A perusal of the news this weekend makes me weep for the nation as we seem to be slipping into the “shithole” category of nations. <\/p>\n
For example, some bureaucrat in Hawaii, flicked the wrong switch triggering a warning to the entire state about incoming nuclear missiles. A person’s who sole responsibility in life is to flick the correct switches at appropriate times, flicked the wrong switch at an inappropriate time. But, not to worry, the State government of Hawaii has apologized which should make those terrorized by the ill-timed warning feel better.<\/p>\n
It’s bad enough that the wrong switch was engaged, it took 38 minutes to rescind the warning. I wonder what conversations were happening at the time that caused the warning to go on for that long. How many bureaucrats went out for coffee and donuts during that time span? That’s some third world bullshit right there. <\/p>\n
In other news, a gender-confused felon who was found guilty of five counts of espionage and then had his 35-years sentence commuted by President Obama on his way out the door, thinks that he can garner enough votes to be a US Senator, you know, as if nothing happened when he released hundreds of thousands of classified documents. Just the fact that he thinks he has a viable candidacy is sad.<\/p>\n
The discussion of immigration has been sidetracked by a conversation the President had in his own office and leaked by two people who weren’t in the room. One Senator tried to tell George Stephanopolis that the phrase the President was reported to have said wasn’t uttered, according to Yahoo<\/a>;<\/p>\n [O]n ABC News\u2019 \u201cThis Week,\u201d [Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga] repeatedly said that the meeting had been grossly and totally misrepresented in the press. The show\u2019s host, George Stephanopoulos, pointed out that Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have told others that the reports were more or less accurate.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m saying that this is a gross misrepresentation. It\u2019s not the first time Sen. Durbin has done it. And it is not productive to solving the problem,\u201d Perdue said.<\/p>\n Stephanopoulos repeatedly tried to have Perdue clarify what he meant and asked point-blank if Trump did not in fact say the crass word during the meeting.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m telling you he did not use that word, George. And I\u2019m telling you it\u2019s a gross misrepresentation. How many times do you want me to say that?\u201d Perdue replied.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Whether the president used the word or not is totally irrelevant to the immigration discussion – are people going to immigrating here because of it? I don’t think so. If you’re relying on Dick Durbin’s recollection of conversations, you’re screwed right there. Politico<\/a> said this about Durbin in 2013;<\/p>\n \u201cIn a \u2018negotiation\u2019 meeting with the president, one GOP House Leader told the president: \u2018I cannot even stand to look at you,\u2019\u201d Durbin wrote in a post on his Facebook page over the weekend… However, both the White House and the House speaker\u2019s office denied Durbin\u2019s account of events.<\/p>\n Asked about the post in the White House daily briefing, press secretary Jay Carney said he checked with a participant of the meeting in question.<\/p>\n \u201cI looked into this and spoke with somebody who was in that meeting and it did not happen,\u201d Carney said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n American teens have to be told<\/a> that they shouldn’t eat “Tide Pods” laundry detergent, because apparently they’re not smart enough to know that.<\/p>\n And, oh, yeah, Tonya Harding was celebrated<\/a> at the Golden Globe awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"