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Pismires

One of the things that has sort of enraged me over the last week is reading wingnut blogs which have referred to the late Sen McCain as "Songbird".

That is nothing more than a right-wing insult, made by people who have not an iota of McCain's character and grit. It's an insult from people who are sitting in comfortable chairs and who largely have never suffered any serious physical discomfort in their lives. They certainly didn't spend five years in a Commie prison, being ill-fed, mistreated and tortured.

So McCain broke under torture. Everybody does. Unless you, personally, have experienced being tortured by North Vietnamese sadists, you have no right to judge McCain.

Therefore, if you're one of the legions of right-wing trolls who have called McCain "Songbird", you should be ashamed of yourselves.

And if you are not ashamed of yourself for that, then go fuck yourself, your horse, your parents, your ancestors back ten generations, and anyone who looks like you. For you are a disgusting lump of sentient protoplasm.

In conclusion: Go fuck yourself.

Caturday

We slept in this morning.

Because It's Friday

Narrow-gauge steam

Toljaso

The FBI has charged a man accused of making threatening calls to a newspaper that criticised President* Donald Trump's attacks on the media.

The FBI says [Asswipe], 68, called the Boston Globe about a dozen times and threatened to shoot reporters.

He allegedly called journalists the "enemy of the people", using a phrase which has been frequently invoked by Mr Trump, who last tweeted it on Thursday.

Death threats to reporters ins't a bug of Trump's rhetoric, it's a feature. I believe it's what Trump wants.

I have little doubt that, as Trump walks out of the door of the White House, he'll pardon this particular Asswipe. Because the Asswipe only did what Trump has been calling for when he blows his "enemies of the people" steam-whistle.

After All, Those Tax Cuts for Trump and His Buddies Aren't Going to Pay for Themselves

President* Donald Trump is canceling pay raises due in January for most civilian federal employees, he informed Congress on Thursday, citing budget constraints.

It's pretty despicable, but Trump is only following the GOP cookbook:

1.   Cut taxes for the wealthy.
2.   As the deficit soars, then cut pay for Federal workers.
3.   Cut services to the American people.
4.   Repeat again and again.

If you or a family member works for the government and you voted for Trump, you are, in my opinion, a goddamned fool.

The Whine of the World's Oldest Toddler

"Google is soooo unfffaaaaiiirrr to meeee."

Most people stop yelling "noooo faaaaiiiirrrr" when they turn nine or so.

But not Trump.

Trump suggested that not only was there a tendency for tech companies to suppress right-wing voices, but that Google “rigged” its search results to only show negative reporting about him. The president said that the search giant and others were “hiding information and news that is good,” and that this was a “very serious situation” that “will be addressed.”

It should be clear, by now, to even the most casual non-Trumpanzee observer that any result that Trump doesn't like is "unfair".

He must have been an awful person to play board game with: "You rolled eleven and bought Boardwalk! I wanted that! Unfaaaiiirrrr."

What a fucking pathetic and pitiful excuse for a man.

It also shows Trump's wannabee dictator impulses. Any criticism of him is unfair. All political foes should be locked up and jailed. If Trump had his way, we'd all have to have portraits of Commandante Bone Spurs in our homes.

Trump Drops into Despicable Mode

President Donald Trump*, facing scrutiny for hush money payments to a porn star and a former Playboy model, pleaded with evangelical leaders for political help during closed-door remarks on Monday, warning of dire consequences to their congregations should Republicans lose in November's midterm elections.

"This November 6 election is very much a referendum on not only me, it's a referendum on your religion, it's a referendum on free speech and the First Amendment. It's a referendum on so much," Trump told the assemblage of pastors and other Christian leaders gathered in the State Dining Room, according to a recording from people in the room.

"It's not a question of like or dislike, it's a question that they will overturn everything that we've done and they will do it quickly and violently. And violently. There is violence," Trump said, describing what would happen should his voters fail to cast ballots. "The level of hatred, the level of anger is very unbelievable."

About all Trump seemed to leave out was claiming that "them darkies will rape your daughters.”

This is just despicable. It shows Trump's level of desperation that he's going to claim the political apocalypse will happen if the Party of Trump loses the midterms. Obama lost the midterms in `10, Bush did in `06, Clinton did in `94 and there was no apocalypse.

What Trump is worried about is having the Democrats control the House, so his favorite butt-monkey, Devin Nunes, won't be able to protect Trump from congressional investigations.

Playing the fear card at such a base level is repugnant.

Cuing the chorus of Trumpanzees in three----two---one---

Watch, Read and Heed

I can't tell you the number of times that I've seen either people come to a dead stop in the on-ramp or puter down it at 30MPH.

If you can't handle driving on the highway at highway speeds, then get off the fucking road and drive the surface streets.

That'll Leave a Mark

Talkie Report: The Happytime Murders

The critics are right.

The Happytime Murders is an awful movie. It might not make it to basic cable, as it's rated R for language and puppet sex.

You're not going to lose any enrichment in your life by missing it.

The only good thing that I can say is that, compared to Mission Impossible- Fallout, The Happytime Murders is an hour shorter.

But kudos to the puppet protagonist for his choice of heater. (S&W Model 66)

Trump's Pettiness is on Full Display

The American flags flying at the White House returned to full staff on Monday, less than 48 hours after the death of Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) and well before memorial services later this week. ... Matt House, spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), said that the senator and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have “requested that the [Department of Defense] provide necessary support so that U.S. flags on all government buildings remain at half mast through sunset on the day of Senator McCain’s interment.”

"Magnanimous" and "gracious" are two words that will never be ascribed to Trump. I am fully confident that he, personally, directed that Old Glory fly at full staff.

Then again, Trump may have more pressing concerns.

A Petty, Hateful and Vindictive Little Man

President* Trump nixed issuing a statement that praised the heroism and life of Sen. John McCain, telling senior aides he preferred to issue a tweet before posting one Saturday night that did not include any kind words for the late Arizona Republican.

Trump's photo should be in the dictionary as an example for the use of the adjectives in the title of this post. The men on the other side of a shooting war had kinder words for McCain than did Trump.

The thing is, none of this will diminish his base a bit. All of them, including the self-titled "moral majority", knew what they were getting. Even if it's true that Trump has an illegitimate child, his supporters won't give a shit.

Right-Wing Corpse-Dancers

Republican Senate candidate Kelli Ward and her campaign think the McCain family may have released a statement about ending the late senator’s cancer treatments to interfere with her bus tour.

Because McCain's fight against cancer and decision to let go was all about Kelli Ward... or so that troll of a candidate thinks.

One has to be a Trump-grace narcissist to think of that. Which Ward apparently is.

Beyond that, from all of the hate and brickbats being thrown at McCain's corpse from the Right since his passing, you would have thought that he was Vladimir Lenin incarnate. Most of those figuratively dancing on McCain's corpse are not fit to have shined his shoes.

McCain served his country, in one fashion or another, for over six decades. I daresay that most of those now celebrating his passing have a tiny fraction of McCain' time serving this country, if any at all.

(I'm thinking in particular of Commandante Bone Spurs, in particular, who could not mention McCain's name while signing a bill bearing McCain's name. I don't believe for a nanosecond that he personally wrote the tweet to honor McCain's memory.)

Farewell, Maverick

John S. McCain, the proud naval aviator who climbed from depths of despair as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to pinnacles of power as a Republican congressman and senator from Arizona and a two-time contender for the presidency, died on Saturday at his home in Arizona. He was 81.

If there was one moment when he showed his political character, it was when he refused to pander to a display of nativist bigotry during his `08 campaign:

[W]hen a woman said she did not trust Mr. Obama because “he’s an Arab,” Mr. McCain, in one of the most lauded moments of his campaign, replied: “No, ma’am. He’s a decent family man, a citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues.”

I have disagreed with McCain on a lot of issues. But there was no doubt that McCain was grounded in patriotism, a sense of duty, and love of country.

Rest in peace, Senator.

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