OK, I gotta admit... that was pretty funny...

-CW

Fits Trump to a "T"... the likes of which nobody has ever seen before.

Credit where credit is due - as far as I know, Donny Two Dolls originated with Lawrence O'Donnell.

Yes, sir. He said he was giving Trump his Sopranos name with the blessing of David Chase.

It's funny, but I still prefer Fat Donny as his mobster name.

Me too! I came up with my own mobster name for "Fat Donny" only to discover it had already been bestowed upon one Salvatore Bonpensiero who started out in the "waste management" business as a cat burglar and ended up becoming a CI swimming with the fishes. ;)

JFC [5/1 -- 26]

-CW

That "Old Turkish proverb thing" was actually John (not to be confused with the other John). *grins*

I will, I promise.. But I have to head to the gym now..

It's my Friday, so look for them tonight or (more likely) tomorrow..

Scientists have recorded the sound of two helium atoms laughing..

"Hehe"..

:D

After my surgery I found a stray little black kitten that couldn't have been more than 6 inches long. Fed her with an eye-dropper and Raven joined our family. A month or so later, my wife insisted that we get Raven a little friend.. Rajah joined our family a few days later..

So, I couldn't hide it any longer.. I am a cat person now.. :D

ok, now I did not see *THAT* one coming! I gotta admit...

posting a photo of your cats would go a long way towards your rehabilitation... just a suggestion...

:-)

-CW

as for the crux of the matter, yeah, you have been pretty jerky. You haven't crossed the line into being a TOTAL jerk quite yet, but comment [17] was pretty damn close, ok?

[10] was just you with your TDS (Deification) problem, but [17] was just apropos of nothing.

"Thank you for the attitude adjustment, Chief Earle. Info assimilated."
-Lenina Huxley, DEMOLITION MAN

:D

Michale [5/1 -- 10] -

um, no. he did not. It was ghost-written for him, sorry.

Fair enough..

PRESIDENT Trump literally co-authored THE ART OF THE DEAL.. :D

One might ask you the same about Biden and 2020.. why were you so wrong?

Yes, one might.. :D And many did...

But, considering all that was going on at the time, PLUS the actual real factual and documented instances of hinky-ness (an old word I just made up :D) I honestly don't feel it's a legitimate comparison... I would understand why you would feel differently...

But, in the interests of your comment #11 I'll simply put down my official response as...... "Yea OK. Ya got me on that one... "

:D

On an un-related note...

I think it's been a decade or more since we were in Weigantia at the same time... :D

-CW

Good catch on the "Old Turkish proverb" thing, just had to say that...

-CW

None of the comments I have made since then had absolutely NO "jerk" in them whatsoever..

You realize that's a double-negative, don't you?

heh.

as for the crux of the matter, yeah, you have been pretty jerky. You haven't crossed the line into being a TOTAL jerk quite yet, but comment [17] was pretty damn close, ok?

[10] was just you with your TDS (Deification) problem, but [17] was just apropos of nothing.

-CW

OK, I for one appreciate that, in the spirit is was given. And heck, I'm not even a dog person, I'm a cat person! But still, very neighborly to post that, just had to say...

Thank you..

Before my triple bypass in 2019, I would have completely and unabashedly described myself (likely somewhat indignantly) as a 'dog person'..

After my surgery I found a stray little black kitten that couldn't have been more than 6 inches long. Fed her with an eye-dropper and Raven joined our family. A month or so later, my wife insisted that we get Raven a little friend.. Rajah joined our family a few days later..

So, I couldn't hide it any longer.. I am a cat person now.. :D

The rotties came a few years later. Both rottie rescues...

True story.. :D

nypoet [4/30 -- 6]

Why indeed...

Are you kidding??

Given the propensity for Democrats and Drug Cartels and Terrorists to target Law Enforcement??

The better question would be, "Why should the police HAVE to wear masks???"

I am struck by a singular thought. Maybe this is what we all need.

It's a thought...

I like that idea.. Let's start with a clean slate.. All past transgressions on all sides are forgotten and forgiven...

I think it's a grand idea... Count me in....

One might ask you the same about Biden and 2020.. why were you so wrong?

heh. (oh and conspiracy theories don't count... sorry...)

-CW

Wow, what color is the sky on your planet?

(heh)

but seriously... Trump literally wrote THE ART OF THE DEAL...

um, no. he did not. It was ghost-written for him, sorry.

-CW

Hadn't seen that Vietnam thing, thanks...

-CW

Nice. Correct usage of "Flavor-Aid" instead of "Kool-Aid".

Points for that!

-CW

Yeah, that Declaration quote was pretty classic, gotta admit. It was basically serving Britain with divorce papers, not a "declaration of unity and love and respect"... which he would know, if he had ever actually read the thing...

-CW

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/30/a-real-horrorshow-part-2/#comment-219033

-CW

"why are the police wearing masks?"

Why indeed...

-CW

JFC, comment on Part 2...

Just had to say, loved "Donny Two Dolls"... that could be a meme!

:-)

-CW

(The one where you got the links right)

OK, I for one appreciate that, in the spirit is was given. And heck, I'm not even a dog person, I'm a cat person! But still, very neighborly to post that, just had to say...

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/28/three-tax-ideas/#comment-219064

-CW

I think the internet term trolling originated from the fishing definition, before it migrated to the creatures that live under bridges.

even in the same context, the verb and the noun have different definitions. trolling from time to time doesn't necessarily make one a troll.

I believe you are right. About the fishing thing. It got "nounized" at some point, which changed the meaning.

-CW

-CW

And yes, I am fully aware that I am breaking this rule in a major way, before I even utter it, ok? so don't bother pointing it out.

Maybe for the next few weeks, we need a little "reset" button. Maybe we all ignore previous threads -- from last Friday all the way back to old grudges -- starting every Monday morning?

Maybe I'll just wake up tomorrow and erase any comments that deal with anything in the past. Maybe that's what we all need to refocus on what is going on right in front of us now, eh?

It's a thought...

(and yes I *know* how ironic it is, on the day I decide to be lazy and answer everything here, ok)

-CW

Donny Two Dolls learned everything he knows about trade deficits and tariffs at FU.

He went on to imbue this exact same principle with Trump U.

Anybody still under the laughable illusion that Donald Trump ever gave a rat's ass about anyone not named Trump?

MtnCaddy -

You checked your (probably very old) email address?

You got a web designer friend for me or not?

Lemme know!

-CW

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/28/three-tax-ideas/#comment-218965

Michale [13] -

I never thought I would live to see the day when CW would put out a PRO PRESIDENT Trump '"atta boy, PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!" type commentary...

A day off on my day off!!! Who would have thunked it!!!??? :D

see, I was wondering if you'd notice that. You challenged me to write something nice about Trump, so there you go... well, 2/3rds of it at any rate.

Will be looking forward to you writing some things Trump has done wrong now (but not exactly holding my breath...)

-CW

-CW

Gotta agree, pitch-tuning classic albums is just as much of mortal sin as colorizing old B/W movies (the first time this basic debate cropped up, decades ago). I totally agree with you that it's basically sacrilege.

-CW

Kick [128] -

OK, I like #OAF (opinions aren't facts)... that's kinda catchy...

:-)

-CW

First artist I knew was using lip-synching was Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull... his voice deteriorated and got worse, but it was ok-ish for most of their songs. Except one, which starts a cappella with a harmony of their voices -- "Songs From The Wood".

The rest of the concert was rocky, but SFTW was *perfect*... a little *TOO* perfect, if you know what I mean...

I stopped seeing Tull after that. Which was a shame, I used to go see them every time they toured, I love the band!

-CW

had to start by posting a response to LizM from last Friday (4/25), comment [137]

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/25/friday-talking-points-the-honeymoon-is-over/#comment-219110

What you say about A440Hz...

interesting trivia (don't know where I learned this) is that the entire scale has been moving slightly sharper through the centuries.

A didn't used to be 440Hz, it used to be a bit lower...

They know this because pipe organs rely on the length of the pipe (basic physics) to provide one pure note. And A used to be a few cycles lower. Pipe organs throughout the centuries show that A moved ever-so-slightly higher, until modern methods could set a measurement to it. It's now 440Hz but will never continue moving upwards, since it's now a numerical standard.

But that didn't used to be the case... like I said, just some trivia...

-CW

I did question your light-hearted aside that you yourself have a 'trade deficit' with your supermarket because you don't sell any groceries to them! But as far as I understand these things, that is just not a relevant or useful comparison. Trade deficits relate to trade between countries with different currencies; since the currencies are different, only goods of comparable worth can really establish a balance of trade; a dollar, in China, buys nothing; ditto for the yuan in the U.S. And of course that means the dollars, in a deficit situation like ours with China, are returned to us in the form of investment in U.S. bonds to help finance our economy.

If you were really running a trade deficit with your supermarket, it would be like you were trying to pay for your groceries with Euros, which the supermarket didn't accept, and you would be running up a considerable debt to them in the dollars they were asking for. Since you don't issue Eurobonds, you would be in real trouble pretty quickly.

In fact, of course, they accept your dollars because you and they share the US currency. You have no "trade deficit" at all with your grocery store because you buy groceries from them, and they buy dollars from you, of equivalent value.