Mark 4:9

Among the Republicans, at least Romney can afford spelling out the problem when Covfefe is using his public office to solicit Kompromat on his political rivals:

If the President asked or pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate his political rival, either directly or through his personal attorney, it would be troubling in the extreme. Critical for the facts to come out.

— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) September 22, 2019

WSJ also makes sure that "anyone who has ears" can understand the difference:

The president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has suggested Mr. Biden’s pressure on Ukraine was motivated by an investigation by a government official of a gas company for which his son Hunter was a director. Mr. Biden, as vice president, did call for the ouster of former Ukrainian prosecutor general, but his call was part of a broader effort by Ukrainian anticorruption investigators, European diplomats, U.S. allies and the U.S. State Department to overhaul a prosecutor’s office that was widely viewed as corrupt. A Ukrainian official this year said he had no evidence of wrongdoing by Joe or Hunter Biden.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-discussed-biden-in-call-with-ukraines-president-11569177685

Fucking Moron: paying farmers for the trade war

"Well, they can’t be too upset, because I gave them $12 billion and I gave them $16 billion this year,” said Trump,

At $28 billion so far, the farm rescue is more than twice as expensive as the 2009 bailout of Detroit’s Big Three automakers, which cost taxpayers $12 billion. And farmers expect the money to keep flowing: In an August survey by Purdue University and the CME Group, 58% said they anticipate another round of trade aid next year.



https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-19/farmers-say-trump-s-28-billion-bailout-isn-t-a-solution

The value of a thing depends on whether it's lost or found.

Yesterday, a friend of mine lost his iPhone. When we talked last night he was a bit upset but said it was not too bad because the phone was 2 years old and cost no more than $500. Just in case, he marked the phone as lost and gave Apple my contact number.

This morning, Apple contacted me that they found the phone and I relayed the info to the friend. He recovered the phone and, relieved, remarked to me that it saved him $1,000. The value of the device doubled overnight!