Over the weekend, Canada rejected a trade deal with the United States that would have resulted in a loss of economic sovereignty for our northern neighbors. Donald Trump took this surprisingly well. Oh, who I am kidding. Donald Trump doesn’t take anything well. He’s a petty little B. It took me about thirty seconds toContinue reading “Lake Ontario Forever”
Category Archives: Politics
The Decline
Once upon a time, the United States was graced with presidents of great probity and wisdom. Now, we have Donald Trump. I’ve known three year-olds throwing tantrums who have displayed more maturity than Trump. He is an old man, dying of congestive heart failure, in the throes of a ever worsening and increasingly visible dementia.Continue reading “The Decline”
A Letter to My Congressman: Iran and the Gas Tax
A letter to my Congressman: Earlier today, President Trump said that he wants to suspend the federal gas tax of roughly 18 cents per gallon in light of high gas prices due to the conflict in the Persian Gulf. Suspending the gas tax would require an act of Congress. I stand firmly opposed to legislationContinue reading “A Letter to My Congressman: Iran and the Gas Tax”
Trump Threatens War Crimes
This morning, the president posted this to Truth Social: The inner Gen X kid in me, the one who grew up with the threat of nuclear war pretty much daily, is screaming his head off. I wrote my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker (R-Toady). I don’t know that I need to quote what the president said onContinue reading “Trump Threatens War Crimes”
The Bombing of the Girls School
Last weekend, at the start of the Iran War (which the Trump administration describes as a “war” while drawing a legal distinction it isn’t a war so they can, in their minds, avoid “war crimes”), the United States bombed an Iranian girls school. And then bombed it again for good measure. You can see immediatelyContinue reading “The Bombing of the Girls School”
Doomscrolling the War
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the air forces of the United States and Israel commenced a joint aerial assault on Iran in an attempted decapitation strike. Iran then responded by launching missiles at Israel, United States military bases and assets in the Persian Gulf, and host nations (Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirites)Continue reading “Doomscrolling the War”
On the Cusp of History
Donald Trump wants a war. Congress hasn’t weighed in, nor authorized force. I have no idea how this will go.
Jesse Jackson
The Reverend Jesse Jackson has died. He was 84. Unfortunately, I do not have any great opinions or thoughts on the man, which may be a fault of my age. He ran for president in 1988, when I was in high school, and he kinda faded away after that. Or, rather, faded from my perception.Continue reading “Jesse Jackson”
Trump Makes His Ultimatum
A week and a half ago I wrote my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker (R-Toady), about standing up to the president on acquiring Greenland by force. Yesterday, the president sent a letter to European embassies and the Norwegian prime minister stating, to sanewash his incoherence into something eloquent, “You, Norway, denied me the peace prize. Therefore, IContinue reading “Trump Makes His Ultimatum”
This Is the Week That Was
I don’t even know how to describe the last week. H.P. Lovecraft could not have written a more sanity shattering work of prose if he tried. The only place to begin is with this. The President of the United States, upset that Denmark will not sell him Greenland and incensed that the public threats ofContinue reading “This Is the Week That Was”