Happy Valentines Day (Or President’s Day if you are reading this on Monday)
Hope everyone is dealing well with the snow (If you live here in NY) I don’t usually mind snow in February because even the big snow usually goes away after a few days. But this last big storm that we got has been lingering around for over a week. And then they’re predicting more snow this week here. Actually most of the country is been getting pelted with real bad weather. No matter where you are please be careful and stay safe.
POLITICS: (National) Trump Acquitted
Despite the overwhelming evidence produced by the House Managers, despite the filmsy and at times dishonest evidence produced by the defense, but most of all, despite the fact that this angry mob of domestic terrorists were coming after THEM and THEIR Vice President, 43 Republican senators voted to acquit former President Donald Trump on the charge of incitement of insurrection. 7 Republicans voted to convict along with all 50 Democratic senators.
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, whose wife quit the Trump administration over the deadly assault on the US Capitol, voted to acquit, then spoke on the Senate floor. He said basically that yeah, Trump sent a bunch of terrorists to kill me, but I couldn't convict him because it's unconstitutional.
There's a part of me that would really like to see how many of these Republican senators will say voted to acquit for that reason, and how many will say they voted to acquit because they didn't think that Trump did anything wrong.
But most of me doesn't want to hear it because as Joe Cabot said in Reservoir Dogs, "What for? It’ll just be more bullsh-t" Because that's exactly what it is.
The real reason they all voted to convict is that they are scared. They have no guts.
They're scared of pissing off Trump, pissing off their bases. That's gotta be a horrible way to live, so scared of someone, that you are willing to overlook the fact that he incited a mob to come try to kill you.
Shoot, someone tried to have me killed, I don't know what I'd do, but what I sure as hell wouldn't do is let them get another shot at it.
As House Manager Ted Lieu said:
"You know, I'm not afraid of Donald Trump running again in four years. I'm afraid he's going to run again and lose. Because he can do this again," Lieu said during the third day of Trump's Senate impeachment trial.
I'm hoping that's not a possibility. I'm hoping that either the state of NY, or someone eklse has the guts to do what these 43 gutless turds wouldn't. Convict him.
And I'm to the point where I'm not even sure throwing the orange bastard in jail is going to dissuade anyone from doing what he did, but we have to aim for that. I'll say it till I'm blue in the face, the Trump way can't be the roadmap to a political career.
POLITICS: Local: Cuomo in Trouble
A top aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo admitted last week that the administration withheld information regarding COVID deaths in nursing homes.
These allegations have been going on for some time, but as more bombshell revelations keep getting dropped, it’s getting harder to see Cuomo as the good guy here.
The aide, Melissa DeRosa, was speaking on a conference call with Democratic lawmakers. She told them that :
“We were in a position where we weren’t sure if what we were going to give to the Department of Justice, or what we give to you guys, and what we start saying, was going to be used against us and we weren’t sure if there was going to be an investigation,”
Cuomo was already under fire for the bone-headed decision to put COVID positive patients back in nursing homes, amongst older people who were naturally already compromised.
But as the old saying goes, “It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up.”
I’ve defended Cuomo on these pages. I still believe it was his strict crackdowns in the beginning that got NY from being the biggest hotspot in the country for COVID-19 to one of the smallest.
But he screwed up here, big time. As Jake Tapper said on Sunday at the conclusion of his show State of the Union, “Why do people feel the need to see what the letter is at the end of the person’s name (D or R or I) before deciding if they are right or wrong?”
Tapper is right. Wrong is wrong. And if an investigation finds Cuomo hid more than this, than he needs to go forthwith.
All right enough of that. I don't know about you, but I think we need to lighten this up a little...
HAIR CARE: No Clue about Glue
A Louisiana woman made headlines earlier this month when she posted a video pleading for help, as she thought it would be a good idea to use Gorilla Glue in lieu of hairspray to style her hair.
Tessica Brown's ordeal began in January, when she applied Gorilla Glue instead of her usual hairspray. She took to the interwebs on February 4th, looking for advice on what to do, since as she said "My hair, it don't move." It hadn't moved for a month.
She checked herself into the local ER last Saturday, still chronicling her misfortune.
But in a world where so much has gone wrong lately, this story has a happy ending, (which truth be told, is the only reason I'm writing about it)
First, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon named Michael Obeng performed a 4 hour procdedure to remove the glue. The surgery, which cost $12,500 was performed gratis by Dr. Obeng.
Then, comedienne and The Real co-host Loni Love donated a wig to Tessica.
Sure Dr. Obeng and Loni Love are getting themselves some free PR, but mostly, they are doing something to help a fellow human being. I mean, I can’t think of any insurance company that’s going to cover Gorilla Glue surgery. 12.5K is a lot of coin, this Dr. is a hero.
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Tonight is Valentines Night. I’m going to be 48 in August, and I have been with Tara for 16 years (15 married) By my math, that means I’ve spent 2/3 of my life either single or not caring about it.
I have had many wonderful Valentine’s Days with Tara. I also had a few memorable ones single, my favorite being in 1995, when I saw (Razor) Ray McGarvey play for the Cooper Union Pioneers at the Brendan Byrne Arena. My Valentine’s Day dinner was 4 $1.00 hot dogs washed down with Pepsi. And since Ray, Auggie, Mary and Karl all had dates that night, I spent the rest of Valentines Day with my pal Shahar Harel, first watching the Nets play the Charlotte Hornets, then riding back to Manhattan on the bus from East Rutherford, NJ.
Good times man. Good times.
If you are in a relationship, by all means go get fly with your honey tonight.
And if you are single, take tonight to celebrate your life, and all the things that make you special, because no matter what, you all have something special within you* Something that’s worth celebrating. We have all the time in the world to beat ourselves up (and Lord knows I’ve done my share of that) but tonight think of the talents, the gifts that you have. Think of all the times you put a smile on someone’s face and make that a reason to celebrate.
Stay Safe, Wear a Mask
and Have a Great Week
*I’m assuming of course that none of you are Republican Senators.
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