Wednesday Reads: The Great Wall of Africa
Posted: September 19, 2018 Filed under: Afternoon Reads, open thread, Political and Editorial Cartoons, U.S. Politics, Wednesday Hump Day Cartoons, Women's Rights 11 Comments
NO, it is not The onion…
Donald Trump urged Spain to ‘build the wall’ – across the Sahara | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump suggested the Spanish government tackled the Mediterranean migration crisis by emulating one of his most famous policies and building a wall across the Sahara desert, the country’s foreign minister has revealed.
According to Josep Borrell, the US president brushed off the scepticism of Spanish diplomats – who pointed out that the Sahara stretched for 3,000 miles – saying: “The Sahara border can’t be bigger than our border with Mexico.”
Trump wooed voters in the 2016 election with his promise to build a “big, beautiful wall” across the US/Mexico border, which is roughly 2,000 miles long.
A similar plan in the Sahara, however, would be complicated by the fact that Spain holds only two small enclaves in north Africa – Ceuta and Melilla – and such a wall would have to be built on foreign territory.
Borrell’s comments were made at a lunch event in Madrid this week and widely reported in the Spanish media. “We can confirm that’s what the minister said, but we won’t be making any further comment on the minister’s remarks,” said a spokesman for the foreign ministry.
But let’s get down to more serious matters, like this news from last evening…another notch to add to tRump’s wall of shame.
Moving on to Dr. Ford:
I know this post is late, so here are the funnies:
Kavanaugh confirmation: 09/19/2018 Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
Actually, I could finish it with that single cartoon. Powerful stuff there.
SHE SAID HE SAID: 09/19/2018 Cartoon by Deb Milbrath
Kavanaugh Defense: 09/18/2018 Cartoon by Deb Milbrath
Kavanaugh accuser: 09/17/2018 Cartoon by Deb Milbrath
MEPATHY: 09/16/2018 Cartoon by Deb Milbrath
The fake out : 09/15/2018 Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
Cyclone of denial: 09/14/2018 Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
09/19/2018 Cartoon by John Cole
09/19/2018 Cartoon by Signe Wilkinson
09/18/2018 Cartoon by Signe Wilkinson
09/15/2018 Cartoon by Signe Wilkinson
09/19/2018 Cartoon by Matt Wuerker
09/18/2018 Cartoon by Matt Wuerker
09/13/2018 Cartoon by Matt Wuerker
Clay Bennett editorial cartoon: 09/19/2018 Cartoon by Clay Bennett
09/19/2018 Cartoon by Joe Heller
Trade Fortune: 09/19/2018 Cartoon by Rob Rogers
Supreme Groping: 09/18/2018 Cartoon by Rob Rogers
Kavanaugh’s oath: 09/19/2018 Cartoon by Jen Sorensen
Duterte Silences His Critics: 09/19/2018 Cartoon by Angelo Lopez
Put that Duterte cartoon into a tRump context….
09/18 Mike Luckovich: You left the seat up.
And on that note…this is an open thread.
Sima
peej
Carissa
bostonboomer
ecocatwoman
fiscalliberal
grayslady
Minkoff Minx
mablue2
peggysue22
quixote
skydancingguestblogger
Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)
Extra late today…sorry. I slept in, bigly.
Thanks for posting JJ – I had not heard about the Sahara Wall – and I don’t doubt he said that stuff. “Their border can’t be longer than ours with Mexico.” His ignorance is breathtaking.
How could Trump be so ignorant? Continues to amaze.
Wow! Those cartoons are brutal. I hope the Republicans are seeing them.
I have one beef. Why do people keep suggesting that she was drunk? She said the only drunk one were Kavanaugh and Judge.
Oh, but she’d had a beer or two. Obviously, on top of being lady-brained to begin with, that will have totally tubed any cognition, reasoning, or memory she might have had.
/sarcasm
God, these people are the bathtub scum ring of hell.
That first cartoon of McConnell locking the door and turning up the music on Justice …. Perfect.
Yes.
I really, really hope Drumpf sees these cartoons.
Just wait until you’re in prison!
My vote is for Rikers Island. Together with Manafort, and both of them have to work side by side making license plates.
0.01% chance this is coincidence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2018/09/19/woman-found-dead-same-day-she-was-scheduled-appear-court-with-alleged-abuser/?utm_term=.e383e7fe29d6