Self-deceit
is a prerequisite for love.
Monday/Tuesday:
Following her flat rejection of any more debates with that awfully
mean Bernie Sanders unless he stopped “running a very negative
campaign,” Hillary now says she is “perfectly willing” to
debate him in NY. Providing the DNC can find a time-slot when no-one
will be watching.
Briar
Patch: FED
chair Janet Yellen admitted that the global economy sucks, so
naturally global stock markets immediately rose, many hitting new
highs on the bad news.
Jobs
Is Jobs: ADP
claims that the US private sector added 200,000 jobs in the last
month; too bad 191,000 of them were in service industries, not
actually producing anything. Apparently we are going to get rich by
taking in each other's laundry.
The
Fix Is In:
It does not matter who wins the Democratic primary in New York,
the state's
44 superdelegates insist that they will vote for Hillary. End of
story, end of pretense of democracy among the Democrats which will
not be permitted “under any circumstance.”
Aid
& Comfort:
Most Americans support torturing dark-skinned Muslims who might be
terrorists. Most Americans are idiots.
Hardship
Tour: The
Pentagon has ordered 90% of US military dependents to depart Turkey
as soon as possible, for fear they may fall victim to
“possible attacks”. The identity of possible attackers was not
specified, but given recent events it could range from Erdogan's
troops to ISIS fighters... if there's a difference.
Fairy
Dust: A
Minnesota Republican wants to mandate that gays “receive treatment”
for their “unhealthy sexual addiction.”
Unclear
On The Concept:
Donald Trump claims he would appoint Supreme Court Justices who would
investigate and convict Hillary Clinton over her emails. How soon
does he think there will be 5 vacancies on the Court? And how will
he ensure that he can
find dupes to do what
he instructs? Or that the Senate would confirm them? And since when
does the Supreme Court investigate crimes? Or try and convict
defendants? The only job the Supremes have is to decide whether a
lower court ruling conforms to to the Constitution. Idiot.
Going
Down! The
Atlanta Fed now suspects that 1Q GDP growth will be 0.6%, down from
the 1.4% they were touting just a week ago.
There
There May Be Tygers:
The Pentagon is planning to “defend Eastern European allies”
with American troops, tanks, planes and dollars against Russian
aggression. Sounds familiar, sort of an echo from my youth, long
before you were born. How serious will this be? Well the Deputy
Secretary of Defense says “there will be a division's worth of
stuff there if something happens.” The first thing that would
happen is that a division's worth of stuff would be vaporized.
A
Parting Shot:
3 comments:
Was standing in line at the health-club yesterday waiting to sign-up for the spin-cycle class. The guy at the desk - about 25 - was waiting until 5:30pm to start the sign-up, so there were a few usuals waiting and bantering. Somewhere along the banter he mentions: "woman are smarter so they go first" (on the sign-up queue), a few moments later a woman, about 45+/-, said "and that's why we're voting for Hillary". To which the young guy said (something like), "well that's not a good reason. Do you want more jobs lost because of free-trade?" To which she said (something like): "oh, that's just nonsense! Do you want to pay more taxes? You'll have to pay allot more if you vote for Sanders.".
Test questions:
1) Who is the "liberal"?
2) Who is on "the left"?
3) Anybody remember when Republicans used to use "the tax" argument?
Test answer: Aid & Comfort...or, to repeat myself, we're neck deep in stupid around here.
'The Left' is a chimera that disappeared after it was 'defunded' right after 'Morning in America'...around the same time everybody prayed the pledge of allegiance, followed by a shot of mental drano, turning them all instantly into Sunshine Patriots.
People who [sadly] couldn't think their way out of a paper bag...even if their lives depended on it.
How unfortunate is it for the rest of us that the abandonment of the Democratic party (which coincides with their zero resistance to Republican 'Free Trade agreements'...and their defacto abandonment of the working class has left us with a majority of 'undefined' voters who don't have the mental horsepower to remember who did what, never mind who is responsible for the current mess.
Is everybody getting ready to 'duck & cover' when the wheels come flying off this November...if we make it that far?
Aid & Comfort: The US ran and still runs concentration camps based on race standards, known as "reservations". Now that's Orwellian speech, are you qualified for a place on a reservation? Even more Orwellian, does not require barb-wire to keep the inmates locked away in poverty.
Lest we forget, to paraphrase Lewis C.K. it was less than the back-to-back lifetime of two 80 year old ladies from when blacks were released from slavery to immediately join the US Calvary and help carry out genocide first on Native Americans and then on tribes in the Philippines. Hitler didn't do anything original, other than apply German efficiency.
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