Break the leash. Take a step. Do more than growl.

During the 1980’s there was a comic strip by David Lynch (yes, THAT David Lynch) that ran in a number of alternative newspapers called “The Angriest Dog in the World”. It was minimalist genius – every strip the art was the same: A dog straining against its leash, growling. The first 3 panels would be in daylight, and the last at night. Different dialogue would come from the house he was chained to each week, much of it absurdist. One example is in the first panel a speech bubble that read “It doesn’t get any better than this” and the remaining three panels without dialogue at all. Like I said, minimalist genius.

But before the 1st panel would be an explanation of the whole premise: “The dog who is so angry he cannot move. He cannot eat. He cannot sleep. He can just barely growl. Bound so tightly with tension and anger, he approaches the state of rigor mortis.”

I feel like that a lot lately.

This was a horrible weekend to be a compassionate human being. The part-timer in the White House (see below) started blaming the victims of the attempted bombings. In in his very first statement regarding the massacre as the synagogue in Pennsylvania he wondered why they didn’t think to have armed guards.

Armed guards, at a bris. Oy.

And now today President Spray Tan is starting to put the first steps in place towards declaring martial law along the US border with Mexico. This has got to stop. The leash has to break.

We have a man in the white house show stokes up anger on a daily basis and then blames the media for a) reporting it and b) making people angry. I think he honestly believes this too. I think he doesn’t understand what media does, because all he watches if Fox News and they don’t do what the rest of the media does.

I think it’s time we take his viewing habits out of his arsenal of petty tweets and barely veiled threats. I think it’s time to take away his televised rallies, and the sycophants who advise him on policy through obviously slanted media.

It’s time – long past time – to get rid of Fox News. Like others, I am calling for a boycott of all companies who advertise on the channel.

I know that sounds daunting, but consider this: boycotts of advertiser products on Fox have brought down Bill O’Reilly, Megyn Kelly, Rush Limbaugh, Gretchen Carlson, and many advertisers still shy away from Laura Ingraham. Why not the whole shebang?

Why not do some radical theater against the network? Chop down the antennae on their roof. Write letters to and protest their landlord.

By the way the landlord (i.e. owner of the building) is part of the Rockefeller empire, but for tax purposes is specifically:

1211 Avenue of the Americas REIT

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY  10036

Boycott EchoStar, Galaxy 15, and DirecTV for carrying them. Tell your own cable company to drop them. Boycott local advertisers who advertise on them through cable.

On a local basis I can’t tell you who the advertisers are. Nationally here is the list of their top advertisers, along with their twitter handles. Complain to them. Bombard them with questions as to why they advertise with a channel that promotes such an unhinged platform of hate. Ask them why they support hate speech:

Keurig Green Mountain --> @Keurig
Ford --> @Ford 
Lincoln --> @LincolnMotorCo
Pfizer --> @pfizer
Liberty Mutual --> @libertymutual
Bayer AG & Monsanto --> @Bayer @BayerUS
Honda --> @Honda
Acura --> @Acura
Ace Hardware --> @acehardware
Procter & Gamble -->@ProcterGamble @Bounty @MyCascade @Charmin @Crest @DawnDish @Febreze_Fresh @downy @Gillette @GilletteVenus @OlaySkin @OralB@Pantene @Swiffer @Tide @Luvs @Pampers
Allstate --> @Allstate
Esurance --> @Esurance
Capital One -->@capitalone
Go RVing --> @GoRVing
Glaxo Smith Kline --> @GSK
Subaru -->@subaru_usa
Fiat Chrysler (Alfa Romeo, Dodge, Jeep) -->@FiatChrysler_NA – @alfa_romeo@AlfaRomeoUSA @Dodge @Jeep
Expedia -->@Expedia
Trivago --> @trivago
Lear Capital -->@LearCapital
Boehringer Ingelheim (Dulcolax, Jardiance, Zantac) -->@boehringerus @Boehringer
Tena --> @tena_us
Rakuten (Ebates) -->@RakutenToday @Ebates
Progressive --> @Progressive

The only place they can be hurt is in the pocketbook. So let’s bring the hurt. Break that leash.

Cheap Shots (Mazeltov!):

By the way, if you want to block them from reaching you on twitter, here is how to block them and over 1,100 other corporations from showing up in your twitter feed.

Steve King, the proper response is that if they were in America we’d kick them the fuck out.

Imagine that! John Roberts wants the SCOTUS to still be respected. He was being pressured to hear the case.

You are not welcome here.

If you don’t want a pipe bomb sent to you stop criticizing me, fuckers!

Of course at the salary he gets we should have expected that he’d only work part time.

Once again, Jimmy Carter is right.

Freedom!

Hell, I’d be happy if simple American Law came after hate speech.

What will Tracy Ullman do for material in her show now?

Maybe what he wanted was for them to quote the book of Jeff.

By the way, violating the Posse Comitatus Act is also an impeachable offense. Just saying.

Guts?

@theperson.

Coming soon to a constitutional crisis near you: The Rao Rule.

Ever wonder how to make a proper Old Fashioned? Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

• 1 sugar cube
• 2 to 3 dashes ​Angostura Bitters
• 2 ounces ​bourbon or rye whiskey
• Optional: ​orange peel for garnish
• Optional: maraschino cherry for garnish ​

Steps to Make It

1.      Place the sugar cube at the bottom of an old-fashioned glass.

2.      Saturate the cube with bitters and muddle.

3.      Fill the glass with ice (the larger the cubes, the better).

4.      Add the whiskey.

5.      Stir well.

6.      Garnish with an orange peel and cherry.

And because I love you, Triumph (i.e. the other great and oft-neglected power trio from Canada)