Buffoon-watch: Donald Trump ("all press is good press") edition, 2016: ridiculousness reposted

UPDATE: "President Donald Trump"..."Commander-in-Chief"...."ultimate authority over U.S. nuclear strike decisions"....etc. Does that alarm/distress the 'beejeezus' out of you??

...Someone sane (and in close proximity..possibly armed) better be watching that guy, 24/7.

2018 update: FWIW, I'm occasionally beatin'-on the unpopular 'loser' somehow elevated to the U.S. presidency, HERE. (I.e.,..'offering some critical commentary'..) Join me...https://donaldwontlast.blogspot.com/
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>>11/6/18 update: Dems. forecast to take back U.S. House, provide proper oversight etc. of Trump et al!!! (...Ref.: Song title and chorus, below...)

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1/3/18 update: This blog's general message, content (again) CONFIRMED:

"He's not only crazy, he's stupid". Source 1/3/18 article link. Update: The quotation specified is disputed (link).

via GIPHY

...More seriously (for a moment)...Is there something wrong with Trump?
Unaffiliated 1/3/18 article link: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/trump-cog-decline/548759/

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10/30/17 update....(esp. for Trump trolls everywhere, awaiting new signals from the Kremlin:)

(Video:)"12-counts Manafort"... come on down:↓

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-> "Paul is a great asset and an important addition..." -- Donald Trump, 2016. (Source linked.)

->"...George Papadopoulos. He’s an oil and energy consultant. Excellent guy...." -- Donald Trump, 2016. (Source linked.)

(..New campaign song?)

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12/16 comment: Yeah..↑this (above) ↑is no longer a "joke" (...it wasn't before the "election", either...). If bipartisan leaders and national intelligence agencies conclude Russia (or anyone) meddled with the U.S. election to the advantage of one candidate; re-do the election. Especially if that one candidate or his campaign was somehow involved.

Or, at least demand that the nation's electors do their job(s) as designed, and provide them with the necessary information to do so.

....If the U.S then -- unbelievably -- (re-)installs the Putin puppet -- this 'ain't' America anymore!

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Update/insert: Well said. No affiliation (link): http://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/12/12/dionne-trump-presidency-inspires-fear/95358746/

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11/24/16 update: "Precedent Hillary":

The popular vote winner for president should request a recount. Why? In addition to earning the overall vote lead (...that would constitute "legitimacy"..), requesting a recount may help hold "mandate"-claiming Republicans (somewhat) in check.

Perhaps more importantly, there has been evidence of outside interference during the campaign.

...National votes should be routinely audited -- at least going forward. Set a precedent for modern elections/vote-tallying.

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(Previously written:)11/9/16 commentary: Additional, updated commentary is further below. FWIW: It's little consolation (for many), but Hillary (probably) has ~~narrowly~~ significantly won the U.S. popular vote.....So hate and bigotry did not win-out at least with the national vote for president...Update: ((Go ahead and) 'Spin' that fact or attack it with disinformation (e.g., fake facts) any way desired (..I guess). The 'bottom line' (for many) is that the popular-vote clear loser is being elevated into power. Potentially marginalizing a majority of voters -- particularly if a 'mandate' is (also being) claimed.)

(Update: Excerpt of Sen. Harry Reid's 11/11/16 remarks re Trump's 'winning':)

“...If this is going to be a time of healing, we must first put the responsibility for healing where it belongs: at the feet of Donald Trump, a sexual predator who lost the popular vote and fueled his campaign with bigotry and hate..... “Winning the electoral college does not absolve Trump of the grave sins he committed against millions of Americans. Donald Trump may not possess the capacity to assuage those fears, but he owes it to this nation to try....”

(Link to source.)

11/17/16: Off-site link to a worthy article. No affiliation, new window opens: http://time.com/4575119/electoral-college-demagogues/?

Another one: http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-harris-trumps-election-bigotry-1117-20161116-column.html

Final comments here (blog is no longer being updated -- it's time to move forward. Remember: 'Question authority'..): Credit to Michael Moore for correctly gauging the "industrial heartland" vote. Blogger alter-ego 'Vere Askey' also had some hazy idea (link) (in March) about what could happen (in general)..

(11/14/16 post-election:) ↓ooohh...You were 'mad'!↓(..In more ways than one.) And scared. You know; much like a petulant, unlearned child is, of some form of change in their life.
You refuse(d) to take a hard look in the mirror first -- at yourself, i.e.; for the source of some of your problems.... ..

So now: What's the (realistic) plan?
Really. We're starting 2017...not 1957. What's the plan?
(..And: 'Who ya gonna call'? (off-site article link))

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(Commentary:) 11/9/16: OK. It's gloomy here, but I believe that the sun will still rise in the east today. The world still seems to be turning -- at least for now. Those in my life still love me, need ears scratched and tummies, or something rubbed, and all that.

Obviously, I was wrong with my projection below. A lot of people -- smart people -- were wrong.

(FWIW, industrial Midwest states tripped us up here. ..Where steel mills etc. have been losing out to (global) competition for nearly 50 years; it hasn't been a secret. (I'm long-familiar with the area and its industries). I have no idea how Donald Trump is going to significantly reverse all that, without busting the U.S budget wide open, adversely isolating the U.S. economy from the world, "manufacturing" large numbers of old-time high-paying jobs out of thin air (in an era of increasing automation), etc. etc...One possibility: A large infrastructure repair/modernization/upgrade project involving the entire nation. Something Democrats have at times advocated -- only to be blocked by obstructionist Republicans..BTW: Credit to Michael Moore (off-site article link) for correctly gauging dissent and frustration in America's industrial heartland..)

A lot of us are dismayed, worried, angry -- you name it -- right now...It does matter who is elected to the U.S. presidency.

One thing that is crystal-clear is that the U.S. is a deeply divided nation. (The other is that many prominent public polls apparently were unable to accurately gauge the U.S. electorate..)

It's difficult to imagine, but maybe Donald Trump somehow will turn out basically OK as president. The entire nation -- and world -- needs to start praying for that, and doing whatever we can to better ensure it. Some important checks and balances still exist in our system of government -- I hope. We're going to need plenty of strong and smart people to watch President-elect Trump, and to stand up to him as needed.

It will be interesting to see what becomes of the upcoming Trump University fraud case. ..What becomes of the numbers of women accusing President-Elect Trump of sexual misconduct. ..What becomes of the ridiculous, expensive wall blocking all of Mexico. ...When/if world markets will recover. ...What influence over the U.S. 'admirable' Vladimir Putin will now have...What happens to U.S. efforts to mitigate burgeoning climate change. On and on..

Great forces and powers of existence: If appeal is possible, please do not forsake our country any further.

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Off-site link to an article (11/8/16) from someone more eloquent (etc.) than I am: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/opinion/election-night-2016/the-unknown-country
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(Previously posted:)11/7/16: ↓This tiny blog's presidential election prediction ('worst case'):↓

The created electoral map below -- based upon personal analysis of various national polls, recent trends, pertinent news stories, etc -- represents what I believe would be close to a WORST (but winning) case for Hillary Clinton.

...I.e., she loses "battlegrounds" Ohio, North Carolina and Florida -- and also Nevada. (Insert: My own guess? She does not lose all four of those..)

(Continuing:) Note that Clinton still manages to slightly exceed the 270 electoral votes required to prevail. (This scenario also assumes that 3 of Maine's 4 "split" electoral votes go to Clinton.) Also note that this analysis assumes a fair election, with no effective outside interference and no significant vote-related "shenanigans" by Trump fanatics...:

Click the map to create your own at 270toWin.com

Please be sure to VOTE.

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

'Sideshow Bob'/'Krusty the Clown' Donald....for your president??

(Temporary post. Commentary. All charged/un-charged are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.)

The concept(s) (ref. above) are hardly original with me....Off-site pertinent article links, new windows open. No affiliation:

http://www.theweeklings.com/golear/2016/06/21/sideshow-donald-trumps-campaign-is-right-out-of-the-simpsons/

http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Krusty_the_Clown

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-unearthed-footage-trump-says-of-10-year-old-i-am-going-to-be-dating-her-in-10-years/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-angrily-denies-flood-of-sexual-assault-accusations/

http://time.com/4529653/donald-trump-people-magazine-attack-groping/?

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

A little music to go with the latest Trump scandal...

(9/20/16 temporary (re-)post. Commentary.)

258,000 more reasons to question "brazen" Donald Trump:

(Once again,) David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post (- no affiliation here, duh -) has something for discerning voters like you to read. Off-site 9/20/16 article link, new window opens:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-used-258000-from-his-charity-to-settle-legal-problems/2016/09/20/adc88f9c-7d11-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html

(..A bit more (off-site story link, new window): http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-258k-charity-settle-suits-businesses-article-1.2799475)

FWIW, perhaps a little older music to read about various Trump scandals by..?
No affiliation, no copyright claimed or intended:

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P.S. Reminder...This big one (i.e., scandal)↓ should be playing out, but we (likely) have to wait until later November ....(despite team Trump's best efforts to derail things):

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Repost: Many Americans are prospering during Obama presidency

(Temporary post. Commentary:)

...Running a bit with Donald Trump's "many people are saying", but with some actual substance behind it: What follows is another reality-check, prevailing ~~to the~~ contrary to 'The GOP Fear and Hate' ticket's propaganda:

Excerpted here are the first few sentences from the following 9/1/16 article. Source is linked. No affiliation:

"Donald Trump may have risen to the top of the Republican Party with scaremongering tactics and the promise to "Make America Great Again," but that doesn't mean most Americans share the GOP nominee's dystopian view that the country is in desperate shape. According to a new Gallup poll released this week that measures the well-being of Americans, most people across all racial and ethnic groups actually believe the opposite: They say their lives have largely improved under President Barack Obama.

"The percentage of US whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians who are thriving have all increased during the Obama era," Gallup reported..."

Here's an off-site link to the poll cited above: http://www.gallup.com/poll/194816/americans-life-evaluations-improve-during-obama-era.aspx?

Another credible-source article covering this topic of interest: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/us/life-got-better-under-obama-according-to-gallup.html

Another source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/americans-are-thriving-in-record-numbers-poll-shows-thanks-obama-2016-09-01

Somewhat pertinent (off-site article link, new window):
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/business/economy/us-census-household-income-poverty-wealth-2015.html?

...As this blog has said repeatedly (for its three readers - thanks), before any go a-blamin' Obama, or the "gub-ment", other ethnic groups or races, or anyone else for their (own) problems/lack of success: be sure to start by looking in the mirror, first:

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

And now, some words from your prospective Commander-in-Chief:

26,000 unreported sexual assults in the military-only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2013

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...9/7/16 news article link. New window opens, no affiliation: http://time.com/4483354/donald-trump-military-sexual-assault-forum/?

(P.S. BTW: Mr. Trump's "totally against the Iraq war" "forum" statement to Matt Lauer.... was YET ANOTHER unabashed LIE. Off-site news article link, no affiliation:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/us/politics/matt-lauer-forum.html?)

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

"We will build my great wallet"

(Commentary. Temporary post.)

Reposted video. No affiliation.

(Rhetorical: ...Why is this music/video↓ recalled when viewing Trump "rallies"...? (Contains difficult-to-watch images.))

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(Continuing:)...As noted here and elsewhere many times: Mr. Trump never provides realistic specifics of HOW he --- and he alone, apparently -- plans to fulfill and implement his outlandish promises. (Such as "the wall". Ref. article links below. Please follow all off-site links at your own discretion...)

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/26/how-trump-plans-build-wall-along-us-mexico-border/

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/30/politics/donald-trump-enrique-pea-nieto-mexico/

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/donald-trump-policy-2016-hillary-clinton-214058

Good news!...But at least the strange-haired one and his companies (and his kids) reportedly are making some money off of the sham-campaign.

Off-site story links, new windows open, no affiliation:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/21/politics/donald-trump-business-spending-fec/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/us/politics/donald-trump-self-funding-payments.html?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/01/what-if-donald-trumps-whole-campaign-is-an-elaborate-hoax-heres-how-it-would-end/

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Repost: No chance of reasoning with Trump supporters. None..

(8/24/16 commentary. Temporarily reposted article. No affiliation.)

...(Certain) reason-less Trump supporters.... most-excellently described.
Off-site 8/24/16 made-up article link, new window opens:

http://www.theonion.com/article/diehard-trump-voters-confirm-rest-nation-should-st-53585

...(Dead-on fiction) article↑ small excerpt (source linked). Emphasis added.:

"...The loyal Trump supporters said their message was directed at everyone who has actively sought to convince them that voting for the real estate mogul is against their own interests, a group that includes current and former members of Congress, members of past Republican administrations, America’s NATO allies, human rights advocates, the pope, and many veterans, as well as their own families, friends, and coworkers. The candidate’s backers added that, considering how they have already gone along with everything he has said and done in the 2016 election cycle, those trying to communicate Trump’s shortcomings to them should “quit wasting their breath.....”"

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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Trump is the lyin' fake who needs examination for fitness.. (Credible-source article reposts)

(Commentary. Temporary post:)

Reposted 8/16/16 article link from FactCheck.org. New window opens. No affiliation:

http://www.factcheck.org/2016/08/fake-clinton-medical-records/

(Screen captured image↓, linked to source (above)):

.....That big red ↓"FAKE" thing↓ should be stamped on Trump's orange forehead......(Along with others assoc. with his sham-campaign.....)

(Added story-reporting featured here via an off-site link. New window opens. No affiliation: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-check-leaked-clinton-medical-records-real-or-fake/)

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(One off-site article link, no affiliation:

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/the-mind-of-donald-trump/480771/)

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Guardians of the U.S.A.'s integrity and repute: The GOP's keepers, in action

(Commentary:)

...Inmates are running the asylum, with 'wardens' of their own choosing.

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>>>Recent samples of the 'Party of Lincoln's' honest, just and decisive leaders in action. ..What to expect if the unthinkable happens in November...(?)

Pertinent off-site news article links, no affiliation or ownership, new windows open:

http://politicsnow.buffalonews.com/2016/07/15/paladino-suggests-that-trump-foe-be-hanged/

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/15/politics/carl-paladino-donald-trump-delegate-threat/

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http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-wavered-pence-pick-after-news-leaked-sources-n610651

http://time.com/4409330/donald-trump-mike-pence-vice-president-2/?

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/16/trump-wavered-on-pence-pick-after-news-leaked-sources.html

https://twitter.com/danabashcnn/status/754007849022480384

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-pence-vp-225652

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdzonwipH8k

it's like toilet paper. get it pic.twitter.com/HhclTjiCTm
— matt: lubchansky (@Lubchansky) July 15, 2016

(No affiliation with Twitter account, poster, etc.)

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Notice: This blog has expropriated, annexed and arrogated the word 'ridiculous', and all its variations

Read it: This blog clearly has branded -- and has plans to commodify -- my word.

..Hereby on-notice to pay up the (anticipated, expected, potential future) royalties↓, Dr Pepper:

(MTV show: You're retroactively next...)

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P.S. Today's ridiculousness, one example: Off-site article link, new window opens, no affiliation:
http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-dunkin-donuts-park-fire-watch-0630-20160630-story.html

(Previously written:) 11/4/16 last comment: This small blog is done. (Perhaps mercifully. Note: FWIW, one last, brief post-election entry may appear here. It's already created. In advance..)

...At last the national election is upon us. Please exercise your right to vote (if not already done). And thank you for reading...

As is abundantly clear: I believe that Donald Trump's -- and the national GOP's-- often gloomy, hate-blinded, fear-mongering, paranoid/reactionary view(s) of the United States (and its current public leaders) generally runs contrary to reality -- for many.

(If election results somehow prove my overall assessment to be "wrong", I'll definitely be part of the fight against the dishonesty/deceitfulness alluded to above (...and/or consequences of)) ...

...BTW, like many, I anticipate emergence of election-related controversies this time around. Sort of 'fits in' with the entire, rancorous national campaign....Remember: Presidential elections are (usually) decided via the Electoral College.

Fact: To this point, significant election "fraud" in the modern U.S, has been rare. Off-site article link, no affiliation:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/19/fact-check-trump-bogus-voter-fraud-claims/92434104/)

(Continuing:) Is everything 'perfect'.. for everyone? Of course not. It hardly ever really is -- don't be ridiculous. But moving backwards (and/or inwards) is not a sufficient "answer". Not in the very large, increasingly diverse, leading-member-of-the-world United States of today. ...Or tomorrow.

Three things to close with for the time being, for whatever they are worth:

-- Please be sure to take a good, long hard look in the mirror first, before blaming someone or something else for difficulties in your life. Many of us are capable of change, of learning, and of improvement -- throughout our lives. Even if circumstances sometimes turn adverse, don't allow cynicism or hate to distort -- or to take control.

-- Though again certainly not "perfect", President Obama and his administration have put together an overall-positive "track record", by generally-accepted measures. Off-site article link, new window opens, no affiliation:

https://www.factcheck.org/2016/07/obamas-numbers-july-2016-update/

A recent, 11/4/16 article describing the most-recent U.S "jobs report". New window opens. No affiliation:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/05/business/economy/jobs-report.html?

-- Assuming that justice is still alive and generally well in America, by outward appearance (at this point), GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump faces some real (vs. concocted) and significant legal issues in the near-future. (Also ref. the top post here, to the left.)

...FWIW, I will post a link here to any new blog. Also, this outlet (link) may become more active at least for now.

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Ridiculous: It's ridiculous everywhere

..Wish this tiny blog could claim ownership of the word 'ridiculous' (and variants thereof), as the predicament (plight?) (disorder?) seems widespread...

Apparently it's quite the useful word:

Even the ridiculous themselves use the it, as part of ridiculous statements. (Off-site 6/4/16 news article link, new window opens:) http://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-clintons-broadside-donald-trump-defends-foreign-policy-views/

Even the great ones find use for it. (Off-site 6/4/16 article link, new window opens:) http://www.nba.com/2016/news/06/04/jerry-west-defends-lebron-james-record-in-the-finals.ap/index.html?

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