The weather is gruesome here in Portland with 90° forecast and humidity over 50%. The eye is still progressing very nicely, except that wearing a metal shield at night is very uncomfortable, and it interferes with my sleep. Oh well, Monday is the last night for that. I’m really looking forward to getting the other side done. May you come to see the day that the term "Republican" is a distant memory.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:20 (average 5:18). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (RWW Channel): Bryan Fischer Says Opposition To Gay Rights Is A Test Of Who Will Govern When Christ Returns
Barf Bag Alert!!
Authentic Christianity is not related to this garbage. This Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian is a typical example of dominion theocracy. Increasing one’s level of power then depends on increasing one’s level of hatred now. RESIST!!
From Daily Kos: Here’s a heartwarming story about a little billionaire engine that could. Politico is reporting that billionaire GOP donor Mike Fernandez is so unhappy with how the Republican Party is acting these days that he is finished giving money until they get their act together.
“All the Republicans who hide behind the flag and hide behind the church, they don’t have the f—— balls to do what it takes,” Fernandez told POLITICO Florida in a telephone interview on Thursday.
Fernandez, a Miami-area resident, has long been a political rainmaker and donor, spending $3.5 million in ads against Trump in 2016 alone. He has, however, grown disenchanted with the direction of political leaders at both the state and federal level. He left the GOP due to Trump.
I can’t blame him for being angry. But, Mr. Fernandez, how do you really feel?
He called Trump an “abortion of a human being,” and hammered the New York developer in the harshest terms possible.
“If I was the doctor and knew what that baby would do, I’d have made sure it never would have seen the light of day,” he said of the president.
Kudos to Fernandez. All people of conscience, who are traditional Republicans, owe it to themselves and to America to leave the party and rejoin the human race. RESIST!!
From NY Times: Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, resigned Friday after telling President Trump he vehemently disagreed with his appointment of Anthony Scaramucci, a New York financier, as his new communications director.
After offering Mr. Scaramucci the job on Friday morning, Mr. Trump asked Mr. Spicer to stay on as press secretary, reporting to Mr. Scaramucci. But Mr. Spicer rejected the offer, expressing his belief that Mr. Scaramucci’s hiring would add to the confusion and uncertainty already engulfing the White House, according to two people with direct knowledge of the exchange.
Mr. Spicer’s top deputy, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, will serve as press secretary instead.
Good riddance to Shitty Spice, but Upchuckabee Sanders is no improvement. As for Scaramucci, he’s just Bankster beefcake barf! Appointing him was an act of class warfare. RESIST!!
Cartoon:
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5:28 Just not moving fast this morning.
I remember Mom wearing the metal shield. About that long. Annoying, yes.
YT/RWW – It’s gotten so they all sound alike – crazy.
DKos – Heartwarming indeed. It would, however, be even more heartwarming if Fernandez had a heart. “have the f- balls to do what it takes” means they aren’t destroying the country hard enough, fast enough. For him.
NYT – “Scaramuccia (literally “little skirmisher”), also known as Scaramouche or Scaramouch, is a stock clown character of the Italian commedia dell’arte. The role combined characteristics of the zanni (servant) and the Capitano (masked henchman). Usually attired in black Spanish dress and burlesquing a don, he was often beaten by Harlequin for his boasting and cowardice.” (Wikipedia) Well, it fits. Another clown for the clown car. Not the whole suite, but I am a sucker for Marsalis.
Cartoon – My God, could we ever use him in Washington! We’d have to be sure to pay him, though.
Thank you, Joanne for video.
Delightful !!
Queen fans who enjoyed their Bohemian Rhapsody want to know:
Does he do the Fandango?
Even with my barely-better-than-minimal familiarity with the Commedia dell’Arte, I am confident the original character did the fandango, and every other dance known in Europe at the time. this guy, the appointee? Not so much. Maybe metaphorically, verbally. Everyone else on the team does that. I do know this piece; it’s considered crossover classical by my local classical radio station. Thanks for the video!
Well, I was asking about Scaramucci (although he does look like the Fandango-doing type) …
I’ll stand by my opinion that he’ll be fancy-dancing with his mouth.
Again couldn’t watch your video, Joanne, apparently I need a subscription for it here. But I had no trouble viewing Nameless’ Bohemian Rhapsody. Brought back so many memories of my first year at Uni.
Are you able to get it at the link? If not, I’ll find something. It actually is just sound anyway.
That’s Bankster Barf!
BBA: Spreading hate using Christ’s message of love is reprehensible. He is all embracing of love, whether we are gay, or not. He loves us all. (even republicans, lol).
DK: WOW! I’m impressed! Kudos to Mr. Fernandez!
NYT: I think Spicer is glad that he’s gone. I surely would, dealing with the fartfenknewgin, every day! Quite frankly, who would WANT a job @the WH now, with all the id’s running around??
Glad that your eye is healing well. Not getting enough sleep isn’t. Hope that you have a relaxing evening, get some rest, and Thanks, Tom.
You’re right. I guess he just has no taste, huh?
Another eventful week in Twitler World (Lord, how I long for the days of “No Drama Obama”!)
One of the lowlights (from an SNL perspective) was the resignation of Press Secretary Sean Spicer. As we all remember, Spicey has a real penchant for wanting to hide from the media in the bushes …
So it’s probably not all that surprising when someone spotted him leaving the White House grounds after resigning that they were able to snap this shot:
So Long, Spicey!
LMAO!
(I’ll bet Melissa can do Sarah as well as she does Spicey. She’s very versatile.)
Or nayve she can do Bankster Barf.
YouTube: From the get-go, this clown is speaking in delusional terms! It’s total “Garbage in, garbage out!” Homosexuality runs all the way from the insects through the mammalian groupings, and includes those “Ram Tough” mountain goats out there in the wild!
DK: Mr. Fernandez sounds a bit like that other huge bull shit artist, Pat Robertson, (I’m referring to Fischer as one, here, not Fernandez) who responded to a question, on his idiots only show, about why God allows children to have deadly cancers: (roughly) God knows that if these children live grow up they will become like Hitler! (Well, the question is begged:Why did he, in his omniscience and omnipotence, allow Hitler to grow to adulthood?)
NYT: Spicer, schmieser, they are all (I’m making a prediction here) going to be shit holes!
The cartoon reminds me of a classic joke. A man went into a curio shop where he found a little brass rat. Somehow it appealed to him. He asked the proprietor how much it was, but she said that it wasn’t for sale. After a couple minutes of haggling, though, Our Hero managed to get her to sell it to him for five bucks.
While he was walking home, he realized that a bunch of rats were following him. The farther he walked, the more rats joined the bunch. He then got an idea, and headed for the river that wended its way through town. When he got to the riverbank he tossed the brass rat into the water. Thousands upon thousands of rats ran after the brass figurine, and were swept away and drowned.
The next day the man went back to the curio shop and told the owner what had happened.
“I hope you’re not expecting a refund,” she replied.
“Oh no!” said Our Hero. “I was just wondering if you happened to have a little brass Republican.”
One of my favorites too… and I like it much better this way than the way I first heard it.
Bwahahahahahahahaha!
I’m envisioning something like this …
Puzzle — 4:08 For whom does the bell toll? Me!!!
Right Wing Watch — That should have been a double barf bag alert! It was so pleasant without hearing from this buffoon. You’re correct — “Authentic Christianity is not related to this garbage. This Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian is a typical example of dominion theocracy. Increasing one’s level of power then depends on increasing one’s level of hatred now.”
Daily Kos — He certainly does not mince words. On the surface, Fernandez has made a good decision to not support Drumpf and to leave the Republican party. That I applaud! But does he support Obamacare and other policies that were put in place to lift the working and middle classes?
NY Times — Hell, Drumpf’s entire cabinet is an act of class warfare! Spicer is an idiot and proved it all too well. Good riddance. No great loss. I agree, Huckabee is no better. Drumpf wants nothing more than “yes people”. No thinking required, but if Drumpf screws up, drop and cover.
Cartoon — Anybody know someone who could work magic to bring the Pied Piper back to life to work his magic on Republicans?
Resist and Persist!!!
Too bad it has been hot and humid there. We’re having rain which is a nice change and has lowered the fire rating here in the Lower Mainland. Just last week, Metro Vancouver was rated extreme like most of the rest of the province. They have had rain in the Cariboo, Chilcotin and Similkamene areas which has helped with the fire situation, but not enough of course. There were 16 new fires on Friday, all caused by lightning. On the positive side, some evacuees are being allowed to go home (if there is a home) however they have to be ready to evacuate again at a moment’s notice. There are still about 37,000 people out of their homes and communities.
You stole the rain from a poor sweating kitten?!!?
Dude, you ain’t no kitten!!!!!
Such a cuddly kitten I am.
DK: It may take them a while, but some Republicans do manage to battle the brain-eating virus successfully and come to their senses. So Mr. Fernandez’s conscience seems to have recovered a little – as far as billionaire consciences can go, I suppose – now for his language… looks like Mr. Fernandez won’t join the human race for a while yet.
NYT: I’ve already described yesterday how the news broke on Spicer’s resignation here, including video. It’s about time that reporters took Keith Olbermann’s advise to heart and start boycotting the WH press conferences.
Cartoon: Wonder what tune the pied piper need to play to have Republicans follow him. Probably could jingle a bag full of gold coins as well.
Glad your eye is progressing so well, TomCat. It’s very understandable you can hardly wait for the other eye to be fixed too.
Thanks all. Dreaming of rain!