Welcome Back to Pottersville: Gotham City Digest

(There, there, Donnie, there there.)

Something for my mystery-writing friends to ponder, especially those with a bent for science fiction. How would you solve a murder on Mars where the scientific rules that govern earth don't apply?

This is what other world leaders say about Trump when he's not with them. Here's Boris Johnson, Macron and Trudeau talking about him. Trump's been an international embarrassment for years but this seals the deal. So what did Trumpie the Klown do when he heard this? Look no further than the lead picture above.

Republican election fraud? Yeah, we got it right here. And this isn't even the scandal for which his own party wants him to resign.

And yet ANOTHER right wing scumbag bites the dust- One of Trump's many pedophile pals, George Nader.

Now, long before now, you've probably asked yourself, "Why hasn't Trump fired this balding baboon?" Well, the answer may be that Trump knows what Rudy has on him and is afraid of the reprisals he'd bring (Remember the "insurance policy" to which he'd alluded just last week.).

Burn o' the day. Looks like Kamala the cop got in a parting volley while leaving the campaign trail.

This is how Maddow boiled down the 300 page report from the Intelligence Committee to 78 words. Seems like a pretty airtight case to me.

Sen. Blumenthal pretty much lays out the necessity of expelling Trump's fat, pasty ass from the WH in plain, unvarnished English.

God knows how many more lies he told in private that day.

We need to get back to this. Does anyone remember a cartoon strip in NATIONAL LAMPOON from about 40 years ago? I can't recall the name but it was about a US president who was just a middle class guy with middle class means. In one strip, he was hosting a state dinner or something and he ran out of chairs and had to borrow some from his next door neighbor. It was whimsical and even funny at times because the limitations of this suburban president was so far removed from the reality. This was a guy who held Cabinet meetings at his dining room table.

Sweden's got the right idea in not pampering its politicians. And when you send a clear signal that they will not be pampered or coddled, you automatically weed out those who would run for public office with the cynical intent of enriching themselves.

DCU vs MCU. This time DCU wins.

I have to somehow set aside an hour to watch this. Crows never forget a human face or a kind human deed. If they want to find you at home, they always will. Sometimes they'll bring you random gifts and may even bring their family and friends in an ultimate show of trust. They really are remarkable animals and, like all animals, ought to be shown love and respect.

If you followed STAR TREK, you couldn't have possibly missed DC Fontana's name. She passed away last Monday. Beam her up to heaven, Scottie. She deserves it.

For a minute, I thought they were going to rename it Abbey Road.

50 years ago yesterday, on Chicago's West Side, at 4:45 am, the historically racist Chicago PD, colluding with the FBI, murdered 21-year-old black activist Fred Hampton as he slept. Look at the smiles on the faces of his cowardly assassins as they wheeled out his bullet-riddled corpse.
Nothing has changed in the CPD since. It's a miracle they didn't do this to Obama when he was a community organizer there.

Meanwhile, from the "Please shit and piss on Zimmerman's grave if he outlives me" files, George Zimmerman is suing for $100,000,000 the family whose child he killed.

Meme intermission: It's the End of the Presidency and you know it edition.

When life imitates Stephen King.

More evidence of the shocking brilliance of Dear Leader's negotiating skills.

Yes, Jonathan Turley actually stated during the #ImpeachingHearings that Trump's not guilty of bribery because Zelensky didn't give him a French mistress. No wonder he's the running buddy of Bill Barr and loser hasbeen John Cusack.

Doug Collins seems to think if you ask a witness a question then yell at him because you don't like the answer, it makes the answer less true.

Can we all now pass an Act of Congress stating unequivocally that Rudy Giuliani is the stupidest lawyer on the planet?

Black lawmaker in KY thinking of challenging Mitch McConnell pulled over for Driving While Black.

From your favorite Nazi-hiring multinational, multibillion dollar corporation comes these hot item gifts:

Auschwitz-themed ornaments. Yes, perfect for that little fascist in the family, The company that arbitrarily pulls erotic books that aren't erotic and reviews by people they THINK may be friends with the author apparently has no vetting process in place when it comes to Nazi-themed ornaments.

Oh, for fuck's sake, Pearl Harbor, now?! So, where were the "good guys with a gun"?

OK, who else is tired of this fat Republican shyster with the creepy Peter Lorre voice? Because what Barr's talking about here is a protection racket. Only instead of money, they're demanding your fear and obedience, which is part and partial to the fascism to which the cops so easily default.

        "That was funny when I called the Canada guy a doody head and a stupid head, huh?"
        "Yes, sir."
        "Hey, where's Melania?"
       "She was last seen walking into a bedroom with the doody head Canada guy, Mr. President."

Sure, why NOT fold this into the articles of impeachment? The so-called "absolute immunity" defense of the DOJ's OLC has never been tested for the simple reason no other president has been so stubborn and uncooperative.

Someone got a Walmart worker to page a Mr. Clinton Killdepstein. I think this is the funniest thing I'll see all day. Bart Simpson couldn't have done this better.

51% say he should be expelled, according to ABC/Ipsos.

        Trump's day:
        1) Pelosi announces House will proceed with articles of impeachment.
        2) #AmericansForImpeachment's trending #1
        3) #TrumpIsALaughingStock's trending #4.
        4) The planet's laughing at him.
        5) 51% want him expelled from office.
        All by 1 PM.

More right wing vote caging/suppression.and now the courts are letting them. "They are kids voting liberal," said a right wing nut job eight years ago.

I expect there will be calls this week for Bernie to drop out of the race since he's "barely" in first place in the state with the most electoral votes (54)..

Deflect and distract. That's the Trump way. Well, guess what, asshole? Drawing up a list of witnesses in an impeachment trial is not your fucking job. And finally...

Das Boot strikes again.