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Thankfully, Kansas City Cameron Lamb Riots Never Happened
30 minutes ago
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Friday, February 10, 2017
Entertainment Overnight -- Somewhere Only We Know
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old, and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired, and I need somewhere to begin
And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go?
Somewhere only we know
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Kansas City's Connection to Today's Super Game
All hail, George Toma.
George Toma, 88, to help prepare
Super Bowl field for 51st time
What a guy.
A bit from the article.
Toma, who turns 88 on Feb. 2 but continues to work as a consultant for the NFL, watched from the sidelines as an all-star crew of groundskeepers from other NFL teams applied logo designs to the stadium end zones, one of the many tasks that will occupy hundreds of workers leading up to the game Feb. 5.
"This is one of the best artificial fields that we've played on," Toma said of NRG Stadium's new field, which was manufactured by TurfNation of Dalton, Ga., 90 miles northwest of Atlanta.
He said he stood next to two Packers equipment managers, a father and son, speculating on what Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi would do the next day to beat Kansas City.
And what a history he has not just in his industry but with this biggest of all NFL games.
Everyone should have work they do they enjoy, they love, like this and this man. It's not wonder he's still going strong at 88.
Thanks for all you do, Mr. Toma! And thanks for representing Kansas City and doing it so well!
Links:
George Toma inducted in the Major League
Baseball Groundskeeper Hall of Fame
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Quote of the Day -- Who'd Have Thought?
--Andy Borowitz
Links: The Borowitz Report
New President and Congress Show For Whom They're Actually Working, Already
--Scrapping Dodd-Frank so the big banks can be yet more unregulated and take us ever-closer to one more economic, national and possibly, if not likely, international melt-down
--Scrapping rules against coal companies dumping coal ash into streams
--Scrapping required background checks for the officially mentally unstable
--Scrapping rules that require financial advisers to act on their clients best interests. Those clients would be you and me.
--Scrapping methane rules so corporations can pour yet more methane into our atmosphere
Don't believe it? See for yourself.
Finally, here's another. One last, late breaking example of who Mr. Trump and all the Republicans in Congress are actually working for. And it's not you and me, Mr. and Mrs. middle- and/or lower-class America.
G.O.P. Hurries to Slash Oil and Gas Rules, Ending Industries’ 8-Year Wait
During the campaign for the office he now holds, Mr. Trump said we Americans pay too high prices for drugs and pharmaceuticals in the nation. Like he had to tell us, right? Now? Now that he's President and in the White House and has the power to do anything? Yeah, well, never mind...
Mind you, this is only the first two weeks, ladies and gentlemen. Who can even imagine what they have in store for us even this month, this year, let alone the next four or six years, depending on the length of their respective terms in office?
Friday, February 3, 2017
You Nearly Won't Believe What House Republicans Did Yesterday
Seriously, this is what they just did yesterday, my fellow Americans. They're voted to make it okay for clinically diagnosed mentally unstable people to have their own weapons because, you know, 2nd Amendment rights.
House Republicans Just Voted To Allow Severely Mentally Ill People To Buy Guns
Timely Quote of the Day, II
It seems Mr. Lincoln had a great deal to say about the likes of a President Trump.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
The Most Expensive Presidency Ever?
I saw this article today out on FB:
Trump Tower security is costing the
US taxpayer $400000 every single day
There are so many things about this to know and keep in mind, it's pretty stunning.
That figure alone, $400,000 per day---nearly one half million dollars a day for security for the man in the White House who has not divested and who will not divest from his portfolio, Emoluments Clause or no.
Screw you, America. He has money to make.
Forget that it could--and likely would--cloud his decision making for and on the nation. He and his money are far too important to be bothered with our legality and laws.
Screw you, America. He has money to make.
Forget that it could--and likely would--cloud his decision making for and on the nation. He and his money are far too important to be bothered with our legality and laws.
Second, think about this. Do some math.
$400,000 per day turns out to be--wait for it--146 million dollars per year.
Just for this President. And only because he won't, again, divest himself of his business portfolio and hey, it's more fun flying back to NEW YORKE SITTY so he can be in his own tower on whatever floor, surrounded by very tacky, lowbrow gold furniture and furnishings.
New Yorkers have to love the inconvenience of having this bonehead in town, too, don't you know? Blocking the streets, making traffic yet more impassable. It must be even more awful.
Then, let's do some more math, fellow Americans.
Over four years---if, God forbid, he makes it that long, given what we've seen of the first two weeks--Mr. Trump and his very reckless, impetuous presidency would cost us, cost you and I, cost the nation 584 million dollars.
Just to keep his tower, his building and him, secure.
That's just under two thirds of a billion dollars.
For security.
For this one President.
Understand and keep in mind not just that this is unprecedented (spelled and used correctly here, please note), but how completely unprecedented this all is. No president has ever needed or required or asked for this kind of security and protection. We've never had this kind of additional, unnecessary expense before.
This, on top of the fact that Mr. Trump never divested of his business holdings, make this one of the most dangerous and expensive presidencies in the history of the nation, without question. It's a dangerous presidency because of the risks we incur getting him in and out of New York City but also because of those same risks just having him there, fulfilling his selfish whims.
That it's the most expensive presidency we have ever seen or will likely ever see is shown just in the math, above.
So much for Right Wingers, "Conservatives" and Republicans wanting to be the government of small spending, eh?
Timely Quote of the Day
A good, even important read from Abraham Lincoln and our nation's history. Very timely, I think, what with our new President's actions of these last 2 weeks of his very new Presidency.
Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address
"Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor;--let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap--let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs;--let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars."
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Congratulations, America
Yes, Congratulations, America. For 8 good, strong, building years, you had an intelligent, deliberative, thoughtful, educated leader you elected in the White House representing and leading you nationally and internationally.
Then, you elected and placed in charge a rash and brash, nearly unthinking, blustering, inexperienced, narcissistic, racist, sexist, misogynistic man to lead you who is also nearly completely lacking in nuance and familiarity with politics or international relations.
How on Earth?
Links:
The clear and present danger of Donald Trump
The Dangerous Normalization of Donald Trump
To Kick Off Black History Month
This would be fifty-three minutes and four seconds of time very well spent, I believe.
Know your history.
Know your American history.
Why We Have Black History Month
What it's like to be Black in America.
How segregated school districts
keep black children in poverty
Black People More Likely to Be Stopped
by Cops, Study Finds
What part or parts of any of this seems remotely fair or just or right?
Keep in mind, too, this is just a small portion of all the many, many statistics on America, Americans and how Blacks are treated in our nation and have been since the nation's inception.
This isn't "Black History" so much as what has been going on for the past 300 years and what's still going on and why we need to change it. Why we need to change all of it.
Links:
Monday, January 30, 2017
Sunday, January 29, 2017
The Unprecedented, Even Outrageous Presidency That Already Is Donald J. Trump, One Week In
Okay, end of week one of the Trump Presidency, weekend number two and what do we have yet again?
This was last weekend.
Women lead unprecedented worldwide
mass protests against Trump
There were, as I pointed out earlier, an unprecedented number of protests not just all across the nation, which I don't believe ever occurred before, but all across the world, as well, and on all 7 continents.
So here we are, one week later and he's done it again. First, across the nation.
Then, again, once again, across the world.
It's important we both know and keep in mind that all of these protests are, in fact, not just unprecedented for even a US President but especially a just-inaugurated President. Two weekends in a row of protests in the home nation and across the globe and we're only 9 days in to the administration.
Lots of us across the nation predicted a Trump Presidency would be turbulent. None of us, I think it's safe to say, thought it would be this much. It seems clear it's going to be a far wilder ride with this man, this Mr. Donald J. Trump than we would have ever imagined.
Links:
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Emotionalism, Narcissism, Irrationality and Xenophobia Abound
Tom Tomorrow has it right. Still. Some more.
Thank Goodness for KCPT's Lily White Weekly Talk Shows!
I saw a late edition of KCPT's "Week in Review" last night and as I said, thank goodness we have KCPT and their 2 very usually lily white and nearly completely all male talk shows, "Ruckus" and "Week in Review."
On last night's show, it was, yet one more time, all men--except one token woman--and all bleached white.
Ain't it great?
I mean, who else is going to tell us how things are? Who else should tell us how things should be?
Well, middle-aged and elderly white, largely Right Wing--at least on "Ruckus"--males, men, of course!
It's just the way it should be, isn't it?
Heck, on "Week in Review" they even imported the panel leader from England! How fantastic is that?
None of those pesky "people of color" or minorities!
Ain't nobody got time for that!
Besides, there was that one segment last evening toward the end of the show where they squeezed in a very brief story and mentioned now-deceased Royals player Yordana Ventura.
Who says they don't have minorities on KCPT's news programs?
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Entertainment Overnight -- MTM
MTM
She sang, she danced, she did comedy, she did serious drama and acting. She did it all and wonderfully, beautifully.
Thank you for all of it.
You'll be missed. Very missed.
Rest in peace and godspeed to you.
Seems The New York Times Is Mocking and Having Fun With Our New President
This article came out today on President Trump from, yes, The New York Times.
It’s No Trump Tower, but White House Has ‘Beautiful’ Phones
“These are the most beautiful phones I’ve ever used in my life,” Mr. Trump said in a telephone interview Tuesday evening.
“The world’s most secure system,” he added, laughing. “The words just explode in the air.” What he meant was that no one was listening in and recording his words...
His mornings, he said, are spent as they were in Trump Tower. He rises before 6 a.m., watches television tuned to a cable channel first in the residence, and later in a small dining room in the West Wing, and looks through the morning newspapers: The New York Times, The New York Post and now The Washington Post.
But his meetings now begin at 9 a.m., earlier than they used to, which significantly curtails his television time. Still, Mr. Trump, who does not read books, is able to end his evenings with plenty of television.
I love this, on the Times part:
“They have a lot of board rooms,” he said of the White House, an apparent reference to the Cabinet Room and the Roosevelt Room... (So, a "lot of board rooms" is two. Two. Kudos, Times).
His preference during the day is to work in the Oval Office. And to stare at it, still...
Among modern American presidents, Mr. Trump may be best situated to work where he lives. For decades, he has lived in a penthouse apartment on the 58th floor of Trump Tower and taken an elevator down to the 26th floor, where he has a corner office with views of Central Park. Many presidents have complained of being cooped up inside the White House — George W. Bush in particular said he missed the outdoors — but Mr. Trump can go for days without breathing in fresh outside air...
“It’s a beautiful residence, it’s very elegant,” Mr. Trump said, deploying one of his highest forms of praise. (Some of their critique is, I think, more subtle than others, as with this one. Fair, also, but subtle).
“There’s something very special when you know that Abraham Lincoln slept there,” Mr. Trump said. “The Lincoln Bedroom, you know, was his office, and the suite where I’m staying is actually where he slept.”
Mr. Trump was referring to the White House master bedroom, which is now his own.
“Knowing all of that, it’s different, than, you know, just pure elegance and room size,” Mr. Trump said. “There’s a lot of history.”
“The world’s most secure system,” he added, laughing. “The words just explode in the air.” What he meant was that no one was listening in and recording his words...
His mornings, he said, are spent as they were in Trump Tower. He rises before 6 a.m., watches television tuned to a cable channel first in the residence, and later in a small dining room in the West Wing, and looks through the morning newspapers: The New York Times, The New York Post and now The Washington Post.
But his meetings now begin at 9 a.m., earlier than they used to, which significantly curtails his television time. Still, Mr. Trump, who does not read books, is able to end his evenings with plenty of television.
I love this, on the Times part:
“They have a lot of board rooms,” he said of the White House, an apparent reference to the Cabinet Room and the Roosevelt Room... (So, a "lot of board rooms" is two. Two. Kudos, Times).
His preference during the day is to work in the Oval Office. And to stare at it, still...
Among modern American presidents, Mr. Trump may be best situated to work where he lives. For decades, he has lived in a penthouse apartment on the 58th floor of Trump Tower and taken an elevator down to the 26th floor, where he has a corner office with views of Central Park. Many presidents have complained of being cooped up inside the White House — George W. Bush in particular said he missed the outdoors — but Mr. Trump can go for days without breathing in fresh outside air...
“It’s a beautiful residence, it’s very elegant,” Mr. Trump said, deploying one of his highest forms of praise. (Some of their critique is, I think, more subtle than others, as with this one. Fair, also, but subtle).
They finished up in, I think, again, the subtlest of ways but still critical and even stinging. Stinging, that is, if you get it.
Mr. Trump was referring to the White House master bedroom, which is now his own.
“Knowing all of that, it’s different, than, you know, just pure elegance and room size,” Mr. Trump said. “There’s a lot of history.”
So at least if we're all going to Hell, at least we can laugh, along with the Times, on our way. Funny thing is, too, he'll never get it unless one of his staff, maybe, tells him.
What isn't to loathe about the man and what he intends is to enjoy for the humor, guffaws and laughter.
Day 5 Of This New Administration
- Trump will keep James Comey as head of the FBI
- Congressional Budget Office projects $8.6 trillion increase in federal deficit
- Trump clears way for Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipeline to go forward
- Lawsuit against Trump, filed Monday, alleges Trump's foreign investments are a violation of the Constitution's emoluments clause.
- EPA ordered to freeze grants, not talk about it
- Multiple federal agencies ordered not to speak to press
- Spicer continues to defend illegal ballot lie and state that it is a long-held belief of the President
- No evidence that Trump has actually sold off his shares in Energy Transfer Partners, which owns the Dakota Access Pipeline
- Nikki Haley confirmed as UN ambassador
- The twitter account for Badlands National Park tweeted facts about climate change. Tweets were deleted and the account has gone silent.
- House passes bill to bar federal funds for abortion and block tax credits for individuals and businesses buying abortion coverage under health care law.
Who can say what to expect next? There's nearly no telling.
Links: Trump Tracker
Welcome to the "It's All About Me" Presidency
We're only less than one week into this Administration and already he's inflicting turmoil in Washington, across the nation and world, in fact, with his paranoia and insecurities.
Undaunted Trump seeks probe of
debunked voter fraud claim
Trump’s disregard for the truth threatens his ability to govern
Apparently, this helped get him riled.
White House sources say Trump was ‘visibly enraged’ at the size of the Women’s March
It must come from his TV viewing.
White House Sources Say Trump Was 'Visibly Enraged' at the Size of the Women's March: Report
He wouldn't take intelligence briefings, prior to becoming President but he would, apparently, watch lots of television.
Terrific.
Meanwhile, he's far too slick for our national news media and he's getting off easy.
In fact, this is starting to look Fascist, no exaggeration.
Four More Journalists Slapped With Felony Charges for Covering Inauguration Unrest
And look what he's doing to our own EPA.
'It's Day 4 and It's Already Happening': Rachel Maddow Sounds the Alarm on Trump's Science Gag Order
And here's Mr. "Small Government", Conservative, "Get Government Out of Your Life" Republican President Trump:
What, exactly, does "send in the Feds" mean? Isn't that martial law? Really? That's what you want?
And due to Mr. Trump's bravado, China is now arching its back and bristling their fur.
It's going to be a long and, I fear, scary, turbulent four years, ladies and gentlemen and it's only just begun, we're only less than a week into it all.
As I keep saying, God help us.
As ever and always, Tom Tomorrow has it right.
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