Monday, December 19, 2016

Why of course Trump tweeted something stupid over the weekend

China's State Media Has Been Mocking Donald Trump's 'Unpresidented' Tweet
China's state media has again questioned the leadership qualities of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, gleefully highlighting the misspelling of the word unprecedented in a tweet he sent responding to the seizure of an American underwater drone by the...


Expectin' Republican electors to "do the right thing" today? If they "did the right thing", they wouldn't be Republicans, now would they? - Tea Pain





The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam


It's delicious irony that the same group that claimed Obama was a Muslim voted for the first Russian president.- Tea Pain








Trump Bringing Own Security Team, Just Like Cheney Did,
In a remarkable break from precedent, Donald Trump plans to bring members of his longtime private security team with him to the White House...










Ayatollah Khamenei Addresses Tehran Prison Mess Hall During Annual Press Correspondents’ Dinner. - The Onion




Republican Shenanigans

Trump reminds you not to trust Obama, FBI and CIA, journalists, Muslims & women who've accused him of doing what he says he does to women. - John Fugelsang






A Mobile X-ray Device To Kill Muslims?
A New York industrial mechanic convicted of attempting to produce a mobile X-ray device intended to kill Muslims has been sentenced in federal court to 30 years in prison.






Pussy Riot should offer to play the Trump inauguration. I'd actually watch it then.- George Takai



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The fact that an idiot like Trump is about to be elected with three million fewer votes than his opponent is a defeat for both math and spelling.- Andy Borowitz


Rock The Voter News

Pres Obama says were going to be a browner country.
Is he talking about skin color or the color of the alt-right's shirts? - Erik Bransteen





Only 29% Of Republicans Aren't Commie Pinkos!
Poll: 55% of Americans (86% of Democrats and 29% of Republicans) say they are bothered by Russian election hacking..


I understand the impulse to blame Putin, fake news or any number of other culprits for electing Trump. But the fact is, before the general election even happened, millions of primary voters decided that an idiotic reality show host with a glaring personality disorder was a worthy nominee for the White House. The buck stops there. #Sad - Andy Borowitz
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And it turns out that two separate Russian hacking groups named Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear were targeting the DNC. It’s confusing, ’cuz “Cozy Bear” and “Fancy Bear” are also Trump and Putin’s nicknames for each other.- Jimmy Fallon


Boeing Workers: Don't Worry About Layoffs For Too Long Because Trump's Gonna Need Lots Of Planes To Deport 11 Million Immigrants!
Boeing is warning workers that more layoffs may be coming next year, in a move that was not completely unexpected. The news came in a joint message from vice chairman Ray Conner and the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Kevin McAllister....




Santa isn't white.
Santa is not black.
Santa is Chinese.
And I know this
because 
that's where all the presents come from.- John Fugelsang



Ha ha - T-Rex

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Odd News




Time To Deflate Photo

I saw this beautiful photo of Grindelwald, Switzerland and thought of Yvonne.

Peace.

Friday, December 16, 2016

Drip drip drip

Podesta: 'Something is deeply broken at the FBI’
A top aide to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said Thursday the FBI’s response to Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election shows the agency is “deeply broken.”
“The more we learn about the Russian plot to sabotage Hillary Clinton’s campaign and elect Donald Trump, and the failure of the FBI to adequately respond, the more shocking it gets,”...


I find it interesting that the CIA confirmed the Russians hacked the election while the FBI is still standing around stepping on its ________.






The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump


Ukraine experienced 10+ cyber attacks lately. Targets include state railroad co,finance ministry & treasury-Ukraine State Security tells CNN.- Ivan Watson tweet





Obama's Opening Salvo To USSR Russia
President Obama vowed that the United States will “take action” in response to Russia's believed interference in the presidential election.
"I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections, that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing,”


Conservatives laugh at Obama's promise to go after Russian hackers.  You know who doesn't laugh at Obama's promises?  Osama bin Laden. - Tea Pain





Republican Shenanigans

If Trump makes it to the White House, the Russian hackin' will be "swept under the rug."  Perhaps "combed-over" is a better choice of words.- Tea Pain



Trump Inserts Knife. Turns.
Donald Trump's barnstorming tour across the states that won him the White House continues to feature far more taunts of triumph than notes of healing after a bruising election.
Thursday's rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, found the president-elect calling for the mostly white crowd to cheer for African-Americans who were "smart" to heed his message and therefore "didn't come out to vote" for his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.







"Pope Francis has warned the media to stop spreading false information. Or as the media reported it, 'World's Top Rabbi Says 'Keep Up the Good Work!'" –Conan O'Brien



Uh, When Can We Start Saying We're Under Attack In A Cyber War?
A federal agency that helps states select voting systems may have been breached by a hacker.
The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) on Thursday said the FBI is looking into a possible attack on its web-facing systems.




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Dear Pres Obama. You have done so much. One last favor please: Save Us. - annie post tweet


Rock The Voter News


Well, Well, Well, Comey Broke Federal Rules In His Rush To Find Something On Hillary. Lock Him Up.
Huma Abedin, the longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, asked a U.S. judge on Wednesday to allow her to review a search warrant the FBI used to gain access to emails related to Clinton's private server shortly before the Nov. 8 presidential election...In their letter, Abedin's lawyers said she was unable to evaluate the issue as neither she nor Weiner was provided the warrant itself, despite federal rules requiring authorities to provide a warrant to a person whose property was taken.



James Comey was so anxious to pin down HRC emails, he missed the boat on the effing RUSSIANS hacking Dems and interfering in US election! - Bette Midler




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"According to The Washington Post, the CIA found that Russia interfered in the election to help Donald Trump win the presidency. Experts say this is the biggest scandal America's faced for decades, and the biggest scandal Trump's faced since Friday." –Jimmy Fallon


Biz/Tech News


Since it's now clear that Trump simply wants to extract as much money from the Presidency as possible, taxpayers should just cut him a check for $40 billion to go away. - Andy Borowitz






Trump Is Forming His Own International League Of Criminals
Many of Trump's foreign business partners have political ties; some have faced allegations of criminal activity


Trump has modified his border wall proposal slightly, so that now instead of a wall with Mexico it will be tax cuts for billionaires.- Andy Borowitz






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Odd News



Time To Deflate Photo

Mailman N. Sorenson poses with his heavy load of Christmas mail and parcels, 1929. Chicago History Archives photo.

Peace.

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Trump Priorities: Angry Twitter Rant At Food Critic

Trump attacks Vanity Fair: 'Way down, big trouble, dead'
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday blasted Vanity Fair, claiming the magazine was in "big trouble."...A recent article in Vanity Fair said Trump Grill — a steakhouse in the lobby of Trump Tower — could be the worst restaurant in America.


"Mom, tell me about 2016."
Well, honey, people were upset about a woman's emails so we let Nazis take over. - OhNoSheTwitnt





The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

At this point, the only way Trump's supporters will turn on him is if he does something crazy like praise a Muslim or respect a woman.- OhNoSheTwitnt






The Axis of Evil.
Aleppo Destroyed By Assad, Putin and Iran
Watching the fall of the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo has been excruciating. Civilians who survived weeks of intense shelling have reportedly been slaughtered by the forces of the Assad government as they have fled the battle zone, some shot in house-to-house searches. Thousands more are trapped with no food, water or shelter. “This is a message from someone saying farewell and who could face death or arrest at any time,” a medic wrote on a messaging service. The United Nations called the catastrophe a “complete meltdown of humanity.”





The anti-Semitic hate mail I just received did a lot to alleviate my fears of Russian-backed Nazis taking over the federal government. - Seth Masket


Republican Shenanigans





Trump built his political career on the racist lie that Obama was an illegitimate President. Plot twist: he's now the illegitimate President. - The Daily Edge



Trump Must Sit For Deposition Next Month
The federal judge presiding over a lawsuit Donald Trump brought against a celebrity chef who cancelled plans to open a restaurant in his new Washington, D.C. hotel has ordered the President-elect to sit for a deposition in New York during the first week of January.
D.C. Superior Court Judge Jennifer A. Di Toro ruled on Wednesday that Trump must sit for the deposition, which may last for up to seven hours







In order to get Donald Trump to meet with them, CIA repackages briefings to discuss threats in proximity to Trump Hotels. - Tea Party Cat


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If Russian hacking was so important, Hillary should've emailed it to Podesta so the media would cover it when Russia posted it to Wikileaks. - Tea Party Cat


Rock The Voter News

Wait until Trump supporters find out that Hanukkah starts on Christmas Eve this year.- OhNoSheTwitnt



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Biz/Tech News


Blaming Putin for Trump’s Victory Overlooks Role Played by Idiots, Experts Say. - Andy Borowitz




How Texas Corporations Take Care Of Texans
 Corpus Christi, a Texas Gulf Coast city, is warning its 320,000 residents not to use tap water because it might be contaminated with petroleum-based chemicals, prompting a rush on bottled water and the closure of local schools.






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Odd News




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My friend Yvonne left this world last night. She was an extraordinary woman, unlike anyone I have ever met.

Yvonne was Swiss and grew up in hard times during the depression. After her basic schooling she studied nursing and became a midwife, she went on to help our boys in Vietnam courtesy of the Swiss government. The Swiss government also sent her to North Africa where she fell in love with Marrakesh in Morocco. Oh, how she loved Morocco.

She traveled many oceans blue and married a US Army officer and had two children and a grandson she all adored.

Yvonne spoke several languages. She settled in the northeast US for awhile and eventually moved to the Florida Keys where she continued her nursing, including trudging through waist deep water to help injured victims during hurricanes. That is one reason she left Florida for Costa Rica-- too many hurricanes. We often joked that we traded hurricanes for earthquakes and volcanoes.

Ten years ago she settled in Costa Rica and loved the beauty and adventure of the country.

I met Yvonne in 2012. I am a recent friend of hers. Her neighbors, Vicky from the US and Candy from Canada were so helpful to her. Her friends are like reading an international dinner menu. She adored Donato and his mother Ileana who are Italian and took such good care of Yvonne after her surgery and in the recent weeks. She missed her friend Christof who returned to France a few years ago but she still kept in touch with him. And I cannot say enough good things about Yerlin who had been staying nights with her the past few weeks.

One of my last conversations with Yvonne she told me how grateful she was for the loving care she received not only from the medical community but from her Tico friends and I will vouch for that. Costa Rica hearts swell with love naturally, but especially in a time of need.

My long time viewers may remember me posting photos of the time Yvonne and I got stuck on the backroad to Playas del Coco. Or her 80th birthday. Or the time I turned her onto Hawaiian pizza at the Portofino restaurant on Tamarindo Beach. Or our lunch at Capitan Suiz, an elegant resort in Playa Lagarto where the monkeys were dropping "things" on people. I will miss her laugh. Ah, Yvonne, I am not ready for you to leave.

Bon voyage, mon ami, bon voyage.

Je suis de tout cœur avec vous.

Peace.