The Long Goodbye

Some things to remember as the United States slowly fades to black:

Billionaires don't need any of the things the Ketamine Kid and his DOGE twerps are happily destroying.

Social Security? Nope.

Medicaid/Medicare? Nope

National Parks? Please.

Food stamps? Come on.

Public education? Get serious.

Affordable health care? Uh, billionaires can afford anything, so...

A vital IRS, determined to look for tax cheats? Leona Helmsley, one of Trumpie the KKKlown's formative role models, said "only the little people pay taxes", and the Big Boy took that to heart.  I mean, really, why should billionaires have to pay any taxes?  They contribute so much to our country. Anyway, taxes are like stealing, aren't they?

The key thing to remember in all this is simple: the Billionaires couldn't care less whether you live or die. Whether you have a house, and food, and health care, a good education for your kids, and a secure retirement, doesn't matter to them at all. If taking things away from you will make them even richer, well, they won't give a second thought about taking them. You are nothing to them.

One last thought: Perhaps it was a mistake putting the world's largest economy in the hands of a blithering idiot who's gone bankrupt multiple times. 

Perhaps.

 

A Miscalculation

There are more guns in the U.S. than there are people.

Not all of them are in the hands of MAGAts.

President South African Marshmallow Boy, and his First Lady, Trumpie the KKKlown, as they gleefully take away more and more from the American people, and make more and more people desperate and angry, may want to consider that. 

Sure, they're in a bubble where all they hear is that they are beloved by one and all, and what a great job they're doing.

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were in a bubble, too. 

So were all of the Romanovs and Saddam Hussein.

But, like the man said, "Shit happens".

Welcome To The Land Of Make Believe

So now we must pretend that Donald J. Trump is somehow qualified to be President.

That he isn't a traitor.

That he isn't a rapist.

That he isn't a tax cheat.

That he isn't a total fraud.

That he isn't a lifetime grifter, who would steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes. 

That he doesn't really admire Hitler.

That the incoherent garbage that come out of his mouth is somehow wise state craft.

That he doesn't lie about EVERYTHING.

That he isn't just a collection of ugly, insatiable, appetites, with the intellectual capabilities of a very dull child.

That he isn't in Putin's pocket.

That Melania isn't a mid level underwear model from Eastern Europe. That she really deserved her "Einstein" visa. That she will somehow restore "class" to the White House. That she isn't just another grifter like everyone else in Trump's orbit.

That the media isn't ignoring Trump's slide into dementia.

That the Trump administration won't be full of criminals, fools, crooks, amoral billionaires, Putin stooges, and assorted sycophants.

That they won't hurt the majority of Americans. 

That they won't care that they're hurting the majority of Americans.

That Elon Musk is a genius, and not a drug addled freak, with a deep fondness for Nazis.

That the Republicans in the House and Senate aren't happily shitting on the Constitution 24/7/365.

That the majority of the Supreme Court isn't comfortably in the bag for our descent into Christo-fascism.

That the media hasn't been complicit, (for the sake of ratings, for fuck's sake), in this entire sordid charade.

That this is all perfectly normal. 

Gore Vidal called our country The United States of Amnesia. He was right.

Santayana said "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." He was right, too.

Welcome to the Land of Make Believe.

Some Simple Truths

To do an authentic "Trump Dance" you must always soil yourself at the end. And then blame an immigrant for the smell.

 

Billionaires do not care about you. They only care about accumulating more and more money and power. And perhaps a few--but not all--of their immediate family.

The idea that they would willingly allow anything to "trickle down" is laughable. But then the entire concept of trickle down has been laughable from the very beginning. One of the only honest things that George H.W. Bush ever did was to call it "voodoo economics". Of course he quickly changed his mind when the prospect of being Reagan's VP was presented to him. That action alone marks him as a perfect Republican: Always ditch the truth when it interferes with your job prospects.

The idea that Barron Trump is some kind of political savant is almost as laughable as the idea that his daddy is a great businessman. Almost.

 

Speaking of that, if I were Canadian, I wouldn't be too concerned about the U.S. gobbling up my country. Based on Trump's past performance as a "great businessman", what is much more likely to happen is that he will bankrupt our country, and Canada will then acquire us, for pennies on the dollar.

Joe Rogan is funnier than Rush Limbaugh in the same way that syphilis is funnier than cancer. It just is.

Trumpie the Clown embracing crypto makes perfect sense. As a life long conman, he recognizes a con better than most people. Certainly much better than his followers do.

The latest thing on X,  seems to be proclaiming that Melania is in fact a Romanoff. Ponder on that one for awhile.

The first Trump administration was bad enough. But the second one will be the most corrupt administration in the history of this country, hands down. The lawlessness will be breathtaking. 

Buckle up everyone.