These are such irksome times that I nearly wrote this for April Fool’s Day. Then I realized that Team MAGA has wrecked that day: Who can spot the difference between their latest foolishness and a hoax?
Repeat after me: Everything Trump touches turns to shit.
Back to the timing of the post. I dreamt about several segments in the wee hours of Sunday, so here it is first thing Monday Morning.
The good news is that I’m not feeling vengeful like Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear.
The bad news is that President Pennywise *is* feeling vengeful. He’s taking it out on the country he’s destroying to save. There’s nothing more dangerous than an idiot who thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room.
Batten down the hatches and prepare for more vexatious venting about irksome things.
I’m irked that the Kaiser of Chaos is allowing batshit crazy Laura Loomer to interfere in national security personnel matters. This Botox-faced nutbar got Gen. Timothy Haugh fired as the head of the National Security Agency. What are her qualifications to butt-in? None whatsoever. Of course, the same goes for Reich Chancellor Musk whose DOGE’s minions are doing likewise throughout the government.
The NSA is even more secretive and spooky in a spy shit way than the CIA. Does Loomer have a security clearance? Does that even matter in the Russophile Trump regime?
Are Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy somehow mixed up in all this? Discuss amongst yourselves.
I’m irked that there’s a measles outbreak in Texas when Bobby Junior claims to be making America healthy again. Measles had nearly been eradicated before the anti-Vaxxers became big shots. Bobby Junior has suggested cod liver oil as a remedy. Who did he learn that from, Grandma Rose Kennedy?
I’m irked that the public doesn’t understand the difference between executive orders and legislation. Executive orders do not have the force of law so many MAGA measures such as fucking with the Smithsonian are rescindable.
Shorter Adrastos: Don’t panic every time an executive order is released.
If only that song title weren’t so pertinent. I’ll take impertinence anytime.
I’m irked that due process isn’t getting its due. The Trump regime is violating due process as it snatches people off the street and detains them without a hearing. It’s irrelevant if you agree with their views, the fact that they’re disappearing people means that it could happen to you. Beware, take care.
I’ve used Steven Van Zandt’s song about the Argentinian Dirty War several times of late. It’s the only song that fits Team MAGA’s brutal and illegal immigration policy.
I’m irked that the media doesn’t attach the word illegal to every action taken by DOGE. Congress has the power of the purse, not Elon Musk. I hate to praise Senator Aqua Buddha DBA Rand Paul but he’s the rare Republican who thinks Congress should vote on the DOGE mishigas. The rest of them want someone else to take the blame for shredding the safety net.
Finally, I’m demonstrably irked that I wasn’t able to attend the Hands Off demonstration in downtown New Orleans:
I had hoped to attend today’s protest but the pollening has me feeling like this guy:
Achoo.
The last word goes to The Kinks: