Indeed, the chickens have come home to roost and they're shitting all over the place. This is a terrible time to be a Republican in Congress; like it or not, they have to own the fact that their guy is a loon, surrounded by enabling sycophants. It's a tragic situation, as if the American body politic is in the throes of a new, possibly fatal, disease and the world is watching with bated breath, wondering if there will be a full recovery to robust health and vigor.
Despite lip service support of #45, you have to figure that many congressional folk are not ignoring the mid-term elections in two years. There will be an accounting, with many constituents asking why there has been such a total lack of integrity and honor among the incumbents. It's their mess and they're going to have to clean it up.
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A new expression has popped up on my radar: malignant narcissism. The American Psychiatry Association's "Goldwater Rule" prohibits psychiatrists from making public comments on the mental health of anyone they have not treated but a guy from Johns Hopkins has defied that rule. Other pundits of the shrink persuasion are weighing in with similar observations; it will be interesting to see how or if this plays out. The new regime is nothing less than toxic and could use a good purgative.
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My understanding of immigration law and practices is woefully lacking. Who decides where immigrants settle? If it's their choice, I wonder why someone from Somalia would think that North Dakota would be a swell space to settle or if a Libyan family would find that the western part of the upper peninsula of Michigan reminds them of home. Their first winters must have been real eye openers.
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I'm not going to begrudge a president from signing executive orders, but in this case they seem to be very poorly thought out and written in haste, probably by that Bannon guy. I would think that some research and vetting by responsible parties would be in order, like running the ideas past the Justice Department or Immigration or Homeland Security, but that seems not to be he case. It's like the orders have been signed without reading or understanding them. Can someone please give these guys a clue?
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A good snowfall has yet to appear in Chicago, and the temperatures have been relatively mild this winter. How's the situation up north, Mr. Beagles? Are you having a "normal" winter with a lot of snowmobiling and other winter stuff?
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Finally, I see that Oprah Winfrey herself is joining the staff of 60 Minutes. About time they hired a hard hitting journalist; Billy Bush must not have been available.
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