A look back at the TREMENDOUSLY HUUUGE importance of Election 2016

So today’s the big election day in the USA. 500+ days of vitriol have run their course and now the last remaining “Superpower” is deciding who will be the target of their collective scorn and blame for the next 4 years. Neither candidate is particularly well loved and it’s obvious that both the Democratic and Republican parties really didn’t reach too deep into the gene pool when offering alternatives. The hope is I guess that the rising stars currently serving and gaining experience (TV face time) still need some more time on the vine. (Plus, Hillary needs some means of paying back the Clinton foundation)

Now I know many in the States that would love to have seen the 22nd Amendment (the one that limits Presidents to 2 Terms) repealed, like 18 months ago before all this hoopla but no dice. Plus, I don’t think Obama would last another term. I mean just look at him all grey, sallow and even his choice in ties has dwindled (I preferred the powder blue one personally). The poor man is but a shell of himself…….

Honestly, I don’t know why anyone would ever want to sign up for that gig. Look at what 7 years have done him! Jeeez, don’t they feed that man in that big ‘ol house of his? I don’t think so because we’ve all seen videos of him having to sneak out for a burger and usually with Joe Biden tags along as his wingman “Goose”. But Biden is like a college jock who never grew up, he just started wearing suits so he’s always game for a burger and a beer.

Who’s responsible for this man’s gaunt and greying, UNICEF poster-like appearance. Yep, the missus I bet! Now you see, Michelle who is ever the health conscious mom wants her kids to do the veggie thing which is great and a fine example to us all but dammit woman! He’s the leader of the Free World, he needs more than some arugula, beets and a nice vinaigrette to get him through the day!! Look what he’s going up against.

MANLY MEN like Vladimir Putin who would have you believe that he just hunted down a wolf that morning, killing it like that kid in 300 and then gnawed the flesh off it’s bones before riding home on his pet bear. Now that’s a man but poor Barak; though he is a fair baller apparently; is looking like an “almost” younger Morgan Freeman.

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Anyways, I digress. I should be talking about the “sharp as grapes” people who planned to campaign very hard for your votes, who planned to spend 18 months navigating past their colleagues towards their respective nominations. Men (and yes, even 2 women) who planned to spend 18 months barnstorming the nation, laying out their vision of where America is and where it needs to go, with thoughtful, reasoned and impassioned speeches in Norman Rockwell-esque town halls.

This is what any serious politician lives for. Campaigning in front of large crowds who hang onto their every word, having an attentive staff (unpaid interns) that make the long miles and anonymous hotels seem bearable. Having a media entourage happily broadcasting their voice and image for all the world to see as they demonstrate their heightened ability to lie to people’s faces and still not answer the question while pivoting and smiling. It caters to their narcissistic want for attention, adoration and hell, it’s a taxpayer funded road trip, all expenses paid.

Then reality came a’knocking as the unexpected, yet strangely expected dark horse joined the race. A man well known to the American TV audiences, to visitors of Las Vegas and to well heeled golfers everywhere (especially Scotland, they really love him in Scotland). Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce our latest contestant, hailing from New York City, Standing 1.9meters tall (1.7 if you take the lifts out), sporting the last living example of the once thought extinct blonde-rug-carpet-warbler… Mr. Donald J. Trump

<cue applause>

And now…… Ohhh Hell, that just fucked us all up… So now we’ve ended up with 16 months of…

MONKEY SHIT THROWING CONTEST

 

And that’s been our collective lot. With each passing week, another tweet at 3:00am from what I’m guessing was the gold plated toilet on the 64th floor of Trump Plaza, door open and poor Melania trying to smother herself with pillows in the next room.

Or Hillary fending off the reasonably well thought out policy ideas from Yoda, the Senator from Vermont while at the same time playing a coquettish game of footsie with the Academic tuned Senator from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren who’s endorsement was vital.

*** As a side note, if Warren had run, she’d have won the nomination, brought all the Bernie supporters with her and would’ve probably been better domestically and would’ve severely spanked Wall Street but she likely thinks she’ll be more effective in the Senate than the oval…for now…sigh ***

While the Democrats were having their little internal bitchy moments, The Republicans, known for their ability to get down into the mud had an unexpected internal meltdown as the Oranga-Baby-Man gained votes, gained attention and gained a headcount. I mean they threw everything they had at him but his bombastic, over the top, alternate reality approach just scared the shit out of them. I mean they had a retired neurosurgeon who they hoped could use some kind of Jedi Mind trick on Trump but he imploded on simple questions, relying instead on some kind of pseudo-science-rapture based thought stream which just scared people enough that he got booted.

Then there were the two wonder kids who were supposidly handsome, aggressive and sharp. They fared no better and soon fell by the wayside, victims as well to the Trump juggernaut of verbal abuse and heavy nasal breathing. One ran scared and the other got beat up, I can’t remember which but it doesn’t matter. In a few years they’ll be on the Sarah Palin talking head sunset tour.

So we get months and months of this crap. The Republican body count rising weekly and the Democrats reduced to Yoda and Hil. Primaries were upon us and don’t ya just know it?Hillary, won the nomination. It’s not that everybody didn’t in the back of their mind know it was going to happen but the flagrancy with which the media flat out ignored Bernie Sanders ensured her a victory. It was almost like watching Election 2012 where another independent kept winning but all the media could talk about was the strong second showing of their favourite candidate.

Meanwhile in the Republic-of-Rich-White-Men, it was the Nasal Breathing Oranga-Baby-Man who carried the day and became the head of the Republican Party and their nominee for President. I’d show a picture of him again but frankly I’ve seen enough and I’ve still got the rest of this article to finish so I’ll pass. Suffice it to say, he was TREMENDOUSLY GRATEFUL. As he said that, the rest of the Republican party started francticly looking for the back door. They’d just anointed their Frankenstein as king and were now looking for someone to blame. The RNC began to look like this

So there we have it folks, months of name calling, bitch slapping, accusations, denunciations and smiling photo-ops. I could go into detail but I know that you & I don’t want to relive that over again. But before I let you get back to what I’m guessing will be a bout of very heavy drinking this election night, I do want to just touch on the star of this season’s show. You guessed it………

Donald J. Trump brought a unique set of skills to what is usually a corrupt, predictable charade which we all numbly participate in. I couldn’t be bothered to read any of his books, not even the cartoon versions (which is how I think they were originally submitted to the publisher) so instead I quote Biography.com (For a PDF of his full BIO click —> trump-bio)

Synopsis

Real estate developer Donald John Trump was born in 1946, in Queens, New York. In 1971, he became involved in large, profitable building projects in Manhattan. In 1980, he opened the Grand Hyatt, which made him the city’s best-known developer. In 2004, Trump began starring in the hit NBC reality series The Apprentice, which also spawned the offshoot The Celebrity Apprentice. Trump turned his attention to politics, and in 2015 he announced his candidacy for president of the United States on the Republican ticket. After winning a majority of the primaries and caucuses, Trump became the official Republican candidate for president on July 19, 2016.

Trump brought a whole new approach to politics. He had an overwhelming conviction that Washington was corrupt and he knows corruption! He even admitted that he took advantage of the corruptness of politicians himself. But now that he was funding his campaign himself (later revised to $100 Million of which he’ still fell short $35 Million) he was not beholden to anyone (except the voices in his head)

Trump has demonstrated his grasp of social media, Twitter being well suited for his off the cuff, brain-fart approach to communications. He’s honed his Tweeting panache over many years and here are a few from before and during Election 2016.

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There were… ummm… “unique” Policy suggestions put forth by the Trump team which some of the population (also usually nasal breathing middle aged rural caucasian men) completely endorsed

• In order to provide jobs (?) and a measure of border security, a wall would be built and be funded (ahem) Internationally. You see, that’s Trump using his businessman’s mind and saving us big bucks already
• Ensuring strict adherence to the precept of Freedom of Religion by ensuring that if you weren’t of his religion, he would freely show you the door you should use
• Honouring a fallen soldier while dishonouring his parents, because honour isn’t cheap and this IS a zero sum game
• Calling a decorated former POW and current Senator a coward because hell, John Wayne was a hero and he NEVER got caught
• Suggesting that the USA provide nuclear weapons to Japan because of that whole Kim Il Jung is bat-shit thing and to Saudi Arabia because.. (hang on, it’s here somewhere) …just ’cause they want ’em and they won’t ever let terrorists get them
• He suggested that Latin American immigrants were known for… umm… their love of women?
• He suggested an enhanced review process for all Syrian refugee claimants presumably to help the immigration agents better acquaint the refugees with what they could expect in America
• Ohhhhhhhhh….. there were so many but this will give you an idea of what a HUUUUGE visionary Trump was and is…….

Finally, there was Trump’s playful side as when he demonstrated his love of women and animals in a recorded conversation… You know the details…

So there you have it….. Election 2016 in a little synopsis. Now I’m going to go, start drinking and probably take a shower to get this stink off me… Might I suggest you do the same? Tomorrow’s a workday unless there’s total fucking anarchy in the streets.

 

Newt’s on a Jihad while France mourns

Potential Trump 2016 VP Candidate, admitted multiple time adulterer, fraudster, swindler, disgraced former House Speaker and all round scumbag Newt Gingrich has decided to up the ante in the American electoral season.

While every politico has to pander to their “base” during any election cycle, some take it to a whole new level of “are you fucking kidding me ??”

Just yesterday over 80 people were killed, including children, in a terror attack in Nice, France during the Bastille Day celebrations. Apparently the driver of a large delivery truck plowed into the crowd of spectators and revellers before ultimately being shot dead by police.

Now the French authorities have described the attack as terror related which it certainly was and they’ve identified the driver as a man of Tunisian descent but they haven’t yet used the labels ISIS/ISIL or Radical Islam. But don’t let that stop Newt from milking this national tragedy for his own grandstanding. This was a horrible attack on the biggest national holiday in France and something that leaders and citizens the world over should condemn and our condolences should be being expressed to the people of France and the families/friends of the victims.

Not Newt Though !!!

In an effort to remain in the spotlight, this morally corrupt pinhead has now decided, in his reactionary & inflammatory way that it’s only proper for the USA to now vet any Muslim in America and if they believe in Sharia then they should get expelled.  A few quick questions for Newt which I’m sure he’s considered at length and has well reasoned responses to.

• If you are prepared to expel Muslims who believe in Sharia, will you also expel Christians who believe in the 10 commandments or even Christians who read the bible’s Leviticus Chapters?
• If you’re so prepared to lump all Muslims into one big Sharia quoting, Jihad waging basket because of the actions of a few demented people,  are you also prepared to lump all Christians into the same basket as the KKK, the numerous “Christian Militias” and the violent “Anti-Abortion” activists etc.?
• If someone is born in the USA, is a practicing Muslim and follows the tenets of Sharia Law, exactly where will you deport this American Citizen to? Where will you be deporting American Citizens who adhere to the more radical interpretations of Christianity to? Seriously, I want to know, I could open a Halal Shwarma/Liquor Store/Gas ‘n Go wherever this place is and make a fortune !!

I seriously think that these politicos will say the most outlandish shit just to stay in the news. Just one more cycle and keep my name on people’s lips. Here’s hoping that this election cycle is Newt’s last and he can fade into the background like a fart in the wind he so closely resembles.

“I’m melting…” cries the SUV driver…

Ok, no pics of SUV drivers actually melting. Sorry !!

What I am going to show you is much scarier and part of the blame for this disaster lies with the SUV driver who insists on driving the 2 blocks to get milk or Doritos from the store instead of walking.

What people fail to recognize is that Antarctica, the Arctic and the ice caps on Greenland represent a HUGE volume of water. Enough to raise sea levels to unprecedented heights and completely mess with the salinity of the water which would kill reefs, whole species of fish, corals and further up the food chain to us.

Imagine Miami, it’s sun soaked beaches and pastel coloured hotels and clubs lining the Ocean strip, the multi-million dollar mansions along the ICW or The Bay of Biscayne just steps from their private docks… 30ft under water.

Imagine living in NYC where usually having a walkup apartment is a pain in the a$$ but now you’re laughing because anyone on the ground and 2nd floors is swimming to their kitchens.

While you’re at it, imagine there’s no more Amsterdam too !! So no more hashish bars, so long Rembrandt, so long Edam and Gouda and Tulips…

Imagine countries like Bangladesh where annual flooding already displaces hundreds of thousands or the Seychelles, parts of Columbia, Pakistan etc… etc… Basically, any place that’s on the coast, which is where the majority of humans live nowadays, will be hit hard or simply cease to exist.

So keep it up everyone. Drive when you can walk, lets keep using disposable shit made from oil, let’s keep using chemicals that destroy the ozone and PLEASE…. let’s allow industry to keep dumping this toxic crap into our shared atmosphere. All for the sake of “progress” and corporate profits.

In the meantime, it’s hot as hell outside and I’m taking my dog for a walk and some swimming lessons !!

This is how it begins…Falujah comes to Mainstreet USA

Well, it didn’t take long for the most persecuted of America’s citizenry to decide enough is enough. Two fatal shootings of civilians by police officers in less than a week with scores of others in recent history. What did the cops think? That by coming down hard on brown & black skinned people they could intimidate them into submission?

We’re seeing now in the USA that communities aren’t going to take things lying down anymore, especially when everyone is armed (legally or illegally). Countless Politicians have made lofty speeches, the Justice Department has conducted dozens of investigations, community leaders have demanded reforms in their cities and too many grieving families have sought only justice but still nothing has changed.

So now the communities are rising up. Some hold peaceful, sorowful vigils demanding rights, respect and equal treatement while  others take a more violent approach. It’s been done before but people seem to have forgotten just how bad it can get.

Well, this is how bad it can get.There was the murder of two cops in their car a while back in NYC and today, a shooting of Police Officer(s) by protesters in Dallas. I think this is the first of many such incidents to come. If things keep headed on this trajectory then there will be even more racial & civil unrest in size and in numbers that the police will be overwhelmed. They will respond with even more shows of force using Federal forces which wil only further entrench the protesters and then it’s anybody’s guess.

(From gawker.com July 7, 2016 – All rights to them)
Reports: Multiple Shots Fired at Police Protest in Dallas
Hudson Hongo
26 minutes agoFiled to: DALLAS

 

#breaking Crowd on the run downtown Dallas. Reports of an officer shot at the protest march. pic.twitter.com/zstZnDIRlm

— Doug Dunbar (@cbs11doug) July 8, 2016

Do you remember the Rodney King Riots in L.A? Literally thousands of people erupted in anger at the acquital of Police Officers who beat an unarmed black man nearly to death. The riots were the worst seen in the US since the Vietnam war !! The city literally erupted in flames, firemen & ambulances didn’t dare respond to calls and the Police were left scrambling and ineffective.

Well, thirty years or so later and America still hasn’s learned it’s lesson. Things have actually gotten worse and the country is in moral, ethical, religious, racial and economic freefall. Hell, even the President of the United States, Obama, wasn’t looking to pleased when he delivered a speech today from Warsaw.

(Picture and text below from gawker.com on July 7, 2016 – All rights to them)

“All of us as Americans should be troubled by the shootings,” said Obama, according to The Hill. “These are not isolated incidents. They’re symptomatic of a broader set of racial disparities that exist in our criminal justice system.”

Obama then offered a series of statistics illustrating how people of color are disproportionately pulled over, searched and killed by police before making the case that reform is in the best interest of law enforcement and citizens alike.

“If communities are mistrustful of the police, that makes those law enforcement officers who are doing a great job, and are doing the right thing, it makes their lives harder,” said Obama. “So, when people say ‘black lives matter,’ it doesn’t mean ‘blue lives’ don’t matter, it just means all lives matter. But right now, the big concern is the fact that data shows black folks are more vulnerable to these kinds of incidents.”

Obama also called upon those who dismissed protests and outrage over the killings as “political correctness” to ask themselves, “What if this happened to someone in your family? How would you feel?”

“To be concerned about these issues is not political correctness, it’s just being American and wanting to live up to our best and highest ideals,” he concluded. “We’ve gotta tackle those things. We can do better. And I believe we will do

Yet another shooting by cop ?!?

God damn !!

Cops have got to stop shooting people. I’m sorry but there is no excuse for this most recent killing. Guy driving with girlfriend and her daughter gets pulled over for a busted tail light. He notifies the police officer, as required by law, that he is licensed and is carrying a firearm. The officer ordered him to not move and as he was putting his hands back up into view, Philander Castile gets fatally shot 3-4 times. Philander’s girlfriend and her daughter are in the car and the girlfriend begins recording on her phone which then posts to Facebook. No other reports coming out of the Police Department.

I understand that being a cop can be dangerous. That’s why they go through training, why they wear bullet proof vests and why they are armed with guns. But isn’t it overkill to have your weapon drawn for a routine traffic stop? Aren’t the police supposed to identify a threat before taking lethal action and only when that is the last option available? Also, aren’t officers trained to NOT fire their weapon into the cramped confines of a vehicle where both a woman and child are clearly visible? What if he’d hit the girlfriend or the daughter? I mean he apparently DID fire 3-4 times at effectively point blank range into the driver’s side of a vehicle, a stray bullet wouldn’t be impossible.

Sadly, this will likely be chalked up to yet another case of “suspicious black male, acting erratically, putting the lives of innocents at risk by refusing police orders, forcing the officer to use deadly force because he perceived a threat to himself and those in the car……”.

When in reality the result should be…..”Police officer convicted of 3rd degree murder in Falcon Heights shooting. Sentencing to be scheduled at a later date…..”