January is the foggiest month in New Orleans. Fog is the perfect metaphor for the country and my state of mind.
I’m not feeling Carnival this year. I broke my king cake fast on Tuesday, but as for the rest of the season: Meh. The 2020’s have eroded my Carnival love for a variety of reasons including the despoilation of Twelfth Night by MAGA rioters. My love hasn’t turned to hate, but I’m indifferent and detached. I’ve left Krewe du Vieux and Mardi Gras day is now associated with my big bleed and ambulance ride to the ER. Noah Wyle was nowhere to be seen.
The fog of war and confusion hangs over the country. When will Team Trump decide what to do with Venezuela? I haven’t the foggiest notion and neither do they. Hence the post title. We’re all lost in the fog.
President Pennywise told yet another whopper the other day. He claimed that the National Guard was responsible for the drop in crime in New Orleans. There’s a problem: He said that *before* the deployment commenced. Oy, just oy.
There is, however, some good news from the Crescent City. Mayor Teedy’s leaves office next Monday. She left a mess for her successor, Helena Moreno. Mess is an understatement: It’s a fiscal shit sammich.
Let’s dedicate this song to the incoming mayor:
Good luck, Helena. You’re going to need it.
Feckless Gret Stet Senator Bill Cassidy is still paying the price for his reckless vote for Bobby Junior. Cassidy criticized the recent switch on vaccinations, but he’s the one who could have stopped this shitshow. He’s the chairman of the HELP committee and cast the deciding vote on moving Bobby Junior’s nomination to the floor. Rarely has a single senator been responsible for so much suffering. Doctor Senator Cassidy can go fuck himself.
On the international scene, people are taking the Greenland distraction too seriously. It’s another gambit from the Don Of Distraction. I am, however, glad that European leaders have pointed out that this would be an act of war against NATO, which is our baby. Right now:
The Greenland gambit is more likely than not a chimera. I say that with some hesitation because the Kaiser Of Chaos is impulsive and stupid, so anything is possible.
The Insult Comedian said the darnedest thing about Greenland the other day. He said that it’s more valuable because melting ice has opened shipping lanes. How did that happen? Climate change, D’oh. He claims to think it doesn’t exist until it benefits him and his nefarious plans. Hypocrisy thy name is Donald.
The real prize for the MAGA imperialists is Cuba. Marco Rubio is salivating at the prospect of being the Bolivar of Cuba. It’s unclear what form such an intervention would take. It won’t be an “arrest operation” as Rubio describes the Caracas caper. Will it be another Bay of Pigs?
Finally, the film of the fatal ICE shooting of a woman in Minneapolis is horrifying. Weapons were drawn for no good reason, and the ICE-holes pulled their masks up after the shooting. This is some STASI shit on the streets of an American city. Team MAGA is currently vilifying the victim and trying to lie their way out of it.
Now that I’ve punched through the chaos, it’s time to defog my brain and close this edition of Shecky’s quick hitters.
The last word goes to Ella Fitzgerald followed by Terence Blanchard: