Monday, June 18, 2018

And another day where it is becoming increasingly obvious that there are very few republicans worthy of being called a decent human being painfully comes to a close. Yes, this was a hard day:

“The evil that men do lives on and on.” -- Iron Maiden

No, the United States is not better than this. Many of you just had your eyes closed and are shocked now that you have them open. Good. Now it’s time for change. The country can be better than this. It’s up to us to make that happen.

Photographer describes poignant image of crying child at border. "As a father myself, it was very difficult for me to see these families detained, knowing that they would soon be split up," Moore told Getty's FOTO of his recent ride-along with the Border Patrol. "I could see on their faces that they had no idea what was about to happen."

Border Patrol object to detention cages reports. They say they are “uncomfortable” using the word “cages” to hold children; that it’s ‘Not inaccurate, but they’re not treated like animals.’ If you’re keeping children in a cage, then you are treating them like an animal. And you may be “uncomfortable,” but you’re not nearly as uncomfortable as the children you have in cages.

And the question now is: Where are the girls?

Sessions on separating families: If we build a wall and pass legislation, we won't have these 'terrible choices'. Which means you just admitted you’re holding children as hostages. Jeff Sessions is a horrible waste of flesh.

“The President of the United States has stolen 2,000 little children from their parents and locked them in cages, to be released only if Congress gives him money to build a wall with Mexico. I’m pretty sure I have that right.” -- Chris Murphy

Border Patrol agent caught on tape joking as migrant children separated from parents scream and cry: “Well, we have an orchestra here. What’s missing is a conductor". The world may not be full of assholes, but there sure are a lot of infected pimples on its ass. Listen to the children cry.

DHS Secretary Nielsen denies separation amounts to 'child abuse'.

California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris has called for the resignation of US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen over family separations at the border.

Ted Cruz introducing emergency legislation to keep illegal immigrant families together. Of course, they’ll be held in gulags, but I digress. Ted Cruz is a horrible person.

Here’s How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border.

Texas detention officer charged with "super aggravated sexual assault" of a 4-year-old girl after authorities say her mother, an undocumented immigrant, was being blackmailed to stay silent about the abuse — or face deportation. And you get pissed off because NFL players take a knee.

"Donald Trump is presiding over a sunset to democracy that is spreading across the world, eradicating much of the spirit of globalism that once was a beacon to freedom, free trade and democratic values." -- David A. Andelman

A Republican Who’s a White Nationalist Won a County Post in Washington State. The GOP may be scrambling to distance themselves from him, but it’s all a show. This is the face of the current GOP.

In a recent survey, only a quarter of U.S. adults could fully identify factual statements, as opposed to opinion, in news stories. Holy shit that’s depressing.

Ann Coulter is worse than a horrible person.

And Laura Ingraham is worse than Ann Coulter.

And Tucker Carlson is just plain vile.

U.S. Armed Forces is getting a Space Force (over the objections of the Secretary of Defense). A sixth branch of the military to feed the ego of a pathetic excuse of a man, and cause another distraction from all the shit that’s hitting the fan. “Help me Obi Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.”

Dozens of charter schools have used their greater flexibility to limit which kids make it through the schoolhouse doors — creating exclusive, disproportionately white schools. Which was the plan all along.

EPA moves to replace Obama-era rule protecting drinking water for 117 million.

'Incredibles 2': Theaters post warnings due to seizure concerns. Strobe lights? Really? In this day and age? With all the information we have regarding strobe lights and epilepsy/migraines Disney still chose to put this into a children’s movie. I expect better from the Mouse House.

A huge weed that can cause third-degree burns and even blindness has been found in Virginia.

In a bid to protect its ownership rights, Warner Bros. is going after Harry Potter fan events. Um, way to piss off the fan base WB. Not a good move.

“What a fucking day.” -- Anonymous

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.

Sunday, June 17, 2018

And another day where we celebrate fathers (which means the horrible practice of separating children from their parents at the border needs to end) comes to a close:

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” -- Jim Valvano

Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait away from their parents in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets.

Yes, they are being held in cages. See the pictures.

Kids can suffer permanent damage from border separations.

Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen: “We do not have a policy of separating families at the border.” Then you’re doing it for fun? For sport? What the fuck you doing it for Kirstjen? Your sick, demented pleasure? You’re lying...and you know it. You do have a zero tolerance policy, so shut up.

Not necessary to justify separating kids, parents at border, 'it's zero tolerance’: Bannon. I see he crawled out from under his rock today.

Trump aide Stephen Miller on separating children at border: “It was a simple decision.” Stephen Miller is a horrible person.

“I know who’s going to hell. It ain’t Trudeau.” -- Kurt Eichenwald

Trump ally Roger Stone met with Russian offering dirt on Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Pope Francis says abortion to avoid birth defects is similar to Nazi crimes.

For some hunters, there isn't a contradiction between appreciating coyotes and killing them. But activists argue it's time to choose coexistence with other species over domination.

Agency that monitors earthquakes in Mexico said that an “artificial quake” was registered in Mexico City, possibly caused by “massive jumps during the goal from the Mexico national soccer team.” Mexico upset reigning World Cup champion Germany 1-0.

“Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.” -- W.C. Fields

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.

Saturday, June 16, 2018

And another day of...of...oh hell, just go and read it and be thankful it came to a close:

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” -- Alice Walker

Trump suggests he is using his administration's separation of families at the US border as a negotiating tool to get Democrats to cave on his immigration demands, which include funding for a border wall. What a demented piece of shit.

Colleen Kraft, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, visited a Texan shelter for migrant children and saw a young girl of about two crying. Staff told her that federal regulations prevented them from touching or holding the child to soothe her. They are being deliberately cruel to other human beings; to frightened children who are suffering great traumatic stress. This new Trump policy has to stop.

The Trump administration, and his supporters, view these immigrants and their children as “lesser,” as not their human equal. This allows them to commit such atrocities as seperating children from their parents and holding them in cages, and who really knows what else is going on, free from guilt. You know, just like the Nazis did and every other god damn racist that’s ever existed.

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani clarifies comments about Joe Biden in which he called the former Democratic vice president "a mentally deficient idiot": "I didn't mean that. I meant he's dumb," Giuliani says. And this is proper discourse in America in 2018.

China announces tariffs on $50B of U.S. products.

Road rage leads Colorado man to shoot woman and children, killing 13-year-old boy. More guns is not the answer.

24% of millennials with full-time jobs report receiving financial assistance from their parents.

23-foot-long python swallows Indonesian woman. "She was swallowed first from her head."

“Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.” -- Iain Duncan Smith

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.

Friday, June 15, 2018

And another day where we learn that the party proclaiming to represent family values and the only one with high moral standards is really nothing more than a bullshit con organization with a wannabe dictator at the helm thankfully comes to a close:

“Who are these men of lust, greed, and glory? Rip off the mask and let’s see.” -- Supertramp (Richard Davies and Roger Hodgson)

Trump on North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un: "He speaks and his people sit up in attention. I want my people to do the same." Fuck you. Later in the day he claimed he was “kidding” and questioned if reporters understood sarcasm. Um, saying shit like that when you’re the POTUS is not something to joke about. No, I don’t believe he was joking. His actions over the years prove his desire to be Kim Jong Un or Vladimir Putin.

Judge sends Paul Manafort to jail.

Cohen signals openness to cooperating with federal investigators.

Rudy Giuliani suggested there might be some presidential pardons for those swept up in the Russia investigation once the "whole thing is over". The actions of people who are guilty--and oh yeah, Rudy Giuliani is a horrible person.

About 2,000 minors separated from families over a six-week period.

Trump: "I hate the children being taken away. The Democrats have to change their law. That's their law." FACT: It’s not a law. It’s his administration’s policy. He’s using the tried and true method of repeating it often in hopes that eventually people will believe it as truth.

Trump says no to 'moderate' immigration plan. Donald Trump is a horrible person.

Jeff Sessions’ Latest Immigration Ruling Is a Violation of International Law. Jeff Sessions is a horrible person.

French border police regularly abused refugee children. 'French police cut soles off shoes of child refugees.' Children as young as 12 have been physically and verbally abused. Because hatred, racism, and abusing the vulnerable knows no nationality.

Trump sets tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods; Beijing strikes back.

Theranos founder Holmes, former president indicted for fraud.

Arizona frat brothers allegedly had a secret revenge porn Facebook group called 'Dog Pound'. According to the complaint, a number of frat brothers used the page to share nude photos and videos of girlfriends as well as “unwitting female victims.”

“Patience is not simply the ability to wait--it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” -- Joyce Meyer

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.

Thursday, June 14, 2018

And another day full of morally bankrupt ghouls spouting a twisted version of Christianity (though religion is something that should never be melded with government) finally comes to a god damn close:

“These are the new Dark Ages. And the world might end tonight.” -- Bad Religion

Fact: There is no law stating children are to be ripped away from their parents at the border. That is a policy the Trump administration announced in May, 2018. The zero-tolerance policy has lead to a surge in family separations.

Remember, your government is currently on your watch. What you do, matters.

Sessions cites Bible in defense of breaking up families, blames migrant parents. Jeff Sessions is a horrible person.

Sarah Sanders uses Bible to defend Trump's separation of families at border. “I can say that it is very biblical to enforce the law. That is repeated throughout the Bible.” Sarah Sanders is a horrible person. Religion doesn’t change that fact.

Oh yeah, the bible was used to justify slavery, too.

The Trump administration is going to build a tent city at the border for migrant children.

What it's like inside a former Walmart in Texas where the US is holding 1,400 immigrant children.

A grandmother seeking asylum was separated from her disabled grandson at the border. It’s been 10 months. The boy has severe epilepsy and autism.

When asked by a reporter if she has any empathy for the children being ripped away from their parents at the border, the Press Sec of the US says "I know you want to get some more TV time". I may have mentioned this already but Sarah Sanders is a horrible person.

“These people have nothing. They come to the border with nothing. And you throw children in cages.”

Thousands of people are expected to join rallies in dozens of cities across the country calling attention to the plight of children being separated from their parents at the southern border.

Trump returns salute of North Korean general at summit, state media footage reveals.

James Comey used a personal Gmail account for official government business while FBI director, the Justice Department's inspector general says. Hillary Clinton tweets: “But my emails.”

Trump uses the Comey report to cover-up his guilt in the Russia scandal.

Reporter: Are you confident in EPA Admin. Pruitt?
Speaker Ryan: "Frankly I haven't paid that close attention to it ... I don't know enough about what Pruitt has or has not done to give you a good comment."

At best, Paul Ryan is waste of flesh. At worst, he is either massively ignorant or a lying sack of shit about the Pruitt story. Neither of those options bode well for the country.

House GOP draft immigration bill includes visas for 'Dreamers' and other immigrants, $25 billion for border wall. Using Dreamers (and immigrants) to fund the fucking wall. Because people, particularly non-white, non-wealthy, non-males, are nothing more than tokens in some fucked up game to the GOP.

Trump and family sued by New York attorney general over alleged charity violations.

Waffle House is in hot water again, this time for calling police on a black couple disputing the cost of a cup of orange juice. I think it’s time to stop dining at Waffle House.

"Stranger Things" star Millie Bobby Brown leaves Twitter amid cyberbulling.

There is nowhere in the U.S. where a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 could afford a two-bedroom rental apartment. You'll Need a $22/Hour Wage to Afford a Two-Bedroom Rental in the U.S.

New Study Shows the Devastating Effect Climate Change Is Having on Antarctica.

“Religion is the opium of the masses.” -- Karl Marx

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

And another day of admirations, plastic surgery, and a pimp winning a GOP primary comes to a close:

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen splits with his own legal team.

Trump on Kim Jong Un, who is considered among the worst human rights abusers in the world: “He’s got a great personality. He’s a funny guy, he’s very smart, he’s a great negotiator. He loves his people, not that I’m surprised by that". Horrible people support other horrible people. Kim Jong Un, like Vladimir Putin, is what Trump aspires to be.

Two Norwegian lawmakers have nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Families Belong Together. Families Belong Together opposes the cruel, inhumane and unjustified separation of children from their parents along the U.S. border. Join us on June 14, 2018.

Tuesday's results show the dangers of crossing Donald Trump. The clear message in both races was this: Support Trump and you have a better-than-average chance of winning in a Republican primary. Oppose him -- even occasionally -- and run the risk of losing for your apostasy. "We are the party of President Donald J. Trump," South Carolina state legislator Katie Arrington declared proudly after defeating Rep. Mark Sanford in the 1st District Republican primary. And if you support the current version of the Republican Party, then you too are a horrible person. Yes, I said that.

Initiative to break California into 3 states to go on November ballot. If Brexit and Trump winning in 2016 hadn’t happened I might think this was just fringe bullshit. But a divided California would certainly help one particular political party.

Nevada pimp Dennis Hof, the owner of half a dozen legal brothels and star of HBO's "Cathouse," won a Republican primary for the state Legislature on Tuesday, ousting a three-term lawmaker.

With 15.5 million cancer survivors in the U.S., why don't we know more about "chemobrain"--the mental fog that often lingers after treatment is over? Cancer specialists want the help of brain scientists.

As Mars dust storm rages, NASA's Opportunity rover falls silent.

More men are turning to plastic surgery to try to improve their looks, the industry's professional organization says.

US to co-host 2026 soccer World Cup with Canada and Mexico. The United States will play host to at least 60 games, including the quarterfinals, while Mexico and Canada will take 10 each.

“Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating than intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none.” -- Claude Chabrol

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.

Tuesday, Jun 12, 2018

And another day bringing us another step closer to an Orwellian world comes to a close:

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” -- Bruce Lee

The White House made a Hollywood-style trailer for Kim Jong-un, and it is full of inspirational nonsense. Holy shit that was some...some...bullshit propaganda. Some things you just have to see for yourself. And yes, this was put out by the White House.

A judge rules AT&T can buy Time Warner, a decision that could reshape the media industry.

One of the Department of Justice attorneys who withdrew from an ongoing case over the Affordable Care Act just before the government said it would no longer defend the law has resigned.

Don’t be fooled by the FCC chairman’s Orwellian argument justifying the repeal of net neutrality. Ajit Pai is a horrible person.

More than half — 58 percent — of women in academia have been sexually harassed, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says in a new report.

Seattle's city council voted to repeal a newly enacted "head tax" imposed on the city's largest companies, including Amazon.com, as a way of fighting an affordable housing crisis.

Tesla is laying off about 9% of its staff.

Newly Discovered Structure In Human Sperm May Be Linked To Infertility.

Feds weigh proposals to ship wild horses overseas.

“Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.” -- Hans Selye

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.