STAY AWAY FROM THE CRAZY PILLS

Today, I share with you some hard-hitting, rational, deep thinking from Lawrence O'Donnell at massively intelligent news source MSNBC.  If you agree with Lawrence O'Donnell and don't think that he is a raving lunatic, you might have a severe case of TDS. (Trump Derangement Syndrome)  At this time, there is one known cure for this malady. You will need a transfusion of highly concentrated common sense. 

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The phrase “I feel like I’m taking crazy pills” occurs in the 2001 movie, ZOOLANDER,  when the fashion designer ‘Jacobim Mugatu’, played by Will Ferrell finally expresses his frustration at the fact no one else in the fashion world has noticed Derek Zoolander’s supposedly career defining runway ‘looks’ are nothing more than him pulling the same face over and over again. PERHAPS LAWRENCE O'DONNELL HAS OVERDOSED ON CRAZY PILLS. 

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from mediaite.com website

Lawrence O’Donnell Wonders: What If ‘Vladimir Putin Masterminded the Last Week in Syria’?

by Josh Feldman | 11:12 pm, April 7th, 2017.

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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell tonight opened his show positing that “if Vladimir Putin masterminded the last week in Syria, he has gotten everything he could have asked for.”

He argued that it’s conceivable that Putin could have told Bashar al-Assad to carry out a small chemical attack “just big enough to attract media attention so that my friend in the White House will see it on TV” and then Trump can fire missiles that will “do no real damage” to ensure that the U.S. media will “change the subject from Russian influence” on the White House.

O’Donnell said it certainly “changes the conventional wisdom” about the dynamic between Trump and Russia, “as long as you never, never question whether Vladimir Putin wanted all of this to happen this week.”

And when O’Donnell brought on his panel, he immediately made it clear that he does not know what the probability of this is, but he knows it’s not zero:

I raise it without assigning a statistical probability to it, I don’t know what it is. I just know that it’s not zero, and it should be zero. It has been zero with every previous president. But when you look at the way that events have unfolded this week, Donald Trump could not have asked for a better end of the week for his presidency as he sees it.

Your Food Diary For:

     Saturday, April 8, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	780	162	9	18	1,020	72
	780	162	9	18	1,020	72
L U N C H
Asian Chopped Salad	560	46	42	11	1,155	21
	560	46	42	11	1,155	21
D I N N E R
Whitefish	440	60	11	27	290	11
Broccoli	50	8	0	2	40	1
Mock Chicken	500	30	33	20	0	0
	990	98	44	49	330	12
Totals	2,330	306	95	78	2,505	105
Your Daily Goal	2,493	311	83	125	2,300	93
Remaining	163	5	-12	47	-205	-12
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
4 mile urban hike	63	661
Daily Total / Goal	63 / 30	661 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	271 / 210	3,358 / 4,130

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HAS THERE EVER BEEN A POLITICIAN LIKE THIS?

Has there ever been a politician like this? Our President is not 'protected' by the press like the previous president was. I believe the 44th president went to sleep each night, in uncontrollable fits of evil laughter as he thought about all that he got away with each day as the press gave him a pass on... everything. Our current president, President Donald Trump, gets questioned on... everything. If he says that today is Saturday, The New York Times is capable of running an editorial denying it. Just look at this tweet that Trump tweeted late yesterday morning. He is not scared of these little dimwit lefties who are trying their best to deny him the respect and honor that his office requires. 

Let me get this straight... Just because Attorney General Jeff Sessions had a conversation with the Russian Ambassador, this somehow 'proves' that they were in cahoots to control the election results in the United States?  OK, democrats... here's another case for you.... Here is photographic proof of a meeting between James Bond and Auric Goldfinger.  Does this also prove that James Bond was conspiring with Auric Goldfinger to sabotage the gold in Fort Knox? According to your 'logic'  - I guess it does. Now I know that James Bond and Auric Goldfinger were fictional characters from the imagination of Ian Fleming, but since you subscribe to so much fake news, you might as well fight movie plotlines. Reality does not seem to be your forté.

The fact that I spent being as active as a book sitting on a bookshelf, as I was suffering from flu-like symptoms for a couple of days while on the road, probably did not help me this week. Even when I am not feeling well, my appetite almost never suffers.  My weight this morning was 245.6 lbs. 

Your Food Diary For:

Friday, March 3, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Apple and Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	520	108	6	12	680	48
	520	108	6	12	680	48
L U N C H
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich	600	47	27	14	245	27
	600	47	27	14	245	27
D I N N E R
Battered and Fried Codfish	600	44	32	38	0	0
Mousaka	600	46	31	35	12	18
	1,200	90	63	73	12	18
Totals	2,320	245	96	99	937	93
Your Daily Goal	2,772	346	92	139	2,300	104
Remaining	452	101	-4	40	1,363	11
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 842 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Friday, March 3, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Treadmill 3.8mph, incline 15	60	842
Daily Total / Goal	60 / 30	842 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	123 / 210	1,709 / 4,130

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KRYPTONITE AND LEAD

There is a lie that is reported over and over again that Vladimir Putin and the Russians tried to help get Donald Trump elected. It is certainly possible that Putin and the Russians were responsible for the  files and emails released by wikileaks. I have no way of knowing for sure one way or the other.  I know one thing, I do not recall hearing any worries about Russian election intervention during the actual campaign season. It seems that this became Priority 1 when Hillary come in second place in the presidential election. What seems impossible is that Putin is smarter than nearly everyone in America who was convinced that Donald Trump would not and could not possibly be elected right up to and including around 6PM on election day. What seems more likely, is that the Russian government, who Mitt Romney, correctly identified as an adversary in a debate four years ago (before practically being laughed off the stage and ridiculed by Barack Obama and The New York Times and all the other geniuses in America) was trying to weaken future President-Elect Hillary Clinton.  Clearly, those leaks were embarrassing to Hillary Clinton. Poor Hillary, she got all the embarrassment without securing the big prize. Now it might be time to get serious.

Let's imagine for a moment that you are a voter in America. You are a Democrat or Independent and/or simply a supporter of Hillary Clinton. Wikileaks releases documents proving with a shadow of a doubt that the elections were rigged. That is, the democratic primaries, which actually did rig the state primaries in favor of Clinton over Bernie Sanders. And if you think that that is not true, please remind me why Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned as head of the DNC on the eve of their convention.  And if you think that it is not true that nearly the entire media colluded with Hillary Clinton in order to promote her candidacy, please explain to me why Donna Brazile was sending Hillary questions in advance of debates. All these leaks did show that the election was rigged in Clinton's favor. Donald Trump meanwhile found himself fighting the Democrats, and the Republicans and the media. He had very few endorsers and supporters. I was not an early supporter, I was very skeptical of the man. I remain skeptical although I am clinging to hopefullness..

This thought experiment is not over. Can someone please explain to me how these leaks would make someone who would have voted for Hillary, do a 180° turn and instead vote for Donald Trump. It is simply preposterous.  The media know the value of repeating a lie as often as possible. That is why lies are endlessly repeated. And if my supposition is incorrect, can someone please explain to me why folks on the two coasts who overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton were immune to the effectiveness of these leaks. 

Were the voters in California, Washington, Oregon, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, etc some kind of supermen (and superwomen) who had natural shielding from these (wiki)leaks much as lead protects SUPERMAN from the harmful effects of Kryptonite? They sure seemed impervious to the Russian intervention. What makes them so special? Or is it possible, and I would say likely, that the leaks had a minimal effect on the electorate?

As a voter for Trump, I was concerned about some of his more seemingly irrational and outrageous statements and behaviour. Nevertheless, I was voting for future conservative Supreme Court nominees and whole litany of policies that I actually support. There was no amount of wikileaks against Donald Trump that could have swayed me to vote for Hillary Clinton. To do so, I would have to do a 180° turn and vote for everything that I am against. That is, of course, preposterous.

So once again, I ask, how did the Russians help Donald Trump? I think it was their intention to weaken the person they thought would be president. Our President at the time, Barack Obama, said he spoke to Putin personally in the late summer of 2016 and told him to cut it out. On that day that Obama spoke to Putin the problem was solved. Kinda like we solved the problem on the Iran nuclear program. We made an agreement with the honorable Iranians so that problem is completely solved. Hallelujah! Really? If you believe that, I can recommend a bridge that you might be interested in purchasing...

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THIS ENDS THE POLITICAL PONTIFICATIONS FOR THE DAY... Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.  My 'streak' of not eating moronically has now spiked to two consecutive days. Once again, I have stayed away from wildly stupid decisions. It has been weeks since I have stepped on the scale on a Saturday morning, while anticipating a good result. I am expecting to change that this week.

Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, January 22, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Omelette - 3-egg Omelette With Cheese, 3 eggs	425	0	21	28	650	2
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon, 4 slices	160	0	12	12	700	0
	585	0	33	40	1,350	2
L U N C H
Whole Foods - Smoked Whitefish Chunks	300	0	23	25	850	0
Generic - Green Bean Almondine	100	6	8	3	505	1
Broccoli - Sauted	75	15	1	6	90	1
	475	21	32	34	1,445	2
D I N N E R
Marie Callender - Chicken Pot Pie 10 oz, 1 Pie	610	57	34	17	990	5
	610	57	34	17	990	5
Totals	1,670	78	99	91	3,785	9
Your Daily Goal	3,462	433	115	174	2,300	129
Remaining	1,792	355	16	83	-1,485	120
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

       Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
9 MILE URBAN HIKE	135	1,552
Daily Total / Goal	135 / 30	1,552 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	373 / 210	4,350 / 4,130

My daughter and I walked 9 miles yesterday. Our first stop was Whitney Young High School where we watched the varsity cheerleaders in the Chicago City competition. We passed a few interesting photo ops along the route...

We passed this cool mural during our 9 mile urban hike.

This globe sits on the plaza of the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) That 's my daughter sitting on Antarctica.

Our trip home included a stop to take a photo in front of Cloudscape, more commonly known as 'The Bean.'

You will likely need to be a supporter of President Donald J. Trump in order to find this cartoon even remotely humorous. I am a supporter of our 45th President, therefore I find this cartoon Hillaryious. (uh, excuse me, I meant hilarious)

LOSERS

The Democrats lost the presidential election. They are sore losers. However, in the spirit of less is more, let's just call them losers. First they blamed the loss on miscounted ballots. When ballots were recounted, their concerns were proved. The election results were wrong. Trump won by even more votes than previously thought. Next on the agenda was a ridiculous effort to change the votes of the electors in the electoral college. Shockingly, this effort yielded zero results. This is normal for democrats. They are not usually interested in results. Their efforts are more likely aimed at making themselves feel better. Finally, they have shouted from the rooftops that Trump won the election due to interference from Russian hackers. 

Here are my questions: 

Why were these Russian hackers so ineffective with the electorate on both coasts?

What is it about citizens of such states as California and New York, that make them impervious to the mind control of the Russian hackers?

Since our president first discussed the alleged hacking with Putin during the summer, why was there no screaming about this during the campaign?  Could it be that since 'everyone' thought Clinton would win anyway, no one really cared?

Why did the Clinton Global Initiative, that terrific charity that spread kindness and goodness throughout the world, just announce that it was shuttering its doors?  Could it possibly be that no one would 'donate' money to the Clinton's foundation if there was no influence and favors that could be paid back? How come no companies or countries need their money 'laundered' anymore?

Here is a news flash to all the election-deniers out there...

DONALD TRUMP WILL BECOME THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES on Friday.

It just might be time to complete the cycle in your stages of 'grief' over the election result and stop blaming everything else in the universe for the fact that you candidate lost. Here are my final questions:

Is it possible that the Democrat candidate for president lost because she is dishonest and dishonorable? Is it possible that Americans were voting for the chance to finally eradicate Obamacare, sometimes laughably known as the Affordable Care Act? Is it possible that clear-thinking Americans desperately wanted to help insure that future Supreme Court justices were jurists who actually believed int he Constitution?

And here is a note to the media... Let's see, you have done nothing but disparage Trump since the election and now you are happily reporting that Trump's approval ratings are so low?  Hey, morons, what is the approval rating of the press?

Your Food Diary For:

Monday, January 16, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon, 4 slices	160	0	12	12	700	0
Essential Butter Flavored Grits	500	105	5	10	1,700	5
	660	105	17	22	2,400	5
L U N C H
Omelette - 3-egg Omelette With Cheese	425	0	21	28	650	2
Trader Joes - Hash Brown Patty, 2 patty	260	28	16	2	500	0
Power Bar - Clean Whey Protein Bar	190	25	5	20	230	2
	875	53	42	50	1,380	4
D I N N E R
Jimmy John's - Bootlegger, 1 sandwich	684	67	24	42	1,660	0
Jack Link's Teriyaki Beef - Beef Jerky	550	35	8	70	3,000	35
	1,234	102	32	112	4,660	35
S N A C K S
Snickers Marathon Energy - Crunchy	220	31	7	10	220	17
	220	31	7	10	220	17
Totals	2,989	291	98	194	8,660	61
Your Daily Goal	2,487	311	83	125	2,300	93
Remaining	-502	20	-15	-69	-6,360	32
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 557 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Monday, January 16, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
MATRIX TREADMILL	95	557
Daily Total / Goal	95 / 30	557 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	95 / 210	557 / 4,130

After a rare day off from exercise, or virtually any activity on Sunday, I was back at it on the treadmill on Monday.

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