It’s a pertinent question, and this psychiatric expert thinks it’s time to test him for it…and remove him from office:
Even if he’s not clinically demented, he’s still grossly incompetent and openly treacherous. And removing him from office would still be necessary, for completely non-medical reasons:
According to Mueller, the president was despondent when Attorney General Jeff Sessions informed him that the special counsel had been appointed in 2017.
“This is the end of my presidency. I’m fucked,” the President said to Sessions.
Three days after the media first reported that Mueller was investigating Trump for obstruction of justice, the President ordered former White House lawyer Don McGahn to fire Mueller, but McGahn declined.
Trump called McGahn at his home on June 17, 2017, according to phone records. He ordered McGahn to call the acting attorney general and tell him that Mueller had conflicts of interest and needed to be removed, saying something to the effect of, “You gotta do this. You gotta call Rod [Rosenstein],” McGahn told investigators.
McGahn wasn’t worried about Mueller’s supposed conflicts of interest, and found them to be “silly” and “not real,” the lawyer told investigators.
McGahn told Mueller that he decided that he would rather resign, because he didn’t want to end up like “Saturday Night Massacre Bork” — a reference to Solicitor General Robert Bork, who fired a special prosecutor at President Richard Nixon’s request during the Watergate scandal, setting off a massive political firestorm.
The report noted that many of Trump’s efforts that could be considered obstruction of justice never came to pass.
“The President’s efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests,” the report said.
Which only goes to show that they’re all smarter and more law-abiding than he.
Yeah, this is one of those moments where you go “WTF, straight people?” even though you are a straight person.
Of course, I don’t expect Bowtie Boy to understand this, because he’s clearly had his head up his ass for the last 20-odd years, but that “chicken soup for the soul” reference is to a series of books (and now, podcasts) full of inspirational true stories that are meant to comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable. Which I guess, in a way, describes Democratic pre-candidate Pete Buttigieg rather well. He’s not the strongest of progressives, like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, who are both known for their way of taking on the establishment and winning in the face of long, daunting odds. Other than the fact that he’s gay (and legally married to another likable guy), he seems tailor made for those who don’t want a guy who’ll upset the capitalist apple-cart. So of course the journalistic establishment, who are out of touch with the common people (to put it mildly), approve of him.
And of course Tucker the Fucker, who’s not REALLY a populist (although he’s clearly angling at it, from a far-right perspective) is therefore honor-bound to hate him. Or at least make like he does. And to do so in the creepiest of homoerotic/homophobic ways, too. Which, given his track record for that, also makes sense.
I’m actually surprised that FUX Snooze gave Bernie such a fair treatment. And did you hear the audience roar at the prospect of medicare for all? (That would be at 4:20 or thereabouts.)
And yeah. How about that evil, scary socialist? Even at FUX Snooze town halls, he’s incredibly popular…and not deterred by the obvious ToiletPaperUSA plant in the audience. He’s fearless. And that’s badass. And that’s what wins elections.
No wonder Donnie is running scared!
PS: Here’s a longer rundown on the whole dang shebang:
The crucial moment comes right at the start on this one.
Oh lord, Donnie really HAS stuck his big flat foot in it today. Get a load of his ramblings about the fire that ate the roof and spire of Nôtre-Dame de Paris today:
And then, there were his bons mots about how best to put out the fire, which the French wisely disregarded:
Just call him Nôtre DUMB de Paris.
But for sheer, unmitigated, bigoted dumbth, this guy has even Donnie beat:
Never mind that the fire most likely was started by accident, as a result of the ongoing renovations of the cathedral — and specifically, in the spire, which was built of oakwood. No, it must be sabotage, committed by IMMIGRANTS!
Because when you have a racist agenda to push (and the Food Processor is grinding away at it non-stop), actual logical explanations must not only fall by the wayside, but be pushed there forcibly, and before the truth can get its fire-fighting boots on.
Ever wonder why I don’t respect the New York Times much as a news source? Well, here’s one clue:
And here’s another:
And another, just for good measure:
Yeah, that’s right. You know you’re a shitty mouthpiece for shitty people with shitty values when a bunch of comedians with radio shows and YouTube channels are debunking you left and left. And when they do a better job of actually reporting the damn news than you…by disclosing the connections between your pet corruptos and the bullshitters who love them.
Oh, and the punchline? This sad shill is supposedly a comedian. And actual comedians are trouncing her. Which makes her funny just by accident.
Rafael Correa, the former president of Ecuador who granted Assange asylum, apparently says so! I’m still looking for confirmation of this in the Spanish-language media of Latin America, but if true, this is explosive:
Former and much loved Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has accused Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno of suspending the asylum of cyber-activist Julian Assange in order to obtain a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Correa said that there is evidence of the agreement and that Moreno, who Correa selected at his successor, has promised to “hand over” Assange in a 2017 meeting with Paul Manafort, former US campaign chief to Donald Trump.
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At these times, Moreno would have promised to “help isolate Venezuela, leave the Chevron oil corporation, a company that destroyed half of the Amazon rainforest, unpunished, and to deliver Assange.”
Last month, the IMF announced approval of a $4.2 billion loan to Ecuador. The first installment, of $652 million, has already been paid.
Correa suspects that the Ecuadorian president made the decision to withdraw Assange’s asylum after WikiLeaks published documents about Moreno’s alleged relationship with a failing company, INA Papers.
The former president pointed out that the company INA Papers was registered in 2012, when Moreno was still its vice president.
According to the Ecuadorian head of state, the measure to remove his asylum was a response to the journalist’s disrespectful and aggressive behavior, his hostile and threatening statements against Ecuador and alleged violations of international conventions, justifications considered to be unconvincing both by supporters of the cyber-activist as by several analysts.
If there’s any truth at all in that, it could spell the downfall of Lenín Moreno…who, unlike his revolutionary Russian namesake, is no socialist in any way, shape, or form. Personally, I’m inclined to believe Rafael Correa, who is a longtime favorite of mine among local leaders. As far as I can tell, he has no reason to lie about this. And he would probably still be president today if constitutional term limits did not apply. I only wonder why he named such a dubious candidate as his successor! I will continue to scour the internet for confirmation that Correa actually said that, however.*
The president of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, described Wikileaks founder Julian Assange as a “miserable hacker” and a “brat” who smeared his excrement on the walls of the embassy of Ecuador in London, where he was arrested on Thursday after losing his diplomatic asylum through the president’s decision.
“We removed this spoiled brat’s asylum and fortunately freed ourselves from a stone in the shoe,” said Moreno during a speech in the city of Latacunga.
“From now on we have to take much care in granting asylum […] to persons who are really worth the trouble, and not to miserable hackers whose only intention is to destabilize governments”, added Moreno.
Moreno justified the decision to withdraw the asylum granted to Assange in 2012 in those terms, and emphasized that the creator of Wikileaks “has violated all the norms of a rational coexistence.”
“His conduct has been disrespectful…this man smeared the embassy walls with his feces, the house of the Ecuadorians, the Ecuadorian territory in London,” Moreno said.
In an angry tone, he insisted: “He left fecal matter in our house, hit our guards, the people of Ecuador. He said that Ecuador is an insignificant country in the world. That’s what we were to him, and we had him as an invited [guest].”
Along with the asylum, Quito withdrew the Ecuadorian citizenship granted to Assange in 2017.
Translation mine.
So far, no pictures from the London embassy to confirm or disprove whether Assange fouled the place with his own shit before being dragged out. Here’s some video (in Spanish only) of him saying those things, though:
*In English, I found this on Sputnik, which appears to reiterate the points made in the cited article. Some critical points worth watching:
The ex-president suggested that WikiLeaks’ decision to publish materials related to the so-called INA Papers leak, which sparked a corruption scandal around Moreno and his family, was “the latest straw” in the relations between Assange and Quito. Notably, WikiLeaks has noted it had not been behind the leak itself.
“Moreno knows that he and his family will go to prison for corruption and money laundering. So before he leaves, he wants to harm as many people as possible, including Julian Assange […] He decided to ruin another person before going to prison. He is moved by pathological hatred and in his desire to take revenge, that’s why he gave out Assange to the British police”, Correa argued.
The former president recalled that back in May 2017, when Paul Manafort, then the head of US President Donald Trump’s campaign, traveled to Ecuador, Moreno offered him to hand over Assange “in exchange for financial enrichment from the US”.
So, there are two possible reasons for this kerfuffle now, and they aren’t necessarily mutually incompatible: One, Moreno is looking to enrich himself with the help of the IMF (and possibly also the currently jailed Drumpfian deal-maker, Paul Manafort). Assange could be a pawn in that scheme. And/or two: Moreno may (erroneously) believe that Assange is behind the leaking of his connections to the INA Papers scandal, which was leaked…but not by Wikileaks. He might, therefore, have another, personally vengeful, reason for handing Assange over to the US, where he is wanted on suspicious-smelling charges of “espionage”.
Charges which, I might add, are as stinky (and hinky) as the feces he allegedly smeared all over the wall of the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
PS: And for something truly bizarre, Facebook has taken down Rafael Correa’s page…also for hinky reasons. The timing of this development has been far too coincidental to be a coincidence, though.
Thom Hartmann drops a truth-bomb (several, actually) on an insistent right-wing Christianist who can’t stop spewing inane talking points:
Hail Columbia! Yes, that’s right, she’s an invented, Roman-style goddess who appears all over the place (and even on dollar coins up until the 1980s). There’s even a movie company that bears her image and name. She was a kind of secular national mother-goddess for a while there, although the Religious Reich would probably give anything to wipe all memory of her from the historical record, much like John Ashcroft and his insistence on covering up naked statuary breasts (like those of Lady Justice, which are actually bare for a decidedly non-sexual reason).
Notice how Josh (the right-wing caller) changes the subject dramatically when that comes out? (Don’t worry, Thom sets him straight on all his OTHER misconceptions, too.)
Some people have Backpfeifengesicht (a punchable face); Mnunchin has Schuhwerfenkopf (a little German compoundword I just coined, meaning a head you’d like to throw shoes at; Dubya Bush was/is a prime example of it). And you can see that Maxine Waters is sorely tempted to smack him with something, like a rolled-up newspaper, maybe.
But honestly, I admire her restraint, even as she squelches him so thoroughly. The slimy little shitweasel really did have that coming.
Facebook has banned several significant Canadian far-right groups and figures, including Faith Goldy and the Soldiers of Odin, from its platform Monday morning.
A Facebook spokesperson told VICE that several groups—all of which exist in the far-right, white nationalist, or anti-Islam ecosystem—were banned by the social media giant. These bans come after Facebook rolled out a policy explicitly outlawing white nationalism on its platform.
The recently-banned groups include the white nationalist Faith Goldy, neo-Nazi Kevin Goudreau—who garned media attention after listing good “targets” for far-right lone wolf attackers—the Canadian Nationalist Front, Aryan Strikeforce, the Wolves of Odin, and the Soldiers of Odin (along with the Edmonton splinter group, the Canadian Infidels). Affiliated pages, including groups, will also be removed by the company. Earlier in the year, ID Canada—a group affiliated with Generation Identity, an organization the Christchurch shooting suspect donated to—was banned from the platform.
Last week Brian Fishman, policy director of counterterrorism at Facebook, told VICE that they “decided that the overlap between white nationalism, [white] separatism, and white supremacy is so extensive we really can’t make a meaningful distinction between them.”
Just what I’ve been saying for years: Same shit, different toilets. And the toilets are so close together that they might as well be one and the same, too.
Meanwhile, there’s plenty of work still to be done in wiping out white supremacy and fascism, not only on Facebook:
Goldy, infamous for her white nationalist and far-right views, has been banned by several tech companies including Patreon, Paypal, and AirBnB. The former mayoral candidate and Rebel Media personality is still active on YouTube and Twitter. Several far-right groups like the III% and La Meute still exist on Facebook.
…not to mention the ever-more-odious so-called Yellow Vests. Who also need to be banned from everywhere they show up, because too many of them are turning out to be terrorists just looking for a place to happen.
Don’t bother shedding any tears for free speech, people, it’s not dead. Just ask Karl Popper, who noted how it only tends to flourish when the absolutism that invariably gives oxygen to the worst is abandoned.
And if Faith & Co. want their Freeze Peach so badly, they can make their own damn social network. I suggest calling it PunchableFaceBook.
Fear doesn't travel well; just as it can warp judgment, its absence can diminish memory's truth. What terrifies one generation is likely to bring only a puzzled smile to the next.
--Arthur Miller, "Why I Wrote 'The Crucible'", The New Yorker, October 21, 1996
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