Thank you so much for this post, TCinLA. Most everything you write about so well is known to those of us who have been breathing since the 70's. Especially, those of us who live near NYC and used to read the daily newspapers! My hair has been on fire about him as a so-called politician ever since he rode down the escalator and started behaving like a mob boss before a national audience. Before then, we had his number as a grifter, playboy, loudmouth, bankrupt businessman and all around lowlife who ruined the NYC skyline with his ugly building projects. When the Trump Organization asked us to provide an estimate to work at Seven Springs (which is just down the road), I visited the estate just to see it. (I admired the previous owner and the estate's history.) But, the word on the street was that you wouldn't get paid by Trump. Or, you would get paid a fraction of what you billed. So, believe me, I am cheering on Letitia James. All I see when I look at Trump is a cornered, snarling rat with sharp teeth whose jaws are open and ready to bite. Pundits are now raising the possibility that if he declares he's running for office in 2024, he can't be prosecuted now for any of the crimes he's committed. We'll see how that plays out. Personally, I'm shocked by the past year's inaction and bewildered by the fact that he's not in an orange jumpsuit.
Agree with your other admirers, thank you! Also a big thanks for recommending "Matinee," which I found on Amazon for a pittance. In a funk yesterday, I watched it with delight, having lived through the Cuban missile crisis when we seriously thought we were close to annihilation. But so few airplanes, TC! I spotted only two. Anyway, it lived up to your rave. My favorite line: "There's no First Amendment in the Ten Commandments, pal." Hilarious.
Ditto, Ditto, DITTO, Rowshan! TC, you tell it exactly like it is, and how it easily could be. Along with NY courts and the DOJ, we have to each decide exactly what WE can do this year to stop trumpism and the destruction of our democracy. I have just decided to volunteer on the campaign of a public health medical officer who is running against our treasonous Republican U.S. Representative. Michigan will lose one representative because of the Census. Want to make sure it is a Republican.
Ginger was probably eaten by the crew of coyotes that came though our neighborhood here and wiped out the feral cat colony. (You're supposed to leave the damn things around, but if I saw one I'd shot it on sight and the law be damned; the same way I'd like a python down there)
We have also lost small animals to the Coyotes around Orlando. People are advised not to walk their small dogs at night but the outside cats are at risk. We have also had black bears coming into neighborhoods looking for food. Pythons-- more numerous in South Florida where the big orange one hangs out! Python ligaments stretch; they can ingest whole deer and whole humans. Your python image is an apt one for tfg.
Makes some sort of sick sense … he did say he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and get away with it. I’m just disgusted with this particular species of human.
Yes, he did say that ridiculous thing about shooting someone, and most of us thought he was exaggerating like he usually does. No could commit that kind of crime in broad daylight on a public street. But his base is just that stupidly besotted with him.
And his base will be both convinced AND armed to do just that when fuhrer tRump gives the word, "Shoot." Desantis is putting together his brown shirts, an army is born.
I agree we have to fear the past president. But I am even more worried about his brainless followers! We must do what we can to straighten them out since they are twisted so badly around his every word! Thank you TC for this update.
Your loss of sweet little Ginger made me sad. I'm not a cat lady, but I do have two "innies" and three "outies." One of the "outies" is my feral GingerBoy. He's as big as a coyote and as wily and has managed to survive more than his nine lives might justify!
Mary Trump wrote specifically of the heinous actions of this monster and warned all of us about what to anticipate. From time to time, she is invited back to share her (professional as well as personal) perspective. She is always spot on. Not being a psychologist, I don't know whether he qualifies as a narcissistic sociopath or a narcissistic PSYCHOPATH. I lean toward the latter given his addiction to violence.
When he first entered "office" (I don't know what to call the Oval Office, when you consider that it was inhabited by a fat, coiffed, orange THING), news reports said he was tearing up official documents and dropping them on the floor. Someone had the task of picking up the pieces, taping them back together and ensuring they were sent to wherever official documents were supposed to be sent. The letter sent to Ivanka contains an addendum that spells out this requirement - to destroy documents is a federal crime...which, of course, means absolutely nothing to a mob boss.
Will they put him under permanent "house arrest" do you think? If so, might we pray for a tsunami that will target Mar a Lago.
Do any of your former colleagues in the Wood plan on writing a series about this dude?
Thanks so much TC in LA. How can sane people who know exactly what the score is with this guy vote for the candidates he is pushing? My mind just explodes at the stupidity. And did you notice the conspicuous presence of Black people at the rally, standing right behind him in the crowd, wearing "Black people for Trump" t-shirts? I wanted to know who exactly all of these people were and how they had come to be wearing these shirts for this guy in Arizona. There are too many people of many persuasions still gravitating toward him - like being held in a beam from the Death Star. How in the world can we break the pull? Frankly, if he can be caught out in what has obviously been a fraudulent way to game the banking system all these years, maybe we'll begin investigating the entire real estate industry not just in this country but worldwide. I am hoping for his house of cards to collapse around his ears sooner rather than later. PS: I hope that President Biden will take a deep breath before he speaks and stay away from his cuffs! Distressing does not begin to capture my feelings. So much good can be so quickly turned into you know what.
The "Blacks for Trump" is a very small group, the leader of which has been identified as a violent former cult member. I find this information "unsurprising."
Thank you so much for this post, TCinLA. Most everything you write about so well is known to those of us who have been breathing since the 70's. Especially, those of us who live near NYC and used to read the daily newspapers! My hair has been on fire about him as a so-called politician ever since he rode down the escalator and started behaving like a mob boss before a national audience. Before then, we had his number as a grifter, playboy, loudmouth, bankrupt businessman and all around lowlife who ruined the NYC skyline with his ugly building projects. When the Trump Organization asked us to provide an estimate to work at Seven Springs (which is just down the road), I visited the estate just to see it. (I admired the previous owner and the estate's history.) But, the word on the street was that you wouldn't get paid by Trump. Or, you would get paid a fraction of what you billed. So, believe me, I am cheering on Letitia James. All I see when I look at Trump is a cornered, snarling rat with sharp teeth whose jaws are open and ready to bite. Pundits are now raising the possibility that if he declares he's running for office in 2024, he can't be prosecuted now for any of the crimes he's committed. We'll see how that plays out. Personally, I'm shocked by the past year's inaction and bewildered by the fact that he's not in an orange jumpsuit.
Agree with your other admirers, thank you! Also a big thanks for recommending "Matinee," which I found on Amazon for a pittance. In a funk yesterday, I watched it with delight, having lived through the Cuban missile crisis when we seriously thought we were close to annihilation. But so few airplanes, TC! I spotted only two. Anyway, it lived up to your rave. My favorite line: "There's no First Amendment in the Ten Commandments, pal." Hilarious.
Glad you liked it.
Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU, TC!!!
Ditto, Ditto, DITTO, Rowshan! TC, you tell it exactly like it is, and how it easily could be. Along with NY courts and the DOJ, we have to each decide exactly what WE can do this year to stop trumpism and the destruction of our democracy. I have just decided to volunteer on the campaign of a public health medical officer who is running against our treasonous Republican U.S. Representative. Michigan will lose one representative because of the Census. Want to make sure it is a Republican.
Thanks.
He really is like a python-- squeezing, squeezing the life out of us, then swallowing us whole.
I hope it was not a python that got sweet Ginger . We had two St Bernards snatched by gators, who drown their prey before eating.
Gosh, so many dangerous predators, animal and human, living in Florida!!
Ginger was probably eaten by the crew of coyotes that came though our neighborhood here and wiped out the feral cat colony. (You're supposed to leave the damn things around, but if I saw one I'd shot it on sight and the law be damned; the same way I'd like a python down there)
We have also lost small animals to the Coyotes around Orlando. People are advised not to walk their small dogs at night but the outside cats are at risk. We have also had black bears coming into neighborhoods looking for food. Pythons-- more numerous in South Florida where the big orange one hangs out! Python ligaments stretch; they can ingest whole deer and whole humans. Your python image is an apt one for tfg.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/books/review-carl-hiaasen-squeeze-me.html
Thank you, thank you. I was so wrapped up in the "real" squeeze that I missed CH's version.
LOVE CARL HIAASEN! Many Thanks to Florida!
Makes some sort of sick sense … he did say he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and get away with it. I’m just disgusted with this particular species of human.
Yes, he did say that ridiculous thing about shooting someone, and most of us thought he was exaggerating like he usually does. No could commit that kind of crime in broad daylight on a public street. But his base is just that stupidly besotted with him.
And his base will be both convinced AND armed to do just that when fuhrer tRump gives the word, "Shoot." Desantis is putting together his brown shirts, an army is born.
Our current political reality falls under “You can’t make this s@&t up, and too bad there is no dumbass vaccine.”
It blows my mind!
Wow! That's a great one, TC!
Same here as to "unsurprising". I guess I would like more background. We seem to find out plenty about the Oath Keepers etc.
I'll ask my neighbor. Might be one living on your block, too. Creepy.
I agree we have to fear the past president. But I am even more worried about his brainless followers! We must do what we can to straighten them out since they are twisted so badly around his every word! Thank you TC for this update.
Your loss of sweet little Ginger made me sad. I'm not a cat lady, but I do have two "innies" and three "outies." One of the "outies" is my feral GingerBoy. He's as big as a coyote and as wily and has managed to survive more than his nine lives might justify!
Mary Trump wrote specifically of the heinous actions of this monster and warned all of us about what to anticipate. From time to time, she is invited back to share her (professional as well as personal) perspective. She is always spot on. Not being a psychologist, I don't know whether he qualifies as a narcissistic sociopath or a narcissistic PSYCHOPATH. I lean toward the latter given his addiction to violence.
When he first entered "office" (I don't know what to call the Oval Office, when you consider that it was inhabited by a fat, coiffed, orange THING), news reports said he was tearing up official documents and dropping them on the floor. Someone had the task of picking up the pieces, taping them back together and ensuring they were sent to wherever official documents were supposed to be sent. The letter sent to Ivanka contains an addendum that spells out this requirement - to destroy documents is a federal crime...which, of course, means absolutely nothing to a mob boss.
Will they put him under permanent "house arrest" do you think? If so, might we pray for a tsunami that will target Mar a Lago.
Do any of your former colleagues in the Wood plan on writing a series about this dude?
Thanks so much TC in LA. How can sane people who know exactly what the score is with this guy vote for the candidates he is pushing? My mind just explodes at the stupidity. And did you notice the conspicuous presence of Black people at the rally, standing right behind him in the crowd, wearing "Black people for Trump" t-shirts? I wanted to know who exactly all of these people were and how they had come to be wearing these shirts for this guy in Arizona. There are too many people of many persuasions still gravitating toward him - like being held in a beam from the Death Star. How in the world can we break the pull? Frankly, if he can be caught out in what has obviously been a fraudulent way to game the banking system all these years, maybe we'll begin investigating the entire real estate industry not just in this country but worldwide. I am hoping for his house of cards to collapse around his ears sooner rather than later. PS: I hope that President Biden will take a deep breath before he speaks and stay away from his cuffs! Distressing does not begin to capture my feelings. So much good can be so quickly turned into you know what.
The "Blacks for Trump" is a very small group, the leader of which has been identified as a violent former cult member. I find this information "unsurprising."