FRIENDS?

The news tells me that Donald Trump and David Pecker had a long-term friendship.  But how can you be friends with a liar and narcissist? I would assume your so-called friend would lie to your constantly, not be interested in anything concerning you, and probably resent any achievement that wasn't his. I would guess that Trump would bore Pecker to death with his constant bragging, endless exaggerations, and tedious tales of victory. And how could a snob like Trump show any interests in a low-brow rag like The National Enquirer? Also if their friendship was based on comparing cheating-on-your-wife sexual conquests, that would suggest that Pecker was as immoral as Trump himself, so maybe yes they could be pals.

STUPID COMMERCIALS

Having been an award-winning copywriter for 40 years, I feel qualified to comment on today's commercials, most of which have no concept, no wit, no nothing. Here are my most offensive.

Anything from Liberty Mutual, who create the worst of the worst and then play them endlessly, Most offensive other than smelly and the emu is, "How many people did you tell?" 

I have seen The First Response spot about 80 times, often three or four times in a row. There should be a law against running a commercial that often. Same is true of L'Oreal's mascara.

The 12-year-old boy racing the Dodge Hornet is plain irresponsible. (Just yesterday a boy of about the same age took his parents' car for a joy ride and killed two people.)

Any pharmaceutical, as who wants to hear all the ways the product can cripple or kill you, or worse make you kill yourself?

Most car commercials who try to flatter you into buying their product by telling you how adventurous you are when you're not.

All ambulance chaser spots who brag about how much money they squeezed out of companies on behalf of a greedy client without ever mentioning the large slice they keep. 

The new trend for whole body deodorants in which an attractive women tells you how repulsive she actually is.

The good news:

The best commercial of the year remains the very touching "Thanks Dad." spot for Publix. Pity it's for a supermarket chain that supports anti-democracy politicians and is most noted for high prices and lowbrow music.

Another series of excellent commercials is for Freshpet. Love that these people value their dogs over their stupid friends.

ANOTHER POSSIBLE TRAIN WRECK.

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments as to whether Trump should be granted immunity for his crimes and should given free reign to be the criminal asshole we all know him to be. Considering all the recent idiotic and biased judgements of our Inquisition, it wouldn't surprise me at all if the republican toadies kissed both sides of Trump's enormous buttocks and ruled in his favor. And if they do, consider all hope gone for a fair and lawful democracy.  The fact that Clarence Thomas is married to, and pussy-whipped by, a traitor to the United States is shameful enough, but that the majority of the court ignores the Constitution and rules based on their religious superstitions is appalling. 

"Honeybun,  let's discuss tomorrow's vote."

THE AMERICAN SUCKER.

You now who thinks you're stupid? The TV networks.  They think you are so mindless that they can treat you any way they like. Mostly that means deluging you with commercials knowing you will never complain. You're so uncomplaining they have recently not only upped the number of commercials at each break, but repeat the same ones one after another often as frequently as three times. And guess what? They don't even have to run as many commercials as they do to make a great profit.They're doing it out of greed. So you, poor sucker, are forced to see thousands upon thousands of commercials, mostly boring, so a network exec can make a ton more money. And keep in mind you were told years ago that if you paid for TV service, there wouldn't be any commercials. So the jokes on all of us.

BIG PAYOUT FOR NOTHING.

Supposedly the story by the doorman at Trump Tower that Trump fathered a love child with a tower maid is false. Then why did Trump, and Pecker and Cohen give him $30,000? That seems like a generous reward to someone peddling a false story. Hmmm.

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS

 The bad news is that our Supreme Court has become a joke. With few Democrat exceptions it is controlled by a lawless bunch of Trump appointees who care more about their magical thinking religion than their country. We have a drunk, a wimp, a traitor, and two religious fanatics. It wouldn't surprise at all to see this panel of dummies grant Trump the immunity he has been begging for and insists is his right. Never mind that it would be an insane precedent.  The only good news is that that same immunity would apply to Biden, so he could shoot Trump in the head and get away with it, which he would never do, damn it. 

AN ESSENTIAL BLOG

I didn't write these two paragraphs. They are taken from a much longer blog from The Rude Pundit, whom everyone should read regularly if they want to save our democracy. 

In a sane country, Biden should have already all but won the 2024 election, his age and verbal gaffes be damned. He's been a historically successful president, and that's not me saying that. That's historians. In a survey of them, they already have Biden as the 14th-best president after just one term, ahead of Reagan, ahead of Wilson, tied with John fuckin' Adams himself. You already know who's last.

I get the idea that more attention needs to be paid to Trump's obviously declining mental faculties, and, sure, we always need to be reminded of just how fucking bugfuck insane and just downright fuckin' weird Trump is. Seriously, he's a creepy weirdo. But we're not gonna convince the MAGA cretins to jump ship now. They've mortgaged their souls to get that dumb orange motherfucker back into office. Trump could impregnate a 10 year-old girl during one of his wannabe Nuremberg rallies and laugh because she can't get an abortion, and his idiot hordes would cheer his virility. They're gone. Forget about them for now. So it's about making sure that anyone opposed to Trump gets out and votes for Biden.