The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    STABLE GENIUS

    By Richard Day on Fri, 05/24/2019 - 10:46am |

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    STABLE GENIUS

    DEFINITION

    1.  A person extremely proficient at scattering hay, removing manure and caring for equines.

     

    2. A horse Whisperer.

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    3. A psychopath.

    Head shot of Trump smiling in front of an American flag. He is wearing a dark blue suit jacket, white shirt, light blue necktie, and American flag lapel pin.

    THAT'S ALL FOLKS!

     

     

    Comments

    Did he ever focus on the farmers who  we’re supposed to be the reason for the event? He has to promise them $16 billion to pay for his tariff screwup.


    by rmrd0000 on Fri, 05/24/2019 - 10:57am

    Great punning in "stable genius", thanks for not keeping it to yourself. smiley And also too: just good to see your name as to still alive and kicking.


    by artappraiser on Fri, 05/24/2019 - 11:37am

    It's with some embarrassment that I'll admit that I spent a year or so bragging that I was a genius. I think I was about 7 or 8 years old. I matured and out grew it.


    by ocean-kat on Sat, 05/25/2019 - 2:13pm

    Glad you are back.  I missed your stories about the grandkids and your humor.  I hope you are well and have a nice weekend planned.  Happy Birthday.


    by trkingmomoe on Sun, 05/26/2019 - 7:14am

    Condom for a horse
    fits the Trojan kind, of course.
    Putin's cunning plan.

    He gallops across the steppes
    to inspect his new corral.


     


    by moat on Mon, 05/27/2019 - 12:03pm


    by artappraiser on Mon, 05/27/2019 - 5:19pm

    Obama's speechwriter. He wasn't just addressing this topic but it applies:


    by artappraiser on Mon, 05/27/2019 - 7:39pm

    Apparently the stable genius doesn't need to consult with anyone about his political shots:

     


    by artappraiser on Mon, 05/27/2019 - 11:29pm

    Early polling suggests Biden has the lead among Black voters, but Warren and Harris seem to be making gains. Harris will attack Biden on the 1994 crime bill but has the baggage of her time as a prosecutor who put black men in jail. Cornel West attacks Biden for supporting the crime bill, but he supports Bernie Sanders who signed the crime bill. Sanders does not seem to be gaining ground with black voters. Van Jones is elated that both Trump and Biden are fighting for prison reform. Jones calls the moment historic. Of course Jones is the same guy who thought Trump looked Presidential simply by giving a speech. We will have to wait to see what happens when votes are cast in the primaries to really see where things stand. Trump, Biden, Harris, and Sanders don’t have clean hands on the issue of criminal justice reform. Trump is hoping that the crime bill controversy will keep black voters from casting a vote in the general election.

    Cornel West

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/cornel-west-tells-biden-to-get-off-symbolic-crack-pipe-over-crime-law-or-lose-blacks-to-trump

    Van Jones

    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/05/28/van_jones_historic_to_see_biden_and_trump_competing_on_who_can_be_the_best_on_criminal_justice_reform.html

     

     

     


    by rmrd0000 on Wed, 05/29/2019 - 11:45pm

    You betcha, the ultimate in horse hockey:


    by artappraiser on Mon, 05/27/2019 - 10:12pm

    from Ryan Lizza's review for WaPo of “Siege,” Michael Wolff’s sequel to “Fire and Fury”:

     Bannon’s frequently shrewd observations make it clear why Wolff finds him irresistible. The author is mostly interested in Trump’s psychology. He is adept at documenting the president’s lunacy, and Bannon is frequently an able fellow shrink. For example, he credibly theorizes that Trump’s inevitable disgust with anyone who works for him is a natural outgrowth of his alleged self-hatred. “Hating himself, he of course comes to hate anyone who seems to love him,” Bannon tells Wolff. “If you seem to respect him, he thinks he’s put something over on you — therefore you’re a fool.”


    by artappraiser on Wed, 05/29/2019 - 7:11pm

    AA, of all the things I have read recently, Bannon's comments concerning his previous boss really grab me.

    According to Wolff, Bannon hates this sombitch?

    WOW!!


    by Richard Day on Wed, 05/29/2019 - 10:28pm

    Oh yes this particular description grabbed me too, so it is so good to know you had the same reaction.

    As far as Bannon hating him, from reading more at that link and elsewhere previously, that doesn't seem like the right word to me. It's more like he thinks Trump is a useful idiot. And one that had to be humored for his idiocies because he was so talented at the right demagoguery.

    Well, not even talented, I don't get that either, more like Trump fell into the right position via "Art of the Deal" shtick and then "The Apprentice" to be the right demagogue for what Bannon thinks should happen.  And I think Bannon always basically thought that. So do ideologues like John Bolton and Stephen Miller and Pete Navarro.

    And then there's the more pop manipulator people like Larry Kudlow and Scaramucci who admire what Trump can do and who are not such passionate ideologues, they don't seem to think of him as an idiot as much, just volatile. I do think Bannon thinks of him as useful idiot.


    by artappraiser on Wed, 05/29/2019 - 11:51pm

    Ok, all that said, OH GEEZ we are back to simple "but he's also just a damn horse's ass" things > check out what TMac just posted on the news thread under the headline "KingCheeto is the smallest of all men"

    White House wanted USS John S. McCain obscured during Trump’s Japan visit @ WaPo. Even Dickday in his heyday couldn't make this stuff up and be believed! laugh


    by artappraiser on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 2:03am

    But also, when he is in meltdown mode, there is the tendency to delusionary paranoia and crazy conspiracizing:


    by artappraiser on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 10:58pm

    No, it's just another std way Trump attacks the messgenger, such as "Mueller wanted the AG (or FBI?) slot & I didn't give it to him, so now he's jealous & attacking me". A number of cases where he uses this tactic.


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/31/2019 - 7:18am

    Personally I am freaked out by this because my reaction is that he looks like a normal person all of a sudden. What the hell is going on?!

    On his way back from golf, Trump stops at McLean Bible Church to "pay respects" to victims of the Virginia Beach shooting. In respectful golf clothes, with respectful hat hair and again with the way too long respectful pants. Respect. pic.twitter.com/r2syOrfsoJ

    — Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) June 3, 2019

    Trump walking around with Michael Scott season 1 hair. pic.twitter.com/zEaYUc51bP

    — Keaton Patti (@KeatonPatti) June 3, 2019

    edit to add, I see Joe is confused too:

     


    by artappraiser on Mon, 06/03/2019 - 4:35am

    The Brits seem to recognize genius in subtle ways - it wasn't just the Queen's choice of hats & broaches...
    https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/06/trump-visits-the-queen-an...


    by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 06/08/2019 - 2:46pm


    by artappraiser on Tue, 06/11/2019 - 9:03pm

    lookit how he's still trying to impress little George Stephanopoulos with his stable geniosity:

     


    by artappraiser on Wed, 06/12/2019 - 7:34pm

    Suffice it to say, many are taking this more seriously. I.E.


    by artappraiser on Wed, 06/12/2019 - 8:06pm

    Er, FEC talking:


    by artappraiser on Fri, 06/14/2019 - 12:35am

    Fox's Napolitano warns Trump: 'A felony' to accept foreign help for reelection

    @ TheHill.com - 06/13/19 05:29 PM EDT


    by artappraiser on Fri, 06/14/2019 - 10:06am

    Great point by Max on topic:


    by artappraiser on Wed, 06/12/2019 - 10:08pm

    All @ Politico: Trump goes on Fox to clean up his foreign interference comments

    Trump insisted during a meandering 50-minute Fox interview that “of course” he would alert the FBI in such a case.

    Trump rushes into damage control after saying he’d accept foreign help in 2020

    Republicans lash Trump for being open to foreign oppo


    by artappraiser on Fri, 06/14/2019 - 10:17am

    Uh oh, when even she can't figure out what he is saying:


    by artappraiser on Wed, 06/12/2019 - 10:44pm

    Sometimes the horse whispers too softy.


    by moat on Fri, 06/14/2019 - 5:44pm

    hahahahahhaahahhahaahhahahaha

    Well, Moat gets the comment of the week award, given to all of him from all of me.

    hhahahahahahaha


    by Richard Day on Fri, 06/14/2019 - 5:54pm

    I dip my head in equine fashion to demonstrate my appreciation.


    by moat on Fri, 06/14/2019 - 6:32pm


    by artappraiser on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 5:17pm

    You have to think like Trump. Sure they were eventually found innocent but Trump is thinking about all the times he went to court knowing he was guilty and he got away with it. So  really, what does being found innocent mean to Trump?


    by ocean-kat on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 7:28pm