Fidel Castro died last night at aged 90; by now, that’s not news.  What is news, though is the stark difference between the responses of President Obama and Cheeto Jesus.

First, the President:
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The NYT has a good opinion piece today about how we are entering uncharted waters with the ascendency of Cheeto Jesus to the (….urp) Presidency.  His conflicts are so extensive that the security and the US will be constantly and deeply threatened every minute of every day of every month of every year this dangerous demagogue infests the WH.

Balmedie, Scotland

Balmedie is a small seaside town just north of Aberdeen Scotland.  I played golf nearby years ago at the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, just north of the city of Aberdeen, and love this little part of the world.  In Balmedie, Cheeto Jesus built the Cheeto International Golf Links on the coast after the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, overruled local officials and allowed development to begin in 2008.  Cheeto promised $1.25 billion in investment including the golf course, a 450 room hotel, and 950 time share condos.  He ended up only spending $50 million (his people say $125 million), and the project actually lost over $1 million last year.  His grand hotel? He bought a nearby manor house and converted it to a 16 room in.  Officials now admit that Balmedie only got 10 cents on the dollar of economic benefit that was promised.

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In Texas, Burnet County Judge James Oakley was the first Republican elected to serve in that position since the Civil War and by gawd, he’s got some scores to settle about that.

First off, white Republican men need to keep their butts off social media because they keep forgetting that there’s no closed door on social media.

Also, they keep forgetting that there’s no eraser on social media.  When ya say crap, somebody is gonna take a screen shot.

Which is what happened to James.

The top elected official in Burnet County commented on Facebook that it is “time for a tree and a rope” in a post regarding the arrest of the man suspected of killing San Antonio police Det. Benjamin Marconi this weekend, according to a screenshot of the Facebook post.

County Judge James Oakley issued a public apology about the comment Wednesday.

Want to see his apology?

Oakley said his comment was “off the cuff” and “indeed curt and harsh.”

Gee, I think the word he’s hunting for is … racist.

“It is for that reason that I deleted it soon after posting and apologize for not being more thoughtful and comprehensive in my expression,” Oakley said in an email.

That is NOT an apology. It’s not even a very good excuse.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Donald Trump has the perfect, I mean yuge bigly, Christmas purchase to show how much you love little baby Jesus.

And it’s a budget friendly $149. plus shipping because these suckers ain’t gonna walk themselves to your house.

Yep, the money goes to the Trump campaign, which he can use pretty much any damn way he wants.

He claims they are made in America.  Don’t look for a union label.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.