How Long Shall The Wicked Reign Over My People?

Number of the Day: 2,864,974. (Popular votes.)If I'd voted for Mme. Secretary instead of Peace & Freedom the total would have been a nice round 2,864,975.

Failure to Disclose

Who's "failing" now?

Which of them there Ten Judeo-Xian Commandments covers lying again? Anxiously awaiting The Big Judeo-Xian-Mooslimb Fairy In The Sky smiting some of these lying sacks w/ a bolt of divine lightning. Holding my breath, even.

Fashion Notes From All Over

Advice to the wall-eyed:

Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images

Poorly-applied & cheap false eyelashes do not conceal your defects.*

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who has been named White House press secretary, and incoming White House
communications director Anthony Scaramucci pass each other by the podium during the press briefing in the
Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 21, 2017.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Plus which: Doesn't the not at all shallow & certainly not concerned only w/ surfaces Trump want "good-looking" people representing his sorrily demented ass? And what's w/ the string of pearls? Is it still 1941 in the Trumplight Zone?

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*If that's a glass eye, pardon the hell out of us. If it's just Huckabee genes, sucks to be you, Sarah!

Scaramucci!

Our previous note of & take on Trump's latest turkey, Tony-the-Wop. He was such a sack of obsequious crap then we couldn't help but give him our coveted Asshole Of The Day award. And now he's kissed enough Trump-ass to get an important position in an administration that is circling the toilet after a mere six months. Watch what inspired us at (3:27):

No Jury Would Convict Me (Not That I Fucking Care Any More)

My very existence is being threatened by murderous scum.

Mulvaney has conceded that his stance on entitlement programs diverges from Trump’s purported views. During his confirmation hearings, Mulvaney defended his support for raising the eligibility age for Social Security to 70 years old and said he continues to back means-testing for Medicare. While the president’s budget this year didn’t cut Medicare or Social Security’s core retirement benefits, it did include cuts to Social Security’s supplemental-income and disability programs.

Politics are over, Mulvaney, you sack of Nazi crap; it's bullets, bombs & poison gas from here on. I'll take so many murdering scum Republicans w/ me it won't even be funny.

He Can Hide, But He Can't Run

Big Chief Chickenshit won't leave his tepee.

Trump hasn’t appeared publicly on American soil in a month

Retreating behind the White House walls, Donald Trump no longer ventures out in public for stateside events.

Ben Strauss / Politico:

Is the President Fit?  —  Few props have been more indispensable to Donald Trump's presidency than the golf cart.  He drives them on his frequent weekend trips to the links (invariably at Trump-owned clubs, where he rolls onto the greens, too—normally a no-no).

Discussion:Jayne O'Donnell / USA Today:   Will Trump's exercise and eating habits catch up to him as stress mounts?

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The People Speak: Get Out Now!

YEE-HAW!! Here's some polling Trumpy's not likely to mention:

Currently, 41% of the public think that Trump should be impeached and compelled to leave the presidency, while 53% disagree. The Monmouth University Poll asked the same question used by the Gallup Poll during Nixon's presidency. In July 1973 as the Watergate scandal started to unfold, just 24% of the public supported impeachment and 62% were opposed. Support for Nixon's impeachment was significantly lower six months into his second term as president than it is for the incumbent today. Interestingly, Nixon's job rating at that point in his tenure - 39% approve and 49% disapprove - was about the same as Trump's current rating.

"Even though Trump's approval rating is similar to Nixon's, more Americans support impeachment today than did in 1973. That's partly due to the current epidemic of hyper-partisanship that was simply not prevalent forty years ago," said Murray. [Note: the 1973 Gallup dataset was obtained from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research archives. Murray's blog post on the history of Gallup's impeachment polling during Watergate can be found here.]

Just 34% of Democrats supported impeaching Nixon in the summer of 1973, compared to 70% of Democrats who support impeaching Trump today. There are much smaller differences in support for impeachment of the two presidents among independents (22% for Nixon and 32% for Trump) and Republicans (7% for Nixon and 12% for Trump). Another difference in the two polls that underlines today's partisan tribalism is that Nixon had a higher approval rating than Trump among Democrats (24% versus 7% for Trump) and a lower approval rating than Trump among his fellow Republicans (67% versus 79% for Trump). Approval among independents was the same for Nixon in 1973 (41%) as it is for Trump today (41%).

When will the people's disgust hit 51%? Hallowe'en? Xmas?

What? Oh, never mind. The Stupidest Man On The iNternet has debunked the whole thing:

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Monmouth Releases Another Trump-Bashing CRAP POLL — Same Far Left Group That Distorted Polls Before Election

Today In Germophobic Assholery

EXCLUSIVE: Trump the foul-mouthed germophobe fired Chris Christie because New Jersey governor arranged for Obama to call his phone NOT The Donald's on election night

• A new book reveals how Trump fell out with his then transition boss Chris Christie over whose cellphone to use on election night
• Christie had arranged for Obama to call his number if Trump won - but germophobe Trump didn't want to use the New Jersey governor's cell
• Jared Kushner removed Christie from his role running the Trump transition in the wake of the row  
• Devil's Bargain also reveals how Trump fell out with Paul Manafort, his now under investigation campaign chair, over a new story about Trump advisers
• Trump accused Manafort of treating him 'like a baby' when it was claimed campaign officials did TV interviews to get their boss's attention
• Book reveals Trump did not think of and was 'indifferent' to signature policy to build a wall until he unveiled it in Iowa in January 2015 and crowd 'went nuts'

All from The Daily Mail.

Christie said: 'Hey Donald. The President talked to me earlier' - the two had gotten to know each other after Superstorm Sandy. Christie said: 'If you win he's going to call my phone, and I'll pass it over to you'.

Trump 'flashed a look of annoyance, clearly resenting the intrusion' and was repulsed by the idea of having somebody else's phone next to his face.

Trump told Christie: 'Hey Chris, you know my fucking phone number. Just give it to the President. I don't want your fucking phone'.

One thing about germophobes: Their resistance is usually lower because they try so hard to avoid "germs", so there may be higher likelihood that Trump will catch a flesh-eating bacteria & die. Assuming any germs could eat through the layers of spray tan/make-up/whatever to consume his miserable aged flesh.

What Exactly Does Trump Do?

Not doin' nuthin' but Tweetin' bullshit & pimpin' his crummy "brand". Sad!

SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT, the president of the United States has tweeted five times about the U.S. Women’s Open at a golf club that bears his name.

-- TWEETS THIS MORNING: at 6:35 a.m.: “Hillary Clinton can illegally get the questions to the Debate & delete 33,000 emails but my son Don is being scorned by the Fake News Media?” … at 6:51 a.m.: “Thank you to all of the supporters, who far out-numbered the protesters, yesterday at the Women’s U.S. Open. Very cool!” … at 7:04 a.m.: “Thank you to former campaign adviser Michael Caputo for saying so powerfully that there was no Russian collusion in our winning campaign.” … at 7:15 a.m.: “With all of its phony unnamed sources & highly slanted & even fraudulent reporting, #Fake News is DISTORTING DEMOCRACY in our country!” … at 10:10 a.m.: “The ABC/Washington Post Poll, even though almost 40% is not bad at this time, was just about the most inaccurate poll around election time!”

ALSO: How is a 36 percent approval rating “not bad at this time?”

WHAT THE PRESIDENT DOESN’T WANT TO READ -- “Poll finds Trump’s standing weakened since springtime,” by WaPo’s Scott Clement and Dan Balz: “Approaching six months in office, Trump’s overall approval rating has dropped to 36 percent from 42 percent in April. His disapproval rating has risen five points to 58 percent. Overall, 48 percent say they ‘disapprove strongly’ of Trump’s performance in office, a level never reached by former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and reached only in the second term of George W. Bush in Post-ABC polling.” http://wapo.st/2tX7lXd

THINGS THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT TWEETED ABOUT IN THE LAST FEW DAYS: Wishing John McCain well after he announced he’d have surgery for a blood clot in his eye. Urging senators to raise the debt ceiling or pass the health care bill. Urging House Republicans to pass the air-traffic control overhaul bill, which is in big trouble.

Nuthin', y'hear? NUTHIN'!

Trump insists he is busy working. His schedule says otherwise.

Down & Down We Go, 'Round & 'Round We Go ...

Straight into the toilet!

Approaching six months in office, Trump’s overall approval rating has dropped to 36 percent from 42 percent in April. His disapproval rating has risen five points to 58 percent. Overall, 48 percent say they “disapprove strongly” of Trump’s performance in office, a level never reached by former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and reached only in the second term of George W. Bush in Post-ABC polling.

Sucks to be you, Trump.

[Jeff Bezos's WaPo]

Special Sissy Snowflake Needs Safe Space

Excerpted at Political Wire:

Trump urged British prime minister Theresa May to “fix it” for him to get a warm welcome in Britain, The Sun reports.

“Trump made his shameless plea in a private conversation with Theresa May to plan his state visit — now postponed until next year. Two million people signed a petition calling for Mr Trump’s proposed trip to be axed.”

A transcript of the chat, seen by senior diplomats, reveals his touchiness. Mr Trump says: “I haven’t had great coverage out there lately, Theresa.”

What a prancing little fairy & simultaneously gigantic asshole to boot.

"Please 'fix it' for me, mommy." They got free speech in Limeyland too, idiot. It's not like Russia.

Come to Los Angeles, Trumpy, you big pansy. Or any city. We'll give you the reception fascists deserve.Sic Semper Tyrannis!

When Do We Start Killing The Aristocrats (And The Nazis)?

History shows, again & again ...

Annals Of Derp: Just How Fucking Retarded Is Trump?

Another of Trump's telling verbal tics.

The presidential learning curve has been steep at times for Donald Trump, America’s first amateur leader. We’ve all been witness to the president learning things that many of us have known for quite a while.

This awkward process of discovery has, however, produced a phrase of underappreciated beauty: “A lot of people don’t know that.” These seven words are Trump’s way of saying, “I just learned something new, and I’m going to assume others are as ignorant as I am.”

Today, for example, Trump held a joint press conference alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, where the U.S. president declared, “France is America’s first and oldest ally. A lot of people don’t know that.” If you watch the brief clip, you’ll note that the first sentence was part of the prepared text, but the second sentence was ad libbed.

Trump probably wouldn’t admit this out loud, but I’m reasonably sure he said this because he considers this rather obvious historical detail – already familiar to much of the country – to be an interesting bit of trivia that only recently came to his attention.

It’s reminiscent of remarks Trump delivered in March when he said, in reference to Abraham Lincoln, “Most people don’t even know he was a Republican. Right? Does anyone know? A lot of people don’t know that.”

Referring to the president as “Captain Obvious,” the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank noted soon after just how frequently Trump reflects on what he assumes others don’t know.

That Bill Clinton signed NAFTA: “A lot of people don’t know that.”

What a value-added tax is: “A lot of people don’t know what that means.”

That we have a trade deficit with Mexico: “People don’t know that.”

That Iraq has large oil reserves: “People don’t know this about Iraq.”

That war is expensive: “People don’t realize it is a very, very expensive process.”

Whether he thinks “people” are incredibly uninformed, or whether he’s simply oblivious himself, will remain a subject of some debate.*

Occasionally, though, Trump will reflect on things “people don’t know,” because the purported fact is simply wrong.

The Republican has argued, for example, that “nobody knows” that the murder rate is at 45-year high. Of course, in reality, “nobody knows” that because it’s not true. As Milbank’s column added, Trump also believes that “a lot of people don’t know” that U.S. taxes are the highest in the world, which would be fascinating, if his point weren’t completely wrong.

In other words, the president is fascinated by details that are already widely known and details he made up.

Could Trump pass a G.E.D. test?

'BOUT AN HR. LATER:

Here the president (a) makes a false claim, (b) admits it may be false, then (c) goes on as if it were true. https://t.co/75WMSF1P5W pic.twitter.com/Q7ESWNp4Mq

— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) July 14, 2017

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*Nah, no debate. Resolved: That Trump has little to no interest in the knowledge or opinions of others, & therefore could not possibly be aware of what others may or may not know.

Bus X82

Maybe the clash of "civilizations" starts today, now ...

Aquatic Oinker

Much mockery of the hypocritical Hudson Harkonnen* may be found here. Also too & + which, Crooks And Liars. (And watch that space for a wk. of web-log rounding-up by yr. humble srv'nt. later this mo.)

Musical take (So cheesily sweet/sweetly cheesy/deliberately awful your teef will hurt.):

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*Hudson Harkonnen coined by one Big Bad Bald Bastard.

Today In Words

The phrase these assholes are looking for is "self-defense", not "assault" or "terrorism".

Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller: 
FBI Claims Attempted GOP Assassinations Are ‘Assault’ — NOT Terrorism

Discussion:

Terresa Monroe-Hamilton / John Hawkins' Right …:   FBI Treating Congressional Shooting as an Assault... Not Terrorism

WITCH HUNT!

Masked Marauders - "Season of the Witch"

Give Me The List, Some Guns & Ammo; I'll Finish The Fucking Job!

Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:

EXCLUSIVE: Assassination List Found On James Hodgkinson's Body  —  James T. Hodgkinson, the shooter who opened fire on dozens of Republican congressmen and staffers at a baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday, had a list of Republican names in his pocket that was recovered by the FBI, The Daily Caller has learned.

Discussion:

Sarah D. / twitchy.com:   Daily Caller: Alexandria shooter had House Republican ‘assassination list’ on him

Ari Natter / Bloomberg:   Scalise Gunman Dodged 2006 Charge That Would Bar Gun Purchases

Carter / The Gateway Pundit:   BREAKING: James T. Hodgkinson's Assassination List Found on Body

Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:   Shooter James Hodgkinson Had List of Other Pro-Life Congressmen to Assassinate in His Pocket

Carlos Garcia / TheBlaze:   What was found in the Virginia shooter's pocket is absolutely chilling

Cbs St. / CBS St. Louis:   Hospital Says Scalise Still Critical But Improved

 Mitch Smith / New York Times:

Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Killing of Philando Castile  —  ST. PAUL — A Minnesota police officer, whose fatal shooting of a black motorist transfixed the nation when his girlfriend livestreamed the aftermath, was acquitted of all charges on Friday.  —  The officer, Jeronimo Yanez …

Discussion:

Kelly Macias / Daily Kos:   Officer who killed Philando Castile acquitted by jury in Minnesota

Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money:   To the Fainting Couch  —  A police officer gets away with murdering …

John Cole / Balloon Juice:   They Have the Authority to Kill a Minority

RELATED:

 Mark Berman / Washington Post:

Minn. officer acquitted of manslaughter for shooting Philando Castile during traffic stop  —  The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop was acquitted on all charges by a jury Friday, a decision that came nearly a year after the encounter …

Discussion:

Lilli Petersen / Refinery29:   The Officer In The Philando Castile Case Was Just Found Not Guilty

Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:   Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Found Not Guilty

Tom Levenson / Balloon Juice:   Philando Castile's Killer Walks

Brian Abrams / Death and Taxes:   Cop who killed Philando Castile cleared of all charges

 CNN:
Officer who shot Philando Castile found not guilty

Discussion:

Brandon Ellington Patterson / Mother Jones:   Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez Found Not Guilty in Shooting Death of Philando Castile

Then I'll start on the fucking police. Off the pigs, already!

Thursday's Excuse: The Presidunt Don't Talk Good

Arizona doofus & elected federal representative of poor sun-damaged slobs in some part of Arizona opens yap:

"I'm at the point where we also have to be real careful from the standpoint that we have a President that's not from the political class," the Arizona Republican said. "The learning of the disciplined use of language and what certain words mean in our context -- if you're not from this world you may not have developed that discipline."

Or you might just be functionally illiterate.

Rep. Schweikert followed that w/ some odd usage of his own:

"This may be one of those occasions where we're going to have to go through several months of the news cycle and discomfort to finally figure out, saying, 'OK, this was just ill-used language. This is absolutely innocent, or here's something that's been wrong,'" he said.

As if the only issue under investigation was Trump's use of language.

Targets For Thurs.

Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Home Depot Co-Founder Bernie Marcus: I'm ‘So Worried About the Life’ of President Trump

Discussion:

Cassy Fiano / John Hawkins' Right Wing News:   Home Depot Founder: 'I'm So Worried For The Life Of President Trump, This Is What We Need To Do...' (VIDEO)

Clutch your pearls & collapse on the fainting couch, pathetic sissy. Politics is hardball, not beanbag.

And fuck the goddamn Home Depot six ways sidewise 'til July.