Shell Game

Despite the shrill Fox chyron, it is NOT a death threat. It’s an arrangement of sea shells seen on the sea shore by former FBI director James Comey. A snapshot was snapped, then posted on Instagram and all hell broke loose. In his typically moronic fashion, the Insult Comedian went on the attack:

Trump on Comey: "He knew exactly what that meant … it meant assassination. It says it loud and clear … he's calling for the assassination of the president … it's gonna be up to Pam … he's a dirty cop."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-05-16T13:13:22.753Z

It’s no surprise that a spoiled rich kid like the Kaiser of Chaos does NOT know restaurant slang. But anyone who has ever waited on tables or hung out with restaurant people knows what 86 means. Let’s consult a book that Donald seems to have never cracked open, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Here’s how it defines Eighty-Six:

1. informal

a: to refuse to serve (a customer)

b: to eject or ban (a customer)

broadly to eject, dismiss, or remove (someone)

2. informal

a: to remove (an item) from a menu to no longer offer (an item) to customers

b: to reject, discontinue, or get rid of (something)”

I 86’d the examples because I could. That makes as much sense as Tulsi Gabbard calling for Comey to be jailed over a deleted Instagram post or electing as president an Insult Comedian with a dead nutria pelt atop his head.

Comey has already spoken to the Secret Service. Will anything happen next? It seems unlikely but you never can tell with the cretins atop the Trump regime. They’re actually fulminating about fixing the damage wrought by Comey at the FBI. Say what? He was 86’d by Trump 8 years ago. The stupidity, it burns.

The post title refers to the faux outrage on Fox and elsewhere in MAGA world. They should know from shell games, the entire MAGA project is a scam perpetrated by the most successful con man in history, President Pennywise. That’s the first and last time I’ll ever compliment that evil motherfucker.

For those of you who don’t know what a shell game is, here’s a whimsical example found on the internets:

The shell game involves deception and sleight of hand. Such subtleties are lost on the Insult Comedian and his MAGA minions, but a con is a con is a con.

One of Donald Trump’s many repellant qualities is his ingratitude. Comey’s antics surrounding Hillary Clinton’s emails helped elect Trump in 2016. It inspired one of my favorite post titles, Easy Comey, Easy Go. Trump should be thanking Comey instead of threatening him with jail. The malakatude, it burns.

One of Donald Trump’s odder qualities is his ability to make unsympathetic people sympathetic. I’m not a Comey fan but his refusal to be silenced by this stupid mishigas makes me wanna say, Fuck yeah, Comey.

That’s the first and time last time I’ll ever say that. It’s a post full of firsts.

The 86-47 incident is about intimidation. It’s particularly pernicious when a specific individual is targeted. It’s an attempt to silence the wannabe dictator’s critics. It may have worked with some fancy corporate law firms and Columbia University, but Comey is a former mob prosecutor. He knows that shell games like this are part of the MAGA racket.

It’s time to 86 this post.

The last word goes to Jerry Jeff Walker: