Hypocritical Socialism and the American Farmer

Trump’s supporters in the farming community are going to get another bailout.  Because they’re happy to have a socialist handout when it helps them.  Meanwhile, they despise the idea of universal single payer healthcare for all.  Because that kind of socialism is bad.

What hypocrites.

The Trump administration will provide $16 billion in aid to farmers hit hardest by the yearlong trade war between the U.S. and China, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Thursday.

Perdue told Fox Business News that the plan includes trying to sell American products in more markets outside of China.

“If China’s decided not to play, then we’ll sell these great products elsewhere,” Perdue said.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is set to announce additional details on farmer assistance on Thursday, and President Trump is expected address the nation’s farmers Thursday afternoon from the White House.

What hypocrites.

“This Evangelical Prayer-Coin Grift Is What the Age of Trump Is All About”

This essay is 100% on the mark-

If you’re confused about why something is happening in America, just ask who’s making money from it. This of course applies to the presidency of Donald Trump, our fearless leader and an indubitable—if unfortunate—projection of the American id. The Rogue Outsider Tycoon Man Who Makes Business Deals might have lost $1 billion of other people’s money while branding himself a business genius, but he’s relentlessly monetizing his office now thanks to a complete disregard for ethics or conflict-of-interest concerns. He likes the attention and the power, sure, but he really likes the money.

More than that, though, his presidency persists despite the eruptions of public insanity and the felonies in office and the obvious corruption and the authoritarian onslaught against the institutions of our democracy because other people are making money. The market has mostly been strong, so Wall Street and Big Business have been happy, and then you throw in his trillion-dollar tax-cut giveaway to rich people and corporations. (What constitutional crisis? I’m on a yacht!) The lobbyists and special interests are thriving in the New Swamp—now headquartered at the Trump International Hotel, a beacon of the most brazen corruption—and must surely be enjoying this more direct model of crony capitalism.

Etc.  The fact that Falwell, Graham, Metaxas, and Jeffress along with the other grifter Evangelicals (not Christians) adore Trump is because they are as base and greedy as he is.

Another Day, Another Dead Toddler Because The Adults in His Life Left a Gun Laying Out

A 3-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in south Kansas City and died from his injuries Friday afternoon, police said in a news release.  Police said they were called to a home in the 11300 block of Calico Drive after 12:30 p.m. in regard to the shooting. While responding to the call, police learned the child had a gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital by his mother. The boy was pronounced dead at the hospital. His identity has not been released.

Parents or whoever it is that leaves guns out in these cases should be prosecuted for negligent homicide.  Every single time.  Their negligence and stupidity kills kids in America every day.

Ohio’s Jim Jordan Knew All About the Abuse and Turned a Blind Eye to It

If Ohio voters can’t do better than Jordan, they are truly to be pitied.

A now-dead Ohio State team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students over nearly two decades, and university officials knew what he was doing and did little to stop him, according to an investigative report released by the school Friday.

Dr. Richard Strauss committed the abuse from 1979 to 1997 — nearly his entire time at Ohio State — in episodes involving athletes from at least 16 sports, plus his work at the student health center and his off-campus clinic, the report said.

The report on Strauss, who took his life in 2005, could cost the university heavily by bolstering the lawsuits brought against it by a multitude of victims.

Jordan is one of those who knew.

Previous to Friday’s release, his accusers had alleged more than 20 school officials and staff members, including two athletic directors and a coach who is now a congressman, were aware of concerns about Strauss but didn’t stop him.  Neither that congressman, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, nor any other coaches are mentioned by name in the report.

Most of those claims are part of the lawsuits against Ohio State that are headed to mediation . They seek unspecified damages.  The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights also is examining whether Ohio State responded “promptly and equitably” to students’ complaints.  Ohio State alumni have said they complained about Strauss as early as the late 1970s, and the university had at least one documented complaint from 1995.

Again, if Ohio can’t do better than an enabler of molestation, they are of all States most to be pitied.

Of Course It’s Florida

Where else would some adult woman have a baby by an 11 year old boy?

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The Pasco County woman accused of having sex with an 11-year-old boy, getting pregnant and then having his baby, did not appear in court for a hearing today.

The judge continued the case to next month and said by that time, the case needs to be resolved or a trial date will be set.

She should be arrested and tried for crimes against a child and pedophilia.

17 Months old and Dead, Because She Was Sexually Assaulted…

This is unspeakably evil.

There was a celebration of life Tuesday for a toddler who died in Richmond, Virginia after an alleged sexual assault.  17-month-old Nariah Brown died Friday at a local hospital. The girl’s mother had left the child with someone she trusted at a motel, where the alleged assault occurred.

More than hundred people turned out to Forest Hill Park Tuesday to release balloons and light candles in the girl’s memory.  Her family hopes the balloons will be found and Nariah’s story will be shared to prevent future sexual assaults on young children.

The girl’s mother, Aija Brown described her daughter, nicknamed Butter Bean, as “loving, goofy, open-hearted” in front of the big crowd. She said her baby girl loved to dance, especially to Disney songs.  Brown says it was a close friend who sexually assaulted her daughter at the Motor Lodge on Midlothian Turnpike last Wednesday.  No charges have been filed by police at this time.

Unspeakably.  Evil.  The perpetrator needs to be caught, tried, and executed.

He’s White, so Of Course His Sentence is Light

Satan eating pedophile pastor.

A former pastor convicted of repeatedly raping his adopted teenage daughter was handed an effective sentence of 12 years in prison Thursday by a Knox County judge, who weighed the severity of the crimes against an outpouring of support for the man from friends and family in court. David Lynn Richards Jr. continued to maintain his innocence, as he had throughout his trial, while asking for leniency from Knox County Criminal Court Judge Steve Sword.

The Knoxville News Sentinel typically does not identify victims in sexual abuse cases, but  Amber Richards chose to speak publicly after the February verdicts. She sat on the opposite side of the courtroom Thursday, joined by a half-dozen others, including her biological parents, who she has reconnected with in recent years. David Richards took the stand in his own defense, painting his accuser as a defiant teenager who first made her allegations of sexual abuse amid his attempts to impose strict rules for his children.

Forensic testing, however, uncovered the presence of seminal fluid with a DNA profile matching that of David Richards on the girl’s bed frame. A Knox County jury found Richards guilty on nine felony counts, including rape, incest and sexual battery by an authority figure following three days of testimony in February. Sword had wide latitude in his sentencing decision — most of the charges Richards was convicted of, including rape, are punishable by probation alone under state law. Only the charge of sexual battery by an authority figure requires a minimum of three years’ mandatory incarceration.

“I stand before you convicted of crimes I did not commit,” said David Richards, 41. “I simply believe the system just erred in this case.  I’m not sure why I’m here. … but I assume it’s for His purpose.”

The judge acknowledged Richards’ longtime ministry — he began a Bible study among his fellow inmates while jailed at the Knox County Detention Facility — and the support he still receives as mitigating factors. More than 30 people sat on the defendant’s side of the courtroom in a show of support, including David Thompson, who shared ministry duties with Richards at My Father’s House Church of God in Lenoir City.

“I find it impossible for me to believe he’s guilty of this,” said Thompson, who echoed the call for leniency. “His business needs him. His family needs him. Our church needs him.” Sword, though, noted the time frame of the abuse, which began when Amber Richards was 14 and continued for nearly two years before she reported it to authorities, as well as David Richards’ abuse of his position of trust as the girl’s sole guardian. David Richards was joined Thursday by a new attorney, Stephen Ross Johnson, who signaled his intention to seek a new trial.

He is a serial rapist and pedophile.  He should be spending the rest of his life in jail.  The rest of his life without the possibility of parole.  But because he’s white, his sentence is light.

Jerry Falwell Jr Is Just As Slimy as You Thought he Was

Months before evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr.’s game-changing presidential endorsement of Donald Trump in 2016, Falwell asked Trump fixer Michael Cohen for a personal favor, Cohen said in a recorded conversation reviewed by Reuters.

Falwell, president of Liberty University, one of the world’s largest Christian universities, said someone had come into possession of what Cohen described as racy “personal” photographs — the sort that would typically be kept “between husband and wife,” Cohen said in the taped conversation.

According to a source familiar with Cohen’s thinking, the person who possessed the photos destroyed them after Cohen intervened on the Falwells’ behalf.

You only hide what shames you.  Falwell sold his soul to Trump for the silence his fixer promised.  What slime.

Because Every Nut Has a Gun, A Baby Has Been Shot

A 1-year-old was shot near a gas station in a road rage incident in southwest Houston, according to Houston Police. It happened near the Southwest Freeway at Gessner around 1 p.m. Wednesday. The child’s father, 20, told police he accidentally rear-ended another vehicle. While trying to apologize, he said he saw the driver pull out a gun.  Police said the man told them he feared for his life and drove off. That is when the suspect fired two shots at the man’s vehicle, hitting the 18-month-old in the chest, police said.

The bullet traveled through the trunk of the vehicle and struck the child in the chest, police said. The child’s father, who also had 3-year-old in the vehicle, pulled into a nearby gas station for help. People inside immediately called for help. The child was awake and alert and was taken to a hospital in stable condition. The child is expected to survive, police say. “We believe it’s road rage. We have no indication that they knew each other.” said Officer J.G. Jones with the Houston Police Department.

Because every nut has a gun, and the only way Americans know to solve problems is to shoot first and ask questions later.

This Week’s Podcast

Be sure to tune in to my podcast this week. In this episode I interview Karl Barth and Emil Brunner and we have our conversation at Endor with a special surprise guest facilitator. You won’t want to miss it! Brunner brings the heat to Barth about his affair with CvK!!!!

Ok Ladies, STOP IT

Stop falling for the smooth talking ‘good looking’ con man just out for your money….  When a dude looks that attractive you can’t trust his sincerity…

A man accused of being married to four women pleaded guilty Monday to bigamy in New Hampshire, but he will avoid jail time if he behaves for the next five years.

Michael Middleton, 43, married a Georgia woman in 2006, an Alabama woman in 2011 and a New Hampshire woman in 2013. That led to the bigamy charge in New Hampshire, but according to court documents, he also married a fourth woman in Kentucky in 2016.

Prosecutors say he used the marriages to gain access to the women’s assets. In court Monday, Assistant Strafford County Attorney David Rotman read a statement from Middleton’s New Hampshire wife, Alicia Grant, who blamed Middleton for her transformation from a compassionate person to someone with a “not-my-problem” attitude.

Be best ladies, #BeBest….

No, You Didn’t Marry Yourself

You’re just a narcissist.

19 and So Filled With Hate, and Inspired by a Politician’s Rhetoric…

That he shot total strangers.  Killing a mom and injuring others and traumatizing all the rest.  Hell is made for people like him, and his inspiration.

Total Depravity is Totally Depraved in Pennsylvania

Two words- gross.  Gross.

Even on Easter, Christians are Targeted

Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo has been hit by at least two new blasts, hours after the country was struck by a series of six bombings on churches and hotels that killed at least 156 people and wounded about 400. 

The seventh explosion occurred at a hotel near the national zoo in the capital, killing at least two more people, police said, while an eighth blast hit the suburb of Orugodawatta in the north of Colombo.

There were no further details on what was targeted, police said.

Most of the victims were killed in three churches where worshippers were attending Easter Sunday services. Three other bombings struck luxury hotels – the Cinnamon Grand, Kingsbury and Shangri-La – located in the heart of Colombo, killing at least 35 foreigners.

The first explosion was reported in a church located in the capital. The other blasts followed within half an hour.

One of the churches targeted was St Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo. The other two were St Sebastian’s in Negombo, about 30km from the capital and another in Batticaloa, 250km east of the capital.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will hold an emergency meeting with the country’s top military officials of the National Security Council. He has also called for an emergency convening of the nation’s parliament on Monday.

On The Anniversary of Columbine, What Has Changed?

Nothing.

The ‘Evangelicals’ Choice…

It is simply impossible to understand how any Christian could support such a person and have a clear conscience doing it.

P. 78, volume 2 of the Mueller report.

When Doctors are the Real Drug Pushers

Federal prosecutors are charging 60 doctors, pharmacists, medical professionals and others in connection with alleged opioid pushing and health care fraud, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

The charges came less than four months after the Justice Department dispatched experienced fraud prosecutors across hard-hit regions in Appalachia.

The cases involve more than 350,000 prescriptions for controlled substances and more than 32 million pills — the equivalent of a dose of opioids for “every man, woman and child,” across Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and West Virginia, said Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski.

Etc.

Another Day, Another Shooting

Police in Sevierville say at least one person has been injured in a shooting at a busy shopping center Tuesday afternoon. The shooting was reported around 4 p.m. at Five Oaks Mall, which houses Tanger Outlets and other stores.  Police say there is no danger to the public and the shopping center is open. A spokesperson says this is not an active shooter situation.

America.

Kick Him Out of the Family

An Indiana man is suing his parents for throwing out his pornography collection.  He says it was not an ordinary collection and was worth tens of thousands of dollars.

The man moved back into his parent’s home in October of 2016 following a divorce and he did household chores in lieu of paying rent.  But he moved out just 10 months later in December 2017.  He claims that when his parents delivered boxes of his stuff to his new home, many of his possessions were missing. His parents allegedly told him they destroyed his porn collection.

Ok several things here- his parents didn’t have to let him stay there; they didn’t have to store his garbage; and if he wanted his filth he should have picked it up.  They had every right to burn his junk.  They should have.

People are so garbagy.