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My father came home from the hospital yesterday after a week inside. He has a pacemaker now, and a couple of stents, and there was a minor complication--not heart related--that kept him linger than he wanted, but now he's home and feeling better.

My brother arrived to tag-team, and so I am on my way home. I may not post for a few days because I'd like a little time with my husband and The Kids. Thanks again for all your good wishes, it was much appreciated.

Talk soon.

PS Howsabout that "Red Surge"? 🤣

Bobservations

As Carlos and I were watching the Gloden Globes last week, Michelle Williams was winning for Fosse/Verdon and came to the stage dressed in a sheet with dead bluebird perched on her shoulder. Carlos and I had this conversation; he said:

“What a hideous dress.”

“Says the man wearing croc slippers.”

 “But they’re—”

“Croc.Slippers.”

That’s all.

Trying to steer clear of the Iran mess, and of murdering a general on their soil, as well as deflecting from his impeachment, _____ tweeted about the stock market.

It could have been nothing, except that ­­­_____, the ALLEGED billionaire businessman,  referred to retirement accounts as “409K’S” instead of “401Ks.”

Wait, my household cleaner is also a retirement plan?

The Texas DMV has revoked a Fort Worth man’s vanity license plate—after first issuing it—because it read “Jail 45” because, they say, it’s a derogatory statement.

Jerry Balkenbush, owner of the plate says the Texas DMV approves about 1,000 vanity plates a week, but rarely takes them back. But, apparently, some wingnut in Texas saw the plate and complained, and so “Jail 45” was revoked.

Balkenbush, an Air Force veteran and teacher, was going to fight the decision in court, but backed down and got a new vanity plate.

I like it better.

GOP Congressman, and _____ lapdog, is getting a White House Cold Shoulder following his anti-_____ vote for the War Powers resolution this week.

But, big surprise, Gaetz didn’t just vote for the resolution, he pushed for other Republicans to do so.

The White House has, seriously, called the vote ‘super uncool’ and said White House officials would not be returning Gaetz’s phone calls, text messages, ‘smoke signals or his kneelings in the snow.’

It’s the Children’s Hour over there.

Sylvia Allen, a Republican … because of course … state senator from … wait for it, it’s a real place … Snowflake Arizona wants to prohibit any mention of the word “homosexuality” in the state’s public and charter schools.

Good try, Syl, you illiterate snowflaked asshat, but when there are gay people all over TV, and social media and public office and running for president and in every sport you’re gonna have a hard time keeping “homosexuality” on the down low.

Take a seat, moron.

Someone woke Sylvia up and told it was 2020 and she basically said:

“Never mind.”

Take a seat anyway, moron.

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine says he has enough votes to pass a resolution to limit _____’s ability to carry out a military attack against Iran without congressional authorization.

Kaine said GOP senators Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Susan Collins and Todd Young will support his measure.

Maybe the tide against _____ is turning and maybe, now, some Republicans will put this country over their party and their own self interests.

Maybe.

Sh’Rae Marshall.

He’s a fitness model and a medical student. Medical student? If he was my doctor, I’d be sick every single day.

Every.Single.Day.

Update 8/13/2019

Oh.Hell.Yeah.

I'm coming home! My brother and sister-in-law are taking over the driving and so on for Dad while he goes through PT, and I'm on a flight to Chicago, and then to Columbia. I'll be home sometime early Wednesday AM with Carlos and the "kids" and are will be as it should be.

We're going to take a couple of days away, and then blogging will resume next Monday, the 19th.

And with all that's been going on i have a lot to say.

Play nice.

Blog soon.

xoxo
Bob

Update 8/8/2019

Hey y'all.

Quick update ... Dad got the cast removed ... no cats this time Deedles ... and it was replaced by a boot so he's walking again, albeit a little slow and tentatively for now. He'll start physical therapy next Tuesday and hopefully in three weeks he'll be cleared to drive, and back up and, well, not running, but walking again!

My brother and sister-in-law arrive Monday and I'll be home by Wednesday. Carlos and the cats ... yes, it's cats this time Deedles =) ... are waiting.

Woo-followedquicklyby-Hoo!

xoxo
Bob

PS Play nice!

Update 8/1/2019

Hey there!

Well. the ramp is built, and my Dad came home on Monday. That's the good news.

The not so good? His doctor ... who is so adorable I almost volunteered for surgery ... was worried about his stitches, so he took off the old cast--thanks Miss Deedles for the heads up about spelling, and put him in a new one. 

The good news? This new cast allows him to put some weight on the ankle, and next Wednesday he'll have it removed and a boot put on.

Then it's onto rehab and working that new ankle joint!

So, it's progress and it's good and that's that. Carlos is doing fine; he was given a huge translation project from one of the school districts, so that's keeping him busy and bringing in some coins. But still ... I am ready to go home now that things are looking up. My brother and sister-in-law will tag me out on the 12th and the 13th I fly home! Yipeeeeeeeeeee!

Play nice ... or not, Maddie. 😁

xoxo

Bob

Update 7/27/2019

Whoosh .... what a week.

My Dad was sent to a rehabilitation hospital--closer to home, thank goodness--to learn how to maneuver a wheelchair or his KneeRover™ before he can be released; he needs to keep his new ankle off the ground at all times to avoid putting pressure on the new joints in his ankle.

And he was not happy' he said he would get out last Tuesday;nope. Then it was Thursday; nope. Then he was told he needed to have a ramp built because the stair and crutches would not be good. So, he called a guy who said he could build a ramp on Friday and so Friday was the day he was getting out. Nope; that guy was a no call no show, so we began again. Luckily we found a guy to do it on Saturday, but he's going camping Sunday and Monday, so .... if he finishes the ramp today, my Dad comes home Monday; if he finishes it Tuesday, Dad will come home then. Then Wednesday, it's down to Springfield to have the cast removed and a boot put on, and then the in-home physical therapy starts.

My brother will tag-team in on August 12th and help Dad get to his PT appointments, and I'll get home the 14th.

But Carlos and I will take those five days for our own little reunion/getaway, and blogging will resume the 19th.Until then ... play nice.

xoxo
Bob

Update 7/21/2019

Hi there!

It's me again. My Dad's doing fine; he was moved to a rehab facility much closer to home and will start physical therapy tomorrow. If that goes well, and my Dad is determined [read: stubborn] so he may come home this week. If not, he'll stay until the 31st when the cats comes off and he's fitted for a boot and then can come home and start physical therapy to get used to the new bionic ankle.

Other than that, all is well; I am being a very good nurse/assistant/dog-sitter. And Carlos is well, too; he's been keeping busy and seeing friends and getting out, so that makes me all kinds of happy.

Until the 19th of August ... unless i can update sooner .... play nice!

xoxo
Bob

Update: Thursday 7/18

Hey there ....

It's just me, from Oregon. wanting to let you all know that my Dad is doing fine, the surgery went well, and it looks like he may go to a rehab facility for about a week before coming home.

So all is well out here on the Left Coast; thanks for all your good wishes, they really helped.

Carlos is also doing very well; we talk many times a day and do some chit-chat ::::wink:::

I'll be back "live" or close to it, around the 19th of August.

Play nice.

xoxo
Bob

Bobservations

A quick Carlos story …while we laugh and joke and have fun, we do have our arguments, and about once a year or so, we have a huge blow-up.

As in the fight we had a couple of weeks ago, over Carlos’ refusal to listen, and how, while at Walmart—where we shopped for ingredients for a cheesecake he was making for a party, and only because someone gave him a Walmart gift card—every time I found something he needed, and said:

Do you need this?

He’d say:

Huh?

Do.You.Need.This?

Every time; and so we got into an argument about that and it turned loud and foot-stomping, especially when he said to me:

I think because you don’t like Walmart [Sidenote: I hate Walmart] you deliberately lowered your voice.

And that’s when the top of my head blew off. On the upside, after getting it all out, we’re done with the fight; the good thing is neither one of us carries the anger longer than a few minutes. On a more fun side, I was telling that story to my Dad over the phone last week, and as we finished up, he said:

Give my best to your husband … when you can get his attention.

And that, my friends. Is where I get it from. Thanks Dad!

I first posted about Cyntoia Brown a few weeks back, but here’s a brief recap: Brown was convicted … as a teenager … of killing a man while she was a sex trafficking victim and sentenced to 51 years before being eligible for parole.

A lotta folks found this odd, since the same thing happens to white people and they get minimal, or no jail time … like Keeva Delaney, who murdered her husband during an argument and was given one year in jail, and nine years of probation. And Delaney will serve her sentence one month at a time for ten years so as not to ruin her life. Uh huh.

Well, there’s good news for Brown. Tennessee governor Bill Haslam has granted her a full commutation to parole and she will be eligible for release on August 7 after serving 15 years; she will remain on parole for 10 years.

It should be noted that Haslam is a Republican. Just sayin’.

The Fat Bastard, and his band of racist evangelicals, are all fired up about building a wall, but have absolutely no desire to fix our dangerously crumbling infrastructure.

Think on that.

A new bill, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act ,cleared the US Senate last month in a rare unanimous vote. Under this new bill, lynchings will be charged as a federal hate crime.

Good news, though not for The Gays, if the Hate Group, the Liberty Counsel, gets its way. See, they are angry because a portion of the bill includes protections for the LGBT community, and Liberty Counsel president Mat Staver is lobbying Congressional lawmakers Representatives to have the LGBT language removed from the law:

“The old saying is once that camel gets the nose in the tent, you can’t stop them from coming the rest of the way in. And this would be the first time that you would have in federal law mentioning gender identity and sexual orientation, as part of this anti-lynching bill.”

Staver has his homophobia all twisted because he sees this new law as a kind of “slippery slope” that could :::gasp:::: further LGBT anti-discrimination laws, which have long been blocked by the GOP in Congress.

So, he’d like to make it clear, that if

 a mob were to attack and murder anyone in the LGBTQ community simply because they are an LGBTQ person, that should not be included as a Hate Crime.

Mat Staver can fuck off.

I also posted about Sara Cunningham last month; she’s the mother of a gay son who announced on Facebook that she would stand in for any mother who refused to attend their sons’ or daughters’ weddings because of their sexual orientation.

Well, Cunningham’s story will be made into a film starring LGBTQ ally Jamie Lee Curtis who posted this photo and statement after meeting Cunningham:

“Spent the day with my doppelgänger, inspirational mama bear, leader, author and social activist, Sara Cunningham, whose program @freemomhugs offers support to LGBTQ members whose families don’t.  As we say…. stay tuned #hero #freemomhugs.”

Good; Cunningham’s story is one that needs to be told.

Good news out of Texas recently; seriously good news. In Harris County 17 women were sworn in as new judges; even better, they were 17 black women.

The times are a’changing, even in Texas.

Neal McDonough, actor, and blue-eyed hottie,  says his Catholicism, and his love for his wife Ruve, are the reason he won’t kiss a woman onscreen, even if it costs him jobs:

“I won’t kiss any other woman because these lips are meant for one woman.”

McDonough admitted his stance has lost him work in the past , including a role on ABC’s “Scoundrels’’ after he chose not to perform a sex scene with actress Virginia Madsen:

“I was [surprised], and it was a horrible situation for me. After that, I couldn’t get a job because everybody thought I was this religious zealot. I am very religious. I put God and family first, and me second. That’s what I live by. It was hard for a few years. “But I was not going to lose the fight. And it worked. My career has been phenomenal.”

Not all show’s have had an issue with McDonough’s unusual stance. When he was offered the role of Nicollette Sheridan’s husband on “Desperate Housewives’’ he told creator Marc Cherry he wouldn’t kiss her, and Cherry simply said he’d have to write better scenes for him then.

I have a couple of questions, though. Um, Neal, would you kiss a guy? And if you need to practice would you travel to Smallville? And, on a more serious note, if you won’t kiss another woman because it goes against your religious views, how come you have no problem being a drug dealer or murderer on screen? Just asking.

I love RuPaul’s Drag Race, I love the creativity and the art and the jokes and the rudeness and the tea and the shade of it all. But I guess there are times when even Ru thinks the show may go too far.

Case in point: during a recent episode of All-Stars. The runway challenge was a “Curves and Swerves” challenge. Manila Luzon chose to rock a quilted pink Louis XIV inspired ensemble, but it was not her first choice. Nope, her first option was a Tampon-inspired number, until it was vetoed by Ru Paul for being in “bad taste.”

You say bad taste, I say high-larious. Manila posted a photo of her in the outfit to Instagram, saying:

“Ru said my ORIGINAL Curves & Swerves Runway look was in “bad taste” and production told me to wear my back up. I was really looking forward to wearing this gown that I think celebrates a perfectly normal human experience! Many of my fans are young women who may feel pressured by society to be embarrassed by periods. It’s empowering to teach young women about their bodies, encourage them to celebrate them AND to question people who tell them not to! My goal with this look was to normalize menstruation by looking sick’ning even if I was on my period! Instead, I decided to wear the beautiful quilted dress you saw in the episode because it is not my show, it’s Ru’s. But because of Ru, I have my very own platform to speak for myself and show you all my interpretation! my Period Gown is by @theladyhyde”

When did Drag Race get so precious? That gown would have killed on the runway, in humor and styling and shock value.

Just sayin’, Ru,

Okay, so going back to the Golden Globes, I keep thinking about Timothee Chalamet and his glittering harness he wore. He was a little avantgarde hottie and, since I found out he was not a child, he can join my list of Hot Men, er, maybe Hot Much Younger Than Me Men.

And I will not hold it against him that he got to kiss My-Husband-In-My-Head, Armie Hammer, in Call Me By Your Name.

Carry on …

Random Musings

Well, _____ has fired FBI Director James Comey just as Comey’s investigation into _____’s ties with Russia and crimes against America deepen.

Nothing to see here, right, except the subjugation of democracy by a narcissistic, lunatic.

Oddly enough, the official line is that Comey was fired because he ALLEGEDLY violated Justice Department principles and procedures by publicly discussing the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of private email.

Wait, so he was fired by _____ for talking Hillary and not because he’s investigating _____? I have a bridge to sell you.

PS Somewhere in Hell, Richard Nixon, whilst pounding rocks, was heard to say, “WTF Donny?”

In the midst of the Comey firing suddenly White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer vanished and was replaced by that idiotic, er, more idiotic, Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and here’s how that went down:

REPORTER: “You said that [Comey] made a lot of missteps and mistakes; back at the end of October, this president was applauding the FBI Director when he reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails. So he seemed quite happy with him at that point. What changed?”

SANDERS: “Well, I think the president's position. One, he was a candidate for president, not the president. Those are two very different things. Once you take over leading the Department of Justice, that's very different than being a candidate in a campaign. As you guys all know, there's a very clear distinction between those two things.

I think also having a letter like the one that he received [from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein] and having that conversation that outlined the basic, uh, just, atrocities in circumventing the chain of command in the Department of Justice.

Any person of legal mind and authority knows what a big deal that is, particularly in the Department of Justice, particularly for somebody like the Deputy Attorney General, who has been part of the Justice Department for thirty years and is such a respected person. When he saw that, he had to speak up on that action, and I think that was the final catalyst.”

Wow, and we thought Mama Grizzly Bore™ tossed a good word salad.

And let’s be clear that the “atrocities”—and isn’t that a strong word—that _____ says Comey committed appear to be the same things for which he praised Comey a few months ago. The only real atrocity Comey committed was aiding and abetting _____’s ascent into the White House.

And, to be even more clear, while Huckleberry-Sanders says Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein's report was the final straw, Rosenstein never clearly recommended firing Comey ... that was Jeff “Ties with Russia” Sessions.

If you believe that now is not the time to fear for our Democracy then you are dead from the neck up.

Re-f**king-sist. Write, call, email, Tweet your representatives and demand a special prosecutor investigate these crimes and if they don’t follow your instructions—and remember, you are the boss—vote them out.

On a better note—see what I did there ... because this Musing is about music ... Note? Music? I’ll stop.

This past weekend the local community band, in which Carlos plays the trumpet, had their concert in Rectory Square, and the aforementioned Carlos lead a group of buglers in The Bugler’s Holiday.

Now, I didn’t record their version, but that’s Carlos up there, and that, down there, is The Bugler’s Holiday.

Speaking of music ... though it’s quite a strecth ... Billy Ray Cyrus is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his Achy Breaky Heart—clearly a Top Ten Contender for Worst Song EVER-R-R-R-R!

And how exactly is he celebrating? He’s going the way of Madonna and prince and Cher by changing his name to ... I must control my gag reflex ... Cyrus.

“After August 25th, I will be the artist formerly known as Billy Ray. I’m just going by my last name Cyrus. I always went by Cyrus, and I begged Mercury Records to call me Cyrus in the beginning because that’s what I was comfortable with. I’m going to the hospital where I was born in Bellefonte, Kentucky, and legally changing my name.”

I guess Hack was taken; No-Talent was already being used; One-Hit-Wonder was already licensed; Past-Your-Sell-By-Date was gone?

Remember when Tennessee State Senator Mark Green was _____'s pick to be Secretary of the Army?

Now, not so much. Green has opted out because, yeah, those hate-filled anti-transgender comments he made but said he didn’t make reared their ugly head and everyone now realized he said them, then lied about them.

But he’s still saying the attacks were false and misleading even though they weren’t.

#ByeFelicia.

So, I love a BBC show, and I have been watching Ripper Street for the last couple of years, partly because I love the historical aspects of the storytelling and partially because it’s really like Law & Order: Ripper Street and partly because it has Hot Men like ...

From the top, Jonas Armstrong, who plays cannibalistic murderer Nathaniel Dove and is one beefy killer; and then, in the middle, Killian Scott, who plays Augustus Dove, Nathaniel’s tightly wound police commissioner, and murderous brother. Who knew killers could be hot?

Lastly, from American Gods, we have Ricky Whittle who just steams up the screen as Shadow Moon in a show about old gods coming to America to battle new gods like Celebrity and Technology.

Like I said, he steams. Just sayin’.

Ryan Seacrest has officially become the new co-host alongside Kelly Ripa in the newly redubbed, Live! With Kelly and Ryan!

Now, to be fair, I kinda like Kelly, but she’s also kinda annoying and when paired with ultra-smarmy and smugly annoying Ryan Seacrest, I see this becoming a battle of Who Do You Dislike Most?

Perhaps they should have called the show that?

In another example of how clearly out-of-touch _____ is, his daughter, the one he’d bang, if you, know ... incest ... Complicit _____ will head a review of US climate change policy at the United Nations climate change meetings next week in Bonn, Germany.

Wait, a woman who hires people to design jewelry and handbags and then has them made in China where she pays workers pennies a day, and the same woman who had someone write a book about how hard she has it as a millionaire working woman and then slapped her name on it, is now a climate change expert?

Yeah, that’s America under _____.

Random Musings

This weekend is supposed to be very cold in Smallville, and there is a chance of snow.

Brrrrr but ... we’ll in Miami for a week so ... yeah, take that, snow storm ... even though, truth be told, I love a Smallville snow.

At any rate, we’re gone, and while I have some preplanned things for y’all for the next week, I won’t be back, blogging or commenting—I’m going off the grid, so to speak—until late next week.

Be nice, y’all, and #Resist!

Earlier this week I posted about gospel singer Kim Burrell’s hate-filled rant, masked a sermon of some sort—see post HERE.

Burrell was set to appear on Ellen this week to sing her song from the film, Hidden Figures, but Ellen isn’t having it, or Burrell:

“For those asking, Kim Burrell will not be appearing on my show.”

Thanks Ellen!

This is our New Year’s Day meal ... it’s said that one should eat Black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day because they bring luck, but I am never one to follow tradition, superstition except ...

I made a Black-eyed Pea soup, with Andouille Sausage and Kale, and then some homemade Sausage and Onion Cornbread.

It may not bring us luck but it filled our bellies!

Donald ____ took to Instagram—I guess his Twitter account was exhausted—to post a meme saying his “administration will follow two simple rules: Buy American and Hire American!"

And then, well, hypocrisy ... because Donald _____ just won approval to hire 64 foreign workers for his Mar-a-Lago property through the government’s H-2B visa program. And not only is _____ hiring foreign workers while telling y’all that his stance is “hire American” he is also paying those foreign workers less money than he’d pay American workers.

So, remember that; he is telling you what the country should do and then he does the exact opposite because it’s best for his bank account.

Oh, and let’s not forget that his clothing line, and that of his daughter, and possible First lady ... ick ... Ivanka, is still being manufactured outside this country although he says he’ll bring back jobs to America.

I cannot understand how those fools who voted for him can still be foolish enough to think that he’ll do what’s best for America when all he wants to do is what’s best for him and that family of his ... oh wait ... fools.

Could this be true? Is Will & Grace coming back to TV?

Leslie Jordan, who played Karen Walker’s frenemy Beverley Leslie—"Well well well, if it isn’t Karen Walker. I thought I smelled gin and regret"—seemingly confirmed last week that the show is returning to NBC for 10 episodes:

“It’s back. NBC has ordered it. They have ordered 10. It will be for next season, and they’ll add the guest cast. I will get a phone call ... I’m not a regular.”

Last September, the main cast sparked revival rumors after they appeared in a 10-minute episode encouraging viewers to vote. A month later, it was rumored that Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes were all in talks to reprise their characters for an abbreviated season.

But maybe Beverly spoke to soon ... Debra Messing has walked back Leslie Jordan’s confirmation of a revival, Tweeting an answer to a fan’s tweet about the new seasons saying:

“Sadly Leslie was wrong. Nothing beyond talks.” 

Get it together ... I’d like some W&G again.

2017’s First Cat Fight .... "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough took to Twitter to blast a former CBS reporter for suggesting Joe “partied” with President-elect _____ on New Year's Eve.

His target was Sopan Deb, who posted a screenshot from a New York Times report noting that Scarborough and his co--host Mika Brzezinski were at _____'s party; then Joe shrieked:

“Partied? You’re very good at pushing fake news. You should write for CNN. Apparently making up facts is fine if you’re writing about us.”

Scarborough then criticized Deb, and then called him “a hack” for suggesting he partied with Trump, but, and here’s the gist of the story, Scarborough was at Mar-a-Lago, though he says he was there before the party to set up an interview with _____.

"Nothing that Mika and I did in setting up this meeting was any different than what all good reporters and news hosts try to do daily. I hope we get the interview."

Deb eventually responded to Scarborough, but wondered, as I did, what the difference between partying with _____ and “attending” the party might be.

So, Joe was there, but before the party which still begs the question: why go all the way to Mar-a-Lago on New Year’s Eve to request an interview, Joe? That could’a been done by phone or email on any other day.

Oh, and there is a photo of Scarborough working the red carpet at the party.

Uh huh. sure Joe.

Carlos’ father is not too keen on the whole gay son thing, and especially not on the whole gay son married to another man thing, and he hadn’t spoken to Carlos in decades. But this year, in April, on Carlos’ birthday, after Carlos’ mother wished him well, his father, Carlos Sr., got on the phone to say Happy Birthday.

I suggested that maybe Carlos Sr. is getting old now and wants to remedy all the bad feelings between father and son—Carlos Sr., has also mended fences with his sister, our beloved Tia Gloria—and Carlos just shrugged.

Well, over the weekend Carlos called his parents in Mexico City to wish them a Happy New Year; he spoke to his mother briefly and then hung up. A few minutes later our phone rang and it was Carlos Sr. wishing Carlos a Happy New Year.

Carlos was very pleased—though he tried to hide it—and then he said, “Of course he didn’t ask about you at all.”

I said, “Look, it’s taken him thirty years to speak to you again, I can wait.”

Still, it does my heart good to know that they’re talking.

We watched the movie Race over the long holiday; the story of Jesse Owens’ performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics amid the rise of Nazi Germany.

Naturally, since Owens was a black man, Hitler was none too pleased that Owens was the star of the games and even refused to meet the athlete or stay in the stands after Owens had won his four gold medals.

Still the film had some hotties ... clockwise from the top ... notably Stephen James as Jesse, and Jason Sudeikis—who I find very attractive in a snarky smirky way—as Jesse’s coach, Larry Snyder. Sharmier Anderson played Jesse’s chief rival for the spot on the US Track team, Euface peacock, and David Kross was Carl ‘Luz’ Long, a German athlete who befriended Jesse and even, egads, shook his hand and hugged him on the field after a victory.

That alone made life quite difficult for Long after the games. And much was made of Adolf Hitler’s refusal to meet Jesse and yet nearly nothing was said about the fact that, after the games, our own president, FDR, did not invite this four-time gold medal winner to the White House.

Interesting story; fairly good film; hot guys. Win.Win.

This will be our President ...

Donald _____ took to Twitter to kvetch about North Korea:

“North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S. It won't happen!”

Okay, childish because that’s so not presidential, but then he took to Twitter to bash China:

“China has been taking out massive amounts of money & wealth from the U.S. in totally one-sided trade, but won't help with North Korea. Nice!”

But then his real issue came out, the thing that really pisses him on, and it isn’t nukes and it isn’t China, it’s photography:

“@CNN just released a book called "Unprecedented" which explores the 2016 race & victory. Hope it does well but used worst cover photo of me!”

Yup, that our future president. Not North Korea ... not china ... but an ugly picture of his fugly mug.

After acting to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics [OCE] this week—see post HERE—House Republicans scrapped their plans after _____ stepped in ... ALLEGEDLY ... and it looked like maybe the OCE would stay.

Don’t count on it ... while the House GOP withdrew their planned changes, they say they will “study” changes to the office and make them before the August deadline.

So, while I gave them a slow clap this week for doing the right thing, as usual, I have also taken it with a grain of salt, because you cannot trust the GOP as far as you can throw them.

And, while the GOP is suggesting they stopped because of _____, that’s a lie; _____ didn't object to gutting the ethics office, he just wants to do it later ... once someone tells him what “ethics” means.

Just sayin’.

Jared Louis Valezquez, a gay porn star who goes by the name Tyce Jax—seriously? Tyce?—is on probation for beating, choking and pulling a knife on his partner Bobby Hamill; Valezquez has been arrested on domestic violence charges five times before.

Valezquez is said to have become enraged after ... wait for it ... it’s rich ...,. wait for it ... finding Hamill watching porn on an iPad.

Yup, the porn star was furious that his boyfriend was watching porn.

Now, unless it was straight porn ... ewwww .... I’ve.Heard.Everything.