"The Donald"...Going LOW versus going HIGH!

Dear (President-Elect") Donald,
I think you've got a whole bunch of really important stuff on your plate.

Among other things:

• Giving thought to the proposed nominees of your new administration"!
• Finalizing an administration that you still have to put together!
• Setting your plans that you need to make for day one of your administration!
• Working on your Inagural speech?
• And much, much more!!!

However...apparently I guess you thought there were more important things to deal with?

The Mrs. and I watched the Golden Globe Awards last night.   As soon as Meryl Streep received her Cecil B. DeMille award and gave her acceptance speech...I looked at my wife and said..."The Donald" is gonna go batsh*t about her comments and will tweet something before we get up!

And sure enough...@ 6:27 AM this morning you delivered (as expected)!

You claim that you never "mocked" reporter (Serge Kovaleski's)" disability!     Oh really???

Huh?   Streep is "Over-rated"?   How about these awards:

• 3 Academy Awards with over 19 nominations!
• Presidential Medal of Freedom!
• Kennedy Center Honors!
• Honorary doctorate degrees from four Ivy League universities
• Cannes Film Festival Best Actress!

Over-rated???

So perhaps you were unaware of all these other Meryl Streep honors/accolades?

• American Film Institute: 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award
• BAFTA Awards: Two competitive wins, 14 total nominations since 1979
• Berlin International Film Festival: Berlinale Camera, Silver Bear for best actress, Honorary Golden Berlin Bear
• Critics Choice Awards: Three competitive wins, 11 total nominations since 2003
• Golden Globes: Eight competitive wins, one Cecil B. DeMille Award, 30 total nominations since 1979
• Grammy Awards: Five total nominations since 1986
• Hollywood Walk of Fame: Received her star in 1998
• National Board of Review: Four competitive wins since 1979
• National Medal of the Arts in 2010
• Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France’s highest artistic honor) in 2003
• Palm Springs International Film Festival: 2014 Icon Award
• People’s Choice Awards: Eight competitive wins, 38 total nominations since 1979
• Primetime Emmy Awards: Two competitive wins, three total nominations since 1978
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Two competitive wins, 17 total nominations since 1995
• Tony Awards: One nomination since 1976

However, you may take comfort in knowing that one of your "Deplorable" supporters posted their thoughts/opinion (on Youtube) regarding Meryl's comments with this:

"HOLLYWOOD - YOUR JOB IS TO ENTERTAIN, YOU DANCE, LIKE PUPPETS. YOU ARE LIKE MONKEYS IN A ZOO. STFU - NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU THINK. YOU ARE MERELY COURT JESTERS. Disrespect!?? HOLLYWOOD DISRESPECTS FATHERS, WORKERS, CONSERVATIVES, MIDDLE AMERICA, GUN OWNERS, CHRISTIANITY, CATHOLICS, WHITE MEN, YOU NAME IT. HOLLYWOOD IS THE MOST DISRESPECTFUL ENTITY WITH THE LARGEST AUDIENCE. MAKE AMERICA AND EUROPE GREAT AGAIN - DESTROY HOLLYWOOD."

PS!
Back in 2015, "The Donald" had great things to say about Meryl Streep!
And I quote!   “Meryl Streep is excellent,” “She’s a fine person, too.”

Happy New Year! Love...The Donald!

World!   I present to you the President-Elect of the United States of America!   Hold on...let me take the gun out of my mouth!

Perhaps a Good New Year's Resolution?

I found this posted by a dude named Todd20036 on another blog that I follow.   He say's it was originally posted somewhere within the comments section of the Washington Post's website...but I searched the website and couldn't find it!   I think it's worthy of a repost and perhaps will be my New Year's mantra!

I'm just sayin'!

Todd said in his original post...and I quote...Get used to this".

"Alt-truth".

"It's how Hitler enthralled the masses, and it's how Trump works his base"

And here's the comment Todd20036 extracted from the Washington Post's website!   It's too good to ignore.

I listened as you called my President a Muslim.
I listened as you called him and his family a pack of monkeys.
I listened as you said he wasn't born here.
I watched as you blocked every single path to progress that you could.
I saw the pictures you made of him as Hitler.
I watched you shut down the government and hurt the entire nation, twice.
I watched you turn your backs on every opportunity to open a worthwhile dialog.
I watched you say that you would not even listen to any choice for Supreme Court no matter who the nominee was.
I listened as you openly said that you will oppose him at every turn.
I watched as you did just that.
I listened.
I watched.
I paid attention.
Now, I'm being called on to be tolerant.
To move forward.
To denounce protesters.
To "Get over it."
To accept this...

I will not.
I will do my part to make sure, this great American mistake, becomes the embarrassing footnote of our history that it deserves to be.
I will do this as quickly as possible, every chance I get.
I will do my part to limit the damage that this man can do to my country. I will watch his every move and point out every single mistake and misdeed in a loud and proud voice.
I will let you know in a loud voice every time this man backs away from a promise he made to you.
The people who voted for him. Yes you, the ones who sold their souls and prayed for him to win.
I will do this so that you never forget.
And you will hear me.
You will see it in my eyes when I look at you.
You will hear it in my voice when I talk to you.
You will know that I know who you are.
You will know that I know what you are.
Do not call for my tolerance. I've tolerated all I can.
Now it's your turn to tolerate the ridicule.
Be aware; make no mistake about it, every single thing that goes wrong in our country from this day forward is now Trump's fault just as much as you thought it was Obama's.
I find it unreasonable for you to expect from me, what you were entirely unwilling to give."

You wanted him! You got Him! Now deal with it!

Americans wanted Hillary to be P.O.T.U.S. by almost 3 million votes!   But you *ssholes wanted him...so deal deal with it!

You got what you asked for!

Dear 2016! Good bye & good F*ckin' riddance!

Dear 2016,
You gave us this lyin'   f*ckin'   *sshole to be the President of the United States of America!!!

R   U   f*ckin'   kiddin'   me???

Americans wanted Hillary Clinton to be the future POTUS (by damn near 3 million votes)!,   but the Electoral college decided otherwise!

From CNN!

More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than any other losing presidential candidate in US history.   The Democrat outpaced President-elect Donald Trump by almost 2.9 million votes, with 65,844,954 (48.2%) to his 62,979,879 (46.1%), according to revised and certified final election results from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

And then you took too many of these beautiful lives away from us!

And many more!

Did I mention that "Black Lives Matter"?

Oh...and BTW...Blue Lives matter too!

Then of course there was/is Aleppo!     Aleppo!

And the Pulse Massacre!

And...These two dudes were planning to get married but, their lives were taken too soon by this *sshole!!

And then there were the Charleston Killings!

And all the other terrorist sh*t " that happened this year!

Did I mention President-Elect Orangutan?

I've just scratched the surface here!   Truthfully, I'm scared as sh*t and don't know if I can take any more of this sh*t next year!

Good bye 2016 and good f*ckin' riddance!

Peace & Love!

Lyin' Donald!

Donald Trump is a prolific liar. That’s neither an opinion nor a criticism, but a statement of scientific fact. In the midst of the presidential campaign, Politico analyzed a few hours of Trump’s speeches and found he lied once every five minutes on average.

More here!

Israelis versus the Palestinians...or...is it The Palestinians versus the Israelis?

Dear God/Muhammad or whoever you are!

Please make this sh*t go away!   Personally I'm f*ckin' sick and tired of it but, unfortunately, it will probably continue to go on for the next hundred years!   And with President-Elect Cheetolini to take the office of the Presidency on January 20th...I'm afraid it's gonna get worse!

The period between the Six-Day War from 1967 until today shows two major developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; firstly the increasing usage of violence against each other, and secondly the often half-hearted attempts to create a peaceful co-existence.

The Israeli incorporation of the West Bank and Gaza after the Six-Day War proved to be the start of many problems.   The peace agreement Resolution 242 was formed in 1970 and included the return of territories conquered by Israel.   However, due to different interpretations of the resolution, Syria refused to accept it.   This did not only mean that peace processes were stalemate; it also included that the West Bank remained under Israeli administration.   Israel initially wanted Palestinians to self-rule but as time went by Israeli settlements were allowed.

More details/info about this sh*t here!

A brief history/video of the Israeli/Palestian - Palestinian/Isreali conflict below!   (It's 10+ miutes, but I think it's educational and worth the time)!

Oh...and did I mention Aleppo?

Like I said...I'm really sick of ALL this sh*t...but, unfortunately, I/we can't turn our backs away from it!

Didn't Karl Marx say something about "Religion is the opiate of the masses"?   I'm just sayin'!

The Emoluments Clause? WTF is that?

From Dictionary.com
[ih-mol-yuh-muh nt]
noun
profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services: Tips are an emolument in addition to wages. Synonyms: earnings, pay, recompense, stipend, honorarium

“The President Can’t Have a Conflict of Interest”
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the constitution states that no American officeholder shall, “without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.”  
More details about the Emoluments clause here!

"Foreign interference in the American political system was among the gravest dangers feared by the Founders of our nation and the framers of our Constitution.   The United States was a new government, and one that was vulnerable to manipulation by the great and wealthy world powers (which then, as now, included Russia).   One common tactic that foreign sovereigns, and their agents, used to influence our officials was to give them gifts, money, and other things of value.   In response to this practice, and the self-evident threat it represents, the framers included in the Constitution the Emoluments Clause of Article I, Section 9.   It prohibits any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the United States]” from accepting “any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”   Only explicit congressional consent validates such exchanges.

It is widely accepted that Mr. Trump’s presidency will present a variety of conflicts issues,many of them arising from his far flung domestic and global business activities.   Some will involve Mr. Trump personally, while others will involve his administration."
More about the Emoluments clause here!

Consider the following examples, drawn from the domestic sphere...

• Over ten cases challenging Trump labor practices are pending before the National Labor Relations Board which has two vacancies, both to be filled by Trump.
• The Internal Revenue Service is auditing Trump, who will soon pick its new chief.
• The Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC is located in the Old Post Office and leased from the General Services Administration (GSA); once Trump takes office, he will be both landlord and tenant (an obvious conflict), and also will be in violation of the lease, which bars elected officials from sharing in any benefit.
• Trump owes several hundred million dollars to banks, but is now responsible for selecting the next Treasury Secretary and may influence interest rate policy.

Rethuglicans...this is what you wanted!   This is what you got!   Enjoy!

The Deploables! They prefer Putin over POTUS!

Trump voters really, really hate President Barack Obama.   A new YouGov/Economist poll shows that a staggering 90% of Trump voters hold unfavorable views of President Obama.   Only 51% of Trump voters hold unfavorable views of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.   That’s nearly a 40-point differential!

More here!

We are "our brothers keepers"!

Damn, I'm gonna miss these two!   One day Americas will wake up and realize the same!   Truly a class act!

R.I.P. America!

Enough said!

The Donald..."narcissistic personality disorder"!!!

Video Source: UK Independent

I spend most (too much) of my daily life trolling the Internet or watching the news.   (I know…I need to get a life)!   The other day…I bumped into this beauty about something called…narcissistic personality disorder!
I never heard of this before, but The President-elect immediately came to mind.   So then I "googled" … "Trump narcissistic personalty disorder"…and found this bonanza!!!

Here's what the Mayo Clinic has to say about this disorder/symptom:

• Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
• Expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
• Exaggerating your achievements and talents
• Being preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
• Believing that you are superior and can only be understood by or associate with equally special people
• Requiring constant admiration
• Having a sense of entitlement
• Expecting special favors and unquestioning compliance with your expectations
• Taking advantage of others to get what you want
• Having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
• Being envious of others and believing others envy you
• Behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner

What else can be said?   Okay…here ya' go!

Dear Donald…please send me an e-mail when you open that first coal mine and tell Putin we send our love!!!

PS...Sorry about the ad up front...but I love me some Bermuda!

Only in America!

Graydon Carter recently wrote this article for Vanity Fair.   Unfortunately, I don't think many of "The Deplorables" read Vanity Fair.   Hell...I wonder if half of them even read a newspaper!

Here are a few excerpts from the article:

Only in America could a serial bankrupt pass himself off as a successful businessman. (And almost none of those he bankrupted were even regular businesses. They were casinos—where people essentially come to lose their money.)

Only in America could a man who offended Hispanics, Muslims, Jews, and African-Americans, as well as women, babies, and the handicapped, become the Republican nominee for president.

Only in America could a man for whom truth is an inconvenient concept feel comfortable referring to his opponent as “lying” and “crooked.”

Only in America could a man who brags about groping and kissing women without their consent win 53 percent of the vote among white women.

Only in America could a man who avoided the draft—with a deferment for pesky bone spurs on his feet, which somehow did not hinder him from playing tennis—and who insulted war heroes and their families become the commander in chief of the greatest military power on earth.

Read the rest of these beauties at Vanity Fair!

Lieutenant Sulu rips "The Donald" about the flag!

Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016

I pledged allegiance to the flag every morning inside an internment camp. I would never burn one, but I'd die to protect the right to do so. https://t.co/O5ecSQkyC2

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 29, 2016

Welcome to the White House Mr. Bannon!

Welcome to the White House Mr. Bannon!

The Deplorables!

Liberal Redneck: Trump & Turkey! Happy Thanksgiving!

Red States versus Blue States!

WOW!

I'm still trying to sort through the results of this election!   To say that I remain in a state of shock...and will ignore polling results in the future, is putting it mildly.   Damn!   Hello FiveThrityEight!   I thought you were the perfect gospel!

I originally posted an item about red states versus blue states back in 2012!   Someone else made a post entitled, "Dear Red States" and it also showed up on the Internet back in 2012, (see below).   I still think it is "post worthy"!   Hello Wisconsin & Michigan???   What happened to you two?   Did some of you "Blue Folks" flip or flop?   Let me know when "The Donald" opens those coal mines and begins to bring back those jobs or starts bringing his clothing line back from China to the US of A!!!

Bottom line...in my opinion, I think the rural voters of America listened to the voice of change..."The Donald"!   I think they felt disenfranchised.   Many are unemployed or may feel that they're under-employed & unrepresnted...and no one was listening to them...except "The Donald"...from his 5th Avenue Penthouse in Trump Tower!

On the other hand...urban America may have thought otherwise.   There are no coal mines in urban America and few, if any, manufacturing jobs!   However, there are a lot of urbanites who are college educated and are comfortable with their immigrant population.
Did I mention Brexit?

So, below, is the old "Dear Red States" post that was floating around the Internet back in 2012!   Did I mention Calexit?

Here ya' go!

Dear Red States:
We've decided we're leaving.   We intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States with us.

In case you aren't aware, that includes Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all of the Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new country of New California.

To sum up briefly:

• You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get stem cell research and the best beaches.
• We get Elliot Spitzer.   You get Ken Lay.
• We get the Statue of Liberty.   You get Dollywood.
• We get Intel and Microsoft.   You get WorldCom.
• We get Harvard.   You get Ole' Miss.
• We get 85 percent of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs.   You get Alabama.
• We get two-thirds of the tax revenue.   You get to make the red states pay their fair share.
• Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families.   You get a bunch of single moms.

Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once.   If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals.   They have kids they're apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don't care if you don't show pictures of their children's caskets coming home.   We do wish you success in Iraq, and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we're not willing to spend our resources in Bush's Quagmire.

With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent of the country's fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation's fresh fruit, 95 percent of America's quality wines (you can serve French wines at state dinners) 90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools, plus Stanford, Cal Tech, MIT, and University of California.

With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88 percent of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia.

We get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.

Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred unless we're discussing the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy bastards believe you are people with higher morals than we lefties.

By the way, we're taking the good pot, too. You can have that dirt weed they grow in Mexico.   (my comment...until "The Donald builds the wall)!

Peace out,
California!

It really concerns me how much I believe this country is so divided now...as never before!

FLOTUS! Gonna miss you!

No words needed!   Is Melania Trump gonna keep up the White House Garden?

Oh no...never mind...she's focused on anti-bullying!

I'm with HIM! NOT!!!

Vladimir Putin offered Donald Trump "his congratulations on winning a historic election" in a phone call Monday, in the latest sign of a cozy relationship between the Russian president and the U.S President-elect.

"President-elect Trump noted to President Putin that he is very much looking forward to having a strong and enduring relationship with Russia and the people of Russia," Trump's office said in a statement.

But in a far-more detailed statement posted to the Kremlin's website, Russian officials said Putin, in the call, not only congratulated Trump on his win but also said he was prepared to "establish a partner-like dialogue with the new administration on the basis of equality, mutual respect and noninterference in domestic relations."

Source: The N.Y. Daily News...not that I'm a big fan of the Daily News!!!

Tweet or Nuke?

As I'm sure you've already heard, the Canadian Immigration website crashed the day after the election!

Der Spiegel!

"The United States has voted for a dangerously inexperienced and racist man -- one who was swept into the White House by an army of disenfranchised white working- and middle class Americans. It's a movement that now threatens democracy around the world."

More @ Der Spegiel!

Good Morning America!

You asked for it Red America!   You got it!   Enjoy!   Meanwhile...I'm going to go and mix another drink!   And then another, and another, and another...and more and more!!!

This Election was RIGGED!!!

The Divided States of America!
Needless to say...I'm in a state of shock!
Aside from that...I'm;

• distraught
• disheartened
• depressed

Hell...I can't even apply to go to Canada....the site crashed!

Donald J. Trump - UGH!!!

November 8th: I'm buying extra booze...just in case this clown wins!

"Election Day will redeem and settle nothing, not this time around. No matter who declares victory, tens of millions of Americans will be convinced — truly convinced — that the outcome isn’t legitimate because untoward forces intervened. Whether balloons fall on Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, there will be bolder divisions in America than there were at the start of it all and even less faith in the country’s most important institutions."
Source: Frank Bruni - N.Y. Times

November 28th:
Lawyers suing Donald Trump for fraud over his Trump University real-estate seminar program say his campaign trail statements — including some alleged whoppers — should be fair game at a civil trial set to start later this month.

December 16th:
A woman, who has not been publicly identified but who is being referred to as Jane Doe, alleges that Donald Trump sexually assaulted and raped her during four separate parties in 1994 when she was 13-years-old. She says that the parties were hosted by Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire who has since been convicted of soliciting an underage girl and who is a registered sex offender.