Cliffnotes of the Zeitgeist, 59th. Babble and Horse Theives.

Eh?

I wouldn’t protect him. He betrayed the queen. That’s unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me.

Donald Trump to a reporter at CPAC.

Seriously, does anyone think that Trump is well? 

American immigration laws are a mess, to be sure, but what the crap was this about?

By the way, the British NHS publishes this as symptoms of fronto temporal dementia:

Many people with frontotemporal dementia develop a number of unusual behaviours they're not aware of.

These can include:

being insensitive or rude

acting impulsively or rashly 

loss of inhibitions

seeming subdued

losing interest in people and things

losing drive and motivation

inability to empathise with others, seeming cold and selfish

repetitive behaviours, such as humming, hand-rubbing and foot-tapping, or routines such as walking exactly the same route repetitively

a change in food preferences, such as suddenly liking sweet foods, and poor table manners

compulsive eating, alcohol drinking and/or smoking

neglecting personal hygiene

As the condition progresses, people with frontotemporal dementia may become socially isolated and withdrawn.

I'm not a mental health professional, but Trump isn't right. 

There's something oddly charming about this.

CASPER, Wyo. — Ronald Ostrom, 54, of Powell, Wyoming, was convicted on Dec. 8 by a federal jury on six felony charges.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Monday said Ostrom’s charges included two counts of making a false writing, two counts of making false statements, one count of concealing and retaining government property and one count of conversion of government property.

Ostrom is a retired U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer. According to evidence presented at trial, and the jury’s verdict, when Ostrom retired he failed to return, and then kept for his own use and gain, a government-owned horse named “Reo.” Ostrom also lied on forms about two horses he returned in place of government-owned horses.

Theft is wrong, but stealing your service horse is oddly really Western, and somewhat charming.

I hope Reo is okay. 

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Cliffnotes of the Zeitgeist, 58th Edition.Counting Chickens