Monday, December 30, 2019

Putin and Puppet



Vlad pulling the strings...

Have a nice holiday. See you in the New Year.

Friday, December 27, 2019

An Oily Stain



Trump's anti-corruption defense should never have passed even the simplest of laugh tests...though thanks to a media filled with Chuck Todds, here we are.

Have a good weekend.

Thursday, December 26, 2019

Chuckles



In fairness to Chuck, he didn't invent High Broderism, and the vastly overrated Tim Russert had already made a mockery of MTP, but he sure followed in their clown sized footprints.

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Monday, December 23, 2019

America's Mayor



Just me, but my gut feeling is to avoid people like this at all costs.

Friday, December 20, 2019

Losing A Little Luster?



Ah, probably not for the die hard MAGAts, but this, after impeachment, isn't winning the day either.

Have a good weekend.

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Moscow Mitch Has A Sad



He discovered a new-found love of precedent. Imagine.

Oh, and he hates Moscow Mitch.

Doesn't want anyone to call him Moscow Mitch.

Moscow Mitch. The human turtle, and I'm not entirely certain about the human part.

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Trump L'Oeil



I swear, it's the fucking librul media that's DJT's biggest enabler, normalizing his toddler's tantrum of a letter yesterday...and this morning, on the way to work, NPR managed to display the sort of serious- persons credulity that got us here in the first place.

Forget the exact verbiage, and fuck all that it really matters, but the gist was that Democrats who won midterm races in Trump districts needed to be careful, because, you know, Trump...

Or, I dunno, maybe Democrats won midterm races in Trump districts because of Trump. Ever think that?

Nope. Not worthy of discussion on National Public Radio.

But maybe as a follow up/in depth coverage, they can exhume the corpse of Howard Baker or Fred Thompson, declare either/both to have not decayed whatsoever, and canonize them as Republican Heroes...

Goddamn.

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Monday, December 16, 2019

Facts Are Meaningless To Cults



Moscow Mitch is planning a Potemkin trial, and Rudy Giuliani's gone from thrown under the bus to political yo-yo, daily if not hourly either the president's personal lawyer or someone Trump only kind of, sort of, knows, and who has many clients.

For fuck's sake, idiot media: maybe Rudy's Ukraine fact finding mission is as empty as Trump's birther quest? It's not like DJT doesn't have a history of fraud. Do your goddamned job...


Friday, December 13, 2019

If They're Planning A Sham/Show Trial




Might as well put Moscow Mitch nominally in charge, though we all know he's only a public face who will do whatever his Kremlin masters order.

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Note To Democrats...



If you end up losing, here's who you've lost to. Think about that.

And...I was never much of a Pelosi fan, but I did have a certain respect for her achievement of high office. However, I think she's blown this one, and worse still, bigly. As I heard/read elsewhere, campaigning on "kitchen table" issues during a period of relative economic prosperity while playing down the real fact that DJT is a narcissistic psychopath is...how we got to where we are today.

Fuck.

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

If Trump Was A James Bond Villain



Except that, he wouldn't be...because even Bond villains are classier -- hence Goldfinger, and not Shitheel.

No link today -- I'm sure I could find something if I felt like looking, but what's the point? Trump, deep down, isn't even a world class conniver. He's a fucking wrestling heel.

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Friday, December 06, 2019

Thursday, December 05, 2019

Wednesday, December 04, 2019

A Bunch Of Fucking Goons



Just an offhand thought, but I can't get over how pretty much every one on Trump's side -- only had time to do up four here, but -- every one of the MAGAts is super easy to do up as a mafia mug shot.

They're fucking goons.

Monday, December 02, 2019

Just Another Monday In The Cult Of DJT



And no, they won't quit him even when it's revealed that all along he's been Putin's puppet.

The only question is whether they're enough to cobble together another bare electoral victory (note: I thought this was the case -- DJT's alleged landslide was only one more electoral vote than JFK's in 1960, which I was taught was one of the closest elections in history). Probably not...without a fair bit of voter suppression...

Hope everyone had a nice holiday.


Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Seeking Shelter...



America's Mayor's choices are the wrong side of a bus or the wrong side of a jail cell, it seems...

More limited posting between ongoing work stuff and the holiday. Maybe something between now and Monday, but if not, see you then. Thanks for visiting.

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Hope You're Enjoying The New Normal



Still busy here, so I'm taking a Photoshop day off, but hey, I'm so old I remember when bomb cyclones weren't an annual event.

...

Monday, November 25, 2019

Because Who Will Speak For The Plutocrats?



Well, he can reduce his wealth tax burden by self-financing...

Sigh.

Still in a getting-slammed-at-work situation, so if I'm a little late to post or can't do so at all, that's why...

Friday, November 22, 2019

Thursday, November 21, 2019

On A Personal Note



So, back to more usual stuff tomorrow, but I'd like to state for the record UPS has gone above and beyond in raising shitty customer service to a high art.

Until then...

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Everything You'd Expect



Yesterday it was his minions, today, the main course. I'll skip linking to anything again today, but it's clear from the public testimony that If Nixon was the dark side of the American Spirit, Trump is the tawdry, cheap, clown veneer, dictator chic as reality television, PT Barnum minus the charm or intrigue. He is exactly what he appears to be: a liar who'd stomp your fingers for a few pennies in the street...the worst bead hog at Mardi Gras.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Meet Your GOP Intelligence Committee Delegation



OK, another busy day here, and I'm sure you've seen links to testimony elsewhere, but goddamn, even a limited reading makes it clear that the GOP nits don't even rise to the level of a halfway decent James Bond villain. They're clowns -- the Mr. Wints and Mr. Kidds of Congress...

Monday, November 18, 2019

Monday



Busy day, long story...and I can't take credit for today's picture, but it works for me.

Back tomorrow.

Friday, November 15, 2019

We Can Add "Convicted Criminal" To His CV



Oh, he's probably going to get an even shorter sentence than Michael Cohen, and it might even be in the same Club Fed, but it still means his history and obituary will include a guilty verdict.

Have a good weekend.

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

A Tale Of Two Hearings



They STILL can't get enough of him.

But they still aren't a majority. Not that I like to cite David Frum, but credit where it's due and when he's right.

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Still A Puppet



And we know who's pulling the strings (hint: rhymes with Plaid Vutin).

Monday, November 11, 2019

Three Day Weekend

Back tomorrow. Hope you had/are having a nice holiday.

Friday, November 08, 2019

Little Man Shakes Tiny Fist...Again



Sorry for recycling a picture so quickly, but it's Friday, it's been a long week...and besides, Trump was even more psychotic than usual today. His tiny fist got quite the shake.

Have a good weekend.

Thursday, November 07, 2019

Sort Of Like Koppel's First TV Show...



Only instead of America Held Hostage, it's Ukraine...and Trump's the hostage taker.

Makes you feel good to be an American, no?

Christ.

Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Toxic Republicanism Is Nothing New



You can go back further than Mitt or, Newt, and Trump is the just the tip of the toxic iceberg.

Reagan's alleged geniality didn't really mask his condescending attitude towards towards people of color, or the libs, Nixon's on tape ranting about, East Coast and/or Jewish elites (oh, and Saint Ronnie dropped one on Africa in a recently released recording). Goldwater might have personally been more or less honorable, but in his time the Birchers and Joe McCarthy -- and Roy Cohn -- were only the latest Red Baiters stretching back to before the New Deal, which itself is an object of hatred.

So let's not make Trump unique...and let's not pretend it ends with him.

But at the same time, it's some comfort, modest as it might be, to see the public might finally be getting tired of someone who puts the Id into Idiot.

And a media that's so afraid of calling it out that they've become witting or unwitting accomplices in a sorry exercise that's gone on for generations...

Monday, November 04, 2019

"Strange Parallel Universe"



Like, just maybe, a universe where Trump was exposed for the fraud he is?

If only...

Friday, November 01, 2019

Florida Man



True, not my best work, but it's been another long week, I'm tired, and Blogger's had problems loading images anyway.

Have a good weekend.

Photoshopping inspired by this and this.

Florida suits him, I think.

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Yet Another "It's A Cult" Post



The latest on, well, pretty much everything DJT is...his cult still believes. Nothing will sway them.

But, if the World Series crowd is any indication, the cult isn't exactly the people...no matter how many diners the Cletus Safari NY Times correspondents visit...

Monday, October 28, 2019

Does He Look Like A Guy With A Plan?



But, as others pointed out today, it speaks volumes that DJT can go to Chicago and spit on the city, can babble like a 9 year old about Baghdadi...but the punditry is concerned about whether the baseball fans were sufficiently civil...

Friday, October 25, 2019

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Lèse-Majesté



Even as it becomes ever more apparent that DJT isn't just a shakedown creep -- he's a crude, cut rate one -- his lawyers insist he mustn't be touched. It would be an affront on his dignity (well, given that he doesn't have any, kind of a moot point, no?).

Gee, I think Bill Clinton might have found that a useful defense...

Monday, October 21, 2019

Meet Pierre Delecto



No Photoshopping today, but couldn't pass this story up.

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