I don’t know whether or not I’ll get this published before my prison volunteer friends get here. The plan is to fold up my chair, toss it in the trunk, and discuss plans over lunch. Tomorrow I go to my Primary Care doctor. Today’s high is forecast at 85° and tomorrow’s, 99°. There is no cool weather forecast through the 20th. I’m ready for Autumn, but not Winter.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:35 (average 4:49). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From KP Daily Funnies: Watch Trump Contradict Himself On Almost Every Issue
Barf Bag Alert!!
Rump Dump clearly gets a PhD in Bullshitology: Piled Higher and Deeper
From The New Yorker: The Republican nominee Donald Trump tore into the media on Thursday for what he called their “extremely unfair practice” of reporting the things he says.
“I’ll say something at a rally and I look out and see all these TV cameras taking every word down,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “No one in politics has ever been subjected to this kind of treatment.”
“It’s unbelievable and, frankly, very unethical,” he added.
At a rally in Florida, the candidate lashed out at a TV cameraman whom he caught in the act of recording his words for broadcasting purposes.
“Look at him over there, picking up everything I’m saying, folks,” Trump shouted. “Get him out of here.”
In his interview with Fox, Trump hinted that he might drop out of this fall’s televised Presidential debates if the media continues its practice of reporting the things he says.
Andy still hasn’t returned to satire.
From Daily Kos: This morning I received a message from one of our Coffee Party USA Newsroom monitors about a prescient message from one of our readers. The message touched me because unlike many notes that we receive and read in the social media ethos and listen to from a politically charged narrative, this message shows that candidates and the laws they support have a real, measurable socio-economic impact.
Following is the entire well-written note he sent us in its entirety.
A message to the millennial LGBT’s I see on my feed bashing Hillary on a daily basis by re spewing the republican lies and propaganda about her & vowing to vote for Jill Stein or write in Bernie….
My husband Steve & I have been together over 26 years now, & btw it’s been less than 3 years that I’ve been able to call him that, and though it’s about so much more than the money, we’ve saved over $42,000.00 in that short of time by being able to file taxes as a married couple, and by having him on my health insurance.
We’ve been waiting & fighting for that equality since before most of you were born.
Your third party or write in vote only helps elect Donald Trump, check your history books, when was the last time one of those won a presidential election?
You often quote that Hillary stated that she was against marriage equality, she did, but that was years ago when just about every other liberal politician had to say that too just to get elected, btw we’ve received more equality in just 7 years under our current president who also evolved on marriage equality.
Though you don’t hear about it much in the so called liberal media, Trump vows to appoint supreme court justices that will overturn marriage equality, says he’s ok with the anti LGBT law in North Carolina & other states & has selected the countries most hateful anti LGBT Governor as his running mate.
Often the younger generations thank Steve & I for helping pave the way for acceptance & equality, as we appreciate & thank the ones that came before us.
To see you, however inadvertently it might be, help pave the way back to the 50’s is just unfathomable to me, I’m closing in on 60 years old & really don’t want to have to start over from square one.
#lovetrumpshate Robert Hansen
Steve Schneider Oakbrook Terrace Illinois
I could not have said it better.
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KPDFunnies: "Give me a break!" I would never lie". Woman: "I believe Donald". Well, to sum this up, and to quote Porky Pig here, " "Th-th-th- that's all folks!"
NYer: LOL, Andy. If only. Last sentence: "In his interview with Fox, Trump hinted that he might drop out of this fall’s televised Presidential debates if the media continues its practice of reporting the things he says." Do it, Don. Do it!! Lordy, that'd be wonderful!!!
DK: Thank you!! for this great letter, and passing on to others! From the heart. Best to you, Robert & Steve.
Hope all goes good for you today, and also tomorrow. Nothing but hot here, the birds aren't even chirping.
Hopefully, you'll get some rest too. Take care, enjoy your meeting with your friends, and Thanks, Tom.
Be careful out there in that heat tomorrow. Pack some water with you if you can and hydrate.
Good, solid advice. (But I assume the car will have AC, right?)
Bonnie (Thanks Bonnie!) was right. Yhre car had A/C, mbut that was yesterday.
4:59 So it made me cranky.
Jeez. Awful weather. Our weekend is supposed to be in the mid-high 70's, which passes for cool now. Sorry you can't say the same.
KP Funnies – No can do. Cannot watch any more Trump today.
New Yorker – Straight reporting indeed. Sigh. (I guess if Pat can quote Porky Pig, I can qupte Megyn Kelly.)
DKos – oh, Lord, yes, saw that. It kind of reminded me of an earlier "diary," "You Say You Want a Revolution, But My Son Will Die." July 26, it was. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/7/26/1552570/-You-say-you-want-a-revolution-but-my-son-will-die What has happened to empathy? It can't ALL have been eaten up by Tylenol, can it?
Cartoon – Sad. Bryan Stevenson says there are things that must be done after a genocide in order for a society to recover. Refusing to discuss it is not one of them. I think he has someting there.
Puzzle — 2:56 I really got my teeth into that one and didn't strip the gears doing so!
DP Daily Funnies — Drumpf is the new King of Flip-Flops having usurped the place that Rmoney held since 2012. He'd better get intouch with with inner self so that the outer self agrees with the inner self. We know how flip-flops helped tank Rmoney! In a news article, Ivanka Trump had this to say:
Flip-flops are just another way of lying and conning people.
The New Yorker — So little Donnie thinks that the press is being unfair. Poor little boy! Faux Noise got into the fray by mocking him (as reported by Alternet), and he has counted Faux as an ally much of the time, especially when Hannity is about. Matbe Drumpf will hold his breath until he deems the press to be fair. Isn't that what little boys do when they don't get what they want?
Daily Kos — Excellent! Alternet reported 09/08/2016 that Drumpf will attend an extremist anti-LGBT event in Orlando.
So this "champion of the LGBT community" is attending a LGBT hate-fest? I hope those that seem to trash Clinton for out dated LGBT beliefs from years ago take notice of Drump because he is still anti-LGBT.
Cartoon — I remember hearing about Watts — I was 13 at the time. Wikipedia has a short article that outlines the reasons. Since there have been the Rodney King riots in 1992, Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore among others. The main reason is the same — police racism.
Your weather sucks! Here, it is 27 C (81 F) right now and tomorrow is supposed to be 30 – 32 C (86 – 90 F). Good thing we aren't in Toronto where temperatures are as high as 40 C (104 F) with humidity. Hope you enjoyed your date with the girls. I think it is time to walk through a sprinkler! Or maybe go to Wendy's for a chocolate Frosty (always loved malteds). If things get really bad, I head to the mall, but since I detest going to the mall, things really have to be bad.
I cant wait to see him debate! he does not have a clue!
Welcome back Tee!! It;s been ages!!
I suspect he will find a way to duck out of the debates, he has no handle on anything substantive. If he does not, duck, there will be no real debate, in any case, he will go into blather mode.
We have had highs in the high 90's & low 100s. Its fixing to be highs in the mid 80s!!! I don't know why, but the weather is supposed to be like COOL! Gotta see it to believe it!
Man! Andy is really taking this "factual reporting" seriously! Things on the webby- web are just as funny! One had Drumpf's "tax returns" released. That was a GOOD one!
Barf Bag Alert: for the first time, I am glad my sound is not working right, I didn't have to listen to his voice. He contradicts himself on a regular basis.
The New Yorker: This doesn't sound like satire, those are things that doofus would really say..
DK: I am all for voting your conscience, unless the security of the nation is at stake. I fear for the USA if he wins the election. A two year old child has better self control than he does. Marriage equality is now the law, and hopefully it will stay that way.
Cartoon: I remember watching the new clips on a small black and white tv and being horrified. Surely, we are a better country now and nothing like this will happen again. Unless, of course, Trump wins the election.
You seem to be in for some really hot weather, TomCat. I hope your AC holds out and you're able to sleep a bit despite those highs. Hope your meeting with your volunteer friends went well and you had a nice lunch too.
KPDF: A video on any subject Drumpf hasn't contradicted himself on would be extremely short. Non-existent, in fact. But that doesn't deter his followers in the least. I think nothing does.
TNY: Andy is spot-on as usual but in danger of ending up in reality again. Andy may also be very accurate in his prediction of Drumpf trying to come up with yet another excuse not to enter a debate with Hillary Clinton.
DK: Excellent response to the shortsightedness of some who fail to realize that their inflexibility is putting the future of America at risk. Kudos to Robert Hansen and his husband Steve Schneider. May they enjoy their marriage for many more years to come.
Tbanks all!! Very Pooped Hugs!!
KPDF: I will not watch…can not find a barf bag big enough!
New Yorker: Damn, those cameras have this uncanny ability to put things into my mouth that really only came out of my ass! Damn, those cameras take away my favorite deniability ploy! Damn, that's fucking stupid…did I say that?
Cartoon : Really sad!
The weather here has been totally tropical, with "feels like" in the 100's. Now having some rain…good for my garden!
Actually Mitch, KP Daily Funnies was quite funny, especially considering that this is the Republican presidential nominee. One can't help laughing because he is so disgustingly stupid on the things that matter.