Showing posts with label positives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label positives. Show all posts

Friday, October 9, 2026

DUM(B)

A lot of people don't know there is a B in dumb, but I'm here to tell you there is.

Folks, I've been gone a long time again! It was a summer of travel and other Important Life Things that kept me away. Once again, there is no way to catch up on all of the poop pellets that have rained down on us in the last several weeks, but I'll hit a few tidbits in our DUMB situation.

D is for Dementia
It is progressing. There are so many signs of serious health issues. It's no wonder. When you have an anus for a mouth there have got to be problems!

Cognitive, speech and language, and physical symptoms abound. Let's take a look.


The Gait Problems: Disordered Standing, Walking, Evidence of Leg Braces
He has shown weird bumps and bulges under his clothes indicating that he is wearing possibly AFOs on his lower legs or a full medical exoskeleton to help him balance and walk. Just look at this caboose!

Hmmm.....




And look at his wonky legs as he is standing here:

Article here

And definitely some sort of leg brace under his pants:


Look at this walking pattern. This is typical of stroke patients or other folks with upper motor neuron disorders. It's called a scissor gait. 
The Incontinence
Rumors abound about his #1 and #2 incontinence. He farts in public – a lot – and there is speculation that many of those are sharts or full-on poopy pants. Only Natalie knows for sure.

The Diaper Bag
Natalie Harp, Secretary of Diaper Bag, has been following him around everywhere he goes. She must have an impaired olfactory lobe! 

Here is a picture which shows that inside is like a "chux," a paper-and-plastic pad that protects surfaces in the event of incontinence. If you've ever been through a hospital or nursing home, you know these things. You may use them as puppy pads or to line your bird cage.

Catch a glimpse of them here, trying to escape their fate: 

The Speech and Language 
I'm a Speech-Language Pathologist and I've been writing about his disordered speech, language, and cognition since 2017. Lately, a few others in the short-form video world have also started to weigh in, and I'm grateful to this creator who keeps the analysis going on a daily basis. Because I'm short on time and patience today, I'm going to let this Instagrammer show you some very alarming signs and symptoms of Dear Leader's rapid decline. Here she is showing clips of this week's rally in Alabama. For the full rally, if you can stomach it, watch here. 

He's got some serious neurological issues. It's gone beyond typical dementia and stroke. Now he is showing signs of seizure activity.

She doesn't note his right-sided facial weakness, but it is obvious to me. Watch for his lips drooping on the right. 


"We're repressive also." 
Trumplethinskin had initiated a media ban in the Whitewash House, banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. Later that day, he was asked this question by a reporter. 

Does he not know what repressive means? Does he think it's a positive? Is he finally saying the truth out loud? Or does he simply have some language difficulties due to dementia and/or stroke? What is going on?


"I can go ramp. I can go stair."
What a flex!

We've never had a president in the history of the world that can go ramp and can go stair!

And note the speech error: "When Biden left the stage he spake– spoke...."


The Memory 
What happened on January 6? What are you talking about? Rioters? Huh??


The Sleeping

He continually falls asleep in public. Cabinet meetings, meetings with foreign leaders, funerals, you name it. He sleeps sitting down, he sleeps standing up. He cannot stay awake. Indy100 has complied a list of 29 times he has fallen asleep in front of cameras. 

He is not fit to be president! 

The Angry Outbursts 
If you have a loved one with dementia, you know that sometimes their personality changes – or enhances – as the disease progresses. It's not a given, but a nice person can get mean; a "mean" person can get meaner. 

This mean person is getting really mean. Here are a couple angry outbursts caught recently.

Leaving Marine One a couple weeks ago


Video of that encounter: 
(side note: notice how he has to catch himself a bit when his balance goes off as he steps toward and away from her)

You remember this one from a few months ago:

And of course:

Relatedly, he has always had a foul mouth, but he has started swearing a lot more and a lot more harshly. Recent quotes:

In a speech during an Ohio rally, he said, "Just get out and vote. If you do that, we're going to win, and we're going to win big! And we're going to shove it up their ass, ok?"

In the recent Time interview (below), he said, "You haven’t asked me one fucking positive question.”

The Time Magazine Transcript
Oh my lordt. His stark raving senility is on display in black and white. Time magazine did an interview, and to their credit, instead of writing an article to try to make sense of his bizarre ramblings, they published the transcript verbatim. 

It's disturbing. I've had similar conversations in the memory care unit.

You should read it. Find it here. And Time's fact check here, as if anyone who has been paying half a neuron's worth of attention needs it. 

Gotta love the photo that accompanied the transcript:
Grandpa Shartsinpants flummoxed once again

The Experimental Drug
According to records, there is one person in the world who has been approved to receive an experimental weight-loss medication on a "compassionate use" basis. The person is male, 79 years old (at the time of the request for the drug), and weighed 238 at a May physical, up 14 pounds from the previous check-in. All of that aligns with published reports about one diaper-clad clown currently stinking up 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 

The Whitesupremacy House is not giving answers to questions, so one can take the circumstantial evidence and make one's own conclusions. Here is a breakdown of the matter from FackCheck.org.


U is for Unhinged
Also for the Umbrage we feel!

WTF? Inviting Iran to destroy Los Angeles and San Diego?
This crap has got to end.

During a rally in Nebraska, in talking about Iran's nuclear capabilities, Confusedcious said, "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego."

What the actual fuck?

What. The. Actual. Fuck.

This Bullshit Bribe: $5000 checks 
So he says he is going to send out $5000 checks to all voters if the Republicans hold on to the House and the Senate in next month's midterm elections. 

First of all, it's illegal. Secondly, he's panicked. Thirdly, we're still waiting for other promised payouts. What about the tariff refund checks? The DOGE dividend checks? The direct payments for healthcare? 

This Unhinged Shit.
Betraying an ally. That tracks.


He "feels badly" for the Cornell 7
Betraying women. That double tracks.


It's been difficult reading about the rape case at Cornell University, where seven men gang-raped a woman after giving her drugs. The Rapist-in-Chief says he "feels badly" for the men after their case was turned over to New York Attorney General Letitia James, the woman who successfully prosecuted him for 34 felonies.

Deranged. Unhinged. Insane.

Ads paid for by taxpayers on official websites. 
What the fresh recycled propaganda is this?

On the public airwaves we can find three ads, including a reused campaign ad from his 2024 campaign.

They claim they are public service announcements. Hogwash. It's plain propaganda. It features a disclaimer that reads, "Paid for by the U.S. government." Understand this: more than $1.5 million of your tax dollars were wasted on this propaganda.

Here's one of them. It's just weird. Repeated "love me" (ewwwww) lyrics underlie the nauseatingly quick edits. 

Illegal. Unhinged. 

Find another one here if you care.

Side note: MAGA harps and harps on the Socialists that will destroy our country, yet they do not know what Socialism means.

The people on the street do not know.

The Vice President of the United States does not know (hint: Socialism is not boys playing in girls' sports).

"Small Potatoes" War: $37 billion, six months, and 18 deaths in Iran war
Oh, what's a few soldier deaths in the ill-gotten war? 

We are now six months into this failure. When confronted on the the fact that he claimed at the start that the war would last just a couple weeks, and that he has said multiple times that the war was "over" and Iran's military capabilities were "destroyed," he flies a false flag by comparing this war to other wars, such as Vietnam, that lasted much longer and had many more deaths and casualties.

To whit: the 18 deaths that United States families have suffered are "small potatoes."

Tell that to their mothers, you evil, unhinged scum. 


M is for Malice
Malice continues toward women, people of color, LGBTQ people, immigrants. 

There is widespread malice throughout the regime, but today I focus on the malice coming from the Secretary of Defense Whiskey Pete Kegsbreath.



The Malice of Hate
Pete dwells on an image of the All-American, white, studly, testosteroney, smooth shaven (everywhere?) G.I. Joe. He has proclaimed:
"We are no longer the “woke department” or the “weak department.” Simple translation of that — no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors. Just tough, ready, committed troops. The War Department, as you know, is color-blind, gender-neutral, and merit-based.

Or, as the president says to me, 'Pete, central casting. I want central casting.' The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."
So much disgusting shit in just 74 words out of that smarmy pale-souled jerk. 

The regime is so anti-trans, yet Kegsbreth has ordered gender-affirming care for the troops in the form of forced testosterone testing and treatment. What the hell place are we living in?

And how many times must we ask that question?

And the irony. Oh, the delicious irony. Pete lusts for the most perfect physical specimen of manly man, yet we get videos like these.

Poor form, pooping out, and the grapevine!! OMG. Can you say Low T?

Laugh at will.









The Malice of Racism and Misogyny
Petey has fired the military's best and brightest simply because they are the wrong gender or color, or have a little more body fat than others. He has culled the ranks of generals and admirals by about 20%. Keep in mind that the number of generals was down 30% already from the 1960s. 

The Malice of Indifference
The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln just returned to port in San Diego yesterday after 321 days – almost 11 months! – including a record consecutive 286 days at sea. 

Over the last months, there were reports of inadequate food rations, inadequate water and water contamination, few hygiene supplies, delayed or absent communications from family, and many sailors suffering mental health crises, several of whom attempted suicide. 

The Defense Secretary's response? Indifference. 

In April, when reports of food shortages started appearing, it called it "fake news from the Pharisee press."

On August 13, he said that the conditions were "completely misrepresented" and that "we make sure that every ship, every crew, every captain has everything we can provide them at every single moment...."

At that point, Diaper Don was asked whether he thought the Lincoln had been deployed too long. He replied, "No, no, no. Not nearly long enough."

And now, October, after the Navy had acknowledged tough conditions and eight suicide attempts, Petey had softened a bit but still did not take responsibility, saying, "Yes, it’s hard. That’s why you’re here. You do difficult and hard things" and "there wasn't an easy resupply."


The Malice of Murder
This just in: Pete has announced that the firing squad execution of Ft. Hood shooter Nidel Malik Hasan will be live-streamed for the public to watch. 

What kind of sicko is he? This is positively sociopathic. Seriously. Full stop. 



B is for Bright Spots
Jack Smith appeared before Congress to explain his actions. He was intelligent, measured, reasoned, and calm. 

He calmly, forcefully, and resolutely defended his safeguard of the Rule of Law and his pursuit of criminal investigation of the Orange Menace.

Here is his opening statement. He is a goddamned American hero.


And in that hearing, another bright spot: Seeing Sen. Eric Schmitt (R - Mo.) get shredded over his misguided questioning of Smith's whereabouts on February 3, 2024.


47's Approval Ratings are in the Tank 
They've reached new lows, historic lows.

The latest polls are showing him with about 30% approval and 68% disapproval, which puts him 38% underwater. 

He has the lowest average approval rating of any president since 1945.

This is bad news for the overall MAGA movement. So many candidates in next month's election are scooting away, removing him from their websites and declining offers for him to campaign for them.


The midterms are in 24 days! 
All indications are that there is a blue wave coming, despite all the efforts by H.R. PuffingStuff to disenfranchise voters and sow distrust in the system. By my estimation, though he has tried a lot of nefarious tactics, very little of it has worked. The courts are holding, secretaries of state are holding, the voters are ready.

Many Dems are in competitive races or pulling ahead handily. 

Let's look at some exciting races.

Polling going the right way. 
Here in California, Xavier Becerra holds a handy 10-point lead over former FAUX News talking head Steve Hilton.
Michigan: Abdul Al-Sayed is 4-5 points ahead in his Senate bid.
Alaska: Mary Peltola is holding her own against her Repug opponent in the race for Alaska Governor. 
Texas: James Talarico has been +6% in his Senate race over Korruption King Ken, while Gina Hinojosa for Texas governor is ekeing out a lead in some polls against the icky Greg Abbott (who, by the way, is simply too darn busy with other events to attend his Tangerine buddy's Texas campaign stop). 

Wouldn't it be amazing if Texas could flip? 


Many other races are competitive. It won't be an easy task for the House to flip to Dem control, but it's possible. Voters are fed up.

There are many seats deemed tossups, but slowly and surely they are inching toward blue. Cook Political Report is moving races from "red" into "tossup" and then even into the blue columns. It's possible we will be living in a whole new world soon. See the New York Times's analysis of latest polls here. 

We have three weeks to move the needle. Contribute money, time, or energy to your favorite candidates! My favorite contribution: postcard campaigns. They are still chugging along. Check in with Postcards to Voters and help out! 

Just a Few Memes n Toons



Don't threaten us with a good time, Larry

You too, Stepheratu!













Hope in Memes
Just a funny


We've been there before, we can get there again.


Elle is one of my favorite creators out there. She is creative, funny, and super smart. Here she is, giving us hope.





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Sunday, April 12, 2026

So much winning.


Last time we met, we had just had a TACO Tuesday. The following day was Woo-hooo Wednesday. The announcement of the cease fire prompted the stock market to climb, oil prices to fall, and there was a palpable relief in the air. 

It was short-lived, as Israel kept up its attacks on Lebanon, which they say were not part of the cease fire. 

The terms of the cease-fire were released, and they were great! 

For Iran.

The whole war debacle is infuriating. The "deal" that was supposedly made was that the U.S. stop attacking, and Iran gets all of its demands, including control of the Strait of Hormuz, with new two-million-dollar-per-ship fees. They get to keep their enriched uranium and get to continue enriching uranium, and they get their sanctions lifted. 

In other words, Iran: 1; U.S: 0

Headline: The New Republic Trump’s Staggering Humiliation in Iran

CNN and The New York Times published material about the "10-point Plan," which clearly favors Iran.

SCROTUS, of course was clueless. 

The Ignoramus-in-Chief blustered that he would sue for "Fake News!" (who else is terribly weary about that line?), but da facts is da facts.

His knowledge about the life outside his ketchup-stained walls is a narrow, carefully curated video montage of what he wants to hear. 

When anything enters the picture that is factual but does not fit his imagined world view, one, he cannot hide his ignorance, and two, he gets angry that anything is messing with his nirvana. 

Take this:
Reporter: "Iran is not listening to your threats about opening the Strait of Hormuz." 
T****: "How do you know that? Why do you say that?" 
Reporter: "Because it's still blocked. Are they reopening it?"

T****: "Why do you know that?" 

Then he insulted her with "You don't know anything," dismissing her as "Fake News" and went into a bevy of lies that only he believes. 

Watch: 



He won't stop his childish posturing.


It's the art of the deal. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 



The fact is, he got duped by Israel to start this war, and now the U.S. is in a quagmire with no easy end in sight. 





The latest at press time (Sunday night) is that he decided to blockade the Strait. Stock market futures tanked. 


Iran continues to mock him.


He's Becoming Increasingly Unhinged

Mass Pardons Promised
He has promised his top aides pardons before he leaves office. 
Go ahead, do crimes! 

I would rather that the officials uphold their sworn promise to support and defend the U.S. Constitution. Yanno, don't do crimes. 


So much weirdness at the Easter Egg Hunt
Droning about the war, the price of eggs, and forgetting that his wife is standing right next to him. 

Ahhh, the Miracle of Easter. Praise be to Allah!


I bet the little children loved the shade thrown at President Biden on Easter morning!


He got mega mad at MAGA minions
Many MAGA have spoken out about his unhinged threats against Iran.

He wrote this novella last week, replete with his greatest hits.



He posted a video of an actual brutal murder on his social media. 
It was an attempt to show bad criminal immigrants. It just showed his sick amoral putridity.

Attacking the Pope?
One more for the WTAF files.
 
Firstly, Sir, you are unhinged.

Secondly, no one asked you.

And here's a secret, you moron. The Catholic Church is more powerful than you can ever dream of. It's been moving its chess pieces since thousands of years before you could hold a bottle, and it'll be around long after your last diaper is removed. 

Shut. The. Eff. Up.


He nearly simultaneously posted this:
Wait... is that J.E?!

Apparently this is the one that is making MAGAts lose their shit. Buzzfeed has a compilation of their comments. Their weird fakey Christianity is finally kicking over to "normal."

Jamie Raskin Asked for the Dolt to Have a Cognitive Evaluation
More and more people are talking about his disturbing decline. Rep. Raskin (D-Md.) finally made a formal request that the Whitesupremacy House physician complete a "comprehensive cognitive assessment" and make the results public.

Note, a comprehensive cognitive assessment is not the 10-minute screening tool that has been used multiple times before. A proper evaluation would involve several lengthy standardized exams administered and interpreted by a neutral neuropsychologist. 

That'll be the day.


The Rest of the Crew
The Mysterious Melanie
Melania did a good job bringing focus back onto the Epstein matter after it had faded a bit with the war.

She made an out-of-the-blue announcement to please please stop linking her and Jeffrey Epstein. Eeets ahl liez.

She implored us, Just stop talking about it!
So, we started talking about it.


Questions abound.
  • Why bring it up?
  • Why now?
  • Why mischaracterize your relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell and J.E., despite there being proof in black and white about your friendship?
  • Is bringing up Epstein to distract from the war which was a distraction from Epstein?
  • Is some big bombshell about to be revealed?

Some speculate that Meli really cares about the survivors and is distancing herself from the mess.

Many survivors don't believe this. And they really shouldn't have the burden.



There is some speculation that Amanda Ungaro, a recently deported Brazilian model and former friend of the fraud lady has is about to spill some steamin' T.



Stayed tuned.


Pam Bondi thinks she can get out of testifying to Congress
No, ma'am. Just because you are no longer A.G. does not mean that private citizen Barbie does not have to testify. 


She is supposed to appear on Tuesday, April 14. Let's see what happens.


The Poison JD Vance Helped Orbán get Defeated
It was really a disgusting sight for a vice president of the United States of American campaign for an evil dictator abroad. 


He has that poison touch, though, so it worked out. Today, Hungary voted Viktor Orbán out of the authoritarian power he has held for 16 years. Let Hungary and the world rejoice!

(Old news but did you see this classic JD moment while on the campaign trail for Orbán?)


JD also applied his poison touch to negotiations with Iran. They have gone nowhere. Well, that's not true. They have very much gone Iran's way.

Please don't let JD near Pope Leo! 

Jared: Master at Self-Enrichment

More Cronie Enrichment


ICEtrocities 
An 18-year-old taking pictures at LA's No Kings rally lost an eye.

USC student Tucker Collins was holding a camera above his head with both hands when he was struck dead in the eye with a "less lethal" round from an ICE weapon. 

There's video of him being shot. It's awful. 

Good Samaritans helped him at the scene and an off duty nurse drove him to the hospital. 

Collins is struggling to stay current with his studies in aeronautical engineering and cinematic arts. 

He plans to sue, and I hope he wins a lot of money.


These guys are trigger happy. ICE officers in Patterson, California shot at a car and waved their weapons around at other vehicles. Eyewitness and dash-cam videos indicate that the gestapo shot first, before the driver of the car backed up and tried to get away, with more shots being fired after a long pause.


New video refutes ICE's account of a shooting that happened in Minneapolis. ICE had stated that their shooting was justified after a person had supposedly attacked them with a shovel. 

The shovel attack never happened. Video evidence proves them wrong.


Brian Morales, a U.S. citizen born in Colorado, was deported to Mexico after a traffic stop in Texas. He told the officers that he had his birth certificate and other ID at home, but he was detained instead and sent to Mexico. 


Kilmar Abrego Garcia's saga is not over. Now they want to deport him to Liberia. This was after they announced an agreement with Costa Rica to take in deportees who cannot return to their home countries. Keep in mind, Abrego Garcia should not be deported anywhere. 

As The Guardian reminds us, "US district judge Paula Xinis, of Maryland, previously barred ICE from deporting him or detaining him. She has written that the agency has no viable plan to actually deport Ábrego García, referring in February to 'one empty threat after another to remove him to countries in Africa with no real chance of success'."


This one has been hard for me to write about it. You may remember Nurul Amin Shah Alam, an elderly, blind, unhoused asylum seeker from Myanmar. 

ICE had grabbed him. Shah Alam's family did not know where he was and his lawyers had declared him missing. More than two weeks after they had kidnapped him, and just a couple days after being declared missing, ICE dropped off on the cold streets of Buffalo, NY in the middle of the night in freezing February. They did not tell his family or attorney where they left him. Mr. Shah Alam did not speak English.

You can guess what happened next. Mr. Shah Alam was found dead of hypothermia. 

His death has been ruled a homicide. 


When is this shit going to stop?


Other Stuff

The Arc de T'Romphe 
Look at this monstrosity that he wants to construct for his lasting presence in our capital city. 

Disgusting.



Eric Swalwell: Go away
Rep. Eric Swallwell (D - Calif.), who was in the running for California governor, has been accused by five women of a bunch of sexual misconduct, including sexual assault, sending unsolicited dick pics, and a host of other awful stuff. 

The Manhattan district attorney has opened a case.

Believe the women. Suspend your campaign. Resign from Congress. Let the courts sort it out. 

Next. 

(This is the difference between the Left and the Right. We insist on consequences for our bad actors and will never stop advocating for the affected.)


Sheriff Chad Bianco: MAGA, MAGA, go away!
This joker, sheriff of Riverside County, California is also running for governor and has been up to MAGA shenanigans. 

In cahoots with the right-wing Riverside County Election Integrity Team, Bianco tried to seize 650,000 ballots in order to "investigate" the 2025 special election.


Californians, we've got to stop this man from advancing to the 2026 ballot for governor. Vote blue on June 2!


Positives
The Artemis II Mission to the Moon!
What a triumph!

A diverse crew piloted a rocket around the dark side of the moon and back, traveling further than any human has traveled. 

It was inspiring! What a wonderful set of emotions bound us together as we watched the mission over 10 days. The mission signified unity, diversity, ingenuity, science, bravery, and spirit. 

It was the best of America. And Canada!

The photos! My god.










I love these of the team on the ground:

Congratulations to Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.


The crew had a moment of resistance when they had a comm from SCROTUS (click on the link in the box to watch on YouTube):


Here is Mission Specialist Christina Koch offering some moving thoughts after their return.


Bruce's recent concert opening in Minneapolis


Pete Buttigieg was on fire on CNBC
Watch him obliterate the MAGA guy, who was on the verge of having a brain vessel burst. I love Pete. We could use him in the White House. 


Aaron Rupar 
I post clips from Aaron here regularly. He tirelessly follows every move the orange menace makes, and then some. He watches the shit show so we don't have to. 

Here is a nice write-up from UK's The Times. Thank you, Mr. Rupar. We are indebted to you!


Mamdani walking to Gracie Mansion
A man of the people!

Mamdani has done great things in his first hundred days. From the New York Times:
"Three months into his tenure, Mr. Mamdani has wrested $1.2 billion in state assistance to further expand free preschool in New York City. ... He has restarted stalled bus-lane projects, filled potholes, targeted bad landlords and bad employers, and built a rest stop for delivery workers by City Hall."

Cal State Channel Islands professor acquitted
A jury quickly acquitted protestor Jonathan Caravello on charges that he assaulted federal officers when he threw a wayward tear gas canister over their heads. No one was hit or injured.

Caravello and hundreds of others were protesting the ICE raid at a cannabis farm down the road in Camarillo. You may remember this incident; a man died at the scene when he fell off a roof.

The jury found that Caravello threw the canister to protect himself and his fellow protestors.

Score one for the resistance!


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