I'm Looking Forward to the Last Quarterfinal and Beyond

The final quarter final show is coming up in just a few days, and I am anticipating it with great eagerness.  In the past two shows, I have been overall delighted.  Each week, the three acts for whom I voted moved forward, though two of them had to sweat through the dumb mass Dunkin' Save process.  And three of the four acts whom I disliked the most got sent home.

Speaking of the Dunkin' Save, it is a flawed system.  First and foremost, it largely excludes viewers in the western time zones.  That, in and of itself might not be such a bad thing, considering how left coasters tend to vote in public political elections.  Secondly, the system hardware can and does get overloaded, preventing viewers in the eastern half of the country from casting all the votes they might wish to cast.   It's merely a marketing gimmick to give a primary sponsor additional exposure.   As long as the vote count following the live performance show is accurate and truthful, there is no objective reason for having a second, time compressed vote.  If contestants are moved forward and ultimately win because "America has voted", it should be left at that.  If an act garners the sixth or seventh most votes, it advances.  If it finishes eighth, it's finished.  If the Dunkin' Save is designed to give the judges one more say, it hasn't worked well this season's first two quarterfinals.  Revamp it to the Dunkin' Deliberations, wherein they choose a wild card act to join the twenty-one viewer chosen acts, as has been the practice in past seasons, to have an equal number of acts to split between each semifinal show.  That decision would be announced at the beginning of the first semifinal live performance episode, with some video of those deliberations, like they show in the judge cut episodes.  They wouldn't necessarily have to choose an act that finished eighth in the voting in any of the quarterfinal shows.  They could bring back a mysteriously missing since the audition round act like the "freaking hilarious" Francois Raphael Edgar Norbert Celestine Herbert Absalom Correntine Clement Emmanuel Nathaniel Tellus IV, who made AGT history, having two judges withdraw their premature red X's.  More than once, Amanda, Alesha and even Simon have taken back their X's on Britain's Got Talent, but I think that this is the first time it's occurred on AGT.   

Of course, with that, we chance the perverse possibility of acts like the stupid spitters or the obese belly bumpers undeservedly and unwantedly coming back. 
Another related thought:  As we are permitted to vote ten times by myriad methods for any number of acts whom we like, I wish we were allowed to vote no, OMG no, bloody  'ell, no for one act whom we detest and/or despise. 
Let's look ahead to the twelve acts performing in the upcoming, final quarterfinals show..
 Aaron Crow, Belgian daredevil.  It's a no for me.
 Australian entertainer Hans.  Too...campy to be my cup of tea. 
 UDI Dance from Siberia.  They're no Silhouettes.  Could be Russian                                                     spies.  I vote Nyet.
  I was SO pleased when Tyra came out of the wings to award the first Golden Buzzer of the season to Zurcorah.  They received a Golden Buzzer last year, as well, in France's Got Talent.  When the group's director told his story of fleeing Brazil, I mistakenly assumed that he came to America and founded and formed this amazing, astounding, astonishing act with kids from somewhere like LA, Houston or Miami.  Nope.  Gotzis, Austria.  As much as this act thrills me, I'll probably be jingoistic and nationalist and cast them no votes, after all.
 Christina Wells is an astonishing singer.  She tells her sad story of being cut from a show as a teenager, because she was too big for the costuming of that show, despite the fact that everyone agreed that she had great pipes.   She shared a picture of herself at that age and she was a B-U-T-FUL full figured  young woman in the way of Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, et al., but nevertheless, a big girl, but not "a great big fat person", as in the words of Buffalo Bill of Silence of the Lambs, or as she has become, as she refused to take the criticism constructively.  Instead of recognizing and accepting that we no longer see Rubenesque as the ideal and working to slim down, she opted to let completely go to become morbidly obese and raise two sons to be the same.  This career dream she pursues relies on visual appeal, as well as vocal appeal, contrary to Simon's politically correct remarks after her performance.  You can bet dollars to Dunkin' Doughnuts that he would never produce her work.  As I said, she is a wondrous songstress, but as she is, she's only suited to the type of work where she is heard and not seen.
 The Future Kingz are not my taste in any way, much like Flau Jae.      I'm generally not a big fan of dance acts, especially all male dance acts.  And I'm definitely not a fan of their style of dance.  And I have no respect or positive regard for anyone or any group who pluralizes nouns by adding the letter 'z'.  This would be this week's act for whom I would vote no, OMG no, bloody 'ell no.
  Singer/pianist Joseph O'Brien from Columbia, TN is, for me,                                                                  unremarkable and unmemorable.
  The same is true of illusionist Rob Lake.
 Wild card classical/crossover singer Daniel Emmett basically had to                                                        audition unprepared and unrehearsed at Simon's insistence and blew                                                      the roof off the joint.  He definitely deserves consideration and                                                              votes.
   Simon's Golden Buzzer selection, male vocalist Michael Ketterer                                                           spellbound the audience and me with his persona and performance.
Both of these young men are truly gifted music makers and remind me of the only two male vocalists from previous seasons whom I truly remember; 2011 season winner Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. and season 11 fifth place finisher, Sal 'The Voice' Valentinetti.


So who does that leave us about whom to be excited?
 Us the Duo.  I LOVE this pretty pair!  But as the    judges said in the judge cut round, their audition performance was better, mostly based on song  choice with which I agreed.  I hope that they return to that upbeat, uplifting sound this week.
 Brian King Joseph has a happy and hopeful demeanor and disposition which are as inspirational and enjoyable as his electric violin music is electrifying.  He is a violin virtuoso in the same world class with Mairead Nesbitt and Vanessa Mae.  Man alive, wouldn't I LOVE LOVE LOVE to see and hear the three of them perform together, perhaps playing a trio rendition of Dueling Violins and/or Strings of Fire. 

Anyway, watch and vote!  Especially if you agree with me!

       
     

I Still Love It, But I AM Becoming Disillusioned

I've been a fan of this show since its inception with judges David Hasselhoff, Brandy, and Piers Morgan, along with Regis Philbin hosting.  I became a religiously fervent fan in season five when the show found and introduced to the world singing sensation Jackie Evancho.

Of course, my first disillusionment with the show was that she finished second.  Assuming that the vote was honest and accurate, I can't blame the show for that.  It lies at the feet of the same type of dumb mass voters who gave us two terms of Baracka Hussein Obama.

 

Tonight is the night for which we fervent fans have been waiting since last Wednesday.  My current and growing disillusionment will be strengthened with tonight's episode's airing.  It comes from my own apparent misconception. I honestly, but evidently ostensibly thought that AGT  was a talent show format designed to discover and develop previously largely unknown AMERICAN talent.  

A full half of tonight's contestants are not American and two of them are well known on a world wide basis, much like Mochi and Shin Lim from last week's show are.  

The Sacred Riana, from Indonesia, has already won Asia's Got Talent.  Dutch singer Glennis Grace, whom I love as a professional performer, should have received Chris Hardwick's Golden Buzzer, given the choices of that episode.  He regretted that he had already given that honor to a faux art performer before Glennis sang that night.  Shocking me last week,  America had the good sense to send the rapper home when we got to vote.  More than being from The Netherlands, my problem with Ms. Grace competing in America's Got Talent is that she has public performance experience and a discography which dates back more than a decade that includes a platinum album and a double platinum disc.  

     Though South Carolinian Noah Guthrie was a cast member of the popular television series, Glee, he was basically a bit player who garnered no great fame or fortune from that experience, so I have no real problem with him competing.

But acts with whom I DO have problems include:

   As a long time cat fancier and admirer of attractive women, I find Savitsky Cats to be wondrously wonderful from both of their short presentations.  But they are from the Ukraine and I can't imagine a clowder of cats performing entertainingly for a hour or more, as would be required in a Las Vegas headline act.

     Da Republik, from the Dominican Republic grates my soul with the Soviet style spelling of their name and their bull squeeze sob story about being so dirt floor poor. Their women's hair, their costuming and their ability to internationally transport and house that many people belie their claim of poverty.

 Wild card technology enhanced dance act Front Pictures, also Ukrainian/Siberian/some such has been professionally performing for fifteen years or so, garnering world renown and winning multimedia competitions, teaming with AGT  season ten, Ukrainian directed American dancers Freckled Sky.

  If the spitters, who were wisely voted out last week were the stupidest act in the history of AGT , as Simon proclaimed, Yumbo Dump has to be a close second.  Just because they made it to the semifinals of Asia's Got Talent is no reason for them to be sent to the semi's of America's Got Talent.  They should have NEVER been advanced to the quarterfinals ahead of such talented American acts like French Accent and Hamster Wheel.

 

Two other acts for whom I won't cast a vote, purely on performance principles are Quin and Misha and Duo Transcend.

As a septuagenarian, Misha is a breathtakingly beautiful woman and an astounding dancer...so much so that she requires a partner half her age.  Their guest judge Golden Buzzer was awarded more for political correctness than for performance competence.  I can't imagine being truly entertained by this dynamic dancing duo for more than a few minutes.

Guest judge Dr. Ken stated that this is America;s Got Talent, not America's Got Perfection.  But an acrobatic act, which might not need a flawless performance, does require not dropping your partner on her arse from twenty feet up.

So, who does that leave me for whom to vote tonight?  Like last week, just three.  Golden Buzzer recipients Makayla Phillips, Voices of Hope Children's Choir and comedian Samuel J. Comroe.  After GBing Makayla, who caught Simon's full attention with her opening line of her remarkable rendition of Warrior, Heidi proudly and loudly proclaimed that she thinks she found the winner.  I'd be okay with that.   She is visually and vocally vibrant and she is an American, if not all amateur, having a net worth of a million dollars, like Shim Lin.  I'm not sure if that's from her prior performing, like Shin, or if her Palm Springs family is just that rich.  VOHCC is inspiring and uplifting.  And I LOVE Miss Sarah for what she has accomplished with these kids.  Reminiscent of season ten Golden Buzzer recipient and runner up Drew Lynch, self-deprecating disabled comedian Comroe is comic genius.

Though, as I said, I'm sure to be further disillusioned tonight, but I shall also be delighted, as Daliso Chaponda was when he first stepped on the Britain's Got Talent stage on his way to a Golden Buzzer and third place finish on that superb show.

 

I Will Always Love This Show

Well, the first round of the live quarter final shows is done and America has voted.  All in all, I'm pleased, as the three acts for whom I voted all went through to the next round, though I was heart stoppingly horrorfied that Angel City Chorale had to be saved with an extra round of voting.
 
Some ardent fans of the show wrote on line afterwards that it doesn't take talent to sing in a choir.   To mesh and meld 150 voices together as entertainingly and inspirationally as ACC does takes tremendous talent, and they deserve further attention and exposure.
Vicki Barbolak continues to bring the funny and has been seen and will be seen enough that I think that whichever judge said it, she will be the star and a writer of a new and hilariously successful sitcom called Trailer Nasty or Shut Your Little Baby Face.
When the sibling band We Three and the faux art rapper were brought out on stage for the first elimination announcement of the results show, I just wanted to cry, because I just KNEW that political correctness would beat out true musical mastery.   But like the 2016 presidential election, the voters got it right!   HUZZAH!
But they missed on another count.  And the judges can be held responsible for this tragedy, as well, as they split two to two, giving the decision back to the fans, who picked that supposedly pitiably poverty stricken pack of prevaricators over Mochi.  Again, I'll ask, if they are so dirt floor poor, how do they afford those costumes and ankle boots, not to mention what it costs for that many people to cross the Pacific Ocean and stay for weeks in America?  And why aren't they competing in Pilippinas Got Talent?  And why isn't Mochi performing in Japan Got Talent, as he's performed his Diabolo act all over the world?   Or why aren't both of them putting on their acts in Asia's Got Talent, which another current AGT quarter finalist, The Sacred Riana won last year?
In the same vein that the USA began letting our professional athletes compete in The Olympics some decades back, to give us a fighting chance against the government sponsored, basically professional athletes from countries like The Soviet Union and East Germany, I shall capitulate and concede that professional performers, even one like Shin Lim, who has already amassed a net worth of a million dollars from his act, which includes a Massachusetts mansion and a $50,000 Porsche', should be allowed to compete, as long as they're not already household name, common knowledge famous, and as long as they are AMERICAN, whether by birth, naturalization, or even long term legal residency.  Sir Simon (I know that the queen hasn't knighted him, but she should), said once in one of his pre-show prologues that AGT is open to acts from all over the world.  He probably has said the same about Britain's Got Talent.  I shall presume that it is safe to assume that Simon Cowell is a 'guilty white liberal' Caucasoid of that lunatic liberal artistic mindset that prosperous countries like the US and the UK should have totally open, non-sovereign borders, so that any and every undocumented, unvetted welfare mooch, criminal and terrorist from any and every where on the planet are welcomed to invade.  But I still love and respect him as a talent scout, star maker and programming producer.
Unlike his other and others' talent shows, like Idol, X Factor, The Voice, World of Dance and So, You Think You Can Dance?, all of which cater to only one artistic genre', AGT presents performers from a myriad of artistic and entertainment genre's.  The same is true of all of the Got Talent shows from around the globe, including BGT , which I have come to love also, through the miracle of YouTube.  That love extends to all four of their judges, Amanda, Aleesha, David and of course Sir Simon, as well as the show's hosts Ant and Dek.  I don't always get the British sense of humor, but it generally translates.    
I have been disappointed and dismayed sometimes over the years like when Micheal Grimm and Olante Dogs won.  I have been all but enraged when acts like this year's stupid spitters, spitting on and in each other and others; the fat Mongoloids bumping their obese bodies together; and the Russian spies move through, leaving behind genuinely fun and entertaining American acts like Wyoming resident, French Accent, or Hamster Wheel, from Minnesota.  

But like both of them, who received judges' approval, but never appeared or performed again, there was, a few years back, an auditioner who got four yes votes, only to disappear.  As Ray Jessel sang, "There's always some failure, there's always some flaw.  Ain't that what they call Murphy's Law?" 

          

Despite any disappointments and dejections the judges and the voting AGT audience have given me, the show has much more often made me jump up and cheer out loud, laugh out loud 'til I cried, and cried for sentiment and for joyous inspiration.  Since the inception of the Golden Buzzer, I LOVED those moments profoundly at the time they occurred (except for Chris Hardwick's this year and the guest judge's one for the beautiful old lady dancer).  I have watched so many of those performances over and over to always be glad that I did.  

And Judges, please come up with some additional adjectives beyond amazing, incredible and special for describing acts, especially Golden Buzzer acts.  Words like astounding, astonishing and breathtaking come to my mind when I watch.  

AGT has given me a profound appreciation for opera, particularly soprano opera, which I used to consider high pitched screeching. Thank you, Jackie Evancho, Arielle Baril and Laura Betran for opening my heart and mind to a spectacular performance art, when performed correctly, as all three of you do.   I look at and listen to these gorgeous, gifted girls and I know that there is a divine creative force in the universe, responsible for life, laughter, love and all else honorable and humane in humanity. 

And thank you Sir Simon Cowell and NBC for bringing them and so many others into my home.  One note to NBC: If there is any way you can get my local affiliate, WXII, channel 12, to boost their signal, or move their transmitter off of Sauertown Mountain, so that we on the far fringes of the market may better receive your programming, please do so.  Or get channel 5, in the neighboring market to boost their westerly signal.  Or both. 😉 

     

 

I LOVE This Show!

The original mandate for television to broadcast over the public airwaves was, and is to enlighten and entertain.  Though it has always been pretty dumb, like so much else in America, television has been dumbed down to the lowest common denominator, so that there is very little enlightenment to be found on the small screen.   Similarly, the entertainment portion of TV has always been insane,y silly and stupid, but it has delved to new depths of silliness and stupidity over the course of my lifetime, which now transcends seven different decades.  Thank God and goodness for radio.
And yes, there is plenty of silliness and stupidity in this show,  but it also showcases some of the most wildly entertaining talent you'd ever hope to witness, covering a myriad of genres.  That show is
.

Now in it's thirteenth season, the show has undergone many changes in the personnel of judges and hosts.  All in all, I think that each new cast member has been at least as good as the replaced member, if not an improvement.  Among the current panel of judges, only Melanie Brown of Spice Girls fame, is really the only one with whom I have any problem.  Like most lunatic liberal performance types, she is an obvious dumb mass, who quite often, just doesn't get it.  But my primary problem with her is her constant and consistent disrespect for lead judge and show creator/executive producer Simon Cowell, for whom I've developed a great deal of regard and respect.  He is a talented talent scout and ingenious programmer.  Largely no nonsense and brutally honest, he is much like his countryman, Chef Gordon Ramsey.  And like Chef, he does possess a sense of kindness and compassion.
I do miss Nick Cannon, as host.  But Tyra Banks is a beautiful woman to watch and does exhibit good taste and appreciation for a variety of acts in her Golden Buzzer selections.
I have always had one nit picking problem with the show.  The grammatically incorrect title.  It should be America Has Talent.  With that in mind, it brings to mind the one real complaint I have with the show.   Too many non-Americans.  Yeah, sometimes the judges and producers get it wrong.  Like voting through the no talent act, Yumbo Dump and bringing back Human Fountains as the wild card act.  And sometimes America misses the mark, like voting for Micheal Grimm over Jackie Evancho, or Olante Dogs over Tom Cotter.
This year is maybe the apex for non-American acts performing in the live shows.  Though many of them are quite talented and enjoyable, they should be competing in their own countries, as Simon has put this concept all around the world, so that even Burma has talent.  And I believe that there is even a Planet's Got Talent, where winning performers from around the world can compete against the American winner of AGT for the global talent prize.
So let's talk about the remaining competing acts.  Those for whom I shall be casting votes and those for whom I shall not.  The simple, basic criteria I use is "Would I plunk down money and could I watch and/or listen to this for an hour or two?"  Let's start by eliminating the performers who are not American.
  Belgian Aaron Crow, who has already carpetbagged France Got Talent, as well as Britain's Got Talent, I believe I remember reading.
 Courtney Hadwin, Howie Mandel's Golden Buzzer.  I LOVE this little girl.  I would happily plunk down money and watch and listen to her for as long as she was able to perform.  But she's from County Durham, England and was a phenom on The Voice UK Kids, which was the wrong format for her, as so much of her presentation is visual, along with the vocals.  She bypassed BGT for the bigger AGT prize of a Vegas headline show, as opposed to performing for the British royal family. 
  Da Republik, from the Dominican Republic.  I'd have problems with supporting any group of any kind with such a socialist sounding and spelled name.  And I am sick to death of their boo hoo sad sob story of abject poverty and no opportunity in their homeland.  If they're so dirt floor poor, how are they affording passage to and accommodations in the U.S.?
  Hans, from Heidi Klum's native Germany.  Hans is perhaps the consummate entertainer in this season's lineup, much like Prince Poppycock was a few years back.  But he , like Prince Poppycock is just too flamingly flamboyant for my tastes, even if he were American.
  Junior New System, from Manila, Philippines.  Another all male dance group with the gimmick of dancing in stiletto heeled ankle boots.  A tale of woe and worry about basic survival, though they got themselves across the Pacific Ocean, after competing in Asia's Got Talent.  Wonder why they haven't seemed to perform in Pillipinas Got Talent?
 Lord Nil, Italian born European.
  Mochi, from Japan.  I really like this guy and his act with the Diabolo.  But all in all, it's yo yo tricks.  I can't imagine it remaining entertaining for the length of a Vegas headline show.
 The Sacred Riana, from Indonesia.  She is mystical and magical, and she's already won Asia's Got Talent.
  Savitsky Cats, from The Ukraine.  Maybe more amazing than Olante Dogs, but I can't imagine cats performing for an hour or more.
Shin Lim is an aMAZing magician and totally likable fellow.  Ethnically Korean, born in Canada, raised in Singapore but has been in America for the past fifteen years, so I won't disqualify him for being an interloping foreigner.  But I would disqualify him for being an established professional performer, who lives in a Massachusetts mansion, drives a fifty thousand dollar Porshe and has a net worth of a million dollars.  I thought that AGT was supposed to be for undiscovered, new talent, not for people padding their resumes and purses.
 UDI Dance, an all male troupe from Siberia, Russia.  Probably spies.
 And the aforementioned Yumbo Dump, the dumbest bit of dump I think I've ever seen on AGT.
There are three Golden Buzzer selections, selected for reasons of political correctness, for whom I wouldn't cast a single vote, even at the point of a loaded gun.
  Amanda Mena, a gifted singer, no doubt.  But a teen aged girl has no business singing Natural Woman.  Mel B GBed her strictly because she's a poor little Latina who was 'bullied' by classmates after moving to Boston (legally, I'll hopefully assume).  In my day, being bullied meant getting the crap beat out of you, having your head shoved in a toilet or being stuffed into your locker.   Her bullying was being excluded from social groups, primarily because she couldn't speak the language of the land.
 Rapper Flau Jae, GBed by a guest judge who later regretted it when he couldn't award such honor to Glennis Grace, a truly talented singer.  First and foremost, rap s a faux art form for people without the talent to produce actual seven fine arts music.  I will give this girl props for being a profound poetess, but that belongs in a college coffeehouse, not on the biggest talent show on Earth.
 Quin and Misha.  It is remarkable and astonishing to see what this seventy-one year old woman can do.  But if she were her partner's age, this act would have never been Golden Buzzered and probably not even voted through to the next round.
I can only hope that my fellow viewers/voters will be as jingoistic as I'm sure that I'll be labeled for writing all of this and see through the political correctness trumping true talent and not cast a single vote for these acts.
There are two other acts whom I can't consider considering.  I feel that they were both put through by the judges for reasons of political correctness.
 Christina Wells has preposterous pipes and can belt it out.  But in this type of competition, with the prize being what it is, visual is as important as vocals.  Christina is more suited for The Voice and doing work like that of the woman who did the singing for Wendy McKenna in Sister Act.
 I have no respect or positive regard for any one or any group who pluralizes words by adding the letter 'z',  as The Future Kingz do.
Other Golden Buzzer acts are definitely deserving of votes, dependent on viewers' tastes and preferences.  They are all superbly talented and enjoyable and I can imagine sitting through a  Las Vegas stage show with any one of them as the headline act.
Simon's choice was Michael Ketterer, a truly talented, heartfelt singer who emotionally moved the entire room.  As Simon said, he is special.
 Voices of Hope Children's Choir was the good Golden Buzzer selection of guest judge Dr. Ken.  They are inspirational and enjoyable to watch, but their most direct competition is superior.
 Heidi Klum proclaimed that she thinks she found the winner with her Golden Buzzer pick, Makayla Phillips.  I could enjoy sitting through a vocal concert by this wonderful young woman.  Her rendition of Warrior was extremely uplifting.
But for my tastes, the other two Golden Buzzer recipients are better bets for winning the competition.
 Hostess Tyra Banks gasped that she needed to collect her breath and get some oxygen when she came out of the wings to hit the Golden Buzzer for gymnastic/ acrobatic dance group, Zurcorah.  They are truly breathtaking and if they build on what they accomplished in their audition, I shall be voting then through to the finals.
 Guest judge Olivia Munn made maybe the most magical Golden Buzzer moment with her selection of Angel City Chorale.  Though their song selections have been rooted in political correctness, they are astoundingly and astonishingly entertaining and inspirational.
There are two non Golden Buzzer acts for whom I shall be voting to send to the Final Five, as long as they can continue the levels of excellence they exhibited in their previous performances.
 Electric violinist Brian King Joseph is an intensely talented instrumentalist, with great stage presence.  I would LOVE to see and hear him and Mairead Nesbitt doing Dueling Violins and Strings of Fire.
 If she can keep bringing the funny, my pick to win is comedienne Vicki Barbolak.  I always pull for the comics, and as Simon said she is the funniest.  Howie Mandel said that she fills the female comic void created by the passing of Joan Rivers.   I say that she is the 21st century version of trailer park trash, redneck Roseanne, except better.
There are other acts whom I do truly love, but just not quite as much as the aforementioned five.  I would be okay with any or all of them advancing through the remaining rounds.
 Glennis Grace is a beautiful woman and an astounding vocal artist, who should have been guest judge Chris Hardwick's Golden Buzzer.
 Us the Duo is a visually and vocally attractive and appealing  pair of married singers/songwriters.
 We Three is a second generation sibling band who performs their own original moving music.
 Self-deprecating stand-up star Samuel J. Comroe is reminiscent of season ten runner-up Drew Lynch.
I have not inserted any videos of these performers, but I urge any reading this to go to YouTube to check them out.  And I urge you all to watch the live shows over the next few weeks.  And VOTE!

Let's Talk Facts and Fictions

Firstly, let's state the fact that there is no such thing as "fake news"  That's merely politically pussified prose for prevarications, vilification, fiction, falsehoods,  deceits, dishonesty, disinformation, defamation. libel, and LIES.
Let's delve into the depths of depravity the Dummycraps and Demoncats in Congress and the lame street media have been harking and hawking the past many months, hoping to draw away from themselves the truths about themselves.  The examples are legion.
Let's next address the bull squeeze and balderdash of Trump collusion and collaboration with the Russians.    Basic historical fact is that at no time in the century of post Czarist Russia/USSR has the Kremlin ever favored any Republican/Repulsican/Rebooblican over a Demoncat/Dummycrap.  This is long evidenced by the fact that the D's have always been anti-defense and pro-communist, with the rare possible exceptions of Harry Truman and Jack Kennedy.  Let us not forget this captured on audio capitulation, collaboration and collusion:

    

Here's Another Reason I Like Trump

This week, I started working the first full time staff employee position job I've had since the month the big eared, baseborn bolshevik buffoon was elected.