From the president of the International Steelworkers Union, a close relative:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-dont-care_us_590f4bd9e4b0f711807245b4

nypoet22 [3] -

Well, thank you for the kind words. I always wonder when doing these if it's so disjointed that it kind of falls apart for the reader, so your vote of confidence means a lot.

:-)

altohone [4] -

Also addressed in Friday's column. I will look for your response there...

nypoet22 [5] -

Yep, that's about it. Oh, and: Trump doesn't like filibusters.

neilm [7] -

Well, thank you also for the kind words. Maybe I should do these three-dot columns more often. I usually did them (previously) on Thursdays, as I see from the URL this is only the 3rd one on a Tuesday. Maybe it'd take the pressure off for all the stuff I have to cover on Fridays... worth a thought, especially with all the praise for this one!

:-)

As for Trump, I cannot get the Emperor's New Clothes out of my mind, personally. That seems exactly the road we're travelling now...

-CW

The Kaiser Foundation explains how health insurance pools are a real world example of "how to lengthen a scanty blanket."

Step 1. Cut a swath from the top of the blanket you wish to lengthen.

Step 2. Sew the swath to the bottom of the blanket.

http://kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/high-risk-pools-for-uninsurable-individ

You can cut to the chase by just reading the last paragraph. High cost, high deductible insurance for some, no insurance for others who can't afford the premiums.

. Donald can't take a joke.

. Donald is still pushing dontcare.

. Donald doesn't get why the civil war happened.

is that about it?

Maybe you and the gang won't find this as funny as I did

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39788317

After months of soul searching... she blames Comey and Putin... just like she did before the months of soul searching... and she's writing a book about the ordeal.

And not unlike the ten indivisible Dem senators who voted with the Repubs to confirm another anti-regulation, pro-fraud Goldman gang member to run the SEC, Hillary touts her joining of the resistance!!! by supporting Trump's attack on Syria despite the lack of proof of culpability... and then lamenting that his intervention wasn't interventionist enough.

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JL

Indeed.
DonTcare is brilliant... one of those things that you wonder how nobody had come up with earlier.

I would venture a guess that it will be widely adopted.

After Trump's Civil War bit, somebody should definitely ask him about the Revolutionary War and Vietnam... and maybe Star Wars.

My apologies to Disney... but the animated classic 101 Dehumanizations speech seems a little spotty... an attempt to toss a few bones to the alt-right who are barking up a storm... and put a leash on the dissatisfaction.
I happen to agree with the characterization of Schumer and the media... but for different reasons.

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Love naming the Republican insurance scam "DonTcare!" It truly fits better than anything else I've heard it called.