Make America Clinton’s Again

Who took the “news” out of newspaper, news report and news coverage?

Let’s look no further than just last Friday as demonstration of this sad state of affairs. Early Friday morning when Christiane Amonpour finally processed the results of the Brexit vote to “LEAVE”  she released a  venomous attack and condemnation of those who led and voted for Brexit. Not only did she blur the line between reporting and commentary, she veered into the advocacy lane and steered right into proselytizing.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: So, this is a moment of destiny that many, many people, the overwhelming, the overwhelming preponderance of experts and independent analysts and allies of the UK and the scientists, and the academics and the economists and the business and even the  sports people, the overwhelming majority said, "Stay in the EU." The people wanted to do something different.

How dare they? The preponderance of experts and analysts…and SPORTS PEOPLE! We had a CONSENSUS! Where did all these heretics come from!?!

And then there was this non-news story that I read in the USA Today rag that hotels insist on leaving outside my room when I’m traveling, which I am. It’s titled Trump's company tricked investors. Here's how.

First, there is no NEWs in this “story,” it is simply a rerun of a story from 2002 about a questionable earnings release in 2000 by Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts that the SEC claimed was misleading. There was no attempt to explain the phenomena of pro forma earnings releases that swept the country in the late 90’s. There was no explanation that in the world of accounting “pro-forma” is practically a synonym for “misleading.”

Butt for crying out loud:

If you see “pro forma” in an earnings release it should trigger a flashing red light that sends any sensible investor to the company’s public SEC filing of their financial statements where they are required to use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. That’s where you can find out what’s really going on. Butt that’s too hard. And that’s another post.

The point is, the main story in Friday’s Money section was a Trump smear piece based on a 16 year old incident and a 14 year old story that contained zero new information. When was the last time USA Today covered a negative story about Hillary Clinton – old or new?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big proponent of complete disclosure – in business, politics and journalism. I don’t like it when companies lie to me, I hate it when politicians lie to me and I abhor journalists who pretend to be neutral observers when in fact they are flag bearers for the Make America Clinton’s Again camp.

“All of your votes are belong to us!”

FOOTNOTE: Pro Forma Definition - 

Pro forma refers to a set of financial statements that incorporate assumptions or hypothetical conditions regarding past or future events. Pro forma statements are useful for presenting possible financial results, but must be viewed with caution if the underlying assumptions are not valid or not likely. – Accounting Dictionary

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It’s Howdy Doody Time!

From Richard Fernandez, Forget the Lifeboat, It's the Iceberg that Counts:

The rebellion is real and therefore the causes of the rebellion are also real. Yet even on the day after Brexit, the establishment still found ways to deny the vote was anything more than bigotry and xenophobia run wild. Perhaps the most damning example of its attitude comes from a Tweet by Sharyl Attkisson:

Faced with the threat of an EU breakup, the foreign policy crisis of a lifetime, Obama sent a spin-doctor and gave a speech —

Howdy Messina, spin-doctor extraordinaire

and it didn’t work. . . .

Don’t you just hate it when the Magic Negro loses his mojo?

Somewhat off topic: NBC is running a six hour Fourth of July Howdy Doody marathon, bookended by a brand-new half-hour "Howdy Doody for President" special, which looks back on Howdy's two runs for the White House — in 1948 and 1952 — on a platform that included double sodas for a dime, two Christmas holidays annually and only one school day per year. If James Messina had run his 1948 campaign Howdy would have beaten both Dewey and Truman.

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The Good News: There Will Always Be An England

“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” – Winston Churchill

 

Well go figure…apparently a good share of the people were really pissed off. Looks like they chose blessings. And freedom.

So the good news is there will always be an England.

The bad news is there will always be an EU too.

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Capital Hill Gun Control for Dummies

Republicans could learn a thing or two from their Democrat colleagues – now they know how to not lose! Just say NO! Refuse to leave until you get your way.

As is often the case with politicians, cats can best illustrate the basic differences.

Republican cat faces its political enemy:

Democrat cat, dealing with his political enemy:

Butt now the conundrum: the 4th of July is coming up and many of these elected officials have parade commitments back in their districts. So don’t expect many of them to remain in the Capital Hill sandbox throughout the 4th of July break, I doubt that any of them will miss the last plane out of town. They need to get home to play in their own sandbox where they can now claim moral superiority for having done everything humanly possible to fight for“common sense gun reform.”

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“Death To America!” - Domestic Version

Loretta Lynch was dispatched last Sunday to tell us that we couldn’t presume to determine Omar Mateen’s motive for shooting up a gay club. And to advise all of us good little girls, boys, zes, etc. that we would be allowed to read the cleaned up version of Omar’s onsite brag. She reversed herself when even the Left was outraged by such blatant censuring of the 911 tape.

Then Loretta went to Orlando to find out why Omar did what he did:

Someday the U.S. attorney general hopes to establish a motive, but this is not the day:

After meeting with prosecutors, first responders and victims of the Orlando terror attack, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said that the investigation is still ongoing, and a motive has yet to be established.

The Obama administration is still trying to determine Omar Mateen’s motive was the NRA, the GOP Senate, climate change or some combination of all the above. – Doug Powers @ Michelle Malkin

Because clearly we can’t handle the truth:

Jessep: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives...You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall.

We use words like honor, code, loyalty...we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use 'em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!

I know that we’re supposed to be repelled by Col. Jessep’s words, as well as his worldview. Unfortunately we live in interesting times and more and more of us find ourselves wanting both “The Wall” and Col. Jessup on it.

Because frankly the world isn’t getting any less scary.

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“Now the Circle is Complete.”

I totally forgot to congratulate Hillary on the arrival of her second grandchild! So congrats: now your legacy is complete.

However, I was alarmed when I saw her arriving to meet the new grandson at Lenox hospital in New York:

I kept wondering: precisely what type of “Senior Care Emergency Medical Services” were required here?

And, as RobinH asked the other day, who walks like that?

And who swaddles themselves like that, in head-to-toe black during the summer solstice?

Well, other than Muslims…

And Big Foot?

“Michelle is known for her clean and classic style and she loves to wear lesser known labels. On this ocassion (sic) the First Lady chose to recylce (sic) an old favorite from her wardrobe”

And perhaps the Prince of Darkness himself:

“Now the circle is complete.”

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Cultural Relativity and the Power of Critical Thinking

Cultural relativity, it will be the death of us, literally:

Because, you know, Islam is the religion of peace and is therefore as valid as Christianity. How did cultural relativism come to replace critical thinking in America? Maybe it started when the curriculum was dumbed down to the point of replacing math courses with “diversity studies.”  “What,” you say? “That would never happen? Certainly not at the 4th largest public university in the state of Michigan.”

A faculty committee has proposed adding a three credit hours requirement in diversity to the general education curriculum at Wayne State University. It also recommended that WSU drop its university-wide requirement in mathematics, an idea that was carried out on June 13.

“We are proposing the creation of specific ‘Diversity’ courses, with students required to take one course in this designation,” said a document from the General Education Reform Committee, which is recalibrating what the university will expect from all students who earn a degree from the state university. It released the proposal in May.

The committee report said, “These courses will provide opportunities for students to explore diversity at the domestic level and consider the ways in which it intersects with real world challenges at the local, national and/or global level.” – Zero Hedge

Butt don’t worry, “This decision was made largely because the current (math) requirement is at a level already required by most high school mathematics curriculum." Yes, that’s certainly reassuring; the generation that can’t make change without the aid of a cash register.

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Still Grazin’ In The Grass

I see we’re wrapping up our 8 year tour of duty exactly the same way we launched it: with a taxpayer funded tour of several national parks out west. This time Barry warned that unless we do something about global warming, there will be no more National Parks! Recalling the first time he saw a moose in Yosemite,

he said it changed him forever. Good argument against moose on the loose if you ask me.

Anyway, I thought it might be fun to “reflect” back over the years and see how much we’ve all “changed” since that first “short” trip to the Grand Canyon in 2009 – back when I was more concerned with trans-images than transformations and trans-gendering:

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Grand Canyon: Sweet

Well I just heard about our little jaunt out west next weekend. It sure would be nice if someone could give me a little more notice on these out-of-the-beltway trips. For one thing, it takes awhile to adjust all of my internal nano-opticals to compensate for the refraction of the direct overhead solar light we will be experiencing in the Grand Canyon. And the geysers at Yellowstone will require an additional de-humidifying sensor.

And lord knows what MO will be packing for such hot weather fun. I’m just hoping she’s not going with the halter tops again, because honestly, they can be challenging. And after the burger, fries and shake stop on Thursday and the Gelato stop yesterday, well, I’m just saying…

Not that I’m particularly thrilled about going out west, but it does present some interesting professional challenges. For example, I’ve never  been required to trans-image a real cow before.

And making Lady M look more awesome than the Grand Canyon? That, my friend, if I can pull it off, might just land me in Hollywood.  My cousin Madge, who works as a trans-imaging add-on for a lot of big time studio cameras (she’s worked on shoots of Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Simpson, Cameron Diaz and, recently, Sharon Stone) gave me a couple of boiler-plate contracts to bring along, just in case.

And then, the actual trip:

Monday, August 17, 2009

Does the Grand Canyon Make My Butt Look Small?

OMG! The Grand Canyon is so awesome! I barely had to turn on my trans-imaging CGI (computer graphics interface, for you Luddites) to get the effect Lady M was going for on this trip. Nobody, and I mean nobody, needs much help making their butt look tiny in comparison to this mega-saurus canyon.

If you’ve never been here, it’s hard to imagine the sheer magnitude of this miles-wide and nearly bottomless chasm. Let’s just say it’s nearly big enough to contain BO’s ego.

But about those short-shorts: I certainly hope MO doesn’t plan on wearing them any where else.

Goodness, look at how young little Sasha was! Some of us have changed a lot more than others.

Still grazin’ in the grass

HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL THE GREAT DADS OUT THERE!  AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE GREAT DADS WHO WILL BE MISSED FOREVER.

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