Exactly. I'm still not over "it."

Thanks to my sister for passing this along to me. Unfortunately I have one "friend" who I can no longer look in the eyes without thinking about who she voted for. In a brave and honest moment this is what I would like to say to her. But I almost certainly won't. I will carry the script with me just in case.

Oh come on..

Ivanka Trump — who’s supposed to be running her dad’s “blind trust” — wants to move to Washington D.C.

 

"too vicious...too nasty, too horrible," according to his wife

From an interview (Wash Post, 12/10/15) with D. Trump. In his own words....

I think I'm a very nice person who gets along very well with people. I'm very loyal, to a fault. My wife said, "You're too nice too long and then when you go bad, then you're too bad. You get too vicious and you never forgive. You put up with too much too long. You get screwed by somebody. You're too nice and then you flip, it's too long, too nasty, too horrible.

Breasts in advertising.

The Red Elephant up the street re-appears. And now I know it's a political statement.

I've been keeping my eye on, and posting pictures of, this interesting little house for years. Here, here, and here.

King of the Media Whores. [And The Prez's next-day retort.]

This guy is living proof that you can be an idiot and still make a lot of dough.

And Gloria Allred isn't much better (but at least she's rooting for the right guy).

Update 10/25:  Obama has some great writers. Here's what he said to Jay Leno when asked about the Trump challenge:

“You know, this all dates back to when we were growing up together in Kenya. We had constant run-in on the soccer field, and he wasn’t very good at it. When we finally moved to America, I thought it would be over.”

Photo from politico.com.

Not a political comment, just a fashion comment.

Those shoes! That belt! The whole package!  I'm drawn to and repelled by this picture in equal measure. Sarah is quite an amazing person in a way. She brings out such high emotions, both in those who agree with her and those who don't (that would include me). She's got something that I can't give a name to: not charisma exactly, not a high Q score exactly, but something that draws people to her. As long as she just stays behind a podium entertaining me I'm OK with her. Those shoes!

Also running for President. Meet Vermin Supreme!

If you manage to get through the whole 5 minutes you'll hear him reaffirm his campaign promise of a pony for every American! He's on the New Hampshire ballot so all you Hampshirians who can't find a suitable Republican can vote for this guy.

A quick summary, from an almost sane friend (her choice of words, not mine), about the Debt Ceiling "Crisis."

First it was Obama's penis that was in the limelight.
Then Boehner challenged Obama to a penis duel.
Then Harry Reid says, "I TOO have a PENIS"
To which Schumer says, "I have a penis, too, albeit a smaller one, perhaps."
Then Eric Cantor said, "My penis is bigger than Boehner's penis,"
Then Boehner says, "Not so fast, Cantor."
And now today, Mitch McConnell emerges and says, "My penis is the biggest of all."
And he calls Obama and says, "Do you sir not have a penis?"
(Note that Nancy Pelosi has no penis. We presume so at any rate.)
Whose penis will prevail? We must have confidence that everything will be OK because in the end they will all get up at the microphone and say . . . "Aren't our penises wonderful!"
Gabby Giffords had the last laugh saying "Put your penises away. You won't be needing them because I'm in the house tonight!"

The authoress's name will be omitted to protect her impending security clearance. It's a tricky world out there these days.

Gabby Giffords returned to the Congress today, which brings tears to my eyes. Our gun laws are ridiculous and I don't care who I piss off by saying so.

Andrew Sullivan may be right. I hope he's not, but I think he is.

From Sullivan's blog The Daily Dish, published by The Daily Beast.

Are They Aiming For Impeachment?

They did the last Democratic president; and they feel even more strongly that this one is illegitimate, depite his thumping majority in the last election. Here's the scenario. The House GOP pushes for completely unserious Boehner plan (including a balanced budget amendment) that they know will be vetoed; they then filibuster the Reid plan in the Senate, forcing Obama to invoke a 14th Amendment executive prerogative, which they will then turn around and impeach him for.

Far-fetched? I hope so. But every time you think you have reached the end of Republican extremism, they manage to move further out of the solar system. But it will take a huge effort by the propaganda machine on the right to make Obama's decision not to default his fault, rather than the GOP's. At this point, if the Reid plan cannot make it through the Senate on time or through the House at all, I'm beginning to believe that Obama should invoke this controversial power, given the extreme danger the stalemate is creating for both the US and the global economy, and challenge the courts to reverse it.

I suspect it would be popular among Independents. And allow Obama to regain the initiative over events dictated by a single faction in one party in one chamber whose fanaticism is only matched by their irresponsibility.

Cartoon by Liza Donnelly of The New Yorker.

Talk about snarky. The New Yorker slipped these little cartoons into last week's issue. Guess they saw the end coming.

Don't you love the birds in his hair? But the toaster is my favorite.
Credit: Barry Blitt, for The New Yorker, May 9, 2011.

Oh, and these little cartoons are called "spots." Live and learn.

Hats and Hair in the News.

Enlarge picture. Check out the headline next to Trump's picture.

I didn't say it.

I'd like to take this pledge but I'm not sure I can do it. I'm apparently addicted to Palin news.

Dana Milbank of the Washington Post is boldly going where every journalist worth the name should go. He's swearing off writing about or talking about Sarah Palin for a month. I could not talk about her, and for sure I could not write about her, but could I stop myself from reading the latest bit of non-news about her?? Very, very doubtful. But I'll decide on February 1. It IS a short month after all.