I do enjoy mocking self-made idiots. It’s a personality flaw, and I am working on it.
It’s getting better.
*heh*
Proposal for a New “Reality TV” Show for His Ignoble Trumpery
So Carson says he endorsed The Trumpery in exchange for a promise of a job in The Trumpery’s administration. (So much for Carson’s much-vaunted principles). The really cool thing is that such promises by a candidate are criminal, carrying either one or two-year sentences and fines.
“Whoever, being a candidate, directly or indirectly promises or pledges the appointment, or the use of his influence or support for the appointment of any person to any public or private position or employment, for the purpose of procuring support in his candidacy shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”
I’d watch a “reality TV” show based on The Trumpery’s run for office from prison, a la Eugene V. Debs. Oh, it’ll not happen any more than the Queenie Cacklepants Cylon will be forced to run from prison where it belongs (because laws aren’t for them; laws are for the oppression of “the little people”).
Still, wouldn’t it be fun? And wouldn’t it be especially fun if the Queenie Cacklepants Cylon and The Trumpery were both running from prison? I’d never be able to buy enough popcorn and beer. . .
The Nut of an Exchange Between Two Rare Adults on FarceBook
Part of a FarceBook discussion of the phenomenon of His Ignoble Trumpery’s supporters viewing him as “anti-establishment” and Ted Cruz, whose entire public career has been in combat against “establishment” intrusions into Americans’ liberties is excerpted below:
JB: “These days, having once been inside a federal building for lunch makes one a career politician. Just like having once held an elective office of any kind makes one ‘Establishment.'”
JD: “But building casinos using tax breaks and eminent domain, while buying candidates left and right, does not. I think I’m beginning to get it.”
Yeh, apparently “owning” politicians (and openly BRAGGING about it!) and using one’s influence with “the establishment” to enrich oneself at the expense of others (via sweetheart “gummint takings” to benefit himself), and more, somehow just doesn’t penetrate the angry, tantrum-throwing toddlers’ pea-brains. Nope. His Ignoble Trumpery makes growling noises and barks really, really loudly, so he’s “ati-establishment” regardless the testimony of his actual history.
Meanwhile, Cruz, whose public career includes winning defenses of individual liberties and states rights before the SCOTUS and excoriation of “establishment” abuses on the floor of the senate, defense of our borders (even Jeff Sessions admits Cruz was integral to the defeat of Lil Marco and the Gang of Eight) and more is all just part of being an “establishment” politician.
Elite Group
Over the course of twelve years or so here at twc, I have “banned” (or blocked) a grand total of three people, each for being boring asshats (ordinary asshats I don’t mind, as long as they amuse me by giving me fun things to mock; boring asshats, OTOH. . . *heh*). Over the course of six years on FarceBook, I’ve–now–nlocked more. That’s especially interesting since I once had a very large amount of traffic @twc, and I have very few FarceBook friends (I have only accepted perhaps two “friend” requests per year, after the first year), by design.
Well, today someone earned a place on an extremely select list (fewer than the numbers of fingers on one hand): my FarceBook block list. How? A bitter, irrational lying screed proclaiming himself a “holocaust denier.” No, dialog with such persons is not a good use of my time, and even a quick skim of future post by them would be time poorly spent. I wish him the joy of his delusional, hateful life, such as it may be.
More Mediacom BS
Yep. That’s what Speedtest.net reported on my connection via Mediacom cable. Problem with that is that the Speedtest site took two tries to load. Timed out after a minute, then too almost another minute to load. After that it was able to report what is shown above.
Wonky, eh? That’s Mediacom. It was much better before recent “improvements.” Of course.