I’m running a bit behind today, because Store to Door delivered my groceries late, and I needed to unpack and put them away. WWWendy is bringing her niece for training this evening, since her niece will be filling-in when Wendy is away the first week in July. It’s been a busy day, and I’m tired.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:41 (average 4:30). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): President Trump Military Exercise Giveaway To N. Korea Suits Putin’s Goals (19 min.)
Why give so much for nothing is a good question. My best guesses are that he did it as a distraction, or his master told him to. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From YouTube (NY Times Channel): I Escaped North Korea. Here’s My Message for President Trump
Of course she’s right. The problem is, Trump envies Kim. He wants to exercise dictatorial power like Kim’s. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From Daily Kos: As much as New York is a reliable blue state during presidential and senatorial elections, it is far from being a progressive utopia. Just look at congressional district 14, which is represented by one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress, with little to show for it.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s primary campaign against Joe Crowley had earned a little bit of coverage, but her press team couldn’t find any news outlet willing to premiere her new campaign ad. “They were like, ‘no, no, no,’ so I was like, alright, I’m just going to put it on Twitter,” the 28-year-old political organizer tells Progressives Everywhere. “Thankfully it turned out really well.”
Here’s the ad:
She has my endorsement! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
Cartoon:
8 Responses to “Open Thread – 6/13/2018”
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4:33 Not very filling.
Rachel – There is actually some evidence that Putin gave him the idea – and when.
And how do you like this headline:
CNN reporter: Pentagon says it will obey Trump’s Korea orders once ‘they figure out what he’s talking about’
NYT – Of course … because everything Kim is doing is exactly what Orange Judas wants to be doing. Trying to tell him human life is important will not reach him. He doesn’t see it that way.
DKos – Good for Chris Hayes! She has my endorsement too, for what that’s worth.
Cartoon – Back in the day when SCOTUS was SCOTUS. Sigh. There are a FEW good things about the “good old days.”
MSNBC: Putin is the king, and dt & kim are his pawns.
NYTC: Though your voice speaks volumes to me, it’s a crying shame he won’t listen. Your words will fall on dt’s deaf ears.
DK: You go, Girl. She’s got my endorsement as well.
Cartoon: Thank Gawd.
Hi, Wendy and niece. Hope you get your rest, take care and thanks, Tom.
I’m in and out for a couple days here, painting the exterior of the house. (I need to sail away though) lol.
Am I just plain paranoid, or did tRump meet with Kim to get ideas? You can be sure the Orange Ogre has some serious ulterior motives. Maybe Kim as well.
Courageous young Yeonmi Park…..
Now, I’m running late, will check out the videos tomorrow, but…on CNN, seen at the gym: “Trump Declares North Korea is No Longer a Nuclear Threat!” Yeah, sure, just like that….
Rachel Maddow: Drumpf has no sense of history unless it involves himself and a severely impaired attention span and long-time memory, so he’s in the habit of repeating whatever was said to him last. Usually that was something a Fox News “pundit” like Hanity pulled from his …, but here it could have been Kim who brought it up. South Korea an the US had started some exercises right before the summit and a lot of people remarked on that being an adverse way to start negotiations. So Kim may well have mentioned it and Drumpf may well have responded as he said. What would he care, he’ll rescind it any time he feels like it, won’t he. Or he just made his concession up on the spot because it was one of the last things Kim mentioned. Or Drumpf had his boss on the line just before meeting the press, or… It hardly matters because, like Kim’s “promises”, Drumpf’s promises have meant absolutely nothing in the past and will not mean anything in the future.
NYT: I’m sorry Yeonmy Park, but Drumpf is deliberately pushing friends and long-time American allies aside to “have great bonding” with dictators, tyrants and war-criminals alike. They’ll let him build his hotels, you see. As for you and the millions of countrymen you were forced to leave behind…Drumpf couldn’t care less about you.
DK: I hope progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeats DINO Joe Crowley in the primaries. It’s about time New Yorkers are represented by real New Yorkers like them.
Puzzle — 3:38 No butterfly fricasse today Puddy Tat. As JD says, not very filling! Not at all filling!
MSNBC — So is this the ‘art of the deal’ thinking??? “My best guesses are that he did it as a distraction, or his master told him to.” — I agree, but also watch for a Trump hotel/golf resort on the NK sea coast where Drumpf described the beach as white sand and beautiful. Another thought occurred to me — perhaps Drumpf was taking lessons on how to be a “better dictator” and how to get the US under his fascist rule faster. Have a look at the “pristine” beach and hotel at Majon, Hamhung, North Korea as recorded by Eric Lafforgue for the Daily Mail.
NY Times — As Yeonmi Park said, “… the Supreme Leader, my god …” in reference to Kim Jong-Un’s father. Whenever you see Kim Jong-Un, there are thousands upon thousands of people clapping, singing, lauding him . . . probably out of fear if they did not. That’s what this narcissistic idiot Drumpf wants . . . adulation, and plenty of it! That and absolute control. It is interesting to think that the US shed the British monarchy through a war of independence partly because they want representation — “no taxation without representation” was their rallying cry. Are Americans so light on their own history that they do not recognise that Drumpf is just another version of King George III? US citizens must rise up and throw Drumpf out!!! The US does not have a stellar history on human rights, but it is getting worse with Drumpf!!! Now is the time for “Lock HIM up! Lock HIM up! Lock HIM up!”
Daily Kos — YOU go girl! Telling it like it is! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez IS We the People!
Cartoon — When SCOTUS was SCOTUS indeed, JD!
Yesterday was a very busy day with physio and teaching etc. I was so tired last night that I fell asleep while eating dinner about 2300 hours. Fortunately, I had a great sleep which is more than I can say for Monday and Tuesday nights. That’s too bad that your grocery delivery was late. I hate when I get behind because of my folly, or someone else’s. Hope today is better! BTW, that butterfly would not have helped make the day better!
Thanks and Hugs to all.