George Washington (In High Heels)

Rep. Tim Burchett says he’s ‘sure’ members of Congress have been ‘honeypot’ victims: ‘Next thing you know, you’re in the motel room with them naked’ 

    

 “He was incapable of saying anything fond about anyone or anything. Affection didn’t exist in his life, only weird sex” 

   

 Fake Waffle House worker steals from register at end of her ‘shift’

California police officer who shot and killed unarmed kneeling man will not face charges 

   

 10,000 acres of California land bought by Hoopa Valley Tribe

Hamas terror tunnels were built with your money

Church for ‘nones’: Anti-dogma spiritual collectives emerge across the U.S.

Idiots (In Congress)

 

 "Anytime, anyplace."

‘You look like a Smurf’ 

   

 Ayn Rand should NOT still be a thing

   

 Alan Dershowitz owes the P.L.O. $10,000

Twin Flames Universe leaders branded “idiots” after denying they’re a cult

You Explain American Journalism Today (Because The Macho Response Cannot)

American Trust in Media Plummets; Only Congress Less Trusted Among Major US Institutions

During her 25-year reign as host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, from 1986 to 2011, Oprah repeatedly showed a weakness for crackpots and quack medical theories. One could even argue that she’s one of the most powerful enablers of cranks on the planet.

Oprah is living proof that trustworthy journalism still exists

It's Now Official: My Ex-Wife's NewAge Obsession Finally Made It To Congress

Sure, Embattled QAnon congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene 'openly cheated' on her husband of 25 years with a polyamorous tantric sex guru and then moved on to another affair with the manager at her gym, but it's not like there's anything WEIRD going on. 

Everyone's assured me of that - for years.

 

Hungry - For Truth? (Come On Over To MY House)

‘Experts’ Listed 27 House Races As Toss-Ups. Republicans Won All 27, but, the man at the top - with the long coattails - he didn't make it? And no one on the left finds that suspicious? Well, except for Hillary?

Grill them, like salmon, and let's see what else we find. 

The Mystery That Only Deepens

All the first quotes are from Lisa Oz's Wikipedia page:

"Lisa Oz is an American producer, and frequent co-host of The Dr. Oz Show on the Oprah and Friends XM radio telecasts...."

BUT

[Oprah] may be the most powerful crank enabler on the planet.

- Vox, 2018

"[Lisa Oz] is a Reiki master..."

BUT

Reiki is a pseudoscience.

- Wikipedia

"[Lisa Oz] is co-producer of the Dr. Oz Show and credited with the idea for the television show as a way 'practicing preventive medicine on a grand scale'..."

BUT

Scientists tallied up all the advice on Dr. Oz's show. Half of it was baseless or wrong.

- Vox, 2014

"In 2011-2012 She collaborated...in narrating the documentary film Genetic Roulette—The Gamble of Our Lives asserting health risks from GMO foods...."

BUT

Are you anti-GMO? Then you’re anti-science, too.

- The Washington Post, 2018

AND

"According to the New York Times, Lisa Oz's mother 'believed fervently in New Age approaches like homeopathic remedies and meditation' and also introduced her husband to 'alternative medicine and Eastern mysticism' which he now integrates into his advice programs."

BUT

Cancer patients who use alternative medicine die sooner

- Edzard Ernst MD, PhD, FMedSci, FRSB, FRCP, FRCPEd, 2013

But - Even After A Congressional Inquiry - No One Can Figure Out Why Dr. Oz Is A Quack!!!

The Trump Curse Meets The Oprah Effect (For Lunch)

"Oz came to general prominence with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show beginning in 2004,,..."

Wikipedia

"What exactly will Ms. Winfrey do for [Obama]?"

The NYT, 2007

Scientists tallied up all the advice on Dr. Oz's show. Half of it was baseless or wrong.

Vox, 2014

"When Donald Trump discusses his health with Dr. Oz, let's not forget that Winfrey herself came under fire for supporting someone who had to be investigated by Congress for making inaccurate medical claims."

Bustle, 2016

Trump appointing Dr. Oz to his sport, fitness and nutrition council

CNN, 2018

Obama's Chief Science Advisor Tears Apart Trump's Dangerous Disregard For Science

Science As Fact, 2018

Leave Nancy ALONE! (Blame San Francisco)

“I think you’d have to be an idiot to think we could win the House with Pelosi at the top. Nancy Pelosi is not the only reason that Ossoff lost. But she certainly is one of the reasons.”

I was predicting, this morning, that the Democratic Party would be trying to tie this to Pelosi, and not the program she's sent out to represent.

It's just not her fault,...

Get The Impression There's No Plan For Getting Along?

Whites know what to expect - because they know how they treat us

Blacks have always had to fight for the recognition of our humanity in America - and against incredible odds:

"According to a document provided by the official, police forces in the same county as Ferguson received advanced rifle sights and night vision equipment between 2012 and 2014.

There is no evidence that any such equipment has yet been used in the Brown case and its aftermath. But such "police militarization" is just one element of an often toxic relationship between minority communities and local police.

Since the creation of the 1033 program by Congress in the early 1990s, the program has distributed $4.3 billion of excess equipment, ranging from innocuous office supplies to bomb-disposing robots and other advanced technology. The flood of military supplies — along with the continuing drug war and grant programs from other federal agencies that provide military-style equipment — has pushed the culture of police forces far from its law-enforcement roots."

What kind of "police force" does this? What kind of "country" allows this? One thats "roots" began, like South Africa's, with keeping blacks in slavery, and submissive to violent whites, naturally. 
American blacks know this:

It seems to be pretty important for whites, to keep slavery's context out of the story, after a cop was busted by CNN calling us "animals."

Because, if they didn't keep the context out, they'd have to admit the obvious:

American "law enforcement," seeing black citizens as "animals," is too-short a step - in both time AND culture - from it's historic "niggerbreaker's" regarding us as "furniture" again,... 

 

Republicans See A Light (It's A Train Headed Their Way)

Republicans haven't found the beat 

 First, TMR's tried to tell them, now FOX's Juan Williams is trying to tell them - we might have to dig up MLK for back-up:

"The nearly all-white Republican Party is fast approaching its moment of crisis on race. 

Talk of impeaching President Obama and the party's opposition in Congress to immigration reform is pushing the GOP into a deep racial and political hole,..."

Young Master Paul thinks he's special 

 BTW - Rand Paul recently made the "claim that he's doing more for civil rights than anyone in Congress".

How Rand Paul REALLY looks on the stump to blacks 

Considering the burden blacks are left to carry in this country, that translates to saying he's not doing very much either,...

 

Whoop - There It Is: Dr. Oz's Feeding Frenzy Has Begun

Health tip: Getting the bad guys can help with depression 

 I lost my marriage, partially, over assholes like Oz, so I'm enjoying this:

“The honorable men and women of our medical community know perfectly well that Dr. Oz has sold out."

Where's Oprah in all this controversy? She brought him to us. 

Shit, everybody honorable knew it but - in this country - if an Oz can corral the rubes, it's legal, and (just like France) there's nothing anyone can do about it, apparently, until the weaslely son of a bitch kills somebody (and it has to be somebody "important," like a celebrity) or gets dragged before Congress. 

“Dr. Oz is perhaps America’s most famous doctor, and yet, he shills a load of anti-science B.S."

"America's Favorite Doctor" helped ruined my life

“I almost feel sorry for “America’s Quack,” Dr. Mehmet Oz. Well, not really."  

Looking back on it all - how this issue has affected the larger culture AND me personally - if you ask me, Oz is no worse than the stupid country that produced him, that applauded his rise, and ignored everyone who saw him for what he is. He's just another one.

My country rallied to stop blacks - but defended scam artists for years.

It's the fact that it's taken, like, eight years for that truth to reveal itself, that's the most tragic aspect (when I consider my own future) that I can know or imagine.

I'll never see people the same again

Put simply, we've matured into fools,…

 

Claire McCaskill's Ultimate Dr. Oz Burn Was A Classic

White lady does GOOD!

“We could spend a lot of time arguing the merits of whether coffee bean extract is worth trying or not,” Oz said—downgrading his appraisal from miraculous to “worth trying”...

From yesterday's hearing:

   “I don't think this ought to be a referendum on the use of alternative medical therapies,” Oz said. “I have been criticized for having folks come on my show talking about the power of prayer. Again, as a practitioner, I can't prove that prayer helps people survive an illness.

“But it’s hard to buy prayer,” McCaskill said.

“Yes,” Oz smiled. “Prayer's free. That's a very good point,...”

Another position she drove him to, that he didn't want to go,...

 

Dr. Oz Make Frown-y Face Of Quack Quack Do No Good

So, now that Oprah's cloak of invisibility is gone, there's a new kind of programming available, starring Claire McCaskill NOT letting boners, like Dr. Oz, off the hook. Oh joy.

TMR on this con artist started in 2008. That's a long time for a blogger to take abuse, waiting to see this day. See, he's a doctor and TMR was discussing the intersection of fraud, NewAge belief systems, and stuff like that. It didn't make sense.

Today, Oz got a hint it might,...

Dr. Oz Finally Gets Called On The Carpet (In Congress)

“The scientific community is almost monolithically against you in terms of the efficacy of the products you called ‘miracles.’”

Some Will Use A Lot Of Words To Avoid Saying Racists

They'll "protect" the money, thanks.

"80 percent of House Republicans represent districts in which the white share of the population exceeds the national average. Cantor was one.

…Cantor's defeat demonstrates again how much of that base will fiercely resist policies that might build a broader coalition,…"

That IS a lot of words, ain't it?

 

The Proposal Whites Are Calling Insane And Impossible

Ta-Nahisi Coates' suggestion that we endorse John Conyers' HR40 means America would:

(1) Examine the institution of slavery which existed from 1619 through 1865 within the United States and the colonies that became the United States, including the extent to which the Federal and State governments constitutionally and statutorily supported the institution of slavery;

(2) examine de jure and de facto discrimination against freed slaves and their descendants from the end of the Civil War to the present, including economic, political, and social discrimination;

(3) examine the lingering negative effects of the institution of slavery and the discrimination described in paragraph (2) on living African Americans and on society in the United States;

(4) recommend appropriate ways to educate the American public of the Commission's findings;

(5) recommend appropriate remedies in consideration of the Commission's findings on the matters described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and

(6) submit to the Congress the results of such examination, together with such recommendations.

It shouldn't be hard to see why this was shot down by Hot Air, The National Review, and every other Right-Wing outlet out there: 

 It's simply crazy talk,…

 

TMR Code Switch: From The Left To Right (Wing) Cons

They've got to get in your head before you can shit them out.

As long as America's conservatives are Hellbent on staying the course, they've got nowhere to go, but down:

"It’s hard not to see the whole [Right-Wing] operation as a perpetual swindle. Take the Affordable Care Act. With the re-election of President Obama, odds of repeal were slim-to-none. But rather than abandon the call for Obamacare repeal, conservative groups—and their allies in Congress—pushed further. Not because they thought it could happen, but because it was lucrative,....

…Every political movement has its opportunists, and there’s no doubt the Democratic Party has its share of grifters. But MSNBC doesn’t devote its commercial programming to selling gold,..."

Nothing's wrong - if no one cares or everyone's laughing.

And even worse - unlike with Democrats (for some reason) - arrogant Republicans being played for suckers is very, very funny.

"This is the place" - to deceive non-Mormons.

Anybody for Mr. (and Mrs.) Mitt Romney's supplements?

Smile.

That's an honest business for American patriots to be in, no?