Monday, August 12, 2019

Monday Reading


As always, please go to the links for the full articles/ op eds.

An (inadvertently?) revealing look at what counts for the values of evangelical "Christian" supporters of the cloven hooved occupant of the Oval Office:
For evangelicals, however, Trump’s indelicate language has frustrated religious fans who have otherwise been true blue supporters of his agenda. They agree with his social policies, praise his appointment of conservative judges and extol his commitment to Israel — often tolerating Trump’s character flaws for the continued advancement of all three. But when it comes to “using the Lord’s name in vain,” as Hardesty put it, “the president’s evangelical base might be far less forgiving.”
You can hate minorities, encourage white supremacists, cage babies, defile women, lie and cheat, but don't say the magic conjuring words in vain!  Values Voters!

Speaking of lies (and Jesus Christ let's call them lies, shall we?):
President Trump’s proclivity for spouting exaggerated numbers, unwarranted boasts and outright falsehoods [Ed.: "lies"] has continued at a remarkable pace. As of Aug. 5, his 928th day in office, he had made 12,019 false or misleading claims [Ed.: "lies"], according to the Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement the president has uttered.
Trump crossed the 10,000 mark on April 26, and he has been averaging about 20 fishy claims [Ed.: "lies"] a day since then. From the start of his presidency, he has averaged about 13 such claims [Ed.: "lies"] a day.
The Oval Office's hot air bladder has rather a transparent "tell" when he's sweating something:  quickly trying to shift the spotlight away from himself.  In the case of the suspicious jailhouse death of his partying pal Jeffrey Epstein, he wants to re- direct your attention to (who else?) the Clintons:
Following the reported suicide of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump took to Twitter over the weekend to push bizarre, baseless conspiracies that the Clintons may be behind Epstein’s death.
Trump’s attempts to fan the flames of conspiracy — without any evidence whatsoever to back up his claims — received rounds of condemnation across the U.S., including from Democratic presidential candidates like former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ).
However, according to the White House, Trump’s collapse into conspiracy wasn’t an effort to stoke his far-right conspiratorial base. Rather, according to presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s conspiracy theories are actually just a way of indicating that the president wants a thorough investigation of Epstein’s death.
In a Sunday morning appearance on Fox News, Conway defended Trump’s conspiracies, claiming that Trump “just wants everything to be investigated.”
Let's see.  The Metropolitan Correction Center is part of the Bureau of Prisons, which is part of the Justice Department, which is under Trump consigliere William "Low" Barr, who is under =checks notes=  fellow fancier of younger women Donald "Look Over There" Trump.  Clearly, the Clintons did it.

From the wide world of sports, you may have seen or heard about Olympian Simone Biles' historic ending to her balance beam routine -- a double double (two flips, two twists) -- at the U.S, Gymnastics Championship:



... which she then followed the next night with the first- ever triple double (two flips, three twists) in the floor competition (winning her 6th national championship):



Finally, check out Infidel 753's link round- up for all the "interesting stuff" he finds in his weekly scouring of the internet.  We don't know how he manages to pull off his version of a triple double every week, but it's worth your time to see what he's found.

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