Showing posts with label #NotMyPresident. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #NotMyPresident. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Sunday, February 5, 2017
When The Germans Think You're Fucked Up...
...you probably are.
"The United States president is becoming a danger to the world. It is time for Germany and Europe to prepare their political and economic defenses." - Klaus Brinkbäumer
SCOTUS Case Could Invalidate 2016 Election
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The media has failed to cover this. Email & call the hell out of them! Meanwhile...
We lose rights on a near hourly basis, the severely mentally ill were given the right to own a gun, it's now legal for companies to pollute our waterways, we the people are paying for the upkeep and staff of EVERY Trump residence plus the residences of his adult children & Kellyanne Conway, politicians no longer have to disclose bribes given to them by foreign entities or governments, the separation between church and state has been obliterated, our healthcare stands to be repealed w/o a replacement, China is preparing to go to war with us, Iran is being suspiciously quiet, Australia has declared they will choose NATO over the US (as they should), protests against the US government continue around the world every day, American Muslim assaults have gone through the roof, hate crimes in general have sky-rocketed (but Obama was soooo divisive 🙄) and...
We are only at DAY 16.
Here's the SCOTUS link to Case #16-907: https://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docketfiles%5C16-907.htm
Friday, February 3, 2017
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Some Powerful Photos from the Women's March (Global)
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| Berlin |
There are too many striking images from yesterday's march-gone-global to post them all so I'm choosing some of my personal favorites to highlight for a variety of reasons. (All photos can be enlarged by clicking on them.)
Artistry: Whichever photographer landed this shot managed to walk away with a visually striking and symbolically powerful piece. The beautiful German woman s/he photographed looks exactly like the poster directly behind her 😊
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| Paris |
Humor: You'll definitely want to click this pic from Paris to see one of the funniest signs ever!!
I probably looked at this photo half a dozen times before I saw the LOL moment. I'll make it easier for you by dropping a hint:
- Focus on the sign that has four pieces of yellow tape on it.
- See it?
- 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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| Chicago |
P Is For Vendetta: The next photograph is humorous as well, but it adds a little ass-kicking oomph to the comedy category.
This Chi Town woman ain't playin'! But judging by the expression on her male companion's face, he's probably grateful for that fact 😉
Chicago: it's not just known for its deep-dish pizza anymore.
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| Washington D.C. |
Poignancy: The next picture imbues the very point of political photography—it forces the viewer to stop and think.
This young man exposes Trump and the GOP for the heartless, money-wasting vultures that they are. Comrade Trump wants to build a damn wall, while Comrade Ryan is scrambling to gut medicaid, medicare, social security, welfare, and a myriad of other social programs that serve to assist the poor, the elderly, the disabled, and veterans.
FUCK THE WALL.
Pay more attention to the young man in the picture who NEEDS ramps and less (or zero) attention to the racist snowflakes who apparently get a case of the vapors just from thinking about a Mexican crossing the border. What comes after the wall, comrade? Are we going to start flinging virgins over it as sacrificial appeasements to El Chapo? (Hint: this ain't Skull Island and El Chapo ain't King Kong 😒)
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| Washington D.C. |
Triple Hitter: This photo wins for three YUGE reasons.
1) The lighting is gorgeous and makes for a beautiful backdrop.
2) That's one of my best friends holding up her signage all loud and proud. (Go Amy go!)
3) Click on the photo for an enlarged view and check out what those fallopian tubes are up to 😂 🙌
I was supposed to be in D.C. with her, but I was too ill to go. It is literally the only life event I'll look back on with the coulda-shoulda-wouldas.
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| Washington D.C. |
Snarkaliciousness: This photo—damn! It needs no explanation. All I'll say is: You go girl!
Actually I will say one more thing. Namely, Comrade Ass makes this entire damn nation look like a huuge, bigly loser. Some people take pride in classless vulgarity—they refer to it as not bowing to political correctness!—but the majority of us prefer human decency to sleaze.
One thing I have found to be true about the most vocal proponents of the First Amendment on Twitter is they tend to be less concerned with protecting free speech for its constitutionally intended applications than they are concerned with their right to use free speech to degrade and humiliate others. If you see the words 1a/2a in a Twitter profile, save yourself a headache and block them. All 1a/2a means is "I'm an obnoxious racist and misogynist troll who gets off on demeaning others. Oh and I love guns. Yeehaw."
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| Washington D.C. |
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Girl Scout Scorned: It might be time to reevaluate your life and morals (or lack thereof) when even the Girl Scouts hate you. Or at least that's what a normal person would do. But the Man-Baby-In-Chief?
It won't happen. On the contrary, I doubt any of us will be surprised if he goes on a Twitter rampage against Thin Mints, Samoas, and the little girls who sell them. "The Girl Scouts are huge losers. Their cookie-selling business is going under. Sad." [insert long-suffering sigh]
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| New York City |
Irony: Yes, Trumpel Thinskin, even the introverts hate you enough to protest your funky ass. They might have a hard time saying it, but they can write it out in signage like nobody's business. Which brings me to yet another point...
There was no group of people NOT represented in yesterday's historic, global march. Despite the disadvantage they would have been at had the demonstrations turned riotous, wheelchair-bound and blind citizens protested. Our fellow deaf Americans were so numerous that interpreters were on podiums at every speech.
All races, genders, sexual orientations, religions, ages, and political identities were accounted for. It was the definition of democracy and beauty.
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Karma: There are so many other photos that should be included here, but I have to end with the one that irritates Comrade Trump most of all: the side-by-side comparisons of Obama's first inauguration to his.
Trump's propagandist #ScarySpicer had the nerve to flatly lie during his first post-inaugural press conference ever by stating that Trump's inauguration was the most heavily attended in history. (Obama's first inauguration actually holds that honor.) When pressed about this lie today on Meet The Press, Kellyanne Conway told Chuck Todd that Spicer hadn't lied, but had provided "alternative facts" 😒
Hold on to your alternative Xanax, peeps. It's gonna be a long, anxiety-ridden four years.
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Saturday, January 14, 2017
Global Humiliation
Just in case you thought Trump was only a national embarrassment, here's the headliner for a Swiss paper a couple days ago 😮
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Monday, December 19, 2016
The Resistance Has Only Begun
While it is difficult in this specific moment to see the forest from the trees, we must. Despair isn't an option. Settling for subhuman status isn't on the menu. If you can't pull yourself together for you then take your strength from the enduring love you have for your children/parents/spouses/etc. In other words, wo/man up. Cry if you must—rage if you must—but be quick about it. Time is not on our side.
Fight. Resist. Refuse nothing less than total victory. We cannot let it come to power...
Ever.
#MidnightMartyrs
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
When TIME magazine sees it...
When even TIME sees the need to keep Trump from the presidency, shit has officially gotten real. I admit I'm not a fan of the conservative-leaning magazine, but I suppose that's also why its plea (or command?) to the Electoral College snagged my attention.
Republicans: when TIME magazine thinks its beloved and highly overrated GOP is traitorous, you got problems. Consider remedying them.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Putin, Trump, and the US Military: Can Americans Trust ANYONE?
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| A mural in Vilnius, Lithuania. Photo credit: The New Yorker |
I've been watching the words and deeds of vets and active military personnel pretty closely over the last 16 months... and every day my view of them as a collective whole grows warier. I don't want to distrust the people who are supposed to be fighting for our freedom, but the loudest ones are making it difficult not to.
After news broke yesterday of the CIA's confirmation that Russia interfered in the 2016 election with the intention of getting Trump elected, a thinking person would believe such a massive revelation would give the military pause. It hasn't. If anything, they have dug their cyber heels in deeper, going so far as to voice pro-Russia sentiments. This leaves me no choice but to ask, just who the fuck's side is the US military on anymore? If it's the American people's, I sure can't tell.
The level of misguided hostility toward Hillary Clinton coupled with a nonsensical devotion toward Trump is brain-ache worthy. Just what kind of "training" goes on in bootcamps these days? I don't know that we'll ever have that mystery solved. What I do know is there are two arenas which, once explored, fuel more questions than they provide answers: the three retired generals Trump may or may not appoint to his cabinet and the massive cognitive dissonance between what many vets/military say is important versus how they voted. First, lets look at the basic ticking points on those three retired generals.
The level of misguided hostility toward Hillary Clinton coupled with a nonsensical devotion toward Trump is brain-ache worthy. Just what kind of "training" goes on in bootcamps these days? I don't know that we'll ever have that mystery solved. What I do know is there are two arenas which, once explored, fuel more questions than they provide answers: the three retired generals Trump may or may not appoint to his cabinet and the massive cognitive dissonance between what many vets/military say is important versus how they voted. First, lets look at the basic ticking points on those three retired generals.
- Closely allied to Russia
- Not unlike his master, has a WTF relationship with facts
- Frequently disseminates pro-Putin and anti-Clinton propaganda
- Believes Islam is a political ideology rather than a religion and thereby poses a direct threat to peace between the US and the Middle East
- Has a personal vendetta against President Obama, which he chose to unleash against Hillary Clinton
- Convicted of divulging classified information to his mistress and biographer
- FBI Director Comey wanted him charged with a felony; he was convicted on a misdemeanor
- Still/currently on probation
- Former Head of CIA, "resigned" in 2012
General James "Mad Dog" Mattis
- His nickname = enough said
- Known for such "gems" as, “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet,” and "If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all"
- Requires a congressional waiver to become Secretary of Defense; has only been retired 3 of the required 7 years per The National Security Act of 1947
- Will face opposition from retired military who serve in congress
If the military is sooooo outraged by Hillary Clinton's email server because potential classified documents could have "compromised soldiers" (they didn't) then why the hell are they okay with General Happy Pants being in a position of massive power? The truth is this: not a single one of them can articulate a reasonable argument that explains the cognitive dissonance on display here. They throw shade, sputter, and shout "commie" at you for asking, but that's as persuasive as their (cough) arguments get.
Again, I ask, whose side are soldiers on?
Always show the utmost respect to Gold Star families.
Before the Trump Virus infected US politics, that golden rule was one only the dumbest of soldiers would dare break. Since we never heard stories about the Gold Star Family rule being tossed aside pre-Trump, we can probably safely assume any scant incidents of it were quickly stamped out by fellow soldiers or their superiors. Fast forward to the post-Trump world we now live in and it's as if that ethos never existed at all. I cannot count how many insults against Mr. and Mrs. Khan—especially against the former—I have personally seen with my own two eyes since the grieving father delivered his now historic speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Rather than defend the Khans when Trump attacked them, I watched members of the military defame and mock grieving parents. I saw posts from self-proclaimed soldiers in which they shamefully disseminated falsehoods about the Khans' faith, claiming they were supporters of Sharia Law when the opposite is true. Again I ask, whose side is the military on?
POWs Are Off-Limits
This election has brought about many firsts, none of which have been good. We have gone from being a people with normal relational issues amongst ourselves—for the most part—to a people firmly and perhaps irrevocably divided. Trump did that... and many vocal members of the military both past and present helped him bring us to this place.
Active military personnel are supposed to be publicly apolitical, but I saw little evidence of that during this election. Perhaps the worst, most vile spewers of online hatred have been the nasty ass, racist, venomous wives of these men. It's difficult to argue a soldier is apolitical when his own spouse is filling up Twitter with repugnant hatred, pro-Trump propaganda, and little else. More than a handful of these women also sport the frog logo on their Twitter bios; frogs might have been associated with Navy Seals in the past, but on Twitter today they represent the alt-right, Neo-Nazi, white nationalist movement.
And so I ask all members of the military for the last time, whose side are you on? You might want to figure that out before the black/Muslim/Hispanic wife of a soldier of color you depend on to have your back gets word that it's reasonable to assume you don't have his.
Friday, December 9, 2016
Sofia Vergara Being Sued By Her Embryos (Face Palm)
If for some unfathomable reason you still need more proof that the crazies have been emboldened by Trump's electoral college presidency to be, well, look no further.
Actress Sofia Vergara is being sued by her frozen embryos for denying them the right to life. She's no longer with her former partner and hasn't been for 2+ years, but hey, what has logic and personal choice ever had to do with rightwing thinking? (Rhetorical question.)
Although Ms. Vergara's frozen embryos have been cryopreserved in California, her ex is suing from Louisiana where frozen embryos hold equal rights to actual people.
A word of warning to any (read: all) men who masturbate: it's just a matter of time before choking the chicken becomes a questionable legal right. After all, you kill tens of thousands of potential offspring every single time you rub one out. You brutal serial killers need to think about THAT the next time you watch the make-sexy-time channel. Your hand belongs to the state.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Petition To Give Liberals Our Own Republic
You can sign the petition at Change.org. Because we are brand new and hardly anybody knows about us, we will be leaving this petition up for as long as it takes to get the needed signatures.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Trump News a.k.a. The Face Palm Chronicles
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| Carrot Top |
The Orange Menace pulls so much stupid shit on a daily basis that we can't possibly write individual posts about each incident. Here's yesterday's recap:
Climate Bizarre-Czar
Politico has reported that Ivanka Trump, also known as Daddy's Girl To the Point of Making Eyebrows Raise, is tapped to become the nation's next Climate Czar. Apparently under the delusion that detractors of Trumpel Thinskin will forget about his racism, misogyny, pathological lying, and Xenophobia as long as the planet is in better shape to be oppressed in, her role is to bridge the gaping divide between her father and the liberals who despise him. (Good luck with that.) According to the magazine, Ivanka "is now poised to be the first 'first daughter' in modern history to play a larger public role than the first lady."
Shocking. Really.
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| General Happy Pants |
You Can't Use A Legal Email Server If You're A Woman, But Trading Classified Info For Sex Is "Really Great" If You Have A Penis
The Orange Imperial Wizard is considering disgraced former General David Petraeus for Secretary of State. Petraeus, in case you don't remember, was sentenced last year to two years probation and a fine of $100,000 for divulging classified information to his lover (and biographer) Paula Broadwell.
[Insert long-suffering sigh]
And Hillary Clinton did what wrong again? Hashtag DoubleStandardMuch?
At Least There's Some Good News
The anti-Trump coalition effort to go after the Electoral College is gaining momentum. If just 37 Republican electors refuse to cast their vote for Trump, it would be enough to force him below the 270 threshold needed to win the EC. Should they not vote for Clinton, the case would be remanded to the House of Representatives, thereby forcing congressional members to publicly dis/avow Trump. If the House votes in favor of Trump, I'm told a lawsuit will be filed that would go before the Supreme Court of the United States. The court, currently divided, has four liberal and four conservative justices. In the event of a tie, it is uncertain what precisely would happen. But I'm getting ahead of myself...
According to Politico, there is only one solid Republican commitment thus far, but David Pakman reported days before this article came out that his inside source has tallied the count of Hamilton Electors (legally termed "faithless electors") to 15 out of the needed 37.
Not a bad start, but we still have a long way to go. Whether or not anything comes of this last ditch effort remains to be seen, but until the Electoral College meets on December 19th... all hope is not lost.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Wisconsin Judge Rules Against Hand Counting
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| Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn |
In a decision that deflated what lingering hope I had left in me, Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn rejected Jill Stein's lawsuit that would have required all Wisconsin counties to do the 2016 recount by hand.
Despite testimony from several renowned experts, such as University of California at Berkeley's Philip Stark (his statistical analyses found unusual patterns in the digits of vote totals in Wisconsin) and University of Michigan computer scientist J. Alex Halderman (he swore under oath that, "I am strongly of the opinion that a hand recount is going to provide a more accurate result,") the motion was denied.
It is unclear whether or not Stein will appeal to a higher court, but the clock is about to expire on the effectiveness and viability of doing so.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Post Election Stress Disorder (PESD)
It turns out Post-Election Stress Disorder (or PESD) is a real thing. Writing for Psychology Today, Dr. Jennifer Sweeton focused mainly on PESD as it relates to women, but noted the following:
Countless Americans are reporting feeling triggered, traumatized, on edge, anxious, sleepless, angry, hopeless, avoidant of connection, alone, and suddenly haunted by past traumas they believed they had buried. Of course, there is not just one type of American who has been experiencing these types of symptoms, and there is not just one reason for it. What is clear, however, is that there seems to be a sort of collective trauma (or at least stress) response occurring.
Sound familiar? Yeah, us too.
Dr. Sweeton, a specialist who primarily treats women that have suffered through severe traumas, disclosed that since the election nearly all her emails were starting to look the same:
“I haven’t slept in two days…”“I can’t stop sobbing…”“I am having nightmares…”“This reminds me of when I was sexually assaulted…”“I thought I was over all of my past abuse but now it’s back…”“I can’t sleep, can’t eat, can’t function…”
Sound familiar? Yeah, us too.
You can read the entire article here, which includes helpful tips on combatting PESD... or at least combatting it to the greatest possible extent one can.
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