Gloss over Trump's dementia

 Focus on the Left.  Seems to be the strategy of Trump's dwindling stalwarts.  Big Blue Wave coming this Fall.

What's in your wallet?

 Are you better off under Trump?  This is the basic question.  The price of groceries.  Pain at the pump.  I've had to resort to coin to cash conversions of late.  I own property.  Any buried treasure in my backyard?  Been pondering. Have even thought of getting a cheap metal detector to find out.  Indian head pennies.  Artifacts.  Jimmy Hoffa?  Far as I can see I can't join any class-action lawsuits.  I've never been molested in an Uber or a Lyft.  Never lived or worked close to Camp Lejeune.  I still got a ton of pennies to go through to convert to spending money.  Call it the Christian Brothers/Tobacco Fund.  Will also help with the Fancy Feast.

So ask your Trump cultist friends and co-workers what's in their wallet.  The bottom line:)

Forge ahead or cut your losses?

 We all make bad decisions in life at which time the most basic simple course of action is to cut your losses, regroup and recover, learn and go forward.  One can easily apply this to the Iran War but I'm thinking of the Republicans here.  The choice is simple and stark.  Impeach Trump now or lose the midterms.

So that's my anti-Trump post for today.  Shame we always have to spend so much time talking about the man.

Don't stand so close to me

 What we know about the shooter.  A not uncommon phrase now during the Era of Trump.  31-year old teacher from Torrance, CA taken into custody for charging a security checkpoint and firing shots at the WH Correspondents' Dinner last night.  Secret Service man injured not seriously.  Suspect - Cole Tomas Allen.  He is also a Caltech grad, has a degree in computer science and is also an indie video game developer.  Authorities now perusing his writings which Trump calls a manifesto.  It was said he was targeting Trump Administration officials.  The POTUS now says we have to work to resolve our differences.  Ya think?

As The Trump World Turns;)

Trump got in because the Left is weak on certain issues

 This needs to be said.

The Left would like to tax the wealthy into oblivion.  As soon as they start talking about wealth redistribution they give off communist vibes.  The Left acts like illegal immigrants have the same right to be here as you and me.  The open borders crowd.  The Left is perceived as being soft on crime.  Also anti-religion at times and the list goes on.  So now the political pendulum has swung to the opposite extreme of Trump.  The Left helped to elect Donald Trump.  That and the rest of us bought into the consumate bullshit artist. 

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

I've never understood trickle-down economics

 Say a wealthy doctor owns a mansion in Scarsdale he's so overflowing with money there are coins and money on the sidewalk that passerbys happily pick up.  I've never experienced this myself walking past a wealthy person's residence or place of business and paper bills wafting down from the sky.  The notion did indeed start with Reagan though.

I understand dribble-itis though.

The Few. The Proud. The 20%

 Parts of Trump's evangelical base are now openly calling Trump an antichrist.  He didn't attend any kind of Easter religious service and he uses ai regularly now to poke fun at faith.  Polling consistently shows deep negative job approval ratings and most folk are not on board with the Iran War.  If you still support Trump what's up?  On a personal level he has absolutely no likeable qualities as far as I can see.  Even Megyn Kelly has finally jumped ship.  If you're still in that polling minority that approves of Trump you need to explain his greatness because I'm missing it.

Cult:)

A fan of AI not

 AI is taking over.  Whatever happened to straight up information?  Google the most mundane topic say "how to change a light bulb" and you get about two seconds of the ai "thinking" then you get the AI Overview.  There are many concerns about ai but one of mine is you can get a rogue ai spreading misinfo along the web.  Not even a malicious ai but maybe just a faulty ai.  I've heard it explained that the ai will scour the internet and sometimes pick up false information and rumors and present it as fact.  You'll occasionally see the disclaimer that the information presented by ai can contain mistakes and may not even be 100% accurate so why would you use it in a school report?  When I was a yoot we used to use the encyclopedia as a reference.

Which brings us back to Trump.  He has already posted ai-generated images of himself as pope and as Jesus.  Perhaps a more accurate ai rendition might be that of a mad Emperor and his few remaining loyalists feeding him grapes.  You know who you are. 

Artistic dementia

 Trump takes time off from ruling the world to play around with AI.  Trump as Jesus.  Him and Pope Leo don't get along.  Kindergarten stuff.  Trump says the ai-generated image of him as Jesus was really just him as a doctor for the Red Cross.  Aesthetic interpretations.  If Salvador Dali were alive today he'd probably do a Trump and a Bibi and include an unmistakable phallic symbol. The Persistence of Egoism.  I'm only guessing here but if someone posted an ai-generated image of Trump and Bibi in an act of homoeroticism he would not be amused.

Will this stuff be taught in art class someday?

How to salvage the Trump presidency

 I have nothing.  25th Amendment. 

Money can't buy happiness but it does pay the bills

 Wondering when Tangerine Man will get around to the economy a major concern of most normal presidents.  Many Americans struggling to keep up with their bills very little in the way of actual savings.  I'm actually relieved when I go to the mailbox and it's nothing but junk mail.  Sometimes I read it.

Yonkers - some of the highest property taxes around yet the City of Gracious Living is very slow at fixing the pothole problem.  Other communities have dealt with the ravages of this past overly severe winter but drive around Yonkers and there's still the same craters in the road.  Will City Hall spring for a broken axle?  Does Sidewalk Enforcement need more funding?  Where are the taxes going?  Just asking.

Another puzzlement.  Why are there still Trumpers around?  Those bumper stickers should have come off by now.

Immigration crackdowns at home. Foreign wars abroad.

 Seems to be the bulk of the Trump Presidency.

What's in your wallet?

People walking around in their pajamas

 I don't think they give a rat's ass.  I don't think they care who's president or what's going on.  Probably don't vote.  Doritos behind the couch cushions.  Another blogger thinks there should be a dress code.

Shoot the breeze today or piss into the wind whichever you prefer.

Trump to send ICE agents to US airports

 What could go wrong?  Chaos at US airports as hundreds of TSA agents quit during the partial government shutdown.  Will Homan do body cavity searches?

I wish I could Rip Van Winkle the Trump term

 Make it stop.

I wish I could hibernate during the whole damn thing.  Wake me up when it's safe.  It's not normal governance.   It's like a Wizard of Oz thing but you can't wake up.

Remember when gas prices rose under Biden

 Some people put Biden "I Did That" stickers on the gas pumps.  Now we can put Trump stickers on the pumps.

Another Khamenei chosen as Iran's Supreme Leader.  The son.  That's some regime change.

7th US Serviceman killed.  Trump telling Americans to expect domestic terror.  Noem fired as Secretary of DHS.  I think Trump put her in charge of feral cats or something.  She went above and beyond for her man.  Thrown under the bus.  That's the Trump M.O.  Does the guy have any real friends?

Losing the midterms;)

The Conqueror and the Invader is powerless against Daylight Savings Time

 Trump says he's open to the idea of ending Daylight Savings Time but it's really up to the Congress to play around with it.  Just don't try to limit his war powers in any way.  There's more of a momentum now of ending DST, more of a bona-fide movement made up of public health officials and simply annoyed citizens but as usual Congress is useless and does nothing. Meanwhile Lindsey Graham just wants to kill people.  BTW where is my tariff rebate check?

Onward to Cuba!

A visceral take on the Iranian action

 No tears here for Khamenei.  Saw some of our American protesters on TV.  I never understood the soft spot for dictators on the part of the Left.  Never understood the soft spot for radical Islam on the part of the Left.  Having said that Trump didn't campaign on taking out the Ayatollah.  A key part of MAGA was not so much anti-war but no foreign wars or entanglements.   Joint US/Israeli action striking Iran.  Again whatever Bibi wants Bibi gets.  That too goes against another key part of MAGA America First.  So a kind of mixed reaction from me.  Ali Khamenei now officially deceased did have thousands of those Iranian protesters killed.  No grief here for the ex-Iran Supreme Leader.  However since this is all about regime change who will succeed him?  Does Bibi have him all picked out?  Unclear.  Will probably also affect the oil markets.

Chaos in the Middle East.  What else is new?

The State of Dis-Union

 Not gonna watch it.

Let's talk about the weather...and taxes

 I'm not a news junkie.  Old folk watch the news all day.  I don't follow the weather all that closely.  There's always a family member or co-worker who does and they're like the bearer of bad news.  "Snow incoming.  We're going to get hit Sunday into Monday."  You get to hate that person.  The plumbers did a really good and professional job under our porch.  New smart water meter installed.  New pipe insulation, electrical socket and electric tape.  No more frozen pipes to worry about.  BTW whatever happened to the global warming?

Did my own taxes again and sent them in.  I think my math is close but I don't have a perfect knowledge.  I always make a good faith attempt but next year an accountant.  When you stop to think about it the only reason most of us have to file in the first place is because our employers don't take out the right amount.  When somebody fails to file by Aptil 15 we commonly say he or she didn't pay their taxes.  Not true they've been paying taxes all along just failed to file.  Wouldn't it be a great thing if Trump and the Congress somehow came up with a way of doing away with the requirement to file?  I'm sure there's approaches they could take.  Put it on the table.  Does anyone talk about thus?

I'm a little perturbed lately.  Taxes, frozen pipes and rescheduling vet appointments because of the weather. Can't wait for Spring and cutting that first blade of grass.  Should I get a hammock?