Comments on: Friday Talking Points [483] -- That's Your Stink, Mr. President, That's Your Swamp http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/ Reality-based political commentary Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: James T Canuck http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118898 James T Canuck Tue, 08 May 2018 23:33:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118898 I can't remember if I posted this at the time, after the last few weeks, beginning with the Cohen raid and ultimate lateral of his case to the NY district attorney, this documentary by Zembla seems to be ahead of the reporting curve. It pretty much walks you through what is at the heart of Mueller's inquiries...behold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqesw5kwEow LL&P I can't remember if I posted this at the time, after the last few weeks, beginning with the Cohen raid and ultimate lateral of his case to the NY district attorney, this documentary by Zembla seems to be ahead of the reporting curve. It pretty much walks you through what is at the heart of Mueller's inquiries...behold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqesw5kwEow

LL&P

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118865 Balthasar Mon, 07 May 2018 08:57:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118865 Stig [22] - I always liked the slogan for Brute Force Cybernetics: "Creating a need, and then filling it". Sounds so much like modern politics. I remember when Springer became a commentator for a local TV station, a gig he originated on WEBN when he was still a councilman. After Bart Giamatti, the Baseball Commissioner who banned local hero Pete Rose from baseball, died suddenly of a heart attack, Springer's commentary/eulogy that night included the memorable line: "Bart Giamatti was dead wrong: now he's just dead." Stig [22] - I always liked the slogan for Brute Force Cybernetics: "Creating a need, and then filling it".

Sounds so much like modern politics.

I remember when Springer became a commentator for a local TV station, a gig he originated on WEBN when he was still a councilman. After Bart Giamatti, the Baseball Commissioner who banned local hero Pete Rose from baseball, died suddenly of a heart attack, Springer's commentary/eulogy that night included the memorable line: "Bart Giamatti was dead wrong: now he's just dead."

]]> By: James T Canuck http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118864 James T Canuck Sun, 06 May 2018 17:22:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118864 [23] DH I couldn't agree more, in this day and age there's far too much vitriol and personal abuse in what should be sober discourse. I might toe-the-line on occasion, by I try to do it in a subtle kid-glove kind of way to see if anyone is paying attention, I suspect that's why Michale no longer darkens FTP's door, It could also be down to his pedantic ''what about them-ism's'' which is not a debating technique I would employ as it suggests a lack of viable fact's upon which to rely in furtherance of a cogent argument. One of the reasons I enjoy coming here is the fact-based and sober accounting of the week that was, and it helps that CW has a refreshingly acerbic style about his narrative. The link I posted discusses how convoluted and "erudite" media has become, and how in some small way some (not all) reporters express their disdain for politicians in a such a way that the average person hasn't a clue what they're talking about. I love the line in reference to Doug Ford, and by extension, Trump... "Minister for the Department of Redundancy Department." It sums up why the way people say something may not be as important as what they are actually saying and how it resonates in the ear of the individual. I get your drift, voter apathy is probably why we're here in this discussion, Americans were so appalled by the choice their system spat out for president that they they either flipped the bird and voted Trump or stayed home and didn't vote Clinton. Had the system not been hamstrung by that neolithic primaries idiocy, neither one of the two candidates would have passed muster. I know adherents of the primaries system squawk about how it's democratic for people to elect the people they want to run to get elected, but it's probably the single most obvious reason for voter apathy, it drags out the process to the point where when it's time to make the ultimate choice, everyone is so knackered they would vote for a strategically shaved Orangutan in a $5000 suit masquerading as 'the man of the people.' Until the voting process in the US is overhauled, that vital 25% won't touch the voting cause, they simply get worn down by an unnecessarily drawn out process that at it's conclusion gives them a lesser of two evils scenario, one that leaves them aghast that it took two years to arrive at. LL&P [23] DH

I couldn't agree more, in this day and age there's far too much vitriol and personal abuse in what should be sober discourse. I might toe-the-line on occasion, by I try to do it in a subtle kid-glove kind of way to see if anyone is paying attention, I suspect that's why Michale no longer darkens FTP's door, It could also be down to his pedantic ''what about them-ism's'' which is not a debating technique I would employ as it suggests a lack of viable fact's upon which to rely in furtherance of a cogent argument. One of the reasons I enjoy coming here is the fact-based and sober accounting of the week that was, and it helps that CW has a refreshingly acerbic style about his narrative. The link I posted discusses how convoluted and "erudite" media has become, and how in some small way some (not all) reporters express their disdain for politicians in a such a way that the average person hasn't a clue what they're talking about. I love the line in reference to Doug Ford, and by extension, Trump... "Minister for the Department of Redundancy Department." It sums up why the way people say something may not be as important as what they are actually saying and how it resonates in the ear of the individual.

I get your drift, voter apathy is probably why we're here in this discussion, Americans were so appalled by the choice their system spat out for president that they they either flipped the bird and voted Trump or stayed home and didn't vote Clinton. Had the system not been hamstrung by that neolithic primaries idiocy, neither one of the two candidates would have passed muster. I know adherents of the primaries system squawk about how it's democratic for people to elect the people they want to run to get elected, but it's probably the single most obvious reason for voter apathy, it drags out the process to the point where when it's time to make the ultimate choice, everyone is so knackered they would vote for a strategically shaved Orangutan in a $5000 suit masquerading as 'the man of the people.' Until the voting process in the US is overhauled, that vital 25% won't touch the voting cause, they simply get worn down by an unnecessarily drawn out process that at it's conclusion gives them a lesser of two evils scenario, one that leaves them aghast that it took two years to arrive at.

LL&P

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118862 TheStig Sun, 06 May 2018 12:55:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118862 Balthasar-21 We have a winner!!! Link below provides a thumbnail history of WEBN and a another link to audio from the 1976 parade (first and best Fool Parade IMHO). It's condensed, the original was interspersed with regular programming for a more authentic feel. Jerry Springer (yes, that Jerry Springer) had a regular editorial gig on WEBN, back when Springer was radical progressive and an elected member of the Cincinnati City Council-I think he was technically mayor for a while, the position rotated among council members in those days. After Springer was busted for writing a check to a bordello across the river, WEBN created a recurring character "JOE FROG" whose motto was "he pays in cash." WEBN had a tech subsidiary, Brute Force Cybernetics that created cutting edge products like "portable holes" and "negative calorie cookies." "Most Creative Rock Station In the Country" - Absolutely. Oh, almost forgot. Here's the master link: http://wvxu.org/post/webn-fools-day-parade-started-40-years-ago Balthasar-21

We have a winner!!!

Link below provides a thumbnail history of WEBN and a another link to audio from the 1976 parade (first and best Fool Parade IMHO). It's condensed, the original was interspersed with regular programming for a more authentic feel.

Jerry Springer (yes, that Jerry Springer) had a regular editorial gig on WEBN, back when Springer was radical progressive and an elected member of the Cincinnati City Council-I think he was technically mayor for a while, the position rotated among council members in those days.

After Springer was busted for writing a check to a bordello across the river, WEBN created a recurring character "JOE FROG" whose motto was "he pays in cash." WEBN had a tech subsidiary, Brute Force Cybernetics that created cutting edge products like "portable holes" and "negative calorie cookies."

"Most Creative Rock Station In the Country" - Absolutely.

Oh, almost forgot. Here's the master link:

http://wvxu.org/post/webn-fools-day-parade-started-40-years-ago

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118861 Balthasar Sun, 06 May 2018 10:50:52 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118861 <i>Hint: Cincinnati Chili Float</i> Ah, WEBN, once the most creative rock station in the country (before being sold to corporate radio). Hint: Cincinnati Chili Float

Ah, WEBN, once the most creative rock station in the country (before being sold to corporate radio).

]]> By: James T Canuck http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118858 James T Canuck Sun, 06 May 2018 00:28:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118858 [18] Noted. I reject however the notion that America is ready for a viable, electable third party. Given that the electorate seems stymied by two choices at the moment, introducing a third at this point would doom it to failure, the Green Party being the example. No, no...given a few years to prepare, casting off some of its dead-weight (ie; leadership and name,) and a tweaking of its core goals, the Green Party has the closest thing to an established political machine the US can muster at present. One doesn't simply climb out of bed one day and decide to run a national campaign at every level of government, and have it operational by dinner time. Any serious attempt to insinuate a third party into US politics has to take itself seriously long before anyone else does, then it could court the candidates from the other parties who are disgruntled with their respective 'gangs'. When the dust settles, you'll find you have a viable party, moderately sourced and surprisingly more palatable for the bulk of the voting class. Imagine this; a party that staunchly protects the 2nd amendment, sane gun control, abortion, religious freedom (which sticks in my craw, but for the sake of the pipe dream...what the hell) legalized pot, universal healthcare, free dental care for the under 18's, regulated prescription costs, overhauled jail system with rehabilitation and trades learning at its core, federally mandated living wage minimum and affordable secondary education...And at the same time it stands for and proposes the dismantling of the political lobby, redresses gerrymandering, abolishes filibustering, eliminates super-packs, dissolves the archaic, useless and mindbogglingly pointless primaries (naturally, at the heart of this new party are people from every segment of society, and see no need to hurl pre-election shit at one-another in a public display of disunity in order to decide who runs in a district, that's what conventions are for) restructuring of the idiocy that is the electoral college so a popular vote actually carries the day in a democracy, and not a bunch of dimwits who fall for sloganeering and demagoguery, wants fair global trade and supports global climate initiatives...and this will be hard to swallow, but will make all the books balance and make everyone happy, slash the military budget by 3/4's and adopt a ''you want our help, ask for it and pay for it'' global military machine...five thousand ICBM's bristling with nukes is the only big stick you need to ensure the national safety. Throw in some logical immigration laws, lose the death penalty,initiate taxation based on an earning curve and re-educate the entire population to be more racially tolerant and you have a half decent place to live. A third party would only appeal to the pragmatic, learning to accept compromise just isn't the first trait I associate with Joe Blow...therefore, I would wait for Joe Jr to come of age, armed with his global appreciation and awareness, he might ''get er done'' Addendum...Canada has its issues also, it's not all ''skatey-punch'' and ''tree sauce'' here. Behold http://www.thewhig.com/2018/05/04/rebellion-against-micromanaged-message LL&P [18] Noted. I reject however the notion that America is ready for a viable, electable third party. Given that the electorate seems stymied by two choices at the moment, introducing a third at this point would doom it to failure, the Green Party being the example. No, no...given a few years to prepare, casting off some of its dead-weight (ie; leadership and name,) and a tweaking of its core goals, the Green Party has the closest thing to an established political machine the US can muster at present. One doesn't simply climb out of bed one day and decide to run a national campaign at every level of government, and have it operational by dinner time. Any serious attempt to insinuate a third party into US politics has to take itself seriously long before anyone else does, then it could court the candidates from the other parties who are disgruntled with their respective 'gangs'. When the dust settles, you'll find you have a viable party, moderately sourced and surprisingly more palatable for the bulk of the voting class. Imagine this; a party that staunchly protects the 2nd amendment, sane gun control, abortion, religious freedom (which sticks in my craw, but for the sake of the pipe dream...what the hell) legalized pot, universal healthcare, free dental care for the under 18's, regulated prescription costs, overhauled jail system with rehabilitation and trades learning at its core, federally mandated living wage minimum and affordable secondary education...And at the same time it stands for and proposes the dismantling of the political lobby, redresses gerrymandering, abolishes filibustering, eliminates super-packs, dissolves the archaic, useless and mindbogglingly pointless primaries (naturally, at the heart of this new party are people from every segment of society, and see no need to hurl pre-election shit at one-another in a public display of disunity in order to decide who runs in a district, that's what conventions are for) restructuring of the idiocy that is the electoral college so a popular vote actually carries the day in a democracy, and not a bunch of dimwits who fall for sloganeering and demagoguery, wants fair global trade and supports global climate initiatives...and this will be hard to swallow, but will make all the books balance and make everyone happy, slash the military budget by 3/4's and adopt a ''you want our help, ask for it and pay for it'' global military machine...five thousand ICBM's bristling with nukes is the only big stick you need to ensure the national safety.

Throw in some logical immigration laws, lose the death penalty,initiate taxation based on an earning curve and re-educate the entire population to be more racially tolerant and you have a half decent place to live.
A third party would only appeal to the pragmatic, learning to accept compromise just isn't the first trait I associate with Joe Blow...therefore, I would wait for Joe Jr to come of age, armed with his global appreciation and awareness, he might ''get er done''

Addendum...Canada has its issues also, it's not all ''skatey-punch'' and ''tree sauce'' here. Behold http://www.thewhig.com/2018/05/04/rebellion-against-micromanaged-message

LL&P

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118857 TheStig Sat, 05 May 2018 22:45:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118857 nypoet22 did you download the audio? LWYH-16 I'm going to guess no, at least not in this universe. Hint: Cincinnati Chili Float nypoet22

did you download the audio?

LWYH-16 I'm going to guess no, at least not in this universe.

Hint: Cincinnati Chili Float

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118854 nypoet22 Sat, 05 May 2018 20:38:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118854 i googled it. i googled it.

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118853 ListenWhenYouHear Sat, 05 May 2018 19:55:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118853 TheStig[14] <b> Our Lady of Perpetual Motion Marching Band.</b> Didn’t they perform at George Carlin’s funeral or wake? I know he is the one who coined “Our Lady of Perpetual Motion”, but I am not sure about the marching band part. TheStig[14]

Our Lady of Perpetual Motion Marching Band.

Didn’t they perform at George Carlin’s funeral or wake? I know he is the one who coined “Our Lady of Perpetual Motion”, but I am not sure about the marching band part.

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118852 ListenWhenYouHear Sat, 05 May 2018 19:49:11 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118852 TheStig [5] <I> I don't think the two like other...</i> I totally agree with ya on this! Like I asked in CW’s previous post, could Rudy’s performance this week be a form of “pay-back” for Trump not making him AG as he had promised? I just don’t see Rudy being willing to help Trump for very long. Honestly, Trump better hope Tiffany hurries up and graduates from law school; because she’s gonna be about the only person left who will be willing to represent him before long — and she might say “PASS!” as well! TheStig [5]

I don't think the two like other...

I totally agree with ya on this! Like I asked in CW’s previous post, could Rudy’s performance this week be a form of “pay-back” for Trump not making him AG as he had promised?

I just don’t see Rudy being willing to help Trump for very long. Honestly, Trump better hope Tiffany hurries up and graduates from law school; because she’s gonna be about the only person left who will be willing to represent him before long — and she might say “PASS!” as well!

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118849 TheStig Sat, 05 May 2018 16:29:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118849 Balthasar-11 Our Lady of the Perpetual Scowl... that brings to mind: <b>Our Lady of Perpetual Motion Marching Band.</b> I'm betting at least one Weigantian can recall the mystical event that band is associated with AND it's sponsor. PLEASE NO GOOGLE SEARCHES! Balthasar-11

Our Lady of the Perpetual Scowl...

that brings to mind:

Our Lady of Perpetual Motion Marching Band.

I'm betting at least one Weigantian can recall the mystical event that band is associated with AND it's sponsor. PLEASE NO GOOGLE SEARCHES!

]]> By: James T Canuck http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118848 James T Canuck Sat, 05 May 2018 16:05:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118848 [12] One plus two things...your link leads nowhere, which is a pity because I'm always open to the ideas of others--I'm transatlantic, after-all. Secondly, and for two immediate reasons, but probably more...In this charged political climate Americans are less concerned about tinkering with logical democratic balloting as they are about playing power keep-away from their supposed political foe. That's a depressing thought, but historically it's where America has always been, ''vote as your father votes'' isn't endemic to the US, default political allegiance happens in all democracies (except in Canada, as we're smarter and our political parties are jammed together in the middle of the political spectrum ;), hopefully in this age of social media that will shift. Lastly, Trump has been deliciously true to form, this latest self-doomed venture of his is no different from all the others in his past. Trump has only two constants in his life, one is his belief that he's always the smartest person in the room, a belief belied by four decades of business debacles and bankruptcies (see what I did there...hehe.) The second is an offshoot of the first, Trump's only defense for his arrogance is to cast about for others to blame for his incompetence. Paradoxically , the second trait rears it's ugly head after the first trait, but it actually fuels the whole mess that is the Trumpian experience. Trump's personality is simple enough to understand, he's sees the world through a binary lens...I'm right, they're wrong, I'm smart, they're dumb, I'm persecuted, they persecute...etc. In short, Trump lacks the one basic human understanding that separates the sociopath from the society...pragmatism. I think Trump is again doomed to walk himself down his time-honored path of failure and denial of responsibility. I digress, in being Trump he's achieved the opposite of his intentions in politics, he's divided to conquer but has generated so much abhorrence for himself personally that he's doomed not only himself but the GOP in the process. Trump thinks he's consolidating the right wing, when in fact he's hardening the resolve of those that are center-left of society vehemently against him and his adherents. That will be the difference in this year's election cycle, the extremists of the spectrum are intractable, the only votes up for grabs are the center-right, and those poor buggers have the lamentable choice between the lesser of two evils. Now really isn't the time to change the American system, in the same way a surgeon wouldn't operate on an unstable patient. America would certainly benefit from a third party, three party systems tend to keep the ultra-partisans closer together, for the obvious reason that the majority of people in a democracy aren't political fanatics. Time for a Gin and it. LL&P [12] One plus two things...your link leads nowhere, which is a pity because I'm always open to the ideas of others--I'm transatlantic, after-all.
Secondly, and for two immediate reasons, but probably more...In this charged political climate Americans are less concerned about tinkering with logical democratic balloting as they are about playing power keep-away from their supposed political foe. That's a depressing thought, but historically it's where America has always been, ''vote as your father votes'' isn't endemic to the US, default political allegiance happens in all democracies (except in Canada, as we're smarter and our political parties are jammed together in the middle of the political spectrum ;), hopefully in this age of social media that will shift.
Lastly, Trump has been deliciously true to form, this latest self-doomed venture of his is no different from all the others in his past. Trump has only two constants in his life, one is his belief that he's always the smartest person in the room, a belief belied by four decades of business debacles and bankruptcies (see what I did there...hehe.) The second is an offshoot of the first, Trump's only defense for his arrogance is to cast about for others to blame for his incompetence. Paradoxically , the second trait rears it's ugly head after the first trait, but it actually fuels the whole mess that is the Trumpian experience. Trump's personality is simple enough to understand, he's sees the world through a binary lens...I'm right, they're wrong, I'm smart, they're dumb, I'm persecuted, they persecute...etc. In short, Trump lacks the one basic human understanding that separates the sociopath from the society...pragmatism. I think Trump is again doomed to walk himself down his time-honored path of failure and denial of responsibility. I digress, in being Trump he's achieved the opposite of his intentions in politics, he's divided to conquer but has generated so much abhorrence for himself personally that he's doomed not only himself but the GOP in the process. Trump thinks he's consolidating the right wing, when in fact he's hardening the resolve of those that are center-left of society vehemently against him and his adherents. That will be the difference in this year's election cycle, the extremists of the spectrum are intractable, the only votes up for grabs are the center-right, and those poor buggers have the lamentable choice between the lesser of two evils.

Now really isn't the time to change the American system, in the same way a surgeon wouldn't operate on an unstable patient. America would certainly benefit from a third party, three party systems tend to keep the ultra-partisans closer together, for the obvious reason that the majority of people in a democracy aren't political fanatics.

Time for a Gin and it.

LL&P

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118846 Balthasar Sat, 05 May 2018 12:08:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118846 Reminds me of an old comedians' line: "Our Lady of the Perpetual Scowl". Reminds me of an old comedians' line: "Our Lady of the Perpetual Scowl".

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118845 Balthasar Sat, 05 May 2018 12:04:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118845 Paula [1]: I'm all in with you on 1st amendment grounds. While the NRA celebrates the 2nd amendment this weekend, it's a good time to remember that exceptions to the constitutional mandate like the chaplain thing, and invocation of 'god' on money are mostly outdated manifestations of anti-communist hysteria in the 1950's. "Under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance at about the same time, and I don't even want to get into all of the constitutional gymnastics it required to allow that at public events (at least the flag was demoted from 'sacred object' to 'logo' by the court some years ago, so it isn't all hopeless). But these days though, being on guard against theocratic creep is about more than the old religious squabble. Putin is using manipulable groups to to his bidding, and the US is stuffed with churches full of 'em and perpetually angry with the establishment, i.e., ripe for picking. Paula [1]: I'm all in with you on 1st amendment grounds. While the NRA celebrates the 2nd amendment this weekend, it's a good time to remember that exceptions to the constitutional mandate like the chaplain thing, and invocation of 'god' on money are mostly outdated manifestations of anti-communist hysteria in the 1950's. "Under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance at about the same time, and I don't even want to get into all of the constitutional gymnastics it required to allow that at public events (at least the flag was demoted from 'sacred object' to 'logo' by the court some years ago, so it isn't all hopeless).

But these days though, being on guard against theocratic creep is about more than the old religious squabble. Putin is using manipulable groups to to his bidding, and the US is stuffed with churches full of 'em and perpetually angry with the establishment, i.e., ripe for picking.

]]> By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118843 Balthasar Sat, 05 May 2018 11:33:44 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118843 <i>You can almost hear someone chanting in the background: "One Scaramucci, two Scaramuccis, three Scaramuccis...." Heh.</i> Made me spit my coffee. Good column this week, CW. Funny and informative. Love the irony all over the place. See, this mess isn't a burden, it's an opportunity to crank up your wit! Glad to see you rising to the occasion. You can almost hear someone chanting in the background: "One Scaramucci, two Scaramuccis, three Scaramuccis...." Heh.

Made me spit my coffee. Good column this week, CW. Funny and informative. Love the irony all over the place. See, this mess isn't a burden, it's an opportunity to crank up your wit! Glad to see you rising to the occasion.

]]> By: Speak2 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118842 Speak2 Sat, 05 May 2018 06:16:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118842 Just got caught up on the week. No one commented on it at the time, but Shaggy (of Scooby Doo fame) has a last name? Rogers? Who knew? Is that real? Just got caught up on the week. No one commented on it at the time, but Shaggy (of Scooby Doo fame) has a last name? Rogers? Who knew? Is that real?

]]> By: James T Canuck http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118841 James T Canuck Sat, 05 May 2018 04:51:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118841 4 Kick..."Trump is a con artist, people. Please recognize that fact and that he just hired Clinton's impeachment lawyer and in one fell swoop proved without doubt his unequivocal hypocrisy" You're singing to the choir, mate...I suspect there's one thing we're all agreed on, Trump is a mountebank of the first water. What's astonishing is how casually he peddles his snake-oil and powdered water to the great unwashed. If this week is anything to go by, he's just getting warmed up for the grand finale, The torching of his Reichstag...look for Giuliani, he comes with a tinder box. Giuliani's sole function on this ship of fools is to be Trump's 'éminence grise' while he goes about his slow-motion political suicide. If anyone missed the 'swampy whiff' epiphany... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfN3etw7uyY jaw-dropping though it was, it was bound to happen, Trump's 'off the reservation' phone interview with FOX clearly rattled the hosts. I have to agree with the tipping point assessment and go one further for Cavuto, even a blind chicken gets a piece of corn occasionally. 1, Paula..."why are we paying a priest for Congress? Yes, I don't think we need one either. Church and State should be separate." This American twist on antidisestablishmentarianism is unlikely to go away anytime soon, no democracy so interwoven with religion and backed up by evangelical zealotry can escape its ecclesiastical shackles. Next to the millennia long 'con-job' the Holy See has been running, Trump is but smear on the pages of history, ironic that they now feed off each other to maintain the status quo. More ironic still, the Founding Father's deliberately separated church and state as it symbolized everything they loathed about the old world and was the sole reason why the Pilgrims set out in the first place, to find a quiet place that they might pray in whatever manner they wished without the state telling them how, when and to whom. Life, Liberty and Pursuits. 4 Kick..."Trump is a con artist, people. Please recognize that fact and that he just hired Clinton's impeachment lawyer and in one fell swoop proved without doubt his unequivocal hypocrisy" You're singing to the choir, mate...I suspect there's one thing we're all agreed on, Trump is a mountebank of the first water. What's astonishing is how casually he peddles his snake-oil and powdered water to the great unwashed. If this week is anything to go by, he's just getting warmed up for the grand finale, The torching of his Reichstag...look for Giuliani, he comes with a tinder box. Giuliani's sole function on this ship of fools is to be Trump's 'éminence grise' while he goes about his slow-motion political suicide.

If anyone missed the 'swampy whiff' epiphany... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfN3etw7uyY jaw-dropping though it was, it was bound to happen, Trump's 'off the reservation' phone interview with FOX clearly rattled the hosts. I have to agree with the tipping point assessment and go one further for Cavuto, even a blind chicken gets a piece of corn occasionally.

1, Paula..."why are we paying a priest for Congress? Yes, I don't think we need one either. Church and State should be separate." This American twist on antidisestablishmentarianism is unlikely to go away anytime soon, no democracy so interwoven with religion and backed up by evangelical zealotry can escape its ecclesiastical shackles. Next to the millennia long 'con-job' the Holy See has been running, Trump is but smear on the pages of history, ironic that they now feed off each other to maintain the status quo. More ironic still, the Founding Father's deliberately separated church and state as it symbolized everything they loathed about the old world and was the sole reason why the Pilgrims set out in the first place, to find a quiet place that they might pray in whatever manner they wished without the state telling them how, when and to whom.

Life, Liberty and Pursuits.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118840 Kick Sat, 05 May 2018 03:59:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118840 Paula 1 <i>After this week you really have to wonder what Emmet Flood is thinking, although I can't understand what a serious and respected attorney is doing even considering taking DT as a client. </i> In typical con fashion, Trump has promised to make Mr. Flood the future White House Counsel. McGhan has been looking to leave for months, you see, since Trump is angry with McGhan for being all too forthcoming with Mueller's team of questioners. You may remember that Mueller's team was in the process of questioning McGhan when the news broke that Flynn flipped and was on his way to court to enter a guilty plea... which was by no means whatsoever an accidental occurrence. Paula
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After this week you really have to wonder what Emmet Flood is thinking, although I can't understand what a serious and respected attorney is doing even considering taking DT as a client.

In typical con fashion, Trump has promised to make Mr. Flood the future White House Counsel. McGhan has been looking to leave for months, you see, since Trump is angry with McGhan for being all too forthcoming with Mueller's team of questioners.

You may remember that Mueller's team was in the process of questioning McGhan when the news broke that Flynn flipped and was on his way to court to enter a guilty plea... which was by no means whatsoever an accidental occurrence.

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118838 TheStig Sat, 05 May 2018 03:36:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118838 Trump walked Giuliani's new strategy/revalations back this afternoon with a reprise of Homer Simpson's first day on the job plea. Probably after a frank discussion from Trump's other, smarter, new lawyer. Too bad Trump couldn't walk back his Tweets supporting Rudy's revisionist history/testimony. It is very hard to keep 3000 lies straight. Trump seemed to enjoy twisting the knife as he remarked that R.G. would "get his facts straight." I don't think the two like other....I 'm going to go out on a limb and predict Rudy will either walk or get the bum's rush. Two massive egos pushing each other apart. Trump walked Giuliani's new strategy/revalations back this afternoon with a reprise of Homer Simpson's first day on the job plea. Probably after a frank discussion from Trump's other, smarter, new lawyer. Too bad Trump couldn't walk back his Tweets supporting Rudy's revisionist history/testimony. It is very hard to keep 3000 lies straight. Trump seemed to enjoy twisting the knife as he remarked that R.G. would "get his facts straight." I don't think the two like other....I 'm going to go out on a limb and predict Rudy will either walk or get the bum's rush. Two massive egos pushing each other apart.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118837 Kick Sat, 05 May 2018 03:25:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118837 CW: <i>From all reports, it seems that Trump and Rudy had a meeting that nobody else knew about, and they decided to get out in front of certain aspects of Trump's increasingly-dire legal situation.</i> I know, right!? No one consulted Mr. Trump's new lawyer... one Emmet Flood, Esquire... you know the guy Trump claimed it was "fake news" by the <i>New York Times</i> when they correctly reported the details weeks before. Speaking of which, this move to hire Bill Clinton's impeachment lawyer just confirms beyond rational objection what a lying phony whiny snowflake little bullshit con artist that Trump actually happens to be. How, you ask? Imagine... if you will... that Robert Swan Mueller III a.k.a. Bobby Three Sticks, had hired Mr. Flood in the same manner to work for the Special Counselor's office. There would have been no end to the crying and wounded whining spewing forth out of the Orange Blowhole that Mueller... lifelong Republican... had hired yet another Democrat Clinton supporter. Trump is a con artist, people. Please recognize that fact and that he just hired Clinton's impeachment lawyer and in one fell swoop proved without doubt his unequivocal hypocrisy and the fallacy of his own utter nonsensical whining drivel he spews out daily to the ignorant minions about Mueller's team. :) CW: From all reports, it seems that Trump and Rudy had a meeting that nobody else knew about, and they decided to get out in front of certain aspects of Trump's increasingly-dire legal situation.

I know, right!? No one consulted Mr. Trump's new lawyer... one Emmet Flood, Esquire... you know the guy Trump claimed it was "fake news" by the New York Times when they correctly reported the details weeks before. Speaking of which, this move to hire Bill Clinton's impeachment lawyer just confirms beyond rational objection what a lying phony whiny snowflake little bullshit con artist that Trump actually happens to be. How, you ask?

Imagine... if you will... that Robert Swan Mueller III a.k.a. Bobby Three Sticks, had hired Mr. Flood in the same manner to work for the Special Counselor's office. There would have been no end to the crying and wounded whining spewing forth out of the Orange Blowhole that Mueller... lifelong Republican... had hired yet another Democrat Clinton supporter.

Trump is a con artist, people. Please recognize that fact and that he just hired Clinton's impeachment lawyer and in one fell swoop proved without doubt his unequivocal hypocrisy and the fallacy of his own utter nonsensical whining drivel he spews out daily to the ignorant minions about Mueller's team. :)

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118836 Kick Sat, 05 May 2018 02:31:01 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118836 <i>That's your stink. Mr. President, that's your swamp," Cavuto concluded. </i> I would have gone with "foul stench" in honor of May the 4th, but "stink" will do nicely too. :) That's your stink. Mr. President, that's your swamp," Cavuto concluded.

I would have gone with "foul stench" in honor of May the 4th, but "stink" will do nicely too. :)

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118835 Kick Sat, 05 May 2018 02:22:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118835 CW: <i>Cavuto opened his show by first addressing the bombshell news that Rudy Giuliani revealed this week, that Donald Trump did indeed reimburse his fixer Michael Cohen for that $130,000 hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels. </i> What I think no one has figured out is that Trump pays Cohen a retainer, and Rudy has simply decided that the monthly payment of the retainer Trump pays Cohen will now constitute the repayment... which is utter bullshit. Trump is a hands on type of con. A con artist who insists on dictating his own doctor's letter and who dictated the fraudulent statement given to the press regarding the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower is not a guy who didn't know. He knew about the payment, and Rudy is claiming the monthly retainer is the repayment. Nonsense. Still more shoes to drop on this one. CW: Cavuto opened his show by first addressing the bombshell news that Rudy Giuliani revealed this week, that Donald Trump did indeed reimburse his fixer Michael Cohen for that $130,000 hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels.

What I think no one has figured out is that Trump pays Cohen a retainer, and Rudy has simply decided that the monthly payment of the retainer Trump pays Cohen will now constitute the repayment... which is utter bullshit. Trump is a hands on type of con. A con artist who insists on dictating his own doctor's letter and who dictated the fraudulent statement given to the press regarding the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower is not a guy who didn't know. He knew about the payment, and Rudy is claiming the monthly retainer is the repayment. Nonsense. Still more shoes to drop on this one.

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/04/ftp483/#comment-118833 Paula Sat, 05 May 2018 02:00:56 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15434#comment-118833 After this week you really have to wonder what Emmet Flood is thinking, although I can't understand what a serious and respected attorney is doing even <i>considering</i> taking DT as a client. Blotus NEVER makes anyone look good. But I guess Flood thinks he may be the exception. (He won't be.) Re: why are we paying a priest for Congress? Yes, I don't think we need one either. Church and State should be separate. I'm quite sure our Representatives can find churches and clergy to talk to if they feel the need. With theocrats like Pence waiting in the wings I'm feeling EXTREMELY secular. However, for the time being I love that Ryan has been embarrassed for this ham-handed move and kudos to the Chaplain for calling his bluff. After this week you really have to wonder what Emmet Flood is thinking, although I can't understand what a serious and respected attorney is doing even considering taking DT as a client. Blotus NEVER makes anyone look good. But I guess Flood thinks he may be the exception. (He won't be.)

Re: why are we paying a priest for Congress? Yes, I don't think we need one either. Church and State should be separate. I'm quite sure our Representatives can find churches and clergy to talk to if they feel the need. With theocrats like Pence waiting in the wings I'm feeling EXTREMELY secular. However, for the time being I love that Ryan has been embarrassed for this ham-handed move and kudos to the Chaplain for calling his bluff.

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