Archive of entries posted on 29th March 2017

Step One: Admit You Have a Problem – Step Two: Kill It With Fire

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Would somebody PLEASE call Paul Ryan about this before it dies in committee?:

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, introduced the bill Friday.

“This Act may be cited as the ‘Obamacare Repeal Act,'” the bill states.

And the bill uses just one sentence to do it.

“Effective as of Dec. 31, 2017, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted,” the bill states.

And that’s it – one sentence.

Adds Anonymiss: “Go Mo! Kill Julia!”

Trump Declared Worst Hitler Ever

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Whoa, Donald! Do you even know what the thumbs up gesture means in German? You stink at being Hitler!

WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) – After the failure of the Republican-controlled Congress to pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, a growing number of news agencies are publicly questioning whether President Trump is too incompetent to be a 21st century version of a 20th century fascist dictator.

CNN’s Michael D’Antonio expressed his dismay at recent developments.

“America has faced a lot of Hitlers – Bush, Reagan, Other Bush, Nixon, that one German guy whose name eludes me at the moment – but none of them has been as grossly incompetent at Hitlering as President Trump.”

The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristoff echoed those sentiments.

“He’s had 10 weeks! Where are the purges? The cattle cars? The Reichstag fires? He hasn’t even grown a mustache yet. What kind of Hitler is he? An incompetent one, that’s what. Hitler? Heck, he’s barely even Mussolini.”

The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank summed up the feelings shared by many on the left.

“It’s been a long 8 years. I mean, who have we had to freak out about? Mitt Romney? He wouldn’t even swear if you dropped a bowling ball on his foot. Worst Hitler Ever. I mean, he was mean to a dog once, but it wasn’t even Jewish. My colleagues and I were thrilled when Trump won. For the first time in 8 years, both SNL skits and the Tonight Show monologues are funny again. Plus we figured we’d get famous protesting outside Trump’s inevitable racist death camps.”

“But Trump’s an even worse Hitler than Romney was,” lamented Milbank. “No brownshirts, no Kristallnacht… ripping on Trump feels almost pointless. Like kicking a puppy for not mastering calculus. Yeah, he’s got a combover like Hitler, but if bad hair were enough, we’d be on Merkel for having LimeCat head. At least Merkel’s German.”

Random Thoughts: Health Insurance and Justice League

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Since the ACA, my health insurance has been much worse and much more expensive. Then again, not hopeful GOP bill will fix that.

Don’t know where left expects to go with Gorsuch stuff. Right have the power and more to lose since they’re replacing Scalia.

A better use of the left’s time would be to get Ruth Bader Ginsburg to stop BASE jumping… at least while Trump is still president

I think a really big wall would make our country much safer. Wait for next State of the Union, then build it around the Capitol.

The sociopaths who won’t spend a moment’s thought on the people the blundering ACA hurt claim to really care about the poor.

If Trump spends his whole term doing nothing but unsuccessfully passing bills, he’ll be the greatest president since Coolidge.

I was once part of a justice league. We only saved the world on weekends because we all had day jobs.
We often fought the local chapter of the Legion of Doom. And we had an annual pancake breakfast fundraiser.
I left when the whole thing got too political. I’m still not sure who Ron Paul is.

From the trailer, the Justice League movie looks as dark and unpleasant as the other DC movies plus some humor.

I’d rather my health care wasn’t dependent on what sociopaths in Washington decide, but most want things to go the other direction.

Everyone wants all the money and power controlled by the worst people in society. That’s called “being concerned about the poor.”

Our system for electing presidents seems to select people who are good at nothing other than being elected president.

Great long piece on Mary Katharine Ham. There’s a lot of gloom in punditry these days, but she’s a real ray of hope.
With Trump, it seems like both sides are doubling down on politics being all LOUD PARTISAN YELLING, but there are better ways.

What I love about the new Nintendo system is I no longer need to stop playing Zelda just because I’m attending my daughter’s soft ball game.

Funny all the focus on religious extremism when the philosophy that murdered the most people in the 20th century was bad economics.

Don’t do another Pirates of the Caribbean movie; do a Secret of Monkey Island movie.

Those Old Navy ads make Amy Schumer look like the most unfunny person on the planet – like she’s a joke writer for Mike Huckabee.

MOVIE PITCH: An internet troll gets access to nuclear weapons. He’s also a real-estate billionaire for some reason.
But we’re going to try to get the audience to root for him by making everyone else in the movie so awful.

A nice feature to add to Google Maps would be making it smart enough to know when to stop giving you directions when taking you home.