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Why Smear Joe Biden?

Why the smear campaign against Joe Biden? Haven’t he and his family given enough to the country, with Joe offering a lifetime of service, and one of his sons dying from a condition possibly acquired while serving overseas? Shouldn’t the nation be grateful?

I agree that he may have been too old to run for that second term. I was among those thinking he shouldn’t do it. I hoped he wouldn’t do it, but he did. And with a couple of exceptions, he did a pretty good job. Far better than this current president, who unleashes a wrecking ball on our democratic form of government at every turn, recently returning from the Arab world, not with any new substantial treaties, but with bags of loot and the offer of a “free” 747 luxury jet the Quataris clearly no longer need or want. Or they wouldn’t be giving it away as a bribe to DJT.

By now we should all be getting it. Donald J. Trump, has turned his back on our allies while appearing to support the enemies of democracy, like Vladimir Putin, with whom he is clearly enamored. A tyrant and dictator, who puts up a front of keeping the door to peace talks open, while launching a drone attack on old ladies in a van in Ukraine. And children in the street. And thousands of other Ukrainian non-combatants.

As for Netanyahu, and the continued slaughter of Palestinians, who knows what Trump currently believes, as his push for any given policy is erratic at best, apparently changing on a whim from one hour to the next as his need to become America’s first dictator continues?

If ever there was a U.S. President, whose mental fitness should be called into serious question, it is Donald J. Trump. And that, makes it all the more curious that media outlets just recently launched what appears to be a campaign against the past administration of Joe Biden. A man whose family has already given so much, only to be smeared while in retirement.

I admit to being a Democrat. A very bad Democrat, who switched from my former lifetime status as an Independent upon moving back to Maryland, which has a closed primary, making it necessary to join a party or be shut out of voting in the State’s antiquated primary elections. By my way of thinking, that makes me something less that one of the “party faithful.” I am a Democrat out of necessity, not because I back the party’s platform.

Millions of Americans, I believe, really do put the general good of the country ahead of personal passion for one special interest issue or another. Consequently, a great many Americans feel left out of the process, with Republicans peddling fear, hatred and lies, while Democrats, appear to represent nothing short of the old “tail wagging the dog” scenario, with a few far left special interest cliques running things. It may not be entirely true, but in politics, appearances can be all important to the outcome.

For Donald John Trump, the one overriding personal passion appears to be open self-aggrandizement. He isn’t even trying to hide it, as he appoints unelected lieutenants to attack our hard-won freedoms, our democratic institutions, paid for with the blood of our ancestors, while he tries to intimidate the judiciary into inaction through overt threats in the media. A media, which, in its infinite wisdom, has currently turned its focus to a critique of the job Joe Biden did, rather than the questionable mental condition of this current president, who has been diagnosed with malignant narcissism, and other conditions, by mental health professionals with impeccable credentials. Warnings a nation in denial continues to largely disregard.

Compared to Trump, Joe Biden was sharp as a tack and a great patriot, who gave nearly all he had and then continued to give even more. Yes, he failed to lock down the border and lower grocery prices. At the same time, he pulled the country out of the Covid pandemic and the economic crisis it created. Unlike Trump, who appears to be obsessed with improving tax cuts for the nation’s wealthiest citizens regardless of the impact his actions will have on our middle-class and the poor. There really is no comparison between the two. Joe Biden, cared for America. Trump, cares only for Trump, and refers to those who put country first as “suckers and losers.”

Setting aside any number of violations of constitutional law, like repeated violations of due-process and sending out masked federal goon squads with questionable warrants to break into private property and kidnapping people from the streets, the emoluments clause alone should be enough to put an end to Donald Trump’s tenure in the Oval Office.

His questionable mental health is another issue, which may outstrip all the others. It is however, of little meaning, lacking Republicans with the spine to take action against a man who is turning out to be America’s version of mad King George III of Great Britain.

Who can possibly agree with Trump’s latest mad proposal, to somehow “move” a million Palestinians from Gaza to Libya? How to get them there and what to do if they don’t want to go, little details like that, apparently never crossed Trump’s mind. Or what’s left of it. Maybe he feels that just thinking about it will make it happen? Maybe he’s “hearing things” again?

As DJT becomes increasingly irrational, establishing crypto currency funds his anonymous admirers can dump millions of dollars into in the hope of influencing his administration, while he demands that Canada becomes the 51st state and that the United States should act, possibly militarily, to annex Greenland and Panama, in short, acting in a fashion that is in the country’s worst rather than its best interest, a few Republicans appear finally to be waking up to the fact that something needs to be done, possibly before the mid-terms. Hopefully, their numbers will grow.

To assume we’ll get through this by any means other than removing DJT from office, like trying to wait this madness out, could be a fatal assumption for American Democracy. Complaining about the job Joe Biden did, is nothing but a diversion from what Trump is doing. Our media needs to stop falling for it, and go after the real problem, the old guy who is currently in office, not the old guy who is no longer there.

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(News of Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis was released just hours after this piece was posted.)

Separating Reality From Playing A Role

It’s frightening to watch DJT as he continues doing his reality show routine with regard to the recent Signal chat controversy. One wonders whether reality has anything to do with DJT’s mindset, or if he simply reacts to each new situation with the same technique of denial and intimidation.

Beyond their abysmal performances before the Senate and then the House Intelligence committees, with top intelligence officials showing a remarkable loss of memory function, Trump’s top lieutenants were made to appear even more questionable, with the release of an article in “Wired,” stating that Trump’s National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, had made his Venmo list public, with 328 names on the list. Waltz, is also alleged to be the person who put the Signal group chat together, with top Administration officials discussing an attack on Yemen soil, with an editor for the Atlantic, included in the chat over unsecured phones.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice, made a particularly interesting observation, noting that no military advisors were included in the group – other than the Secretary of Defense, who leads the military for the White House, as opposed to being a member of it. One would think active duty military would be included in a group meeting about an ongoing attack, although that might have thrown a wrench into the works because active military personnel would surely have demanded that the call should be conducted through secure channels? Meaning, everything would have been on the record.

With such a massive public boondoggle, why can’t DJT just admit that they screwed up? It appears he has a systemic problem limiting his ability to function, witness his second tour in office which is looking more and more like a “revenge tour.” We should all be very afraid. He’s already snatching people off the street and sending them to prison in another country with no due process – which happens to be a constitutional guarantee. If he’s doing that to unknown persons who are alleged to be gang members, how long will it be before his political opponents begin disappearing?

With the entire Republican caucus cowering in fear, who will stand up and stop it from happening? One imagines this must be how it felt to be in Germany in the 1930’s, as bit by bit, freedom was erased by fascism.

The fact that most Americans can’t define Fascism and have little or no idea what due process is, makes us particularly vulnerable. Putin, must be delighted.

You’ll know we’ve gone over the cliff and into the abyss, should DJT succeed in shutting down the free press or discrediting it to the point that the mainstream media, the traditional media, loses all credibility. It feels like we aren’t that far away.

Exhausted And Depressed

A piece in the Washington Post, indicates that tax revenues could drop by as much as 10%, following the Trump/Musk campaign to free the government of fraud and waste. Another piece, this one in The Guardian, points to problems for the U.S. tourism industry facing “drop offs” as Trump’s new “immigration agenda deters travelers.”

At the same time, DJT, has alienated our allies, allied us with an international terrorist and is now threatening cuts to Homeland Security. According to Newsweek, “The Trump administration plans to dismiss hundreds of senior DHS officials this week to reshape the nation’s third-largest agency by removing individuals perceived as not aligning with its objectives…”

Even in the heartland, the can be no joy. NBC News reports that “Farmers face steep losses in the middle of Trump’s trade war and funding cuts.”

With each new day, the downhill slide seems to continue, as the Administration “floods the zone” with new activity, much of it, including but not limited to, warrantless searches and mass deportation without due process, quite possibly illegal, setting us up for months and months of litigation.

The temptation is to ignore all that’s happening. The fear though, is that if you do, everything might be gone when you once again start paying attention. In addition, you might be missing all the good news, like word that just rolled in that DJT won a golf tournament at his course in West Palm Beach. The President, considers the win to be a “great honor” the article says.

Of course he does. Another phony golden trophy for the mantle back at the White House.

Et Tu Donald?

Caligula

Woke up this morning with Rome on my mind, an empire that lasted for more than 1,500 years, if you include Constantinople and the east. Even without that, the city state of Rome was around for 500 years. The United States is only approaching 250 years of age but without an eastern empire, and like Rome, we are under a direct threat.

I always believed we’d last much longer than this. If the Romans could survive Caligula and Nero, surely we can survive Donald J. Trump?

The new leadership at the DNC needs to get more speakers on board the bully pulpit train, like Wes Moore, Gavin Newsom, John Larson and dare I say it……Al Franken. Bring back Al.

Chuck Schumer is down for the count and should be kept out of the public eye.

There’s also Andrew Cuomo, probably the strongest speaker, the toughest public personality the Dems have. They need him now more than ever, despite past allegations of sexual misconduct. I have no idea if it’s true, but I can overlook his past if it means saving the Republic from Trump, Musk and their Russian allies.

JFK fooled around, I get it. He also saved the world from a nuclear crisis with his naval blockade of the Russians in the 60’s. Cuomo, an Italian son of Manhattan, may have just the stuff the country needs to beat back the Russians one more time, despite any past transgressions.

Trump treats every day like a campaign. The Dems have got to do the same. The DNC needs to step up and coordinate the effort as the country heads into the fourth quarter of the game. The Dems need to quit snapping at one another and put their best players back on the field.

U.K. And Germany Issue Travel Advisories For Travel To The United States

With each new day it feels like we are closer to living in a dictatorship, with warrantless searches and people being snatched off the street and then being denied due process. These are not just hypotheticals anymore. These are actual events as the rule of law is being set aside, replaced by a new brand of anti-Americanism made possible by a Supreme Court that enabled Donald J. Trump, declaring him to be immune from being held accountable for pretty much anything he does. And he’s doing it, at an ever increasing pace.

But there was more. It was the one/two punch of the Supreme court, first making it possible for anyone to funnel any amount of “dark” money to support any candidate with no transparency through their “Citizens United” ruling. That, first knocked the American ideal down onto the mat, followed by the insanity of declaring the President to be above the law in a country where the rule of law is supposed to be paramount. That, was Lady Liberty, being kicked while she was down.

We do not have a king. Or we had none, until now. Until the Supreme Court, made it possible. Apparently the majority never read the Constitution.

Question: “Will John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett, step up and save the Republic? It’s an outside chance, but it is, at least, something to hold onto. A flash of judicial conscience with the realization that they can actually save the country from tyranny.

And still there are those who don’t seem to care about any of it. Hopefully, it’s because they don’t understand. Even now, with the U.K. and Germany, issuing travel advisories to their citizens planning on coming into the United States. Advisories about the possible hazards of traveling to the U.S. It’s unthinkable. Impossible. But it’s happening.

Donald Trump, is turning the United States into an international pariah, and Americans are not happy about it. A new study indicates that Finland, a Socialist country, is the happiest place on Earth. Americans are the unhappiest ever, dropping down to 24th place.

Here at home losing our Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security will hurt like hell. Not for millions of younger Americans, of course. Not now. And by the time they realize what they’ve lost, it will be too late. That, however, will be next to nothing compared to the loss of their liberty. But again, odds are they won’t know what they’ve lost until they have no chance at getting it back.

An exaggeration you say? Just weeks ago, we were the leader of the free world. Now, we’re being regarded as not much more than another banana republic. That’s a flat-out fact. The European Union is drawing up plans for their defense absent the United States.

Those who support this current president should dwell on that for a time before continuing their slow-walk, confidently supporting that which is in their worst interest. Something the Republican Party has been working on for years. Something they may now, finally achieve.

Not My President

The BBC is reporting that Trump and Putin will be talking about “dividing up certain assets” in regard to Ukraine, without any input from the Ukrainians.

This is beyond belief. How long will it be before all of America realizes just how utterly incompetent DJT truly is as he stumbles forward with his attempt at ending the war Russia started with its invasion of Crimea in 2014, while Elon Musk continues running rampant through the federal government, gutting institutions, ending lives and destroying careers with the stated goal of putting and end to Social Security. A move that will financially cripple millions of our senior citizens.

Musk, is unelected, an immigrant from South Africa. It’s doubtful he has an adequate understanding of our system, much less our traditions, many of which were purchased and then preserved with the blood of our friends and ancestors. Who is he to run roughshod over our institutions, many of which have made the United States, the envy of so much of the world?

For whatever problems we may have, we are still that “Shining city on a hill” that President Reagan, spoke of.

Don’t buy into Trump’s baseless argument that the United States is a mess. We were fine, with a sound and stable economy, able to work through our differences with no threat to the Republic until he came along, supported by Vladimir Putin at the polls and with Saudi money being funneled directly into his family while he promoted Roy Cohen’s immoral philosophy of striking back twice as hard, even when you’re in the wrong.

The truth, is that Donald J. Trump, has a history. Whatever he gets his hands on, falls into ruin. And he now has his hands all over the United States. Trump, moves ahead with the bravado of a monarch, suggesting the annexation of Greenland and Canada. An American dictator, ignoring the orders of federal courts, our very constitutional guarantees, as he thumbs his nose at our legal traditions, the rule of law that gives our system its balance, guaranteeing our liberty.

This is madness. Much of America, was distracted by the false prophecy of fear and hate. It’s time to wake up. We must reclaim our true allies on the world stage and demand a return to the rule of law in America, holding all accountable, including the Chief Executive and those justices of the Supreme Court, who may have been unduly influenced by personal gain. The high court’s past misjudgements can be corrected by the Congress and the Court, acting together as co-equal branches.

Both Republicans and Democrats should be screaming for Trump’s removal from office under the authority of the 25th Amendment before he destroys the United States. Doing any less is to promote the destruction of all we hold dear. The death of our very liberty. The death of the American ideal.

Trump Defies Court Order and Deports Hundreds Of Venezuelans

Well, this should be interesting. The following is from the BBC

“Planes carrying more than 200 Venezuelans deported by the US have landed in El Salvador, hours after a US judge ordered the Trump administration not to do so.

El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, wrote on social media that 238 members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had arrived, along with 23 members of the international MS-13 gang, on Sunday morning.

Their arrival in the central American nation came after a federal judge blocked US President Donald Trump from invoking a centuries-old wartime law to justify the deportations – something Bukele made fun of in a later post. “

A Nod To Our National Nausea

Don’t be surprised if you feel a little nauseous. This is what happens when your plane is in a tailspin with Mr. Magoo, in the cockpit. Or you see some idiot with a chainsaw jumping around on a stage while other idiots cheer him on.

What’s happening to the country is truly sickening.

A peculiar feature of our system is that so many of us are apparently more concerned with how much we’ll make this year as opposed to worries over whether our country will survive Trump, Musk and Putin.

How long will it take the Republican Party, or what’s left of it, to wake up to this attempted destruction of the American Republic?

Finally, A Ray of Light In The Political Abyss

Call it what you will, a crack in the dam, a sliver of sunshine breaking through the vast darkness of Republican sloth. Whatever you want to call it, it has happened.

First, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins stood up against the misguided and just plain irrational nomination of Kash Patel for director of the FBI. The guy, who clearly shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near any branch of law enforcement, was confirmed anyway, as Murkowski and Collins were the only two Republicans with the courage to stand up against Donald Trump, but they did.

Then came Senator Thom Tillis, of North Carolina. He was a another beam of light and truthfulness to cut through all the Trumpian insanity, as he took to the senate floor to lambaste Vladimir Putin and Trump’s demented stand on supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine while turning his back on NATO and our traditional allies.

Three Republican senators may not be much, but it’s a start. A beginning in what hopefully will be a return to sane and responsible governance by the Republican Party, before Donald J. Trump, brings us all down, destroying our “shining city on a hill” that took 250 years to build.

We can only pray there will be more, joining in the patriotic fight against creeping despotism, until the entire Republican Party, or most of it at least, can regain their senses and stand as a block against Donald Trump, refusing to accept his attempted overthrow of our Constitutional Democracy.

America needs heroes not cowards, and we need them now. People willing to take the lead, like Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska.

Use any metaphor you like, the train carrying American patriots to the continued successful future of our Constitutional Democracy is about to leave the station. Time to pick a side, Democracy or dictator.

The New Russian/American Alliance

When we were growing up we were criticized for doing stupid things. We were told “you better go and take a smart pill or you won’t be able to get into college.” It worked, I think, as many of us tried harder to develop our minds as well as our bodies. And a bunch of us, did get into college.

Then it happened. Somewhere in the 80’s, the country began celebrating ignorance and chastising higher learning as being “elitist.” The country started glorifying commonality and demeaning higher learning for anything other than an MBA. Diplomacy was displaced by a bigger and badder war machine as we adopted “Greed is good” as our national mantra.

What was left of any spiritual ethos we might have had was beaten bloody and left lying on the floor.

Now, here we all are. Half the country has no reading comprehension and the only thing anybody can agree on is football. A perfect satellite for Putin and his Russian machine as the United States turns it back on its allies in favor of dictators, oil rich kingdoms and terrorists.

The bad guys are no longer at the gate, they have kicked down the front door and made a home for themselves in the Oval Office. They are standing the American ideal on its head and probably laughing about it while the Republican Party, the only ones left with the power to put our house back in order, cower in a dark corner of some basement room at the Capitol.

This current Republican Party gives new meaning to the term political cowardice, as they watch the country die from a thousand cuts with influence being purchased through dark money courtesy of a totally politicized Supreme Court.

It may be too late to hope that people will develop critical thinking. Instead we’re losing the Dept. of Education, denying Science and hoping the Oligarchy, our new rulers that are slowly tearing apart our American Democracy, will be kind to us.

The hotline to the Kremlin, installed years ago to keep the peace in an increasingly dangerous world, is undoubtedly coming in handy to receive instructions from Vladimir Putin, advising Trump how and when to act, so that we the sheeple will continue behaving according to plan, making as little trouble as possible as they continue laying waste to our institutions.

You didn’t really think Donald J. Trump was smart enough to come up with all this stuff on his own, did you?

Follow The Leader

Feels like people are complaining a lot, doesn’t it?

I went in for a blood draw with an appointment for one o’clock. There were three women in the waiting area when I arrived around 12:50. All three were complaining about how long they had been waiting. I finally asked if they had an appointment. They did not. I then suggested that maybe the people who worked at the office might be on a lunch break. That was a mistake, as all three then directed their frustration at me, because it would, they explained, be only reasonable to put up an “out to lunch” sign. At one o’clock, on the nose, a phlibotomist came out and invited me into the office for my blood draw. Because I had an appointment. Easy to get one. You can do it online in just three or four minutes.

Next came a guy the at supermarket, loudly complaining about all the federal workers being “Paid big money for just sittin’ around.” I wondered if he could name three, or even two, and what his complaint will be when he needs help from that same Federal Government, but there’s nobody to take his call. Bet that’ll set him off.

I wonder if he knows that our President, a guy he may have voted for, is now claiming that Ukraine started the war with Russia, and not the other way around. Or that people working for Elon Musk, are now scrambling to try and re-hire some of the federal workers they recently fired, because it turns out those recently dismissed had filled positions of critical importance within the Federal Government? Like keeping tabs on our nuclear industry and watching the expanding Bird Flu problem.

I wonder if he knows any of that, or even cares. Thing is, if you tried to tell him, he’d probably just get mad. Therein lies the heart of it. Telling people what they don’t know but should is a blow to their egos. So, suggestions like making an appointment might be a good idea or maybe you should read a newspaper now and then, will only draw their ire.

It seems to be epidemic. So many of our fellow Americans now seem to think with their collective gut and not with their heads. Which should probably be expected in a country led by a man who frequently complains and divides but seldom if ever, does anything designed to heal and bring people together. He seems great at tearing things down and then playing the victim when he fails, but lousy when it comes to building things up. And he once billed himself as a real estate developer?

The really scary thing, if you’ve been paying any attention at all, is that his condition is obviously systemic. This time when he crashes, turning his back on NATO, denying Science and attempting to silence the legitimate press, he’s gonna try and take us all down with him. It’s built in to his psychosis. Simply put, it’s who he is.

In the words of retired U.S. Army 4-star General Barry McCaffrey, “It’s utter madness. It’s against the security of the United States and its allies.”

It Can Happen Here – They Are Trying Right Now To Make It Happen

While we wait to see the implications of Elon Musk’s attempted takeover of the Treasury of the United States, the gutting of the Justice Department and much of the federal workforce (whether we will receive this month’s Social Security checks), thoughts race through my head about this past election.

Mostly, I continue to be fascinated by the fact that DJT, inherited a stable government with a growing economy. Something those on the right rejected in favor of a convicted felon, who inherited a fortune only to go bankrupt six times before leading an attempted coup against the United States. Donald J. Trump, now appears determined to destroy the stable government he inherited and to ignore the rule of law despite the fact that he swore an oath to “…preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Trump and his FCC, are now trying to silence the media, the free media, not just those outlets that support the Administration and care only for profitability with no concern for any obligation they might have to provide their viewers or readers with factual news and information. Trump and his lieutenants have targeted CBS, and will undoubtedly target others, including special agents of the FBI, who are being threatened for doing their jobs. Curtailing the work of the FBI would be bad enough. Muzzling a free press, would be as bad and maybe worse.

Imagine having no idea at all, as to what’s actually happening to the country. Imagine news outlets living in fear of saying or writing anything that might upset the Trump Administration. Imagine the United States, following the the path of Hungary or Russia.

Keeping a population ignorant, is one of a tyrant’s greatest weapons. A free press, is among his most powerful enemies.

If you don’t like what’s happening to the country, you can fight back. You can start by calling your U.S. Senators and your representative in Congress, demanding that the laws of the land are upheld, that our Constitution must be preserved – that tyranny, shall not stand. While we can’t all afford to take the government into court, the ACLU can, and will. You can make a donation to the ACLU by clicking here.

And So It Begins

After being under the radar for a few days, Trump arrived in Paris, without Melania. Greeted by French President Macron on a red carpet, Trump appeared as though he was trying to arm wrestle the French president. Clearly confused, Macron patted Trump’s hand as if to let him know that everything would be okay, that no wrestling would be necessary. Later, DJT was seen in the newly renovated Notre Dame Cathedral, sitting hunched over to one side as though he had an injured butt cheek.

Generally, Macron appeared extremely cordial toward the soon-to-be U.S. President, possibly reflecting back to his earlier congratulatory message to him on social media: “Ready to work together as we did for four years. With your convictions and mine.” (Thank you Jimmy Kimmel).

Here in the U.S., the news was full of speculation about who Joe Biden will pardon next. Specifically, preemptive pardons for possible targets of Trump’s retribution once he’s been sworn in.

The fact that this is even happening in the United States, should give pause to Trump supporters, “should” being the operative word. I no longer hold out much hope for the possibility of conversions although any late awareness of reality will be greatly appreciated.

I was stunned at the outcome of the popular vote. Still am. It just doesn’t seem possible. It feels like some kind of alternate reality kicked in, taking the country by the throat and threatening our American Democracy as Democrats failed to vote. For anybody. But here we now are, stuck with it.


Why More Is Never Enough

Years ago, I had a professor in a humanities course at the University of Minnesota, who taught us an interesting premise. One that’s stuck with me. Maybe because the professor was a body builder who rode a Harley. Very imposing for an academic. Smart guy, too.

“Every man, wants to be a god.” That’s what he told us. I can’t remember who originally came up with it, but it’s pretty good. Especially in light of all that’s happening in our current state of madness.

Think about those in control and those who seek control. And how much of it they actually want.

Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, contributed more than a quarter-billion dollars to the Trump campaign, or so says the New York Times. But why? Why would anybody give that much money to an egomaniac with the attention span of a flea? Because he wants to be a god, that’s why.

It’s not enough for Musk to be uber-wealthy, so wealthy that his family will enjoy “generational wealth” for centuries to come. No, he wants it all for himself, or as much as possible, and he wants it now. That means obtaining the office of the most powerful person in the world, the President of the United States. But Musk can’t have that because he wasn’t born in the U.S. He’s a South African import, who, according to reports, inherited an emerald mine before getting his company started on U.S. soil illegally, apparently, before obtaining the proper credentials.

So, unable to get himself elected to be the nearest thing we have to an Egyptian Pharaoh, a sun god who walks the earth like a giant while all others cower in fear, he’s trying to buy his way in. With a quarter of a billion dollars. Why? To get next to Donald J. Trump, our soon to be anointed American god, who admires, perhaps idolizes, Vladimir Putin, dictator, absolute ruler and god of Russia, master of all he observes, a man who is trying to rebuild the old Soviet Union. Apparently. And who is helping him get that done, as Ukraine is devastated to satisfy Putin’s god-like desires? Why it’s Kim Jong Un of North Korea, of course. Dragon God of the North.

Putin is running out of soldiers to continue his war of conquest against the unfortunate people of Ukraine, so North Korea’s Kim, not wanting another god-factor dictator to go down in flames because that might reflect badly on him, has sent his troops to Russia, to help conquer Ukraine and perhaps one or two or three other countries that were at one time in the Soviet orbit.

Those who would be gods, need to stick together. Trump has professed his admiration and even “love” for both Putin and Kim. A bromance from hell.

And then there’s Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, who, it seems, has something in common with all the others. All these wealthy, powerful, conceited and probably sociopathic individuals who just can’t get enough. They demand absolute power and if you disagree, they’ll threaten you with a state sanctioned reprisal. They might send in the tanks and blow you away. In Putin’s case, some rare radioactive poison might be preferred.

The common factor is that they all want to be gods. The professor was right. For any one of them, more will never be enough. And they are all here at the same time. What a cruel and unholy turn fate has dealt us.