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Monthly Archives: June 2016

This Week in Trump

The (conservative) National Review reviews this week in Trump: Trump on Thursday: Trump announces that he will persuade the NRA to support a law “not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns”. Up until then, love of guns was just about the only issue uniting all conservatives […]

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Old Time Religion!

When are religious voters going to get tired of being jerked around by Republicans? Last week at a supposedly religious event in Washington titled the “Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority” conference, social conservatives were told that Donald Trump is the only choice for evangelicals. Conference leader Ralph Reed cited Trump’s positions on abortion, […]

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Trump Just Got Pwned by a 13-Year-Old

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Give Me a Sign

Stephen Colbert deciphers Trump’s statements about Obama: UPDATE: Seth Meyers also takes an eloquent shot at Trump: This segment points out Trump’s hypocrisy and lies. Like when Trump said “I’m far better for the gay community than [Hillary Clinton] is.” Meyers followed this with videos of one of the many times that Trump said that […]

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The Gun Problem

Australian comedian Jim Jefferies uses humor to point out why US gun laws are crazy. Being from Australia, which suffered the worst mass shooting in the world before they decided to pass strict gun laws to prevent future tragedies, gives him a good perspective on what the rest of the world must think of all […]

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How Trump Will Cost You Money

I’ve talked to many different financial advisors in my time, and I have to say that most of them were more interested in selling me investments that would make them rich, than investments that would make me any money. The problem is commissions. If a financial advisor talks to you for free, then you are […]

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The Only Way to Defeat Terrorism

A former covert CIA agent learned some hard truths about terrorism, and how to defeat it. Are we capable of listening? Can we ever learn this lesson? If this doesn’t make you think differently about terrorism, then nothing will.

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Late Night Political Humor

[Jokes from June 6, 2016] “Bernie Sanders campaigned in California yesterday ahead of the state’s Democratic primary, and even checked out the famous carousel at the Santa Monica Pier. But it got a little awkward when the music stopped and Bernie still wouldn’t admit that the ride was over. ‘This is gonna be a contested […]

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Loophole

Less than two weeks before the Orlando massacre — the worst mass shooting in US history — Barack Obama warned about a dangerous loophole in US gun laws. On a PBS Town Hall event, Obama said: I just came from a meeting today in the Situation Room in which I’ve got people who we know […]

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More Political Humor

[Political humor gleaned from the web] It’s official, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have both clinched the nomination for their respective parties. Which means we could be looking at our FIRST female President or our LAST U.S. President. Hillary responded to her status as the presumptive nominee, calling it a “historic, unprecedented moment.” She looked […]

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Unity, Trump Style

Campaigning in two battleground states, Donald Trump called for GOP unity, saying it was time for Republicans to stop attacking one another. And then, of course, he immediately starting attacking Mitt Romney, the most recent Republican presidential candidate, saying “Mitt Romney is a sad case. He choked. You know what a choke artist is? You […]

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Late Night Political Humor

[Jokes from May 26-27, 2016] “Hillary Clinton has said she absolutely will not be debating Bernie Sanders anymore. So today, Trump announced that he will debate Bernie Sanders. Two angry New Yorkers shouting at each other — it’ll be like the whole country is trapped in a subway car!” – Stephen Colbert “After Hillary Clinton […]

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How the Media Enables Trump

The mainstream media allows Donald Trump to get away with lies and racist attacks without questioning them by treating back-and-forth statements from politicians as part of the horse race of politics. If the media were doing its job, it would not pass on statements without at least checking on their veracity. Let’s look at a […]

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Liberal Redneck on Trump

I like the line “Trump is the king bigot”.

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Deadbeat Donald

Another day, another revelation about Donald Trump. The news today is that Trump, who promises he will protect American jobs, has been doing his best to destroy American jobs by not paying his bills. USA Today did some top-notch investigative reporting and found an extensive pattern of Trump skipping out on his bills. Like on […]

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