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Voting for Trump is voting against the rule of law

Rome fell partly due to outside forces, but largely because of the rot from within. Tap to view at full size.

The Trump campaign may claim that they’re about law and order, but the evidence and their outright in-your-face criminality says otherwise. It’s only their collective incompetence that keeps them from being more dangerous and lawless. Voting for Trump is voting against the rule of law.

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Like any such compilation, the above chart of criminal activity by grifters in Trump’s circle is already out of date. It’s missing Brad Parscale, who was campaign manager until the Trump rally in Tulsa, a flop so spectacular that it has its own Wikipedia entry. It also proved to be expensive not just in a financial sense, but in terms of people infected and lives lost (including Herman Cain’s).

Photo: Still photos of a drunk and shirtless Brad Parscale getting tackled and arrested.

Last month, a shirtless and slurring Parscale got “Baker Acted” (a very Florida term for being detained because you’re going to hurt yourself or others) after barricading himself in his house with a loaded gun. The police managed to coax him outside, giving them an opportunity to demonstrate how you tackle and arrest an extremely tall person (Parscale’s height is 6’8″ / 203 cm). It’s all documented in this video:

If you’re eligible to vote, you have a civic duty to vote Trump and his band of looting hangers-on out. They are the true threat to law and order.

But don’t take my word for it — take if from actual lawyer Devin Stone, whom you might know better as YouTube’s own Legal Eagle, who makes the case that:

A vote for President Trump is a vote that says the law doesn’t matter.

It’s a vote that says it’s okay if the rich and powerful use the law unequally.

It’s a vote that says criminals will not be punished.

But that only happens if we allow it.

I still believe the law matters.

I still believe in equal protection.

I still believe in justice.

And I hope that you do too.

And I hope that you consider the rule of law when you vote.

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A moment that proved that Trump doesn’t represent America — just himself

Photo: Trump throwing a knowing glance during his call with Netanyahu

During today’s announcement of the opening of trade between Israel and Sudan (a big step towards normalizing diplomatic relations between the two countries), what should’ve been a pure win got spoiled by a moment that proved that Trump doesn’t represent America — just himself. 

Here’s the video of that moment:

The brokering of a deal between Israel and Sudan, an adversary that overthrew its dictator last year and now has a Prime Minister who has appointed the country’s first female ministers, is a foreign policy achievement that Trump could have used in his campaign.

But he can’t use it now, because he made about Biden. The story isn’t about the Trump administration brokering a mideast peace deal anymore. It’s now a two-part story, the first of which is that yet another foreign leader betting on Trump losing the election.

(Netanyahu’s reluctance is part diplomacy and part pragmatism — as the leader of a country that depends on American largesse, he knows how badly Trump is doing in the polls. He’s also aware that the UK government also knows.)

More importantly, it’s about how Trump puts himself above his own country. Between the campaign, coming down with COVID-19, and all the damage control he’s had to do, he likely hasn’t devoted much of his own time to brokering the Israel/Sudan deal. The work was done by other people in the administration, who work under the mantle of the Trump administration, who in turn doing their work under the mantle of the United States.

The President of the United States should not be trying to bait a foreign leader into bad-mouthing any individual American, never mind one who is a former Senator and Vice President. This is the second part of the story: That proved that Trump doesn’t represent America — just himself. He tried to turn government work into a campaign moment, and he took America’s moment and tried to turn it into Trump’s moment.

For the love of this country, vote this narcissistic, incompetent, self-serving man-child out of office on November 3rd.

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Sign of the day: “Presidents are Temporary. Wu-Tang is forever!”

Photo: U.S. election campaign-style sign that reads: “Presidents are temporary. Wu-Tang is forever 2020.”
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Seminole Heights’ seal, which depicts a two-headed alligatorI saw this on this in Hampton Terrace during this morning’s 10K bike ride.

I think I’ll close this post with something you might not have seen: A scene from Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes that puts together Wu-Tang’s GZA, RZA, and Bill Murray at the same booth in a café:

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Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” paintings recast the Muppets as horror movie icons

Painting: Fozzie Bear as Freddie Kruger (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
Fozzie Bear as Freddie Kruger.

Halloween should be both fun and frightening, and what better way to combine the two than to re-cast the Muppets as horror film icons, as Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” did?

Painting: Miss Piggy as Carrie (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
Miss Piggy as Carrie.
Painting: Gonzo as Jason Voorhees and Camilla the chicken as Pamela Voorhees (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
Gonzo as Jason Voorhees (with Camilla the chicken as Pamela Voorhees).
Painting: Swedish Chef as Leatherface (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
The Swedish Chef as Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre).
Painting: Kermit as Norman Bates, standing at the shower with a knife (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
Kermit the Frog as Norman Bates.
Painting: Rowlf as Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
Rowlf as Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
Painting: Animal as Buffalo Bill (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
Animal as Jame Gumb (a.k.a. Buffalo Bill).
Painting: Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem as the Devil’s Rejects (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem as the Devil’s Rejects.
Painting: Scooter as Chucky (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
Scooter as Chucky.
Painting: Sam the Eagle as Pinhead (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
Sam the Eagle as Pinhead.
Painting: Beeker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew as Michael Myers and Dr. Loomis (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
Beeker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew as Michael Myers and Dr. Loomis.
Painting: Statler and Waldorf as the Grady Twins from “The Shining” (Jason Beck’s “Muppet Maniacs” series)
Statler and Waldorf as the Grady Twins from “The Shining”.
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funny The More You Know...

The only Myers-Briggs personality test that matters

Screenshot: “New and improved MBTI test” by janhooks — the only Myers-Briggs personality test that matters
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The Myers-Briggs personality test is all bunk anyway, so why not save time and just take the only Myers-Briggs personality test that matters?

And if you must know, the test usually tags me as ENTP.

Thanks to David Janes for the find!

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Another Rudy Giuliani “compromising photo” meme

Photo: Rudy Giuliani, in his compromising photo, as a “Love Boat” guest
Created by Alistair Morton.

And if you need more context…

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