Yet another celebrity refuses to perform at Trump inauguration, standing in stark contrast to the next day's celebrity filled protests.

@realDonaldTrump Your staff have asked me to sing at your inauguration, a simple Internet search would show I think you're a tyrant. Bye💩💩💩💩

— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) January 10, 2017

Well it looks like even performers not living in America find it treasonous to perform for Cheeto Hitler.

Perhaps the reason that Trump cannot find any celebrities to perform is because they are all too busy showing up to the anti-Trump protests the next day:

The Women’s March on Washington, to be held on the day after Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, unveiled a roster of celebrity participants, led by America Ferrera and including Katy Perry, Scarlett Johansson, and Cher. 

“Since the election, so many fear that their voices will go unheard,” Ferrera said in a statement. She is chairing a group called the “Artist Table.”

Also on the roster: Olivia Wilde, Uzo Aduba, Constance Wu, Hari Nef, Julianne Moore, Debra Messing, Patricia Arquette, Chelsea Handler, Amy Schumer, Danielle Brooks, and Frances McDormand. It’s unclear if all of the names announced will travel to Washington or participate in marches being planned in dozens of cities, including Los Angeles. Handler will be leading a women’s march that day in Park City, Utah, during the Sundance Film Festival. 

The march’s partners include GLAAD, Planned Parenthood, and Amnesty International. Gloria Steinem and Harry Belafonte are honorary co-chairs.

Damn! That sounds like a hell of a spectacle. I think I'll watch.

 Of course I realize that the official word from Donald Trump and his supporters is that none of this bother Trump and he wants an inauguration "for the people."

But I also realize that that is a bunch of bullshit and that Trump would sell one of his kids, probably Tiffany the one he never talks about, for the opportunity to fill his inauguration with celebrities extolling his virtues.

The man has one of the largest undeserved egos on the planet, so of COURSE this is driving him out of this mind.

The Obamas throw a massive going away party literally overflowing with celebrities.

Courtesy of Time Magazine:

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a farewell party on Friday night, and celebrities flocked to the White House for the event. 

Attendees included Solange Knowles, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Jerry Seinfeld, Nick Jonas, Jordin Sparks, Usher, Kelly Rowland, La La Anthony, Jay Pharoah and Chance the Rapper, according to celebrity posts on social media.

The A-list affair stood in contrast to the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has struggled to find entertainers willing to perform at the event. 

Meryl Streep, Paul McCartney, Tom Hanks, George and Amal Clooney, Stevie Wonder, Robert De Niro, George Lucas, Lena Dunham, David Letterman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Rock, Tyler Perry, Jason Sudeikis, Jon Hamm and Tracy Ellis Ross were also spotted arriving, according to CNN reporter Betsy Klein.

Spotted arriving at @whitehouse bash so far -- George Lucas, Meryl Streep (in a cab!), Lena Dunham. Doors open at 8:30 so everyone's in line pic.twitter.com/PIeQ32gMsy

— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) January 7, 2017

Well it's certainly a good thing the guy who once produced a show called "Celebrity Apprentice" does not care about celebrities, or he might be jealous or something.

Hell some of these celebrities even waited outside in the cold to get into to this celebration.

The one party we'll wait in line to get into... @johnlegend @chrissyteigen @jerryseinfeld @jessseinfeld @mimisam28 #whitehouse

A photo posted by djcassidy (@djcassidy) on Jan 7, 2017 at 2:20am PST

I wonder how long the lines will be for the Trump inauguration?

That's just mean, isn't it?

The biggest celebrity filled shindig in Washington DC this month will not be the inauguration, it will be a farewell party for the Obamas.

Courtesy of the Obama Diary.

Courtesy of the Washington Post: 

January 2017 will definitely see an onslaught of A-list tourists at the White House. But they’re not coming for the inauguration. 

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will host a goodbye party for close friends and major donors Friday, according to a person with knowledge of the marquee affair. The Obamas themselves confirmed during an interview with People Magazine last month that they’d have one final bash at the White House. The president told a young fan that they’d have a “grown up” party before packing their bags. 

Of course, there’s no official word from the White House yet. Typically the Obama administration keeps a tight lid on celebration details until the 11th hour, releasing a just-the-facts statement the day of the event. But the big names thought to be on the guest list have been slowly trickling out this week.

Those big names are said to include Oprah, Beyoncé, Jay Z, Bradley Cooper, Stevie Wonder, Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, as well as directors George Lucas and J.J. Abrams. Among others of course.

Why do I get the feeling that Donald Trump would give his left shriveled orange nut for just one of these people to show up at his inauguration?

Damn I'm going to miss this POTUS and FLOTUS.

They have really raised the bar for class in the White House.

Too bad that bar is about to be buried along with Michelle Obama's vegetable garden after they bulldoze it and replace it with a Hugh Hefner like grotto featuring its own stripper pole. 

P.S. Of course news of this has agitated the little Tasmanian she-devil in Alaska as well.

In my opinion that is just the cherry on top.

Bill O'Reilly refers to celebrities not wanting to perform at Trump inauguration as "reverse McCarthyism."

Courtesy of Mediaite:

During Bill O’Reilly’s Talking Points segment this evening, the Fox News host took aim at the entertainment industry, claiming that it is putting pressure on individual entertainers to not appear at Donald Trump’s inauguration. 

After noting that the short list of acts performing so far, O’Reilly then brought up how previous inaugurations, noting that the contentious election of George W. Bush didn’t stop major musical artists from showing up. 

He then went on to compare the industry to Joseph McCarthy. 

“The harsh truth is that there is reverse McCarthyism going on in the entertainment industry,” O’Reilly stated.

After O'Reilly made this ridiculous claim he had Charles Krauthammer on who essentially said to O'Reilly's face that it was a ridiculous claim.

That's right, Charles Krauthammer was the voice of reason.

Celebrities are not avoiding the inauguration because they fear being ostracized.

They are avoiding the inauguration because they do not want to be party to the rise of a demagogue.

I am sure they would have refused to appear at a Hitler rally as well. 

Besides I thought the Trump campaign's new talking point was that they don't need no stinking celebrities anyhow?

Of course that would make it hard to explain why Trump then feels the need to post this tweet:

Jackie Evancho's album sales have skyrocketed after announcing her Inauguration performance.Some people just don't understand the "Movement"

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2017

So pathetically transparent.

Trump surrogate suggests that the American people elected a "real man" in this last election. WTF?

Courtesy of Raw Story:

During an interview on MSNBC’s Chris Jansen, Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn downplayed reports that members of the Rockettes had objected to performing at the president-elect’s inauguration. 

“It’s about the people,” he insisted. “It’s not about any performers, any celebrities. This inauguration and this presidency is going to be all about the people. And people all over this country, who are coming out, who are supporting Donald J. Trump, Vice President-elect Mike Pence and are supporting the Trump movement, which is all about unity and coming together.” 

Epshteyn argued that Trump was “already the leader of this country.” (The fuck he is!)

“It’s about the message — it’s about the message of America being the city on a hill once again,” the adviser opined. “About America being a leader in the world once again. And that’s what Donald J. Trump is going to be speaking about.” 

“Of course, there’s going to be a lot of the authentic parts of Donald Trump,” Epshteyn said of the inaugural address. “Because that’s why he is the president-elect, that’s why he’s becoming president because the people elected a real man, a true man, a man who loves this country to the very bottom of his heart.”

Actually with over 2.8 million more votes than Donald Trump, it could be argued that the people elected a REAL woman to be the President, and that the electoral college elected her runner up.

Besides what kind of "real man" requires the interference of Russia and the FBI to win an election?

Barack Obama won without cheating.

Until Donald Trump can say the same he and his ass kissing little surrogates are not even qualified to wipe President Obama's ass.

Bristol Palin refers to the A list celebrities refusing to perform at Trump's inaugural "sissies." Oh, apparently she can't spell "patriots."

Courtesy of Bristol's heavily ghostwritten blog:

If Donald Trump were still just a regular old billionaire and threw a party at Trump Tower in New York City, celebrities would be lined up out the door, and the most famous artists would be pining for a chance to perform. But because he will be inaugurated as the next Republican president in January, these same mega-celebrities, who would normally drool over an invitation to sing for the president, want no part of it. (Yeah kind of changes things when the thin skinned egotistical rich guy now endangers the country you love and the planet you call home.)

Trump’s inauguration team sought out some of the world’s greatest musicians, but nearly all of them have refused for fear of backlash or to stand against him politically. (Does she really think that Elton John and Celine Dion refused for fear of "backlash?" These are entertainment icons, they refused because they have a conscience and cannot condone the idea of supporting a dangerous demagogue like Donald Trump.)

Isn’t it amazing how “not cool” it is to be conservative in the public eye? Either Hollywood is that far off – or we have so many sissies we have in the spot light too scared to stand for what they believe in!

Odd use of the term "sissies" considering the fact that there are women named among the 11 celebrities that she is criticizing.

But then again I guess all men and women pale when compared to a Palin he-man like the girlfriend beating Track, right?

If only these talented, crybabies could drink them selves blind and stomp the shit out of a helpless loved one, THEN they might earn a little respect from the Palin hillbillies.

I almost feel it is not fair to criticize Bristol too aggressively for this post since it is quite likely that she does not even know that it has been published.

However since she continues to permit her mother to use her name to launch these kinds of attacks against her betters in the name of a pussy grabbing misogynist pig then I kind of run out of sympathy.

After all this is now a 26 year old married woman with a third child on the way, and an actual Medal of Honor winning husband, and she is STILL too much of a coward to stand up to her dried up old prune of a mother?

Well I guess she's right, you CAN call a woman a sissy.

P.S. I should warn you that Bristol's ghostwritten post requires that you read through several pages of insults hurled at the likes of Elton John, Celine Dion, Garth Brooks, and Justin Timberlake. Trust me, it is not worth the time.

Man starts Go Fund Me page to protect actress Betty White from 2016's angel of death.

Courtesy of Money: 

As the past week brought news of deaths of George Michael and Carrie Fisher, people are fearing that 2016 might take the life of another beloved celebrity: Betty White. 

A user named Demetrios Hrysikos from South Carolina created a GoFundMe page to “protect” the Golden Girls actress from 2016. “Help 2016 catch these hands if it goes anywhere near Betty White,” Hrysikos wrote. “If she’s okay with it, I will fly to wherever Betty White is and keep her safe till Jan. 1, 2017.” 

People have donated as much as $100 to Hrysikos’ mission to keep White safe from the perils of 2016. The campaign has raised $2,146 as of Wednesday morning. 

(As of this post that amount has risen to $2,576.00.)

Personally I think there are worst causes in the world than protecting Betty White.

And to be honest I am not sure how many of these celebrity deaths we can take at this point.

Though I think we all agree there is at least one that might not break our hearts. (Okay that's probably just mean, right?)

P.S. I wrote this post yesterday before I learned that the grim reaper had been satisfied simply to take Princess Leia, he had to take her mother as well.

Maybe we should all just stand outside of Betty White's house and form a human shield against death.

Let's end our day on a hopeful note.

Last time I looked, it's still a free country. So why not a "Freedom Concert" on Inauguration Day? https://t.co/eGne9aakaI

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 22, 2016

Courtesy of the Miami Herald:  

Robert Reich threw out an idea to his nearly 1.7 million Facebook followers this week that has a lot of people asking: How do we make this happen? 

In a Facebook post on Sunday, the former secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton noted the dearth of celebrities and musicians willing to participate in Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities. Many supported Hillary Clinton. 

So Reich is championing the idea that celebrities host an event of their own on Inauguration Day to give the official event, starring Trump, a run for the ratings. 

“Someone just suggested to me a televised ‘freedom concert’ to air at the same time as the inauguration — with huge celebrities like Beyoncé and Jay Z, Madonna, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, and so on,” Reich wrote. “Alec Baldwin MC’s the event, playing Trump as he does on SNL. 

“Presto. The Trump inauguration loses all the TV ratings. Basically, no one watches it.” 

I already posted about this "Freedom Concert" earlier last week, but now that Robert Reich is on board it has received significantly more attention.

Now don't be fooled by fake flyers like this one:

Source

Things are not nearly this organized, and certainly none of these stars have been signed up, but I have a feeling that something is definitely going to come together.

Hell at this point I am willing to watch some old guy playing "Oh Say Can You See" on a harmonica if that is all they can scrape together rather than subject myself to whatever passes for entertainment during the inauguration of Putin's puppet.

More on Donald Trump's struggles to get somebody, anybody, to perform at his inauguration.

Here is a list of those who have been asked and then refused according to Fox News. That's right, Fox News: 

Gene Simmons' wife told TMZ KISS "politely declined" the invitation to perform at the inauguration. Simmons said he would be touring Europe at the time. 

Trump's longtime friend Steve Wynn reportedly promised to deliver Celine Dion to perform at the inauguration, but could not follow through. 

Producer David Foster released a statement “politely declining” the offer to participate in the inauguration after rumors swirled he was participating. 

Elton John told the New York Times he was not performing after Anthony Scaramucci, a member of the presidential transition team, told the BBC the singer would sing a song or two. 

Page Six reported that Andrea Bocelli will not perform because of the backlash he received over accepting the gig. They also reported that President-Elect Trump suggested the tenor not participate because of said backlash. 

Variety and the NY Post have reported that Garth Brooks will not perform at the inauguration after he said earlier this month he "would be honored" to perform. Brooks did not return FOX411’s request for comment. 

The manager for the band Chainsmokers had to respond to New York Magazine’s Brian Feldman after he tweeted the band was performing. They are not. 

Wait, he cannot even get a band that calls themselves "Chainsmokers" to play for him? Isn't THAT just about the bottom of the barrel?

I find the idea of a guy who LOVES to surround himself with celebrities being unable to find any of them to perform at his inauguration to be laugh out loud funny.

However I also believe that Trump will eventually find SOMEBODY relatively famous to risk the end of their career by showing up.

Ted Nugent for instance is already at the end of his career, and  after Meatloaf butchered "America the Beautiful" at a Mitt Romney rally in 2012 what really does he have to lose anymore?

Well if all else fails he did manage to snag the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

And nothing says party til you can't party no more, like a bunch of singing Mormons.

Late last night Trump defensively tweeted this:

The so-called "A" list celebrities are all wanting tixs to the inauguration, but look what they did for Hillary, NOTHING. I want the PEOPLE!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2016

Okay he does realize that there will be cameras there at the inauguration right?

So this lie about celebrities asking for tickets is going to blow right up in his fat orange face.

Jesus, what a buffoon!

Celebrity stuffed anti-Trump advertisement is your must see video of the day.

I don't know about you but when Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Widow, and President Bartlet all tell me to do something, I listen.

49 celebrities honor the 49 shot dead in Orlando.

Man that was hard to watch, but I'm glad that I did.

Hearing about the full rich lives of these 49 innocent victims reminds you that guns deaths are not just about statistics, they are also about real people, with real lives, who are suddenly removed from this earth with instruments of death that are freely available to just about anyone.

Like many celebrities at the end of their careers Sarah Palin to appear as a regular on a game show.

Courtesy of the New York Daily News: 

Get a load of the panelists set for ABC’s “The Match Game,” the always loosey-goosey and often lewd show. There’s Leslie Jones, Mario Cantone, Leah Remini, Josh Charles and — wait for it — Sarah Palin, that BLANK from Alaska. 

For the uninitiated, the reboot of a popular ‘70s game show, is all about filling in the BLANK. The host reads a joke with a missing word. Contestants try to guess how stars will fill it in. 

Could it be a hoot seeing the staunch Republican rolls with the show’s famously liberal host Alec Baldwin? You betcha. And there’s also the fact that the show, after one episode, is already proving to be anti-Trump, whom Palin stands by. 

Take this question from last week’s premiere: Donald Trump has invented a new Olympic event he thinks he can win. It’s a contest to see who can BLANK the most times in 60 seconds. Half of the panelists wrote: Lie.

If you click the link you can see the other "celebrities" who are also going to appear on the program most of who fall into the category of  "You know, what's their name who appeared in that one show, with that other guy.")

So for those folks who took issue with my post last night concerning the depths to which Palin has now plunged, I have to ask "Do you feel me now?"

However that does not mean that Palin does not still have at least a small part to play in this year's political season.

Courtesy of CBS News: 

Former Republican vice presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will speak at the same event as presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump Friday. 

The pair of GOP pols will speak during the same morning session at the Western Conservative Summit in in Denver. The event bills itself as the largest annual gathering of conservative activists outside of Washington, D.C.

That's right Palin's role as the batshit crazy albatross around the flabby neck of the oddly coiffed Cheeto Jesus remains firmly in place.

Which means that even though she is only about one step away from turning tricks for meth money on Hollywood Blvd, she is still going to hang around long enough to help doom the craziest most unfit presidential candidate this country has ever seen.

And that is perhaps the most patriotic thing she has done for the American people since she quit as governor of Alaska in order to pursue her dream to be....well apparently her dream to be a panelist on a rebooted version of a 70's game show.

There is a new post on Bristol Palin's blog defending plastic surgery. Gee, I wonder why?

Courtesy of Brancy's blog: 

There are so many pressures on girls to be a certain size, look a certain way, and fit into a certain mold. When every magazine we pick up is full of airbrushed stick skinny models, it is hard for us “normal” girls to ever feel like we are going to measure up. 

But recently, several young celebrities have come forward and admitted to altering their appearances. Kylie Jenner, for example, just admitted she has had her lips done. And Iggy Azalea has admitted to a nose job and breast implants. 

I really appreciate their honesty and openness about their struggles with their body image. I think it humbles them, and gives them more credibility. It shows young girls that everyone has flaws that what you see online isn’t exactly the whole story.

Hmm, now why would a "good Christian girl" like Bristol, who of course has no interest in fame, care even a little bit about famous women getting plastic surgery?

And why in the hell would she think that admitting to such procedures would give them "more credibility," instead of making them seem insecure and desperate to be considered attractive?

Yep, that's a stumper alright.

Hmm I wonder if this means that we can expect some further physical modifications in Bristol's future?

Sarah Palin may have used one unauthorized image too many.

So you all remember this image from yesterday right?

And some of you, as well as I, wondered if it was okay for Palin to use this image of our military personnel to raise money for SarahPAC.

And the answer? Hell no!

Use of DoD Personnel and Materiel in Advertising, Marketing or Promotional Material. 

Endorsement of a non-Federal entity, event, product, service or enterprise may be neither stated nor implied by DoD or DoD employees in their official capacities, including through use of their images. Additionally, titles, positions or organization names may not be used to suggest official endorsement or preferential treatment of any non-Federal entity, except in limited circumstances outlined in DoD Directive 5500.7-R. In all cases, Military Service-specific insignia must be removed from advertising, marketing or promotional material. 

The use of Department of Defense still and/or motion imagery that includes people who can be personally identified in the image is not authorized, unless the requestor contacts the person(s) and obtains written permission for the use of their identifiable image.

Now, do we think that SarahPAC bothered to ask permission to use that image? 

You know like they certainly must have asked to use this image?

Or this image?

 This image?

And of course this image?

Or did they simply Google the image, find it attached to this article, and then use it, with the SarahPAC logo attached, to attack the President while also begging for money that Palin can then use to go on vacations and pay her ghostwriters?

I'll tell you what I think.

I think that Palin is in a blind panic, over this:

As I reported before this was the first time that SarahPAC spent more than it raised, with $496,505 spent (Mostly on "consultants.") and only $460,537 raised from her few remaining dimwitted supporters, and as somebody pointed out early it appears that SarahPAC spent just about $1 for "fundraising" to every $2 actually raised.

THAT is a business model which is unsustainable. So apparently that has inspired somebody to start using images without permission to promote SarahPAC.

However THAT decision could end up costing SarahPAC dearly, since if ANY of these military personnel or celebrities decide to legally protest the use of their images it could end up costing SarahPAC the very last of their reserves and essentially shut them down forever.

I know, what a shame.

And hey, if any of YOU would like to help usher in the end of SarahPAC you know what to do.

Perhaps the best way to welcome this Saturday morning is with moist eyes and big smiles.

That is pretty amazing.

And the song is not bad either.

Those on the invite list to Margaret Thatcher's funeral. President Obama and Hillary Clinton? Yes. Sarah Palin? Absolutely not!

Courtesy of The Guardian: 

More than 2,000 politicians, dignitaries and celebrities – from Hillary Clinton to Tony Blair, from Jeremy Clarkson to FW de Klerk, and from Jeffrey Archer to Shirley Bassey – have been invited to attend the funeral of Lady Thatcher at St Paul's Cathedral next week. 

The guest list, which includes all surviving former British prime ministers, all surviving former US presidents and a representative of the former South African president Nelson Mandela, has been drawn up by Thatcher's family with help from the government and the Conservative party. 

Downing Street said the invitations were being printed on Thursday and would be sent out on Friday by first-class post. 

A No 10 spokeswoman said: "Those invited include family and friends of Lady Thatcher, those who worked with her over the years, including all surviving members of her cabinets, former chiefs of staff, Conservative associates, peers and MPs, members of the cabinet, peers and MPs, members of the Order of the Garter, members of the Order of Merit, foreign associates and dignitaries and representatives from the wide range of groups she was associated with." 

She said 200 states, territories and international organisations would be invited to send a representative to the service. 

"We have invited those countries and institutions with whom we have normal diplomatic relations," she said. "In addition, there are invitations being made in a personal capacity to some current and former world leaders as well as others from overseas who had a close connection to Baroness Thatcher."

Over 2,000 politicians, dignitaries, and celebrities invited, with help in the choosing from the CONSERVATIVE party in Britain, and Sarah Palin STILL cannot wrangle an invite?

Don't these people realize that SHE is the obvious successor to the conservative crown of Baroness Thatcher?

Don't they realize that she has "still" spine which is kind of like being an "Iron Lady?"

Do they not realize that ever since Palin first heard about the Thatcher, from McCain's people while they were trying to cram a lifetime's worth of facts in her head before she met the press, that she has wanted NOTHING more in life than to have the opportunity stand next to her (Dead or alive), and get her picture taken to help further her conservative credentials?

Oh, well maybe they DO know that.

Wow! It is one thing to get rejected by a living woman, but to be rejected by her corpse? Ouch!

I guess they did not read this impassioned plea over at the Sea O'Pee earlier today:

But as an invited guest of the Thatcher family!! Sarah going would end once and for all the LIE that Thatcher did not want to meet her!! So I implore Thatcher's family and official representatives to PLEASE invite Sarah Palin to the memorial!! She would be a dignified and most appropriate person to TRULY represent the United States.....or at least that part of this nation that most reveres Lady Thatcher!!

Ah! And just when I thought this could not be more satisfying!