Yes, But Should Trump Be Waterboarded?

Gonzo to the rescue with his opinion on Trump's denunciation of Judge Curiel.

At least one prominent Republican thinks its worth considering Trump’s claim of Curiel's “bias” against him: Former attorney general Alberto Gonzales.

Raising the obvious question once again: why isn't Alberto Gonzales in jail?

Quote of the Day: Boston Magazine

A former Red Sox pitcher is running for elected office, and thankfully, it isn’t Curt Schilling.

Of course, since this is about Bill Lee.

“The suppression of the 98 percent really bothers me. I believe the rich should make $110,000 a year and the poor should make $103,000.”

He might top Bernie for the most interesting politician in Vermont this year. 

Spaceman just wants to bring the Expos back.

And if that isn't enough.

“When the Expos come back, the Red Sox will come [to Montreal], and we can go up for 75 cents on the dollar, get some good beer and watch the Red Sox play,”

Spaceman economics!

And the Spaceman philosophy on life!

Thanks Dave Granlund

Please don't sue me.

He has some very funny cartoons at his site. And reprints for sale.

And in the pain for Ryan vein:

Just one day after Ryan announced that he will vote for Trump, which came after a month-long standoff, the speaker denounced him for racially tinged criticisms of a federal judge.

It's gonna be a fun-filled five months, unless you're a Republican running for re-election.

Jill Stein on Gun Control

Not a lot of time today. I do want to point out that Stein is a lot better than Funiciello on guns.

• Gun ownership should be appropriately regulated. (Nov 2012)
• Gun ownership should be appropriately regulated. (Nov 2012)
• More local regulations; more background checks. (Oct 2012)
• Reduce culture of violence via mental health & legal drugs. (Oct 2012)
• Address community violence with more mental health services. (Oct 2012)
• Gun at home more likely to cause injury than to defend home. (Dec 2011)

But, she couldn't be worse. If she had a chance of winning, I might actually vote for her.

Quote of the Day:Rude Pundit

Figure I should start giving credit in the post title if I'm going to use it everyday.

If Trump can prove that people made money in real estate as a result of their taking Trump U. "courses," then wouldn't there be a paper trail and not just people talking about it? Wouldn't we be able to see transactions, mortgages, bank statements, friggin' cancelled checks? In fact, why does Trump never give us documents that prove anything he claims?

Gotta give him credit for the link to Redstate as well.

So the Trump campaign has released a video with purported testimonials from Trump University students which I guess is supposed to show that Trump University was not a scam. This video features three people – none of whom have ever bought or sold real estate for a living. One of them appears to be a professional testimonial-giver for seminars, one appears to give these kinds of seminars for himself, and one of them has an ongoing business and personal relationship with the Trump family, who have allowed him to sell his protein water on a number of their properties. 

Yes, the video defending against Trump U being a scam is also a scam. I was curious whether Donald Douglas would still have Redstate on his blogroll. So, after wading through the slime over there; surprise! no he doesn't.

Since, I'm on the topic of Shady Donald; here's an article from a few months back at Fortune. 

How many major-party Presidential front-runners have faced trial on “financial elder abuse” charges as they rolled toward the nomination?

I'm thinking shady is not a strong enough adjective. Any help would be appreciated. I'm toying with disgraceful and dishonorable for the added benefit of alliteration. 

Donald Vu?

I listen to a little bit of rightwing radio. One can only stand so much. A customary shill on there is how the the US economy will soon be entering another depression, yadda yadda. What to do? 

Why sink all your retirement money into Goldline, of course. 

Goldline’s entire business model was essentially a scam, the city attorney found. It was a bait-and-switch: Consumers wanted to buy gold bullion, but salespeople preyed on their fears — including falsely claiming that the government could seize bullion — and misled them into buying vastly overpriced gold coins instead. Consumers typically paid more than 55 percent above the actual value of the coins, which are much harder to sell down the road, instantly wiping out a large portion of their savings.

Yes, sink was the operative word there. 

Oh, they're experienced alright!

Quote of the Day

Thank you for this story in my morning PS, Maury. This is why my blog now has the sub-title "Election 2016-Can You Die of Amusement." Between Trump nationally and Funiciello locally, I fear my sides may literally split. And for me to use literally in this instance, you know this is serious humorous stuff.

“Now what’s going to happen when you send a Green into that same arena in a year where Bernie and Trump are the perceived outsiders and are receiving unbelievable amounts of attention?” he asked. “The answer to me is that I’m not going to be ignored at all as the first and maybe only Green elected to Congress.” 

Obviously, anyone who believes the Pentagon was not hit by an airplane and there are no pictures anywhere to suggest otherwise is not going to have a problem imagining himself in Congress. That's not the quote, tho.

“I’m not sure how much I really could get done, but I’m saying to you, ‘I don’t think anybody we would elect is really going to get anything done,’” he said.

Is that the most inspirational campaign rhetoric you've ever heard? 

"Vote For Funiciello: No One's Going to do Anything Anyway!"

Trump, Not a Billionaire?

Just wanted to link to this post by Josh Marshall.

The following is a list of things I've learned about Trump over recent months that make it clear he is worth dramatically less than he claims and think it is a real possibility that he has a net worth of less than $1 billion.