Middle Finger Symphony Theater

* No Tuxedos Required *

(With Sincere Apologies to Pat Benetar)

The Coronation Is Off and Democrats are Restless

Commentary Magazine

Up to now, the political media has devoted its focus to the human wrecking ball that is Donald Trump. The near myopic fixation of the press is understandable; they are in the eyeballs business, and Trump got them 24 million  pairs of them who tuned into the last Republican debate. But the race for the GOP nomination isn’t the only exciting presidential primary.

The Democratic primary race that was once a sleepy coronation with a predetermined outcome has suddenly become not only competitive but also interesting and substantive. It is curious that the many in media have declined to give the contentious contest due notice.

Just to establish a baseline level of wonderment, it seemed likely Hillary Clinton’s strongest challenger for the Democratic nomination would be former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley as recently as March. The former secretary of state was a juggernaut who enjoyed astronomical levels of support from a committed base of Democratic voters. Those who challenged her were seen as engaged in an endeavor that could most charitably be described as quixotic. If you were inclined toward sympathy, you might have characterized a challenge to Clinton’s dominance as a kamikaze mission. And suicidal is exactly what socialist Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ frontal assault on the frontrunner initially looked like.

Flash forward six months, and that assessment of a leftwing populist candidate’s ability to exploit progressive frustration seems downright naïve. Sanders has achieved the impossible in that at least one survey of a critical early primary state, New Hampshire, now shows him leading Clinton by a considerable margin. While Sanders’ surge is certainly due in part to the candidate’s unique brand of far-left politics, his rise is almost certainly also attributable to Clinton’s self-inflicted wounds. Her candidacy has been hamstrung by the slow and constant drip of scandalous revelations regarding her mishandling of classified information on a secret and unauthorized email system while she served as secretary of state.

Clinton has also been hurt by the implication that her family foundation solicited high-dollar donations from foreign patrons and governments with the implication that America’s chief diplomat would happily provide quid pro quo. When asked about these matters in the press, Clinton routinely fudges the truth, and her trust ratings in the polls have correspondingly plummeted.

Read More 

Joe Biden Takes Part-Time Job to Help Fund Possible White House Run

Biden has also not ruled out running for a third term as Vice President

Shocking Photo Uncovered in Clinton Email

It's YOOOGH, Just YOOOGH I tell Ya...

Donald Trump’s online emporium for luxurious stuff that says you like TRUMP! on it is now open, and it’s got the YOOOGHEST selection of terrific stuff, just terrific, that any of the Donald's Lovers and haters can afford, even if you are not a TEN BILLIONAIRE. And unlike his special line of made-in-China Donald J. Trump apparel, this stuff is 100 percent made right here in the U.S. of A., though the site does not specify whether any of it has been made by undocumented immigrants.

First, the bad news. No official Megyn Kelly toilet paper as of yet. And you losers cannot buy a Trump piñata to beat to death with a stick, sorry.  

But, you can buy this adorable onesie for your little Trumpster fan, so long as you promise not to pull out your lady glands and feed it with your breastes, because as The Donald say's, that's “disgusting.”


And you want some hats? Trump’s got all the hats you might need, to protect your fabulous head of hair, in all kinds of colors, although of course you’ll want to get yours in Trumps favorite color gold, unless you are some kind of loser.

And what about an official Donald Trump  hoodie? Great for blending in and doing a little grassroots campaigning at the next political rally near you. 

You can get one in either men’s (perfect for the insecure guy to conceal your oversize large caliber cannons) or unisex sizes (for the ladies)! So many terrific options!

And don’t forget to pick up a couple sets of great license plate holders with Trump emblazoned at the top for your Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Mercedes, or whatever you drive when you’re not being limousined around.

And remember, if you’ve got words to say, say them the Trump way: LOUD. Real loud. With this luxurious megaphone, to make sure everyone can hear ya.

 h/t to Wonk

Love Ya Ma! ♥♥♥♥♥

As If You Need Another Reason to Believe Barack Obama Has No Interest in Defeating Terrorism

US Intervenes in Lawsuit Over Palestinian Terror Attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has intervened in a lawsuit over Palestinian terror attacks that have killed Americans, advising a judge that requiring a hefty bond payment in the case could financially destabilize the Palestinian government.

The filing comes in a case in New York City, where a jury this year awarded $218.5 million to Americans affected by the attacks in a lawsuit brought against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority. That amount is automatically tripled under the Anti-Terrorism Act, lawyers have said.

By intervening, the government said it was trying to strike a balance between its support for the rights of terrorism victims to be compensated in court and concerns that a large bond imposed while the verdict is on appeal would weaken the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority and undermine "several decades of U.S. foreign policy." 

Lawyers for the Palestinian Authority have argued that the group is effectively insolvent and have asked the judge, George Daniels, to waive the bond requirement. Gassan Baloul, a lawyer for the Palestinians, said Tuesday that the defendants were studying the government's filing and would respond at a hearing later this month.

And why is the Palestinian Authority insolvent?  Because they spent their massive amounts of foreign aid to feed and educate their people? To build and prosper for their people? To create an engine for an economy that could revival their neighbors, the Jews? No, because the  Palestinian Authority is nothing but terrorist thugs in silk suits, ragheads with $50 hair cuts and large Swiss Bank accounts full of money meant for the people. 

Palestine is still a platform to launch terror. Instead of making peace with Israel, emulating their system of prosperity and progress, they wallow in hate and poverty, spending millions on tunnels and weapons while starving the people to stir hate for those who there ancestors lived among peacefully for centuries. 

Decades of negotiations and handshakes have settled nothing. Every peace agreement has been violated by the PLO. The Palestinian people (who are really nothing but descendent's of Syrians and Jordanians) are pawns in a larger scheme to wipe out their neighbors, who given the peace and security the post WW2 nations promised but refuse to guarantee, would happily help bring the Palestinian into the world community for their sake and theirs.  

The Obama Administration's concerns over the amount of monetary penalties levied against the Palestinian Authority by American courts on behalf of American victims shows a level of integrity and understanding far below that of a man charged with leadership of a country threaten daily by the foreign puppet masters of the Palestinians.