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.

DEMENTED DONNIE'S DREAM.

While Trump's dwindling fans are yacking about "Sleepy Joe" and carping about the few years difference between Trump and Biden,Trump is sitting on his more than ample ass in a New York courtroom while Joe is out vigorously campaigning. And on the first day of his trial, not only was Trump, as usual, argumentative and self-absorbed, part of the time he was sleeping. Yes sleeping. He closed those wrinkled orange lids over his dead-fish eyes in order to dream about world control, violently assaulting his enemies and plunging his pallid obesity into swimming pools of the money he conned out of all the working class people he needs so badly and hates so much.

FROM YUMMY TO YUCK.

 There are many food products that have proven to be successful despite their tasteless mediocrity. The one that comes immediately to mind are Pop Tarts. I had Pop Tarts for breakfast this morning, or at lease half of one, and found it a completely unsatisfying experience, not unlike, I would imagine, eating cardboard sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. This surprised me because I remember liking them. Did they change the formula? Have my taste buds matured? Who knows? But I am aware of other seemingly popular products that are equally distasteful, like Hostess coffee cakes, (unlike Drake's) and several flavorless treats from Little Debby (Debbie?). If anybody actually reads my ravings, I could expect them to submit their own favorite yucks.

THIS IS YOUR HERO.

America has always shown respect for its service members. To fight for your country in a time or war is the ultimate expression of courage and patriotism. Which makes one wonder why so many brave veterans who served their country during dangerous conflicts admire a coward like Donald Trump, who was so terrified of being hurt that he had a crooked physician claim that he had bone spurs. During Vietnam, while many Americans were risking their lives, and just as many were losing theirs, Donnie was wasting his father's money, sleeping with hookers, cheating suppliers, and considering those who served their country to be losers.

"When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn’t fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn’t drive him there. Neither claim was true."

A VERY EXPENSIVE OOPS.

Here's just one example of what amazes me about advertising.  A well-paid advertising agency with the Metamucil account creates new ads for the product. This takes at least a copywriter, art director, and account executive. They present several ideas to the client, which includes several member of the company. They settle on  a TV commercial. Then the concept is given to the director and his staff who plan its production, which requires the assistance of many people. Assuming that most of those  people involved in this very costly procedure is educated, what amazes me is this: The Metamucil ad I see every day encourages viewers to use Metamucil "everyday", which is grammatically incorrect. Didn't anyone notice? 

THIS FINGER IS FOR YOU.

Every person in America who came here from another country to avoid violence and repression must be determined to vote for President Biden in November and Vote Blue in general.  If you don't do so, you may soon find you are living in the kind of country you escaped. This is the face of a very angry, power hungry man. And such people are very, very dangerous.

RING UP "NO SALE"

I was ready to make two internet purchases today: a microwave oven and fitted decorative bedspread (a rare item). But in both cases the form was too fucking complicated, and they want a password, which I detest. I am certain that many retailers lose millions in sale because they don't have a simple purchase plan without the irritating red tape of passwords, i.d. numbers, and more information than necessary. If I want to buy something all they need is the mailing address and my credit card number. Why do they need my e-mail? So they can send me endless ads and notices which I don't want. 

DON'T WAIT FOR ME.

I have had several friends encourage me to listen to the popular Public Radio program "Wait. Wait. Don't Tell Me." I did. I'm sorry to say I find it to be the least funny program I have ever heard in my life. Whether the audience is real or recorded, they react with uproarious laughter at the weakest jokes and lamest puns. The hosts indulge in the most insipid commentary, and the guests respond in kind with their own lame chatter. I detest this program, but then I am also not a fan of Saturday Night Live, so who cares what I think?  

ADS INFINITUM.

 I haven't commented on advertising much lately, though I should. Not only are most TV ads terrible these days, either because they are hard to understand, badly produced, or just plain stupid. All Xfinity ads suck because they are so cynical. from the kid who insults his brother, to the pseudo-doctor who walks out on an operation. Ha ha. The Hornet ad with the 12-year-old driving a speeding car is tasteless. And any commercial from Liberty Mutual is boring at first watching and torture when seen 500 times. Which brings up this new trend for showing the same commercial two or three times in succession. Most car ads are transparent in their desire to flatter the ego of the possible buyer. And the epidemic of pharmaceutical ads is disgraceful considering the hypochondriacal U.S. is the only country that permits such visual tedium. Worst of all, today's station breaks often include 9-12 commercials. Networks obviously have no regard for their viewers.

I hate to admit it, but the best commercial on TV is the one in which the girl finally calls her stepfather "dad". Gets me every time. Pity it's for Publix, a major supporter of the traitorous Republican Party. 

DID TRUMP SAY HELL OR SMELL?

He must have said, "In 72 hours all smell is going to break loose." After all he is incontinent and sitting in a courtroom for a period of time is sure to wreak havoc with his bowels and bladder. Which makes one wonder why anyone would want to have a seat for that trial. 

THERE ARE A MILLION TRUMP CHUMPS.

 I wonder how many Trump fans are tradesmen. How many of the men and women who attend his rallies and shout his praises are electricians, plumbers, carpenters, and owners of their own shops. And of those who are self-employed, I wonder how many know their hero's reputation among small businessmen. Trump is notorious for not paying  his bills. He spent his whole life stiffing armies of workers, tearing up mountains of bills he never intended to pay, and leaving countless owners and employees kicking themselves for ever buying his lies and promises. So if you're one of the adoring fans who, for some inexplicable reason, plans to vote for Trump, consider this: If Trump hired you for your expertise, you would never receive the payment you earned, never; but if Biden hired you would receive a prompt and full payment. Unless you're a masochist, that should tell you something. 

These are only Trumps unpaid rally expenses.

A GRAVE INJUSTICE

I am still mystified as to why  Ivana Trump,  a successful New York business woman with a coterie of friends is buried on a golf course. The Trump National Golf Club at Bedminster is such an ignominious grave site for such a well-known person. We know that Trump chose the site to save on taxes, but why did Ivanka's children not protest? And why did the news not make a bigger fuss about this bizarre burial? Surely given the choice while alive, Ivana would have chosen an elegant mausoleum in a prestigious setting with a flattering metal plaque and the regular upkeep of a gardener instead of a weed-filled pauper's grave in New Jersey. Why did her ex-husband even get to make the choice? And were her three wealthy children so indifferent to their mother's disposal they never complained? It's sad that whatever friends Ivana had must visit her in this dreary setting. And instead of bringing flowers only, they had better also bring garden shears and weed killer.

ONE OF THESE DAYS.

 The top UN climate official used jarring, controversial framing in a stark speech in London on Wednesday, claiming we only have "two years left to save the world."

That's a dire warning. Only two years left. And that's if we have a president who wants to save the world, which doesn't apply to Trump. Since his only concern is his own welfare, why would he care about a world that exists when he's not around? He wouldn't. He's so self-centered and jealous, in fact, that he would hate the idea of life going on without him - in other words the Jim Jones attitude. Sadly Trump fans don't have any idea of how evil and selfish Trump is, and how quickly he would snuff out their lives if they ceased to be of value to him. He's not a fool; He knows his days are numbered. He's also not an altruist and has never given a thought to what he leaves behind. There is no behind for Trump. No loving bequests. No hospital, school, artistic institution, medical grant. I don't think any man has been more afraid to die, or more unwilling to accept it as a possibility. He is as unwilling to leave mortality as he was to vacate the presidency. And when he does he intends to cause just as much chaos. 

THE BIG, FRIGHTENING, AND COMPLETELY UNEXPLAINED WHY.

 Why are we allowing a compulsive liar, thief, con man, grifter, mountebank, philanderer, and rapist to run for president of our proud country? What can we possibly be thinking? Why would we so blindly place our democracy in the hands of a mentally unstable autocrat? Are we just trying to be fair to all the nearly illiterate morons who have no ability to make sane decisions and feel if they are unhappy, they want everyone to share their misery? 

SCHLOCK OF AGES.

 Being an atheist, it's hard for me to believe anyone actually thinks there's an invisible deity who knows or cares what everyone is doing at any minute. That these same people believe that after they die they will rise again to play God's parlor game: Heaven or Hell?, is also astounding, But I accept that there are such people in the U.S. in basically this breakdown: Christians, 31%; Islam, 24%: Unaffiliated.15%, and Hindu, 15%. This means that when the pious and bigoted Republicans push for a Christian nation, they are spitting in the face of more than half of U.S. citizens. What a way to get votes! To my mind most Christianity is a scam, which explains why so many churches are rolling in money, real estate, and valuable art works thanks to its gullible worshippers. Recently, one such GOP moron in Alabama actually used God as an excuse to prevent INV births and the State's other magical thinking GOP  idiots went along with his superstitious devotion. This Christian daffiness is spreading. In Florida we have one of the most brainwashed boobs in America, Ron DeSanctimonous; but American politics is rife with religious anti-science zealots, who are eagerly pushing for laws that aren't in the Bible and acting is if their warped view of religion should be the only law of the land.  Even in my atheistic conviction, I shout: God help us!

IS ANYBODY THERE?

Does  anybody read my blog?  If so,  please let me know by clicking "no comments", which I agree is a very stupid way to solicit comments. If you do respond, tell me what you would like me to bitch about.

WORDS MANY PEOPLE CAN'T PRONOUNCE.

 For some reason people have terrible trouble with contractions, even newspeople and actors. I constantly hear people say cunnint, dinnent,  and woonent. Why? It's not that hard. Other super popular mispronunciations are innanat, innaview, and many other words with an interior T like Atlanic, mennal illness,  rennal, sennimennal, and dennal which is even slurred on toothpaste ads. Another popular mispro is iony instead of the correct I-ron-ee. But the most offensive mispronunciation of all is antiSemetic instead of the correct antiSemitic. Many Jews and Arabs were Semites not Semetes. 

Semitic people or Semites is an obsolete term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group associated with people of the Middle East, including Arabs, Jews, Akkadians, and Phoenicians. The terminology is now largely unused outside the grouping "Semitic languages" in linguistics.

WHERE ARE THEIR SPOUSES?

Since it's pretty obvious that every Republican in office in Washington, D.C. has turned his or her back on America and democracy, one can only wonder if all their husbands and wives have done the same. Surely there must be one or two spouses who remain patriotic Americans who want to maintain our democracy and preserve freedom for their children. Where are they? I have not seen a one single story about a mate leaving their traitorous spouse or at least protesting the disappointing turncoat nature of a once-patriotic partner. We have seen the shocking loyalty a justice on the backstabbing Supreme Court pays to his quisling harridan wife but where are the morally strong still clearheaded mates of brainwashed GOP cultists?

MY MOST HATED WORD

I have been watching MSNBC all morning mostly to hear more condemnation of the world's worst person, Donald Trump.  But there is also a lot of coverage about today's eclipse. And here's what bothers me. All morning highly paid anchors and deeply educated reporters can't seem to find a better description of this rare and remarkable event than "cool". I hate the word cool since it is a lazy replacement for hundreds of other adjectives that are far more descriptive. It seems to me to be a word for tween ages who have not developed a vocabulary, yet it is epidemic among adults, even those who are college educated but unwilling to employ descriptive words they have learned over a lifetime. Among the lexicon lazy, cool is used to describe an endless selection of experiences, events, and encounters. What a waste of an education! The word "cool"has been leeching off our language for a long time now, but it's just the latest in slop-pop language and sure to fade like its cousins fab, funky, groovy, fly, phat, gnarly, rad and the cat's meow.

A CLEAR CHOICE.

Like Joe Biden I am 81 years old. Actually I'm older than him since I was born in July of 42.  Thus when people criticize his age, I can only assume they are unimaginative Republicans or petty carpers looking for an excuse to fault him. These people are bitching about the minor flaws he always had while devoting his life to our country. They are whining about the careful steps he takes which is a wise course for anyone over 60. But while I am in good shape and weigh a healthful 150, I could never deliver the speeches with the passion he does, never cope with the amount of traveling he does, and never maintain the volume of facts he accesses with such ease. Joe Biden is strong because he has led a purposeful life and continues to fight for the American people. Contrast that with his younger, by 4 years, rival who had led a dissolute life of lying, cheating, grifting, philandering, rape, and unrelenting greed. A man who has never used his once-healthy brain to benefit humanity, nor his inherited wealth to ease the suffering of anyone. A man who today spews his evil objectives along with insufferable grammar and mountainous mendacity to the gullible masses he pretends to protect but privately despises. At 81 I am pleased to still be strong, alert, energetic, and wise enough to not be taken in, even slightly, by an evil, ruthless, transparent mountebank like Trump.

THE MISSING MONTHLY CHECK.

Many elderly people (if not most) depend heavily on their Social Security payments. So it surprises me when I see news coverage of Trump rallies how many seedy senior citizens are devoted to the Monster Trump. He constantly threatens to do away with Social Security and Medicare. So how delighted will these elderly people feel about having voted for Trump when they are living on the street without relief from the many painful maladies of aging? And how will younger people feel when their elderly and infirm parents beg them for shelter and sustenance? If our government allows a criminal and would-be dictator to run for office and he wins, how many gullible cultists will rue voting away their future happiness for the once preventable nightmare of sudden poverty? 

LET'S FACE FINANCIAL FACTS.

I am fascinated by the number of anti-Biden "Americans" who bitch about inflation, as if Joe were to blame.  The reason prices are so high on so many items is not caused by inflation, but by greed. American industry, given the chance to raise prices, will do so; as well as lowering content and diluting ingredients. Since the madness of Trumpism, greed has been on the rise everywhere: rents, ticket prices, home services, restaurants, etc. Every electrician, plumber, doctor, dentist and veterinarian has raised their prices in the hope of becoming wealthy. Greed is inflation. Greed is the landlord who can do well with $500 a month rents, who wants and can demand $1,500. Very few business owners today take pride in giving a quality product or service at a fair and reasonable price. This is true from finding a comfortable affordable first home to being able to afford the electric bill if you do. Think about that the next time you're having an $8.50 ice cream cone.

P.S. President Biden recognizes and fights greed, as he did with bringing down the cost of Insulin. Trump has not and will not bring down the price of anything, included his $60.00 Bible, which is free in any hotel room.

P.P.S/ This Monday there are many people who are traveling to various cities to see the Eclipse. This is causing the greed monster to thrive and some hotels are charging up to a $1000 for a room.

MASS MURDERER?

In January of 2020, when President Donald Trump entered the final year of his one and only term. the U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Having no concern for the health of others and being an incompetent,Trump, without further research, lied and said the virus was “totally under control.” Believing this madman, many, mostly Republicans, avoided vaccines. Thus a year later, in his final hours of lying and denials, the pandemic's U.S. death toll had eclipsed 400,000. I personally knew one of those who died of COVID 19,  a 40-year-old Trump devotee, who refused to be vaccinated, a decision that resulted in him dying alone attached to a hospital ventilator. 

 

JIM JONES WITHOUT THE KOOL-AID

 On November 18, 1978, in Guyana, Jim Jones, the charismatic leader of the People's Temple knew his time was up.  He had to commit suicide or face exposure and years in prison. But being a cruel and arrogant leader he would not die alone. Thus he forced over 900 men, women, and children to commit a willing or forced suicide by swallowing a flavored drink laced with potassium cyanide. Donald Trump is a very similar cult leader with millions of followers, none of whom he feels any affection for. They merely exist to fund his coffers or keep his ego inflated. Like Jim Jones, he will face a day of reckoning, and believing himself to be the most important person on earth, he will not face defeat and humiliation alone. But one cannot get millions of followers to ingest a poisoned drink. However if he is President or dictator at the time of his ultimate madness, he will have a nuclear arsenal. 

AMERICA'S WORST GOVERNOR

 Just because I haven't mentioned Ron DeSantis lately doesn't mean I don't still regard him as an arrogant, prudish, ignorant, pussy-whipped piece of shit. I do. He's still prancing around Florida passing his moralistic laws against literacy and free speech, which are mostly anti-women and anti-education. What a joyous day it will be when he's out of office and finds out how worthless he is without power.

LIES DICTATORS TELL THEMSELVES.

 

      "I DID NOTHING WRONG."

THE ANTI-CHRIST IS IT AGAIN.

Donald Trump is, was, an always will be an atheist. He only worships himself and money. Don't be one of the suckers that buys his $60 Bible. He thinks  you're stupid and gullible. Don't prove him right.

In private, many of Trump’s comments about religion are marked by cynicism and contempt, according to people who have worked for him. Former aides told me they’ve heard Trump ridicule conservative religious leaders, dismiss various faith groups with cartoonish stereotypes, and deride certain rites and doctrines held sacred by many of the Americans who constitute his base.

THE MISOGYNISTS ARE IT AGAIN.

The mostly Catholic, male dominated, women hating U.S. Supreme Court is happily engaged in another opportuniy to punish women. Is there any question of how they will rule on the abortion pill? 

THE LYING PHARMACIST

The most obscenely deceptive fraud on television is for a useless placebo called Prevagen. Sadly a lot of gullible viewers buy it every month for more than $35.00 for 30 worthless capsules. Why? Because the maker's very expensive ad campaign has lots of well-paid professionals lying about its effectiveness, claiming they were impressed by its unimpressive research, and suggesting that their memories have been reignited by this jellyfish-based capsules of no more value than a Tic-Tac. Now the perpetrator of this successful fraud  has found the ultimate con man: an actual pharmacist who swears that Prevagen is effective despite all the facts that prove it's a scam. Being a Prevagen user is like buying 30 jelly beans every month for more than $1 a bean

How is it legal? Common sense tells you theres no drug in existence that can make your brain healthier, if there were, it would be a remarkable scientific breakthrough. The drug company who invented it would charge insurance companies thousands of dollars per pill. It would not be sold over the counter for $39.99 at CVS. There would be massive shortages of it because everyone in the country would be prescribed it. People make fun of the fact that Geritol in the 1950s would advertise about improving “tired blood”…how is this not the same thing?

Evidence that it works

Evidence that Prevagen works

But, according to the FTC and the New York attorney general, the trial involved 218 subjects taking either 10 milligrams of Prevagen or a placebo and “failed to show a statistically significant improvement in the treatment group over the placebo group on any of the nine computerized cognitive tasks.”Sep 11, 2021

FAST TRACKING

The reason so many Republican second-raters want to be Trump's VP is obvious, Trump is so mentally unstable and deteriorating at such a fast pace that even if America's Maga morons vote him in, he's bound to be completely incompetent in no time. This will give his ass-kissing VP an easy presidency. So even if you are so stupid that you admire the detestable Trump, consider how you feel about whatever obsequious clown he chooses to the take office when he croaks or is shuffled off to an asylum, 

Note: The self-proclaimed stable genius is shown here staring blankly into space through his fish eyes wondering if the damp feeling in his pants means he's overflown his Depends yet again.

THE BIG LIE

 The Big Lie is that no one is above the law. Donald Trump is above the law. He has been a criminal for his entire life and never been stopped by the law.  Even today judges bow and scrape to him, jump through hoops to grant him the postponements he demands, take his petty requests to his Supreme Court cronies. Today they lowered  the bond he couldn't possibly pay. But it's not just the law; networks air his every obscene assault on civility, make him the star of every broadcast. repeat each insane comment from his lying lips, and allow his mentally challenged fans to declare him an honest patriot innocent of all the criminal charges for which he never actually does time or penance. No other person has been so pampered and indulged by the legal profession. Every convict in every prison should be pissed to see this career criminal so indulged by the so-called long arm of the law.

THE REAL ANIMALS

 In a rally last night, Donald Trump, the world's most evil man, described those persons on the border in search of freedom as animals. How inaccurate that is when the real animals are those sick and angry people who attend his rallies. Look at them. Pathetic losers. Ignorant bigots. Programmed to cheer at ever word of hate. Glassy eyed morons totally unaware of how hungrily they gobble down his feasts of false claims. These are not Americans. They are without kindness, honesty, morals. Their hero is a rapist, thief, con man, and most of all liar, who showers most of his lies on them. He is not their leader but their trainer. No matter how cruel and vulgar he is, they bark with blind loyalty.

A BOMB ABOUT A BOMB

I finally sprang for the $5.99 to watch Oppenheimer on TV. I want my money back. It was so boring so convuleted, so hard to follow. Sorry to disagree with all my friends who loved it, I can't, imagine why.

Why does the Academy keep rewarding boring films like The Shape of Water.

IT not ET

 Why are so many people, even highly paid announcers and reporters on television unable to correctly pronounce "antisemitic" and instead ignorantly say antisemetic? Lester Holt for one gets it wrong every time. 

Xfinity commercials suck

 Xfinity commercials must be created by the world's worst ad agency. I wrote a critique of three past duds. Here are two more. A teenager is sitting  on the steps with his older brother.He realizes that Xfinity's wi-fi will give him a shot at "dancing" with the girl of his fantasies. He then insults his older brother  in a malicious manner. The other dud compares earning a regular high-salary to the temporary  pittance you might save with an Xfinty account as if they two were comparable.  Who writes these? A bitter misogynist?

TRAITOR STAYS ON THE BALLOT

 THE INEFFECTIVE, OVERPAID, BIASED, CHRISTAN-LEANING, MOSTLY ARROGANT MALE REPUBLICAN SUPREME COURT HAS SPOKEN.

THE PROFITABILTY OF LYING.

 Lying is a very profitable business. Not just for Trump who cons his millions of Clems and Doras to send him money, despite claiming to be a billionaire. But for ordinary citizens who tape commercials for Prevagen claiming miraculous benefits from a product that has proven to be nothing but a placebo, thus encouraging America's gullible consumers to spend over 40 dollars a month on a worthless product. It's pure bunk. Sadly the government no longer bans deceptive advertising, which is why we have so many ads for Golo, tooth-whitening toothpaste, scam like febrize who claim to eliminate odors which they just mask like everyone else. And if companies don't outright lie, they exaggerate like Nature's Bounty who has their own army of liars claiming incredbly renewed energy and health after feeling moderately more energetic. The mendacious Kathie Lee even suggests adding a useless prayer to her promo. All the liars are happily banking their ill-gained payoffs while the corporations who hire them are rolling in huge profits thinking nobody is the wiser.

THE PREMIER POISONER

 It's no surprise that the Bayer company is the leading maker of poisons,  for fleas, weeds, all kinds of unwanted life. After all they were the German company who created the poisons to kill millions: Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and the handicapped. Which is why I don't buy Bayer aspirin or any of their products. In fact I had to do quite a search today to find St. Joseph low-dose aspirin since all Publix had for sale was Bayer. I don't think most people know about Bayer's shameful history.  I certainly have known more than one Jew who reached for Bayer at the first sign of a headache.  That is until I told them to look up the company's history.

Did Bayer make Zyklon B?

During World War II, Bayer was part of a consortium IG Farben that made the Zyklon B pesticide used in Hitler's gas chambers. Through a series of acquisitions, Bayer has grown into a drug and chemicals behemoth and employs some 100,000 people worldwide.Aug 13, 2018

WORSE THAN ANY KAREN.

 Karen and her male counterpart are pains. Their bigotry and sense of privilege create conflicts all over America, every day. But there's a couple far more dangerous and treacherous than them: Clem and Dora.These are the two brainless boobs you'll see at every Trump rally. They can be young or old. Withered or hearty. Attractive or, more often than not, disfigured by anger. And almost always white.  Clem usually sports a MAGA baseball cap, a misogynist tee-shirt, and pro-Trump buttons or patches. Dora favors the same appalling get-up and often could be confused for Clem if not for her strident voice and garish makeup. Both of these losers are pro-Trump because they are unable to process facts and lack any sense of morality. They have no sense of the world around them and the chaos they are inviting with their stupidity. They are children playing with matches about to burn down their own home. Sadly there are millions of Doras and Clems, few of whom will wake up to their own brainlessness and see Trump for the completely amoral monster he is. Worse yet they are unlikely to realize how much he really despises every Dora and Clem, despite needing them to achieve all his dreams of power.

CAUSE OF DEATH

When I die one of these days, it won't be from poor diet of lack of exercise, or smoking or anything else. It will be caused by a telephone call to Comcast, Citi Bank, Truist Bank or some other phone call to some other incompetent customer service.  All such corporations today have an automatic answering service determined to make you jump through as many hoops as possible, push endless buttons, and do everything possible to make sure you don't make contact with a human being who might solve your problem. Each such phone contact increases your blood pressure, makes you understand serial killers, and wonder how the world got so fucked up and complicated.

IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW

 If you didn't know.

 

If you didn't know how old you were

How old would you be?

If you didn't know you shouldn't

Would you climb a tree?

Would you skip along a street?

Blow bubbles in the air?

And if somebody laughed at you

Would you really care?

 

If you weren't told how grownups act,

How would you behave?

If you weren't told just what to fear,

Would you be more brave?

Would you skateboard down a hill?

Go surfing in the sea?
And if you could feel young again

Would you still love me?

 

Age shouldn't be a reason

For letting life grow cold.

There shouldn't be a season

For being young or old.

Eighty should be just like six.

Fifteen like forty-five.

Every year a cause to cheer,

To be foolish and alive.

 

Wouldn't you get more from life

Without age as a meter?

Without candles on the cake,

Wouldn't each slice be sweeter?
We could share  a tree house

And blow bubbles that would go

Toward the sky before they fell

On sad grownups below.....

If we didn't know how old we are

If we didn't,

Know.

81

 I'm 81 years old. According to Republicans, I should be in my dotage, taking baby steps on my way the bathroom for the fifth time in 20 minutes. I should be incredibly forgetful and, like Trump, incontinent. But unlike Trump, and very like Biden, I am clear-headed and energetic and in excellent health. I have never driven and mostly walk to destinations. I watch the news every day and feel that if anyone is losing it, it's the house Republicans despite their age. I don't feel 81. I don't act 81. I would hate to ever become as fat, as sedentary, as bitter, as self-focused as the super narcissistic Trump with his Max-Factor face and constant malapropisms. I'm 81. I'm still in the game and while I will never be as productive as President Biden, I'm feeling fine, thinking clearly,  writing imaginatively and plan to work hard on my own "Vote Blue" campaign. And while I think the world of Joe Biden, I am also a great admirer of my friend June. She's 90, but thinks just as clearly as if she were 21.

WHERE THE MORONIC MAJORITY RULES.

The future of our country is in the hands of the corrupt Supreme Court.  So don't expect much from this mostly biased bunch of traitors. The news keeps reminding us of their decision to hand the presidency to George Bush.You know where that led. Instead of having a decent, climate-concerned leader like Al Gore, we got two paranoid Republicans who declared war on an innocent country leading to the deaths of thousands of Iraqi men, woman and children. Some smart decision. Since Trump came down that escalator to hell, we have had nothing but chaos, trials, and unnecessary expenses based on this proven criminal's self-centered madness. My guess is the Supreme Court will allow the madness to continue and Clarence Thomas, a major traitor to the United States will rush home to his evil wife and say proudly, "I did what you wanted, dear."

IT'S ABOUT TIME!

I am delighted that the jury found Jennifer Crumbley guilty of manslaughter and responsible in part for the school shooting of her wacko son Ethan. I have seen too many news stories of killings that could have been prevented by more watchful parents, especially those like Jenny who indulged her son with a gun. Let us hope that Daddy Crumbley faces the same fate. Of course there are still dozens of guilty parents out there that didn't face trials and looked the other way while their child built up murderous anger and an arsenal to deal with it. Add to that the careless parents who left guns lying around so their teens, tweens and toddlers could accidentally shoot to death an innocent playmate. Hopefully Jennifer will be the first of many so charged.

I WORK SO MANY JOBS.

 At 81 I am supposed to be retired,  but I have never been so busy working for my doctors, my banks.my computer company. Once you finally get through to your doctor after waiting for 20 minutes you get an appointment weeks away. When the time comes they call you to make sure you'll keep the appointment and if you are not home the message demands that you call them back. Reaching banks is a chore and when you do the recorded voice refuses to let you speak to a human being. In most cases I have to leave the house and go directly the distant bank to solve the problem they created. Comcast is worst of all. They continually screw up my service, pretend it's my fault, then connect me with someone in India for a 20-minute phone call. 

ONE OF MY MANY POEMS NO ONE HAS SEEN

Of all the judgements made on me

What left me most depressed

Were not the words said in spite

But comments made in jest.

 

 

FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HIDING

I wanted to communicate today with a leading writer. I knew I had valuable information she would appreciate and advice from her would greatly benefit me. But like many famous people today she is unreachable at least unless you jumped through all kinds of hoops involving passwords and an explanation of just why you wanted to communicate with this exalted person. I think celebrities make a huge mistake by becoming so unreachable. They deprive themselves of unwelcome and valuable criticism as well as ego inflating praise. They miss out on opportunities that never occurred to them. And best of all they become participants, once again, in the real world.

FLEETING FREEDOMS

 Right now as an American you have lots of rights, probably more rights than citizens of any other country. Enjoy them, because if the Republicans get their way and elect Trump, you won't have them much longer. Republicans have already taken away a woman's right to her body, children's rights to read the most innocent books, and the rights for LGBQ persons to be themselves. Who are these. GOP bullies? In many cases just old, fat, pseudo-Christian bigots and homophobes who aren't smart enough to know how ignorant they are.

LABCORP WHERE ARE YOU?

YesterdayI got a note from my cardiologist advising me to visit a local Labcorp and have a blood test. In looking up their locations I found that the Labcorp nearest to me was at 2601 37th Avenue. but when I called to make an appointment I got the usual jumping-through hoops runaround that ever doctor, bank, and corporation uses today to avoid ever speaking with a human customer. But since they said an appointment wasn't necessary I headed for the lab. What I didn't realize was that 37th Avenue in Miami has an insane numbering system, so after several false stops and lots of walking I reached the actual 2601 only to discover that Labcorp was not there and had moved nearly a year before. I  wouldn't have minded so much if I was 22, but at 81 I was to put it politely pissed off at Labcorp for leaving false information on the Internet proving you can't trust anything you read on the Internet. If you have an appointment with any of the many, many Labcorp locations,  I suggest you make sure it still exists.

A DROP IN QUALITY, NOT IN PRICE

 I you have a dog or cat as a pet, you have fleas. They are irritating, maddening parasites that make your pets miserable and don't do much for you. If you buy flea medicines you will note that they don't work very well or not at all. That is because fleas are becoming immune to most deterrents. That however has not stopped the greedy pharmaceutical companies from charging outrageous prices and telling even more outrageous lies about their product's effectiveness. Fleas are detestable and inevitable and hopefully someone will come up with an effective way to combat them. In the meantime you can keep getting ripped off by Revolution, Frontline and all the other scam artists or give your pets a daily bath or combing (not likely).

THE MORON OR THE HARRIDAN

I see where Nikki Haley is suggesting that Trump is too old and senile to serve as president. But his age has nothing to do with his incompetence. He's basically too self-centered and ignorant to consider the needs of an entire nation, and so is Haley. I have no use for people like her who lie about the value of others like Biden, a highly moral and competent leader, in order to boost their own value. In addition, I find it very annoying that she questions Trump's "mennal" value, not because he isn't a nutcase - he is - but because she can't pronounce mental which isn't all that difficult for educated people. I hope she does well in New Hampshire because it will infuriate Trump and she will remain a loser. 

WISE UP MAGAS

The most hilarious thing about Magas is how gullible they are. Trump says he's religious and they buy it, though he never goes to church, can't quote a single Bible verse, and he announced years ago that he's an atheist. He says he's a billionaire, but his hand is always out for donations from the working class. He says he has a high IQ,  but is forever making blunders and misquotes. He says he's a brilliant businessman, but has a long history of failed companies: everything from casinos to colleges. He says he's a great golfer, but everyone who has played with him calls him a shameless cheat. Either his fans are just plain stupid, or beyond forgiving of a con man's failings. I go with the first choice. Which means they can't wise up because they can't effectively reason. Sad.

IT'S ABOUT TIME.

Well Boots DeSantis has finally thrown in the towel, and removed himself from a race that he was never in in the first place. He has run away on his stubby little legs from the absurd belief that he could ever be president. Now he can use those same legs to backpedal on all the nasty things he said about Trump, and return to kissing Donald's ass. What he doesn't realize is the danger of kissing an ass that is very likely to shit on you, especially if you made a deal with Trump that he has no intention of keeping.  How wonderful it is to see arrogance defeated, to see a book banning homophobe and his Stepford wife sit through till the end of his shameful Governorship wearing a shit-eating grin on his bobblehead face. He probably has visions of being chosen for a Trump vice presidency, where he will do his obsequious best while hoping the increasingly dotty Don will have a stroke, or  trip on his ill-fitting trousers and fall down the Capitol steps. But even if Trump won an election (ha ha) why would he want such a pathetic loser on his ticket, a moron almost more weirdly self-centered than him? He wouldn't. And fantasies aside I doubt that the American people would willingly give up over 200 years of freedom for four years of chaos, violence, submission, mendacity and required adoration to a fat, flabby, flatulent, four-flusher. Because of the traitorous Republicans our country is in bad shape. Millions of gullible brainwashed boobies are insisting that our excellent president hasn't accomplished all the he has. Irrationality is rampant. But even with all the upsetting news there are still little gems of delight, like Ron DeSantis is what we always knew he was, a loser.

I REMEMBER

I remember when America was still a great nation. It was  time when Republicans were still patriotic and honest.When greed hadn't yet affected everything from the price milk to the cost of renting a place to live or buying a forever home. It was a time when veterinarians cared more about the health of pets than ripping off the pet owner and physicians were more interested in medicine that making millions. It was a time when you could book a hotel room by actually calling he hotel not some reservation center in another city or another country. Corporations had phone numbers they weren't entities and hiding and they welcomed comments from their customers.Movies were judged by how good they were not by how impressive the box office was and they were made for adults. People read books then, often the same books which they discussed with each other.Television had serious dramas or major musicals or sex-free sitcoms and commercials were far, far fewer than they are today. Stand-up comedians related the comical problems of everyday life not their difficulties with constipation, diarrhea, and erectile disfunction. We had just as much sex back then but it wasn't topic # 1. While everyone seems happy with their cell phones, large screen color TVs, and endless choice of streaming movies, we're fatter than ever, angrier, and far more unfulfilled. We are constantly told who is more beautiful, more talented, and richer than we are, or worse who is fatter, uglier, meaner and more heartless and yet is the darling of millions. 

ERRR..ERRRR.ARRGH...UGH.

American manufacturers spend a lot of money to package designers to make sure their products look good on the shelf and are easy to open and close. Do you suppose they know that most products are a pain the ass to open and rarely can be resealed or rewrapped with any kind of ease. I just tried open a package of  throat lozenges from the champion of overpricing Mucinex. When the tear here suggestion didn't work, I had to do what I mostly have to do: use scissors. Most products are badly packaged, though there are some real champions. Sheba for instance is a cat food that comes in a tear-open package. At least it does if you have super-human strength, The manufacturer should look into how many elderly cat owners don't buy this product. Any clear package with a cardboard backing is difficult to open. Many bottles require Herculean strength to uncap. Even a great many package pastries require destroying the enclosures to get to the contents,  There are dozens of name products that are a chore to open, and I am guessing the companies that make them don't have a clue.