The impossible: Donald Trump destroying a countryl

If Trump wins here, well...you know

If there was anything that Joe Biden was zealous about, it was supporting Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his besieged country, Ukraine. Yes, attacked by Russia's Vladimir Putin who thought he could get away with steamrolling the adjacent land and make it a part of Russia. But Ukraine has put up a magnificent front, fighting a nation several times its size. And then Donald Trump comes along calling Zelensky " incompetent and a “dictator without elections” who had duped the U.S. into coughing up billions of dollars in military support."

This is what happened...

"Ukrainian politicians, officials and soldiers leaped to their president’s defense."

You see, Ukraine has a president that is passionate about his country, isn't corrupt, and has the respect of his government and its people. Something Donald Trump has never had and never will have. Here's a statement from Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister of Ukraine and leader of the mildly oppositional Motherland faction in the Ukrainian parliament...

“Ukraine is a sovereign state! Volodymyr Zelensky is the President of Ukraine. Legitimate until another is elected. Only Ukrainians can decide when and under what conditions they should change their government. Today, there are no such conditions.”

And then can you believe it, no one from Ukraine was invited to the meeting in Rayadh, where the Trump minions and Putin held court to decide the fate of Ukraine? Further, U.S. politicians, and others around the world, are totally exasperated why Trump is trying to force Zelensky into an election, right in the middle of warfare. Here's the scenario...

"Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, Zelensky pushed back on several unfounded claims the US president made on Tuesday, while reinforcing Ukraine’s position that a deal to end the war needed its involvement." 

 The White House maniac is, again, playing right into the hands of Putin, with the Russian dictator grabbing Trump's balls again; and he probably won't let go this time. According to CNN, in siding with the Kremlin, T-rump "has at times adopted Kremlin’s narrative and blamed Ukraine and NATO for the conflict, even saying that Ukraine 'may be Russian some day.'” More on this...

"But Trump’s boosting of Russia goes well beyond rhetoric. The president raised many eyebrows last week when opting to hold a 90-minute phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin before speaking to Zelensky.

"Then on Tuesday, US and Russian officials held high-level talks on ending the war in Ukraine in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, excluding Kyiv from the meeting."

Putin, of course, is happy as hell, commenting on the U.S.'s new friendliness...

“There were completely different people on the American side, who were open to the negotiation process without any bias, without any condemnation of what had been done in the past,” Putin added.

Yeah, the people on the American side were definitely different. Joe Biden held a hard line because he knew Putin was deceptive and dangerous. I say Trump offered his balls again because he still wants to build a hotel in Moscow. And you can bet your ass, the American people will pay for it. 

RFK Jr. asks for sympathy...poor baby

Can't hear you, have a worm in my ear

Just yesterday RFK Jr. "implored" federal health agency workers to 'let go' of preconceived notions of him and start from 'square one.'" That's like the guy who just shot you asking you not to think he has a gun. It's completely ludicrous since he has long peddled conspiracy theories and debunked claims, including that vaccinating babies against measles, mumps and rubella is linked to autism, and had previously said that “no vaccine is safe and effective”. Then he threatened future actions to accomplish his goals.

Here's the scenario from a parent of a 13 year-old son with autism, exposing RFK Jr.'s plans...

“Some of the possible factors we will investigate were formerly taboo or insufficiently scrutinized,” Kennedy told HHS staff in his first address to the department he now leads. “I’m willing to subject them all to the scrutiny of

 

unbiased science.”

The talk of "unbiased science" by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should send the healthcare community into an uncontrolled laughter explosian. The Common Wealth Beacon says...

"...with last week’s confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health and human services secretary, we are confronted with the reality of the nation’s highest authority on health care believing in junk theories about our wellbeing."

Elon Musk has already done damage to HHS through his play-like department, Doge, "leaving career officials and lawmakers worried about the impact on public health. Kennedy asked for retirement from those who didn't believe as he believes, and he won't give up on those beliefs...

"For years, Kennedy has cast doubt on the safety and efficacy of vaccines and spread misinformation linking vaccines to autism. During his Senate confirmation hearings, he refused to disavow those comments, only promising he would if 'shown the data.'”

Either the man is plain dumb, can't read, or just chooses not to believe what is clearly and credibly right before his eyes. In the Politico piece RFK Jr. did say he was willing to be wrong. He should stop right there, resign on site, and see who the Oval Office lunatic can come up with to replace him. Probably no better, or even worse, so there's probably no reason to waste taxpayer time and money. Does this all sound hopeless? Of course it is. T-rump is in the White House.

RFK Jr. is Sec. HHS...We just shut the door to healthcare

RFK Jr. ANTI-VACCINE

One of the major considerations with RFK Jr. running the U.S. health system is Sen. Mitch McConnell's decision to vote against him for Sec. Health & Human Services. The reason, RFK Jr.'s anti vaccine advocation over the years when the Senator knows just how much the polio vaccine means to children; McConnell had childhood polio. Here's the scenario from The Guardian...

“I’m a survivor of childhood polio,” McConnell said. “In my lifetime, I’ve watched vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across America and around the world. I will not condone the re-litigation of proven cures.”

Then, Kennedy replied...

At his confirmation hearing, Kennedy equivocated and said he just wanted to ensure vaccine safety and would not stop vaccines from being available. But he has long peddled conspiracy theories and debunked claims, including that vaccinating babies against measles, mumps and rubella is linked to autism, and had previously said that “no vaccine is safe and effective”.

Time calls him, "one of America’s most notorious vaccine skeptics with claims that he "will harm public health and further erode trust in science and medicine." Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia said...

“I think it’s a sad day for America’s children. I think it’s a sad day for public health when someone who is a science denialist, conspiracy theorist, and virulent anti-vaccine activist is [leading] the biggest public health agency in the United States.”

RFK Jr.s confirmation by the Senate should be no surprise after the approval of Trump's

Trump and 2024 nominee minions

gang of incompetent and inexperienced losers you can see here. You will witness the epitome of a rogues' gallery, a kind I trust has never graced the sacred halls of Washington's political system. If you sit at the breakfast table each day and just shake your head at the new inept dufus who has joined Trump's administration, you aren't alone. The question is, when will we get up from the table and do something about it?

After RFK Jr. had become HHS Sec., Your Local Epidemiologist asks the question, "What comes next?" The answer, says YLE, is...

"While beyond heartbreaking to those of us who strive for evidence-based medicine, this confirmation is a mile marker: growing mistrust in institutions, changing information landscape thanks to social media, and a growing consensus among Americans that systems are making them sicker."

The piece goes on to point out how anti-science hacks like RFK Jr. have thoroughly confused the American public, to the extent they don't know what to believe. And if you pile on the misinformation day after day, the people will begin to believe it. It is the Republican way, and T-rump has and will continue to use the concept to keep the U.S. in the deep unknown. Just look at Florida during the covid pandemic. Gov. Ron DeSantis, along with surgeon general Joseph Ladapo, released a steady stream of lies and misinformation.

RFK Jr.'s most critical aspect is his anti-vaccine stance, and no matter how he formulated it for Congress, he cannot be trusted on this most important issue for the Country's children. Here's the scenario...

Still, despite his promise to a senator that he wouldn’t touch vaccines, RFK Jr. has spent decades sowing doubt in them, and even during his confirmation hearings, he brought up the three-decades-old rumor that vaccines cause autism (they don’t). It’s hard to imagine he’ll stay away.

RFK Jr. is just another of Donald Trump's minions we are going to be forced to deal with, like the others mentioned earlier. So, the question still is, when will we get up from the table and do something about it?

FRIDAY NEWS WRAP - FEBRUARY 14, 2025

 

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If DOGE is illegal then Elon Musk must be illegal

The “department of government efficiency” (Doge), headed up by billionaire Elon Musk, has grabbed the governmental infrastructure by the balls and refuses to let go. It is so bad that Musk, along with J.D. Vance, has said that he might defy orders and verdicts from judges. This borders on sedition in an environment where the players actually control the country, from the White House, to Congress, to the Supreme Court. against which they are directing their discontent. But then, we are talking about Republicans.

Ben Makuch reports in The Guardian, that Doge is facing "countless lawsuits alleging everything from privacy concerns to free speech violations." It was T-rump that created the department on the first day of his second term. He named his buddy, Elon Musk, who bought him the Oval Office, to head up Doge. From then on Musk has been known as White House maniac #2. The latter has messed with Treasury files, causing major concern over the fact that he is now scrutinizing Social Security.

Regardless of political party, most of us believe that government should be pared down, eliminating the waste. But Trump, and Musk, are using this concept to seek revenge on enemies and eliminating programs for the needy while enriching the wealthy. It's the Republican way. Here's the scenario...

"Laurence Tribe, one of the nation’s leading and preeminent constitutional scholars and a professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, has already argued that much of Trump’s blitzkrieg of executive orders on the day of his inauguration disregards the US constitution. He told the Guardian he saw Musk’s actions as furthering that culture."

There's more...

"On whether Doge and Musk can legally have this much power over an array of government departments, Tribe was emphatic: 'NO.'"

More from the constitutional expert...

"Tribe said the lack of guardrails being placed on Doge’s maverick initiatives, raises 'both' questions of illegality and ethical wrongdoing that can be challenged in court. As for Musk’s status as a federal contractor (such as his StarLink work with the Pentagon) and now a government employee, Tribe sees it as 'absolutely' a legal conflict of interest."

Senator Bernie Sanders added: “What Musk is doing is illegal and unconstitutional.” The Bern's opinion...

"...deleting an agency like USAid, which was itself a creation of Congress, requires congressional approval."

One must wonder how long the wave of executive orders will continue; more than 50 have been signed by Trump so far. Thirty minutes after the Oval Office lunatic was sworn in...

"...a Maryland-based public interest law firm to file a 30-page lawsuit alleging Musk’s Doge should be considered a “federal advisory committee”, which makes it subject to government transparency laws and public scrutiny, which includes note keeping and meeting records, as required by law."

However, SCOTUS has a solid conservative majority, with three Trump appointees, that will think twice before crossing their monarch. And Trump appointees are strewn throughout the lower court system, which makes this all a monumental unknown. What we do know, though, is that our country is being destroyed by a gang of barbarian politicians. 

What is Satan about Donald Trump?

Just like with Elon Musk, who was hugely responsible for T-rump winning the 2024 election, the Oval Office lunatic is enamored with Satan because the Prince of Darkness represents the evil ways in which Donald Trump has led his life, conducted his businesses, and is now terrorizing and destroying America. Rick Wilson, an anti-Trump GOP strategist and co-founder of the Lincoln Project, wrote a best-seller, "Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump--and Democrats from Themselves." 

The book was written for the 2020 election with the following blurb...

"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One of the founders of The Lincoln Project, the bestselling author of Everything Trump Touches Dies is back with a guidebook for beating Trump’s tricks, traps, and tweets in 2020."

Joe Scarborough, of MSNBC's Morning Joe, had this to say...

“If you believe America’s future depends on Donald Trump’s political machine being crushed at the polls next year, then Rick Wilson’s Running Against the Devil is a must-read.”

Apparently the voting public paid no attention because the accomplice of the evil spirit won and is currently attempting to dissect our country into pieces this tyrant can control under his dictatorship. But he hasn't been all successful, considering Alison Durkee's piece in Forbes, Here Are All The Major Lawsuits Against Trump And Musk—As Judge Cuts Off DOGE’s Treasury Access. The timeline starts with Jan. 20, 2024, inauguration day, and goes through Feb. 8. Also obvious, Donald Trump has SCOTUS in his pocket.

Jeffery R. Wilson, a teacher of writing at Harvard University, has another viewpoint. He says, "Trump is Satan," with the sub-headline, "Paradise Lost in Washington, DC." The latter refers to John Milton's "Paradise Lost," published in 1667, with a charismatic Satan and naked, innocent Adam and Eve at the center of his story, it was a human tragedy about the

Trump...Satan...Hitler

Fall of Man. Wilson's treatise on Trump as Satan starts with...

"Donald Trump is Satan. The Satan in question is perhaps the greatest literary character in the finest epic poem in the English language, John Milton’s Paradise Lost. That makes Washington Republicans the other fallen angels."

The author exclaims that Republicans made a deal with the devil, selling their souls like Dr. Faustus, bringing back memories of Mitch McConnell, who placed GOP power over everything, including ethics. In the Wilson quote, above, Washington Republicans as the other fallen angels, is a superb description of Trump's flunkys in Congress and others in his administration who are unbelievably scared of him, constantly in fear of his wrath. But Jeffrey Wilson worries his piece will be seen as just political railing against Trump...

"Trump as Satan: you might think it’s absurdly over-the-top, or want to celebrate it as a (literally) epic takedown, but this is not a political statement hurling invective. It’s an analytical statement describing what is happening – what will happen – and why, aided by the Miltonic intervention. Great literature helps us understand the world. Both politicians and literary critics do their jobs best when they’re willing to use literature to think about life.

Key words, 'analytical statement,' professing that Wilson has done his homework, and you can count on his verbalizations. Here's the scenario...

"Published in London in 1667, Paradise Lost is a Christian humanist epic about the war in Heaven and the fall of humankind in the Garden of Eden. Though he’s the ‘author of evil,’ Satan is shockingly an attractive character. He charms us with his energy. When God the Father anoints his Son king over the other angels, Satan, ‘Great in power’, doesn’t think it’s fair. The system was rigged."

Sound familiar? Donald Trump is denied the White House in 2020 when Joe Biden beats him to take over the Oval Office. From then, until he won the election in 2024, and continuing even today, Trump has asserted his right to office because 2020 was rigged for Biden. And of course all his lackeys like Kari Lake, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz and several more acted as cheerleaders and still do. Here's another description from Milton that fits T-rump, except I deny he is a "powerful orator," rather just a bigmouth...

"A powerful orator, but loose with the truth, Satan secures a base of support, ‘and with lyes drew after him the third part of Heav’ns Host.’ This third of the angels back Satan to the bitter end, no matter what."

Paradise Lost seems so Trump-laden that I decided to read it again. In the meantime, John Milton recognizes Satan as a relentless liar and the first Never Satan-er to stand up is an angel named Abdiel, after which a war ensues, and God must send his Son to bring it all to a halt. But Jeffrey Wilson says, "Trump’s minions won’t fall so willingly" with Milton seeing it this way...

Republicans are more likely to fall like the stars in the Book of Revelation, Milton’s source: ‘His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth.’ That image of a falling Satan’s tail whipping out behind him, snagging the third of the angels that backed him, pulling them down, is what Milton invoked in the poem’s first epic simile. After crashing down in Hell, Satan lies belly-down in the swamp, a slumbering Leviathan.

Trump has always said he wants to clean the swamp. Perhaps the "cleaning" has always meant that we should just get rid of Donals Trump. 

 

Trump's latest...Let them die from disease

Donald Trump skewers the caduceus

"The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States"

The above is from the first paragraph of a CNN article titled, "Trump administration’s halt of CDC’s weekly scientific report stalls bird flu studies." Perfect timing for the Oval Office lunatic and his latest drive to kill off the U.S. population. Most recently Trump offered to buy out federal employees to get rid of them but in this case it is easier, and cheaper, to let them die from disease. Here's the scenario...                                    

"One of the studies would reveal whether veterinarians who treat cattle have been unknowingly infected by the bird flu virus. Another report documents cases in which people carrying the virus might have infected their pet cats." 

And then, across the country,  Measles cases have been reported in Texas most likely because the vaccine rate against the disease has fallen. Two are dead and many are sick due to a wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area. While Covid just passed its 5th anniversary of the start of the pandemic, the virus is still killing thousands, according to experts. At least 50 snow geese have been found dead on an Upstate New York lake and are being tested for Avian flu.

Yet T-rump has decided we don't need WHO, nor do we need to exchange information on and not do studies for disease control. 

A case of the highly infectious avian influenza, or bird flu, has been detected in a Montgomery County, Maryland, backyard flock. Whooping cough and Norovirus cases have steadily increased since the pandemic. Bird flu is 'widespread' among birds in Massachusetts, state officials say. The Washington Post reports, Covid isn’t as bad this winter but flu is worse. 36 US states have 'high' or 'very high' flu activity, CDC data shows. Georgia school district closes all schools due to flu, norovirus outbreak.

Yet T-rump has decided we don't need WHO, nor do we need to exchange information on and not do studies for disease control.

One person has been diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) at the Kalamazoo, Mich.

Central High School. A case of tuberculosis (TB) was confirmed at Whitehall-Yearling High School, Whitehall, Ohio. The Emmett, Idaho School District canceled classes to deep clean all of its buildings due to spread of norovirus, COVID-19, influenza, RSV and pertussis (whooping cough). The combined information here shows the potential dilemma in the U.S. for diseases of all types but most important now, 464 deaths from bird flu since Dec. 2024.

Yet T-rump has decided we don't need WHO, nor do we need to exchange information on and not do studies for disease control.

The studies in question have many benefits for the bird flu dilemma...

One of the studies would reveal whether veterinarians who treat cattle have been unknowingly infected by the bird flu virus. Another report documents cases in which people carrying the virus might have infected their pet cats.

The studies were slated to appear in the official journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The distinguished journal has been published without interruption since 1952.

Dorothy Fink, the acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services ordered an “immediate pause” on communications by federal health agencies, dictated by who else, Donald Trump. Opposition includes...

That’s concerning, former CDC officials said, because a firewall has long existed between the agency’s scientific reports and political appointees.

“MMWR is the voice of science,” said Tom Frieden, a former CDC director and the CEO of the nonprofit organization Resolve to Save Lives.

“This idea that science cannot continue until there’s a political lens over it is unprecedented,” said Anne Schuchat, a former principal deputy director at the CDC. “I hope it’s going to be very short-lived, but if it’s not short-lived, it’s censorship.”

There was no response from The White House or HHS; in the meantime, at least 67 people have recently been tested positive for the bird flu in the U.S., most from cows or poultry. There is also concern that many cases are going undetected. Shades of Covid under Donald Trump in a situation most experts claim can be controlled with the proper handling. The question is, will the Republican Party do the right thing? One can only hope.

Trump wants air traffic controllers to quit after D.C. crash

It isn't because there might have been an error in the Reagan Airport tower, it is because the Oval Office lunatic wants to cut more federal jobs in his plan to destroy the U.S. government. And this, when, apparently, the controller was handling both the American airliner and Army Black Hawk helicopter, because of a shortage of tower personnel. Here's the scenario from Yahoo...

"Air traffic controllers were emailed by the Trump administration urging them to quit their jobs and take mass “buyouts” just 24 hours after the D.C. plane crash.

They were among hundreds of thousands of federal workers sent the email at 8.30 p.m. Thursday to push the extraordinary offer by Trump’s aides to get civil servants to quit en masse."

It had only been 24 hours since the Army helicopter crashed into the American Airlines jet as it came in to land at Reagan National Airport, killing 67 people. This tactless statement was followed by more...

“We encourage you to find a job in the private sector as soon as you would like to do so,” stated the email sent by the Office of Personnel Management.

“The way to greater American prosperity is encouraging people to move from lower productivity jobs in the public sector to higher productivity jobs in the private sector.”

So, being an air tr5affic controller is a 'low productivity job' , and, anyway, the private sector offers better career opportunities than the U.S. government. Can you believe this? "The late Thursday night email follows up on an earlier one which offered federal workers other incentives to abandon their job security, such as eight months of pay if they obliged by Feb. 6."

Trump did not respond to requests for comments. 

Donald Trump blames Wash., D.C. plane crash on Democrats, BUT...

Jan. 29, 2024 D.C. plane crashes

Here's The New Republic headline: "Trump Gutted Key Aviation Safety Committee Before D.C. Plane Crash." Now, it isn't likely this stupid move by the Oval Office Lunatic is what killed the 67 people in the collision between an American airlines plane and a helicopter, close to Ronald Reagan airport. However, it is possible this move could affect future potential accidents, and deaths, and there is absolutely no evidence that it is the fault of the Biden administration. An American Airlines pilot said...

"The notoriously difficult job of navigating airspace restrictions near Reagan National Airport is made more complicated by the very congested air traffic there."

Then Dennis Tajer, spokesperson for the Allied Pilots Association, commented...

“It’s a precarious balance of security and jamming in as many airplanes as you can get in there, because demand is so high.”

J. D. Vance chimed in by mimicking Trump and said...

"...without citing any evidence – that hiring standards have been lowered at air traffic control, which would be rectified by the Trump administration."

The second White House maniac also said air traffic controllers were not hired under Biden "because of the color of their skin.”

The New Republic piece provides the scenario...

"Last week, just days after his inauguration, Donald Trump eliminated the membership of a key committee that handles aviation security. And on Wednesday night, a passenger plane collided with a military helicopter in the Washington, D.C., area."

"On Tuesday, January 22, the Aviation Security Advisory Committee’s members received a memo from the Trump administration saying that the Department of Homeland Security was getting rid of the membership of all advisory committees in a “commitment to eliminating the misuse of resources and ensuring that DHS activities prioritize our national security.” At the same time, Trump also fired the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and the Coast Guard.

When Trump was asked how he could be so definitive about who was at fault for the crash, he said...

“Because I have common sense, OK, and unfortunately, a lot of people don’t.”

That comment is not worth a reply, except, Holy Crap!

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Have you noticed? People are much kinder to animals lately...

HOORAY! Yes, you can see it all over the Internet with many of the posts reflecting some great incident where an animal is rescued and ends up finding his or her forever home. But, approximately 7.6 million companion animals are given to animal shelters nationwide every year, according to PangoVet. Did you know that only one out of 10 dogs born finds a permanent home? And, 75% of the animals euthanized in California shelters are cats. These are two dismal statistics that point out the plight of animal advocates. More bad news...

In the U.S., 20 percent of cats and dogs are homeless; there are 5.9 million dogs living in the streets, 2.3 million dogs in shelters, 35 million cats living on the street, and 2.1 million cats in shelters.

A National Pet Owners Survey reports that about 86.9 million U.S. households, or 66% of households, own a pet. This is an increase from 56% in 1988. I'm not saying it should be 100%, but my guess is there are several million homes out there that could take in a new family member from their local animal rescue and give it the forever home it deserves. My wife and I have saved eleven rescues (cats) since we got married. We are convinced, a home without an animal is a home that is not complete.

Now here's the good news of some successful rescues, compliments of PETA...

PETA fieldworkers found Henrietta and six other chickens imprisoned in a cluttered pen belonging to a woman who was moving away but hadn’t made plans for placing them in new homes. PETA took the chickens to a sanctuary, where they enjoy roaming a large meadow and taking dust baths.

PETA volunteers found Blue locked inside a crate outdoors along with the remains of another dog named Dynasty, who had a shattered pelvis and had been starved to death. Blue was malnourished, and his white paws were stained yellow from having to stand in his own urine. He was adopted into a loving home, and his former owner was sentenced to one year in prison for cruelty to animals and was prohibited from owning animals for three years.

Valediction was a horse who had been run on bad legs and was injured during a race. PETA supporter Sam Simon purchased Valediction, and PETA arranged for him to be sent to a beautiful farm in Virginia owned by other PETA supporters. Valediction is now enjoying retirement, and he will never be forced to race for his life again.

Bubbles, Brandi, and Marshall were among about 30 special-needs cats and nearly 50 dogs who were evacuated from severely crowded Gulf-area shelters in the wake of the BP oil spill. Brandi, who had recently given birth to a litter of kittens, was nearly bald from stress and flea allergies. Marshall was missing most of a hind leg and half of his tail. Bubbles was neurotic and jumped at every noise. The three felines are now beloved residents of PETA’s Norfolk, Virginia, headquarters.

After a long and hard-fought battle by PETA, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and concerned citizens, Ben [a bear] was rescued from Jambbas Ranch Tours, an abysmal North Carolina roadside zoo, where he spent six long years locked away in a cage similar to a dog kennel, deprived of even the most basic necessities. Today, Ben is living out his days at the Performing Animal Welfare Society.

Despite the cruelties that prevail, leading up to some of these rescues, we like to hope the outcomes usually result in a forever home for the animal. The term 'good samaritan' is seen regularly in the rescue of animals these days and is the basis for my headline, 'People are much kinder to animals lately. They often come out of nowhere, and provide the help needed to save an animal's life. Right on, folks! We thank you for your efforts and please keep up the good work.

I urge you to look at the PETA site with 35 inspiring rescue stories, including the above,

Would Trump Let Marburg spread like he did Covid?

The Oval Office lunatic has made it clear that healthcare for the American people will not be one of his priorities in the next four years. Dr Stephanie Psaki, sister of Jen Psaki, on the other hand, has worked vigorously in the last four years under President Joe Biden to make sure there is constant coordination on the handling of disease threats. Dr. Psaki says...

..."these moves [by Trump] could lay the ground for dangerous pathogens to come to America, such as Marburg virus, an Ebola-like illness that kills up to 88 percent of people it infects.

According to Daily Mail, in a recent outbreak of Marburg in Tanzania, there are nine new cases and eight of them have died. Without a vaccine or treatment for the virus, death rates are high, typically around 50%, but can range from 23% to 90%. Dr. Psaki exclaimed, "the only hope of protecting Americans 'is to stop it at its source.'" So you have to ask, how can the U.S. do that if we cut off all communications with organizations like WHO? She adds, with Trump silencing health agencies, it's "like how the Covid pandemic began."

Dr. Psaki asks, considering the above...

'As I’ve watched the Trump administration announce a series of actions that undermine our ability to detect and respond to biological threats... I wonder: Who is protecting the American people from Marburg right now?'

Here's the scenario...

"Marburg virus is one of the deadliest diseases known, with patients starting with a headache, fever, and vomiting, before experiencing bleeding from orifices — such as the eyes, nose and ears.

"The disease can spread between people via contact with bodily fluids such as blood and feces. Health workers trying to help patients are often infected."

U.S. officials report 11 cases of and two deaths from Ebola in 2014, claiming their protocol is the reason it has not spread here. According to the doctor, "Scientific experts across the US government have lost access to many of the tools they would normally use to protect Americans." Here's what started it all...

"In a slew of executive orders on January 20, Trump announced he would withdraw from the WHO, replace the US Global Health Security Strategy for 2024 and place a 90-day pause on foreign assistance.

"He has also paused the CDC and FDA from making public announcements, and blocked the National Institutes of Health from funding new research."

The White House maniac has shuttered America with a political agenda designed to kill us. Yes, all of this clearly illustrates that Trump doesn't care if Americans die as long as he can advance his ideological atrocities. Add to this the possibility that RFK Jr. could become the Sec. of Health with plans that are as frightening as Donald Trump's. Dr. Psaki is convinced with the elimination of working with outside health agencies and loss of public communication, we have lost our ability to control the healthcare of the American public.

MARK TWAIN: "The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie"

The headline is a Mark Twain quote. And it precisely describes the predicament the good people of this country find themselves in the fight against Donald Trump's lies and the supporting morons that believe him. Think about it...these lost souls are probably in double-digit territory in connection with their mental status and follow the Oval Office lunatic without the slightest hesitation nor evidence of reality. Donald Trump is a habitual liar. Some of his nominated administration misfits are liars. And there you have the blueprint for Trump 2.0.

Guess what...it couldn't have been that long after his inauguration that Trump shifted to his usual deluding, con-artist roll. In comparison to his inaugural address, in the speech at Emancipation Hall there were a lot of lies told, many of them familiar, according to CNN's Jake Tapper, along with Daniel Dale, the network's famous fact-checker. Dale's retort to Tapper was...

"There were a bunch, Jake."

There's more...

Dale noted that while there was only a "smattering of falsehoods" in Trump's "scripted" inaugural speech, he "returned to his familiar lie-a-minute style" during the "unscripted" Emancipation Hall speech.

Here we go...

"He [Trump] said the 2020 election was totally rigged," Dale told Tapper. "We know that's a lie. He said his opponents tried to rig it this time; that is more nonsense. He said California Democrats tried to cheat, and that he thinks he would have won the state this time if it were not rigged. Well, it was a free and fair election in that state as well; he lost by more than three million votes."

For the seven-hundredth time, we are hearing the same 2020 steal story, one that has been disproven over seven-hundred times, which must indicate some level of dementia, or just that Donald Trump is stupid. Remember Kari Lake? She was a loyal Trump fan who used the same strategy but in respect to her loss of the Arizona governor's election. Arizonans, of which I am one, grew tired of Lake's whining and decided to give her another defeat when Ruben Gallego beat her in the Senate race.

"The CNN fact-checker also debunked Trump's false claims about the January 6,

 

2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building."

Sarah K. Burris in AlterNet calls Trump 'One million percent total insane' for his claim that California's wildfires were being allowed to spread “without even a token of defense.” Here's the scenario...

"What an insult to all the amazing firefighters who put their lives on the line to bring the LA fires under control! Trump starts out with a speech filled with massive lies, deceit, insults as he trashes the country to uplift his own deviance," she said on X.

Another writer in this article spoke about Donald Trump' ignorance about what "asylum" means. It seems that Trump believes that the immigrants seeking asylum are also those who come from insane asylums and are being sent to the U.S. MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, thinks Stephen Miller may have written Trump's speech and could be behind the inane idea that asylum-seekers are coming from mental asylums. And, of course, the White House maniac couldn't speak too long without taking a shot at Joe Biden...

New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush noted Trump is already preparing to take credit for former President Joe Biden's work, "Many of the crises Trump has vowed to address (taming inflation, ridding cities of violent crime, building the world's most formidable military...) are already well on the way to be solved..."

More from CNN's Daniel Dale and Trump's Emancipation Hall speech...

"He [Trump] claimed he won Alabama this time by 48 points — more like 30, 31. And then, on immigration, he spoke of the jails of every country in the world being emptied into this country. He has never provided any evidence for his familiar claim that foreign countries are deliberating emptying prisons to send people here as migrants."

 There are several more instances of Donald Trump's misinformation fantasies in the above AlterNet piece, well worth reading. It almost seems that Mark Twain had Donald Trump and his minions in mind when he concocted the above [headline] statement. Dorothy Parker said...

"I require only three things of a man: He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid." 

Naw, she would shoot Trump down in flames and write something like this...

'Only a grifter like Donald Trump could get away with murder and have the person murdered thank him.'

Folks, we must press on for four years. 

 

 

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The two sides to life and living

Maybe you haven't noticed, because of all the hostility in today's politics and this country in general, but there are many good things going on out there that prove we aren't ready yet to throw in the towel. My wife and I were discussing this at dinner last night and it made sense for me to share. Here's an example from Twitter re. the Los Angeles fires...

Los Angeles is a beautiful town filled with generous people and wonderful public servants. The way people came together to help each other over the last few days. With humor, grace and generosity. The way our brave firefighters and police officers risked their lives selflessly despite unfair criticism. We have each others backs and we will rebuild.

And here are some graphics that illustrate compassion between humans is not dead...

 

 

And the most amazing change over the years, people helping animals, supplanting much of the cruelty with good deeds: https://www.facebook.com/Strecci/videos/animals-asking-for-help-from-humans/9630244330320459/

And not to be outdone, animals do help other animals in ways that confirm just how smart they are with the ability to reason: 

A lot of the people in this country deserve better than they have been given in the last several years. It is both unfortunate and appalling to have to say, but the major portion of the responsibility for a divisive United States is with the Republican Party. Look who they just elected to the White House, to prove my point. Look at the GOP lunatics in Congress whose only agenda is self-adornment. And look at the recent suck-ups to Donald Trump from the corporate world and U.S. Congress. It is all pathetic but the current positivity is still conclusive.

There are two sides to life and living and my wife and I definitely prefer the good life.

Trump says he's not for sale...BULLSHIT!

Trump's inauguration is today. He beat Kamala Harris in an election that many say the outcome was decided by idiots. Trump voters. But now he's on his way to the White House and the suck-ups are going crazy. To the tune of around $500 million by this summer. Remember when corporate CEOs and those in Congress, even some Republicans, were mocking and ridiculing Donald Trump? Apparently this same group has gotten Trump religion and are now going for the jugular. That, of the American public.

Axios points out...

"By stockpiling so much cash, Trump is signaling he doesn't want to be seen as a lame duck in his second term, and is ready to help political allies, punish opponents and help Republicans keep full control of Congress in 2026."

That is so frightening that it should rattle the cages of the Democrats who have sat on their butts for years and let Republicans take control of this country. It dates back to when Debbie Wasserman Schultz slept through the period where the GOP was winning state and local offices throughout the country. It still haunts the left because it is these very offices that have been so instrumental in gerrymandering and winning elections for the right. That was in 2016, over eight years ago, and the Dems are still flailing in their political decisions.

I won't bore you with the atrocities Donald Trump has committed in the last ten years because if you don't already know you have been under a rock or had your head in the sand so not worth talking to. The facts are out there for all to see, yet an American public still grovels at his feet. One of the most astonishing happenings is the fact the U.S. working class is flocking to his fold, and they are the very ones who will suffer the most under Trump. They have nothing to offer him so he would turn on them in a heartbeat.

Axios says everyone is coming to Trump with the goal a half-billion dollars. Here are the receiving accounts...

"They include the president-elect's inauguration account, the MAGA Inc. super PAC, a political nonprofit called Securing American Greatness, the Republican National Committee and Trump's presidential library fund."

There's more...

"The donors run the gamut: from health care to agriculture, insurance, financial institutions, tech and cryptocurrency investors."

This is a significant reverse from the Donald Trump of the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, after which, "major GOP donors and corporate interests vowed to either pause or stop donations to Trump or congressional Republicans because of the plot to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election." Some came back but, guess what, the one who never forgets kept a list of deserters which will be added to his laundry list of those to get even with.

The future Oval Office lunatic even makes his case by threatening...

"You guys made this amount of money last year and you're gonna make so much more now because of me," Trump told the representatives of one company, according to a confidant who heard the story from the president-elect.

And then he blurted out...

"But when I needed you, where the f**k were you? You weren't with me and maybe you were with her," referring to Vice President Harris, whom Trump defeated in November.

And it all ends with the most outlandish of expectations. Donald Trump has let it be known that this is a "one-way street." You generously give to him but don't expect anything in return. And do you know what, the corporate world has said, oh well, he doesn't mean that and they keep dishing out the money. Let me repeat: 'Trump says he's not for sale...BULLSHIT!