de-nuclearization. Perhaps that's why he so naively promised Kim to end military exercises with S. Korea. Along with that promise, Kim also got legitimacy, and very valuable photo ops.

http://www.fourfreedomsblog.com/uploads/NKDeal.jpg


Meanwhile back at home, we have been warehousing immigrants and children (separately) in what amounts to concentration camps on the border (minus the starving and working to death part). There is a lot of confusion about illegal immigrants -vs- refugees -vs- unaccompanied minors -vs- illegal refugees. That last one is important, because during the Obama administration, we took in refugees fleeing "domestic" and drug gang violence. Attorney General Jeff Beauregard Sessions has decided that fleeing the threat of having your family tortured to death by violent gangs in areas where the rule of law no longer exists is no longer a legal reason for seeking asylum. What this means is that when they arrive seeking asylum, they are treated like criminals. With a zero-tolerance policy, they are running out of room, and are looking to erect "tent cities" on U.S. military bases... you know - in case the analogy needed to be any clearer.

http://www.fourfreedomsblog.com/uploads/Detainees.jpg


I have lived through 20 years of previous Republican presidents once I came of voting age, and I have never seen such a dispiriting, nauseating, and worrisome mix of gross incompetence and venality. Our country as a whole is going to hell in a handbasket, and tRump is the one carrying it.

Where is the big bad wolf when you need him? Vote in November!!

 
 
 

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Comment by wickedpam on 06/14/2018 13:29:45
Morning

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 13:32:06
Good morning!

Comment by Scoopster on 06/14/2018 14:14:29
Morning....

The SCOTUS just gave a green light to blatant electioneering.





Comment by wickedpam on 06/14/2018 14:18:05
Quote by Scoopster:
Morning....

The SCOTUS just gave a green light to blatant electioneering.






What was the vote? 5-4? If so that stolen seat is really paying off

Comment by Scoopster on 06/14/2018 14:21:13
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Scoopster:
Morning....

The SCOTUS just gave a green light to blatant electioneering.




What was the vote? 5-4? If so that stolen seat is really paying off

Actually it was 7-2, with Sotomayor & Breyer dissenting.

Comment by BobR on 06/14/2018 14:38:42
BLOG POSTED

Comment by wickedpam on 06/14/2018 14:39:38
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Scoopster:
Morning....

The SCOTUS just gave a green light to blatant electioneering.




What was the vote? 5-4? If so that stolen seat is really paying off

Actually it was 7-2, with Sotomayor & Breyer dissenting.


I'm a bit surprised by that. Guess this year I can get make and wear some pins to vote.

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 14:40:41




Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 14:43:03
WRT the blog: Concur.

Comment by livingonli on 06/14/2018 14:53:25
The situation with the interments was on Democracy Now this morning. While Obama started the large deportations (while Faux News was saying Obama and Democrats wanted open borders), it is with Trump that you are seeing the separation of families and longer terms in the camps. Remember "the Separation of families" lyric from Sun City.

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 14:53:37
Quote by Raine:



here it is!


Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 14:56:10




Comment by Scoopster on 06/14/2018 15:01:04
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Scoopster:
Morning....

The SCOTUS just gave a green light to blatant electioneering.




What was the vote? 5-4? If so that stolen seat is really paying off

Actually it was 7-2, with Sotomayor & Breyer dissenting.


I'm a bit surprised by that. Guess this year I can get make and wear some pins to vote.

Indeedy. I have a wonderful multi-language shirt and my ITMFA hat ready to go that could use some pieces of flair

Comment by Scoopster on 06/14/2018 15:01:26
Welp, the first match of the World Cup is today. And it couldn't be a bigger snoozefest - host country Russia vs. Saudi Arabia.

Comment by livingonli on 06/14/2018 15:03:38
Quote by Scoopster:
Welp, the first match of the World Cup is today. And it couldn't be a bigger snoozefest - home country Russia vs. Saudi Arabia.

I'm wondering what the ratings will be without the US team playing this year. Telemundo might still get ratings for the Spanish telecasts, but Fox might end up with lower ratings than ESPN had 4 years ago.

Comment by Scoopster on 06/14/2018 15:05:09
Quote by livingonli:
Quote by Scoopster:
Welp, the first match of the World Cup is today. And it couldn't be a bigger snoozefest - home country Russia vs. Saudi Arabia.

I'm wondering what the ratings will be without the US team playing this year. Telemundo might still get ratings for the Spanish telecasts, but Fox might end up with lower ratings than ESPN had 4 years ago.

No Italy either this year. I find myself rooting for Germany, France & Mexico just to spite the cheeto.

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 15:07:04
Underwood said that, afterward, “the Foundation ceded control over the charitable funds it raised to senior Trump Campaign staff.” She cited emails in which Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s then-campaign manager, directed which veterans’ charities should receive money.

At one point, Lewandowski emailed Weisselberg to ask if the Trump Foundation’s money could be ready to distribute during Trump’s last campaign events before the Iowa caucuses: “Is there any way we can make some disbursements [from the proceeds of the fundraiser] this week while in Iowa? Specifically on Saturday,” Lewandowski wrote, in an email cited by Underwood.

At one point, the lawsuit says, Trump actually gave out an oversized $100,000 “Trump Foundation” check to a charity at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

The problem: nobody appears to have told the Trump Foundation.

“This ‘check’ was given out (see video). This is not one of the charities we’ve cut a check to yet. Are there other charities like this?” wrote Jeff McConney, a Trump Organization staffer, in an email to Lewandowski cited in the lawsuit.

The check was later cut.

In 2016, Trump sought to excuse his foundation’s actions in a letter to the New York attorney general, saying that the Iowa fundraiser was a charity event. “This statement was false,” Underwood wrote, “because, in reality, the Fundraiser was a Trump Campaign event in which the Foundation participated.”

She wrote that Trump had repeatedly signed charity documents saying that nonprofits like his were not allowed to become involved in political campaigns. “Mr. Trump’s wrongful use of the Foundation to benefit his Campaign was willful and knowing,” she wrote.



Comment by Will in Chicago on 06/14/2018 15:14:48
Good morning, bloggers!!

I fear that we are going to hear a lot about problems on the border.

I lived in Phoenix, and the tent cities erected by Sheriff Joe Arpaio were known for having horrific conditions. People who were merely charged with a crime lived in dangerous conditions. Some prisoners died. I fear that we will see a repeat of this with Trump's policies.

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 15:18:04
is tweeting.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 06/14/2018 15:21:09
I am preparing for my interview with the Los Angeles Unified School District today.

I feel very optimistic. The people at unemployment were helpful yesterday. I am confident that I will find something soon. If I have to relocate, so be it.

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 15:21:40



This is a lie.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 06/14/2018 15:26:16
Quote by Raine:



This is a lie.


I work under the assumption that the Clementine Caligula is always lying. It saves time and outrage.


Comment by livingonli on 06/14/2018 15:27:31
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Quote by Raine:



This is a lie.


I work under the assumption that the Clementine Caligula is always lying. It saves time and outrage.

Works for me. How do you know when Trump is lying? His lips are moving.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 06/14/2018 15:40:10
Quote by livingonli:
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Quote by Raine:



This is a lie.


I work under the assumption that the Clementine Caligula is always lying. It saves time and outrage.

Works for me. How do you know when Trump is lying? His lips are moving.


Or he is tweeting or communicating in some other way.

On Facebook, I shared the following article from Salon via Raw Story: Psychologist warns Trump’s mental state is rapidly deteriorating — and he may be ‘on the boundary of psychosis and reality’

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 15:40:16
I still believe it is important to counter lies with the truth.

Comment by Mondobubba on 06/14/2018 15:54:15
Quote by Raine:



This is a lie.


President Dipshit doesn't understand discovery or is betting that his base doesn't. It's taken two years to build the case. :eyeroll:

Comment by livingonli on 06/14/2018 15:55:20
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:



This is a lie.


President Dipshit doesn't understand discovery or is betting that his base doesn't. It's taken two years to build the case. :eyeroll:

Look at how long it's taking Mueller to get his case together.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 06/14/2018 15:58:23
Quote by Raine:
I still believe it is important to counter lies with the truth.


It always is important to counter lies with truth, lest lies become accepted as truth. However, we now have an administration that has reached new lows with lies and deception. Indeed, this administration does not care about being caught in a lie and will double and triple down on the lie.




Comment by Mondobubba on 06/14/2018 16:12:42
In today's rage tweets:

So, the Democrats make up a phony crime, Collusion with the Russians, pay a fortune to make the crime sound real, illegally leak (Comey) classified information so that a Special Councel will be appointed, and then Collude to make this pile of garbage take on life in Fake News!


President Dipshit can't spell "counsel"

Apparently this isn't the first time.

Merriam-Webster threw some shade too.

Comment by Mondobubba on 06/14/2018 16:14:15
Also, why did he capitalize "collusion", "special counsel", "collude" and "fake news"? They aren't proper nouns.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 06/14/2018 16:22:12
Quote by Mondobubba:
Also, why did he capitalize "collusion", "special counsel", "collude" and "fake news"? They aren't proper nouns.


He is ironically doing something similar to the capitalization style that was in use in the latter part of the 1700s, as we can see in copies of such documents as the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence. However, there was a lot of debate over what words to capitalize and we have followed those rules for years.

It is no wonder that a man who cannot follow the law and contracts bearing his name can't follow the rules of grammar.


Comment by livingonli on 06/14/2018 16:22:55
Quote by Mondobubba:
Also, why did he capitalize "collusion", "special counsel", "collude" and "fake news"? They aren't proper nouns.

His tweets are often filled with random capitalization. We are talking about a man who speaks at a grade school level.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 06/14/2018 16:31:38
Quote by livingonli:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Also, why did he capitalize "collusion", "special counsel", "collude" and "fake news"? They aren't proper nouns.

His tweets are often filled with random capitalization. We are talking about a man who speaks at a grade school level.


,
This article might prove enlightening

Here is a much more recent article: Trump’s bizarre understanding of Capitalization is surprisingly Strategic

Comment by Mondobubba on 06/14/2018 16:35:07
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Quote by livingonli:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Also, why did he capitalize "collusion", "special counsel", "collude" and "fake news"? They aren't proper nouns.

His tweets are often filled with random capitalization. We are talking about a man who speaks at a grade school level.


,
This article might prove enlightening

Here is a much more recent article: Trump’s bizarre understanding of Capitalization is surprisingly Strategic


Will, I've always thought it was for emphasis on what he is lying about.

Comment by Mondobubba on 06/14/2018 16:49:07
Comment by Mondobubba on 06/14/2018 16:49:49
Quote by livingonli:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Also, why did he capitalize "collusion", "special counsel", "collude" and "fake news"? They aren't proper nouns.

His tweets are often filled with random capitalization. We are talking about a man who speaks at a grade school level.



:whispers: This was a rhetorical question.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 06/14/2018 17:54:01
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Quote by livingonli:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Also, why did he capitalize "collusion", "special counsel", "collude" and "fake news"? They aren't proper nouns.

His tweets are often filled with random capitalization. We are talking about a man who speaks at a grade school level.


,
This article might prove enlightening

Here is a much more recent article: Trump’s bizarre understanding of Capitalization is surprisingly Strategic


Will, I've always thought it was for emphasis on what he is lying about.



Also, Trump shouts a lot.


Comment by BobR on 06/14/2018 18:26:51
Blog updated with additional photo added

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 18:49:23






Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 19:46:26
Cold, cruel and heartless.

She calls herself a Christian.






Comment by livingonli on 06/14/2018 19:53:06
I've heard that Franklin Graham and the Catholic Church are condemning the separation of families. Of course, Graham is blaming it on previous administrations and not the Dump Truck in the White House.

Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 20:27:22
Quote by livingonli:
I've heard that Franklin Graham and the Catholic Church are condemning the separation of families. Of course, Graham is blaming it on previous administrations and not the Dump Truck in the White House.

The Obama Administrations policy was bothersome, the took children without adult escorts into detention.

This policy is WAY worse. WAY WORSE.




Comment by Raine on 06/14/2018 20:30:30
Quote by Raine:
Cold, cruel and heartless.

She calls herself a Christian.











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