Finally, an honest Republican--Oklahoman "Markwayne" Mullin admits he DOESN'T work for his constituents!
20 April 2017 update:
Hello again, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
Again, just when I think it's going to be a slow n00z day, it ain't. Imma get right tuit: a few headlines and a few moar m00bies.
Scroll all the way down to the peas if you wanna follow me on Twitter...and don't forget to celebrate the Pastafarian holy day tomorrow--we can all celebrate surviving another week (assuming that we do, in fact, survive that long).
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- Dot Calm's shadow
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Headlines & commentary
tRump claimed we were ready to take out North Korea
--we weren't even within a thousand miles. What a great message to send our friends and allies: "Don't trust a word tRump says!"
Page, Manafort, and Stone are the ones the FBI wants to talk to. Not Flynn, not RUDEy (Doody? Ghouly?) Giuliani. Oh sure, Flynn and Giuliani desperately want to flip, but the FBI doesn't need them! I hope that means that the FBI will be prosecuting them to the full extent of the law! FOR TREASON!
Randi Rhodes would like to remind us tRump is the only world leader among our allies who congratulated Erdogan on devolving Turkey's democracy into a dictatorship. Why? Because tRump has buildings in Turkey.
As tweeted by yours truly in response to @Thom_Hartmann lamenting the GOP's priorities of money and poisoning kids: "Poisoning kids is VERY important to GOP--poisoning adults, too. We should all be walking around in safe wombs."
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Choo choo time headlines
BuzzFeed: 23 Things LGBT People Wish They'd Actually Learned In Sex Ed
...Very enlightening list for those unfamiliar with the unique challenges of not being straight and cis-gendered.
The Guardian: John Oliver on Donald Trump: 'A bully in the White House'
The Guardian: Devastation and a war that rages on: visiting the valley hit by the Moab attack
...Still no civilian casualty counts. Hunh.
Reuters: Exclusive: Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 U.S. election - documents
...And if you're wondering why there aren't very many choo choo time headlines today, it's because my thumbs are totes addicted to RESISTBOT! Resist, resist, resist! I got more confetti yesterday, w00t!!
"Democracy Now!" headlines
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Moar m00bies!
Holy crap--climate change could literally blow up Russia! Friends, have you ever heard of a pingo? Walp, an alternative pingo is like a pingo but full of explosive methane. Melting the permafrost will unseal both the benign pingos and the more dangerous methane-filled alternative pingos. This vid is great right up until about 8:03--the rest is just yammering and BS. Gotta love me for sharing a li'l ol' PSA with y'all cuz I respect your time.
Friends, I had the good fortune of catching a full episode of Randi yesterday shortly after it had been live-streamed, but YouTube took it down. Here's a clip
--buy a stinkin' podcast to see the rest!
Here's a clip that was posted today. There's a live show from today that you might be able to catch if you hurry.
I think all the BillO send-offs have been great, but Randi Rhodes's and Trevor Noah's have got to be my two faves.
Good for a chuckle
Ya wanna bet he's up to his shifty eyebawls in Russian shit?
Ugh.
18 April 2017 post:
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
Friends, I have been behind the 8-ball for so long that I've forgotten what it feels like to be on top of things for this blawg...
Here, we finally had a slow n00z day, and what do you think CNN did? Bring up just a few of the tRump scandals that have gotten overrun by the constant tsunami of even worse tRump scandals?
Nooooo...
Nope, they shoved their thumb up their collective ass and sat on it all day when they could have made hay while the sun shines.
Why, there's a handy list of tRump/Republican scandals right here they could have used...
Here are just a few for starters:
...and you thought these people had no integrity!
But I digress.
CNN must wonder why, after hiring FUX Noise rejects and giving credence to trumpanzees, they have zero credibility...
As I mentioned in the title of this post,
That's right, folks--like all good Republicans, ol' "Markwayne" represents only himself, privileged boi that he is.
That's why he got a mad on when his constituents took him to task for not representing them during a recent town hall. He huffed and puffed and pouted and stamped his ickle feetsies because, heck, what did these smelly peasants want--wasn't it enough for them that he was gracing their lives with his presence and sanctifying the air for them by breathing it first?
How dare they demand he do the job they hired him to do!
If bitter ol' "Markwayne" did represent his constituents, he'd appreciate that his $174,000 congressional salary comes from his constituents' taxes--not from his own businesses, trust funds, grift, or whatever else he does to pad his pockets.
At least "Markwayne" is man enough to admit that he doesn't give a shit about the people he supposedly represents. At least he's man enough to shout his disdain at them.
Of course, confusion over whom Republicans actually represent is not new...
...When he was in the Department of Justice, Neil Gorsuch "forgot" that his client was the American people--he thought that his client was the Bush administration, that sadistic bunch of torture-mongers.
...Devin Nunes "forgot" that his constituents are his first responsibility--he thought he worked for tRump.
...and don't all of the tRumps have...erm...misconceptions over what government is, what its role in society is, what public service means, and what, in fact, service in general means?
Friends, we all know that Republicans are magical thinkers, divorced from reality and its crazy little features like cause and effect. We can but hope that crap like this is enough to wake up just enough tRump voters to stop voting against their own self interests for a change.
Even if the Peasants for Plutocrats party voters just stayed home during the next election, it would help...as in, it would help THEM...and us.
I know it's a long-shot, but I can hope, can't I?
Just a few headlines for y'all today...
The Guardian: Stop swooning over Justin Trudeau. The man is a disaster for the planet
...Apparently, I'm not the only one who noticed. Bill McKibben is founder of 350.org and a man we all need to take seriously if we value life on this planet.
Mediaite: Donald Trump Jr. ‘Likely’ Paid $50k+ by Russian Allies for October Speech
...And don't forget that both "boys" talk with "daddy" all day every day about how his businesses are going!
New York Daily News: Ivanka Trump won China trademarks while dining with its president
...Like the headline above, Imma put these here in case you didn't think there were enough tRump scandals in the list above!
American NewsX: Traces Of Roundup Weed Killer Found In Breakfast Cereals & Snack Foods
...Oh, snap--this apparently includes products like Cheerios...I have a box of those in my house right now!! Beware, though, friends--don't get your knickers in a twist about no conspiracy theories: according to Snopes, there was no Monsanto effort to quash any government probes or cover up the findings--nor is it an established fact that glyphosphate is carcinogenic...not that I personally think it's a good idea to eat weed killer. In other words, take anything you see from people like the "food babe" Vani Hari or Joseph Mercola with a rather large grain of salt. If you really want to know what's going on, Snopes early and often and check out SciBabe, with her awesome if partial list of bullshit websites.
The Guardian: 'Like a slow death': families fear pesticide poisoning after Trump reverses ban
...Like I said, eating weed killer is never a good idea...and this shit kills pets and children. My dog-loving neighbors won't let that crap anywhere near their lawns--they also opt for play-sand rather than doggie-paw-burning salt to deal with winter ice.
Newsweek: Is InfoWars' Alex Jones Actually a Performance Artist?
...Yup--more yummy right-wing scandal! Alex Jones is embroiled in vigorous divorce hearings, and his soon-to-be-if-not-already-ex-wife is suing for custody of their three children, complaining about Jones's broadcasts being done in the house, with the kids around, and Jones's inappropriate language, behavior, ripping his shirt off (eww!! Now there's an image that'll come between me and my sleep!), etc. So Alex Jones's lawyer says that Alex Jones is a fraud--a "performance artist" who doesn't believe a word he screams into the microphone...that it's all just a great big happy clappy show for entertainment! Hum...does tRump know this?
Talking Points Memo: Voting Equipment Stolen In Georgia A Few Days Before Special US House Election
...As always, Republicans know that they can't win without cheating....
The Hill: CNN's Jeffrey Lord: Think of Trump as Martin Luther King of Healthcare
...And, like I said, CNN wonders why it has zero credibility these days...
MSNBC: Trump cited Turkey 'conflict of interest' in Bannon interview
...Teaser: "Rachel Maddow shares a clip of a December 2015 interview between Donald Trump and Steve Bannon on Breitbart News in which Trump explains how his political view of Turkey is complicated by his business interests there."
The Guardian: Nuclear war has become thinkable again – we need a reminder of what it means
...Scary, scary shit, my friends. I fear for the children.
The Guardian: Melania Trump nudges Donald during Easter egg roll national anthem
...Because it's so hard to remember to put your hand over your heart when you don't have one that you need
Washington Post: Trump signs hat, throws it back into crowd at Easter Egg Roll
...In a total dick move, tRump takes a kid's ball cap, autographs it, and--instead of giving it back to the kid
--throws it into the crowd as the kid screams, "NOOOOOOOOO!" I guess it's never too soon for a young tRump supporter to learn the lesson that tRump taketh but doth not giveth back.
Mercury News: 'Calexit' campaign dropped as leader bolts for Russia
...That's right, friends--Randi Rhodes called it: Russia wants to weaken the US, including by breaking it up. I guess California is going to have to stand and fight like the rest of us. Luckily for us all, they're up to it.
NBC News: Guess Who Came to Dinner With Flynn and Putin
...Her initials are JILL freakin' STEIN. Remember when she and the Greens supported tRump over Hillary, and I said I'd never EVER vote Green? I wonder how all the Green party voters are enjoying all of tRump's environmental and clean energy rollbacks, since this is what they all voted for...!
M00bies!
So sad. I don't for one moment believe she committed suicide. I'm betting it was a hate crime.
In case you weren't sure what
Oh gawd, these are brill...
She's b-a-a-a-a-a-ack!
I love when straight-man Michael Che can't even keep from laughing...
Oh, snap...apparently, ban'em did just that...snap. Not that we ever doubted for a moment that every last loon in tRump's swamp is unstable...
Tighten that noose, o FBI, CIA, and the rest of you--lasso this asshole before he gets us ALL killed!
May the French learn from AmeriKKKa and Brexit--may they live up to their superiority complex, please!
The immigrant nudges the heartless to put his hand over where his heart should be...
tRump is getting crazIER...
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