Wednesday, January 7, 2026

This Week's Quote


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You got to win the midterms because if we don't win the midterms, it's just going to be -- I mean, they'll find a reason to impeach me. I'll get impeached.

Donald Trump to Republican lawmakers—and threatening the rest of us with a good time

Source:  ABC News

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Fantasy History


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The White House today rolled out a new website for the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 riots.

CNN reports the new site claims the violence "was instigated by law enforcement and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It recasts the rioters as the victims that day, and depicts President Donald Trump as a hero for granting sweeping pardons for the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the deadly attack."

Sure. And George Washington grew up on the planet Venus, and currently works as a chiropractor in Poughkeepsie.

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Just For Starters


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It's hard to know where to start with Donald Trump's having dispatched American forces to capture the Venezuelan head of state and his wife.

So I'll start with this:  Both Trump and Nicolás Maduro carry the title of president, but both are dictators. And both are as crooked as Steve Buscemi's grin.

When I heard the news of the capture this morning, I immediately wondered what Trump's base would make of this. They voted him in, we're told, largely to bring down prices. MAGA is allergic to foreign affairs, yet lately that's what Trump has been fixated on, while dismissing concerns about the cost of living as a Democratic hoax.

Will MAGA forgive him for blowing them off so he and his ego can earn a place in history? Heaven knows they've forgiven him for everything else, from sexual assault to Constitution assault, so the chances are decent, alas.

I also wondered, of course, why Trump took such an aggressive step. One answer is oil. Also, a friend reminded me that Trump sees the world as divided into his portion, Xi Jinping's portion, and Vladimir Putin's portion. Trump needs to shore up his piece of the pie. Which means the polar bears of Greenland better start worrying.

While thinking about what I'd write, I decided I needed to come up with new names for Venezuela, since Trump's narcissism has recently had him naming things after himself. "Trumpela?" "Donvenez?" "The Republic of The Donald?"

Then I found out the man-child beat me to it. In his press conference hours after Maduro was snatched, Trump invoked the Monroe Doctrine, but he called it the "Don-roe Doctrine."

Someone please explain to me how a man with an ego that size doesn't simply explode?

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

2025 Shakedown

 


This Week's Quote


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New Year’s Day now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week, you can begin paving hell with them as usual.

Mark Twain

Source:  Reader's Digest