Friday, September 11, 2020

19 years after 9/11: Judge orders testimony from Saudi officials in suit over involvement in 9/11 attacks

Judge orders testimony from Saudi officials in suit over involvement in 9/11 attacks
On the eve of the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a federal judge directed the Saudi Arabian government to make as many as 24 current and former officials available for depositions about their possible knowledge of events leading up to the airplane attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which killed almost 3,000 Americans. Those officials include Prince Bandar, the former ambassador to the United States, and his longtime chief of staff.

On this 9/11, the greatest threat to the safety and security of Americans is the President of the United States.




The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

This September 11, I hope every American lets it sink in that Trump has come out in favor of the Taliban and the Saudis. - Eric Garland





Trump Hates Missing Veterans, Too
A decision by the Trump administration earlier this year to move the flag honoring missing war veterans from a prominent position atop the White House to a less visible spot on the South Lawn has angered some veterans and lawmakers, who see it as disrespectful and potentially illegal.





I would like to remind everyone that on this day 19 years ago, Hillary Clinton was at Ground Zero - while Trump was bragging on Fox News that he now had the tallest tower in Manhattan.






Republican Shenanigans

Trump’s Agreeing to Talk to Woodward Shows Downside of Never Having Read a Book in Entire Life. - Andy Borowitz





Reporter Tweets That Few People Are Wearing Masks At Trump Rally Then Gets Kicked Out
A reporter for The New York Times was kicked out of a rally for President Donald Trump in Freeland, Michigan, on Thursday after noting on social media that many of the president’s supporters were not wearing masks or keeping their distance despite the COVID-19 pandemic.


We're up to 49,202 Benghazis. - Matt Murphy



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Good news everybody: Mexico is gonna pay for the vaccine. - Sarah Cooper




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The Trump Administration Is Busy Lining Their Pockets
The Trump administration has secretly siphoned nearly $4 million away from a program that tracks and treats FDNY firefighters and medics suffering from 9/11 related illnesses, the Daily News has learned.





Our sky is orange;
Our president, too.
We could use some blue. - Esther Choo tweet

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Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward watching Nixon resign. Maybe they can do a redo shot if Trump resigns.


Business/Tech News

If Facebook was around in 2001, imagine how much worse the post 9/11 panic would have been. - Schooley tweet





Well, This Should Be Interesting
Russia plans to send investigators to Germany to continue the probe into the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny...Medical personnel believe Navalny was poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent, a substance also suspected to have been used in the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal. The hospital said over the weekend that Navalny has emerged from the coma.




“If wealth is the secret to happiness, then the rich should be dancing on the street.  But only poor kids do that.”    Arthur Ashe




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Thank you for the birthday wishes!
I had a marvelous day!



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Babe Ruth posing with his fans in 1925. Today, few men wear suits to baseball games.

Peace.


Thursday, September 10, 2020

Trump Goes After ‘Rapidly Fading’ Bob Woodward for ‘Boring Book’ He Did 18 Interviews For

Trump Goes After ‘Rapidly Fading’ Bob Woodward for ‘Boring Book’ He Did 18 Interviews For
Several excerpts from Bob Woodward’s upcoming book have dropped and already President Donald Trump is going after him for it.
Trump categorized it on Twitter Wednesday night as the latest attack on him after “Fake stories and investigations,” the “Russia HOAX,” “the failed impeachment,” and the Atlantic’s “MADE UP STORY.”


I don’t think a true stable genius of a president would grant 18 interviews to the guy who took down Nixon. - George Takei





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Trump: I didn't want to cause a panic.

Also Trump: CARAVAN! ANTIFA! CITIES ARE WAR ZONES! THEY WANT TO TAKE YOUR GUNS! NO MORE CHRISTMAS! ILLEGALS ARE VOTING IN THE MILLIONS! CHINA! DEEP STATE!

We have the most Covid cases and deaths in the world for one reason:  TRUMP LIED! - Danny Zuker





Protect The Whistleblowers!
A Department of Homeland Security official said in a whistleblower complaint that he was instructed to stop reporting on Russian threats to U.S. election security because it made President Trump look bad.


'Enjoy Your Very Own Woodward Book, You Bastard,' Nixon Tells Trump From Hell. - Andy Borowitz




Republican Shenanigans

I think my favorite bit in the Woodward stories so far is the part where Jared Kushner dumps on ex Trump advisers as "overconfident idiots...' - Susan Glasser




Biden Should Seize A Trump Tower To Imprison All The President's Men & Women
When Seema Verma, the Trump administration's top Medicaid official, went to a reporter's home in November 2018 for a "Girl's Night" thrown in her honor, taxpayers footed the bill to organize the event: $2,933.
When Verma wrote an op-ed on Fox News' website that fall, touting President Donald Trump's changes to Obamacare, taxpayers got charged for one consultant's price to place it: $977.






Trump Attempts Damage Control By Sitting Down For Dozen More Bob Woodward Interviews. - The Onion





My husband began his day with an appointment for a MRI, scheduled because nearly two months after COVID, he still awakes with debilitating headaches.  This pandemic was purposely downplayed and nearly 190k lives have been lost and countless others are suffering the consequences. - Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor of Atlanta


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Democrat In Name Only, Joe Lieberman endorses Susan Collins: "I'm a lifelong Democrat but I put my country first."


So Did Trump Send Rudy Giuliani To Set Up Ukraine For Putin?  Jesus. The US Treasury Put Up A Roadblock.
US Treasury has just added Ukrainian mp Andrii Derkach to its Specially Designated Nationals list for efforts related to foreign election interference, along with several Russian nationals. This is the initial step for imposition of sanctions
Side Note: Andriy Derkach went to FSB Academy, is referred to as “Ukrainian Putin” & his Dad Leonid is a KGB officer who was involved in the brutal gruesome murder of anti corruption journalist Georgiy Gongadze. Giuliani should be jailed for conspiring with Russian intel against the US.




Only three newspapers in America have called upon the President to resign. In 1998, more than one hundred called on Bill Clinton to resign.  Where is the courage on the editorial pages right now or were Clinton's sins more damaging to the country than Donald Trump. - Joe Lockhart


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World: *on fire* 
Pandemic: *unabated* 
Fascism: *rising* 
My boss: how's data analysis going - Richard Prosert 





Ivanka Will Get Vaccine on The View!
President Trump’s daughter and adviser, Ivanka Trump, vowed on Thursday to take the coronavirus vaccine on “The View” after a challenge from co-host Joy Behar. 


Love him or hate him you’ve got to admit Trump would look great being carried off by a pterodactyl, never to be seen again. - Martha Kelly



My friend, Evan sent this to me this morning and kicked off a great birthday! Thank you Evan!




35 years ago today I saw Bruce Springsteen at the Miami Orange Bowl. It was beyond thrilling. He reminded us of our Vietnam Vets with this song. I was so proud to be an American then.





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I chose this Taiwanese Blue Magpie to be my birthday bird!

Peace.


Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Lordy, there are tapes

Trump Admitted to Woodward That He Downplayed the Coronavirus. And There Are Tapes.
Weeks before the first confirmed U.S. case of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump admitted to legendary investigative journalist Bob Woodward that he knew the coronavirus that’s now killed 190,000 Americans was airborne, highly contagious, and “more deadly than even your strenuous flus.”
And there are tapes of Trump making these on-record comments, including his admission that he “wanted to always play it down.”


I'm glad Woodward released those tapes but why didn't Woodward release those tapes back in February? That would have changed the response dynamic for sure.

At least Robert Durst didn’t know he was being taped when admitting to murder, unlike Trump. - Roland Scahill




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Donald Trump knew.

He lied to us for months.

And while a deadly disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job — on purpose.

It was a life or death betrayal of the American people. - Joe Biden






I Don't Mean To Rub Salt In Our Wounds But The DOJ Is Going To Defend Trump In A Private Defamation Suit
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday moved to assume responsibility for defending President Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says Trump raped her in the 1990s.
E. Jean Carroll filed suit in New York state court last year after Trump, answering reporters' questions, denied knowing her and accused her of lying. 






Department of Justice to Pick Up Trump’s Laundry. - Andy Borowitz


Don Jr. Defends Kenosha Shooter
Donald Trump Jr. offered a glib response to the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse on Tuesday when asked about the Kenosha vigilante’s alleged killing of two people and the shooting of a third...We all do stupid things at 17.





Hey, remember when Trump got impeached for abuse of power and then he was allowed to remain in office and then the abuse got tens times worse? sweet chicken-fried f-ck, excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall. - Jeff Tiedrich


Republican Shenanigans



Trump says there will be a vaccine before November 3! Let’s drink a Clorox toast to that. - Andy Borowitz





Trump Continues To Hold Super Spreader Events
CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner called out President Donald Trump for continuing to hold campaign events in the fides of the coronavirus pandemic where rallygoers are not socially distanced few are wearing masks....“What you are seeing is lemmings heading for the cliff,” Reiner warned.


Damning Report Finds White House Ignored Skeletal Horsemen Galloping Through Sky As Early As January. - The Onion




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California fires in 2019:- 4,927 fires- 118k acres burned.

California fires in 2020 (so far):- 7,606 fires- 2.3 million acres burned.

CLIMATE. CHANGE. IS. REAL. - Gov. Gavin Newsom tweet




You have reached the White House Sexual Assault Hotline. If you were assaulted by Donald Trump, please stay on the line. Your accusation will be denied in the order it was received. - Middle Age Riot





Remember, He Has The Nuclear Codes
President Trump bragged about a supposedly secret new nuclear weapons system in an interview with journalist Bob Woodward, according to excerpts from Woodward’s new book.


We can all agree that killing a person is murder.
So what do you call it when you kill 190,000 Americans and then lie about it? - Chip Franklin tweet

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Business/Tech News

Joy Behar: 'I will take the vaccine after Ivanka takes it'

Why Is Trump Not Getting Donations?
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign and his outside backers have aired almost twice as many television spots in the past month as have President Trump and his supporters.
A new report from the Wesleyan Media Project, a group of political scientists who monitor television spending, found Biden backers spent $59 million to air 106,000 television spots since August 10. Over the same period, Trump backers spent $36 million to air about 57,000 commercials. 




The chances of Trump participating in a presidential debate decreased by about eleventy-mazillion percent today. - Rex Huppke


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So sorry for the late post but my electricity went down.



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A horse-drawn bus from the 1890s. Nice ride except if it rains.

Peace.