Today's Colbert

The New Era Of Shoddy

First this:

Then this:

None of this shit is hard to track down - and is there any better way to illustrate the likely chaos of a Trump White House? 

But seriously - this is in keeping with Trump's assertion that his being sent to a Military Boarding School for Rich Legacy Pukes is the same as actual experience in a uniformed service.

Out In The Open Now

via HuffPo:

WASHINGTON — Republican senators are rushing to condemn Donald Trump’s statement that a Mexican-American judge can’t be impartial because of his ethnicity. They’ve called his comments “wrong,” “offensive” and the “definition of ‘racism.’”

But they’ve just put themselves in a bind: those same senators are still arguing, somehow, that Trump is the best person to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, along with dozens of other federal court seats they’re holding open for the next president.

Acknowledging that Trump's comments are pretty horrible, but then continuing to stand up for the guy - well now, that's not exactly what anybody has in mind when they think of the word "integrity", fellas.

Watching a long segment replay from Joe Scarborough about the Judge Curiel thing struck me as pretty wild.  First, the GOP does not - THEY JUST FUCKING DON'T - get to play this like they never saw it coming and nobody ever tried to warn them.

They won't let me embed the video, so here's the link to the MSNBC page. (check for the date: June 6, 2016)

A little horn tooting might be in order here - libruls have been trying to tell us this was happening for years.  A blogger named driftglass (eg) has been saying this is what's going on. The podcast he does with Blue Gal every week has been laying this out for a good 200 weeks or more.  

Who's been right about this shit all along, and who's been fucking wrong?

Second, reports of the GOP's demise may be premature, but it gets harder and harder not to visualize it circling the drain.

Mr Oliver, If You Please

I'll keep asking the question - when do we start to get this level of quality reportage back in "the news"?

And also too - yes, there's an opinion embedded in this stuff.

• My opinion is that facts matter.  
• My opinion is that those facts show Trump University to be a scam.
• My opinion is that those two things add up to: Donald Trump is a lyin' sack of shit.

3500 lawsuits in about 30 years time?  Makes me wonder what his real bidness might be.

Artful Eloquence

hat tip = FB buddy VW-E

Muhammad Ali

Dead yesterday at 74

Once upon a time, there was a Meat Market type bar in southeast Denver called The Sports Page, and the gimmick was that they showed old movies of sporting events on a coupla big projection screens. My all-time fave was this fight between Ali and Cleveland Williams.  The first time I saw it, I was so mesmerized that I just sat there swilling beer and watching - I got drunk enough to fall asleep in my car out in the parking lot afterwards.

Here's what I posted on his birthday this year

Today's Quote

"I guarantee you that every person of color in this country has faced an indignity, from the ridiculous to the grotesque to the sometimes fatal, at some point in their - I'm going to say last couple of hours - because of their skin color.  Race is there, and it is a constant. You're tired of hearing about it? Imagine how fucking exhausting it is living it."

--Jon Stewart

Today's Tweet

#PoorDonald here are some mittens for you to keep warm, just your size! #TinyHands pic.twitter.com/WU9Q6tcp3S

— Sal #NeverTrump (@Salalaniz5) June 2, 2016

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Today's Librul Redneck