I started a topic that I think is very interesting – but the more I researched, the bigger it got. I’m hoping I can put it together for next week. So I’m moving to Plan “B”: Odds & Ends.
File This Under “Karma Is a …”
Do you happen to remember Pamela Taylor? She’s the Trumpkin who called Michelle Obama an “ape in heels”.
Pamela was director of the Clay County (WV) Development Corporation who posted this comment on her Facebook page about then then-first lady Michelle Obama right after the 2016 election.
“It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I’m tired of seeing a (sic) Ape in heels.”
To which fellow Trumpkin, Clay County Mayor Beverly Whaling responded, “Just made my day Pam.”
After the predictable social media firestorm, both women later apologized. Plus Pamela was fired and Whaling resigned.
It gets better! Turns out that after a 1,000-year disastrous flood in Clay County that killed 23 people, Pamela thought it’d be a good idea to help herself to some FEMA funds. So she fraudulently applied for, and received, over $18,000 from FEMA claiming her house was so damaged that she had to live elsewhere.
BUT she got caught living in her undamaged house that was not near the flooding. She had little choice, so she pleaded guilty to defrauding FEMA! She’s already agreed to reimburse the $18,149.04 she stole from FEMA AND will be sentenced this coming May 30th for her embezzlement – so mark your calendars.
She faces up 30 years in prison and a fine up to $500,000!
Remember when Rethuglicans tried claim they were the party of Lincoln? With stories like this combined with the endless lying and malfeasance of Twitler is it any wonder that this sculpture – titled “Liberty Crumbling” – by Damon Langlois (who happens to hail from Victoria, BC) won First Place in the 2019 Texas Sandfest?
But we need something more upbeat. How about a huge Hat Tip to a quick-thinking school bus driver with incredibly fast reflexes. One shudders to think what might have happened. Matt is one lucky boy!
And another close call, while you’re having a “whale” of a time, that makes for a spectacular video:
And since you’re always supposed to leave your audience laughing, how about a few jokes that might come in handy:
Q: Unhappy with how “The Sopranos” ended OR worried how “Game of Thrones” is going to end? So, what TV series do you think ended well?
A: The Watergate Hearings
Julian Assange is a journalist like Jeffrey Dahmer was a vegetarian.
Calling Donald Trump a “businessman” is like calling Dr. Pepper a “cardiologist”.
