Trump’s White House ballroom is too big, architect says, as 2nd panel prepares to vote on it

Actually I am not against the creation of a White House ballroom. It really is something that was long needed. But, as always, the egomaniac has screwed it up.
The White House has always presented a more modest environment, as befits a democracy, as opposed to the opulence of royalty. Trump does not understand that.

So now Israel tells us what to do. Just so you know, all indications were that Iran was ready to make a deal with the U.S. on Friday. Well this will distract from the Epstein files, right?

Because I’m tired.

I try to stay positive about the world, but it really is very hard. Today we bombed Iran. Really? As Trump desperately looks for anything that will distract people from the Epstein files. Dear God. I have friends and family who voted for this man. I saw this man break the law MULTIPLE TIMES! On January 6th 2021, on both of his “perfect” phone calls. The first, to Zelenskyy to try and pressure him in to making it look like there was an investigation into his Democratic opponent, the second to the Georgia head of elections requesting he “find” him 11,000 additional votes. That was with my own eyes and ears. He was convicted of multiple felonies, he has been charged with fraud three times and only got out of the first two times by using his money and connections. He has been accused of sexual assault DOZENS of times! He has made weird and inappropriate remarks on camera and/or microphone about women (even his own daughter) many times! He was sued over 7,300 times BEFORE he first ran for president. He cheated on all three of his wives and paid hush money to do it, and people support him? Religious (supposedly) people no less.

This is all about stupidity. The inability of people to let go of a belief when it is proven wrong. This is what all the tragic moments in history start with, stupidity.

Hegseth says Pentagon canceling troops’ attendance at top universities

So now we don’t want our top officers to attend Harvard or Columbia, or Georgetown or Yale or Brown because they may be exposed to “harmful” ideas, like, you know, Philosophy, Ethics and Logic. What the f**k?

On 26 September 1983, during the Cold War, Stanislav Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, followed by up to four more. Petrov correctly judged the reports to be a false alarm.
His subsequent decision to disobey orders, against Soviet military protocol, is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that would have likely resulted in a large-scale nuclear war. An investigation later confirmed that the Soviet satellite warning system had indeed malfunctioned. Because his decision may have averted a retaliatory nuclear strike, Petrov is often credited as having “saved the world”
-from Wikipedia
He reasoned, “The Americans would not attack with five missiles, it would be a hundred,” Petrov was the only duty officer on staff who had been educated in civilian schools and not a military academy. All the other officers admitted they would have followed orders and reported the attack.

Stupidity reigns supreme

Amazon’s tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts

45% increase in profits, 86% decrease in taxes, and all it cost was a over-priced documentary contract and a few contributions. I wonder if Trump calls his new Amazonian f(r)iend “New Jeff”.

And we wonder why Italy doesn’t want these geniuses “helping” with security at the Winter Olympics.

you forgot who Trump and his supporters are…

“Trump is the first president not to issue an official proclamation recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day since Reagan made it a holiday.”

Donald Trump doesn’t acknowledge Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Presidential pardons have been abused before, but not on a scale like this…

Trump declares fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction

At least Trump’s business buddies will profit. That’s something, right?

Yesterday Rob Reiner the famed actor, director, writer and producer was murdered along with his wife in their home. Sadly, it appears that his son Nick may have been the assailant. Here is what our esteemed leader decided to write on his “Truth Social” platform…

“Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS, He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before.”

What an asshat of an individual. Just remember a lot of people consider him their leader.

Antifa is a loose association of groups who are “Anti-Fascist”. Which is a good thing, since fascism is a type of government like the Nazis had. Really it is a bunch of very liberal Art majors who aren’t a threat to anybody. They show up when Nazis or the KKK are having rallies to show some resistance to those groups. So does that mean that Trump and his supporters are “Pro-Fascist”? Yes, yes it does. As we have seen, Trump does tick all the boxes on a definition of fascist.
Why Does Trump Get Called a Fascist?

What kind of people Trump and his supporters are…

National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump’s birthday

Once again the elites will force the children of the poor and middle class to secure their profits by sacrificing their lives. And the innocent people of another country will feel the power of the world’s largest military. The U.S. has energy independence. Venezuela’s oil is not for the U.S., it is for the billionaires wallets.

Trump says land strikes in Venezuela will ‘start very soon’

The US attacked Venezuelan boats it says are carrying drugs. Is Venezuela sending drugs to the US?

I’ve lived across the street from a minister for 20 years. He has always seemed to me to be a true Christian and a good man. He walks the walk. I asked him a question once. I told him I was having a debate with my conservative friends. All of them believed that the ends justify the means. I said I thought that the ends NOT justifying the means was one of the central points a just about every religion. Did he agree? He said, “Yes, but I would reword what your said. I would say, If you think you must do something wrong to do God’s will, then you have lost faith in God.”

Mic drop

You will never see the whole set of documents and evidence the government has collected from the Epstein investigations. That’s my prediction. The news media has portrayed Trumps apparent change-of-heart on the matter as Trump knowing he couldn’t win. I don’t believe it. I think this whole time they were stalling, there was a plan 2, and I’ll bet it involved editing Trump and Republican mega donors out of those documents as much as possible. I don’t know much about how Trump’s hand picked from his personal attorneys DOJ handles documents or even how the normal DOJ would handle those files. But by carefully moving key people out of certain roles and replacing them with loyalists, I think you might get it done.
First Trump comes out all for it, then Mike Johnson, the suddenly all the Republicans? I smell a fix.

Update: Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Claims He Heard ‘from a Pretty Good Source’ That Epstein Files Are Being Scrubbed of Republican Names

More war for oil.

I was reading an article on socialism in America when I saw a name I recognized, and I noticed that November 5th was the 170th birthday of Eugene V. Debbs. A perennial candidate for president on the American Socialist Party ticket back in the 1910’s and 1920’s. So who was he?

Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

Scary stuff that socialism. I learned about Debbs from Kurt Vonnegut.

Eugene V. Debs at Wikipedia

Quotes from Debbs