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Friday Fun: A MAGA Mom Has a Mega Misfire

 Posted by at 9:08 am  Politics
Oct 122018
 

In case you missed the #HimToo meme’s recent 15-minutes of fame this week, I’ll help you out.

It originally started way back as an ally of the #MeToo movement providing a platform for men to share their experiences of sexual assaults.  But just like “All Lives Matter” started as an ill-conceived rightwing backlash to “Black Lives Matter”, the #HimToo meme was coopted by Trumpkins during the Kavanaugh hearings.  It was used as a warning to mothers with fearmongering that their poor, innocent sons might well become victims of false sexual assault claims by conniving, evil females.

But since we Liberals are not immune to reality like Rethuglicans, let’s take a look at a couple of Fact Checks including Snopes: A scientific reviews shows that false sexual assault claims are very rare – accounting for only about 5 percent.  And sadly, sexual assault is actually chronically underreported.

https://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/publications/2018-10/Lisak-False-Reports-Moving-beyond.pdf

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rape-allegations-fabricated/

But blaming victims while trying to turn themselves into the poor victim is a common Rethuglican ploy.  So of course it was greeted with open-arms by Trumpkin provocateurs.

One such MAGA Mom (BlueStarNavyMom3) stepped forward with a Tweet falsely claiming that her Navy veteran son – Pieter Hanson –  is a victim and she involuntarily signed him up for the #HimToo masses.  (I have no doubt she entirely missed the irony that she was making a FALSE claim to protect males against false claims.)

After the Tweet went viral with mocking parodies, she took the Tweet down … and then deleted her entire account.  But here’s a screenshot of it:

If you can’t read it, it says:

“This is MY son,” began his mom’s viral post, which featured a photograph of Hanson posing in his Navy uniform. “He graduated #1 in boot camp. He was awarded the USO award. He was #1 in A school. He is a gentleman who respects women. He won’t go on solo dates due to the current climate of false sexual accusations by radical feminists with an axe to grind. I VOTE. #HimToo.”

After the parodies made her Tweet go viral, one of Pieter Hanson’s brothers stepped in to shed some light on the matter:

But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy some of the creative parodies!

And of course motel manager, Norman Bates – who said “A mother is a boy’s best friend.”

And Ted “Card-Carrying-Republican” Bundy

(I forgot he was a delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention.)

And of course you knew you were going to get “Rolled” …

And a “stellar” appearance …

And a couple of edgy ones …

But being the true gentleman that he is (he’s also an ordained minister), Pieter Hanson took matters into his own hands wanting to “turn this around” with his very first Tweet mimicking the photo his Mom used:

Not only is Pieter Hanson “a proud Navy vet and Cat Dad”, but he’s a supporter of #MeToo – a true feminist Ally with a sense of humor!  He followed up his very first tweet with a series of photos of his cats, and a plea to Tweet posters and viewers to donate to cancer charities on behalf of his one of his other brothers, a cancer survivor and his hero.

So we’ll close with his call for cancer donations …

And you can never go wrong ending with kitty cat pictures – here are Pieter’s …

 

 

 

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Friday Fun: Trump’s “TP Emergency Alert” & More

 Posted by at 8:13 am  Politics
Oct 052018
 

While not giving up hope, it’s looking like our country will be stuck with not only the WORST PRESIDENT EVAH in the White House, but now also the WORST JUSTICE EVAH on the Supreme Court.

Of course the pundits have declared that the problem lies with the Democrats …

But before we leave Brett Kava-NAH, let’s enjoy one last laugh at his expense with a limerick:

Did everyone get their “Presidential Emergency Alert” from Twitler this week?  Well, it seems there are a couple of bugs because not everyone got the same message from him …

At least for his daughter Tiffany it was a hallmark …

But to be honest about it …

Some of us did not react kindly to getting the alert …

And some of us were lucky in getting an exceptionally truthful one …

Democrat Martin Heinrich, who is running for US Senate in New Mexico, got a very helpful reminder …

But not as helpful as the one solely directed to Twitler himself …

Yup, this will surely be one of the few highlights of Twitler’s (shortened) time in office …

Apparently not only does the entire United Nations think it’s perfectly fine to laugh at Trump – but so does his own Secret Service …

And as one sage pundit noted, Trump brought his entire Presidential Library on board on the bottom of one shoe.

But I know this is the Presidential Alert we’re all waiting for:

 

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Friday Fears: If Kavanaugh Is Confirmed …

 Posted by at 1:46 pm  Politics
Sep 282018
 

When Twitler was elected, I feared it would take years to undo the damage he would wrought.

Now less than two years after having been placed (not really “elected” by the people) in office, I fear it would take at least a decade to undo the damage he has already wrought.

If Kava-NAH is confirmed, I fear it will take at least a generation to undo the damage the two of them would wrought.

So we would do well to review some of the highlights – and lowlights – from yesterday’s historic hearing.

First, I am in utter awe of the unfathomable bravery Dr. Christine Blasey Ford displayed in her eloquent, compelling and moving testimony.  The nation is in debt to her for her boundless courage in facing the despicable republican sociopaths on that committee.

It’s doubtless that her testimony will have a greater impact among women than among men.  I couldn’t agree more with the last sentence in this Tweet urging women to vote: “We don’t have seats at the table, so we’re clearly on the menu.”

And the anguish expressed in this Tweet posted by The Volatile Mermaid:

I particularly enjoyed her own first addendum that she immediately added:

“Keeping in mind that both men have the white of way.”

Moving now to Kava-NAH, I was shocked at the anger and rage he displayed – especially when compared to the cool demeanor of Sec. Clinton during her Benghazi hearing … for over ELEVEN hours …

As well as his ”frat-boy privilege” he still clearly holds in his displays of utter contempt he leveled at Democrats, as demonstrated in this brief video exchange with Sen. Durbin (D-IL) asking Kava-NAH if he’d support an FBI investigation:

His demeanor during his testimony was anything but what an impartial judge should possess, which raises a couple of questions:

And directly related to that is what Rep. Ted Lieu fears:

So to summarize:

Certainly for me, the “Take-Home” from yesterday was …

And …

 

 

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Sunday Smile: September Has Been a Good Month!

 Posted by at 2:15 pm  Politics
Sep 232018
 

As September is drawing to a close, we can all agree that this has been a terrible month for Twitler – which makes it a pretty damn good month for us.

So let’s review some of Twitler’s lowlights and our highlights.

Let’s start back on Thursday, September 6th in the unlikely place of Billings, MT at one of Twitler’s tiresome ego-boosting rallies.  It was there we learned that not all hero’s wear capes – some of them wear plaid!

That backdrop gallery Twitler demands to cheer him on, despite being hand-picked by his handlers for their “enthusiasm”, contained a “one-of-these-is-not-like-the-others” person.  Our unlikely hero was a 17 year-old senior from Billings West High School, Tyler Linfesty – who became better known as #PlaidShirtGuy.

And oddly enough, he was just a couple folks away from a Nose-Picking Trumpkin who decided the American flag she was wearing was just the perfect hankie to wipe her nose.

After a while, Twitler’s crack-crew realized Linfesty was making an even bigger fool of Twitler than he does by himself – and so kicked him out.  But only after having the Secret Service detain him and run a check on him simply because he was not adoring enough of “Dear Leader”.

It’s like they don’t even realize our First Amendment exists – and just start with the 2nd.

Here’s a sampling of #PlaidShirtGuy’s great facial expressions, Trumpkin’s nose-picking gal and our hero’s unfortunate forced-exit.  But luckily #PlaidShirtGuy ruled the internets for days!

Even before #PlaidShirtGuy, Trump was already reeling from the Anonymous Op-Ed “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration” published in his “favorite” paper, “The New York Times”.

Naturally Twitler went ballistic:

And the sad thing is the list of people “ratting” him out is virtually endless …

Although leaked much earlier, Twitler was hit by another body-blow with the official publication of Bob Woodward’s devastating book, “FEAR: Trump in the White House” on September 11th.

And while the book is chockablock full of scathing details that we’re all familiar with by now, the truly sad thing is that the gestalt – the tenor – of the book does not surprise us one whit.  We already knew Twitler was an amoral, lying, ruthless, misogynist a$$hole before he even announced his candidacy.

But for the sake of posterity, here are two good sources for a few takeaway highlights (or lowlights, depending on perspective) of Twitler’s deeply-flawed “Crazytown”:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/us/politics/trump-woodward-book-fear.html

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/five-most-shocking-episodes-from-woodward-white-house-memoir

Stormy Daniels did not want to be left out of the bashing fun, so she too revealed a little of her upcoming book:

“He knows he has an unusual penis,” Daniels writes. “It has a huge mushroom head. Like a toadstool …

“I lay there, annoyed that I was getting fucked by a guy with Yeti pubes and a dick like the mushroom character in Mario Kart …

“It may have been the least impressive sex I’d ever had, but clearly, he didn’t share that opinion.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/18/stormy-daniels-tell-all-book-on-trump-salacious-detail-and-claims-of-cheating

I suspect my reaction was very similar to yours …

And of course, we’re all …

And it looks like this Thursday has the potential to become the cherry on top of a great September when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford appears before the Judiciary Committee with its 11 old, white, male Rethuglicans.

While I’m not holding my breath it’ll stop him, Kavanaugh, for his part, has been furiously prepping for his upcoming grilling (and a brand-new opportunity to lie & perjure himself some more).  But leaks show it’s not been going well for Brett at all:

But Kavanaugh grew frustrated when it came to questions that dug into his private life, particularly his drinking habits and his sexual proclivities, according to three people familiar with the preparations, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. He declined to answer some questions altogether, saying they were too personal, these people said.

“I’m not going to answer that,” Kavanaugh said at one point….

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/incredibly-frustrated-inside-the-gop-effort-to-save-kavanaugh-amid-assault-allegation/2018/09/22/6808baf6-bde0-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da_story.html?utm_term=.85cc8dfb1875

Too personal?  TOO PERSONAL?!?

This from the guy who, in a Memo 20 years ago, directed his boss, Ken Starr, to ask Pres. Clinton during the impeachment procedures the following questions:

 

WARNING: NSFW – POSSIBLE TRIGGER

 

If Monica Lewinsky says you inserted a cigar into her vagina while you were in the Oval Office area, would she be lying?

If Monica Lewinsky says that you had phone sex with her on approximately 15 occasions, would she be lying?

If Monica Lewinsky says that on several occasions in the Oval Office area, you used your fingers to stimulate her vagina and bring her to orgasm, would she be lying?

If Monica Lewinsky says that she gave you oral sex on nine occasions in the Oval Office area, would she by lying?

If Monica Lewinsky says that you ejaculated into her mouth on two occasions in the Oval Office area, would she be lying?

If Monica Lewinsky says that on several occasions you had her give oral sex, made her stop, and then ejaculated into the sink in the bathroom off the Oval Office, would she be lying?

If Monica Lewinsky says that you masturbated into a trashcan in your secretary’s office, would she be lying?

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/178-kavanaugh-clinton-monica-lewin/9b9a46ab055ee2458fd5/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-clinton-starr.html

No wonder the a$$hole looks scared to death …

Yep, all-in-all September has been a very good month.  And it’s not over with yet!

 

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Friday Fun: BREAKING – NWS Bulletin on Tweetstorm “Donald”

 Posted by at 6:51 pm  Politics
Sep 142018
 

In response to the news that Paul Manafort has pleaded “GUILTY” and is now working with Robert Mueller III, the National Weather Service has put out this PSA:

BREAKING: The National Weather Service is warning of the approaching Category 5 Tweetstorm “Donald”.

It is expected to reach landfall early Saturday morning.

The NWS urges all Americans to shelter in place.  And to be sure they have an adequate supply of popcorn.

Phillip McCann of the NWS, echoing the president’s recent words, described the coming Tweetstorm: “It’s tremendously big and tremendously wet.” 

(Which happen to be two things Melania has never said to Twitler.)

To help, they’ve provided this rating chart of Categories:

[NOTE: I shared w/ TC that I’m having a major backyard landscape renovation done.  And today they cut my cable TWICE w/ their Bobcat.  They spliced it together – but I’m scheduled to have Comcast come out tomorrow to be sure everything is OK.  That’s why I’m so late … and limping along.]

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Friday Fun: Science Nerds’ T-shirts

 Posted by at 7:34 am  Politics
Aug 312018
 

Well, unfortunately my carpet cleaning guy texted me late Wednesday evening that he had to go to the ER & is now in the hospital for observation.  Told him I hope it was nothing major and wished him well – but I haven’t heard anything more from him.  But I’m NOT getting my carpets cleaned today.

I will say the cat is very befuddled because in getting ready I moved all the easily moveable furniture into the family room (it has a wood floor) and the guest bedroom (really didn’t need cleaning).  He misses a lot of his favorite napping spots.  Plus it’s a real obstacle course for me to maneuver around now.

So I’m throwing together a quick, mini “Friday Fun” – because next Friday I’ll be in absentia while visiting with friends from Wisconsin.

In an effort to encourage STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) studies, I’m featuring some fun, nerdy science t-shirts:

 

 

 

This one is dedicated to Twitler:

 

 

 

And a “Bonus Rebus Question” graphic.  You can put your answer in Comments:

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Friday Fun: Rationing Our Schadenfreude

 Posted by at 6:38 am  Politics
Aug 242018
 

This will have to be a short one for two reasons:

[1] I’m concerned that some of us (myself included) our on the verge of overdosing from Schadenfreude with all the good news FINALLY coming out.

[2] I have a doctor’s appointment in less than two hours.

Can’t help but feel I’d be remiss if I did not memorialize the good news of the week in some manner, so I think a sampling of the headlines from major newspapers across the country would be a good way:

So what was Fox news (sic) covering instead of these major stories?

And all I’ve got to say is FINALLY somebody’s covering the giraffe story! And it’s about damn time, too!

And just a quickie note about David Pecker, publisher of the National Enquirer, flipping and spilling lots of sexual secrets on Twitler …

Of course, some people say it wasn’t that big of a loss.

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Friday Fun: Potpourri

 Posted by at 8:17 am  Politics
Aug 172018
 

Today we begin on a somber note in tribute to Aretha Franklin.  For now (and hopefully for the rest of my life) I can still remember her voice from back when I had hearing.  And what a voice!

The internet is rightfully ablaze with tributes to Aretha, but I will only focus on two: one very unique how New Yorkers paid tribute using their subway stations, and the other is a reminder of what we had for eight years and what we sadly have to put up with now.

Compare Twitler’s totally self-absorbed and tone-deaf “tribute” to Aretha Franklin …

TWITLER:

“I want to begin today by expressing my condolences to the family of a person I knew well.  She worked for me on numerous occasions….  So just want to pass on my warmest best wishes….”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6067997/Trump-tweets-death-Aretha-Franklin-Clintons-release-long-tribute.html

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/16/1788735/-The-difference-between-Barack-Obama-s-tribute-to-Aretha-Franklin-and-a-f-king-a-hole-s-tribute

To that of Pres. Obama’s …

PRES. OBAMA:

(Lord … how our nation misses that man!)

Moving on to brighter moments.  Leave it to the Dutch to create a one-off promotion by the Rijksmuseum for their brand new, just opened addition Rijksmuseum Schiphol.  It’s a 240-foot long (73 meters) luggage belt in the baggage claim area featuring master works of art!

 

“The luggage carousel gives an overview of Dutch art history, from the Middle Ages to the present with artworks from artists including Rembrandt and Vincent van Gogh.”

It’s open 24/7 – and it’s FREE!  You can learn more about it here:

https://www.museumnext.com/2017/09/rijksmuseum-covers-schiphol-airport-luggage-belt-dutch-works-art/

And how could we pass up another in an endless series of monumental goofs that proves (yet again) Fox news (sic) leads the way in misinformation and outright lying!

Ainsley Earhardt on “Fox & Friends” in rebuttal to Gov. Cuomo wanted to prove that America IS great by reminding us of how we defeated “Communist Japan”!

Maybe like you, this immediately reminded me of one of John Belushi’s famous lines from “Animal House”.

“Over?  Did you say ‘OVER’?!?

“Nothing is over until we decide it is …

“HELL NO!”

A good reminder that our work on retaking the House AND Senate is not done.  Let’s all do what we can to GOTV!

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