There goes Lemire again..

He’s taking lessons from Andrea Mitchell that no matter how positive the news may sound for Biden, it’s bad news for his campaign.

Hey smug self-serving asshole: we heard your predictions continuously for two years about the 2022 election and the historically predictable disaster for “the party in power”, the Democratic Party of course. Oops…

Biden leading in two major polls causes guys like Lemire to get that depressed look and warn about margins of error snd the like. They do not mention the obvious trend in the polls toward Biden, whether you like polls or not, this is significant.

Trump Steaks

If I recall correctly he orders them well-done.

One observation:

If you listen to Orangina in the Access Hollywood tape, he sounds like Lord Chesterfield compared to how he sounds now. He had an ease of speaking, a coherent vocabulary, and a smoothness which he utterly and totally lacks presently. There has been a severe deterioration in his cognitive processes.

Hey Ari! It's 6:45 on a Friday,

And you haven’t quoted a rapper yet! Are you not feeling well?

For your viewing pleasure: Noem Edition

Some thoughts during this insanity...

Orangina is simply the classic psychopathic schoolyard bully who became an abuser of (hyperbolically) Biblical proportions of both individuals and because he was allowed, the populace. It may be stated that the smartest thing he ever did was have his parents precede him, a cliche which is most appropriate and applicable in this situation.

His statements concerning his future behavior as President interest me in several ways, but two in particular are very disturbing. Firstly, his threats to suspend the Constitution and perform acts of nearly unspeakable harm to millions possesses that “look what you made me do” notion which many many victims have heard after the punches, or the throwing of bric-a-brac, dishes, or furniture. Then comes the wooing phase, the “we all will make America great again” all the while destroying it further.

Secondly, he is clearly and evidently beholden to foreign forces, the nature of which may be much more complex than we can conceive without engaging a Robert Ludlum protege to write it. Something is seriously wrong here and I for one cannot fathom why at least one the intelligence agencies have not taken care of business. These books and films do not appear from thin air - this is the stuff of best-selling fiction rooted in experiential realities.

Lastly, and as more of a coda: with whom is he being intimate with? Not his wife. I refuse to believe that he’s celibate and his adultery needs to be revealed. My supposition is that there are people who are knowledgeable in this regard and should leak it to, well, any outlet except the National Enquirer. Enquiring minds want to know!!!

For your viewing pleasure as the Trial restarts:

There's a real shitty anti-Biden ad that's been running

consistently during the Phillies games. It states that a young woman was raped and murdered by someone who was initially detained at the border and then released to “Biden’s open border policy”. It has the requisite horrible photos of the President and it’s paid for by some PAC Make America Great Again.

It’s played once or twice a game and there are no ads from the Dems yet. Yes I know it’s “early” but it’s not that early.

Just reporting in…

I saw this joke on Quora.

It’s “ok”, not great, but I thought I’d pass it along on this (so far) quiet weekend:

Trump has finished a late meeting with the House leadership who still refuse to fund his wall.

Frustrated, he decides to go for a walk while he works out how to deal with the problem

He walks to the Washington monument. He looks at it and says “what would you do, George? “a ghostly voice says”go to the Congress and ask for a separate bill for the wall so the government can operate “. Trump shakes his head, “the senate would pass it but not the house, so I can't do that. “

Then he walks to the Jefferson memorial. He asks the same question. Jefferson ‘s ghost says ”ignore Congress, go to the people, they have the power to demand funding for the wall.” Trump shakes his head. “I can't do that, they voted this house in, and I didn't even win by the popular vote, only by the electoral college.”

Depressed, fed up and despairing he arrives at the Lincoln memorial. Before he can ask the question, Lincoln stands up and points to the Kennedy Center “go to the theatre!!!!! “

TYPICAL!!!!!

This is the bank I’ve used for over twenty years.
The first bank to close this year in the US
There was a branch in the lobby of my office building
Yes I know I haven’t lost any money but Jeez.
Wherever I go, everything I use routinely closes.
And yes, they said branches would reopen as Fulton Bank, but my branch had a water main break and is “under renovation”.
Anyone here remember Joe Btsflk from L’il Abner? That’s I.

https://www.inquirer.com/business/republic-first-bank-closes-philadelphia-20240426.html

WASHINGTON — Regulators have closed Republic First Bank, a regional lender operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it had seized the Philadelphia-based bank, which did business as Republic Bank and had roughly $6 billion in assets and $4 billion in deposits as of Jan. 31.
Fulton Bank, which is based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, agreed to assume substantially all of the failed bank’s deposits and buy essentially all of its assets, the agency said.
Republic Bank’s 32 branches will reopen as branches of Fulton Bank as early as Saturday. Republic First Bank depositors can access their funds via checks or ATMs as early as Friday night, the FDIC said.