Today's Quote

Here's a golden oldie.

Powell gave up his credibility when Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld played him for a sucker and talked him into doing that extraordinarily stoopid dog-n-pony show at the UN as we were being pimped into the Iraq war.

But he did the right thing afterwards and just faded away, which restores at least a bit of his honor in my opinion.  And I think part of that restoration shows in his willingness to stand up and call out the bullshit in the GOP when he sees it.

Today's Pix

Donito Trumpelini Speaks

Today's Shitty-Trump-Thing is basically about the standard Trump tactic of listening for somebody to say almost anything even the tiniest bit critical of him, and using it as justification for a massive counterattack - not to answer the criticism, but to pump up his own image as a strong leader.  If this isn't the behavior of a despot (aka: school bus bully turned "politician"), please tell me what is.

And just in case you missed it, at about the 1:45 mark, when Trump is blathering on about how tough he'll be on ISIS, he actually slags the US military as it is now.  I understand that he means it to be a charge of incompetence against Obama, but he says basically that all of our current military leaders are crap: "... if we had a General MacArthur; if we had a General George Patton - I mean, they'd be gone before they had time to go over and check it out. OK? It's a ridiculous situation."  If I'm a general officer in any branch of uniformed service, I'd be voting for just about anybody but this guy.

But wait - Generals and Colonels are more than egotistical enough to think that if they put this guy in power, they could manipulate him so they could run the joint from their own desks.  Which is almost exactly what happened with GW Bush, and why the GOP wants another Empty Vessel POTUS - like Rubio or Jeb.

I really hope they're not thinking Trump isn't smart enough, and unscrupulous enough, to turn the federal government into one big bloody knife fight.

In the end though, I still think this is the next step in Trump trying to find his exit.  He's finally gotten around to taking a big runny shit on the US Military's head - let's see if anybody actually notices, but then let's take a long look at anybody who steps up to say, "Thanks for the hat, Mr Trump."

Deep Thought

Try not to over-think it once you notice that the word "studying" seems like a mashup of "student" and "dying".

Today's Tweet

Not the most current, but hits it on the head where Ms Fiorina is concerned, and so it should be noted.

pic.twitter.com/ySAxhGZoST

— miles reed (@milesjreed) February 18, 2016

Canada For President

That Rubio Spot

Senator Big Gulp is trying so hard.

(This is the one that features a skyline shot of a Canadian city - oops)

Look, Marco, only one guy's allowed to be Ronald Reagan and that guy's been dead for a dozen years; almost a quarter of your life.  You gotta hitch up your short little pants, buckaroo.  Walking around in Daddy's shoes was pretty darn cute for a while, but it's time to stop pretending and start doing for yourself.  

I guess I'd just like to give you a knowing smile and send you out into the big beautiful world with a pat on the head - but I'm afraid your hair would break and I'd get slivers in my hand and it'd be a big mess and - well, just go on ahead, little man.  

But seriously, stop pimpin' Reagan's corpse like that; it's just kinda gross.

Today's Pix

Beyoncé Is Black!?!

And suddenly, SNL is good and funny again?

Today's Tweet

This is just plain fuckin' genius.

Oh Lord!
What I wouldn't give for this to happen!
Hahahaha!https://t.co/y9ma5Wunly#SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #Scalia pic.twitter.com/CMpoKp2jR5

— Cornelia (@PaladinCornelia) February 15, 2016

It'd scare fuck-all outa Clarence Thomas, wouldn't it?  And it'd keep Senate amoeb-licans busy for months - especially if the White House made a show of bringing somebody in to shepherd the nominee thru the process; somebody like Alan Simpson maybe (not that he'd do it, but fuck me, that'd be fun). There's a knife-fighter out there somewhere looking for his shot at shoving something of substance up a few asses on the hill.

Half of the GOP might actually suspect that Obama's just fuckin' with 'em now and they'd  pull back a little, but ya gotta know the others would be happily scrambling to find ways to fuck her over which will let a bunch of them in for a nice little beating come November by providing some extra motivation the Dems can use to drive people out to the polls.  They'll need it to overcome the problems caused by voter ID.

Do it.

On A Sunday Evening

So Desiderata is making the rounds again, and I just can't let that shit go unchallenged - not when there's this:

Debate Tweets

I wonder if Carson started drinking before debate too. #GOPDebate #tytlive pic.twitter.com/T9TVN0Vsq0

— Adam Crutchfield (@A_Crutch) February 14, 2016

LOL, I missed this line! "Dr. Carson, I'm sorry we have to go to a commercial. The free market wants what it wants."

— Karoli (@Karoli) February 14, 2016

I speak Spanish. I speak Spanish real bueno. #GOPDebate

— Speaker Cruz (@HavanaTed) February 14, 2016

Rubio: I don’t know what he said on Univision because he doesn’t speak Spanish.
Cruz: RESPONDS IN SPANISH #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/5eAQeZekfx

— AJ+ (@ajplus) February 14, 2016

#GOPDebate Carson: We have all the government "regulators" enforcing "rules". Crazy, right? I mean, you leave one sponge in one skull...

— driftglass (@Mr_Electrico) February 14, 2016

Facts don't matter in GOPDebate https://t.co/JYIpcno5QK

— Karoli (@Karoli) February 14, 2016

@CitizenWonk #GOP Debate Arsenicand Old lace pic.twitter.com/tTP9CrQJN2

— Giovanni Benavides (@seterapia) February 14, 2016

@PaulBegala You are looking LIVE at the South Carolina Republican Debate pic.twitter.com/wVhoXMLwGm

— Zachary Kretchmer (@1970Bing) February 14, 2016

I hate this guy, but even he can be right once in a while... https://t.co/CzfrJxhhkB

— The Goat (@Mr_Jitters) February 14, 2016

@Mr_Electrico Carson is the Human Time Out from an NBA game

— Don P (@tractive_golfer) February 14, 2016

Bravo to the Disney Imagineers on the incredibly life like Rubio from the "Hall of Never Will Be Presidents." #GOPDebate

— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) February 14, 2016

I Wow, Cruz closes by claiming he's fighting for his little girls' liberties as he promises to abolish abortion. #GOPDebate

— The Vagina Demagogue (@eclecticbrotha) February 14, 2016

Ciao

"Conservative" icon Antonin Scalia dies, and we can absolutely count on at least one of his fellow "conservatives" to pay him great honor and respect by tweeting out a picture that's NOT Antonin Scalia.

In which a sitting US senator tweets out the photo of an actor to pay homage to Scalia pic.twitter.com/wnUfpE6Rpb

— Luke Brinker (@LukeBrinker) February 14, 2016

Senator Ron Johnson is a seriously doltish meathead who probably couldn't find his ass with a guide and a fucking GPS.

The good news is that Russ Feingold is back and could end up kicking this turd muffin to the curb.

Seriously - what the fuck is wrong with these guys?

Take Good Care Of Your Mother

The oceans on this planet comprise 99% of all livable habitat.

Inquiring Minds, featuring Marah Hardt

"I never drink water - have you any idea what fish do in water?" --(not really) WC Fields

Today's Toon