Today's Cheap Shot

Down And Dirty

It seems a little too much, but I haven't found anything to dispute its veracity.

Maybe it's just that politics - plus the opportunity to give the power elite the benefit of our super-genius-level intellect - really does make some people stoopid.

hat tip = Twitter pal @therealzanetta

Trae Crowder

Careful With That 'Rithmetic

Truth + God = Life

--and so--

Life - God = Truth

hat tip = Twitter pal @athyvaya

Today's Tweet

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— miles reed (@milesjreed) August 13, 2016

What He Said

(Ripped entirely from Mock Paper Scissors - because it's fucking brilliant)

Q: What do you think about Hillary Clinton and the Democrats?
“I fucking love them. I have always loved them. And let me just say this: If you’re a politician — not just in Washington but in business and industry, you have to be a politician — there are a lot of things that you have to do that you’re not proud of. There are a lot of compromises you have to make because it means that you can get this other thing over here. And if you think that you can go to fucking Washington and be rainbows and butterflies the whole time, you’re living in a fucking fantasy world. So now, having said that, think about what a female has to do with that: All of those compromises, all of that shit, double it by ten. And you get to understand who this woman is and how powerful, persuasive, brilliant, and resilient she is. Any female executive, anybody who has been put to the side — women, blacks, gays — for them to succeed in a white-male-dominated culture is an act of brilliance. Of resilience, of grit, of everything you can imagine. So, what do I think of Hillary? I think she’s fucking awesome. Is she in bed with Wall Street? Goddammit, I should hope so! You’ve got to dance with the devil. So which of the horrible people do you want? That’s more of the question. Do you want a pompous braggart who doesn’t know anything about diplomacy? Or do you want a badass bitch who knows how to get shit done? That’s really the question.”

The take-away here is that we have a lot of institutional sexism in our country—I think Scissorheads know that, we certainly laugh at it enough—The Skirts—and what RuPaul points out is that it puts an enormous burden-of-proof on women candidates. The late Ann Richards once said, “After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.
Ru-Paul is in many ways the epitome of badassery (a black gay man who has made a celebrity career of being a drag queen?! His drag show has been nominated for a freakin’ Emmy Award!), and if he sees a hero in Hillary Clinton then I can check my white male privilege at the door. His statement is remarkable.

Women politicians have to do everything male politicians do, but they get judged for doing it. From the clothes, to their voices, to just existing (the woman-card), they get scrutinized where men get a pass. Backwards and in high heels, indeed.

So as uncomfortable as I am (and I am very uncomfortable with political dynasties, and especially this dynasty because of the Clintons’ love of triangulation), I think it is absolutely remarkable that Hillary Clinton has not only won the nomination, but that she is winning the day-to-day battles.
She’s a badass bitch who knows how to get shit done. I can work with that.

Today's Tweet

It's too bad @realDonaldTrump wasn't the founder of ISIS because it would be bankrupt by now.

— Jim Earl (@jimearl666) August 11, 2016

About The Facts

And BTW, the next time somebody wants to talk about "...the anemic economic growth under this weak POTUS because it's a lousy 1.2%..." 

- let's try to remember that 1.2% growth in a $17 TRILLION GDP = $204,000,000,000 (two hundred-four billion & no/100 dollars).

The growth in the US economy was greater than the total GDP of 26 states.

The growth in the US economy was greater than the total GDP of all but 46 countries around the world.

The fucking GROWTH.

It's called "The Tyranny Of Large Numbers".

And while it also applies to large numbers like Debt and Deficit (and that gets a little scary), ya gotta ease up a little on the Dumfuckery Quotient, Skeezix.

And The Question Is

It seems the cyber hack of DNC is a lot bigger, and pointing very much more precisely at Russia.

Chuck Todd wants to know "where's the National Security outrage?"

I'm thinkin' maybe that explains why Trump's reverted to his usual big and asshole-ish form.  He needs to distract for right now, making sure we gloss over the Ruskies' fuckery and hoping for the other shoe to fall on Hillary.

Let's see those tax returns, Donald.

Bernie-esque

"He wants America to work for him and his friends, at the expense of everyone else. He's offered no credible plans to address what working families are up against today. Nothing on student loans or the cost of prescription drugs. Nothing for farmers and struggling rural communities. ...nothing for communities of color in our cities to overcome barriers of systemic racism. Nothing to create new opportunities for young people. Just a more extreme version of the failed theory of trickle-down economics, with the addition of his own unique Trumpian ideas that even Republicans reject."

Not crazy about the F35 thing, and I'm still waiting for good answers on the flipflop on TPP and KeystoneXL.  And I'd like her to acknowledge / deal with the shit that NAFTA turned out to be - she kinda tries (companies gaming the system etc), but it's just not there yet.  

But she's putting it out there in pretty good shape.  For me right now, it's a matter of supporting her as "a wonk I think I can trust on policy", if we can figure out how to keep pressure on her and rein in her apparent difficulties with the seemier aspects of making deals and thinking she has to hide those details from us - to the point where she lies when she really doesn't have to.

Anyway, it's a pretty thoroughly boring stump speech, and that's a good thing, kids. Cuz it sure beats the fuck outa what that other guy's doin'.