How They Die

According to Pentagon data, more than 6,800 troops have died in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11 and more than 3,000 additional service members have taken their lives in that same time

Closing in on 10,000 dead uniforms.

And in 2012 and 2013, for the first time ever, suicide caused more military deaths than anything else.

Can we stop handing these kids every shitty problem that we don't feel like dealing with?  And cops too btw, now that I'm thinking about it.

We have to get back to some reasonable facsimile of sanity, and start figuring out how to deal with our shit without always bashing each other over the head with sticks and rocks.

We can't kill our way out of every fucking problem that comes along.

It's A Word

"That's our word now - and you can't have it back".

Oh yeah, Ice Cube gave @billmaher the talk he needed to hear pic.twitter.com/i7jYbCtm5P

— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) June 10, 2017

Pretty strong. And I think I'm straight with it now.

Thanks, Ice.

Under-Reported

Enablers and supporters and apologists  for the guy who claimed "Only I can fix it" are all very busy telling us he's having trouble fixing anything because of his naiveté and inexperience.

You got suckered, "conservatives". And it's time to admit it - so c'mon.

It's All For Show

We all know he said he'd release his tax returns - he said that at least twice, under two different circumstances, and with two different caveats.

We all know he said there was evidence of Obama tapping his phones in Trump Tower, and that he'd have it for us inside a week - which was 3 or 4 months ago.

We all know there's any number of other instances when he "promised" something that never materialized.

Every time out, we get a new look at 45* doing nothing but trying to set up the cliffhanger for this week's episode of Your Life Is A Rolling Clusterfuck In A Dumpster Filled With Burning Tires And You Pay Me For All Of It.

If anybody calls this asshole's bluff on this one, we all hafta know by now that some imaginary lawyer will suddenly appear in 45*'s dreams and forbid him to testify - even though he really really really wants to do it - for reasons beyond the understanding of you mass of unwashed idiots.

Balls

I'll go ahead and call this Leadership - cuz that's what it is.

And hey "conservatives" - if you still think guys like 45* are the ones talkin' plain English and gettin' down to bidness wid it, then you're admitting to being the rubes I've been saying you are for a very long time now.

Stop volunteering for The Big Bamboozle.

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And BTW - why does it seem like the Lady Dems are the ones with the real balls?

This is the face of every American woman after listening to a man blab his mouth when you asked him a yes or no question. pic.twitter.com/SF8shsFTtN

— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 8, 2017

Keith

I missed this one last week. Lots of disclaimers and caveats, but holy crap.

That Natural Law Thing

Sometimes, I have to let this junk outa the sewer just long enough to show it up for the dead-end bullshit it is.

"There's no equality in nature."

These guys are sure that's the whole banana. All they ever have to claim is that they're just trying to go along with "the natural order of things", and nobody can refute or rebut - there's no equality in nature.

Wanna know what else you don't find in nature, Mr Spencer? Here's one: There's no law in nature. 

In nature, there's nothing that keeps Charles Barkley from popping your fool head like a pimple.  So go play outside for a while, shortpants - the adults are trying to work.

Jesus, I hate dealin' with these shit-heels.

Overprivileged White Guys

"...toxic - like farts from a vegetarian."

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