Progressive Discussion - Wednesday 2-1-17

Good morning.  A bit of wry humor.

Sean Spicer's college nickname

Trump holds meeting Honoring Black History Month. He called it a "little" meeting, reads his words since he can't speak from the heart & spends minutes slamming CNN & Fake News AGAIN! ...Now bragging about the numbers he got from the Black communities. He can't even hold a dignified heartfelt meeting without it being about him...GAG!

Good morning everyone! Linda, hope Jason enjoyed his birthday.

I really don't know what to think about the SC nominee. No matter what he is going to be confirmed, and I haven't read enough about him yet to know a lot about him other than I keep hearing he has excellent credentials. So should the Democrats fight hard against him? IMO, not unless they have a good reason rather than just as payback for the way Republicans have behaved for the past 8 years. I would save the fight for something more likely to be won. We'll see what they decide to do, but there is no way they are going to win on this and maybe they could garner some goodwill for fights they may have a better chance at winning. But then I am no political strategist, so have no idea what is the best course to take.

Here I am having a battle of wills with my dad. Honestly, most of the time he is very easy going, but sometimes he can be unreasonably stubborn! He is trying to do way too much for my mom, and he is physically not able to do it plus she needs to be learning how to do some things for herself again. She has both physical therapy and occupational therapy coming to work with her. Yesterday the AL had a fire drill. My mom did not do well, but I'm not sure how much chance my dad gave her. He started pushing her wheelchair, of course, leaving his walker behind. TN has a state regulation that says in order to be in AL you must be able to get yourself out of the building in case of fire within 13 minutes. His pushing my mom out (which he is not supposed to be walking without his walker) is not her getting herself out. So the nurse in charge said she wants my mom to practice moving her legs more by "chair walking" in her wheelchair to the dining room. My dad is having a fit about that. He says she can't do it. I tried to explain to him that if she can't get all the way to the DR they will help her the rest of the way, but that this is to help her reach that point. That she must be able to get herself out of the building in order to stay in AL. It doesn't mean that if there is a fire they would let her burn up, but it is a state regulation. But he wouldn't listen. I told him that in the long run he is not helping her if he doesn't let her get to where she can do some things for herself. If he falls and breaks a hip again or has another heart attack, he won't survive it. Without AL, the only other choice is a nursing home where more than likely they will not be able to be together. So they need to both accept reality, and make the best of this situation which up until yesterday he thought was a good place. Ugh!!! Sometimes I feel so frustrated and like I am beating my head against a wall, but I absolutely can not take on the 24/7 responsibility again.

Mike Flynn flexes his muscle & puts Iran on notice for missle firing. No diplomatic talks. . Ugh!....do we duck & run for cover now since Tweety constantly wants to Pizz off as many leaders as possible. So, Flynn & Bannon running this show?

So Tweety is going to Dover Air Force Base to meet the family of the slain soldier & greet the casket. Genuine or Photo Op ?....will he shed "fake tears"? ...sorry to be so sarcastic about this, but I trust NOTHING about this man!

He will make it about him.....and all the illegal voters that caused the death of this soldier and him the popular vote.

Dumpfy wants to be the the corpse at every funeral,
the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.

Joyce my heart goes out to you.  You are doing the right thing for all concerned but it must be hard as heck.   (((gentle hugs)))


I am so proud of the 1.5 million members of the UK who signed the petition to allow Dumpfy to visit.

WHAT was Teresa May thinking of to put the UK in that position, they are strongest ally.

"The petition, which falls short of calling for Trump to be banned from the UK, argues that he should not receive a full state visit, including audiences with the royal family, “because it would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen”.

The petition’s creators said: “Donald Trump’s well-documented misogyny and vulgarity disqualifies him from being received by the Queen or the Prince of Wales. Therefore during the term of his presidency Donald Trump should not be invited to the United Kingdom for an official state visit.”

As global condemnation of the ban spread, British Conservative politicians joined the Labour party and Liberal Democrats in questioning May’s decision to go ahead with a state visit during which Trump would be courted by the government and royalty."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/30/anti-trump-petition-to-prevent-uk-state-visit-passes-1m-signatures


No President has ever been invited during his first year in office.