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Oh my lord.
Trump just wandered right off the stage, leaving the Argentinian president all by himself.
A staffer is then observed attempting to stop and retrieve Trump.
Ladies and gentlemen… Donald Trump.
Dec 032018
Yesterday was a busy day and I did not get to doing research for a post as I had wanted to do. Before I knew it, it was mid evening and I decided sleeping was more worthwhile. What a great and long sleep I had. I did not even feel my cat Primo crawl into bed with me, all 11.5 kilos (25 lbs) of him. My Winnie has been lounging under my chair, purring away as I write, and little Annie is sitting on my feet keeping them warm. Truth be known, she’s hoping I’ll drop a bite of ham for her but lunch is done. Well as TC says “OGIM”! Have a great week.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:51 (average 4:48). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
AlterNet — Buckle in, folks. This past week was an exciting one, as more evidence arose implicating Donald Trump in a conspiracy with Russian forces to steal the 2016 election. That doesn’t mean that this horrible chapter in American history is coming to an end any time soon. Things are almost certainly going to get more hairy, if that can be believed, but the grim truth of the matter is that it’s still likely that Trump’s time in office will only end if and when voters throw him out in 2020.
By the same token, however, it’s critical not to despair. We’re looking at another two years of prying Trump’s fingers off the Resolute Desk, but in that process, there’s now good reason to believe we’ll finally see some of his closely guarded secrets getting exposed. I dare any reader to deny that after watching Trump humiliate this country for two years, there won’t be at least a little bit of fun in watching him experience humiliation. …
That brings us to the bad news: Despite all the stunning developments of the past week, there continues to be no path that gets Trump out of office before the voters have a chance to throw him out. The same distortions in our electoral system that allowed Trump to gain the White House while getting fewer votes than Hillary Clinton have allowed Republicans to control the Senate, even expanding their majority while Democrats snag millions more votes.
And Senate Republicans, under the leadership of Mitch McConnell, have no intention of acknowledging Trump’s corruption or obstruction of justice, much less actually voting to convict him if the House of Representatives passes articles of impeachment. McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, is Trump’s secretary of transportation, after all. More to the point, McConnell himself is interested in seeing exactly how much power Republicans can seize even after the voters rejected them, so he has every incentive to back Trump, no matter how much of the latter’s likely criminality is exposed. …
Things will get very bad, perhaps even worse. But after this week, the endgame is looking a whole lot better.
Click through for the rest of this interesting opinion piece. I agree with much of it. But one concern I have is whether or not Trump will try to seize power like a fifth rate dictator if he is defeated in the 2020 election. We already have his own suggestion from the 2016 election campaign when during the last debate against Hillary Clinton, answering the moderator’s question about accepting the results of the election, he said ““I will look at it at the time,” Mr. Trump said. “I will keep you in suspense.” (NY Times) He could not and would not come out and definitively say “Yes.” And as we know, McConnell and the Republican dominated Senate will try every dirty trick in their playbook to hold onto power.
Daily Kos — As a federal judge in Maryland planned to the open discovery process in an emoluments case involving Donald Trump, the government sought to advance an “unusual” appeal to halt the case from moving forward, according to Politico. …
On Monday, Trump’s lawyers appealed those rulings using “a rarely invoked process” that is intended to stop rogue judges from pursuing a line of legal reasoning that is deemed improper. In their request for what’s known as a “status conference,” Trump’s lawyers argued that he is “entitled to absolute immunity” as pr*sident and allowing discovery to move forward would violate that immunity.
“In sum, the President will suffer the very burdens from which absolute immunity is supposed to shield him,” wrote Trump’s lawyers, in an appeal that was reportedly approved by the solicitor general of the United States. [currently Noel Francisco appointed March 2017 by Trump]
I think the title of this piece says a lot: Trump’s lawyers make desperate bid to halt emoluments lawsuit against Trump (emphasis mine). A reminder to Trump: Nobody is above the law, even you!
Alternet — A confused President Donald Trump was caught by a hot mic saying, “Get me out of here” as he wandered off the stage at the G-20 on Saturday.
This CBS News video shows the American President leaving the President of Argentina unexpectedly alone.
John Gruber ✔@gruberThe man is a fucking idiot. People laughed out loud as Trump wanders off stage, mic’d up saying “Get me out of here.”
OMG! Trump’s elevator does not go all the way to the top! Click through to the article and then click on the big red box from the Guardian. It will take you to Twitter where you can see and hear Trump as people laugh. Did you know that Fred Trump, the idiot’s father, had Alzheimer’s disease having been diagnosed at the age of 87. Is it possible that Donald Trump is displaying early signs of the disease? So this is the most powerful man in the world?
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YouTube — With all the negativity in the news courtesy of Trump, Republicans, and Trump supporters, I thought we could do with some humour and a dose of nostalgia. I am sure that you have all seen this before but enjoy this refreshing look back. BTW, it is 32 minutes in length.
My Universe
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5:08 Pulling up different ones which have seldom or never seen before is a stellar plan – and this one is so appropriate!
AlterNet – Amanda Marcotte is very perceptive and is IMHO correct in her opinion as far as it goes. Like you, Squatch, Charles Blow goes farther with his. Charles Blow “I don’t believe we are reaching the end of a nightmare, but rather we are entering one” I can hope he is overthinking, but I fear he isn’t.
DKos – It sounds like a Hail Mary pass to me too. I fear the current crop of judges, though.
AlterNet2 – If this weren’t so scary, it would have made me chuckle. A friend, now passed, of mine had such severe environmental allergies that, when reacting, she appeared to have aphasia. She COULD speak, but couldn’t put the words together. Hubby and I and some other friends actually drilled her on saying “Get me out of here” so that it would be so embedded that she would be able to come out with it when needed … and it did work … between us all, we were able to get her out of numerous dangerous places before she went into Jacksonian seizures. I can’t imagine Orange Judas having such a genuine need for the phrase, however. Not everyone could hear that on the tape; I did catch it. If you can hear anything after he goes off, all the other voices are baritones … and then there’s him.
Universe – My, wouldn’t that be fun!
Orange Judas definitely does not have a genuine need for the phrase! IMO, he is mentally and temperamentally unfit to execute the duties of POTUS.
Oh it would be so fun . . . just don’t think of the litter box!
i watched the President’s parting vid again…. ?
Amazing!!
O.M. Goodness i miss that man, i can’t even imagine how much you guys miss him!!!
I had no intention of including the vid when I came across it. But then I watched it, laughed and I felt lighter. I thought it could do the same for others so here we are. Glad you liked it!
I LOVE the cat in the bubble GIF.
But it looks like it comes from a Dairy Queen ad.
Anyone have any further background WRT it – because I have NO idea how that relates to ice cream.
They do more than ice cream, but I agree, that doesn’t resemble any of their specialties. Best I can find is maybe it was used in a commercial in the 90’s.
I have no idea where it came from but I have always loved it! Glad you liked it! I wonder if Nike would like a little brother/sister who arrived in “bubble wrap”!
3:54 But these lovelies are not at risk of being eaten by TomCat.
Alternet: The author may see some silver lining to that dark cloud of Drumpf being “in charge” until the voters throw him out, but I just don’t see it at this moment. For one thing, I’m getting fed up with the never ending chording of the news by Drumpf, but that is a personal issue. What is not just personal, is his willingness to ruin this planet, just because it makes him feel like a winner. I’ve been watching the reports coming out of the G20, the predictions of the results of the current climate conference in Poland and his continued refusal to budge on his views on climate change, or rather doubling down, is horrific. This morning the news was: The Trump administration wants to end subsidies for electric cars and other items, that were imposed during the Obama administration, including renewable energy sources. What silver lining?
Politico: Absolute immunity? His lawyers are trying to turn him into King or Pope, ordained by the Lord himself? Let’s hope the court will not allow this presented to be created. Nobody is above the law indeed!
Alternet 2: Drumpf must have been really badly confused, because they were waiting on the next photo-op, something a Drumpf wouldn’t miss no matter what. Senile? Of course. I’ve been thinking that since 2016.
Thanks for the Obama video. A president who is smart, competent, classy and who has a great sense of humour. Will we ever see that again?
MU: I’d love to blow bubbles like that!
“The Trump administration wants to end subsidies for electric cars” — Is that for all electric cars or just GM cars? I knew he was trying to punish GM specifically because of the 4 US plant closures and the layoff of 14,000 workers, but did he extend that to other corps? I had not seen that.
AN: Agree with Lona.Loved the Obama video. Sure do miss him.MU: So cute.Good post.
Yeah, me too! He has more class and intelligence in his baby pinkie than Trump has in his entire body, and then some.
AN: True to form, alongside the gop’ers, he thinks he can do anything anytime. Falling apart, and failing grades on being a president, in any way, shape or form.imho.
DK: Oh, goody! I’m hoping they can pursue everything on him too.
AN2: Gawd, the man is cra-cra!!!
YT: OH! How I miss Obama!! All.the.Time.now!!!
MU: What Lona said!! x’s 2!
Thanks, Lynn for post.
OB was not perfect, but IMO, he was great! And what a sense of humour!
Glad you liked the kitties!
Great Job Squatch. I’d say more, but I’m exhausted.
Thanks boss! Hope you’re resting for the weekend!
Thanks boss!
Thanks all!
On to the next post!