Internal Combustion

Trump won the election claiming that immigrants were drug smuggling, rapist, pet eating criminals, and he would get rid of all of them.  Instead of putting criminals in jail, on his first day in office, he let 1500 J6 rioters out of jail, including violent criminals who assaulted police officers, leaders of terrorist organizations like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, king-pin drug dealers, and child pornographers.  I guess he’s hoping that these thugs will rally to his defense again when he needs to stage his next coup attempt.

Trump also won the election claiming that he would end the war in Ukraine on Day One.  He didn’t, and now it’s Day 4.

Trump also won the election saying that he knows how to hire the best people, but he nominated some of the absolute worst possible people to his cabinet and to head the Department of Defense and other government offices.  The only qualifications he seemed to care about were sycophantic loyalty to him and a Fox News employee I.D.

Now I hear that Donald J. Musk and Elon Trump are engaged in a jealous power struggle.   How sweet.  I hope nobody breaks up this fight.

To all those Americans who are worried and afraid of this administration, I offer hope.

Trump claims that God saved him in an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.  But, will that same God save him from attacks from within.  History has shown us that sometimes the greatest attacks come from that direction.  Trump hates real sharks, but he is now surrounding himself with a vicious hoard of deadly land sharks, that would make his buddy Hannibal Lecter nervous.  He has hand-picked a group of advisors who have no moral compass, and many are heavily armed gun nuts.  He hasn’t learned from history, because he is too stupid to even study history.

Philip II of Macedonia: He was assassinated by one of his bodyguards, Pausanias of Orestis, in 336 BC.

Xerxes I: The Persian king was killed by his Royal Guard commander, Artabanus, in 465 BCE.

Caligula: The Roman Emperor was assassinated by members of his own guard in 41 AD.

Laurent Kabila: The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo was shot by one of his bodyguards in 2001.

Salmaan Taseer: The Governor of Punjab, Pakistan, was killed by his bodyguard in 2011.

Indira Gandhi: The Prime Minister of India was assassinated by her own bodyguards on October 31, 1984. Her bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, were both Sikhs. This tragic event occurred in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star, a military operation ordered by Gandhi to remove Sikh militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Trump has surrounded himself with predators who will do anything to feed their own narcissistic fever dreams.  Alex Jones is a right-wing conspiracy theorist and talk show host known for his controversial views and clashes with various public figures, including Elon Musk.  Steve Bannon is also going after Elon Musk.  When they’re finished with him, or he is finished with them, there will eventually be a power struggle with Trump himself.  Trump’s friends don’t always stay his friends.  Just look at his fixer lawyer Michael Cohen.  They hate each other now.

Cannibalism is present in the animal kingdom.

Praying Mantises: Female mantises sometimes eat their mates during or after mating.

Black Widows: The female black widow spider is notorious for eating the male after mating.

Lions: Occasionally, a new dominant male lion will kill and sometimes eat the cubs of the previous male.

Hamsters: In certain stressful conditions or if resources are scarce, mother hamsters might eat their young.

Sharks: Some shark species practice intrauterine cannibalism, where the larger embryos consume their smaller siblings within the womb.

Polar Bears: These bears sometimes resort to cannibalism, especially when food is scarce.

So, keep the faith that Trump’s evil oligarchy will not last.  It’s survival of the nastiest in the Trump world, and they will eventually start eating their own.  In the meanwhile, organize to flip the Congress in 2026, so that we can quickly fix whatever damage Trump causes.  In the immortal words used by Abraham Lincoln, “This too shall pass.”  As Trump surrounds himself with vipers, he should also be aware of the immortal words of the very mortal Caesar, “Et tu, Brute?”

Peace & Love, and all of the above,

Earl

Monday, Monday, Can’t Trust That Day

On Monday, January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump, a convicted felon, who is no longer permitted to own a gun, will be handed the nuclear codes as he is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.

There might be a slight rumbling in the cemetery grounds in Plains, Georgia on that day as the flags that have been lowered to half-mast to honor President Jimmy Carter, will be raised to full staff for the day just to accommodate the Narcissist-in-Chief. The predicted cold weather, though, will force the ceremony to be held indoors.  Too bad.  I’d really like to see all the 77 million Maga-morons who voted for him freezing their asses off on the National Mall as they waited for the price of bacon and eggs to instantly come down.  I guess that his staff will just have to Photoshop the indoor ceremony to make it look like a record crowd.

I’m wondering if all the people Trump nominated for cabinet positions will be there.  If so, will there be anyone left to work at Fox “News” that day.

Of course, there will be entertainment.  The one remaining member of The original Village People will sing YMCA, so that America will get to see Donald Trump do his “crazy hand jive” where he appears to be giving hand jobs to two people at the very same time.

I wonder if Trump will just use the same dance moves when Kid Rock takes the stage to sing:

Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy

Said the boogie, said up jump the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy

Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up jump the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up jump the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie (get ready)
My name is Kid
Kid Rock!

Ahhh, they don’t write love ballads like that anymore.

I wonder if the bookies in Las Vegas are taking bets on which Bible he will use for the swearing -in ceremony.  It has to be the $60 one he hawks with Lee Greenwood.  Product placement, baby.

I also wonder if he’ll bother to bring back all the classified documents he has been storing in his Mar A Lago bathroom.  Since he charges his Secret Service security detail an exorbitant amount for protecting him, while he is there, I can only think that he will also hand his new Secretary of the Treasury, a hefty bill for the four long years he has stored the documents.  Let’s see, $2,000 a month for 48 months….

I can’t really see much difference between Trump’s new official photograph and his State of Georgia mugshot, but I guess he wanted to show a new suit and tie so he can peddle swatches of the material to his cult followers for $99 a swatch. After all, a buck is a buck, at least until Elon converts it all to Dogecoins.

I’m just surprised he isn’t wearing his pirate ear patch anymore.  I guess they stopped selling.

So, America, enjoy the weekend, or like they say, “Eat, drink, and be merry for Monday we die or get deported.”

Peace & Love, and all of the above,

Earl