Y’all, Donald Trump got himself worked into a lather this morning with a series of tweets meant to scare the people he backed out of bombing just last week.

The statement that got Trump all pissy?  Iran called the White House “mentally retarded.”  Like that’s the first time somebody said that.

And then there’s an evidentiary standard.

• President Donald Trump in an announcement Monday said the US was imposing sanctions on Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini — who has been dead since 1989.

So, ya know, maybe this was a diagnosis and not an insult. Maybe. Yeah, definitely.

Obliteration?  That’s a big word for a little man.  And to think that he backed out last week because 150 people would have died.

How much nice and compassion would $1.5 trillion have bought in the United States?

Okay, so now it looks like Mike Flynn might be going to jail.

Flynn’s first two lawyers worked out a deal that in exchange for cooperation with the Feds, Flynn would pretty much walk free and clear.  The judge was dubious about doing that because, after all, Flynn sold out his country, so things got postponed.

Now Flynn has a new lawyer.  She’s Sydney Powell.

The lawyer, Sidney Powell, is a conservative commentator who frequently appears on Fox News and sells t-shirts that say “Creeps on a Mission” featuring images of Mueller, former FBI Director James Comey and other Justice Department officials.

Yeah, she’s a snake oil hawker just looking to make a dime in this crummy world.

Hint: never hire a lawyer who makes a living off self promotion on the teevee and the internet machine.

My goal in life is to find someone who texts me like Sean Hannity does Paul Manafort.

In all fairness to Sean, Manafort does tell him he loves him at least once…..

This weekend a federal judge released fifty pages of texts between Sean Hannity and Paul Manafort.  It’s easy reading because neither of them knows a lot of big words.

… one thing is abundantly clear—from July 2017 to June 2018, Hannity was frequently talking to Paul Manafort to offer his help in shaping coverage of the story. In Hannity’s own words, “If you ever talk, vent, grab dinner, strategize, whatever—I’m here.” In fact, he made several offers to Manafort to “strategize.”

Hannity seems more than willing to violate a judge’s gag order by suggesting that Manafort’s lawyer “send me stuff” and Hannity will put it out on the air.

I am also amused by all Hannity’s talk about religion and the disciples and prayer and in the next breath drops the F bomb on Mueller.

Hey, Hollywood!  Aren’t we ready for a Miscreant Buddy movie?

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

This is the entire, complete story in the Milwaukee newspaper.

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police say a 20-year-old man accidentally shot himself when he believed he was about to get robbed.

Authorities say the man was walking in a residential area on the north side of the city at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday when he saw two people walking toward him. Police say that’s when the man pulled out a gun and accidentally shot himself.

The man was taken to a hospital to be treated and police say the gunshot wound is not life threatening.

Trump Tweeted —

In the question of do or do not, he’s making my brain hurt.

Oh no.

The Trump administration’s Justice Dept. lawyers say migrant children detained in federal concentration camps do not need soap or toothbrushes despite a settlement agreement that requires the U.S. Government to keep them in “safe and sanitary” facilities.

I really don’t even know what to say.  What kind of cruel insanity is this? They can’t even wash their hands after going to the bathroom or eating?

Prisoners get soap, dammit.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.