Daily Gnuz

Looks like we had a critterful weekend, welcome to Mundane Monday,
and here’z the Gnuz…

‘The Russians Have Succeeded Beyond Their Wildest Expectations’
H/T Politico
And all the chicken-in-chief can do is try to deflect blame and shame…prezidunce.

And

Paul Manafort indicted: Trump’s former campaign chair facing charges in Mueller investigation
H/T Vox
It’s only money laundering and racketeering, but the real lever is what does he know about what the prezidunce knew, and when did the prezidunce know it?

Finally,

This week: Republicans to unveil long-awaited tax bill
H/T The Hill
Watch as the middle class and the ‘under-class’ get screwed, blued and tattooed, and the rich get lots richer…

Open Thread, survive the week and RESIST.
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

It’s Freeday, er Friday, so let’s hear it for Free Dumb!

Specter of Violence Looms Ahead of Tennessee “White Lives Matter” Rally
H/T TPM
Here we go again, this time teh Nazis invade Tennessee.

And

The Memo: Trump tax reform nears crunch time
H/T The Hill
Salient quote is 1st paragraph:
“President Trump faces a stark question as he and Republicans in Congress move ahead on tax reform: Can he come up with a plan that helps the people who elected him, or will most of the rewards go to the richest Americans?”
Answer is obvious. The suckers who voted for him are easily grifted. He’s out for hisself, hisself and his wallet.

Finally,

‘Something fairly big is coming’: Ex-FBI double-agent predicts Russia bombshell after Trump evasions
H/T Raw story
Oh, be still my beating heart…Well, not completely still, but I be a droolin’…

Open Thread, enjoy your weekender
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

Daily Gnuz for a Wednesday on October

Daily Gnuz for

Flake stuns with fiery exit
H/T The Hill
Sick of the BS that passes for politics, another R Senator declines to participate. Perhaps the Democrats can pick up a seat, if the state of Arizona doesn’t rig the election…

And

Service members see white nationalism as a bigger threat than conflicts in Iraq and Syria
H/T Raw Story
And this Vietnam veteran agrees with them.

Finally,

2-Party System? Americans Might Be Ready For 8
H/T NPR
I’m ready to throw both the bought and paid for political parties under a fleet of busses and go with a more parliamentary system that FORCES politicos to form coalitions and negotiate.

Open Thread, take it or leave it or do something gross with it.

RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

It be Tuezday, and hear’z the gnuz

Darkness: life in Puerto Rico without electricity
H/T Vox
Congrats to the prezidunce for turning this part of Amerikka into a 3.5rd world situation. No power, no clean water…

And

Senate seeking clarity from Trump on Obamacare deal
H/T Politico
Hard to get clarity from the bucket of sludge that is the prezidunce’s brain

Finally,

Eric Trump and Don Jr. Are Planning to Open ‘Plantation-Style’ Luxury Hotels in Poor Black Areas
H/T Alternet
Spoiled fruit doesn’t fall far from the rotten tree

Open Thread, have at it, rip it to shredz…
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz Monday Edition

Monday, Monday, Can’t trust that day…
Here’z your daily doze of the gnuz:

McCain appears to criticize Trump’s draft deferment with ‘bone spur’ quip
H/T Politico
Appear to? APPEARS TO?? Give em Hell Johnny, what’s the ChickenS**t in Chief going to do, send you to ‘Nam?

And

Trump-backing Amazon worker counting on GOP tax cuts to help him ‘buy food and stuff’
H/T Raw Story
And here, my friends, is why Amerkka is in deep s**t. The few, the proud, the stoopid.

Finally,

Trump promises: ‘NO change to your 401(k)’
H/T The Hill
Right. And the Czech is in the mail. How did they stuff into the mailbox? P.T. Barnum was correct, and prescient.
Anyone who believes this promise deserves the impoverished retirement they’ll get.

Open Thread, Resist.
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

Welcome to Wednesday, why the hell is the d before the n?
Anyhoo, here’z the Gnuz

Why Trump Will Regret Passing Tax Reform
What else is keeping the GOP establishment in line behind him?
H/T Politico – Matt Latimer
This is an amazing read. Mr. Latimer hits the nail on the head repeatedly, and repeatedly, and…well, you get the idea…

And

President Trump admits he’s trying to kill Obamacare. That’s illegal.
H/T Vox
Oh, snap. More grounds for impeachment, or just another cup of weak moron cofeve?

Finally,

New health deal falls flat with GOP
H/T The Hill
You mean the Deal made between Senators Murray and Alexander? The BIPARTISAN bill that Trump first liked, then someone told him it had to pass the House.
The House, where it had no chance of passing. The passing of which would THEN render it unto his desk for signature?
Yes. That one. No wonder coward boy doesn’t like it any more. It’s a ‘loser’. Spite, malice, and failure to live up to his sworn oath of office.

Open Thread, rip it to shreds!
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

It’s Tuesday, so here’z the TuesGnuz…

Trump Blames ‘Generals’ For Telling Him Obama Didn’t Call Family Members
H/T C&L
Always has to blame others for his failures and lies. So, is he lying as he blames others for his bullsh***ing?

And

Trump’s Latest Obamacare Attack Triggers Rate Hikes, Lawsuits, Confusion
H/T TPM
Not just raising rates, but forcing insurers out of the market, huge swaths of people to not be able to afford health insurance, and costing the gummint billions…preziduncial.

Finally,

The 4 steps Republicans have to take to pass tax reform
H/T Vox
Phase 1: before cutting taxes, Republicans need to pass a budget
Phase 2: overcome key policy disagreements
Phase 3: actually go through regular order — or so they say
Phase 4: get this bill through the Senate’s obscure budget rules — which is the really hard part

Let’s have a pool on which phase(s) the Republican’ts will fall on their faces. Perhaps giving HeWhoShouldNotBeNamed a __________ fill in the medical condition you prefer…

Open Thread, let’s try to get through the week with our sanity intact.
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

A late start today, but Here’z the Gnuz!

The problem is the prices. Opaque and sky high bills are breaking Americans — and our health care system
H/T Vox
The systematic dismantling of the Health Care system may be the precursor to Single Payer…in my dreams…

And,
White House paper: Corporate tax cut would boost wages
H/T The Hill
Read the fine print…Save the average household $4,000 per year. Just more dumfukkery, there should be no expectation that any tax savings would be used for anything but automation efficiency to drop the cost of goods and stay competitive…and put more workers out of a job.

Finally,
Deficit hawks trampled in GOP tax cut stampede
H/T Politico
“But Republicans are still squabbling over the rising red ink, potentially jeopardizing Trump’s tax plan.”
What ever happened to “Mortgaging our children and grandchildren’s future”???

Open Thread, pick it up and run with it!

RUCerious @TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

It’s freaky Friday the XIIIth, so, be careful out there…

And here’s whatz in the Gnuz…

Trump to cut off key ObamaCare payments
H/T The Hill
He Broke It, He Owns It. The impact will be felt by millions who remain on the ACA plans, while the healthier population diverts to the cheap, low coverage ones.
If HWSNBN (He who should not be named) thinks this will force Dems to the negotiation table, he’s wrong. Dems should come to said table with only one demand. Single Payer…

And

Roy Moore Led Charge Against Removing Segregation From Alabama Constitution
H/T TPM
Salient quote: Alabama’s state constitution still contains the following language:
“Separate schools shall be provided for white and colored children, and no child of either race shall be permitted to attend a school of the other race.”
Guess what Alabamans, YOU OWN THiS.

Finally,

In a radical departure, Trump health officials want to define life as starting at “conception”
H/T Vox
We saw this coming, with HWSNBN’s cozying up to the evangevilist crowd..

Open Thread, have a good weekend, please.
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

All the Gnuz that’s fit to blog…well, at least some of it.
OK, not a whole lot, but here’s three for your daily perusal…

Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev’s granddaughter: Trump’s attacks on media are just like Stalin
H/T Raw Story
Ouch. From a person who’s nation knows what defines a dictator

And

Fed up with Congress, Trump whacks Obamacare with his pen
H/T Politico
An executive order is expected to encourage creation of skimpy, cheaper plans that would take healthier enrollees from Obamacare.
Skimpy and cheap works great until you get sick, or have a pre-existing condition, etc. Welcome to $10,000 deductibles.

Finally,

GOP Senator To Trump: ‘Are You Recanting Of Your Oath’ Of Office?
H/T TPM
Oath? What Oath? HWSNBN* doesn’t remember any oath. And if he did, he certainly had no intention of honoring it. Honor is for suckers and losers.

*HWSNBN=POTUS (He who should not be named, yes, ripped off from Harry Potter, totally)
Open Thread, enjoy one byte at a thyme
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

Hump Day arrives, and here’s the HD Gnuz:

File this one under just Nucking Futz.
Zinke: Taking Down Confederate Statues will Upset ‘Native Indians’
H/T TPM
The dumfukkery is now an avalanche of the stoopid

And

Trump asked for tenfold increase in US nukes in meeting that prompted Tillerson’s ‘moron’ remark: report
H/T Raw Story
So, we need to take our nuclear arsenal up from the current 4,000 to the mid-sixties level of 32,000? And violate how many treaties we are signatories to?:?? Yes, a moron would think so…

Finally,

4 things Congress and the White House could do to stop Puerto Rico’s crisis from getting worse.
The local government will run out of money in a few weeks.
H/T Vox
But they won’t. Don’t really give a crap. They’re folks of the brownish persuasion, you see.

Open Thread, have at it, tear it to pieces
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

Here’s whatz in the gnuz this Mondayish Morning:

Smerconish says Corker’s Building A 25th Amendment Case
H/T C&L
Even though this tack hasn’t got a chance of being carrier out by the bootlicking Republican Congress, it’s nice to see the Senator from Tennessee getting a roundhouse right to the ample gut of HWSNBN. (He who should not be named)…

And

Trump reignites NFL protest controversy by ordering Mike Pence to leave a Colts game
H/T Vox
Hilarious, but taxpayer costly (to the tune of $200,000) Kabuki theater, demonstrating the depths to which the Vice President will abase himself to ingratiate and pay fealty to HWSNBN. On a brighter note, he escaped having to watch two of the worst football teams play an hour of crapball.

Finally,

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/354297-five-challenges-facing-gop-on-tax-reform
H/T The Hill
Crunch time, as in nut-cracker if they don’t somehow manage to pass something, anything, a tax cut, tax reform, tax man, no, wait, that’s a Beatles song…

Open Thread, survive the week, resist.
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

It’s FRIDAY! And herez the gnuz

‘Calm before the storm’ remark was Trump ‘just trolling all of you’: White House staffer
H/T Raw Story
Yes, HA HA HA!!! I just love it when the man with the football starts joking around about nuking millions of folks and starting WWIII. That’s just Hucking Filarious!!

And

Warning signs emerge in GOP’s tax reform push
H/T The Hill
Whoops, there goes the infighting, squabbling and fundamental gash/chasm between the ubernuts and the just sortanuts factions, screwing the legislative pooch again, and again…ad nauseum. Big Question?
When will Amerikka wake up to these incompetent idiots inability to govern>?

Finally,

Why Privatization Is a Disaster for Any Democratic Society
H/T AlterNet
A well crafted statement on why private health insurance is untenable in a civilzed society. Subtitled “In a totally free market health care system, you must be willing to let some patients die.”

Open Thread, enjoy one byte at a thyme
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

It’s Wednesday, Hump Day, and, in case you forgot, Celebrate Trucker Citizen’s Band day.
You know, 10/4 good buddy!

In the gnuz…

Swing-seat Republicans squirm over GOP tax plan
H/T The Hill
HOW DARE THEY concern themselves over the well being of their constituents!!
FEALTY to Hair Leeder HWSNBN, good. Taking care of people, BAD!

And

Amid Bombshells, Trump Complains: ‘So Many Fake News Stories Today’
H/T TPM
Uhh, yes. And most of them coming from the tweetfarts of HWSNBN

Finally,

Rex Tillerson called Donald Trump a “moron,” was ready to resign: report
H/T Salon
C’mon Rex, man up and leave the moron to his own nepotistic devices. Do the Right Thing.

Open Thread, Resist
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

Here’s the Tuezday gnuz(ers)

HWSNBN faces political danger in visit to Puerto Rico
H/T Politico
No shiess, Sherlock. Hopefully he takes a quick helicopter ride and gets the hell out of there before opening his mouth and swallowing his entire leg.

And

HWSNBN : ‘What happened in Las Vegas is in many ways a miracle’
H/T The Hill
Yes, the miracle of semi-automatic assault rifles, where, in a rapid sequence, a small metal pin strikes a shell casing with a small charge of gunpowder, accelerating a lethal projectile out a grooved barrel, and injecting another round into the firing chamber with the resulting gas, … what a mucking firacle.

Finally,

Lawmakers can’t do anything about mass shootings without politicizing them. Here’s why it’s okay to politicize mass shootings.
H/T Vox
Excellent rebuttal to the spurious argument that we should not do anything except weep and gnash our teeth…

Open Thread, rip it up. The 2nd amendment that is…
RUCerious @ TPZoo

Daily Gnuz

Good week to you alls, here’s the Gnuz!

9 Reasons Trump’s Tax Plan Will Hurt You
H/T AlterNet
Please use these to inform the muddled masses who are going to claim we’d be better off with HWSNBN’s tax ‘reform’ package
(HWSNBN = He Who Should Not Be Named — The sitting president. I am using this moniker, cause he is thrilled every time he sees his name..)

And

Shooting At Las Vegas Music Festival Kills 50, Wounds More Than 200
H/T TPM
Gun control, Schmun control, just offer coneffingdolences and go back to business as usual. No chance of effecting restrictions on lunatics owning weapons of mass murder…This is our Amurikka today.

Finally,

Puerto Rico is all our worst fears about HWSNBN coming real
H/T Vox
HWSNBN, channeling his inner Nero/Caligula…

Open Thread, welcome to another hell week in Amerikka
RUCerious @ TPZoo