Neo Scaramucci
It turns out that Anthony Scaramucci still holds the world record for the shortest tenure of a Trump major chief of anything, but not by much. He lasted 10 days as Chief of Communications.
Mark Meadows, Trump’s current chief of staff, is already talking about leaving and it’s only been four months.
But, not what you’d call a good four months.
“Look at what has happened on Meadows’ watch: the walk to Lafayette Square, the complete mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis, the defense of the Confederate flag and the botched handling of the intelligence on the Russian bounties on U.S. soldiers.
Yep, that’s pretty much a shopping list of failure.
For everybody watching, the problem appears to be the same problem every other chief of staff has had – Jared Kushner. Jared does not appear to be good at anything except screwing things up, which is also Donald Trump’s speciality.
Sometimes I find myself thinking, rather wistfully, about Lao Tzu’s famous dictum: ‘Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish.’ All around me I see something very different, let us say – a number of angry dwarfs trying to grill a whale.
~ William Carlos Williams
1This guy was originally so tight with the Detritus of Hell, then everything fell apart I think after he criticized Huckabee’s bad make up job as Press Sec. Have noticed that every since he has been out on his own he has turned out to be totally and openly critical of the Donald such as pointing out the guy’s weak spots, etc. This guy knows how to bounce upright like a cat!
2So many people have left the White House – do any of them take pension benefits with them?
3Outer Space Update: Germane to the Lone Star populace and anyone else hankering for a gob smack.
– The comet at night was big and bright
– Deep in the heart of Texas
Comet NEOWISE ~
Spectacular *** majestic *** awesome ***
Me: Florida – 10 pm Sun. I had the binoculars trained about several miles north to a red aircraft light on a bldg. Just next to it…there it was! Startled to see a diagonal reddish streak of about 45 degrees Arriving in a clear sky with a fuzzy glowing coma and 6,800 years late to the dance.
Appearing in the northwest after sunset – Rising higher each night – weather permitting!!
7/12 through 7/23
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Can’t Watch tonight? – Comet 67p exploration and video
Comet 67 p landing by Philae lander 2004 launch
Rosetta and Philae lander time lapse of 67p churyumov-gerasimenko
Not a snow storm: A rare view of the surface of a comet Amino acids found.
4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1GJp6JCJU8
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67p – What went wrong? A lot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaXDke4R0LI
Slightly off-topic, but has anyone else seen the rudimentary attempt by Ms. Lindsay to grow a spine (or to start small, a tailbone)?
https://theweek.com/speedreads/925139/muellers-oped-trumps-roger-stone-clemency-led-lindsey-graham-finally-seek-muellers-testimony
Maybe I’m reading too much into it. Maybe this is a set-up between Graham and Mueller to sooth the aroused electorate. Or maybe Graham realizes that he is dead meat anyway, and may as well make some mewling effort so he can say “I tried to stop Trump”.
5You are reading waaay too much into it. Graham’s goal is reported to be to expose the illegitimacy of the Russia investigation.
6Grandma Ada — asking about pensions.
The Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) “is a retirement plan that provides benefits from three different sources: a Basic Benefit Plan, Social Security and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). Two of the three parts of FERS (Social Security and the TSP) can go with you to your next job if you leave the Federal Government before retirement. The Basic Benefit and Social Security parts of FERS require you to pay your share each pay period. Your agency withholds the cost of the Basic Benefit and Social Security from your pay as payroll deductions. Your agency pays its part too. Then, after you retire, you receive annuity payments each month for the rest of your life.”
7The only thing I appreciate about Meadows is that he resigned from Congress and the folks in that part of NC now stand a chance of electing someone who actually represents them.
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