Trump is on an ego roll today.

President Trump told the Wall Street Journal that coronavirus testing is “overrated” and claimed that some Americans may be wearing masks to signal disapproval of him — not as a preventative measure.

He added: “I personally think testing is overrated, even though I created the greatest testing machine in history.”

You didn’t create anything ‘cept a mess, Honey.

Then Axios reports that there was something special about Juneteeth and Trump. Trump claimed that nobody ever heard of Juneteeth before now.

“I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous.”

I think he expects a statue at the Civil Rights Museum.

And then he tweets —

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And, yes, that generally is the basis for all Supreme Court decisions – even before Trump was born.

And speaking of before he was born, he doesn’t want to rename military installations named after Confederate soldiers because the names were a way to help unite the North and the South after the war.

Yeah, well, Fort Hood was built and named in 1942, as was Fort Killeen, Fort Polk, Fort Pickett, and Fort Rucker.  I think there was something else pulling us all together about that time.  Fort Bragg (Oddly enough, considered the worst general in the Civil War) was built and named in 1918, as was Fort Benning. There was a great coming together at that time, too.

Everything is all about him.

I just love this.  Judge Byrd is a friend of a friend of mine.

Thanks to Pam for the heads up.

I think I’ve made it pretty clear how I feel about John Bolton.  I think we should tie him to a fire ant hill and pour honey on top.

However, I do not think his testimony during the impeachment hearing would have done one whiff of good. First, even I don’t believe him. I want to believe him, but I cannot justify doing so because I don’t trust him.  I think of this: maybe, just maybe, Bolton did not testify because he would have been under oath.  Books are books and oaths are oaths.

We had people with far better reputations and motivation than Bolton and they got dismissed as liars during the hearings, or sometimes just ignored.

I have come to think it’s folly to believe that Republicans in the Senate would have listened to fifty people testify under oath that Trump is a danger to society and is going to get us all killed (face it, he’s trying his damnest) and Senate Republicans would have changed their minds.

Honey, the spines of Senate Republicans are not worth the paper they are printed on.

Bubba just hollered at me as he was leaving for court – the Supreme Court just ruled for DACA.   Hope I heard him right.

Okay, this 5-4 decision simply stalls Trump’s efforts to end DACA – Roberts wrote the opinion.  The court said the Trump administration did not follow the law in HOW he tried to roll back DACA.  If Trump is re-elected, he can go after it again.

After some pondering, I suspect that John Roberts does not want his legacy to be the most political court in the nation’s history.  Please don’t forget that the is the man who gave us Citizen’s United and shook his head NO during the President Obama’s State of the Union when Obama suggested it was a harmful decision.  He has not switched sides, he’s just picking his fights.

… more to come!

Charles Landers, who was looking for a place to fish as he drove along a roadway in east Texas when he apparently made a wrong turn onto the man’s property.

He was met by Michael Alan Truelock who is 50 years old and mad as hell that somebody might be in his driveway.

The language is rough but bleeped, and thank God, Landers made it home safely that night.

It’s kinda hard to believe that all this took place in Honey Grove, Texas, ain’t it?

I looked up Michael Truelock’s voting record. He is registered to vote and – surprise – he votes in the Republican primary.  I wonder if there’s guns involved in voting in Honey Grove.

Thanks to Dennis for the heads up.  

You remember the movie, Network from 1976, yes?  If you don’t, go find it and watch it.  It’s about a major network anchor, Howard Beale (played by Peter Finch), who suddenly experiences enlightenment (or just goes stark raving mad) about the negligence of network television feeding bullshit to its audiences in a continuous stream.  Here’s one of the best rants from Howard:

https://youtu.be/3HQTNZRmJdg

Well, it’s happened again, for real this time, on MSNBC this morning.  Joe Scarborough went all Howard Beale on Mark Zuckerberg, pointing out his gross negligence in allowing bullshit to proliferate on Facebook that is now endangering lives and democracies all over the world.  This is mass media platinum, folks, not to be missed, though you do have to turn it down a bit when Joe loses control about halfway through the rant.  It would have been better if he collapsed on stage in a Bealeian finale.  Got to watch this: