Friday, October 02, 2020

Donald's Not-So-Instant Karma

 


After spending nearly nine solid months downplaying the severity of the coronavirus, the president of the United States - and the first lady - have both tested positive. This is a scenario that might have been written by O Henry.

Early this morning someone named Dennis Hartsfield sent me the news on Facebook. My first thought was to think he had been the victim of a hoax. Less than an hour later it was announced on CNBC that this is, in fact, the case.

"Instant Karma's gonna get you. It's gonna knock you right on the head. Better get yourself together, darlin'...."

-John Lennon

This is not to gloat; I do indeed wish the both of them a safe and speedy recovery. They have, after all, a young son. But, Damn! Ain't this some kind of a plot twist? If this breaking news is true, I do hope that it finally gets his Imbecilic followers to take the precautions that too many of them have thus far been ignoring. See? there are a few silver linings behind these nasty clouds!

First of all, bitter experience has taught me not to believe a damned thing that comes out of this White House - and this latest "news" is no exception. To my mind, Trump gave such an insanely poor and unhinged performance at the debate on the twenty-ninth, that there is a good chance that his team has manufactured this event as a way of ducking out of the two debates scheduled for the rest of October. I'm sorry, but I cannot take seriously a single word that is uttered by a cabal of proven pathological liars. I'd like to know what Dr. Faucci thinks about all of this. Will he be allowed to examine the president? I'd love to know the answer to that one.

His key assistant Hope Hicks, who is with Trump nearly every minute of the day, tested positive for the virus two days ago. Knowing this, he spent several hours yesterday attending an indoor fundraiser at his Jersey golf club. This is the definition of a sociopath, folks. How much more proof do we need?

The fact that this latest spectacle is transpiring before us should come as a surprise to no one who has bothered to pay attention; as a matter of fact it was inevitable. And, again, while I do not wish any harm to come to the man, it is rather amusing to see that karma has come to bite him on his ampule bottom. I get the feeling that he thought that he was immune to the virus for no other reason than the fact that he is, after all, Donald Trump. It was also funny to catch the expressions of smug privilege on the clueless faces of his unmasked kids during the sparsely-attended debate - while nearly everyone else in the hall had their faces covered. I've got a feeling that the entire Trump family will soon find themselves in quarantine - not to mention the entire White House staff. That this is happening during the final month of the most consequential campaign of our lifetimes is an irony wrapped inside an amusement. It's all too weird to even begin to contemplate.

The Age of Donald Trump has been an anxiety-laden period in the life of  America that will take a long time to shake from our consciousness. From Day One it's been akin to a ride through a House of Horrors at any amusement park or county fair; the only difference being that these horrors are very real. Sadly, more horrors appear to be on the horizon. Armed militant groups throughout the country have made no secret of their plans to make potentially lethal trouble if Trump is not reelected on November the third. To make matters worse, The Donald has been encouraging these nitwits to stand vigil at polling places all across the land. This disgusting administration's history to date will be seen as a gentle prologue to what is yet to come. Brace yourselves for the coming shit storm.

The possibilities are grim in every direction. The latest report tells us that the president is now showing symptoms of the virus. As noted on this site yesterday, Trump is seventy-four and is not in particularly good health. If he becomes the ninth president in American history to die in office, the specter of electoral chaos and catastrophe cannot be dismissed lightly.

Since the morning after the election four years ago, I've been saying to everyone who would listen: "This is going to end badly". I think I called that one.

Tom Degan

Goshen, NY

SUGGESTED READING:

This article from The Atlantic website by Mike Gigio was published yesterday. He discusses the militia groups across the land who are proving to be a real threat to the peace and security of the United States. It's a bit long but is essential reading:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/right-wing-militias-civil-war/616473/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&fbclid=IwAR17F1HD-Atf5b9CMhfHEvD9o-Ob1Y3NAWshzfA2zQG7Tgn_-WdytoVNyTc

We live in such interesting times, don't we?

AFTERTHOUGHT:

Usually I write on average between 56 and 60 pieces per year. The one you have just finished reading is Number 87 since January 4 - and the year is only three/quarters over with. Donald Trump inspires a good many things. Writers' Block is not one of them.

42 Comments:

At 1:21 PM, Blogger Edeva SIN said...

Thank you. While you are a better person than I am in wishing a speedy recovery for him,I would prefer to see traitor45 and his malevolent minions intubated and suffering the fate that they, in their malicious incompetence, allowed over 200,000 Americans to face

 
At 1:52 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Trump has Covid? But...But... How could that possibly have happened?

He knew better than Dr. Fauci and those dumb scientists.

How long before Hannity and Giuliani blame Democrats and Antifa for Trump contracting covid?

A show of hands, please. How many of you Republicans approve of Trump's handling of the covid crisis?



 
At 2:02 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...


Feel the hate Luke.

 
At 2:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not holding breath for Tom and his gang of mostly peaceful Biden supporters to acknowledge they are wrong.

When asked about the Reform Party in 2000, then-private citizen Donald Trump said, “You’ve got David Duke just joined — a bigot, a racist, a problem.”

“I totally disavow the Ku Klux Klan, I totally disavow David Duke,” then-candidate Trump said in March 2016.

When asked in a March 2016 radio interview, “So are you prepared right now to make a clear and unequivocal statement renouncing the support of all white supremacists?” the then-candidate replied, “Of course I am, of course I am.”

Later that month, he asked, “Who else do I have to reject? I’ve rejected David Duke, I’ve rejected the KKK, the Ku Klux Klan.”

In August 2017, Trump said, “Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.”

Joe Biden falsely claimed today that President Trump "doesn't deny" the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

Here are 7 examples of President Trump condemning and rejecting the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists. pic.twitter.com/1PZnZpUT4o

— Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) August 7, 2019

 
At 2:18 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

"Feel the hate Luke."

Like "Lock her up!"?

Like the press are "enemies of the people"?

Like "Liberate Michigan!"?

Like Kushner's task force wanting to let Covid hit blue states?

I'll take JTF's projection as approval of Trump's handling of the Covid crisis. It is impossible for him to question his cult leader.

His cult is not only at war with democracy and equality, they are enabling the pandemic.


 
At 2:28 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Anonymous JTF,

Those obviously reluctant responses came only after being questioned repeatedly. Trump also told us he never heard of Proud Boys and David Duke, "very fine people" marched with Nazis, and he didn't "Know anything about white supremacists".

He refused to rent to Black people.

He demanded that exonerated Central Park Black youths be executed.

He gained political power by his racist birtherism.

And Black athletes kneeling in protest of police brutality are "Sons of bitches".

In the meantime Mike Flynn swore an oath to QAnon and Trump's long time friend, crony, and adviser Roger Stone flashed a "white power" hand sign with Proud Boys.

Nice try.

 
At 4:26 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Where was JTF's "Christian compassion" when Trump hatefully mocked Hillary Clinton over her pneumonia outbreak?

Chanting, "Lock her up!"

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/782673397952094208


 
At 6:48 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

To be clear, I don't want him to die.

I want him to lose the election and face justice. He deserves disgrace, humiliation and prison.

 
At 10:20 PM, Blogger Pappyz said...

Seems as if this JTF and Anon are suffering from dyscalculia, which is the inability to add things up.

My sympathies

 
At 7:38 AM, Blogger rustcoal said...

The fact that he is getting the best medical care that taxpayer money can buy he will survive the 'rona and come back to double down on herd mentality. The party of personal responsibility indeed.

 
At 10:08 AM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

"Those obviously reluctant responses came only after being questioned repeatedly."

Because ONLY liberals know the true meanings of a persons words. Do liberals hold Biden up to the same standard for his words? Even Biden's running mate has pointed out his past racist words and voting record. Trump denounced racism before he ran for President. It's on the record, but to acknowledge this fact would ruin the liberal narrative. The narrative that only liberals can define who is racist and liberals never are.

When asked about the Reform Party in 2000, then-private citizen Donald Trump said, “You’ve got David Duke just joined — a bigot, a racist, a problem.”

“I totally disavow the Ku Klux Klan, I totally disavow David Duke,” then-candidate Trump said in March 2016.

When asked in a March 2016 radio interview, “So are you prepared right now to make a clear and unequivocal statement renouncing the support of all white supremacists?” the then-candidate replied, “Of course I am, of course I am.”

Later that month, he asked, “Who else do I have to reject? I’ve rejected David Duke, I’ve rejected the KKK, the Ku Klux Klan.”

In August 2017, Trump said, “Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.”

Joe Biden falsely claimed today that President Trump "doesn't deny" the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

Here are 7 examples of President Trump condemning and rejecting the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists. pic.twitter.com/1PZnZpUT4o





 
At 10:18 AM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

Dave Dubya

Independent fact-checkers at USA TODAY say information in your post is missing context and could mislead people. Please do more research next time.

 
At 11:05 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

JTF,
Thank for letting me know USA Today read my comment. The facts stand. Can you link to their review of my comment?

“Who else do I have to reject?" Right. This shows him whining about having his racism questioned.

BTW, Trump is both a liar and a racist. Reminds me of someone we know...

 
At 11:12 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Andrew Anglin, founder of the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer, interpreted Trump’s “Stand back and stand by” remark.

“I got shivers. I still have shivers. He is telling the people to stand by. As in: get ready for war.”

JTF,
How does it feel, having Nazis siding with you? Ready to kill for their beloved Fuhrer.

Sounds about white to me.

But that's your team.

 
At 11:35 AM, Blogger Mozart1220 said...

Trump denounces racism like a 5 year old writing a thank you letter to Grandma for toys he's already broken. He then does everything in his power to encourage and support them.

Why could he not just come out and say during the debate "II denounce QANON and the Proud Boys"? Easy. But no, he stumbled and danced around it. The Proud Boys took it as an endorsement.


JTF/Anonymous dancing and apologizing for Trump as usual. And I also demand to see where these "independent fact checkers" reviewed Dave's posts, and please try and find a source more reliable than Twitter.

 
At 1:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The only time denouncing racism counts is if you do it like Senator Byrd did.

"Reminds me of someone we know...",,,Yup reminds me of Dave Dubya.

 
At 1:20 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

"Reminds me of someone we know...",,,Yup reminds me of Dave Dubya.

Projection from the one who sides with Trump, Nazis and Proud Boys. What else can they do? Admit it?

 
At 4:00 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

#TyphoidTrump

Super Spreader.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/how-the-gop-turned-washington-dc-into-a-covid-hotspot/

WH Mask position? The Atlantic makes clear, the key phrase is “on camera.” Because behind the scenes, nothing has changed. (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/10/trumps-covid-19-diagnosis-white-house-safe/616585/)

Trump knew Wednesday he was sick and went to events anyway. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/3/1983181/-Trump-knew-he-was-COVID-19-positive-on-Wednesday-and-lied-to-the-nation-for-two-full-days

Lives up to his own words, "I take no responsibility".
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/13/trump-coronavirus-testing-128971

"Real men" don't wear masks at their own peril and those around them.

 
At 4:30 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

"I don't want him to die." Another lie from DD, he doesn't mean it, he didn't say it before Trump got sick, he's lying. He writes it like a husband who gets caught cheating on his wife, he'll say anything to get off. He's lying, he wants President Trump to die.

 
At 4:55 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

JTF: Even Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham objected to Trump's refusal to condemn white supremacy during Tuesday's debate.

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article246140445.html

Snippet: "Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said the president should “make it clear Proud Boys is a racist organization antithetical to American ideals.”"

Trump's actions speak louder than his words.
"Watch what they do, Not what they say", Rachel Maddow.

 
At 5:26 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

"Watch what they do, Not what they say" applies to "mostly peaceful" Biden protesters and liar DD, who wants the President to die.

 
At 6:45 PM, Blogger Pappyz said...

Hairplug Himmler doesn't go a day without lying so why should we believe anything that he vomits up ?

The same for his sycophants on this blog.

 
At 6:59 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

JTF: Sources?

 
At 7:55 PM, Blogger TB3 said...

I don't think many people want our President to die. On the flip side, I find it rich that Republicans and "conservatives" are bemoaning some of the negative commentary surrounding the irony and hypocrisy of the President's situation. Why are democrats so mean? I have seen all over social media and the blogosphere. All this wailing and gnashing of teeth for a President who retweets videos saying the only good Dem is a dead Democrat.

 
At 8:06 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

DD wants the President to die, he waited until today to say he didn't. Why did he wait so long? He just said it now to cover his real feelings of hate that he has expressed for the past 4 years. DD lied.

 
At 8:13 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

retweets videos saying the only good Dem is a dead Democrat. LOL

Source.

 
At 8:40 PM, Blogger TB3 said...

Google it - JTF

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/28/trump-retweets-video-saying-only-good-democrat-is-dead-democrat/?outputType=amp

 
At 9:03 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Racist (noun)

1) Someone who wins an argument with a liberal.

 
At 9:08 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/28/trump-retweets-video-saying-only-good-democrat-is-dead-democrat/?outputType=amp Here is the article...

At 12 a.m. Thursday, President Trump retweeted a video in which a supporter says, “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”

At 12:53 a.m. Friday, he followed this up by referring to riots in Minneapolis and saying, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”

This is all apparently part of one big misunderstanding about Trump actually advocating violence — one that for some reason keeps happening over and over again.

If there were ever a tweet tailor-made for promotion by President Trump, it might be the first one. In the video, the supporter, a county commissioner in New Mexico, offers the above quote but quickly qualifies that he was not speaking literally. The president felt this was the kind of message that people needed to see. “Thank you Cowboys. See you in New Mexico!” he said in a retweet.

NO TWEET, NO VIDEO JUST TYPICAL TB3 B.S.

 
At 9:28 PM, Blogger Mozart1220 said...

Yes, Senator Byrd denounced racism as a youth and spent the next 50 years of his life denouncing it. You really have to pick another example.

 
At 11:55 PM, Blogger woodenman said...

Nobody pays much attention to Trumps foreign policies but they are very revealing of his personality. He keeps on increasing sanctions on Cuba, Syria,Iran, and Venezuela to the point that there could be millions of people starving to death. He is depriving the last three countries from selling their oil which is collapsing their economies.

He also sanctions any country that trades or helps these countries so they are isolated and helpless. He is stealing and selling oil from Syria and Iran which is totally illegal but nobody is stopping him.

None of this benefits the U.S.or is necessary in any way, Trump does it on a whim as he is a sadistic psychopath. If he gets another four years to continue this insanity millions of people will suffer and die or we will get into a war with China and Russia as they are trying to help these countries.

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/502391-venezuelans-starve-un-us/

 
At 12:47 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Vern (JF),

Quit your projecting your hate and tell us how Konni Burton (R) is doing.
Got your Trump yard sign up? Maybe Antifa will see it when they swing by.
It's easy to tell where the racists are. They advertise it.

 
At 9:53 AM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

DD

LOL,

Deflection, hate and lie noted.

 
At 10:15 AM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

DD,

I do have an American flag flying in my yard, that should be enough to set ANTIFA off. Just like you, they hate America. I'll be happy to greet them. Just like you they do not frighten me. After all "ANTIFA is just an idea"! LOL

 
At 10:50 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Vern's so terrified he has to lie about it, like everything else.

Better keep a sharp eye out your window, Vern. You might want to bring in your Trump yard sign. Antifa and those scary Black militias got your number.

 
At 11:26 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...


Vern shows us what a despicable person he really is to say this is a lie...

"Seriously, I don't want Trump to die. I want him to lose the election and face justice.

This time he and I have the same enemy. We all do. Will he and his cult figure this out?

Or will they continue to drag us all down with them?'


The new MAGA! Masks Are Great Again.


 
At 1:50 PM, Anonymous TaffyT said...

Thank you for your common sense curmudgeoning...

 
At 2:26 PM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

DD claims he doesn't hate President Trump "like a 5 year old writing a thank you letter to Grandma for toys he's already broken. He then does everything in his power to encourage and support hate." As shown in his posts about ANTIFA and BLM... Bring them on DD, I would be happy to greet them by my flag pole, especially if you are at their head.

 
At 10:50 PM, Blogger Debby said...

Oh. Sense! I do so love it! Thank you. I live in a red county, and I see precious little of it.

 
At 10:46 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Debby,

You need to get out more often.

 
At 8:36 AM, Blogger Mozart1220 said...

JTF plagiarizes my words like Milania plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech.

Hilarious.

 
At 9:21 AM, Blogger Just the Facts! said...

Ask Joe Biden about plagiarizing.

 

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