(Hoping to put together a “Sunday Smile”. But not only still monitoring my brother, but my aunt is in town from Illinois to celebrate her 90th Birthday! So lots, and LOTS of family stuff going on!)
May 052018
SoINeedAName
Apr 282018
A week ago today the world observed the passing of a much-loved political matriarch in a solemn ceremony celebrating the life of Barbara Bush.
But that doesn’t mean there weren’t some lighter moments we can enjoy. Let’s begin by asking:
Who’s Missing from This Group Photo?
Well, other than Barbara …
But the biggest buzz revolved around that serene smile Melania shared with Pres. Obama.
It immediately brought back memories of the Trump Inaugural festivities fiasco. Who can forget this iconic moment?
It was a performance so amazingly well executed it resulted in this:
And the big question all centered around Melania’s smile that she shared with Pres. Obama. Why, there even was a quiz:
Pop Quiz: Of these two photos of Melania Trump, which one was taken at a funeral?
? pic.twitter.com/hZSU6jAi2w— ⚠Kimexander Hamilton (@YippeeKimYay) April 21, 2018
And of course everyone is wondering what exactly did Pres. Obama say to Melania that generated such a genuine (and very rare) smile.
But as it turns out, Obama didn’t say anything that caused her to smile. But he did figure it out …
Apr 202018
As I’m pretty sure I mentioned, my brother was admitted last Friday the 13th for the FOURTH TIME since our Mom’s funeral on 2/13/18.
He has a multitude of problems, but the big ones have been pneumonia and profound anemia. This time he has bilateral pneumonia (he’s been a smoker since his late teens and he’s in his 70’s now). And his hemoglobin kept dropping, and finally when it got down to 7.0 they transfused him – but just with one unit. (Not unreasonable, because if you transfuse a large amount it shuts down bone marrow production because the feedback mechanism says “I don’t need to make any more RBCs.”)
His hospitalist told him yesterday morning he would be in for 2-3 more days. His son, (SF Bay area) daughter-in-law (Tampa Metro – but 55 miles away) and I (KCMO) were ecstatic. My brother hated it.
So we made plans with his health support people accordingly.
But then the pulmonary service came in the afternoon and said he could be discharged.
Us – BOO! My brother – YEA!
So he was dismissed last night. So today we’ve been scrambling to get meds, health aide, PT, OT Social Worker, Nurse Practitioner all going again.
My nephew will be going out a week from tomorrow to help get lots of things done involving his wife’s estate (she died last Labor Day weekend) and our Mom’s estate taken care. Plus check to be sure he’s gotten everything done to transition to Medicare, as he’s a retiring college professor (economics) and has been using his work’s insurance, which ends in early May.
I’m hoping things will settle down. He does have a PCP, a hematologist-oncologist, a GI doc, a neurologist, an endocrinologist, an ENT doc, and I’m sure I’m leaving out a few. So it’s not like he hasn’t tried to find out what’s going on. But the pieces haven’t come together.
He and his wife lived in the KCMO Metro very close to me for several years when he was teaching at another college – and liked it. I’m actually hoping he’d agree to move back because it’s really difficult to manage his medical issues long distance. But he now likes Florida, so I’m not sure what he’ll do.
Sorry – no “Friday Fun”. But I’m sure you agree that there are priorities, and family is at the top.
Apr 132018
I am SO looking forward to the upcoming George Stephanopoulos interview of James Comey regarding his new book, “A Higher Loyalty”.
On the GMA show this morning Stephanopoulos showed Comey discussing Trump actually talking about a compromising video of himself while in Moscow for a beauty pageant back in 2013.
No doubt you are all wondering, “What could that pee?”
Frist of all, Comey’s new book is NOT yellow journalism written by someone who just wants to make a big splash. It’s a golden opportunity to read a book saturated in facts proving even further what an arsehole we have as a president – who is clearly a Goldwater republican.
And Robert Mueller is going to find all this out. And there’s a vas deferens between what Trump thinks he knows about Mueller, and what Mueller actually knows about Trump.
Eventually these leaks will change from a steady drip, drip, drip to a gush – and Trump will know what true fear and panic is. We’ve all just been waiting for the information to trickle out.
Rest assured that Mueller is a whiz at figuring this stuff out – and does it without any leaks. Trust me, he’ll flush the truth out.
If I were so fortunate as to meet Mr. Mueller, I’d tell him, “Urine a league all your own. You will be showered with praise by grateful Americans – hell, by people all over the world!”
The only question now is if Fox News (sic) will carry Trump’s impeachment proceedings as a live stream. It’d be the only time I’d even think of tuning in to Fox.
Mar 302018
No doubt we all enjoyed viewing lots of photos from last Saturday’s “March For Our Lives”. So this will be a review for most of those photos – but I thought we should memorialize such a huge event whose impact is still sending ripples across our country.
But there were so many to choose from I decided, that for better or worse, I’d do it as a slideshow to save on “real estate”.
The first slideshow is of the crowd in Washington, DC – clearly the largest one of the over 800 rallies that took place across America.
But DC wasn’t the only site – so here are a few of the other ones.
I should have captioned each one – but it was time-consuming enough just to select, organize and format as slideshows all the photos to begin with.
But to help out, they’re alphabetical. The first one is of Albuquerque – it’s the one with the kids in the front with their backs to the camera all dressed in black t-shirts with their arms around each other.
Albuquerque
Anchorage
Boston
Chicago
Colorado Springs ?
Fort Worth
Montpelier, VT
NYC
NYC (White angels)
NYC (White angels)
Parkland, FL
Rochester, NY
St. Paul
The last slideshow is of some of the signs I really enjoyed. No doubt everyone has a favorite, so feel free to share it – or a link to it in Comments.
(Because the “Hyperbole, Assholes” one (my favorite!) is quite tall and the photos are centered vertically, it skews the formatting. And it’s a little slower and bigger to help reading them)
There was a Tweet showing huge Los Angeles Crowd in a Video
Turn up #LosAngeles #MarchForOurLives ✊?✌? pic.twitter.com/5ZxU1PcEpO
— Nicholas Bianchi (@nbianchi) March 24, 2018
And CNN had a Great Video of Aerials of Lots of Cities
Unfortunately WordPress doesn’t accommodate embedding CNN videos – so I’ll just provide a link to it
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/24/us/march-for-our-lives-latest/index.html
Mar 242018
Whether in body or in spirit, a heartfelt “Thank You!”
And judging from the number of rallies, the size of the rallies and the enthusiasm at the rallies – I think I see a very good November 6, 2018 in the making.
Why, I’d even go so far as to predict this:
But what I really want to share is one of the most powerful YouTube videos I’ve ever seen. It solely features veterans speaking out for common sense gun control laws – and a ban on assault weapons.
Mar 232018
Boy, oh, boy – am I late to this party, or what? Stephanie Clifford is going to have to start sharing the legal spotlight with at least two other Trump survivors.
First, the judge has ruled that the lawsuit brought by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on The Apprentice who says Trump sexually assaulted her in 2007, is allowed to move forward.
And now we learn that Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model who also had an affair with Trump, has filed a lawsuit seeking to allow her to talk.
So I decided we should enjoy some “Stormy” weather before her story is blown off the map.
Very believable, given his own words …
And not only his words, but his actions, too …
Oh, just in case there was any doubt …
Kind of creeps you out, doesn’t it?
I guess that at least we can be thankful it appears that his youngest daughter, Tiffany, is well aware of his … hmm … inclinations.
Mar 162018
… Of the chocolate variety.
Twitler’s “Gibberish Rally” last Saturday in an effort to help Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania’s special election (YEAH, LAMB!) wasn’t the only embarrassing moment for the Trump clan. Junior was also mocked in his own Meme when he campaigned with Saccone at the Sarris Candies factory.
This photo shows him being interviewed by a giant chocolate Easter bunny.
Of course Twitter wasn’t going to let a moment like that go by without mercilessly mocking Junior.
This is the danger of campaigning at a candy factory. #PA18 pic.twitter.com/omssQlvAF1
— Andrew Rush (@andrewrush) March 12, 2018
Gotta get that chocolate bunny vote. pic.twitter.com/21dcB03QF3
— Matt’s Idea Shop (@MattsIdeaShop) March 12, 2018
When you definitely didn’t take a meeting to dig up dirt on Marshmallow Peeps pic.twitter.com/9lonlrVBc6
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) March 12, 2018
"did YOU frame roger rabbit?" pic.twitter.com/7xjbIpCFid
— Ziwe (@ziwe) March 12, 2018
Probably the only time Junior has talked to a brown individual. Like you, I was shocked he didn’t demand to be interviewed by a white chocolate bunny. (Of course his old man would have demanded a Playboy Bunny.)
Unfortunately for Junior, he is still waiting to be interviewed by a reporter that is actually dumber than he is. I suppose we should be grateful it wasn’t just another vapid Fox or Breitbart interview. And we can all agree that one of them is hollow and brainless, and the other one is made of chocolate.
And about that hairnet that Junior was forced to “don”. Who do you think wore it better, Junior or Ruth Buzzi from the old “Laugh-In” show?
Don’t bite my head off (you didn’t think I was going to pass up another low-hanging pun like that, did you?) for re-visiting a nauseating incident, but I’m sure we all recall that disgusting photo when Junior and Eric went big game “hunting” in Africa. The one with Junior proudly holding the tail he cut off from an elephant he killed.
So, like me, you’re no doubt wondering if he took a similar trophy from this interview. Well, here’s your answer …
Was there ever any doubt?