Extradition process and justice system are too slow for would-be presidential candidate
Donald Trump, a man who has previously and may once again tout himself as a presidential candidate, believes that the American justice system is too slow and cumbersome to deal with whistleblowers like former NSA analyst Edward Snowden.
Labeling Snowden a spy, Trump went on Fox News to advocate his immediate execution.
In a vomit inducing interview with Fox and Friends, Trump, in his infinite wisdom, stated:
You know, spies in the old days used to be executed.
This guy is becoming a hero in some circles. Now, I will say, with the passage of time, even people that were sort of liking him and were trying to go on his side are maybe dropping out
We have to get him back and we have to get him back fast. It could take months or it could take years, and that would be pathetic. The Donald noted.
Blatantly advocating that Snowden be assassinated, Trump suggested that the US would somehow cease to exist, should he be allowed to live and divulge secret information on government surveillance and other unconstitutional practices.
This guys a bad guy and, you know, theres still a thing called execution, he said.
You really have to take a strong You have thousands of people with access to material like this. Were not going to have a country any longer. Trump continued.
Ironically, that reasoning was EXACTLY why Snowden went public with the material on the NSA in the first place because he could not face living in a country that treats its own citizens like suspects and actively spies on all their communications.
Trump also labelled journalists who covered the story disgraceful, saying that newspapers should not have printed the details of the revelations.
Trumps lack of understanding of the Bill Of Rights and the Fourth Amendment will not come as a surprise to regular readers, given his attacks on former Congressman Ron Paul last year.
Despite him being the most constitutionally sound presidential candidate in decades, Trump called Paul a joke candidate, and belittled his Libertarian outlook on foreign policy, saying Paul did not care about foreign affairs such as if Iran has a nuclear weapon that can wipe out Israel.
I like his interview yesterday where he complained that Charles Krauthammer was a "jerk" who "just sits there." Look at Trump's face, stewing as he listens to Krauthammer dissing him.
That bimbo who says she loves Kruathammer should show some panties more when she crosses and uncrosses her legs when she says it. That is why I watch FOX, dammit!
That bimbo who says she loves Kruathammer should show some panties more when she crosses and uncrosses her legs when she says it. That is why I watch FOX, dammit!
...I watch five times before coming to that conclusion.
To calm down after the shock, you could look at this photo for a bit.
It's Drudge's favorite photo of Merkel but I was thinking it would be fun to spread it around teh interwebs, claiming it's Hitlery. From that angle, who could tell?
Wow, that pic is unflattering, even for a German!
I'll give Vicomte a fish ping. Anyway, I hope that's a fish.
Not just fish, HERRING! Sild er lykke. Herring is happiness. Indian Candy sockeye is happiness-er. With blackberries. And rye sourdough toasted with butter. And rutabagas and spinach. And a cup of Gevalia.
Bluegills up in Michigan are tiny panfish, but they're good.
Bluefish, out of the New England oceans, are really quite gross unless you know how to cook them. They must be soaked in milk for a good while before cooking. The milk pulls out the oil, which isn't a nice pleasant fishy oil like Salmon or Herring oil, but is like Menhaden oil - the oil they used to use in oil-based paint (literally - maybe they still do).
Bluefish is nasty stuff unless it's done right. Then it's passable.
My favorite fishes are smoked white fishes out of Lake Michigan, like creek chub or lake trout or smoked whitefish. I only just discovered Indian Candy a year ago. This is the Alaskan Way, where they take sockeye, cut it in strips, marinate it in brown sugar (traditionally maple syrup) and then hot smoke it in strips with the skin on.
Oh. My. God. It is oily and sweet and good, and probably the best thing FOR you on the planet, what with all the vitamin D.
Cod and eggs is a good standby too. Cod, Jarlsberg cheese, eggs. Nice omelette. And anchovy-mashed potatoes - all the good parts of Jansen's Potatoes without the cottage fry. Seems a shame to fry potatoes - they're so much better baked or boiled and mashed with rutabaga.
It's father's day so I get to eat what I want. I've asked for boiled cabbage and potatoes and rutabaga, boiled carrots with butter, and Indian Candty and rye toast with French butter all over it. And espresso.
All sorts of battered crispy fish are good. Especially with tartar sauce.
But you can keep the "chips". Frying potatoes ruins 'em. Keep the potatoes and give me another piece of fish instead.
Cod, Pollock whatever will take a batter and fry up nice. Good. They should serve catfish at those places.
Once exception: Tilapia. I actually do not like tilapia. I don't know why. The color is disagreeable to me - not quite white - and it doesn't taste right. Frankly, it tastes like a made up fish that doesn't exist.
Oh, and Gefilte Fish. I actually can eat it, and do if its available. But honestly it looks like a turd, and it tastes like a fish turd would probably taste if I turned around and goldfish-netted one out of the toilet bowl and chowed down on it.