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"I’m old enough to remember when news like this meant the candidate withdrew his nomination his own self." We're both old enough to remember when being nominated for service to one's country's government presupposed at least a vestige of moral fiber and, hopefully, young enough to have a chance to see it restored.

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Nothing about the coming internment of the United States surprises me. I will neither watch nor read anything about. The only good news would be that baby donnie choked to death on his bottle of soda pop.

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Village people must be running low on bar mitzvah gigs. Maybe they can play for dogs birthday parties next. Although I much prefer dogs to Felon34.

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I pride myself on using descriptors without the f word. However, we should establish the 4F Society: Fuck those Fucking Fuckers in the Face.

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...to the top of fuck you mountain! Thank you, Mary. I laughed and it felt good.

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I refuse to watch an indicted

felon elected president of our

country. This is a very low bar

for our electorate and those

who didn't vote. And excuse

me, but what the hell is

Obama doing? How many

other dems are going to this

deplorable affair? When are

they going to show some

damn courage and just say

NO! If anything, they should

be leading the People's

March on the 18th!

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I may watch the parade from the Capitol to the WH, but only to see how many eggs land on his car, that seems like a pretty easy throw, wouldn’t it be fun if it arrived at the WH dripping in eggs, if he won he did because of the price of eggs, so maybe people will be motivated to donate eggs, it could become a signature of the next 4 years. It wouldn’t bring him any harm but it would make a statement that the TV cameras would not be able to ignore, the “Beast” dripping in eggs would be quite a sight. Just another random thought after watching the farcical clown show in the senate.

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KAKISTOCRACY should be word of the year. Let's use it again and again with its definition. We might also list out, as in i.e. parlance every name that fits the definition, beginning with Felon34. And remember: you cannot spell Felon without elon!

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F-elon34?

F-Elon34?

Anybody: or ...?

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I'm messaging using FOTUS34.

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Actually, it’s a kleptokakistocracy.

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It annoys me that while Biden graciously acknowledged that 46 and 47 worked as a team on the hostage release, Felon34 said it all happened because he was elected!! He literally cannot see beyond his mushroom!!

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I expect the very worst. I will not be disappointed.

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It's adorable that Rob Finnerty thinks Miami is run properly

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I know I’m not the only one finding all of this creeps into my psyche, if not dreams, thoughts lurking in the shadows as I awaken in the morning… Pete Hegseth in charge of our armed forces? Pam Bondy still maintaining Trump won in 2020? Remembering Mike Flynn having to resign soon after his confirmation and other resignations occurring because they failed to declare loyalty?… There was a revolving door in admin 45… As the confirmation circus continues, I am wondering what mechanisms will come in to play within weeks if indeed the confirmations put these people in these positions… They can’t last and there’s no way the people just under them are supposed to carry them… The responsibilities and knowledge base are simply too vast!

Thank you for today’s column… Covered much ground very well, as usual! And if I’m reading the Contrarian correctly, there’s a Gaza/hostage deal announced, at least 15 months in the making, with officials from both administration 46 and 47 present but so gratifying the announcement comes five days before January 20. So long overdue. Hope to live another 20 years to see how the historians sort all this out and put it on record. Right now there’s challenge to see the forest for the trees sometimes…

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Katherine, YES! Creeping into psyche and dreams.

I have had 2 dreams involving Felon 34....in the first one I was stripping off his s..t- covered sheets off his bed.

The second dream was last night. ....he was hosting a huge dinner in an Italian stone-walled room. I was bussing the tables except where he sat with a huge plate full of half-eaten food!!!! At one point I was climbing along the stone wall and soft stones were breaking off and I had to keep reaching for solid places to keep my balance!

I hate that he is in my head in any way!!!!

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Wow 😳. That's awful.

I just get sensations of impending doom, which is totally appropriate. And chest pains.

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And I'm hearing that the ceasefire agreement is almost identical to the one Biden proposed last March(?). Holding my breath to see if it actually 'takes' this time. Not optimistic since it will, at some point, will bring Netenyahu's chickens home to roost.

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Do we regularly have oligarchs sitting on the dais with the President elect at the inauguration? I don’t recall that.

Kakistocracy, indeed. Even I would know to read the enabling statutes in the WEEKS between nomination and being interviewed by Senators. The incoming Administration seems to be doing literally nothing to prepare these numb-nuts for the confirmation hearings. They just don’t care. It’s all one big grift for Trump World.

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PS: poor Village People...sigh...I actually thought all of the members of the group had died except for the guy who dressed as a cop.

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DuckAssist BETA

"The Village People originally formed in 1977 and included members such as Victor Willis, Felipe Rose, Alex Briley, Randy Jones, Glenn Hughes, and David Hodo. Over the years, the group has seen various changes in its lineup, with Victor Willis being the only original member currently active."

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I am turning my 4 TVs on to sports or weather during the Enshittification as numbers matter to the idiot.

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Totally irrelevant but, when I saw Zchmuckerberg on TV the other day I could not hear a word of what he was saying, due to the sound of my own spontaneous laughter at his new look. Did he get a perm? Or is someone's poor old grandma walking around bald-headed in the cold of winter because he stole her wig?

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Y'know, I noticed that several days ago in a different photo.

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Maybe Michelle’s gag reflex cannot be suppressed. I know the condition. If I had to attend this shitshow, no way could I overcome that reflex..

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