Thursday, December 31, 2020

Hindsight Is 2020














How I want to remember DJT. 


If nothing else, Trump lost the election -- again -- and this time he also lost the Electoral College.

But I won't rest easy until he's gone. 

Trump might be lazy, but, as others say, his feral survival instincts...

Here's to the new year...

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Hypocritic Oath


















Sorry, Hippocrates, it's nothing personal. 

But your name's close enough. 

This is about Josh Hawley's play for the wingnut base in 2024. 

Moderate Republicans=the null set.

Too bad the corporate media still can't figure it out. 

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Monday, December 28, 2020

Hypocritic Oath



















On cue, the deficit fretters are slithering out of the woodwork.

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Tis The Season






















Happy Holidays. 

Back on Monday.

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Of Course It's Ending Like This







































It how everything Trump's ever done ends. 

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Counting Down The Days...Hours...Minutes



























True, all this seems more bark than bite, but I still don't trust DJT, and won't be surprised if he at the very least probes for any cracks in the wall, so to speak. His feral survival instincts...

Monday, December 21, 2020

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Let's Not Get Carried Away Praising Moscow Mitch






























Accepting the obvious is better than not accepting it, but I don't think commendations are in order. 

He's still an asshole.  

Monday, December 14, 2020

After Further Review






























Trump is still a loser. It's official

What a bunch of babies. 

Friday, December 11, 2020

The New Lost Cause




























So, what the hell, give them a statue, specifically, this one

Have a good weekend. 

Thursday, December 10, 2020

The GOP Plan To Secure The Vote



















Simple, really.

Though I wonder if the moderates will compromise and count, say, three fifths of the non-white vote. 

Wednesday, December 09, 2020

A Feature, Not A Bug

 



























Trump and the  QAnon kooks aren't the fringe. They're the base. 

Tuesday, December 08, 2020

And The F Stands For Fascist
































This isn't some silly game about waiting out the Trumper-tantrum. It's a push against representative democracy. Same with the frivolous lawsuits.

Monday, December 07, 2020

America's Mayor

 

















No comment. 

Friday, December 04, 2020

There, Fixed It











Yeah, I know, but it's true. 

Have a good weekend.  

Thursday, December 03, 2020

Tuesday, December 01, 2020

Monday, November 30, 2020

They're All Bugfuck Nuts































As Pierce points out, it began in earnest during the reign of The Great Communicator. 

I'll add that the media helped more than just a little in allowing them to push bullshit rhetoric as dedicated ideology. 

Friday, November 27, 2020

Custom Fit

 























Tiny hands, tiny brain, tiny desk. 

Have a good weekend. 

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Trump Pardons Another Bird This Week














A would-be jail bird. 

Have a Happy Thanksgiving. 

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Monday, November 23, 2020

Endgame At Last























The Trump stages of grief. 

Finally. But he'll still be the whiny narcissist he's always been. And his minions are still armed and dangerous. 

Friday, November 20, 2020

Just Wait Until 2024



















Oh, they'd try it if they thought they could get away with it.

Have a good weekend.

Thursday, November 19, 2020

I See Ghouliani Sprung A Leak














Guess they should take him offline and check under the hood...

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Vitruvian GOP Man
























The more I think about it, the more "normal" DJT seems, at least insofar as the GOP has been batshit insane for generations. Trump is the logical outcome...

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

More Evidence Of The Rot



























The cult is alive and well in Michigan, despite the fact -- the fact -- that DJT lost the state. He lost. 

He also lost the vote nationally. 

Sigh.

Update: they changed their votes, but still...

Monday, November 16, 2020

Reminder: This Didn't Start With Trump























And you can probably go further back than Ronaldus Magnus for the sheer assholery, to Robert Taft (son of William H.), or even Herbert Hoover, but Reagan seems to be where they decided what the hell, no one cares about policy or even reality, so fuck that. And...sadly, they're probably right about their base. To the base, politics is just another reality TV show and fuck the libs when you can't own them.

Oh, and let's give a nice, sarcastic round of applause to the major media (golf claps or slow claps), which for decades enabled lies and bullshit under a both-sides/we-just-report regime. Oh, and special thanks to the NY Times, which has done this for even longer (Google their original reporting on the rise of a right wing movement in Weimar-era Germany). 

As for the Dems, sigh. I dunno, here's hoping Biden can work some magic, but consider: Nancy Pelosi (to her discredit) claims she quotes/cites Reagan in speeches...and do you think that's kept the wingnuts civil? Laff. 

I think Dave Neiwert is right: we're stuck with this for a long time. Hell, we've been stuck with it for a long time, but it was just a few of us on the left who bothered to notice...

Friday, November 13, 2020

Meanwhile
























It's not a matter of personal choice. Covid doesn't give a shit. 

Being symptomatic or not looks to be as much dumb luck as anything. 

Also...they're burning out and/or killing health care workers. Way to go. 

Have a good weekend.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Opera Buffaliani

















Playing at a Four Seasons near you, um, I mean near the I-95 off-ramp just outside Philadelphia. 

Between the crematorium and, ah, the bookstore.  

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

A View From The Residence














I think TTOTUS (Tantrum Thrower in Chief, maybe Trumper Tantrum Thrower) is still in denial...maybe anger...and I doubt he gets much further before January 20th.

Also, keep in mind pretty much the entire GOP is going along with this.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Loser

















I still can't get over the fact that the "popular," that is, actual vote, isn't particularly close, and what's left to count will likely increase Biden's lead substantially. 

Trump. Lost. That's it. 

But...as this thread points out, he might be a loser, but he'll be vicious, ugly, and underhanded. Duh. 

Oh, and the rest of the GOP is right there with him. They've been branded. 

Monday, November 09, 2020

Tantrum Thrower In Chief

















And also the face of the GOP. Behold.

Friday, November 06, 2020

Thursday, November 05, 2020

Hoarse Whimperer




















Christ, Trump's poor, pitiful me statement today made Nixon's won't-have-me-to-kick-around anymore speech look like the surrender of Vercingetorix. 

Describing it as sore loser would be an insult to sore losers...

More Opera Buffa tomorrow, presumably.

Wednesday, November 04, 2020

Cautious Optimism...

















































It looks more like a win than not, and a win is a win...but this election removes all doubt: Trump is no aberration. He and the GOP are an equal disgrace.

Tuesday, November 03, 2020

And No Reruns Or Syndication

















Though, sadly, I expect there will always be the wingnut welfare, plus the ghost written memoir...and even more chat time with the Fox Noise talking heads. 

But in the capacity of ex-president and private citizen, or let's goddamn hope so. 

Back tomorrow. 

Monday, November 02, 2020

Fascism In The USA




























There's a cult quality, though that's probably less specific to us than to fascism generally.

That they've gone all in with such a psychopathic, narcissistic dipshit is probably uniquely 'merikan. 

Vote if you haven't already.

Friday, October 30, 2020

A Message From An Angry Sea Turtle





























Have a good weekend.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Acting Presidential


















Emphasis on acting, though, given the circumstances, the best we can hope for. Watch TV, play golf. 

Anything else would certainly be catastrophic. 

Friday, October 23, 2020

Friday
























Or maybe just tired, period. 

Post debate analysis: I won, because I didn't watch. I read ratings were down. Good. Time for Trump to fade away, and the only shame is that the rot is so deep that Trumpism or whatever you want to call it, will remain with us for a while (hell, it predated Trump--he just was the distilled essence)...

Have a good weekend.

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Guessing What Tonight Will Bring




































Trump in a debate is toxic waste...