Don't wait for someone else to do the right thing.

JL

When it come to "being like you", I operate on the "Gold - er, I mean the Brass Rule"

"Do unto others as they do unto you!" Isn't that how you do it?

Exactly right, John M. It reminds me of the Orange Blowhole telling the crowd in Minnesota at his latest rally that he would be "re-opening" NASA. Somebody should tell the Moron-In-Chief that you can't reopen something that was never closed, and while they're at it they inform the idiot that the latest White House budget calls for significant cuts to investments in NASA.

Earth 1 to BLOTUS: As is painfully obvious to anyone paying attention, you have no idea what you're prattling on and on about, while your grasp of history as well as current events are equally pathetic and again duly noted.

Manafort's motion to dismiss money laundering charge: Denied.

Statistically, men in Jared Kushner's immediate family are much more likely to commit felonies than undocumented immigrants.

And you are definitley at the top of that list, and we wouldn't ever have it otherwise!

This blog is meant for commenters of goodwill and of thoughtful disposition.

"102 countries signed the Outer Space Treaty. What makes anybody think Trump won't pull the U.S. out of it."

He can certainly try.

But there are a few crucial differences.

It's a lot easier to pull out of an agreement that is:

A) not actually a treaty, like the Iran deal

OR

B) has never been ratified by the U.S. Senate, like the TPP and the Paris accords.

The Outer Space Treaty falls into neither of those two categories.

102 countries signed the Outer Space Treaty. What makes anybody think Trump won't pull the U.S. out of it.

Think....
TPP
Climate agreement
Iran deal
G7
Worldwide trade deals

Trump's proposals – must operate within prohibitions laid out in the Outer Space Treaty, established in 1967.

With respect to a Space Force, Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty expresses a principle of use of space for "peaceful purposes."

Members of the Outer Space Treaty are forbidden from placing nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction in orbit around the Earth, on celestial bodies or stationed in outer space.

Military bases, installations and fortifications, weapons testing and conduct of military maneuvers on celestial bodies are also forbidden.

Gee, that should have totally distracted everyone from the abused kids. Maybe I should have named it “MEGA SPACE TRUMP FORCE!”

Quick, someone make sure we copyright that and get some t-shirts made ASAP!

Excellent idea... seriously! On the back it could read: "SPACE CADET!!!"

And naturally it will glow in the dark. ;)

There are already "I Really Care Don't U?" Jackets available for sale. Overnight.

I will be shocked if I don't see t-shirts printed up in a similar manner coming soon to a protest near you... give it a week give or take a few days.

Very good.

Have you seen the cover of Time and Stephen Colbert's take on it? The sobbing little girl jumps up and gives BLOTUS a swift kick in his... starts with a "p"...

Pants. :)

1) She did indeed wear a jacket when it was totally unnecessary to do so in 85 degree weather. NO ONE ELSE were wearing jackets. This cannot be an oversight.

2) Melania is NO DUMB FOOL. She is a FORMER FASHION MODEL who has walked the runway in Milan.

Melania herself has worn outfits by: Ralph Lauren, Dior, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Chanel, Valentino, Dolce & Gabanna and Gucci. ALL since becoming First Lady and all appropriate to the circumstances, whether it be a state dinner with the French President, visiting Saudi Arabia, or meeting with the Pope.

Her personal style is textbook chic of almost exclusively European designers, and that in itself sends a message.

So this is no country bumpkin flailing around finding her way for the first time in the world of fashion. When it comes to her choice of her own clothes, I would not believe for one second that it is not her own calculated idea of what to wear that guides her. You can bet your bottom dollar that no one else is forcing her to wear something against her will.

Speaking of rolls, does anyone know the difference between a curtain and a roll of toilet paper?

There are lots of differences, Don, but now we know who used the shower curtain. :)

"The Soviets are our adversary. Our enemy is the Navy."
— Curtis LeMay, General, US Air Force

The Air Force F-35 lands on a runway. The Navy F-35 lands on heaving carrier deck. The Marine F-35 lands vertically. The Air Force F-35 will travel to infinity and beyond. The Army gets no F-35s at all - and is not at all happy about it.

Trump is an infantile leader. He needs a little sailor suit.

Obviously the answer is James Comey. I mean, might as well test Giuliani's hypothesis at the same time, right?

I don't think Donald would have the courage to pull the trigger, Bleyd, because it's a well-known fact that he's simply a fabricating blowhard who can't handle confrontation.

Trump simply made the wrong hand gesture when he was describing it, and if he wanted to be factual, he would have stated: "I could shoot somebody with my middle finger on 5th Avenue and not lose any voters." :)

The Coat deserves a spot in the Smithsonian.

Excellent idea. They could locate it beside the chairs of Archie and Edith Bunker... but which side to place it on... the side of the docile "dingbat" or the irascible bigot?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelsodyssey/5591384980/in/photostream/lightbox/

Liz's post supports it - "Trump is still in office", right?

You know that Trump was thinking,

Gee, that should have totally distracted everyone from the abused kids. Maybe I should have named it “MEGA SPACE TRUMP FORCE!”
Quick, someone make sure we copyright that and get some t-shirts made ASAP!

To be fair, when stating his hypothesis Donald didn't specify who he would shoot.

Or did he? Using our years of training and what we know about the perpetrator, I'm convinced it could only be:

-----> * Mrs. Peacock in the library with a revolver.

Yes, Mrs. Peacock, the elite, debonair wealthy female covered in liberal blue. They never accepted Donald in the circles she runs because bankruptcies, nouveau riche, fake. How could it be any other? Naturally, it would occur in the library because no one would ever suspect Donald would go in there... there in the main branch of the New York Library on the avenue... 5th Avenue... in Midtown not far from Grand Central Station, and I should think the hand gesture that was made when he spoke of it would be a dead giveaway. ;)

2) "Abusing asylum-seekers at the U.S. border"

Proof? Your assertion is remarkably free of anything supporting it.

It appears that there are TWO things that Dems/Libs wish were against the law but which are actually not:

1) Getting dirt on your political opponent from Ruskies.

2) "Abusing asylum-seekers at the U.S. border".

There are already "I Really Care Don't U?" Jackets available for sale. Overnight.

Maybe should have elected Zoolander instead of Trump.

It's a sad commentary on the level of Weigantia discourse that you people can't have a rational conversation about the underlying cause of the whole immigrant children problem...

You have an odd definition of rational conversation considering you are the one trying to load the conversation with conditions...

How can it be, in the wake of such disturbing child/parental abuse as that being inflicted on asylum seekers at the US border at the hands of the Trump administration, that this president is still in office?

The most important thing to understand about the Russia scandal is that it perfectly fits a clear pattern of behavior. What Vladimir Putin is accused of doing to help Donald Trump win the presidency is essentially identical to what he is either accused of or proven to have done to help many other right-wing candidates in many other countries. As the plot in the United States is slowly exposed, a remarkably similar one in the United Kingdom is quickly surfacing.

Madam,i didn't have anyone specific in mind, but I'm sure we could also come up with someone whose untimely demise would gain him votes.

Indubitably.

“The Images Are Out of His Control”: How Trump Lost His Grip on the Child-Detention Narrative

Trump has done plenty of ugly things. In the past, he’s outrun the narrative—this time, he can’t get past the imagery.

Headline: Young Trumpies Hit D.C. … And D.C. hits them right back.

Trumpnazis are sad because no one will date them. For some odd reason they don't want to date each other apparently. Probably they look at fellow-trumpnazis and see the Stephen-Miller-dead-eyes in those faces and recoil. (They just don't see their own dead eyes when they look in the mirror because they are pod-people.) It hurts them that when prospective dates find out they voted for Blotus they either get rejected instantly, or lectured/berated and then rejected.

They also feel generally unwelcome in D.C.

Votes have consequences.

Remember, if they were not coming, there would be no crisis, right?

So, you seem to be implying that it's Trump's presidentcy that is attracting thousands of immigrants to the U.S.???

You're pretty much the 'Lone Ranger' on that one. Everybody else here thinks Trump would be scaring people AWAY from emigrating to the U.S.!!!

Occam's razor with the Trump crowd. She wore the coat because she was paid to wear the coat.

Who did you have in mind for that bullet, sir?"

Obviously the answer is James Comey. I mean, might as well test Giuliani's hypothesis at the same time, right?

Paula- maybe is chritable. The Coat could have some wonderful adventures if it is tossed down the rabbit hole.

But of course, none of us knows and we can't believe anything we're told so this one will go down the rabbit hole unresolved, I suspect.

well, at the rate we're going we may yet get to test that shooting someone in the middle of fifth avenue hypothesis...

Who did you have in mind for that bullet, sir?

I can actually think of someone he could shoot and lose tens of millions of voters.

She cancelled a visit to one of those facilities that BLOTUS referred to as "the nicest" because of flooding issues. Then fast forward to when she returned to Joint Base Andrews after all the events of the day.

She deboarded the plane in nice, warm and sunny weather so therefore thankfully there was no need to wear that long-sleeved "statement" jacket... just kidding... it was 80+ degrees outside and she wore it again.

I really don't care. Do you? If only she hadn't specifically chosen to wear it again in balmy weather upon her return.

You may be spot on about Melania wearing that coat with a message on her trip to the border ... and, speaking of family separations ... hmmmm ...

I cannot see an upside to this coat stunt for Blotus or Flotus. The deplorables may like it, of course, but it will drive more Independents away and Dems are long since goooooone. In particular, those "smartphone women" (h/t TS) like the woman featured here (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/us/democratic-women-campaigning.html) will recoil and get even busier.

People old enough to remember TV variety shows can recall the act where a guy runs around balancing dozens of spinning plates on sticks while the orchestra plays The Saber Dance. Trump reminds me of that guy, but without the agility. Plates are starting to wobble and fall. The courts are going to have to clean this mess up. That should be fun.

What was up with Melania's coat? Was she dissing the confiscated kids or hubby? I'm betting it's hubby. Secret Service agents have probably quietly secured all frying pans and rolling pins in the WH kitchens.

What is stunning is that there are people who actually support this clown.

And the funniest part is that their driving reason is that they want to stick it to the elites.

Ignorance is going to be the downfall of this republic.