As IF Times

Source: Latest Attack Against Donald Trump: Tweet From Account Labeled El Chapo Guzman

I am as guilty as anyone for disparaging the entry of The Donald into the US Republican nomination race for President.  But for a Mexican criminal boss to threaten a U.S. citizen, a leading Presidential candidate, even if he’s Donald Trump is way out of line. You would think that there would be an indignant reaction from the media and the public and politicians on both sides…but no.

As  one observes the reaction of both the mainstream media, the reactions of the Dems and even the reactions of the GOP, some things become abundantly clear.  First, as we all know, The Donald is like a fire hydrant with the cap off; things spew in all directions and with great force.  His delivery of slights to non friends is unvarnished and direct.  He doesn’t have to be oblique with his comments because he’s not a professional politician who has to placate untold constituencies.  He’s like the guy at the modern art show who calls the artist out for the crap that is presented rather than ooh and aah politely like the other dignified guests.  He’s Rodney Dangerfield from the Caddyshack movie.  While not always tactful, the blunt opinions that he espouses resonates with a large heretofore silent constituency and the media are unable to make him backpedal to their PC sensibilities.  (Think Martin O’Malley)

Secondly, we now know that there is an entrenched political class that is made up of both sides of the political aisle, a class that is offended and likely uncomfortable with Trump’s demagoguery.  It’s quite obvious that this class has been most effective at perpetuating their own jobs as opposed to achieving tasks on behalf of their electorate.  And of course, the majority of them are lawyers, a profession that is in existence because of their license to obfuscate.

The Donald is an interesting figure at this point in history.  It’s hard to like the guy based on the public persona that he cultivates. He’s an egomaniac, who in fairness,  at least has accomplishments to brag about.  He is not a lawyer.  He is not beholden to money men.  He voices opinions on issues that the mainstream media have bullied others into being afraid to express.  I’m skeptical that Trump’s momentum can carry all the way to the Oval office, but what he’s done for the country thus far is invaluable.  He’s made it possible to have an opinion not approved by the media or the political elites and this may change the message that others will deliver.  You may not like the guy, but you have to like what he’s doing to the political zeitgeist.

El Chappo Guzman may have a lot of reach,  but he still operates out of Mexico.  It’s more likely that the people who really despise Trump and  have their long knives out for him are right here in the USA.

Source: Climate change is the reason behind bumblebee disappearance –

Of course it is.  Though I’ve tried hard to avoid writing about climate change/global warming yet again, there is an endless flow of flotsam that continues to populate the general news pages on a regular basis.  It’s as if there was a factory in China somewhere that manufactured new kinds of stories about global warming as  they would make cheap garments.

There are very few events in nature today that don’t have some presumed ‘link’ to global warming much like the famous Kevin Bacon 6 degrees of separation theory.  A recent sensationalist headline warned that oceans can rise 20 feet “in the near future” according to “a study”.  Sea Rise.  If anyone cared to read beyond the breathless headline, they would find that the statistical probability of this scenario’s outcome is very low and only if a number of perfect conditions were to exist.   Nevertheless, the takeaway from the article is that oceans will soon rise 20 feet and we’re all going to die.  This notion is along the same lines of probability of everyone in the world flushing their toilets at once, creating a tsunami of poop that would swamp all cities. In fact, lead author Andrea Dutton, of the University of Florida, said it could take many centuries for a 20-foot rise.  Centuries! 

I wonder if the people who put tourist traps in Venice worried about sea rise when they built it.  In fact, if Venice’s success as a tourist spot is a byproduct of rising seas,  then in a few centuries’ time, all kinds of new tourist traps would be created, obviating the need to go to the expense of travelling to Venice.

As far as bumble bees; well bumble bees pollinate flowers, flowers are pretty and given to girls; girls are happy and therefore they make breakfast for their husbands or boyfriends.  This includes bacon and there’s your connection to Kevin, in less than 6 degrees of separation.