“Generally speaking, the heat kills this kind of virus.”
– Donald Trump, referring to the coronavirus, which has been rampaging across China and has been renamed COVID-19.
Trump was speaking at a rally at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Unfortunately hot weather doesn’t necessarily annihilate some viruses and – even more sadly – it doesn’t kill stupidity either.
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“I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me.”
– William Barr, U.S. Attorney General, in an interview with ABC News’ Pierre Thomas.
I feel it’s odd that Barr, a known Trump loyalist, suddenly seems to have turned on his boss – the borderline psychotic with a mob mentality who has been masquerading as president of the United States for 3 years. I also don’t understand why Trump is allowed to maintain his Twitter account. After Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 – without any question, I have to add – the Secret Service confiscated his Blackberry, as a matter of national cybersecurity. And, in the current state of affairs, one of the biggest threats to our national security is Trump.
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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I’m happy now,
I don’t need you.
Roses are red,
Chili is hot.
Yes, I love you,
But you’re too fat to be on top.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
I like when you cuddle,
But not when you moo.
Roses are red,
Sunflowers are yellow.
Just give me a Xanax,
And I’ll stay mellow.
Roses are red,
Knives can cut.
Don’t wake me up now,
Or I’ll kick your butt.
Roses are red,
I love the morning dew.
Don’t blame it on me,
Because Cialis won’t work for you.
Roses are red,
Ivy is green.
Above all else,
You’re the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.
Roses are red,
And some are pink.
Change your damn underwear!
You’re beginning to stink!
Roses are red,
The sun is bright.
Steal my cheesecake,
And we’ll end up in a fight!
Roses are red,
Set plants on the windowsill.
Cry all you want.
I won’t pay your damn cell phone bill.
Some roses are pink.
Some roses are red.
I don’t like how you think,
And you’re lousy in bed.
Roses are red.
I feel I’m next.
When you’re around,
I only want sex.
Roses are red.
Politicians are crass.
I have to admit,
You have a nice ass.
Roses are red,
And you called me a hog.
That’s okay.
I’d rather spend time with my dog.
Roses are red,
And you’re the best.
I really love it,
When you braid the hairs on my chest.
Roses are red.
The sky is gray.
You stood me up last night.
So, happy fucking Valentine’s Day!
Top image: Tee Public – Scare Baby
Bottom image: Srandovní obrázky
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“Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.”
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“Suddenly, in the span of ten minutes on Sunday, they became concerned about the welfare of women and girls. I wonder if they were thinking of women and girls three years ago when they voted for the guy who said, ‘I did try and fuck her. She was married. I moved on her very heavily. I moved on her like a bitch.’”
– John Pavlovitz, author and Christian pastor, regarding conservative uproar over the Superbowl half-time show by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.
The right-wing hypocrisy over the performance is glaring. Many of the people who condemned former President Bill Clinton for his sexual indiscretions have amazingly ignored the even more egregious actions of Donald Trump. I follow Pavlovitz’s site, “Stuff That Needs to Be Said,” which has a definite liberal take on modern American life.
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“So actually in the Constitution of the United States (if) they are found guilty of being a socialist member you either go to prison or are shot.”
– Rodney Garcia, a Republican legislator from the state of Montana.
Garcia made the comment after a speech by former Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, who was Montana’s representative in the U.S. House for two years. Garcia said he was concerned about socialists “entering our government” and socialists “everywhere” in Billings, before saying the Constitution says to either shoot socialists or put them in jail. The Montana Republican Party has condemned Garcia’s remarks.
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“I left the [State of the Union address] after Trump – a draft dodger who has mocked Sen. John McCain, Gold Star families, and soldiers with traumatic brain injury – started talking about the good he has done for our military.”
– Seth Moulton, Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts.
A former Marine, Moulton led one of the first infantry platoons into Baghdad at the start of the Iraq War in 2003 – a conflict initiated by another well-known draft dodger and indiscriminate liar: George W. Bush. He left Trump’s Congressional address this past Tuesday when Trump began talking about his “record-breaking” investments and support of the U.S. military.
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Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill conceded they didn’t get along personally. O’Neill would go so far as to say Reagan was one of the laziest presidents he’d ever known. It was ironic that two old Irish-Americans would have such disparate viewpoints, as they each reached the apex of their careers. Yet, despite their differences in how government should function and what policies were best for the nation, they did try to work together. Those differences fell into the background in March of 1981, when Reagan almost fell victim to a would-be assassin’s bullet. O’Neill visited Reagan in the hospital and the two even read biblical passages together.
Flash forward nearly four decades and try to imagine such comingling in Washington now. On Tuesday, Donald Trump gave his State of the Union address. As required, he provided copies of his speech to Vice-President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Despite intense animosity between Trump and Pelosi, the latter extended her hand to the president – which he deliberately ignored. After Trump concluded speaking, Pelosi ripped up her copy of the speech, explaining later that Trump had “shredded the truth,” so she saw fit to shred the speech. Then, on Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted to acquit Trump of both articles of impeachment the House had brought up at the end of last year. Over these past couple of days, Trump has gloated over his acquittal; proudly displaying various newspapers announcing the trial verdict and – in a live press conference – condemned the entire fiasco; ultimately calling it “bullshit”. Yes, he really did utter that word on live television. Then again, it’s Donald Trump. Nothing he says or does should surprise anyone by now.
I have NEVER seen anything like this in my lifetime. In my own 40-plus years of studying American politics, these past four have been surreal and almost otherworldly. Donald Trump is the stress test of all stress tests. And I thought George W. Bush was disoriented! Trump is one block away from full-fledged derangement! Bush’s actions in office embarrassed me more than once. But Trump has stained the U.S. presidency with a new level of disgrace and shame.
It’s disillusioned me to the point where I’ve begun deleting all incoming emails of a political nature – even from Democratic and Green Party candidates. I disliked Bush, but I absolutely loathe Trump. I don’t like to say I hate someone I don’t know personally. However, Trump has come as close to it for me as have only a few others – animal abusers, neo-Nazis, Caitlyn Jenner. Just to name a few.
And none of that gives me pleasure. It’s easy to hate and demonize. It’s harder to dismiss bad behavior, especially from our political leaders. I’ve been watching this circus and cringe at the thought of foreign opinions. The United States is the self-claimed beacon of democracy and national dignity. We’re supposed to be far above these kinds of third-world antics. Now we’ve dropped into the abyss of antagonism and mockery. People in Somalia must be laughing.
After Bush ascended to the presidency in 2001, some outspoken liberals announced they would actually flee the country. Even with the current political diorama, I’m not ready to update my passport. Well…not yet. I just don’t know when this somnambulistic nightmare will end. But the dénouement can’t arrive soon enough.
Thanks goodness all bad things – like blind dates and ptomaine poisoning – must come to an end!
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