"SOMEONE TO LOVE."

All right. I admit it. I'm a sentimental slob. Unlike the Verizon commercial which I hated seeing even once, I could watch this spot over and over.

MAKE IT GO AWAY.

There are lots of stupid, illogical commercials you never want to see more than once. This is one of them. I have no idea what the significance of the microphones is, and why he makes such a big deal about holding them, and I don't care. Surprisingly YouTube gives the actor's name, Thomas Middleditch, as if he were actually someone. If he is I never heard of him and certainly don't find him appealing in this tiresome commercial.

SLIDE SHOW.

One of the practices in advertising that really offends me is when a company makes up a fake problem that their product will remedy. A good example of this is Slide, a new kitty litter product from Arm & Hammer. Now I'm sure it's a perfectly good litter. But in their ads they suggest that emptying out other litters require brute strength and any number of tools to remove the stubborn remnants. And while it may be true that some litters tend to stick to the pan and do not slide out easily, most do, and exaggerating those that don't is dishonest. All I can say is that have had cats for most of my life, and used any number of brand litters, and never once had a problem emptying a litter box.

WHAT DO YOU FEEL?

There are never just two kinds of people, but let's pretend there are. There is the man or woman who reads fashion magazines and dreams of being wealthy and being able to afford these elegant fashions and be cool like these always-unsmiling models. These people are heartsick that they cannot display the fashion labels, mingle with the glitterati, and look like the style-setters that fill the pages of these magazines. The other kind of man and woman, perusing the same publications, rather than feeling envy are completely amused at the ridiculous poses, pretentious outfits, and solemn glares of these joyless mannikins strutting before the camera in these overpriced and utterly impractical costumes.

BEST SELLING COLORING BOOK

 I noticed today at Barnes & Noble that the audio book of Portraits in Courage by mass murderer/war criminal George W. Bush stated it is read by the author, meaning Bush himself. I doubt that he can write a reasonable letter, much less a book. But then, of course, the publisher also never mentions that all these mediocre paintings were created from photographs. So if you think that publishing is a noble profession, get over it. Sadly one of the most dishonest industries in America is publishing. Not only do they constantly lie about the authors of best-selling books, but they don't seem to care at all for the naivete of their consumers. Many purchasers buy a book,whether a novel or biography, believing it was written by someone they admire. Usually that someone had very little to do with that book and often would not have had the skill to complete a chapter, much less an entire volume. I'm sure most fans of Margaret Truman believe she wrote her popular mysteries. She did not. My own brother wrote a biography of Humphrey Bogart and due to legal entanglements and Lauren Bacall, the author was listed as her son. Male writers of romance novels often use female pseudonyms. And if you buy a book because your favorite actor, singer, or dancer wrote it, they probably didn't.  Slapping a celebrity's name to a title written by a ghost writer brings greater profits, but it's a deceitful practice. How many of these young actors, pop singers, or rock stars could really author a book? Not many. Mmm. I wonder who wrote A Portrait of My Father, another book supposedly written by the nearly illiterate George W. Bush.

AMAZING THE NUMBER OF DAILY LIES.

As I've said before, truth in advertising is over. These ads are particularly ridiculous. "What knee pain?"etc. What bullshit! Are we supposed to believe Advil is a miracle drug that instantly relieves pain and allows even elderly people to perform amazing tasks. Do people believe these lies? And all the pain products tell equally shameful lies. Bayer claims to lessen heart attacks and strokes. Not. Aleve suggests it prevents pain for a full day. Not. These advertisers are not much more honest than medicine men pushing elixirs, but as long as the FCC doesn't give a damn who lies, we'll have to sort out the truth for ourselves.
Note: The FTC has proclaimed Prevagen, a supposed memory-enhancing supplement to be hoax. But you will note it is still advertised with the same false promises as before, showing you that the product's manufacturer and the networks have no qualms against misleading you into a purchase.

LET'S PLAY DOCTOR.

Here's a serious commercial it's hard to take seriously. Yes, addiction is sad. But it's hard to respond to this character who looks about eighteen and seems completely insincere with his scrubs and cornball medical props. I'm surprised they don't have him wearing a head mirror.

I'm guessing that Kraft has a very large advertising budget. So they can afford to hire a creative agency. Then how the hell do they end up with commercials like this? What copywriter or art director thought that having a small child catapulted from a swing was a brilliant way to promote mac and cheese? I would think most parents would be terrified of having their child thrown from a swing, so I don't see how it's a clever way to win America's shoppers.  What's next in this campaign? A child almost eaten by a crocodile?

LOSERS.

Dear Paul and Donnie. You can say you came close, but not close enough. You can keep insisting that your plan was wonderful and sadly many Republicans just didn't appreciate its value. You can lament about the Democrats not supporting you. You can sneer, whine, bitch, and insist that Obamacare is doomed and show your petty schoolyard delight at such a possibility. You can issue all kinds of fake statistics on Obamacare's lack of success and hope nobody notices how far your figures are off. You can kiss each other's asses endlessly since nobody else will be doing it. But the bottom line is this: your bill failed miserably, it was a bomb, a disaster, an embarrassment. You both looked weak and ridiculous. You both made alibi speeches that were accusatory and unmanly. And  all over America, millions of men, woman and children still have access to health care despite all your coldhearted efforts to make sure they didn't.

PRACTICALLY A FIFTH COLUMN.

I remember when I used to think that Congressmen and Senators must be really smart people to have been elected to the positions they held. I had assumed that they were men of integrity and intellect, careful weighers of every legal concern, always working to do the best for their country. Boy, was I mistaken, at least about Republicans. I have never seen such a sad collection of two-faced hypocrites, men and women who, for the most part, don't seem to give a damn about the average American, especially if they're poor or black. These pampered overpaid elitists—many of whom are obvious racists—are practically worthless. Their main philosophy seems to be the British expression, "Screw you, I'm all right, Jack." They refuse to take any stand that may deprive them of their perks, their excessive salaries, their unnecessary jaunts, and short working hours. They have totally given up independent thinking, and run with the herd on every major decision. One can see what toadies they are by looking at Devin Nunes; one can appreciate how corrupt and evil they are by reviewing Mitch McConnell's unpatriotic goal of crushing Barack Obama; one can judge how little character they have by seeing those who were insulted by Comrade Trump, like Rafael Cruz,  eager to kowtow and curry favor with him. Of course there are corrupt and greedy Democrats, but not to the same degree as these worthless weasels who, for the most part, are just a few decisions away from being traitors.

GOODY TWO SHOES.

"Teacher's Pet.
"I wanna be teacher's pet.
"I wanna take home a diploma
"And show ma that you love me, too."

THREE BLIND MICE.

Not only is Donald Trump the most ignorant, nasty, and ineffective president we've ever had, but he drags with him his Children of the Corn family. The two creepy robotic sons apparently run the business when they are not out slaughtering endangered animals. But what's with Ivanka and her Norman Bates husband? They seem to be incredibly ambitious without any kind of direction. Jared appears to get his jollies just standing around during important meetings while Ivanka, the First C, gets off playing a combination of office and dress-up. Her main goal seems to be staying as close to daddy as possible. (Where are her children?) What's next? Will we see Ivanka giggling as she hides in the cubby hole of her father's desk like John-John? Oddest of all this freaky little tribe seems to be completely unaware that their patriarch is a complete clown destined for removal if the Republicans ever develop courage.

This Buick commercial is a complete failure. It's another one of those false, dopey, trite, poorly written and conceived ads that you hate having to see more than once. It's amazing the number of commercials today that end on some imbecilic punchline that has no humor or no logic. When the dotty grandmother says, "Just wait'll you try you his lasagna." the dopey nephew says, "But , grandma, you don't like lasagna." How real is that idiotic exchange? Plus the voice-over says, "Buick has an SUV for that." For what? Bringing home an Italian pickup. I would love to see the agency presenting this ad before the client. Did they actually think this was a really neat idea to promote a Buick?

MY FAVORITE COMMERCIAL.

Oddly enough, I can't find my favorite commercial of the year on YouTube. But there seem to be all kinds of posts by people who find it creepy, vulgar, Oedipal, and inappropriate for a bank. I think it's wonderful. The commercial is for Chase Bank (though I can't find it on their YouTube site) and it shows a woman preparing to go on a date. Her teenaged son seems disinterested, but as she reaches the front door he cautions her, "Remember, Mom. No kissing on the first date." This shows me a warm adult relationship between mother and son. She's still young and attractive and he wants her to find happiness. But many viewers are saying he's controlling, she's irresponsible, their relationship is not healthy. Who are these dysfunctional characters? Not only is the commercial excellent, but both actors are absolutely perfect.

"NO COMMENT" COMEY

I never doubted for a minute that James Comey deliberately released a report on Hillary Clinton's e-mails in an effort to support Donald Trump's candidacy. The guy is deceitful piece of scum. This is something he has proved conclusively today with his constant, "I'm not going to comment on that" comments during his questioning by the House Intelligence Committee. Comey is not not interested in the truth, but in protecting his job and Donald's secrets. Unfortunately for him, he had no choice but to admit that Trump's fantasy about being wiretapped by Obama was sheer paranoia. But he's walking on eggs to not offend Donald further. Forgive the vulgarity, but the clearest way I can say this is that Comey is up Trump's ass, and Trump is up Putin's ass. And while this FBI Director tries to look calm and helpful, he is terrified and obstructive . We are becoming a country without any man or woman of integrity in high office. That's scary.

THE SCHOLAR AND THE SIMPLETON

Well Trump has managed to offend yet another country. This time he displayed his rudeness, ignorance and paranoia to Germany. His expression alone should give you some idea of what a bumbling idiot our president is. I took this from my favorite blog
http://mycatsaredemocrats.blogspot.com/
which I recommend for your reading list.

WHERE IS OUR TOTO?

Many pundits equate Donald Trump with The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard was obviously a fraud, too, and somewhat of a bully. But I think it's an unfair comparison. As the Wizard himself said to Dorothy after being exposed, "Oh, no, my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad wizard." or something like that. Trump is not even a slightly good man, and no curtain is large enough to hide his wickedness, not even the iron curtain. The only comparison I can see with The Wizard of Oz is that Trump is a person in dire need of a brain, a heart, and courage

WHAT DID DONALD DO?

We all know that Donald Trump is a narcissist, a liar, a cheat, a fraud, and lots of other loathsome things. But his recent "wiretapping" obsession seems over the top even for someone as paranoid as him.  I wonder why. Is it possible that he is concerned that any surveillance of Trump Tower will reveal something even more deranged, despicable and demented than anyone suspects? Is that why he cannot rest until he is absolutely sure that secret information has not been discovered and rests with someone who might expose his shocking, and possibly criminal, secret to the world? Was it something that happened on the fruity brocade sofa with the solid gold piping? Or did it occur on the garish Oriental rug in which Iranian workers stitched his name throughout the design? Or was it just something he confessed in private to someone ever sicker than he is, you know like  Giuliani, while Rudy was lounging around the apartment in a designer gown, platinum wig and a necklace Donald bought him at Tiffany's? Did Donald, while admiring himself in the Marie Antoinette mirror admit something to his reflection when he thought he was alone? Or maybe he was recorded by a camera hidden on one of the rococo statues in a bathroom while he was in the shower, flagellating  himself and saying, "You're a bad, bad boy. A worthless bad boy."

LITTLE SIR ECHO

This is the new face of pathetic. Sean Spicer, toady to President Trump, required to verify every lie that our insane president tells. Forced to face the media almost every day without ever being able to tell the truth. Sweating, stuttering, looking frightened and trapped. Probably an otherwise intelligent man who has accepted the role of a cornered rat, who has to face his family every night after a day of cowardly repetition. I'm sure he constantly considers quitting, wondering if his soul is worth it, and possibly sensing that a boss this delusional can't endure this much exposure as a fraud for long. And when this stint is over, how will he be perceived in the job market? One wonders.

While I have some minor investments with TD Ameritrade, I find this commercial annoying as hell. The interviewer wonders what this woman wants to do before she retires. At first she is confused by the question, but soon answers she would like to run with the bulls. So she would like to be one of those raging assholes who is pursued by frantic stampeding bulls in Spain just before they are mercilessly slaughtered without ever having a sporting change to save their lives. Sorry TD, but this commercial is stupid and ill-conceived and highlights not a smart investor, but a moronic and cruel-hearted bitch that I find utterly offensive.

THE INVISIBLE STRAIT JACKET

It's incredible, amazing, too weird to be real, but it is. We have, or our most ignorant citizens have, elected a mental case to the presidency. And though this idiot makes error after error, and tells lie after lie, our amoral congress keeps covering up for him because he's just crazy enough to make them richer, and most of these Republicans, having no integrity and no scruples are willing to sacrifice the welfare of the country for increased personal wealth. Most amazing yet, this delusional cretin has created a fantasy in which our previous president has wiretapped his New York hangout, Trump Tower. Even knowing it's a lie, he demands that government agencies spend a fortune to investigate this trumped-up charge. Now that he has been caught in another lie, he is backpedaling, along with pathetic psittacious lackeys, with all kinds of excuses and proving himself even nuttier than we thought. But congress, not caring about their constituents, will keep covering for him and pretending he is normal and, sadly, so will the mercurial media who alternate between "impeach this madman" and "he's doing an okay job."
He is not doing an okay job. Every day he damages our image even more and plunges us deeper into a madness from which we may not recover.

I don't pretend to know anything about so-called Obamacare. It's obviously complex and has problems. But  am sick to death of hearing partisan Republicans kissing Trump's ass and treating him like he is sane human being who cares about ordinary people, which of course he doesn't. Especially annoying are all these GOPS repeating the line "Obamacare is a disaster." Then I hear from policyholders who insist that Obamacare saved their lives or the lives of their children. My opinion? If Obamacare saved one life, it is not a disaster. A disaster is Ryan's plan to give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans while leaving the poorest without any kind of medical care. What a cold-hearted bastard he is.

ANOTHER FIRING. THIS TIME, A GOOD GUY.

The news media can be so dumb. Tonight they're all acting surprised that Trump fired Federal Prosecutor Preet Baharara after he actually asked him to stay on after working with the Obama adminstration. I don't see the confusion at all. Why the hell would someone as corrupt as Trump want a prosecutor famous for being a crusader against corruption? In no time at all he'll realize he is in cesspool  Not only that, but since Baharara has had so many cases against New York crooks, he may have hired him to help avenge a pal, knowing he was planning to fire him for spite. What I don't understand is why Baharara took the job in the first place. Also why the hell is that creep Sessions still in office? He should be gone for now, the little lying weasel.

SOMEBODY MUST HAVE TOLD A JOKE ABOUT POOR PEOPLE.

I guess I don't understand politics. Why are all these Republicans obsessed about replacing Obamacare? What do they care? As government parasites, they have an excellent health plan. So it's no money out of their greedy pockets. Do they just not want poor or middle-class people to have a health plan? Or is it what so many people already think: racism, a hatred of that uppity Obama who has the gall to be thinner, smarter, more educated, more refined, and more centered that any of them are? I can't see any reason for these ne'er-do-wells to be so neurotic about replacing health care. Don't they have other things to do? And when the constituents at their town halls (assuming these cowardly congressmen show up) express a desire to keep their health care, why isn't that reason enough to do so? It isn't like these morons know more than the voters and have sound reasons to leave them medically stranded. So what's the problem? Lots of people are benefiting from Obamacare. If rates are going up, it's probably because we still have a pay-to-survive health system that pours millions into the coffers of pharmaceutical companies. Maybe that's the problem, some high-paid executive at a drug company who is whispering in the ear of his corrupt and compliant congressman, "I want more. See what you can do."

There are many reasons I hate living in the Tropics. One of the main ones is the near complete dearth of Gilbert and Sullivan productions. They are almost nonexistent and when one does appear it is always my least favorite, The Pirates of Penzance. If you live in Boston or New York, you can always depend on a thrilling production of The Mikado, The Gondoliers, the Yeoman of the Guard or other G&S favorite. But here you must look for your fix on YouTube. This particular number is from the Yeoman or the Guard presented in London at what are called the Proms at Albert Hall. This version is a little precious, but it's still my favorite. Fans love it. You may not.

"IF YOU'RE EVER IN A JAM, HERE I AM."

I had an interesting memory today about the presidential elections. First of all, I think that the networks, notably MSNBC, were greatly responsible for electing Trump. I say now, and said then, that they gave him much more coverage than Hillary, and they did then what they still do now: vacillate on whether he's an idiot or "presidential". But forgetting all that, what I recalled yesterday was this: His supreme confidence that he would win the presidency, even in the face of remarkable odds. I recall him telling his thousands of deplorables that he knew he was going to win when all the signs pointed to a Hillary victory. Even at the time I found his confidence strangely suspicious. I think I know why. Act the time I feel certain he was in cahoots with Russians. In addition he had Giuliani working with his government connections, notably Comey, to make sure the already falsely vilified Clinton would face even more suspicion. No doubt about it. The election was rigged. Even I don't think Americans are stupid enough to wilingly elect this brainless bonehead.

AS MUCH AS I LIKE TO COMPLAIN...

... I am delighted to have found a company deserving of the highest praise. This company not only made it easy to order by phone, their articulate salesperson was totally knowledgeable, their prices were reasonable, and they delivered just when they promised at no extra charge. The company is Chewy.com and they have made my life so much easier. Now instead of lugging heavy kitty litter from the market , it will be delivered in volume on a regular basis. Ah, what a relief. And since they have a wide range of pet products, I will no longer be limited to the poor selection of costly cat foods at Publix. If every company were like Chewy.com, I would be a much less cranky copywriter.

WHO IS THAT SAD, SAD MAN?

I think this is a disturbing photo. Not just because it's a picture of war criminal George W. Bush and his Stepford wife, Laura, but because the Easter Bunny shown here is Sean Spicer. True. Sean used to enjoy getting into that hot and heavy suit and playing the Eastern Bunny during the White House egg roll. Which means he must have had some kind of heart and integrity before he sold his soul to the devil. Now all I see of Sean Spicer is a somewhat abashed and slightly stammering puppet who parrots the lies provided to him by our most mendacious president. So now instead of sweating willingly in a polyester bunny outfit one day a year, he sweats most days of the year in a dark suit dictated by Donald Trump as he repeats lie after egregious lie. I'm sure Sean's friends and family preferred him as a bunny than as a parrot.

NAH, NOT EVEN A MOTHER.

I think it's very unkind to judge someone from the way they look, or to ridicule them on their appearance. A person can't help what Nature gave them to work with. Some people are just naturally beautiful, others average or maybe above average, and some are downright unattractive. So to make unkind remarks based strictly on a person's lack of attractiveness is shallow, mean, and reprehensible. But even though that's true, I feel compelled to make this comment, My God but Mitch McConnell is ugly!

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

On a talk show the other day while discussing Trump's paranoid assertion that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower, one of Trump's Republican defenders asked, "Well even if there is no evidence, what's the harm in having an investigation?" The answer you nitwit is obvious. Because investigations are expensive, time-consuming, and require talented investigators who could be more usefully employed looking into something real like, say, Russian collusion. With a paranoid mental case like Trump we could spend millions on investigating endless conspiracies which he was made aware of by his pillow or one of the figurines in his bedroom.

ODE TO DONALD

Facelift eyes,
You've got those facelift eyes,
Those slanted, puffy,
  baggy facelift eyes,
That earn so many sighs
From all the clueless girls
And brainless guys.
How could you not win
What with those facelift eyes,
And double chin
And mottled skin,
And tiny hands,
And endless lies,
And Russian ties?
But most of all because
Of those lying, lifeless,
Feckless and unfeeling
Facelift eyes.

THE REAL CULPRIT

I think the media is terribly unfair to Trump, calling him paranoid and mendacious. I think that Obama did bug his apartment at Trump tower and put mikes in all the gold cornices and many cherubs of his lavishly over-decorated Versailles in the Sky. I also think it was President Obama who slashed his tires and draped the trees in the back of the tower with toilet paper. And while they haven't been able to trace the calls—thanks to help from the FBI—I don't doubt that it's Obama who keeps calling and hanging up. I don't however think it was Barak who mailed Donald a live rat with a little blond wig. I agree with Trump: That sounds more like something Michelle would do.

NOT ALL THE IDIOTS VOTED FOR TRUMP.

If you're one of the millions of liberals who is horrified by the presidency of Donald Trump, don't just blame the Trump voters. Equally guilty for this nightmare are all those voters who voted for an independent, or didn't vote at all, because they lapped up all the hateful propaganda about Hillary Clinton. You know who I mean. They are the persons who sneeringly said, "I don't trust her." or "I just don't like her." And when asked why, they never were very clear, repeated some GOP nonsense, or said the magic word "Benghazi" though they had no idea where it was or what actually happened there. They were also equally ignorant about her supposed e-mail crimes, which didn't stop them from finding them unforgivable.  Of course many of these anti-Hillary spouters were sex-fearing Christian prudes who wanted to punish Hillary for her husbands supposed sins. Instead they helped punish all of us, because in their petty dislike they ignored all the experience, intelligence, and good works that Hillary has done, and stupidly helped hand the country over to a narcissistic racist. To my mind these persons have no more right to complain that those who eagerly voted for Trump.

"HEY GEORGE, TELL THE ONE ABOUT THE BLINDED AND CRIPPLED SEVEN-YEAR OLD."

Why is this so hard to understand, even for people like Jimmy Kimmel. George W. Bush won the presidency because the right-leaning supreme court stole the election from Gore.  Once in office Bush and his evil VP Cheney created a series of lies so they could invade Iraq, a country that was not a threat to us. The Congress being composed of many other morons gave them the go-ahead. This resulted in a war that destroyed Iraq, killed many thousands of civilians, including children, resulted in the deaths of thousands of young American men and women--and who it didn't kill here and abroad it maimed, blinded, crippled, left mentally disturbed and more often than not, homeless. This is who George W. Bush is: a mass murderer and warmonger who should be in prison. But no! Idiots like Jimmy Kimmel invite him on the show to tell amusing anecdotes and delight an audience as stupid as Jimmy. Maybe this is why we have a mental defective like Trump as president, because most of the American public have totally lost their scruples, morals, and sense of justice. Today America would be stronger, richer, and far greater if a criminal didn't steal the election from Gore, and a mental case didn't steal it from Clinton, and the ignorant American public didn't keep electing traitorous Republicans who don't give a damn.

Hacking Clinton's e-mails
Was a futile Russian task.
But to learn Trump's many secrets,
Putin only has to ask. 

TRY READING WITHOUT MOVING YOUR LIPS.

Here's a mystery. Donald Trump is always eager to attack the media when they make inaccurate statements despite being the king of inaccurate statements himself. Now recently he has, supposedly, been "reading"from a teleprompter, making him seem—I say seem—saner. So why has he not ridiculed and chided the many comedians and pundits who recently suggested that he can't read? While there's no question that he's an ignorant man who says "ath-ah-leet" and "antiSem-eh-tic", it appears—I say appears—that he can read. So why has he not come out, guns blazing, against all those who suggested otherwise? It's a perfect opportunity to label them all liars out to get him. (What more could a paranoid personality ask for?) And if he can read why is there so much evidence to the contrary? Or am I reading to much into this?

GIVE THE GIRL A BREAK.

I think the media has been very unkind to Kellyanne Conway. They seem to feel that her kneeling on the couch in the Oval Office and digging her heels into the upholstery shows a complete lack of respect and a serious breach of protocol. I maintain that she was not motivated out of rudeness but was a victim of reflex. Whenever she finds herself surrounded by so many men, she instinctively takes that position.

GIVING THE PRESIDENT A HAND.

One of the newest segments on Real Time with Bill Maher is, "I don't know it for a fact, I just know it's true."Borrowing from Mr. Maher, I was watching President Trump's speech to Congress the other night
and couldn't help but notice the adoration being showered on him by Paul Ryan. Now I don't now it for fact, but I just know it's true that while expressing such glazed-eyed adoration Paul Ryan was masturbating.

Just now Scott Pelley on CBS ending the evening news with a segment showing supposedly anti-Trump voters praising the president for his presentation last night. If the national news is going to be that easily swayed by a moron reading a speech then what is the point of watching the news. These are highly paid professionals, yet they can't appreciate that the sudden U-turn of a racist, hatemonger is due solely to the person who wrote his speech, which wasn't all that great, but then expectations have
sunk so low. This kind of overnight reversal, based on nothing, reflects shocking stupidity from a supposedly sophisticated news source.

I later learned that other networks fell into the same obsequious pattern.

ANOTHER F.U. TO AMERICA

What did Trump's speech prove last night? It proved that he can read from a teleprompter or at least that he stumble through a ghost-written speech. It proved that he is every bit the hypocrite and liar we expect him to be. It proved that he takes zero responsibility for the death of Ryan Owens and the other many civilian victims, including children, of his botched raid in Yemen.  While using the tearful widow Carryn Owens as a prop, he still maintains that it was the generals who lost Owens, nothing to do with him. (Bill Owens, Ryan's father, refused to attend and demands an investigation.) The speech proved that Trump will say anything to curry favor with his fans, despite having no plans or even intentions of fulfilling his promises. It proved that it takes a prepared speech to get him to comment on the rash of anti-Semitic acts that he has been ignoring. It proved that the media is gullible considering all the bouquets tossed at Trump for being able to read a prepared speech. And it proved that, on the day after his speech to Congress, our unhinged president is every bit as narcissistic and useless,  as he is using today to take a "victory lap" in the belief that he was as always, brilliant beyond words.

JACK IN THE BOX

This is annoying.  Last night our amoral unhinged president gave a speech to Congress. I didn't watch it, of course. Anyway since someone else wrote the speech and since he stuck to the teleprompter, the media is saying it's his best speech ever. So what? Does that mean they think he is becoming presidential and that they forgive all the cruelties, attacks, and gaffes? I hope not. That would be like the child that burns down the house and poisons grandma, but look! he got an A in geography. Trump is, and will remain, a danger. He is America's greatest mistake. And we have got to keep that in mind constantly. Otherwise we will find he has created havoc behind our backs when it's too late to do anything about it.