Marc Maron - What The Fuck
Episode 787 - Lena Dunham & then Trae Crowder
Episode 787 - Lena Dunham & then Trae Crowder
Feb 20, 2017
About That "Deeply Divided" Thing
Wanna see the real difference between them and us?
They actually believe this shit (or say they do so what's difference?):
And we know better:
They actually believe this shit (or say they do so what's difference?):
And we know better:
I won't be able to reconcile myself with, or pair up with, or find commonality with anybody who insists on being ignorant - especially at a time when there actually are vast resources they can use to find out about stuff.
I just can't.
Are You Ready?
If you're not ready, then you'd best be gettin' ready because I think we'll eventually be told to accept Mike Pence as the guy who rides in and saves us from the clutches of Donald Trump, Evil Super-Genius.
WaPo:
At this point, almost anything beats 45*, and Pence will have to do because the process only requires a few more steps before we're looking at President Rex Tillerson, and then we really are just another oil company with nuclear weapons.
Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusion that Pence isn't another Daddy State fuck wearing a slightly different uniform. But at least I get the impression the guy has a sense of decency and honor about him where 45* has none.
Also gotta remember there's no provision in the Constitution for a do-over so there's no chance at a President Hillary in store for us. We have rules, and it's usual-and-customary in our little experiment in self-government that we do things by the fucking rules - not just the letter, but the spirit as well. And the spirit of the law? Aye, there's the rub.
We have a guy in office who figured out how to exploit all the loop holes. Everything that's not spelled out in the words of the documents requires people to behave in an honorable way; to act in good faith in accordance with the spirit of the law; to not take unfair advantage.
45*'s built his whole thing on two simple premises:
1) If it doesn't say I can't do it, then that's my opportunity, and that's what I'll do.
2) And if it says I have to do it, then my opportunity is in not doing it until or unless somebody can force me to do it.
It's not that 45* is immoral - he's amoral. There's no Good and there's no Bad - there's only what works for him.
The guy has no soul and no honor.
WaPo:
BRUSSELS — Vice President Pence said Monday that he “fully supported” Michael Flynn’s ouster last week as national security adviser, setting himself firmly against the former general, who told untruths about his contacts with Russian officials.
“I was disappointed to learn that the facts that have been conveyed to me by Gen. Flynn were inaccurate,” Pence told reporters during a visit to NATO headquarters in his first public comments about a scandal that has rocked the young Trump administration.
Pence pushed for Flynn’s ouster after learning from The Washington Post that the national security adviser had been captured on tape speaking to Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak on the topic of sanctions. The conversation happened the day the Obama administration announced measures against Russia to retaliate for what U.S. intelligence services say was the Kremlin’s efforts to influence November’s presidential election. Flynn told Pence that he had not spoken about sanctions with Kislyak, an assertion Pence went on to repeat on television.That performance looked like standard Mike Pence - serenely confident (to the point of condescension) that he'll handle all our troubles if we can just have a little faith in the Jesus-ey goodness of The Lord's America (ie: Mike Pence).
At this point, almost anything beats 45*, and Pence will have to do because the process only requires a few more steps before we're looking at President Rex Tillerson, and then we really are just another oil company with nuclear weapons.
Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusion that Pence isn't another Daddy State fuck wearing a slightly different uniform. But at least I get the impression the guy has a sense of decency and honor about him where 45* has none.
Also gotta remember there's no provision in the Constitution for a do-over so there's no chance at a President Hillary in store for us. We have rules, and it's usual-and-customary in our little experiment in self-government that we do things by the fucking rules - not just the letter, but the spirit as well. And the spirit of the law? Aye, there's the rub.
We have a guy in office who figured out how to exploit all the loop holes. Everything that's not spelled out in the words of the documents requires people to behave in an honorable way; to act in good faith in accordance with the spirit of the law; to not take unfair advantage.
45*'s built his whole thing on two simple premises:
1) If it doesn't say I can't do it, then that's my opportunity, and that's what I'll do.
2) And if it says I have to do it, then my opportunity is in not doing it until or unless somebody can force me to do it.
It's not that 45* is immoral - he's amoral. There's no Good and there's no Bad - there's only what works for him.
The guy has no soul and no honor.
Feelin' Kinda Cynical
In a democracy, you're the customer and the boss.
As a customer, you pay money in and you get services out.
As the boss you hire managers to run the joint for you - what we still like to call elections.
In this Oligarchy/Corporatocracy, you're no longer considered the customer. If you're the customer, they'd listen to your input. Now the only time you get to talk to them is when they give you a chance to agree with decisions they've already made - a lot like those company meetings we all love so much.
And whatever else you may be, you're sure as fuck not the boss anymore.
So if you're not the customer and you're not the boss, I think that makes you the product.
They're farming you for your tax dollars. They harvest your money and divvy it up with their buddies and their campaign donors.
Because Contributors get them elected, not voters.
As a customer, you pay money in and you get services out.
As the boss you hire managers to run the joint for you - what we still like to call elections.
In this Oligarchy/Corporatocracy, you're no longer considered the customer. If you're the customer, they'd listen to your input. Now the only time you get to talk to them is when they give you a chance to agree with decisions they've already made - a lot like those company meetings we all love so much.
And whatever else you may be, you're sure as fuck not the boss anymore.
So if you're not the customer and you're not the boss, I think that makes you the product.
They're farming you for your tax dollars. They harvest your money and divvy it up with their buddies and their campaign donors.
Because Contributors get them elected, not voters.
Today's Tweet
I'm on the fence as far as whether or not I even care if it's true. Sometimes you fight fire with fire.
My friend @mfab69 was driving home from work, looked up and saw this pic.twitter.com/zTFL2DG4I6— Beth,TheNaziSlayer (@BethW_NoTrump) February 18, 2017
Feb 19, 2017
Charlie Brings It
Charlie Pierce at Esquire
hat tip = Karoli, Crooks & Liars
How many more of these whackadoo performance pieces does he have to present before somebody throws sand in the gears? If four Republican senators—say, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Ben Sasse, and Susan Collins—would agree to caucus with the Democrats under Chuck Schumer, the whole thing would grind to a halt until we could catch our breath and see if we really want to live in the madhouse of this president*'s mind for the next four years. Bold speeches in Munich and chest-thumping on Twitter won't cut it. It's put up or shut up time.
And, please, for the love of god, ye editors and news directors throughout the land, enough with the expeditions into the heartland to talk to people who helped bring this down upon themselves and on us. These folks have nothing new to say. They voted their id and their spleen and they're still on a high from that. Some guy in a café in Dubuque wants to say that he voted for this president* because he "tells it like it is," or because he thinks the steel mills are coming back? Can you watch that rally in Florida and believe that these opinions have any real merit?
hat tip = Karoli, Crooks & Liars
Fake And Alt-Fake News
Beware the double negative - and the triple and the fourple.
Don Lemon gets up and slaps back.
Don Lemon gets up and slaps back.
Yay Don. You are earning your way out of Press Poodle status. Ya did us proud right there, son.
Today's Tweet
Donald Trump is so incredibly not racist that all major racist groups endorsed him purely out of ironic spite.— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 18, 2017
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