Headlines

All from Internet news sites. Guess which ones from Politico?

How McCain tanked Obamacare repeal

After vulgar rant, Trump's new comms guy vows never to trust another reporter

Border wall prototype delayed until Winter ...

GDP rises at 2.6% annual pace

Gowdy: More coverage of Bieber tour than Lynch scandal

House Dems call for Kushner to be immediately dismissed

Obama aides unmasked hundreds during election without justification

Gingrich on NPR: Mueller has hired antiTrump killers

After health care failure,Trump tweets 'let Obamacare implode'

Macron aims to clear migrants from the streets of France

Stock market +19% since election ...

Gingrich on Scaramucci: Full of himself, 'talking more than he is thinking'

Dubious Achievements

Since former President, Bill Clinton, has just been named “Father of the Year” by the National Father’s Day Council … see: USA Today Story, a dubious achievement if there ever was one, I thought I might also assemble a number of other recent winners of equally dubious honors.  They are:

Tim Tebow – “The Bronzed Bench” from the New York Jets

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – American Jewish Congress’s “Best Friend of Israel” Sash

Nancy Pelosi – the Plastic Surgeons’ Patient of the Year Award (the “Golden Scalpel”)

Harry Reid – Four gold-framed U.S. Budgets from the previous four fiscal years
Rush Limbaugh – Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year”

Elizabeth Warren -- Honorary Membership in the Cherokee Nation

Bashar al-Assad – UNESCO’s “Greatest Love of One’s Countrymen” Gold Medal

Joe Biden – Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University

Anthony Weiner – Cosmo Magazine’s “Sexiest Centerfold” Award

Maya Angelou – the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Hillary Clinton – “Most Underrated Politician” Loving Cup from the U.S. House
Mohamed Morsi – the Muslim Brotherhood’s blood-framed “Sacred Oath”

Barney Frank – “Handsomest Couple of the Year” Award from Bride’s Magazine

Justin Bieber – People Magazine’s “Most Metrosexual” Honor

Mayor Tom Menino of Boston – the Demosthenes Award for Outstanding Diction

Barack Obama – the Nobel Peace Prize

Terms of Endearment

The following is a test of your perspicacity and political savvy.   You are herein asked (as a comment to this blog) to attach one or more of these terms of endearment to one or more of the following people: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bashar al-Assad, Joe Biden, Justin Bieber, John Boehner, George W. Bush, Dick Chaney, Hugo Chavez, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Lady Gaga, Rush Limbaugh, Madonna, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Mitt Romney, Mohamed Morsi, Bibi Netanyahu, Nancy Pelosi, Vladamir Putin, Tim Tebow  (NO PROFANITIES PLEASE!)

Ankle Pecker
Ass Wipe
Babinzo
Badonkadonk

Blaggard

Blatherskite

Boob
Bubblehead
Bumpkin

Charlatan
Chawbacon
Chowderhead
Clown
Cockalorum
Cockroach

Coxcomb
Creep

Curmudgeon
Despot
Diaper Licker
Dolt
Doofus
Drip

Dunderhead
Dweeb
Fliptwiddle

Fop
Fruitloop
Guttersnipe

Harridan
Hick
Honeyfugler
Horndog
Horse's Petute
Ignoramus
Imp

Jackanape

Jamoke
Knave
Kook
Leech
Lickspittle
Lout
Lowlife
Meathead

Misanthrope

Miscreant
Moonbat
Mooncalf

Mountebank

Mugwump
Muttonhead

Namby Pamby

Nebbish

Nimrod
Ninnyhammer

Noddy

Nudnik
Oinker
Peck's bad boy

Pecksniffian

Pettifogger
Pillack
Pipsqueek

Poltroon
Pond Scum

Popinjay
Puddin Head
Puke
Puzzlewit

Quidnunc
Quisling

Rapscallion

Rascal
Reprobate

Rogue
Rotter
Rumpswab
Scallywag
Scamp
Scapegrace

Schlemiel

Schmozzle
Schmuck

Schlub
Scoundrel

Shlump

Shmegegi

Shrew

Skellum

Slattern
Sleezeball
Snake Oil Salesman

Snollygoster

Sop

Troglodyte
Twerp
Twit

Varlet
Wack-a-doodle
Wisenheimer
Wingnut
Wise Ass
Wowser
Yahoo

Yenta

Yokel