Portland is under another excessive heat warning. I expect highs of or near 100° for the next three days with high humidity too. I overslept this morning because I had trouble sleeping last night. I had to don George, because another resident hogged the only handicapped restroom I can use without wearing George for over an hour. It was almost puddle and mop time. I’ve burned most of my morning rest time, so I’ll just work through.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:45 (average 5:48). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Media Matters Channel): The right-wing obsession with the “deep state” conspiracy theory
Barf Bag Alert!!
The only deep state is the Republican Reich. It is the deep state because of the depth of the bullshit that is piled above the heads of Republican sheeple. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From YouTube (Late Show Channel): Chris Hayes Unpacks Rick Gates’ Testimony
Chris has developed into a journalist on par with Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell. It’s interesting to see he more relaxed and laughing in the role of interviewee. Manafart is toast. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From Washington Post: Since the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star has seen just about everything. It was smashed into pieces — twice. It was vandalized with a swastika, enclosed with a miniature border wall, defaced with profanity and graced with the presence of a gold-painted toilet telling passersby to “TAKE A TRUMP.”
Trump supporters have fought back, defending the star. Late last month, hours after a man destroyed the star with a pickax, a fierce brawl ensued, leaving one person kicked in the head and another bleeding from the face.
The site has become a symbol not only of the nation’s celebrity president but of the polarization surrounding him. And a nearby city council has had enough of it.
On Monday night, the West Hollywood City Council voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to ask for the removal of Trump’s star because of the president’s “disturbing treatment of women and other actions that do not meet the shared values of the City of West Hollywood, the region, state, and country.” It cited Trump’s lewd comments on the “Access Hollywood” tape, his policy of separating families at the border and his denial of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Kudos to West Hollywood!! Take a TRUMP?!!? ROTF!! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
Cartoon:
This may be too generous, but I made it in 2011.
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6:19 Way too much sugar there for pooties
Well, TC in case you missed this, I know you’ll want to see and share it, for the same reasons I do. GO YAYA!
MM – There is such a thing as a “deep state” but it’s not dangerous nor conspiratorial; in fact, it’s benign. It’s the career civil servant who stay over during changes of administration (or, as we are currently under, regime.) They provide stability and continuity. They are by and large honorable, and they are certainly underrated. Using the phrase they way Repubs do is sort of like using the word “rain” to mean “disaster.”
Chris – I agree he is developing, in fact has developed, but hasn’t stopped developing. He’s now a treasure. Rick Gates is back on the stand today, in fact for several days to come, but today still being questioned by the prosecution. Eventuually the defense will get to go at him. And it will probably look exactly the way Chris predicts.
WaPo – Good decision by West Hollywood. I expect he will want his money back, though. I hope they are prepared for that.
Cartoon – Yes, it is a little generous. Today’s Republicans would leave no arches standing, for sure. But accurate at the time.
You mentioned it yesterday, but I had no idea how devastating the hail storm in your area was until I saw this morning’s news.
And to lose two animals from the hail storm at your Cheyenne Zoo is just a tragedy.
Hope you didn’t suffer too much damage. Keep us updated, please.
Well, the thunderstorms, hail, and flash floods of Monday are continuing Tuesday and Wednesday, and there has been rain here at my house, but no more hail. About ten years ago I raided one of my 401Ks to put on a “stone-coated steel” roof with a fifty year guarantee, and it has proved one of the best investments I ever made. Yes, it’s loud, much louder than regular shingles when it hails, but it stays put and impervious. I am so caught up in national and a few international events that I’m not getting the local news that I probably should be looking for.
The National Weather Service is very conscientious about broadcasting warnings well in advance and they tell people to get inside for heaven’s sake (on the lowest possible floor and away from windows), but that’s tough to tell birds, isn’t it. Even if they for some reason can’t fly. A tragedy indeed.
West Hollywood definitely did the right thing by deciding to remove tRump’s star. Now we need to remove his “star” from Washington. We can start by getting out the vote. Make sure you are registered, make sure your progressive kith and kin are registered, volunteer at a registration drive, offer to transport people to the polls, and above all, cast an informed vote! Only by getting people, especially younger folks and normally marginalized communities, to vote can we get the Blue Tsunami we need to clean out the Augean stable of Congress.
Cartoon is all too true! See my above note.
LSC: “Do you think this story has legs?” Yes, and feet, that may just wind up deep in dumpy’s ass!
Sorry, I am not going to watch the MM video, I just ate dinner a little while ago. These right-wing nuts are way over their heads in BS. Years ago, after Sputnik took us into the space age, the nuts “knew” we were being visited by aliens…oh, I said this yesterday. It must be the aliens exercising mind control over me.
WaPo: Way to go, West Hollywood!!!!!!!!
MM: Well, Republicans and Drumpf supporters can’t blame the usual scapegoats like black Americans which they’ve always pictured as too dumb, or Muslims which are too busy with planning another 911 attack, so they have to invent some imaginary group which they can attribute a lot of intelligence too without “crediting” it to persons in particular and who they can stir up their base against and blame them for their own failures at the same time. They nvr mention anyone in particular, but the Deep State is obviously left wing. Never the less it killed Kennedy. By now it is clear the Deep State is anyone who criticizes Drumpf or Republicans. So Deep Stat is a very big club indeed, more than 60% of Americas are a member, whether they know it or not.
Oooops, I certainly got that wrong. looking for an image of Deep State I found several “cartoons” where the Deep State was labelled 100% Jewish, the Deeps State lobby called a Jewish lobby or just organized Jewry. Or Obama, or the combined media with the exception of Faux News. Isn’t the Deep State o wonderful coat rack.
Stephen Colbert: When being interviewed instead of interviewing Chris Hayes can enjoy a luxury he normally has to deny himself: laughing out loud about the ridiculous things that are happening with and around Drumpf. On some of the clips we get to see here, it’s obvious Chris has a hard time keeping the laughter at bay, but he needs to maintain a straight face because his is a serious news-gathering job. Some merriment is allowed, but never as much as when he sits in the opposite chair and can be just Chris.
WP: A unanimous vote to ask for removal of Trumpf’s undeserved star; Kudos to the West Hollywood City Council. If the resolution is not granted, I’m sure the council workers will no longer look after it, condemning it to ruination, just as Drumpf and his minions have condemned the US to ruination (see cartoon) 😉
Puzzle — 5:09 Too sweet for me!
Media Matters — I agree with Lona when she says “By now it is clear the Deep State is anyone who criticizes Drumpf or Republicans.” It is not some nefarious organisation or plot. The way these talking heads make it sound, it’s a “terrorist organisation” or criminal organisation. The Republican Reich does not like competition! Diaper Don doesn’t like competition!
The Late Show — It will be interesting to see what happens as the rest of Gates testimony is revealed. The idea of Manafort’s defence team trying to discredit Gates? Isn’t that what defence teams are supposed to do? Hard to wait to see what happens, but wait we must. The wheels of justice can move slowly at times.
WaPo — “On Monday night, the West Hollywood City Council voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to ask for the removal of Trump’s star because of the president’s “disturbing treatment of women and other actions that do not meet the shared values of the City of West Hollywood, the region, state, and country.”” — AMEN!!!
Cartoon — Yup! Just like at Jericho . . . the walls come tumbling down!!!
Have to go as I have physio shortly. It’s damn hot here!
Thanks and Heat wave Hugs!