Let’s Make Impeachment Great Again!

With An Inept Imbecile in the Oval, Who Couldn’t See This Coming?

The 34-time convicted Felon presently occupying the Oval once bragged that he knew “debt better than anyone! No one knows debt like I do!” And he wasn’t kidding, either! Boy, does he know debt! Just consider how many of his incredible ventures have gone belly up! (A lot!) Consider the masterful way in which he put multiple casinos completely out of business in almost no time at all! Casinos, you know, the gambling operations where the house always wins? Not in his world! This is truly something to behold! He may have been a Democrat in the past but he certainly generates debt like a Republican! Yes, the Felon does know a thing or two about debt, no one could argue that. Of course, you know who knows even more about debt, especially the Felon’s debt? (Should I leave this as a rhetorical question? What do you think? Nah…) You know the answer, of course! It’s his bankers! Yes, his bankers! Boy, do they know a lot about his debt! I’ll bet they could tell you stories….

Let’s look a little more deeply at the magic of his business management skills for they are wondrous, indeed! Even a perfunctory search on AI brings up this remarkable record! (Which, by the way, any American voter could have looked upor searched on, before considering voting for this moron but I guess that may have been too much for many voters):

Failed Business Ventures & Brands:

Trump University (2005–2011): Closed following lawsuits and allegations of fraud, ultimately settling for $25 million in fines.
Trump Shuttle (1989–1992): An airline that failed to turn a profit and was taken over by creditors. Let’s say this one “failed to take off?”
Trump Vodka (2006–2011): Brought to you by a complete teetotaler, discontinued due to low sales. Why anyone would want to buy a vodka named after a non-drinker remains a mystery to this day.
Trump Steaks (2007): Discontinued shortly after launch due to “lack of interest”. This one died in its’ very first year!
GoTrump.com (2006–2007): A travel website that shut down. Yes, please, “go Trump, please!
Trump Mortgage (2006–2007): Closed after just 18 months.
Trump Magazine (2007–2009): Magazine ceased publication. I can only imagine the journalistic magic we’ve been denied?
The New Jersey Generals (1980s): A USFL football team that folded. After he tried to screw the other owners in that league by agreeing to shut the league down if he could buy an NFL team which the other NFL owners denied! Nice.
Trump Tower Tampa (2000s): A real estate project that failed. Actually, one of many real estate projects that did not live up to the hype. (Isn’t real estate supposed to be his bailiwick?)
Tour de Trump (1989–1990): A cycling race that he stopped sponsoring.

Now, let’s look at some of the more Significant Bankruptcies (Atlantic City & Others)

This Michealangelo of Management filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy six times, largely related to debt (there’s that word again!) from his gaming operations:

Trump Taj Mahal (1991): Casinos could not cover debt.
Trump Plaza (1992): Casino filed for bankruptcy.
Trump Castle (1992): Casino filed for bankruptcy.
THCR (Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts) (2004): Company filed for bankruptcy.
Trump Entertainment Resorts (2009): Company filed for bankruptcy.
Trump Entertainment Resorts (2014): Final bankruptcy of the company.

I seem to recall a clip of the man explaining to the press that “no one could imagine so many people trying to get to the slot machines at once!” (I’m paraphrasing here…) Yes, it failed because he was “too successful”; no one could see that coming. That aside, here is a slightly more objective analysis of his business record again, according to a quick AI search:

Contextual Analysis of the Failures:

Debt and Management: Analysts and reports found that Trump’s casinos were “doomed from the start” (Hmmmm, doesn’t sound like an auspicious beginning to me) because he loaded them with high-interest junk bonds to finance their construction. (Why anyone would intentionally load up their business with such questionable financial vehicles remains another mystery. Could he not secure lower-interest loans anywhere else?)
“Pillaging” (Same way he runs the federal government!) & Mismanagement: Investors and former regulators accused Trump of “pillage[ing] the company” by taking high salaries, bonuses, and using casino funds to pay for his personal helicopter, all while the companies fell into bankruptcy and left contractors unpaid. 🤯
Direct Competition: (My absolute favorite!) Trump’s casinos (Taj Mahal, Plaza, Castle) were in direct competition with each other, leading to cannibalization of revenue, where one casino’s success came at the expense of another. A mistake I wouldn’t expect from a newly graduated, business major.

Other cited flops include various NYC rental properties and partnership investments in the 1990s.

So, why am I bringing this up now? In hopes that more voters will expend just a modicum more effort looking into the backgrounds and claims of future candidates of any office; senators, congressional candidates, and needless to say, the presidency. We could have all been spared the chaos, confusion, corruption, and the global embarrassment had more of the voting base just gotten of their asses to check this idiot out. They would have seen that this clown is a loser; always has been, always will be. He couldn’t hide it from anyone endeavoring to look behind the (makeup-encrusted) mask.

Oh, well. Maybe next time.

Are The Felon’s Most Recent Pardons Constitutional?

Can he pardon those complicit in a crime in which he himself was complicit?

I am not a lawyer and I do, occasionally, get caught up in trying to decipher how legal decisions make sense in the real world but this one got to me immediately. Here’s how an AI search defined SCOTUS’ decision on presidential immunity:

“Trump v. United States decision in July 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents have absolute immunity for official acts related to their “core constitutional powers” and a presumption of immunity for other official acts. A president has no immunity for unofficial acts. This means a former president cannot be prosecuted for actions falling under their core constitutional duties, but they can be prosecuted for acts that are not official. The decision’s framework, which distinguishes between “core constitutional powers,” “outer perimeter” official acts, and “unofficial” acts, requires lower courts to determine the scope of immunity on a case-by-case basis.”

You get that? “Absolute Immunity” for official acts related to “core constitutional powers” (all italics are my emphasis).

“Presumptive Immunity” for “other official acts”. Presumptive immunity applies to actions that are “within the outer perimeter of his official responsibility” and can be overcome by the government if it can prove that a prosecution would pose “no dangers of intrusion on the authority and functions of the Executive Branch”.

The Fat Felon pardoned Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, both of whom were/are implicated in the crime of trying to overturn a legal, fair, federal election, and there are many, many more. We all watched as the Felon initiated the entire event from the very beginning where he called it a fraudulent election from the moment Biden was declared the victor, to his speech in the park where he told an already angry crowd to march on the Capitol. His complicity is impossible to ignore, and it is the overt and public commission of a crime. He was directing the actions of those individuals – a mob, actually – that joined him in overturning a free, fair and legal election. Can he now turn around and pardon those complicit in a criminal undertaking in which he himself was the leader? This seems circular in logic and a completely irrational use of the law.

What do you think?

My Delayed Response To The Election

It’s taken a bit of time for this one to sink in but I think I have a plan.

I am very fortunate to have the opportunity of spending some quiet time at my lake house in New England. Especially now, at this particular time of year, the lake is very quiet. Many of the homes on my road are inhabited seasonally or intermittently, so the lake is extremely quiet during the early winter months. I often joke with friends that it is as if I am the last person on Earth after the apocalypse, but in a good way! Not a boat, a jet ski, even a kayak, to be seen for weeks or months on end. As Martha would say, “It’s a good thing!”

I have basically turned off the news in all its ugly forms since the election, mostly as a way of coping with who-the-hell-knows what we’ll be dealing with in the next 6 weeks or so. I can’t even stomach the odious idea of Joe & Mika – I hope they get everything they deserve for their obsequiousness bullshit they paid to “Dear Leader” – or anyone else on MSNBC for that matter, or CNN, or any of the other so-called, “news” shows. I am resolved to finding new sources of “legitimate” news, if that be a thing, mostly meaning journalism delivered with an objective of shining the necessary light on the government and its’ corporate cronies and holding them accountable for their actions and misdeeds. If the Trump years have shown us anything, it is the extent to which our elected – and unelected – officials will go to enrich themselves or avail themselves of the most depraved excesses, and mostly at the expense of the taxpayer.

This brings me to the Democrats. I have supported the “Dumos”, as I prefer to think of them, for too many years now, spiritually and financially, but mostly because there is no alternative if you are in any way liberal or progressive. We are stuck with the worst of the worst. From Nancy Pelosi suggesting that enriching herself and her family through insider stock trading information that only the members of Congress possess as the perks of “a free country” (she should sell that bullshit to Martha, in fact), to Chuck the Schmuck Schumer’s incestuous ties to Wall St, I have finally just had enough. I can no longer in good conscience continue to support a party which, in my opinion, is only slightly less corrupt than the other party, and infinitely dummer!

Putting aside the myriad disasters they’ve left in their wake; botched elections, congressional agendas, political positions (after all, they talked more about the rights of transgender people – a whole, entire, 1.14% of the national population*) than they did about the rights and plight of the middle class, a miscalculation that cost them dearly across an entire host of demographic categories. Looking at the presidential elections where Rupugnanticans won, it is always over a ridiculous social issue that the Dumos just wouldn’t let go of.

And now, this botched election – and the monumental way in which they botched it – demonstrated a level of incompetency and delusion that I, personally, can no longer abide. What they now left for us to have to deal with somehow, someway, is anyone’s guess. But, in the meantime, Kamala Harris and the Democrats squandered over a billion and a half dollars in little over three months; a burn-rate record that could last some considerable time. With Trump in office, it could be weeks!

So, what shall I, personally do? My response is to withdraw all support I once provided them; this inept, incompetent, group of mindless milquetoasts and spineless morons that I put so much of my ‘faith’ in and for so very little and put my efforts and resources into finding/creating a new liberal/progressive party that can achieve the admirable objectives of a fairer and more prosperous country for everyone. Objectives that are in fact, very achievable given a party of competent, and judicious minded patriots. Stating it simply for now, at least, If you don’t have an “I” next to your name on the ballot, don’t call, text, or write.

I believe it can be done.

* usafacts.org/articles/what-percentage-of-the-us-population-is-transgender/