May 2016 update: New(-ish) blog (link below). Courtesy of Mr. 'Vere Askey'. (Vere; rhymes with bear..:):

https://ridiculousnation.blogspot.com/
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Previously written:
(5/16 off-site story link. No affiliation. New window opens:)

Article: 'Trump Plans Would Wreck U.S. Economy'

(Update: The almost-all-ethnicities-bashing candidate 'speak with fork-ed tongue': (Off-site article link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/donald-trump-now-says-us-bonds-absolutely-sacred-2016-05-09?))

...More bad news for the U.S. if the nightmare election result actually happens..(Off-site link:) http://taxfoundation.org/article/details-and-analysis-donald-trump-s-tax-plan

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5/5/16: OK, (for whatever it's worth) I'm going to put this (once-upon-a-time) 'blog' on hold (again), and let the "non-amateurs" bring the fight re the pro-rasslin'-crowd's clown candidate: Donald Trump.
...I think it's clear (if anyone cares to read any of the recent entries below) where I stand with this loud-mouth jerk...(Also ref. the off-site "article" link a little further below.)

Will leave these two campaign video ads up for as long as they're available. They (↓all GOP leaders (in the first),BTW) say a lot of what I've been saying here...only better-edited; more succinctly. No (direct) affiliation:



(YT video link)

(Ref. video below:)..Support Republican (likely-)nominee Trump, ↓and you stand with and for all of this:



(YT video link)

(FWIW: I foam-at-the-mouth a little less here: https://medium.com/@vere)

P.P.S. To The Onion (what's that..why is it 'Onion'..??): F**k ya. The blame is squarely on your wan, skinny, supple shoulders... for all of this↑. Losers: (No affiliation.)

http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/admit-it-you-people-want-see-how-far-goes-dont-you-50895

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↓'President Trump''s education plan illustrated:↓

(Oh BTW..In other (directly-related) news: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/26/3772946/trump-university-case-goes-forward/) (Off-site article link, no affiliation.)

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...BTW: On the campaign trail, the one question candidate Donald Trump never specifically answers (re his ridiculous promises/proposals): ""How?"(What 'scares' Trump more than actually answering that question? If an honest, strong-willed female (journalist) asks it...)

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4/21/16 comment: It's an act..↓↓ (I.e., a pretense/show/charade/fake.....and a bad one..)

(Update/clarification: By 'act' I'm referring to nouns as included above. I.e., a show, a circus, etc.
That D. Trump is an authentic loud-mouth jerk (..'campaigning' or not) ...is no act.)

..Trump campaign 'chief' reportedly attempts to convince GOP leadership that his candidate's ridiculous campaign "style" (so far)....... is an act. One off-site news article, new window opens:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/us/politics/donald-trump-to-reshape-image-new-campaign-chief-tells-gop.html?

As per a number of previous entries (ref. further below) at this tiny blog, if you can't see that aspect you've gotta be totally blind, probably should not be driving (or reproducing?), etc. etc. (Plus: I've got an infeasible 1900+-mile Mexican border wall to sell you.)

Changing the act now doesn't fool anyone sportin' a brain. (Or suddenly impart mass amnesia.)
...A con-man/entertainer ....A 'WWE' "heavy" (who needs a stunt double):

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P.S.: No ownership/affiliation with the following re-posted YT video:



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4/20/16 off-site article links. New windows open, no affiliation:

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/19/3771086/forget-everything-donald-trump-said-his-real-message-was-the-guy-standing-behind-him/

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/20/3771129/carl-paladino-donald-trump-racial-slur-obama/

(↓ Remember "the bad 'old' days"...? (Also helps answer the (unbelievable) question (I've heard): 'How is D. Trump racist?'):



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..Oh, BTW (off-site news article link): http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-harriet-tubman-bill/story?id=38569502

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↓The Trump fallout/backlash...and it's only just beginning:

(Off-site links, no affiliation:)

4/16 poll (linked): Americans huuugly view Trump negatively

http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2016/03/corporations_nervous_about_par.html

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/stop-sponsoring-donald-trump/?

http://time.com/4276960/trump-wants-to-free-the-nuclear-genie/?

Trump least popular major (American) politician in three decades: source (news article is linked)

..Suggest that this could be plausible analysis re the Trump candidacy. (Off-site 4/6/16 article link:) http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-everyone-benefits-from-trump-losing-including-trump/

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(Temporarily moving this previous post here back up to the top. One take on the general level of sophistication and intellect we may be dealing with. In short: D. Trump is primarily an entertainer and (self-)promoter:↓)

2/12/16 update: Mark it. (Those paying attention..and who can read.) Unless he somehow convincingly reinvents himself (fast), the following article outlines significant flaws with Donald Trump and his presidential campaign (to date).
Not-difficult prediction: At the national level... will likely (help) sink him at some point. (Off-site link, no affiliation.):


11/16 update for anyone somehow reading this: Yes: Incredibly, the prediction above turned out to be wrong. Nothing but a really sad commentary about ..around 47% or so of United States voters, who (apparently) chose to ignore the Republican candidate's demagoguery, bigotry, hate, sexism, etc. As of this update, it also appears that Hillary won the popular vote by a significant margin. 'Spin' that/deride any way desired (I guess), but the bottom line (...at least for many (in the vote majority) who may now - correctly - feel marginalized....) is that the popular vote clear winner 'lost', and the popular vote loser is being installed into power. Not any 'formula' for unity, especially if the vote-loser attempts to claim a "mandate"....

New prediction: The country as a whole will regret the short-sighted 'choice'. Many (ref. above) already are....)



(Previously written:) ↓↓↓..Hailing from the (semi-)civilized world (note: 570K+ Britons vote to ban Trump)....., I completely missed this ↓↓↓whole parallel aspect of Donald Trump/the clown 2016 campaign/and his "universe" (i.e., cheap-seat followers):

via GIPHY (More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMKFIHRpe7I. Reminder: These videos feature a leading candidate for President of the United States of America...(Or his stunt-double.))

Below: ...The Donald describes some early 'grooming' of his fellow-shady-billionaire role-model... and future running mate, Vince McMahon...

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#trump2016 #makingamericahateagain #assclown #anybodybuttrump

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(↑No affiliation.) https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/makingamericahateagain/
3/7/16 comment: Temporary re-post. Haters/racists support Donald Trump:



(YT video link. No affiliation. No ownership of content.)

Update: (No affiliation here with this Twitter poster:↓)



Off-site link to a related article: https://www.rt.com/usa/334853-trump-pledge-hitler-salute/
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3/16 update
(previously written): ↓Yeah...Let's have a 'blast' and put the unhinged rich dude in the Oval Office, with access to nuclear launch codes, etc. (Scroll down for a potential "nuclear triad" the world must never see. (BTW: If only D. Trump understood what the (actual) nuclear triad is, for starters...)) P.S. Even The Economist agrees that this guy is a huuge risk (off-site link) http://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-and-only-5-things-that-pose-a-greater-global-risk-than-a-donald-trump-presidency-2016-03-17?:

(Off-site article link:) https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crazy-megyn-donald-trump-promotes-235049811.html

...You maniacs!:



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↑"Nuclear triad"....nuclear nightmare?


P.S. 3/12/16: Is the U.S. facing more nightmares? 'Gird your loins' and read some 2016 election fiction (or...is it??) from alter-ego....one 'Mr. Vere Askey': (New window opens:) https://medium.com/@vere/an-imagined-scenario-donald-trump-wins-the-2016-u-s-election-1e63d984863a#.jfqsqihl6


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YT video link (it's a paid advert., duh). Source news article (off-site link, no affiliation:) http://www.cbsnews.com/news/elections-2016-florida-voters-anti-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-focus-group/

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>>>Sources: Trump's Hotels and Casino Resorts (public company) was a business and stock market 'disaster'

(Repost:)..More light is shed upon D. Trump's wildly-trumped-up business "success", acumen etc. Off-site source article link. no affiliation, new window opens: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-worse-than-you-think-trumps-business-disaster-2016-03-04

More from the same (unaffiliated) source. (Note: I have not independently confirmed the reported analysis:)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/donald-trump-was-a-stock-market-disaster-2015-07-22?

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Commentary(ref. video): Yelling this↓(..and worse) without (- a genuine attempt at -) realistic plans to address difficult issues...
Not sufficient to earn the U.S. presidency.

(BTW: 'Violent crime' and 'gun crime' rates have been "dropping" (one source linked) in the United States..Oh: And the U.S unemployment rate is at its lowest since 2008..)



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...(Trump campaign co-opts/manipulates even Howard Beale's rant..):

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*http://personality-testing.info/tests/NPI/*

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

He's smart and funny...Listen to him

Who wants to hear it from me?   So I'm going on vacation for a few days. Maybe longer. (Flying 'carbon neutral'..)

'Word'. (↓Language caution:)



(11/15 update: The World Meteorological Org. finds no reason to wait. 2015 will smash Earth's hottest year on record...uh, record.  Off-site article link:  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/un-weather-agency-reports-2015-is-hottest-year-on-record/)

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Spreading ridiculousness?

Comment: I don't think too many people check out this blog regularly. I just kind of enjoy expressing a bit of what's on my addled mind -- for whomever. Publicly, but even if only for myself.

If you are reading this ...welcome, and thank you for stopping by.


A little over a week ago this entry (link) was posted here, under the tag 'ridiculousness' (etc.). (Definition above.) Pls. have a quick look via the link..

↓Now, this YT advert. from retail giant K-Mart appears, dated (on YouTube) 9/5/15. (I've seen it elsewhere on the Internet also..) Coincidence? Yeah.  Probably... right?



(YT video link. No affiliation.)


...I'm spreading ridiculousness ...?

Viewer/parental discretion advised. Many holiday shoppers can avoid the following (extreme situations, which are unusual) by shopping online. (Per 2013 U.S. census data (.pdf file linked), approx. 74% of the U.S. population has some form of Internet access. Nearly as many had high-speed access.)
There's no real need to kick-off the saturation-sell-job almost four months in advance of Christmas:



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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

I'm new. They're kind of funny here though...

...Wasn't predisposed to enjoy this. (E.g., "Show biz kids" and all....Plus I'm close to being all grown up now.) 

I'll have to watch more (of their 'parody reality' show) though. (Ref.: The first avail. video link further below):


(No affiliation here. Duh)



(...Maybe for noobs like me: A little more info. Off-site link, new window opens, no affiliation:
 http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/08/erin-foster-sara-foster-house-tour)

Early 2016 update (..anyone somehow stumbling down this far here:) Patiently waiting for season 2. Meanwhile -- as I could never not...: Doing as Erin Foster commands↓ (ref. Twitter post below):


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More: 'Barely Famous' season 1, episode 1, off-site link: http://www.vh1.com/shows/barely-famous/barely-famous-episode-101-barely-famous/1734710/playlist/#id=1734710

(↑FWIW (just one fan's first take): ..Upon watching a few season 1 episodes I really enjoy how the attractive/famous sisters energetically mock themselves. (The show is intended as a 'mockumentary',
I believe.) ..While it's completely obvious that they're fabulous in several ways. 
(So much (parodying/self-mocking) in fact that credulity credibility is sometimes pushed well past the breaking point..)  Worth watching I think; very funny segments (so far). Some hilariously awkward moments created.

...Maybe hard to believe any could be so superficial, but I am clearly not of their world. (Part of the aim of the show: To glimpse into that..) Plus I'd guess that 'trait' might be exaggerated for the show. One caution: The words "good clean fun" appear at the show's close. "Good clean fun" has changed much since I was.....
but who really cares. 
Belated correction: 'Good Clean Fun' seems to be the name of the entity that produces the show...I think. Also, season 1's program videos are presently not available via the VH1 site, above. )

Monday, September 7, 2015

'Peak Internet' called

(Re-posted article link follows. But it's worthy:)

>>Off-site article link, new window opens, no affiliation:
 http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/grumpy-cat-throws-out-first-pitch-at-diamondbacks-game?


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Thursday, September 3, 2015

Monday, August 31, 2015

For Ohio, re-rename Denali: Mount Strip-mine

Ohio Republicans dig into another paramount issue and state their indignation:


Ohio remains a leading coal-burning state so we must acknowledge their sedimentary sentiments:

"Mount Mountain-top Removal": (a/k/a Mt. Slag Heap)


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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Build a wall around Scott Walker

(Brief commentary:) 

Preferably a padded one...

Per below: Kindly have Scott's zillionaire-oligarch handlers clue him in that the U.S.-Canada border is nearly 4,000 miles long....(Excluding Alaska.  Which, BTW, would add over 1,500 additional miles for wall-off.)
 (By the time even only a few sections were completed.......Talk about closing the 'barn door' after the fact. 
But no, let's spend ourselves to death on a ridiculous 4,000+ mile wall while U.S. roads and bridges crumble. (Etc.)   Hey, maybe those might fall on a terrorist or two...)

>>>Pertinent 8/20/15 article. Off-site link, new window opens: http://time.com/4016282/scott-walker-immigration-canada/


...You'd think Canada might have greater concern for walling-off the U.S., with its globe-leading gun-violence proclivities. Etc. (So perhaps we should keep scaring the Canadians into ponying-up to do that...? ...Scott? Anything?)

>>>'The Party of No's' immigration proposals. Have a read...(off-site link, new window opens): http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/donald-trumps-immigration-principles-wouldve-barred-his-own-grandfather/401600/


A 'blast from the recent past' re Scott Walker:


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Thursday, August 27, 2015

It's August...and that means: Christmas!

Brought to you by: Walmart (off-site link to one article, new window opens)

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...Previous marketing actions by giant retailers debasing sacred U.S. holidays... have generated a certain interest.  ↓Shoppers enthusiastic!↓


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...It's all been done before. Note that these perps. had 'crazy' in their name:



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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Donald Trump actually managed to offend Roger Ailes??

Gotta be pretty bad...again. (And/or there's an angle to it..)

....Off-site link to an 8/25/15 "latest-circus-news" (my phrase) article. New window opens. No affiliation: http://time.com/4010093/donald-trump-fox-news-megyn-kelly-roger-ailes/? 

(Background: One view, including reported Roger Ailes quotations-of-interest. Off-site link, new window opens, etc: http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/02/21/429460/roger-ailes-quotes-the-fox-effect/)

(Commentary:)

Trump parallels? Rudeness, boorishness, vindictiveness, 'loose-cannon-ness', ↓'fanning-flames-of-the-angry-or-scared-  ness'↓...etc. etc. :



(YT video link. I don't own/did not originate this fascinating performance...)

.... A. Lincoln, G. Washington, the Roosevelts, etc:   Where are your modern-day candidate-counterparts, when so badly needed...? Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.
(One answer: Safely away from the ridiculous fray, on the sidelines, laughing/crying/gawking with the rest of us....
Maybe even writing blogs about it.)

BTW: North Korea-style invectiveness (etc.) probably won't 'play' too well in the saner parts of the U.S.A↓.:


(Source link: http://www.someecards.com/news/politics/election-infographic-shows-most-educated-states-voted-for-obama/)


...Exactly why would any reasonable, 2016 candidate wish to commit political suicide with women(/people) capable of reading(/viewing) and comprehension?? 
(Ref.: Off-site link, new window opens: http://www.theonion.com/article/female-trump-supporters-just-feel-more-comfortable-51166)


 ...Some of 'their' compatriots may be mobilizing, Donald.  I don't see ballots in their hands:


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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Gawknation: Case #1

(Another occasional blog-series begins here....'Gawk-nation':)

Pertinent off-site article link, new window opens, no affiliation: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/wilmer-flores-crying-photos-sold-out?

↓ (BTW: The same photo is freely available to share (online), for non-commercial use...↓)

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$140 (w/frame:) Currently sold out.

....Could it be the autograph?

Is it because there really is "no crying in baseball"??


via GIPHY


....Do people just love/feel sorry for Wilmer???


...Why would someone want to remember this?...



It's well-known but still might wish to take note: 

1) Everything is for $ale...for the right price, wrong price...whatever.

1a) Someone somewhere will pay money, as long as it's: Weird-enough and/or lurid-enough, awkward-enough, mawkish-enough, violent-enough, can't-look-away enough, etc. etc. etc. 



...Oh wait: Hollywood knew that eons ago...


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Friday, August 21, 2015

Frank Barone-land

...Not this guy again....(Group. Whatever.):


(YT video link. No affiliation.)

(Commentary:)

...Doesn't it seem like a significant minority of the population -- mostly male? -- just is pining for it all to END? 

You know: A bit like Frank Barone, below. (Yeah, somewhat taken out-of-context.) 

(Link to source of excerpt. (I've included additional dialogue as it's representative of a lot of the show: People essentially trapped in the same house/relationships, yelling at/berating each other...) Highlighting added:)
"...Debra: My needing to get out of here every once in a while has nothing to do with my "lady days."
Ray: Ba-loney!
(after a very irritable Debra leaves the house, Gianni lets out a big belch)
Gianni: Man, I thought she would never leave!
Andy: Is Debra aware of how she's coming off to others?
Frank: She's in a bad mood, what, three days tops? Soon, it's gonna be five days. Then it's a week. Then what was once a bad mood takes over and becomes her only mood! And then... well then you become like me. Where not a day goes by that I don't wish there was a comet screaming towards Earth to bring me sweet relief!!!
Debra: (about the PMS pills that Ray bought for her) Oh, no, Marie, he's trying to help, see? These are magic pills. (pretends to swallow some, talks sarcastically) Oh, look! Ray's dirty clothes just flew right off the bed and into the hamper. These really work!
Marie: Let me have some. (takes bottle, pretends to swallow some) Oh! Frank's toenails just crawled right into the garbage can!
Debra: (on the tape recorder that Ray used) I told you 8 million times, when you empty the dryer you clean the lint screen! Look at all this lint! Do you like lint, Ray? How about I give you some for your birthday? Happy birthday, Ray, here's your lint!!!
Ray: I just wanted you to hear that, so you know what you sound like. Okay?
Debra: (long pause, starts crying) You are a gigantic ass! Ray: (talking into recorder) 10:32, "gigantic ass."
Ray: If they find me chopped up in the freezer, don't believe the suicide note.
Ray: Guys, could you quiet it down a little bit? Debra's not feeling too well hormonal-femininally.
Frank: Ah, got it. "The enemy within!"..."
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(...Oh no. And now we may have much of the same population segment possibly ensnared by Ashley Madison revelations (off-site article link)...)


Smarten-up and choose life, boys: http://gizmodo.com/nasa-no-there-isnt-a-deadly-asteroid-heading-right-fo-1725336364


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Thursday, August 20, 2015

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Friday, August 14, 2015

Stressing bears: Bears got friends

(Commentary:)
Link to a recent npr.org article.... at moments arrogant-in-tone re inevitability of man's (oh-so-)superior-technology. (As presented.) Off-site link, new window opens:
 http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/08/13/431982136/drones-increase-heart-rates-of-wild-bears-too-much-stress?

Here's an excerpt (linked), as something of an example:
"...The study has left Ditmer with a lot of questions...
"We don't know if bears or other species can habituate to having drones flying over them," he says. "Right now, it's just getting started — but I guarantee you in five to 10 years it will just be commonplace to be using them for many aspects of research and conservation.""

Habituate this: We'll go ahead and side with the bears here.... As some other non-humans seem to have done: 
(No affiliation with any of the following, currently published YT videos.)

(↓Starting off with the dawg who swam a stream to get after a drone:)

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↓...Bears' air force?


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↓...Which creature is superior here??


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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Just another ridiculous day in the USA?

(Commentary:)

Various media outlets jumping on every weird and/or 'celebrity' antic: Not helpful; and probably not representative....

Most/all 'headlines' on entire portal web-page -- image copy below -- are ridiculous/insane, to some degree.... 
But if the sample 'popular searches' (below) are authentic and accurate....All seems fairly hopeless. 
Donald Trump for president! Why not grant that 'popular' guy 'Commander-in-Chief' access to the nuclear launch codes.....: 

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From the Trump playbook? (Plus more..)

(Commentary. Warning: Portions of this post contain (lewd-) adult content. Viewer discretion advised.)
"[She] unhesitatingly let loose such malignant invectives as daring hurt the dignity of... [the] supreme leadership, fully revealing her true colours as a confrontation maniac...
"...What she uttered is nothing but a reckless provocation made by a mentally deranged person bereft of reason and face."
...Donald Trump v. Megyn Kelly?  (Or: Women in general...?)

Almost sounds like Trump bluster/ranting (while hiding behind Twitter etc.). But not quite...
Off-site link to source news article. New window opens:  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-25/an-north-korea-slams-south-korean-leader-as-confrontation-maniac/4712834


...Could a North Korea prison camp viewing -- in the company of the mighty 'supreme leader' -- plus sham parade-viewing, be on a (Trump) "foreign-policy" tour agenda?

(One possible sample, from a nearby country. You better be "phenomenal to "the women"":
'They're' mobilizing, Donald. ↓:)


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Last note -- "Fair and balanced": In accordance with Fox 'news'/Newsmax.com devoid-of-any-real-substance"gotcha-'journalism'":
SHOCKER....Apparently Megyn Kelly might not be a pristine 'angel'...
...Off-site YT video link, new window opens, parental discretion suggested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IML_UGhXz2Q

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Donald Trump's hateful communication. (Cowardly too.)

(Commentary:)

8/9 update re the following:
Mr. Trump still doesn't 'get it'... and likely never will. (We know he's got a history...(off-site link).)
Almost none of the 'Party of No' candidates do, either....Off-site link to 8/9/15 article, new window opens:
http://time.com/3989907/donald-trump-women/?

(Previously written text, 8/8/15:) Violence often does not resolve issues and usually should be a last resort....(There are consequences.)

Life sometimes presents a few rare instances however, where a jerk just outright earns it...Is (at minimum) "deserving" of being punched in the mouth. (Or nose. Or slapped in the face...)

There's a wide difference between allegedly "telling it like it is" or supposedly eschewing "political correctness", and just plain hateful speech. ((Includes) Contempt. Slander. Rudeness. Boorishness...Etc.)
Note: This Twitter entry is the 'clarified' version....(i.e, reportedly not the original insult).


Donald Trump actually spoke these words in an interview, i.e., directly to a human being... 
...(Especially given his public profile; his 'reach') Trump should have been challenged on the spot. Physically, if necessary. (But make sure to report the story, too. So we all know...)





(This blowhard regularly hides behind Twitter. Hides via phone interviews. Etc.

That's not a 'man'.)

But we're playing the clown's game: A narcissist who will say anything to keep the spotlight shining on himself.

So enjoy the freak show; those who do. I have faith that it ultimately will not be accepted by the majority of U.S. citizens. (Even Republicans.)

...Maybe someone will get close enough to the big-mouthed Twitter-sissy to clock him a good one....He's more than earned it.

P.S. Ivanka Trump: (I definitely know I'm not read by the Trumps via this tiny blog...so this is rhetorical.)
We know that you have brains and more. You need to intercede, the best that you can.  Reign Dad in....He's damaging the family/family brand. (And more...)

P.P.S. Trump/Trump-campaign rhetoric increasingly seems borrowed from the North Korea-"Supreme Leader" playbook...

8/8/15 update: Hmmm...interesting -- though barely: 
Off-site link, new window opens: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/sources-roger-stone-quit-wasnt-fired-by-donald-trump-in-campaign-shakeup-121177.html

Friday, August 7, 2015

The Republican debate recap article that should be read

(Commentary. Warning on some 'salty' language slightly further below:)

It's too depressing to spend much time here on the Republican presidential candidates clown-show...That (bad) joke tells itself:




...D.J. Trump and I using similar words...Currently re-booting my head.

>>>Suggested reading is the following AP fact-check article covering the 8/6/15 'debate'.
Lies exposed. Again. Off-site link, new window opens, no affiliation:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_2016_DEBATE_FACT_CHECK?

>>>Try another published article link, same sourcehttp://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/08/06/fact-check-a-look-at-gop-candidates-statements-in-debate


As its own public quasi-service, this site again has applied some extremely sensitive, highly-calibrated b.s.-o-meters to the spectacle last night...The entire debacle...debate-thingy:




↑Source of images. No affiliation.  (Follow all links at your own risk.): http://photobucket.com/images/bullshit%20meter

funny gifs


Source. No affiliation: http://www.gifbin.com/982966

P.S. Megyn Kelly: Once again; my Fox 'news' heroine....Other (mostly-)sane-people's too, I'm sure. 

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Think it's easy scoring 800x your pay??

Image capture of CEO (-- drawing 800 times the median worker's pay --)... puttin' in THE WORK:


(Non-commercial use of image. No affiliation with linked 8/5/15 news article above.)


...Candid photo obtained, from childhood:



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...Recently glimpsed on inbound commute:




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..Firing lame-ass bloggers:




Source link: http://giphy.com/gifs/cheezburger-funny-fail-nQaqGTlocykCc

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Flashback: 'Hello...[state your city]' playlist

Note: We'll take breaks here now and then, moving from the ridiculous... (at least) toward the sublime. Such as this:



(YT playlist link. No affiliation. I don't own the playlist/videos/music. No guarantees as to availability of videos.)


Especially for those of a certain age: Interesting curation. It's hilarious in a way: Praises of so many different (sometimes 'humble') places sung over and over.... via (essentially) the same song. 
...Perhaps a little 'cheesy' in that way (and maybe a couple of others)...(BTW: Brief explanatory note (re the retro-playlist) for (a few) present-day people: It was generally a 'kinder and gentler' time..)

If you enjoy music though -- and a good voice: It's an epic (if repetitive) showcase for the lovely pop soprano of Florence Warner, the woman who sang most of the American-location versions. (I.e., beginning with playlist song #2.  Florence really starts to "get going" with her 'Utah' version; song #4..)

..She rendered each version with professional skill. (Yes: I listened to the entire collection.) Though the videos vary in quality it's clear that all were sung beautifully. Enjoy.

(For those who (as I do) appreciate the singing: She did well on all, but which ones(s) did Florence "nail"?  She seemed to really capture it for me on several of her midwest(erly)- (ref.: Indiana; also Pittsburgh) and southern- (ref.: Charleston and Oklahoma) locale renderings. But my vote is definitely for her (inspired) Iowa (KGAN) performance.  (Though it's a shame that the recording (found) of her live Nashville Symphony performance is such low quality...No problem perceiving that Florence has a lovely voice though.))

..More retro-Florence, slightly different promo-video:


(YT video link. I don't own it.)

(↑Expanded version is here (off-site link, new window):  http://www.newsnet5.com/news/news-archives/video-vault-wews-promo-puts-florence-warners-face-to-the-angelic-voice-behind-catch-5)













Monday, August 3, 2015

Respecting fine art

lameish.blogspot acknowledges a master of lame fine art.. 

(From 'Lady Liberty': Is it what it seems, or not...?)


(YT video link. No affiliation.)



Friday, July 31, 2015

RIP, rasslin' legend Rowdy Roddy Piper

Dead at age 61:



(↑Warning: Demented ranting/ravings... and so on.... YT video link)

...Obviously killed-off by "The Illuminati": Follow the following link at your own discretion. But you will be on your way to freedom from mental slavery...
No affiliation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BHQs260jYo



...Or perhaps it was the 'Dis-Illuminati'....

Pathetic

Ridiculous 'first-world' "problems"....(Vs. (so-called) third-world ones?)

The featured "cure" is dweebish, too.

(↓...We don't suffer fools well here...:)


(YT video link)

You'd never find this blogger fused, cemented...bound to digital media/glowing screens/online activities....for hours....on such a beautiful day... as today is.....Right now.

O god.





Thursday, July 30, 2015

Give me some of your Hollywood swag

Air-freight it over..(I'm needy)

View image | gettyimages.com

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(YT video link. I don't own the music/video. No affiliation.)

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Case no. 1: B.S. detection meters applied

(Commentary:)
Per the following: If all of us in this great land would only apply such effort, such scrutiny, close consideration, etc. to things that actually MATTER in the world, in our lives, etc..:
I don't have all the 'facts' in the following 'case'. and I'm wondering if anyone - besides a very few - ever will. (As usual with the N.E. Patriots some of this may come down to whether specific, specified-at-the-time rules were (clearly) violated. Playing-off those 'gray' areas, again: Their playbook.)
...Wait; no: I'm not wondering. Who actually gives a s--t about this ridiculous, toy-department, mega-paid-jock-world "investigation"....(Except (perhaps) the bookies who make money from suckers wagering on New England Patriots games, etc...)
(Aside: Just as with the interminable, frequently ridiculous referee interruptions now rampant in most NFL games -- including video replay reviews repeated ad nauseam -- NFL "policing" seems a surrogate (and/or theater) for ongoing societal battles between "regular Joes" vs. "the man". (You know: Basically Fox "news" script...) (Whoever that 'man' may be...e.g., your boss, the government, corporations, etc., etc.  Although of course it's difficult to think of unionized football millionaires as 'regular dudes' anymore...)

↓↓ As a public quasi-service (to be ongoing here), I've applied highly-calibrated, extremely sensitive detection meters to the following video statements.. from Patriots owner Robert Kraft. (Meter sources are shown further below.)

Note: Particular scrutiny was applied to the following words from Mr. Kraft's 7/29/15 statement.
(A video recap follows, below:)
“Given the facts, evidence and laws of science that underscore this entire situation, it is completely incomprehensible to me that the league continues to take steps to disparage one of its all-time great players..."


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(Source link. Pls. follow all links at your own risk.)

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thome mash meter photo: Meter hypocrisy-meter.gif

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Sunday, July 26, 2015

His hair-pelt magically changes color

The following public photos bear July 2015 dates, except the the last (June 16, 2015).
(Non-commercial use of images.):









7/27/15 related news story update: The truth shall set us free. (And good choice for a couple of descriptive words....) Off-site article link, new window opens, no affiliation:  http://nypost.com/2015/07/27/obama-slams-gop-candidates-as-sad-ridiculous/

(↓Re-post. No affiliation here:)

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Sample: The U.S.A.'s 'real' front page...

(Screen capture. No link(s)... except this aptly-named one, if you require more of the same on a daily basis. (Click image to enlarge!))





...Rampant ridiculousness