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New York Times: “A body believed to be of the suspect in a Kentucky highway shooting that left five people seriously injured this month was found on Wednesday, the authorities said, ending a manhunt that stretched into a second week and set the local community on edge. The Kentucky State Police commissioner, Phillip Burnett Jr., said in a Wednesday night news conference that at approximately 3:30 p.m., two troopers and two civilians found an unidentified body in the brush behind the highway exit where the shooting occurred.... The police have identified the suspect of the shooting as Joseph A. Couch, 32. They said that on Sept. 7, Mr. Couch perched on a cliff overlooking Interstate 75 about eight miles north of London, Ky., and opened fire. One of the wounded was shot in the face, and another was shot in the chest. A dozen vehicles were riddled with gunfire.”

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New York Times: “Hvaldimir, a beluga whale who had captured the public’s imagination since 2019 after he was spotted wearing a harness seemingly designed for a camera, was found dead on Saturday in Norway, according to a nonprofit that worked to protect the whale.... [Hvaldimir] was wearing a harness that identified it as “equipment” from St. Petersburg. There also appeared to be a camera mount. Some wondered if the whale was on a Russian reconnaissance mission. Russia has never claimed ownership of the whale. If Hvaldimir was a spy, he was an exceptionally friendly one. The whale showed signs of domestication, and was comfortable around people. He remained in busier waters than are typical for belugas....” ~~~

     ~~~ Marie: Oh, Lord, do not let Bobby Kennedy, Jr., near that carcass. ~~~

     ~~~ AP Update: “There’s no evidence that a well-known beluga whale that lived off Norway’s coast and whose harness ignited speculation it was a Russian spy was shot to death last month as claimed by animal rights groups, Norwegian police said Monday.... Police said that the Norwegian Veterinary Institute conducted a preliminary autopsy on the animal, which was become known as 'Hvaldimir,' combining the Norwegian word for whale — hval — and the first name of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 'There are no findings from the autopsy that indicate that Hvaldimir has been shot,' police said in a statement.”

New York Times: Botswana's “President Mokgweetsi Masisi grinned as he lifted the diamond, a 2,492-carat stone that is the biggest diamond unearthed in more than a century and the second-largest ever found, according to the Vancouver-based mining operator Lucara, which owns the mine where it was found. This exceptional discovery could bring back the luster of the natural diamond mining industry, mining companies and experts say. The diamond was discovered in the same relatively small mine in northeastern Botswana that has produced several of the largest such stones in living memory. Such gemstones typically surface as a result of volcanic activity.... The diamond will likely sell in the range of tens of millions of dollars....”

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~~~ Guardian: "On a distant reef 16,000km from Paris, surfer Gabriel Medina has given Olympic viewers one of the most memorable images of the Games yet, with an airborne celebration so well poised it looked too good to be true. The Brazilian took off a thundering wave at Teahupo’o in Tahiti on Monday, emerging from a barrelling section before soaring into the air and appearing to settle on a Pacific cloud, pointing to the sky with biblical serenity, his movements mirrored precisely by his surfboard. The shot was taken by Agence France-Presse photographer Jérôme Brouillet, who said “the conditions were perfect, the waves were taller than we expected”. He took the photo while aboard a boat nearby, capturing the surreal image with such accuracy that at first some suspected Photoshop or AI." 

Washington Post: “'Mary Cassatt at Work' is a large and mostly satisfying exhibition devoted to the career of the great American artist beloved for her sensitive and often sentimental views of family life. The 'at work' in the title of the Philadelphia Museum of Art show references the curators’ interest in Cassatt’s pioneering effort to establish herself as a professional artist within a male-dominated field. Throughout the show, which includes some 130 paintings, pastels, prints and drawings, the wall text and the art on view stresses Cassatt’s fixation on art as a career rather than a pastime.... Mary Cassatt at Work is on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through Sept. 8. philamuseum.org”

New York Times: “Bob Newhart, who died on Thursday at the age of 94, has been such a beloved giant of popular culture for so long that it’s easy to forget how unlikely it was that he became one of the founding fathers of stand-up comedy. Before basically inventing the hit stand-up special, with the 1960 Grammy-winning album 'The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart' — that doesn’t even count his pay-per-view event broadcast on Canadian television that some cite as the first filmed special — he was a soft-spoken accountant who had never done a set in a nightclub. That he made a classic with so little preparation is one of the great miracles in the history of comedy.... Bob Newhart holds up. In fact, it’s hard to think of a stand-up from that era who is a better argument against the commonplace idea that comedy does not age well.”

Washington Post: “An early Titian masterpiece — once looted by Napolean’s troops and a part of royal collections for centuries — caused a stir when it was stolen from the home of a British marquess in 1995. Seven years later, it was found inside an unassuming white and blue plastic bag at a bus stop in southwest London by an art detective, and returned. This week, the oil painting 'The Rest on the Flight into Egypt' sold for more than $22 million at Christie’s. It was a record for the Renaissance artist, whom museums describe as the greatest painter of 16th-century Venice. Ahead of the sale in April, the auction house billed it as 'the most important work by Titian to come to the auction market in more than a generation.'”

Washington Post: The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., which houses the world's largest collection of Shakespeare material, has undergone a major renovation. "The change to the building is pervasive, both subtle and transformational."

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February 27, 2022

SNL Cold Open: "Ukrainian Chorus Dumka performs Prayer for Ukraine:

     ~~~ Marie: The last cold open that was this poignant was after the 2016 election, when Kate McKinnon (as Hillary Clinton) played a version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." Classy.

Late Morning Update:

The New York Times' live updates Sunday of developments in Russia's war on Ukraine are here: "President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine agreed on Sunday to talks with Russia 'without preconditions,' even as President Vladimir V. Putin further escalated tensions by placing his nuclear forces on alert." They will meet "'on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River,' Mr. Zelensky announced on his official Telegram channel."

CBS News/AP: "In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces put on alert Sunday in response to what he called 'aggressive statements' by leading NATO powers. The move means Putin has ordered Russia's nuclear weapons prepared for increased readiness to launch, raising the threat that the tensions could boil over into a nuclear war. In giving it, the Russian leader also cited hard-hitting financial sanctions imposed by the West against Russia, including Putin himself." MB: So it's, "If I can't have my ill-gotten billions, I'll nuke you."

Annabelle Timsit of the Washington Post: "Twenty European countries have closed -- or have said they will close -- their airspace to Russian flights and flight operators, amid a coordinated pushback against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. About half of the countries announced the move on Sunday, ahead of an extraordinary meeting of European foreign ministers to discuss further measures to support Ukraine and punish Moscow. Other countries, including Estonia and Romania, had previously announced their intention to ban Russian flights.... Also on Sunday, Canada's minister of transport, Omar Alghabra, said: 'Effective immediately, Canada's airspace is closed to all Russian aircraft operators....'"

Rick Noack, et al., of the Washington Post: "German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday announced a major increase in the country's defense spending, marking one of the most significant changes in decades to the country's post-World War II approach to security and possibly upending European defense policy. German lawmakers were still debating the plans as over 100,000 protesters assembled just a few meters away in front of the Brandenburg Gate to rally for peace. The scale of the protest -- one of the largest in years -- took authorities by surprise, and provided a visible display of just how deeply Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shaken Germans this week."

Ellen Doherty of Axios: "Some liquor stores and bars in the U.S. and Canada are taking Russian vodka off their shelves in protest of President Vladimir Putin's military invasion of Ukraine." Related item about New Hampshire linked below.

Ellie Silverman & John Cox of the Washington Post: "Fencing around the U.S. Capitol is being reinstalled in advance of Tuesday's State of the Union address, authorities announced Sunday, in a statement that also referred to potential protests in the city over the next two weeks. The decision was made 'out of an abundance of caution,' according to the Capitol Police, who have long been preparing for the possible arrival of trucks inspired by the 'Freedom Convoy' that occupied downtown Ottawa for more than three weeks to protest vaccine mandates."

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Putin's War, Ctd.

The Washington Post's live updates Sunday of developments in Russia's war on Ukraine are here: "Russian forces pushed into Kharkiv on Sunday, sparking a battle for control in Ukraine's second-largest city that included heavy street fighting and back-and-forth rocket firing.... [Russian forces faced] fierce resistance elsewhere, including Kyiv, where the Ukrainian government maintained control as residents sheltered underground and air raid sirens sounded. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky squashed a Russian proposal for negotiations to be held in Belarus. Though the Kremlin said that Russian officials had already flown to the Belarusian city of Gomel for talks, Zelensky said he wanted to meet in a neutral location -- not in a country supporting Russia's attack. Zelensky accused Russia of attacking civilians and warned that Russian actions in Kyiv and other areas showed 'the sign of genocide.' He said Ukraine had submitted a complaint against Russia's actions to the International Court of Justice at The Hague."

The New York Times' live updates of developments Saturday in Russia's war on Ukraine are here: "Through intense fighting in the streets of Kyiv and other cities, Ukraine's defense forces and civilian volunteers resisted Russia's invasion for a third day, battling for control of the capital as international pressure mounted on Moscow and support for Kyiv's besieged government grew.... Russian forces bombarded Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, again on Saturday night, after a day of pitched fights around the city. Most of the more than 150,000 Russian troops who had massed around Ukraine are now fighting in the country, U.S. officials said.... Two large explosions shook Kyiv shortly before 1 a.m. The country's deputy interior minister had warned earlier of an impending airstrike.... Ukraine's defense forces, outmanned and outgunned, waged a ferocious resistance to the Russian invasion on Saturday, battling to keep control of the capital, Kyiv, and other cities. There was intense street fighting, and bursts of gunfire and explosions could be heard across Kyiv." (Also linked yesterday.) ~~~

     ~~~ Marie: So Long, Stoli. Even Chris Sununu does something right once in a while. From the NYT Saturday updates: "In New Hampshire, where liquor and wine are sold through state-run stores, Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, announced on Saturday the removal of 'Russian-made and Russian-branded spirits from our liquor and wine outlets until further notice.'"

Zeke Miller, et al., of the AP: "The United States, European Union and United Kingdom on Saturday agreed to put in place crippling sanctions on the Russian financial sector, including a block on its access to the global financial system and, for the first time, restrictions on its central bank in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. The measures were announced jointly as part of a new round of financial sanctions meant to 'hold Russia to account and collectively ensure that this war is a strategic failure for (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.' The central bank restrictions target the more than $600 billion in reserves that the Kremlin has at its disposal.... U.S. officials said Saturday's steps were framed to send the ruble into 'free fall' and promote soaring inflation in the Russian economy.... Saturday's move includes cutting key Russian banks out of the SWIFT financial messaging system, which daily moves countless billions of dollars around more than 11,000 banks and other financial institutions around the world." The Washington Post's story is here.

AP: "In a significant shift, the German government said Saturday it will send weapons and other supplies directly to Ukraine.... Germany's chancellery announced Saturday evening that it will send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 'Stinger' surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine 'as quickly as possible.' 'The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks a turning point. It threatens our entire post-war order,' German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a statement. 'In this situation, it is our duty to help Ukraine, to the best of our ability, to defend itself against Vladimir Putin's invading army.'" A Washington Post story is here.

Caroline Vakil of the Hill: "President Biden late Friday ordered the release of up to $350 million for military aid for Ukraine. Biden ordered for the money to be allocated from the Foreign Assistance Act 'in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, and to make the determinations required under such section to direct such a drawdown.' Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Saturday that it represented the country's third drawdown of money to Ukraine in the last year, totaling more than $1 billion." (Also linked yesterday.) ~~~

     ~~~ Tara Copp of Defense One: "'Javelins will be in this next tranche as they had been in so many tranches in the past,' a senior defense official told Pentagon reporters on Saturday. The shoulder-fired, Raytheon-produced missile can be carried by one soldier and used to disable tanks and other targets. They are part of a package that includes weapons and armor to defend against the 'armored, airborne, and other threats it is now facing,' the State Department announced Saturday. In the days leading up to the invasion the United States flew planeloads of weapons and supplies into Ukraine, but stopped flying all manned and unmanned aircraft over the country once hostilities began, the senior defense official said. But the United States has other ways such as ground routes to supply Ukrainian forces, the official said."

Isabelle Khurshudyan of the Washington Post: "The Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, which is believed to have more than 130,000 volunteers, has been conducting weekend training sessions for months in preparation to help defend its turf from Russia. Now that the attack has started, Ukrainians across the country are mobilizing and turning to the Territorial Defense Forces to arm them and send them into the fight. Anyone between 18 and 60 can join.... President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted Thursday, 'We will give weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country. Be ready to support Ukraine in the squares of our cities.' But arming civilians, many of whom have little training, risks exacerbating the violence in cities across Ukraine and potentially giving the Russian military more pretext to fire indiscriminately."

Dan Lamothe of the Washington Post: "Ukrainian border guards who insulted Russian forces this week in a recorded exchange that went viral may not have been killed, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, contradicting an earlier claim by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said in a statement posted to its Facebook page that the guards may be alive, after Russian media reported that they were taken as prisoners from their base on Snake Island in the Black Sea to Sevastopol, a port city that Russia controls on the Crimean Peninsula." A Guardian report is here. (MB: And congrats to the Guardian for putting "fuck" in its URL for this story.)


Hannah Knowles & Emmanuel Felton of the New York Times: Since George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin ten years ago, "stand your ground" laws and how they're applied have "only expanded -- and grown 'more extreme,' some say -- since the death of another Black 17-year-old thrust it into the spotlight 10 years ago.... A growing body of research links stand-your-ground laws to sudden increases in homicide, including unlawful killings.... Stand-your-ground laws have now spread to most states in the United States, propelled by gun groups such as the National Rifle Association and lawmakers of both parties who say people under attack should not have to worry about a legal 'duty to retreat.'" See also the story linked below of a Florida man who was acquitted for fatally shooting a man who tossed popcorn at him after a verbal altercation which the acquitted guy started.

Barack Obama, Al Sharpton & Henry Louis Gates talk about the killing of Trayvon Martin ten years ago. New York Times video, with a column by Charles Blow. (Also linked yesterday.) ~~~

~~~ Timothy Bella of the Washington Post: "A decade has passed since [George] Zimmerman fatally shot [Trayvon] Martin and claimed self-defense in a case that was among the first to set the stage for the nation's racial reckoning -- and that helped give birth to the Black Lives Matter movement. Yet, since the former neighborhood watch volunteer was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter, Zimmerman, once described by GQ as 'the most hated free man in America,' has stretched his 15 minutes of infamy into 10 years of reprehensible headlines: arrests for domestic violence allegations, retweeting a photo of the 17-year-old Martin's dead body, reportedly selling the gun that killed the teen for $250,000." (Also linked yesterday.)

Jacqueline Alemany, et al., of the Washington Post on Trumpettes feuding backstage at the Elipse over who-all would speak at the Insurrection Rally. Turns out there's a Park Police recording of at least some of the dispute, and the January 6 committee finds that recording of interest. MB: Inconsequential, but sort of funny.

Donald Trump spoke at CPAC Saturday & told a pack of lies. Linda Qiu of the New York Times debunks some of the lies. ~~~

~~~ Colby Itkowitz, et al., of the Washington Post: "... Donald Trump gave his strongest indication yet that he intends to run in 2024 during a nearly 90-minute speech to supporters on Saturday night that also included continued praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 'We did it twice, and we'll do it again,' Trump told a crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, falsely claiming again that he won the 2020 election."

The Pandemic, Ctd.

Carl Zimmer & Benjamin Mueller of the New York Times: "Scientists released a pair of extensive studies on Saturday that point to a market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. Analyzing data from a variety of sources, they concluded that the coronavirus was very likely present in live mammals sold in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in late 2019 and suggested that the virus twice spilled over into people working or shopping there. They said they found no support for an alternate theory that the coronavirus escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan." MB: Sorry, Li'l Randy.

The New York Times' live updates of Covid-19 developments Saturday are here. (Also linked yesterday.)

Beyond the Beltway

Florida, Where Assault by Popcorn Is a Capital Offense. Eduardo Medina of the New York Times: "A jury in Florida on Friday acquitted a retired SWAT commander [link fixed] who shot and killed a man more than eight years ago inside a movie theater after a dispute over cellphone use. A jury of four men and two women found Curtis J. Reeves Jr. not guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Chad W. Oulson on Jan. 13, 2014, at a matinee showing of 'Lone Survivor' in a movie theater near Tampa. A defense lawyer for Mr. Reeves argued that his client had acted in self-defense when he fired on Mr. Oulson, who had tossed a bag of popcorn at Mr. Reeves, a retired Tampa Police Department SWAT commander."

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As a Land Grant Man, the complete and total takeover of the Supreme Court meaning the few lording over the many is certainly complete. The smug, diminishmentness of everyone else of DC reminds me of how the center of Russia is Moscow. It ain't. I hope Ketanji Brown Jackson is tougher than the crowd who nominated her. Go Get 'Em!

February 26, 2022 | Unregistered Commentercitizen625

Donaldovich Trumpskyev, back in the saddle, da?

Ever Putin’s puppy dog, Trumpskyev has been doing his darndest to do just what his master wants, creating unnecessary chaos and fact free dissent in the US. Of course it’s Biden’s fault that Putin invaded Ukraine. What other possible explanation is there? If you’re a moronic, self-serving chronic liar, that is.

And don’t you just love all the squeals from the usual suspects among the Party of Traitors about how Putin would never have dared to invade Ukraine if Fatty were still in office to demonstrate his “manly man strength and aggressive resolve” toward Russia. Nev-er!

Why, just this morning my dog demonstrated the exact same type of aggressive resolve when he jumped up on the couch and rolled over for a belly scratch.

Good boy, Trumpskyev! Good boy. Here’s a treat. Time for you to go out and poop now.

February 27, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterAkhilleus

Wait, wait, wait…

This report from “scientists” stealing one of Li’l Randy’s big squealing points about how evil Chinese researchers in Wuhan (along with Obama and Biden) created the coronavirus in a top secret lab is just a load of Aqua Buddha bullshit? Hey, are these guys self-certified eye pokers?

Didn’t think so. Fake news!!!

February 27, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterAkhilleus

Within all the coverage of the Ukraine debacle we get this story of Curtis Reeves who shot a fellow film watcher in a theater more than EIGHT years ago because the victim, Chad Oulson, was talking on his cell phone and then threw a bag of popcorn at Reeves when reprimanded. So now after eight years we get a verdict of not guilty because Reeves was acting in self defense????

And we wonder whether insanity has become the way of the world or perhaps it always has been and we just pretended it was otherwise. And looking at this from another angle––-those that are fighting for freedom –-in Ukraine and for other kinds of freedom in our country, could the cloak of this insanity finally–-and slowly–-be taken off revealing the naked truth of all these evils? The problem, of course, is too many will fight like hell to remain covered, cozy comfort for them that keep truth at bay.

And for the first time I didn't read or watch what Fatty said at CPAC––may he be flushed away like the papers he tried to destroy. He makes me sick and I'm mighty tired of being sick!

February 27, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterP.D. Pepe

P.D.

Yeah, who knew popcorn would turn out to be a lethal weapon?

Taking the liberty of re-posting this from yesterday because it says so much about the insanity of our national gun fetish.

No surprises here:

https://apnews.com/article/trayvon-martin-florida-homicide-gun-politics-3907568281565b8cc191fcc66aadf318

Think we'll ever come to believe that water is wet...or that guns kill?

February 27, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterKen Winkes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/27/colleges-admissions-selective-schools/

My comment:


There are many thing to criticize about our still overall wonderful country, but rating college pre-eminence (the value of education) in terms of earning power as both the author and his target do here has to be at the top of the list.

If a "successful" education is measured in dollar signs only, it's no education at all.

In fact, that false equivalence may be the best measure we have of the nation's "dumbing down" that we keep hearing about.

February 27, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterKen Winkes

@PD Pepe: Oulson wasn't even talking on his cell phone during the movie. He was texting the babysitter to check on his young daughter before the movie started, and the light from Oulson's cell bothered Reeves' eyes. So Reeves told Oulson to quit texting. Oulson ignored him.

This is a good lesson for anybody who wants to commit premeditated murder without the prospect of paying the consequences. (1) Get a gun. (2) Find out your victim will be at some event. (3) Grab your gun & go to the event. (4) Start an argument with the victim. (5) Shoot the victim. (6) Say, "Ooh, I was afraid for my life." Seriously. This will work in a stand-your-ground state. At least if you're a white guy.

February 27, 2022 | Registered CommenterMarie Burns

Putin's doggy

February 27, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterRAS

How does Florida do it? Outrage after outrage. It never ends.

A retired SWAT commander murders a guy in a movie theater (also shooting his wife!) for the horrible crime of throwing popcorn, then is found NOT GUILTY?!?!?

What.The.Fuck!?

So here’s this tough John Wayne career cop who “fears for his life” because he got hit with an Orville Redenbacher Saturday night special. Must have been an unpopped kernel. Yeah, that must be it. I dunno ‘bout you kids, but I fear for my life (and my kid’s) when I see those movie snack bar murderers slather half a gallon of butter-like goo on the popcorn at the multiplex. “Hold daddy’s water bottle, lemme get my 9mm out. I’ll show these little bastards!”

Seriously, this cop, in decades of service in robbery, homicide, and SWAT divisions had never felt scared enough to draw his weapon, but a guy throwing popcorn at him was the time he was most scared for his life?

Who buys that bullshit story, especially after video proved he had lied about everything else? The defense attorney claimed that 30 years of intense training kicked in and allowed Reeves to stand his ground and kill a guy for popcorn assault???

And how come, as PD points out, it took eight years before this bullshit came before a judge? Eight years during which Reeves got to live his life and take in many more movies? And what was Mr. Oulson, the popcorn guy, doing all that time? Oh, that’s right. Nothing. He was dead.

AND, to top it off, Reeves, the killer cop, whines about how HE’S the real victim in all this. His life is ruined, blah, blah, blah…I guess that makes Mr. Oulson a lucky ducky for escaping all that..BY BEING DEAD!!

Set your watches kids, 3 hours til the next incredible outrage from Florida.

February 27, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterAkhilleus

RAS,

That Twitter panel isn’t wrong car off. In fact, Fatty’s former press secretary reported, in her book, that during a meeting with Putin, Trump told his Russian handler that once reporters came into the room, he’d have to “act tough”, but it would only be for show. Later “they’d talk”, meaning Trump would lick his shoes cleaner than the treasury after his mooching family got through with it

February 27, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterAkhilleus

@Akhilleus : That is why a number of comedians have pointed out that Trump comedy isn't as easy as the press thinks it should be. It's hard to make Trump stupid enough, absurd enough, ridiculous enough, or evil enough for the jokes to land correctly. They hit too close to reality and lose a lot of their humor. Satire doesn't work well when people can't tell the difference between the real and the absurd.

February 27, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterRAS

Interesting how the Fat Fascist, wannabe dictator, takes a few steps back, after praising his Russian handler as a genius, pulling Putin’s ball sack out of his mouth long enough to spit out some bullshit about the bravery of Ukrainians (after his initial Putin blow job resulted in astonishment from decent human beings, ie, not Republicans). Trump, as ever, is a follower, never a true leader. He has no actual belief in anything other than his own self glorification. And if that means blowing Putin on Monday and telling everyone he didn’t mean to on Tuesday, well, that’s what he’ll do.

Feckless, fatuous, and feculent. The essence of this self serving fat fuck.

February 27, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterAkhilleus

A friend (with differing political opinions) says that her dog-sitting client wouldn't let a Democrat do it. Can you imagine how far gone your mind is to consider an R vs. a D as your dog-sitter? Aging ugly is looking worse and worse. And there is no light at the end of that tunnel. What if they had said no blacks, Jews, young people, no Catholics?

February 27, 2022 | Unregistered Commentercitizen625
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