I actually had a fairly good night’s sleep last night, but I have felt groggy all day. I obviously need more.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:45 (average 7:00). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (MoveOn Channel): The Muslim Ban One Year Later
Amen! Throw terrorists out of the country! How? Keep the Muslims, and expel Republicans! RESIST!!
From Share Blue: Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee’s finance chair Steve Wynn have more in common than just being casino owners and friends.
They are both sexual predators, according to recent allegations against Wynn.
(Trump admitted to being a sexual predator in the infamous”Access Hollywood” tape that surfaced in 2016.)
The Wall Street Journal reports multiple women faced sexual harassment and rape at the hands of Wynn, who now leads fundraising efforts for the Republican Party.
In 2005, a manicurist left Wynn’s office in tears, telling colleagues Wynn forced her to have sex. Former employees told the WSJ about a culture of sexual abuse and fear, one noting that “everybody was petrified.”
Mirroring Republican efforts from just three months ago, many people are now calling on Republicans to return money from an accused sexual predator.
When news of Weinstein’s sexual harassment broke, the RNC released the following statement:
During three-decades worth of sexual harassment allegations, Harvey Weinstein lined the pockets of Democrats to the tune of three quarters of a million dollars. If Democrats and the DNC truly stand up for women like they say they do, then returning this dirty money should be a no brainer.
Now that not only a Republican donor, but Trump’s hand-picked finance chair, is accused of similar behavior, will Republicans make the same demand of their own members?
I’m taking bets. Five to one on IOKIYAR!! Instead, they will invite him to attend one of the Fuhrer’s pervert parties. RESIST!!
From The Palmer Report: Donald Trump has learned nothing from the mistakes that took down Richard Nixon, and now we know that Trump hasn’t learned anything from the mistakes he got called out on yesterday, either. Just twenty-four hours after Trump’s odds of avoiding prison took a nosedive with the news that he had tried (and failed) to illegally fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, now Trump is reacting to the fallout by trying (and apparently once again failing) to illegally fire someone else too.
Trump just told his advisers to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, according to reports from CNN, MSNBC and other sources. His advisers have apparently talked him out of the move. Because Rosenstein has control of Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation, firing Rosenstein would also be an illegal act of obstruction of justice. In other words, Trump is still trying to run from his mounting list of crimes by trying to commit even more crimes.
Moreover, Trump is acting as tepidly and indecisively as ever, as his staff keeps talking him out of the illegal orders he’s giving. Instead his advisers keep ratting him out, by telling Mueller that Trump was trying to fire him, and by telling the media that Trump is trying to fire Rosenstein. This also further demonstrates that Trump’s actions are growing more erratic by the day, as he can’t even decide which coverup crime he wants to commit next.
This looks like the penultimate struggles of a doomed and desperate dictator! RESIST!!
Cartoon:
Republicans want space-based nuclear weapons platforms.
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4:57 Nothing to eat here, move on.
I just couldn’t resist sharing this meme.
MoveOn – She does have a point – I suspect most people here have never forgotten for a second that it’s all about color. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have to be loud about it and keep reminding people who don’t get it (and/or don’t WANT to get it.)
Share Blue – Yeah. I don’t think there is enough volume in the world to reach the ears of these – Republicans (couldn’t think of a worse insult).
Palmer – Having gotten away with so much already, he thinks he can get away with this too. Having seen him get away with so much, and Republicans lifting him up higher and higher, I hope to God he is wrong.
Cartoon – 1967 – I suppose then we could get it past Republicans (world wide). I doubt we could today.
MO: I try to think of how I would feel if I were in their situation. I would feel horrible. It’s that simple. Speak up, Speak out for those who are feeling this way, and to help their cause !! RESIST, and Shout OUT to those who want to do this!!
SB: Good grief. Certainly nothing to be proud of. Dam sick basturds!!
PR: Attempting desperate measures from a desperate man. WoW! The panic is showing as the hole gets wider AND deeper.
Cartoon: Sad. The treaty states that the exploration of outer space shall be done to benefit all countries and that space shall be free for exploration and use by all the States.
Get some rest, and relax. Hope you have a good evening, take care, and Thanks, Tom.
*Joanne, LOVE the picture!!
This just in:
RNC finance chair Steve Wynn resigns after sexual harassment allegations
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/27/steve-wynn-resign-rnc-finance-chair-sexual-misconduct-accusations-373768
TRUMP:
But still not one peep about returning his money!
Cartoon: If only! (Sorry, Luke Skywalker.)
Love the pic, Joanne!
Move On: She is so right! tDump, and his boys are nothing but white supremacists feeling the inevitable creeping upon them!
SB: If you can wait for money to be returned by Rethugs, you will have a very long life, with disappointment at the end. I do not quite wish this for anyone.
Palmer Report: tDump is not capable of learning anything, he flies by the seat of his very soiled narcissistic pants, knowing nothing but that which drives his agenda of the moment. There are 2 drivers there, Money and the Koch Machine’s Money.
Puzzle — 4:41 What can I say but that I am a numbers sasquatch!
MoveOn — AMEN!!! Expelling Republicans . . . now there is a great idea!!!
Share Blue — Not a chance that I will take that bet!!! Republicans are without ethics and morals and would rather cast dispersions than do the correct thing. As Pat says “sick basturds!!”
The Palmer Report — “This looks like the penultimate struggles of a doomed and desperate dictator!” — AMEN!!! So much for the “stable genius”, idiot that he most definitely is!!!
Cartoon — Sad that Republicans think that they can flaunt their war mongering.
Thanks all! Very busy hugs!