The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

Poor Bo just lost a day…

(I often have the opposite happen, since I don’t teach on Fridays.)

I think I know where we might start looking for it.

Sounds like more “crush the competition” from Trump. Guess he’s pissed off all sorts of other people can run a successful gambling operation and he can’t.

My one and only visit to a casino was to a Native owned one - there is something darkly hilarious/ironic at the notion that the Natives are making money by fleecing non-Native Americans of their money via gambling, booze, tobacco, and over priced food and souvenirs. But good on them for finding a way to make a successful living off the invaders.

Note the helpful bolding in the first quote, eh: my Friday.

Oh, they’ll be allowed to stay.

But obviously things aren’t working out, so perhaps some sort of intern/apprenticeship program is the answer. All people with skin color darker than, say, a soda cracker, will be enrolled in these programs, for their own good.

They will be able to live in the homes of full-Americans and learn good work habits by cleaning, cooking, doing yard-work, etc.; some will get lots of good fresh air by working in fields; others can work in factories (and live in them, too–to keep things well-organized, perhaps some sort of metal device, flexible in the middle, can be affixed both to their ankles and to their work stations). Perhaps they will like to sing while working; that could be very entertaining for the full-Americans, as well as keeping up the spirits of the Interns.

And the best can work toward full citizenship by manning the front lines in our many upcoming wars. Sure, that path toward full citizenship might take a few decades, but, hey, it will do them good to have something to aspire to!

I am so bored with winning.

You are wrong. Wrong, I say. Wrong with a capital W. They obviously can’t join the military.

Trump Administration Shocks Global Health Officials by Opposing Pro-Breastfeeding Resolution

We threaten countries who wanted to sponsor the resolution with trade restrictions and loss of military assistance - but we back down when Russia steps in.

I’m guessing Pence didn’t want to allow anything with “breast” in the title.

He should be reminded that “aureole” is similar to “halo”, being that which surrounds a person or object of reverence and devotion.

The statement of Utter Innocence and Good Intention:

From Axios, here, quoting a “spokesperson” to NY Times

https://www.axios.com/united-states-opposes-united-nations-resolution-promote-breast-feeding-8f2e95b6-de3f-4834-8cd3-1a3785971a16.html

Oh, wonderful. We’re sending a message as clear as an international full-page spread that we’re ceding world leadership to Putin. Lovely.

From the NY Times article on the event:

Sorry if I missed this earlier, but no doubt you’ve all heard of the Chump Angry Baby balloon planned for the Traitor-in-Chief’s state visit. His troglodyte supporters are enraged, heh.

At the risk of being flamed, and having no idea whether this resolution is useful, the health benefits of breast feeding are vastly overstated. It seems to be one of those inconvenient times where the data doesn’t live up to the expectation, but we want it to be true, so we believe it anyway.

Oh dear. This is sure to drive President You-Cant-Tell-Me-What-To-Do into a three-way with Putin and Kim.

Remember, if thump take’s another man’s advice, it is the same as admitting that that man might be as smart as or smarter than thump himself. This. Will. Not. Do. Blunt should have bribed Ivanka to deliver the message. Might have gotten through. Taking advice from women does not threaten his ego, because he KNOWS they’re all dumb.

Good points.

Let’s face it: at the conclusion of Trump’s one-on-one with Putin, residents of Alaska will find out that they are all going to have to learn Russian.

In developed countries, maybe. But in places without reliable sources of clean water, breastfeeding is in fact much healthier than the alternatives.

That right there is the crux of the biscuit. Russian infant formula finesses that requirement with vodka. But, really, who lives someplace where you can’t get enough clean water for a few ounces of baby formula? OK, Puerto Rico and Michigan, but still…