{"id":35157,"date":"2018-12-28T09:31:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35157"},"modified":"2018-12-28T09:31:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:31:45","slug":"friday-fun-last-friday-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/28\/friday-fun-last-friday-of-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Last Friday of 2018!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having spent most of the week out-of-town enjoying Christmas festivities with my Aunt up in Illinois, this will be on the brief side.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hat Tip to <strong>Joanne<\/strong> for bringing this to my attention:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A newly discovered blind, worm-like amphibian creature that buries its head in the sand has been named after Trump in hopes he\u2019d change his environmentally disastrous policies.<\/p>\n<p>Its name, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2018\/12\/22\/1820621\/-Dermophis-donaldtrumpi-the-Blind-Worm?utm_campaign=recent\"><strong><em>Dermophis donaldtrumpi<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, was selected by <em><strong>EnviroBuild<\/strong><\/em>, which is a manufacturer of environmentally friendly building materials in the UK.\u00a0 They won the right to name the little thing for $25,000 in an auction run by <em><strong>Rainforest Trust<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 a conservation organization.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s an amazing resemblance, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Trump_Blind-Amphibian_Named.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Trump_Blind-Amphibian_Named.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Trump_Blind-Amphibian_Named.png 546w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Trump_Blind-Amphibian_Named-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Trump_Blind-Amphibian_Named-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-35158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you know, I am a devoted <em>Pootie<\/em> person who has always grown up with cats.\u00a0 And by rights, this site has excellent coverage of those critters.\u00a0 But I\u2019m sure there are also <em>Woozle<\/em> people who visit this site.\u00a0 So in the interest of fairness, I thought I would provide some \u201cequal time\u201d coverage for them.<\/p>\n<p>The first is the pure joy of a <em>\u201cI\u2019m-A-Dog\u201d<\/em> merrily romping in a huge new snowfall:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0sUL0KCIc48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The next is a heartwarming story of a Christmas miracle, showing the transformation that loving care can do for any sentient creature \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This dog&#39;s transformation is the best Christmas miracle ever ?\u2764\ufe0f? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qkB8PMbryJ\">pic.twitter.com\/qkB8PMbryJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Dodo (@dodo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dodo\/status\/1078333939415244800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-35158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No, this is not some newly developed military miracle helicopter that self-levitates without even using its rotors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what happens when a camera&#39;s frame rate is in sync with a helicopter&#39;s rotors. Creepy ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DwRK4UkXrn\">pic.twitter.com\/DwRK4UkXrn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Unexplained (@Unexplained) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Unexplained\/status\/944348891008335874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As noted, this is what happens when a camera&#8217;s frame rate is in perfect sync with a helicopter&#8217;s rotors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-35158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t let the last Friday of the year go by without covering what that goose-stepping <strong><em>Joseph Goebbels<\/em><\/strong> advisor in <strong><em>Twitler\u2019s<\/em><\/strong> inner circle, <strong><em>Stephen Miller<\/em><\/strong> (and yes, I know he\u2019s Jewish) recently tried.<\/p>\n<p>Miller thought it\u2019d be a great idea to try some spray-on hair to cover his bald pate.\u00a0 And when I read all the comments making fun of him, I at first thought rather than mocking him we should solely be focusing our efforts to reverse his hate-mongering policies.<\/p>\n<p>Then I saw the photo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Stephen-Miller_Bald_Spray-on-Hair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Stephen-Miller_Bald_Spray-on-Hair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Stephen-Miller_Bald_Spray-on-Hair.jpg 528w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Stephen-Miller_Bald_Spray-on-Hair-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Stephen-Miller_Bald_Spray-on-Hair-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>WHOA!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Just saw the \u201chair\u201d.\u00a0 We are going to have to multitask!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-35158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With all the Christmas bargains that have been going on &#8211; from <em>Black Friday<\/em> to <em>Small Businesses Saturday<\/em> to <em>Cyber Monday<\/em> to post-Christmas sales &#8211; I was hoping that Twitler would take advantage of <em><strong>&#8220;Mueller&#8217;s Early Family Resorts Package&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> offer for his entire mobster family.<\/p>\n<p>Quite a deal, don&#8217;t you think?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How about this?<br \/>Mueller Resorts Family Package:  shorter stay in return for early check in. Available for the entire family. Limited time offer. Requires immediate termination of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue lease and hotel lease, no pardons.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RWPUSA\/status\/1073006573734244352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-35158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SnowmanHead.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll close out the last Friday Fun of the year covering Twitler\u2019s obsession with his <strong><em>\u201cWall\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I think if they\u2019re that obsessed with it, they should build it with <strong>Hillary\u2019s<\/strong> emails \u2013 since they can\u2019t get over them.<\/p>\n<p>And about that $5 BILLION Twitler is demanding.\u00a0 Whatever happened to Twitler&#8217;s promise that <em>\u201cMexico will pay for the Wall!\u201d<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>He must have finally realized the former Mexican <strong>President Vicente Fox<\/strong> was telling the truth:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mexico-Will-NOT-Pay_4_Fucking-Wall.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mexico-Will-NOT-Pay_4_Fucking-Wall.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So a pithy way to summarize Twitler\u2019s disastrous first two years occupying the Oval Office can be done in a single sentence:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump&#39;s first two years, summed up in a single sentence:<\/p>\n<p>The case against Trump&#39;s corruption and criminality is getting built, and his border wall isn&#39;t.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dTiNkBtSh5\">https:\/\/t.co\/dTiNkBtSh5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePlumLineGS\/status\/1073240851608936448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>An early <strong><em>\u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">HAPPY<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">NEW<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">YEAR!<\/span>\u201d<\/em><\/strong> to all.<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having spent most of the week out-of-town enjoying Christmas festivities with my Aunt up in Illinois, this will be on the brief side. Hat Tip to Joanne for bringing this to my attention: A newly discovered blind, worm-like amphibian creature that buries its head in the sand has been named after Trump in hopes he\u2019d <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/28\/friday-fun-last-friday-of-2018\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}