Today’s Poser

Isn’t it funny how the COVID-19 pandemic has caused Colin Kaepernick, Robert De Niro and Kathy Griffen to scurry, cockroach-like, back into the woodwork?

Headlines

‘Feel free to leak this’: Inside the Pelosi-Nadler impeachment schism

Fed loses control of its own interest rate on day of big decision — ‘This just doesn’t look good’

Netanyahu falls short of a majority ... Cancels trip to UN ...

Study: Rate of U.S. abortions falls to lowest level since 1973

New poll shows Harris’ support has plunged 13 points in Iowa

Gun violence costs the US $229 billion annually, report finds

Health fears prompt Swiss 5G revolt ...

Martin Luther King Iii urges boycott of NFL over Colin Kaepernick

Trump blames ‘Dummy Beto’ for endangering deal on gun reform

Cramer: FedEx holds ‘most dispiriting call about the economy I’ve heard in a very long time’

Gov’t collects almost everything about everyone entering USA ...

Report: House Democrats 43 votes short of impeachment

Headlines

House Dems chose party unity over ICE fight

Store closures are accelerating and may top 12,000 in 2019

Protesters remove U.S. flag, replace it with Mexican flag outside ICE facility

Ocasio-Cortez denies playing ‘race card’ on Pelosi: ‘Stupidly untrue’

Barry crawls ashore in Louisiana, weakens to a tropical storm

This US and EU are fighting over trade when they should be finding common cause

Alexa calls 911 on man beating girlfriend ...

Trump confirms Sunday ICE raids: ‘We’re focused on criminals’

FTC approves $5B Facebook settlement that Democrats call ‘chump change’

As Juul grapples with teen vaping ‘epidemic,’ CEO tells parents ‘I’m sorry’

Brain implant restores vision to blind ...

Black pastors call on Nike to sever relations with Colin Kaepernick

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K is for kook and Kaepernick ...

More Ramirez

Kaepernick’s knock ...

Democrat Derangement

I don’t know about you, dear reader, but my impression is that the Earth is getting real close to spinning out of its orbit. Previously level-headed people now seem hell-bent on making outright silly statements ... driven by some internal angst about Trump’s constant tweeting of his mind. Presidents are not supposed to do such nonsense. They are supposed to gulp when the opposition megaphones their inanity ... and hope America will ignore it. Not Trump! He will respond to the most innocuous slight or “fake news” with his own take on things ... which is often maddeningly reflective of America’s collective common sense. If Trump is patriotic, then they, like Kaepernick, hate their country.

This Democrat derangement drives the media and other vacuous pundits to extremes ... to the point where they double down on their original craziness. “Trump is a dictator for holding a July 4th celebration that honors our military.” “Trump is trying to kill immigrant children in his concentration camps on the Mexican border.” “Trump wants to get the US into a full-out shooting war with Iran!” “Trump is a white supremacist, misogynist, homophobe, anti-Semite, Islamophobe, racist ... and a Nazi to boot!” All said with a spittle-flecked certainty and a knowing smirk.

Do these knee-jerks not see their growing mindlessness when compared to yesterday’s partisanship? Perhaps not ... or is it that they are driven by a manic compulsiveness that has captured their souls? Whatever the reason, at some point an event is bound to shake them out of their crazed illogic and return them to a semblance of sanity ... red-faced and in self-denial. The Mueller Report could have done it, but it only turned up the heat ... possibly on purpose.

What will occur to jolt Democrats back to reality I can’t predict ... but, hopefully, it will not be Armageddon ... inspired by a foe’s misreading of our current divide.

Look at Me!

There are quite a number of C-list people who will say or do anything to get mentioned in the media. Here are a few:

Kathy Griffin

Robert De Niro

Jim Acosta

Beto O’Rourke

Colin Kaepernick

Eric Swalwell

Alec Baldwin

Rosie O’Donnell

Rob Reiner

David Hogg

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Chelsea Handler

Jussie Smollett

Maxine Waters

The list goes on. But what is it that unites all these ragtag grandstanders? I can’t imagine ...

Headlines

California’s move to Super Tuesday hands Harris a big edge in 2020

As Trump ponders auto tariffs, free trade Republicans push back

Spending binge worse than under Obama, Bush

Washington Post: Democrats hid border security win from Trump

Dems prepare to force Trump to reveal private talks with Putin

Trade talks with the U.S. are ‘making a final sprint,’ Chinese state media claim

Kaepernick settles collusion case against NFL ... $60 - $80 million?

Trump decries catch and release as spending bill expands program

Vatican defrocks former Washington cardinal over sex abuse

Trump’s message is having an impact on NATO, secretary general says

Just 1 in 4 Americans pass US citizenship test ...

Lindsey Graham congratulates Trump on defeating ISIS caliphate

If True ...

... BuzzFeed says Trump told Michael Cohen to lie to Congress

... Hillary  Clinton's missing 33,000 emails were all about yoga and Chelsea's wedding

... John Kerry has been seen courting Jeff Bezos'  soon-to-be ex-wife

... Kamala Harris, while a DA, never put an innocent black behind bars

... "Walls are immoral ," says Nancy Pelosi ... except the one around her house

... Bill DeBlasio has guaranteed free health care fore everyone except those who voted against him

... Ruth Bader Ginsburg is still alive and voting from home on Supreme Court decisions

... In DC, the Covington High School boys mocked and jeered a Native American Vietnam vet and a group of meek Hebrew Black Israelites

... "The world is coming to an end in 12 years,"  says Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

... Elizabeth Warren is more than 1/1024th Native American

... Colin Kaepernick is a great quarterback and knelt because of his patriotism

... Bill Clinton "I never had sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky, not a single time"

... Al Gore: "The world has a fever"

... "Mexico is going to pay for the wall": Donald Trump

Headlines

Trump world divided on Rosenstein -- not weather to fire him, bu when

Iran's president blames US after attack on military parade

Yet another witness denies [Christine] Ford's account ...

Only 25 percent of women believe Kavanaugh accusations are creditable

Immigrants may be denied green cards if they've received benefits

OPEC, Russia rebuff Trump's call for immediate boost in oil output

[Keith] Ellison says his accuser fabricated abuse story ...

Grassley accepts Kavanaugh accuser's demand to testify Thursday

Woman denies attending party where alleged Kavanagh attack occurred

[France's] Macron's popularity falls further in September -- polls

Kaepernick is Nike's $6 billion man ...

Hawley: Missouri rally so big we had to turn away 20,000 Trump supporters

Headlines

Exclusive: Trump's FEMA administrator under investigation for use of official cars

GM  recalls over 1 million pickups, SUVs for power steering problems

Eyewall down, Florence weakens, winds 105 mph

Dalai Lama: 'Europe belongs to Europeans,' refugees should rebuild homelands

Trump accuses Democrats of inflating Puerto Rico [hurricane] death toll

Alphabet's Larry Page has reportedly checked out, spending more time on his private island

Michael Moore accused of stiffing, smearing vendors ...

Turkey's Erdogan in the Wall Street Journal: 'The world must stop Assad'

GOP Senators: No Sessions replacement could get confirmed

Kaepernick buzz may be fading, Nike online sales return to levels before the ad

Monopoly busting case against Google, Amazon, Uber, Facebook ...

Food stamp usage declines for eight straight month ...

Headlines

GOP attacks Obama, but doesn't defend Trump

Apple supplier shares sink after Trump tells tech giant to make its products in US

WSJ: Trump to close PLO office in Washington ...

Judge Jeanine: 'Thank you Barack' for Trump!

Avenati will base his 2020 campaign in St. Louis

'Once in a lifetime' gold discovery [Australia] reportedly delivers more than  $10 million in four days

Kamala [Harris] given LAPD protection, even when she wasn't on LA ...

China sees GMO soybeans as a trade war tool

Pence: 'I would' speak to special counsel

It's better to rent than to buy in today's housing market

Seventeen years after Sept. 11, Al Qaeda may be stronger than ever ...

Jim Carrey: I bought Nikes as 'salute to Colin Kaepernick'

Obvious Truth #18

Colin Kaepernick is not a victim ...

Headlines

Watergate figure John Dean calls Kavanaugh nomination 'troubling'

Tesla stock tanks as much as 9% after top executives resign and Elon Musk smokes weed on video

NFL season opener ratings crash to multi-year lows ...

[Obama] ... complains Trump getting credit for economy ...

'It will make him crazy' Anonymous anti-Trump screed backfires

Trump risks midterm backlash in six states if he expands China trade war

120 utilities have cut rates due to tax cuts ...

Higher than expected job growth and wage gains in August

Obama delivers full-throated rebuttal of Trump presidency

Trump says he's  ready to hit China with  another $267 billion of tariffs

FLASHBACK: Obama prosecuted leakers, gave lie-detector tests ..

Trump on Kaepernick ad: 'What was Nike thinking?'

Nike's Middle-finger

From Powerline blog

Headlines

GOP scrambles to avoid shutdown

China's slowing demand for oil is a growing concern for the Middleeast

Regulation risk as high-torch giants head to Congress ...

Nike shock: Kaepernick npw face of brand ...

Trump rolls back worker safety rules

Jeff Bezos said he wanted to build 'space hotels' in his 1982 high school graduation speech

Amazon's secret deal with MasterCard to track offline sales ...

Marco Rubio floats military invasion of Venezuela ...

Trump blasts Sessions over charges against GOP congressmen ahead of midterms

China cracks down on cryptocuttrncy speculation, but not blockchain development

China investments in Africa raise concerns of new colonialism ...

Report: Wikileaks consultant mysteriously disappears

Headlines

The arc of history bends a knee word Colin Kaepernick

North and South Korea are is using a possible non-agression pact

Massive blaze at German theme park ...

Mayor who honored Stormy Daniels settled $500,000 sexual harassment claim in 2016

Schiff: Trump spy theory 'a piece of propaganda'

Why America has fallen out of love with NASCAR

Who killed Bobby Kennedy? RFK Jr. believes second gunman ...

France announces imminent evacuations of Paris migrant camps ...

Rubio: North Korea will never give up its nuclear weapons

US warships sail near South China Sea islands claimed by Beijing

France's far left leads protests against Macron

Visa cuts Morgan Freemam from commercials after harassment claims

Heaslines

Giuliani: Mueller interview prep on Trump's summer schedule

Trump: I 'doubt' China trade negotiations will succeed

California resistance to Trump includes at least 32 lawsuits ...

Report: IG will declare FBI, DOJ broke law in Clinton e-mail probe

Trump: 'Animals' comment referred to MS-13 members

Warren Buffet: Interest rates are the 'most important' thing in determining stock values

RUDY: WE'LL RIP MUELLER APART

Trump donates first quarter salary to Department of. Veterans Affairs

Republicans are still running against Colin Kaepernick

Manafort's former son-in-law cuts plea deal with government

Chinese mass-indoctrination camps evoke cultural revolution ...

Pelosi defends MS-13

Silver Linings

- "Shithole": takes Michael Wolff's book off of the front page for a while

- A poorly designed new U.S. Embassy: gives Trump and excuse for not visiting London

- The Energizer Bunny: tends to keep Bill Clinton out of the public square

- Expensive Chardonnay: tends to keep Hillary Clinton out of the public square

- Cryptocurrencies: a novel way for the wealthy to piss away huge fortunes

 - Mexican wall: the bullet in the Democrats' game of Russian Roulette

- NYC truck attack: a reason to get rid of  the visa lottery and chain migration

- Colin Kaepernick's protest: an excuse not to watch increasingly boring NFL games

- Russian meddling charge: exposes the perfidy of Obama's Deep State

- Transgender bathrooms: shows the folly of women pissing into an urinal standing up

- Weiner-Abedin marriage: keeps Carlos Danger from testifying against Huma

Headlines

All from Internet news sites. Guess which from Politico?

[Hawaii] Judge blocks Trump's latest travel ban order

Report: FBI sat on evidence tying Clintons to Russian bribery scheme

2,800 Huma gov't docs found on Weiner's laptop ...

Study: More immigrants in 2016 than ever before in American history

[Sens.] Alexander, Murray strike bipartisan Obamacare deal

Bob Weinstein has now been accused of sexual harassment

Alabama shock poll: Roy Moore tied with Dem ...

Trump tells McCain: 'At some point, I fight back'

Trump official halts abortions among undocumented pregnant teens

Kaepernick blames Trump for his unemployment

Anti-immigrant billionaire politician rises in Czech Republic ..?

[Jane] Fonda: 'I don't regret going to Vietnam' -- 'I'm proud'