Wolfgang Hampel, Satire ist mein Lieblingstier, Betty MacDonald biography

Published: April 09, 2019 | 06:43

Liebe Freunde von Vita Magica,
liebe Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

Betty MacDonald Fan Club Fans aus aller Welt sind sehr an Wolfgang Hampels Interviews, Geschichten und Gedichten interessiert.

Sie können einige von Wolfgang Hampels neuen satirischen Geschichten und Gedichten im nächsten Betty MacDonald Fan Club Magazin lesen.

Wolfgang Hampel ist Journalist, Autor, Künstler und Poet.

Er ist der Träger des ersten Betty MacDonald Gedächtnispreises.

Wie wir alle wissen gründete Wolfgang Hampel 1983 den Betty MacDonald Fan Club und die Betty MacDonald Society.

Der Betty MacDonald Fan Club hat Mitglieder in 40 Ländern.

Wolfgang Hampels neue Betty MacDonald Dokumentation über Betty MacDonalds Leben in Boulder, Butte, Seattle, Laurelhurst, Chimacum, Vashon, Carmel und Carmel Valley ist wirklich faszinierend. Ein Höhepunkt sind Szenen von Bettys und Dons Leben in Carmel und Carmel Valley.

Wolfgang Hampel, Autor der Betty MacDonald Biografie, interviewte Betty MacDonalds Familie und Freunde und viele andere berühmte Künstler und Schriftsteller, z.B. Astrid Lindgren, Truman Capote, J. K. Rowling, Maurice Sendak, Donna Leon, David Guterson, Marie Marcks, Ingrid Noll, William Cumming, Walt Woodward und Betty MacDonald Fan Club Ehrenmitglieder Monica Sone, Letizia Mancino, Darsie Beck und Gwen Grant.

Wolfgang Hampel ist auch sehr bekannt für seine satirischen Gedichte und Geschichten.

Wir werden Wolfgang Hampels Werk den vielen Fans aus aller Welt vorstellen, die seine Betty MacDonald Biografie und die einzigartigen Betty MacDonald Interviews schätzen.

Wolfgang Hampels sehr erfolgreiche monatliche literarische Veranstaltung ist Vita Magica.

Wolfgang Hampel hat im Juli 2018 das sehr witzige und erfolgreiche Vita Magica Buch ' Satire ist mein Lieblingstier ' veröffentlicht.

Thomas

Betty MacDonald Fan Club fans from all over the World are very interested in Wolfgang Hampel's interviews, stories and poems.

You'll be able to read some of Wolfgang Hampel's new satirical stories and poems in our next Betty MacDonald Fan Club magazine.

Wolfgang Hampel is journalist, author, artist and poet.

He is the winner of the first Betty MacDonald Memorial Award.

As we all know Wolfgang Hampel founded Betty MacDonald Fan Club and Betty MacDonald Society in 1983.

Betty MacDonald Fan Club has members in 40 countries.

Wolfgang Hampel's new Betty MacDonald documentary of Betty MacDonald's life in Boulder, Butte, Seattle, Laurelhurst, Chimacum, Vashon Island, Carmel and Carmel Valley is really fascinating. My personal favourites are scenes of Betty's and Don's life in Carmel and Carmel Valley.

Wolfgang Hampel, author of Betty MacDonald Biography, interviewed Betty MacDonald's family and friends and many other famous artists and writers, for example Astrid Lindgren, Truman Capote, J. K. Rowling, Maurice Sendak, David Guterson, Donna Leon, Ingrid Noll, Marie Marcks, William Cumming, Walt Woodward and Betty MacDonald Fan Club Honour Members Monica Sone, Letizia Mancino, Darsie Beck and Gwen Grant.

Wolfgang Hampel is also very well known for his satirical poems and stories.

We are going to share Wolfgang Hampel's work with many fans from all over the world who adore his Betty MacDonald Biography and unique Betty MacDonald Interviews.

Wolfgang Hampel's very successful monthly literary event is Vita Magica.

Wolfgang Hampel published his very witty and successful Vita Magica book ' Satire is my favourite animal ' ( Satire ist mein Lieblingstier ) in July 2018.

Thomas

Wolfgang Hampel's very witty book 'Satire ist mein Lieblingstier' ( Satire is my favourite animal ) is No 1 Buecher de TOP List.

Wolfgang Hampels sehr witziges Buch ' Satire ist mein Lieblingstier' ( Satire is my favourite animal ) ist No 1 Buecher de TOP Liste.

Many greetings - viele Grüße

Mats

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Mittwoch, 22. August 2018

„Satire ist mein Lieblingstier“

Gedichte & Infos von Wolfgang Hampel

Heidelberg. Im Juli 2015 begann Wolfgang Hampel mit der literarisch musischen Reihe Vita Magica:

Zum dritten Jubiläum veröffentlichte er nun das Buch „Satire ist mein Lieblingstier – Satirische Gedichte und Informationen über die Kultveranstaltung Vita Magica der Akademie für Ältere in Heidelberg“. Der Autor, Journalist, Poet und Sänger wurde in Heidelberg geboren und war in der Aus-, Weiter- und Fortbildung im Personal- und Rechnungswesen tätig.

Wolfgang Hampel gründete 1983 den Betty MacDonald Fan Club: 1996 interviewte er Familie und Freunde der weltberühmten amerikanischen Humoristin. Er besuchte alle Orte wo Betty MacDonald mit ihrer Familie lebte. Aufgrund von vielen Nachfragen internationaler Betty MacDonald Fans wurde 1999 der Betty MacDonald Fan Club Blog aus der Taufe gehoben. Wolfgang Hampels Betty MacDonald Biografie, Interviews, Geschichten, Berichte und Gedichte fanden Leser in 40 Ländern. Sein Werk über Betty MacDonald ist auch in verschiedenen Büchern und Diplomarbeiten enthalten. Er ist Träger des ersten Betty MacDonald Gedächtnispreises.

Wolfgang Hampel interviewte viele andere berühmte Künstler und Schriftsteller, wie Ingrid Noll, Astrid Lindgren, Truman Capote,J. K. Rowling, Maurice Sendak, Donna Leon, David Guterson, Marie Marcks, William Cumming, Walt Woodward und Betty MacDonald Fan Club Ehrenmitglieder Letizia Mancino, Monica Sone, Gwen Grant und Darsie Beck.

Dieses Buch möchte für die Veranstaltung Vita Magica und die Akademie für Ältere in Heidelberg begeistern. Es stellt die faszinierenden Akteure – darunter bekannte Autoren und Musiker – der erfolgreichen Reihe vor. Die Veranstaltung findet an jedem letzten Dienstag im Monat von 15.40 bis etwa 17.10 Uhr im Saal E06 der VHS/Akademie für Ältere in Heidelberg, Bergheimer Straße 76, statt. (Ausnahme: Weihnachten, Ferien und andere Feiertage).

Im Programm der Vita Magica spielt Wolfgang Hampel von ihm verfasste Sketche, singt eigene Lieder und rezitiert seine beliebten satirischen Gedichte. Viele bekannte Autoren und Musiker aus Heidelberg und Umgebung bereichern das Programm mit ihren künstlerischen Beiträgen.

Auch Nichtmitglieder sind herzlich willkommen. Das aktuelle Vita Magica-Programm findet sich im Internet unter www.wolfvitamagica.blogspot.com/

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Satire ist mein Lieblingstier

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Mit Informationen über die Kultveranstaltung Vita Magica der Akademie für Ältere in Heidelberg
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Theresia Bauer

Landtagsabgeordnete für den Wahlkreis Heidelberg
Ministerin für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst in Baden-Württemberg

Das besondere an "Vita Magica" zeigt sich bereits am Namen. Bücher haben etwas Magisches: Sie entführen uns in andere Welten, sie erzählen uns Geschichten von Menschen und Völkern und lassen uns teilhaben an kleinen und großen Ideen.
Ich selbst hatte bereits die Freude an zwei Lesungen - mit persönlich ausgewählten Texten - mitzuwirken. Mein besonderer Dank gilt Wolfgang Hampel, der "Vita Magica" nicht nur ins Leben gerufen hat, sondern auch mit großer Begeisterung und persönlichem Engagement maßgeblich zum heutigen Erfolg von "Vita Magica" beigetragen hat.

Herzliche Grüße

Ihre Theresia Bauer

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Mitglied des Verteidigungsausschusses seit 1994

In nur drei Jahren wurde Vita Magica in der Akademie für Ältere in Heidelberg unter der Leitung von Wolfgang Hampel zur Reihe mit Lesungen, musikalischen Darbietungen und kulturellen Highlights. Der 3. Geburtstag wurde in der Akademie für Ältere sehr würdig gefeiert. Zu diesem Anlass wurde ein Buch veröffentlicht, das neben satirischen Gedichten auch viele Informationen rund um Vita Magica und ihre Akteure beinhaltet. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag!

Lieber Herr Hampel!

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 3. Geburtstag von "Vita Magica".

Ich bin sehr beeindruckt von Ihrem künstlerischen Wirken.

Herzliche Grüße

Dr. Karl. A. Lamers

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Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Heidelberg

"Vita Magica" ist eine ganz besondere Veranstaltungsreihe mit großem Unterhaltungswert.
Die Literatinnen und Literatren nutzen die Kunst der Satire, Lyrik oder Prosa, um sich mit sehr verschiedenen Themen auseinanderzusetzen. "Vita Magica" ist ein fantastisches Beispiel für die herausragende literarische Produktivität in Heidelberg.
Ich möchte der Akademie für Ältere und vor allem Wolfgang Hampel herzlichst für sein Engagement danken! Er schafft es immer wieder, nicht nur ein tolles Programm zusammenzustellen, sondern auch interessante Gastleserinnen und Gastleser zu gewinnen.
Ich wünsche diesem Buch und natürlich auch der Veranstaltung weiterhin viel Erfolg!

Prof. Dr. Eckard Würzner

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Ingrid Noll

Grande Dame der deutschsprachigen Krimiliteratur
Bestsellerautorin von "Der Hahn ist tot", "Die Apothekerin" und vielen anderen sehr erfolgreichen Büchern

Ich freue mich immer wieder auf's Neue, wenn ich ein lustiges Gedicht von Wolfgang Hampel bekomme.

Herzliche Grüße

Ingrid Noll

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Lieber Wolfgang,

gerne erinnere ich mich an die beiden Lesungen im Januar 2016 und Februar 2017 bei Vita Magica.

Ich komme immer gern nach Heidelberg - nicht nur weil es mein Geburtsort und meine Heimat ist, sondern weil ich vom Publikum der Vita Magica immer besonders herzlich empfangen wurde.

Eure Tatjana Geßler

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Published: March 06, 2019 | 15:37

A very witty book!

I enjoyed this very witty book by Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel very much.

Famous author Ingrid Noll seems to be a huge fan. I totally agree with her. You can't stop laughing.

I hope Wolfgang Hampel is going to publish a very witty Betty MacDonald biography very soon.

I can't wait.

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Wolfgang Hampel's very witty book 'Satire ist mein Lieblingstier' ( Satire is my favourite animal ) is No 1 Buecher de TOP List.

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Many greetings - viele Grüße

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Published: January 28, 2019 | 16:40

A very witty book!

I enjoyed this very witty book by Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel very much.

Famous author Ingrid Noll seems to be a huge fan. I totally agree with her. You can't stop laughing.

I hope Wolfgang Hampel is going to publish a very witty Betty MacDonald biography very soon.

I can't wait.

lola39 08. Okt. 2018

Wolfgang Hampel's very witty book 'Satire ist mein Lieblingstier' ( Satire is my favourite animal ) is No 1 Buecher de TOP List.

Wolfgang Hampels sehr witziges Buch ' Satire ist mein Lieblingstier' ( Satire is my favourite animal ) ist No 1 Buecher de TOP Liste.

Many greetings - viele Grüße

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Published: January 24, 2019 | 09:58

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Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

Dear Martine I totally agree.

Wolfgang Hampel's book Satire ist mein Lieblingstier is so funny.

I couldn't stop laughing.

I adore the title Satire is my favourite animal.

Perfect for this very witty book.

Wolfgang Hampel really should write a new Betty MacDonald biography.

We recenty had Betty MacDonald fan club events in London and Berlin. Let's have one in Paris!

Let's have a meeting and discuss our future projects.

2019 will be a very exciting Betty MacDonald fan club year!

A devoted Betty MacDonald - and Wolfgang Hampel fan

Nadine

Wolfgang Hampel's very witty book 'Satire ist mein Lieblingstier' ( Satire is my favourite animal ) is No 1 Buecher de TOP List.

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Many greetings - viele Grüße

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Published: June 07, 2018 | 01:47

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Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

you can join Betty MacDonald fan club on Facebook.

Thank you so much in advance for your support and interest.

Betty MacDonald fan club newsletter June includes new oustanding info on Betty MacDonald's very mysterious and strange lady Dorita Hess.

We are working on an updated Betty MacDonald biography.

This very new Betty MacDonald biography includes all the results we got during a very successful Betty MacDonald fan club research which started in 1983.

You'll be able to find unique Betty MacDonald treasures in our Betty MacDonald biography.

Betty MacDonald biography includes for example interviews with Betty MacDonald, her family and friends.

We got many letters by Betty MacDonald and other family members even very important original ones.

Our goal is to publish a Betty MacDonald biography that includes all the details of Betty MacDonald's life and work but also to present her fascinating siblings.

Dear Betty MacDonald fan club fans let us know please what you are interested most in a future Betty MacDonald biography.

Take care,

Annika

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Published: June 06, 2017 | 00:19

Hello 'Pussy' it's Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and Pippi Longstocking:

As you strain alliances and relationships around the world, some of the nation’s top career diplomats are breaking publicly with you, in what amounts to a quiet revolt by a cadre of public servants known for their professional discretion.

Betty MacDonald fan club fans,

Betty MacDonald fan club fans from all over the world are very interested in Wolfgang Hampel's interviews, stories and poems.

You'll be able to read some of Wolfgang Hampel's new satirical stories and poems in Betty MacDonald fan club newsletter June.

Wolfgang Hampel is journalist, author, artist and poet.

He is the winner of first Betty MacDonald Memorial Award.

As we all know Wolfgang Hampel founded Betty MacDonald fan club and Betty MacDonald Society in 1983.

Betty MacDonald Fan Club has members in 40 countries.

Wolfgang Hampel visited all the places where Betty MacDonald and her family lived.

Wolfgang Hampel's new Betty MacDonald documentary of Betty MacDonald's life in Boulder, Butte, Seattle, Laurelhurst, Chimacum, Vashon Island, Carmel and Carmel Valley is really fascinating. My personal favourites are scenes of Betty's and Don's life in Carmel and Carmel Valley.

Wolfgang Hampel, author of Betty MacDonald Biography, interviewed Betty MacDonald's family and friends and many other famous artists and writers, for example Astrid Lindgren, Truman Capote, J. K. Rowling, Maurice Sendak, David Guterson, Donna Leon, Ingrid Noll, Marie Marcks, William Cumming, Walt Woodward and Betty MacDonald fan club honour members Monica Sone, Letizia Mancino, Darsie Beck and Gwen Grant.

Wolfgang Hampel is also very well known for his satirical poems and stories.

We are going to share Wolfgang Hampel's work with many fans from all over the world who adore his Betty MacDonald Biography and unique Betty MacDonald Interviews.

Wolfgang Hampel's newest literary project is Vita Magica.

Vita Magica is a monthy very successful event since July 2015.

Minister of Science of Baden-Württemberg Theresia Bauer invited Wolfgang Hampel and the Vita Magica guests to Landtag in Stuttgart in December 2016.

It was a very interesing and fascinating day.

Theresia Bauer was guest reader at Vita Magica 2016 and the feedback was outstanding. She introduced some of her favourite books.

Many visitors ordered the books Theresia Bauer was reading from.

Theresia Bauer will be guest reader at Vita Magica June 2017.

Greetings,

Sandra

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Some U.S. Diplomats Stage Quiet Revolt Amid Tensions With Trump

By MARK LANDLER

JUNE 5, 2017

WASHINGTON — As President Trump strains alliances and relationships around the world, some of the nation’s top career diplomats are breaking publicly with him, in what amounts to a quiet revolt by a cadre of public servants known for their professional discretion.

On Monday, the chargé d’affaires at the American Embassy in Beijing, David H. Rank, announced his resignation after telling his staff he could not defend the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.

A day earlier, the acting ambassador to Britain, Lewis A. Lukens, tweeted his support of London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, in the wake of a deadly terrorist attack there. On Sunday morning, President Trump had picked a fight with the mayor on Twitter.

Last month, the ambassador to Qatar, Dana Shell Smith, reacted to Mr. Trump’s dismissal of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, by tweeting, “Increasingly difficult to wake up overseas to news from home, knowing I will spend today explaining our democracy and institutions.”

The State Department has been a hotbed of resistance to the Trump administration’s policies from the start. About 1,000 staff members signed a cable protesting the temporary ban on visas for visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries the administration tried to impose in January. There has been a small exodus of senior diplomats, which, combined with the slow pace of appointments, has left the State Department’s headquarters noticeably depleted.

But the tensions between the White House and the diplomatic corps are now flaring up more publicly, and at a more senior level. Mr. Lukens, Mr. Rank, and Ms. Smith have all spent decades in the Foreign Service, rising to posts at or close to the ambassadorial level.

“It’s an extraordinarily unusual situation for the Foreign Service,” said R. Nicholas Burns, who served as undersecretary of state for political affairs in the George W. Bush administration, traditionally the top-ranking position for career diplomats. “They pride themselves on being nonpartisan. You serve each president 150 percent.”

Mr. Burns said the conflicts were more difficult for diplomats at the senior level because their jobs require them to represent or issue statements on behalf of the United States government, sometimes with little guidance from the State Department.

In Mr. Rank’s case, several friends said, he had been directed to present the White House’s rationale for withdrawing from the Paris climate accord to the Chinese government. He told colleagues at a town-hall meeting at the embassy that he could not defend the policy.

Friends said Mr. Rank, who became chargé d’affaires in Beijing in January, was deeply frustrated by the general direction of American policy toward China, but particularly about climate change. He was scheduled to serve until the arrival of Terry Branstad, the former governor of Iowa, who was confirmed as Mr. Trump’s ambassador to China in May.

The climate agreement struck between the Obama administration and the Chinese government in 2014 laid the groundwork for the global agreement signed in Paris. China’s official media has been scorching in its criticism of Mr. Trump’s decision to withdraw from it.

Mr. Rank did not reply to an email seeking comment. Friends said he was on his way back to the United States.

A State Department official, speaking on background because he was not authorized to discuss personnel matters, characterized Mr. Rank’s resignation as a “personal decision.” He declined to say whether it involved climate policy.

A 27-year veteran of the Foreign Service and fluent speaker of Mandarin, Mr. Rank also served in Taiwan, Greece and Mauritius. In recent years, he worked extensively on Afghanistan, serving as the Afghan desk director in Washington and political counselor in Kabul.

“He was a complete pro, extremely well-regarded,” said Daniel F. Feldman, a former special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. “In all his years working for me, I never even knew his politics; exactly what you’d hope for from a career Foreign Service officer.”

In Mr. Lukens’ case, the flap was less about principle than a case of mixed signals with the White House. The statement he put out on Sunday, in the wake of the deadly attack on Saturday night, was the kind of statement issued routinely by embassies all over the world.

Mr. Lukens, 53, said in an email that he did not obtain clearance from the State Department for the tweets he posted on Sunday on the embassy’s Twitter account because it was standard practice to express support and condolences to a host country after a terrorist attack.

“I commend the strong leadership of the @MayorofLondon as he leads the city forward after this heinous attack,” Mr. Lukens wrote, adding praise in another post for the “extraordinary” response of the emergency services, law enforcement, and London officials.

Earlier that day, Mr. Trump tweeted, “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’” His post misrepresented Mr. Khan, who had told Londoners not to be alarmed by the heavy police presence on the streets after the attack.

On Monday, the president continued his attack against Mr. Khan, the city’s first Muslim mayor, labeling his explanation of his remark about the public not being alarmed as a “pathetic excuse” and accusing the news media of “working hard to sell it.”

Ambassador Smith, who continues to serve in Qatar, could not be reached for comment. Over the weekend, she retweeted a post supporting Mr. Khan from the mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti.

The divergence between Mr. Lukens and the president drew immediate attention on social media, with some praising the envoy for his grace and humanity and others calling for his head.

Several noted that Mr. Lukens worked for Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state and played a role in setting up the communications system she used, which allowed her to send and receive email on a private server using a personal email address.

Mr. Lukens, whose father was ambassador to the Republic of Congo, became a familiar figure to the diplomatic press corps as the coordinator of Mrs. Clinton’s overseas trips. He is an affable, low-key diplomat who colleagues said was unlikely to go rogue.

A 28-year veteran of the Foreign Service, Mr. Lukens was named ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau by President Barack Obama, after tours in Canada, Ivory Coast and China. He became the acting ambassador in London in January after the White House recalled Mr. Obama’s envoy, Matthew Barzun.

Mr. Burns said, “There’s no question he used his best judgment yesterday.” But the State Department official said only that Mr. Lukens’ tweets “speak for themselves.”

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We don't know what those other cycles were caused by in the past. Could be dinosaur flatulence, you know, or who knows? - Dana Rohrabacher

Lately, it appears Trump has gone back into the field to drag in a whole new bunch of State contenders.

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Betty MacDonald was sitting on her egg-shaped cloud and listened to a rather strange guy.

He said to his friends: So sorry to keep you waiting. Very complicated business! Very complicated!

Betty said: Obviously much too complicated for you old toupee!

Besides him ( by the way the First Lady's place ) his 10 year old son was bored to death and listened to this 'exciting' victory speech.

The old man could be his great-grandfather.

The boy was very tired and thought: I don't know what this old guy is talking about. Come on and finish it, please. I'd like to go to bed.

Dear 'great-grandfather' continued and praised the Democratic candidate.

He congratulated her and her family for a very strong campaign although he wanted to put her in jail.

He always called her the most corrupt person ever and repeated it over and over again in the fashion of a Tibetan prayer wheel.

She is so corrupt. She is so corrupt. Do you know how corrupt she is?

Betty MacDonald couldn't believe it when he said: She has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time, and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.

Afterwards old toupee praised his parents, wife, children, siblings and friends.

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Where are you? Where are you? Where are you?
I know you are here!

Betty MacDonald answered: No Pussy they are not! They left the country.

They immigrated to Canada because they are very much afraid of the future in the U.S.A. with you as their leader like the majority of all so-called more or less normal citizens.

By the way keep your finger far away from the pussies and the Red Button, please.

I'm going to fly with my egg-shaped cloud to Canada within a minute too.

Away - away - there is nothing more to say!

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Wise guy, North Pole, Svalbard And Jan Mayen, 9 minutes ago

Is the USA like North Korea where you can't trust other politicians?

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Put Ivanka in! Put Ivanka in! Put my whole family and friends in! '

What about Putin?

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Wouldn't it be a great idea to put them in too?

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In 2006, Palin obtained a passport^[88] and in 2007 traveled for the first time outside of North America on a trip to Kuwait. There she visited the Khabari Alawazem Crossing at the Kuwait–Iraq border and met with members of the Alaska National Guard at several bases.^[89] On her return journey she visited injured soldiers in Germany.^[90]

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Donald Trump Warms Up

Gail Collins DEC. 8, 2016

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What do you think the theme for Donald Trump’s appointments has been so far? Generals, generals, generals? Climate change deniers, climate change deniers?

Those seem to be the leading contenders, although there’s always the ever-popular Give Chris Christie a job. While still cooling his heels as governor of New Jersey, Christie made history when a recent Quinnipiac poll showed him with a 77 percent job disapproval rating. None of his predecessors had managed such a feat. We knew he had it in him.

When I want to be cheered up, I always think about Christie, who’s currently lobbying for head of the Republican National Committee. (Next week, the Surface Transportation Board.)

On the downside, we had the heartbreaking saga of Al Gore, who happily emerged from a meeting with Trump this week, telling reporters about the “lengthy and very productive session” he’d had with the president-elect on climate change. It was, Gore added hopefully, a conversation that was likely “to be continued.”

Then Trump turned around and named Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of Oklahoma, as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. From Gore’s perspective, this would be like the judge in a divorce case naming the aggrieved husband as marriage counselor.

Pruitt is best pals with the oil and gas industry, and he knows the E.P.A. mainly as an entity to be sued. Under his watchful eye, his state has allowed so much natural gas fracking that Oklahoma now has way more earthquakes than sunrises.

Why do you think Trump went to so much trouble to set Gore up for heartbreak? The most likely answer is that he was only pretending to listen to what Gore was saying about climate change, while he waited for the chance to break in and talk about how tremendous, enormous, historic and stupendous his election victory was. This seems to happen a lot.

Also, it’s perfectly possible that by the time Trump sat down with Gore, he no longer remembered who he was appointing to the E.P.A. Perhaps he didn’t remember that Gore cared about the environment. The key to this man’s success, you understand, is failure to recall anything that happened before his most recent meal.

The selection of a Trump administration has been sort of mesmerizing in its own awful way. Ben Carson will be running Housing and Urban Development — Ben Carson, whose associate recently said he wouldn’t be taking any cabinet job because “he’s never run a federal agency. The last thing he would want to do was take a position that could cripple the presidency.”

And our new national security adviser is going to be Michael Flynn, a very creepy retired general whose son/former chief of staff has been promoting stupendously false stories about Hillary Clinton’s involvement in a child sex ring at a pizza restaurant.

Trump says he’s discussed his talent hunt with President Obama, who thinks “very highly” of some of the people on his list. Who do you think they are? Probably not the general with the son who tweets about Democratic child abuse. Maybe retired Gen. James Mattis, who Trump wants to make secretary of defense? Mattis is a pretty popular choice, possibly because his nickname is “Mad Dog.”

Do you think if Governor Christie had a nickname, it would help his chances? What about “Growling Gerbil”?

And then there’s secretary of state. Trump seems to be looking at nine million possibilities. By next week you may be in the mix. Think about it. You’re far better qualified than Rudy “Rabid Rabbit” Giuliani. And unlike David Petraeus, I’ll bet you are not currently serving out probation after pleading guilty to sharing highly classified government information with a lover.

Lately, it appears Trump has gone back into the field to drag in a whole new bunch of State contenders. My favorite is Representative Dana Rohrabacher of California, a person you have probably never heard of even though he’s been in Congress since the 1980s and is currently head of the prestigious Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats.

Rohrabacher is also a surfer and former folk singer who once claimed global warming might be connected to “dinosaur flatulence.” He’s told transition officials that if he gets the nod, he’ll make the terrifying John Bolton his deputy, so the nation can get a crazy warmonger plus a guy who knows how to play old Kingston Trio music.

Also in the running: Rex Tillerson, the C.E.O. of ExxonMobil. Unlike Representative Rohrabacher, Tillerson seems to believe that human beings have had an impact on the climate; he just doesn’t care. (“What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?”)

Another name being bandied around is Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who first ran for the Senate with a famous ad in which he shot a hole in federal environmental legislation.

Do you see a pattern here? Apparently the next secretary of state will be somebody who likes smog. Perhaps this is an opening for Chris Christie. New Jersey has had a lot of environmental problems. Maybe he could invite Trump to a football game for some bonding. They could talk foreign affairs, and then pollute something on the way home.

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Wonkagenda for Thursday, December 8, 2016

Dominic Gwinn

December 8, 2016 - 9:44am

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Morning Wonkers! Here’s some of the things we might be talking about and ‘splainering today!

Donald Trump got into a predictable Twitter war last night with the president of the union local at Carrier’s Indianapolis plant, after Local 1999 president Chuck Jones called Trump a liar on several different teevee shows. And really, it’s not like Trump has anything more important to do after he skips intel briefings while Pence picks his cabinet.

The inauguration might not be the gold-plated, grandiose affair that Donald Trump wants, since there are five different federal agencies in charge of security, including the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, but don’t worry: those bureaucrats won’t stop him from making a presidential inauguration all about himself.

Donald Trump and his spawn are plotting to maintain control over their business, despite all the bigly tweets and “promises” that they’ll divest.

A federal judge has reversed his own ruling ordering a recount in Michigan after being pressured by Trumpkin lawyers who won an appeal on the grounds that Jill Stein wasn’t an “aggrieved person”, just an opportunist.

Donald Trump has nominated the worst possible EPA administrator ever in the history of the EPA, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who has spent most of his career suing the EPA on behalf of oil companies.

Another former Bush 43 alumnus, Hugo Teufel, will come back to DHS to helm the office in charge of FOIA requests and Crom only knows how that will go over.

The Koch brothers are laying off some of the workers in their network of wingnut advocacy groups. They’re also setting up a whole new scam: a for-profit consulting firm that will charge their non-profits for advice. Neat trick! Also, looks like the Kochs may be gearing up for war with Trump to promote their version of mean-assed corporate libertarianism.

Watch nice reporter lady and Soviet political refugee Bianna Goldryga call out Rep. Dana Rohrabacher for his claims of bias while Rohrbacher blathers about how much he loves Vladimir Putin and his human rights record of killing journalists and political opponents.

If you thought #PizzaGate was over now, you’d be wrong, as Alex Jones is expanding the scope and scale of pizzagate’s garbage pile of suck while he denies his own involvement, and shifts the blame for fake news to Hillary Clinton and legitimate media outlets. Makes sense!

That awful cop in San Antonio has admitted to giving a homeless person a sandwich full of dog poop. He didn’t even bother to lie and say he was on hallucinating an episode of Top Chef.

An anti-gay preacher man in Not America Ghana claims he can not only turn into animals like some kind of shape-shifting robot, but also claims to be able enlarge your peener with the power of god and a special hands-on massage. Who says a church service shouldn’t have a happy ending?

Here’s some bizarre time for you! Watch Ted Cruz gush about his true love of hot steamy queso. Especially epic: he gags on a whole mouthful, only for it to dribble down his chin and onto his shirt where he licks it up with a gleeful smile, then holds his breath and dives in for more.

Trump: Madman of the Year

Charles M. Blow DEC. 8, 2016

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So, Time magazine, ever in search of buzz, this week named Donald Trump Person of the Year. But they did so with a headline that read, “President of the Divided States of America.”

The demi-fascist of Fifth Avenue wasn’t flattered by that wording.

In an interview with the “Today” show, Trump huffed, “When you say divided states of America, I didn’t divide them. They’re divided now.” He added later, “I think putting divided is snarky, but again, it’s divided. I’m not president yet. So I didn’t do anything to divide.”

Donald, thy name is division. You and your campaign of toxicity and intolerance have not only divided this country but also ripped it to tatters.

This comports with an extremely disturbing tendency of Trump’s: Denying responsibility for things of which he is fully culpable, while claiming full praise for things in which he was only partly involved.

As my mother used to say: Don’t try to throw a rock and hide your hand. Own your odiousness.

But Trump delivered the lie with an ease and innocuousness that bespoke a childish innocence and naïveté. In fact, his words disguised cold calculation.

That is the thing about demagogy: It can be charming, even dazzling, and that is what makes it all the more dangerous.

Demagogues can flatter and whisper and chuckle. They can remind us of the good in the world because they have an acute awareness of the ways of the world. They can also love and be loved. They can reflect our own humanity because they are human, but their ambitions do not bend toward the good.

Their ultimate end is distraction, which allows domination, which leads to destruction.

Trump is running two post-campaign campaigns: one high and one low, one of frivolity and one of enormous consequence.

One is a campaign of bread and circuses — tweets, rallies, bombast about random issues of the moment, all meant to distract and excite — and the other is the constant assemblage of a cabinet full of fat cats and “mad dog” generals, a virtual aviary of vultures and hawks.

On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that Trump had “settled on Gen. John F. Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general whose son was killed in combat in Afghanistan, as his choice for secretary of Homeland Security.”

They also pointed out that Kelly had “dismissed one argument cited by those who advocate closing the military prison at Guantánamo, saying it had not proved to be an inspiration for militants.” The prison fell under his command.

Make no mistake: the prison at Guantánamo is one of the most glaring and enduring moral blights remaining from our humanitarianism-be-damned reaction to the attacks of 9/11.

Trump said of the prison last month:

“This morning, I watched President Obama talking about Gitmo, right, Guantánamo Bay, which by the way, which by the way, we are keeping open. Which we are keeping open ... and we’re gonna load it up with some bad dudes, believe me, we’re gonna load it up.”

The Times also said that Kelly “questioned the Obama administration’s plans to open all combat jobs to women, saying the military would have to lower its physical standards to bring women into some roles.”

This is disturbing, but Kelly isn’t the only one of Trump’s military picks who has a disturbing attitude toward women.

Last month, The Daily Beast reported that the office of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Trump’s pick for national security adviser, “told women to wear makeup, heels, and skirts.” These directives to women were presented in a “January 2013 presentation, entitled ‘Dress for Success,’” which was obtained by a Freedom of Information request by MuckRock. The presentation reportedly made sweeping patriarchal declarations — “makeup helps women look more attractive” — and gave granular detail — “Wear just enough to accentuate your features.” According to the presentation, “Do not advocate the ‘Plain Jane’ look.”

So, in other words, while G.I. Joe is in camouflage, G.I. Jane should be in concealer. Got it. Indeed, on Wednesday, my colleague Susan Chira pondered in these pages: “Is Donald Trump’s Cabinet Anti-Woman?” She went through a litany of anti-woman positions taken and policies advanced by Trump appointees, leaving this reader with the clear conclusion that yes, it is. She closed with this: “One of the few bright spots that women’s advocates see in a Trump administration are proposals championed by Ivanka Trump to require paid maternity leave and offer expanded tax credits for child care.” But, as she notes, there is legitimate criticism that even that is patriarchal because it doesn’t cover paternal leave.

The question hanging in the air, the issue that we must vigilantly monitor, is whether the emerging shoots of egalitarianism in this country will be stomped out by the jackboot of revitalized authoritarianism.

I feel like America is being flashed by a giant neuralyzer, à la “Men In Black.” We are in danger of forgetting what has happened and losing sight, in the fog of confusion and concealment, of the profundity of the menace taking shape right before us.

That is our challenge: To see clearly what this deceiver wants to obscure; to be resolute about that to which he wants us to be resigned; to understand that Time’s man of the year is, by words and deeds, more of a madman of the year.

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Russians flock to U.S. real estate after Trump victory

What's next for US and Russia?

Wealthy Russians are looking to spend big on U.S. real estate in the wake of Donald Trump's election victory.

The number of Russians who have expressed interest in buying luxury properties in the U.S. has spiked by 35% over the previous year following the billionaire's win, according to global real estate consultancy Knight Frank.

Knight Frank said Russians are interested in vacation homes as well as investment properties. Nearly all are looking to spend between $500,000 and $5 million on a residential property, while 10% are hoping to buy commercial real estate.

The two most popular destinations are New York City and Miami.
"Many of our customers are going go to the Art Basel Miami Beach exhibition and will see real estate there," said Marina Kuzmina, head of international sales at Knight Frank Russia. "A few customers are interested in the opportunity to buy property in development projects of Donald Trump, and we have received requests from U.S. developers wishing to cooperate with Russia."
Some investors see Trump's election as a sign that relations between Russia and the West may soon improve. Trump has praised Vladimir Putin as a strong leader, and the Russian president has made clear that he preferred Trump over his rival Hillary Clinton.
Related: Russian investors cheer Donald Trump's election
Russian purchases of U.S. property accounted for roughly 15% of Knight Frank's international sales as recently as 2014.
Some of the Russian purchases were extraordinary. Ekaterina Rybolovleva, the daughter of billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, made headlines in 2011 when she purchased the then most expensive apartment in Manhattan. The Central Park West condo was bought by a trust under the name of the then 22-year old for $88 million.
Rybolovlev himself bought a $95 million beachfront estate in Palm Beach, Florida in 2008. The seller? Donald Trump.
But demand fell of the cliff after western countries imposed sanctions on Russia over its involvement in the crisis in Ukraine. The sanctions, coupled with falling oil prices, put a huge strain on Russia's economy and sent the ruble plummeting.
Now, Russian buyers appear to have returned with force.

CNNMoney (London) First published December 8, 2016: 6:40 AM ET

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