Did you really think right-wing mouth breathers would allow the Obamas to unveil their official portraits without demonstrating why they belong to Slackjaw Nation? Silly rabbit. Actual art critics, as they usually will, had mixed reviews.
[UPDATE] Sean Hannity weighed in on Obama’s portrait: It contains “secret sperm” hidden on his left temple. I swear I’m not making this up, even though Hannity has already scrubbed his rant about it from his web site. Apparently the meme bubbled up from the alt-right cesspool, so Hannity sent it down the memory hole to avoid being compared with Goebbels or something. If he had thought it up himself he’d talk about it for another month.
Remember when elected officials thought it important to divest themselves of outside business interests so they wouldn’t look corrupt? Good times, now long gone.
Just in case you think Donald Trump is the only guy who thinks he’s a genius because he’s rich, consider Elon Musk. Sure, he stepped forward to rescue America’s space program, but apparently for no better reason than to shoot one of his still non-profitable Teslas into space.
Could be worse. The rich dicks at Oracle are spending their money to foist Devin Nunes on the country. If I knew what they make I’d stop using it.
What won’t be shot into space, at least not on its original timetable, is a space telescope that NASA has been working on for 20 years. Trump’s budget cuts that, because it gives tax breaks to rich assholes who want to shoot cars into space instead.
You don’t have to bother shooting evangelical Christians into space, because they go ballistic at the slightest provocation — for example, whenever someone points out that the Bible isn’t called the “Good Book” in reference to its quality as narrative. One writer tried, and liberal site Salon pulled the article after the slackjaws complained.
Finally, The Atlantic published this fascinating story about former slaves talking to WPA writers in the 1930s about Abraham Lincoln. In their telling of his story, he really got around.