It’s a muggy sticky day, so humid that I had to change my undershorts in the middle of the night, even though I didn’t feel hot. I hate sweating and feeling chilly at the same time. I hope you are enjoying your weekend. May the Holy Ellipsoid Orb bless your team, id they are still alive.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:00 (average 5:35). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Late Show Channel): Trump Adjusts To Life Without Sloppy Steve
Does Trump call Bannon Sloppy Steve, because Trump doesn’t get him until Putin is done? RESIST!!
From Politico: Responding to several days of speculation about his mental well being and fitness for office, President Donald Trump defended himself on Twitter on Saturday morning as "very smart" and "a stable genius" in the wake of allegations contained in an incendiary book about the Trump administration released this week.
“Now that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence…..” the president tweeted at 7:19 a.m., hours before he was scheduled to meet with congressional GOP leaders at Camp David.
Several minutes later, Trump added: “…Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star….. [emphasis added]
Nobody will ever accuse that moron of modesty! RESIST!!
From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump, legendary among U.S. Presidents for his aversion to reading, demanded on Thursday that members of his White House circle act out Michael Wolff’s new book, “Fire and Fury,” in a command performance in the Oval Office.
According to those who witnessed the dramatic presentation, Jared Kushner played the role of Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump played the role of Ivanka Trump, and Sarah Huckabee Sanders played Steve Bannon.
Sources who sat through the private performance of “Fire and Fury” said that Sanders’s portrayal of Bannon was particularly impressive.
“Sarah’s a natural,” one source said. “At the end of the day, acting is just lying.”
But the performer who “stole the show,” according to one source, was Eric Trump, who was cast in the role of his father.
Dang, Andy!! I’m surprised he didn’t shoot them! RESIST!!
Cartoon:
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5:05 Sticky business.
New cartoons (copyrighted, therefore linked)
This exchange (buried way down in the comments) is just too good not to share:
“Trump wouldn’t be a ‘stable genius’ in a stable full of donkeys.” “He’d just be a jackass.”
And, since this is Three Kings Day, it may be worth quoting “Three wise women would have Asked directions; Arrived on time; Helped deliver the baby; Brought practical gifts; Cleaned the stable; Made a casserole; and there would be Peace on earth!”
Late Show – Funny. (At that, “Sloppy Steve” is not as defamatory as when Dolt 45 called him “Bam Bam” while he was being investigated for domestic violence.)
Politico – On Daily Kos, someone said Twitter ran out of “Laugh” emojis for that one.
TNY – LOL !!!
Cartoon – TC, you have humor throughout the thread today, but also so much truth it’s a little tough to take.
I try to use humor to sweeten the bitter pill of truth.
Colbert: Funny!! Poor little puppy though.
Politicio: I’d be looking at the mental acuity test(s) when he gets his physical next week. ‘The pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one’s own attributes’, describes him well ! Narcissism, anyone? (among other traits…)
NYer: I’m surprised he didn’t print out tickets for pay to view. LOL, Andy..
Cartoon: That’s how they view it though! Ouch!!
Hope that you enjoy your evening, take care, and Thanks, Tom.
Late Show: Very funny! I can’t stand either tRump or Bannon, so seeing these two at each other’s throats puts the schadenfreude in the red zone.
Politico: Says tRump!
TNY: That would have been a sight to see.
Cartoon: Reminds me of that line from “Shrek” about compensating from something.
…..and Sarah Huckabee Sanders played Steve Bannon
Now that’s just mean.
TomCat,
You have been sick. Sweating and not feeling hot is not unusual when you are sick…and is not due to humidity. I’d say you were running a fever at the time.
Be careful!
97.8° at the time. I always check.
Thanks.
Late Show- Would have been “cuter” if they had shown his crypto-bald spot!
Politico: Yeah, right! I do tend to adhere to the belief that tDump is illiterate!
New Yorker: Sara IS Bannon, no?
Stephen Colbert: I doubt that Drumpf would snivel over losing any of his friends, he’s simply incapable of that much empathy, but he must miss him. Drumpf will surely miss someone listening to his banter and bantering back in the same way. The mistake Bannon made was thinking that Drumpf would listen to his side of the banter too. And with the book coming out, Drumpf will have a hard time trusting anyone and let him come close enough to see that most of the stuff the book describes is true and not false news made up by Democrats. So sad…
Politico:
TNY: Legendary for not reading, yeah, right. Bannon should have brought out a spoken version, reading it himself. Might finally have put an end to Drumpf’s troubles with sleeping.
Hope you’re feeling better soon, TomCat.
Thanks all. Woozy hugs.