January 21, 2017

The secret to surviving the Trump years with one's sanity intact...

Keep your friends close.

Keep the mute button closer...

January 19, 2017

New Poll: Trump's Approval is Deep Under Water

New Poll: Trump's Approval is Deep Under Water

A new Monmouth University poll, conducted Jan. 12-15 and released yesterday, puts Donald Trump's approval rating at 34%, with 46% disapproving of him, similar to what it was before the election. In contrast, Barack Obama's rating is 56% approve and 38% disapprove. One of the questions Monmouth asked was about whom Trump will help. On the question of his helping the middle class, 26% said he would help it a lot, 40% said he will help a little, and 29% said he won't help at all. In contrast, 55% said Trump will help the wealthy a lot and 54% said he will help Wall Street bankers a lot. However, not all the bad news is directed at Trump. Only 23% approve of how Congress is doing its job.

Other recent polls are only slightly more positive about Trump. A CNN/ORC poll put his approval rating at 40%. If we average the Monmouth and CNN polls, we come to 37%, the lowest of any incoming president since pollsters began asking about approval ratings. Also noteworthy about the CNN poll is that 53% of the respondents said that Trump's statements and actions since the election make them less confident of his ability to handle the job. On the other hand, 48% say he will be a good president and 48% say he will be a bad president, almost mirroring the election results. (V)

January 19, 2017

Obama's parting words: 'We're going to be OK'

Obama's parting words: 'We're going to be OK'

Well, as much as I respect Obama, I don't think we'll be OK. I think we'll be fucked.

January 18, 2017

Betting Website Gives Trump 4-1 Odds of Being Impeached Within Six Months

Betting Website Gives Trump 4-1 Odds of Being Impeached Within Six Months

I wouldn't bet the farm, not with the GOP in control of the House...

Donald Trump isn’t officially president yet, but some online gamblers are already thinking about his prospective impeachment.

Per the Houston Press, Irish betting website Paddy Power is now putting 4-1 odds on Trump getting impeached within the first six months of his presidency. Additionally, the website thinks it’s even more likely that Trump will not finish his first term, as it gives him just 7-4 odds of completing four years in the White House.

Other popular Trump-related bets on Paddy Power right now include video of his “golden shower” incident leaking onto RedTube (5-1 odds); splitting with wife Melania Trump (15-1 odds); and painting the entire White House gold (500-1 odds).

For what it’s worth, Paddy Power lost a gigantic chunk of money last year after it prematurely paid out money to bettors who picked Hillary Clinton to win the presidency. In total, Trump’s upset victory cost the website $4.5 million, which it said was its “biggest political payout ever.”

January 18, 2017

Trump inauguration boycott escalates

Source: BBC

A rising number of Democratic lawmakers have said they plan to boycott President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration at the US Capitol on 20 January.

More than 50 House Democrats are refusing to watch as Mr Trump is sworn in as the 45th US president amidst a feud between the newly elected president and the civil rights activist and congressman, John Lewis.

Mr Lewis, a revered member of the 1960s struggle, sparked controversy on Friday when he called Mr Trump's victory illegitimate because of Russia's alleged interference in the election.

The president-elect hit back on Twitter, attacking the Georgia lawmaker as "all talk, talk, talk - no action or results", which prompted a wave of outrage from people saying if anyone embodied action, it was the 76-year-old.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38656271

January 17, 2017

Trump disappointed by meeting with Martin Luther King, III... ;-)

Afterwards, Trump tweeted:

"Met with King. He was OK, but really wanted to meet Queen. She never showed. So disappointing. Was she afraid of being outclassed? Sad!"

- @realDonaldTrump

January 14, 2017

Trump wishing Hillary a Happy Birthday...

10/26 October 26th. Such a bad date. Terrible date. She's a Scorpio. The Zodiac people - and by the way, the Zodiac is so so bad, there was a serial killer named The Zodiac Killer, it's true, it's true - they chose Scorpio because it was short for Scorpion. I mean, come on, how much time does cutting one letter save you? It's one letter. And N, I mean, it's not a terrible letter. It's not as great as D or J or T - but not terrible. H - boy, that's such a horrible letter. The worst letter. R and C are pretty terrible too. Scorpion, you know what that is? You all know, I see everyone nodding. It's a predatory arachnid. I mean, unless you're lending, predators are bad bad things. Trust me you don't want a predatory arachnid around. She loves arachnids. Eight legs, 73 legs, 200 legs - she loves them all. So sad. The Zodiac people - again, so incompetent - they say Scorpioans are known for their composure. Are you kidding? She has the worst composure. The worst of all time. Worse than OJ Simpson. I used to like OJ, but then he did that horrible thing to Nicole. OJ never found the real killer. You know who has no alibi that day? This is interesting, they don't want you to know this. Rafael Cruz has no alibi the day Nicole was killed. OJ had an alibi. That Kato guy. Weird guy. Nutjob. Space cadet. But very reputable. People tell me all the time that my composure is the best thing about me. But Scorpianians are all loozers. I hate to say it, I won't say it. But they are loozers. Incompetent. You know who was a Scorpianian? Pat Sejak. That guy couldn't even spell. Literally couldn't spell. He needed that blonde woman to tell him how to spell. So so incompetent. What's worse? 1947. Terrible year. The worst. You know what happened in 1947? She let India and Pakistan break away from Britain. Everything was great until 1947. She's born and boom, India and Pakistan are set free to threaten each other. I love Indians, there's a great Indian restaurant in Mar-a-Lago. It's open year round because the Indians are OK with that kind of heat. Nobody else is. You know what else she screwed up in 1947? She let Britain nationalise the coal mines. Can you believe that? Nationalise! With an S! They can't even spell it with a Z. They don't want you to know, they are lying so they pronounce it the same. But they are lying and spelling it with an S. The British are like Pat Sejak, they need a blonde spelling out all their stupid stupid decisions. But that's when she started to hate miners, back when she was an embryo and she nationaliZed the mines in England. And here is something I couldn't believe. Listen to this, this is unbelievable. There were only 144 million people in America in 1947. Now? 320 million people. Do the math people - do we need the Vanna White of math? No, we can do it. That's 176 million more people. One hundred and seventy six million more people! Since she was born she has let 176 million people pour into our country. Our country would be half the size if it wasn't for her. I'm sure some were OK, maybe one out of every ten. But still. And 69 is a stupid stupid age. I went straight from 68 to 70. Our leaders want you to think you need to add 1 every birthday. But that's because the whole birthday system is rigged. I might not even accept my 71st birthday it's so rigged. We'll see, we'll see. Maybe I will. Gemini is a great sign. The best. That's not me saying it, that's what people tell me. Scorpianians tell me too. Gemini is the best of them all. The Zodiac people say Geminis are outgoing and talkative. Again, they are so wrong. So wrong. Look at me, am I outgoing and talkative? Maybe a little. People come up to me and say I'm talkative. But I don't respond to them to prove I'm not talkative. I say nothing. I just stand there. She says she'll be the youngest woman president. Such a cute line. She hires Madison Avenue to come up with these lines. And they test all these words, and they are in cahoots, the Madison Avenue people, in cahoots with the Zodiac people. Not the murderer Zodiac - who by the way she has yet to catch even though she's had decades to find him - the Zodiac company. They do all this testing and decide that calling me talkative is how to beat me. Such nasty people. They know I'm not talkative, but they say it anyway. So dishonest. Look at me, I haven't even said anything this whole time! I've been standing here in total silence!...

That was actually an email the mock debate stand-in for Trump, Philippe Raines, sent to Hillary Clinton on her birthday. Let's just say if anyone understands how Trump "thinks", it's Raines.

Read the accompanying article, it's priceless...

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/philippe-reines-donald-trump-214630

January 14, 2017

A Modest Proposal

Remember when a Republican congressman interrupted one of Obama's State of the Union speeches by shouting, "You Lie!"?

Well, I propose that during Trump's first State of the Union speech (If he gets that far), the entire Democratic delegation should stand up and do the same to Trump, shouting in unison, "YOU LIE!".

It doesn't matter at what point in Trump's speech they do this. They could synchronize it by the clock, since he's sure to have told a lie every minute or two.

What dja all think?

January 14, 2017

14 Fake News Stories Created or Publicized by Donald Trump

Plenty more to come over the next four years. Except in future they will be official government proclamations.

14 Fake News Stories Created or Publicized by Donald Trump

1. Obama is a Kenyan Muslim who never attended Columbia University....
2. Hillary Clinton was too ill to serve as president....
3. Ted Cruz's father was involved in a plot to kill President Kennedy....
4. The Central Park 5 are guilty and deserve the death penalty (1989)....
5. The Central Park 5 are still guilty, against all evidence (2013 to present)....
6. 'Thousands and thousands of [Muslims] were cheering' on 9/11....
7. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered....
8. Black people kill all the white people....
9. The members of this random black family are Trump supporters....
10. Millions of people in the U.S. voted illegally on November 8....
11. Climate change is a trick pulled on us by the Chinese....
12. Vaccines cause autism....
13. Marco Rubio is ineligible to be president....
14. Paid rabble-rousers protested the election results....

January 13, 2017

Watergate, Whitewatergate, Monicagate, Bridgegate, Emailgate, Nannygate, Travelgate, Weinergate...

And now, courtesy of our soon to be 45th President...


Goldengate...