Quote of the Day
There is no moral precept
Chapel Of Love - Dixie Cups
Deistic references to a god in foundational documents are an anachronism and irrelevant from a constitutional federal policy perspective. Speaker Johnson is resorting to symbolic gimmicks for manipulating Trumpkin voters. https://t.co/YIOBnaAXxu
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 17, 2026
I don't know why Trump is obsessed with British royalty and cultural icons like 007. We fought 2 wars against Britain to get away from them https://t.co/t6jiB1NOwE
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 17, 2026
This is a dude who actually ran against Trump in 2016. "Graham spent the early days of the campaign as a fierce critic of Donald Trump, calling him a "kook" and "unfit for office"." And yet Trump isn't primarying this neo-con of ne-cons. https://t.co/vabpkZiW96
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 17, 2026
I never cared for Trumpkins MTG or Boebert until Trump decided to go after them. Apparently, Trump is livid Boebert decided to endorse the best Congressman in Congress, Massie, who RINO-in-Chief is trying to primary for the second time
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 17, 2026
Does the Bonehead-in-Chief actually think his juvenile petty insults actually impress anyone beyond his gullible minions? Does he think signing his BS tweets make his idiotic soundbites "respectable"? https://t.co/ZyRwlCfU2e
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 18, 2026
Trump. upset with Boebert for endorsing Tom Massie, a key Trump target, has hypocritically slammed her migrating to a more GOP-friendly district, ignoring his gerrymander agenda. Let's compare the number of times Trump has won a CO election vs. Boebert.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 18, 2026
Trump's RCP job approval has dipped below 40%. He is now beginning to approach the numbers of Carter and George W. Bush. pic.twitter.com/P14Y30kLt3
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 18, 2026
Trump is sending Hegseth to stump for his challenger to Massie' If I were Massie, I would offer to pay Hegseth to visit; Hegseth is the face of Trump's deeply unpopular disastrous Iran war. I'm sure Kentucky voters love Trumpflation and Trump's fault for skyrocketing gas prices.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 18, 2026
Trump is trying to create a taxpayer-funded slush fund to compensate Trumpkins also paranoid that they were unfairly targeted by the Biden Administration. Merry Griftmas! pic.twitter.com/RIcSdIy67q
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 18, 2026
My cellphone reported that MAHA leaders are stumped that given high beef prices, struggling households are bypassing relatively inexpensive, nutritionally dense organ meats, like liver. Not me, but my local Walmart hasn't had Braunschweiger in stock for some time
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 18, 2026
Trump's Gestapo is not above the law. pic.twitter.com/WneXQV0tCl
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 18, 2026
I think I was sent a correct nonpartisan ballot, but MD contacted me not to send in the original but a forthcoming replacement ballot I got mailed a ballot for a single non-partisan county race. The RINO-in-Chief need not worry. I will not be voting for any Trumpkin candidates.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 19, 2026
I've been a SA Spurs fan since my undergrad days at OLLU when the Spurs were part of the ABA & we had a student ticket bundle. Victor Wembanyama is something special, a 7'4" center who drained a 3-pointer to send last night's opening game of the NBA conference finals into OT 2.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 19, 2026
Of course, the corrupt Bastard-in-Chief would endorse Texas impeachment survivor Paxton. They have impeachments in common.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 19, 2026
Apparently, Brock Lesnar's unexpected WWE Wrestlemania retirement was a work. I had let my Netflix subscription lapse, so I didn't see his revenge attack on Oba Femi.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 19, 2026
Sad but not surprising that corrupt Trump finally managed to primary Tom Massie. RINO-in-Chief Trump also had pro-liberty conservatives Amash & Sanford primaried in the past. I had hoped Massie could weather Trump's obsession to unseat him a second time, but Trump outspent him.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 20, 2026
Michael Boldin of the 10th Amendment Center is not directly here discussing Trumpkin's extreme partisanship and integration of religious nationalism, but the comparisons are obvious. https://t.co/oPantvpPsP
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 21, 2026
The extremism of Trumpist xenophobia has reached a jump-the-shark absurdity. Only one office is limited to natural-born citizenship, and Trump had telegraphed his xenophobia with his embrace of crackpot birtherism.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 21, 2026
I still can't believe the Mace campaign tried once to recruit me pic.twitter.com/r6cqSEhjez
As a libertarian, I had zero tolerance for Massie's undue deference to the corrupt, self-serving RINO-in-Chief. Massie supported Trump's preferred votes most of the time ("91% "). Massie voted against Trump's impeachments. Massie won 7 Congressional elections w/o Trump. https://t.co/7iqUIYhepR pic.twitter.com/riwWwrjptw
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 21, 2026
The Hypocrie-in-Chief pardoned his violent J6 mob criminals who injured 140 Capitol cops. Local law enforcement is not a federal responsibility; Trump had zero to do with the preexisting downward trend. https://t.co/7JN08MX6Mo
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 21, 2026
Refrigerant rule costs do not constitute a major factor driving food Trumpflation. https://t.co/bMUgzxIAMj
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 21, 2026
Ever notice how Kimmel mocks Trump pissing on everything, like hyphenating the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, by referencing the Trump-Epstein files?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
I was particularly amused by the gag of Pope Leo walking off as the final guest (not really), over his appearance rider, which called for a real Chicago hot dog. As someone who has eaten hot dogs in Chicago (Leo's home city), you do not order a dog with ketchup.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
Biden didn't put taxpayers on the hook for Trump's ballroom fetish or a taxpayer-funded slush fund for J6 violent Trumpkin criminals. https://t.co/IAa8oLgvdZ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
Trump, as usual, knows nothing about the Constitution. Statehood or SCOTUS expansion bills are subject to filibusters and, even if passed, to a veto requiring a supermajority override. https://t.co/mvDMzV5Igi
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
No, Rubio is arguing NATO agrees with Trump's rationale for an unprovoked war with Iran. Even hawks are more worried about Iran's drones than the nuclear threat. https://t.co/4zvJZMdLzH pic.twitter.com/sUjuZpkkKF
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
JESUS! Does SC breed neo-con interventionists? I don't know who's worse: Graham or Haley. The nuclear weapon fears are exaggerated . Iran does not pose an imminent threat against the US, with overwhelming nuclear response capabilities. https://t.co/whbI2Azcwm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
Nope. Recall that the SOB vacated the White House after getting his ass kicked in the 2020 election. He lives with free rent in the minds of leftists. Losing the midterms will make his life miserable, and he's weeks from turning 80. https://t.co/3ky4cHAgn9
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
One of the most interesting things about the Late Show finale as that Donald Trump didn't make even a cameo appearance in Colbert's monologue. To me, it was Colbert's classy way of saying Trump didn't define him as a comedian or host
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
Trump won a plurality of 2024 ballots. He had no mandate, no Congressional coattails. Each chamber of Congress had razor-thin majorities. The hypocritical author of the Art of the Deal instead of negotiating with his opposition tried to muscle through a partisan agenda.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
Nope. Biden is not responsible for Trumpfation. https://t.co/W6FajFfUgd pic.twitter.com/6Rk2tEdBCL
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
This may be my favorite response to a Trump tweet. I particularly like how he mocks Trump's signature tweet close, https://t.co/s2hXBBU4GW
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
The neo-con Republicans have set the table for Dems to run against Trump's unpopular war this fall. pic.twitter.com/KdwK4pcwKl
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as DNI, not over principle but to support her spouse over serious health issues. Best wishes.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 22, 2026
All hat and no cattle.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 23, 2026
No to Trump's unconstitutional disenfranchisement games.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 23, 2026
Yes.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 23, 2026
Trump knows a 4-letter word which isn't a swear word?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 23, 2026
Colbert has had a longer career than Trump will be POTUS, and Colbert has better job ratings.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 23, 2026
It wasn't the FBI who injured 140 Capitol cops https://t.co/rwnNfddvr5
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 23, 2026
The Bastard-in-Chief doesn't know the Constitution doesn't give him tariff powers and he wants people to believe that he passed a cognitive test?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 23, 2026
After nearly 18 months, it's not "Biden's economy". A tanking dollar (which Trump sees as good for exports) and Trump's unprovoked tariff wars have weakened foreign price competition and tight global energy supplies are a consequence of Trump's unprovoked war on Iran. pic.twitter.com/rjktp2j037
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 24, 2026
Quote of the Day
Education is a progressive discovery
Under The Boardwalk - Drifters
The latest CDC weekly stats:
We continue to see of the winter surge as we reach the informal start of the summer season this holiday weekend, although the virus is resurging in 3 states: Florida, Louisiana, and Hawaii.
COVID-19 weekly news items include:
The blog is still averaging over 1K, dubiously well over blog life stats. We should pass the 200 post mark over the coming week. I'm planning to post an essay on Massie's recent primary loss to Trump's recruited stooge. X/Twitter followers are starting to stabilize, but most tweets barely attract impressions.
I'm watching WWE Saturday Night, the last PLE series still carried by Peacock and probably the last I'll see on my expiring subscription. I think the NXT PLEs will be carried on the CW. The odd thing is that Peacock didn't really promote the PLE; I couldn't even see a link on my home page tonight. I ended up having to do a website search.
Quote of the Day
Great men are they
RAY CHARLES SINGERS - LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART
Quote of the Day
Little Children - Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas
Quote of the Day
Fear not for the future,
Dancing In The Street - Martha and the Vandellas
Quote of the Day
This is the worst pain a man can suffer:
The Beatles - Please Please Me
Quote of the Day
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
Quote of the Day
Have more than thou showest,
The Beatles – Love Me Do
The Trump Administration continues to falsely claim that they have not allowed a single migrant to cross the southern border. Prohibitions never work. We have a long border and a smuggler's expanded profit margin. Via Axios: pic.twitter.com/mGSMqUS4HL
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
I'm not a Dem, but I like my current home state's election system versus Trumpkin rigged gerrymandering and manipulation: pic.twitter.com/KikHRaiLa6
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
I've had my longest unemployment under Trump 2.0 since the Great Recession.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
Bullshit: These xenophobes made migrant family separation standard operating procedure.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
The elderly POTUS nearly croaked during the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/WO7Bz4SqPH
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
What? Fraudster? This pathetic loser hasn't done a damn thing good for the American people. https://t.co/Y3P9ol7shr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
We Trump critics don't have a "syndrome". He has run an unprecedented shock-and-awe campaign against the US Constitution, which he reportedly took an oath to uphold. We would oppose any other authoritarian bastard from the left or right. https://t.co/wL6zMJ2rbm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
Didn't this same political whore just promise a rapid end to his unprovoked, unconstitutional war? https://t.co/sn67XKTpt0
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
Manufacturing jobs are lower under Trump 2.0. https://t.co/kZ7AO8xcj2 pic.twitter.com/ww3D6s6Jtr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
This is only legitimate if Trumpkin whores make up tax revenue loss elsewhere by cutting bloated federal spending. https://t.co/fRJCNxNlAQ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
I used the same phrasing in a tweet last week over evangelical supporters blessing the Trump statue.https://t.co/dy5hd8R42z
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
No to US imperialism. https://t.co/fk3n7LXwlN
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2026
You wonder about the credibility of GOP political whores who argue they are pro-law and order, while the Felon-in-Chief pardoned the violent J6 criminals who injured Capitol cops. https://t.co/fkOkydLEFL
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Trump had Obama Derangement Syndrome when he hosted that reality show that pretended he was a competent businessman. Trump tried to reboot the long-debunked, feeble-minded birther conspiracy rubbish. https://t.co/wZNGFf8Otl
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Neo-con insanity. The Strait of Hormuz was still open when the hypocritical Nobel Peace Prize aspirant, who attacked Bush over the Iraq War, started the unprovoked, unconstitutional Iran War https://t.co/V7QAbxBRF4
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
All voters are qualified when they originally register or vote. Unauthorized voters are guilty of state and federal crimes, grounds for deportation. Most states require some ID. Scott is proposing an unconstitutional law over state powers.https://t.co/BiCZgdcMjF https://t.co/wvBkwD73kX
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Trumpflation is at a Trump 2.0 high pic.twitter.com/a182egK1s6
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
The Fraudster-in-Chief is scamming Trumpkins and other diwitted idiots with cheap AI tricks: https://t.co/PUbKuowuzN pic.twitter.com/Q4l0lD6dhz
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Iran's direct responses to US and Israeli aggression are one thing, but its own aggression against other Gulf region nations inevitably results in blowback. pic.twitter.com/vWAQKVCTSb
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Where are your specific $2T in annual spending cuts? When are you going to fix the meltdown in the senior entitlement reserve funds?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
Price-fixing is counterproductive meddling in the pharmaceutical/healthcare marketplace. Trump's intervention is no better than clueless leftist authoritarian policies. The real solution lies in free-market liberalization. https://t.co/d9N9a6RRWn
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
NO! "Buy American" policies. also promoted by left-wing populists, are intrinsically corrupt and inflationary. American producers already have certain intrinsic logistical advantages. But excluding competition from imported materials or goods is not globally competitive. https://t.co/sG9s9AcOC9
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
No! The filibuster is a safeguard against volatile tyranny from the left or right, requiring consensus. https://t.co/z1HYHhekIK
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
The xenophobic rogue Trump Administration is trying to denaturalize naturalized Americans like Salah Ahmed without meeting the legal standard necessary to revoke citizenship.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2026
No to Trumpist imperialism. https://t.co/mWqNt8hnUF
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Emma Lazarus would take offense at Trumpkin xenophobia. https://t.co/WZ5EZ7ceef
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Pathetic neo-con rubbish. What's the serious threat to US defense is the disastrous foreign policy of the war criminal Trump whose unnecessary unconstitutional wars are exhausting inventories. We already outspend the next 6 biggest militaries together. https://t.co/9rz9RgIrY5
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Guess what atheist country produces "Two Corinthians" Trump's moneymaking Bible scam? https://t.co/eNZ0aVBbgh pic.twitter.com/1bJgKqxPKa
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Cornyn is desperate to kiss Trump's ass as we approach the GOP Senate runoff. https://t.co/HF6HWvk7Ve
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
You know, as long as the SOB-in-Chief routinely is rude and undisciplined in dealing with the press and others, I and others will treat him the same way. I am tired of his disrespectful misconduct. The bastard is almost 80; he is not going to change https://t.co/e1NEgjXJox
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
The rogue Trump Administration is xenophobic. Their policies have had more pronounced effects on LEGAL immigration. They are attacking foreign student free expression and trying to denaturalize others. https://t.co/NUflQMptA6 pic.twitter.com/zyi5U8cGwr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Yes.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
The Dumbass-in-Chief either is totally ignorant of just released Trumpflation stats at a term high or he's gaslighting his stupid minions. https://t.co/Bmf5xwdniR
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Any fall in crime under Trump 2.0 is consistent with a trend observed under the Biden Administration, not a sharp improvement. https://t.co/w8zjAGBMx9 pic.twitter.com/wLds97JRdW
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
They are parroting the Dimwit-in-Chief who has Obama Derangement Syndrome. I think he hopes minions try to associate Barry with Saddam Hussein. https://t.co/AaMzGbqIov
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Trump is obsessed with his ballroom. Let the peasants eat cake. https://t.co/r2vtXaT5Xi
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
Blowback is a bitch. We may get both under Trump's unprovoked, unconstitutional war. https://t.co/jZc4tG33Cs
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2026
This is Soft Rock America. The immoral Trumpkin obsession with immigration reminds me of this Foreigner classic: https://t.co/8AvqdSGvxo https://t.co/sW2q9m3OLE
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 15, 2026
China, unlike the US under Trump, has routinely surpassed 3.2% economic growth. pic.twitter.com/EBT5JffeTt
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 15, 2026
My latest essay is a reflection on Trump's unprecedented personal attack on Pope Leo. https://t.co/fafLbBn7lO
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 16, 2026
Of course, "Let them eat cake" Trump is clueless, which is why he lost the 2018 midterms and reelection. He refuses to admit he's ever made a mistake https://t.co/aBnSfHGhey
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 16, 2026
This is misleading: Inflation had been trending down to 3% before Trump's second term. It's still over 3%, thanks to Trump's unconstitutional tariff wars and disastrous, unprovoked Iran war. https://t.co/uNLn5yj6Ge
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 16, 2026
I'm watching New York's latest subway series. I'm sure it's happened before, but I've never seen it until now: the Mets scored 2 runs off the same wild pitch.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 17, 2026
We finally have the Kentucky primary this coming week, with Trump making his second attempt to primary the nation's best Congressman, Tom Massie, using outsie money. . Massie still holds a modest but statistically insignificant polling advantage. Via RCP: pic.twitter.com/toMS28NNsY
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 17, 2026
Sad to see Sen. Cassidy (La) get Primaried over his vote of conscience to convict Trump for his J6 impeachment crime, a majority vote that fell short of the necessary super-majority. The GOP is hopelessly corrupt
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 17, 2026
Quote of the Day
There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
The latest CDC weekly stats:
We continue to see the winter surge tailing off, although the virus recently spiked in Arizona; it is still significantly declining in a plurality of states. There were 2 principal stories over the past week: the hantavirus cruise outbreak (and whether it poses a COVID-like pandemic threat — no) and Rand Paul's obsession in Senate hearings with the idea that Fauci allegedly buried the lab-leak hypothesis of COVID origins.
The latest COVID-19 news stories:
The blog averaged nearly 1K daily page views, which normally reflects half the monthly total over the life of the blog. I finally published my first essay of the month, another of my detailed posts integrating Google AI excerpts on the Trump-Pope Leo kerfuffle. My X/Twitter followers gave back some of last week's modest gains.
I've been following the NBA playoffs with some interest, focusing on the San Antonio Spurs, who will play defending champion Oklahoma City in the conference finals. (There's a bit of nostalgia with OKC because I won an internal Oracle award for my DBA work on a State of Oklahoma ERP project, my last gig with Oracle Consulting.) The SAS have been my favorite major league sports team since my undergraduate days at OLLU. Those were the old ABA days, with the tri-colored basketballs and George Gervin. We students were eligible for nominally charged ticket bundles (I think bus tickets to and from games cost more) (I've only attended home pro games with 2 other pro franchises: I attended a few Houston Astros games, and my consulting employer had an event with a Chicago Blackhawks game.) I've been a somewhat fickle NBA fan, having followed the Houston Rockets, especially after they drafted UH star Olajuwon. (I watched them win the championship while on an extended 1995 business trip to Brazil.) Finally, I followed the Chicago Bulls in their final years with Michael Jordan.
Quote of the Day
Far and away the best prize that life offers is
Java - Al Hirt