On page 177 of “Disloyal: A Memoir” by Michael Cohen is a blow by blow accounting of what once was a secret closely held by the President of the United States, the construction of his bouffant pompadour dyed gold.
The elaborate coiffing is accomplished in three carefully performed maneuvers of the shoulder length tresses which cascade from a scarred balding pate on the right and back side. To wit:
(1) The back locks are flopped forward, (2) those left hanging over the face are then flipped back and (3) the side strands are flapped over that. A thorough hair spraying secures the three layered structure. “Flop, flip, flap.”
Flop, flip and flap could also describe the standard order of the many scandalous events immortalized in the book about DJT. He flops, he flips the truth and a flap ensues.
michael’s observation was in vegas in 2013 and things may have changed with more thinning, up-graded products, less to mound and an aging head. that was 7 years ago, here’s what it looked like 2+ years ago:
so far IMHO the cohen memoir, compared to the other D’ump tell-alls, whether fully truthful or not is more entertaining and more likely than the others to be adapted as a movie. be it a coen comedy or a pakula suspense or a spielberg biopic, zombie-like we haven’t seen the last of it.
wapo today on more serious matters:
lincoln project’s latest obviously directed at an audience of one
Nobody has ever spent a *billion* dollars to go down 10 points. Don, you got conned.
Politics aside, there’s good news from Pittsburgh. UPMC announces development of potentially great news in the COVID fight
There will Be a presser at 2:00 EDT this afternoon to announce this development. I’ll try to catch it on streaming media at KDKA.
Once again the Putin reelection campaign is caught with Russians or Naziis supporting SFB. This time it was Support Our Troops with MiG’s in the picture. Too bad they did not run it by the American side of the rnc before publishing.
I live in Maryland, my misleading post card will probably arrive November 4.
What’s the story on the post card?
Sturg, CNN is reporting that the USPS mail in voting postcard has misleading information on it.
And…
Who knew?
too bad USPS spent all that time, money and labor on the postcard and not on ensuring the proper handling of absentee/mailin ballots, reversing dejoy’s destruction and beefing up needed manpower.
I’ll go vote in person, I think. Busted glass and all that jazz.
Do they think I’m here for their personal amusement?
sturge, in case you missed this last night about folks in your part of the woods
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/grammy-winning-ranky-tanky-is-a-band-with-a-mission-to-honor-gullah-culture
patd, like I said yesterday (or was it Sunday? My CRS interferes …) the postcard is nothing but cover for DeJoy and D’ump when the USPS at D’ump’s direction fails to deliver ballots by state deadlines for receipt.
Finally less than 50 days until the election
Not familiar with the Ranky Tanky yet, but the story sounds good.
Sturg – The USPS postcard seemed incredibly suspect to me. It gave non-state specific timelines for requesting and returning a mail-in ballot. Why spend the money on a mass mailing after removing and destroying sorting machines? It’s tRUMP propaganda.
Yes, tRUMP is arrogant and his hairdo is a manifestation of that arrogance. It’s not worth a news cycle, I hope. On with his illegal and immoral activities.
Wednesday, there is an FB and IG blackout to punish them for supporting hate groups. Gonna take more than a day of lost ad revenue to do that, folks.
Mike Bloomberg to the rescue in Florida and anywhere else the Russians are making progress. Maybe the MSM should cover that. Show the specifics of what the Russians are doing and how folks are being played…and how it benefits Poo-tin and kills democracy.
Nah, they will spend a news cycle chasing something silly. Never fails.
I would be willing to go stand in line to vote against Trump except that there is no place for me to stand. Washington is an all mail in ballot state.
http://gph.is/1qRM7p9
jamie, what effect will the fires have on your state’s, CA’s and oregon’s mail-in vote ability? a lot of people evacuated, houses burned down, IDs lost, postal service iffy…
wonder how many voters will have to go and vote the provisional ballot route and will there be enough time to set up all that’s needed?
First, the homeless can vote in all 50 states. The word needs to get out how to do it as it is a registration method
https://www.nonprofitvote.org/voting-in-your-state/special-circumstances/voting-and-homelessness/
Normally this needs to be done 30 days before an election, so each state may have emergency procedures in place. Definitely, a provisional ballot could be cast for places with voting locations, but for all mail such as Oregon & WA the easiest way would be to go to the local registrar and pick up a ballot and vote it right there to turn it in.
Yeah… we got the post card… and promptly ignored it.
We can go to our town hall… ask for an absentee ballot… fill it out and hand it over to our town clerk. No post office involved.
patd… I’ve been slowly making my way through the Cohen book. His story on his upbringing is fascinating! Yeah… just a “normal kid” hanging out in his uncle’s business establishment frequented by mob bosses.
i wonder how big a list of foreign heads of state he wants to assassinate can fit into that hairdo?
i wonder how many innocent migrant children trump can punitively separate from their families and imprison in that hairdo?
i wonder how much money trump can embezzle from his campaign, inauguration fund, and American taxpayers through dealing government contracts to his own businesses, and then hide in his hairdo?
i wonder how many indicted, convicted, and under-investigation close associates and former employees of trump can fit underneath one of trump’s hair-flaps?
see what i did there, BiD😉
Bink, with THAT hairdo the answers are:
1. As many as he wants to assassinate;
2. As many as there are;
3. As much as he can (but the space available may be limited by the dead foreign heads of state and the innocent migrant children in there).
4. The number may be limitless, certainly growing, but see #3, above.
Looks like it’s going to get crowded in there. Hillary C and Hunter Biden may get pissed at the crowding since they live in his head rent free.
Somewhat related: say i was President and wanted to hire and appoint employees exclusively with close ties to the Kremlin and Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs like Flynn, Rudy, Bannon, Manafort, Stone, Caputo, and the like, should i use use gel or mousse?
i was thinking about not using shampoo anymore and only rinsing with conditioner so my so it looks like my hair has more body while i praise anti-human dictators like Kim Jong-Un, President Xi of China, and Vladimir Putin (big fan), and then in the next breath call young American men who braved terrible deaths thousands of miles from home in the primes of their youth to defend the people and country they loved “losers” and “suckers”, but i’m not sure which brand to use. Any recommendations?
Ok, it was a welcome respite to forgo discussing politics, today, and entertain some lighter fare. Let’s do more of this.
Have a well-coifed day✌️❤️🇺🇸
the guardian:
Oh, sorry, but i don’t need any hairstyle advice for the pandemic, because that’s all going tremendously, ask anyone. A death toll equivalent to SEVENTY SEPTEMBER ELEVENTHS before autumn is a success by any measure.
Ok, pardon me, that is all.
One of the little things that separates Biden from the other guy is he gets the security briefings that the imbecile does not. It could be that the briefings include a lot of information that would upset an unstable idiot, but since he does not get briefed he is living alone in his alternate universe. In other words, he is getting the Russian briefing which SFB does not want done.
trump rally pandemic candy…
I just looked at the security logs for my website. I must have poked Putin real hard Friday. They started attacking then and have not let up. I have to agree with them that Putin is smarter than SFB. It does not make him likable though. I dislike both of the creatures.
edit – it was something I posted on Thursday.
Bink – That was great and exactly what the media needs to do when tRUMPsky and his minions try to pivot instead of answer questions. Just use their pivot. Bravo!
In addition to the virus magically disappearing, it’s gonna get colder. Just you watch. Cuz, December. His lemmings are dumber than he is; he’s always lying.
Still hoping for that lighting bolt with his name on it. Tee time approaches.
199,410 Americans dead of C19.
C19 will take the 200,000th American victim by tomorrow morning.
BiD, december in the age of D’ump [to the tune of “here comes santa claus”]:
here comes donny virus right down santa claus lane.
there’re hurricanes, fires and climate change reigns.
alarms are ringing, everyone’s screaming, everywhere all is fright.
so hang your heads and say your prayers cause nothing’s working out right.
usnews:
i sure hope they are also running similar ads targeting latinos.
I’d suggest similar ads featuring prominent Latinos, preferably Cuban from So. FL, and heavy targeting of the southern half of FL and perhaps in AZ to counteract the D’ump push in those states. For D’ump, no FL, no re-election.
pogo, they better do more than concentrate on cuban latinos since that isn’t the biggest hispanic bloc. they need to pay careful attention to the different groups in FL so as not to offend.
His hair is as disgusting as he is! *gag*
We’ll go to city hall to vote on Friday. It’s just a matter of living that long. Piece o’ cake.
Then, it’ll be a matter of getting to election night. Piece o’ cake.
Then it’ll be a matter of getting to see the apres inauguration events. I want to see Biden & Congress make FDR’s first 100 days look like lazy. I hope it’s a piece o’ cake.
Forget the Cubanos. Go for the Cubanas !
heavy:
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https://t.co/Z0NwoSoAnv?amp=1
gonna be hard for D’ump to keep from tweeting about that podcast with michael & rosie. hope it distracts him from the latest vile stuff he’s tweeting or sharing in tweets about joe.
patd, true enough, but the Cuban Latino vote is a particularly weak spot for Dems so it warrants special attention to peal some of those voters away. I’d think his crack team has ads set for other Latino voters who are not Cuban, but really, Joe needs to get his ass to FL and meet with Latino leaders and maybe do some of his community round tables or whatever he’s calling them.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen/id1530639447
The racist, rapist russophile tears Hispanic infants from their mothers, and keeps them in cages like poultry. He hates the Pope and Catholicism.
His face is brass and his feet are clay. And he leads forth the red dragon from russia. He turns a quarter of the ocean into a dead sea. He causes raging fires over a quarter of the land. He incites war and murder in the streets. He brings his pestilence to kill a quarter of the people. He calls himself ‘The Chosen One.’
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen/e/77696483?autoplay=true
Can/will a person like him change, ever? Would you trust him, ever?
pogo, joe might have a chance with the younger cubans but the old ones, at least those that had ties to batista, nada. i think they see their old el presidente in D’ump. for example compare similarity to him to this excerpt from PBS “american experience”
x-r, good post!
Interesting Cohen podcast.
The People v. Donald J. Trump The criminal case against him is already in the works — and it could go to trial sooner than you think. By Jeff Wise […] But federal charges aren’t the likeliest way that The People v. Donald J. Trump will play out. State laws aren’t subject to presidential pardons, and they cover a host of crimes beyond those committed in the White House. When it comes to charging a former president, state attorneys general and county prosecutors can go places a U.S. Attorney can’t. [… cy vance is discussed in a few paragraphs here as the most likely…] There are two main charges that Vance is likely to pursue. The first is falsifying business records (N.Y. Penal Law § 175.10). During Cohen’s trial, federal prosecutors filed a sentencing memorandum that explained how the Trump Organization had mischaracterized hush-money payments as “legal expenses” in its bookkeeping. Under New York law, falsifying records by itself is only a misdemeanor, but if it results in the commission of another crime, it becomes a felony. And false business records frequently lead to another offense: tax fraud (N.Y. Tax Law § 1806). If Trump cooked his books, observes Sheil, that false information would essentially “flow into the tax returns.” The first crime begets the second, making both the bookkeeper and the tax accountant liable. “Since you have several folks involved,” Sheil says, “you could either bring a conspiracy charge, maximum sentence five years, or you could charge each individual with aiding and abetting the preparation of a false tax return, with a max sentence of three years.” To build a fraud case against Trump, Vance subpoenaed his financial records. But those records alone won’t be enough: To secure a conviction, Vance will need to convince a jury not only that Trump cheated on his taxes but that he intended to do so. “If you just have the documents, the defense will say that defendant didn’t have criminal intent,” Jaroslaw explains. “I call it the ‘I’m an idiot’ defense: ‘I made a mistake. I didn’t mean to do anything.’ ” Unfortunately for Trump, both Cohen… Read more »
He’d prolly have to be kept in solitary. Unless of course, his lawyers don’t protect him from serving time with dope dealers, looters, shooters, cannibals and upper bunk-wetters.
And onthe CV-19 front:
In the past week in the U.S….
New daily reported cases fell 2.8%
New daily reported deaths rose 3.3%
Covid-related hospitalizations fell 8.3%
Among reported tests, the positivity rate was 5.6%.
The number of tests reported fell 13% from the previous week.
The 7 day rolling average for deaths seems to be hovering around 750 per day. The positivity rate remains above 5% although testing declined by 13%and in the face f a 13% reduction in testing new cases reported fell only 2.8%. At that rate COVID does in 49 days what it takes the regular old flu the entire 4-5 month flu season* to do, and it doesn’t stop after 4 months. Dipshit thinks that’s rounding the last, beautiful corner.What the hell universe does he live in? I’m sorry, but fuck him, put him under the jail.
*Based upon the 37,222 death per year average of the past 9 flu seasons beginning with 2010-2011 as reported by CDC.
Growing up I was taught that Roman Catholics were Democrats. Now I learn that was a lie. Sigh.
Here’s a link to the UPMC antibody discovery that may actually be a game changer. From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
Fingers crossed.
BB, back in the day when you were growing up that may have been the case – after all, until the 70s the solid South was almost totally democratic.
”UPMC antibody discovery that may actually be a game changer. “
Cool, should only take a year or more to bring to market😭
To hell with the LA angels and moreno. Boycott !
A lot of rural Catholics moved into the Dem camp with Al Smith. The big Eastern and Midwestern industrial cities already had lots of Catholics, and so did the mining towns. A lot of Catholics, (particularly rural & small town) and followed fr coughlin out of the Dem Party in the ’30s. JFK’s candidacy brought them back, especially the Irish diaspora.
The ripper party has yet to nominate anyone other than WASPs and trump – the wannabee WASP.
It’s time to put crazy mikhail caputov into a soft cell.
The LA Angels have fans to boycott them?
…learn something, every day!🤷♂️
Yeah we have a self-admitted mentally-ill man experiencing hallucinations and night-terrors, by his own public admission, acting as the liaison between the trump admin. and the CDC, if you didn’t know.
“Flip, Flop and Fly”
caput is also the trump campaign’s chief tether to the oligarch deripaska and wikileaks.
Misha Caputo, Russian operative, right out in the open? Wow. C’mon media, ferret ‘em all out.
The World Series will be played in the new (and ugly) ballpark in Arlington, TX. Honestly, I’ve seen better looking quonset huts. They’re really trying to sell it. DFW airport is close/welcoming the world to the new ballpark. Um…there will be huge, airline layoffs at the end of this month. Fewer flights, still in the midst of a pandemic…just air best-of games.
Trump no solo le falta al respeto a la comunidad hispana. Los detesta. Trump doesn’t just disrespect the Hispanic community. He detests them.
I mean, come on!
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/15/ice-deport-witness-sexual-assault/
dICpicablE
Biden also has a plan out to help Puerto Rico recover.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/2020-election/os-ne-2020-kissimmee-hispanics-biden-20200915-c5f43f62pbhpnoyoy6wkj7g2iu-story.html
Corey – What grinds my gears, today, is tRUMP lying to the face of a woman who questioned him about his mishandling of COVID…and she didn’t call him an effing liar. Folks, this is not the time to control your mouths and let the orange asshat have the last word. I hope his lying tongue falls out.
If Trump’s lips are moving, he’s lying.
When his thumbs move, he’s lying.
The dr mengele of the federal Irwin County Detention Center, where your tax $$ are going to fund forced hysterectomies on imprisoned immigrant women, is mahendra amin. Here’s some background info on the character of his practice :
Quality Reporting
eRx – He does not participate in the Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program.
PQRS – He does not report Quality Measures (PQRS). The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) is a Medicare program encouraging health care professionals and group practices to report information on their quality of care. Quality measures can show how well a health care professional provides care to people with Medicare.
EHR – He does not use electronic health records (EHR). The Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program encourages health care professionals to use certified EHR technology in ways that may improve health care. Electronic health records are important because they may improve a health care professional’s ability to make well-informed treatment decisions.
MHI – He does not commit to heart health through the Million Hearts initiative. Million Hearts is a national initiative that encourages health care professionals to report and perform well on activities related to heart health in an effort to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
MOC – He does not participate in the Medicare Maintenance of Certification Program. A “Maintenance of Certification Program” encourages board certified physicians to continue learning and self-evaluating throughout their medical career.
Language Spoken by Dr. Mahendra G Amin
English
Well, at least he speaks English Only.
That detention center is in Irwin County, GA.
trump’s mengele = mehendra amin, md
trump’s mengele, mahendra g. amin, also goes by the names amin mahendrakumar and mahendrakumar amin.
It’ll be hard to debate trumpity based on his time with George Stephanopoulos on the ABC Town Hall because he just talks and talks and talks. Seems to pull stuff outta his ass.
Tip, seems to?
Been chatting with best friend who lives in Fairhope , AL. That’s ground zero for Sally. So far, about
One of the few times in my life I’d rather be in East Bumfuck, WV than in Fairhope, AL ( a delightful and beautiful little city – except in the heart of the summer).
So I left work early tonight (6:00 pm) and came home to work on the lawn tractor to make it move. After 2 1/2 hours it did. The YouTube video seemed so easy… 12 minutes on YouTube = 2 1/2 hours in East Bumfuck. But it is done (Thank god).
ok, D’ump May wish he was a WASP when he is a just a WGA. Fuckhim.
They think he hates black people. Well, that’s true, but the further truth is he hates white people too.
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