Fish Fear Me

Holy Dumpster Fire, Batman!

Richard Painter is arguably the most Trump deranged of all of Minnesota's public figures. Al Franken gave Painter a run for his money for awhile, but he didn't have the stamina to hang with him and since the #MeToo movement drove Franken from the stage he's no longer in the same class. Painter has decided to switch parties and run for one of Minnesota's US Senate seats in November. Here's his first ad for the campaign:

I'm not sure what impresses the most. The grating voice? The grimly set mouth? That he's stiffer than a pine tree? I know...it's the serial killer eyes. 

Painter only garnered 17% of the delegates at the recent DFL convention compared to 74% for Tina Smith(currently serving in place of Al Franken). What he has going for him most is his white-hot Trump hatred. That may get him some significant support from the Bernie backers in Minnesota, but it's doubtful that's enough to overcome the DFL establishment.

We may get some pretty funny ads for the summer though.

Bill Maher, Crybaby Loser Extraordinaire

There's been so much hysteria and stupidity since Trump beat Clinton a year and a half ago that I'm numb to it most of the time. Every so often though, somebody manages to break through:

https://twitter.com/BrentHBaker/status/1005298540967550976

“One way you get rid of Donald Trump is a crashing economy, so please bring on the recession. Sorry if that hurts people, but it’s either root for a recession or lose your democracy.”

I'm tempted to leave it at, "You want more Trump? This is how you get more Trump," but there's more here that needs to be said.

Casually saying "Sorry if that hurts people" is obviously a "sorry, not sorry and I don't give a shit about the people who will be hurt" attitude. This coming from an asshole who reportedly makes $10 million per year and is currently worth as much as $100 million. Why the hell should he care about a recession? It's not like it's going to hurt him. Hell, he may even save some money on his house staff and gardeners. But a recession will hurt millions of real people who don't enjoy Maher's cushy lifestyle. Hoping for one is nothing less than despicable.

If our republic(not democracy) were actually at risk there may be something here to discuss, but it clearly is not. Trump is not stomping all over the Congress or the Judiciary. In fact, both branches have been working overtime to counter his initiatives. In response, Trump has sent his jack-booted thugs to round up the recalcitrant judges, elected leaders, and the press by the thousands.

Or not even one.

Let that sink in, Bill. Not even one. Yet you would see millions suffer because...because...because you are essentially nothing more than a crybaby loser who can't accept that your side lost an election. And every last one of your fans are crybaby losers the same as you.

Find And Prosecute

I think David Hogg is an annoying asshole and idiot, but this shouldn't happen to anyone, even him:

An anonymous -- and fraudulent -- hostage-situation emergency call to the Broward County Sheriff's Office resulted in a Coral Springs Fire rescue team racing to the family home of Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg.

A local TV station reported that "Hogg was not home at the time of the incident and is currently in Washington, DC with his mother to accept the RFK Human Rights award."

People have been killed when SWAT teams show up out of the blue and as others have noted, the ones who do this crap should be charged with attempted murder.  Because that's what it is.