Well, I did. A couple of weeks back, I wrote a post, “Why Donald Trump will be our very worst president, by a very wide margin”, and, one week in, it’s already true. For the past seven days, Donald Trump has been running around like a chicken with its head cut off, except, you know,…
Pseudo New Yorker
“We will be making every effort to avoid further cutbacks in the future, but, sadly, nothing is certain in this life.” “Clearly, the fallout from the Christmas Party continues to reverberate.” “Furthermore, employees will be expected to provide their own beverages and pretzels.” “And then there was one, eh, Mrs. Hanson? But not to worry….
Queens to the Left of Me, Queens to the Right of Me
Oh, yeah. Whole lot of queenin’ going on these days. I just finished moaning (loudly) over The Crown, Netflix’s multi-part suck-up to Elizabeth II and now PBS has embarked on a similar enterprise, devoted to Victoria Regina and suitably titled “Victoria”, though I think “Victoria!” would have been more fun. I confess that I haven’t…
Red Mitchell and Bill Mays—“Well, You Needn’t”
Russia hacks U.S. elections! Does this mean that Putin is as bad as Netanyahu?
Well, it’s a question to be asked, isn’t it? I mean, Netanyahu (and Israel) is always interfering with our elections! And now, so is Putin! I mean, who do they think they are, us? Afterwords The fact that Russia hacked the DNC computer network and deliberately released the information to weaken Hillary Clinton’s chances is,…
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Donald Trump
On November 9, 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte engineered a coup that made him First Consul and ended republican government in France. By the date of the Republican calendar then in effect in France, the date was 18 Brumaire in the year VIII.1 In 1852, Karl Marx wrote The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, commemorating in contempt…
Inês Vaz—“Well, You Needn’t”
Hit the Road, Jack! In Style!
Self parody hath made its masterpiece, at least until the Trump inaugural. The New York Times is offering the following: “Fly around the world in a customized Boeing 757 jet for the ultimate in luxury travel. Spend 26 days visiting such places as Iran, Cuba, Colombia, Australia, Myanmar and Iceland. Four award-winning New York Times…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here “Frankly, Ms. Hobson, I like your style.” “You’ll find us rough, Sarah, but you’ll find us ready.” “And I’ll expect you to keep your office spanking clean.” “Good! I like an employee who wants my job!” “It’s not really a dress code—more of a dress understanding.” “And the objective of this little…
Charles Krauthammer half full, Charles Krauthammer half empty
In his latest column, Charlie the K bemoans “the refusal of an unbending left to accept the legitimacy of Trump’s victory.” Sighs Charlie, “It’s not just the demonstrators chanting “not my president.” It is leading Democrats pushing one line after another to delegitimize the election, as in: He lost the popular vote, it’s James Comey’s…