Donald J. Trump and Kim Jong Un. Two of a kind.
Each a pathetic little boy desperately seeking approval. Bullies, so saddled with entitlement issues they are unable to see reality. Both where they are because of their fathers rather than for anything they themselves have accomplished. Nothing more than low-life con men with bad haircuts staying in power through use of misdirection and fear. Even their specific words sounding more and more alike.
Playing a pissing game with nuclear consequences.
Cool.
Maybe the only significant difference between the two is that the North Koreans weren't stupid enough to actually CHOOSE their 'lil kimmie.
Comrade Donald.
The best president Putin could buy.
My little sister sent around a group message. Cartoon. Trump and Kimmie comparing male parts. A bit sexist, and in fact I would be willing to bet the artist who drew it is female. I say that because, as I guy - I know its wrong. Pretty much opposite the truth, as a matter of fact. Trump and crazy Korean guy are not walking around with camel dicks. No, they are little boys with tiny little packages. In part because of that they are each clinically, and dangerously insecure. Do not doubt the validity of that. And both are using the threat of nuclear annihilation to distract from the jokes, the tragedies that are their "leadership." Two "leaders", openly threatening to destroy the other's country with nuclear weapons. For those of you keeping score - that has never before happened. Threatening nuclear attack. Even in the darkest days of the cold war when we were about half a sneeze away from blowing the whole place up - there was enough concern, restraint, class, and just simple fucking common sense to not act like children pouting over who said what. That is no longer the case. Your president has decided to make an unwell, angry - nobody, relevant on the world stage. He is doing this for the specific purpose of distracting you from the fact he is an utter fuckup as President of the United States. 'lil Kimmie wins by doing nothing at all. Because that's exactly what it takes to draw the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES into a childish tirade. Two unpredictable egomaniacal dictators desperately seeking attention. At this point about the only thing we have going for us is one of them is smart enough to NOT do anything.
I am pretty sure Kim Jong Un is our BFF right now. I honestly believe he is smart enough to not play his only card. Your president is betting your children's lives on it so lets hope were right.   Betting your children's lives for ratings.
On the upside it increases tension thereby taking away focus from that whole big bunch of stinking ugly otherwise knowns as the Trump administration - and satisfies the egos of a couple of dangerous little boys pathetically desperate for you to notice them.
Your president is a traitor to this country. Enemy of the State. And, increasingly, so are those who continue to support him.
It is because of that support we are increasingly unsafe. Every day less safe. My children have been put in increased danger because of your continued support of Trump. I don't like knowing that - cause I care about my children. YOUR children are in more danger. Which of course begs the question: what mindset does a person have to get to so as to want to put their own children in danger? As a parent I do not understand. Particularly when this is happening for the single reason to keep your focus off all the other problems this bozo is creating. It is smoke and mirrors. Cheap circus tricks. And you keep falling for it. He is making you jump from one drama to the next so you won't notice the nagging little fact that nothing, absolutely nothing of any benefit is being accomplished.
He is sinking this country, and trying to take the rest of the world down with us.
It is becoming very difficult for me to forgive those of you continuing to support him.

Because I think it may be too late to fix this.

You are no longer residents of the greatest country on Earth. Instead with each passing day the U.S. becomes a bigger joke. A very big, very dangerous joke. Instead of leading anything, this wonderful political experiment that survived so many attacks and required literally millions of lives to protect over the past 241 years is being unraveled by a bunch of low-life used car salesmen in slick suits. And I say that with deepest apologies to used car salesmen the world over.
The world is less safe. You and your family, less safe. Your children your brother your mother your sister your father, all of them, less safe. Because you decided it would be so. Because you decided to put a truly unwell looney tune in the White House. The best president any terrorist could hope for. The best little buddy Putin could buy. Vladi is making him dance like a helpless marionette and Comrade Trump obliges every pull of the string. Putin's puppy pushing us further into isolation from the rest of the world, further up the list of targets for terrorism.
He is guaranteeing our school children will continue to lag behind those from most anywhere else.
The misogynist that he is, I can easily imagine him going after women's rights. You're not good for much more than pussy anyway, right? (middle-aged college educated white women did more to elect this bozo than any other demographic. Can anyone even begin to explain that to me?)
He is doing everything in his power to put us back in the dark ages as far as environmental protection, too. On a more practical standpoint for most of us - in just six short months you are worth less monetarily. That trend will both continue and speed up significantly. By separating us from the rest of the planet it appears he is trying to plunge us into economic ruin. All while expecting you to spend a trillion dollars on a fence we don't need and that wouldn't work even if we did and of course hastening the demise of this, our only planet. Our home.
A hater, so blinded by his twisted sense of reality he can't even see the wall he is running this country in to at full tilt. With endless drama, managing to accomplish nothing helpful. Distracting us with side-show acts like "Tony the Mooch." Tony the effing Mooch running the White House (for all of ten days). Sounds like some particularly low level gangster. A short, fat little bully who steals lunch money from young children. In charge of the White House. If he didn't fit in so well with the rest of the circus Trump brought to town it might be a little funny, in a sad way. As it is it's only sad. The leader of the free world lacking even a single molecule of class, dignity.
And I doubt any of this is making any sense. I think I can be reasonably eloquent when I put a little thought into things. But I am so upset by all the carnage around me I can't seem to think straight.
From a guy who never once before in his 58 years felt particularly strong, politically, about anything much.
This country is collapsing 140 characters at a time. Death by twitter twaddle.
And you did it. Those of you who voted for and otherwise support Trump. You did it.

In the news today:
"AP:   Man tries to remove bees with fireworks, burns down garage."
Don't bother, I already checked - his name is not Trump. On the other hand and assuming that trainwreck otherwise known as the Donald doesn't destroy the planet in the next three and a half years or so - we may have already found his replacement.

What are the chances of discovering two people so equally qualified to run the country.....

"In tweet storm, Trump attacks MSNBC over ‘Morning Joe’ and ‘Greta,’ calls CNN ‘garbage journalism’ "
"Trump defends social media use as ‘modern day presidential' "
""President Trump Tweet Video of Him Punching CNN in the Face"
"Fox News host confronts Conway on Trump getting ‘crazy with Twitter’ "
"More Dems sign onto bill to impeach Trump"...

Just a few headlines from today's news. I could add more, probably many more of the same type. Just one day. Meanwhile nothing, absolutely nothing is getting done in Washington.
Welcome to the United States of an effing Joke. The laughing stock of planet earth. You, those of you who put him in office made us the biggest gag in the known universe. We went from leader of the free world to a pathetic loser in an instant.

The only winners at this point are Vladimir Putin, ISIS, and a variety of other terrorists organizations, you know, individuals and groups who thrive on anger and hate and negative energy generally.
Courtesy of you deciding it would be a good idea to elect a petulant pouty misogynistic dangerously neurotic 71-year old child who exhibits enough textbook psychotic behavior to warrant being committed, as your president.
Good work.

On the upside he will continue acting "presidential" which as we all learned in school means making up law as he goes parsing out rights based on his judgment of your religion or gender or color, destroying generations of international diplomacy, raping the planet censoring your news supporting terrorism grabbing your pussy giving us World War III deporting all the immigrants or anyone related to such which in the case of the US means EVERYBODY (except of course his fresh-off-the-boat trophy wife), and - reducing to absolute zero the value of effort and sacrifice of those who came before us and gave so much including their lives, for this country. Millions of people with millions of stories. Poof. Gone. Meant nothing.

And the best part is he's doing it all in 140 characters or less.
Because that's Presidential.

Recent surveys seems to indicate those who supported Trump at election time still support him. Now, I understand we are human and prone to mistake. Part of who we are. Another feature of being members of this particular species is that, we tend to be reluctant to own up to our mistakes. We all make 'em we all try to pretend we don't. I get that. Even still, at some point don't we need to ask some questions, like - at what point do you pull your head out of the sand and look around you? How much destruction is required before you finally open your eyes?
I am sad, I am embarrassed for all of us.
I am definitely worried for you and me both.
Your president is doing everything in his power to ensure we - you me and planet earth, are not safe.
And the Republican members of congress are following him around like a flock of brainless, frightened puppies, looking as if they will all step over the cliff together.

Preying on your fear, your anger your frustration to advance is personal goals.  

Seizing on tragedy in support of his personal, hate-filled agenda.

Trivializing the suffering of those involved while at the same time fomenting conditions ensuring further carnage.  

He will push and spout and hate and tweet until a major terrorist attack happens in the U.S.  

At which point he will rub his bloody little hands together and with a sleazy smile announce, "see, told ya so :)"  

This country, this planet........you, me and everyone else is increasingly in danger because of your president.

Killer Shrews. 1959. This following The Wasp Woman, circa 1958. Monster month on the TCM. B-Grade SyFy, aka my fav movie type. But on to the news:

Our president represents a clear and present danger to the USA. He is an enemy of the state. Left to his own devices he will continue to purposefully and willingly cause us harm. The only question remaining is the magnitude of the pending disaster.

It can't be easy stepping in and instantly becoming the worst president in the history of ever. We've had some bad 'uns. Yet Comrade Trump is already making Richard Nixon look like a patriot. In fact when you think about it, there must be a lot of past presidents and other politicians out there somewhere, smiling and thinking, "See, told you I wasn't so bad :)"

Donald Trump does not have a whisper, not even a molecule of that difficult to define quality known as "class." Yet somehow you came to the conclusion this was someone who should lead the country.

Cool.

I realize he represents a textbook example of uber-neurotic personality and very much enjoys listening to himself talk (AKA sounding like an idiot,) but it is my suggestion (along with that of countless others) that at the very least he should absolutely cease and desist speaking in an impromptu manner. Your president is a walking talking testament to the fact you can spend millions on private education and still come out sounding like a dipshit. The nature vs. nurture argument on full display.

He does not play well with others seems intent on angering those he needs as allies clearly thinks the law does not apply to him and his cronies, and lately proves he can make even tragedy seem tacky (Manchester.) Nope, anything he says now, and I mean ANYthing, needs to come originally from others. And preferably that someone will have something beyond a second grade diploma. You know, so maybe we can at least limit the embarrassment Trump is causing this country and everyone who cares about it. So he can sound like something other than what he is.

That way he will be free to focus on more pressing matters such as attacking human rights, promoting terrorism, selling out our children, trashing the environment, destroying the economy, starting World War III..........that kind of thing.

Anyway, nothing to see here. Nothing new. Just me being sad for my country. I realize I am changing nothing. Singing to the choir for those who agree, and watching people who voted for Trump continue to support him. Unwilling to admit, unwilling to even allow themselves to see their mistake.

Smiling and waving as the boat sinks all the way to the bottom.

Human nature sucks.

Have a nice day.

At the risk of offending morons - I truly believe Donald Trump is a moron. Watching his presidency, at first I thought he was only a.....hate mongering, clinically paranoid, misogynistic, insecure, spoiled, racist, dictator wanna-be playground bully so far removed from the real world he can't even see us common folk. An embarrassment to our country?  Most definitely. Dangerous? Absolutely.  But its only now beginning to dawn on me that he also may simply be, stupid. I don't know how else to explain his actions. Lurching from one drama to the next, getting absolutely nothing done beyond putting a smile on Putin's face - and making sure you me and everyone else who cares about this country looks like an idiot. 

The USA is the biggest joke going. A big, stupid really really dangerous joke. Because you elected Comrade Donald. 

Nothing new to report.  I'm too amazed with how bad this is going to be able to focus enough to write about it.