TRUMBATE

No question that the evening belonged to the loud-mouth bloviator who managed to insult just about everyone at the event, including Megyn Kelly, and who had nothing of substance to say about any foreign or domestic issue.  He strutted and preened upon the stage, and earned boos from the audience when he refused to promise he would not run as an independent should he not get the nomination.

That's about all there is to know about his performance -- predictably "In-Your-Face" substanceless, loud and ludicrous.  And the TGOP still loves him.

My opinion of who did well:

Rand Paul
John Kasich
Marco Rubio (despite his lie about not supporting abortion for incest and rape -- he did, according to fact-checkers.)

In the "Why bother to show up" category:

Dr. Ben Carson = Zzzzzzzzzzzz

(Donnie has stated that America will not vote for another black president because of President Obama, thus exposing his lack of any historical knowledge about terrible white presidents being succeeded by other white men.)  

JEB!

Except for once or twice confronting Donnie, he mostly pussy-footed around the gigantic mouth in the room.  Not dynamic at all.

Huckabee:

Belonged in a revival tent, not a political Q&A forum.

Walker:

Didn't have his big-boy pants on. Unimpressive

Christie and Cruz:

Interchangeable, hard to tell them apart.




For anyone interested in knowing if what the candidates said was true or false.



Polls aren't out yet on Donnie's standing after the Trumpbate.  We hope his numbers are still high with the TGOP.  We want Donnie to be the nominee and the representative of today's Republican Party.

Go Donnie Go!



From The Daily Beast:


Ten people were on the stage. Nine of them were running for president, with the man in the middle, the undisputed leader in the polls, still acting like an insult comic. While Trump didn’t dominate the debate as expected, he did his best to keep the substance to a minimum. His performance was true to form—somehow both shocking and totally predictable. Early on, he botched a question from Megyn Kelly about his previous statements on women.


E.J. Dionne:


I saw three shows tonight during Fox News’ Republican debate: The Trump Show, The Kasich Dissent, and Everybody Else. Among those in that last category, Jeb Bush had a good night, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had his moments, and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) won more friends. [...] The underlying premises of the debate were so deeply conservative that I doubt any Democrats who watched were tempted to jump ship, and I am not sure how many middle-of-the-road voters were drawn the Republicans’ way, except by Kasich and possibly by Rubio. The debate was held on the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. This never came up. I wasn’t surprised. But I was disappointed.

Donnie and the Gooper Gangs' Excellent Debate Night.

Well, it's actually not a debate; it'll be a question and answer session, and Donnie's name leads all the rest, with the incredibly gorgeous, hot, leggy, blonde scholar, Megyn Kelly, asking the queshjuns!  Step right up ladies and gentlemen, and let the comedy begin:



Some suggested questions for Megyn Kelly to ask the Gang of Goopers who will compete with each other this evening to show the American peeps who's the most brilliant candidate:


Count Dante @countdante67 Since big game hunts control overpopulation do you support shooting zoo animals?

 Tim Bartlett @wbllostsoul In your opinion, will Beetlejuice appear if you say "Benghazi" three times really fast? 

 The ReBearded Wonder @DarthWeiner75 "Show of hands, how many of you on this stage believe Santa Claus is White?"

 Shelby Kent-Stewart @ShelbyKentStewa "So when God told you to run for President, he spoke in English, right?" 

 Greg Woods @diygreg  As President, how would you protect Texas from being invaded? 

 John @linnyitssn God created the Earth in a week. Obama needed 6 years to fix the Economy. How lazy is Obama? 

Stevie @DeaconessBlues"You can get a gun easier than allergy medicines, how will you make it easier to get guns?" 9:41 PM - 3 Aug 2015 

 John @linnyitssn We all know that gay marriage causes Global Warming. What will you do to protect Israel from that?

 Atheist Pirate @Atheist_Pirate  If elected, what would you do to ensure that Jesus and Santa stay white?


My question to Dr. Ben Carson:  

Since Donald Trump, the candidate the TPers love the most and want to win the nomination, claimed that no BLACK MAN will ever win the presidency because of the horrible, terrible, Marxist, Fascist, Kenyan failed Barack Obama presidency, why are you even here tonight?  Donnie says you'll never win. Stop wasting everyone's time!

(And Donnie's correct:  WHITE MEN who were bad presidents, ruined it for other white men to be preznit!  Donnie's a genius!  And you're not, Dr. Ben.  Listen to him. He knows everything!

Another person who knows everything is the former half-term, half-wit governor of Alaska, Sarah "lipstick on a pitbull" Palin.  She says the American people love Donnie because he appeals to "Joe Six Pack," and he's not an elite!

A multi-billionaire who travels around the world in his own jet is just like "Joe Six Pack" and not an elite!  Who knew.  It must be true; Sarah said it!)

Ugh! Ugh! Ugly News!

Ugh!  And UGLY!



"Suppose that you are the parent of a 2nd-grader attending public school. Your child and his or her classmates are playing on the playground shortly before lunch. One of the children asks your child if he or she goes to church, and your child says no. Your family does not attend church because you do not believe in gods. Pretty straightforward, isn't it? Just one problem: the classmate who hears this from your child takes offense and complains to a playground supervisor who reports the incident to a teacher. 

 This is the point in the story where things take a dark turn. The teacher asks your child if he or she told a classmate that he or she does not believe in gods. Your child says yes. The teacher then interrogates your child about his or her religious beliefs, the religious practices of your family, and whether he or she "believed that maybe God exists." After all of this, the teacher segregates your child from the rest of the class for three days, making him or her sit alone during lunch and prohibiting him or her from interacting with the other students. 

 Unfortunately, the situation I've just described is not hypothetical. According to reporting by Rebecca S. Green in The Journal Gazette, this is what has been alleged in a federal lawsuit brought by the parent of a 2nd-grade boy against a teacher at Forest Park Elementary School in Indiana. The suit, filed by the ACLU of Indiana, alleges that the teacher violated the constitutional rights of this student. If the allegations described in this article provide an accurate depiction of events as they unfolded, it sounds as though the teacher must have decided that the hurt feelings reported by one of the boy's classmates were sufficient grounds to publicly shame the boy. 

According to court documents, the boy is now anxious and fearful about school, believing many teachers and students hate him and some classmates will not talk to him."




Something similar to this happened to my grandson when he was 12 years old.  His public school teacher told her students to raise their hands if they read the Bible every day.  Everyone except my grandson raised his/her hands.  My grandson and his family are not believers.  I suppose he could have raised his hand so he wouldn't have stood out as the only child who does not read the Bible, but my grandson is not a liar or a deceiver.  Naturally, all the other kids, even the teacher, in the class shunned and made fun of my grandson.  He wasn't one of them, so shaming was his punishment. And yes, children can be crueler than adults.  My grandson learned a valuable lesson that day, which today, as a young man, reinforces his and his family's decision to not embrace religion.

He and his family (and I) understand that not all religious people are mean and judgemental, but there are many who are, and the news report above of the 7-year old who was shamed for telling the truth about his nonbelief is an example of how honesty is rewarded with cruelty by some vindictive religious people.


In other ugly news:



Parents Sue Officer Who Handcuffed Mentally Disabled Kids 
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Aug 3, 2015, 7:19 PM ET 

 Associated Press Two northern Kentucky women have sued a county sheriff and one of his school resource officers for placing their two disabled elementary school children in handcuffs. 

The handcuffs were too large to fit around the wrists of the 8-year-old boy and the 9-year-old girl, both of whom have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and are identified in court documents only by their initials. School Resource Officer Kevin Sumner put the handcuffs around the children's biceps, locking their arms behind them. A video of one of the incidents shows the 8-year-old boy struggling and crying while sitting in a chair.



Do any of the adults who are paid to teach or deal with children receive any training or have any understanding of how to interact with them?  When I read what was done to the two mentally challenged children in a grammar school in Kentucky, I felt as though I were back in 19th century Dickensian London, reading about adults abusing children!

There's nothing wrong with the kids, it's the teachers and others who need to grow up and learn that children are not small adults and should not be treated like criminals for what they believe or because of mental disorders.

We can only hope that the ACLU and the parents of these wronged children prevail in court and that the public school authorities who mete out these draconian punishments learn their lessons.

Looking at Some of the T-GOP Contenders

The Goonfather:

"The Teachers' Union Deserves a Punch in the Face" (photo via Gawker)

Gawker:

"This latest statement comes just after an interview with CNBC’s John Harwood, in which Christie said, 'Some people are feeling the pressure to try to be outrageous to get on the news. If you think you’ve got the best product, you’ve got to be patient. Slow, steady progress. So I’m not going to get into the hyperbole.' "








The Tea Party's version of theocracy promoter, Girolamo Savonarola:

The KOCHtender:

Because American workers are just like jihadist killers!  Dolium volvitur, Scottie! 

Ted "The Anointed One" Cruz and his bacon-cooking machine gun!

Because cooking bacon with a machine gun is proof of his remarkable LEADERSHIP abilities!  You go, Machine-Gun Bacon Teddy!

Politics, Tea-Party style in 21st century America!

 

Why it's not a good idea to believe anything Allen West or The Dumbest Man on the Internet, Jim Hoft, report

Right wing blogs were in an apoplectic rage over a report by Allen West (known  
idiot) regarding the killing of marines and a sailor at the Chattanooga recruitment center.  West reported that the Navy was going to bring charges against Lt. Commander Timothy White for having had a weapon in a gun free zone at the time of the attack at the center.

Here's West:

I never like to be reactionary and follow anything that may just be hyperbole or conspiracy theory. That’s why I held off on addressing this issue until I got confirmation — which came Friday afternoon via text message.

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"What kind of freaking idiots are in charge of our Armed Forces — pardon me, our “unArmed Forces”? What would they prefer that Abdulazeez had been able to kill all the Marines and Sailors at the Naval Support Reserve Center? Let me draw an interesting contrast: Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is more concerned about lifting the ban on transgendered Sailors. Mabus has a problem in that for the first time since 2007 the US Navy will not have a Carrier Battle Group operating in the Persian Gulf. But this knucklehead has no problem with the Navy seeking to destroy the career of a Sailor, a commander of an installation, returning fire against an Islamic jihadist attack. I do not care if it was his personal weapon, he deserves a medal for facing the enemy. 

 Folks, this has become the Obama military that will not implement policies for our men and women in uniform to be protected — but will punish them if they do protect themselves."





And here's the latest report on that rumor the disgraced idiot West spread on the internet where the easily duped and hopelessly gullible Obama hate-bots were happy to pass along to their audiences, who are always eager to believe any sensational story without checking its veracity.




From TheChattanoogan.com:

Navy Denies Any Charges, Sunday, August 2, 2015 - by Roy Exum



UPDATE: A spokesman for the U.S. Navy on Sunday denied reports that disciplinary charges will be filed against Lt. Cmdr. Timothy White for discharging an unauthorized weapon on federal property.



Several news outlets, including this one, jumped on a report by national columnist Allen West on Saturday that stated he was enraged after he had confirmed that LTC White, who drew his personal sidearm in the July 16 terrorist attack on a Navy Reserve Center in Chattanooga, would face a reprimand and could possibly be court marshaled.


The reaction by the public was immediate after the columnist West urged readers: to “Flood the phones of SecNav Ray Mabus and SecDef Ash Carter and ask them whose side they’re on. Demand the charges being brought against Lt.Cmdr White be immediately dropped. If those charges are not dropped, (Allen West) will personally lead the charge to have Carter and Mabus removed from their positions.

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Mark Caldwell, whose highly acclaimed “Patriot Post” is known for its keen insight on political and military issues, was leery after reading West’s column and posted this on his website Saturday: “In our PatriotPost.US commentary on the Islamist assault in Chattanooga on 16 July, we noted that sources advised there were at least two personal weapons belonging to military personnel, which were recovered at the Reserve Center. We also noted the unfortunate restrictions against such weapons, and that if there were personal weapons in the possession of some military personnel on the scene, that would be a UCMJ violation. BY LAW, Navy JAG will be obligated to review the case. Navy JAG can't pick and choose which felony violations they will review and which they won't, nor should they be condemned for being obligated to review this case. 

 “Indeed, Lt. Cmdr. Tim White has now indicated that he was in possession of a personal weapon and did return fire, either suppression cover fire to allow his personnel to take cover, or perhaps he fired directly at the assailant. Again, by law, this would be subject to review -- and that has been understood from the moment personal weapons were recovered,” The Patriot Post. “I would hope that White would not be subject to any punishment under the circumstances, but my friend Allen West has trumpeted what WE ALL ALREADY KNEW -- there is a constitutional obligation to review this case. West knows this and frankly, the email in question, however well intended, looks a lot like a publicity stunt.”


And what about the dumbest man on the internet, Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit? He dutifully published a post on West's publicity stunt as well.

Allen West or Jim Hoft, they're interchangeable dumbasses who spread rumors first and backtrack later, after they've made fools of themselves, and their fans are none the wiser, flocking to their sites to read any b.s. that incites their rage and anger.


Donald Trump is leading in all the Gooper polls as the candidate for president they love the most.  

Why is that surprising coming from some of the people who can be fooled all of the time?

GOP: " Lost at sea with terrible morale."

Take a walk on the angry side -- the right wing news sites and blogsphere (you'll have to find them yourselves, since I won't link to them here) -- and witness the roiling rage consuming their posts and comments.  Witness their willingness to ride the Trump Clown Jalopy into the ditch of fatuity and despair, their willingness to believe that Trump is the real deal because he has ideas and "tells it like it is."  

When asked in an interview what he would replace Obamacare with should he become president, Trump, like some oracle dispensing authoritative pronouncements and revelations, answered, "Something terrific," and his 24 percenters swooned:  "Now that there's an awesomely specific idea!  SOMETHING TERRIFIC!"

Seriously, that's just one sad example of how earnestly blind to Trump's chicanery his 24 percenters are and of how they ignore his feckless boast to take jobs back from Mexico and China, (countries where he has outsourced the manufacture of his clothing line), and of how he promises to put Americans back to work, while Trump himself has imported thousands of foreign workers who take jobs away from Americans.  

While trying to figure out why Trump holds the 24 percenters in thrall by saying nothing of substance and offering no ideas on foreign or domestic policies, I found this explanation at Booman Tribune: 




"...the right has been enduring a string of brutal defeats which have only been mitigated somewhat by their successes in the last two midterm elections. The Supreme Court just legalized gay marriage in all 50 states, which wasn’t what the right had in mind when they went to polls in droves in 2004 to pass anti-gay marriage initiatives and referendums. 

We just normalized relations with Cuba and are talking about making an historic agreement with Iran. The Confederate Flag just lost its last semblance of official respectability. The Affordable Care Act survived its last serious legal challenge and is here to stay. And they’ve been badly discredited, too. Iraq didn’t go as planned. Gitmo didn’t go as planned. Torturing folks didn’t go as planned. Massive tax cuts and deregulation didn’t go as planned. 

So, when you add all of this up, you have a movement that is completely lost at sea with terrible morale. And their prospects are even dimmer as the younger generations do not share their values or mourn the America that we’re leaving behind. 


That's a whole lot of betrayals and disappointments for the Goopers to deal with.

No wonder they're attracted to someone who, instead of finding solutions to problems, entertains them with empty promises and facile sound-bites.  For them, that's a lot easier than having to deal with the reality Booman Tribune so aptly describes.

It is no wonder that their news sites and blogs are awash in cynicism and anger, blaming their disappointments on everyone but themselves.

Sunday Science Blog

Meet the Panda Ant (which isn't actually an ant, but a wingless wasp):

Panda Ant

Cute and cuddly as a panda?  Well, no:


The Panda Ant is a most unusual species of insect. Their name derives from the obvious resemblance to a panda in its markings. This remarkable insect is not even an ant. The Panda Ant is actually a variety of wingless wasp! They were first discovered in 1938. Very little is known of this little seen insect. They are only known to exist in coastal regions of Chile. Their sting is exceptionally powerful for their size. They have been seen to bring down animals as large as cows with only a few dozen stings.



It's a fascinating insect for many reasons not the least of which is its dimorphism:


Panda Ant Physical Characteristics and Behavior The Panda Ant displays extreme sexual dimorphism. The difference in both appearance and behavior is so pronounced, the two sexes are often mistaken for entirely separate species! 

The male is several times larger than the female. He may attain a length of approximately 0.3 in (mm). The males are winged, but the females are wingless. The males are nocturnal. The females are typically active during the day. The Panda Ant feeds primarily upon nectar. After mating, the female seeks the nest of a ground dwelling insect, such as a bee or wasp. There she deposits her eggs. When they hatch, they will feed upon the larva present.




More about mutillidae HERE.


And HERE.

It's that time of year again!

That means my immediate neighborhood in the North End will be filled with hundreds of people celebrating Saint Agrippina di Mineo this weekend, and next weekend it'll be the feast of the Madonna della Cava.

During the month of August more festivals and feasts will be held in other parts of the North End.  Two of the biggest:  The Fishermen's Feast and St. Anthony's Feast, at the end of August.


These commemorations of saints come from southern Italy, mostly Sicily, and have been celebrated here in Boston's "Little Italy" since the early 1900s.


"Summer festivals and feasts abound in the North End. Saint Anthony’s Feast is the most popular, which has filled the streets of the North End with colorful food, costumes, and song every last Sunday of August since 1919. It is the largest Italian Religious Festival in New England and was named the “Feast of all Feasts” by National Geographic Magazine. The cobblestone streets come alive with parades, strolling singers, pushcarts full of authentic Italian foods, live entertainment, and more. The highlight of the feast is the 10-hour procession of the Statue of Saint Anthony through the streets, complete with marching bands and floats."


The celebrations are loud, raucous, and a combination of the sacred and profane: Colorful statues of saints are festooned with hundreds of dollars pinned to ribbons and are paraded through the streets followed by bands playing "Ave Maria" mixed in with the singing of "Viva Saint Agrippina," sung to the tune of "Deep in the Heart of Texas!" Later in the evening live bands fill the streets with hellishly loud heavy metal music.   It's all a jumble of noise, aromas of grilled sausages and peppers, and people yelling for you to feast on their raw oysters and clams, arancini, pasta dishes, and freshly made cannoli!  

Mamma Mia!

What Trump Billionaires Do For "Fun."

Trump defends his big-game hunting sons as they are shamed on Twitter for posing with their trophy kills - including a leopard and an elephant 

"Donald Trump today leapt to the defense of his sons for hunting endangered wildlife in Africa. The Republican frontrunner was questioned about his sons Eric and Donald Jr after Mia Farrow tweeted a picture of them The property magnate made his remarks while giving a press conference at his Trump Turnberry golf resort in Ayrshire, Scotland, during the Women's British Open.

Trump spoke for a full 30 minutes, giving an insight into his future diplomacy skills. But when questioned about photographs of his sons with a dead leopard in relation to the killing of Cecil the lion, Trump simply said his 'sons love to hunt'.

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[Trump] said: 'My sons love to hunt. They are members of the NRA, very proudly. I am a big believer in the Second Amendment. 'But my sons are hunters, Eric is a hunter and I would say he puts it on a par with golf, if not ahead of golf. 'My other son, Don, is a hunter. They're great marksman, great shots, they love it. 'I em, like golf. I don't do that.' But he could not be drawn into comment on the specific issue of shooting endangered animals. 

The pictures of his sons surfaced three years ago and showed them taking part in a hunting trip to Zimbwawe - the same type of trip which resulted in the death this month of Cecil the lion."







They hunt for food, say the Trump brothers in the article.  I wonder how they cooked that beautiful leopard,  the waterbuck they paid $2,000 to kill, or the tail they sliced off the elephant they slaughtered.  

Creep runs deep in the Trump family.




IN OTHER NEWS:


"MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" says Trump, by importing thousands of foreign workers to take away jobs from Americans!


Donald Trump Empire Sought Visas For At Least 1,100 Foreign WorkersWhile touting his hardline on immigration on the campaign trail for the GOP presidential nomination, Trump's companies have been recruiting foreign workers.



 "The analysis of Trump's history of actively importing foreign workers comes as he has emerged as an early front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination in the November 2016 presidential election. Trump has positioned himself as a champion of American workers whose livelihoods are threatened by illegal foreign laborers and the offshoring of U.S. jobs. “I will be the greatest jobs president that God every created," he said in announcing his candidacy on June 16. 


TRUMP:

"I will bring back our jobs from China, Mexico and other places. I will bring back jobs and our money."



Says the Trumpster whose clothing lines are outsourced and manufactured in China and Mexico.

No Olympics 2024, and Bostonians Celebrate!

I live in one of the most historic parts of the city of Boston and know first-hand how congested and overrun with millions of tourists this small section, The North End, can be during all seasons of the year, yes, even in the winter. That's why my neighbors and I let out a collective sigh of relief when we heard there would be no Boston 2024 Olympics. 

Boston's Mayor Walsh is overwhelmingly supported by the people who would have been affected the most by the influx of millions of visitors to our city for the Olympics and by the taxes that would be levied on us by the inevitable cost overruns. Boston's not the only city to say no to what historically turns out to be financial obligations and logistical nightmares to cities that host these games. Denver, Colorado, Oslo, Norway, and Munich, Germany, to name a few, have, in the recent past, said no -- an intelligent decision to what has become a financial burden to the cities that say yes. 

Since colonial times, Boston has had the reputation of being a city where education is highly valued. This decision reflects the will of a majority of citizens and businesses -- an intelligent decision.

Boston Strong!




From the Boston Globe: 

After months of working as unpaid volunteers, they were celebrating their victory over Boston Olympic bid organizers Boston 2024 with a room full of about 30 colleagues, supporters, and friends. Earlier that day, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and bidding group Boston 2024 made the mutual decision to pull the plug on the city’s bid, following a growing lack of public support and the loss of Mayor Marty Walsh’s full backing. 

The bar event, attended by venture capitalists, state senators, and environmental activists, was as much a celebration as a moment to exhale. “It’s just a big sense of relief,” Michael Femia, who works at Wentworth Institute of Technology and lives in Somerville, said. “We’re here because a lot of people fought really hard. It’s nice that this isn’t going to be hanging over our heads for the next nine years.” Femia echoed the complaints of many Boston-area residents, or at least of those ten people on Twitter who have opposed the city’s bid. 

Many feared the burden Olympic games would place on taxpayers, the MBTA, and the environment. “I was against it from the getgo,” Charles Lax, a venture capitalist of Wellesley said. He came out to celebrate No Boston Olympics’ efforts on Monday night after donating money to the cause, thinking that writing a check now would be proactive, saving him from shelling out extra taxes in the coming years to cover the games’ costs. 

 “David kicked Goliath’s butt to wake up extremely intelligent Boston to the fact that these games are a disaster,” he said.

What are cuckservatives? The National Review explains:

While reading Infidel753's excellent analysis of the Donald Trump phenomenon in the GOP, I found a link to an article in the New Republic  by one of Infidel753's commenters.

I'd not heard of the term "cuckservatives," nor did I know that the Trumpistas use the term to define the non-Trumpistas and any GOOPer whom they think is not a true believer or whom they think is a RINO.

The article in TNR explains the term:


"The neologism cuckservative isn’t quite onomatopoeic, but it is a fine example of how the sound of a word can reinforce its meaning: abrasive on the ears, cuckservative appropriately enough has an ugly origin and meaning. The term has emerged out of the white supremacist movement as a term of abuse for white conservatives deemed race traitors unwilling to forthrightly defend the interests of white America. Borrowing shadings from porn (“cuck” is a genre where husbands, often white, watch their wives have sex with other men, often African-Americans) and geek culture (“cuck” is a much-deployed sneer..., cuckservative used to be a fringe bit of jargon but is,... on conservative blogs and Twitter, having its moment."


That's not surprising, since their rage and their expressed feelings of impotence after the 2014 elections have been all over Tea Party blogs and chat boards, where they laughably insist President Obama is destroying America, and where one can read their predictions of the imminent collapse of American society and all that the TPers believe is their birthright:  Imposing their particular brand of Christianity, their anti-gay, anti-women, anti-Muslim, and anti-science biases on all Americans.  

The term "cuckservative" and TNR's analysis explains why someone as politically and personally repulsive as Donald Trump has so many Tea Party followers cheering him on, believing he will lead them out of their self-inflicted misery and onto electoral victory in 2016. 




TNR:


"The far rightists who find it natural to throw around the term cuckservative feels[sic] that the mainstream GOP has betrayed them, so it’s not surprising that they see Donald Trump, who is willing to hurl manly insults at his rivals as well as denigrate undocumented Mexican immigrants, as a savior."

The Reactionary Tree‏@ReactionaryTree

Donald Trump Is Appealing to "Racist" Voters, Says Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson http://on.reason.com/l/4kBQ  cuckservative to the rescue!

TNR:

"The anti-cuckservative movement and Trumpism both grow out of the same fracturing of the Republican Party: Going back to the Southern Strategy of the early 1960s, the party has used racial dog whistles to appeal to bigoted voters. But after losing two elections in a row to a black president, one who is increasingly shaping up to be a transformative figure, those voters are no longer content with dog whistles. They feel that the party they support hasn’t been vocal enough in advocating for the interests of white Americans, so they are searching for a champion. So far, Donald Trump looks to be the hero white nationalists have been waiting for. Cuckservative might be a niche term, but the attitudes it represents are all too common."

The anti-cuckservative hero:

Found via Infidel753

Found via Infidel753

OT: More multiple personalities. Link to "Beverly Hightower's" name:

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   Beverly HightowerSeptember 30, 2014 at 4:17 AM

   Lisa, your blog is spot on. It is good to see someone who sees them for what they really are. These people have taken the American people on a ride with the BS they constantly spit out. It is too bad the public bought into all the Obama-ism’s ( they are called lies people). The damage of the 2 terms served by the presidents careless, selfish, and reckless policies will be felt for decades. He may go down in history as the president that destroyed A

Honoring Muslims and Ramadam -- a Tradition Started by a Conservative, Born-Again Christian President

Written by a TeaBagger about Muslims and Islam:



"SORRY! Doesn't BEGIN to go far enough. We MUST outlaw ISLAM in ALL its forms, an[sic] DEPORT all Muslims, and those who SPPORT[sic] and DEFEND them. PERIOD!"



Thanks to a commenter here at P.E., I thought it would be instructive for people to watch this video:










The rabid Tea Party folks, like the one quoted above in bold, went berserk when President Obama recently wished Muslims well after Ramadam. They apparently are ignorant of the fact that one of their own, Conservate/Republican President George W. Bush, started the tradition of wishing Muslims "a blessed Ramadam" during his administration. 

In the video, President Bush praises and honors Islam, calling it "a noble faith." But the TPers' limited knowledge allows them to ridicule only President Obama when the fact is a leader of the GOP and a Born-Again Christian supported and honored Muslims during the end of Ramadam. 

I wonder where the rabid Republican who wrote the bolded rant thinks George W. Bush should live when he's deported?

More Sybil-like multiple personality IDs on that blog...