Pic Of The Day: Follow The Dear Leader

Con man and demagogue Donald "Rump" Trump follows his new partner, dictator Kim Jong Un, after signing the vague and non-binding letter at the Singapore photo-op.

In his time spent with Kim, Rump was seen patting his arm, his back and deferring to Kim when entering rooms and just walking about. Rump wanted this photo-op so badly he ended up using North Korea's terminology for the defensive joint military exercises with South Korea, e.g. "provocation" and "war games." Credit to Kim for exposing Rump's neediness.

(photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Picture Of The Day/ Sunday Reflection

Soccer pitch, Lofoten Islands, Norway (via Infidel 753).  The islands are in northern Norway, near the port of Narvik.

"Hold my hand and we're halfway there..."

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More information and photos of other Lofoten Islands scenes here (or you can just Google).

What If They Had A Rally And Nobody Came?

Such small hands, such small crowds, such failure.

A cardinal rule in political advance work is not to book a venue that's way too large for the audience size. Talking to empty seats looks.....sad!

(photo: Con artist and serial liar Donald "Rump" Trump at a "rally" in Nashville yesterday)

Pictures Of The Day: Resist

A group of several Greenpeace activists climbed a construction crane this morning at 15th and L Streets, just blocks from the White House, and unfurled a large banner with the word "Resist" on it.

Just in the past 24 hours, con-man-in-chief and serial liar Donald "Rump" Trump approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects that will transport liquified oil shale -- perhaps the dirtiest of carbon products -- across the U.S. to the Gulf coast where it will be processed and shipped to global oil markets. Along with the nomination of climate change denier Scott Pruitt to be EPA administrator and a media blackout of EPA demanded by Rump, "Resist" will be an imperative.

(photos: top, Associated Press, bottom, Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty)

Picture of the Day: Putin And His Useful Idiot

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Billboard erected by pro-Russian elements on a highway in Montenegro. We hope to see replicas on billboards here in the U.S.

(photo: Savo Prelevic, AFP/Getty Images)

"I Voted" Photo of the Day

"I Voted" stickers are being placed on women's suffrage pioneer Susan B. Anthony's grave.

The fulfillment of the dreams and struggles over so many years is at hand. America must never go back.

(photo: Greta Page-Mann)

Cyrus Campaigns For Clinton In Virginia

Music star Miley Cyrus, at George Mason University in Virginia yesterday, knocking on dorm room doors snd mingling with delighted students to get out the vote for Hillary Clinton.

All Fall Down Pic of the Day

After yesterday's farcical event staged by neo-fascist carnival barker Donald "Rump" Trump where he promoted his tacky hotel in Washington, D.C., paraded a bunch of dead-enders on stage to sing his praises, and briefly acknowledged the falsity of his lie about President Obama's birthplace, the backdrop that had been used collapsed, taking with it some American flags. Symbolic of Rump's un-American, racist birther campaign that launched his foray into politics? Works for us.

Hands Down Pic of the Day

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Prior to last night's Republican debate, the candidates check out each other's hands. None look too pleased.

(photo: Getty Images)

Pic of the Day

Frederick County, Maryland bigot Shaun Porter is mighty p.o.'ed that a black family moved next to the house he's renting, so he did what every unhinged bigot does: engage in non-stop harassment and belligerent acts against said neighbor. It's gotten to the point where Porter is possibly facing hate crimes and harassment charges from the State's Attorney's office. (We wonder if the home's owners know what their renter is doing on the property they own, too, and if they can't kick his flag-of-treason-wrapped ass out.)

The picture shows Porter and his middle school age son (racism is passed from one generation to another) waving their Confederate treason flags on the front lawn.  Also note the "Mental Ben" Carson campaign banner, because bigots always appreciate having an Uncle Ruckus (or Clarence Thomas, or Herman Cain, etc.) to point to and say, "we're not racist, we like him."

(photo: WTTG TV)

Picture of the Day

A U.S. Marine prepares to raise the flag at the newly-opened U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba this morning, as Secretary of State John Kerry stands in the background, center.

Kerry, speaking at times in Spanish, emphasized the political differences with Cuba over human rights, but stressed that a policy of engagement was the path most beneficial to Cubans and Americans alike.

(photo: AP / P. Martinez Monsivais)

Picture of the Day

This intricate design in the sand on the sea floor was made by a small puffer fish, barely visible in the center of the "wheel" as a dark sliver.

Here's a video of this amazing little artist in action. Truly a natural wonder.

Mourning Nemtsov Picture of the Day

Tens of thousands of mourners marched in Moscow today, carrying banners and photos of slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was assassinated early Saturday as he walked within sight of the Kremlin in central Moscow.  Nemtsov was a passionate critic of Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin's regime and in particular his aggression toward Crimea and Ukraine.  Many of the marchers chanted "Russia without Putin."  As one opposition leader stated, "The authorities are corrupt and don't allow any threats to them to emerge. Boris was uncomfortable for them."

(photo:  Sergei Karpukhin, Reuters)

Picture of the Day

"Corporations do not equal people":  an image projected on the side of a building across the street from where the delusional Willard "Corporations Are People" Romney spoke in San Diego last night.  As he stumbles into the 2016 Rethuglican nomination clown car, Lord Mittens should expect more disrespect from the "little people" that don't buy his elitist blather.

Well done.

(h/t Kasie Hunt, NBC News)

Picture of the Day

Trenton, New Jersey's daily newspaper takes a swing at Gov. Krispykreme and his affection for the Dallas Cowpies.

BONUS:  The BooMan on why Giants fans don't forgive, and why there was "something seriously wrong" with Christie from the beginning.

(h/t to Balloon Juice)

When It Rains, It Pours

The wall of a Morton Salt warehouse in Chicago collapsed earlier today, covering cars in an adjoining Acura dealership.  No one was injured or a-salted in the accident.

Pic of the Day

Weeper of the House John "Mr. Tangerine Man" Boehner must feel powerless sometimes, with his out-of-control, off-the-deep-end teabagger Representatives calling the shots.  Well, he still has one friend:  a wind-up toy monkey, which we're sure he prefers to talk to rather than the teabaggers.  The whole situation makes him want to cry….

UPDATE:  Meanwhile, the wingnuts in the House are allocating $350,000 on a frivolous lawsuit against the President that everyone knows is going nowhere.  But, cut those food stamps!

UPDATE II:  We know one thing is making Mr. Tangerine Man happy - he's pulled down some nice profits from a corporate tax dodging (inversion) scheme.

Pic Of The Day

Ferguson, MO saw more disturbances last night, after Thursday's night of calm.  A group of looters were out and did some damage before larger groups of men doing the right thing (above) began to block entry to the stores so that the looting would stop.  Some of the men kept repeating, "Man, you're better than that," and "Who you out here for?  Better be Mike Brown."

Washington Monthly's Martin Longman (of BooMan Tribune) notes that the police were strangely passive in the face of the looting.  Looting can swiftly turn public opinion away from the underlying incident that caused the unrest, and away from the actions of the Ferguson and St. Louis County police departments.  As Longman says of the police, "It's as if looting serves their purposes."

(photo:  Men in Ferguson guard store to prevent looting, from Trymaine Lee Twitter page.)

Hurt Feewings Picture of the Day

We would have liked to have been in the room during this part of President Obama's meeting yesterday with Texas Gov. and future LensCrafters spokesman Rick "Hair" Perry (top left), who seems to be putting on a pouty face while the President is laughing  -- possibly at something Gov. Hair said.  Also, do you think he could have sat any further away from the President and still been in the room?  Next time, get a high chair for Gov. Hair.

(photo: Associated Press)

And the Rockets' Red Glare, The Flag Flaming In Air...

We're sure the Atlanta Braves didn't count on their new scoreboard fireworks setting off the American flag attached to it a couple of days ago, but stuff happens, as they say.  Fortunately, the flag was made from fire-retardant material and the flames died quickly, as did the scoreboard- with-fireworks idea.  Frances Scott Key would have been proud.

(photo:  Julie Paulk/Facebook)