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Senator Ben Sasse and “Short-termism” of the GOP(Q)

Senator Ben Sasse recently chided his political party for its obscurantism, noting it has to choose between Conservatism and “shot-termism.” Sasse defected from the kool-aid drinking Trump dimension of the party last year,, seeing that they had hitched their wagon to Trump while ignoring the long-term consequences of that decision. Trump was, and is, the embodiment of this “short-termism”, having…

I’m In Love With Jen Psaki!!!

President Biden’s Press Secretary is a breath of fresh air, a glimpse of the dawn sky breaking over the darkness of night we have been living under. I will try to put this into words but my point is too subtle for words as it is a matter of nuance with which words always fail miserably. But one thing I have in mind is that she is beautiful, though her beauty is intrinsic to who she is not that of…

Oh My! That Powerful Mute Button Worked Last Night with Trump!!!

It took a simple little button to accomplish with Trump what the organization of the Republican Party has not been able to do with Trump–it shut him up, or at least reined him in a bit! Trump is the classic example of a frustrated two-year old who never learned to self-monitor and thus be able to respect the world which lies beyond his fragile little ego. A doctor I used to work with in an…

Trump is not taking hydrochlorine.  Oh, yes he said he is, but he is lying.  How do I know this?  Well, until I took my industrial-strength anti-Trump Pandemic hypodermic moments ago, I would have answered your question with, “Well, God has led me to know this and God’s leading never errs.”  But with the help of that daily injection, I can only say, “Well, I don’t actually ‘know’; just a hunch!”…

Donald, Come Back! We Need You!!!

Trump’s decision to “phase out” the Covid-19 task force press review, aka “Still, Another Trump Show,” has me worried.  I don’t really think he made this decision himself, his minions must have convinced him that he needed to, getting through his hard head that those events were making him appear even more an ass of himself.  Oh, sure they “spun” the issue, giving him the explanation that his…

I’m pleased that Trump appears to have been convinced to take Covid-19 seriously.  I’m not for sure how this happened but I have a suspicion that psychotropics are involved; his demeanor has sure changed.  But a character flaw continues, that being to spin reality in a self-serving manner.  Now he brazenly declares he always took this virus seriously, totally disregarding having called it a hoax…

GOP Ready to “Throw the Board”

Crunch time has arrived for the Republican Party.  They have demanded fervently for “first-person” testimony about their Chieftain’s corruption as President, while denying those who could offer that testimony the opportunity.  Now, in John Bolton, they have someone who has written a book spelling out Trump’s abuse of power with regard to Ukraine and they are “spinning” with each other to see how…

Hassan Rouhani, A World Leader with Courage to Tell the Truth!!!

Three days after an Ukranian jet liner was shot down last month in Iran, and strong denials that it was intentional, the Iranian government did an about face and admitted it had intentionally shot the plane down, though by mistake.  Today we learn this admission came only after the Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, threatened to resign if this was not admitted.

Wowie!  A President who tells the…

Is Putin Conquering the United States

Who reined Trump in over this Iranian crisis?  There is no one in the GOP, including his cabinet, that has the power to do this, so who might have been able to do it?  He was “breathing out threatenings and slaughterings” toward Iran and a massive conflagration was about to explode.  So, was there a Greek “deux ex machina” or something?  I don’t think so.  Let me give you a hint—-“Pee pee tape!” …

Trump is Leading Our Country Down the “Rabbit Hole”

The impetuous, evil two-year old we have in the White House has finally put our country in danger of war, a war that will risk bringing danger to the entire world.  It is not unrelated to his whimsical, arrogant, intrusive decision to “inspect” the dressing room of Miss Teen USA in 1997 when girls as young as fifteen were in various stages of undress.  He later admitted this on a TV interview,…

Trump is Leading Our Country Down the “Rabbit Hole”

The impetuous, evil two-year old we have in the White House has finally put our country in danger of war, a war that will risk bringing danger to the entire world.  It is not unrelated to his whimsical, arrogant, intrusive decision to “inspect” the dressing room of Miss Teen USA in 1997 when girls as young as fifteen were in various stages of undress.  He later admitted this on a TV interview,…

Trumpian Lunacy Strikes Another Blow

In my seven years of blogging, Eric Hoffer’s book, “True Believers” has gotten its share of attention.  Today I have in mind the Iranian “true believer,” Qusem Soleimani who was taken out by my country’s “true believer,” Donald Trump.  I have no praise for Soleimani but I have none for Trump either…and perhaps a bit more scorn.  Trump has had the benefit of an open-minded, sophisticated culture…

Trump Continues to Dare Us, “Who Will Stop Me?”

Trump tweeted the name of the whistleblower, adding his name to the list of Republicans who have brazenly defied the law protecting the anonymity of the whistleblower law.  When Trump first did this on Friday, the tweet was then deleted.  But then today he reposted it.

This is very serious but the real seriousness is readily overlooked as his disdain for law, common decency, human civility, and…

Morality Jeopardized by Trumpian Vortex

Sarah Huckabee Sanders still has a soul, or at least some vestige of it.  This is incredible after her sojourn into the very pits of Trumpism hell .  It was almost painful to watch her twisting and turning in the wind as she made a half-hearted effort to be Trump’ press secretary.  The Trumpian vortex has been, and always will be devastating to anyone who has a semblance of moral character.  This…

Trump Has the GOP Hierarchy in His Vice-Grip

I can’t help but feel sorry for Trump.  He didn’t really want this job, did not want or even expect win the election; he just wanted to see if he could pull it off.  And he did!  But his handlers knew, before and after, that he was totally incapable of handling the office and could have been hoping for, and directing him toward, a one-term presidency at best.  But these self-serving ghouls began…

Thunberg Out Guns Trump on Tweeter

Trump is really pissed that again he didn’t get honored as Time’s “Person of the Year.”  So, behaving like a 16-year old, he insults that lovely, courageous 16 year old Greta Thunberg who received the honor.  Trump tweeted, “So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!”  Has there ever been anyone more in…

Ego Integrity Lacking in Politics is Dangerous

At a family get together decades ago, one of my young nephews got into some mischief, did something “wrong,” and his mother challenged him sternly, “Billy, why did you do that?”  I’ll never forget the look on the face of that five year old boy.  His eyes glared with guilt and fear, he looked away, he stammered and then announced, “No!”  His guilt was obvious to all; some of us smiled, remembering…