Bad Choices and Mistakes

We're pretty sure you've seen Dateline or 48 Hours, so you know the scene where the killer is convicted and he gives an interview from Prison.  He gets interviewed by someone like Josh Mankiewicz.  They set up all the lights and the microphones.  The Convicted Killer is sitting laid back in his chair.  His arms are just hanging at his sides like he's all relaxed.  But it's really because he's a psychopath and doesn't really care about anything.  Including the dead victim.

J.M.  "At sentencing you showed no remorse and still said I'm innocent.  Do you still say that now?"

C. K. is short for convicted killer.  C.K.  "Yes.  I'm innocent.  They've convicted the wrong guy.  This has been a miscarriage of justice."

J.M.  "But they found your DNA all over the crime scene."

C.K.  "Well she was my girlfriend.  I just about lived there so of course my DNA would be there."

J.M.  "But they found your bloody finger prints on the kitchen knife that was the murder weapon."

C.K.  "I was set up."

J.M.  "But you have a history of violence, two convictions for assault and one was with a deadly weapon.  You did three years for that."

C.K.  "I made bad choices.  But I've taken responsibility.  I own it."

J.M.  "Your girlfriend, the victim here, had an order for protection against you."

C.K.  "I made bad choices."

J.M.  "You didn't testify and you don't have to but if you didn't do it, wouldn't you like to have told your side of the story?"

C.K.  "Yes.  I should have.  That was a mistake."

This type of interview came to mind because Jake Tapper pictured above has just written a book about the mental decline of Old Brains Biden.  Jake Tapper is also a Talking Head and one of The Cognoscenti Of The Known World over there at CNN.  If anyone had mentioned that Old Brains was losing it while he was President, Jake Tapper would insist that Old Brains was just fine.  And, Jake Tapper like a good Pit Bull would go on the attack calling Old Brains' detractors a lot of bad things, including "conspiracy theorists".

Then Old Brains was forced out because well a whole lot of people realized he was non compos mentis.  Then Jake Tapper decided to write his book about it.  Forgetting of course, how he had said Old Brains was just fine and he attacked anyone who said otherwise.  Now of course, he's making the rounds to sell his book.  And he's got to answer questions about it.

Interviewer or I.  "You've written a book about the mental decline of Joe Biden but while he was in office you said he was fine.  You even attacked people who pointed out his mental decline.  I think you referred to them as "conspiracy theorists."

J.T.  "That was a mistake.  I was wrong and they were right.  I've even called Lara Trump and apologized to her  I've taken responsibility for that."

I.  "But don't you think you should have noticed the mental decline of President Biden?"

J.T.  "I made mistakes."

I.  "But you attacked anyone who dared to say President Biden was losing it."

J.T.  "I made bad choices."

I.  "But why should anyone believe you?"

J.T.  "Well everyone makes mistakes.  And I take responsibility for mine.  I own them.  I should have paid more attention.  I should have listened.  I made bad choices.  I should have seen President Biden's mental decline.  That was a mistake."

Now we don't like comparing Jake Tapper, Talking Head and one of The Cognoscenti Of The Known World, to a convicted killer  but it's eerie how their answers are just, so similar.

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Are They Missing Something?

While the media is all stimulated to the nth degree over all the allegations coming out of the P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Puffy Daddy, Brother Love, Love, Sean Combs trial, we have to ask, are they missing something?

First off the people you see on the various screens and in print media are getting paid to say whatever they are saying.  And it's not a few shekels either.  Not that anyone is lying but if the Producers of whatever show you are watching tell the people speaking to say this that or the other thing, that's what they are going to say.  Some of us here would never do that but a some of us would and happily so.  Also if you can play up what is sensational or lurid and get more eyeballs, well a whole lot of people will say whatever is necessary.  This goes not just for the Diddy drama but all things you see.

So while the Talking Heads, the Know It All's, and the Cognoscenti of The Known World tell you that Cassie Ventura is the STAR WITNESS and the Defense tries to show that she was a willing participant and Combs is not charged with domestic violence.  Not charged with being a sex freak or even a bad guy.  And for all those reasons, the prosecution is having a hard time proving their case.  Well, they might be missing something.

The Prosecution has only called five witnesses and they have already established that Combs orchestrated these Freak-Offs on a regular basis.  That he planned these Freak-Offs right down to the smallest itty, bitty detail.  That he procured MDMA, Cocaine, Pink Cocaine and other drugs, all of which are illegal.  It is illegal to procure, possess and distribute illegal drugs.  That he hired prostitutes.  That's illegal.  That he brought some of these prostitutes across state lines.  That's illegal.  That he recorded Cassie engaging in sex acts.  The jury saw the recording.  That he threatened to release that recording unless Cassie did what he wanted.  That is blackmail.  That is illegal.  Will his attorneys try to say he didn't make the recording and didn't threaten her with it?  Who is going to believe that?  And he also offered to bribe people to cover up these crimes and he did all of this, over and over and over again.  And that he employed a whole bunch of people in order to carry out these illegal acts.  That, is the very definition of a, Racketeering Influence, Corrupt Organization.  And that is what he's charged with.

So it doesn't matter if Cassie Ventura is a willing participant or not.  Unless the Defense can show that there were no drugs, no Prostitutes, no offers of bribes, no recording that the jury already saw, no threat of releasing that recording and give a big no to all the other illegal acts.   Well, we're sorry to have to report that Mr. Combs is guilty.

So it's not like the defense lawyers will just say anything and their sycophants in the media repeat it.  It's just that they all get paid regardless of the outcome.  They bill by the hour.  They get paid no matter what the jury decides and they are getting paid on this one, big time.

And, we don't know what a jury will do and we don't make predictions.  But it's only week one of a proposed six weeks of the Prosecution's case.  We're sure there will be a whole lot of witnesses who will also establish that P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Puffy Daddy, Brother Love, Love, Sean Combs orchestrated and ran an organization that committed crimes over and over again.  By the end of all this, it is not going to matter whether you, or the jury believe Cassie was or was not, a willing participant.  It will be did he orchestrate all these crimes?

In closing as they say in the legal business, we'd just like to point out that Cassie Ventura has the kind of courage, that you can live a long time and never see.

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All Good Things...

We can file this under all good things come to an end.  So, it's goodbye to RHONY after 22 seasons.  That's the Real Housewives of New York.  This show was a cultural phenomenon and a game changer.  It started off simple enough, a group of New York City Housewives and their daily lives.  But then the Housewives started screaming at each other and calling each other names.  Little wars broke out among the Housewives.  This led to the creation of a lot of other groups of Housewives in other cities all over America and even in cities of other countries.  All, of whom engaged in the same antics.  The cry of "You disrespected me?" echoed through the land along with "Can I trust you?" and "I can't trust you!".  

Then the phenomenon took hold, as people in other venues began screaming at each other and calling each other names.  They got disrespected and wondered if they could trust anyone.  People on opinion shows that had heretofore simply stated their different views, now began to call each other names and not so nice ones either.  Then this spilled over into regular news shows and Podcasts which went uncensored and the name calling really got hot.  Last but not least to pick up on this, were the Politicians.  And modern political theater became a series of insults thrown left and right.  Then the American people began to wonder, if they were being disrespected?  And could they, trust anyone?

You may be saying, it's not all fault of the Housewives!  And I like those shows!  We're not laying all the blame at their feet and people who took up the call are responsible for their actions.  But historians, anthropologists and sociologists of the future, will certainly see the Real Housewives of here, there and everywhere, as the focal point, of when everything, began to circle the drain.  And a whole lot of previously good things, began their descent into the crapper.

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What Do You Think?

Now a whole lot of articles and even a few books are coming out about how the vaunted members of the What Once Was The Main Stream Media aka the WOWTMSM, missed the mental decline of Old Brains Biden.  Most of these articles and books are written by the vaunted members of the WOWTMSM.  Now we didn't miss it and neither did you but they did. 

The first hint, might have been when Old Brains in front of all the cameras said.  "I can sum up America in one word ."Asufutimaehaehfutbu."  Then in case anyone missed it, he repeated it "Asufutimaehaehfutbu" for effect.  We noted it at the time.  The What Once Was The Main Stream Media aka the WOWTMSM missed it.  Of course there were other times, like when he thought his wife was his sister.  Then there were all the times he fell.  Then all the times he appeared to be sleepwalking and didn't know which way to turn or where to walk.  And the Asufutimaehaehfutbu was hardly the only time he mangled a word or words.  He mangled a lot of words.  And they missed all that too.  We didn't and neither did you.  But that leaves us with this one question.  Should they be writing this stuff?  

A lot of the stuff they're writing are Mea Culpas which is always good, especially when you make a big boo boo.  But if they missed all that, it kind of begs the question, what else did they miss?  Are they missing anything now?  Will they miss things in the future?  What do you think?

And James O'Keefe late of Project Veritas, announced that he was not suicidal.  Almost all of us are also not suicidal, so why make this announcement?  Well, he now has a scandal he's about to expose that will uncover billions that is billions with a B and even tens of billons in government fraud.  There will be indictments!  He exclaimed.  And if he winds up dead, it's because they killed him.  He's not going out like Jeffrey Epstein.  It will be homicide.

Well one of the first things we learned in the News business is if a dog bites a man, it's not news.  It happens all the time.  If a man bites a dog, then it's news.  Got it.  So, we hate to burst James O'Keefe's balloon but so far the D.O.G.E. people have found 160 billion dollars in waste and fraud.  And, well, no one has committed suicide over there at D.O.G.E., certainly not Elon.  And, no one has been indicted either or even arrested.  So if Mr. O'Keefe has found a few billion or even a few tens of billions, well we're sorry to say, it will be more like a dog biting a man.  There will be no indictments, no arrests and hopefully, no suicides.  That's what we think.  But what do you think?

Oh that's a picture of the White House Correspondence Dinner at the top of the page.  Those are the people who missed the mental status of Old Brains Biden and they are giving each other awards.  It looks a lot like the winners at the Grammys, just the senior division.

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They Died In Office

Mortuis Honoris Datus

William Henry Harrison the hero of the battle of Tippecanoe. Sworn in March 4, 1841 where he caught a bad cold and then died April 4, 1841. Historians who rate Presidents always rate this guy near the bottom but that's not really fair, as he was dead for 3 years and 11 months of his first term. Some of these historians are meanies.

Abraham Lincoln Sworn in March 4, 1861 assassinated April 14, 1865. One of the great tragedies in American history. He was shot in the back of the head in Ford's theater while watching the play 'Our American Cousin'. His wife wanted to see the play. He should have let her go and stayed home. Both General Grant and Capt. Robert Todd Lincoln, Lincoln's son, declined to go as they were tired. No, there was no internet, cable TV, streaming or even the old broadcast TV. That's why they had to go to Ford's theater. Like we said, one of the great tragedies in American history. 

James A Garfield Sworn in March 4, 1881, shot on July 2, 1881 and then died two and a half months later on September 19, 1881. Garfield is usually ranked somewhere in the middle of the pack. Like in the 20's which might be kind of nice. Considerably nicer than they rank Harrison, seeing as how Garfield was only President a few months longer than ole Tippecanoe. So it could be just a nice gesture for a guy who got shot. Or it could mean these historian meanies, just hate twenty or so other guys who were President, a whole lot more.

BTW Robert Todd Lincoln was Garfield's Secretary of War and an eye witness to the assassination.

William McKinley Sworn in March 4, 1897 shot on September 6, 1901 and dies a week later on September 14, 1901. This assassination thing is getting to be a bad habit for this young nation. McKinley is ranked pretty high. He's usually in the top 20. The moral of the story here is, don't try to shake hands with a guy who has his hand wrapped in a handkerchief. This guy, the assassin, Leon Czolgosz, had a gun in his.

BTW Robert Todd Lincoln was just outside of the building when McKinley was shot.

Warren G. Harding. Sworn in March 4, 1921 and died of a heart attack August 2, 1923. Warren G, returned the died in office, back to natural causes, instead of getting shot. Harding was a very popular President while alive but after he died, there were all kinds of scandals that came out. People getting caught with their hand in the till and well it seemed Warren G, cheated on his wife. Sort of like a whole lot of Presidents that came after him. The history meanies don't rate him too high, while they rate some of the other guys who had scandals and cheated on their wives, a lot higher.

FDR Sworn in March 4, 1932, died April 12, 1945 from a brain hemorrhage. Hey the guy ran and got elected four times. He was in office for over 12 years, what did anyone expect? He was going to live forever? But the whole country was in shock and saddened. A whole lot of people didn't even remember the guy before him.

JFK Sworn in January 20, 1961, assassinated November 23, 1963. And, now it was back to getting assassinated, as the reason for died in office. This assassination is the first one caught on film. Then the unfolding events, the shooting of the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, the funeral and the unending commentary where the TV talking heads would get all choaked up, were all on TV. This is also one of the great who dun it's, as almost no one believes the official document, The Warren Report, on the assassination anymore.

BTW Robert Todd Lincoln wasn't at this one. So far as we know.

Joe Biden. Sworn in January 20, 2021 and you may say he's still walking around but trust us, he's dead. When the leaders of your own party, a whole lot of the Cognoscenti of the Known World, the TV Talking Heads and actor George Clooney, tell you not to run right in the middle of your re-election campaign, it means you're dead. Even if you're still walking around in the White House.

While we don't have a date for the funeral trust us, it's already planned; the burial plot picked out, his obituary written, the media has the little 1 and 2 minute video clips, that will encapsulate his life, all set up and ready to go. President DJT's staff has already written his remarks as well. Remarks, where he doesn't call him Sleepy Joe or the worst President of all time. DJT will just say a few nice things because Joe Biden will be among the mortuis honoris datus, the honored dead. The funeral home is just waiting for the phone call.

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Nice Work If You Can Get It

 

Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Ram and three time NFL's Defensive Player of the Year, has a Stalker.  She is Jenelle Anwar.  Usually the Stalker is a man and he's obsessed with a woman but there are Stalkers who have been known to be female.  So that's nothing new.  And celebrities have been known to have Stalkers of all kinds.  Some who break into their homes and some who even cause harm to them.  But Jenelle is a little different.  She wants a divorce.  Even though she's never even been in the same room with Aaron Donald.  She filed papers in court and she wants $1,500 a month in alimony.  Nice work if you can get it and we guess you can get it if you try.*  That's a riff off of a line from an old song.

And Six time Jeopardy champion Andrew Hayes did not get final jeopardy in that sixth game but he was so far in front that the other two contestants couldn't catch him.  He had 28,800 going into final Jeopardy and he bet 8,800 so he lost that 8,800 and only wound up with 20,000.  As opposed to 37,600 if he would have gotten final Jeopardy right or the 28,800 if he'd just bet nothing.  But leave it to Ken Jennings to put things in perspective when he said.  "Twenty thousand dollars for a half hours work, not too bad."  Andrew lost in his 7th game but his six wins gave him $137,804.  Nice work if you can get it and you can get it if you try.

Now the Enchanted Six pictured above, took to the skies in their Blue Origin capsule and landed to a chorus of boos.  Then came the memes making fun and the cruel jokes.  We won't repeat them here as we don't do nasty, even if it's funny.  Well sometimes we do but we try not to.  Also people pointed out that the Blue Origin craft didn't go up that high and it looked like a chance to take selfies more than a Space flight.  So they weren't really Astronauts, as they claimed to be.

In response to the negativity Gail King of the CBS morning show said she was like Alan Shepard.  Alan Shepard was the first American and only second man in Space.  He rode into Space on a first generation ballistic missile and it had a tendency to blow up during its tests.  Also Alan Shepard was a graduate of Annapolis, a veteran of WWII, a test pilot and one of the few men to walk on the moon.  So, she might want to re-think that one.  Also, Alan Shepard wore a helmet.  All Astronauts wear helmets.  The Enchanted Six did not wear helmets.  It would have ruined their hair, in the selfies.

But don't feel bad for Gayle King, she gets 12 million a year to read off a teleprompter, asks questions and talk about whatever.  And that is nice work if you can get it and you could never get that, no matter how hard you try.  Fugettaboutittitt!

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* 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' by George and Ira Gershwin

Who'd A' Thunk It?

While this should be headlines and it's not, Bill Maher went to dinner with Donald John Trump, HLH, HIAH, 45th and 47th POTUS.  This after the two of them have traded insults for at least a decade.  Insults like Maher comparing Trump to Hitler on numerous occasions and referring to Trump as that "that crazy person in the White House".  Trump in turn has called Maher among other things a "sleaze-bag" and "a low-life dummy".  But amazingly after having dinner with DJT, Maher said, he felt, that he  "connected" with him.  And that DJT "listened" unlike other prominent people he'd met with.  All in all Maher walked away from the dinner no longer thinking DJT was like Hitler or "that crazy person living in the White House".  Basically, Maher thinks that DJT, is a good guy.  Who'd A Thunk It?

And beloved former producer of The Real Housewives shows, Patrick MacDonald says.  It's a "real bummer" when some of the The Housewives get sober.  Who'd A' Thunk that?  We mean who would think that anyone getting sober was a bad thing?  Especially, someone who works with and supposedly cares about his employees.  Employees who think of him as beloved.  Well, if you ever watch these shows you'll see that the women go on these road trips to some luxurious setting like Turks and Caicos.  They get put up in some luxurious house.  Then they go to dinner at some fabulous restaurant, where some of them drink too much.  By the time they get back to the luxurious house, they are fighting and throwing things.  That makes for good Reality T V.  So when they sober up, they don't fight.  They don't throw things.  They get boring.  So we sort of see the Producer's point here.

And New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation raided the home of Mark Longo in Pine City.  There were 12 agents and they were there because of complaints from the neighbors about the wild animals in Mark Longo's animal refuge.  Who were these wild animals?  Well they were Fred the Raccoon and the beloved P'Nut pictured above.  Both animals were tested for Rabies and both were negative.  In spite of that, the New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation disposed of them.  How?  By cutting off their heads!  Yeah, just like they were Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette.  Who knew they did things like this?  Who even knew there was a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation?  Who knew they had 12 agents?  Who'd A Thunk any of this?

Now we hate to leave on a discordant note but we have to tell it like it is, for the public good.

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