Money Jesus Blesses The Money Lenders and the Wealthy

Good Day World!

It's Easter, so let's talk about Jesus Christ shall we?

Nowadays, we have the traditional Jesus Christ, you can read all about him in the Bible, and then we have Money Jesus.

Trump's pastor, Paula White is one of many extreme televangelists who preaches about Money Jesus.

She has long been a controversial figure in Christian circles, where many find fault with her promotion of the "prosperity gospel" which teaches that God bestows health and wealth on true believers, particularly those who donate money to ministers.

White's theology borders on heresy according to many Evangelicals. Still others, claiming to be Evangelicals, go along with her hypocrisy.  

In White's version of Jesus, and God, the moneylenders (reviled in the Bible) are blessed, and the wealthy are walking in the footsteps of Money Jesus.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to suggest money is the real God to extreme Conservatives who try to cloak it in a parallel universe where the Bible has been radically revised.

Today, in churches across America, prosperity preachers are asking for money. Morally confused followers are showering them with it, in expectations of buying a spot place in Heaven.

True believers, those who do follow the Bible's teachings, need to pray for the lost souls following Trump, Paula White, and the rest of the hypocrites hiding behind religion in our nation today.

Time for me to walk on down the road....

Stay Away From My Damn Coffee!

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As I sip my morning brew, I have a message for the Council for Education and Research on Toxics:

Lay off the attacks on my Java you clueless morons! 

A preliminary decision from a California superior court judge in Los Angeles ruled against companies like Starbucks who argued that coffee is a healthy drink.

Purveyors of coffee were told they might have to put up a warning that tells their customers there is a possible cancer link to their morning jolt of Java.

Companies have until April 10 to file objections against the ruling.

For the record, the Council for Education and Research on Toxics filed this lawsuit in 2010. 

No decision has been made yet, but this latest review by a California Supreme Court Judge said the defendants don't have enough proof to avoid putting up warnings about coffee.

Bullshit!

Coffee has been shown, over and over again, to be a healthy beverage. All this lawsuit does is make a mockery of Prop 65, confuse customers, and does nothing to improve public health.

Coffee has been much studied over the years, and research has shown that it provides several health benefits, including lowering your risk of early death.

It may reduce your risk of heart disease, multiple sclerosis, Type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's and even some cancers like melanoma and prostate cancer.

It seems there's a trend with food and beverage products where they undergo attacks every few years or so, and are later found to be safe.

It's happened with other products, and will continue to happen when you have morons with selective agendas and the money to file frivolous lawsuits.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Trump Unleashed: Who Needs a Chief-Of-Staff?

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Fair warning...Donny is looking at getting rid of his chief babysitter, John Kelley, so he can go totally rogue!

Kelly's influence with The Donald has been waning lately.

Witness the fact that just about anyone can come into the Oval Office and chat it up with our Liar-In-Chief now.

When Kelley was first appointed he stopped that revolving door and tried to tighten up the West Wing. His efforts have proved useless.

Someone floated the idea to Trump that he didn't need a chief of staff. His little brain has been working on that thought since.

Since Hope Hicks left, Trump has indicated Kellanne Conway would take her placed in the interim. Trump likes her "alternate realities," as they apply to him.

The bottom line; Trump doesn't like being told anything. Especially facts, when they conflict with his rhetoric.

You think the man-child in the Oval Office has been outrageous so far?

Wait until Donny shakes off the last of his restraints, gets rid of Kelly, and appoints the head of his fan club to take his place!

Trump unleashed is a terrifying thought.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Trump's Biggest Nemesis: The US Constitution

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Thank goodness for laws that protect Americans from morons like Trump.

The courts have withstood Trump's third illegal attempt to denigrate and discriminate against Muslims.

The appeals court held that immigrant rights groups represented by the ACLU and the National Immigration Law Center "will likely succeed on the merits of their Establishment Clause claim."

The courts are also protecting the Dreamers from being ejected from the country by Trump, but their status is still up in the air. 

Trump's made it clear that without getting his way one-hundred percent on his stupid Wall, he's ready to deport upwards of 800,000 people.

After signing a budget that didn't give him all the money he wanted for the Wall, Trump floated the idea of reinstating the line-item veto, a practice ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1998.

Trump has no respect for the way the Federal Government operates and the balance of power between the Legislative and Executive Branches such as the one the line-item veto represents.

As long as people continue to defend, and uphold, the Constitution, idiots like Trump won't be able to destroy our democracy.

One of my biggest concerns is the judges Trump has been appointing. They all lean so far right they can't walk upright. That fact that Trump got to appoint a conservative Supreme Court Justice is unsettling.

He may even get another opportunity to appoint a conservative devotee, if one of the current judges retires, or dies from old age. Now, that's scary!

Meanwhile, as long as our laws stay intact, Trump won't be able to achieve his dream of being a dictator, like his buddy in Russia.

Time for me to walk on down the road... 

Memo to Democrats: Don't Count Your Chickens Before They're Hatched

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There's an old saying, "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched."

This thought was first recorded in print by Thomas Howell in New Sonnets and Pretty Pamphlets, in 1570.

This simple statement is infused with wisdom.

I'm calling Democrats out today, who think it's going to be a slam dunk when it comes to retaking The House in November. That it's a done deal.

Here's a friendly reminder...no one thought Trump would win. If the Democratic party didn't learn it's lesson that time, then they're in trouble.

Yeah, it looks good according to all the political pundits who are predicting a Blue Avalanche in the mid-term elections.

The fact that a lot of long-time Republicans are leaving Congress makes it easier for the Democrats who don't have to run against those incumbents.

All of these good signs mean nothing on election day when the voters turn out. Upsets happen. Polls are forever suspect after the 2016 election.

If the Democrats get out a strong ground game, and it's looking that way based on some earlier primaries, they should be able to retake The House.

Hopefully, overconfidence won't be the Democrats Waterloo again.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Degrees Of Outrage In America

                                     Good Day World!

How much can the average American take before they explode in outrage?

What is your breaking point?

The fact that the president of the United States is a known liar? 

That our government is in chaos with unqualified people coming and going from the West Wing?

That we could be on the verge of war with Trump's appointment of attack dog John Bolton?

You get the idea.

We're living in a time where the president of the United States is denying he had sex with a porn star shortly after his current wife had their son.

Yet, Trump tried to shut her up with money days before the 2016 election.

Now a lawyer for Trump claims he gave Stormy Daniels, a porn star, $130,000 out of the goodness of his own heart for no reason.

That lawyer, Michael Cohen is being sued for defamation in the latest development of this soap opera.

I've lost track of what outrages me the most. Trying to endure the Trump presidency is like getting shock treatments when you least expect it!

Time for me to walk on down the road...

The President and the Porn Star: Act Two

                                     Good Day World!

After watching the 60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels last night, I'm convinced this whole affair is going to be a three-act play.

Act One was the kickoff: Daniels lawyer tells media his client's story. It brews for a week and then explodes on 60 Minutes (which drew record ratings).

Act Two: It's getting serious now.

A  lawyer for President Trump's personal counsel Michael Cohen is demanding that adult film actress Stormy Daniels and her lawyer retract "false and defamatory" statements after 60 Minutes aired last night.

Stormy's lawyer Michel Avenatti, told CNN this morning that he's ignoring the letter and that he's going forward with the case. He feels that his client has enough evidence to prove her relationship with Trump, and to make a case in court against the liar-in-chief.

This playful banter will go back and forth until it hits the courts. Trump's minions are doing their best to bully Daniels right now.

According to Daniels, the bullying started years ago when a strange man came up to her and warned her to leave Trump alone!

It's unclear how long this second act will go on. 

The third act, of course, will be the trial and the results.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Trump Appoints Warmonger and Damn Sneak To National Security Advisor

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The last thing Trump needs is someone as willing as him to start a war.

So he appointed another draft-dodger whose known as a military hawk in Washington D.C. circles, and believes we need to do a preemptive strike against North Korea...soon.

John Bolton is a warmonger and he's a damn sneak. 

It was Bolton's Super Pac that collaborated with Cambridge Analytica, and paid them for "research," on American voters.

Enforcement officers from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office raided Cambridge Analytica's London offices, Saturday.

The political consultancy company is accused of manipulating Facebook data during the 2016 US election, according to a report from an ICO spokesman.

Cambridge Analytica was funded in part by Robert Mercer who was a pivotal supporter of Trump, donating millions to the campaign.

A separate data team from Cambridge Analytica also assisted by Bolton's Super PAC, pushed for Trump’s election, Make America Number 1.

Brad Parscale was the digital director of Trump's campaign, but Bolton's contributions can't be overlooked. The possibility of criminality being exposed is good.

What else can't be overlooked is that Bolton is being empowered by our wannabe dictator, who has been feeling pretty hawkish himself lately.

Time for me to walk on down the road...  

Governing With Chaos: Don't Blink, Or You'll Miss Trump's Final Decision

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The scene unfolded Friday morning...

Trump watched his usual Fox and Friends early in the morning and when they said the new Omnibus Spending Bill was bad, he became concerned.

So concerned, he tweeted that he might Veto the bill when it comes to his desk just hours before he was supposed to sign it!

Understandably, that caused a panic with GOP lawmakers.

If not for General McMaster's advocacy for the military during lunch with Trump he might have vetoed the bill.

But because McMasters was the last person to speak to him, he decided to sign it.  

Trump really didn't like the bill. It was McMaster's argument that our military would be in jeopardy if he didn't, that eventually swayed him.

Or, so he said in a press conference.

There were a lot of bitter pills to swallow in the bill according to Trump's advisors at Fox and Friends. Trump was also uneasy about increasing the national debt by another 1.2 trillion dollars.

It's unknown if Trump even read part of the bill. Reading is not his thing. Most of the lawmakers in Congress didn't read the entire bill; a fact that nearly everyone involved admits.

It was hurried through because Congress wanted to take a vacation next week, and it didn't want a government shutdown.

The fact that the Democrats got any concessions infuriated Trump. He tried to frame the failure of not having DACA included in the bill on the Democrats.

By the time all of this sinks in, and people have read the entire bill, there's going to be a lot of finger pointing done by both sides.

Just wait until Trump's base find out that the bill included a raise for Congress!

That's not going to appear like he's draining the swamp...on the contrary, it's a real time case of him FEEDING the swamp!

Time for me to walk on down the road... 

GOP Fears 'Deep State,' a Monster of Trump's Own Making

                                       Good Day World!

About the time Trump slung into office, far right circles (encouraged by Trump) created a conspiracy about a cabal of longtime government officials out for Donny's ass.

Trump uses the "deep state" term every time some government official thwarts him. He's convinced his followers there is a conspiracy against him.

He's also got at least one lawmaker in Washington D.C., drinking the kool aid too:

Meet Rep. Claudia Tenney who claimed the so-called “deep state” was responsible for ordering an extravagantly priced dining set for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson’s office. 

“Ben Carson is so misunderstood,” the New York Republican said on a local Upstate New York radio show before blaming an unnamed person in the deep state for ordering the furniture.

This is the kind of chaos Trump thrives on, and when supporters in the government back his ridiculous conspiracy theories, like Tenney, it's easy to see how much damage can be done.

Tenney's accusation fell apart when Carson claimed in a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Tuesday that his wife was responsible for ordering the $31,000 dining set.

Chances are, Tenney was trying to get some points with Trump, by embracing his Deep State monster. 

As long as there are Republican trolls claiming an active conspiracy against Trump, it'll be a good smoke screen to use against collusion charges with Russia, and obstructing justice.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Pence's Passion: It's The Quiet Ones That You Have To Worry About

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With everyone focused on our Liar-In-Chief, Vice President Pence has managed to stay in the shadows, where he operates best.

White House photos of the West Wing staff always have Pence hovering behind Trump like a ghost.

He sometimes sports a puckish grin, but most of the time his face is frozen in grim concentration.

Pence is famous for his supposed piety. The cult church he belongs to says a man cannot be in the same room with a woman unless his wife is there too. 

I don't know what happens in the case that a man doesn't have a wife to sit with him. 

Pence is known for his homophobic rantings cloaked in religion. I'm not sure if Pence has ever talked one-on-one with a black or brown person. His usual associates are as white as his closely cropped hair.  



Comedian John Oliver just came out with a new book - “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo,” that was No. 1 on Amazon.com yesterday.

Retailers were out of stock by midday.

Oliver's book is a tribute to the Pence family's beloved rabbit. The vice president's daughter, Charlotte Pence, wrote, “Marlon Bundo’s Day in the Life of a Vice President” earlier this year. 

Oliver's story is the same...almost. His Marlon Bundo falls for another male bunny however! Americans apparently think it's damn funny!

But don't underestimate Pence. He's waiting quietly in the wings of the Oval Office for Trump to be impeached and frog-marched out of Washington D.C.

Meanwhile, he backs up Trump's stupid statements with as few words as possible. He's managed to avoid controversy thus far by being the guy in the background.

He makes sure to stay out of the limelight, only grudgingly coming out for some events like the one he agreed to speak at as a special guest of America First Policies (a fringe group run by Carl Higbie). It takes place in New Hampshire, in the near future.

Pence has been working with the extreme conservative base in the background. He's firming up his own racist and religious foundation in the event of a palace coup.

Meanwhile, he slinks around the White House and manages to stay out of most of the chaos there. 

He's patiently waiting with that puckish grin...

Time for me to walk on down the road....