TIMING

Donald Trump and his Heritage comrades regard themselves as very clever. Yet they made one of the stupidest moves of the year: revealing the details of the 2025 Project months in advance. If you're planning to put a nation under your autocratic thumb, it's best to take them by surprise once you've gained power. Yet these morons laid out their draconian plan while the intended victims could still evade their captors. Dumb. Now Deranged Donnie has to pretend he never heard of the project, he doesn't know anyone at Heritage, and his doofus VP wasn't recommended by them. If a stand-up comic had their sense of timing, he'd never get past his first open mike night.

WARNING

This morning I walked a couple of  blocks to deliver books to a neighbor's outdoor mini-libary. On the way back I noticed that the neighbor across the street from me had two flags flying over his front entrance. One was the American flag. Printed on the other larger flag was "TRUMP" and "Take America Back".  It couldn't have been a more disturbing sight if it was a swastika, which in essence it was. I am astounded that anyone votes for Trump with his draconian list of threats, 2025. But why would this old man, who lives in a large house in a peaceful neighborhood feel that America needs to be taken back? From what? Prosperity? Liberty? Free speech? And how would his life be improved by having a paranoid nutcase in office?  Then my thoughts returned to the mini-library and I realized more than ever how we have to safeguard our books, our thoughts, our differences,  from the ignorant, gullible flag-waving cultists out to destroy our democracy.

TWANG

Donald Trump actually said something true this week. In fact he said it three times. Of course like most of his utterances, it was meaningless. He said, "I don't have a guitar" and repeated it twice.  But this week he also said, "The choice of Vice President doesn't matter." Yes, it does Donald, especially when the president is 78 years old, and the VP is kind of a weirdo. But I guess he's trying to justify his moronic choice to himself and his constituents. 

OH NO!

 Maybe I'm reading too much into this but indulge me. Let's say that Trump wins the election.Based on all his insane talk and the incompetence of his VP, and the creepiness of all those sicko Heritage guys who created that draconian 2025 book, a lot of Democrats are going to be pissed and afraid for their future.Because, based on all the Maga threats they don't have much to look forward to. So, out of millions of angry Democrats, some will be anticipating deportation, others financial ruin, and others being fired from their government jobs (it's all in the book). So, since thousands of those millions have guns, and refuse to live in a dictatorship, what's to stop them from the last hurrah of blasting Trump, Vance, and all the architects of their  dismissal, displacement, or destruction? Nothing.  Trump says he will be a dictator on day one. Yes, If he's around on day one.

RING!

In this post I will revert to my advertising critiques. My gripe of the day is with Consumer Cellular. It's bad enough that they do  stupid ads that waste the talents of Ted Danson, but their non-Danson ad is a fraud. In it they promise that if you buy a new phone you get two months service free. I bought a new phone, which I still can't operate.When I called for further instruction, I was told I did not get two month's service free because of some complex excuse they dreamed up, also that they no longer had printed manuals and you had to get all instructions over the Internet. Since they sell so many phones to seniors this seemed arbitrary since many seniors, like me, are not good with computers, much less phones. A printed manual is easier, more convenient, and more readily referred to.  It's another example of a large corporation forcing the consumer to jump through hoops so they can make larger profits. It's a pity. Consumer Cellular started out as such a nice company.

P.S. It seems I was having trouble using my new phone due to a moronic design flaw. One is supposed to gain access to several operations by tapping the arrow to the right of the OK button. The problem is the tiny arrow is black like the rest of the button, making it nearly invisible to many of the senior citizens CC claims to care about.

TRAPS

The most dangerous thing that could happen to Donald Trump is that he wins the election. After all he has very powerful and highly educated partners with The Heritage Foundation.  They're certainly smart enough to know that he is the Trojan Horse that will get them into the White House. And once they're in how much will they rely on a moronic egotist who is very short in the smarts department and very long in narcissism. Of course they will still have to deal with his loyal fans, but if Trump dies from some mysterious illness or unforeseen accident his VP ( a Heritage plant) will satisfy them with lots of ceremony and promises to continue Trump's (their) plans. Of course Trump is too confident to see this fatal possibility, especially since the crooked media never once suggested it. Still I doubt that so many men would have put so much time and effort into creating the 2025 Project if they weren't hell 
bent on seeing it become a reality.

TELL ALL.

There are so many good books out today that will delight Democrats like me. The only problem is that books are expensive and unpredictable. But Fred Trump, Donald's nephew, brother to Mary Trump, and an eager Harris supporter, has a new book out that will add to the tales of "Atomic Crazy" Donald Trump, so I can't wait to buy it. The book is titled All In the Family, which seems very suitable since Trump is an Archie Bunker type without the humor or heart. (Has Donald ever laughed?) One of the lowlights of the book is learning how Donald stole the inheritance that Fred Trump senior left to his children. (What a surprise!) Apparently most of the Trumps were cold, dark, greedy people like Donald himself who felt that handicapped persons were better off dead.  Since MAGA fans have no interest in facts and are reluctant to read anything, they'll never know how evil young Donald was. But for the rest if us this will be an intense read and hopefully a bestseller that somewhat compensates for the fortune Donald stole from Fred's children.