Get ‘Yer Crickets Humming

Saturday, November 4 (Note: why no Google Doodle for Veterans Day? Silly question: too American, too imperialistic, too patriotic, too not-advancing-the-global-agenda mainstream.)

My daily musing:

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton steals primary election from opponent. By her own admission she bought and paid for Russian lies and propaganda to influence our election. She allowed the sale of 20% of our uranium supply to the Russians in a quid pro quo that paid the Clinton foundation millions and millions of dollars. And just to ensure there was no evidence fueling future indictments she had her computer/email/server acid washed and wiped clean “with a cloth or something.” The reaction to this story about the most massive collusion, corruption and political malfeasance in the history of U.S. politics? It has been deafening: a cacophony of crickets.

MSM: the butt-monkeys of the insect world

That’s appropriate, given that crickets have been known as a pestilence of biblical proportions since, well, forever.

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FLOTUS FRIDAY: Thank You, Donald J. Trump, For Making America Great Again

We’ve heard quite enough from former First Ladies this week, both Lady M

Buh bye! And stay gone long enough for somebody to miss you

and Hillary, who appeared on Trevor Noah’s popular comedy news show where she explained why it was okay for her campaign to fund the Russian dossier (‘Of Course’ It’s Not Collusion! she explained in that condescending tone of hers, that’s what Trump did). She also explained for the umpteenth time “What Happened” and responded to the question that “some people” are asking: “why won’t you just go away?”

“Some of it is just rank sexism, let’s be honest about it,” Clinton said. “I never heard anybody say that to Al Gore or John Kerry or John McCain or Mitt Romney, all the men who lost elections in the last 17, 18 years.”

Another part of it, she added, is “media guilt” by reporters who “now have to face the way they covered this campaign.”

“They missed it,” Clinton said. “They thought I was going to win so they could beat up on me without consequence and they didn’t really stand up against all the ridiculous lies and accusations against me.”

And left us with this threat:

“I’m going to keep talking, I’m not going anywhere,” she said. “I walked in the woods, that was enough, I’m done with that, I’m back.”

Some people don’t think she spent enough time in the woods

Meanwhile, after 8 years of Hope and Change, HOPE has finally returned to America:

America’s long national nightmare over failing to achieve the American Dream is over.

Three years after six in 10 Americans said their dream of a great life was unachievable, now 82 percent believe they’ve either achieved the dream or are on their way…only about one-in-five (17 percent) say the American dream is ‘out of reach’ for their family.

The results join several others pointing to a recovered economy and wealth of jobs in America.

And thankfully we now have both a President and a FLOTUS who not only embrace the American Dream, they embody it.

Thank you, Donald J. Trump, for Making America Great Again.

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Y’all Should Get You Some Friends

Michelle was back home yesterday – that’s home home, Chicago’s Southside, not her new home in D.C.’s entitled enclave of Kalorama. She was in town to speak at the Obama Foundation summit.  “The Obama Foundation,” wow, that didn’t take long did it?

They learned at the feet of the masters how to maximize the grift after leaving office. I wonder what the over/under is for how long it will take them to surpass the market value of the country’s previously largest political slush fund for fun and profit.

But I digress. First, as you listen to these clips ask yourself if it sounds like this girlfriend received her Ivy League education solely on the basis of merit.

.@MichelleObama: "Are we protecting our men too much, so that they feel a little entitled, a little self-righteous?" pic.twitter.com/LfCjG6yx3D

— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) November 1, 2017

A little entitled, a little self-righteous? I wonder if she’s talking about Barack, or just all those privileged white men? I don’t know about y’all, but I’m feelin’ pretty schtrong right now. And entitled. And then there’s this:

Michelle Obama tells men "Y'all need to go talk to each about your stuff. Because there's so much of it. It's so messy." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/5LWJ7PbXNM

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 1, 2017

“Y’all should get you some friends?” Seriously? To borrow a Trumpism, that’s just “sad.”

By all accounts the summit was a yuge success, it concluded with a concert headlined by Chicago's own Chance the Rapper, not to be confused with Chicago’s own Chance the Gardener, who spoke earlier.

But clearly this event was all about Michelle. Her comments were intended to set the stage for the Dems posturing of important issues in the next presidential election where they will once again focus on the most important aspects of identity politics: misogynistic privileged white guys fighting an abused woman (of color) who finally found her voice:

"If we don't teach our young girls to speak at an early age, that doesn't just happen. It takes practice to have a voice. You have to use it again, and again, and again before you can say 'no,' or 'stop,' or 'don't touch me."  Come to think of it, that voice would work whether you’re running for president or just pitching your authentic self as Oprah’s replacement.

Girlfriend, “y’all should get you some friends.” Let me be your first: that hairdo really isn’t working for you girlfriend. Ditto the flannel sack dress, I don’t care how much it cost.

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Legal Truck Renter Kills 8

Jihadi “diversity” visa recipient from Uzbekistan, Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, drives truck down bike path leaving 8 dead, 15 injured.

President Trump calls for more extreme vetting of immigrants, in order to end a suicidal immigration program.

Guess who the Left thinks is the bigger monster. Warning: this is not a trick question

Aside #1: Don’t you think it’s about time we require federal registration of people who rent trucks? Call your Congressman and tell him it’s time for common sense truck controls.

Aside #2: Possible New York Times headline – “Cop Shoots Unarmed Man.”

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“That’s Very Important!”

To be honest, I don’t think today is going to be as much fun as it used to be. The Trumps aren’t the type to dress up for Halloween like the Obamas did.

Remember when Barry and Lady M dressed as the Red Queen and Mad Hatter? They really got into the characters.

On the plus side though we are allowed to hand out real candy again made out of sugar and chocolate instead of the naturally sweetened twigs and bark that Lady M favored for the little people.

“Go ahead, you can have whichever kale leaf you want!”

Although to be honest, some of the current staff tried to nix these delicious treats:

We’re a bit sensitive about little men in white hoods around here.

I’ve seen the menu for dinner tonight and I must say it puts Lady M’s idea of  “clean” food to shame: meatloaf and ghostly mashed potatoes with mini squash pumpkins. 

But enough fun and games, let’s check in to see what’s happening today at the Mueller spook investigation:

      King of Hearts: What do you know about this unfortunate affair?                      
      March Hare: Nothing.                      
      Queen of Hearts: Nothing whatever?                       
      March Hare: Nothing whatever!                       
      Queen of Hearts: [shouts] That's very important! Jury, write that down!

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America’s First Gay Ex-President

That’s right a former U.S. President has come out of the closet. He’s a power hungry, narcissistic  ex-president with an angry wife who’s always felt she was better than her spouse. Surprise! It’s not Barack Hussein Obama.

Still in the shadows

It’s Frank Underwood,

Who (spoiler alert!) in season 5 more or less lost the presidency to his wife Claire, the evil bitch (surprise!).

It’s true: Hollywood and politics intersect again. Kevin Spacey Comes Out as Gay after Being Accused of Making Sexual Advance on 14-Year-Old Actor.

It’s getting harder and harder to separate fact from fiction around here...and Hollywood’s not helping.

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Coming Soon To A Theater Near You

Well I’m back and I see Raj and Little Mo did an excellent job keeping you apprised of developing stories in the political swamp. But I’d like to turn our attention for a moment to the Hollywood sewer. George Clooney opened his latest directorial effort, Suburbicon, this week starring Matt Damon:

Suburbicon is a confused mishmash of a movie that attempts to blend two different storylines and fails to fully develop either in an engaging fashion. Chris Agar, Screen Rant

But its attempt to haphazardly take on a far weightier tale makes Suburbicon a much rarer, and more mesmerizing, kind of catastrophe. David Sims, The Atlantic

And those were reviews by people inclined to like the movie. Some were less subtle:

‘Suburbicon” is not only unfunny, a bad sign for a black comedy, but deep-dyed dislikable. Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

It might have been better if George had tried harder to keep his anger at America and Americans for electing Donald J. Trump in check.

Clooney noted that he re-cut “Suburbicon” after the 2016 presidential election — but long before this summer’s racist march in Charlottesville — fired by his own ire and sense of betrayal, and his sense that the film needed to be angrier, less silly.

I haven’t seen the movie of course but from what I can make out from the reviews he nailed the “angrier” part but not the “less silly.” Rolling Stone zeroes in on the point at which the movie begins it’s death spiral:

Where the film goes wrong is its grafting on a subplot about racism that, however admirable, gives the film a hectoring tone that wreaks havoc with its blistering comic thrust.

Suburbicon is based on an old, unproduced Coen brothers script that Clooney picked up. I guess he didn’t think that flyover Americans have had enough opportunity to buy theater tickets to watch movies that mock and judge them. But as the above tweet indicates, it seems an inopportune moment for the Hollywood elite to be lecturing us on morality. It’s bad enough that Clooney and Damon in their private personas feel compelled to tell the rest of us how to live our desperate little lives, but they actually expect us to pay to watch their on-screen liberal propaganda diatribes as well.

We get it: racism is bad. But do you know what’s worse? Injecting racism just to trigger liberal anger. Take the NFL for instance:

Coming soon to a theater near you. Thanks, Donald Trump.

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