Welcome To The Future

Have a good weekend and a good holiday. Probably won't post before Wednesday.

The Light At The End Of The Tunnel, Finally?

Maybe...the schtick is starting to wear...though in the meantime, if you want a better idea of how it happened in the first place...

Worst Hallmark Christmas Movie Ever

Happy Holidays...

Happy Saturnalia

OK, the last word in the quote might have been added...along with the bong.

But have a happy holiday, back on Wednesday. Cheers.

Spite Wall

He's gonna hold his breath until he turns blue...well, nah, probably not. But he'll put on a tantrum for the ages until he's given a pacifier.

Have a good weekend.

Mission Accomplished! The Remake

Like a lot of remakes, this one is...not really all that good. But then again, neither was the original.

To Spend More Time With His K Street

So long, and no thanks for the memories...

Making America Great Again

Community service -- or worse -- will have to wait for a few months.

I See A Future...

...without the Weekly Standard. To be fair, Kristol remains a Never Trumper, but that's about as low a bar as it gets.

In the meantime, a reminder of what we're losing. Short version: not much.

Spin

In another era, they called it the memory hole.

Have a good weekend. 

Seriously?

Wow, just...wow. Clown show doesn't begin to describe.

Maybe He Finally Took His Meds

Or maybe he spent the day in a snit. Whatever, Trump's taking more and more Executive Time, which is, what the hell, a good thing, as far as I know. Less time to go fucking stuff up.

Dancing With The Donald

To be sure, anyone with even the slightest bit of sense could see that Trump was, as usual, a bloviating ass. But who says his minions have even the slightest bit of sense?

Just have to keep outvoting them...

You Brexit, You Bought It

Careful what you wish for...

Individual 1

Someone's memory is about to get very hazy.

Have a good weekend.

Toxic Waste

Very few have been more detrimental to modern politics than Newt Gingrich.

The World's Youngest Curmudgeon

And then he cleared his throat loudly and complained that it's just so hard to get good help these days...

Someone should tell -- and then explain -- the Aristocrats joke to Douthat.

Rotten From The Top Down

If you needed more evidence that it's not just Trump...

Donnie Short Fingers

Combine the worst qualities of the Corleone sons...or just think Fredo on steroids.

Vlad's Roving Eye

Have a good weekend.

Walls Closing In Much?

Maybe not, but today's reaction is a tell: Trump's spinning like a meth addict watching a NASCAR race from the infield. He's guilty of something...

End Game?

Probably not quite yet, but the more you can make Trump sweat, the less he's able to FUBAR stuff...so let's hope they keep him sweating.

And...Action!

Gee, do I dare call it Fake News?

A Trump Christmas

Blood red for the holidays...

Have A Good Weekend

Obviously am taking a holiday vacation. The extra rest days are nice.

Thanks as always if you stop by to take a look at my small contribution. Most appreciated.

Back on Monday.

Something To Be Thankful For

The House Intelligence Committee, soon to be in Democratic hands, is looking to hire money laundering and forensic accounting experts...

Obviously Retouched Photo

Because Trump would never actually any work himself...

But it's yet another stain he's added.

Time To Pull This Out Again

What's it been? A week, two weeks? Hardly registers anymore in the headlines...

Trump Prepares His Answers For Mueller

Have a good weekend.

Meanwhile

The Mitch Doctor has the perfect patent cure for divided government...fucking hack.

Another Day...

OK, as lies go, it's pretty low on the list -- though less so when combined with the deranged idea that people are running to the cars to change clothes and otherwise disguise themselves so they can cast multiple votes. But the problem IS that it's brushed aside as "just another Trump moment." No. He lies compulsively, about things large and small. He's a liar.

And that's not good.

The Art Of Being Dealt

He's getting his ass handed to him by Kim Jong Un. Think about that. And no, his rabid base won't...think, that is. About anything.

Monday

Back tomorrow.

Don't Cry For Me, Kissimmee

Charles Pierce on Rick Scott's latest performance art.

Have a good weekend. 

Time For This Again

What's it been? A couple of weeks, maybe?

Goddamn.

World's Creepiest King Cake Baby Holds Press Conference

He claimed it was a victory, but he sure didn't act like it...

OK, Let's Count The Votes

I'm awake over here, but more than a bit under the weather, so forgive the recycled photo. Gonna watch or otherwise check returns before another early turn in over here.

Go Blue.

Just Cancel The Show Already

It's alternately bigoted, vile, appalling -- and stale -- so tomorrow cast a no vote.

Alas, I'm not optimistic about the replacement (my inner pessimist says Nikki Haley), but it has to start with a first step...

Do We Want More Of This?

Send a message next Tuesday...

Have a good weekend.

Trump Calls For Calm, Reasoned Debate...

Hah. Nah, just kidding...and of course I'm kidding. You think he'd do that? Not a goddamned chance. Instead...Willie Horton version 2.0...

...

Boo

I can't think of anything scarier...than the fact that Donald J. Trump is president of the United States.

Happy Halloween.

Goofus

No, Trump can't sign away the 14th Amendment. This is strictly red meat/a bloody flag to wave before his adoring minions.

But Trump CAN be a total asshole, and he's doing quite the job at that. A big old rejected stamp on election day would be a good first step...

Executive Time

Kind of glad to read/see this. It would be far more frightening if he actually did anything.

Making America Great Again

Can you feel the greatness yet?

Have a good weekend.

Gee, Who Would Have Guessed?

That a guy like this might make for a certain...inspiration...

Who They Are

Give these fuckers a chance to demonstrate even the most basic measure of humanity and...nope.

The Nationalist

The lies aren't the point. The lying is.

It’s not just that both Putin and Trump lie, it is that they lie in the same way and for the same purpose: blatantly, to assert power over truth itself.

Yep.

I've Got A Nickname For Him

Toady Ted.

Busy day, will do something more significant tomorrow...

It's Happening

Sure, it's not Germany or Italy of the 1920s and 30s, but in his particular stubby fingered vulgarian way, Trump is...despotism embodied.

If he's not handed his ass in the midterms...

Have a good weekend.

About As Popular As Ed Gein

Hoping it's the end of the Scott Walker era in Wisconsin...

The High Priests Of The Church Of The Savvy

Count me with Charles Pierce on this one. Elizabeth Warren was trying to put an ugly smear to rest, not make any claim to special status. End of story, total story. Move on.

But the where-are-the-Republican-heroes-press and their enablers in the Democratic Party (the latter always ready to form up in a circular firing squad) are gonna do their thing every time.

Meanwhile, the new normal is the fucking President is an accessory after the fact to, ahem, murder.

Goddamn.