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Friday Fun: Trump Demands a Do-Over for His “Surrender Summit”

 Posted by at 7:48 am  Politics
Jul 202018
 

What a disgrace in Helsinki!  Someone failed to inform Twitler that “Summit” is NOT spelled “S-u-b-m-i-t”.

Finally coming to the realization of what an abject failure his traitorous performance was, Trump demands a “Do-Over” and tries to salvage at least a little bit by declaring an “Oopsie” and changing what he actually said ( and truly meant):

“I have President Putin. He just said it’s not Russia. I will say this. I don’t see any reason why it would be.”

With his  bend-over-backwards-tie-me-in-linguistics-knots attempt to clarify with a “sort of double negative” – basically admitting that his own words were “fake news”:

“In a key sentence in my remarks I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t.’  The sentence should have been: ‘I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be Russia.’ Sort of a double negative.  So, you can put that in, and I think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself.”

Clarifies?  Ahhh, no – not really.  But Twitter elected to have fun with his would – wouldn’t flip-flop.

Clearly the most straightforward (and sadly, truest) is that Trump got mixed up about what he was supposed to say because his text was badly translated from the original Russian.

And that opened the floodgates with Kim Jong Un wanting to take advantage of that precedent

The most important thing for Twitler?  He added in with his Sharpie “There was no colusion (sic)”.  Of course that “stable genius” (as he refers to himself) couldn’t spell it correctly.

But most folks on Twitter had fun with seeing what kind of impact the “would-wouldn’t” switcheroo have on movies:

Apollo 13 actually went quite well:

And Dorothy actually felt right at home:

And of course the “Star Wars” series would be forever changed:

Why, they even revived the much-loathed and mocked “Clippy” to try to help Twitler out with his editing – but I don’t think even Clippy can save Twitler.

Worst of all – that was just Act I.  Putin is now coming to America to see what HIS new country looks like.

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Friday Triskaidekaphobia? Nah – TWO “Missions Accomplished!”

 Posted by at 9:50 am  Politics
Jul 132018
 

First, the old adages “Too cute by half” and “Be careful what you wish for …” apparently were totally foreign to felon-in-waiting Paul Manafort and his team of “legal beagles”.

For weeks they endlessly whined to U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis that having Manafort jailed (as a VIP) in a facility two hours south of Washington was impeding their ability to defend their client – to the point they wanted his trial delayed.

But the wise Judge solved the problem by moving Manafort from the plush Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw (Virginia – not Poland) …

 

To the much closer Truesdale Adult Detention Center in Alexandria

 

OOPS!  Manafort’s “legal beagles” realized their bigly error and begged the Judge to stop the move because of concern for Manafort’s safety.  But Judge Ellis would have none of it, assuring them that officials at the federal lockup in Alexandria have experience handling inmates such as “foreign and domestic terrorists, spies and traitors.”

But it truly is a step down from his other homes, like his condo that the FBI raided last August, and where he was able to stay under house arrest until he got caught tampering with witnesses.

(Judge Ellis is handling the Virginia case against Manafort, where he faces charges of bank fraud, tax evasions and failure to report foreign bank accounts.  But Manafort also faces additional charges in Washington for money laundering, failing to register as a foreign agent and witness tampering.)

Poor, poor Paulie … it’s a shame you are THAT STUPID!

But on an even brighter note is the great success the folks of the UK, and their snarling baby blimp, had in making Twitler feel – in his very own words – “UNWELCOMED”!

After his fiasco performance flop at the NATO conference …

(I will say one thing for Twitler, he does “CLUELESS” even better than Dubya did.  And no, that picture is NOT Photoshopped.)

He went to visit Prime Minister May in London.  Here he is arriving on Air Force One

The highlight for us – and the lowlight for him – was that snarling, diapered baby blimp in bright orange with his trademark white tanning goggle marks.

So Twitler decided to hightail it out of London to the Prime Minister’s country home, Chequers.  But his helicopter was forced to fly directly over a Moat Farm field in Stoke Mandeville with a 650-foot wide … hmmm, errr … greeting … in Russian that’s loosely translates as “FUCK TRUMP”!

(The word in Cyrillic script literally means “whore” – but is commonly used for the “F Word”.  A marketing agency, The Tenth Man, came forward on Thursday to take credit for the prank with the help of artists from Circlemakers.   They reported the circle took over two weeks to design and over 12 hours for a crew to create.)

So THIS is what being well-respected around the world looks like.  Now aren’t you glad Trump was elected to make America so well-respected by our Allies?  </snark>

 

 

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Friday Fun: Families Belong Together

 Posted by at 9:01 am  Politics
Jul 062018
 

Last Saturday the theme for the day was clearly “Families Belong Together”

Activists shout during the rally to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies Saturday, June 30, 2018, in New York, New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

And literally hundreds of thousands joined in over 700 rallies across America to echo that theme while protesting Trump’s inhumane mishandling of immigrants.  (And just a reminder: Seeking asylum is NOT illegal!)

The crowds came from Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, DC, Boston, Salt Lake City, Portland, ME – towns big, small and in-between.

I believe it would be worthwhile to enjoy a few of the tens of thousands of signs that sent a message to our representatives from the Oval Office to our City Councils.  In viewing hundreds of signs it seems like there were some common themes.  One of the most repeated was …

SHAME

And related to that were ones that were …

RELIGIOUS

But the ones that were the most passionate were the ones calling out Twitler …

GODWIN BE DAMNED

Which of course inspired quite a few to actually graphically demonstrate what he was doing to children …

CAGED

But to end on a lighter note, of course there were clever ones …

And my all time favorite – and I don’t think Paul Simon would mind one bit …

And of course the bottom line answer to end this travesty is …

 

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Friday Fun: Our Pets Can Be Jerks!

 Posted by at 7:40 am  Politics
Jun 222018
 

No doubt we all love our critters – even the difficult ones.  (On a bright note, Nike is actually getting a bit mellower as he gets older.)  But that doesn’t mean that, like our kids, they don’t have their moments of being total jerks.

So let’s enjoy a few of their antics …

“Did you honestly NOT notice how big my beak is?”

“You said you wanted the dog to lose weight.  I’m just helping him cut back on his appetite is all.”

No … NO … NO! NO! NO!

“That paper towel commercial was right – they are incredibly soft!”

Well, that explains the fuzzy TV reception.

 

Proof that colored strings don’t ALWAYS make the best toy.

The whole yard, and you had to pick my helmet?

Hey – looked like a toilet to me.

 

You say it’s called “Snapchat”?  Really?!?  There’s an “h” in there?  I thought it was called “Snapcat”!

He falls for this every time.

Kittens can be jerks

Dogs can be jerks

Even pet fish can be jerks

But cats do “Jerk”  best – even to their own brother!

 

 

 

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Friday Fun: Few Things to Make You Smile & Warm Your Heart

 Posted by at 4:58 am  Politics
May 252018
 

Since every week with Twitler in the Oval Office is, by definition, a dismal week, I thought I’d focus on a few things that will make you smile and warm your heart.

While not exactly proud of it, the fact that we learned this week that George Zimmerman, forced to file court financial disclosure papers related to ANOTHER run-in with the law, is $2.5 MILLION dollars in debt and has NO source of income did, in fact, make me smile and warmed my heart.

NOTE to George Zimmerman: Karma is, indeed, a “female cur”!

Moving on to more magnanimous Smile-Inducers-and-Heart-Warmers, CEO Martha Fuerstenau of American 1 Credit Union based in Jackson, MI has directed that 186 of the firm’s 187 employees be given raises that total almost $1 MILLION ($950,000)!

The one employee that CEO Martha Fuerstenau elected to NOT include in the generous raises was the herself!

And these were not nickel and dime raises – but ones that averaged more than $5,000 per employee.  Additionally, 76 percent of the increase went to hourly employees, with only 24 percent going to management.

NOTE to Fortune 500 CEOs: THIS is how you should do “Trickle Down”!

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2018/05/combined_1_million_worth_of_ra.html

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/24/1766856/-Michigan-credit-union-gives-generous-raises-to-every-employee-except-one

This one is made extra poignant by the fact that it happens down in Clinton, MS.

Few things are as heart-warming as a three-year little boy’s unbridled joy induced by a weekly visit from his best buddies … the garbage men!

It all began when Grandma Reynolds had her grandson Kyler help her take the trash out and was greeted with friendly waves from the crew.  It has now become a weekly routine with a definite Win-Win for everyone!

(For a real treat, I’d encourage you to read the full story about their bonds at the YouTube site itself.  Just click on the YouTube logo in the lower right corner when it plays.)

NOTE to racist republicans (or is that redundant?): This is how we can all get along – by treating others with kindness and respect.  So take your hate-mongering bigotry and Go Cheney Yourselves!

Tomorrow will mark the one-week anniversary of a wedding that was not only pitch perfect but had lessons that began before it even happened, and they continued in its afterglow.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle asked guests and well-wishers to forgo wedding gifts and instead make a donation to one of seven charities that reflect their passions for helping others.

(You can read about the seven they selected either from the Tweet’s link or here:)

https://www.royal.uk/wedding-charity-donations

Of course, we knew it was going to be beautiful – and no doubt all you Anglophiles were chuffed at how blinding beautiful it was.

And afterwards Prince Harry and the now Duchess of Sussex continued showing world leaders their true compassion by donating all those gorgeous flowers, now made into stunning bouquets, to charities – including the St. Joseph Hospice in London, which has a long history involving the Royals.

Meet one of the lucky recipients, Pauline Clayton, who “is no stranger to royal family weddings. As a 19-year-old, Clayton, now 89, worked for royal dressmaker Norman Hartnell and helped embroider the wedding dress of Queen Elizabeth II, according to the BBC. Clayton worked with three other girls, earning nearly 50 hours overtime on the dress’ train alone.”

http://www.wivb.com/news/world/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-donate-royal-wedding-flowers-to-hospice-patients/1191568614

All except for the Bride’s Bouquet, which by tradition that began when Queen Elizabeth, who married King George VI in 1923, placed her bouquet on the Grave of the Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey “in memory of her brother Fergus who was killed in 1915 at the Battle of Loos during the First World War.”

NOTE to Trump: THIS is how true leadership looks.  GROW UP!  Better yet – RESIGN!

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Friday Fun: Sleuth Like You’re Sherlock Holmes

 Posted by at 6:43 am  Politics
May 182018
 

This is a quickie because I’m heading out the door to a morning doctor appointment.  But this is what greeted me for my daily computer wallpaper:

Captivated by the urban Peregrine falcon, I immediately knew what city she lived in.

But I wondered if I could figure out what building it was taken from along with the address, the apartment number and who lived there.

And I did!

So put on your deerstalker hat and do your best Sherlock Holmes imitation to see how many you can check off:

City:

Building:

Address:

Apartment Number:

Owner:

BONUS: Any other tidbits pertaining to THIS peregrine falcon.

And if no one has figured it out by the end of the day, I’ll give a Hint: the name of the photographer.

Good luck!

BONUS ADDITION

[HEADS UP NOTE: Take Hints where you can find them]

I declare, Joanne has independently hit on the right track!

Kansas City is a nice size city – but we don’t have a skyline like that.  This is the KCMO downtown skyline looking north from the Liberty Memorial:

And the downtown skyline looking south:

Panorama photo of downtown Kansas City, Missouri skyline, taken from Chouteau Bridge.

But the biggest hint is focusing on the huge, black building in the background that I’ve highlighted here:

If you look closely, you’ll noticed that it tapers the higher it goes.  And that’s your huge Hint!

Well, at least I had fun with it – but probably won’t be doing another one of these for a long time.

ANSWER:

OK – some of the hints were quite obtuse.  I had hoped the “declare independently” might get someone to the “Declaration of Independence” which might lead you to “John Hancock”.  And anyone with a passing knowledge of Chicago knows the Hancock Center.

http://www.aviewoncities.com/gallery/showpicture.htm?key=kveus4019

Joanne was definitely heading in the right direction when she said it probably is a city I was familiar with.  As I’ve mentioned before, I went to medical school in Chicago.  The first year I lived in the dorm and my window had an unobstructed view of the Hancock building – so it’s an old friend to me.

I tried to help by pointing out the building and the noting that it’s sides’ taper.  And you can see that in the above photo.

But to get to the location I just Googled [“peregrine falcon” Chicago] – voila, right there on the front page is our photo!

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22peregrine+falcon%22+chicago&ie=&oe=

So I clicked on the photo and it got me here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22peregrine+falcon%22+chicago&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=bZXLQ45XASsoqM%253A%252CsH8Veo5Y1tX8iM%252C_&usg=__AHBK0y0lQKT2r0b7Y6hoPNri1rA%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKwKed95HbAhUGz2MKHUlYCOsQ9QEIXTAE#imgrc=bZXLQ45XASsoqM:

So I clicked on the “Visit” option, and it took me to the Audubon article about her:

https://www.audubon.org/news/peregrines-and-photographer-bunk-out-chicago-mans-apartment

And reading the article you learn that the falcon had commandeered an empty flower box on the 28th floor of Dacey Arashiba’s condo balcony.

So plugging in Dacey Arashiba’s name into an excellent, dedicated person search engine, you can see she lives on Belmont Ave.  But that’s probably enough doxing on my part.  You can connect the rest of the dots on your own if you want an exact address.

But the Audubon story is definitely worth a read!  It tells about how Linda and Steve (the names Darcy gave the Peregrines) came to the condo balcony, and sadly lost their first clutch of three eggs.  But amazingly returned the next year to the same balcony and had another clutched that hatched!

And how an award-winning photographer in The Netherlands found out about the falcons and came to America to photograph them.  And the photos are quite interesting!

So for me, at least, it was a worthwhile sleuthing search.

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Friday Fun: Back in the Saddle Again With Mueller

 Posted by at 7:55 am  Politics
May 112018
 

After an extended absence, let’s see if I remember how to do this.  I’m going to ease back in with a Potpourri.

BONUS – Fascist He-Man Tries to Rip a Gay Pride Sign … Levity Ensues

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