RFK Jr. tapped to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. A powerful post which oversees the CDC and the FDA. Cross-pollination or people who were once in Big Pharma now working for the FDA a big issue for Kennedy. Also don't expect any massively expedited vaccines on the market without long-range safety data first. Operation Warp Speed belongs on Star Trek. Dunno about the raw milk.
An interesting and eclectic Cabinet.
Trump filling up his Cabinet posts quick. The msm is spinning everything he does in a negative light saying he's packing his Cabinet with fierce loyalists. When I was growing up the word "loyalty" had more positive connotations. Loyalty used to be considered a virtue. A dog is loyal to its owner. A wife or husband is loyal to their spouse. A worker is loyal to their company and doesn't sell trade secrets. I could use a few fierce loyalists in my own life.
BTW where is the Bobby slot?
I have actually read in some online forums about people who have broken down emotionally and mentally over the Trump victory and have to be counseled. I kid you not. Now let's remember Trump also won the popular vote and his victory was big enough you could call it a mandate. The legacy media is pretty much dead at this point as they're not as influential as they thought they'd be. People are gravitating more towards alternative independent media like Joe Rogan and not even giving a passing thought to what the New York Times has to say these days. Ole Gray Lady hubris.
Whither this blog? Start any post even mildly favorable to Trump and there's threadshitting. I don't plan on this place becoming a dumping ground or landfill for Trump hatred over the next four years. Criticism yes but there's a fine line between that and unhinged, valid takes and deranged rhetoric. I'm also seeing a lack of critical thinking skills like Trump wants every Latino person who voted for him to leave the country. That's just low-effort shitposting. Another one people who haven't gone to college don't know how to vote that's just plain intellectual snobbery. You know some calculus and some Nietzsche that makes you special? Saw a bumper sticker once that said "Without Truckers America Stops."
Word of advice to the Democrats: Next time leave Taylor Swift out of it.
Little known Susan Summerall Wiles or Susie Wiles for short. Was Trump's campaign manager. 67-year old grandma and daughter of the late American football player and broadcaster Pat Summerall. Back in the day involved in Reagan and Florida politics.
The New Republic. I used to read this when it was just a mag in Barnes and Noble. Kind of a liberal version of National Review I would read it on occasion. With Michael Kinsley as editor I found it a tolerable read. He's gone on to other things and now it's just straight up deranged political commentary basically untreated TDS. Reminds me of the scene in Easy Rider when they drop acid in the cemetery.
Is Trump gonna find a role for Snoop?
You can find people melting down over the Trump victory all over the Internet. It's entertaining to watch tbh but truthfully if these people keep this up over the next four years their health is going to suffer.
Joe Scarborough and Al Sharpton talking racial smack over at MSNBC saying black men didn't want a woman for president. Now there's two sober analysts. Thought - Maybe black men don't like the price of food like the rest of us.
America's mental health crisis continues.
Kamala Harris should never have been the Democratic candidate. Exit polling showed most voters had concerns about the cost of living and the economy. The incumbency or in this case part of the incumbency doesn't normally win with that kind of data. The Democrats should have gone with someone outside the WH and surprised there was no real discussion of this apparently between the time Biden dropped out of thr race and the start of the DNC. They may have still lost with another candidate but their chances would have been at least slightly better imo.
There will be the liberal wailing and gnashing of teeth over the next four years. Also Trump will be dealing with a hostile media on a daily basis led by the New York Times. As my friend said let the man do his job and finish the work he started. IF he had won the last time against Biden he'd be nearing the end of his second term right now and liberals and the Left could finally get on with their lives or at least be free of the TDS episodes and suffering. Instead this is what you got deal with it. You're out of tune with the American people.
Take it easy.
Sounds like a Japanese monster movie.
The Jr. influence. Trump has promised if elected to stop fluoride from being put into our nation's water supply. I really don't have an issue with that. Why was it put in in the first place? I drink a fair amount of tap water and still had a tooth decay on me. People point to scientific consensus. Bear in mind though scientific consensus was once in favor of lobotomies and electroshock therapy. Just sayin' consensus sometimes evolves and isn't etched in granite. Don't know if RFK Jr. plans to ban fluoride from toothpaste though and we may have to all switch over to Tom's of Maine. I kind of prefer to not get cavities.
Lots of pro-abortion ads on the TV. There might be some people out there who are ok with paying higher food prices for the next four years so long as they can arrange for an abortion. Talking about the Harris voters. Worked in a library once and the older secretary told me that back in the day people didn't even like to use the word "abortion." Had a negative connotation. Now it's like hey abortion. They say nobody is really for feticide though. People just do it a lot it seems.
Election Eve. Just rambling:)
Jeff Bezos has warned a Trump victory would mean the death of corporate media. Some people feel the polling is a little sketchy. I'm no data scientist but I'm seeing my poll is better than your poll. Saw some Rasmussen interpretation last night that there's some indicators Trump could win in a landslide. Another analysis - Harris needs her entire blue wall to win. If Trump chips away at that it's over.
The last thing the msm came up with, I mean after the Liz Cheney thing was Trump simulated a sex act on a mic at a rally in Milwaukee on Friday night. This was only after his mic wouldn't work right for a whole hour. Sometimes people get punch drunk from stress or overwork. I'm sure you've dealt with them. You go to work and someone's acting a little too zany. Drudge ran with the headline though with a short clip on X. Is Drudge still around?
The legacy media. Where do we go from here?
It's existential at this point. Does she do anything else with her time? It's like her sole mission in life now is to STOP TRUMP.
When stupid things are said always reach for the most hyperbolic explanations first. It makes for good political theater. Technically Trump said nothing about Liz Cheney facing a firing squad for treason. He was talking about her being a war hawk, an armchair warrior who would not hesitate to put our boys into harm's way. She's out of office now anyway. The best thing that could happen to Trump right now is a good case of laryngitis. Her rhetoric is no better saying this is how dictators destroy free nations. There could be any number of nutjobs out there right now who could take her words quite literally. Maybe that's what some on the Left want. She could've just called him a dumbass and left it at that. Incidentally in the eyes of the Left when did the Cheneys become less than evil? Dick Cheney's Halliburton and missing WMD days is more like an original Batman episode, dated but watchable but now the Left has moved on.
We're in the home stretch. If Trump loses Liz Cheney will have accomplished her mission and hopefully find another purpose in life. If he wins it will be another four more long and agonizing years for her and the Left. Pop a Prozac.
This is Charlie who I've blogged about before. Neighborhood tom who now allows me to pet him. Comes around fairly regular. All my cats are fixed so there's no shenanigans going on. Incidentally Google always corrects it to Tom like that's his name. Clean cat for a feral. I think the neighborhood people look after him. Dead rats and mice fairly regular sight around here. Cats doing their job. Unfixed toms have a big face. Mr, Galaxy calls it a face mask to help protect them during cat fights. Stay out of trouble Charlie.
Tip: Pulled chicken which you can get at many supermarkets these days share it with the cats.
I watched the newsclip a few times and Biden does appear to call Trump supporters garbage. This was in response of course to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's comments at the recent Trump MSG rally where he called Puerto Rico "a floating island of garbage." If you do a bit of a deep dive into this you can make a fair case Hinchcliffe was making an environmental joke that was miscast as a racist joke. PR has a serious problem with overflowing landfills. Most people probably don't know this. I didn't know this. Some comedians make obscure allusions as if they're common knowledge. It absolutely should not have been said however which leads us to Trump's press conference from a garbage truck. There's still time for him to drive a Mister Softee and hand out cones to the kids.
Biden is bitter he was cast aside but it was best for the country. He could pass away at a UN General Assembly meeting say. He's a Weekend At Bernie's thing waiting to happen. Quick get the body double! Conspiracy theorists think they're around. Uncle Joe. Obama fancies himself some elder statesman, an elegant commentator who has to give his Cliffs Notes views on everything. In his younger days he could have been an underwear model smiling back at you from a package of Hanes. I hear Whoopie Goldberg had some kind of meltdown. I have to look that one up.
I'm not bored;)
The NYT has studied Trump's campaign speeches and says they have grown harsher and darker. Trump throws in a penis joke to lighten the mood and there's a bee in everyone's bonnet. Ethnic humor -- You might be able to get away with a few Irish jokes but the better comedians have moved on. Back in the day on his radio show Stern used to say A LOT of racial things. Didn't stop Kamala from talking with him though. Just watched the 12 minute clip of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at Trump's recent MSG rally and a small portion was devoted to what you would call racial humor. Yes cringe - groan. Times change. Every once in a while you need to open up the window and look outside. Jon Stewart defended him as a roast comedian who once roasted Tom Brady. My take calling PR a floating island of garbage is rough even by ethnic humor standards. Having said that it doesn't affect the race in the least imho. On the other hand the Left's claim that Trump has it on his bucket list to be an aging Hitler now that's HILARIOUS. A tyrant for life with dementia. ROFL!!!
Did some checking. Trump on Rogan clocked it at 2 hours and 58 minutes. The Godfather was 2 hours and 55 minutes. Both epics. Now there's pressure building on Kamala to go on like JRE is some type of requirement. Her CNN Town Hall with Anderson Cooper didn't go too well what has she got to lose?
Dems gloomy all of a sudden like resigning themselves to a Trump second term and getting ready to point fingers. The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times have failed to make endorsements. Kamala vague on her economic plans just that she loves the middle-class and everyone needs more money. Where did all the joy go?
Trump has the gift of gab. Kamala always looks like she just took a pill and the side effects are starting to kick in.
Dunno.
Quick recap - Trump's former Chief of Staff John Kelly said in interviews with The Atlantic and The New York Times that Trump fits the definition of a fascist and prefers the dictator approach to government. He also claims Trump admired the loyalty of Hitler's generals and that Trump said Hitler also did some good things. Kelly is coming out with this kinda late almost like an October Surprise.
Harris on X: "Donald Trump is out for unchecked power. He wants a military like Adolf Hitler had, who will be loyal to him, not our Constitution." Also @Kamala HQ: "Trump said he wanted generals like Adolf Hitler had. He wants a military that is not loyal to the Constitution, but loyal to him...This is a window into who Donald Trump really is from the people who know him best."
My sober analysis (it's still early in the evening). All these allegations are not in the realm of established fact but the msm is treating it as such. How do you fact-check hearsay? It's possible it's true. It's possible it's not true. It's also possible there's some missing context or grayscale. Harris playing the Hitler card doesn't help people pay the mortgage or the rent or put food on the table. So far it's an academic discussion that may not sway the undecideds. She's looking to seal the deal on this. Throw some pasta against the wall and it might stick (old chef showed me that). It's a lazy approach imo.
Called my sister early this morning to see if she had a box for me to put him in to bury him in the backyard by an old rose bush. As luck would have it have today off. While sitting in the lounge chair with my first cup of coffee waiting for her to get back to me the home health aide had GMA on. The very FIRST story, the TOP story was Trump's former Chief of Staff John Kelly saying he thinks if Trump gets elected to a second term he'll become a Hitler. First off we don't have the political system for aspiring dictators. How in hell is that even supposed to happen? So much for dialing down the political rhetoric in the wake of the two recent attempts on Trump's life. Has Pfizer or somebody made a pill for TDS yet?
So now I'm down from six cats to five. Unless Elon Musk gives me some grant money I'm gonna stick with the five for now. Don't know about the media. They wouldn't be trying to influence the election would they?
Media giving this maybe more attention than it deserves. As we all know Donald Trump worked the fry station at a Philadelphia-area McDonald's over the weekend and held a kind of impromptu news conference through the drive-thru. He has called into question Kamala Harris work history saying there's no evidence she worked at a McDonald's during summer break while attending Howard University. Media giving this LOTS of attention calling to task his lies and baseless claims once again. On a scale of 1 to 10 it hardly registers with me. It's really not that important. Everyone knows Trump talks out of his ass. Maybe what we should be asking is was RFK Jr. okay with his stint at McDonald's??? He took Jr. on board to make America healthy again. Is Jr. pissed? I mean Trump could have put the produce away at a Whole Foods or something. Does Bobby feel used in any way?
I like McDonald's btw. Kamala Harris and Trump both like McDonald's. The media taking this way too seriously imo. Bobby probably confused at this point.
