GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS.

I love the Republicans. They work their asses off to cut social services, dump Meals and Wheels, strive to make sure women don't have health services, remove financial aid to children who otherwise might go hungry, and do whatever they can to make sure that the wealthy get far wealthier. Then, while they take a break from their  highly paid, super privileged, secure jobs with all kinds of benefits so they can play baseball they are assaulted by a nut with the kind of rifle Republicans made possible. That's when they all get together and pray to God. You know God, that deity whose face they spat into when they cruelly removed all those charitable services to the needy people that the Christian bible—supposedly the word of God—says you are supposed to care for. What hypocrites!

As a True Crime addict, I probably watch more murders, kidnappings, arsons, and other crimes than any respectable TV fare, and I'm surprised at how many others of my acquaintance do as well. In this post I just want to list few observations I have had during my years of crime addiction. 1. There are very few, almost no, detectives in America who know the difference between "lay' and "lie".  95% of the time they will say, "the body was laying there." 2, For some weird reason, detectives will often refer to the man who stabbed a woman 50 times before beheading her and setting her on fire as "the gentleman in question". Huh?  3. Many supposedly educated criminologists think that "drug" is the past tense of "drag". Huh, again. 4. Many woman are murdered during the night because they leave a window unlocked. 5. An impressive numbers of murders of both woman and men result from not walking away at the first sign that the person you're involved with is possessive and jealous. 6. Other murders result in not checking out that fabulous person you met who is just too good be true. 7. It is an unwise, often doomed, spouse who says, "I'm going to take you for every penny you have." 8. Serial killers are often handsome, charming, and delightful company. Sorry, I can't write any more, The Killer Next Door is about to start.

A GOVERNMENT STILL IN THE DARK.

It's amazing how ignorant our Congressmen are of The Constitution. I've seen on the news several times today the lot of them kneeling in prayer, Christian prayer. How can these men who are paid by the United States not know it is forbidden by Constitutional law to pay obeisance to any religion—hence the separation of church and state. Fortunately the Freedom from Religion Foundation has been working hard to get religion out of public high schools, government supported buildings, sports teams, etc. Shocking that one of the biggest offenders is our own Congress. Also all the media is equally ignorant of this Constitutional law considering with what frequency and regard they show all these adult men kneeling on the ground in 2017 and paying lip service to a god no more real than Ares or Jupiter.

THEY'RE EVERYHERE. AND, THANKS TO REPUBLICANS, THEY HAVE GUNS.

While the shooting incident on the baseball field in Alexandria today was very disturbing, it also unleashed tons of maudlin sentiments, insincere promises of bipartisanship which will be forgotten long before Congressman Steve Scalise's wound heals, and a sickening display of superstitious Christianity suggesting that we Americans don't know, nor do we accept, any other religion. But worst of all, this shooting has all has the shallow and gullible newscasters praising Trump for not sending his usual insane tweet. Apparently he can act like an asshole for weeks, but if he behaves normally for ten minutes, not only is all forgiven but admired. Yes, these shootings
are terrible, tragic, too often heartbreaking, but I would like the Republicans (whom this man targeted) to keep in mind it is they who insist on keeping hideable guns and terrifying assault weapons in the hands of just about anybody who suddenly feels like going on a rampage.

Isn't it nice that after today's tragedy the Republicans can suddenly be be so kissy, huggy, and buddy buddy with Democrats—something they can never be while doing the jobs we pay them so much for?

ATTACKED BY AN ARMY OF HYPOCRITES.

Bill Maher if often vulgar, scatological, too pro-drug, an ardent atheist (as am I), and a true believer that most Americans are stupid (which they are). But I don't believe he is in the least bit racist. I think he has proven that over the decades. So when he recently used a foolishly verboten word and apologized for its use, I don't think he needed a lecture, much less three. Therefore I found it extremely annoying to see him berated and lectured by a sanctimonious and repetitive Michael Eric Dyson, who kept ignoring Maher's apologies so could launch into another scolding session. That should have been the end of it, but no! He was soon given another lecture by his equally self-satisfied guest Ice Cube, a 47-year-old rapper who can't even speak proper English. This inspired his black female guest to get in her licks on the patient, overly repentant and humble Maher. What a shameful, cruel, arrogant and unnecessary over-response to a careless attempt at an unwelcome joke. Bill shouldn't be ashamed nearly as much as Michael Eric Dyson, Ice Cube, and Symone Sanders, three successful and wealthy blacks who acted as if they came from a lifetime of oppression and hardship, which none of them did. I have much more respect for Whoopi Goldberg who isn't parading in hypocritical outrage and says she isn't angry with Bill and feels we should "strip the  n-word of its power once and for all." As a gay man I detest and despise the so-called respectable use of the word "queer". Yes, I would like to make it verboten, but some gay idiots have decided to embrace it as having strength and value. Utter nonsense, of course. But I'm not going to war for it. It's just a word.

HOW DONALD WOULD MAKE NEW TAPES.

Today Donald Trump said that we would testify under oath to the same questions faced by James Comey yesterday. He also stated that he would soon reveal to the media the truth about the expected tapes, but that the media "would be disappointed". I assume this means that there are no tapes. If there were, he wouldn't be willing to testify as said tapes would surely prove him a liar. UNLESS our insane president uses that same ploy that he did in 1991 when, on the phone, he pretended to be a publicist so that he could brag about his enormous success in business and his immense appeal to women. You must admit it would be hilarious hearing him pretend to be James Comey and himself, and he's just crazy enough to try a stunt like that.