Old Dictionary: Petty
adjective, pet·ti·er, pet·ti·est.
of little or no importance or consequence: petty grievances.
of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor: petty considerations.
having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds.
mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person.
showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge.
New Dictionary: Petty
His Orangeness’ tweet storm this morning:
Look at that second tweet. As Trump rants about “Presidential Harassment”, “Fake News”, “Witch Hunt Hoax”, he also makes a Freudian slip saying, “And now Russia disappeared because I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected.” Trump has just acknowledged that indeed it’s true that Russia assisted him into office. Trump is now in an interesting position…he has denied Russian involvement since it happened, but now he’s saying that it did, but he’s not going to do anything about it. That can only mean that he’s hoping the Russians do it again. I don’t believe that statement quite meets the standard of “protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States”, but that’s just me.
I’m getting close to changing my mind on impeachment of this son of a bitch, but not yet.
“If We Had Had Confidence that the President Had Not Committed a Crime, We Would Have Said So”
DOJ Policy Says It Is “Unconstitutional” to Charge the President With a Crime; “Charging the President With a Crime Was Therefore Not an Option We Could Consider”
“The report speaks for itself.”
So, the only thing that’s saved Trump’s ass so far is DOJ policy to not indict a sitting president.
Boom
Robert Mueller will speak on the teevee at 11:00 am Eastern time, 10:00 Texas time.
They are saying he’ll make a statement and will take no questions.
See ya there.
“If we had confidence that the president did not commit a crime, we would have said so.”
He punted to congress by saying that the constitution requires a process outside of the criminal justice system.
And, of course, Russia interfered in the election.
In Japan on Memorial Day, Trump criticized the Navy, IN FRONT OF THE NAVY, for replacing the old steam powered catapults that launch aircraft with new electric catapults. In excoriating the Navy for cost overruns in the new system, he announced:
“I think I’m going to put an order,” the president continued. “When we build a new aircraft carrier, we’re going to use steam. I’m going to just put out an order: We’re going to use steam. We don’t need — we don’t need that extra speed.”
Drawing on his deep experience in maritime architectures and aeronautical engineering, Trump continued that steam is much more reliable than “digital”, even saying, “What is digital?” “What is digital?” Wait…back in January when riffing on border security Trump proclaimed,
“The only [way] you’re going to have border security – there’s only [one] way. You can have all the technology in the world. I’m a professional at technology. But if you don’t have a steel barrier or a wall of some kind – strong, powerful – you’re going to have human trafficking; you’re going to have drugs pouring across the border; you’re going to have MS-13 and the gangs coming in.”
So, the president who is a professional at technology doesn’t understand what digital means? Trump once again causes whiplash by simply freelancing when he’s in front of an audience and the cameras are rolling. He doesn’t have a goddam clue what he’s even talking about, and I can just imagine how Navy personnel is receiving the message from the president of the United States when he is telling them their leadership is stupid.
But we all know who is stupid.
UPDATE – sorry the YouTube is no longer available. I’ll nose around tomorrow to see if I can find it somewhere else.
So teevee watchers in Dayton, Ohio, were throwing a fit on social media about the Fox channel showing weather stories instead of the Batchlorette.
The weather guy grabs them around the neck and slams their heads on the coffee table.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vww1IeQ02is
Way to go, weather guy. Way to freekin’ go.
I have never in my life seen a meteorologist hissy fit. I give this one 5 stars.
Thanks to Bryan for the heads up.