It's too hot for high drama, but nonetheless we persist (Trump cont.)

[illegitimateMortificadospawn]

I'm all out of inspiration here. The grind is getting us all down, interspersed with terrorist attacks, but we shall overcome. In the meantime, there's gin and camaraderie.

Previous thread here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2952694

It almost makes you wonder whether there's a case in the pipeline in which he's interested. Wants to go out in a blaze of opining.

Interesting Beast piece on ........Russia.

Over and over again

Stay away from those open windows...

Russian Amb. Kislyak has been recalled, he will be heading back to Russia
twitter.com/alt_uscis/status/879060332060303361

He's here until .July 11 if I recall?

Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., who served from 1902 to 1932, retired at age 90, making him the oldest person ever to sit on the court. (Wiki)

Kennedy should be good for at least 10 more years.

I was told a story once. Holmes and - I think - Brandeis were meandering gently across the legal quadrangle when the pair chanced across a nubile and pert young lady. Holmes turned to Brandeis and said 'Oh Louis. Oh to be 70 again'.

That's as it was told to me.

Stay away from those open windows...

Nah. You have until July 11, I think.

NYT on Putin's appeal:

www.nytimes.com/2017/06/25/opinion/oliver-stone-putin-trump.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Ouch. I'm going to have to see the darned thing I guess - although I assume that Vlad knew all about Oliver before the interviews were agreed.

Another thing I can't watch.

Another form of toxic hyper-masculinity tied to nationalism?

The Kissinger Effect, I guess. No reason why men should be immune.

Melanie-bot sketch on Tracey Ullman v funny

Interestingly, it seems that the US economic indicators are not quite as healthy as 45 is claiming. I wonder whether Americans are being just that little bit.....cautious about expenditure?

On what planet is this man?

Mike Pence‏Verified account
@mike_pence

Before summer’s out, we'll repeal/replace Obamacare w/ system based on personal responsibility, free-market competition & state-based reform

Mike Pence‏Verified account
@mike_pence

That’s the Republican way. That’s the American way. And, that’s the way we’re going to reform health care in the 21st Century.

Had never looked on Pence's Twitter feed before.

A revelation--but not in a good way (the kind that calls to mind at least one of the horsemen of the Apocalypse).

I found this very funny.

Fox News‏Verified account @FoxNews 2h2 hours ago
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On "Sunday Morning Futures," @EricTrump assailed career politicians who are preventing his father from enacting his agenda.

Oh Deary Me.

Speaking of economic indicators, has anyone in GOP and the current administration looked at the health indicators?

www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/united-states-comes-last-again-health-compared-other-countries-n684851

That's the American way. Sigh.

You've forgotten, Lweji. That's all going to be Bigly changed by Trumpcare.

amp.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/25/cyber-attack-on-uk-parliament-russia-is-suspected-culprit

Cyber-attack on UK parliament: Russia is suspected culprit
Fewer than 90 email accounts with weak passwords are believed to have been hacked in ‘sustained’ attack

From Lweji's link:

The latest report from the Commonwealth Fund, which routinely points to the shortcomings of the U.S. healthcare system, shows not much has changed in 15 years or longer. Americans still pay far more for medical care than people in other rich Western nations but have little to show for all that spending.

And yet it is this kind of marketised free-for-all (damaging our free at the point of delivery system) that the Tories are champing at the bit to implement here in the UK.

"Cyber-attack on UK parliament: Russia is suspected culprit"

Why isn't this a massive frontpage headline on every newspaper? Surely it can't just be me who thinks there's something seriously wrong when a foreign power starts hacking into our politicians' emails?

www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/national/kushner-firms-285-million-deutsche-bank-loan-came-just-before-election-day/2017/06/25/984f3acc-4f88-11e7-b064-828ba60fbb98_story.html

Kushner firm’s $285 million Deutsche Bank loan came just before Election Day