April 30, 2020

I was looking for a Love, Actually clip to illustrate body language for a class...

And came across this "Hillary Actually" video on YouTube from SNL... right after the election.

Stick with it to the end-- there's a payoff they probably thought was theoretical back then, but really stings now.



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April 29, 2020

Trump erupts at campaign manager as reelection stress overflows

Source: CNN

As he huddled with advisers on Friday evening, President Donald Trump was still fuming over his sliding poll numbers and the onslaught of criticism he was facing for suggesting a day earlier that ingesting disinfectant might prove effective against coronavirus.

Within moments, the President was shouting -- not at the aides in the room, but into the phone -- at his campaign manager Brad Parscale, three people familiar with the matter told CNN. Shifting the blame away from himself, Trump berated Parscale for a recent spate of damaging poll numbers, even at one point threatening to sue Parscale. It's not clear how serious the President's threat of a lawsuit was.
The White House did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment and the Trump campaign declined to comment.
Faced with an increasingly uphill battle for reelection and aides trying to steer him in new, sometimes conflicting directions, Trump has grown increasingly unnerved in the last week about his reelection prospects. Lashing out at Parscale was just the most recent manifestation of that anxiety.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/politics/donald-trump-brad-parscale-campaign-coronavirus/index.html

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I'm chortling because Parscale was probably all mixed up with "the Russia thing" and totally got away with it, so it's great to see the scorpion turn on him.

April 19, 2020

"Trump is insane: And it's time for leading Democrats to say that out loud."

April 19, 2020

Anyone watching the Global Citizen concert?

The Rolling Stones were amazing, in a couple ways.

Mick absolutely must have sold his soul to the devil at some point, because he looked and sounded pretty much like Mick 1973.

But Keef... He looked like he wasn't sure what this guitar thing was, who that Mick guy was, what this song was, who he is....

Ronnie Wood got into it, and Charlie Watts was playing an invisible drum kit (presumably movement operated?)

They sounded great, anyway, and it's always inspirational to see Keith Richards still alive and still shooting up, apparently!

February 29, 2020

Asked about coronavirus, Trump blats about ... the election? Completely out of it.

@JohnMTalmadgeMD
#Presidementia Driveway Calf Splatter: Trump was asked, “Is Corona more an economic or public health crisis?” His shouted driveway demented answer: “Well, I think it’s just, uh, people don’t know, it’s the unknown, you know, ... .. people look at it and say, how long will this last, uh, I think they’re not very happy with the Democrat candidates when they see them, I think that has an impact, and uh, we think we’re gonna win... we think we’re gonna win easily, but you never know, it’s an election, we don’t think that’s helping.” Clip was played on MSNBC 11th Hour.

#Presidementia Driveway Calf Splatter The Trump answer above is just one specific example of Trump’s inability to understand a question, formulate a responsive reply, and grasp a basic either/or question. He is mentally impaired, cognitively disabled. His brain does not work.

December 24, 2019

Not that I feel sorry for Melania....

But imagine being married to a "billionaire" who never buys you Christmas or birthday gifts. Once again, apparently (this is from CNN), Trump is getting his wife only "a beautiful card": One thing Trump hasn't done is much Christmas shopping, even on tony Worth Avenue, the Palm Beach shopping stretch a mile from his home. Answering a question from an Army intelligence analyst posted in Kuwait on Tuesday, Trump admitted he was still working on a gift for his wife.
"I got her a beautiful card," Trump said. "I picked the nicest one."


You'd think he'd at least ask his secretary to order some chocolate and sign his name to it.

November 23, 2019

Help me work through this Nunes-complicity thing-- What's it mean if Nunes is involved?

He's been sitting there being sarcastic on the Intel Committee all month, supposedly investigating the Trump involvement in bribing Ukraine, and all along he has been involved???

Isn't this huge? Isn't this unethical?
I saw Swallwell entered that article into the record yesterday-- was there any effect of that?

Is Nunes in serious trouble-- like expulsion trouble?

Can it really be okay that he sat there all this time asking questions (or rather, ranting) and never told the chairperson that he actually was doing just what Giuliani and Sondland were doing?

Barb McQuaid on MSNBC seemed to say that going after this would be "going down the rabbit hole" and distracting from Trump, but this seems too important to ignore. Also it seems like more evidence of obstruction of justice?

November 20, 2019

Mike Pompeo planning to resign because Trump 'hurting his reputation', report claims

Source: Yahoo news

Conrad Duncan November 20, 2019
Donald Trump’s secretary of state has reportedly told three prominent Republicans that he is planning to resign from the White House to run for a Senate seat.

Mike Pompeo had planned to stay at the State Department until early spring 2020 but he is now concerned that his connection to Mr Trump, particularly through the impeachment inquiry, is hurting his reputation, according to a Time report.

The Republicans quoted in the piece reportedly include a former Trump administration employee and another who remains in the government, while the third has served in several high-ranking posts.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-pompeo-planning-resign-because-093230187.html

October 30, 2019

"I am Spartacus"

With Devin Nunes and his minion trying to reveal the whistleblower's name- and we know why--
I love it that the WB's fellow US military/intel/civil service members are stepping forward to affirm his/her testimony and also provide cover.

Their names are (IIRC):
Fiona Hill
Marie Yovanovitch
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman
Bruce Taylor
Laura Cooper
George P. Kent
Michael McKinley
Philip Reeker

There might be a couple others. They all have different names, but they're all saying: "I am Spartacus!"

October 7, 2019

Anyone watching the track championships in Doha?

They're proudly pointing out when "a mom" wins a medal-- Allison Felix (10 months after giving birth) getting a gold, Fraser-Price winning her millionth sprint ... Nia Ali, after TWO babies, bringing her kids onto the course after she wins the gold at hurdles...
I'm loving it, because I remember when I was in high school and we weren't allowed to play full court basketball because running the whole length of a basketball court would injure our uterus.

(Really. That's what they told us.)

Go, GOLD-medal moms! You are tough!