LIES untruths, distortions, fabrications, misstatements, fibs, LIES LIES and more LIES!

The "lies" finally became "print worthy" in  the Washington Post! Previous mentions included "untruths" "distortions" and assorted euphemisms ascribed to the Orange King since he ascended to the throne. But after more than 8000 well documented lies ,WAPO decided it was time call a lie  a lie - in easy to see black and white print.
Sarah, the Orange King's lie purveyor took offense when a reporter asked how could the King deny hush payments for his sexual adventures when there are tapes recording his words.....Sarah's lie: I can tell you the "king" (she calls him President) did nothing wrong!!!!

As usual, the New Yorker magazine's cartoonist Kuper nails it:

Reality checks:
Lindsey Graham in January, 1999 - pontificating about President Clinton and reasons for impeachment:

“So the point I’m trying to make is you don’t even have to be convicted of a crime to lose your job in this constitutional republic, if this body determines that your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in your role......... 

Because impeachment is not about punishment.  Impeachment is about cleansing the office. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office.”

Really? My goodness Senator Graham - you don't think it's necessary to clean the Orange King's White Castle? What dictionary does Graham use for defining honor and integrity?

In 2016, Mitch McConnell refused to hold hearings on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. He said it would be wrong to confirm a nominee during an election year……really?

But it's ok to hold hearings on a flawed wannabe judge who's buddies are refusing to release all his former writings? Like you can't mess with the President because he's so busy ruining the country (oops, spell check :I meant running) and he doesn't have time to appear or prepare for court? Yeah - he's working on his golf game.

Just another day in the swampy kingdom we call Congress.......

Nasty Nunes and friends in the Swamp World

Devin Nunes has  made it clear that Congress’s #1 job is bending over backwards for his Orange King - forget about the oath to his country! Hopefully the leaked recordings will bring him down the same way the clandestine tapes worked at a Romney fund raiser when he was aiming for the White House.

And what’s new with Half-Pence? Space has become his shtick and he claims that once upon a time it was “peaceful and uncontested” but now? Oh boy – it’s  “crowded and adversarial.” So,  sucking up to his Orange King's request, he wants to hurry up and create a new military branch – the Space Force. Oy!

But on the other hand - we can put Half Pence in a spacesuit and send him to outer space to examine the real estate. Maybe he can grab a few bargains while prices are low?

OMG – what’s next?

And grab your handkerchief to weep for our Secretary of Education, Poor Betsy DeVos . One of her 4 yachts, moored on U.S. lakes, slipped away from its mooring, got a few scratches and needed repair work….oh dear – do you think she can afford the repairs? Oh yes – she has them registered outside the U.S. – so she doesn’t have to pay use and other taxes levied on stateside moorings. How the rich get richer……

Changing the subject to tastier items:

Don’t plan on a European beer trip this year – not a good summer over there.

 U.K. had to ration beer during the World Cup because of a carbon dioxide shortage, but now  it’s even worse -  a barley shortage (due to extreme heat – crops drying up all over Europe) will result in sky high prices for consumers.

Since April the price of French barley has shot up by 35 percent.  

So you’ll drink something else? Price of gin and whiskey -  made with barley – will also rise.

But – there’s a silver lining: winemakers are happy since the hot summer will be great for quantity and quality of this year’s wines.

P.S.No shortage of beer if you’re remaining stateside this year; at the end of June there were  6,655 craft breweries in the U.S! (30 years ago there were less than 200.)