Archive for October, 2017

Finding Jesus

October 17, 2017 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

This is some kind of weird stuff.

 

The Security Guard at the Mandalay Resort in Las Vegas, who was shot by Stephen Paddock – but we were never quite clear when – can’t be found.

Since the days that Paddock opened fire at people attending a country music festival across from Mandalay Bay, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has shifted its timeline more than once.

Initially, investigators said that Campos was shot after Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest festival concert.

Then, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Campos was shot at 9:59 p.m., six minutes before the concert began. Finally, at a brief news conference last Friday, he said Campos was shot by the gunman at 10:05 p.m.

I hope he won a jackpot and headed for Cabo San Lucas.

Thanks to Bryan for the heads up.

Seriously?

October 17, 2017 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Okay, so Trump heads out to the Rose Garden yesterday to report that everything is A-Ok and people just don’t appreciate his presidency and what a great job he’s doing and Obama didn’t call the families of soldiers giving the ultimate sacrifice but he’s fixing to do that just any day now because he was very busy last week and didn’t have time to do it and ohmygoodness aren’t these roses the best roses in the world since I became president and Obama hated these roses and the feeling was mutual and I’m great and I am just great.

No, seriously, that’s what followed this cabinet meeting —

Trump told Cabinet members and reporters that there’s plenty wrong in America, and it’s variously the fault of Democrats, insurance companies, NFL players, Republicans in Congress, Hillary Clinton, former presidents and drug-dealing Mexicans. Trump said he understood why former White House strategist Steve Bannon wanted to torch Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans for not getting health care or other legislation through.

If he didn’t mention you by name, I’m sorry but you’ll just have to wait your turn.

And now for a brief message from reality.  Reality, available in newspapers everywhere.

From CNN.

Said [Bob] Corker: “My thoughts were well thought out. Look, I didn’t just blurt them out.”

He added: “I’ve had private dinners, I’ve had private phone calls, I’ve tried to intervene on topics that I thought things were going in a different direction and are not going to be good for our country. This is not a new thing, it’s been building for some time. And it’s a pattern that I think we’ve fought and expressed for some period of time.”

And John McCain.

“To fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters of a century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain ‘the last best hope of earth’ for the sake of some half-baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other tired dogma of the past that Americans consigned to the ash heap of history.”

It is worse than we thought.

 

More Swamp Creatures

October 16, 2017 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

We do not have the fox guarding the henhouse.  We have damn Col. Sanders guarding the henhouse.

A former coal executive, who had been cited for dangerous practices “numerous times”, is Trump’s pick for heading up mine safety.

The White House announced Saturday that Trump would be nominating David Zatezalo to run the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Zatezalo was previously the CEO of Rhino Resources, a Kentucky-based coal company.

Zatezalo got at least one man killed during is tenure at Rhino where safety violations were more the norm than an oddity.

Hell, even Joe Manchin opposes him.

Thanks to Henry for the heads up.

Swamp Creatures

October 16, 2017 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Like most everybody else, I have been keeping an eye on Trump’s “voter fraud commission” that he set up to prove three million undocumented workers illegally voted for Hillary.

Trump put some unqualified nut cases in charge of it, who, in turn, can really pick ’em.

A Maryland man arrested this week after authorities said they found child pornography on his cellphone worked for President Trump’s voter fraud commission, according to a senior administration official.

Ronald Williams II, 37, of Suitland, was a researcher for the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, said the official, who requested anonymity to discuss a personnel matter.

Now that right there is what Trump refers to as “Election Integrity.”

Oh yeah, and I am really certain that every state who sent all their voter data to the commission must be mighty proud.

Thanks to Maggie for the heads up.

Just What You Always Needed!

October 16, 2017 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Just in time for holiday gift-giving you can now own a Trumpy Bear.  It’s only gonna cost you $50 but, hell, the bear is wearing a flag and is unable to assume the kneeling position.

 

But, hey, what’s fifty bucks when this thing “commemorates the United States of America,” and for no extra charge it will “show your patriotism.”  I mean, just look at the beauty of this.  Just looking at it will make you want to bomb North Korea and cut food stamps to hungry children.

It has a flag, y’all, and only Donald Trump owns the flag.  This sucker comes with a certificate of authenticity that “confirms you own the original Trumpy Bear.”  It also some with a secret pouch where you can hoard everybody else’s health insurance.

Helluva deal.

Thanks to Vickie for the heads up.

And God Forbid That Mississippi Racists Should Feel Uncomfortable

October 15, 2017 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

The Biloxi, Mississippi, school districts got complaints about “the wording in “To Kill A Mockingbird” — an American classic being taught in 8th grade English Language Arts.  So, they banned it.

Kenny Holloway, vice president of the Biloxi School Board said, “There were complaints about it. There is some language in the book that makes people uncomfortable, and we can teach the same lesson with other books.

Call me silly, but I think it was more than just the “language” that made people in Biloxi, Mississippi, feel uncomfortable.  The damn purpose of the book is to make you feel uncomfortable.  Art is supposed to make you uncomfortable.

However, this banning thing may be a good idea.  Can we ban white supremacy in Mississippi because, holy cow, that make me uncomfortable?