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”

A Letter to my Congressman

This BBC headline speaks for itself: “US discussing options to acquire Greenland including using military, White House says.” I wrote a letter to my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker. I think it says everything that needs to be said. In 1916, in accordance with the Treaty of the Dutch West Indies, the United States purchased what isContinue reading “A Letter to my Congressman”

A Gallimaufry

As I write this, I am listening to WAMU’s Hot Jazz Saturday Night, and this first program of the year is a “gallimaufry” — a mixed bag, a potpourri, a hodgepodge. I happen to like the word “gallimaufry.” I used it once in an email at work. No one in that email knew what IContinue reading “A Gallimaufry”