On Shitholes and Shitty Little Countries

To Trump supporters, who are defending Trump's comments about "shithole" countries and the immigrants who come from them:

Remember the time when the French Ambassador called Israel a "shitty little country"?

Such comments from a public official are as unacceptable now as they were then.

And if you don't get why, don't be surprised or apoplectic when the US is called all sorts of degrading names by our adversaries.

Mugabe and The Dog's Ear

There's a good old-fashioned military coup in Zimbabwe with the horrible dictator Mugabe in custody, but no one cares because everyone's too busy discussing the breaking news brought to you by CNN of how Trump looks like the inside of a dog's ear.